Environmental Monitoring Report First Annual Report (April 2010 – April 2011) December 2011 IND: Bihar State Highways II Project – South Bihar (SH-68, SH-69, SH-70, & SH-71) Prepared by Bihar State Road Development Corporation Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank. ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome BOD – Biochemical Oxygen Demand – BSHP Bihar State Highway Project BSRDC – Bihar State Road development Corporation COD – Chemical Oxygen Demand DFO – District Forest Officer DG – Diesel Generator – EMMP Environmental Management & Monitoring Plan EMP – Environmental Management Plan FIDIC – Federation International D'Ingineure Conseil GoB – Government of Bihar HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus HMP – Hot Mix Plant IEE – Initial Environmental Examination MOEF – Ministry of Environment and Forests NABL – National Accreditation Board for Laboratories NO2 – Nitrogen Dioxide NOC – No Objection Certificate NOx – Oxides of Nitrogen PAPs – Project Affected Persons Pb – Lead pH – Negative log of H+ activity PIU – Project Implementation Unit PPE – personal protective Equipment PUC – Pollution Under Control RSPM – Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter SC – Supervision Consultant SH – State Highway SO2 – Sulfur dioxide SPCB – State Pollution Control Board SPM – Suspended Particulate Matter TDS – Total Dissolved Solids TSS – Total Suspended Solids WMM – Wet Mix Macadam WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Km – kilometer NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. 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. YEARLY MONITORING PROGRESS REPORT OF COMPLIANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) IMPLEMENTATION [BSHP-I (SH-68, SH-69, SH-70 & SH-71] (April 2010-April 2011) 1 I. INTRODUCTION 1. Road Construction Department (RCD), Govt. of Bihar, has taken initiative of improvement of Road Network in Bihar with the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB). RCD, Government of Bihar has been entrusted with the responsibility of rehabilitation and strengthening of selected state highways (SH) under the Loan Assistance of ADB, Loan No. 2443-IND with a supervision consultant to be engaged in accordance with Terms of Reference. Scott Wilson India Pvt. Ltd. has been appointed after competitive bidding as supervision consultant (SC) for the implementation of the four civil work packages of SH corridors in South Bihar 2. The project intends to widen the existing carriageway to 2-lane carriageway with earthen shoulders on each side, strengthening / reconstruction of existing pavement, rehabilitation and widening of the existing bridges, construction of new culverts, bus stops, truck parking areas, and road junctions. The existing roads are mostly single lane with unpaved shoulders in rural areas having carriageway width of about 3.75 m to 5.5 m with sub-standard geometrics at many places. Overall the roads are in badly damaged shape. After completion of these packages, the SH corridors will serve a long way to the people of rural areas improving the quality of life and will enhance the business potential. The four civil work packages are spread over the districts of Aurangabad, Gaya, Arwal, Nawada, Jahanabad and Nalanda. These packages are as below: Package 1 : Shivganj – Baidrabad (SH-68) Package 2 : Dumaria – Ranitalab (SH-69) Package 3 : Gaya – Rajauli (SH-70) Package 4 : Jahanabad – Parwatipur (SH-71) 3. The Contract for the construction of civil works of above packages was procured under International Competitive Bidding to be executed in accordance with FIDIC Conditions of Contract. Table 1 gives brief details about abovementioned four SH packages. 2 Table 1 :Brief Details about State Highway Packages (SH-68, SH-69, SH-70 & SH-71) Name & Length Date of Date of Physical Reasons Name of Location of (Kms) commence completion Progress behind slow Contractor State ment (in %) Progress Highway (SH) Package-1 , 78.00 30,10.2009 16.04.2012 13 % Sporadic law MBL Shivganj & order Infrastructures Baidrabad problem and Ltd, Vill.– (SH-68) unexpected Shivganj, P.O. rainfall in Teldiha, P.S. Project Madanpur,Dist. Corridor. Aurangabad, Pin Code 824 103, Bihar Package – 152.800 10.02.2009 25.01.2012 15% Sporadic law Gammon India 2, Dumaria & order Ltd. to Ranitalab problem and 1st Floor, New (SH-69) unexpected Sangh Priya rainfall in Guest House, Project Behind Chakma Corridor. Mandir, Bodh Gaya, Dist.: Gaya (Bihar), 824231 Package – 58.30 17.02.2009 06.02.2011 > 60% Sporadic law Gammon India 3, Gaya – & order Ltd. Rajgir (SH- problem and 1st Floor, New 70) unexpected Sangh Priya rainfall in Guest House, Project Behind Chakma Corridor. Mandir, Bodh Gaya, Dist.: Gaya (Bihar), 824231 Package - 4 85.20 05.01.2009 24.06.2011 > 90% Sporadic law C&C Jahanabad & order Constructions Parwatipur problem and Ltd.H/o-Mr. unexpected Birendra Kumar (SH-71) rainfall in Near Giriyak Project Police Station on Corridor. NH-31, At+PO- Giriyak , District- Nalanda Bihar-803109 3 Figure 1. Location of the 4 State Highway Packages in South Bihar II. COMPLIANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) 4. Significant environmental issues typical from road construction includes air quality deterioration from heavy equipment operation and soil movement, encroachment into ecologically sensitive area, loss of agricultural land, noise and vibration, trimming and cutting of trees, pollution from scrap transformers, batteries, spillage of fuel and transformer oil, and generation of solid waste and wastewater were minimized if not totally avoided due to good project siting, road alignment and early consultations with the local authorities and people, forest, revenue and other concerned government agencies during project design stage. 4 A. Submission of Monthly Monitoring report: 5. Checklists-based monitoring of EMP implementation was performed using two types of Checklists, one for EMP compliance monitoring and the other for statutory compliance. 6. Monitoring of EMP implementation is done by the Contractor’s Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager of each package and monthly submission of abovementioned checklists is required. An on-site assessment is usually followed after review of these checklists submitted on monthly basis. Sometime checklists are prepared after site visits to respective packages. Submission pattern of Monthly monitoring checklists by Contractors of SH-68, SH-69, SH-70 and SH-71 is given below in the Table 2. 7. From May 2010 to March 2011, or a period of 11 months, the contractors were able to submit 9 monthly monitoring reports representing almost 82%. All reports were validated by the supervision consultant through field visits. Table 2: Submission of Monthly EMP Implementation Monitoring Checklists Name Months ( 2010) Months ( 2011 ) of SH May June July August September October November December January February March SH-68 Submitted Not Not Not Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted submitted submitted submitted SH-69 Submitted Not Not Not Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted submitted submitted submitted SH-70 Submitted Not Not Not Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted submitted submitted submitted SH-71 Submitted Not Not Not Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted 8. In addition to the checklists, the following information were also provided by the c Project Managers (Contractors) of SH-68, SH-69 , SH-70 and SH-71 to the SC and BSRDC: Environmental Pollution Monitoring for air, noise and water for the quarters October- December 2010 and January to March 2011 Copy of the labour licenses Copies of NOCs obtained from Bihar State Pollution Control board ( BSPCB) Photographs of AIDS awareness camps Photographs of workers wearing PPEs. Water Sprinkling records Chainage specific details of Borrow Areas ( their approval , active, closed & re- development status) Information correction action taken by Project Manager (SH-68) with respect to to ADB Environment Expert during site visit in December 2010. Actions taken by RE( SH-68) regarding non-compliance of environmental norms Information about the Plantation drive initiated by The Honorable Chief Minister , Government of Bihar 5 B. Status of Environment /Safety Officer appointed by the Contractors 9. Only Project Manager of SH-70 has not provided details regarding the appointment of its Environment and Safety Officer (ESO) as required in the EMP. Rest of the Project Contractor’s Managers of SH-68, SH-69 and SH-71 have provided details of ESOs and all were found physically present during camps/sites visits of SC-Environment Specialist, REs/MEs/Field Engineers (SC) and PIUs officials. Names of ESOs working in different packages are given below in the Table 3: Table 3: Status of Environment & Safety Officers in SH Packages Name of SH Name of Environment/Safety Officer of the Contractor SH-68 Mr. A.K.Singh SH-69 Mr.Tamil Bhattacharya SH-70 Not Appointed so far , Project Manager through his sub-ordinate staff such as deputy project mangers /Site Engineers assists during site visits