Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report (Scheme O, Volume 2) Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Final Report Nigam Limited March 2018 www.erm.com The Business of Sustainability FINAL REPORT Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report (Scheme O, Volume 2) 01 March 2018 Reference # 0402882 Prepared by : Suvankar Das Reviewed & Debanjan Approved by: Bandyapodhyay Partner This report has been prepared by ERM India Private Limited a member of Environmental Resources Management Group of companies, with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 PROJECT OVERVIEW 1 1.3 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS ESIA 2 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT 2 1.5 LIMITATION 3 1.6 USES OF THIS REPORT 3 2 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAME WORK 5 2.1 APPLICABLE LAWS AND STANDARDS 5 2.2 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICY 9 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 11 3.1 PROJECT LOCATION 11 3.2 ACCESSIBILITY 12 3.3 TRANSMISSION LINES PROJECT PHASES AND ACTIVITIES 14 3.3.1 Project Planning 14 3.3.2 Project Construction Activities 14 3.4 RESOURCE REQUIREMENT 18 3.4.1 Land Requirement 18 3.4.2 Manpower 18 3.4.3 Water uses 19 3.4.4 Vehicle usage 19 3.4.5 Major material required During Construction 19 3.5 WASTES 20 3.5.1 Wastewater 20 3.5.2 Solid Waste 20 3.6 PROJECT TIMELINE AND PROJECT COST 20 4 METHODOLOGY OF ESIA 21 4.1 SCREENING & SCOPING 21 4.2 BASELINE STUDIES 22 4.3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 23 4.4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION 24 5 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE 25 6 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 33 6.1 INTRODUCTION 33 6.2 TERRAIN 33 6.3 LAND USE & LAND COVER 34 6.4 SOIL 34 6.5 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY 34 6.6 AIR ENVIRONMENT 34 6.7 NOISE ENVIRONMENT 35 6.8 GROUNDWATER 35 6.9 DRAINAGE 35 6.10 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 35 6.10.1 Vegetation within the Study area 36 6.10.2 Wildlife Habitat and Faunal Diversity 38 6.11 SOCIO ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 42 6.11.1 Study Area 42 6.11.2 General Socioeconomic Profile 43 6.11.3 Sex Ratio 47 6.11.4 Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) 47 6.11.5 Education & Literacy 47 6.11.6 Economic Activity & Livelihood Pattern 47 6.12 BASIC AMENITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE 49 6.12.1 Drinking Water facilities 49 6.12.2 Medical Facilities 50 6.12.3 Educational Facilities 50 6.12.4 Transport & Communication 50 6.12.5 Power Supply 50 6.12.6 Post and Telecommunication 50 7 IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES 51 7.1 POTENTIAL IMPACT 51 7.1.1 Impacts on Aesthetic and Visual Quality 54 7.1.2 Air & Noise Quality 54 7.1.3 Impact on Land use 55 7.1.4 Impact on Soil 55 7.1.5 Impact on Road & Traffic 56 7.1.6 Impact on Biological Environment 56 7.1.7 Potential Impact on Socio-economic Conditions 58 7.2 COMMUNITY HEALTH & SAFETY 59 7.3 OCCUPATIONAL, HEALTH & SAFETY 60 8 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 62 8.1 INTRODUCTION 62 8.2 IDENTIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS 62 8.3 SUMMARY OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS 63 9 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 67 9.1 MITIGATION MEASURES & MANAGEMENT PLAN 67 9.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & REPORTING 74 9.3 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 79 9.4 COMMUNICATION PLAN 79 9.5 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM 80 10 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 82 LIST OF TABLE Table 1.1 Details of the substation and interlinked project (Scheme O) 2 Table 2.1 Regulations Triggered for the Project 5 Table 2.2 World Bank Policies Triggered for the Project 9 Table 3.1 Administrative divisions of TL Alignment 12 Table 3.2 Intersection of the Highways/Railway line with the TL Alignment 12 Table 3.3 Estimated number of towers in Scheme O 16 Table 3.4 Equipment and Material required for Transmission Line 19 Table 5.1 Environmental and Social details for Transmission Line 25 Table 5.2 Second Level Screening carried out during the ESIA 26 Table 6.1 TL Alignment passing through Sloping Area 33 Table 6.2 Ground Water Development Status in the Study Area 35 Table 6.3 List of the Villages Located Within Study Area 42 Table 6.4 Demographic profile of villages located within the study area 44 Table 6.5 Livelihood profile of villages located within the study area 47 Table 7.1 Scoping Matrix for transmission line 52 Table 8.1 List of key stakeholders 63 Table 8.2 Details of Consultation 63 Table 8.3 Summary of Stakeholder Consultation 64 Table 9.1 Environment and Social Management Plan 67 Table 9.2 ESMP Monitoring Plan 74 Table 9.3 Summary of Consultation Framework 80 LIST OF FIGURE Figure 3.1 Administrative Setting of Mahuadanr –Latehar TL Alignment 11 Figure 3.2 Mahuadanr-Latehar TL Alignment on Satellite Imagery 13 Figure 3.3 Right of Way for 132 KV Transmission Line 15 Figure 3.4 Typical Electrical Clearance Diagram for Tower Type – DD2 (Suspension Tower) 16 Figure 3.5 Minimum clearance between conductor and trees 18 Figure 4.1 Two Stage Screening Process 22 Figure 4.2 Impact Assessment Process 24 Figure 6.1 Forest areas near TL Alignment 37 Figure 6.2 Ecological sensitive areas around Mahuadanr-Latehar TL Alignment 39 LIST OF ANNEXURE Annexure 1: List of Sub Projects in JPSIP I Annexure 2: First Level and Second Level Screening V Annexure 3: Minutes of Meeting of Community Consultation VII Annexure 4: General Conditions of Contract XIV Annexure 5: DGMS Prescribed Permissible Limit of Ground Vibration XXV Annexure 6: Management Plan for Labour Influx XXVII Annexure 7: Format for Reporting of ESMP Implementation XXXV Annexure 8: Format for Registering Grievance from Community/Project Affected XXXVIII Persons Annexure 9: Assessment of Impact Significance XLI ABBREVIATIONS BMTPC - Building Material and Technology Promotion Council of India CEA – Central Electricity Authority CFC - Chlorofluorocarbon CGWB – Central Groundwater Authority Board CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board dB – Decibel DG –Diesel Generator DVC - Damodar Valley Corporation EA – Environmental Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan ERM – Environmental Resources Management ESIA – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIA- Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF- Environmental and Social Management Framework ESZ – Eco-Sensitive Zone GCC- General Conditions of Contract GM – Gair Mazrua GOI – Government of India GPS – Global Positioning System GSS – Grid Sub Station IESE - Initial Environmental and Social Examination IMD – India Meteorological Department IS – Indian Standard IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature IWPA – Indian Wildlife Protection Act JPSIP- Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project JUSNL - Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited KL- Kilo Litre KLD – Kilo Litre per Day Km – Kilometer KVA – Kilo-Volts-Ampere MVA – Mega-Volts-Ampere NBWL – National Board of Wildlife NH- National Highway PCB – Pollution Control Board PCB – Polychlorinated Biphenyls PfA – Power for All PPP – Public Private Partnership PUCC – Pollution Under Control Certificate SCC- Special Conditions of Contract SF6 –Sulfur Hexafluoride TCE – TATA Consulting Engineer TL – Transmission Line WPR- Work Participation Ratio EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited (JUSNL) with financial assistance from the World Bank is implementing the transmission infrastructure development/upgradation under the Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project (JPSIP) and will include: (a) Creation of 25 new 132 kV substations, and (b) Development of associated 132 KV transmission lines of around 1800 kms. These 25 substations and associated transmission lines have been organised into 26 schemes. This ESIA covers the transmission lines 132kV D/C Mahuadanr-Latehar transmission line, which is a part of Additional Scheme 3 and is to be covered under Phase 1 of the project. The ESIA has been undertaken based on the outcome of initial walk over survey which identified a preferred alignment based on analysis of three potential alternatives associated with the Bee-line between the two end-points. The level of detail captured in the ESIA is primarily based on the inputs of the walk-over survey; and attempt is being made to include some of the detail emerging from the detailed survey exercise, which is being conducted in parallel by the Design Consultant at this time. More detailed information about the accurate alignment of the transmission line, specific parcels of land which the RoW will intersect, and the exact footprint of the transmission towers would be available during the next phase of project planning, involving Check Surveys is not covered in this ESIA. The transmission line, Mahuadanr –Latehar planned to extend for distances of 86.72 Km and would fall in the district of Latehar and Gumla. As per plan, the RoW of the alignment would be 27 m and transmission towers are expected to be setup every 300 m (approx. 2-3 towers per km depending on terrain and other technical, environmental and social considerations), each occupying a land footprint of about 22 m square. Overall, they will run cross country and cover a physical, environmental and social landscape which is typical to the state of Jharkhand – combination of plateau land exhibiting undulations and interspersed with flat terrain and hilly stretches.