Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. STUDY PERIOD-MARCH-2014 TO MAY-2014 NON FOREST LAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PANIPAT UNIT-2 SAND MINING IN YAMUNA RIVER BED & OUT SIDE RIVER BED TOTAL AREA - 1775.02 ha. (River bed-976.5 ha. & Agriculture land-798.52 ha.) PROPOSED PRODUCTION- 10 MTPA PROPOSED COST OF THE PROJECT-5.5 CRORE CATEGORY- ΄A΄ At: Tehsil-Panipat, Distt. -Panipat, Haryana. Fresh Grant APPLICANT EIA CONSULTANT SHRI SANJAY JAGLAN M/S UDAIPUR MIN-TECH PVT. LTD. HOUSE NO. 839, SECTOR-23A, GURGAON, 206-APEKSHA COMPLEX, HARYANA., SECTOR NO.-11, HIRAN MAGARI Mob. +91 08826269035, UDAIPUR-313002 (RAJ.). PH- 91-294-2489672 (OFF.), Mob. 9414167672 ACCREDITAD BY NABET ‘A’ CATEGORY FOR SECTOR 1 & ‘B’ FOR SECTOR 22 & 38, SR. NO. 156 DATED.- 7.11.2014 Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. CONTENTS CHAPTER PARTICULAR PAGE NO. NO. 0 CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION FROM 3 NABET 0 COMPLIANCE TO TERM OF REFERENCE (TOR) 14-33 I INTRODUCTION 34 II PROJECT DESCRIPTION 45 III 61 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IV ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & 143 MITIGATION MEASURES V ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 165 VI ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORINGPROGRAMME 167 VII ADDITIONAL STUDIES 171 VIII PROJECT BENEFITS 176 IX ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 179 X CONCLUSION 192 XI DISCLOSUREOF CONSULTANTS ENGAGED 195 QUESTIONNAIRE 200 Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 2 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 3 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. Minutes of 86th Accreditation Committee Meetinng for Surveillance Assessment held on Auugust 13, 2014 Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 4 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. INDEX Sr. No. PARTICULAR PAGE NO. CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE OF REPORT 34-44 1.2 PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT 1.3 LEASE STATUS 1.4 BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.5 LEGAL STATUS OF THE PROJECT 1.6 LOCATION AND COMMUNICATION 1.7 OBJECTIVES OF ENVIORNMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 1.8 METHODOLOGY FOR EIA 1.9 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.10 TERMS OF REFERENCE CHAPTER – II PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.0 BRIEF DESCRIPTION & NATURE OF PROJECT 45-60 2.1 NEED OF THE PROJECT 2.2 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT 2.3 TOPOGRAPHY, DRAINAGE PATTERN 2.4 DEMAND-SUPPLY GAP 2.5 REGIONAL & LOCAL GEOLOGY 2.6 ESTIMATION OF RESERVES & MINEABLE RESERVES 2.7 PROPOSED METHOD OF MINING 2.8 DRILLING & BLASTING 2.9 QUANTUM OF DEVELOPMENT & TONNAGE OF PRODUCTION 2.10 EMPLOYMENT GENERATION 2.11 WASTE GENERATION 2.12 USE OF MINERAL 2.13 UTILITIES AND PROPOSED SITE FACILITIES Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 5 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. CHAPTER – III DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 3.1 GENERAL 61-142 3.2 STUDY AREA AT A GLANCE 3.3 TOPOGRAPHY 3.4 CLIMATIC CONDITION 3.5 PHYSIOGRAPHY 3.6 SEISMICITY OF AREA 3.7 HUMAN SETTLEMENT 3.8 HYDROLOGICAL ASPECT 3.9 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION 3.10 AMBIENT AIR ENVIRONMENT 3.11 WIND ROSE 3.12 NOISE ENVIRONMENT 3.13 SOIL 3.14 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS 3.15 LAND ENVIRONMENT 3.16 WATER ENVIRONMENT 3.17 SOCIO – ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER – IV ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES 4.0 INTRODUCTION 143-164 4.1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE 4.2 OPERATION PHASE 4.3 IMPACT ON CLIMATE 4.4 IMPACT ON AIR ENVIRONMENT 4.5 IMPACT ON NOISE LEVEL 4.6 IMPACT ON HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION 4.7 IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY 4.8 IMPACT ON FLORA 4.9 IMPACT ON FAUNA 4.10 IMPACT ON LAND ENVIRONMENT 4.11 IMAPCT ON SOIL 4.12 IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 4.13 STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 6 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. CHAPTER – V ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 5.1 INTRODUCTION 165-166 5.2 FACTOR BEHIND THE SELECTION OF PROJECT SITE 5.3 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE SITE 5.4 FACTOR BEHIND THE SELECTION OF PROJECT 5.5 TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER – VI ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 6.0 INTRODUCTION 167-170 6.1 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT 6.2 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CELL (EMC) 6.3 MONITORING SCHEDULE AND PARAMETERS 6.4 BUDGETARY PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CHAPTER – VII ADDITIONAL STUDIES 7.1 INTRODUCTION 171-175 7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION 7.3 RISK ASSESSMENT & DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 7.4 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & R&R ACTION PLAN CHAPTER – VIII PROJECT BENEFI 8.1 INTRODUCTION 176-178 8.2 IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE 8.3 IMPROVEMENT IN PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 8.4 HEALTH AND SAFETY 8.5 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL 8.6 OTHER TANGIBLE BENEFITS CHAPTER – IX ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 9.0 INTRODUCTION 179-191 9.1 LAND USE PATTERN AND RIVER COURSE ENVIRONMENT 9.2 AIR ENVIRONMENT Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 7 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. 9.3 NOISE ENVIRONMENT 9.4 WATER MANAGEMENT 9.5 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 9.6 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 9.7 SOCIO – ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER –X SUMMARY & CONCLUSION 10.0 INTRODUCTION 192-194 10.1 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FORENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES 10.2 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 10.3 BUDGETARY PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 10.4 RECOMMENDATION CHAPTER-XI DISCLOSURE OF CONSULTANTS ENGAGED 195-199 QUESTIONNAIRE 200-236 Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 8 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. LIST OF TABLES TABLE PARTICULAR PAGE NO. NO. 1.1 PROJECT DETAIL 36 1.2 NAME OF VILLAGE INCLUDED IN LEASE AREA 38 1.3 DATA GENERATION 41 2.1 SALIENT FEATURE OF THE PROJECT 49 2.2 REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE 50 2.3 GEOLOGICAL RESERVE 53 2.4 PRODUCTION & WASTE GENERATION IN 57 FIVE YEARS 2.5 PEAK WATER REQUIREMENT 58 3.1 MEAN TEMPERATURE & RELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 RECORDS FROM DELHI IMD STATIONS 3.2 TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND RELATIVE 72 HUMIDITY AT MINE SITE 3.3 LOCATION OF AMBIENT AIR MONITORING 73 STATIONS 3.4 PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING VARIOUS AIR 73 QUALITY PARAMETERS 3.5 ANALYSIS OF PM10 IN AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 76 3.6 ANALYSIS OF FREE SILICA IN PM10 3.10 LOCATION OF NOISE MONITORING STATION 80 3.11 NOISE LEVEL WITHIN THE STUDY AREAAND CPCB STANDARDS 82 3.12 TRAFFIC DENSITY 85 3.13 LOCATION OF SOIL SAMPLING 88 3.12 (A) SOIL SAMPLE ANALYSIS& STANDARD 89-92 & (B) 3.16 FLORA 99 3.17 (A) FAUNA & (B) 104-105 & (C) 3.18 PHYTOPLANKTONS 111 3.19 FISH SPECIES 115 3.20 LAND USE PATTERN EXISTING 115 3.21 LOCATION OF WATER SAMPLE STATIONS (SW) 122 Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 9 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. 3.21 (A) WATER ANALYSIS (B) 123-125 & (C) 3.22 GROUND WATER LOCATION 126 3.22(A) GROUND WATER ANALYSIS 129 3.24 DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE 137 3.25 DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY OF THE STUDY AREA 137 3.26 INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES 138 3.27 EMPLOYMENT PATTERN 139 4.1 CUMULATIVE CONCENTRATION OF PM DUE TO 151 EMISSIONS FROM MINING ACTIVITIES (1 KM) 4.2 NOISE GENERATED BY DIFFERENT MACHINERY 154 4.3 FREE NOISE ATTENUATION WITH DISTANCE 155 4.4 PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE INCASES OF 156 CONTINUOUS NOISE 4.5 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD IN RESPECT OF NOISE 156 4.6 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT MATRIX 164 6.1 MONITORING SCHEDULE PARAMETER 169 6.2 BUDGET ALLOTED 170 9.1 AREA WISE GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT 177 9.2 GREEN BELT BUDGTE 187 9.3 LIST OF PLANT SPECIES FOR GREEN BELT 188 9.4 BUDGTE FOR CSR 191 10.1 BUDGTE FOR EMP 193 10.2 MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR 193 ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 10 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. LIST OF FIGURES FIG NO. PARTICULAR PAGE NO. 2.1 KEY PLAN OF THE STUDY AREA 54 2.2 WATER BALANCE DIAGRAM 59 3.1 DRAINAGE PATTERN OF THE STUDY AREA 67 3.2 HYDROGEOLOGY CHARACTERISTIC MAP 69 3.3 AIR SAMPLING LOCATION MAP 74 3.4 AIR SAMPLING PHOTOGRAPH 75 3.5 WIND ROSE (MARCH 2014 TO MAY 2014) 79 3.6 NOISE MONITORING LOCATION 81 3.7 NOISE SAMPLING PHOTOGRAPH 81 3.8 ROUTE MAP 84 3.9 SOIL SAMPLING PHOTOGRAPH 88 3.10 SOIL SAMPLING LOCATION MAP 91 3.11 SITE PHOTOGRAPH 116 3.12 LAND USE MAP 117 3.13 SATELLITE IMAGE 119 3.14 SURFACE WATER SAMPLING PHOTOGRAPH 122 3.15 GROUND WATER PHOTOGRAPH 127 3.16 GROUND WATER MONITORING MAP 128 3.17 POPULATION DETAILS OF STUDY AREA 134 3.18 SEX RATIO OF STUDY AREA 135 3.19 LITERACY OF THE STUDY AREA 135 4.1 WINDROSE OF THE STUDY AREA 151 4.2 CUMULATIVE CONCENTRATIONS 152 4.3 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF SITE ELEVATION 157 LIST OF PLATES PLATE NO. PARTICULAR 1.0 LOCATION PLAN 2.0 KEY PLAN 3.0 SURFACE GEOLOGICAL PLAN & SECTIONS 4.0 SURFACE LAYOUT PLAN & SECTIONS 5.0 CONCEPTUAL PLAN & SECTIONS Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 11 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. LIST OF ANNEXURES ANNEXURE NO. PARTICULAR I TOR GRANT LETTER II LETTER OF INTENT III KHASRA NUMBER IV (IV) PLAN V NOC FROM DFO VI ENVIRONMENT POLICY VII DATA WISE COLLECTED BASELINE AAQ DATA VIII NOC FROM SPCB, HARYANA IX CONSERVATION PLAN X PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDDING XI COPY OF NOC FROM GRAM PANCHAYAT XII MININIG PLAN Sh. Sanjay Jaglan Panipat Unit-2 Sand Mining. 12 Prepared by M/s Udaipur Min-Tech Pvt.Ltd. ABBREVIATIONS POINT TO BE CLARIFIED TO THE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE, (EAC), AMSL Above Mean Sea Level AAQ Ambient Air Quality bgl Below Ground Level BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand COD Chemical Oxygen Demand CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CSR Corporate Social Responsibility dB Decibel DO Dissolved Oxygen EAC Expert Appraisal Committee EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMC Environmental Management Cell EMP Environment Management Plan EPA The Environment Protection Act GLC Ground Level Concentration Ha Hectare HFL High Flood Level JIR Joint Inspection Report KLD Kilo litre Per Day Km Kilo Meter Leq Equivalent Noise Level LFL Low Flood Level LOS Level of Service LoI Letter of Intent MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forest NABET National Accreditation Board for Education and Training NH National Highway NOC No Objection Certificate OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration PCU Passenger Car Unit PFR Pre- feasibility Report PM Particulate Matter PUC Pollution Under Control QCI Quality Council of India RBM River Bed Material RL Reduced Level SH State Highway SPCB State Pollution Control Board ToR Terms of Reference TPA Tonnes Per Annum USEPA United State Environmental Protection Agency Sh.