ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Volume-IV: Environmental Management Plan (EMP) (MEHSANA – HIMATNAGAR) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized May 2013 LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd. LEAdership in engineering & planning solutions Project Preparatory Works Consultancy Services for Roads & Buildings Department, GoG Gujarat State Highway P r o j e c t - II VOLUME-IV ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 CONTEXT FOR THE EMP ............................................................................................ 1 1.3 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ROAD ........................................................ 1 1.4 CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................. 2 1.5 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT .................................................................................... 4 2. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES .................................................................................................... 5 2.1 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS............................................................................................. 5 2.2 SPECIFIC MEASURES .................................................................................................. 7 3. PILOT GREEN HIGHWAYS INITIATIVE ........................................................................... 10 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN........................................................................ 17 4.1 PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE ................................................................................... 17 4.2 CONSTRUCTION STAGE ........................................................................................... 17 4.3 OPERATION STAGE ................................................................................................... 18 5. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................. 33 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN ................................................................ 33 5.2 REPORTING SYSTEM ................................................................................................ 36 5.3 NON CONFIRMITY TO EMP ...................................................................................... 36 5.4 INSTITUTIONAL SETUP ............................................................................................ 38 5.5 GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES ................................... 39 6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUDGET .................................................................. 40 List of Tables Table 1.1: List of GSHP-II DPR Corridors ................................................................................................. 1 Table 1.2: Details of forest land diversion (NPF) ........................................................................................ 3 Table 1.3: Applicable Laws and Regulations .............................................................................................. 3 Table 2.1: Summary of Environmental Impacts and Design Measures ........................................................ 5 Table 2.2: Environmental and Social Specific Measures ............................................................................. 7 Table 3.1: Selected Enhancement Measures for Proposed Project corridor ................................................ 11 Table 3.2: Solar Street Light Locations along the Green Highway ............................................................ 11 Table 3.3: List of Trees-species wise (Girth size below 90cm) .................................................................. 12 Table 3.4: Details of Goucher Land along the Project Corridor ................................................................. 13 Table 3.5: Details of Cattle Crossing Locations along the Project Corridor ............................................... 14 Table 4.1: Environmental Management Plan ............................................................................................ 19 Table 5.1: Environmental Monitoring Indicators ...................................................................................... 33 Table 5.2: Environmental Monitoring Plan............................................................................................... 35 Table 5.3: Summary details of Reporting ................................................................................................. 36 Table 5.4: Institutional Responsibilities.................................................................................................... 38 Table 5.5: Guideline for Good Environmental Practices ........................................................................... 39 Table 6.1: Budgetary Provisions for Environmental Management Measures ............................................. 40 List of Figures Figure 1.1: Mehsana-Himatnagar Corridor key Map (SH-55) ..................................................................... 2 Figure 2.1: Intersection design at Rampura ................................................................................................ 6 Figure 3.1: Few Snap shots of trees suitable for tree transplantation.......................................................... 12 LASA-India DPR: Mehsana-Himatnagar i Project Preparatory Works Consultancy Services for Roads & Buildings Department, GoG Gujarat State Highway Project - II Figure 3.2: A landscaping section from 161+400 to 163+350 ................................................................... 15 List of Appendices Appendix 1: MoEF EIA Notification amended -2011 Appendix 2: NPF Clearance Mehsana-Himatnagar Appendix 3: Enhancement measures Appendix 4: Environmental Reporting System Appendix 5: Environmental Monitoring Location Appendix 6: Guidelines for Environmental Management Appendix 7: Bill of Quantities (BoQ) List of Abbreviations BOQ Bill of Quantity EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan CoI Corridor of Impact CO Carbon monoxide CPR’s Common Property Resources GPCB Gujarat Pollution Control Board GSHP-II Gujarat State Highways Project – II GoG Government of Gujarat IE Independent Engineer LASA LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd. LHS Left Hand Side MoRTH Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NOC No Objection Certificate NOX Nitrates of Oxygen NH3 Ammonia NGO Non-Government Organization PIU Project Implementation Unit Pb Lead O3 Ozone R&BD Roads and Buildings Department RPF Resettlement Policy Framework RoW Right of Way RAP Resettlement Action Plan RPM Respiratory Particle Matter RHS Right Hand Side SO2 Sulfur di oxide SPM Suspended Particle Matter LASA-India DPR: Mehsana-Himatnagar ii 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND 1. The Roads and Buildings Department (R&BD), Government of Gujarat (GoG) has taken up the preparation of the second Gujarat State Highway Project (GSHP-II), covering up-gradation, maintenance and improvement of identified core road network for loan appraisal with the World Bank. Towards project preparation, R&BD has retained M/s LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd. (LASA) as Project Preparatory Works Consultants to prepare plans for the widening and up gradation of highways as well as for carrying out the assessment of environmental and social impacts. As a pre-requisite for loan appraisal, the World Bank, R&BD-GoG has selected nine corridors at this stage, for preparation of detailed designs. The details of the selected corridors are given in Table 1.1. Table 1.1: List of GSHP-II DPR Corridors Sl. No. Work Type Link Name Corridor No Length km 1. Dabhoi – Bodeli SH-11 38.60 Two Laning / 2. Dhanduka – Dholera SH-20 27.00 Wide Two Laning 3. Atkot-Gondal SH-01 35.55 4. Four laning Mehsana – Himatnagar SH-55 66.15 5. Umreth- Vasad (including Kapdavanj-Ladvel) SH-83,SH-188 35.45 6. Two Laning / Bayad – Lunawada SH-69,SH-63 44.56 7. Wide Two Laning Dhansura – Meghraj SH-145, SH-146 46.65 8. Lunawada – Khedapa SH-02, SH-152 56.70 Rehabilitation/ Paliyad-Dhanduka SH-01 46.00 9. maintenance Source: R&BD 1.2 CONTEXT FOR THE EMP 2. As part of the project preparation, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been undertaken for the proposed roads. This EMP for the Mehsana-Himatnagar (SH-55) corridor is based on the findings of EIA. Italso detailsthe effective implementation of the environmental management measures required for addressing the potential environmental impacts in the project.This Environmental Management Plan assists the project proponent, Independent Engineer and the Concessionaire to implement the environmental management measures suggested as an outcome of the EIA. 1.3 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ROAD 3. The project corridor starts near RampuraChokdi at Ch103+000 on SH-55 and ends at Ch163+650. The total length of the corridor is 60.65km (based on the existing chainage) (Figure 1.1). The project corridor traverses through plain terrain and it is characterized byclayey soil mixed with silt and sand. 4. The project corridor passes through Mehsana, Visnagar and Vijapurtalukas of Mehsana district, Mansa taluka of Gandhinagar district and Himatnagartaluka of Sabarkanta district, and thus comprising of 26 villages and one town (Vijapur). Settlements along the