IRRIGATION & CAD DEPARTMENT Government of Telangana P. V. NARSIMHA RAO KANTHANAPALLY SUJALA SRAVANTHI PROJECT Thupakulagudem village, Eturnagaram Mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalapally District DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARING Schedule 1 (c) of EIA Notification, 2006, Category – A, Project Cost: 2121 Crores Study Period : July, 2017 to March, 2018; Command Area : 5, 55, 310 ha Project by Consultants The Chief Engineer Environmental Health & Safety I & CAD Department Consultants Pvt. Ltd Kanthanppyally Project Bangalore, Karnataka KC Colony, Chintagattu (Accredited by QCI-NABET) Warangal - 506015 080 - 23012100 APRIL, 2018 Document No. EHSC/I&CAD/KCC/ETR/2017-18/PVNKSSP DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Of P V NARASIMHA RAO KANTHANAPALLY SUJALA SRAVANTHI PROJECT In JAYASHANKAR BHUPALAPALLY DISTRICT, TELANGANA Project By CHIEF ENGINEER IRRIGATION & CAD DEPT., K. C COLONY, CHINTAGATTU, WARANGAL - 506002, TELANGANA. Consultants ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS PVT LTD No.13/2, Ist Main Road, Industrial Town, Near Fire Station, Rajajinagar Bengaluru - 560 010, Karnataka NABET/EIA/1518SA 024 Dated: 31.05.2017 DOCUMENT NO. EHSC/I&CAD/KCC/ETR/2017-18/PVNKSSP 1 APRIL 2018 P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana REVISION RECORD Rev. No Date Purpose Issued as Draft EIA Report for Comments and EHSC/01 28.04.2018 Suggestions Issued as Draft EIA Report for submission to EHSC/02 04.07.2018 TSPCB for conducting Environmental Public Hearing DISCLAIMER The contents of this EIA/ EMP report are prepared based on the technical information provided by the project proponent. The data submitted in this report is factually correct to the best of our knowledge. The ToRs have been complied subject to its applicability with respect to project site. Any typographical errors in this report shall be brought to the notice of EHSCPL for further rectification. I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana ii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana DECLARATION P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana PROJECT TEAM - IRRIGATION & CAD DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF TELANGANA Sl.No Name Designation 1. Shri. B Nagendra Rao Chief Engineer 2. Shri. A Sudhakar IFS (Retd.) Advisor to Hon'ble Minister of I&CAD, Govt. of Telangana 3. Shri. A. Venkateshwar Rao Superintending Engineer 4. Shri. V Jagadeesh Executive Engineer 5. Shri. G Swamy Dy. Executive Engineer 6. Shri. L Samya Naik Asst. Executive Engineer 7. WAPCOS Ltd, New Delhi DPR Consultants I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana vi EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana vii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana 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 BSI Botanical Survey of India CAD Command Area Development Plan CADA Command Area Development Authority CAT Catchment Area Treatment CCA Cultivable Command Area CGWB Central Ground Water Board COD Chemical Oxygen Demand CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CWC Central Water Commission DAP Di-ammonium phosphate dB(A) Decibels - A noise scale rating DC Deputy Commissioner DDP Dry land Development Programme DG Diesel Generator DPAP Drought Prone Area Programme DRSM Dry rubble stone masonry 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 GCA Gross Cropped Area GDP Gross Domestic Product GEM Ground Water Estimation Committee methodology GIS Geographical Information System GoI Govt. of India GoT Government of Telangana Ha Hectare I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana viii EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana I&CAD Dept., Irrigation & CAD Department IMD Indian Meteorological Dept., IRS Indian Remote Sensing satellites IUCN International Union for Conservation of Natural Resources IWDP Integrated Watershed Development Programme JCRDLIS J. Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme K Kelvin LA Land Acquisition LISS Linear Imaging Self-Scanning M.CUM Million Cubic Meter 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 Organization NIDM National Institute for Disaster Management NTFP Non Timber Forest Produce NWDPRA National Watershed Development Project for Rain fed Areas OFD On-farm Development Works PAF Project Affected Family PAP Project Affected Person PDO Panchayath Development Officer PDS Public Distribution System PHC Public Health Centre PLDB Primary Land Development Bank PM Particulate Matter PPEs Personal Protective Equipments PVNRKSSP P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project PWD Public Works Dept. R&R Rehabilitation and Resettlement RET Rare, Endangered and Threatened RF Reserve Forests Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land RFCTLARR Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement RL Reduced Level RSPM Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana ix EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana SC Scheduled Caste SHG Self Help Group SoI Survey of India SRSP Sri Ram Sagar Project ST Scheduled Tribe TFD Telangana Forest Dept., TMC Thousand Million Cubic Feet ToRs Terms of Reference TSTRANSCO Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited WL(P)A Wildlife (Protection) Act WLS Wildlife Sanctuary WRD Water Resource Dept., WUA Water Users Association ZSI Zoological Survey of India I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana x EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravathi Project in Draft EIA Report Jayashankar Bhupalapally District, Telangana TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1.1 1.1 Purpose of the report ........................................................................................................................... 1.1 1.2 Project Proponent ................................................................................................................................... 1.1 1.3 Brief Description of the Project and its Importance to the Region ................................ 1.3 1.4 Scope of EIA report ............................................................................................................................... 1.4 1.5 Components of EIA ................................................................................................................................ 1.4 1.6 Approach and Methodology ............................................................................................................. 1.5 Chapter 2. Project Description ...................................................................................................................... 2.1 2.1 Need for the project ............................................................................................................................. 2.1 2.1.1 Agro – climatic zones ................................................................................................................... 2.1 2.1.2 River Godavari .................................................................................................................................. 2.1 2.1.3 Erratic droughts in command area ........................................................................................ 2.1 2.1.4 Stabilization of existing irrigation schemes ........................................................................ 2.1 2.1.4.1 J Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme ........................................................ 2.1 2.1.4.2 Sri Ram Sagar Project Stage I and II ............................................................................. 2.6 2.1.5 Irrigation efficiency of JCRDLIS and SRSP Stage-I and II .......................................... 2.18 2.1.5.1 Irrigation efficiency of JCRDLIS ..................................................................................... 2.20 2.1.5.2 Irrigation efficiency of SRSP Stage-I and II ............................................................. 2.20 2.1.5.3 Proposed P V Narasimha Rao Kanthanapally Sujala Sravanthi Project ..... 2.21 2.2 Present proposal .................................................................................................................................