ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN STATE OF HARYANA PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT (PFR) FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY IN THE STATE OF HARYANA SUBMITTED BY HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. HARYANA www.dasindia.org Page 1 ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN STATE OF HARYANA PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT 1. Executive Summary Haryana is one of the partner states of national capital region. To gainfully exploit the potential of being in close proximity of the national capital and to meet the requirement of various land users for the developed land. Both inter and intra city traffic is increasing day by day as the state has developed some infrastructure in the NCR sub-region of Haryana. Moreover the connecting traffic from and to NH-1, NH-2, NH-8 and NH-10 is also increasing through Delhi. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has ordered on 16.12.2001 and 15.07.2002 in writ petition (civil) 13029 of 1985 i.e. M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India thtat no heavy medium and light goods vehicle will ply on interstate route through Delhi. There can be no corridor or bypass joining different National Highways through Delhi. The corridor, if and when constructed will have to Bye pass Delhi. The Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway in the state of Haryana has been conceived in the light of orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. In this context the Government of Haryana through Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has proposed to develop an expressway connecting above mentioned highways and bypassing Delhi. The proposed Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway has an estimated total length of 135.650 km. The alignment of the project passes through five districts, i.e. Sonipat, Jhajjar, Gurgaon, Mewat and Palwal. Road land width of 100m along the alignment of proposed expressway has already been acquired by HSIIDC. The alignment of the proposed road starts from NH-1 near Kundli, crosses NH-10 at Bahadurgarh, Crosses NH-8 near Manesar and finally joins NH-2 near Palwal. The proposed expressway is dual carriageway 6-lane (3+3) expressway and is divided highway intended for traffic with full control of access and provided with grade separators at intersections. No slow moving traffic will be allowed to ply on the expressway. The proposed expressway crosses through various seasonal streams, irrigation canals, distributaries and nallahs, where major and minor bridges are proposed. About 132 km length out of 135.650 km of expressway has been designed in complete embankment. The www.dasindia.org Page 2 ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN STATE OF HARYANA roadway in embankment will generally be about 2m or more above the surrounding ground level. In the course the roads will traverse through 05 districts as follows: S.No District Location/C Village Name S. No. District Location/Chai Village Name . hainage(m) nage(M) 1. Sonipa 0000 Rai(Kundli) Gurgaon 80800 Mokhalvas t 1000 Badhmulak 81800 Fakharpur 2500 Jatheri 83000 Panchgaon 4000 AkbarpurBarota 4. Mewat 88500 Kalwari 6600 Ladpur 90750 Sabras 9300 Abbaspur 93000 Dingalhevi 11900 Mandaura 94000 Goela 13200 Turkpur 99000 Dhulawat 18000 Pipli 99300 Mendla 20400 Gopalpur 101000 Ghusbaithi 23800 Pai 103500 Khor 2. Jhajjar 26000 Nilothi 104550 Rupaheri 29200 KhediJassaur 105000 Gajarpur 32200 AsaudiTodaran 106250 Kherlikankar 38500 Mandauthi 106250 Chhapra 40000 DabodaKalan 107600 Rewasan 41150 Silothi 110200 Moharka 42500 DabodaKhurd 111000 Nawabgarh 46100 Bupania 114000 Khalilpur 53000 Badli 118000 Kanauli 54800 Dariyapur 5. Palwal 119000 Mandkola 56000 Lagarpur 124400 Yadupur 58200 Daverkhana 124400 Maheshpur 59900 MundaKhera 125000 Allika 60000 Ismailpur 127400 Rajalaka 3. Gurgao 66400 Sultanpur 129000 Gelpur n 68500 Saidpur 130000 Ratipur 71250 Patli 131500 Rajpura 73500 Jhundsarai 132000 Jodhpur 76300 Prem Nagar 133500 Chirawata 77250 Baslanbhi 134000 Raiharana 78200 Kharkhari 135650 Atohan(Behraula) The estimated total cost for the entire stretch of the project is 3340.81 Crores, which also includes 1020 crores, already spent on road construction. The unit cost per km of Road has been assessed as Rs 24.64 crore per km. Some parts of the proposed road pass through the forest land. About 35.63 ha of forestland is involved, the clearance for the forest land has already been taken from the MoEF. www.dasindia.org Page 3 ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN STATE OF HARYANA Other planned activities include construction of intersections/junctions, culverts and drainage works, toll plazas and ancillary structures, temporary access, diversion roads and site location for WWM plant and other road construction related plants and establishments. The offsite work includes, quarrying from nearby quarry sites, labour camps, material storage yard, earth from nearby burrow area and dumping of construction spoils at dumping sites. 2. Introduction of the project Background information i. Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/ letter of intent should be given. – Project: Construction of 6 lane Kundli- Manesar- Palwal Expressway in the state of Haryana, India. Project proponent: Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. Brief description of nature of the project. The project intends to develop 6 lane road (3+3) carriage way with scope of future expansion) in the state of Haryana. Total length of the proposed alignment is 135.650 km. The proposed alignment passes through 5 districts: Sonipat, Jhajjar, Mewat, Gurgaon and Palwal, in the state of Haryana. The project intends to connect NH-1, NH-2, NH-8 and NH-10, the connectivity of these highways has been proposed at selective locations. HSIIDC was declared as the executing agency by State Government of Haryana for the development of Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway. KMP Expressway has been divided into two packages: Package I- Manesar – Palwal Section (on Item rate mode) PACKAGE II- Manesar Kundli Section (BoT annuity Mode) The road project which is expected to lessen traffic and therefore pollution in Delhi is also expected to spur socio-economic and infrastructure development in the districts surrounding the road. www.dasindia.org Page 4 ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN STATE OF HARYANA ii. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. 1. To reduce the traffic load & incremental pollution levels: The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has ordered on 16.12.2001 and 15.07.2002 in writ petition (Civil) 13029 of 1985 that no heavy, medium and light goods vehicle will ply on interstate route through Delhi or New Delhi. The KMP expressway passing through the State of Haryana has been conceived in the light of the order of hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The construction of Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway intends to relocate the heavy traffic, plying through Delhi to lessen the traffic and the pollution load in the capital and nearby areas. 2. Enhance connectivity with Cities, other NHs and accessibility: Project is also designed to increase connectivity by providing access to various National and State highways at selective locations. Its strategic location in the NCR region, connectivity with NH-1, NH-8, NH-10 and NH-1 aim to bypass the heavy traffic plying through National Capital, thus, makes the project desirable. iii. Demand Supply Gap. NA iv. Imports vs. Indigenous production. NA v. Export Possibility. NA vi. Domestic / export Markets. NA vii. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project. www.dasindia.org Page 5 ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 6 LANE KUNDLI MANESAR PALWAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN STATE OF HARYANA Road construction broadly encompasses the issues relevant to the process of road construction and maintenance, including the design, contracting, implementation, supervision, and maintenance of roads and related structures, such as bridges and interchanges. The areas covered includes public works, private contracting of civil works, and labor-based construction techniques. Direct employment generation: during the construction phase of the project which is likely to be completed within 30 months, manpower will be needed to take the part in various project activities. About 6000 persons per day, which includes, skilled, Semi-skilled and unskilled labours, will likely to get work. In the post construction phase the project will provide social benefits to 600 people in terms of direct employment by way of better commercial and industrial development of the area. The project shall also induce indirect employment generation for safai wala, gaurds, local vendors, operation and maintenance workers etc. Indirect employment will be both temporary and permanent. Temporary indirect employment: local vendors, construction material traders, electrician, plumbers etc. will be benefitted through employment generated during construction and maintenance phase. Permanent indirect employment: Safai waala, gaurds, local vendors, kiosk stalls will be benefitted through employment generated during operation phase. The project will therefore provide employment to people from all walks of life: Construction,