Initial Environmental Examination ___________ April 2014 IND: Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program- Urban Transport Subproject- Construction of New Mehjoor Bridge on the Downstream Side of (Dilapidated Mehjoor Bridge) and Construction of two Grade Separators at J&K Bank Junction on Maulana Azad Road & Radio Kashmir Crossing on Residency Road in Srinagar City Prepared by the Economic Reconstruction Agency, Government of Jammu and Kashmir for the Asian Development Bank. This is a revised version of the draft originally posted in April 2014 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/jammu-and-kashmir-urban-sector- development-investment-program-tranche-3-urban-transport-iee. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 14 April 2014) Currency unit – rupee (INR) INR1.00 = $0.01657 $1.00 = INR 60.348 ABBREVIATIONS ADB - Asian Development Bank ASI - Archeological Survey of India BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand CBD - Central Business District CTE - Consent to Establish CTO - Consent to Operate DSC - Design and Supervision Consultancy CPCB - Central Pollution Control Board DO - Dissolved oxygen EA - Executing Agency EAC - Expert Appraisal Committee EARF - Environment Assessment and Review Framework EC - Environmental Clearance EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environment Management Plan ERA - Economic Reconstruction Agency FI - Financial Intermediary GoI - Government of India GRM - Grievance Redressal Mechanism IA - Implementing Agency IEE - Initial Environmental Examination IRC - Indian Road Congress IST - Indian Standard Time J & K - Jammu and Kashmir JKUSDIP - Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Programme LCV - Light Commercial Vehicle LHS - Left Hand Side MA Maulana Azad MFF - Multi –Tranche Financing Facility MLD - Million liter per day MoEF - Ministry of Environment and Forests MRH - Mean Relative Humidity MSW - Municipal Solid Waste MT - Metric ton MTR - Month’s Total Rainfall NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards NH - National Highway NSL - Natural soil level OM - Operations Manual PCU - Passenger car unit PIU - Project Implementation Unit PMU - Project Management Unit PM2.5 - Particulate Matter below 2.5 micron particle size PM10 - Particulate Matter below 10 micron particle size PMC - Project Management Consultant PUC - Pollution Under Control RCC - Reinforced Cement Concrete REA - Rapid Environmental Assessment RHS - Right Hand Side ROW - Right of Way RSPM - Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter SMC - Srinagar Municipal Corporation SPCB - State Pollution Control Board SPM - Suspended Particulate Matter SPS - Safeguards Policy Statement STP - Sewage Treatment Plant TDS - Total dissolved solids TMP Traffic Management Plan ToR - Terms of Reference TRC Tourist Reception Center TSS - Total suspended solids V/C ratio - Volume to Capacity ratio WEIGHTS AND MEASURES cm - centimeter crore – 100 lakhs = 10,000,000 lakh – 100 thousand = 100,000 km – Kilometer kph - Kilometer per hour lpd – liters per day m – Meter mg/l – milligrams per liter mm – Millimeter MSL - Mean sea level μ - 10-6 meter µg/m3 – micrograms per cubic meter μS/cm - micro Siemens per centimeter NTU - Nephalo turbidity unit ppm – parts per million NOTE{S} In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. “INR” and “ ” refer to Indian rupees This initial environmental examination 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. INTRODUCTION 1 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 2 1. ADB Policy 2 2. National and State Laws 3 III. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT 6 A. Existing Condition 6 B. Proposed Subproject and Components 7 C. Implementation Schedule 9 D. Alternatives of Proposed Subproject 9 IV. DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT 12 A. Physical Resources 12 B. Water Resources 21 C. Ecological Resources 22 D. Economic Development 24 E. Social and Cultural Resources 30 V. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES 32 A. Planning and Design Phase 33 B. Construction Phase 40 C. Operation and Maintenance Phase 51 D. Cumulative Environmental Impacts 56 E. Assessment of No-Go (No Build) Option 57 VI. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 59 A. Public participation during the preparation of the IEE 59 B. Notification of Potential Interested and Affected Parties 59 C. Future Consultation and Disclosure 59 VII. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM 60 VIII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 61 A. Institutional Arrangement 62 B. Capacity Building 63 C. Environmental Monitoring Programme 79 D. Environmental Management and Monitoring Cost 82 IX. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 85 APPENDICES 1. Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Checklist 86 2. Traffic Management Plan 89 3. Public Consultation Details of New Mehjoor Bridge 92 4. Public Consultation Details of Grade Separators 100 5 Alignment of Grade Separators and New Mehjoor Bridge 105 6. Photographs of the proposed Grade Separators and New Mehjoor Bridge 109 7. Photos portrays traffic congestion 112 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 : Applicable Environmental Regulations 5 Table 2 a : Design features of New Mehjoor Bridge 8 Table 2b Design features of Grade Separators 9 Table 3 : Implementation schedule 9 Table 4 : Zone wise list of drainage schemes in Srinagar city 13 Table 5 : Existing storm water drainage pumping stations in Srinagar city 15 Table 6 : Mean maximum and minimum temperature of Srinagar city 18 Table 7 : Rainfall data of Srinagar (Month’s Total Rainfall in mm) 19 Table 8 : Monthly Relative Humidity Data of Srinagar City 19 Table 9 : Ambient air quality data 20 Table 10 : Ambient noise quality 20 Table 11 : Surface Water quality data 22 Table 12 : Broad land uses of Srinagar Local Area 25 Table 13 : Demographic status of Jammu and Kashmir 30 Table 14 : Sensitive environmental receptors along the subproject alignment 32 Table 15 : Summary of Quantifiers and Qualifiers Used for Assessment Purposes 32 Table 16a : Salient design features of New Mehjoor Bridge 33 Table 16b Salient design features of Grade Separators 35 Table 17 : Summary of Anticipated Potential Environmental Impacts During Planning 38 and Design Stage Table 18 : Summary of Activities and Facilities, Resource Use, and Produced 40 Outputs during Construction Phase Table 19 : Summary of Anticipated Potential Environmental Impacts During 42 Construction Phase Table 20 : Summary of Activities and Facilities, Resource Use, and Produced 51 Outputs during Operation and Maintenance Phase Table 21 : Summary of Anticipated Potential Environmental Impacts During 52 Operation and Maintenance Phase Table 22 : Summary of Anticipated Potential Cumulative Environmental Impacts 56 Table 23 : Summary of Anticipated Potential Environmental Impacts of the No Build 57 Options Table 24 : Site Establishment and Preliminary Activities 64 Table 25 : Management of Construction and Workforce Activities 71 Table 26 : Post Construction Activities 77 Table 27 : Environmental Monitoring Program 79 Table 28a : Indicative Cost for EMP Implementation of New Mehjoor Bridge 83 Table 28b Indicative Cost for EMP Implementation of Grade Separators 84 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) has undertaken Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program (JKUSDIP), financed by the ADB through Multi- Tranche Financing Facility (MFF). The total estimated cost of the program is about US $485 million, out of which $300 million will be financed by ADB. The primary objective of JKUSDIP is to promote economic development in the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) through expansion of basic services such as water supply, sewerage, sanitation, drainage, solid waste management, urban transport and other municipal functions in Srinagar, Jammu and other important urban centers of the State. JKUSDIP will also strengthen the service delivery capacity of the responsible state urban agencies and urban local bodies through management reform, capacity building and training. The programme is to be implemented in 3 to 7 tranches over a period of 8 years. Each tranche constitutes a separate loan. Tranche I and Tranche II of JKUSDIP are under implementation. One of the subprojects identified under Tranche 3 of JKUSDIP is (Construction of New Mehjoor Bridge on the Down-Stream Side of (Dilapidated Mehjoor Bridge), Construction of Grade Separator at Radio Kashmir crossing along Sonwar RR axis and at TRC- JK Bank Crossing along Dalgate - Lal Chowk axis in Srinagar City). 2. Subproject Scope: The major objectives of constructing New Mehjoor Bridge at Jawahar Nagar: (i) Decongestion of traffic between airport road and Natipora Newa Road. (ii) It will provide a better route for transporting building material like bricks, stones and sand etc. from Lasjan area to Srinagar city. (iii) It will improved long-term traffic management in the Srinagar City.(Iv) Provide a better connectivity to all type of traffic including heavy vehicles to Srinagar city and areas across the Flood Spill Channel. This project will benefit by way of connecting the area from Lasjan, Padshahi bagh area to main city there by reducing the distance by about 5-6 km. Further this will to large extent help in decongestion of