Roads and Buildings Department Government of Gujarat Second Gujarat State Highway Project Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) DRAFT DETAILED PROJECT REPORT Volume II (Environmental Management Plan) December, 2018 LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd., India Consultancy Services for Project Management of Roads & Buildings Department, Second Gujarat State Highway Project Government of Gujarat R o a ds in Gujarat TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................4 1.1 CONTEXT FOR THE EMP ........................................................................................................... 4 1.2 PROJECT ROAD ......................................................................................................................... 4 2 CORRIDOR CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................................................5 2.1 CORRIDOR PROFILE .................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE ................................................................... 6 3 PROJECT CORRIDOR - BASELINE .................................................................................................7 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INVENTORY ............................................................................ 7 3.2 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS .............................................................................................. 8 3.3 CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 9 4 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................................................. 11 4.1 PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE ................................................................................................... 11 4.1.1 Pre-Construction Activities by PIU ............................................................................ 11 4.1.2 By Contractor/ Authority’s Engineer ......................................................................... 11 4.2 CONSTRUCTION STAGE .......................................................................................................... 11 4.2.1 Construction Stage activities by the Contractor ....................................................... 11 4.3 OPERATION STAGE ................................................................................................................. 12 4.4 PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT CLAUSE ....................................................................... 12 4.4.1 Nonconformity to Environmental Management Plan (EMP) .................................... 12 4.5 COMPLIANCE WITH LABOUR REGULATIONS: ......................................................................... 13 4.6 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY (ESHS) CODE OF CONDUCT ...................... 15 4.7 ENHANCEMENT MEASURES ................................................................................................... 16 5 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................... 22 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN .................................................................................. 22 5.2 INSTITUTIONAL SETUP ........................................................................................................... 22 5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN .................................................................................. 23 5.3.1 Monitoring Indicators ............................................................................................... 23 5.4 REPORTING SYSTEM ............................................................................................................... 27 5.5 GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES ........................................................ 28 5.6 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUDGET .......................................................................... 29 APPENDICES .......................................................................................................................... 30 Appendix 1: Requirement of Environmental Clearances .............................................................................. 31 Appendix 2: Environmental Monitoring Formats ........................................................................................ 35 Appendix 3: Contractor’s Checklist on Environmental and Social Issues ..................................................... 46 Appendix 4: Guidelines for Environmental Management ............................................................................ 48 Appendix 5: Additional Measures for Effective Implementation of Environmental Management Plan .... 103 List of Tables Table 2.1: Radhanpur Harij Chanasma Corridor Profile ................................................................................ 5 Table 3-1: Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) Project Corridor .......................................................................... 7 Table 3-2: Stakeholders Consultations (Focus Group Discussion) ................................................................ 8 DRAFT DETAILED PROJECT REPORT - V o l u m e I I Page | 2 Consultancy Services for Project Management of Consultancy Services for Project Management of Roads & Buildings Department, Second Gujarat State Highway Project Government of Gujarat R o a ds in Gujarat Table 3-3: Applicable Clearances : Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) .............................................................. 9 Table 4-1: Environmental Management Plan ............................................................................................. 17 Table 4-2: Environmental Enhancement Measures at Identified Locations along: : Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 Table 5-1: Institutional Responsibilities ...................................................................................................... 22 Table 5-2: Environmental Monitoring Indicators ........................................................................................ 23 Table 5-3: Environmental Monitoring Plan ................................................................................................. 25 Table 5-4: Summary details of Reporting ................................................................................................... 27 Table 5-5: Guideline for Good Environmental (and Social) Practices ......................................................... 28 Table 5-6: Total Budgetary Provisions for Environmental Management Measures................................... 29 List of Figures Figure 1-1: Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) Corridor Map ............................................................................. 4 List of Abbreviations CoI Corridor of Impact CO Carbon Monoxide CPR’s Common Property Resources EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan GPCB Gujarat Pollution Control Board GSHP Gujarat State Highways Project GSHP II Second Gujarat State Highways Project GoG Government of Gujarat LASA LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd. LHS Left Hand Side MoEF & CC Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India MoRTH Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India NOC No Objection Certificate NOX Nitrates of Oxygen NH3 Ammonia NGO Non-Government Organisation PIU Project Implementation Unit Pb Lead O3 Ozone R&BD Roads and Buildings Department, Govt. of Gujarat RPF Resettlement Policy Framework RoW Right of Way RAP Resettlement Action Plan RPM (PM2.5) Respiratory Particle Matter RHS Right Hand Side SC Supervision Consultant SO2 Sulfur dioxide SPM (PM10) Suspended Particle Matter DRAFT DETAILED PROJECT REPORT - V o l u m e I I Page | 3 Consultancy Services for Project Management of Consultancy Services for Project Management of Roads & Buildings Department, Second Gujarat State Highway Project Government of Gujarat R o a ds in Gujarat 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 CONTEXT FOR THE EMP 1. This Environmental Management plan (EMP) has been prepared to guide the State Roads Project (SRP) division of the R&BD to address the limited environmental and social impacts likely due to the maintenance operations, at the various stages of project preparation, implementation and maintenance of the Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) maintenance corridor. The Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is prepared in-line with Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF). 1.2 PROJECT ROAD 2. The project road corridor falls in Northern region of the state, starts at km 0+000 near Randhanpur town and ends at km 60+420 at Chanasama town, with a length of 60.42 km (SH-055). 3. The Corridor connects Two National Highways, acts as east west connectivity and connects North Gujarat to Kutch. Improves alternative interstate connectivity for long distance traffic. Strategically important corridor in flood affected region of North Gujarat. Km. 0.000 Km. 60.42 Figure 1-1: Radhanpur-Chanasma (SH-55) Corridor Map DRAFT DETAILED PROJECT REPORT - V o l u m e I I Page | 4 Consultancy Services for Project Management of Consultancy Services for Project Management of Roads & Buildings Department, Second Gujarat State Highway Project Government of Gujarat R o a ds in Gujarat 2 CORRIDOR CHARACTERISTICS 2.1 CORRIDOR PROFILE