Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka FINAL ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR UPPER KRISHNA PROJECT IN VIJAYAPURA DISTRICT IN KARNATAKA PROJECT BY KRISHNA BHAGYA JALA NIGAM LTD KARNATAKA CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS PVT LTD # 13/2, 1ST MAIN ROAD, NEAR FIRE STATION, INDUSTRIAL TOWN, RAJAJINAGAR,BANGALORE-560 010, QCI NO. 43 AS PER REV. 43 JUL 11, 2016 DOCUMENT NO. EHSC/KBJNL/UKP 1VOLUME - I 1Cover page - www.kbjnl.com Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd i EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka REVISION RECORD Rev. No Date Purpose Issued as Draft EIA Report for Comments and EHSC/01 09.06.2016 Suggestions Issued as Draft EIA Report for submission to KSPCB EHSC/02 10.06.2016 for conducting Environmental Public Hearing Issued as Draft Final EIA Report to Clients and EHSC/03 28.07.2016 Experts for comments and suggestions EHSC/04 29.07.2016 Issued as Final EIA Report for submission to MoEF Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd ii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd iii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd iv EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd v EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd vi EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka ABBREVIATIONS AIS & LUS All India Soil and Land Use Survey APHA American Public Health Association BIS Bureau of Indian Standards BOD Biological Oxygen Demand BPL Below Poverty Line BPLIS Budihaal-Peerapur Lift Irrigation Scheme BSI Botanical Survey of India CA Compensatory Afforestation CAD Command Area Development Plan CADA Command Area Development Authority CAT Catchment Area Treatment CGWB Central Ground Water Board COD Chemical Oxygen Demand CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CWC Central Water Commission DAP Diammonium phosphate dB(A) Decibels - A scale rating DC Deputy Commissioner DDP Dry land Development Programme DG Diesel Generator DPAP Drought Prone Area Programme DWL Depth to Water Level E-FLOW Environmental/ecological flow EIA Environment Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPA Environment Protection Agency EPH Environmental Public Hearing ERDAS Earth Resources Data Analysis System GBDP Green Belt Development Plan GDP Gross Domestic Product GEM Ground Water Estimation Committee methodology GESCOM Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company GIS Geographical Information System GOI Govt. of India GOK Government of Karnataka GWDT Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal Ha Hectare IMD Indian Meteorological Dept., IRS Indian Remote Sensing satellites IUCN International Union for Conservation of Natural Resources IWDP Integrated Watershed Development Programme K Kelvin KBJNL Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd KFD Karnataka Forest Dept., KPTCL Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd KSPCB Karnataka State Pollution Control Board KSRSAC Karnataka State Remote Sensing Application Centre KWDT Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal LA Land Acquisition LISS Linear Imaging Self-Scanning M.CUM Million Cubic Meter Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd vii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka MOEF Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change NAAQ National Ambient Air Quality Standards NBSS&LU National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use NDMA National Disaster Management Authority NGO Non Governmental Organisation NIDM National Institute for Disaster Management NLIS Nandawadagi Lift Irrigation Scheme NTFP Non Timber Forest Produce NWDPRA National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas OFD On-farm Development Works PAF Project Affected Family PAP Project Affected Person PDO Panchayath Development Officer PHC Public Health Centre PM Particulate Matter PPE Personal Protective Equipment PWD Public Works Dept. R&R Rehabilitation and Resettlement RET Rare, Endangered and Threatened RF Reserve Forests RFCTLARR Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement RL Ridge Level RLIS Ramthal (Marol) Lift Irrigation Scheme SC Scheduled Caste SHG Self Help Group SOI Survey of India SPM Suspended Particulate Matter ST Scheduled Tribe TLIS Thimmapur Lift Irrigation Scheme TMC Thousand Million Cubic Feet TOR Terms of Reference TSP Total Suspended Particulate WL(P)A Wildlife (Protection) Act WRD Water Resource Dept., WUA Water Users Association ZSI Zoological Survey of India Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd viii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................................................... 1.1 1.1 Project Proponent ............................................................................................... 1.1 1.2 Brief Description of the Project and its Importance to the Region .... 1.1 1.3 Need for the Study .............................................................................................. 1.2 1.4 Scope of the EIA .................................................................................................. 1.3 1.5 Components of EIA ............................................................................................. 1.3 1.6 Approach and Methodology ......................................................................... 1.3 Chapter 2. Project Description .................................................................................. 2.1 2.1 Brief History of Upper Krishna Project in Karnataka ................................. 2.1 2.2 Components of Upper Krishna Project in Karnataka ............................. 2.1 2.3 Need for Modernization of Upper Krishna Project ................................... 2.1 2.3.1 Agro – climatic zones .................................................................................. 2.6 2.3.2 Hydrology of Krishna River and Interstate aspects ........................... 2.6 2.3.2.1 Award of Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal ..................................... 2.6 2.3.3 Erratic droughts in command area ....................................................... 2.8 2.4 Proposed Modernization works ...................................................................... 2.8 2.4.1 Thimmapur LIS ................................................................................................ 2.8 2.4.1.1 Cropping Pattern ................................................................................ 2.11 2.4.1.2 Command area .................................................................................. 2.11 2.4.2 Ramthal (Marol) LIS .................................................................................... 2.12 2.4.2.1 Cropping Pattern ................................................................................ 2.15 2.4.2.2 Command area .................................................................................. 2.16 2.4.2.3 Automation in drip irrigation command area .......................... 2.17 2.4.3 Budihaal-Peerapur LIS ............................................................................... 2.21 2.4.3.1 Cropping Pattern ................................................................................ 2.24 2.4.3.2 Command area .................................................................................. 2.25 2.4.4 Nandawadagi LIS ....................................................................................... 2.26 2.4.4.1 Cropping Pattern ................................................................................ 2.29 2.4.4.2 Command area .................................................................................. 2.29 2.4.4.3 Automation for entire command area ....................................... 2.30 2.4.5 9(A) Distributary ........................................................................................... 2.31 2.4.5.1 Cropping Pattern ................................................................................ 2.33 2.4.5.2 Command area .................................................................................. 2.33 2.5 Water availability ............................................................................................... 2.35 2.6 Environmental flow ............................................................................................ 2.35 2.7 Natural Catastrophes in command area ................................................. 2.36 2.7.1 Floods .............................................................................................................. 2.36 2.7.3 Earthquake ................................................................................................... 2.37 2.7.4 Landslides ...................................................................................................... 2.37 Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd ix EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Final EIA Report Karnataka Chapter 3. Baseline Environment Scenario .......................................................... 3.1 3.1 Study area .............................................................................................................