Final Report Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan for Sewerage Works in Sewerage District ‘A’ of Allahabad City, Uttar Pradesh Prepared for National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India) Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plans (Sewerage District ‘A’-Allahabad) © The Energy and Resources Institute 2014 Suggested format for citation T E R I. 2014 Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan for Sewerage Works in Sewerage District ‘A’ of Allahabad City, Uttar Pradesh New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute. [Project Report No. 2010WM13] For more information Project Monitoring Cell T E R I Tel. 2468 2100 or 2468 2111 Darbari Seth Block E-mail [email protected] IHC Complex, Lodhi Road Fax 2468 2144 or 2468 2145 New Delhi – 110 003 Web www.teriin.org India India +91 • Delhi (0)11 ii Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plans (Sewerage District ‘A’-Allahabad) Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Ganga Clean up Initiatives ............................................................................................. 9 1.2 The Ganga River Basin Project ....................................................................................... 9 1.2.1 World Bank Assistance ................................................................................... 10 1.3 Project Components ....................................................................................................... 10 1.3.1 Component One: Institutional Development .............................................. 10 1.3.2 Component Two: Priority Infrastructure Investments .............................. 11 1.4 Structure of the Report ................................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 13 2.1 About the City ................................................................................................................ 13 2.2 Existing Sewerage Facilities in Allahabad City ......................................................... 13 2.2.1 Works Completed under Ganga Action Plan Phase – I (GAP-I) .............. 14 2.2.2 Works Completed under Ganga Action Plan Phase II .............................. 15 2.2.3 On-going works in Sewerage District ‘D’ Under JNNURM ..................... 15 2.2.4 City Sewerage Plan ......................................................................................... 16 2.2.5 Works Approved Under NGRBA for District A ......................................... 19 2.3 Necessity of this project ................................................................................................ 19 2.4 Location of Proposed Sewerage Project ...................................................................... 21 2.5 Proposed Sewerage System .......................................................................................... 23 2.5.1 Components of Proposed Sewerage Work .................................................. 23 2.5.2 Implementation Schedule .............................................................................. 25 2.5.3 Financing .......................................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER 3 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ......................................................................... 27 3.1 Methodology................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Project Screening ............................................................................................................ 29 3.3 Conclusion of Screening Activity ................................................................................ 41 CHAPTER 4 REGULATIONS AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................. 42 4.1 Applicable Laws and Regulations – Environmental................................................. 42 4.1.1 Legal Framework of Government of India .................................................. 42 4.1.2 Key Environmental Laws and Regulations ................................................. 42 4.2 Applicable Laws and Regulations - Social ................................................................. 45 4.3 Other Legislations applicable to Construction Projects under NGRBP ................. 47 CHAPTER 5 BASELINE STATUS ................................................................................................... 50 5.1 Baseline Environmental ................................................................................................ 50 5.1.1 Physiography and Topography .................................................................... 50 5.1.2 Climate .............................................................................................................. 50 5.1.3 Geological and Geophysical features ........................................................... 51 5.1.4 Ambient Air Quality ....................................................................................... 53 5.1.5 Noise Environment ......................................................................................... 55 5.1.6 Water Environment ........................................................................................ 57 5.1.7 Storm Water Drainage .................................................................................... 63 5.1.8 Waste Water Management ............................................................................. 64 5.1.9 Solid Waste Management .............................................................................. 66 5.1.10 Biological Environment ................................................................................. 68 5.2 Baseline Social Status ..................................................................................................... 71 iii Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plans (Sewerage District ‘A’-Allahabad) 5.2.1 Public Consultation ......................................................................................... 76 CHAPTER 6 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ............................................................ 80 6.1 Potential Environmental Impacts ................................................................................ 80 6.1.1 Design and Development Phase ................................................................... 80 6.1.2 Impacts during construction phase .............................................................. 80 6.1.3 Impacts during operation phase ................................................................... 83 6.2 Potential Social Impacts ................................................................................................ 84 6.3 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 87 CHAPTER 7 MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN .............................................................. 89 7.1 Environmental Management Plan ............................................................................... 89 7.1.1 Implementation of EMP Specific activities by UPJN ................................. 89 7.1.2 Specific activities by Contractor .................................................................... 89 7.2 Environmental Monitoring Plan .................................................................................. 98 7.3 EMP Budget .................................................................................................................... 98 7.4 Social Management Plan ............................................................................................. 109 7.4.1 Social mitigation plans during construction phase .................................. 109 7.4.2 Social mitigation plans during operation phase ....................................... 111 7.4.3 Mitigation measures adopted by locals during similar nature of project activities ............................................................................................. 111 7.4.4 Consultation Framework for Participatory Planning and Implementation of Mitigation Plan ............................................................ 114 7.4.5 Assess the Capacity of Institutions and Mechanisms for Implementing Social Development Aspects and Social Safeguard Plans; Recommend Capacity building measures ..................................... 114 CHAPTER 8 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES AND ISSUES .............................................. 118 8.1 Social Development Outcomes of the sub project ................................................... 118 8.2 Social Development Issues in Project Vicinity and Social Services to be provided by the project ............................................................................................... 119 CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................... 120 ANNEXURE 1 QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................................................................. 121 ANNEXURE 2 MINUTES OF MEETING WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS ........................................