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Annexure - 1 Assessment of Carrying Capacity of the proposed route by Road and impact of increased traffic on Air Quality & local habitation for 2.5 MTPA Coal Washery of M/s. Phil Coal Beneficiation Pvt. Ltd. I. Carrying Capacity of Road: The SECL mines of Gevra, Dipka, Kusmunda and Korba in Sub-Korba coalfield region are evacuating coal by using Rail, Road, Conveyer Belt, Merry Go Round rail system and ow wagons modes of transport. At present, most of coal evacuation is done by Road. Gevra, Dipka, and Kusmunda mines are approachable via Pali – Dipka road of PWD. In this region, there are coal mines and power plants. Considering the high traffic density on this road, the PWD completed widening of two-lane road with cement concrete pavement in the year 2016. The Pali – Dipka road joins NH-130 near Pali. Coal from the Gevra, Dipka and Kusmunda mines coming towards Bilaspur & Raipur istransported by road via Pali – Dipka road and Bilaspur – Katghora road [NH # 130]. Phil Coal Beneficiation Pvt. Ltd. (PCBPL) proposes to route ROM coal carrying trucks, on behalf of its clients, by NH # 130 to the proposed Coal Washery site. Presently, most of the coal evacuation from SECL mines is carried out by road. Last Five years (2013 –2018) SECL coal dispatch data (as per SECL Annual Report 2017-18) is shown below: (Dispatch in Million Tons) Mode of Transport 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Rail 47.49 43.64 46.69 52.93 51.55 Road 41.37 45.21 57.13 52.53 65.97 Belt 5.25 6.54 7.13 7.34 6.45 MGR 24.58 24.82 25.07 22.73 24.89 Consumers own wagons 3.32 3.00 2.71 2.13 2.23 Source: SECL Annual Report 2017-18 Upgradation of NH # 130 The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is up-grading NH # 130 stretch from 2-lane with paved shoulder to 4-lane with paved shoulders. The information on traffic surveys, analysis, projections for 30 years and lanning requirement reported in the Final Detailed Project Report (Package-I) is briefed below. The survey focused on traffic flow, commodity movement and traffic pattern besides other factors required for the study. The surveys found that the traffic was not same on all days and was not uniform in a day itself. 1 Location wise results of traffic analysis: Location % Flow towards Total Avg. PCUs % of Fast- % of slow- Peak Hours near Up Down Daily moving moving Traffic vehicles # vehicles * Bilaspur 50.5 49.5 11902 17931 92.2 7.8 18:00-19:00hr Pali 52.45 47.55 9725 10118 91.8 8.2 18:00-19:00hr Katghora 49.8 50.2 9749 10907 91.4 8.2 13:00-14:00hr Source: NHAI Final DPR Package-I October 2017 # 2, 3 & 4 wheelers, Bus, Trucks, Tractors, LCV, Construction machinery * Bicycles, Rickshaw, Carts Location-wise daily Average Traffic Composition: Travel trends of passenger & commercial vehicles on different stretches of Bilaspur – Katghora road [NH-130] are indicated in the Table below: S.No. At Type and % in Volume location 2 & 3 Car/Jeep/Van Bus LCV 2 & 3 Multiaxle Slow moving Wheelers Axle Trucks vehicles 1. Bilaspur 37 26 2 7.5 10 11 4 2. Ratanpur 32.5 24.2 5.6 4.5 23.3 8.7 0.2 3. Pali / 47 27 4 3.3 5 6 6 Katghora Source: NHAI Final DPR Package-I October 2017 Origin & Destination Survey: Commodity / Goods Analysis - Information on kind of commodity movement on road along with origin destination details is given below: S.No. Origin Destination Vehicle Commodity No. of % Vehicles 1. Dipka, Bilaspur, Raipur, Logra, Truck Coal 105 72.5 Gewra Kota, Beltara, Korba, &Kusmunda Parria, Siltara,Lokhandi 2. Raipur Dipka Truck Cement 1 0.69 3. Dipka Bilaspur Bus Passenger 1 0.69 4. Putta Langara Truck Seeds 3 2.07 5. Raipur Katghora Truck Parchoon 1 0.69 (Daily Commodities) 6. Korba Raipur Truck Gas 1 0.69 7. Bilaspur, Dipka, Gevra, Korba& Truck Empty 33 22.76 Raipur Kusmunda Total 145 100 Source: NHAI Final DPR Package-I October 2017 2 Traffic Demand Forecasting: For traffic demand forecasting, a period of 30 years and 2 years construction time was carried out. The following methods were used for growth rate calculation: 1. Time Trend Analysis / Vehicle registration method 2. NSDP method (Econometrics Model method: IRC - 108) The study presumed that annual rate of growth of commercial vehicles shall not be less than 5%.For traffic projection and pavement design, traffic growth factor for every 5 years subject to a minimum rate of growth of 5% at any period of time was considered. The projected total traffic (in PCUs) up to the year 2048 is given below: Year / Homogeneous 2015 2018 2028 2038 2048 Section Bilaspur - Ratanpur 19401 24895 40551 66053 107593 Ratanpur – Pali 13160 17905 24992 43010 77678 Pali - Katghora 11711 15189 24740 40300 65644 Source: NHAI Final DPR Package-I October 2017 Lanning Requirement: The project road requires 4 lane with paved shoulders for capacity augmentation and efficient movement of traffic for a period of next 30 years. Coal Dispatch & Capacity upgradation – Rail & Road: The project road requires 4 lane with paved shoulders for capacity augmentation and efficient movement of traffic for a period of next 30 years. Work on up-gradation to 4-lane with paved shoulders of Bilaspur – Ratanpur section has already started. On completion of the construction, the road capacity will improve tremendously to take care of projected next 30 years traffic demand. The Chhattisgarh East-West Rail Corridor project is expected to be complete by 2020. The East-West rail corridor will link the mines of Korba region to the main rail network. On commissioning of the route, coal evacuation by road will be significantly taken over by the rail mode. On completion of both, the road up-gradation and rail corridor, there will be further potential reduction in heavy traffic / traffic volume on the NH-130. Phil Coal Beneficiation Pvt. Ltd. (PCBPL) proposal is to re-route ROM coal, on behalf of its clients, from NH # 130 to the proposed 2.5MTPA coal washery at Ghutku for beneficiation, no significant increase in the existing traffic volume on NH # 130 is anticipated because of the proposed washery. As the proposal envisages maximum coal evacuation by rail, to this extent, there would be reduction in road traffic. 3 4 II. Impact on Air Quality due to Transportation Phil Coal Beneficiation Pvt. Ltd. (PCBPL) proposal is to beneficiate coal on behalf of its customers who receive raw coal against the linkages. ROM coal from Gevra, Dipka and Kumunda mines moving towards Bilaspur/Raipur and beyond is transported by road through Pali - Dipka road and Bilaspur-Katghora road [NH # 130]. Coal of PCBPL’s clients passing through NH # 130 will be taken to the proposed washery forbeneficiation. As such no significant additional trucks are required for bringing raw coal from the mines. After beneficiation, maximum coal evacuation from the washery will be rail from own railway siding at Ghutku, located besides the plant. The clients who are not connected by rail will only receive clean coal and rejects by road. However, to project worst scenario, it is assumed that entire inward and outward coal transportation will be by road. In this situation, about 280 per day trucks [30 tonner] will be required. Air Quality Modelling has been carried out to predict incremental concentration of ambient PM, NOx and CO due to the additional vehicular traffic. The transportation route from Gevra, Dipka & Kusmunda mines to washery site is shown Figure-1 below: Model Predictions: AERMOD, version 6.2.1 Air dispersion modelling software has been applied to predict PM, NOx and CO concentrations due to assumed additional vehicular traffic. The modelling stimulations have been executed based on traffic routes from SECL mines to washery site through road distance where Dipka OCP is a distance of 74 km, Gevra OCP at a distance of 75 km and Kusmunda OCP at a distance of 86 km considering the worst case scenario. The raw coal will be transported from these three mines to plant by road through 30 T capacity trucks. Total number of trucks from mines to washery considering 100% transportation of ROM Coal, washed coal & Rejects by road will be 280 trucks/day and Air Quality modelling has been done for same considering the aforementioned worst-case scenario. Isopleths showing incremental concentrations for Particulate Matter (PM), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Carbon Monoxide (CO) are shown in Figure-1, Figure-2 & Figure-3 respectively. Resultant concentrations at nearby road side habitation are showing in Table 1, 2 & 3 5 Figure - 1 6 Figure - 2 7 Figure - 3 8 Net Resultant GLCs of PM, NOx & CO due to 100% transport by road Ambient Air Quality has been monitored at 6 nos. of habitations enroute from plant to SECL mines of Dipka, Gevra & Kusmunda from 20th March 2019 to 27th March 2019. The baseline AAQ concentrations, incremental concentrations due to vehicular movement, Net resultant concentrations are shown below in Table 1, 2 & 3. Table-1 Net resultant GLCs of PM at the nearby habitations enroute from plant to SECL Mines S.No. Name of the Baseline Maximum Incremental Net resultant NAAQ Station concentration Baseline Concentration Concentration Standard (µg/m3) Concentration (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 1. Karhipara 43.1- 44.5 44.5 0.36 44.86 100 2. Sendri 36.8- 37.5 37.5 0.31 37.81 100 3.