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Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 41627-023 & 41627-033 May 2018 Period: April 2017 – June 2017 IND: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program - Tranche 1 & Tranche 2 Submitted by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Shimla This report has been submitted to ADB by the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Shimla and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Public Communications Policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. 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. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Compliance Status Report of Environment Safeguards Report No.: -20 Period: - Six month for Environment Compliance report and 2nd Qtr. ending 30-06-2017 for EMR Submission: - November, 2017. SIX MONTHLY ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE REPORT ENDING 30-06-2017 AND ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)- Six Monthly Environment Compliance Report Ending 30-06-2017 & 2nd Quarterly Environment Management Report Page 1 of 71 2nd QUARTER ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT REPORT List of abbreviations and colloquial terms used ADB Asian Development Bank AY Academic Year Bigha Unit for measuring land (One Bigha = about 752sqmtr) Biswa Unit for measuring land (One Biswa = about 40 sqmtr) CA Compensatory Afforestation CAMPA Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Agency CAT Catchment Area Treatment CBO Community Based Organization CES Chief Environment Specialist CMO Chief Medical Officer CSR Corporate Social Responsibility DC Deputy Commissioner DFO Divisional Forest Officer DGM Deputy General Manager Distt. District DPR Detailed Project Report ECR Environment Compliance Report EIA Environment Impact Assessment EMP Environment Management Plan FRL Full Reservoir Level GoHP Government of Himachal Pradesh GoI Government of India HCC Hindustan Construction Company (Ltd) HDPE High-Density Poly-Ethylene HEP Hydro-Electric Project HFL Highest Flood Level HoP Head of Project HP Himachal Pradesh HPCEDIP Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Programme HPFD Himachal Pradesh Forest Department HPPCL Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited HPPWD Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department HPSEB Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board HPSFDC Himachal Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation ITI Industrial Training Institute LADA Local Area Development Agency LADC Local Area Development Committee LADF Local Area Development Fund LWSS Lift Water Supply Scheme M Meter MM Mahila Mandal(Women’s Group) MoEF Ministry of Environment & Forests Msl Mean Sea Level MW Megawatt NPV Net Present Value NRRP National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan PAA Project Affected Area PAF Project Affected Family Panchayat Lower most tier (at cluster of village level) of governance in India Parivar Family ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)- Six Monthly Environment Compliance Report Ending 30-06-2017 & 2nd Quarterly Environment Management Report Page 2 of 71 PAZ Project Affected Zone PCC Project Construction Circle PIO Public Information Office PHC Primary Health Centre R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation RoR Run-of-the-River Rs. Indian Rupees/INR SC Scheduled Caste SDM Sub Divisional Magistrate SE Superintending Engineer SPCB State Pollution Control Board Sq kms Square Kilometer SqMtr Square Meter ST Scheduled Tribe XEN Executive Engineer Note: - Issues already settled have been shown underlined and retained in the report for the reference of reader. Also the points on which there has not been any status change have been shown as underlined. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)- Six Monthly Environment Compliance Report Ending 30-06-2017 & 2nd Quarterly Environment Management Report Page 3 of 71 INDEX S.N. CONTENT PAGE 1 Name of Project & Other Details 4 A Implementation of Safeguarding Measures 5-32 1 Forest Clearance 5-14 2 Environment Clearance 15-22 3 Fulfilment of Commitments of Public Hearing 23-32 B Status of Implementation of Environment Management Plan 33-48 Annexures 49-71 I Annexure-FC-1 49-50 II Annexure- FC-2 51-52 Annexure- FC-3 II 53-55 Annexure- FC-4 IV 56-61 Annexure- FC-5 V 62 Annexure-EC-1 VI 63-66 Annexure-EMP-1 VII 67-71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)- Six Monthly Environment Compliance Report Ending 30-06-2017 & 2nd Quarterly Environment Management Report Page 4 of 71 SAWRA-KUDDU (111MW) HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT ENVIRONMENT SAFEGUARDING AND MANAGEMENT REPORT The Sawra-Kuddu (111 MW) Hydro-Electric Project is being funded by the Asian Development Bank, which is covered under HPCEDIP Tranche-1& II. A. IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDING MEASURES I Name of Project Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Electric Project (111MW) II Name of Monitoring/Reporting Internal Monitoring Report of HPPCL submitted to Agency and address ADB III Monitoring Period 9thYear (20thReport) (Season/month) IV Report No. HPPCL-ESMU Sawra-Kuddu-Env-Comp.Rprt-2017/18 V Report for the period Six month period ending (30-06-2017) VI Date of reporting Nov., 2017. 1. Forest Clearance. Forest Clearance received vide letter No F.No.8-42/2005-FC Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests) (FC Division) Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 dated 2nd June, 2006 from Assistant Inspector General of Forest (Annexure FC-1) and approval for additional forest land to the tune of 0.6942ha for explosive magazine at Seema accorded vide GoI MOEF letter no. F.No.8-42/2005-FC Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests) (FC Division) Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 510 dated 20-01-2010 (Annexure FC-2). Additional diversion of land of 0.3472 ha for the construction of Additional adit between Adit-I & II accorded vide GoI MOEF letter no. F.No.8-42/2005-FC dated 10-01-2013 by Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests (FC Division) Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi-110 510 (Annexure FC-3). Compliance status for the conditions included in these forest clearance letters is given below. Area is given in ha (hectares) and amount in Indian Rupees (Rs.). The unit used is Lakh/lac (One lakh is equal to One hundred thousand or 0.10 million) and Crore (one crore is equal to 10 million or 100 lakh). S.No. Measures/ stipulations Compliance Status 1 Legal status of the forest land shall HPPCL will not seek changes in the legal status. remain un-changed. 2 Compensatory Afforestation will be Compensatory Afforestation (CA) is being raised over raised and maintained over degraded 110.08 ha i.e. twice the area of forestland diverted (53.2100 forestland twice in extent to the forest ha for original proposal + .6942 ha for Explosive magazine+ land proposed to be diverted, at the cost 0.3472 ha for the additional Adit). Rs 70.62 lac for 53.21 ha of user agency. forest land diverted have been deposited during March, 2006, Rs 1.58 lac for 0.6942 ha during March, 2009 and Rs55300/- for .3472 ha during April 2012 with HPFD (Himachal Pradesh Forest Department)/ CAMPA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)- Six Monthly Environment Compliance Report Ending 30-06-2017 & 2nd Quarterly Environment Management Report Page 5 of 71 Progress report (physical and financial) as received from DFO Rohroo is as under. Amount received by Utilized Balance (Rs) D.F.O (Rs ) (Rs.) 72,20,000.00 22,46,400.00 49,73,600.00 The compensatory afforestation has been completed over 110.08 ha. 3 The user agency shall transfer the The deposited funds are sufficient for raising and cost of raising and maintaining the maintenance. compensatory afforestation, at the current wage rate, to the state forest Department. 4 The entire reservoir area shall be The entire reservoir area will be got declared as a declared as a Reserved forest under Reserved Forest under Indian Forest Act, 1927 with Indian Forest Act, 1927 with regulated fishing rights after commissioning of the regulated fishing rights. project. Required papers by Forest Department stands submitted. 5 The user agency shall undertake Rim area plantation around the periphery of the afforestation along the periphery of reservoir has been completed by HPPCL at its own the reservoir. level due to lack of response from forest department. Total 3006 Nos. of tress (including 630 Nos. of previously planted trees by HPFD) has been planted in the identified periphery of the reservoir. 6 Felling of trees shall be done only Total of 852 trees are involved with a total volume of when necessary and that too with the 765.37 m³ and the cost of these trees has been paid to prior permission of the state forest HPFD. These trees have been got felled through HP department. State Forest Corporation Limited after