Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized , Inc. Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2-lane I 2-lane NH-200 km in the State of Orissa EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MORTH), Government of India has decided to up-grade the entire existing single lane/ intermediate lane National Highways, which are not covered under National Highways Development Program (NHDP) to at least 2-lane standards through National Highways Inter-connectivity Improvement Program (NHIIP). The NHIIP comprises of 33 project roads of non-NHDP National Highways across 7 states and 1 Union Territory with total length of 3769 km. Of these, 11 sub-projects have been proposed by MORTH for implementation with World Bank Assistance. The present report pertains to Bhojpur to Chhatabar Section (Km 131.000 to Km 192.000) of NH 200 in the State of Orissa. The MORTH intends to rehabilitate and up-grade the existing single lane/intermediate lane between Bhojpur to Chhatabar of NH 200 to 2-lane/2-lane with paved shoulders configuration. The implementation of rehabilitation and up-gradation of this corridor is likely to be taken up with World Bank assistance. The World Bank has agreed to support this sub-project in-principle provided the implementation conforms to environmental and social safeguard policies of the World Bank and the legal framework of the country. The project road starts at Bhojpur (Km 131.000) in Sambalpur District and ends near Chhatabar (Km 192.000) in Deogarh District on NH-200 in Orissa State. The project road is divided in two parts. First part of the project road at km 156.436 terminates on NH 6 near Tilaibani village. In second part, the project road at NH 200 is again originated just before Deogarh city, in continuation of chainage km 156.436 and ends near Chhatabar at km 192.000. The project requires World Bank, Government of India (GOI) and the State Government (GOO) clearances and approvals before the construction work can proceed. The project road does not fall under the preview of EIA Notification 2006, amended in 2009. Since the project road is not located in a legally defined eco-sensitive area, there is no wildlife sanctuary and national park within 10 km from the project road and land acquisition is not more than 20m at any location of the project road, no environmental/ wildlife clearance is required to be sought from the NBWL/MOEF. The MORTH has appointed the Louis Berger Group Inc. as project consultant to assist all aspects of project preparation and implementation in accordance with the objectives as detailed in the Terms of Reference (TOR). These tasks are linked to the engineering, environment and social aspects of the project preparation that will be undertaken throughout the period of Consultancy agreement EXISTING ROAD CONDITIONS The Project Road for most of its length passes through Rolling Terrain except from km 158 to km 168 the road passes through Mountainous/ Hilly Terrain. The roadside environment is variable from rural village developments to rural agricultural areas, semi-rural open areas with occasional roadside dwellings and small businesses scattered throughout the route. Final DPR, Volume V: Tribal Development Plan 1 ' . THE Louis Berger Group, Inc. Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2-lane I 2-lane NH-200 km in the State of Orissa There is ribbon development at some locations along the road with small settlements. Major part of the project road passes through forest and rural open areas. ~ Existing Right of Way The information collected from the Revenue department indicate that the existing ROW varying from 8m to 30m along the project road which is insufficient for accommodating the proposals of 2-laning. ~ Traffic Volume The directional classified traffic volume counts are carried out for each traffic homogeneous section at km 131.500 (Bhojpur) and km 182.00 (Riamal) for 24 hours a day continuously for 7 days. The average composition of traffic reveals 2-wheeler comprising of 26% and 35% in the total traffic at Bhojpur and Riamal respectively. Next to 2 wheelers is bicycle and it constitutes about 35% at both locations which is used for short distance movement by the people residing in the surrounding areas of the project road. Car/Jeep/Van/Taxi at both places comprise of 4% of the total traffic count. Light commercial vehicle (LCV) comprises of 2% and 5% at Bhojpur and Riamal respectively. ~ Widening Option Due importance has been given to environmental and social issues while road designing. The coordination between social and design team helped in minimizing the number of PAPs and affected households. The project road traverses through Riamal village from km 180.500 to 183.00. This part of town is densely populated and existing ROW varies between 8m to 20m. Majority of ROW is encroached and widening proposal of the existing road in this section could impact about 139 structures. At initial stage of the project, to avoid all adverse impact in Riamal village, four bypass options were proposed and presented to the local public during public consultation. There was a heavy public protest especially by the land owners in Riamal against fresh land acquisition required for the proposed bypass. Thereafter, widening of the existing road was proposed which was also protested heavily by the local public. Considering these the project authority decided strengthens the existing road in Riamal village portion instead of widening. Therefore, strengthening work in the Riamal village section will be done within the available space without impacting any existing structures or fresh land acquisition. Eccentric widening option (one side widening) has been proposed generally for improvement of existing road alignment however, concentric widening option has been proposed in most of the habitat sections so as to avoid e?'tra land acquisition and to minimize adverse social impact. Therefore, all estimations were limited to the Col only and the project will not displace any person outside the corridor of impact, even if within the ROW. Final DPR, Volume V: Tribal Development Plan 2 ., Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2-lane I 2-lane NH-200 km in the State of Orissa IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT AFFECTED HABITATIONS The total of 58 revenue villages and settlements are located within one km of corridor on both sides of the project road that have been identified. Out of total 58 villages identified along the project road, 39 villages are located right on the alignment of the project road and considered as directly affected villages and rest 19 villages are considered as indirectly affected villages. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT INGULENCE AREA ~ Orissa at a Glance According to the 2011 census of India, the total population of Orissa is 41,947,358 of which 50.5% are males and 49.4% are females. Population of Orissa increased by 13.9% during the decade 2001 to 2011. Orissa is located between the parallels of 17.49N and 22.34N latitudes and meridians of 81.27E and 87.29E longitudes. In terms of population, Orissa stands eleventh among all the States and Union territories of India. The population density is 269per km. There are 978 females per 1000 males. The literacy rate is 73.45% with 82.4% of males and 64.36% of females being literate, according to Census 2011 (Source: Provisional Orissa Handbook 2011). Orissa has large tribal population, who are at various stages of socio-economic development. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes form 16.53% and 22.13% of the state population, constituting 38.66% of the State population. The overall literacy rate of ST is only 37.4% as compared to the state average of 63.08%. The ST population in the State is overwhelmingly rural, with 94.5 percent residing in villages as compared to the state total of 85% people living in rural areas.54.41% of the total tribal populations live in the Scheduled area and the remaining 45.59% live outside the Scheduled area. ~ Districts The project influence districts are Sambalpur and Deogarh. Total number of inhabited villages in PIA is 1949 and out of this, 1,238 numbers of villages are in Sambalpur district and the remaining 711 are in Deogarh district. As regard population in PIA, Sambalpur district constitutes 78.82% of total PIA population and Deogarh district constitutes merely 21.18%. The population in Deogarh district is merely 274,108 as against Sambalpur district of 935,613. The low population in Deogarh district is reflected in density of population of the district with only 93 persons per sq. km. The same for Sambalpur district is 141 persons per square kilometer. Urbanization of an area is the reflection the development process and proportion of population living in rural area in PIA district is very high. In Deogarh district more than 92% population is living in rural area where as the same for Sambalpur district is 72.9%. The composition of male and female in appropriate proportion is a healthy sign of a society. In Sambalpur and Deogarh districts the female constitutes 49.22% and 49.51% of district total population. Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) are integral part of Indian society and need additional support due to their vulnerable nature. In the project influence districts, the percentage of SC to total district population is 17% in Sambalpur and 15.4% in Final DPR, Volume V: Tribal Development Plan 3 -. THE Louis Be Inc. Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2-lane I 2-lane NH-200 km in the State of Orissa Deogarh. The same for scheduled tribe is 34.5% in Sambalpur district and 33.6% in Deogarh district.