h -- Public Disclosure Authorized gn,un,r- s' t .S *K t ' t~~~~~~~~~~-- i ll E il P \~~~t 4 1- ' Public Disclosure Authorized (na'g HS) zY Wm"y''''S.'f' ;', ', ''' '',''-' '~'0', t'' .SC:''''''''E 3'; , 'r' 6 ~ U Public Disclosure Authorized it ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Public Disclosure Authorized OA 86b3 ' :~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUND ................................................... 1-1 1.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................... 1-1 1.2. PROPOSED WORKS FOR BP1 -THE AIZAWL BYPASS . ..................................1-1 1.3. IMPACTS ENVISAGED AND THE CORRIDOR OF IMPACT . ..............................1-4 1.4. SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................... 1-6 1.5. THE STUDY METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 1-6 1.6. STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT ................................................................... 1-7 2.' POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK . ..............................2-1 2.1. IMPLEMENTATION AND REGUALTORY AGENCIES .......................................................... 2-1 2.2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE STIPULATIONS ............ 2-1 2.3. GOI/GOM CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................... 2-2 2.4. WORLD BANK REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................... 2-2 3. THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................... 3-1 3.1. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ..................................................................... 3-1 3.2. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................... 3-1 3.3. WATER RESOURCES ..................................................................... 3-4 3.4. AIR AND NOISE QUALITY ..................................................................... 3-5 3.4.1. Air Quality ..................................................................... 3-5 3.4.2. Noise Quality ..................................................................... 3-7 3.5. FLORA / BIO - DIVERSITY ..................................................................... 3-7 3.6. BIO-DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT ALONG BP1 (AIZAWL BY-PASS) ROAD ............................. 3-8 3.7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT IMPACTED VILLAGES .......................... 3-8 3.7.1. Demographic Profile .............................................................. 3-9 3.7.2. Literacy .............................................................. 3-9 3.7.3. Economic and Social Development Pattern . ...................................3-10 3.8. BASELINE SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE AFFECTED POPULATION ................... 3-10 3.8.1. Baseline Survey of PAPs .............................................................. 3-10 3.8.2.. Classification of PAHs by Occupation .. 3-11 3.8.3. Income Profile ..................... 3-11 3.9. CULTURAL PROPERTIES ..................... 3-11 Criginol Document by iCT & CES ;evised cnd UPdcted by LASA MizorCm Stote Roods Project Phase-li EIA & EMP for AiZOwi Byposs. June 2003 4. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ...................................................... 4-1 4.1. LEVELOFANALYSIS ...................................................... 4-1 4.2. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR THE BYPASS ALIGNMENT ........................................... 4-1 4.3. MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ALONG OPTION 3(A) ..4-5 5. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION .. 5-1 5.1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 5-1 5.2. PRE-DESIGN CONSULTATION PROCESS ......................................................,5-1 5.2.1. Objective ..................................................... 5-1 5.2.2. The Process ..................................................... 5-1 5.2.3. Issues Raised During Consultations ..................................................... 5-2 5.3. POST-DESIGN CONSULTATION ..................................................... 5-4 5.4. FOLLOW UP CONSULTATION PROGRAMME ......................................... 5-5 5.4.1. Information Disclosure ..................................................... 5-5 5.4.2. Continued Consultation ..................................................... 5-5 6. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ..................................................... 6-1 6.1. IMPACTS ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ........................................ 6-1 6.1.1. Destabilization of slopes and soil erosion ........................................ 6-1 6.1.2. Loss of Productive Soil ........................................ 6-2 6.1.3. Impacts due to quarrying and borrowing Operations .......................................... 6-2 6.2. IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES ..................................................... 6-2 6.3. IMPACTS ON AIR QUALITY .................................................... 6-3 6.4. IMPACTS ON NOISE QUALITY .................................................... 6-4 6.5. LOSS OF FLORA / B10-DIVERSITY ................................................... 6-4 6.6. SOCIO - ECONOMIC IMPACTS ................................................... 6-4 6.7. IMPACTS ON CULTURAL PROPERTIES .. ............................... 6-6 7. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES AND MANAGEMENT PLAN ................... 7-1 7.1. COMPONENTS ............................................................... 7-1 7.2. MITIGATION MEASURES: ............................................................... 7-1 7.2.1. Slope Stabilization ...................... ,,.. 7-1 7.2.2. Soil Erosion .................... 7-1 7.2.3. Water Resources ............................ , , , , , , . ..7-12 7.2.4. Air Quality ...................................................... 7-13 7.2.5. Noise Quality .7-...................,.,,.,,,,,,, 7-15 7.2.6. Ecological Environment ............................. 7-17 Originol Doc ument by ICT & CES ji Revised and Upcctec by LASA Mizorom State Roods Project Phase-l1 EIA & EMP for Aizowl Bypass. June 2003 7.3. CLEARANCES REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN BY THE CONTRACTOR .................................... 7-19 7.4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANGEMENT PLAN ....................................................... ,,,,,,,,,,...7-19 7.5. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN ....................................................... ,,,... 7-27 7.6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUDGET ...................................... 7-30 8. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .8-1 8 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, MPWD . 8-1 8.2. OTHER STAKEHOLDERS .. 8-1 8.2.1. Environmental Cell. PIU .8-3 8.3. REPORTING SYSTEM .. 8-7 8.4. ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY BUILDING WITHIN MPWD . .8-8 Crigincl Doc uner. by ICT & CES iii Revised and Upcdted cy LASA WEVW Mizorom Stote Roads Projec, Phose-ll EIA & EA/IP for Aizowl Byposs. June 2003 LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1: Project Roads Selected for Study under MSRP ........................................ 1-1 Table 2-1: Regulatory Agencies and their roles ............................... 2-1 Table 2-2: Existing laws applicable for the Project .............................. 2-1 Table 2-3: Status of Clearances for MSRP-1 ........................... ................................... 22-2 Table 2-4: Applicability of World Bank Policies for the Project ................ ................. 2-2 Table 3-1: Identified Quarry Locations ................................................... 3-2 Table 3-2: Ponds along the Proposed alignment of the Aizawl Bypass .......... ........ 3-4 Table 3-3: Water Quality along Aizawl By-Pass Road ........................................ 3-4 Table 3-4: Sensitive Features along the proposed alignment .................................. 3-5 Table 3-5: Air Quality Data ........................................ 3-5 Table 3-6: Observed Noise Levels ........................................ 3-7 Table 3-7: Tree Inventory within COI of 15 m for Aizawl By-Pass Road .......... .......... 3-7 Table 3-8: Demographic Profile of Project Impacted Villages, 2001 ....................... 3-9 Table 3-9: Literacy Rate in Project Impacted Villages ............................................... 3-9 Table 3-10: Number of Project Affected Households ................................................ 3-10 Table 3-1 1: Project Affected Persons .................................................. 3-10 Table 4-1: Comparison of project options .................................................. 4-3 Table 4-2: Qualitative Environmental analysis of the feasible alternatives ............. 4-4 Table 4-3: Analysis of Mitigation Alternatives .................................................. 4-8 Table 5-1: Participation in Consultation Meetings ................................................... 5-2 Table 5-2: Group Discussion Based Issues and Responses .......................... .............. 5-2 Table 5-3: Specific Issues Raised by the Community ................................................. 5-4 Table 5-4: Mechanisms for Continued Participation in the Project ............ ............. 5-7 Table 6-1: Land Requirement (Area in Sq. Mts) ........................................... ....... 6-5 Table 6-2: Impact on People .................................................. 6-5 Table 6-3: Women Headed Households .................................................. 6-6. Table 7-1: Identified sites for disposal of excess cut material ................... ................ 7-3 Table 7-2: Clearances to be obtained by the Contractor ...................... ............... 7-19 Table 7-3: Environmental Management Plan ..........................