Summary of Proposed Environmental Mitigation Measures (EPC Project Roads)
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India: Second Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Executive Summary Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Assessment EPC & ANNUITY PACKAGES Prepared by the Government of Karnataka Public Disclosure Authorized Public Works Department Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project - II Executive Summary Consultancy Services for Preparation of DPR, Bid Documents EPC and Annuity Packages and Associated Safeguard Instruments – Funded by World Bank TABLE OF CONTENTS E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – EPC & ANNUITY PACKAGES .............................................................. 1 E.1 Introduction: .......................................................................................................................................... 1 E.2 Project Background: .............................................................................................................................. 1 E.3 Need and Scope of Environmental Assessment: ................................................................................... 2 E.4 Description of Project: .......................................................................................................................... 2 E.4.1 Description of Project corridors: ................................................................................................. 2 E.4.2 Typical road cross-section types adopted: ................................................................................... 5 E.4.3 Design speed: ............................................................................................................................... 6 E.4.4 Re-alignments/ Horizontal curve improvements: ......................................................................... 6 E.4.5 Major and minor junctions: .......................................................................................................... 8 E.4.6 Treatment of Culverts and Bridges ............................................................................................... 9 E.4.7 Road Furniture and Road Safety Measures................................................................................ 11 E.5 Key Environmental Laws & Policies: ................................................................................................. 12 E.5.1 Clearances required for the project: .......................................................................................... 13 E.6 Description of baseline environment:.................................................................................................. 15 E.7 Stakeholder Consultation: ................................................................................................................... 16 E.8 Analysis of Alternatives: ..................................................................................................................... 18 E.9 Potential Environmental Impacts and Mitigation measures: ............................................................... 18 E.10 Summary of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R): ........................................................................ 25 E.11 Environmental Management Plan: ...................................................................................................... 26 E.12 Conclusion: ......................................................................................................................................... 28 LIST OF TABLES Table E-1: Details of proposed project roads under EPC and Annuity .................................................................. 2 Table E-2: Typical Road Cross-sections used in designing project roads .............................................................. 5 Table E-3: Details of minor realignments along the project roads ......................................................................... 6 Table E-4: Details of major realignments along the project roads .......................................................................... 8 Table E-5: Number of Major/Minor junctions identified for improvement ............................................................ 8 Table E-6: Treatment proposals for Culverts along project roads .......................................................................... 9 Table E-7: Treatment proposals for Bridges along project roads ......................................................................... 10 Table E-8: No. of Bus Bays proposed for project roads ....................................................................................... 11 Table E-9: Clearances required for the proposed project roads ............................................................................ 13 Table E-10: Details of Public consultation meetings ............................................................................................ 16 Table E-11: Environmental Impact Matrix of the road projects ........................................................................... 21 Table E-12: Summary of Environmental impacts for EPC project roads ............................................................. 21 Table E-13: Summary of Environmental impacts for annuity project roads ........................................................ 22 Table E-14: Summary of proposed Environmental mitigation measures (EPC project roads) ............................. 23 Table E-15: Summary of proposed Environmental mitigation measures (Annuity project roads) ....................... 23 Table E-16 Summary of Impacts .......................................................................................................................... 25 Table E-17: Estimated cost of EMP implementation............................................................................................ 27 LIST OF FIGURES Figure E-1: Map showing proposed project road locations with respect to notified National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Figure E-2: Pictures showing completed solid noise barriers on proposed EPC project roads ............................ 24 Figure E-3: Organizational Framework of EMPIU – KSHIP ............................................................................... 48 i Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project - II Executive Summary Consultancy Services for Preparation of DPR, Bid Documents EPC and Annuity Packages and Associated Safeguard Instruments – Funded by World Bank KARNATAKA STATE HIGHWAYS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (KSHIP) ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – EPC & ANNUITY PACKAGES E.1 Introduction: This report summarizes the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the Project, including project background, applicable legal and policy framework and environmental monitoring standards, significant potential adverse impacts on the physical, biological and socio-economic attributes of environment along with mitigation measures in the project area, analysis of alternatives, public consultation programs and environmental management plan. This Executive Summary prepared for the Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project II - World Bank funded EPC and Annuity packages serves as a concise environmental report. E.2 Project Background: The Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (KSHIP) is an initiative by the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Government of Karnataka (GOK), to undertake improvement of State Highways and Major District Roads. Under a previous World Bank (WB) assisted KSHIP-I program (2001 to 2007), 2,406 km state roads covering State Highways (SH) and Major District Roads (MDR) were improved. An updated Strategic Options Study (SOS), recently performed for the core road network under the control of the PWD, identified a further 7,094 km of State Highways as potential candidate roads for prioritized improvement. A techno-economic feasibility study and environmental/social screening of about 4,900 km of SOS and other roads completed in November 2006 evaluated the feasibility of improvement works and established a priority ranking of 3,411 km of roads. KSHIP-II comprises the subsequent improvement program of 3,411 km identified through this feasibility study. To facilitate this, the Government of Karnataka appointed M/s Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick UK with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India as the Project Coordinating Consultants (PCC) to carry out the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for upgradation of the 3411 km of roads. From the 3,411km of roads, a total of 832.51 km of roads have been selected for upgradation under conventional construction contracts (268.59 km) and Annuity concessions (563.92 km). The conventional construction contracts are referred to as EPC (engineer, procure and construct). The proposed EPC1 and Annuity2 projects are grouped into five contract packages (consisting of eight road links) and four contract packages (consisting of seventeen road links) respectively. None of the EPC and Annuity road links pass through any protected area including tiger reserves. The Annuity concessions are structured such that the concessionaire receives a pre-determined amount of money as part-payment during the construction period and annuity payments every year during the operation and maintenance period in return for the obligation to develop and maintain the highway for the duration of the concession period (10 years). The concessionaire