1 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Preamble Environmental protection and sustainable development have been the cornerstones of the policies and procedures governing the industrial and other developmental activities in India. Ministry of Environment & Forests has taken several policy initiatives and enacted environmental and pollution control legislations to prevent indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources and to promote integration of environmental concerns in developmental projects, one such initiative is the Notification on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of developmental projects issued on 27.1.1994 under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, amended on 07.07.2004 & included for certain criteria’s of construction projects including new townships, settlement colonies, commercial complexes, hospitals and office complexes to obtain environmental clearance, further this notifications was amended as Environmental Impact Assessment Notification S.O. 1533 (E) of 14th September 2006 as amended Notification S.O. 3067 (E) dated 1st December 2009 making mandatory for specified categories of developmental projects to obtain Environmental Clearance. The Proposed TOR has been prepared as per EIA guidance manual for Building, Construction, Township and Area Developmental Projects prepared by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad dated February 2010. 1.2. Profile of Project Proponent This project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” is proposed by M/s. Prestige Office Ventures, which is a partnership firm of M/s. Prestige Estate Project Ltd. The scope of the project is for building a commercial complex in 8.55 acres of land at Sy no. 227 to 331 and 333 of Bommasandra Village, Anekkal Taluk in Bangalore Rural District. M/s. Prestige Estate Project Ltd., is one of the most reputed and leading property developing firms in south India with its corporate office at Bangalore. Founded in 1986, over the last two decades, Prestige Group has firmly established itself as one of the leading and most successful developers of real estate in India by imprinting its indelible mark across all asset classes. The Prestige Group today has become a name that is synonymous with innovation. The company has pioneered many landmark 1 Prepared by: METAMORPHOSIS Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 2 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. developments, introduced many firsts to South India and have more than 200 landmark developments across major cities in south India. Some of the landmark projects in Bangalore are Prestige Acropolis, Prestige Ozone, The Forum mall, The Collection, UB City, Prestige Golfshire, Prestige Shantiniketan, Prestige Lakeside Habitat etc. During the year ended 31 March 2017, the Company, as part of the restructuring of its business into separate verticals, has transferred certain investments, assets and related liabilities held by the Company to its partnership firms and Prestige Office Ventures is one of them. Recognitions to Prestige Group The Prestige Group is the only developer from Bangalore to receive the reputed FIABCI award for their software and residential facilities. At the Asian Brand Conclave this year, Prestige Group was awarded the “Admired Brand of Asia” in the category of Real Estate while Mr. Irfan Razack was chosen as the “Admired Leader of Asia 2014-15“. Among other laurels, the company’s Investor Relationship (IR) Programme, was ranked as Second Best in Asia and the Best in India by the Institutional Investor (II) magazine’s 2014 All-Asia Executive Team Rankings. Prestige is the only CRISIL DA1 rated Developer in India and was recently awarded the financial rating of A-by ICRA. They have also won a plethora of international and national awards over the last few years, across categories, including the Asia Pacific Property Awards, Asia Pacific Hotel Awards, Cityscape Awards, Indian Realty Awards, Srishti Good Green Governance Awards, Pevonia Asia Spa Awards, Builder’s Association of India (BAI) and Confederation of Real Estate Developers – Associations of India (CREDAI) Awards etc. 2 Prepared by: METAMORPHOSIS Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 3 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Some of the Commerical Projects of Prestige Group in Bangalore Prestige Zeenath Prestige Tech Cloud Park 3 Prepared by: METAMORPHOSIS Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 4 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Prestige Atrium Prestige Central 4 Prepared by: METAMORPHOSIS Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 5 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Applicable Environmental Regulations and Standards The proposed project site comes under Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA). With respect to prevention and control of environmental pollution, the proposed project is governed by the following Acts and Rules of MoEF. Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974 as amended till 2011. Air (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as amended in 1987. Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 amended 1991 and Environmental (Protection) Rules, 1986 and amendments thereafter Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016. Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 The Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control) Rules, 2000 and as amended in 2002, 2006 and 2010. As per the EIA Notification, dated 07/07/2004 as amend in 14/09/2006, 19/01/2009 and 01/12/2009. Stating that for any project or activity specified in category ‘B’ in the item 8 of schedule i.e., building/construction projects/area development projects and townships crossing the built up area of 1,50,000 Sqm, TOR should be conveyed to SEIAA, based on the approved TOR, EIA studies should be conducted which also includes an Environmental Management Plan for the mitigation of these impacts. The applicable standards for the proposed project will be discussed in detail in the EIA report. Land Documents are enclosed as Annexure No – 1. 1.3: Land Description Table 1: Land Details of Proposed Project Sr. Item Details No. 1 Name of the project Commercial Development Project 2 TOR in the schedule 8(b) 3 Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ B 4 New/Expansion/Modernization Township and Area Development Project 5 Proposed Total Plot Area: 8.55 acres (34,613 sqm) capacity/area/length/tonnage to Built-up Area: 1,53,127 sqm be handled/command area/lease Block A : 2B+G+14, and area/number of wells to be drilled Block B : 2B+G+14 5 Prepared by: METAMORPHOSIS Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 6 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. 6 Address of the proposed project Sy. No. 227 to 331 and 333 of Bommasandra Village, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru. 7 Nearest town, city, District along Bommasandra Town which is nearly 0.5 km with distance in Kms. (aerial distance). 8 Village Bommasandra Village 9 Tehsil Anekal Taluk 10 District Bengaluru Rural District 11 State Karnataka 12 Nearest Railway station / airport Railway Station – Carmelaram – 10.36 along with distance in Kms. km (aerial distance) Bangalore International Airport – 43.0 km (aerial distance) 13 Name of the applicant/ proponent Mr. Zaid Sadiq 14 Designation(Owner/Partner/CEO) Executive Director 15 Registered Address Prestige Office Ventures The Falcon House No.1 Main Guard Cross Road, Bengaluru. 16 E-mail [email protected] 17 Telephone No. -- 18 Fax No. -- Table 2: Salient Features of the Project Name of the project Commercial Development Project Sy. No. 227 to 331 and 333 of Bommasandra Village, Anekal Location Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru. Total site area 8.55 acres (34,613 sqm) Total Built-up Area 1,53,127 sqm Landscape Area 12979.9 Sqm (37.5%) FAR Area 112492.05 Sqm Car Parking Total Car parks provided: - 2250No’s Max No. of Levels and Block A : 2B+G+14, and Height of the Building Block B : 2B+G+14 Road Width 8 Meters Source of Power Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) Power requirement 7000 KVA Back up DG sets 6 DG will be provided as backup ( 4 x 2000 + 2 x 1500 KVA) Source of Water Tanker and Bangalore water supply and sewerage board. Water requirements 710 KLD Sewage Treatment Plant 600 KLD capacity Use of STP treated water Utilization for urban reuse Viz. Flushing, Gardening & HVAC Land Cost: 69.70 Crores Construction & Plant & Machinery Cost: 202.28 Crores Project Cost Total Project Cost: 271.97 Crores 6 Prepared by: METAMORPHOSIS Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 7 Proposed Construction Project “Commercial Development at Bommasandra” by Prestige Office Ventures at 227 to 331 and 333, Bommasandra Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Road width Present Road width is 45.0 m Solid waste Collection: Through manual collection system, will be segregated into Organic and In organic waste.