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No.:9562/999/GEG/S/002 Assessment Report for Tanda Thermal Rev. No.: 0 Rev. Date: 15.06.2009 Power Project, Stage-II (2x660 MW) Page: 1 of 11 1.0 INTRODUCTION Tanda Thermal Power Project (TnTPP) was conceived and implemented by Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (UPSEB) in 1980-81 in District Ambedkar Nagar of Uttar Pradesh. Subsequently, the station was taken over by NTPC in January, 2000. The present capacity of TnTPP is 440 MW (4x110 MW) and the same is under commercial operation. The present proposal is to implement coal based Tanda TPP, Stage-II (2x660 MW) for the benefit Uttar Pradesh and other willing of States/UTs of Northern Region during early XII Plan period. The project is envisaged to be based on Super Critical Technology, which shall generate power at higher efficiency, i.e. with less consumption of coal and water and less generation of pollutants as compared to conventional sub critical units. 2.0 THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDINGS The Tanda project site is located on the right bank of Main Tanda Canal near Bahadurpur village in Ambedkar Nagar District of Utter Pradesh having latitude and longitude of 260 35' 30" N and 820 35’ 40” E respectively. The site is approachable from Tanda - Faizabad State Highway. Nearest railway station Akbarpur is at a distance of 20 kms on Faizabad-Shahganj section of Northern Central railways. The nearest commercial airport at Lucknow is located at a distance of approximately 240 kms from the project site. 3.0 PROJECT COMPONENTS 3.1 Land Requirement Tanda TPP, Stage-II shall be established within the existing premises of Tanda TPP, Stage-I. However, about 715 acres of additional land (about 175 acres for main plant and about 540 acres for ash disposal and other requirements) is required for Stage-II (2x660 MW) of the project. In-principle land availability clearance has been obtained from Govt. of Uttar Pradesh vide dated 06.12.07. 3.2 Fuel Availability & Requirement Annual coal requirement for Tanda TPP, Stage-II shall be about 6.5 MTPA corresponding to 90% PLF and GCV of 3350 kcal/kg and the same is proposed to be met from Chatti-Bariatu and Kerandari captive coal mining blocks allotted to NTPC in North Karanpura Coalfields. The daily coal requirement shall be about 20,000 tonnes based on 100% plant load factor. The average ash content of coal would be 36% maximum sulphur content in coal would be 0.5%. The envisaged mode of coal transportation from the coal mines to the power plant is by Indian Railways. 3.3 Water Availability and Requirement The source of water for the project is Main Tanda Pump Canal on Saryu river which is at a distance of about 4 kms from the plant boundary.Make up water requirement for this project would be about 4400 m3/hr with ash water re-circulation system and about 6700 m3/h with once through ash water system. The make-up water requirement is estimated as 65 Cusecs for 2x660 MW. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh vide dated 20.08.07 has given Mantec Consultants (P) Ltd., New Delhi Executive Summary Summary of Draft Environmental Impact Doc. No.:9562/999/GEG/S/002 Assessment Report for Tanda Thermal Rev. No.: 0 Rev. Date: 15.06.2009 Power Project, Stage-II (2x660 MW) Page: 2 of 11 water availability commitment of 65 Cusecs of water from Tanda Pump Canal on Saryu river. 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) In order to identify the impacts due to construction and operation of TnTPP, Stage-II and draw an Environmental Management Plan, a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study has been undertaken through M/S Mantec Consultants Pvt. Limited, New Delhi. The study covers establishment of baseline environmental scenario, assessment of impacts due to Stage-II, and identification of environmental mitigation measures to minimise these impacts. In addition, ash utilisation and management plan, environmental monitoring plan, environmental management plan and disaster management plan have also been briefly covered. The draft Terms of Reference for EIA Study was approved by MOEF vide letter no. J- 13012/96/2007-IA.II(T) dated 01.08.07, in accordance with MOEF Notification dated 14.09.2006 regarding environmental clearance process. The environmental disciplines studied include land-use, demography and socio- economics, geology and soils, hydrology and water use, water quality, meteorology, air quality, terrestrial and aquatic ecology and noise. The study covered a period of one year from March, 2008 to February, 2009. The study area for EIA comprises of 10 km. radius around Tanda TPP, as shown in Exhibit-1. The study area is generally flat in nature and river Ghaghra (also known as saryu) flows from North-West to East direction almost in the middle of the study area. The study area falls in Ambedkar Nagar (South of Ghaghra river) and Basti (North of Ghaghra river) districts of Uttar Pradesh and it is rural in nature. 5.0 BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL SCENARIO 5.1 Land Use The land use pattern of the study area has been established on the basis of census data of 2001 and satellite imagery of 2008. As per satellite imagery, agricultural land is the major constituents of the study area covering 65.76% of the study area. The built up land comprises of about 25.23%, plantations (small, scattered patches) cover 4.16%, waste lands cover 1.98% and water bodies cover 2.87% of the study area. As per Census Data of 2001, the agricultural land accounts for 68.35% of the study area, forests (artificial plantations) cover about 1.24% and non agricultural land 27.18% of the study area. Government canals and tube wells are the main sources of irrigation for agricultural area. No important archaeological, historical, cultural, aesthetic, religious and ecologically sensitive areas exist within 25 km from NTPC. 5.2 Water Use There is only one natural water body within the study area i.e Ghaghra River, also known as Saryu over the stretch of sacred town of Ayodhya to Belghat on the border of Gorakhpur. During the rains it carries an immense flow, but in dry weather it shrinks to small dimensions. The study area has extensive network of irrigation canals. In addition to the canals, the ground water resources are also exploited for domestic and irrigation purposes through a number of open dug wells and tube-wells seen in the study area. Mantec Consultants (P) Ltd., New Delhi Executive Summary Summary of Draft Environmental Impact Doc. No.:9562/999/GEG/S/002 Assessment Report for Tanda Thermal Rev. No.: 0 Rev. Date: 15.06.2009 Power Project, Stage-II (2x660 MW) Page: 3 of 11 5.3 Demography and Socio Economics Demographic and socio-economic profile of the study area is based on Census data for the year 2001. There are 238 villages and one municipal block falling under the study area with a total population of 2,56,974. The sex ratio is 1000 (Males):928 (females) and average family size is about 7 persons per house.