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Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board Punjab State Road Sector Project Consultancy Services for Project Preparatory Public Disclosure Authorized Studies for Package 11 (Phase I) for Detailed Project Report for Rehabilitation of about 254.00 Km Road Length N E1370 VOL. 14 I MCI L Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Malerkotla - Dhuri - Sangrur Road Volume IV-B: Environment Impact Assessment (4.Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. Public Disclosure Authorized A-8, Green Park, New Delhi - 11 001 6, India in joint venture with j TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT LTD. 37 Sheerit Israel St., 68165, Tel-Aviv, Israel in association with Consulting Engineers Group Ltd. E-12, Moji Colony, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur-302017, India August, 2006 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l I I , l l Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board Punjab State Road Sector Pioject Consultancy Services for Project Preparatory Studies-for Package 11 (Phase 1)for Detailed Project Report'for Reiabilitafton 3of about-254.00 Ki-Road Length IIM H I - , Ne en5i't- e) . - A T I I - ~Final Report Malerkotla - Dhui- Sangr:ur Roa Volume IV-B: EnvironmenT frnpiadt-AsMsessmnt U A1 ht-uitcontinental Consultants and Technocerats Pvt. Ltd. tj"I~A-8, Green Park, New Delhi - 110 016, India in joint venture with 3 TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT LTD. 37 Sheent Israel St., 68165, Tel-Aviv, Israel -in association with Consulting Engineers Group Ltd. E-12, Moji Colony, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur-302017, India E oAugust, 2006 I I I I i LIST OF REPORTS VOLUME DESCRIPTION NO. I MAIN REPORT II APPENDICES TO MAIN REPORT III COST ESTIMATE ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN IV-A (REHABILITATION COMPONENT) IV-B ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT (MALERKOTLA-DHURI-SANGRUR) IV-C ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (MALERKOTLA-DHURI-SANGRUR) ACTION PLAN V SOCIAL IMAPCT ASSESSMENT AND RESETTLEMENT VI DRAWINGS VII BRIDGE DESIGN CALCULATIONS VIII GEO-TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS IX TECHNICAL REPORT OF TOPOGRAPHY SURVEY I.. LIST OF ACRONYMS AAQM Ambient Air Quality Monitoring AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer ASI Archaeological Survey of India BA Borrow Area BIS Bureau of Indian Standards BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOQ Bill of Quantities CO Carbon Mono oxide COD Chemical Oxygen Demand COI Corridor of Impact CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CPWD Central Public Works Department DO Dissolved Oxygen DOEF Department of Environment & Forest DPR Detailed Project Report EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan HC Hydrocarbon ICT Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. ILO International Labour Organization INR Road Rupees IRC Indian Road Congress IS Indian Standards LS Left Side MCW Mother and Child Welfare MOEF Ministry of Environment & Forest MOST Ministry of Surface Transport MPN Most Probable Number NAQMS National Air Quality Monitoring Series NGO Non Government Organization NOx Nitrogen oxides NRPM Non Respirable Particulate Matter NTU Nephalo Turbidity Unit 3OB Over Burden (Ll LIST OF ACRONYMS PCB Pollution Control Board CMU Contract Management Unit POL Petroleum Oil Lubricant PRBDB Punjab Road & Bridge Development Board PSC Pre Stressed Concrete PWD Public Works Department R&R Rehabilitation and Resettlement RAP Rehabilitation Action Plan RCC Reinforce Cement Concrete RCCT Reinforced Cement Concrete T-Beam ROB Road over Bridge ROW Right of Way RPM Respirable Particulate Matter RS Right Side RSPM Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter RUB Road under Bridge SC Supervision Consultant SE Supervisi6n Engineer Sox Sulphar oxides SPCB State Pollution Control Board SPM Suspended Particulate Matter TDS Total Dissolved Solid TSS Total suspended Solid WB World Bank (L-2) TABLE OF CONTENTS -Chapter Description Page No. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES-i to ES-xiv to 1-5 1. INTRODUCTION 1-1 1-1 1.1 General 1-1 1.2 Scope of the Works to 1-2 1.3 Project Road 1-1 1-3 1.4 Objectives and Scope of the Environmental Impact 1-2 to Assessments 1-4 1.5 The Study Methodology 1-3 to 1.6 Structure of the Report 1-4 to 1-5 2-1 to 2-10 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Location 2-1 to 2-2 2.2 Salient Features of the Project Road 2-3 2.3 Improvement Works 2-3 to 2-10 to 3-8 3. POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 3-1 to 3-3 3.1 Enviromnental Policy Framework 3-1 3.2 The Legal Framework 3-4 to 3-5 3.3 Institutional Framework 3-5 to 3-8 4-1 to 4-24 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT to 4-7 4.1 Macro Level Baseline 4-1 to 4-24 4.2 Micro Level Baseline 4-8 to 5-4 5. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 5-1 5-1 5.1 Introduction 5-1 to 5-3 5.2 Aligmnent 5-4 5.3 Technical Alternatives 6-1 to 6-8 6. PUBLIC CONSULTATION 6-1 6.1 Introduction to 6-2 6.2 Objectives 6-1 to 6-5 6.3 Consultation Methodology 6-2 to 6-7 6.4 Approach to Consultation 6-6 6.5 Discloser of Information 6-7 to 6-8 to 7-11 7. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS 7-1 7-1 7.0 General 7-1 7.1 Impacts on Physical Environment 7.2 Impact on Soil 7-2 to 7-3 to 7-5 7.3 Impact on Water Resources 7-3 7.4 Impacts on Air Enviromnent 7-5 to 7-8 to 7-9 7.5 Noise Environment 7-8 Chapter Description Page No. 7.6 Impact on Ecological Resources 7-9 7.7 Impact on Cultural Environment 7-9 7.8 Impact on Socio-Economic Environment 7-10 7.9 Impact on Safety and Public Health 7-11 8. MITIGATION, AVOIDANCE AND ENHANCEMENT 8-1 to 8-8 MEASURES 8.0 Overview 8-1 8.1 Meteorological Parameters 8-1 8.2 Topography 8-1 8.3 Soil Erosion Control 8-1 to 8-2 8.4 Water Environment 8-3 to 8-4 8.5 Air Environment 8-4 to 8-5 8.6 Noise Environment 8-5 8.7 Construction Camp 8-5 to 8-6 8.8 Ecology 8-6 8.9 Cultural Environment 8-6 8.10 Road Safety 8-6 to 8-7 8.11 Enhancement Measures 8-7 8.12 Environment Budget 8-8 9. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 9-1 to 9-6 9.1 General 9-1 9.2 Existing Institutional Arrangements 9-1 to 9-2 9.3 Need for Further Strengthening 9-2 9.4 Proposed Institutional Capacity 9-2 to 9-4 9.5 Environmental Reporting System 9-4 9.6 Operationalization 9-4 9.7 Training 9-4 to 9-6 LIST OF TABLES Description Page Table No. Nos. ES-i Table Es-I Details of Proposed Works ES-ii Table Es-2 Proposed work for Bridges Preparation Stage ES-iii Table Es-3 Clearance Requirement for the Project at Project Area ES-v Table Es-4 Baseline Environmental Scenario in the Project ES-v Table Es-5 Public Consultations ES-vii Table Es-6 Environmental Impact Summary ES-ix Table Es-7 Key Environmental Impacts and Management Measures ES-xiv Table Es-8 Enhancement Measures Provided for the Project ES-xiv Table Es-9 Summary of Environment Budget 2-1 Table 2.1 List of Settlement along the Project Road 2-3 Table 2.2 Sunmnary of Salient Features of Project Road 2-3 Table 2.3 Proposed Improvement Work 2-4 Table 2.4 Proposed work for Bridges be improved 2-5 Table 2.5 Details of Horizontal Alignment, which could not Location 2-5 Table 2.6 Junction, Rotary, and Intersection Improvement 2-7 Table 2.7 Proposed Culverts 2-7 Table 2.8 Road Safety Measure 3-7 Table 3.1 List of State Giovernment Authorities for Clearance 4-2 Table 4.1 Monthly Average Temperatures Details in % age 4-2 Table 4.2 Monthly Average Range of Relative Humidity 4-3 Table 4.3 Year Wise Rainfall of the Study Area 4-3 Table 4.4 : Monthly Average Wind Speed in Kmph Sq. Km 4-7 Table 4.5 District wise Area. Population, and Density per 4-8 Table 4.6 Ambient Air Quality in the Project Area 4-9 Table 4.7 National Ambient Air Quality Standards 4-li Table 4.8 Results of the Sampling along the Project Road with the 4-11 Table 4.9 Comparison of the Ambient Noise Quality reSUItS standaids 4-14 Table 4.10 List of Canals/ Nala along the Project Road 4-14 Table 4.11 List of Ponds along the Project road 4-15 Table 4.12 Water Quality Monitoring 4-16 Table 4.13 Groundwater- Quality Monitor-ing 4-19 Table 4.14 Soil Testing Results along the Project Road 4-2() Table 4.15 The list of roadside trees Table 4.16 Location of the Borrow Pits 4-21 Table 4.17 Land use detail along the Project Road 4-23 Table 5.1 Details of Widening Options 5-3 Table 6.1 Issues Discussed during Stakeholders Consultation 6-5 Table 6.2 Location and Date of Public Consultation along the Project Road 6-6 Table 6.3 Findings of Focus Group Discussion held at Various Places 6-6 Table 7.1 Details of the Quantities of Material Required 7-2 Table 7.2 Details of the Quantities of Fill and Spoil 7-3 Table 7.3 Impacts on Water Resource and Indicators 7-3 Table 7.4 Details of Cross-drainage Structures 7-5 Table 7.5 Speed Corrected Emission Factors (in gM/km/ vehicle) 7-6 Table 7.6 Caline4: California Line Source Dispersion Model 7-8 Table 7.7 Details of Properties Affected 7-10 Table 8.1 Silt Fencing Locations 8-3 Table 8.2 Summary of Environment Enhancement Sites 8-8 Table 8.3 Summary of Environment Budget 8-8 Table 9.1 Training Module 9-5 LIST OF PLATES Page Nos.