Form 1 & 1A, ToR Compliance and EIA REPORT FOR Expansion of “DLF CYBER CITY” February 2019 at Survey no. 129/P, 130/P, 131/P, 132/P, TSHB colony, Gachibowli, Serilingipalli, Rangareddy District, Telangana Built Up Area: 902,796.80 m2 TOR No. – 21-41/2018-IA-III Category: B-8(b) Laboratory Assigned: Perfact Researchers Pvt. Ltd Cost of Proposed Expansion: Rs. 970 crores Baseline Season: Dec 2017-Feb 2018 Being Developed by: M/s DLF Commercial Developers Limited 9th Floor, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001 Contact person: Mr. Arvind Pandey Phone No.: +91 - 9811756794 Email-id: [email protected] M/s Perfact Enviro Solutions Pvt Ltd (NABET Registered vide list of accredited consultants organizations/ Rev 73/ 8th Feb, 2019 at S.No.-117) 5th Floor, NN Mall, Mangalam Place, Sector 3, Rohini, New Delhi Email: [email protected]; Phone: 011- 47528467 Expansion of “DLF Cyber City” by M/s DLF Commercial Developers Ltd. FORM 1 & 1A.................................................................................................................................................... 6 TOR LETTER .................................................................................................................................................... 35 TOR COMPLIANCE .......................................................................................................................................... 36 ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT .............................................................................................. 40 CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 46 1.1. PROFILE OF THE PROJECT PROPONENT: ....................................................................................... 46 1.2. NAME AND CONTACT OF THE PROJECT PROPONENT ................................................................... 46 1.3. IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION .................................................................................................. 46 1.4. ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANT INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT: .......................................................... 47 1.5. THE ASSIGNMENT & SCOPE OF THIS REPORT ............................................................................... 50 1.6. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 51 1.7. SITE DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 51 1.8. ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROJECT .................................................. 52 CHAPTER-2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ...................................................................................................... 53 2.1. SELECTION OF SITE ........................................................................................................................ 53 2.2. RESOURCE AND MANPOWER REQUIREMENT: .............................................................................. 57 2.3. TIME FRAME OF THE PROJECT: ..................................................................................................... 57 2.4. SITE PHOTOGRAPHS ...................................................................................................................... 58 2.5. ACTIVITIES & FACILITIES IN THE COMPLEX AND LAYOUT PLAN .................................................... 61 2.6. PROJECT DETAILS ........................................................................................................................... 61 2.7. POPULATION ................................................................................................................................. 64 2.8. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT MEASURES ................................................................................. 64 2.9. POWER REQUIREMENT AND BACKUP: .......................................................................................... 65 2.10. COST OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................................... 65 2.11. ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY OF THE SITE: ..................................................................................... 65 CHAPPTER-3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 66 3.1. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................. 66 3.2. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 66 3.3. METEOROLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 67 Climatic conditions ........................................................................................................................ 67 3.3.2. Climate Conditions (As Indian Meteorology Data, Hyderabad) ......................................................... 67 3.3.3. MICRO- METEOROLOGICAL DATA ..................................................................................................... 72 3.4. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY .................................................................................................................. 73 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY RESULTS (December 2017-February 2018) .............................................. 76 Data Interpretation ....................................................................................................................... 78 Air Quality Index ............................................................................................................................ 79 3.5. NOISE QUALITY .............................................................................................................................. 79 Sampling Stations .......................................................................................................................... 80 2 Environment Consultant: Perfact Enviro solutions Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Expansion of “DLF Cyber City” by M/s DLF Commercial Developers Ltd. Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 82 Data Interpretation: ...................................................................................................................... 82 3.6. Water Regime ............................................................................................................................... 83 Geology- ........................................................................................................................................ 83 Hydrology- ..................................................................................................................................... 84 Crystalline Aquifers ........................................................................................................................ 84 Soft Rock (Alluvium)- ..................................................................................................................... 84 Ground water development- ......................................................................................................... 84 3.7. WATER QUALITY ............................................................................................................................ 85 Sampling station............................................................................................................................ 85 Water Sampling Locations ............................................................................................................ 86 Criteria of Selection of sampling Locations: .................................................................................. 87 Sampling Frequency and Sampling Techniques: ........................................................................... 87 Data Interpretation of Ground water quality: ............................................................................... 90 3.8. SOIL QUALITY ................................................................................................................................. 94 Sampling Locations ....................................................................................................................... 94 Locations of soil sampling stations ................................................................................................ 95 Sampling procedure & Analysis: .................................................................................................... 95 Fertility of Soil at Onsite ................................................................................................................ 98 Data Interpretation ....................................................................................................................... 98 3.9. TOPOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................ 99 3.10. LAND USE ...................................................................................................................................... 99 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 99 Methodology ...........................................................................................................................