NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India Final Environmental and Social Due Diligence Report CONSTRUCTION OF STP & I&D STRUCTURES IN PHUSRO NAGAR PARISHAD November 2020 LEA ASSOCIATES SOUTH ASIA PVT. LTD. New Delhi, India TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME ....................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT ............................................................................................................................. 4 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 ABOUT THE CITY ................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.4 EXISTING SCENARIO OF SEWERAGE FACILITIES IN PHUSRO CITY ...................................................................... 6 2.5 NECESSITY OF THIS PROJECT ............................................................................................................................. 8 2.6 PROPOSED PROJECT ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.7 DISPOSAL OF TREATED EFFLUENT ................................................................................................................... 17 2.8 DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE ...................................................................................................................................... 18 2.9 HYDRO POWER ENERGY .................................................................................................................................. 19 2.10 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ........................................................................................................................ 19 2.11 AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTION OF O&M WORKS .............................................................................. 19 2.12 TOTAL COST..................................................................................................................................................... 19 3. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................... 22 3.1 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................................. 22 3.1.1 Review of available documents and data collation .................................................................................... 22 3.1.2 Describing the sub-project activities ........................................................................................................... 23 3.1.3 Field survey and discussion with the key stakeholders ............................................................................... 23 3.1.4 Discussions with Community People........................................................................................................... 23 3.1.5 Describing baseline environmental and social profile of project area ........................................................ 23 3.1.6 Screening Activities ..................................................................................................................................... 23 3.1.7 Identification and assessment of impacts .................................................................................................. 23 3.1.8 Developing Management Action Plan ........................................................................................................ 24 3.2 SCOPE OF WORK ............................................................................................................................................. 24 4. LEGAL POLICY & FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................................... 25 4.1 APPLICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATION ............................................................................... 25 4.2 APPLICABLE SAFEGUARD POLICIES OF WORLD BANK ..................................................................................... 28 4.3 APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS - SOCIAL ............................................................................................. 29 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PROFILE OF PROJECT AREAS ........................................................................... 31 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE ............................................................................................................................. 31 5.1.1 Physiography & Soil .................................................................................................................................... 31 5.1.2 Seismicity .................................................................................................................................................... 32 5.1.3 Climate ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 5.1.4 Air environment .......................................................................................................................................... 34 5.1.5 Noise Environment...................................................................................................................................... 36 5.1.6 Water environment .................................................................................................................................... 37 5.1.7 Biological environment ............................................................................................................................... 44 5.1.8 Land use profile of the sub project locations .............................................................................................. 48 5.1.9 Archaeological Sites .................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2 SOCIAL PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2.1 Population .................................................................................................................................................. 51 5.2.2 Sex Ratio and Literacy................................................................................................................................. 52 5.2.3 Occupational Structure ............................................................................................................................... 52 5.2.4 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Population ...................................................................................... 53 5.2.5 Socio-cultural .............................................................................................................................................. 54 5.2.6 City’s Planned Activities .............................................................................................................................. 55 5.2.7 Slum areas in Project City ........................................................................................................................... 55 CANADA | INDIA| ASIA | AFRICA | MIDDLE EAST Page | i 6. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARD DUE DILIGENCE ........................................................................... 56 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS DUE DILIGENCE – FINDINGS .................................................... 56 6.1.1 Environmental and Social Assessment ....................................................................................................... 56 6.1.2 Implementation Arrangement .................................................................................................................... 56 6.1.3 Compliance to Regulatory Requirements ................................................................................................... 57 6.1.4 Land Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 57 6.1.5 Construction & Occupational Health and Safety ........................................................................................ 58 6.1.6 Discussion & Community Consultations with Key Stakeholder and local community ................................ 59 6.1.7 Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................................................... 61 6.1.8 Gender Assessment and Development ....................................................................................................... 62 6.1.9 Gender Based Violence (GBV) ..................................................................................................................... 62 6.1.10 Integration of ESMAP with