Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 40005-013 April 2018 Period: July 2017 – December 2017 IND: Jharkhand State Roads Project Submitted by: Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi This report has been submitted to ADB by Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi and the Asian Development Bank and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Public Communications Policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT ( July 2017 – December 2017 ) Improvement / Up Gradation – Strengthening / Widening of Govindpur – Jamtara, 81 Kms, Jamtara – Dumka, 82 Kms, Dumka – Barhet, 98 Kms and Barhet – Sahebganj, 50 Kms, Jharkhand State Road Project. ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT (RCD) & SMEC International Pty. Ltd. In Association with SMEC (India) Pvt. Ltd.andRODIC Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Under ADB Loan Assistant Contractors: Package – I SEL-GKC (JV) Package – II Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. Package – III GVR-RMN (JV) Package – IV Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. 1 Environmental M onitor ing Re port (July 2017 to December 2017) CONTENTS Sl. No. Description Page No. I. Introduction 2-4 1.1 Project Description 2 1.2 Environment Category 4 1.3 Report Purpose 4 1.4 Project Progress 4 II. Compliance status with National /State /Local statutory environmental requirements 5-19 II.A. Elephant Movement in the Project Area 12 II.B. Compliance of Stipulated Conditions of Environmental Clearance from MOEF 14 III. Compliance with the Environmental Covenant as Stipulated in Loan 20-21 IV. Compliance status with environmental management and monitoring plans and environmental assessment and review framework/procedures as stipulated in the 22-43 environmental documentation as agreed with ADB V. Monitoring of environmental receptors/ attributes 44-47 VI. Any other environmental aspects, impacts observed during implementation which 48 were not covered earlier VII. Details of Grievance Redress Committee and complaints received from public and 48 actions taken thereof to resolve VIII. Institutional set-up for EMP implementation 49-50 IX. Follow-up actions and conclusions 51 X. Site Photographs 52-53 List of Tables:- Page No. Table 1.1 Brief details about all Contract Packages 3 Table 1.2 Physical Progress 4 Table 2.1 Statutory Requirement and compliance 5 Table 2.2 Present Status of Civil Structure with suggested modification at various chain age 12 of road Table 2.3 Compliance of Stipulated Conditions of Environmental Clearance from MOEF 14 Table 3.1 Loan Covenant Compliance 20 Table 4.1 Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 22 Table 5.1 Status of Monitoring (Year wise) 44 Table 5.2 Monitoring Results 44 Table 8.1 Details of Env. Expert(CSC) and Contractor responsible 49 List of Figures:- Page No. Fig-1 Location Map 3 Fig-2 Institutional Arrangement for Environment Management 49 1 Environmental M onitor ing Re port (July 2017 to December 2017) I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Road Construction Department (RCD) of the Government of Jharkhand through Government of India has applied for financial assistance in form of a loan from the Asian Development Bank (The Bank) for the Jharkhand State Road Project (JSRP), which comprises of rehabilitate and upgrade 311 Kilometer (km) of existing single, intermediate and/or double lane roads from Gobindpur via Jamtara, Dumka and Barhet to Sahebganj, and Support the GOJ in improving project management and enhancing road sector development capacity. The executing agency for JSRP is Project Implementation Cell (ADB Project), Road Construction Department (The Employer). The Road Construction Department is headed by the Secretary. 2. To overcome this acute bottleneck in the overall development of the state, the Government of Jharkhand (GOJH) has negotiated with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a loan (Loan 2594-IND) for up-gradation, rehabilitation and strengthening of state roads, mainly state highways, in the state to improve the connectivity and upgrade the infrastructure in transport sector to provide impetus to developmental activities. 3. The Jharkhand State Road Development Corporation Ltd., Government of Jharkhand has undertaken the work of widening and strengthening of state highways from single lane to two lane carriageway. The proposed alignment is mostly concentric widening for all road sections. Sufficient considerations, within the limitation of technical and economic requirement, have been given at design and construction stage to minimize the adverse impacts on the community and surrounding environment. The EMP and RP prepared for the projects are being implemented to mitigate or minimize negative impacts caused due to the projects. 1.1 Project Description: 4. As a first phase, the Government has undertaken to contract four construction packages, having a total length of 311 km. The size of each package is ranging between 50 and 98 km. Though the Project will involve improvements to a two lane standard, the land acquisition undertaken by the government is as per the four-lane expansion criteria on taking into account for future expansion needs. 5. SMEC International Pty. Ltd, an Australian Engineering Consultancy, in association with SMEC India Pvt. Ltd. and RODIC Consultants Pvt. Ltd. has been awarded the Consultancy Services for Construction Supervision for all four packages for Rehabilitate and Up-gradation of 311 kilometer of existing Single/ Intermediate lane to Double lane roads from Gobindpur to Sahebganj via Jamtara, Dumka and Barhet, and Support the GOJ in improving Project Management and enhancing road sector development capacity. 6. There are four projects in passes through six districts (Dhanbad, Jamtara, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur and Sahebganj) as shown in the figure-1. The total length is 311 Km. The road run in Dhanbad, Jamtara Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur and Sahebganj Districts of Jharkhand. The brief details about all Contract Packages I, II, III and IV is given in Table 1.1. 2 Environmental M onitor ing Re port (July 2017 to December 2017) Figure 1: Project location map Table 1.1: Brief details about all Contract Packages I, II, III and IV (Jharkhand State Road Project) Width of Proposed Roads Current Road Road+ Shoulders+ Original Revised Contract Section Districts Date of Road Catego Drain +Parapets Date of Date of Contractor Package & Covered Commencement Length ry Carriage- completion completion bypasses Formation way Govindpur- 62.765 Jamtara Km M/s. GKC Pvt. Dhanbad Ltd, I Govindpur- 6.230 SH 7 meter 12 meter 20.09.2013 15.12.2017 Bypass Km and 20.09.2010 Hyderabad , Jamtara India Jamtara 11.077 Bypass Km Total 80.142 Jamtara- 75.473 M/s Ramky Dumka Km Jamtara, Infrastructure II Dumka and SH 7 meter 12 meter 22.09.2010 22.09.2013 05.12.2017 Ltd Dumka 6.577 Deoghar Hyderabad , Bypass Km India Total 82.050 M/s. GVR Dumka. Infrastructure Dumka- 98.217 III Pakur and SH 7 meter 12 meter 23.09.2010 23.09.2013 30.04.2017 Ltd, Barhet Km Sahebganj Hyderabad , India M/s Ramky Infrastructure Barhet - 49.600 IV Sahebganj SH 7 meter 12 meter 23.09.2010 23.09.2013 30.01.2017 Ltd Sahebganj Km Hyderabad , India Total Length 310.009 (1+2+3+4) Km 3 Environmental Mo nitoring Rep ort (July 2017 to December 2017) 1.2 Environmental Category 7. All the subprojects were categorized as Environmental Category “B”, according to ADB’s Environment Policy (2002). 1.3 Report Purpose 8. The Environmental monitoring report has been compiled covering the period July 2017 to December 2017 It describes the Environmental Management Plan implementation status, compliance issues confronted, and corrective actions taken by the Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand. This report covers the rehabilitation and improvement of the following four road sections under the Loan No. 2594 (IND) Jharkhand State Road Project. 9. The submission and subsequent disclosure of this Environmental Monitoring Report is a requirement of the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2002 for environmental Category B projects. The Project is also categorized as “B” by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) under the EIA Notification. 1.4 Project Progress 10. The physical progress from July 2017 to Dec 2017 (as on 31.12.2017) is given in Table 1.2. Table 1.2 Physical progress from July 2017 to Dec 2017 (as on 31.12.2017) Package-1 Package-2 Package-3 Package-4 Sr. No Description (M/s. GKC Pvt. (M/s Ramky (M/s.GVR (M/s Ramky Ltd, Hyderabad) Infrastructure Ltd.) Infrastructure Ltd) Infrastructure Ltd) 1 EW&SG 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 2 GSB 99.16 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 3 WMM 99.16 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 4 DBM 99.16 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 5 BC 98.91 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 6 Structure 96.32 % 100 % 100 % 100 % Miscellaneous 7 82.66 % 100 % 60.69 % 100 % Work Note:- The remaining above said work will be covered by the fund from State Government. EW/SG= Earth Work/ Sub- grade, GSB= Granular Sub Base, WMM= Wet Mix Macadam, DBM= Dense Bituminous Macadam, BC= Bituminous Coarse. 4 Environmental Mo nitoring Rep ort (July 2017 to December 2017) II. Compliance status with National /State /Local statutory environmental requirements 11. The status of applicable statutory compliance for the sub-projects during the period July 2017 to Dec 2017 is given in Table 2.1. Table 2.1: Statutory Requirement & their Current Status /Approval of Compliance in Contract Package-I, II, III and IV (July 2017 to Dec 2017) Package-I Package-II Package-III Package-IV Statutory M/s Ramky M/s.