Environmental Monitoring Report

Semiannual Report (October 2019–March 2020) MFF 0060/L2793/L3108/L3623 October 2020

IND: Railway Sector Investment Program – Tranche 3

Prepared by the Ministry of Railways for the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank.

This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.

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Environmental Monitoring Report Semi Annual Report: October 2019 – March 2020

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Document Identification

Project Name : Railway Sector Investment Program ADB MFF no. 0060-IND ADB Loans no. 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes Report Name : General Consultant Half yearly Environmental Report No.14, March 2020 Reference EMP_March2020

Preparation, Review and Authorisation

Prepared by : Dr. Surjit Singh Deepak Signature : Organisation : General Consultant Position : Environment Expert Date :

Checked by : Prem Narayan Shukla Signature : Organisation : General Consultant Position : Deputy Team Leader Date :

Reviewed by : Ramashray Pandey Signature : Organisation : RVNL Position : Group General Manager/Corporate Coordination Date :

Approved by : Vinay Singh Signature : Organisation : RVNL Position : Director Projects Date :

Revision, Preparation, Review Issue

Revision Date Subject Prepared by Reviewed by 001 05-11-2020 Compliance Dr. Surjit Singh Deepak Prem Narayan of ADB Shukla Comments

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Contents

1. Background ...... 2 1.1 Railway Sector Investment Programme and Multi Tranche Financing Facility ...... 2 1.2 Active contracts ...... 3 1.3 Site activities during the reporting period ...... 6 2. Environmental Categorization of the projects ...... 12 3. Scope of the Present Report ...... 12 4. Approach and methodology for monitoring of compliance with EMP ...... 12 5. Institutional Arrangement for EMP Implementation ...... 13 6. Environmental performance monitoring ...... 16 6.1 Compliance with loan covenants, state and national statutes and regulations ...... 16 6.1.1 Compliance with covenants stipulated in the Loan Agreement ...... 16 6.1.2 Compliance with state and national statutes and regulations ...... 20 6.1.3 Compliance with State Pollution Control Board ...... 25 6.2 Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan ...... 27 6.2.1 Compliance with pollution control measures at construction sites ...... 28 6.2.2 Compliance with pollution control measures at plant sites ...... 28 6.2.3 Compliance with EMP Implementation at quarry site and borrow areas ...... 29 6.2.4 Debris/ Waste Management: ...... 36

6.2.5 Compliance with worker’s safety requirements at site ...... 36 6.2.6 Traffic and public safety: ...... 37 6.2.7 Labour Standards ...... 37 6.2.8 Health check-up and AIDS awareness camps for workers ...... 42 6.2.9 Post construction environmental compliance ...... 45 6.2.10 Other Environmental Safeguards Measures as per EMP: ...... 47 6.3 Monitoring of environmental quality attributes...... 50 6.3.1 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring: ...... 53 6.3.2 Water quality Monitoring ...... 57 6.3.3 Noise level monitoring: ...... 68 7. Environmental and Safety training ...... 72 8. Public complaints on environmental and safety issues of project ...... 72 9. Environmental Performance Rating ...... 72

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10. Non-compliances/Key Issues ...... 75 11. Follow up for corrective actions: ...... 76 12. Any additional issue and impact observed during implementation not covered in IEE ...... 82 13. Other Issue ...... 82 14. Conclusion and recommendations ...... 83 Annexure-I: Photo clips on implementation of EMP and Safety ...... 84 Annexure-II: Abstract on Environmental Grievance Register ...... 89

Annexure-III: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – ST-2 ...... 91 Annexure-IV: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – ST-4 ...... 92 Annexure-V: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – RT-1...... 93 Annexure-VI: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – RT-3 ...... 95 Tables Table 1: List of Track Doubling and Electrification Projects ...... 3 Table 2: List of contractors and PMCs along with dates of commencement ...... 5 Table 3: Major works in progress during reporting period ...... 11 Table 4: Completion/commissioning of subsections during reporting period ...... 11 Table 5: List of Environmental Officers of PMC deputed at various subprojects ...... 15 Table 6: Compliance status with Loan Covenants ...... 20 Table 7: Status of statutory clearance, licenses and permits ...... 24 Table 8: Status of borrow areas operations and rehabilitation ...... 32 Table 9: Labour Participation in different projects during Reporting Period ...... 40 Table 10: HIV/AIDS Awareness Camp Organized during Reporting Period ...... 44 Table 11: Packagewise status of completed and commissioned section ...... 46 Table 12: Projectwise status of tree plantation as per BOQT ...... 50 Table 13: Status of Monitoring of Environmental Attributes during last 6 months ...... 52 Table 14: Construction package-wise ambient air quality at different locations ...... 54 Table 15: WHO Guidelines on Ambient Air Quality ...... 55 Table 16: Water quality monitoring data of package HT-2...... 58 Table 17: Water quality monitoring data of package RT-1 ...... 60 Table 18: Water quality monitoring data of package RT-3 ...... 62 Table 19: Water quality monitoring data of package ST-1 ...... 64 Table 20: Water quality monitoring data of package ST-3 ...... 65

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Table 21: Water quality monitoring data of packages PG-1 (New) ...... 67 Table 22: Ambient noise levels at different construction packages ...... 70 Table 23: Performance rating on EMP implementation ...... 75

Table 24: Compliance Matrix of ADB’s Comments/Suggestions on Semiannual Report ...... 82

Figure Figure 1: Map of India showing Track Doubling and Electrification Projects ...... 2 Figure 2: Status of borrow area operation and rehabilitation in all projects till March 2020 ...... 34 Figure 3: Gender-wise Participation in construction works...... 40 Figure 4: Local vs migrant male labours during reporting period...... 40

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Abbreviations

ADB Asian Development Bank

AIDS Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

CtE Consent to Establish

CtO Consent to Operate

EMP Environmental Management Plan

FFA Framework Financing Agreement

GC General Consultant

GoI Government of India

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IA Implementing Agency

IEE Initial Environmental Examination

IPP Indigenous Peoples Plan

MFF Multitranche Financing Facility

MoR Ministry of Railways

NOC No Objection Certificate

PMC Project Management Consultant

RP Resettlement Plan

RSIP Railway Sector Investment Program

RVNL Rail Vikas Nigam Limited

SLT Special Limited Tender

SPS Safeguard Policy Statement

STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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1. Background

1.1 Railway Sector Investment Programme and Multi Tranche Financing Facility The Ministry of Railway (MoR), Government of India has taken up 5 projects of doubling of existing single railway track and electrification under Railway Sector Investment Programme (RSIP) with financial assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) under Multi Tranche Financing Facility. The total track length involved is about 1500 km spread across the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Under this programme, four doubling projects and one electrification project have been included. A Framework Financing Agreement was signed on 8th July 2011 between Government of India through the MoR and ADB for the implementation of the RSIP. The total cost of the RSIP covered by this framework agreement is expected to be 1,144.6 million equivalents USD, out of which 500 million USD (43.7%) will be financed by ADB and remaining 644.6 million USD by India. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is the Implementing Agency for those projects. The location of the projects is as shown in red and blue in the map (Figure 1) here under:

Figure 1: Map of India showing Track Doubling and Electrification Projects

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All the five projects have been further divided into 17 construction packages. The details of projects and subprojects (construction packages) and their locations are as presented in the following table:

S Project Length (km) Package State No. i. Doubling of Daund - DG-1: Bhigwan-Mohol Maharashtra and Gulbarga (DG) 224 DG-2: Hotgi-Gulbarga Karnataka ii. Doubling of Sambalpur – ST-1: All Major Bridges Odisha Titlagarh (ST) ST-2: Sambalpur-Barapali 182 ST-3: Barapali-Bolangir ST-4: Bolangir-Titlagarh iii. Doubling of Raipur – RT-1: Titlagarh-Lakhana Odisha and Titlagarh (RT) 203 RT-2: Lakhana-Arand Chhattisgarh RT-3: Arand-Raipur iv. Doubling of Hospet– HT-1: Hospet-Hariapur Karnataka Tinaighat (HT) 229 HT-2: Harlapur-Dharwar HT-3: Kambarganavi-Tinaighat PG-1: Pune-Bhigwan & v. Electrification of Pune- Maharashtra, Gulbarga-Wadi Guntakal (PG) Karnataka and PG-2: Wadi-Raichur Andhra Pradesh PG-3: Raichur-Guntakal 641 PG-4 (PG-1 New): Bhigwan- Mohol PG-5 (PG-2 New): Mohol- Gulbarga

Table 1: List of Track Doubling and Electrification Projects The scope of projects (i) to (iv) above is to provide a second line along the existing single line by constructing the roadbed and either extending or constructing new bridges, providing facilities for passenger and staff, laying track, signalling and telecommunications and general electrical works. For project number (v) the scope is to provide overhead Railway electrification.

1.2 Active contracts There are 17 packages under Railway Sector Investment Program. Out of 17 packages, work in three Railway Electrification packages (PG-1, PG-2 and PG-3) and two Track Doubling packages (HT-1 and HT-3) has been completed and opened for traffic. In remaining construction packages including electrification project packages the construction works are in progress. For each of the construction packages, PMCs have already been engaged for monitoring of contractor’s activities. In order to achieve desire progress the RVNL has awarded several special limited contracts (SLC) besides the main Contractor. A list of contractors and PMCs along with dates of commencement of works in each package is as presented in Table 2.

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The details of Contractor and PMC’s for each contract packages are as presented in the following table:

Date of work Sl No. Projects/Packages Contractor PMC commencement

A. Daund-Gulabarga project

(i) DG-1: Bhigwan - Mohol M/s IL & FS - Kalindee (JV) M/s Feedback Infra 15/06/2012

(ii) DG-2: Hotgi - Gulbarga M/s SMSIL-MBPL-BRAPL (JV) M/s Voyants Solutions 16/04/2016 (New contract)

B. Sambalpur-Titlagarh project

(i) ST-1: Major Bridges M/s Rahee-Agrawal M/s CDM Smith 16/08/2012

(ii) ST-2: Sambalpur- M/s Larsen and Toubro M/s STUP Consultants 20/04/2014 Barapalli

(iii) ST-3: Barapalli-Bolangir M/s Larsen and Toubro M/s CDM Smith 20/04/2014

(iv) ST-4: Bolangir-Titlagarh M/s Larsen and Toubro M/s BARSYL 20/04/2014

C. Raipur-Titlagarh project

(i) RT-1: Titlagarh-Lakhana M/s IVRCL-MRT (JV) - terminated on 13/06/2016.

M/s MRT (Balance S&T 01/10/2016 M/s WAPCOS Limited Work)

M/s Royal Infra construction Ltd. (New contract) 18/09/2017 (ii) RT-2: Lakhana-Arand M/s IVRCL-MRT (JV) - terminated on 13/06/2016. M/s SM Consultants M/s ARSS Infrastructure 09/02/2015 Projects (new contract)

(iii) RT-3: Arand-Raipur M/s Railone-Tarmat-Durga - (JV) terminated on 21/06/2016 M/s WAPCOS Limited

M/s ARSS Infrastructure Project (new contract) 01/01/2018 D. Hospet-Tinaighat project

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Date of work Sl No. Projects/Packages Contractor PMC commencement

(i) HT-1: Hospet-Harlapur M/s Larsen and Toubro M/s Voyants 05/08/2012 Solutions

(ii) HT-2: Harlapur- M/s Railone-Tarmat-Durga Dharwad (JV) terminated on - M/s Voyants 17/06/2016 Solutions

M/s STCPL & TSR (JU) 15/02/2018 (New contract)

(iii) HT-3: Kambarganavi- M/s GVR-GEW (JV) M/s PEMS Tinaighat Engineering 01/08/2012 Consultants Pvt Ltd.

E. Pune-Guntakal electrification project

(i) PG-1: Pune-Bhigwan & M/s KEC International Ltd. M/s Voyants 12/09/2012 Gulbarga-Wadi - KIEL (JV) Solutions

(ii) PG-2: Wadi-Raichur M/s Larsen and Toubro- M/s Voyants 24/10/2012 Bharat Rail Autom (JV) Solutions

(iii) PG-3 : Raichur - M/s Larsen and Toubro- M/s Voyants 24/10/2012 Guntakal Bharat Rail Autom (JV) Solutions

(iv) PG-4 (PG-1 New): M/S KEC International Ltd. M/s Feedback Infra 15/02/2019 Bhigwan-Solapur Pvt. Ltd.

(v) PG-5 (PG-2 New): M/S TATA Projects -BRAPL M/s Feedback Infra 15/02/2019 Solapur-Gulbarga (JV) Pvt. Ltd.

Table 2: List of contractors and PMCs along with dates of commencement

RVNL appointed EGIS India, EGIS Rail & TUC Rail (JV) as General Consultant on 20th May 2013 for 4 years for executing General Consultancy Services for doubling and electrification project on critical routes under Railway Sector Investment Program. After completion of 4 years, following the withdrawal of TUC rail from services, RVNL has extended the time for completion of General Consultancy services for two years i.e. up to 20 May 2019. In view of current progress of the projects and completion date of Tranche – III of RSIP, RVNL has further extended the time for completion up to 31st August 2021.

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1.3 Site activities during the reporting period Following table depicts the status of progress of major activities during the reporting:

Packages Major works in progress

A. Daund-Gulbarga project o New Agencies just started the Earthwork in formation (filling and cutting) and Blanketing in the subsections of Bhalwani to Jeur and Jeur to Washimbe sections. o New Agency has started Track linking between Bhalwani and Jeur substations. o Balance work at FOB of Jeur station yard is continued by Primary contractor. o Balance work at Major and extension of minor bridges in the subsections of Bhalwani to Pophlaj is continued by Primary contractor. DG-1 o Balance work of Service building (Station Building) construction at Jeur, Popalaj, Washimbe, Parewadi, Jinti Road station yards is continued by Primary contractor. o Balance work residential quarters at Kem station is continued by Primary contractor. o S& T Cable laying at Bhalwani and Popalaj Substations by New Agency. o Balance work of Platform work at Jeur station is continued by Primary contractor.

o Savalgi to Gulbarga and Boroti to Kulali subsections work has been completed and commissioned for traffic during this reporting period. o Completed balance earthwork in formation (filling and cutting) and blanketing work at isolated locations in the subsections from Boroti to Kulali. o Track linking works is in progress in subsections from Bablad – Gulbarga (Kalburgi) and Sawalgi – Bablad subsections. o Minor bridge work is in progress in Kulali - Gangapur Road subsections. o Major bridge no.511/2 has been completed during this quarter and it is DG-2 opened for traffic. Casting of Pier and Abutment-shaft and super structure for Major Bridge No.538/1, 538/2 & 538/3 and deck slab casting for major bridge no. 532/1 are in progress. o Casting in progress for abutment shaft casting is in progress for ROB 567/1 Phase II. o Completed construction of Type II Residential quarters at Hotgi Road station and handed over to Railways. o Construction of Station buildings at Godgoan, Hunsihadgil, Bablad stations. o Construction of Platform at Baroti, Dudhani, Kulali and Hunsihadgil.

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Packages Major works in progress o Construction of Foot over bridge construction at Gulbarga, Boroti, Kulali has been completed and opened for traffic and the same is in progress at Godgoan, Gangapur Road, Savalgi & Babalad station.

B. Hospet-Tinaighat project

o Completion section has been commissioned by the reporting period ending HT-1 September 2019.

o Completed Slope protection with Turffing between Binkadakatti and Harlapur station. o Completed work at Minor Bridges, Br no 244, Br no 245 and Br no 249. o Construction work in progress at Major Bridge no 248A 249 and 253. o Track linking work in progress at subsections of Navalur and Dharwad. o Earth work and Blanket works in subsections Navalur and Hubli. o Earthwork in formation and blanketing work in subsections from Hubli to HT-2 Dharwar. o Construction of residential buildings at Hubli station. o Completed all finishing work for all minor bridges in the subsections between Binkadakatti and Harlapur. o Completed secondary ballasting work between Binkadakatti and Gadag o Completed all balance works between Binkadakatti and Harlapur. o Completed all balance works of doubling work between Binkadakatti – Gadag – Harlapur and opened for traffic. o Completion section has been commissioned by the reporting period ending HT-3 September 2019.

C. Raipur-Titlagarh project

o Work in progress on Minor Bridges between Lakhna to Turekela and Turekela to Kantabanji. o Embankment and Blanketing work in progress between Lakhna to Turekela. o Finishing and protective works along with P Way works in progress on Major bridges in the subsections between Lakhna- Turakala - Kantabanji. o Station and S&T building completed at Harishankar & Turekela. o FOB work in progress at Turekela. RT-1 o Completed construction of S&T Gummites at Harishankar Road & Turekela stations. o Supply of S&T materials. o Cable Trenching and laying at Harishankar Road yards. o Installation of location Box at Harishankar & Turekela yards. o CT Rack & Track circuit work at Harishankar Road and Turekela yards. o Location box and cable termination work at Harishankar Road and Turekela yards.

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Packages Major works in progress o Signal foundation and erection work at Turekela station yard. o Construction of ballast retaining wall is progressing at major bridge no 161. o Completed 2nd stage of stretching for post tensioning and Load Test at major bridge no.161. o Completed Hard Rock Cutting work in progress at KM.96 between Komakhan to Khariar Road. o Completed formation Work in progress at KM.96,102,103, between Komakhan to Khariar Road. o Completed Track linking work completed between Komakhan to Khariar Road. o Completed Platform flooring work at Khariar Road station yard. RT-2 o Completed wearing coat on top of precast segments and Abutment backfill in approaches for Major Br. No.161 A1 side. o Completed construction of FOB at Nawapara Yard. o Completed Ballast stacking near Khariar Road station. o Completion of construction of staff quarters at Nawapara Road and Khariar Road stations. o Completed slope protection and pitching work in progress at Major Br. No.161. o Completed remaining work between Komakhan and Khariar Road and opened for traffic during the reporting period. o Formation work is in progress between Raipur Block Hut – Lakholi. o Blanketing work is in progress in subsections between Raipur Block Hut - Lakholi. o Spreading of ballast and Track linking work is in the subsections of Raipur Block Hut - Lakholi. o Work in progress for Steel girder launching, Track linking, protection works at major bridge no 77. o Work in progress at Major Br.No.13, 46 and 72. RT-3 o Work in progress at LC Gate 17 and 25. o Work in progress for S&T Gummites work at Lakhouli yard. o Platform work is in progress at Lakholi and Mandir Hasaud stations. o Finishing work of Mahasamund station building. o Construction of FOB is in progress at Mandir Hasaud yard. o Trenching work is in progress for laying S&T Cables between Lakholi to Belsonda. o Finishing work of Mahasamund station building. o Construction of FOB at Mandir Hasaud yard. D. Sambalpur-Titlagarh project

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Packages Major works in progress o Casting of seismic retainers, abutment back filling, toe wall and track linking at Bridge no 76. o Completion of girder launching at Bridge No. 77 during December, 2019. Subsequent to launching, riveting, lowering and alignment of girder is in progress. o Track Linking, casting of toe wall and pitching at Bridge No. 438 have been completed and commissioned during the reporting period. o ST-1 Completed casting of bed block of abutments, progress on casting of foundation of return walls at ROB No. 79A. o Commissioning of ROB No. 406, 423A during the reporting period. o Completed casting of seismic retainers, abutment back filling, toe wall and track linking at Bridge no 76. o Rectification of rivets of Bridge No. 77 is in progress. o Casting of return walls at ROB No. 79A completed and earthwork is in progress for approach roads by M/s DCS Limited.

o Inspection and final painting of plate girder of Bridge No. 195 and 198 and ready for launching. o IPN coating of Bridge No. 160, 195, 198 & 206 o Launching of plate girder of Bridge No. 195 and 198 is completed. o Construction of minor bridges in DOBH-BRPL subsections is in progress. o ST-2 Construction of EI building at Sambalpur and other service buildings in SBP- HKG & DOBH-BRPL is in progress. o Completed Earthwork and blanketing in SBP-KHG and in progress BRGA- BRPL sections. o Supply of ballast in DOBH-BRPL in section. o Track linking is in progress in SBP-HKG subsection.

o Completion of construction of major and minor bridges in Loisingha – Balangir section. o Completion of supply of ballast in the subsection of Milestone 2 i.e. ST-3 Loisingha – Balangir section. o Track linking work in progress in Loisingha – Balangir section. o Miscellaneous works in Loisingha – Balangir section.

o Supply of ballast in sub section of Deogaon to Saintala and Saintala to Badmal section. o Completion of Track linking work and Engine trial run in the sub section of Deogaon to Saintala and Saintala to Badmal section. ST-4 o Erection of FOB and construction of platform at Saintala station completed. o Completion of balance works in Deogaon to Saintala and Saintala to Badmal stations and opening to road traffic. o Earthwork in formation in Badmal to Titlagarh Section of Milestone 3. o Bridge work in Badmal to Titlagarh Section of Milestone 3.

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Packages Major works in progress

E. Pune-Guntakal electrification project

o All activities including miscellaneous works are completed. Final variation PG-1 statement and final billing procedures are pending.

o All activities including miscellaneous works are completed. Final variation PG-2 statement and final billing procedures are progressing.

o All activities including miscellaneous works are completed. Final variation PG-3 statement and final billing procedures are progressing.

o Foundation work in progress in progress in Bhigwan – Kurduwadi and Kurduwadi – Solapur subsections. o Mast erection and grouting work in progress in Bhigwan – Kurduwadi subsection. o Boom and Bracket Erection work in progress in Bhigwan – Kurduwadi subsection. o Catenary Stringing in progress in Bhigwan – Kurduwadi subsection. o Contact Stringing in progress in Bhigwan – Kurduwadi subsection. o Dropping and clipping snaps in progress in Bhigwan – Kurduwadi subsection. PG-1 (New) o Traction Power Supply (TPS) work is in progress at Parewadi, Kurduwadi / PG-4 Stations o Switching Station in progress at Bhalwani(SP), Kem (SSP-1), Jinti Road (SSP- 2), Dhavlas (SSP-3), Pophalaj (SSP-4) and Wadshinge (SSP-5) stations. o Traction Substation (TSS) work is in progress at Parewadi and Kurduwadi stations in Bhigavan – Kurduwadi section Mohol Stations in Kurduwadi – Solapur section. o Over Head Electrification (OHE) / Power Supply Installation (PSI) Depot work in progress at Parewadi and Kurduwadi stations in Bhigavan – Kurduwadi section Mohol Stations in Kurduwadi – Solapur section.

o Foundation work in progress in Gulbarga – Bablad, Bablad - savalgi, Savalgi – Hunshihadgil, Hunshihadgil – Ganagapur Road, Kulali – Dudhani, Dudhani – Boroti, Boroti – Nagansur, Nagansur – Akalkot Road and Tilati – Hotgi- Tikekarwadi subsections. o Mast erection and grouting work in progress in Gulbarga - Bablad, Bablad - savalgi, Boroti - Nagansur, Nagansur - Akalkot Road and Akalkot Road - Tilati PG-2(New) subsections. /PG-4 o Boom and Bracket Erection work in progress in Gulbarga yard, Savalgi – Hunshihadgil, Hunshihadgil - Ganagapur Road subsections. o Traction Power Supply (TPS) work is in progress Hotigi station in Solapur – Gulbarga section. o Switching Station in progress at Bablad(SP), Nagansur (SP), Akalkot Road (SSP) and Bablad (SP) stations. o Traction Substation (TSS) work is in progress at Hotgi station. ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND 10 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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Packages Major works in progress o Over Head Electrification (OHE) / Power Supply Installation (PSI) Depot work in progress Gulbarga Station.

Table 3: Major works in progress during reporting period This period from October 2019 to March 2020 has been completion/commissioning of subsections in following packages:

Packages Subsections

Gulbarga – Savalgi DG-2 Boroti - Kulali

HT-2 Binkadakatti – Gadag - Harlapur

RT-2 Komakhan – Khariar Road

ST-4 Deogaon – Saintala - Badmal

Table 4: Completion/commissioning of subsections during reporting period

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2. Environmental Categorization of the projects All projects under RSIP with financial assistance from ADB has been categorised as Category B for environmental and Category A for involuntary resettlement impacts in accordance with the ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement (2009). For each individual Project under this programme, Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) study were conducted in compliance to the ADB’s safeguards policy and loan covenant. Accordingly, separate IEE reports have been prepared for each project under this scheme, based on which environmental mitigation and monitoring plan have been formulated for managing all the anticipated potential environmental impacts due to the different projects. The EMP stipulating implementation of mitigation and monitoring plan is the part of bidding documents for all construction contracts. The allocation of separate budget for implementation of EMP has also been ensured in the contracts.

3. Scope of the Present Report This semi-annual environmental monitoring report presents the status report on implementation of environmental management plan (EMP) and other contract specifications related to the environmental safeguards to be implemented by the Contractors in their respective construction packages for the period from October, 2019 to December, 2020. The report compiles the information on status of implementation of environmental safeguards to assess the adequacy and efficiency of implementation of different environmental mitigation measures during construction across all the construction packages, where works are in progress. The status on environmental compliances covers the following major aspects: (i) Statutory permits and licenses with respect to compliance and reporting in each construction packages, (ii) Compliance status of EMP stipulated in contract conditions and (iii) Status of monitoring of environmental attributes at different construction sites

4. Approach and methodology for monitoring of compliance with EMP The information on environmental compliances is collected through field inspections carried out by representatives of IA (RVNL), PMCs and General Consultant based at project sites. Besides representative of GC based at each project, Environmental expert of GC from Delhi periodically visits project sites to review implementation of EMP across construction sites. The reports and information on environmental safeguards supplied by the PMC and contractor of respective construction packages are main basis for assessing the environmental compliances.

The monitoring of compliance of EMP and its performance is carried out through following tasks:

(i) Site inspections by Environmental Officers of PMC, Environmental Expert of GC and Nodal Officers of PIU (ii) Review of Contractor’s and PMC’s documents related to implementation of Environmental safeguards (iii) The status reports submitted by the PMC’s on environmental compliance (iv) Periodical Monitoring of selected environmental attributes identified as environmental performance indicators

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5. Institutional Arrangement for EMP Implementation Under RSIP, the overall arrangements for implementation and monitoring of environmental safeguards in different projects at different institutional levels are as below:

 RVNL / Project Implementation Unit (PIU)  General Consultants (GC)  Project Management Consultant (PMC) (Engineer and his representatives)  Contractors

The contractor is the agency responsible for direct implementation of environmental mitigation measures at different locations in different construction packages, whereas the others are having supervisory/monitoring roles.

At every level, there is provision of environmental personnel for ensuring the effectiveness of implementation and monitoring of environmental mitigation measures. The status of appointment/ nomination of environmental personnel at different levels as on date are as follows: a) RVN: Environmental Nodal/Project Officers: RVNL has nominated Environmental Focal Persons both at Corporate Level as well as at all the five PIU Offices to oversee the implementation of environmental safeguards, coordination with stakeholders, government officials and regulatory authorities on environmental issues, and to addressing the public grievances on environmental issues. b) GC Environmental Expert: There is provision of an Environmental Expert in the GC team with following responsibilities and duties:

 Overall progress monitoring on EMP implementation,  Ensure statutory compliances of project with national policies on environment and social safeguards.  Preparation of quarterly and semiannual reports based on reports received from PMCs,  Preparation of due diligence report on EMP implementation required for processing of subsequent loans under the MFF.  Providing trainings guidance to RVNL, PMCs and contractors staff on environmental issues and safeguards.

Dr. Surjit Singh Deepak also conducts regular training workshops on Environmental safeguard implementations for PMC and the contractors as a capacity building measures on effective implementation and monitoring of EMP in the project during construction. During the reporting period, the GC conducted training workshop on Environmental safeguards requirements and EMP implementation for the new Electrification Contract of PG-1 new and PG-2 new in the month of December2019 in Solapur, Maharashtra. c) PMC’s Environmental Officers: In each Construction package, the RVNL has appointed Project Management Consultant (PMC) to supervise the contractor’s construction activities including monitoring of EMP compliance set forth in the Contract agreement. ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND 13 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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As per terms of the contract, the PMC has to appoint one Environmental Officer in their team for each construction package. The Environmental Officers are responsible for

 Serving as the primary point of contact for environmental matters ;  Managing the development, evaluation and oversight of the EMP implementation;  Providing technical guidance to the contractor for implementation of the EMP and preparation of checklists/formats/reports etc;  Providing feedback and recommendations to Project Manager related to EMP implementation;  Reporting and recording keeping on environmental safeguards issues;  Supervision of implementation of EMP by the Contractor;  Supporting the GC through the Project Manager in providing required information on progress in EMP implementation for monthly/quarterly and Semiannual environmental compliance Reports.

The status of mobilization of PMC’s Environmental officers in different construction packages till end of March 2020 is summarized in the following table:

Name of Project Package Name of PMC Environmental Remarks Officer of PMC

Feedback Infra DG-1 Mr.Srikant Nibalkar Deployed in March 2020. Pvt. Ltd. Daund-Gulbarga (DG) Mr Ubaidullah DG-2 Voyants Solutions

HT-1 Track Doubling work Completed Hospet-Tinaighat HT-2 Voyants Solutions Ms Radha Bengeri (HT) HT-3 Track Doubling work Completed

RT-1 WAPCOS Limited Mr Sandeep Kumar

Work has been completed and commissioned in March Raipur-Titlagarh RT-2 SM Consultants 2020 and in the process of closure. (RT) Mr. Rajkumar RT-3 WAPCOS Limited Baithara

Sambalpur- Dr. Santosh Kumar ST-1 CDM Smith - Titlagarh (ST) Sahoo

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Name of Project Package Name of PMC Environmental Remarks Officer of PMC

Dr. Santosh Kumar ST-2 STUP Consultants Sahoo

Dr. Santosh Kumar ST-3 CDM Smith - Sahoo

Dr. Santosh Kumar ST-4 BARSYL - Sahoo

PG-1 Voyants Solutions NA The works have been Pune –Guntakal commissioned and opened for (PG) traffic in all the three subprojects PG-2 Voyants Solutions NA – PG-1, PG-2 and PG-3. PG-3 Voyants Solutions NA

PG-1 Feedback Infra No Environmental Officer NA (New) Pvt. Ltd. available since June 2019.

PG-2 Feedback Infra No Environmental Officer NA (New) Pvt. Ltd. available since June 2019.

Table 5: List of Environmental Officers of PMC deputed at various subprojects The above table reflects that the PMC teams lack their Environmental Officer in construction packages PG-1 (New) and PG-2 (New) during the reporting period. Deployment of new Environmental Officer in DG1 has been pending since July 2019 was engaged by PMC in March 2020.The Construction works in subprojects HT-1, PG-1. PG-2, PG-3 completed and commissioned and hence, the respective PMC has been demobilized. In construction package HT-3 the track doubling works have been completed and commissioned, however, the PMC in this subproject is still active but working for other non ADB funded project beyond Tinaighat. In Construction Package DG-1, replacement of PMC’s Environmental Officer is pending since July 2019. Similarly, in PG-1 (New) and PG-2 (New), no Environmental Officer is available since June 2020. In Construction Package RT-2, the PMC has not given extension to their Environmental Officer after August 2019 after completion of his man months provided in contract agreement. Most of the works have been commissioned in RT2 during the reporting period. Further, PIU/RVNL has imposed penalty over the PMCs for not mobilizing their Environmental officer at site, as per contract agreement but still in some packages, PMC is not able to deploy environmental expert.

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d) Contractor’s Environmental, Health and Safety Officers: All the contractors have nominated Environmental, Health and safety officers in their respective packages, where construction works are in progress.

6. Environmental performance monitoring In order to assess the performance and effectiveness of environmental complaince in various construction packages, different environmental performance indicators have been identified. These indicators are assessed qualitatively and quantitatively on periodic basis during project execution. The parameters selected as performance indicators are as follows: (i) Compliance with loan covenants; (ii) Compliance with state and national statutory mandates, permits and licenses ; (iii) Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan as per the contract agreement stipulations; (iv) Monitoring of environmental quality in terms of air,water and noise quality at critical locations and comparision with baseline environmental quality and State/National Standards.

6.1 Compliance with loan covenants, state and national statutes and regulations

6.1.1 Compliance with covenants stipulated in the Loan Agreement The provision of compliance with environmental safeguard has been included in the ADB’s loan covenants in the Schedule 4 of the Framework Finance Agreement (FFA). As well as schedules 4 and 5 of Loan Agreement (Ordinary Operations). The compliance to the loan covenants have been reviewed during the reporting period. No any additional issues related to environmental issues emerged during the reporting period in any of the project packages. There is no change in any of the loan conditions of ADB. The following table indicates the compliance status on different environmental requirements as per loan covenants till March 2020.

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S.N. Loan Covenants Status of Compliance

A. FRAMEWORK FINANCING AGREEMENT

1 Schedule 4 A. 1(iv): The project will also be environmentally and Complied. socially sound and include measures to mitigate Separate Initial Environmental any possible environment and social impacts in Examination (IEE) report has been accordance with the safeguard framework-1 prepared for each individual 5 project prepared (Schedule 5) and Safeguard Policy under RSIP, in accordance with the ADB’s Statement (SPS) 2009. For each project, a poverty Safeguards Framework and ADB’s SPS and social analysis will be conducted in 2009. Based on findings of IEE study, accordance with ADBs guidelines on poverty and environmental management and social assessment. Similarly, an environmental monitoring plan has been formulated for assessment will be carried out for each project in each project. accordance with the SPS 2009.

All measures and requirements set forth in the respective initial environmental examination. In all the bidding documents for different (“IEE”), environment impact assessment (“EIA”) construction packages, the Environmental and environmental management plan (“EMP”), Management and Monitoring Plan and any corrective or preventative actions set setforth in the respective IEE reports has forth in a safeguards monitoring report, MOR and been incorporated as Contract RVNL shall ensure that all bidding documents and specification. contracts for works contain provisions that During construction it has been ensured require contractors to comply with the measures that the contractors have obtained all the and requirements relevant to the contractor set required permits/ approvals/ licenses are forth in the IEE/EIA, the EMP, the RP and the IPP obtained as per provisions of law of the (to the extent they concern impacts on affected land. people during construction), and any corrective or preventative actions set out in the safeguards Adequate preventive and corrective monitoring report. measures on environmental safeguard have been undertaken during

construction in accordance with the EMP.

2 Schedule 4 A. 1(iv): Complied For each project, all necessary Government None of the projects require approvals will be obtained, including MOR, environmental clearance. Other than Ministry of Environment and Forest, Pollution environmental clearance all the necessary Control Boards, and other relevant agencies, as approvals and licenses in each project applicable. including their renewals have been ensured. The status of clearances/approvals/ licenses upto March, 2020 is presented in Table 3.

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S.N. Loan Covenants Status of Compliance

LOAN AGREEMENT (ORDINARY OPERATIONS)

3 Schedule 4 B:.Approval Procedure 2. All projects will be prepared and processed in accordance with the procedures set out below. Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) checklist was furnished for screening the (i) MOR will select a possible project from railway project in the Feasibility reports of all the priority, which is part of the existing network projects covered under RSIP. Based on the implemented by the MOR. MOR will then conduct screening, environmental categorization a feasibility study for the project including its cost of all the 5 projects has been done. The estimate, technical and economic analysis. MOR projects have been categorized as will also prepare (a) an initial poverty and social - assessment (IPSA) and fill out a checklist for (b) “Category B” projects based on environmental issues and hence only IEE involuntary resettlement; (c) indigenous people; was required for the projects. The IEE and (d) complete the Rapid Environmental reports have been approved by ADB and Assessment (REA) checklist for screening of disclosed to the public on website. environmental issues.

Schedule 4: Conditions for Award of Contract: Complied Para 6: The Borrower shall not award any works

contract for any part of the project which involves environmental impacts until RVNL has (a) Obtained the final approval of the IEE The final approval of IEE for all projects from the relevant Environment Authority obtained. of the Borrower All the relevant provisions of environmental safeguards have been

(b) Incorporated the relevant provisions from incorporated in Works Contract. The the EMP into the Works contract. approved EMP has been incorporated into work contract of all the construction packages as particular conditions of the contract under RSIP.

4 Schedule 5: Execution of Project; Financial Matters:

Environment Para 7 (b) The Borrower shall Complied. In the project packages where ensure, and cause to MOR and RVNL to ensure, forest diversion is required, application that works under a contract shall not be for diversion of forest land has been commenced in the relevant section, until forestry submitted to the respective Forest clearance and permits from Pollution Control Department as per Forest (Conservation) Boards for Operation of Hot Mix Plants are Act,1980 and follow ups with the obtained respective Forest Department are being carried out by PIU for final clearance. No activity in forest area has been taken up in the forest stretch without forest clearance. In none of the project packages Hot Mix Plant is required.

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S.N. Loan Covenants Status of Compliance

5 Schedule 5: Execution of Project; Financial Matters:

Safeguards related Provisions in Bidding Complied Documents and Works Contract: Para 12: The Borrower shall ensure, and cause MOR and RVNL to ensure that all bidding documents and contracts for works contain provisions that require Contractors to (a) Comply with the measures and Being complied. requirements relevant to the contractor The compliance with the mitigation set forth in the IEE, the EMP, the RP and measures stipulated in the EMP is the IPP (to the extent they concern constantly monitored in each construction impacts on affected people during package and necessary corrective actions construction), and any corrective or are being taken at site from time to time preventive actions set out in a Safeguard as required. Monitoring Report.

(b) Make available a budget for all such Environmental monitoring and mitigation environmental and social measures; and costs allocated/incorporated in contract agreement (c) Provide the Borrower and ADB with a No new environmental risks or impacts written notice of any unanticipated observed during the reporting period environmental, resettlement or from October,2019 to March, 2020 indigenous people risks or impacts that arise during construction, implementation or operation of the Project that were not considered in the IEE, the EMP, the RP or the IPP.

6 Schedule 5: Execution of Project; Financial Matters:

Safeguards Monitoring and Reporting (Para 13) :

The Borrower shall do the following and shall cause MOR and RVNL to the following: (a) Submit Semi-annual Safeguards The semi-annual reports on safeguards Monitoring Reports to ADB and disclose monitoring have been prepared as per the relevant information from such reports to guidelines and submitted to ADB and affected persons promptly upon disclosed on website periodically. submission.

(b) If any unanticipated environmental and/or social risk and impacts arise during There is no occurrence of any construction, implementation or unanticipated environmental risk or operation of the Project that were not impacts due to the construction activities considered in the IEE, the EMP, the RP or and project commissioning during the the IPP promptly inform ADB of the reporting period. occurrence of such risks or impacts, with

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S.N. Loan Covenants Status of Compliance detailed description of the event and proposed corrective action plan.

(c) Report any actual or potential breach of No breach of compliance recorded in any compliance with the measures and of the projects till end of March, 2020. All requirements set forth in the EMP, the RO the appropriate mitigation measures have or the IPP promptly after becoming aware been taken up at site in accordance with of the breach. the contract requirements.

Table 6: Compliance status with Loan Covenants

6.1.2 Compliance with state and national statutes and regulations In each project packages, where works are in progress, the compliance to various regulatory/ statutory requirements based on law of the land on environmental and social safeguards are being strictly monitored. The following table presents the compliance status on various mandates, licensed, permits and clearances and their renewals till end of March 2020.

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NOC for Batching NOC for Stone Crusher Clearance plant from PCB Permission Plant for Diversion Quarry License Env Clearance under Air (Prevention for Tree from PCB under Air of Forest From for Quarry and Control of Name of Sub Felling Labour License (Prevention and Control Section land Under Department of Under Pollution) Act, 1981 the project project Under Forest Under Labour Rules of Pollution) Act, 1981 Forest Mines and (Environment and Water Conservation and Water (Prevention Conservatio Geology Protection) Act (Prevention and Act, 1980 and Control of n Act, 1980 Control of Pollution)Act, 1974 Pollution)Act, 1974 Only portable Presently procuring ballast concrete mixture is in DG-1 Bhigwan-Mohol NA Obtained Obtained and renewed Obtained NA from third party licensed use for which NOC not quarry Daund- required. Gulbarga CtE & CtO Obtained Obtained, Extension for for all 3 nos of DG-2 Hotgi-Gulbarga NA NA number of labour license NA NA NA functional batching for 400 plants HT-1 All works completed and commissioned The Contractor informed that the batching plant at Harlapur- Hospect- HT-2 NA NA Obtained NA NA NA Chala matti, Karwar Kambarganvi Tinaighat Road, Dharwad is operational with valid NOC. Kambarganavi- HT-3 All works completed and commissioned Tinaighat The Contractor is using one batching plant at Titlagarh- Obtained and renewed RT-1 NA Obtained NA NA NA Lathore Camp site. For Lakhna upto 20.3.2020 Raipur- which CTE & CTO Titlagarh required. NA The Batching plant RT-2 Lakhana-Arand NA Obtained Renewal is pending. (Boulders are NA NA located at Jonk river being procured was not operational ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND 21 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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NOC for Batching NOC for Stone Crusher Clearance plant from PCB Permission Plant for Diversion Quarry License Env Clearance under Air (Prevention for Tree from PCB under Air of Forest From for Quarry and Control of Name of Sub Felling Labour License (Prevention and Control Section land Under Department of Under Pollution) Act, 1981 the project project Under Forest Under Labour Rules of Pollution) Act, 1981 Forest Mines and (Environment and Water Conservation and Water (Prevention Conservatio Geology Protection) Act (Prevention and Act, 1980 and Control of n Act, 1980 Control of Pollution)Act, 1974 Pollution)Act, 1974 from third party during reporting having valid period due to license) completion of concreting works at site. The Contractor has started dismantling of this plant. One batching plant at Lakholi is operational. As per Contractor the CTE & CTO is under RT-3 Arand-Raipur NA Obtained Obtained and renewed NA NA NA process with Pollution Control Board but has not submitted any supporting document Obtained and renewed for all functional(2 nos) Major Obtained and batching plants. Both ST-1 Major bridges NA Obtained NA NA Sambalpur- bridges Renewed batching plants are Titlagarh not in operation and dismantling is in progress. Sambalpur- Forest NA (The Batching plant at ST-2 Obtained Obtained and renewed NA NA. Barapali Clearance contractor is Suktapali extablished

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NOC for Batching NOC for Stone Crusher Clearance plant from PCB Permission Plant for Diversion Quarry License Env Clearance under Air (Prevention for Tree from PCB under Air of Forest From for Quarry and Control of Name of Sub Felling Labour License (Prevention and Control Section land Under Department of Under Pollution) Act, 1981 the project project Under Forest Under Labour Rules of Pollution) Act, 1981 Forest Mines and (Environment and Water Conservation and Water (Prevention Conservatio Geology Protection) Act (Prevention and Act, 1980 and Control of n Act, 1980 Control of Pollution)Act, 1974 Pollution)Act, 1974 for procuring by M/s L&T is not in temporary materials from operation and diversion of third party dismantled. Batching 0.044 ha licensed quarry) plant established near area is in LC JT-54 by M/s ARSS- process SCPL (JV) without NOC from Pollution Control Board. Batching plant at Rugdical near LC JT-77 Barapali- ST-3 NA Obtained Obtained and renewed NA NA NA established by M/s Bolangir L&T not in operation and dismantled. Batching plant at Forest Saintala established by Clearance M/s L&T is already for dismantled. Batching Obtained for Bolangir- temporary plant established near ST-4 non forest Obtained and renewed NA NA NA Titlagarh diversion of Sikir by M/s ARSS-SCPL trees 5.768 ha (JV) without NOC from area is in Pollution Control process Board.-

Pune-Bhigwan Pune- PG-1 and Project Package completed and Commissioned Guntakal Gulbarga-Wadi

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Table 7: Status of statutory clearance, licenses and permits

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6.1.3 Compliance with State Pollution Control Board

The Compliance status for various licence and permits for oprerational batching Plants necessary action has been taken to obtain NOC from respective State Pollution control board as per prevention and control of Pollution act 1981. The follwing table presents the complience and corrective action status for various section of the project.

NOC for Batching plant from PCB under Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Name of Sub Name of Section and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 the project project PMC Status based on semi Annual Report Oct'2019 - Compliance Status Mar'20 Feedback Only portable concrete Bhigwan- DG-1 Infra Pvt. mixture is in use for which NA Mohol Daund- Ltd. NOC not required. Gulbarga CtE & CtO Obtained for all 3 Voyants DG-2 Hotgi-Gulbarga nos of functional batching NA Solutions plants HT-1 All works completed and commissioned The Contractor informed that the batching plant at Harlapur- Voyants HT-2 Chala matti, Karwar Road, NA Hospect- Kambarganavi Solutions Tinaighat Dharwad is operational with valid NOC. Kambarganavi- HT-3 All works completed and commissioned Tinaighat

Instruction has been given by The Contractor is using one PMC to contractor M/s Royal Titlagarh- WAPCOS batching plant at Lathore RT-1 Infra Construction Ltd. To get Lakhna Limited Camp site. For which CTE & NOC from SPCB within month CTO required. time. (See Annexure-V) The Batching plant located at Jonk river was not operational during reporting SM Raipur- RT-2 Lakhana-Arand period due to completion of NA Consultants Titlagarh concreting works at site. The Contractor has started dismantling of this plant. One batching plant at Lakholi is operational. As per Instruction has been given by Contractor the CTE & CTO is PMC to contractor M/s ARSS WAPCOS RT-3 Arand-Raipur under process with Pollution Infra Projects Ltd. To get NOC Limited Control Board but has not from SPCB within month submitted any supporting time. (See Annexure-VI) document Obtained and renewed for all functional(2 nos) batching Sambalpur- ST-1 Major bridges CDM Smith plants. Both batching plants NA Titlagarh are not in operation and dismantling is in progress.

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Batching plant at Suktapali established by M/s L&T is not Instruction has been given by in operation and dismantled. PMC to contractor M/s ARSS- Sambalpur- STUP ST-2 Batching plant established SCPL (JV) . To get NOC from Barapali Consultants near LC JT-54 by M/s ARSS- SPCB within month time. SCPL (JV) without NOC from (See Annexure-III) Pollution Control Board. Batching plant at Rugdical Barapali- near LC JT-77 established by ST-3 CDM Smith NA Bolangir M/s L&T not in operation and dismantled. Batching plant at Saintala established by M/s L&T is Instruction has been given by already dismantled. Batching PMC to contractor M/s ARSS Bolangir- ST-4 BARSYL plant established near Sikir SCPL (JV) To get NOC from Titlagarh – by M/s ARSS-SCPL (JV) SPCB within month time. without NOC from Pollution (See Annexure-IV) Control Board.- Pune-Bhigwan and PG-1 Project Package completed and Commissioned Gulbarga-Wadi

PG-2 Wadi-Raichur Project Package completed and Commissioned

Pune- Raichur- PG-3 Project Package completed and Commissioned Guntakal Guntakal Feedback PG-1 Infra Pvt. NA NA (New) Ltd. Feedback PG-2 Infra Pvt. NA NA (New) Ltd.

In different ongoing projects, the main statutory permits and licenses required are labour licenses and NOC for Batching plants. The responsibility for obtaining and periodical renewal of these licenses and permits lies with the contractors. The above table reflects that the required statutory permits and licenses have been obtained by most of the contractors. The validity of the licenses and permits are also reviewed on regular basis and renewal of such licenses and permits from time to time has been ensured in most of the Packages.

All the Contractors except for project package RT-2 have valid labour license. During the previous reporting period the validity of the labour license on the contractor of Pckage PG-2 New was expired in July, 2019. However, duiring the reporting period the contractor obtained the renewal of Labour License including the extension of numbers of labour, for engaging more labours in future. The contractor has now got extension of numbers of labour from 200 to 400 and the validity of the labour license is upto July2020. For project package RT-2, the contractor labour licence was valid up to 31/09/2018 & has renewed the labour license after long gap of time in end of March, 2019 up to the period of March 2020.

The batchmix plants installed for production of concrete across project packages come under the purview of Air Act 1981 and Water Act 1974, requiring CtE and CtO from respective State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB). During the reporting period, batchmix plants were operational in project

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packages DG-2, HT-2, RT-1, RT-3, ST-1, ST-2 and ST-4. The contractors are also using small mobile concrete mixture for concreting works that does not require NOC from PCB. Except for the project packages RT-1, RT-3, ST-2 and ST-4, all the contractors have obtained NOC for their respective batching plant. In package ST-2 & ST-4 and concrete works in the scope M/s L&T was completed and the batching plants were dismantled during the reporting period. The new executing agency M/s ARSS- SCPL (JV) established the new batching plants in ST-2 and ST-4 and operating without valid NOC. Similarly, in Project Package ST-3, the Batching plant at Rugdical near LC JT-77 established by M/s L&T is not in operation and has been dismantled. In construction packages of RT-1 and RT-3, the contractors have not yet obtained NOC from SPCB even after repeated instructions received from PMC.

The batching plant at Jonk River bridge in RT-2 was non-operational for last six months owing to completion of concreting works at this location and the contractor has started dismantling of this plant. In the construction packages of RT-1 and RT-3 the contractors are operating batching plants without valid NOC and did not initiate any action to obtain the NOC from state Pollution Control Board even after repeated instructions by the respective PMCs.

RVNL & PMCs have instructed the contractors to obtain NOC from the concerned SPCB within the time frame of one month for the sub-project of ST-2, ST-4, RT-1 and RT-3.

Again, RVNL has instructed contractors of subprojects RT-1, RT-3, ST-2 and ST-4 through concernd PMC not to use batchin plants without valid NOC from SPCB.PMC s are taking constanst follw up action to obtain NOC from SCPB through their contractors.

In addition to these statutory requirements, there is requirement of forest clearance for diversion of forest land in construction package ST-2 and ST-4 packages. Although the PIUs have already applied for forest clearance more than 2 years back but the clearance is still pending with the forest department, so the works in these stretch cannot be taken up. The forest clearance proposal for 15.339 Acres (6.207 Ha) of reserved forest and 10.407 Acres (4.212 Ha) of Revenue forest area in Sambalpur-Titlagarh Project is in advance stage at state government level. However, the permission for tree felling has been obtained by the respective PIUs in all the packages where tree felling was required.

6.2 Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan The EMP is an integral part of all the contract documents and the EMP provisions. The provision of environmental safeguard measures set-forth in EMP has been incorporated as a part of contract agreement stipulations under Particular Conditions of the Contract (PCC) in section 6 of the Contract agreement for all the project packages. The contractor has to follow the stipulated environmental safeguards as per EMP during construction activities. The compliance with the safeguards requirements is being constantly monitored by PMC and PIU at site. The performance of implementation of EMP is assessed by the General Consultant based on actual observations made at site and feedback received from the respective PMC.

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During the reporting period, following key environmental issues were reviewed and the contractors were instructed to take remedial measures when required:

 Pollution control measures at all potential sources including construction and plant sites;  Borrow area/quarry operations and rehabilitation;  Labour Standards maintenance of facilities and general housekeeping at all construction sites and camps;  General safety at different sites including construction site, plant site, borrow areas, stockyards, etc;  Supply and use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for all the workers at all worksites  Maintenance of general public safety;  Periodical monitoring of environmental attributes such as air quality, water quality and, noise levels at different locations during construction ;  HIV/AIDS awareness and health check up programme;  Post Construction Compliances;  Other compliances as per EMP. Emphasis has been given on continual improvement in the environmental performance in the project. Required corrective measures are being suggested from time to time to the respective contractors and PMCs for improvement.

6.2.1 Compliance with pollution control measures at construction sites During the reporting period, no major air polluting activities like earthwork and blanketing work were in progress. In most of the project packages earth works and blanketing works were completed and mainly construction of Bridges, track works, station building and platform works are in progress. However, to control dust generation, water sprinkling has been ensured at all the vulnerable locations having potential impacts on air pollution/ dust generation. In all the construction packages regular maintenance of vehicles and equipments have been ensured to maintain emissions within permissible levels. The Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates for all the vehicles used in the project are being monitored at regular intervals. Due to the nature of the project, no impact on water resources causing water contamination has been recorded. At the contractor’s camps, labour camps, plant site, equipment service stations, stockyards etc. adequate care has been taken to avoid any kind of water contamination or impact on water bodies. In all the construction packages where toilets and bathrooms units have been provided, there is provision of septic tanks with soak pits. It has also been ensured that there is no direct discharge of waste water into any waterways or water bodies located adjacent to the camp areas.

6.2.2 Compliance with pollution control measures at plant sites In RT-3, the contractor has not shown improvement in dust control measures at batching plant located at Lakholi. Immediate attention is required towards controlling dust emission at batching plant as well as providing protection measures for the workers working at plant site against direct exposure to fine cement dust at plant site. In package ST-2 and ST-4 and concrete works in the scope M/s L&T was completed and the batching plants established by the L&T in these two packages have been ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND 28 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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dismantled during the reporting period. The new batching established by M/s ARSS-SCPL (JV) plants in ST-2 and ST-4 require improvement in dust control measures like provision of masks and other PPEs for protection of workers from fine cement dust No construction package has recorded any noise pollution problem during the reporting period. All the contractors have established low emission noiseless gensets conforming to the requirements of regulatory standards. In their respective construction packages.

6.2.3 Compliance with EMP Implementation at quarry site and borrow areas None of the contractors have opened their own quarry or operating their own crusher plant. To meet the ballast requirement in the respective project, the contractors are procuring it from third party licensed quarry. However, the contractors have arranged their own borrow areas for extraction of earth materials required for earth works and blanketing works mainly from the area nearby to the project alignment. It has been ensured that the contractors are complying with all the necessary environmental safeguard measures borrow area operations and restoration. The exhausted borrow areas have been restored as per the landowner’s requirement. The following table provides an overview of the status of borrow area operations and rehabilitation till end of the March, 2020 based on the information furnished submitted by the PMC:

Package Total No. of No. of No. of borrow Remarks borrow borrow borrow areas areas areas areas rehabilitated identified operational exhausted

Total 110 borrow areas identified, out of which 42 borrow areas could not be used due to different reasons. Out of remaining borrow areas extraction of materials is DG-1 110 0 68 37 over for a total number of 68 borrow areas and restoration works have been completed for 37 exhausted borrow areas as per land owner’s requirement.

Rehabilitation of exhausted borrow area completed only for 16 numbers. As per report DG-2 35 3 32 16 submitted by PMC the Rehabilitation activities are in progress for balance 16 exhausted borrow area.

Works Completed. Total 10 borrow areas utilized. All the borrow areas rehabilitated as per HT-1 land owners requirement

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Package Total No. of No. of No. of borrow Remarks borrow borrow borrow areas areas areas areas rehabilitated identified operational exhausted

Borrowed the excavated materials generated from ground levelling and foundation works for building construction at 6 places HT-2 11 3 8 - by M/S Sahasra Enterprises for the section between Harlapur to Binakadkatti and at 5 locations by M/s STCPL & TSR (JV) for Hubbali to Dharwad Section.

All the borrow areas rehabilitated as per land owner’s requirement HT-3 43 3 34 34 and handed over back to the respective land owners.

Out of 21 exhausted borrow areas, rehabilitation works for 15 numbers completed as per land RT-1 28 4 21 15 owners requirement and for remaining borrow area rehabilitation works are in progress.

12 borrow areas used from existing Pond to enhance the water storage capacity. The remaining exhausted borrow RT-2 104 20 84 84 areas were levelled to surrounding land or lowering of level for developing crop fields as per the land owner’s requirement.

The PMC has not collected the RT-3 5 2 3 Nil details of rehabilitated borrow areas.

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Package Total No. of No. of No. of borrow Remarks borrow borrow borrow areas areas areas areas rehabilitated identified operational exhausted

1 completed borrow area has ST-1 2 0 2 1 been restored as per requirement and another is under progress.

The Contractor M/s L&T has restored all the 46 exhausted borrow area, used by them for construction as per landowner’s ST-2 requirements. However SLT (M/s 59 13 46 46 Contractor (M/s ARSS-SCPV(JV) L&T) has used 13 numbers of borrow areas, but no environmental documents of the same have been submitted by them to PMC till March 2020 . The details of 27nos. of borrow areas have been submitted by executing agency to PMC and balance details yet to be submitted. ST-3 116 0 42 21 PMC informed to RVNL vide letter no. CDMS/97265/SBP-TIG/PKG- 2a/2019/684 dated 10/09/2019 for further needful action. The PMC has records of only 7 nos. of borrow areas. No change in status. The PMC has not submitted the verified details of ST-4 31 - 7 - borrow area including extraction of blanketing materials at Ch. 719/12-13 from the land of Ordinance Factory.

Work Completed and commissioned. No requirement of borrow areas for Electrification PG-1 Projects.

Work Completed and commissioned. No requirement of borrow areas for Electrification PG-2 Projects.

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Package Total No. of No. of No. of borrow Remarks borrow borrow borrow areas areas areas areas rehabilitated identified operational exhausted

Work Completed and commissioned. No requirement of borrow areas for Electrification PG-3 Projects.

PG-1 No borrow area required. (New)

PG-2 No borrow area required. (New)

Table 8: Status of borrow areas operations and rehabilitation

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Figure 2: Status of borrow area operation and rehabilitation in all projects till March 2020

During the last reporting period 2019, new borrow areas have been opened by the contractor only in HT-2, RT-1, RT-3 and ST-2 packages. In construction package DG-1, material extraction has been completed from 5 more borrow areas during the reporting period by the contractor leading to total number of 68 exhausted borrow areas. Also, the contractor has rehabilitated 2 more exhausted borrow areas covering a total number of 37 rehabilitated borrow areas till end of this period. However, in construction package DG-2 there was no change in the status of borrow area operations and rehabilitation compared to last period. In construction package HT-2, 3 more borrow areas have been identified during the reporting period. In HT2, a total 11 nos borrow areas have been utilized by small civil contractors engaged by RVNL through Special Limited Tenders (SLT) for completing balance civil works left out by previous main contractor in Hubli-Dharward section. All these borrow areas are located on undulated & slopy land allocated for development of housing complexes and offices. The earth materials generated at these locations are mainly from cutting and levelling of the land as well as excavation for foundation. These materials can be utilized for construction of the road embankment. Out of total 11 borrow areas, 3 are still operational, whereas material extraction is over for 8 locations.

In RT-1 package, 1 new borrow area has been opened during the reporting period. Out of 21 exhausted borrow areas, rehabilitation works for 15 numbers completed as per landowners requirement and for remaining borrow area rehabilitation works are in progress. In RT-2 package, there is no change in the status of borrow areas during the reporting period. However, in package RT-3, 2 Nos. of new

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borrow areas have been opened by the contractor during the reporting period raising to a total number of borrow areas to 5 numbers. There is no information available for the status of rehabilitation of completed borrow areas in RT-3 and PMC is still awaited for the borrow area documents from the contractor. In construction package ST-2, the SLT Contractor M/s ARSS-SCPV (JV) is operating, a total number of 13 new borrow areas, but has not furnished the environmental documents of the operated borrow areas.

In remaining project packages, there is no change in status of borrow area compared to reporting period. In construction packages PG-1 (New) and PG-2 (New), no borrow area is required due to nature of project (Railway electrification projects). Generally, the record keeping for the borrow areas has been maintained satisfactorily in all the construction packages except for the construction packages ST-3 and ST-4 where the discrepancy in borrow area detailing has not been resolved. The contractor and PMC have been repeatedly advised to collect the necessary information and documents of the borrow area already used, but till end of the reporting period, the contractor and the PMC could not resolve this issue. However, no complain has been received from any land owners, whose land was used for extraction of earth.

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6.2.4 Debris/ Waste Management: The waste and debris management in different construction packages were in general found to be satisfactory. It is needed to clear all the debris from the section prepared for commissioning. So, the completed sections where the construction works are over this issue has been addressed adequately. Hence, all the debris generated in construction packages of DG-1, HT-1, HT-3, ST-2, ST-3, ST-4, RT-1 RT-2 and RT-3 has been removed from the site in the commissioned sections. Random staking of debris materials has been observed at bridge no. 293, 438 of ST-1, bridge no. 206 of ST-2 and bridge No. 420 of ST-4. In package ST-1, removal of all debris following dismantling of labour camps, plant site (Batching plant), stockyards, office complex etc, restoration of all the sites require to be ensured. At camp site, waste generation is mainly associated with domestic solid waste. Waste management at all the labour camps camp sites in general is found to be satisfactory in most of the construction packages. However, in construction packages DG-2 (at Gaudgaon camp) RT-2 and RT-3 waste management at camp site needs improvement. The major proportion of debris is consisted of excavated earth martials. In order to reduce the disposable quantity and disturbance of land due to opening of new borrow areas, efforts have been made to utilize the excavated materials for various purpose. All the suitable excavated materials during road bed preparation has been re-used for construction purpose. The black cotton soil generated during excavation in construction package of DG-1, DG-2, HT-1, HT-3 and ST-2 have been provided to the local farmers for use in their agriculture field thereby reducing the disposable quantity. The remaining excavated soil was utilized in slope protection measures and leveling of ground in the ROW along the track. In construction package HT-2, the contractor has continued to collect and use the excavated material for landscaping around building work at Hubli-Dharwar and Harlapur- Binakadkatti section. This helps in minimizing excavation of unnecessary new borrow areas to meet the material requirements. At camp site, waste generation is mainly associated with domestic solid waste. Waste management at all the labour camps camp sites in general is found to be satisfactory in most of the construction packages. However, waste management at campsite needs improvement in construction packages DG-2 (at Gaudgaon camp) RT-2 and RT-3.

6.2.5 Compliance with worker’s safety requirements at site During the reporting period, the complaince with safety at site has not improved compared to the previous reporting period. Except for the electrical project packages PG-1, PG-2 and ST-1, improvement is required towards use of appropriate PPEs by all the workers including those of contractor’s, PMCs as well as supervisory staff of RVNL. It has been observed that the noncompliance to the use of PPEs during works is mainly due to inadequate supply of PPEs by the contractor, poor planning of works without integrating the personnel safety at site with work programme or negligent approach of the workers including supervisory staff of PMC and RVNL. The safety scenario in SLT contracts is worse and require proper attention to avoid any untoward incidence during works. Non- compliance to the safety requirements by the SLT contractors during works also require adequate attention. Supply of adequate numbers of PPEs such as helmets, high visibility jackets safety boots and belts to all workers and use of the same must be strictly monitored by PMC for all the contractors including SLTs and sub-contractors. It is also important to ensure that all the workers working at height

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on piers and bridges must use proper safety gadgets like safety belts at Major bridge sites. The safe access to the work zone and safe working platform is another vital safety requirement. For the work along the live track or during P-way works, it is extremely important to deploy properly trained and dedicated look out man with whistle & hooter. In this regard, improvement is required in construction packages of DG-2, PG-1 (New), PG-2 (New), ST-2, ST-3 and ST-4. Supervisors should be also provided with whistle and red flag to keep watch on approaching trains and alert the workers well in time with the use of whistle. In Construction package PG-2 (New), high noise recorded during bracket cutting at contractor’s workshop located at Gulbarga Yard. The workers involved in bracket cutting and workshop are directly exposed to high noise. All the working at such location must be provided with ear plugs/muffles to avoid exposure to high noise. With respect to the safety fencing along the track, no improvement has been observed during the reporting period compared to the previous reporting period. Except for construction packages DG-1, DG-2 and HT-2 and RT-1 project packages, safety fencing is required to be maintained as per contract specification till completion of works along live track. During the previous reporting period there was fatal accident in construction package PG-1 (New) and DG-2. In PG-1, the Site Engineer met with a fatal accident while using mobile phone during crossing of live track. In DG-2, one labour met with accident due to dangerous driving by the operator. The PMC has not yet submitted above incidence reports and corrective measures proposed for avoiding such accidents. The other aspect of safety such as provision of first-aid- Kits, fire fighting arrangement at camps, work sites and vulnerable locations showed improvement in all the construction packages except package ST-4 where first-aid-kits and fire fighting arrangements are require to be provided by both main as well as SLT contractors. In all the construction packages the contractors have made arrangements with the local doctors and health centers to deal with medical emergency situations and other health issues of the workers.

6.2.6 Traffic and public safety: During the reporting period management of traffic movement of construction vehicles and machineries were found to be satisfactory in all the construction packages. Track safety is one of the major requirement of the project along the existing track in all the construction packages. Except for construction packages DG-1, DG-2, HT-2 and RT-1, improvement in maintenance of safety fencing is required in all the construction packages where construction activities are in progress along the live track. In addition to the safety fencing, deployment of flagman, look outs, hooters, etc are required at site where construction activities are in progress along live tracks as additional safety measures. However, in most of the construction packages above additional safety measures are lacking.

6.2.7 Labour Standards

a. Labour Participation

The labour details are available for the entire reporting period only for the project packages HT-2, RT- 1, RT-3, ST-1, ST-2, ST-3 and ST-4. For construction packages DG-1, DG-2, RT-2 and PG-2 New, the labour detailed have been furnished by the PMC only for 3 months from October to December 2019. So the labour participation was analysed in these construction packages based on 3 months data from

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October to December, 2019. The labour details has not been furnished for Package PG-2 (New). The contractor’s team has been demobilized from HT-1 after completion of the works. In HT-3, the entire section has been commissioned but few works related to staff quarters are in progress by SLT contractors The details of SLT’s labours has also not been submitted by the PMC. The electrification packages PG-1, PG-2 and PG-3 already completed and commissioned long back. So, for the labour analysis of commissioned Packages of PG-1, PG-2, PG-3, HT-1 and HT-3have not been considered.

Based on the analysis of labour details reported by PMCs, it can be inferred that during the reporting period, altogether more than 191142 mandays of employment of labourers were generated between the period from October 2019 to March 2020. In all the projects majority of the labourers engaged for different construction activities were local labourers. Overall the participation of local labourers for different construction works in all the ongoing construction packages was in the range of 75.4%. As reported, 100 percent local labours were engaged during the reporting period in construction packages HT-2, RT-3 and PG-2 (New). In the remaining construction packages migrant labourers requiring specialized skills were also engaged. Among the contract packages where the migrant labourers were engaged, maximum percentage of migrant labours was recorded in the Construction packages ST-1 (56.2%), RT-2 (14.5%), ST-2 (13.7%) and lowest in DG-1 (9.7%). In construction packages ST-1 and RT-1 the ratio of migrant labourers outnumbered the local labourers. It may note that the vehicle & machine operators have not been included in the list of labourers. The package wise details of labourers engaged during the report period have been summarized in the following table.

Contract Total Labours Male Labours Female Local Migrant Ratio of Local Packages (mandays) Labours Labours Labours Labour (mandays) Participation (mandays) (mandays) (mandays) (%)

(i) Daund – Gulbarga Doubling Project

8975 0 8100 875 DG-1# 8975 90.3 (100%) (90.3%) (9.7%)

35440 31670 3770 25130 10310 DG-2# 70.9 (89.4%) (10.6%) (70.9%) (29.1%) (ii) Hospet- Tinaighat Doubling Project

HT-1 Works Completed no labour available at site 2897 2897 2897 0 HT-2 (100%) 0 100

(100%) (0%) HT-3 All Track linking works Completed (iii) Raipur – Titlagarh Doubling Project

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Contract Total Labours Male Labours Female Local Migrant Ratio of Local Packages (mandays) Labours Labours Labours Labour (mandays) Participation (mandays) (mandays) (mandays) (%)

16287 32710 27908 4802 16423 RT-1 (49.8%) 49.8 (85.3%) (14.7%) (50.2)

7218 1227 8445 4202 4243 RT-2# (85.15%) (14.5%) 85.5

(49.8%) (50.2%)

14205 577 14782 RT-3 14782 (96.1%) (3.9%) 0 100 (100%)

(iv) Sambalpur – Titlagarh Doubling Project

10767 0 4715 6052 ST-1 10767 (100%) (0%) (43.8) (56.2%) 43.8

33012 0 28498 4514 ST-2 33012 (100%) (0%) (86.3%) (13.7%) 86.3

15985 19162 0 ST-3 (83.4%) 3177 (100%) (0%) 19162 (16.6%) 83.4

24355 0 19875 4480 ST-4 24355 (100%) (0%) (81.6%) (18.4) 81.6

(v) Pune – Guntakal Electrification Project PG-1 Works completed and commissioned PG-2 Works completed and commissioned PG-3 Works completed and commissioned PG-4 No information furnished by the PMC for the Reporting Period (PG-1 New)

# PG-5 597 587 10 597 0 100 (PG-2 New) (98.3%) (1.7%) 191142 177740 13402 144084 47058 Grand Total 75.4 (93%) (7%) (75.4%) (14.6%) ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND 39 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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Contract Total Labours Male Labours Female Local Migrant Ratio of Local Packages (mandays) Labours Labours Labours Labour (mandays) Participation (mandays) (mandays) (mandays) (%)

Figure in parenthesis is percentage with respect to the total labourers engaged

Table 9: Labour Participation in different projects during Reporting Period

Figure 3: Gender-wise Participation in construction works

Figure 4: Local vs migrant male labours during reporting period

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Participation of both male and female labourers were recorded during the reporting period only in construction packages DG-2, RT-1, RT-2, RT-3 and PG-2 New. However, the participation of female labourers was merely 7%. All the female labourers are unskilled labourers and are mainly engaged in earthwork/building construction activities. Among the construction packages where female labourers were engaged, maximum participation of female workers were recorded in package RT-2 (50.2%) followed by RT-1 (14.7%), DG-2 (10.6%), RT-3 (3.9%) and least in construction package PG-2(New) (1.7%). It is interesting to note that the Female labourers were recorded more in numbers(50.2%) than those of male counterparts in RT-2. Majority of female labourere were from local areas, whereas migrant female labourers were reported in DG-2, RT-1 and RT-2 packages. b. Compliances of EMP at workers/labour camps During the reporting period, Labour camps were in use at construction packages DG-1, DG-2, RT-1, RT- 2, RT-3 and in all ST packages. In construction package of DG-1, new contractor M/s CMRG-MPCC (JV) and M/s Suvan Construction have been mobilized at site for completing balance works after surrender of the contract by previous main contractor( ILF&S ). The Contractor M/S CMRG-MPCC (JV) has established one labour camp at Kumbej Phata, Jeur, but the camp presently lacks basic facilities such as toilet and bathroom units, garbage management facilities, sanitation arrangements and proper water supply. The Contractor has been instructed to provide all the basic facilities at labour camps as per norms and EMP. In construction package DG-2, a total number of 3 labour camps are operational at Dudhani, Savalgi and Gaudgaon. At labour camps located at Savalgi and Dudhani the contractor has maintained all the basic facilities at satisfactory level. Non-compliance towards campsite management at Gaudgaon labour camp is still continuing even after repeated warning. Adequate supply and storage of drinking water, proper lighting arrangements, garbage management, cleaning of drainage system and working toilets are yet to be provided by the contractor and require urgent corrective action. Again, in the same package, labour camp made with PVC sheets established for accommodating P-way and S&T workers at Kulali Railway Station and Bablad yard have been removed in Feb 2020 after completion of their work. During the reporting period engagement of female migrant labours have also been recorded in project package RT-1. Both male and female migrant labourers have been accommodated in the labour camp provided at Lathor. In this camp the contractor is maintaining all the basic facilities satisfactorily except for toilet and bathroom units for female labourers. The PMC has instructed the contractor a number of times to provide separate toilet and bathroom facilities for male and female works staying at camp, but the Contractor has not yet taken corrective action towards this. However, the other facilities such as First-Aid facility and fire fighting arrangement, garbage collection and disposal have been ensured and maintained adequately.

In construction package RT-2, the work has finished and Commissioned in March’2020. No labour camp is now operational in this package. In RT-3, the contractor has provided labour accommodation at their base camp in Lakholi. At this camp both male and female labourers have been recorded. At this camp the contractor has provided the basic amenities to the labourers like, beds, mess, drinking water and lighting etc but has not provided separate toilet and bathroom for male and female

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labourers. The contractor has been reminded many times to provide separate toilet and bathroom facilities at base camp but the Contractor has not taken any corrective action. In package ST-1, a total number of three labour camps are operational. The labour camps at Bridge No. 293 & 406 have been closed and dismantled after commissioning of the bridges. In the operational labour camps the contractor is maintaining the necessary facilities at these camps in satisfactory manner. The Contractor has provided labour camp with all basis facilities at contractor’s base camp. In ST-2 M/s ARSS-SCPL (JV) established a labour camp at LC JT-54 near their camp office with basic amenities during this reporting period. In package ST-3, only one labour camp at Rudugikhal is operational with the basic facilities and has been maintained satisfactorily. Similarly, in package ST-4, the contractor has shown improvement in in sanitation and waste management facilities at labour camp situated at Saintala compared to last reporting period. In ST-4, the SLT Contractor M/s ARSS-SCPL (JV) has established a labour camp near Sikir station at their camp office with basic amenities during this reporting period. In electrical package PG-1 (New), both local and migrant labours were recorded. The main contractor (KEC) has provided rented house for their labours and one labour camp at Poplaj station. Around 30 labours have been accommodated in rented house, whereas around 15 labours have been residing in labour camp at Poplaj railway station. Both these camps have all the basic facilities of water supply, toilets, bathrooms etc. However, the labours of the sub-contractors have been found accommodated in tin shed located at Kurduwadi without basic facilities of drinking water, toilets, bathrooms etc. Although the contractor claims that these camp are temporary one and keeps on shifting as the works progresses. However, the basic facilities are required to be provided to these sub contractor labourers also including mobile toilet and bathroom units to avoid any conflicts with local population. In construction package PG-2 (new), the migrant labourers are engaged on demand and they are kept in rented house. No other labour camp has been established at site.

6.2.8 Health check-up and AIDS awareness camps for workers In compliance to the requirement of particular conditions of the contract, the contractors are required to organize training programme on HIV/AIDS awareness every alternate month in their respective package by engaging authorized agency. The main objectives of organizing such camps are to :  raise awareness amongst construction workers and the local community of the risk of infection with the HIV virus;  reduce the risk of transfer of the HIV virus between and among construction workers and the local community;  promote early diagnosis and  assist affected individuals to access care and counseling. During the reporting period between October 2019 to March 2020, this activity has been found irregular. Although HIV/AIDS awareness camps are organized by different contractors in their respective contract packages, but the frequency as per contractor specification is not maintained in almost all the contract packages. During the reporting period, HIV/AIDS awareness camps were were organized in HT-2, RT-1, RT-3 and ST-1, ST-2 ST-4 and PG-2 New construction Packages. In DG-1 and DG-2 this activity have not been taken up since July, 2019 and August, 2019, respectively. In DG-1 new

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contractor has joined the project, and they have to initiate this activity. Similarly, in RT-2 no such camp has been organized after May 2019. In ST-3 package the last time camp was organized in September 2019. During the HIV/AIDS awareness camps, the workers are briefed about the causes of HIV/AIDS, myths associated with it and prevention of spreading of such diseases. The awareness program also involves poster display, free distribution of condoms and booklets on HIV/AIDS. The target audience are mainly the labourers, other staff of contractors including those of subcontractors and truck drivers and machine operators as well as PMC staff. No case of HIV/AIDS infection has been reported till the end of reporting period. Following table summarizes the HIV/AIDS awareness programs conducted during the period from October 2019 to March 2020:

Construction Period Venue Conducted By Package

DG-1 Not conducted after June 2019

DG-2 Not conducted during reporting period, Last camp organized in August 2019.

HT-1 Work Completed and commissioned

November Representative from Hubli Cooperative HT-2 Navaloor Site Camp 2019 Society Hospital, Hubli

HT-3 All major works completed and commissioned

Representative from State Government RT-1 January 2020 Lathor Camp site Health Scheme, Khariar Road(Odisha)

RT-2 Not Conducted after May 2019

Representative from PHC-Arang RT-3 January 2020 Lakholi Camp (Chhatishgarh)

October, 2019 ST-1 & November Bridge No. 76 camp office Representative from executing agency 2019

November ST-2 Suktapali Camp Office CGHS, Bargarh 2019

ST-3 Not Conducted after September, 2019

November ST-4 Saintala Camp Office CGHS, Saintala 2019

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PG-1 New March 2020 At work site By the EHS Expert

PG-2 New Not yet initiated

Table 10: HIV/AIDS Awareness Camp Organized during Reporting Period

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6.2.9 Post construction environmental compliance Post construction environmental compliance is required for the completed and commissioned section in for each construction packages. The post construction compliance includes removal of debris materials from site, vent clearance, removal of temporary diversions, dismantling of plants, stockyards at camp sites, temporary structures used for construction activities, restoration of borrow areas and all the sites used for different kinds of establishments related to construction across the project. All the track doubling works have been completed and commissioned in project package HT-1, HT-3 and RT-2 up to end of the reporting period. Similarly, the construction packages of electrification project PG-1, PG-2 and PG-3 are completed and commissioned prior to the reporting period and handed over to the Railway following the defect liability period. In other packages part of the project sections have been commissioned. The sections commissioned for traffic in all the subprojects is as furnished in the following table:

Project Project Package Commissioned Sections

Mohol-Vakav

Vakav-Wadsinge DG-1 Kurduvadi-Dhavalas

Dhavalas to Bhalwani DG: Daund Gulbarga Hotgi-Akalkot Road Doubling Project Akalkot-Nagansur

DG-2 Nagansur-Boroti

Gulbarga-Savalgi

Borati-kulali

HT: Hospet – HT-1 All sections from Hospet to Harlapur commissioned Tinaighat project Amargaol-Hubbali

Hebsur-Annigeri HT-2 Annigeri-Binkadakatti

Binkadakatti-Gadag-Harlapur

HT-3 All sections from Kambaganvi-Tinaighat commissioned.

RT-1 Kantabanji-Titlagarh

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RT: Raipur – Lakhna-Khariar Road Titlagarh Project Komakhan-Bagbahara-khariar Road RT-2 Bagbahara-Arand Khariar Road-Komakhan

RT-3 Belsonda-Arand

ST: Sambalpur- ST-1 Bridge no. 239, 247, 293, 406 & 438 Titlagarh ST-2 Hirakud-Deobahal

Barpali-Dungripadi

ST-3 Barpali-Khaliapali

Khaliapali-Loshinga

ST-4 Balangir-Deogaon Road

Deogaon Road – Saintala

Saintala – Budmal

PG: Pune- PG-1 All sections commissioned Guntakal (Pune-Daund-Bhigwan & Gulbarga-Wadi) Electrification Project PG-2 All sections commissioned (Wadi-Raichur)

PG-3 All sections commissioned (Raichur- Guntakal)

Table 11: Packagewise status of completed and commissioned section

The post construction environmental compliance activities in construction packages HT-1 and HT-3 have been completed satisfactorily and the PMCs have submitted the reports on compliances for both these packages. In both the construction packages all site restoration works including borrow area rehabilitation, camp sites, plant site and stockyards satisfactorily completed as per the land owner’s requirements. All the debris from the construction site has either been cleared from the site or utilized for leveling of ground in surrounding Railway compound. In HT-3, stone crusher and batching plant located at Ramnagar along with all the establishments have been handed over to third party who expressed interest to operate these plants privately for commercial purpose.

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Among other construction packages, the PMCs have submitted the post construction environmental compliance report of commissioned section of DG-1 and DG-2 packages, commissioned sections of Barpalli-Dungripalli section of ST-3, Belsonda to Arand of RT-3 and completed 4 bridges (Bridge No. 239, 247, 293 and ROB 358) of ST-1 packages. For the remaining completed bridge construction sites, removal of all debris following dismantling of labour camps, plant sites, stockyard, office complex, etc. is pending and the report on post construction environmental compliance is required to be submitted by the PMC for their respective packages. For construction package RT-1, submission of post construction compliance reports for completed sections are still awaited from PMC. Similarly, the PMC of RT-2 has not submitted post construction EMP compliance report for commissioned sub-section from Khariar Road to Lakhna and Khariar Road to Komakhan, till March, 2020. In construction packages of PG-1, PG- 2 and PG-3, although the debris removal and site restoration activities have already been completed and the project have already commissioned, the PMC of respective has not submitted any report on post construction EMP compliance till end of March 2020.

6.2.10 Other Environmental Safeguards Measures as per EMP: a. Erosion Control and Slope Stabilization: For controlling slope erosion at high embankment, stone pitching and grass turfing is recommended as per contract specification. In all the construction packages stone pitching and grass turfing at high embankment slopes have been done in completed section. The stone pitching works at high embankment near bridge approaches has been completed in all the packages.

b. Rainwater Harvesting Structures There is no change in status of rainwater harvesting features provided in different project packages compared to the previous reporting period. The rainwater harvesting structure (RHWS) have not been provided in any of the buildings in the completed project packages PG-2 and PG-3 although it was included in the BOQ items of contract agreement. In DG-1 rain water Harvesting Structures have been provided at 3 locations, i.e. Kurdwadi S&T Building and Kem Station building. It needs to be extended to other completed buildings/quarters as per BOQ and approved drawings. Similarly, none of the contractors of packages RT-1, RT-3 and all the construction packages of ST has shown any improvement towards construction of rainwater harvesting provision railway buildings and staff quarters till end of December 2019. In package RT-2, RWHS has been provided only in Arand and Komakhan Railway Station buildings. Construction of RWHS must be ensured in other station buildings and quarters in completed section. In HT-1, package RWHS have been constructed at all the station building and staff quarters. In project package HT-3, RWHS provisions have been made at Tinaighat, Londa, Devrayi and Alnavar railway stations. Rainwater Harvesting Structures at Londa quarters, Tavargatti railway station buildings and Alnavar quarters are yet to be executed and the PIU RVNL has planned to engage SLT for completing this job in HT-3. However, till end of December, 2019 there is no progress towards engagement of such SLT. Similarly in package HT-2, construction of rainwater harvesting pit at Kaniginhal railway station building has been taken up during the reporting period.

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The PMCs has to ensure construction of rainwater harvesting structures at all the potential locations in their respective construction package as per the contract specifications and drawings. c. Flora and Fauna:

The legal framework of the country consists of several acts, notifications, rules, and regulations to protect the environment and wildlife. Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (and its amendments) including the procedure for granting of forest clearances, and the coordination of different regulatory requirements etc are the main acts for regulation of the conservation of flora and fauna, No adverse impact on flora and fauna has been reported due to construction in any of the project packages .This may be because of minimum width of corridor has been utilized for doubling work resulting minimum cutting of trees and disturbance to fauna across the various projects.

d. Tree Plantation:

The contractors are responsible for doing tree planation at the appropriate railway or alternative land in their packages as per contract agreement. Further, they have to maintain the plantation for 1 year for ensuring at least 75% survival. The PMC review the plantation regularly and recommend the release of payment to the contractor in phase manner. In construction packages DG-1, HT-1, ST-2 have shown poor survival rate of the plants. In DG-1 and HT-1 the low survival rate may be attributed to the poor saplings and extreme dry condition in the area. As per specification, the sapling size should be in the range of 3 ft. However, due to dry area, even after regular watering, the plant survival is generally low in these areas. In construction package ST-2, most of the plants have not survived because of poor maintenance by the contractor. The contractors usually not follow up post plantation maintenance like regular watering, pruning, dredging and use of pesticides etc. The following Table presents the status of tree plantation till end of March 2020. The PMC has been advised to ensure plantation as ongoing process and to monitor survival rates of all the planted trees.

Construction Required number of Total number of Remarks Package trees to be planted trees planted as per BOQ 1. Daund-Gulbarga Track Doubling Project No plantation activity has been taken up during reporting period. Out of 8010 plantation, Only 2022 trees survived. DG-1 6500 8010 Replacement of dead plants and additional plantation has not been completed. In the earlier contract a total number of 6500 tree plantation was included in BOQ item. DG-2 6500 4103 However, in the new Contract of balance works, the BOQ number of tree plantation was revised to 4700 numbers. A total number

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of 3636 trees has been planted out of which 2836 trees has been planted between Km 551/000 to 559/000 during the last monsoon. All plantation planted during monsoon survived and recorded in good condition. The Contractor has planned for plantation of balance tree in the coming monsoon this year 2. Hospet-Tinaighat Track Doubling Project Total survival is 2157 with 30% survival rate. Due to non availability of railway land, tree plantation has also been done in different school compounds in Koppal, Ginigera, and 7836/ (10000 Tungbhadrad Dam. The PIU, RVNL taken up HT-1 7000 plant saplings plantation of 10000 tree saplings by planted by RVNL) engaging third party agency in South Western Railway land at Devaragudihal Village, Hubballi to cover balance tree plantation of both HT-1 and HT-3 packages. 9100 4200 Plantation of 2000 trees taken up by M/s HT-2 STPCL & TSR(JV) Near Unkal Railway Station and Sainagar village and balance 2200 plantation carried out by M/s Sahasra Enterprises in Kanginhal and Binkadakatti Approximately 3500 trees survived at site. The PIU, RVNL got tree plantation done in South Western Railway Premises at Devaragudihal Village, Hubballi through third HT-3 8000 6500 party agency for a total number of 10000 covering balance quantity of tree plantation for package HT-1 and HT-3. 3. Sambalpur-Titlagarh Track Doubling Project Nil Nil - ST-1 15058 10000 No tree survived as reported by PMC. No action taken for plantation of balance trees or ST-2 replacement of dead trees. 13036 25037 Total 5280 plants found survived after one year of plantation and as per PMC record only 1243 plants have been found in good ST-3 condition. A total number of 7600 additional trees were planted during last monsoon.

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14396 7500 7500 saplings have been planted during last monsoon season. No progress towards ST-4 plantation of balance trees reported during this reporting period 4. Raipur-Titlagarh Track Doubling Project - - No item of tree plantation included in the RT-1 contract agreement of new contractor. 3447 3275 No plantation activity carried out during the RT-2 reporting period. - - No item of tree plantation included in the RT-3 contract agreement of new contractor. 5. Pune-Guntalkal Electrification Project No item for plantation in the contract PG-1 Nil Nil agreement for contractor.

No item for plantation in the contract Nil Nil PG-2 agreement for contractor.

No item for plantation in the contract Nil Nil PG-3 agreement for contractor.

No item for plantation in the contract Nil Nil PG-1 (New) agreement for contractor.

No item for plantation in the contract Nil Nil PG-2 (New) agreement for contractor.

Table 12: Projectwise status of tree plantation as per BOQT

6.3 Monitoring of environmental quality attributes To comply with the requirement of conducting periodical monitoring of environmental attributes as per environment monitoring plan, monitoring was carried out in 7 construction packages, i.e. HT-2, RT-1, RT-3, ST-1, ST-3, ST-4 and PG-1 (New) packages during the reporting period by the contractor through third party environmental laboratory. In construction packages HT-1 and HT-3 all the major works are over. Similarly, in the electrification packages PG-1, PG-2 and PG-3 all works have been completed and commissioned. So, the environmental monitoring in these packages is not required. As per the environmental monitoring plan (EMoP), it is required to monitor of environmental attributes on quarterly basis, but in most of the contract packages this frequency of monitoring is not maintained. During the reporting period this frequency has been maintained only in RT-1 construction package. In the project packages where the monitoring has been carried out, the measured environmental quality attributes at different sites were compared with the prescribed limits as per national norms to

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assess the addition of pollution load due to different construction activities. The following table depicts package-wise status of monitoring during the reporting period:

S. Project/ Monitoring of Environmental Components Monitoring No. Construction Agency Air Quality Water Quality Noise Level Package 1. Daund-Gulbarga Doubling Project Environmental quality monitoring has not been carried Care Labs, (i) DG-1 out after April 2019. Hyderabad Environmental quality monitoring has not been carried Care Labs, (i) DG-2 out after July, 2019. Hyderabad 2. Hospet-Tinaighat Doubling Project (i) HT-1 Works completed and commissioned. No monitoring required

Air quality Water quality Noise level Shri Krishna monitoring was monitoring was monitoring was Aqua Engineering carried out in carried out in carried out in (i) HT-2 Works, Hubli July, 2019 at 2 July, 2019 at 2 July, 2019 at 2 locations locations locations

(iii) HT-3 All major works completed and Commissioned

3. Raipur-Titlagarh Doubling Project

Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Global Tech. monitoring of monitoring of monitoring of Enviro Experts Pvt. Ltd., Ambient Air Water quality Noise levels was Bhubaneswar Quality was was carried out carried out in in carried out in in the month of the month of (i) RT-1 the month of October, 2019 October, 2019 October, 2019 and February, and February, and February, 2020 at 3 2020 at 3 2020 at 3 locations locations locations

(ii) RT-2 Environmental quality monitoring has not been carried out after March 2018.

Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Global Tech. monitoring of monitoring of monitoring of Environmental Experts Pvt. Ltd., Ambient Air Water quality Noise levels was (iii) RT-3 Bhubaneswar Quality was in was carried out carried out in carried out in the month of the month of the month of

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S. Project/ Monitoring of Environmental Components Monitoring No. Construction Agency Air Quality Water Quality Noise Level Package February, 2020 February, 2020 February, 2020 at 2 locations at 2 locations at 2 locations

4. Sambalpur-Titlagarh Doubling Project

Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Visiontek monitoring of air monitoring of monitoring of Consultancy quality was Water quality Noise levels was Services Pvt. Ltd., (i) ST-1 carried out in was carried out carried out in Bhubaneswar. December 2019 in December December 2019 at 2 locations 2019 at 2 at 3 locations locations (i) ST-2 Environmental quality monitoring has not been carried out after June 2019. Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Centre for monitoring of air monitoring of monitoring of Envotech and (iii) ST-3 quality was Water quality Noise levels was Management carried out in was carried out carried out in Consultancy Pvt. October 2019 at in October 2019 October 2019 at Ltd., 4 locations at 1 location 4 locations Bhubaneswar. Quarterly Quarterly Centre for monitoring of air monitoring of Envotech and Water quality quality was Noise levels was Management (iv) ST-4 monitoring was carried out in carried out in Consultancy Pvt. not carried out October 2019 at October 2019 at Ltd., 2 locations 2 locations Bhubaneswar. 5. Pune-Guntakal Railway Electrification

(i) PG-1 All major works completed and commissioned.

(ii) PG-2 All major works completed and commissioned. (iii) PG-3 All major works completed and Commissioned.

Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Insta Pollutech monitoring of monitoring of monitoring of air Labs, Pune air quality was air quality was quality was carried (i) PG-1 (New) carried out in carried out in out in November November October 2019 at 2019 at 6 locations 2019 at 6 6 locations locations The Environmental Monitoring Schedule yet to be (ii) PG-2(New) submitted by the Contractor

Table 13: Status of Monitoring of Environmental Attributes during last 6 months

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6.3.1 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring: To evaluate the impact of different construction activities on air quality, ambient air quality monitoring was carried out in construction packages HT-2, RT-1, RT-3, PG-1(New), ST-1, ST-3 and ST-4. 24 hourly air samples were collected for assessment of the ambient air quality at different locations within the project area. For assessing the the ambient air quality the quality parametrs were considered are PM10, PM2.5, SO2 NOx and CO in the ambient air. In all the above construction packages the concentration of PM10, PM2.5, SO2 NOx and CO in the air samples were measured except for the construction package HT-2 where th CO was not measured. The following table summarises the package-wise test results of the air quality parameters in the air samples collected from different locations in the project package during the reporting period:

Concentration of air quality parameters

PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NOx CO S. Date of Project/Subproject -3 - -3 - -3 No. Sampling (gm ) (gm (gm ) (gm (mgm ) 3) 3)

i. Hospet – Tinaighat Project 1. Package HT-2 Kalghatagi Bridge (Bridge No. (i) 53.9 25.1 32.8 - 233 @ Ch. 487/850) 25.01.2020 79.5 Near Desai Cross Bridge (ii) 54.3 29.8 32.3 - (Bridge No. 252 @ 469/575) 81.2 ii. Raipur-Titlagarh Project 1. Package RT-1 (i) Harishankar Camp 08/10/2019 59.8 27.5 9.1 17.9 0.372

18.02.2020 70.2 33.5 8.7 17.9 0.287 (ii) Tureikela Station 07/10/2019 65.4 30.7 9.8 19.5 0.416 19.02.2020 63.6 31.2 10.4 22.8 0.375

(iii) 09/10/2019 61.9 28.6 8.2 15.8 0.308 Kantabanji Office 20.02.2020 60.1 29.4 9.3 19.6 0.364 1. Package RT-3 (i) Lakholi Camp Near Batching 22.02.2020 68.3 30.4 8.7 19.9 0.312 Plant

(ii) Mandir Hasud Rly. Station 23.02.2020 76.4 34.6 9.4 20.7 0.346

iii. Sambalpur – Titlagarh Project

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1. Package ST-1

(i) Camp site & Office 70.4 35.8 6.8 15.2 0.38 09.12.2019 (ii) Batching plant 72.8 40.6 7.2 16.1 0.32

2. Package ST-3

(i) Batching plant 68.4 37.9 13.6 16.8 <1

(ii) LC JT-89 64.6 36.3 13.9 17.1 <1 22.10.2019 (iii) LC JT-87 65.8 36.5 14.5 16.8 <1

(iv) LC JT-94 63.7 35.9 14.7 16.4 <1

3. Package ST-4

(i) Saintala Railway Station 23.10.2019 68.4 38.2 13.4 16.5 <1

(ii) LC JT-117 67.2 37.5 13.7 17.3 <1 iv. Pune-Guntakal Project 1. Package PG-1 New (i) C-315(Near Quarter), 2.8 (1 84.6 47.2 52.3 61.3 Parewadi hr) 12/11/2019 (ii) C-357/8, Kem 1.9(1 78.3 41.8 48.6 55.2 hr) (iii) Stockyard at Kurduwadi 2.4(1 88.6 54.3 68.4 73.2 hr) (iv) C-385/5, Wadshimbe 1.8(1 65.3 42.1 46.8 51.3 hr) 13/11/2019 (v) TSS building Kurduwadi 3.6(1 91.6 54.2 74.3 76.8 hr) (vi) C-366/4, Dhawalas 1.8(1 52.3 38.2 32.6 41.3 hr) Prescribed Limit of National Ambient Air Quality as 100 60 80 80 2 per CPCB, 18 November, 2009

Table 14: Construction package-wise ambient air quality at different locations

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WHO Ambient Air Quality Guidelines

Parameters Averaging Period Guideline values (gm-3)

Particulate Matter PM10 1-year 70 (Interim target-1) 50 (Interim target-2) 30 (Interim target-3) 20 (guideline) 24-hour 150 (Interim target-1) 100 (Interim target-2) 75 (Interim target-3) 50 (guideline) Particulate Matter PM2.5 1-year 35 (Interim target-1) 25 (Interim target-2) 15 (Interim target-3) 10 (guideline) 24-hour 75 (Interim target-1) 50 (Interim target-2) 37.5 (Interim target-3) 25 (guideline) Sulfur dioxide (SO2) 24-hour 125 (Interim target-1) 50 (Interim target-2) 20 (guideline) 10 minutes 500 (guideline) Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) 1 year 40 (guideline) 1 hour 200 (guideline)

Table 15: WHO Guidelines on Ambient Air Quality During the reporting period, the concentration of PM10 in air was recorded in the range from minimum 52.3 µgm-3 at Dhawalas to 91.6 µgm-3 at TSS building Kurduwadi both in construction package PG-1(New). At all the monitoring locations the concentration of PM10 in the air was observed within the permissible limit of 100µgm-3 as stipulated by the Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India. As comapre to the WHO guidelines on Ambient Air Quality, the PM10 level in the air exceeded the guideline value of 50 µgm-3 for 24 hour average at all the monitoring locations. However, at all the monitoring locations the same was within the limit of Interim WHO target-2 of 100 µgm-3. The concentration of PM2.5 in the air varied between 27.5 µgm-3 at Harishankar Road Station of RT- 1 package to maximum 54.3 µgm-3 at Kurduwadi Stockyard of PG-1 (New) package. At all the monitoring locations the PM 2.5 levels were found within the maximum permissible level of 60 µgm-3 as stipulated by the CPCB, GoI. As compared to WHO Ambient Air Quality guidelines, the

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concentration of PM2.5 exceeded the 24 hour guideline level of 25 µgm-3 at all the locations. However, it was within the 24 hour Interim Target-2 of 50 µgm-3 at all the locations exceptat three locations namely Kurduwadi Stock yard, TSS buidling Kurduwadi of project package PG-1(New) and at Kalghatagi Bridge (Bridge No. 233 @ Ch. 487/850) of constructiopn package HT-2. The higher concerntration of PM2.5 at these locations may be attributed to the road construction activities around the project area which are under progress. However, at all the locations the concentration of PM2.5 was within the limit of interim target-1, i.e. 75 µgm-3 . The SO2 level in the air samples showed great variation in the concentration at different monitoring locations. Overall the concentration of SO2 in the air in different samples ranged from minimum 6.8 µgm-3 at Contractor’s Base Camp of ST-1 to maximum 74.3 µgm-3 at TSS Buiding at Kurduwadi og Package PG-1 (New). Although at all the monitoring locations the concentration of SO2 was within maximum permissible levels of 80 µgm-3 as per CPCB GoI, the SO2 levels showed high concentration in PG-1 (new) package compared to other project pacakges from where air samples were collected. Except for the air sample collected collected from PG-1 (New) and HT-2 construction packages, the SO2 levels were observed within the prescribed limit of 20 µgm-3 as per WHO guidelines. At 3 locations, i.e. Parewadi, Kurduwadi Stockyard and TSS building Kurduwadi the SO2 concenctration exceeded the maximim interim target-2 level (50 µgm-3 ) as per WHO guidelined, but it was within the interim target-1 level of 75 µgm-3.

Similar to SO2 concentration, the concentration of NO2 also showed great variation in different samples collected from different constructionpackages. The mimum concentration of NO2 was observed at Camp Office of ST-1 package (15.2 µgm-3)whereas the maximum level of 76.8 µgm-3 wer recoded at TSS building, Kurduwadi of Package PG-1(New). At all the locations, the NO2 levels were -3 well within the Nation’s prescribed limit of 80 µgm . Except for PG-1 (New) the NO2 levels were within -3 the WHO guidelines of 40 µgm on annual averaging basis. At all the monitoring locations the NO2 level in ambient aire was found within 1 hourly averaging range of WHO guideline.

The concentration of Carbon monoxide in all the air samples was reported well within the precribed limit as per GOI standards.

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6.3.2 Water quality Monitoring Water sample were collected from different sources for assessing their physico chemical characteristics in construction packages of HT-2, RT-1, RT-3, ST-1, ST-3 and PG-1 (New) during the reporting period from October 2019 to March 2020. The test results of all the water samples reflect that all the samples conform the water quality requirements as per per IS 10500-2012. All the measured water quality parameters were founs within the acceptable limits as per IS 10500-2012 in all the construction packages from where the water samples were taken. The magnesium hardness in water samples collected from Kantabanji Office and Harishankar Road Camp site in RT-1 exceeded the acceptable limit of 30 mg/l but was within the permissible limit of 100 mg/l. The water quality monitoring results of each subproject at the respective sample collection location are presented in following tables:

Sampling Location (HT-2) Date of Drinking Water Specification as per Parameters Sampling- 25.01.2020 IS 10500-2012 Camp Site Desai Cross Near Bridge (No.- Permissible Unit Kaghatagi 252) Chainage Requirement Limit in absence Bridge (Bridge 469/575 (Acceptable of Alternate No. 232) Limit), max Source, max. Chainage 487/850 Colour Hazen 5 4 Agreeable

Odour Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable

Taste Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable

Turbidity, max NTU 1 1 1 5 pH 7.2 7.31 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 Electrical Conductivity mhos/cm 102 112 - -

Total Dissolved Solids mg/l 54.7 65.8 500 max 2000 max

Total Hardness mg/l 20 22 200 max 600 max as CaCO3 Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 mg/l 22 26 200 max 600 max

Calcium as Ca mg/l 4 4.8 75 max 200 max

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Iron as Fe mg/l 0.096 0.81 0.3 max No relaxation

Chloride (as Cl) Mg/l 11.40 13.01 250 max 1000 max

Residual free Chlorine mg/l Nil Nil 0.2 min 1 min

Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3-N) mg/l 1.09 0.958 45 max No relaxation

Sulphate (as Mg/l BDL BDL 200 max 400 max SO4) Total Coliform MPN/100 ml <1.8 <1.8 Absent Absent

Table 16: Water quality monitoring data of package HT-2

Drinking Water Sampling locations (RT-1, date of sampling: & Specification as per IS 10500-2012 Parameters Unit Turekela Kantabanji Harishankar Tubewell Require Office Road Camp ment Permissible (Accepta limit in absence of 08/10 19/ 09/10/2 20/02 09/10/2 19/02/ ble /2019 02/ 019 /2020 019 2020 Alternate Limit), 202 Source, max max 0 Temperature °C 22.6 21.8 22.8 22.4 22.4 22.6 - - Appearance <1 <1 <1 Hazen <1 <1 <1 5 15 color Turbidity NTU 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.1 1 5 pH - 7.11 7.16 7.67 6.92 7.05 7.67 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 Conductivity 440 460 490 mhos/cm - - - - -

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Drinking Water Sampling locations (RT-1, date of sampling: & Specification as per IS 10500-2012 Parameters Unit Turekela Kantabanji Harishankar Tubewell Require Office Road Camp ment Permissible (Accepta limit in absence of 08/10 19/ 09/10/2 20/02 09/10/2 19/02/ ble /2019 02/ 019 /2020 019 2020 Alternate Limit), 202 Source, max max 0 Total Solids mg/l 264 284 468 432 355 374 - - Suspended <0.1 <0.1 mg/l <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 - - Solids

Total mg/l 284 432 374 Dissolved 264 468 355 500 2000 Solids

Chloride (as 15.5 24 14.6 mg/l 22.4 31.6 18.8 250 1000 Cl)

Ammonical <0.0 <0.05 <0.05 Nitrogen mg/l <0.05 5 <0.05 <0.05 - - (NH3-N)

Nitrite mg/l 2.1 3.2 2.9 Nitrogen 2.2 3.1 2.6 - - (NO2-N)

Nitrate 1.3 1.5 2.0 mg/l No Nitrogen 1.2 1.4 1.9 45 (NO3N) relaxation

Dissolved 5.4 5.0 5.6 mg/l 5.1 4.9 5.7 - - Oxygen

C.O.D mg/l 5.4 5.3 8.2 8.1 2.4 2.3 - -

Oil & grease <0.0 <0.02 mg/l <0.025 <0.025 <0.025 <0.025 0.01 0.03 25 5 Phosphate (as <0.0 <0.05 <0.05 mg/l <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 PO4) 5

Sulphate (as mg/l 17.6 44.2 18.8 SO4) 16.2 42.6 20.4 200 400

Fluoride (as F) 0.26 0.17 0.32 mg/l 0.28 0.19 0.30 1.0 1.5

B.O.D. (3-days mg/l 0.24 0.38 0.52 at 27 deg C) 0.21 0.36 0.54 - -

Kjeldhal 0.23 0.25 0.14 mg/l 0.22 0.24 0.12 - - Nitrogen

Sodium mg/l 11.8 11.6 32.1 32.4 8.4 9.2 - -

Potassium mg/l 1.2 1.3 2.6 2.1 1.7 1.9 - -

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Total mg/l 90 132 128 Hardness (as 94 145 132 200 600 CaCO3)

Calcium mg/l 72 80 84 Hardness (as 71 83 89 200 600 CaCO3)

Magnesium 18 52 44 Hardness mg/l 23 62 43 30 100 (asCaCO3)

Total Coliform MPN/100 ND ND Absent/ Absent/ ND ND ND ml 100ml 100ml

ND: Not Detected Table 17: Water quality monitoring data of package RT-1

Sampling locations (RT-3, date of sampling: IS 10500- IS 10500-2012 22/02/2020 & 23/02/2020) 2012 Lakhouli Camp Mandir Hasaud Permissible Parameters Unit Borewell Camp limit in Desirable absence of limit Alternate Source Temperature °C 23.5 24.2 - - Appearance - <1 <1 5 15 color Turbidity NTU 0.9 1.1 1 5 pH - 7.79 7.59 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 Conductivity mhos/ 540 660 - - cm

Total Solids mg/l 329 402 - - Suspended mg/l <0.1 <0.1 - - Solids

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Chloride (as Cl) mg/l 21.5 11.5 250 1000

Ammonical Nitrogen (NH3- mg/l <0.05 <0.05 - - N)

Nitrite Nitrogen mg/l (NO2-N) 1.6 1.9 - -

Nitrate Nitrogen mg/l (NO3N) 2.5 2.7 45 No relaxation

Dissolved mg/l 5.8 5.6 - - Oxygen

C.O.D mg/l 2.4 2.6 - -

Oil & grease mg/l <0.025 <0.025 0.5 No relaxation Phosphate (as mg/l <0.05 <0.05 PO4) Sulphate (as mg/l 16.8 20.4 200 400 SO4) Fluoride (as F) mg/l 0.24 0.20 1.0 1.5

B.O.D. (3-days at mg/l 27 deg C) 0.45 0.48 - -

Kjeldhal mg/l 0.15 0.16 - - Nitrogen

Sodium as Na mg/l 8.4 9.2 - -

Potassium as K mg/l 2.2 1.8 - -

Total Alkalinity mg/l 115 105 200 600

Total Hardness mg/l (as CaCO3) 58 66 200 600

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Calcium mg/l Hardness (as 44 48 200 600 CaCO3)

Magnesium mg/l Hardness 14 18 30 100 (asCaCO3)

Total Coliform MPN/10 Absent/ Absent/ ND ND 0 ml 100ml 100ml

Table 18: Water quality monitoring data of package RT-3

Sampling locations (ST-1, date of Standards as per IS: 10500:2012 sampling: 09/12/2019)

Parameters Unit Permissible limit GW-1 (Labour GW-2 (Office & in absence of Desirable limit Camp) Labour Camp) Alternate Source IS Color Hazen CL CL Max 5 15 Odour -- Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Taste -- Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Turbidity NTU <1.0 1.1 Max. 1.0 5 PH - 7.08 7.16 6.5 6.5-8.5

Total Hardness as mg/l 134 126 Max. 200 600 CaCO3

Iron as Fe mg/l 0.12 0.16 Max. 0.3 No relaxation

Chlorides as Cl mg/l 42.8 38 Max. 250 1000

Fluoride F mg/l 0.71 0.68 1 1.5 Residual Free mg/l ND ND 0.2 1.0 Chlorine

Total Dissolved mg/l 394 346 Max. 500 2000 Solids

Calcium Ca mg/l 30.2 26.1 75 200

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Magnesium Mg mg/l 14.6 14.2 30 100

Copper Cu mg/l <0.05 <0.05 0.05 1.5

Manganese Mn mg/l <0.05 <0.05 0.1 No relaxation

Sulphate SO4 mg/l 7.1 6.2 200 400

Nitrate NO3 mg/l 0.21 0.26 45 No relaxation

Phenolic mg/l <0.001 <0.001 0.001 No relaxation Compound C6H5OH

Mercury Hg mg/l <0.001 <0.001 0.001 No relaxation

Cadmium Cd mg/l <0.01 <0.01 0.003 No relaxation

Selenium Se mg/l <0.01 <0.01 0.01 No relaxation

Arsenic As mg/l <0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.05

Cyanide CN mg/l ND ND 0.05 No relaxation

Lead Pb mg/l <0.01 <0.01 0.01 No relaxation

Zinc Zn mg/l 0.12 0.14 5 15

Anionic detergent mg/l ND ND 0.2 -

Chromium Cr mg/l <0.05 <0.05 0.05 No relaxation

Mineral Oil mg/l ND ND 0.5 No relaxation

Alkalinity mg/l 84 76 200 600

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Aluminium Al mg/l <0.01 <0.01 0.03 No relaxation

Boron B mg/l <0.01 <0.01 0.5 No relaxation

Poly Aromatic mg/l <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0001 - hydracarbon PAH

Table 19: Water quality monitoring data of package ST-1

Sampling locations (ST-3, date of Drinking Water Specification as per IS 10500- sampling: 2012 22.10.2019) Parameters Unit Labour Camp Permissible Limit in (GW-1) Requirement absence of Alternate (Acceptable Limit) Source

Colour, max Hazen <5 5 15 Odour - AL Agreeable Agreeable Taste - AL Agreeable Agreeable

Turbidity, max NTU 1 1 5 pH Value - 7.02 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5

Total Hardness mg/l 176 300 600 (as CaCO3). max

Iron (as Fe), max mg/l 0.21 0.3 No relaxation

Chloride (as Cl), mg/l 54.9 250 1000 max Residual, free mg/l ND 0.2 1.0 Chlorine, min Total Dissolved mg/l 434.4 500 2000 Solids, max Calcium (as Ca), mg/l 48.1 75 200 max Magnesium (as mg/l 13.61 30 100 Mg), max Copper (as Cu), mg/l <0.03 0.05 1.5 max Manganese (as mg/l <0.05 0.1 No relaxation Mn), max

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Sulphate (as SO4), mg/l 23.2 200 400 max Nitrate (as NO3), mg/l 8.2 45 No relaxation max

Fluoride (as F) mg/l 0.12 1 1.5

Phenolic Compounds (as mg/l <0.001 0.001 No relaxation C6H5OH), max Mercury (as Hg), mg/l <0.001 0.001 No relaxation max Cadmium (as Cd). mg/l <0.003 0.01 No relaxation max Selenium (as Se), mg/l <0.001 0.01 No relaxation max Arsenic (as As), mg/l <0.001 0.01 0.05 max Cyanide (as CN), mg/l ND 0.05 No relaxation max

Lead (as Pb), max mg/l <0.001 0.05 No relaxation

Zinc (as Zn), max mg/l <0.05 5 15

Chromium (as mg/l <0.05 0.05 No relaxation Cr+6), max

Mineral Oil, max mg/l <0.05 0.01 No relaxation

Total Alkalinity mg/l 190 200 600 (as CaCO3). max Aluminium (as mg/l <0.01 0.03 No relaxation Al), max

Boron (as B), max mg/l <0.02 1 No relaxation

Table 20: Water quality monitoring data of package ST-3

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Package PG-1 (New) Sampling locations (Date of sampling: 12.11.2019 & Standards IS 10500- 13/11/2019.) 2012 Desirable Permissib Limit IS le Limit in Paramet C- Store C-357/8, C-315 TSS C-366/4, 10500- absence Unit 385/5,Dri Drinking Drinking (Near Drinking Drinking ers 2012 of nking Water, Water, Quarter), Water, Water, Alternate Water, Kurduvad Kem Drinking Kurduvad Dhawalas Source IS Wadshin i Water, i 10500- ge Parewadi 2012 Color Haz <2 <2 en <2 <2 <2 <2 5 15 unit s Odour Agreeabl Agreeable - Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable e pH - 6.89 7.71 8.23 6.65 6.88 7.94 Taste Agreeabl Agreeable - Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable e Turbidit <1 <1 NTU <1 <1 <1 <1 1 5 y Total 91.2 98.7 Dissolve mg/l 286 93 145 354 500 2000 d Solid Calcium 11.11 12.70 mg/l 34.92 8.73 15.87 38.6 75 200 as Ca Chloride 21.52 19.57 mg/l 7.83 29.35 56.75 95.6 s (as Cl) Fluoride <0.2 <0.2 mg/l <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 0.41 1.0 1.5 (as F)

Residual 0.21 0.21 Free mg/l 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.2 1.0 Chlorine Iron as <0.075 <0.075 No mg/l <0.075 <0.075 <0.075 0.21 0.3 (Fe) relaxation Magnesi 11.55 11.55 um (as mg/l 28.54 4.81 11.55 25.4 30 100 Mg) Nitrate <1 13.18 No mg/l <1 <1 13.02 24.6 45 (as NO3) relaxation Sulphat <1 7.021 e (as mg/l 4.042 <1 5.96 38.9 200 400 SO4) 36 40 Total mg/l 184 10 20 178.9 200 600 Alkalinit

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CaCO3)

Total 75.30 79.06 Hardnes mg/l 172.3 41.61 87.18 184.6 200 600 s as CaCO3 E.Coli Nos. Absent Absent /100 Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent ml Total MP Absent Absent Coliform N/1 Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent 00 ml

Table 21: Water quality monitoring data of packages PG-1 (New)

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6.3.3 Noise level monitoring: During the reporting period ambient noise levels were recorded at different locations in construction packages HT-2, RT-1, RT-3, PG-1New, ST-1, ST-3 and ST-4. Both daytime and nighttime noise recording was carried out for construction packages HT-2 ST-1, ST-3 and ST-4 whereas in remaining packages (RT-1 and RT-3) only daytime noise levels were recorded. The average equivalent noise level at different locations is presented in following table

WHO Prescribed limit Guide Equivalent Equivalent LeqdB(A) as Per lines Project/ Noise level Noise level S. Date of CPCB, GoI (Leq Subproje Location (day (night No monitoring dB(A) cts time)Leqd time) B(A) LeqdB(A) Day Night Day/ time time Night

I. Hospet Tinaighat Project

Gadag Railway 75 70 70 62.47 40.68 Station Package 25.07.2019 1. HT-2 Kanaginahal Rly. 75 70 70 61.20 46.6 Stn.

II. Raipur-Titlagarh project (RT)

Near Tureikela 75 70 70 Railway Station 07.10.2019 55.2 -

19.02.2020 55.0 - 75 70 70

Kantabanji Office - 75 70 70 Package 08.10.2019 54.8 1. RT-1 20.02.2020 52.5 - 75 70 70

Camp at 09.10.2019 55.6 - 75 70 70 Harishankar Road 75 70 70 18.02.2020 54.7 -

Lakhouli Camp 75 70 70 53.7 - Site 22.02.2020 Package 2 RT-3 Mandir Hasuad 75 70 70 54.4 - Rly STn 23.02.2020

III. Sambalpur-Titlagarh project (ST)

Camp Site & 70 1. 09.12.2019 62.8 52.6 75 70 Office

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Package 09.12.2019 Near DG Set 70 70.8 61.2 75 70 ST-1

Batching plant 09.12.2019 70 68.4 60.2 75 70

Batching plant 70.8 58.3 75 70 70

LC JT-89 69.5 62.1 75 70 70 Package 2 22.10.2019 ST-3 LC JT-87 68.9 61.7 75 70 70

LC JT-94 69.4 61.6 75 70 70

Saintala Rly. 70 69.4 58.9 75 70 Package Station 3. 23.10.2019 ST-4 LC JT-117 68.9 59.6 75 70 70

IV. Pune-Guntakal Project (PG)

55 (For 45 55/45 resident (For for ial/Rura reside Resid Near Quarters at l areas) ntial/ ential Parewadi 12.11.2019 52 42 Rural (Chainage 315 ) areas)

55 (For 45 55/45 resident (For for Package ial/Rura reside Resid 1 PG-1 At Kem l areas) ntial/ ential New 12.11.2019 51 40 (Chainage 357/8) Rural

areas)

55 (For 45 55/45 resident (For for Stockyard at ial/Rura reside Resid 13.11.2019 54 44 Kurduwadi l areas) ntial/ ential

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Rural areas)

55 (For 45 55/45 resident (For for ial/Rura reside Resid Wadsinge l areas) ntial/ ential 13.11.2019 52 43 (Chainage 385/5) Rural

areas)

55 (For 45 55/45 resident (For for ial/Rura reside Resid l areas) ntial/ ential TSS Kurduwadi 13.11.2019 54 43 Rural

areas)

55 (For 45 55/45 resident (For for ial/Rura reside Resid Dhawalas l areas) ntial/ ential 13.11.2019 52 41 (Chainage 366/4) Rural

areas)

Table 22: Ambient noise levels at different construction packages At none of the monitoring locations the noise levels exceeded the prescribed limit as stipulated by CPCB, GoI. During the monitoring period the daytime noise levels varied between minimum 51 dB(A)Leq at Kem (Ch.357/8) in Package PG-1(New) to maximum 70.8 dBb(A)Leq at DG set of Base Camp of ST-1 and near Batching plant of ST-3 package each. At all the measured locations, the noise levels recorded were within the prescribed limit (75 dB(A)Leq) for industrial/commercial areas as per CPCB Standards, Government of India. In comparison to the WHO guidelines on background noise level, the noise levels were within the prescribed limit of 70 dB(A)Leq except at batching plant of ST- 3 and DG set at Package ST-1, where the noise level slightly exceeded the WHO guideline value. The night time noise levels were recorded in the range from 40 dB(A)Leq at Kem (Chainage 357/8) of PG-1(New) package to maximum 62.1 dB(A)Leq near DG set established at base Camp of ST-1. At all

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the measured locations the nighttime noise levels were found within the prescribed limit of 70 dB(A)Leq as per the guidelines of Government of India and as well as the WHO.

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7. Environmental and Safety training The main contractors normally conduct induction and regular trainings on various aspects of safety at different locations for their staff and labourers in all the ongoing construction packages from time to time. The contractor’s EHS Experts also conduct tool box talks to the workforce before commencement of works on regular basis in order to raise their awareness. It is advisable to include the workforce of sub-contractors also for creating awareness among the other workers about safety aspects. The PMC should also conduct safety training to the workers including those of SLT contracts.

8. Public complaints on environmental and safety issues of project Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs) have been established by RVNL to look into any public complaint during construction work with respect to environmental issues of the project. The public information signboards have been installed at strategic locations in all the construction packages for receiving the public complains. The grievance register for recording the public complaints on environmental and safety issue are maintained by the respective PIU of RVNL at site. During the reporting period, few complaints related to dust problem received from locals in HT-3 and complaint for damaged boundary wall of graveyard near Unkal Railway Station yard was received from local public. All the public grievances were resolved at site at local level by the contractor/PM on the direction of PIU, RVNL. The abstract of the Environmental Grievance Register indicating the type of complaints, location and action taken is enclosed as ANNEXURE-2.

9. Environmental Performance Rating

Based on the site inspections and PMC’s reports on EMP compliance overall rating has been done with respect to implementation of environmental safeguard measures during the reporting period. The construction packages PG-1, PG-2, PG-3 as well as HT-1 and HT-3 have not been considered for rating as the works have been completed and commissioned in these packages. The performance rating of different construction packages during the reporting period is presented below:

Sl. No. Activity Performance rating Remarks / Compliance/Status

Compliance with Statutory Rules and Regulations The safety of workers and site safety to Action plan for EMP 1 Satisfactory be included with work plan at micro compliance level. In RT-1, RT-3, ST-2 & ST-4 packages the batching plants are operational without Licenses and permits for Good in DG-1, DG-2, ST-1 and valid NOC from respective State 2 plants and equipment ST-3 packages. Need attention Pollution Control Board. Instruction has and quarries in RT-1, RT-3, ST-2 & ST-4 been given by RVNL/PMC to the contractors to get NOC from SPCB within time line (See Annex-III to VI).

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In RT-2 the validity of labour license Good in all packages, except 3 Labour licenses expired on 1.09.2019 was renewed in RT-2 Mar2018 for the period up to Mar’2020.

4 Site selection / clearance Satisfactory Construction Related Compliance

Public/Traffic safety Satisfactory in all the 5 measures construction packages. General hygienic conditions require to Housekeeping and Require improvement in all be maintained strictly at all camp site at 6 hygiene at construction the ongoing project packages all-time seeing corona Pandemic sites threats.

In RT-2 work has been completed in Satisfactory in HT-2, ST-1, ST-3 March'20 & Labour camps has been Labour/construction and ST-4 No labour camps in removed. Further, improvement has 7 camps and facilities HT-1 & HT-3. been seen in the condition of labour camps located RT-2, RT-3,DG-2, PG- 1(New) and PG-2 new)

Medical facilities and 8 health checkups of Satisfactory in all packages workers Dust Control: Satisfactory in all the (A) At plant site 9 construction packages Satisfactory in all the (B) At construction sites construction packages 10 Stock piling of topsoil Satisfactory

Slope protection of high Stone pitching and Grass turfing embankment and bridge Satisfactory in all the 11 activities taken up at high embankment approaches from soil construction packages slopes in all the construction packages. erosion.

Satisfactory in all the 12 First aid facilities construction packages RVNL/PMC has instructed contractors Personal Protective Need improvement in all to maintain adequate supply of PPE all 13 Equipment (PPE) construction packages. time & to conduct regular tool box talk on usage of PPEs. Proper storage and 14 handling of chemicals and Satisfactory. waste oils

Sanitation and waste Require improvement in all 15 management construction packages.

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Employment for local Altogether around 70.8% of total 16 Good. villagers / residents labourers engaged are local labourers.

Adequate supply of PPEs to be ensured at site during works. PPEs are also Satisfactory in ST-1 and ST-2, required to be provided to all the Safety measures during 17 Needs improvement in labours including short term labours. execution of works remaining packages. Special attention is required for the workers of sub-contractors and SLT contracts. Emergency response 18 Satisfactory system In ST-2, ST-3 & ST-4, Govt of Odisha is ensuring stipulation before permitting borrow material. At present RVNL and Satisfactory in all the packages Borrow area operation agencies are not having any licensed 19 except for RT-3, ST-2, ST-3 and and rehabilitation quarries of their own. PMCs have ST-4. instructed contractors of RT-3, ST-2, ST- 3 & ST-4 to submit all the records of Borrow areas within one or two months. The PMC has to ensure the post Debris clearance from construction EMP compliance by the 20 Satisfactory site contractor in the completed section as per approved plan. RVNL and PMCs have instructed Require improvement in all contractors to conduct the awareness Awareness programme the packages to maintain the program on HIV/AIDs as per 21 on HIV/AIDS and other frequency of training as per requirement. RVNL takes action by STD for workers contract specification. imposing penalty if compliance are not fulflled by the contractors.

Satisfactory in HT-2, RT-1 & RVNL and PMCs have instructed to PG-1(New) needs contractors to submit the environmental Monitoring of improvement in all remaining 22 monitoring activities schedule.. RVNL environmental attributes packages with respect to takes suitable action as per contract maintenance of monitoring clauses. frequency as per EMoP.

In ST & HT projects RVNL has provided funds to forest dept. to cater large Satisfactory in DG-2, and HT-2, plantation work. RVNL has engaged 23 Plantation Status require improvement in separate agencies for maintenance of remaining packages saplings for one year for contractors doing plantation under BOQ items.

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The PMCs has to ensure construction of rainwater harvesting structures at all the potential locations in their respective construction package as per the contract Rainwater Harvesting Require improvement in all specifications and BOQ in all the ongoing 24 Provision construction packages construction packages. RVNL and Railways to execute Rainwater harvesting through separate agencies wherever main contractors have not executed it as per requirement. The concerned PMC of DG-1 has appointed an Environmental officer in Satisfactory in all the packages March 2020. New environmental officer Mobilization status of except for Construction was appointed in April 2020 in PG-1 & 2 25 Environmental Officer of packages DG-1, PG-1 New and (New) but left the project & RVNL has PMC PG-2 New. already directed PMCs of PG-1 & 2 (new) for engaging environment officer in priority.

Appointment of focal environmental officer at 26 Good corporate level and PIU level

Post construction environmental compliance report submitted for completed sub-projects HT-1 and HT-3. Record Keeping and Satisfactory in HT-2, RT-1, ST- The post construction compliance report 27 Reporting 1, ST-2, ST-3 and ST-4 is required to be prepared and submitted by the PMC for the commissioned sections in their respective packages.

Table 23: Performance rating on EMP implementation

Some site photographs indicating mitigation measures being implemented and also examples of good practices and bad practices has been provided as Annexure I.

10. Non-compliances/Key Issues During the reporting period from October 2019 to March 2020 no major non-compliance has been observed with reference to the Environmental Safeguards, except for non-mobilization of environmental expert at PG-1(New) and PG-2(New) packages of RE work affecting the compliance monitoring on environmental safeguard, follow ups, record keeping and reporting. However, following key issues identified are required to be addressed during next reporting period: (i) Operation of batching plants of RT-1 and RT-3 packages without valid NOC from State Pollution Control Board. Urgent action is required. No corrective action taken till end of March, 2020. Again in Construction packages ST-2 and ST-2 , the new executing agency M/s ARSS-SCPL (JV) have established new batching plants in ST-2 and ST-4 packages and

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operating without valid NOC. However PMCs have taken letter from their contractors mentioning the time line for submission of NOC from SPCB. (See Annexure III to VI) (ii) In most of the construction packages negligence in personnel safety has been recorded. The contractor must ensure adequate supply of PPEs to all the work force including those of sub-contractor’s workforce. It is also required to ensure that all the workers must use PPEs during works without fail. The supervisory staff of PMC and RVNL must also to use PPEs during inspections / site visits. (iii) The environmental monitoring in terms of Air, water and noise pollution has become irregular in most of the construction packages. Periodicity of environmental monitoring is required to be maintained as per EMP (iv) Environmental Officer of PMC is not available in package PG-1 (New) and PG-2 (New) RE works resulting into adverse effect on monitoring of EMP compliance at site as well as record keeping and reporting. Immediate action is required from PMC. (v) Toilet & bathroom facilities to be provided at labour camps in RT-1 and RT-3. Special attention required in to ensure basic amenities like proper drinking water facilities, toilet and bathroom units, garbage collection and disposal facilities etc at labour camp at Jeur in DG1 and Gaudgaon camp in DG-2. (vi) No improvement in providing Rainwater harvesting features compared to last reporting period. The Rain water harvesting structures have not been provided as per BOQ/RVNL specifications in the DG-1, DG-2, entire ST, RT and PG-2&3.

11. Follow up for corrective actions: The PMC and GC identified the following major issues related to the environmental safeguards requiring corrective measures along with the required corrective measures during the last reporting period. The status of corrective action taken by the contractor is updated herewith in the following table: A. Follow ups for Corrective Action for Previously Reported Non-compliances

Construction Issues Identified Corrective Action Status Remarks Package

DG-1 Partial use of PPEs Adequate supply of Open Only partial by workers and PPEs to all the compliance supervisory staff workers and their use noted at all the time during works/inspection

Absence of basic Provision of toilet and Closed The labour sheds facilities provided at bathroom units, safe removed labour sheds drinking water supply, established at sanitation

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chainage km 343/1 arrangements at and 358/2 these camps

Out of 8010 Replacement of dead Closed No corrective plantation, Only plants and additional measures have 2022 trees survived. plantation as per BOQ been required implemented yet.

DG-2 At Dudhani camp providing bathroom closed No camps exist as there is a need of units for female track linking work proper bathroom members living at has been and utility rooms for camp site completed. the convenience of female workers.

The labour camp Toilet units to be Open Yet to be provided at provided at labour provided by the Gaudgaon lacks camp Contractor. basic facilities such Supply of safe as adequate supply drinking water and storage of proposed lighting drinking water, arrangement and proper lighting waste management arrangements, system to be provided garbage collection facility and working toilets.

The batching plant CTE & CTO for Open PMCs have taken operational at batching Plant to be letter from their Lathor camp site obtained from state contractors without valid NOC Pollution Control mentioning the from state Pollution Board time line for Control Board submission of NOC from SPCB. RT-1 (See Annexure V)

Rainwater Rainwater Harvesting Open No corrective Harvesting features structures to be action has been not provided in any provided in taken by the of the completed completed buildings Contractor quarter/station as per BOQ buildings

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The NOC (CtE and Renewal of NOC is Closed The Concreting CtO) of batching required works completed plant operational at and dismantling Jonk River bridge of Batching plant expired in initiated. No September 2017 but renewal required plant is operational now.

Non-compliance Adequate supply of closed Most of the work with workers safety PPEs to all the have been RT-2 in terms of PPEs and workers and their use commissioned. safe access to work at all the time during site works/inspection

Environmental Periodical Open No corrective quality monitoring environmental action has been has not been carried monitoring of Air, taken by the out after March Water Noise quality to Contractor 2018 be carried out as per EMoP

The batching plant CTE & CTO for Open PMCs have taken operational at batching Plant to be letter from their Lakholi camp site obtained from state contractors without valid NOC Pollution Control mentioning the from state Pollution Board time line for Control Board submission of NOC from SPCB. (See Annexure VI)

RT-3 Environmental Periodical Closed Monitoring quality monitoring environmental carried out in has not been monitoring of Air, February, 2020 carried out after Water Noise quality July, 2018 to be carried out as per EMoP

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Non-compliance Adequate supply of Open Only partial with workers safety PPEs to all the compliance (Partial in terms of PPEs and workers and their use Compliance safe access to work at all the time during recorded) site works/inspection

Environmental Periodical Open No corrective quality monitoring environmental action taken has not been carried monitoring of Air, out after June 2019. Water Noise quality to be carried out as per EMoP

Non-compliance Adequate supply of Open Partial ST-2 with workers safety PPEs to all the improvement. in terms of PPEs and workers and their use Supply of safe access to work at all the time during adequate site works/inspection numbers of PPEs and their use by subcontractors/ SLTs workers to be ensured

Environmental Periodical Closed Environmental quality monitoring environmental Monitoring has not been carried monitoring of Air, carried out in ST-4 out after May 2018. Water Noise quality to October, 2019 be carried out as per EMoP

B. New Issues Identifies requiring corrective action:

Construction Issues Identified Corrective Action Status Remarks Package

Quarterly Monitoring to be - environmental carried out as per monitoring of schedule defined in DG-1 environmental EMoP attributes not carried out after June, 2019

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Construction Issues Identified Corrective Action Status Remarks Package

The New Written Consent/ lease - Immediate Contractor M/s agreement from land corrective action ARSS-SCPL(JV) has owner for borrow required. opened 13 borrow areas but no area, environmental Environmental details documents of the borrow area and submitted for statutory approval of operating borrow areas borrow area required to be submitted by the Contractor ST-2 The new executing CfE and CfO for the PMCs have agency M/s ARSS- batching plant taken letter SCPL (JV) required to be from their established the new batching obtained from State contractors plants in ST-2 Pollution Control mentioning the operating without Board time line for valid NOC. submission of NOC from SPCB. (See Annexure III)

The new executing CfE and CfO for the PMCs have taken agency M/s ARSS- batching plant letter from their SCPL (JV) required to be contractors established the new batching obtained from State mentioning the ST-4 plants in ST-4 Pollution Control time line for operating without Board submission of valid NOC. NOC from SPCB. (See Annexure IV)

Absence of PMC’s Deployment of new - Immediate PG-1(New) Environmental Environmental Officer Corrective action Officer in PMC Team required

Absence of PMC’s Deployment of new - Immediate PG-2 (New) Environmental Environmental Officer Corrective action Officer in PMC Team required

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GC has advised the PMC to recommend the corrective actions as per contract agreement, enabling RVNL to initiate necessary action on the contractor.

C. Compliance to ADB’s comments on previous Semiannual reports The ADB has sent their comments on the previous Semiannual reports for the period from April, 2019 to September 2019 vide their email dated 14th February, 2020. All the suggestions have been incorporated appropriately in this report to address the issues raised by the ADB. The compliance matrix is presented below.

1. Again, no report on informal The type of complaints/ grievance complaints/grievances received, if any, received from local public on mentioned in this report Environmental and safety issues received during the reporting period has been summarized in Section 8 Public complaints on environmental and safety issues of project of the report. The abstract of Grievance Register indicating type of complaints and corrective measures is attached as ANNEXURE-2

2. No PMC Environment Officers for DG-1, and PMC of DG1 has deployed PG-1 (contractor for balance work) and PG-2 Environmental officer in March (contractor for balance work) 2020.However, the non-availability of PMC’s Environmental Officer in Construction Packages RT-1, PG-1 (New) and PG-2(New) continue during this reporting period also. The PIU, RVNL has already taken action against it and have imposed penalty on PMCs as per contract conditions.

3. Repeated/continued non-compliance by The Batching plant of RT-2 package contractor for RT-2 on the lack of NOC for the is not functional for last 6 months batching plant at the Jonk River (NOC expired due to completion of concreting way back in September 2017); pending works and the contractor has clearances for RT-1 and RT-3 initiated dismantling of the plant, so no NOC is require for this plant established earlier at Jonk River Bridge. However the Contractor is operating their batching plant in RT-1 and RT-3 without valid NOC from State Pollution Control Board ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND 81 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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and is actually a statutory violation. The PMCs have written numerous reminders to obtain NOC from respective authority, but the contractors have not taken action for the same. Penalty can be imposed on the contractor as per contract condition for not following statutory state norms.

4. Low plantation survival rates particularly for This has been explained in the DG-1 and even zero survival rate for ST-2 – SECTION 6.2.10 c. (Tree Plantation) what seems to be the problem? 5. Lack of basic amenities in labor camp (toilet Provision and Maintenance of and bath, drinking water, waste labour camp facilities is a continual management, etc.) and provision of adequate process. Some improvement has PPE for RT-1, RT-2, RT-3, DG-1, and DG-2 been noticed in the labour camps but still there few lapses have been recorded specially in DG-2, RT-1 and RT-3. The one labour camp of RT-2 and 2 camps of DG-1 camps where the problem was noted earlier, does not exist now as the work of track linking has been completed Regarding PPE the contractors have shown improvement compared to the last reporting period but it requires continual monitoring and improvement.

Table 24: Compliance Matrix of ADB’s Comments/Suggestions on Semiannual Report

12. Any additional issue and impact observed during implementation not covered in IEE No additional environmental impacts other than the anticipated impacts during IEE were observed in any of the contract packages where works are in progress during the reporting period.

13. Other Issue During the reporting period in March, 2020 India witnessed Corona epidemic due to COVID-19, which has turned pandemic. Due to this issue, the construction activities in the Country halted as a

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precautionary measure. The RVNL took immediate measures for prevention of spreading of corona infection among the project staff at site including labourers. On 21 March, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days as a preventive measure to contain spread of Covid 19 virus across the country and set to be extended in phases with some relaxations. Necessary preventive measures have been adopted across the work places as per guidelines issued by the Government of India.

14. Conclusion and recommendations

The overall compliance with the environmental and social safeguards in the ongoing projects is in accordance with the loan covenants, contract specification and EMP stipulated in the contract agreement.

In all the active construction packages, dust generation activities have ceased as formation work are almost complete in most of the part of projects. In addition, measures taken by the contractors to control air, water and noise pollution during various construction activities were found to be satisfactory in all the construction packages. However, at different vulnerable locations periodical water sprinkling has been ensured to control dust. There are some batching plants like in RT-1, RT-3 and ST-2 project where action is required for controlling dust generation.

 The contractors are mostly complying with the relevant statutory requirements related to environmental and social safeguards. PMCs have taken letters from their contractors mentioning the time line for submission of NOC from SPCB for Sub-projects RT-1 , RT-3, ST-2 & ST-4 (See Annexure I to IV).

 The observance with personnel safety is satisfactory only in construction packages PG-1 (New), PG-2 (New) and ST-1and in remaining construction packages it require improvement. The PMCs and RVNL should ensure that workers and supervisory staff of SLTs contractors and sub- Contractors gets required PPEs at work site.  During the reporting period, the required periodical monitoring of environmental attributes was carried out only in construction packages of HT-2, RT-1, RT-3 ST-1, ST-3, ST-4 and PG-1 (New) Packages. Periodicity of environmental monitoring is to be improved as per EMoP in all the projects. The monitoring results of environmental attributes in the above package reflect that there is no significant load of pollution due to various construction activities. All the quality parameters of ambient air and noise were found within prescribed limit.  The labour camps were operational in construction packages DG-1, DG-2, HT-2, RT-1, RT-3, PG-1 (New) and all the construction packages of ST Project. Maintenance of basic facilities and general hygienic is required to be improved in almost all these camps. During the reporting period , some of the existing labour camps have been closed and removed in RT-2, ST-1 and ST-3 after completion of nearby works.  Although contractor are organising the HIV/AIDS awareness programme in their respective packages, but periodicity for conduction of HIV/AIDS awareness camps has not been maintained in most of the project packages. During reporting period, HIV/AIDS awareness camps were organized in HT-2, RT-1, RT-3 and ST-1, ST-2 ST-4 and PG-2 (New) construction Packages. ADB Loans No. 0060-IND / 2793-IND, 3108-IND and 3623-IND 83 Railway Sector Investment Program – Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes

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 The tree plantation activities have not been taken up in any of the construction packages except for HT-2 in which tree plantation continues in January, February and March.  Grass turfing for slope protection work at all high embankment area has been taken up in almost all the construction packages during the reporting period.  A number of sub-contractors and SLT contractors are found working across all projects to speed up the progress. The PMC has to monitor the EMP compliance by such contractors also and necessary record are required to be maintained for those contractors also.  During the reporting period there was no significant change in construction of rainwater harvesting pits which are required to be ensured as per requirement and specified contract conditions in all the construction packages as an effort towards water conservation. During this period only one rainwater harvesting pit have been provided in Package HT-2.  It has been constantly advised to PMC to prepare the post construction compliance report along with supportive documents for the commissioned sections, but most of the contractors/PMCs have not submitted the post construction EMP compliance report except for the construction package HT-1, HT-3, ST-1, ST-3 and DG-2.

Annexure-I: Photo clips on implementation of EMP and Safety

RT-1: Air Quality Monitoring at Kantabanji PMC-Office RT-3:Air Quality Monitoring at Lakholi Batching Plant

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PG-1: Bracket erection at KM: 422: Workers with PPEs PG-1: Bracket & wiring work with trolley at Dhavalas yard: PPEs in use

HT-2: Sheds for labour at Unkal Railway Station HT-2: Toilet unit provided at Unkal Station SIte

RT-1:HIV/Awarness campat at Lathore, Near RT-3: HIV/Awarness camp at Lakholi Harishankar

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RT-1: Slope Protection Work of high bank at HT-2: Plantation by Task Leader ADB Mission at Harishankar Unkal

ST-2: HIV/AIDS Awareness Camp at Suktapali Camp DG-2: PVC sheds without for labours at Bablad Railway Station

ST-4: HIV/AIDS Awareness and Health Camp at HT-2: HIV/AIDS and Medical Camp at Navaloor Site Saintala Camp Camp

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ST-1: Migrant Labours for mast erection. Workers with PG-1 New: Workers PPEs with safety belts during PPEs electrification works

ST-3: Debris/malba removed from site at RT-1: Fire Extinguisher at Camp Site near commissioned Bridge No. 235 Harishankar Road

ST-3: BA-14: Restoration of Borrow area into RT-1: t slope protection for erosion control at Bridge agriculture field at Khairpali / Bargarh No. 227

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PG-2(New): Training on EMP by GC Expert at Solapur ST-3: Poster display for prevention from COVID-19 in local language and English

ST-4: Office Sanitization for preventing COVID-19 ST-1: Sensitization of workers regarding preventive measures against COVID-19

ST-3: Social Distancing at work site but lacking other HT-2: ADB mission at work site PPEs

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Annexure-II: Abstract on Environmental Grievance Register

HT-2: Grievance Register recording the Public Complaints and action taken report in HT-2

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RT-3: Grievance Register recording the Public Complaints at Lakholi and action taken report

RT-3: Grievance Register recording the Public Complaints received at Bridge No. 32 and action taken report

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Annexure-III: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – ST-2

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Annexure-IV: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – ST-4

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Annexure-V: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – RT-1

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Annexure-VI: Timeline for NOCs for batching plants – RT-3

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