Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 43063-013 December 2015 Period: January 2015 – June 2015 IND: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III Submitted by Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Limited, Bhopal This environmental monitoring report has been submitted to ADB by the Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Limited, Bhopal 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 Loan Number : 2736-IND Reporting period : January - June - 2015 Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project-III Prepared by : Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Executing Agency : Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Signed by:- (G.P.Mehra) Chief Engineer (ADB) Authorized Signatory from Executing Agency ENVIRONMENT MONITORING REPORT 1. Introduction Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a project loan of U$ 300 Millions in June 2011 for Widening and Reconstruction 15 roads of about 1080 Kms of length in Madhya Pradesh. The project titled Madhya Pradesh State Road Project-III (MPSRP- III) will improve transport efficiency of the State road network which will contribute to expansion of economic opportunities and poverty reduction. Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC) is the executing agency for the project. All the Fifteen contracts under the project (two for consultancy services for construction supervision and thirteen civil work contracts) are under implementation. All the sub projects have been assessed to be of environmental category B as per ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and environmental assessment guidelines 2003. These 15 State Highways/Project Roads have been divided into 13 packages which have been awarded as under. Pkg.1 Bhind Ater-Porsa (SH-2), Pkg 2:-Mihona-Lahar-Daboh-Bhander-Chirgaon (SH- 45), Pkg-3 Pichore-Chanderi-Mungawali-Onder-Kurwai (SH-19), Pkg 4A:- (1) Manwar- Mangod (Bhanderi)(SH-38), (2) Sardarpur-Rajgarh-Bagh (SH-39), Pkg 5:- Agar-Barod- Alot-jawara (SH-41Ext), Pkg 6:- Pachore-Chhapikheda-Jirapur-Machalpur-Soyat(51), Pkg 7:- (1) Badi-Baktara-Dobi-Shahganj-Budhani(15) (2), Silwani-Udaipura, Pkg 8:- Rahatgarh-Khurai-Khimlasa, Pkg 9:- Damoh-Hata-Gaisabad-Smariya, Pkg 10A:- Hata-Patera-Kumhari & Raipura-Saliya-Bahuriband-Sehora, Pkg-11-Amarpatan- Gorsari-Badera (SH-11), Pkg-12-Sundara-Singhpur-Kothi-Jaitwara-Birsinghpur- Semaria (SH-52), Pkg-13-Sidhi-Behori(SH-60). Pkg-04 and Pkg-10 which were terminated due to non-performance of civil work contractor has been retendered as Package-04A & Package-10A. The package-wise project progress details is provided as Annexure-I 2. Compliance status with National/State/Local statutory environmental requirements: MPRDC have obtained permissions required for working in forest area, permission for cutting trees etc. MPRDC and supervision consultant asked the civil works contractors to obtain all permissions required under the existing statutory environmental regulations. MPRDC regularly instruct to Supervision Consultant is periodically writing to contractors to obtain/renew statutory clearances/consents for Quarry sites from Mining Departments/SEIAA and for plants established at their respective sites from State Pollution Control board and to submit the complete details regarding the status of clearances/approvals/consents applied for/obtained. The Contractors has also been asked to submit Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUC) for vehicles engaged on construction activity. The status of “Compliance with Environmental Regulations” is detailed in Annexure- II 3. Compliance Status with the Environmental Covenants as Stipulated in the Loan Agreement. S. No Particulars Remarks 1 Environment a The Project is designed, constructed, operated, Ongoing and maintained in accordance with the environmental laws and regulations of the Borrower, the State, and ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). b The EMP and the mitigation measures included Being implemented therein, as specified in IEEs ,are properly implemented c The mitigation measures set out in the EMP are EMP is part of contract incorporated into Bidding Documents and work document contracts, and are updated, if necessary, in the course of Project implementation with prior approval of ADB. d All environmental permits, licenses and All Permission required under clearances are obtained in a timely manner prior the existing environmental to commencement of works in the relevant statutory have been/are being section of the Project roads. obtained. e Any adverse impact on the environment that Ongoing arise from the Project implementation is promptly mitigated or minimized in accordance with the EMP. f Implementation of the EMP ,including any safety Reports on implementation breaches, violation of environmental standards, status of EMP are being and corrective measures taken in respect thereof submitted to ADB in Semiannual are reported semi-annually to ADB; report. The MPRDC awarded the civil work between-June to July 2011 & already submitted seven semiannual reports from July – Dec. 2011 to July – Dec. 2014 to ADB. The present semi-annual report is for the period of Jan. – June 2015. g Reports and information are provided to ADB on Ongoing Basis request to enable it to verify that the Goods, Works, and Consulting Services financed out of the proceeds of the loan, have been procured in a responsible manner with a view to resource efficiency, waste minimization, and other environmental considerations. 2 The state through MPRDC shall promptly report So far no changes in specific any change in the alignment of any project road locations or alignments have to ADB, so as to determine if additional been made after the completion environmental assessment study is necessary. of process of the IEE. 3 The Environment and Social cell at MPRDC shall Environment and Social cell at be responsible for ensuring compliance with the MPRDC is monitoring the environment social safeguards aspects of the compliance with these aspects Project including statutory requirements. 4 The State and MPRDC shall ensure that The provision has been made in measures towards “green” highway that are BOQ for planting of trees and included in the project designed, including their maintenance for two years. extensive vegetation control in addition to All efforts are being made to structural measures to combat erosion; preserve trees including compensatory reforestation by 1:7, preservation evaluation of minor design of trees through minor geometric realignments, alternatives to save trees exclusive use of native tree species in wherever existing trees need to reforestation and inclusion of trees survival as be cut, prior permission from the part of post project monitoring, are implemented. concerned authority have been The contractor is required to carry out and obtained. maintain all roadside plantations for two years The BOQ quantity was for after construction. MPRDC shall ensure that the compensatory plantation but Works contracts under the project incorporate these numbers of trees shall provision to the effect. also be planted on subprojects where no tree cutting carried out. The civil work contractors of Package-4A, Package-5, Package-6 and Package-7, Pkg- 8, Pkg-9, Pkg-10A, Pkg-11, Pkg- 12 & Pkg-13 have made agreement with firms having specialization in plantation work. 5 Grievance Redress Mechanism The existing MPRDC grievance redress The existing MPRDC grievance mechanism shall be used to receive and resolve redress mechanism is being complaints/ grievances or act upon reports from used to receive and resolve stakeholders on the implementation of the complaints/ grievances. Project, other implementation irregularities, including grievances due to social and environmental matters. MPRDC will i) Make public of the existence of this grievance redress mechanism ii) Review and address grievances of stakeholders of the Project in relation to either the project , any of the service providers, or any person responsible for carrying out any aspect of the Project; and iii) Proactively and constructively responding to them. An officer of MPRDC at the level of deputy general manager has been designated as public information officer. The supervision consultant will help MPRDC in strengthening the mechanism and in handling complaints/grievances. 6 Reporting The State ,through MPRDC ,shall prepare Quarterly Progress Reports quarterly progress reports, which will cover (QPR) covering all these aspects changes , if any, to the implementation schedule; is being prepared and forwarded problems or difficulties encountered and remedial to ADB. actions taken; anticipated problems and the proposed remedial measures; work proposed to be under taken in the following period; summary financial accounts for the Project; and social and environmental impacts. The State shall submit the quarterly progress reports to ADB within 45 days from close of each quarter. 4. Compliance status with environmental management plans