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Final Feasibility ReportPreparation of Feasibility– cum-Preliminary Design for 4/6 Laning of Jetpur-Somnath section of NH 8D, Package No: NHAI/DBFOII/DPR/02

VOLUME III: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

public. However in certain sections of project road passing through the hilly terrain, cutting of hills is required to an extent to improve the geometry of the road. This material has been explored for construction of embankment and subgrade.

Borrow Pits for Construction of Embankment and Sub-grade

The sources identified as potential borrow sources are shown in Table 6-1 and include certain useful information such as, distance from the project road, location, village name etc. Borrowing soil from these areas would require prior approval of the local authorities, negotiations with private people. Soil samples from these borrow sources were collected in bulk quantities by excavating test pits down up to 1.0 m depth from the existing ground surface. The Top organic soil layer of approximately 100 mm thickness was removed before sampling.

Table 6-1: Probable Soil Borrow Pits NH 8-D Lab Sample

No. Chainage(Km) Direction Offset (M) Name Of The Village

Quantity (Cum) Remark

JS-BA-1 2+500 L 4000 DEODI / JETPUR 16187 GOVT.LAND

JS-BA-2 4+500 R 500 JET PUR 16187 GOVT.LAND

JS-BA-3 14+000 L 2000 CHOUKISORATH 202350 GOVT.LAND

JS-BA-4 21+000 4000 DECRAWAN 40470 GOVT. LAND

JS-BA-528+600 R 1000 JUNAGADH

BYPASS 202350 GOVT. LAND

JS-BA-6 38+800 R 500 VADALA 80940 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

JS-BA-7 52+000 L/R 500 KANJA 30353 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

JS-BA-8 61+200 R 500 AGATRAI 30353 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

JS-BA-9 68+800 L 3200 KESHOD 30000

CRUSHER OVERBURDEN,

GHATRAL STONE CRUSHER

JS-BA-10 83+000 L 100 112500 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

JS-BA-11 86+800 R 100 45000 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

JS-BA-12 87+800 R 100 60000 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

JS-BA-13 89+300 L 100 175000 GOVT. LAND (FOREST LAND)

JS-BA-14 90+300 R 100 160000 GOVT. LAND JS-BA-15 95+900 R 400 BHANDURI 60705 GOVT. LAND

JS-BA-16 99+000 L 1000 CHOTI DHANEJA 250000 GOVT. LAND (POND)

JS-BA-17 99+000 L 5200 KADAYA 1618800 GOVT. LAND (BARREN LAND)

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Lab Sample No. Chainage(Km) Direction Offset (M) Name Of The

VillageQuantity

(Cum) Remark

JS-BA-18 121+000 (NH-8D), 14+300 (SH-26) L 11000 DEUDI 750000 GOVT. LAND (BARREN

LAND)

JS-BA-19 121+000 (NH-8D), 18+300 (SH-26) L 14000 GHUSIA 3000000 GOVT. LAND (BARREN

LAND)

Quarries for Aggregates

Aggregates to be used for base, surface courses and concrete works have been collected from the crushers under operation in the existing quarries. The locations, estimated quantity and the approximate distance from each source to the nearest point on the Project Road are compiled in Table 6-2. Schematic locations of these quarries are shown in Annexure-1.2A.

Table 6-2: Details of Quarry Area for Aggregates

Sample no.

Chainage (km) Left/Right Name of Quarry

Lead from nearest

chainage (m)

Remarks

JS-AQ-1 2+500 L AMRAPUR QUARRY 8200 LAXMI STONE CRUSHER, VILL:

VADIA RAI, JS-AQ-2 2+500 L BAHADUR QUARRY 3000 BAHADUR STONE CRUSHER,

JS-AQ-3 25+500 L MALARA GAON QUARRY 1000 KHERU CRUSHER, VILL:

SABALPURA,

JS-AQ-4 68+800 L KESHOD QUARRY 2500 SAGAR STONE CRUSHER, VILL:

KESHOD

JS-AQ-5 68+800 L KESHOD QUARRY 2900 MARUTI STONE CRUSHER, VILL:

KESHOD

JS-AQ-6 86+500 R PALIDHRA ROAD SIDEGAYITRI STONE CRUSHER, VILL:

PALIDHRAD

JS-AQ-7 101+800 L KADAYA 8300 SPRIAL CONSTRUCTION, VILL:

KADAYA JS-AQ-8 121+000 L UMRETHI 20000

Quarries for Sand

Sand samples have been collected from three sand sources and tested. Table 6-3 shows the location of these sand quarries along with lead to the Project Road. Locations of these quarries are shown in Table 6-3.

Table 6-3: Details of Sand Quarry

Sample No. Source of Sand Site Identification/ Location Nearest Chainage (Km.) Left/ Right Offset from nearest chainage (km)

JS-SQ-1 UJAT RIVER 52+000 L 10000

JS-SQ-2 VADER RIVER 67+500 (NH-8B) 26+000 (NH-8D) L 3000, 27000

JS-SQ-3 BHAGAO RIVER 148+200 (NH-8A) 154+700 (SH-17) L 16000

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Use of Flyash

Flyash source is present within 100km of the project corridor (as cited in Chapter 1). But using the flyash for road construction is not economically viable for the following reasons:

a. The flyash source is 16.275 km away from the end of the project i.e. km 122.275. The lead of Flyash works out to be is 77.6375 km. whereas the lead for soil is only 9 km.

b. The rate worked out as per MoRTH Data book for filling with flyash is Rs. 362/-.

c. The rate as per MoRTH Data book for filling with borrow area soil is worked out to be Rs. 155/-

As the rate of filling with flyash is 2.34 times more then filling with soil, flyash is not considered. (In accordance with MOEF Notification dated 3rd April, 2007).

The detailed calculation is provided in Annexure 6.1.

6.2.2 Mitigation Measures

Land: No major change in the topography is envisaged along the project corridor. However, requirement of materials shall necessitate creation of new borrow and quarry pits. Rehabilitation of such sites after use, by smoothening the steep slopes and covering them with vegetation or converting them into water body shall form a part of this project. Similarly, fresh embankments created at the site shall be covered with dredged earth for turfing of the slopes, in order to prevent erosion of the murram casing, for minimizing the runoff and stabilizing the embankment.

Soil:

A) Conservation of Topsoil

The topsoil shall be stripped upto a depth of 15 cm at all locations opened up for construction. The stripped topsoil should be carefully stockpiled at suitable accessible locations approved by the PIU. At least 10% of the temporarily acquired area shall be earmarked for storing topsoil.

The stockpiles for storing the topsoil shall be designed such that the slope does not exceed 1:2 (vertical to horizontal), and the height of the pile is restricted to 2m. A minimum distance of 1m is required between stockpiles of different materials.

Locate stockpiles in …

A secure area away from Grade, Subsoil & Overburden materials; Pit activities; and Day-to-day operations. Areas that do not interfere with future pit

expansion Areas away from drainage paths and

uphill of sediment barriers.

Vegetative material for stockpile stabilisation…

Must consist of grasses, legumes, herbaceous, or woody plants or a mixture thereof

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In cases where the topsoil has to be preserved for more than a month, the stockpile is to be stabilized within 7 days of forming. The stabilization shall be carried out through temporary seeding. It consists of planting rapid-growing annual grasses or small grains, to provide initial, temporary cover for erosion control.

After spreading the topsoil on disturbed areas, topsoil must be seeded, and mulched within 30 days of final grading.

During construction, if erosion occurs from stockpiles due to their location in small drainage paths, the sediment-laden runoff should be prevented from entering nearby watercourses.

Preservation of Stockpiles:

The contractor shall preserve the stockpile material for later use on slopes or shoulders as instructed by the engineer.

Spreading back of topsoil:

The area to be covered with vegetation shall be prepared to the required levels and slope. The stockpile material shall be spread evenly to a depth of 5-15cm to the designed slopes and watering the same as required. The growth of the vegetation shall be monitored at frequent intervals.

All temporary arrangements made for stockpile preservation and erosion control are to be removed after reusing the stockpile material.

B. Erosion Control Protection

Stabilization of High Embankment Slopes: Slope of the road embankment shall be fixed within the range of 1:2 to 1:3, which will reduce the possibilities of slope failure. Further to stabilize the slope, vegetative cover as per Box 6.1 shall be done.

Box-6.1: Detailed specifications for Vegetative cover Description: The vegetative cover should be planted in the region where the soil has capacity to support the

plantation and at locations where meteorological conditions favours vegetative growth. Site Preparation: To prevent the seeds from washing away subsequent to sowing, area should be protected with

surface roughening and diversions. Soil samples should be taken from the site and analysed for fertiliser and lime requirements.

Selection & use of vegetative cover to take into account soil and site characteristics such as drainage, pH, nutrient availability, and climate to ensure permanent growth

Preserving stockpiles – Precautions

Stockpiles will not be surcharged or otherwise loaded and multiple handing will be kept to a minimum to ensure that no compaction will occur.

Divert runoff around stockpiles unavoidably located in drainage paths using a perimeter bank uphill.

The stockpiles shall be covered with gunny bags or tarpaulin immediately in case they are not stored for periods longer than 1 month

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Seed Application: The seed should be sown uniformly as soon as preparation of the seedbed has been completed. No seed should be sown during windy weather, or when the ground surface is wet, or when not

tillable. Maintenance: During first six weeks, the planting should inspected by the PIU, to check if the growth is uniform

and dense. Appropriate moisture levels shall be maintained. There may be requirement of watering the plantings regularly during the dry seasons. Fertiliser and pest control applications may also be needed from time to time.

In case slope is steeper than 1:2, stone pitching (Figure 6-1: ) will be done. Stones will be fixed on slopes by gentle hammering. A P.C.C. anchor will be provided at the base, which will prevent sliding of stones on slope. The gaps between adjacent stones allow grass to grow which will hold the soil firmly together.

To check the slope stabilisation of borrow pits adjacent to the embankment, the depth of the pit will be so regulated that the bottom edge of pit shall not intersect the imaginary line of slope 1:4 drawn from the top edge of the nearest embankment. To avoid embankment slippage and erosion, borrow pits shall not be dug continuously.

C) Measures to minimize Soil Contamination

Reduction and management of spoil: Construction activities will generate spoils. The solid waste generated will be used in road construction to the extent possible. The top soil will be used in median for turfing and also in embankments for slope stabilization. Also extra waste will be used to level the site of construction camp in the hilly section.

Cut and fill works will be carried out strictly in accordance with the design drawings. The road widening will involve about 472249 cum of cutting and 4774392 cum of filling.

Contamination of soil from fuel and lubricants: For this purpose, oil interceptors are proposed to be used in the plant areas during construction phase (provisions for 4 oil interceptors have been kept in budget for areas of batching plant & hot mix plant)

Figure 6-1: Stone Pitching

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With an increase in the traffic volume, the contamination of the soil adjacent to the highway is likely, even though the effect will be very localized.

Construction Stage: At various construction sites, the vehicles and equipment will be maintained and refueled in such a fashion that oil/diesel spillage does not contaminate the soil. It will be ensured that the fuel storage and refueling sites are kept at least 300m away from drainage channels and important water bodies. In all fuel storage and refueling areas located on agricultural lands or productive lands, the topsoil preservation shall be carried out. At the wash down and refueling areas, “oil interceptors” as shown in Figure 6-2: ,shall be provided. The oil interceptor works on the principle: the grease and oil being lighter in weight float on the top surface of the wastewater. Hence, oil and grease can be scum and be disposed in environmentally sound fashion.

Oil interceptors are to be located in plant areas (hot mix plants, batching plants) close to water bodies, river crossings. Exact location is to be decided by the concessionaire at time of construction. Provision for 4 oil interceptors have been kept in the budget.

6.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT

6.3.1 Anticipated Impacts

Impacts envisaged on water resources due to proposed improvements are:

Loss of existing water sources Loss of water storage capacity Increased pressure over available resources Deterioration of water quality and Drainage impact

Loss of water sources: Widening of the road width will result in partial and full filling of roadside water ditches. No ponds will be affected due to widening of the project road. Most of the ditches that are likely to be impacted are non-perennial. These ditches along the project road are borrow areas from which soil had been taken while constructing the existing road. They need to be filled. The ditches are used for domestic purposes like washing, cleaning etc.

There are also loss of other water extraction sources like hand pumps and bore wells due to widening of road. 161 Hand pump/tube wells and 18 wells are affected.

Increased pressure on available resources: Water is required for construction and also for domestic use in construction camps. Usage of water for these purposes might lead to increased pressure on available water resources in the project area.

Figure 6-2: Oil Interceptor

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Deterioration of water quality: Pollution of water results from the following highway related sources. However, the impacts are dependent on the scale of pollution and the nature of receptors. The likely pollutants, sources and receptors are presented in Table 6-4.

Table 6-4: Water Contaminants, Sources & Receptors Sl. No. Contaminants Highway related Sources Receiving water bodies

1. Sediment Erosion from exposed land surfaces during and after construction.

Surface water bodies

2. Oils and Grease Primarily from parked vehicles, fueling and repair stations


3. Heavy metals Vehicle exhaust Surface & Ground water 4. Debris Litter Surface water bodies 5. Fertilizers, Pesticides, and

Herbicides Fertilizers applied for establishment of turf on embankments


Drainage Impacts: As per the bridge condition survey there are 225 cross drainage structures in the project corridor. Out of these, 10 Major Bridges (Total length > 60.0 m), 81 are Minor Bridges (6.0 m < Total Length < 60.0m) and the remaining 134 structures are culverts. Improvement measures include rehabilitation of existing structures as well as construction of new structure to house the proposed additional lanes. 3 new minor bridges are proposed.

During the construction of new structures, there are chances of the waterways getting blocked due to the haphazard dumping of the construction materials and wastes.


Surface Water Body: While working around or near the water body, following measures shall be undertaken:

Silt fencing and/or brush barrier shall be installed near all the water bodies (at 5 river crossing locations -Uben, Loi, Ozat, Megal & Devka) for collecting the sediments before letting them into the water body.

Silt/sediment should be collected and stockpiled for possible reuse as surfacing of slopes where they have to be revegetated.

Alternate drain inlets and outlets shall be provided in the event of closure of existing drainage channels of the water body.

Movement of machinery, workforce shall be restricted around the water body and no waste from construction camps or sites shall be disposed into it.

Water Required during Construction:

The project area, the Rajkot & Junagadh districts fall in the grey zone and not critical zone in terms of ground water development. The problem is mainly related to salinity and fluoride content in the ground water, rendering it non potable. The ground water scenario in the two project districts is disussed below.

In Junagadh district, the average annual rainfall in the last decade is 744mm. The depth of open wells is 15 to 35 mts bgl. The district faces problem of deterioration in ground water (fluoride

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content high) and the water is saline/brackish. Due to non potable ground water, most of the villages get drinking water from various regional water supply schemes through reservoirs.

In Rajkot district, the annual average rainfall of last decade is 523mm. Static water level of the area varies from 30-50 mts. In area south of Rajkot, Jetpur taluka, 300-400 mts deep bores yield adequate potable water. Drinking water is supplied in most areas from regional water supply schemes.

Thus drinking water in the project area is supplied from reservoirs as the ground water is not potable. Extraction of ground water for construction will not cause shortage of drinking water in the project area. However, water from construction will be obtained from various sources- Borewells along project road, rivers in the vicinity, also from licensed authorities who have borewells dug in zones that have sufficient ground water, so that there will not be pressure on any one source.

Seven rivers have been identified as likely water sources for construction. The suitability of these identified water sources and availability of water during extraction is to be checked before incorporation of construction works as per IS 456-2000.

It will be ensured that minimum impact is inflicted on the inhabitants of the area due to usage of water during construction.

Run off Control / Drainage: To ensure efficient drainage system and to prevent water logging along the sides, adequate size and number of cross-drainage structures have been provided. All cross-drainage structures have been designed to handle a 50-year peak flood level as per IRC: 5 – 1998 (Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges Section I), IRC: SP-13 – 1973 (Guidelines for the Design of Small Bridges and Culverts), IRC: 78-2000, (Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Road Bridges Section VII).

At the location high embankment or bridge approaches, Chute Drains shall be provided to drain the surface runoff and prevent erosion from the slopes. (Refer IRC SP: 50 – 1999, Guidelines on Urban Drainage; IRC SP: 42 – 1994, Guidelines on Road Drainage for detailed drainage design)

During the progress of work, the contractor will remove obstructions that may cause any temporary flooding of local drainage channels during construction. No spoil or construction material will be stored outside the proposed RoW or at places obstructing the natural drainage system.

In project corridor along watercourses, and locations close to cross-drainage channels, the contractor will ensure that earth; stone or any other construction material shall be disposed off immediately at the designated landfill site so as to avoid blocking the flow of water along those channels. Silt fencing shall be provided at construction sites in proximity to water bodies. Warning posts for notice of public against entry into the stream channels while construction shall be erected. Silt fencing is proposed at crossing of the rivers: Uben, Loi, Ozat, Megal, Devka.

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During the operation phase, Inspection (as per IRC SP: 18-1978, Manual for Highway Bridge Maintenance Inspection) and cleaning of drains / culverts shall be done they gets choked with silt/debris and growth of vegetative cover over the accumulated debris.

Box – 6-2: Detailed Specifications For Silt Fencing

Description: Silt fencing is as temporary sediment barrier made of woven, synthetic filtration fabric supported

by steel or wood post. The purpose of the silt fence is to prevent sediment carried by sheet flow from leaving the site and entering to natural drainage or any other water body located near the construction site. Silt fencing encourages the sheet flow and reduces the potential for development of rills and gullies. Care should be taken that silt fences are not installed across streams, ditches, waterways or other concentrated flow areas. All silt fencing should be installed along the contour, never up or down a slope. Where all the sheet flow run off is to be stored behind the silt fence, maximum slope length should not exceed as shown in the table 2

Criteria For Silt Fence Placement Land Slope (%) Maximum Slope Length (Above the fence in m)

< 2 30.0

2 to 5 22.5

5 to 10 15.0

10 to 20 7.5

> 20* 4.5

* In areas where slope is greater than 20 %, a flat area length of 3.0 m between the toe of the slope and the fence should be provided

Construction Specification: Silt fencing (Refer Figure 6-3 for Cross-section) consists of 1.0 m wide filter fabric and should be

placed on the contour. Incase runoff flow or velocities are very high or where slope exceed vertical height of 3.0 m, silt fencing should be wire reinforced as shown in the Figure 6-4. The contractor should purchase silt fencing in a continuous role to the length of the barrier to avoid the use of joint. Incase of joints, filter cloth should be spliced together only at supporting post, with minimum 15 cm overlap and securely sealed. The pile is drive to the depth of 300 mm into the ground by pressing from the top. The frame will be installed at the edge of stockpiles and at the water bodies along which construction is in progress.

Inspection: The PIU will inspect location as well as efficiency of silt fencing. The inspection should be done

after every 15 days and incase of storm water, within 24 hours after the end of rain. Maintenance: The contractor should remove sediments, once it has accumulated to one-half the original height

of the fence. Filter fabric should be replaced whenever it has deteriorated to such an extent that the effective of the fabric is reduced. Silt fence should remain in place until disturb areas have been permanently stabilized. All the sediments accumulated and properly disposed of before the fence is removed. The operation of removing and disposing have to be monitored by the PIU or Engineer In-charge.

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Side View

Fabric (Woven Wire Fence Baking)

Front View

Figure 6-3: Cross-section of Silt Fencing

Figure 6-4: Layout Plan of Silt Fencing

Prevention of Water Quality Degradation: Following are the measures that need to be undertaken to prevent contamination of water body during the progress of work and also during the operation phase of the project corridor:

To prevent the entry of the surface run-off from fuel and other contaminants into the wells and other surface water bodies along the corridor, settling ponds and oil interceptors shall be constructed. Oil interceptors are to be located in plant areas (hot mix plants, batching plants). Exact location is to be decided by the concessionaire at time of construction.

All the diversion and bunds shall be removed such that there should be minimum amount of sediment generation.

All wastes arising from the project shall be disposed off at identified disposal sites in environmentally sound manner.

No vehicles or equipment shall be parked or refueled near the water-body, so as to avoid contamination from fuel and lubricants.

At the construction camps, the sewage system shall be properly designed and built so that no water pollution takes place close to any water body or watercourse.

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Rain water Harvesting:

In an effort to augment fresh ground water storage and improving its quality, surplus runoff generated during monsoon, which is otherwise lost to flow, must be harvested and recharged under ground. The runoff generated from the highway right of way and adjoining area generally go waste through the drains on both sides. The part of the wasted fresh water can be saved for recharging the ground water by provision of water harvesting structures at suitable locations so that the decline of ground water table may be arrested and maintained at comfortable limit.

Rain water harvesting structures are proposed on the drain on both sides during construction at a distance of 500 metres alternatively so that one rain water harvesting structure exists @ 250 metres either side. Recharge dug well one-meter diameter of total depth 5.5 meter for water harvesting has been provided along with silting chamber at one side and outlet on other side. The wall is made of brickworks and inside is filled with filter media having particle size 75-100 mm. Two varieties of Sump type harvesting structures have also been suggested. The construction of the structure will be done after studying the conditions of the drain in different terrain of the highway. The drawing is presented in Annexure 6.2

6.4 AIR ENVIRONMENT

6.4.1 Anticipated Impact

Air Quality

Potential impacts on the air quality during the construction stage will be due to the fugitive dust and the exhaust gases generated in and around the construction equipments and ground related activities such as crushing sites, hot-mix and asphalt plants, etc. The ambient Air quality is likely to be impacted due to activities such as site clearance, stone crushing, dumping of fill materials, earthwork etc which will create dust in the construction area and its vicinity. This will affect the health of the construction workers and dwellers in the vicinity of the construction activities. The impacts anticipated on the air quality during the construction stage, though significant, will be short-term impacts.

There are no forests, Sanctuaries in the vicinity of the project road. Thus there will not be any impact of construction activity on forest & wild life. Dust/SPM & RPM will be the main air pollutant on these receptors during construction phase. Plant sites will be located away from residential areas, thus impact of pollutant emission on receptors (schools, hospitals) and residential areas is not envisaged.

Operation Stage: The improved road quality will lead to induced traffic on the corridor. This additional increase in the number of vehicles will result in a slow but steady increase in the air pollution levels and pollutant concentrations.

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Prediction of Air Impacts

To assess the likely concentrations at the various locations along the corridor, the prediction of the pollutant concentrations has been carried out using CALINE-4, a dispersion model based on Gaussian Equation. The input parameters for the prediction are detailed in Box 6-1.

BOX 6-1: DESCRIPTION OF CALINE - 4 CALINE– 4, is a dispersion model based on Gaussian equation. It is developed by the California Department of Transportation for the prediction of concentrations of critical atmospheric pollutants (CO, NOx and SPM) along the highways. This model employs a mixing zone concept to characterise pollutant dispersion over the highway and can be used to predict the pollutant concentrations for receptors upto 500 m of the corridor. The various input parameters for the prediction of pollutant concentrations are discussed in the following sections: (a) Site Geometry: The input parameters regarding the site conditions as the carriageway width, road height, mixing zone width, surface roughness and topographic conditions have been taken up from the pavement condition and road inventory surveys conducted along the project corridor. (b) Emission factors: The emission factors for the various vehicle categories vary for different speeds. The emission factors adopted for the various vehicle speeds for the various pollutants are given in the following Table 6-5. Based on the traffic composition, a composite emission factor has been derived for application in the model for the various sensitive receptors and links. The composite emission factor has been derived as a sum of the ratio of light, medium and heavy vehicles to the total volume and their corresponding emission factors. (c) Meteorological Conditions: The various meteorological input parameters required for modeling as the wind speed, wind direction, mixing height, stability class have been collected from secondary sources as IMD, for the nearest meteorological station, viz, Agartala (d) Traffic volume: The through traffic volume and composition along the sensitive receptors have been derived from the traffic volume counts carried out at various locations along the project corridor. (e) Links: Links are homogenous sections of the project corridor, of length not greater than 10 km, with similar traffic, site geometrics and meteorological characteristics. For calculating the emissions, worst-case scenario is assumed and concentrations are obtained for worst wind direction. (f) Receptors: Receptors are specific locations within a link, which is likely to be impacted by vehicular emissions. For the purposes of assessing air impacts, sensitive receptors have been identified over an immediate influence area on either side of the project corridor. The concentrations of the various pollutants due to the project have been estimated applying the various input parameters to the CALINE 4 model.

Table 6-5: Speed Corrected Emission factors

Pollutant Parameter Emission factors g/mile

Light Medium Heavy(Irrespective of speed) 60 Kmph

CO 13.97 7.70 6.95 SPM 2.86 0.60 0.22 Nox 14.28 2.48 8.94

Source: Vehicle Emissions and Control Perspective in India, IIP, Dehradun.

Predicted Pollution levels

Various assumptions made for predicting the pollution levels along the corridor through this model are discussed below:

No significant change in emission characteristics of the vehicles is anticipated during the projected period and any assumption in decrease of emission factors would only be hypothetical. This assumption would give a conservative estimate of the emissions and any decrease in emissions in future than those used for prediction will be beneficial.

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The traffic along the proposed section is assumed to flow simultaneously in both the lanes and in both directions. This assumption presents a worst-case scenario of the pollution levels.

The incremental pollution levels predicted along the project corridor at various receptors are presented in the Table 6-6 to Table 6-8 for the years 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2035. The predictions have been made for the pollutants SPM, CO and NOx. The predicted concentration also takes into account the existing pollutant levels as established by the Ambient Air Quality Surveys.

Table 6-6: SPM Concentrations Predicted along the Project Corridor

SlNo

Chainage Description Side

Predicted Concentration of SPM in g/m3

Ambient Standards

*2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

1 3+100 School LHS 152 162 177 185 191 199 200

2 24+200 Navyug College of Education RHS 126 133 140 147 154 163

200

3 89+900 Veterinary Hospital LHS 125 129 135 160 189 219 200 4 58+300 School RHS 148 140 149 158 168 179 200

5 106+200 College LHS & RHS 147 142 153 163 173 185

200

6 109+200 V.S. Clinic RHS 138 123 128 133 138 144 200 7 120+100 Vivekananda School LHS 131 145 156 166 177 190 200 8 123+200 School LHS 131 140 149 158 167 178 200

Note: * National Ambient Air Quality Standards in g/m3 for Rural and Residential Areas

Table 6-7: CO Concentrations Predicted along the Project Corridor

SlNo


Predicted Concentration of CO in g/m3

Ambient Standards

*2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

1 3+100 School LHS 436 580 580 725 869 101

42000


2000

3 89+900 Veterinary Hospital LHS 725 869 101

4130

3144

7173

72000

4 58+300 School RHS 291 291 436 436 580 725 2000 5 106+200 College LHS &

RHS 291 436 436 580 725 869 2000

6 109+200 V.S. Clinic RHS 146 146 291 291 291 436 2000

7 120+100 Vivekananda School LHS 291 436 580 580 725 869 2000

8 123+200 School LHS 291 291 436 580 580 725 2000 Note: * National Ambient Air Quality Standards in g/m3 for Rural and Residential Areas

Table 6-8: NOx Concentrations Predicted along the Project Corridor

SlNo


Predicted Concentration of NO in g/m3

Ambient Standards

*2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

1 3+100 School LHS 20 20 39 39 39 58 80


80

3 89+900 Veterinary Hospital LHS 39 39 58 58 76 95 80

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SlNo


Predicted Concentration of NO in g/m3

Ambient Standards

*2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

4 58+300 School RHS 32 39 39 39 58 58 80

5 106+200 College LHS & RHS 25 20 20 39 39 39

80

6 109+200 V.S. Clinic RHS 20 20 20 20 20 20 80

7 120+100 Vivekananda School LHS 20 20 20 39 39 39 80

8 123+200 School LHS 20 20 20 20 39 39 80

Note: * National Ambient Air Quality Standards in g/m3 for Rural and Residential Areas

Observations

As evident from the above Tables, with the increase in traffic volume, the concentration of air pollutants also increases correspondingly.

For Suspended Particulate Matter and Oxides of Nitrogen, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (as specified for rural and residential areas) exceeds at some of the receptors along the project road but only during 2035. It is observed that among the 8 receptors selected for simulation of pollution levels, the limits are exceeded at 1 receptor for NOx and at 1 receptor for SPM during 2035. The maximum predicted values for SPM, CO and NOx observed in 2035 are 219 g/m3, 1737 g/m3 and 95 g/m3 respectively as against stipulated standards of 200 g/m3,2000 g/m3 and 80 g/m3 respectively for residential and rural areas.


Construction Stage - Air Pollution Control Measures

During the progress of work, construction equipments and plants always have an impact on the environment. The impact can be due to the emissions, dust, noise and oil spills that concern the safety and health of the workers, surrounding settlements and environment as a whole. Following measures need to be undertaken to address the air pollution during the progress of work:

Selecting the site for plant area and parking lot for equipments and vehicles as per Box 6-3. Box 6-3: Siting of Plant Area / Parking Lot

Avoid the following … Prefer the following …

Lands within 500m of habitations Irrigated agricultural lands Lands within 100m of community water bodies

and water sources as rivers Lands within 100m of watercourses Grazing lands and lands with tenure rights

Waste lands Community lands not used for beneficial purposes Lands with an existing access road

Acquiring “No Objection Certificate (NoC)” from the Gujarat State Pollution Control Board before setting up crusher, hot-mix plant and generator.

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Ensuring all vehicles must possess Pollution under Control (PUC) Certificate and shall be renewed accordingly.

During the progress of work to minimize -the dust generation, emissions and noise measures as per Table 6-9 shall be undertaken.

Table 6-9: Measures to minimize air pollution during the progress of work Concern Causes Measures

DustGeneration

Vehicle Movement

Water sprinklingFine Materials shall be Transported in Bags or Covered by Tarpaulin during Transportation Tail board shall be properly closed & sealed

Crushers Water Sprinkling Concrete-mix Plant Educate the workers for following good practices while material handling

Emissions Hot-Mix Plant

Site Selection as per Clause 6.5.2, Section 6.5, IRC Manual for Construction & Supervision of Bitumen Work Regular maintenance of Dust Collector as per manufacture schedule

Vehicles Regular maintenance as per manufacture schedule Generators Exhaust vent of long length

Noise

Heavy load vehicles Exhaust silencer, Regular maintenance as per manufacture schedule

Crushers Siting as per Box 7-3

Generators Shall be kept in closed room and regular maintenance as per manufacture schedule

Operation Stage

During the operation stage, to control emission due to vehicle movement, following measures need to be undertaken:

By enhancing tree plantation along the project corridor. Vehicles traveling on the highway should conform to vehicular emission norms. Vehicular emissions of critical pollutants (SPM, RSPM, CO, SO2, NOx) will be monitored with

regular maintenance of roadside tree plantation. A monitoring of the effectiveness of the pollution attenuating barriers will be taken up after 5 years

from the planting of roadside trees. Based on the results, recommendation for any changes in the mitigation measures or suggestion of additional measures shall be made.

The mitigation/management measures proposed as a part of the project are likely to improve the air quality scenario along the corridor during the operation stage. Tree plantation as per the proposed road landscape strategy will help to attenuate the air pollution levels. The tree species suggested include broad-leaf tree species, which can help settle particulates with their higher surface areas and thick foliage and reduce the distance for which particulates are carried from the road itself. This measure is of specific importance in context of the high SPM concentrations as predicted in some of the receptor locations.

Other measures such as the reduction of vehicular emissions, ensuring vehicular maintenance and up-keep, educating drivers about driving behavior / methods that will reduce emissions are beyond the scope of the project but will be far more effective in reducing the pollutant levels.

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Apart from provision of the mitigation measures, their effectiveness and further improvement in designs to reduce the pollutant levels with increase in traffic shall be monitored. A monitoring plan to this effect will be prepared as a part of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

6.5 NOISE LEVELS


Construction Stage: Due to various construction activities, there will be temporary noise impacts in the immediate vicinity of the project corridor. The construction activities will include the excavation for foundations and grading of the site and the construction of structures and facilities. However construction noise is generally intermittent and depends on the type of operation, location and function of the equipment.

Operation Stage: During the operation stage the noise generated by vehicles will have adverse impact on residents of settlements located close to the corridor. Apart from the dwelling areas, the sensitive receptors consisting of occupants at educational institutions and hospitals will also be impacted.

Predicted Noise Levels

For the prediction of noise levels, FHWA Noise Model has been used. It is assumed that all the traffic is in well-defined lanes and flow of traffic in both the directions is the same. Details of Receptors selected for Prediction of Noise Levels is presented in Table 6-10. Different categories of receptors were selected such as residential areas, commercial areas and sensitive locations (Schools, Hospitals etc.) to represent the prevailing land use along the project corridor.

Box 6-1: FHWA Noise Model

The procedure for prediction of noise levels involves the following steps: 1) Identification of sensitive receptors 2) Determination of landuses and activities which may be affected by the noise generated 3) Assemble input parameters 4) Application of the model a) Sensitive receptors: The locations along the corridor that are sensitive to the anticipated noise impacts are identified as sensitive receptors. These consist of schools, colleges, etc. b) Land uses: Land use along the corridor is obtained from the topographic drawings, strip maps and consequent site visits. This information provides the range of shielding and absorption factors to be applied at the various receptor locations. c) Input Parameters: Traffic volume & Speed: Traffic volume for the projected period is obtained from the traffic projections. The total number of vehicles passing per hour by type - light, medium and heavy along with their average speed is used for projections. Mean Energy level: All the vehicles produce noise, which is taken as the base, and the cumulative noise at the receptor distance due to the whole traffic is estimated. The mean energy level varies depending on the type of vehicle. A mean energy level for the light, medium vehicles is 70 dB and for heavy vehicles it is 80 dB. Shielding & Absorption factors: This depends on the landuse prevailing along the corridor. The range of shielding provided for the noise and absorption of the noise is 3.5 to 4 and 0.3 to 0.5 respectively. d) Application of Model: Equivalent noise levels due to traffic, at the receptor locations is estimated using

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Box 6-1: FHWA Noise Model Federal Highway Noise model, Leq(h)i = Loe + 10Log (Ni/SiT) + 10Log (15/d)1+b + Ds – 13 Where, Leq(h)i = Equivalent noise level of ith vehicle ( h indicates vehicle type- light, medium, heavy). Loe = Reference mean energy level. Ni = Number of class i vehicles passing during time T. Si = Average speed for i th vehicle class in km/hr. T = Duration for which Leq is desired corresponding to Ni. d = Perpendicular distance in meters from the center line of the traffic lane to the receptor location. b = Factor related to the absorption characteristics of the ground cover between the roadways and observer. Ds = Shielding factor to account for the decrease in noise due to obstructions between source and receptor. The preceding equation is used thrice, for light, medium and heavy vehicles respectively to obtain three values of Leq. The total Leq can be calculated by logarithmic addition of the three Leq values as follows, Leq(Total) = 10 Leq ( 10 Leq(L)/10 + 10 Leq(M)/10 + 10 Leq(H)/10 ) The total equivalent noise levels at the receptor, at a distance ‘d’ m from the center of the traffic lane is given by the above equation.

Table 6-10: Prediction of Noise levels along the project corridor

Sl.No Chainage Description Receptor

Category

Noise Levels (2009)

Noise Levels (2015)

Noise Levels (2025)

Noise Levels (2035)

Noise Levels (2040)

MoEF Standards

Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night 1 3+100 School Sensitive 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 45 40

2 3+675 School Sensitive 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 45 40

3 3+800 CementedSchool Sensitive 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 45 40

4 4+100 School Sensitive 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 45 40

5 13+500 Gurukul School Residential 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 55 45

6 22+900 Alpha School Residential 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 55 45

7 23+400 School Residential 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 55 45

8 23+900 Navyug

College of Eductaion

Residential 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 74 78 75 55 45

9 45+300

SriSahjanand

Gurukul Campus

Residential 72 70 74 72 76 74 78 76 79 77 55 45

10 58+500 Hospital Sensitive 72 70 74 72 76 74 78 76 79 77 45 40

11 65+750 St. Peter School Residential 72 70 74 72 76 74 78 76 79 77 55 45



14 126+100 Sardar

Ballabhai Girls School

Sensitive 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 75 78 76 45 40

15 126+200 Swami

Narayan School

Sensitive 71 69 73 71 75 73 77 75 78 76 45 40

Observations

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Noise levels (Leq) near the sensitive receptors like schools, colleges, etc. and in residential areas, are found to be marginally higher than desired levels for the respective categories. The maximum predicted value 79 dB(A) is recorded at receptors Shahjanand School, hospital and St. Peter School (Km 45+300, Km 58+500 and Km 65+750 respectively). The projected levels show further increase in noise levels for future years at all receptors. Noise levels are higher in the urban areas and at distances near the corridor.


Construction Stage

The plants and equipment used for construction shall strictly conform to existing noise norms. Vehicles and equipments used shall be fitted with exhaust silencers. During routine servicing operations (as per manufacture schedule), the effectiveness of exhaust silencers shall be checked and incase of any defective shall be replaced. The noise level from any item of plants (measured at one meter from the edge of the equipment in free field) such as compactors, rollers, front loaders, concrete mixers, cranes, vibrators and saws shall not exceed 75 dB (A), as specified in the Environmental Protection Rules, 1986.

In construction sites within 150m of the nearest habitation, noisy construction work such as crushing, concrete mixing, batching will be stopped during the night time between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. No noisy construction activities will be permitted around the silence zones, a distance of 100m from the sensitive receptors as hospitals, educational institutions etc. Blasting will be carried out as per The Explosives Rules, 1983. Prior intimation of operational hours of the blasting will be given to the people living near such blasting sites. Blasting will not be undertaken in night hours.

To protect construction workers from severe noise impacts, noise standards of industrial enterprises will be strictly enforced, and workers shall be provided with protective devices such as earplugs.

Operation Stage

For the very congested urban stretches along the project corridor, bypasses have been proposed to mitigate the noise pollution (of increased vehicles along the corridor) as well as avoid displacement of people and demolition of structures. There are three proposed bypasses along the corridor- Jetpur, Junagadh & Keshod.

Noise Barriers: Noise barriers have been proposed at specific receptor locations along the corridor based on the receptor, number of users, availability of space for the barrier and predicted noise levels. The following have been considered for noise attenuation.

Physical barriers in the form of walls Rearrangement of the sensitive locations, through changes in the internal planning where

possible

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Vegetative barriers in the form of thick screen of vegetation

An evaluation of the various types of noise barriers have been made and based on their suitability and extent of noise attenuation, feasible noise barriers have been proposed for the project.

Physical Barriers: attenuate noise level up to a maximum of 20 dB(A). As they do not require any large space, they can be easily constructed. However, there are a few drawbacks.

High cost involved in the construction of the barriers Such barriers cause severence on either side of the highway Such barrier facilitates opportunistic encroachment for urban squatters.

Vegetative Barriers: attenuate noise level up to a maximum of 10dB(A). These barriers require a considerable area and for attenuation of 10 dB(A) they require a depth of 40m.

Other measures for noise level reduction like structural modifications or change in the internal layout of these locations calls for consultation with the community.

During the operation stage, to minimize the impacts due to the noise generated by the vehicles, for institutional areas and hospitals located along the road side, institutional plantations have been recommended. Also since the volume of projected traffic being not that significant, structural barriers have not been recommended. The details of locations where vegetative noise barriers have been proposed are presented in Table 6-11.

Table 6-11: Locations proposed for Institutional Plantations Sl No Chainage Direction Name of the Institution

Educational Institutes NQ1 3+100 LHS School NQ2 3+675 RHS School NQ3 3+800 LHS Cemented School NQ4 4+100 RHS School NQ5 13+500 RHS Gurukul School NQ6 22+900 LHS Alpha School NQ7 23+400 RHS School NQ8 24+200 LHS Navyug College of Education NQ9 45+300 RHS Sri Sahjanand Gurukul Campus

NQ10. 65+750 RHS St. Peter School NQ11. 81+500 RHS School NQ12. 121+275 RHS School NQ13. 126+100 RHS Sardar Ballabhai Girls School NQ14. 126+200 RHS Swami Narayan School

Hospitals NQ15. 58+500 LHS Hospital

Three rows of plantation have been proposed in front of these receptors behind the compound wall. The trees will be planted at an interval of 5m and should be species which are tall and have thick foliage. The length of plantation along the road will vary according to the length of the compound wall. The cost of institutional plantation has been considered in the budget.

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6.6 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT

6.6.1 Anticipated Impact

Forest: As there is no forest in the project corridor, impacts like fragmentation of forest & impact on wild life is not envisaged.

6.6.2 Roadside Trees

Roadside trees in certain stretches of the project road have been notified as Protected forest (as per the Notified Gazette AKH-73-242/VNM-1073/78855-P). Total number of roadside trees (Notified Protected Forest and Non-Forest Area) is 18056. These trees are mainly present within the existing Right of Way. Of these, 8544 trees is Notified Protected forest (covering length of 67.3km)-7744 trees in Junagadh district & 800 trees in Rajkot district. Remaining 9512 trees are non forest trees. Effort has been made while designing the road so that tree cutting can be minimized.

Predominant roadside tree species include Babool, Neem, Peepal and Banyan.

For roadside trees that are demarcated as Notified Protected forests, an application has been submitted to the State Forest Department for tree cutting (as per Forest Conservation Act 1980). A joint verification of trees has been carried out (in both the districts- Junagadh & Rajkot) in presence of concerned Forest officials before tree cutting.

6.6.3 Fauna

Only commonly found fauna are present in the area. The project road does not contain any endangered or threatened species close to the project highway and does not pass through any sensitive wildlife / protected areas. No animal crossings have been reported or observed along the stretch. Thus, there will not be any major impact on the fauna of the area. However, part of the project road falls within 10 km radius of the Girnar Sanctuary. No impacted anticipated on the sanctuary because Junagadh town exists on west side of the sanctuary after the buffer zone and project road is further on west after Junagadh town. Hence, no impact anticipated on the sanctuary due to the propose project.

6.6.4 Marine Ecology Project road is about 300 mts from the coastal area. Project activity shall be limited within the RoW and nearest limit of the RoW from Arabian Sea is about 300 m away. Therefore, water pollution in the Arabian Sea due to project activity is a remote possibility. No borrow area, no sand quarry, no aggregate quarry and no construction camp is located within the CRZ area Transportation of the construction material is likely to be carried out through road only. Therefore, there is no chance of spillage or accidental spillage of construction material in the Arabian Sea. Construction activity will generate dust and noise temporarily.

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Roadside trees: Number of trees to be cut in the Notified Protected forest (area in Junagadh forest division:116.761ha, in Rajkot forest division: 13.26 ha) is 8544 (7744 nos in Junagadh division, 800 nos in Rajkot division).

A number of trees along the existing road have been saved due to design considerations, by eccentric widening options, proposed realignments & bypasses. In eccentric widening stretches, trees on the side opposite to the widening side will be retained as the distance of the trees from the proposed carriageway edge is adequate. Also, by proposing realignments & bypasses, a major no of trees along the existing alignment could be saved. The number of trees saved has been tabulated below.

Table 6-12: Trees saved by design consideration SlNo

Total Trees along existing corridor

Trees along Bypasses, realignments & eccentric widening stretches that can be saved % of trees saved

1. 18056 Left side eccentric widening-1750 60% 2. Right side eccentric widening- 4318 3. Realignment stretches- 1082 4. Bypass stretches- 3801 Total trees saved - 10951

Trees to be cut will be compensated by planting at least double the number of trees. Plantation will be carried out along the proposed road or any land bank (compensatory plantation)(as per Forest Conservation Act). Apart from trees earmarked for felling, no additional tree clearing will be carried out.

After widening of the road, plantation will be carried out in the space available along the carriageway edge within the proposed ROW. The cost for the plantation program is to be borne by the project proponent.

For roadside trees (non forest), permission for cutting is to be sought from the Revenue department.

Marine Ecology: Silt fencing may be provided to arrest sediments which are likely to be carried out to sea during the run off in monsoon season, if any. It will be finally decided during the construction period depending upon the site condition (apart from the 5 river crossings mentioned earlier, provision has been made for 2 such locations in the budget).

Water sprinkling shall be carried out as per site requirement to reduce the generation of dust. All the machineries shall maintained in good condition so that the generation of noise is minimum.

Lined drain shall be directed into municipal drainage system so that drain water does not get mixed with the sea.

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6.6.6 Highway Landscaping

After widening, trees are to be planted on either side of the road where space is available. Of the trees to be cut, at least two times the number is to be planted as compensatory plantation. Common plants generally recommended for stretches passing through rural areas are Amla (Emblica officinalis) alternating with shaded trees like, Ailanthus excelsa. Medium trees like Sapindus emarginta, Derris indica, are ideal for screening.

Near market places and congested areas, trees known for behaving as ‘pollution sink’ are proposed. Thus, trees which absorb pollutants, filter the air from pollutants, and act as noise barrier would be planted. Near sensitive areas like schools and hospitals, tall trees with thick canopies can create a wind screen through which the air can be filtered and the noise levels be considerably reduced. In addition tall shrubs would be planted to act as screens against noise and air pollution. Species recommended include Adhatoda vasica, Hibiscus hirtus, Withaniasomnifera.

Plantation in Medians

Careful consideration should be given to the cross section to ensure driver recovery, mowing access, and drainage. Vegetated medians offer excellent contrast to the travel lanes, making their edges more clearly evident. Additionally, turf areas offer visual relief and glare reduction in large expanses of pavement in multilane highways.

Turfing and median plantation has been proposed along the entire stretch.The shrubs planted in the median (Table 6-13) should be of low or medium height for prevention of the headlight glare. One to two rows of flowering shrubs have been provided according to the varying width of the median in different sections. In sections where the median width is less than 1.5m, only grass turfing is proposed (urban stretches). Medians with turf also hide small litter objects better than bare pavement, helping to keep the roadway neater in appearance.

At locations where a drain runs through the median, woody plants are recommended so that drainage in the median will not be obstructed. Where space and drainage patterns allow, berms may reduce or prevent median crossings and reduce headlight glare. The species to be selected are mentioned below.

Table 6-13: Recommended Shrubs /Ground Cover for medians Suitable Shrubs/small Trees for Median Suitable Ground cover-Creepers and grasses for Median

S.No

Species S.No

Species Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name

1 Aerva javanica Aerva 1 Coccinia grandis ( climber) Giloda 2 Calotropis procera Akdo 2 Leffery echinata (climber) Kakarpada 3 Adhatoda vasica Ardusi 3 Cucumis setosus(twinner) Tidho 4 Tamarix stricta Areseli 4 Cyclea peltata (twinner) Kalipat 5 Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 5 Ipomoea quamoclit Kamani 6 Apluda mutica Bhangoru 6 Ipomoea aquatic ( creeper) Nadinibhaji

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Suitable Shrubs/small Trees for Median Suitable Ground cover-Creepers and grasses for Median S.No

Species S.No

Species Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name

7 Acacia jacquemontii Bhoybaval 7 Ipomoea penitigridis ( creeper) Rota belari 8 Zizyphus nummularia Chanibor 9 Boerhavia elegans Chinawari

10 Daturo innoxia Daturo 11 Lantana camera Indradhanu 12 Barleria cuspidata Gokaran 13 Xeromphis spinosa Mindhal

6.7 SOCIAL & CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT


The social environment consists of land, buildings, and other community owned assets including utilities. The proposed widening along the existing corridor will include one or more of the following impacts:

Removal of encroachments and squatters and Acquisition of land and structures – residential, commercial, institutional, agricultural, etc.

This would affect livelihood and community access to the roadside communities. However, the options for the proposed widening will be finalized with a thrust to minimize the impact on structures and other properties.

The likely social impacts have been analyzed based on the number of assets impacted and area to be acquired under various land uses. This has been discussed in the RAP Report.

Impact on Educational Institutes and Hospitals (Community Resources)

The schools are partially impacted along the project road. Only one hospital is being impacted along the project road.

Most of the schools donot have boundary wall. Usually the playground is next to the carriageway and the school building lies behind the playground. Thus the playground is partially affected in most of the schools.

The location of schools and their extent of impact is given below.

Table 6-14: Educational Institutions and hospitals along project corridor

Sl No Chainage km Schools/Hospital Side Extent of Impact 1. 3+100 School LHS Partially Affected 2. 3+675 School RHS Partially Affected 3. 3+800 Cemented School LHS Partially Affected 4. 4+100 School RHS Partially Affected 5. 13+500 Gurukul School RHS Partially Affected 6. 22+900 Alpha School LHS Partially Affected

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Sl No Chainage km Schools/Hospital Side Extent of Impact 7. 23+400 School RHS Partially Affected 8. 24+200 Navyug College of Education LHS Partially Affected 9. 45+300 Sri Sahjanand Gurukul Campus RHS Partially Affected

10. 58+500 Hospital LHS Partially Affected 11. 65+750 St. Peter School RHS Partially Affected 11. 81+500 School RHS Partially Affected 12. 121+275 School RHS Partially Affected 13. 126+100 Sardar Ballabhai Girls School RHS Partially Affected 14. 126+200 Swami Narayan School RHS Partially Affected

Impact on Cultural Properties

Cultural properties affected due to widening of the project road are given below. The affected religious properties are to be relocated. The details are presented in Table 6-15.

Table 6-15: Religious Properties along project corridor Sl No Chainage km Temple/Shrine Side Extent of Impact

1. 3+400 Temple RHS Affected 2. 3+800 Temple LHS Affected 3. 4+300 Temple LHS Affected 4. 5+100 Shrine RHS Affected 5. 5+450 Shrine RHS Affected 6. 7+300 Shrine RHS Affected 7. 12+300 2 Temples/1 Shrine RHS Affected 8. 15+550 Shrine RHS Affected 9. 16+300 2 Shrines LHS Affected

10. 21+350 Shrine RHS Affected 11. 21+600 1 temple/ 1 shrine RHS Affected 12. 22+800 1 shrine LHS Affected 13. 23+200 Dargah RHS Affected 14. 27+050 Shrine RHS Affected 15. 28+400 Mahadev Temple RHS Affected 16. 35+450 Dargah RHS Affected 17. 41+150 Temple LHS Affected 18. 44+550 Shrine RHS Affected 19. 50+650 Temple RHS Affected 20. 61+150 Temple RHS Affected 21. 81+500 Temple RHS Affected 22. 82+300 Shrine RHS Affected 23. 85+750 Temple RHS Affected 24. 88+200 Temple RHS Affected 25. 94+050 Shrine LHS Affected 26. 100+375 Temple RHS Affected 27. 100+675 Temple RHS Affected 28. 100+750 Temple LHS Affected 29. 105+200 Shrine LHS Affected 30. 105+500 2 shrines RHS Affected 31. 105+600 Temple LHS Affected 32. 106+100 Shrine LHS Affected 33. 107+300 Temple LHS Affected 34. 114+800 Temple LHS Affected 35. 114+900 Shrine RHS Affected

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Sl No Chainage km Temple/Shrine Side Extent of Impact36. 115+700 Temple LHS Affected 37. 116+850 Temple RHS Affected 38. 119+450 Temple LHS Affected 39. 120+400 Dargah RHS Affected 40. 121+900 Shrine RHS Affected 41. 122+100 Temple RHS Affected 42. 126+100 Temple LHS Affected 43. 126+600 2 Temples LHS Affected 44. 127+600 Temple LHS Affected


The cultural properties that will be affected due to widening will have to be relocated. Cost for relocation has been considered in the R&R Budget. In all the schools, the compound wall or the playground is partially affected. The school building is away from the road, thus remains unaffected. The compound wall is to be reconstructed beyond the proposed ROW. The costs have been included in social costs (in RAP report).

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7. ADDITIONAL STUDIES This chapter addresses the specific studies conducted for the project based on the the TOR directed by the Expert Appraisal Committee.

7.1 TERMS OF REFERANCE BY EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE

The TOR presentation before the Expert Appraisal Committee of the MOEF had taken place on 27th August, 2009. The TOR provided by the Committee has been duly addressed. The compliance addressed in the form of a matrix provided below.

Table 7-1: Compliance Matrix of clarification/information sought by Expert Appraisal Committee Sl No Particulars asked by EAC Measures Proposed

(i) The Project also attracts the CRZ Notification, 1991. Necessary Recommendation shall be obtained from SCZMA.

The Project requires CRZ clearance. Application had been sent to Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad for preparation of CRZ Map for the corridor. SAC has prepared the CRZ Map and submitted the same to Forests and Environment Department vide letter no. RAF/7.4/2009 dated 09.07.2009. Project alignment has been superimposed on the CRZ map and it was found that a small portion of the alignment falls under CRZ area. The Director (Environment) & Additional Secretary, Forests and Environment Department, GoG has confirmed the same vide letter no ENV-10-2009-1481-E dated October 5, 2009. Thereafter presentation before CZMA in Gandhinagar had taken place.The recommendation of the Gujarat CZMA has been obtained & also sent to MOEF, New Delhi. A copy is enclosed as Annexure 2-1.

(ii) All the projects should use satellite imagery for finalization of alignment instead of old toposheets.

The project is to widen existing NH-8D. Among three bypasses, only two bypasses proposed at Jetpur and Junagadh are new; land has already been acquired Keshod bypass for 30 m Right of Way (RoW) in past. Presently, it is to be widened to 60 m. Extensive site survey was conducted and Google Maps were studied for selecting new alignments.

(iii) Submit details about measures taken for the pedestrian safety and construction of underpasses and foot over bridges along with flyovers and interchanges.

Pedestrian/cattle underpasses have been proposed at 13 locations, vehicular underpasses have been proposed for 4 locations, Flyover has been proposed at 1 location and Truck laybys have been proposed at 3 locations. The details have been provided in this Chapter under Safety Features.

(iv) Rain water harvesting pit should be at least 3-5 m above the highest ground water table.

Rain water harvesting details have been included in Chapter 6 of the report & design drawing provided as Annexure 6-2

(v) Provision shall be made for oil and grease removal from surface runoff.

Silt fencing has been proposed in the construction plant sites. This has been addressed in Chapter 6 of this report (under Water Environment).

(vi) Necessary arrangement shall be made for drainage and over flooding of the surrounding area

Last 50 years HFL and 50 years 24-hours rainfall for the zone has been considered to design vertical profile of the bridges. Adequate vertical clearance has been provided for all the major and minor bridges. Lined drains are provided on either side of the carriageway at settlement areas and earthen drain is provided at rural areas.

(vii) Necessary green belt shall be provided on both side of the highway with proper central verge and cost provision should be made for regular

Compensatory plantation is proposed three times the tree cut. The compensatory plantation shall be carried out on the incidental spaces on either side of the carriageway. Necessary fund has been proposed for plantation and maintenance. Please refer Chapter 6 under Biological environment

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Sl No Particulars asked by EAC Measures Proposed maintenance.

(viii) Adequate cattle passes for the movement of agriculture material shall be provided at the stretches passing through habitation areas

Cattle passes have been provided at suitable locations along the corridor.Please refer Safety features section in this chapter for details.

(ix) Prior Permission shall be obtained of cutting of trees from the competent authorities. Compensatory afforestation shall be carried out as per stipulated conditions of MoEF and State Forest Division

Prior permission for felling of trees shall be obtained under The Saurashtra Felling of Trees (Infliction of Punishment) Act, 1951. Compensatory afforestation/plantation shall be carried out as per norms. Diversion proposal has been submitted to the respective forest divisions (Rajkot & Junagadh) for permission for cutting notified Protected forest trees. Enumeration of trees is over in both the divisions. Non forest trees will also be enumerated by forest & revenue officials.

(x) Submit Details of requirement of water during the Construction phase and its source.

Surface and ground water be required during entire construction phase is about 2753000 cum. Surface water sources are Uben River, Ozat River, Sonarkh River, Megal River and Devka River. Ground water sources shall be tapped from suitable locations out side CRZ area. Refer to Chapter 6, section Water environment.

(xi) Examine and Submit the details of R&R

RAP is enclosed separately.

(xii) Examine and submit the details of measures taken during constructions of bridges across river/canal/major or minor drains keeping in view the flooding of the rivers and the life span of the existing bridges.

Last 50 years HFL and 50 years 24-hours rainfall for the zone has been considered to design vertical profile of the bridges. Adequate vertical clearance provided for all the major and minor bridges. Lined drains are provided on either side of the carriageway at settlement areas and earthen drain is provided at rural areas. Pile foundation shall be constructed for bridges. The duration of the work is few months only. Non monsoon season shall be preferred for such work so that disturbance to the flow of the water can be avoided.

(xiii) Examine and submit the details of sand quarry to be provided

Provided in Chapter 6-Land Environment.Three sand quarries have been identified. These are Ujat River, Vader River and Bhagao River. All the sand quarries are licensed quarry.

(xiv) Examine and submit the details of the service road roads to be provided

Service roads have been proposed. Refer to this Chapter (7) section Safety features.

(xv) Examine and submit the details of borrow area and rehabilitation

Total 19 number of earth Borrow Pits are identified for the construction of the project. Please refer Chapter 6: section Land Environment for details on identified borrow areas. Please refer Annexure 8.1 of EIA Report for Guidelines for Rehabilitation of the Borrow Areas.

(xvi) Examine and submit the details of the accident prone zone and the mitigation measures.

This has been discussed in this chapter under Safety features.

(xvii) Examine and submit the details of noise pollution and the mitigation measures especially in inhabited areas

Please refer Noise Quality under Noise Environment (Chapter 4 of EIAReport) for Noise Level at different locations along the corridor. Please refer to Chapter 6 of this report for predicted noise levels & the mitigation measures suggested.

(xviii) Examine and submit the details of vehicular under passes

4 no of vehicular underpasses are proposed. Please refer to this chapter under Safety features.

(xix) Submit the details of the road safety and signages

Provided in this chapter under section Safety features.

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Sl No Particulars asked by EAC Measures Proposed (xx) Submit details of co-operate

social responsibility. Necessary provision should be made in the budget.

Please refer Chapter 5 of RAP for cooperate social responsibility for implementation of R&R. An amount of Rs 307.68 crore has been proposed for re-settlement and rehabilitation implementation measures. Please refer section 5.14 of RAPfor details of the proposed fund for R&R activities.

(xxi) IRC guidelines shall be followed for widening & upgradation of the road

IRC Guidelines are followed for designing and preparation of the project report.

(xxii) Examine and submit the details of projected noise levels and its likely impact on the nearby habitation

Provided in Chapter 6 under Noise Environment.

(xxiii) The proposal indicates cutting of 10,180 trees. Examine in details the exact no. of trees to be cut, keeping it to the bare minimum to be transplanted and to be retained. Also identify the area for compensatory afforestation. Submit details on a map. The classification of trees should be based on the width of girth size upto 30 cm, 60 cm, 90 cm, 120 cm, more than 120 cm)

Enumeration of trees conducted by Forest Department before obtaining permission for felling of trees existing within the proposed RoW. Detailed girth wise and species wise lists shall be prepared after enumeration. Land for compensatory afforestation will be identified along with revenue official after getting permission from District Collector.

7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Public consultation has been conducted extensively along the corridor. The process of Public Hearing has also been conducted as per the EIA Notification Sept 2006 with the Gujarat Pollution Control. Public Hearing had been conducted in both the districts the road passes through-Rajkot & Junagadh. The details of Public consultation & Public Hearing have been provided in Chapter 5 of this report. The minutes of Public Hearing have been attached as Annexure 5-1, 5.2. The issues arising out of Public Hearing & it’s compliance has been addressed in Annexure 5.3.

7.3 R & R ACTION PLAN

The R&R issues related to the project have been addressed in a separate report-the RAP report.

7.4 ROAD SAFETY

Educate the workers regarding… Personal safety measures (such as

helmet, footwear, noise mask, ear plug, etc.) and location of safety devices.

Interaction with host community Protection of environment with respect to: Trampling of vegetation and cutting of

trees for cooking

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Construction Phase: The contractor must educate the workers to undertake the health and safety precautions. The contractor shall prepare traffic control plan and drawings containing detailed specifications for diversion, signages as well as location specific traffic detour plan Other safety requirements that need to be undertaken are as follows:

Adequate lighting arrangement Adequate drainage system to avoid any stagnation of water Lined surface with slope 1:40 and provision of lined pit at the bottom end, at the storage and

handling of bitumen and oil as well as at the location of generator. Facilities for provision of first aid

Operation Phase

Clearing of vegetation at inner curves having access roads so that adequate sight distances are available to the driver. Depending on the speed at that section, a sight distance corresponding to 8 seconds reaction time shall be provided.

All major junctions shall be designed adhering to the standards of adequate sight distances and facilities for the local traffic, parking areas, service roads, pedestrian sidewalks and zebra crossings.

Trees that have been saved and are very close to the pavement shall be marked in white paint or have reflective hazard signage on them to alert the driver.

Guardrails shall be provided close to religious structures adjacent to the corridor so that there is no spillage of activities on the carriageway.

Cattle under passes are usually introduced at places where there is substantial movement of people and cattle across the road with no cross drainage structures. The existing road does not have any animal underpasses. Cattle underpasses have been proposed at suitable locations along the road.

Safety consideration in design: The proposed safety features considered in the design are given below.

Table 7-2: Locations of Underpasses

S.No Proposed Chainage Pedestrian Underpass/cattle crossing Remarks Span

1 1.700 Jetpur Bypass PUP/CUP 1X4X3 2 6.100 Jetalsar Village PUP 1X4X3 3 20.000 Vadala village PUP 1X4X3 4 24.715 Doraj-Junagadh SH crossing VUP 2X10.25X5.0 5 34.225 Junagadh Bypass PUP/CUP 1X4X3 6 37.050 Junagdh Bypass PUP/CUP 1X4X3 7 58.800 Agatrai Bypass PUP/CUP 1X4X3 8 64.900 Kesod Bypass PUP/CUP 1X4X3 9 68.725 Kesod Bypass VUP 2X10.25X5.0

10 71.500 Kesod Bypass PUP/CUP 1X4X3 11 91.050 Banduri Village PUP 1X4X3 12 94.800 Zadka Village PUP 1X4X3 13 105.500 Near Supasi Village PUP 1X4X3 14 110.225 Dari-Sathroda Road crossing VUP 2X10.25X5.0 15 116.225 Sasan-Veraval SH crossing VUP 2X10.25X5.0

Water body protection Storage and handling of materials Disposal of construction waste

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Besides underpasses, a number of safety features such as flyovers, service roads & median openings have been proposed. Some proposed features have been detailed in Chapter I of the report. There is only one flyover at the start of the project. The details of flyovers, service roads & median openings are as follows.

Table 7-3: Proposed Flyover

SNo.

Proposed Chainage

(km)

Proposed Span Arrangement

VerticalClearance

(m)

Total Span(m)

Total Width of Structure (m) Remarks

1 0+750.754 Unidirectional 2X45 5.5 90

1 x 12 (for down direction traffic)

Intersection with NH-8B at start of project

corridor

Table 7-4: Service Road details

S.NoProposed Chainage Length

(Km) SR Desciption Sides Total Length(km) From To

1 0.800 1.300 0.500 Typical Cross Section for Unidirectional Flyover Approach with Slip Road 2 1.000

2 5.600 5.900 0.300 7.0m BS Typical Cross Section for LHS Widening with both side 7.0m Service Road 2 0.600

3 5.900 6.380 0.480 7.0m BS Typical Cross Section for VUP/PUP Approach with RE wall and with both Side 7.0m Service Road

2 0.960

4 13.175 13.850 0.675 5.5m LHS Typical Cross Section for LHS Widening with 5.5m Service Road on LHS 1 0.675

5 19.500 19.750 0.250 5.5m BS Typical Cross Section for Concentric Widening with both side 5.5m Service Road

2 0.500


2 0.900


2 1.240

8 48.000 48.600 0.600 7.0m BS Typical Cross Section for RHS Widening with both side 7.0m Service Road

2 1.200

9 55.100 55.450 0.350 5.5m BS Typical Cross Section for Concentric Widening with both side 5.5m Service Road (1.5m median)

2 0.700


2 0.900

11 66.400 67.200 0.800 5.5m RHS Typical Cross Section for New Construction with 5.5m Service Road on RHS

1 0.800


2 1.280


2 0.500

14 90.500 90.800 0.300 5.5m BS Typical Cross Section for Concentric Widening with both side 5.5m Service Road (1.5m median)

2 0.600


2 1.100

16 91.600 92.000 0.400 5.5m BS Typical Cross Section for Concentric Widening with both side 5.5m Service 2 0.800

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S.NoProposed Chainage Length

(Km) SR Desciption Sides Total Length(km) From To

Road (1.5m median)


2 0.940


2 0.700


2 1.000


2 2.300


2 0.900


2 1.200

23 112.420 112.950 0.530 7.0m BS Typical Cross Section for ROB Approach with RE wall and with both Side Service Road

2 1.060


2 1.280


2 0.800

26 121.200 121.800 0.600 7.0m BS Typical Cross Section for LHS Widening with both side 7.0m Service Road (1.5m median)

2 1.200

27 121.800 122.725 0.925 7.0m BS Typical Cross Section for Concentric Widening with Service Road on both side at existing four lane section

2 1.850

14.230 26.985

Table 7-5: Details of Median Openings S.No Design Chainage (Km) Remarks

1 1.120 Only Median Opening 2 3.440 Only Median Opening 3 6.620 after pup approach at jetalsar 4 8.880 mInor Intersection to sinkli 5 12.200 mInor Intersection to peparava 6 13.285 mInor Intersection to Choki 7 15.400 open fields either side 8 17.360 Near Lotus Hotel 9 19.525 Minor Intersection Kathrota

10 20.550 Near Krishna hotel 11 22.360 Minor Intersection 12 25.720 Near Trucklay by 13 28.335 Minor Intersection najewadi 14 30.250 Minor Intersection Osepur 15 34.600 Only Median Opening 16 36.600 Only Median Opening 17 39.035 minor inter section 18 42.060 19 45.475 minor inter section 20 46.860 Median Opening 21 48.075 minor inter section 22 51.900 minor inter section

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S.No Design Chainage (Km) Remarks 23 54.100 Median Opening 24 57.120 after major junction due to level difference 25 60.100 major junctiona AGATRAI end 26 62.250 near hotel and petrolpump 27 66.985 minor inter section 28 70.050 medion opening 29 73.000 medion opening 30 77.850 major JUNCTION rangpura 31 80.200 median opening 32 82.05 Panidhra 33 84.65 minor inter section junthala 34 88.3 MEDIAN OPENING 35 90.65 MEDIAN OPENING 36 91.875 MEDIAN OPENING 37 92.72 MEDIAN OPENING 38 94.36 Zadka 39 96.650 Near Truck Layby 40 99.3 MEDIAN OPENING 41 101.25 MINOR INTERSECTION 42 102.175 MEDIAN OPENING 43 103.8 MINOR INTERSECTION 44 105.715 Aadri 45 108.4 Minor Intersections Chanduvav 46 114.006 Minor intersection 47 117.79 Minor intersection 48 119.4 Median Opening

Besides these features, the accident prone areas along the existing road have been recorded and considered in the design so as to enhance the safety features along these stretches. The details have been provided below.

Table 7-6: Design consideration in Accident prone stretches Sl No Accident prone locations Measures taken in design

1. Near Vadal village(due to village abutting highway)

Junagadh bypass ( bypass length 18.5 km)

2. Near Vanthili (Due to interaction of town traffic) at Ch km 40/000 -41/000

Minor Realignment

3. Near Keshod town ( Ch 69/000-70/000) Keshod Bypass 4. Junction of NH 8B & NH 8D (Ch 110/000-

111/000) Flyover

5. Junction at Vearval Bypass (Ch 114/000-115/000)

Minor Realignment

7.4.1 Bus Stop

There are several existing bus stops along the project corridor. Generally these stops are associated with a settlement area or an intersection with a crossroad. A number of bus stops have been proposed. The details of bus stop locations along the project corridor are given in Table 7-7.

Table 7-7: Location of Bus Stops

S.No. Location Design Chainage Left Right

1 Jetpur Bypass 2 Jetalsar 5789.9 5789.9 3 Pipamadva 8750.0 8750.0 4 Navi Shankli 9950.0 9950.0

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S.No. Location Design Chainage Left Right

5 Choki 13400.0 13400.0 6 Vadal 20000.0 19600.0 7 Shukhpur 22450.0 22250.0 8 Existing Junagadh Bypass 28450.0 28200.0 9 Existing Junagadh Bypass 30350.0 30350.0

10 Existing Junagadh Bypass 32250.0 32350.0 11 Vanthali 42250.0 42250.0 12 Kanja 48250.0 48250.0 13 Khokharda 50600.0 50600.0 14 Khubhadi 51600.0 51600.0 15 Manekvada 55350.0 55350.0 16 Magalpur 57950.0 57950.0 17 Kesod Bypass 66370.0 66300.0 18 Kesod Bypass 68500.0 68500.0 19 Koylala 78000.0 77700.0 20 Panidara 81900.0 81900.0 21 Juthal 84750.0 84500.0 22 Maliya Hatina 86480.0 86132.5 23 Bhanduri 90900.0 90900.0 24 Zadaka 94600.0 94600.0 25 Gadu 97600.0 97600.0 26 Shantipara Patiya 101380.0 101100.0 27 Kedivav 103900.0 103700.0 28 Kindrava 105900.0 105600.0 29 Adari-Vavadi 108200.0 108300.0 30 Sipasi 110350.0 110.1 31 Dari 114120.0 113.8 32 Dabhor 116350.0 116050.0 33 Talala Chokadi 117560.0 117500.0 34 Bhalpara 120247.3 120247.3

Accidents Involving Hazardous Materials

Accidents involving hazardous chemicals will generally be catastrophic to the environment, though the probability of occurrence is low. 'The Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) rules, 2000 shall be compiled to minimize the risk of accident involving transportation of hazardous material. For delivery of hazardous substances, three certificates issued by transportation department, viz., permit license, driving license and guarding license shall be required. These shall be issued and checked thoroughly. Vehicles delivering hazardous substances will be printed with appropriate signs.

In case of spillage, the report to relevant departments will be made and instructions followed in taking up the contingency measures immediately.

7.5 ROAD SAFETY AND SIGNAGE

(A) Safety Barriers, Pedestrian Guard Rails and Pedestrian Facilities

Safety barrier of rigid, flexible or semi rigid type, in accordance with MoSRT&H guidelines/circular shall be provided at following locations:

Where height of embankment is 3 m or more,

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Where embankment is retained by a retaining structure, Where median is depressed, flushed or having the width less than 4.5 m. The barriers shall be for

both directions of travel, Between main carriageway and footpath in bridges, At hazardous locations identified through safety audit.

(B) Traffic Control Devices

The road markings and road signs are provided as per relevant IRC codes and MOSRT&H specifications. The lane markings and object markings are in accordance with Clause – 803 of “MOSRT&H” (fourth revision) 2001. The road markings are in accordance with IRC: 35-1997 and the median kerb and kerb separator painting is in accordance with Clause 803.3 of “MoSRT&H” (fourth revision) 2001. The road signs are in accordance with IRC: 67-1977, Code 600 of Addendum to Ministry’s technical circular, directives on NH and centrally sponsored bridge projects 1996 and IRC: SP 31. The traffic signboards are painted as per IRC: 67-1977 and the text for sign boards are as per IRC: 30-1968.

Design standards sourced from various IRC codes and guidelines, proposed to be adopted in the Project for the design of various Highway and Road Appurtenances are summarized in the Table 7-8 below.

Table 7-8: Design Standards for Four Lane Roads

S.No. Item

Standards proposed by Manual of Standards & specifications for 4-laning of NHs on PPP basis

Proposed Standards for adoption

1

Design Speed, kmph i) in plains ii) in rolling terrain iii) in mountainous terrain iv) in steep terrain

80-100 65-80 40-50 30-40

-same-

Rural section 2 Minimum width of median (as per IRC: 86) 4.5m -same-

3 Width of paved carriageway on both sides of median (m)

i) 2-lane carriageway 7.0 -same- ii) Edge strip (median side) 0.25 -same- iii) Paved Shoulder 1.5 -same- 3 Width of earthen shoulder (m) 2.0 1.5 4 Width of drain As per design -same- 5 Width of Utility Corridor (m) 2.0 -same-

Urban Section 6 Minimum width of median 1.2m 1.0m at standing lane

7 Width of paved carriageway on both sides of median (m)

i) 2-lane carriageway 7.0 -same- ii) Edge strip (median side) 0.5m 0.25m

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S.No. Item

Standards proposed by Manual of Standards & specifications for 4-laning of NHs on PPP basis

Proposed Standards for adoption

iii) Paved Shoulder 1.5 -same- 8 Width of earthen shoulder (m) 1.5 Nil 9 Width of service road (m) 7.0 (normal) -5.5m (minimum) -same-

10 Minimum width of separation island betn MC and SR (m) 1.5 -same-.

11 Minimum width of footpath (m) 1.5 -same- 12 Width of Utility Corridor 1.5 13 Cross slope/Camber

a) Flexible pavement having bituminous concrete surfacing 2.5% -same-

b) Cement Concrete pavement 2.0% -same- c) Earthen Shoulder (on outer side) 3.5% -same-

14 Stopping Sight Distance i) Desirable 360m -same- ii) Minimum 180m -same- 15 Superelevation i) Minimum Camber -same- ii) Maximum 7% -same-

16 Traffic Control devices and Road safety works IRC: 35, IRC: 67 and MOSRTH guidelines.

-same-

17 Roadside Furniture IRC: 25, IRC: 8, IRC: 103, IRC: 35, MOSRTH guidelines

-same-

(C) Safety Measures

Suitably designed crash barriers will be provided to hold the out-of-control vehicles on the carriageway from falling off.

Approaches to major bridges would be protected for a distance not less than 30m by suitable safety fences. All carriageways and footpath surfaces will have anti-skid characteristics to prevent skidding of vehicles.

The carriageways will be provided with suitable cross camber along with suitably designed cross drainage arrangement for collection and disposal of rainwater to prevent any accumulation of water on the bridge during rains.

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8. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN The Environment Management measures shall be implemented during the various stages of the project – Pre-construction stage, Construction Stage and Operation Stage. The EMP is described below:

8.1 PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE

8.1.1 Pre-construction activities by PIU

Prior to the contractor mobilization, the PIU/Concessionaire will ensure that an encumbrance free CoI is handed over to enable the start of construction. The RoW clearance involves the following activities:

Acquisition of land and structures, Clearance of the RoW including removal of trees, and Relocation of common property resources impacted, including cultural properties as temples and

community assets as hand pumps and other utilities.

8.1.2 Pre-construction activities by BOT Concessionaire/Independent Engineer

The pre-construction stage involves mobilization of the BOT Concessionaire, the activities undertaken by the concessionaire pertaining to the planning of logistics and site preparation necessary for commencing construction activities. The activities include:

Joint field verification of EMP by the Independent Engineer and Concessionaire Modification (if any) of the contract documents by the Independent Engineer. Procurement of construction equipment / machinery such as crushers, hot mix plants, batching

plants and other construction equipment and machinery. Identification and selection of material sources (quarry and borrow material, water, sand etc). Selection, design and layout of construction areas, hot mix and batching plants, labour camps etc Planning traffic diversions and detours, including arrangements for temporary land acquisition. Obtaining all the necessary clearances /NOC’s/ consents from agencies concerned.

8.2 CONSTRUCTION STAGE

8.2.1 Construction Stage activities by BOT Concessionaire

Construction stage is the most crucial stage in terms of activities that require careful management to avoid environmental impacts. Activities that trigger the need for environmental measures to be followed include:

Imbibing environmental principles at all stages of construction as good engineering practices. Implementation of site-specific mitigation/management measures suggested Monitoring the quality of environment along the construction sites (as air, noise, water, soil) and

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Enhancement designs at specific locations suggested. Tree plantation along the corridors and bypasses and landscaping along junctions by the Forest

Department. Monitoring of environmental conditions through approved monitoring agency

There are several other environmental issues that have been addressed as part of good engineering practices, the costs for which have been accounted for in the Engineering Costs. They include improvement of roadside drainage, provision of additional cross drainage structures or rising of road height in flood prone stretches, provision of cattle crossings and reconstruction and improvement of bunds of the affected water bodies.

8.2.2 Construction Stage Activities by PIU

The PIU/Independent Cosnultant shall be involved in the smooth execution of the project and assessing the BOT Concessionaire during this phase. Their work shall include but not be limited to:

Monitoring and guiding the BOt Concessionaire on adopting good environmental and engineering practices.

Arrangement of plantation through the Forest Department. Arranging training to the BOT Concessionaire and other stakeholders according to the needs

arising.

8.3 OPERATION STAGE

Operation stage activities that are to be carried out by the BOT Concessionaire and supervised by PIU are:

Monitoring operational performance of the various mitigation/enhancement measures carried out as part of the project.

Monitoring of Environmental conditions through approved monitoring agency

8.4 OTHER ACTIVITIES

Training of Implementation agency staff towards project specific issues of EMP implementation

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eloc

atio

n of

C

ultu

ral P

rope

rties

A

ll cu

ltura

l pro

perti

es w

ithin

the

CoI

, who

se s

truct

ure

is

getti

ng a

ffect

ed, w

ill b

e re

loca

ted

at s

uita

ble

loca

tions

, as

desi

red

by th

e co

mm

unity

bef

ore

cons

truct

ion

star

ts.

Loca

l com

mun

ity m

eetin

gs (f

acili

tate

d by

NG

Os

entru

sted

w

ith th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of R

&R

impl

emen

tatio

n) w

ill b

e he

ld

to d

iscu

ss re

loca

tion

aspe

cts,

siti

ng o

f stru

ctur

es.

With

in th

e pr

opse

d R

oW

RAP

C

once

ssio

naire

in

cons

ulta

tion

with

th

e lo

cal p

eopl

e

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.1.

6 R

epla

cem

ent o

f C

omm

on P

rope

rty

Res

ourc

es

All

com

mon

pro

perty

reso

urce

s su

ch a

s co

mm

unity

so

urce

s of

wat

er w

ill b

e re

plac

ed.

The

repl

acem

ent w

ill b

e co

mpl

ete

befo

re c

onst

ruct

ion

star

ts.

Cor

ridor

of I

mpa

ct.

RA

P

Con

cess

iona

ire

in

cons

ulta

tion

with

th

e lo

cal p

eopl

e

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.2

Pre-

cons

truc

tion

activ

ities

by

the

Con

cess

iona

ire /

Con

trac

tor /

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer

1.

2.1

Fiel

d V

erifi

catio

n an

d M

odifi

catio

n of

the

Con

tract

Doc

umen

ts

1.2.

1.1

Join

t Fie

ld

Ver

ifica

tion

The

Inde

pend

ent

Engi

neer

(IE

) an

d th

e C

once

ssio

naire

(o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) w

ill c

arry

out

join

t fie

ld v

erifi

catio

n of

th

e E

MP

. Th

e ef

ficac

y of

the

miti

gatio

n/en

hanc

emen

t m

easu

res

sugg

este

d in

the

EM

P w

ill b

e ch

ecke

d.

All l

ocat

ions

alo

ng th

e pr

ojec

t cor

ridor

whe

re

miti

gatio

n/en

hanc

emen

t/ m

onito

ring

mea

sure

s ar

e pr

opos

ed

EMP

and

Con

tract

Doc

umen

t

IE a

nd

Con

cess

iona

ire (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.2.

1.2

Mod

ifica

tion

of th

e C

ontra

ct D

ocum

ents

If

requ

ired,

the

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer w

ill m

odify

the

EM

P

and

Con

tract

doc

umen

ts (p

artic

ular

ly th

e B

OQ

s)

All

loca

tions

al

ong

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

whe

re

chan

ges

in

miti

gatio

n/en

hanc

emen

t/ m

onito

ring

mea

sure

s ar

e fe

lt ne

cess

ary

Con

tract

Doc

umen

t IE

and

C

once

ssio

naire

IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.2.

2 Pr

ocur

emen

t of M

achi

nery

1.

2.2.

1 C

rush

ers,

Hot

-mix

P

lant

s &

Bat

chin

g P

lant

s

Spe

cific

atio

ns o

f cru

sher

s, h

ot m

ix p

lant

s an

d ba

tchi

ng

plan

ts w

ill c

ompl

y w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

rele

vant

cu

rrent

em

issi

on c

ontro

l leg

isla

tions

.

Whe

reve

r C

once

ssio

naire

or h

is

cont

ract

or d

ecid

es to

lo

cate

the

plan

ts

Con

tract

,M

oRTH

: 111

.1,

GoI

Air

& N

oise

St

anda

rds

Con

cess

iona

ire (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-5

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

1.2.

2.2

Oth

er C

onst

ruct

ion

Veh

icle

s, E

quip

men

t an

d M

achi

nery

The

disc

harg

e st

anda

rds

prom

ulga

ted

unde

r the

E

nviro

nmen

t Pro

tect

ion

Act

, 198

6 w

ill b

e st

rictly

adh

ered

to

.Al

l veh

icle

s, e

quip

men

t and

mac

hine

ry to

be

proc

ured

for

cons

truct

ion

will

con

form

to th

e re

leva

nt B

urea

u of

Indi

an

Sta

ndar

d (B

IS) n

orm

s.

Noi

se li

mits

for c

onst

ruct

ion

equi

pmen

ts to

be

proc

ured

su

ch a

s co

mpa

ctor

s, ro

llers

, fro

nt lo

ader

s, c

oncr

ete

mix

ers,

cra

nes

(mov

eabl

e), v

ibra

tors

and

saw

s w

ill n

ot

exce

ed 7

5 dB

(A),

mea

sure

d at

one

met

er fr

om th

e ed

ge

of th

e eq

uipm

ent i

n fre

e fie

ld, a

s sp

ecifi

ed in

the

Env

ironm

ent (

Pro

tect

ion)

Rul

es, 1

986.

Thro

ugho

ut th

e co

rrido

r an

d co

nstru

ctio

n si

tes

Con

tract

,E

nviro

nmen

t P

rote

ctio

n A

ct,

1986

&

MoR

TH: 1

11.1

C

once

ssio

naire

(or

his

Con

traco

r)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

1.2.

3 Id

entif

icat

ion

& S

elec

tion

of M

ater

ial S

ourc

es

1.2.

3.1

Bor

row

Are

as

Arra

ngem

ent f

or lo

catin

g th

e so

urce

of s

uppl

y of

mat

eria

l fo

r em

bank

men

t and

sub

-gra

de a

s w

ell a

s co

mpl

ianc

e to

en

viro

nmen

tal r

equi

rem

ents

, as

appl

icab

le, w

ill b

e th

e so

le re

spon

sibi

lity

of th

e co

ntra

ctor

. S

iting

of b

orro

w a

reas

to b

e as

per

the

Gui

delin

es

pres

ente

d in

Ann

exur

e 8.

1.Th

e co

ntra

ctor

will

not

use

any

of t

he lo

catio

ns d

escr

ibed

he

re fo

r bor

row

ing

(with

in a

nd u

pto

1000

m e

ither

sid

e of

R

eser

ve F

ores

t/ E

colo

gica

lly s

ensi

tive

area

s).

Loca

tions

iden

tifie

d by

the

cont

ract

or s

hall

be re

porte

d to

th

e E

ngin

eer.

Form

at fo

r rep

ortin

g sh

all b

e as

per

For

m

EM

3,A

nnex

ure

9.1

Pla

nnin

g of

hau

l roa

ds fo

r acc

essi

ng b

orro

w m

ater

ials

will

be

und

erta

ken

durin

g th

is s

tage

. The

hau

l roa

ds s

houl

d be

rout

ed to

avo

id a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

. In

add

ition

to te

stin

g fo

r the

qua

lity

of b

orro

w m

ater

ials

by

the

SC

, the

env

ironm

enta

l per

sonn

el o

f the

SC

will

be

requ

ired

to in

spec

t eve

ry b

orro

w a

rea

loca

tion

prio

r to

appr

oval

.

At a

ll bo

rrow

are

a lo

catio

ns s

ugge

sted

for

the

proj

ect.

MoR

TH:

305.

2.2.

2

Ann

exur

e 8

.1,

Ann

exur

e 8.

2(lo

catio

n of

re

com

men

ded

borr

ow lo

catio

ns)

and

Ann

exur

e 8.

3

8-6

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

1.2.

3.2

Qua

rries

Th

e C

ontra

ctor

w

ill

iden

tify

mat

eria

ls

from

ex

istin

g lic

ense

d qu

arrie

s w

ith

the

suita

ble

mat

eria

ls

for

cons

truct

ion.

Apa

rt fro

m a

ppro

val o

f the

qua

lity

of th

e qu

arry

mat

eria

ls,

the

Engi

neer

’s re

pres

enta

tive

will

ver

ify th

e le

gal s

tatu

s of

th

e qu

arry

op

erat

ion,

as

to

w

heth

er

appr

oval

un

der

stat

utor

y pr

ovis

ion

is o

btai

ned.

Som

e of

the

loc

atio

ns

iden

tifie

d du

ring

this

sta

ge is

pre

sent

ed in

Ann

exur

e 8.

4.

All q

uarri

es id

entif

ied

by

the

Con

sulta

nt a

nd a

ny

new

qu

arrie

s id

entif

ied

by

the

Con

cess

iona

ire

(or h

is C

ontra

ctor

)

MoR

TH: 1

11.3

Ann

exur

e 8.

4

Con

cess

iona

ire (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.2.

3.3

Wat

er

The

Con

tract

or

will

so

urce

th

e re

quire

men

t of

w

ater

pr

efer

entia

lly f

rom

sur

face

wat

er b

odie

s, a

s riv

ers

and

tank

s in

the

proj

ect a

rea.

To

avoi

d di

srup

tion/

dist

urba

nce

to o

ther

wat

er u

sers

, the

con

tract

or w

ill e

xtra

ct w

ater

from

fix

ed lo

catio

ns.

The

cont

ract

or

shal

l co

nsul

t th

e lo

cal

peop

le

befo

re

final

izin

g th

e lo

catio

ns t

o co

nfirm

tha

t w

ithdr

awl o

f w

ater

fro

m s

uch

sour

ce w

ill n

ot d

istu

rb th

e re

gula

r w

ater

usa

ge

of th

e lo

cal p

eopl

e.

Onl

y at

loca

tions

whe

re s

urfa

ce w

ater

sou

rces

are

not

av

aila

ble,

the

cont

ract

or c

an c

onte

mpl

ate

extra

ctio

n of

gr

ound

wat

er. C

onse

nt fr

om th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r th

at n

o su

rface

wat

er re

sour

ce is

ava

ilabl

e in

the

imm

edia

te a

rea

for t

he p

roje

ct is

a p

re-re

quis

ite p

rior t

o ex

tract

ion

of g

roun

d w

ater

. The

con

tract

or w

ill n

eed

to

com

ply

with

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he C

enta

l Gro

und

Wat

er

Boa

rd a

nd s

eek

thei

r app

rova

l for

doi

ng s

o.

All

river

s / s

urfa

ce w

ater

bo

dies

that

can

be

used

in

the

proj

ect

Con

tract

Doc

umen

t C

once

ssio

naire

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

1.2.

3.4

San

d Th

e C

ontra

ctor

will

iden

tify

sand

qua

rries

with

requ

isite

ap

prov

als

for t

he e

xtra

ctio

n of

san

d fo

r use

in th

e pr

ojec

t S

and

quar

ries

iden

tifie

d by

des

ign

Con

sulta

nt o

r ne

w s

and

quar

ries

Cha

p 6

and

norm

s fo

r min

ing

for m

inor

min

eral

Con

cess

iona

ire (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.2.

4 La

bour

R

equi

rem

ents

Th

e C

ontra

ctor

will

indu

ct u

nski

lled

labo

ur fr

om th

e lo

cal

com

mun

ities

to a

void

any

add

ition

al s

tress

on

the

exis

ting

faci

litie

s (m

edic

al s

ervi

ces,

pow

er, w

ater

sup

ply,

etc

.)

Alo

ng th

e pr

ojec

t co

rrido

r at c

onst

ruct

ion

site

s

RA

P

Con

cess

iona

ire (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

1.2.

5 S

ettin

g up

con

stru

ctio

n si

tes

8-7

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

1.2.

5.1

Con

stru

ctio

n C

amp

Loca

tions

–

Sel

ectio

n, D

esig

n &

La

yout

Siti

ng o

f con

stru

ctio

n ca

mps

is to

be

as p

er th

e gu

idel

ines

pr

esen

ted

in A

nnex

ure

8.5

of E

MP

. Loc

atio

ns id

entif

ied

by th

e co

ntra

ctor

sha

ll be

repo

rted

as p

er fo

rmat

EM

2,

Ann

exur

e 9.

1.C

onst

ruct

ion

cam

ps w

ill n

ot b

e pr

opos

ed:

(i)W

ithin

100

0 m

of l

ocat

ions

as

desc

ribed

in S

ectio

n 1.

2.3.

1 (R

eser

ve F

ores

t /E

colo

gica

lly s

ensi

tive

area

s).

(ii)W

ithin

100

0 m

from

the

near

est h

abita

tion

to a

void

co

nflic

ts a

nd s

tress

ove

r the

infra

stru

ctur

e fa

cilit

ies,

with

th

e lo

cal c

omm

unity

. (ii

i) La

yout

of c

onst

ruct

ion

cam

ps w

ill b

e as

per

the

conc

eptu

al d

esig

n pr

esen

ted

in D

raw

ing

3.5.

1 of

A

nnex

ure

8.5.

(iv) L

ocat

ions

for s

tock

yard

s fo

r con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

will

be

iden

tifie

d at

leas

t 100

0 m

from

wat

erco

urse

s.

(v)

The

was

te d

ispo

sal a

nd s

ewag

e sy

stem

for

the

cam

p w

ill b

e de

sign

ed, b

uilt

and

oper

ated

suc

h th

at n

o od

our i

s ge

nera

ted.

(v

i) U

nles

s ot

herw

ise

arra

nged

by

th

e lo

cal

sani

tary

au

thor

ity,

arra

ngem

ents

for

dis

posa

l of

exc

reta

sui

tabl

y ap

prov

ed

by

the

loca

l m

edic

al

heal

th

or

mun

icip

al

auth

oriti

es o

r as

dire

cted

by

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r w

ill ne

ed to

be

prov

ided

by

the

Con

tract

or.

All

Con

stru

ctio

n W

orke

rs C

amps

in

clud

ing

area

s in

im

med

iate

vic

inity

.

Con

tract

A

nnex

ure

8.5

Sec

tion

1.2.

3.1

Ann

exur

e 9.

1

1.2.

5.2

Hot

Mix

Pla

nts

&

Bat

chin

g P

lant

Lo

catio

n

Hot

mix

pla

nts

and

batc

hing

pla

nts

will

be s

ited

suffi

cien

tly a

way

from

hab

itatio

n, a

gric

ultu

ral o

pera

tions

or

indu

stria

l est

ablis

hmen

ts. S

uch

plan

ts w

ill b

e lo

cate

d at

le

ast 1

000m

aw

ay fr

om th

e ne

ares

t hab

itatio

n, p

refe

rabl

y in

the

dow

nwin

d di

rect

ion.

C

ontra

ct

MoR

TH c

laus

e 11

1.5

8-8

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

1.2.

6 A

rrang

emen

ts fo

r Te

mpo

rary

Lan

d R

equi

rem

ent

The

Con

tract

or

as

per

prev

alen

t ru

les

will

ca

rry

out

nego

tiatio

ns

with

th

e la

nd

owne

rs

for

obta

inin

g th

eir

cons

ent f

or te

mpo

rary

use

of l

ands

for

cons

truct

ion

site

s/

hot m

ix p

lant

s /tr

affic

det

ours

/bor

row

are

as e

tc.

The

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer

will

be

requ

ired

to e

nsur

e th

at

the

clea

ring

up o

f th

e si

te p

rior

to h

andi

ng o

ver

to t

he

owne

r (a

fter

cons

truct

ion

or c

ompl

etio

n of

the

act

ivity

) is

in

clud

ed in

the

cont

ract

.

Are

as te

mpo

raril

y ac

quire

d fo

r co

nstru

ctio

n si

tes/

hot

m

ix p

lant

s / b

orro

w

area

s / d

iver

sion

s/

deto

urs.

2.0

CO

NST

RU

CTI

ON

STA

GE

2.1

Con

stru

ctio

n S

tage

Act

iviti

es b

y C

once

ssio

naire

(or h

is C

ontra

ctor

)

2.

1.1

Site

Cle

aran

ce

2.1.

1.1

Cle

arin

g an

d G

rubb

ing

Veg

etat

ion

will

be

rem

oved

from

the

prop

osed

righ

t of

way

bef

ore

the

com

men

cem

ent o

f Con

stru

ctio

n.

All

wor

ks w

ill b

e ca

rried

out

suc

h th

at th

e da

mag

e or

di

srup

tion

to fl

ora

is m

inim

um.

Onl

y gr

ound

cov

er /

shru

bs th

at im

ping

e di

rect

ly o

n th

e pe

rman

ent w

orks

or n

eces

sary

for t

empo

rary

wor

ks w

ill

be re

mov

ed w

ith p

rior a

ppro

val f

rom

the

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r. T

he C

ontra

ctor

, und

er a

ny c

ircum

stan

ces

will

no

t dam

age

trees

(in

addi

tion

to th

ose

alre

ady

felle

d w

ith

prio

r per

mis

sion

from

the

fore

st d

epar

tmen

t). V

eget

atio

n on

ly w

ith g

irth

of o

ver 3

0 cm

will

be

cons

ider

ed a

s tre

es

and

shal

l be

rem

oved

as

per A

ctiv

ity 1

.1.2

.

With

in p

ropo

sed

RoW

D

esig

n M

oRTH

201

11

1.15

.1, S

ub

clau

se 1

11.1

5.4

Con

cess

iona

ire (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

1.2

Dis

man

tling

of

Brid

gew

ork

/ C

ulve

rts

The

culv

erts

will

be

dism

antle

d ca

refu

lly a

nd th

e re

sulti

ng

mat

eria

ls s

o re

mov

ed a

s no

t to

caus

e da

mag

e to

the

part

of th

e st

ruct

ure

reta

ined

and

oth

er p

rope

rties

and

st

ruct

ures

nea

rby.

Al

l nec

essa

ry m

easu

res

will

be

take

n w

hile

wor

king

clo

se

to c

ross

dra

inag

e ch

anne

ls to

pre

vent

ear

thw

ork,

st

onew

ork,

mat

eria

ls a

nd a

ppen

dage

as

wel

l as

the

met

hod

of o

pera

tion

from

impe

ding

cro

ss-d

rain

age

at

river

s, s

tream

s, w

ater

can

als

and

exis

ting

irrig

atio

n an

d

At l

ocat

ions

wer

e br

idge

w

orks

and

cul

verts

are

pr

opos

ed.

MoR

TH 2

02.2

C

once

ssio

naire

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

8-9

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

drai

nage

sys

tem

s.

2.1.

1.3

Gen

erat

ion

of D

ebris

fro

m d

ism

antli

ng o

f pa

vem

ent s

truct

ures

Deb

ris g

ener

ated

due

to

the

dism

antli

ng o

f th

e ex

istin

g pa

vem

ent

stru

ctur

e sh

all

be

suita

bly

reus

ed

in

the

prop

osed

con

stru

ctio

n, s

ubje

ct t

o th

e su

itabi

lity

of t

he

mat

eria

l and

the

appr

oval

of t

he In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r U

nutil

ized

deb

ris m

ater

ial s

hall

be s

uita

bly

disp

osed

off

by

the

Con

tract

or,

eith

er t

hrou

gh f

illing

up

of b

orro

w a

reas

cr

eate

d fo

r th

e pr

ojec

t or

at

pr

e-de

sign

ated

du

mp

loca

tions

, sub

ject

to th

e ap

prov

al o

f the

Eng

inee

r. D

ebris

gen

erat

ed f

rom

pile

driv

ing

or o

ther

con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es s

hall

be d

ispo

sed

such

that

it d

oes

not f

low

into

th

e su

rface

wat

er b

odie

s or

form

mud

pud

dles

in th

e ar

ea.

Dis

posa

l site

s sh

all b

e id

entif

ied

by th

e co

ntra

ctor

as

per

guid

elin

es

prov

ided

in

A

nnex

ure

8.6.

Th

e id

entif

ied

loca

tions

will

be

repo

rted

to th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r as

per f

orm

at E

M1,

Ann

exur

e 9.

1.

Thro

ugho

ut P

roje

ct

Cor

ridor

M

oRTH

202

.5

MoR

TH 5

17

Ann

exur

e 8.

7 A

nnex

ure

9.1

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

1.4

Non

-bitu

min

ons

cons

truct

ion

was

te

disp

osal

As

far

as p

ossi

ble

cons

truct

ion

was

te w

ill b

e ut

ilize

d in

ro

ad c

onst

ruct

ion

depe

ndin

g up

on th

e su

itabi

lity.

Loc

atio

n of

dis

posa

l site

s w

ill b

e fin

aliz

ed p

rior t

o co

mpl

etio

n of

the

earth

wor

ks o

n an

y pa

rticu

lar s

ectio

n of

the

road

. A

fter

prov

idin

g th

ese

faci

litie

s,

if di

spos

al

of

was

te

requ

ired,

con

tarc

tor

will

iden

tify

the

site

as

the

guid

elin

es

for s

iting

of d

ispo

sal s

ites

(Ann

exur

e 8.

6).

Dum

p si

te lo

catio

ns

Con

tract

M

oRTH

: 201

.4 &

20

2.5

Sec

tion

1.2.

3.1

Ann

exur

e 8.

6

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

1.5

Bitu

min

ous

was

tes

disp

osal

Th

e di

spos

al o

f res

idua

l bitu

min

ous

was

tes

will

be

done

by

the

Con

tract

or a

t sec

ure

land

fill s

ites,

with

the

requ

isite

ap

prov

als

for t

he s

ame

from

the

conc

erne

d go

vern

men

t ag

enci

es.

Thro

ugho

ut P

roje

ct

Cor

ridor

C

ontra

ct &

A

nnex

ure

8.6

MoR

TH: 2

01.4

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-10

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

2 P

lann

ing

Traf

fic

Div

ersi

ons

&

Det

ours

Tem

pora

ry d

iver

sion

s w

ill be

con

stru

cted

with

the

appr

oval

of t

he In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r. D

etai

led

Traf

fic C

ontro

l Pla

ns w

ill b

e pr

epar

ed a

nd

subm

itted

to th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r for

app

rova

l, 5

days

prio

r to

com

men

cem

ent o

f wor

ks o

n an

y se

ctio

n of

ro

ad. T

he tr

affic

con

trol p

lans

sha

ll co

ntai

n de

tails

of

tem

pora

ry d

iver

sion

s, d

etai

ls o

f arra

ngem

ents

for

cons

truct

ion

unde

r tra

ffic,

det

ails

of t

raffi

c ar

rang

emen

t af

ter c

essa

tion

of w

ork

each

day

, saf

ety

mea

sure

s fo

r tra

nspo

rt of

haz

ardo

us m

ater

ial a

nd a

rrang

emen

t of

flagm

en.

Env

ironm

enta

l per

sonn

el o

f the

Inde

pene

nt E

ngin

eer w

ill

asse

ss th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts

asso

ciat

ed a

s th

e lo

ss

of v

eget

atio

n, p

rodu

ctiv

e la

nds

and

the

arra

ngem

ent f

or

tem

pora

ry d

iver

sion

of t

he la

nd p

rior t

o th

e fin

alis

atio

n of

di

vers

ions

and

det

ours

. Sp

ecia

l con

side

ratio

n w

ill b

e gi

ven

to th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

th

e tra

ffic

cont

rol p

lan

for s

afet

y of

ped

estri

ans

and

wor

kers

at n

ight

. Th

e C

ontra

ctor

will

ens

ure

that

the

dive

rsio

n/de

tour

is

alw

ays

mai

ntai

ned

in ru

nnin

g co

nditi

on, p

artic

ular

ly d

urin

g th

e m

onso

on to

avo

id d

isru

ptio

n to

traf

fic fl

ow. H

e sh

all

info

rm lo

cal c

omm

unity

of c

hang

es to

traf

fic ro

utes

, co

nditi

ons

and

pede

stria

n ac

cess

arra

ngem

ents

. Th

e te

mpo

rary

traf

fic d

etou

rs w

ill b

e ke

pt fr

ee o

f dus

t by

frequ

ent a

pplic

atio

n of

wat

er.

All

alon

g th

e P

roje

ct

Cor

ridor

.M

oRTH

: 112

.1

MoR

TH: 1

12.4

MoR

TH:1

12.2

M

oRTH

: 112

.5

2.1.

3 P

rocu

rem

ent o

f Con

stru

ctio

n M

ater

ials

2.

1.3.

1 B

orro

w A

reas

N

o bo

rrow

are

a w

ill b

e op

ened

with

out p

erm

issi

on o

f the

In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r B

orro

w p

its w

ill n

ot b

e du

g co

ntin

uous

ly in

a s

tretc

h. T

he

loca

tion,

sha

pe a

nd s

ize

of t

he d

esig

nate

d bo

rrow

are

as

will

be

as a

ppro

ved

by th

e En

gine

er a

nd in

acc

orda

nce

to

All t

he b

orro

w a

reas

id

entif

ied

by th

e C

onsu

ltant

and

new

ly

iden

tifie

d bo

rrow

are

as

MoR

TH:

305.

2.2.

2 IR

C 1

0 19

61

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-11

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

the

IRC

rec

omm

ende

d pr

actic

e fo

r bo

rrow

pits

for

roa

d em

bank

men

ts (I

RC

10:

196

1)

The

borro

win

g op

erat

ions

will

be c

arrie

d ou

t as

spec

ified

in

the

guid

elin

es fo

r si

ting

and

oper

atio

n of

bor

row

are

as

(Ann

exur

e 8.

1)Th

e un

pave

d su

rface

s us

ed f

or t

he h

aula

ge o

f bo

rrow

m

ater

ials

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

dust

fre

e by

the

Con

tract

or.

Sin

ce d

ust r

aisi

ng is

the

only

impa

ct a

long

the

haul

road

s,

sprin

klin

g of

wat

er w

ill b

e ca

rried

out

tw

ice

a da

y al

ong

such

road

s du

ring

thei

r per

iod

of u

se.

Ann

exur

e 8.

1

MoR

TH: 1

11.2

, S

ub c

laus

e 11

1.15

.2

2.1.

3.2

Stri

ppin

g, s

tock

ing

and

pres

erva

tion

of

top

soil

The

tops

oil f

rom

bor

row

are

as, a

reas

of c

uttin

g an

d ar

eas

to b

e pe

rman

ently

cov

ered

will

be s

tripp

ed to

a d

epth

of

150

mm

and

sto

red

in s

tock

pile

s. A

t le

ast

10%

of

the

tem

pora

rily

acqu

ired

area

will

be

earm

arke

d fo

r st

orin

g to

psoi

l.

The

stoc

kpile

will

be

desi

gned

suc

h th

at t

he s

lope

doe

s no

t ex

ceed

1:2

(ve

rtica

l to

horiz

onta

l), a

nd t

he h

eigh

t of

th

e pi

le i

s to

be

rest

ricte

d to

2m

. S

tock

pile

s w

ill n

ot b

e su

rcha

rged

or o

ther

wis

e lo

aded

and

mul

tiple

han

dlin

g w

ill

be k

ept

to a

min

imum

to

ensu

re t

hat

no c

ompa

ctio

n w

ill

occu

r. Th

e st

ockp

iles

will

be

cove

red

with

gun

ny b

ags

or

tarp

aulin

. It

will

be

ensu

red

by t

he c

ontra

ctor

tha

t th

e to

psoi

l w

ill n

ot b

e un

nece

ssar

ily t

raffi

cked

eith

er b

efor

e st

rippi

ng o

r whe

n in

sto

ckpi

les.

S

uch

stoc

kpile

d to

psoi

l w

ill b

e re

turn

ed t

o co

ver

the

dist

urbe

d ar

ea

and

cut

slop

es.

The

man

agem

ent

of

tops

oil s

hall

be r

epor

ted

regu

larly

to th

e E

ngin

eer

as p

er

form

at E

M6,

Ann

exur

e 9.

1

Thro

ugho

ut P

roje

ct

Cor

ridor

, whe

re

prod

uctiv

e la

nd is

ac

quire

d.

MoR

TH: 3

01.3

.2

& MoR

TH: 3

05.3

.3

MoR

TH: 3

01.7

&

MoR

TH: 3

05.3

.9

Ann

exur

e 9.

1

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-12

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

3.3

Qua

rries

C

once

ssio

naire

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

shal

l ob

tain

Con

sent

To

Ope

rate

the

Qua

rry

from

GP

CB

, pe

rmis

sion

fro

m

Dep

artm

ent

of

Min

nig

and

Geo

logy

, pe

rmis

sion

fo

r St

orag

e an

d us

age

of e

xplo

sive

s.

Con

cess

iona

ire s

hall

subm

it ap

plic

atio

n fo

r ap

prov

al o

f th

e qu

arry

alo

ng w

ith t

he c

opy

of p

erm

issi

on o

btai

ned

from

re

gula

tory

au

thor

ities

. In

ad

ditio

n to

th

at

Con

cess

iona

ire

shal

l pr

epar

e re

deve

lopm

ent

/reha

bilit

atio

n pl

an a

nd s

ubm

it it

to IE

.

All

the

loca

tions

of

quar

ry o

pera

tion

for t

he

proj

ect

MoR

TH:

111.

3 C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

3.4

Bla

stin

g E

xcep

t as

may

be

prov

ided

in th

e C

ontra

ct o

r or

dere

d or

au

thor

ized

by

the

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r, th

e C

ontra

ctor

w

ill n

ot u

se e

xplo

sive

s.

Whe

re th

e us

e of

exp

losi

ves

is s

o pr

ovid

ed o

r or

dere

d or

au

thor

ized

, th

e C

ontra

ctor

w

ill

com

ply

with

th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

follo

win

g Su

b-C

laus

es o

f MoR

TH 3

02

besi

des

the

law

of t

he la

nd a

s ap

plic

able

. Th

e C

ontra

ctor

w

ill

at

all

times

ta

ke

ever

y po

ssib

le

prec

autio

n an

d w

ill c

ompl

y w

ith a

ppro

pria

te l

aws

and

regu

latio

ns re

latin

g to

the

impo

rt, h

andl

ing,

tran

spor

tatio

n,

stor

age

and

use

of e

xplo

sive

s. T

he C

ontra

ctor

will

at

all

times

whe

n en

gage

d in

bla

stin

g op

erat

ions

, pos

t suf

ficie

nt

war

ning

fla

gmen

, to

th

e fu

ll sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r. Th

e C

ontra

ctor

will

at a

ll tim

es m

ake

full

liais

on w

ith a

nd

info

rm w

ell i

n ad

vanc

e an

d ob

tain

suc

h pe

rmis

sion

as

is

requ

ired

from

all

Gov

ernm

ent

Aut

horit

ies,

pub

lic b

odie

s an

d pr

ivat

e pa

rties

who

mso

ever

con

cern

ed o

r af

fect

ed o

r lik

ely

to b

e co

ncer

ned

or a

ffect

ed b

y bl

astin

g op

erat

ions

. Bl

astin

g w

ill b

e ca

rried

out

onl

y w

ith p

erm

issi

on o

f th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r. A

ll th

e st

atut

ory

law

s, r

egul

atio

ns,

rule

s et

c.,

perta

inin

g to

acq

uisi

tion,

tra

nspo

rt, s

tora

ge,

hand

ling

and

use

of e

xplo

sive

s w

ill b

e st

rictly

follo

wed

.

All b

last

ing

and

Pre-

split

ting

Site

s.

MoR

TH: 3

02.4

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

8-13

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

Bla

stin

g w

ill b

e ca

rried

out

dur

ing

fixed

hou

rs (

pref

erab

ly

durin

g m

id-d

ay)

or

as

perm

itted

by

th

e In

depe

nden

t En

gine

er.

The

timin

g sh

ould

be

mad

e kn

own

to a

ll th

e pe

ople

with

in 1

000m

(20

0m f

or p

re-s

plitt

ing)

fro

m t

he

blas

ting

site

in a

ll di

rect

ions

. 2.

1.3.

5 Tr

ansp

ortin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

Mat

eria

ls

All

vehi

cles

del

iver

ing

mat

eria

ls to

the

site

will

be

cove

red

to a

void

spi

llage

of m

ater

ials

. A

ll ex

istin

g hi

ghw

ays

and

road

s us

ed b

y ve

hicl

es o

f the

C

ontra

ctor

, or a

ny o

f his

sub

-Con

tract

or o

r sup

plie

rs o

f m

ater

ials

and

sim

ilarly

road

s w

hich

are

par

t of t

he w

orks

w

ill b

e ke

pt c

lean

and

cle

ar o

f all

dust

/mud

or o

ther

ex

trane

ous

mat

eria

ls d

ropp

ed b

y su

ch v

ehic

les

The

unlo

adin

g of

mat

eria

ls a

t con

stru

ctio

n si

tes

clos

e to

se

ttlem

ents

will

be

rest

ricte

d to

day

time

only

.

All

alon

g th

e P

roje

ct

corri

dor a

nd a

ll ha

ul

road

s

MoR

TH: 1

11.9

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

3.6

Wat

er E

xtra

ctio

n P

rocu

rem

ent o

f wat

er is

to b

e ca

rried

out

as

per S

ectio

n 1.

2.3.

3. T

he c

ontra

ctor

will

ado

pt e

very

pos

sibl

e ac

tion

to

min

imiz

e w

asta

ge o

f wat

er d

urin

g co

nstru

ctio

n.

All

wat

er b

odie

s as

ap

prov

ed b

y th

e IE

for

the

Pro

ject

Sec

tion

1.2.

3.3

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

4 In

frast

ruct

ure

prov

isio

ns a

t co

nstru

ctio

n ca

mps

The

Con

tract

or d

urin

gthe

Con

stru

ctio

pha

se o

f the

Pro

ject

w

ill p

rovi

de,

erec

t an

d m

aint

ain

nece

ssar

y (te

mpo

rary

) liv

ing

acco

mm

odat

ion

and

anci

llary

faci

litie

s fo

r la

bour

to

stan

dard

s an

d sc

ales

ap

prov

ed

by

the

Inde

pend

ent

Engi

neer

. La

trine

s an

d ur

inal

s sh

all b

e pr

ovid

ed w

ithin

the

prec

inct

s of

ev

ery

wor

kpla

ce

in

an

acce

ssib

le

plac

e,

and

the

acco

mm

odat

ion,

sep

arat

ely

for

each

for

the

se,

as p

er

stan

dard

s se

t by

the

Bui

ldin

g an

d ot

her

Con

stru

ctio

n W

orke

rs (

regu

latio

n of

Em

ploy

men

t an

d C

ondi

tions

of

Ser

vice

) A

ct,

1996

. E

xcep

t in

wor

kpla

ces

prov

ided

with

w

ater

-flus

hed

latri

nes

conn

ecte

d w

ith

a w

ater

bo

rne

sew

age

syst

em,

all

latri

nes

shal

l be

pro

vide

d w

ith d

ry-

earth

sys

tem

(rec

epta

cles

) whi

ch s

hall

be c

lean

ed a

t lea

st

four

tim

es d

aily

and

at

leas

t tw

ice

durin

g w

orki

ng h

ours

Con

stru

ctio

n ca

mps

C

ontra

ct

docu

men

t, A

nnex

ure

8.5

germ

inat

ion

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-14

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

and

kept

in a

stri

ct s

anita

ry c

ondi

tion.

Rec

epta

cles

sha

ll be

tar

red

insi

de a

nd o

utsi

de a

t le

ast

once

a y

ear.

If w

omen

ar

e em

ploy

ed,

sepa

rate

la

trine

s an

d ur

inal

s,

scre

ened

fro

m

thos

e fo

r m

en

(and

m

arke

d in

th

e ve

rnac

ular

) sh

all

prov

ided

. Th

ere

shal

l be

ad

equa

te

supp

ly o

f wat

er, c

lose

to la

trine

s an

d ur

inal

s.

All

tem

pora

ry a

ccom

mod

atio

n m

ust

be c

onst

ruct

ed a

nd

mai

ntai

ned

in s

uch

a fa

shio

n th

at u

ncon

tam

inat

ed w

ater

is

av

aila

ble

for

drin

king

, co

okin

g an

d w

ashi

ng.

The

sew

age

syst

em fo

r the

cam

p m

ust b

e de

sign

ed, b

uilt

and

oper

ated

so

that

no

heal

th h

azar

d oc

curs

and

no

pollu

tion

to t

he a

ir, g

roun

d or

adj

acen

t w

ater

cour

ses

take

s pl

ace.

C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith t

he r

elev

ant

legi

slat

ion

mus

t be

stri

ctly

ad

here

d to

. Gar

bage

bin

s m

ust b

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

cam

p sh

all b

e re

gula

rly e

mpt

ied

and

the

garb

age

disp

osed

off

in a

hyg

ieni

c m

anne

r. C

onst

ruct

ion

cam

ps a

re to

be

site

d at

lea

st 1

000m

aw

ay f

rom

the

nea

rest

hab

itatio

n an

d ad

equa

te h

ealth

car

e is

to b

e pr

ovid

ed fo

r th

e w

ork

forc

e (re

ferA

nnex

ure-

8.5)

. U

nles

s ot

herw

ise

arra

nged

fo

r by

th

e lo

cal

sani

tary

au

thor

ity, a

rrang

emen

t for

dis

posa

l of e

xcre

ta b

y pu

tting

a

laye

r of

nig

ht s

oils

at

the

botto

m o

f a

perm

anen

t ta

nk

prep

ared

fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e sh

all

be

take

n up

by

th

e co

ntra

ctor

. I

t sh

ould

be

cove

red

with

15

cm l

ayer

of

was

te o

r re

fuse

and

the

n w

ith a

lay

er o

f ea

rth f

or a

fo

rtnig

ht (b

y th

en it

will

turn

into

man

ure)

.

8-15

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

5 O

pera

tion

of

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

ts

and

vehi

cles

All

vehi

cles

and

equ

ipm

ent

used

for

con

stru

ctio

n w

ill b

e fit

ted

with

ex

haus

t si

lenc

ers.

D

urin

g ro

utin

e se

rvic

ing

oper

atio

ns, t

he e

ffect

iven

ess

of e

xhau

st s

ilenc

ers

will

be

chec

ked

and

if fo

und

to b

e de

fect

ive

will

be

repl

aced

. N

oise

lim

its

for

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

t us

ed

in

this

pr

ojec

t (m

easu

red

at o

ne m

etre

fro

m t

he e

dge

of t

he

equi

pmen

t in

free

field

) su

ch a

s co

mpa

ctor

s, r

olle

rs, f

ront

lo

ader

s, c

oncr

ete

mix

ers,

cra

nes

(mov

eabl

e),

vibr

ator

s an

d sa

ws

will

not

exc

eed

75 d

B(A

), as

spe

cifie

d in

the

E

nviro

nmen

t (P

rote

ctio

n) R

ules

, 198

6 N

otw

ithst

andi

ng a

ny o

ther

con

ditio

ns o

f co

ntra

ct,

nois

e le

vel

from

any

ite

m o

f pl

ant(s

) m

ust

com

ply

with

the

re

leva

nt le

gisl

atio

n fo

r lev

els

of n

oise

em

issi

on.

The

Con

tract

or w

ill e

nsur

e th

at th

e A

AQ

con

cent

ratio

ns a

t th

ese

cons

truct

ion

site

s ar

e w

ithin

the

acce

ptab

le li

mits

of

indu

stria

l use

s in

cas

e of

hot

mix

pla

nts

and

crus

hers

and

re

side

ntia

l use

s ar

ound

con

stru

ctio

n ca

mps

. D

ust s

cree

ning

veg

etat

ion

will

be

plan

ted

on th

e ed

ge o

f th

e R

oW fo

r scr

eeni

ng d

ust c

rush

er.

Mon

itorin

g of

the

exha

ust g

ases

and

noi

se le

vels

will

be

carri

ed o

ut b

y a

accr

edia

ted

Envi

ronm

enta

l M

onito

ring

agen

cy fo

r the

pro

ject

.

All

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

ts a

nd

vehi

cles

Env

ironm

ent

(Pro

tect

ion)

Rul

es, 1

986

Mon

itorin

g P

lan

Tabl

e 9.

1 &

Tabl

e 9.

2

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

6 M

ater

ial H

andl

ing

at

Site

All

wor

kers

em

ploy

ed

on

mix

ing

asph

altic

m

ater

ial,

cem

ent,

lime

mor

tars

, con

cret

e et

c., w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith

prot

ectiv

e fo

otw

ear a

nd p

rote

ctiv

e go

ggle

s.

Wor

kers

, w

ho a

re e

ngag

ed i

n w

eldi

ng w

orks

, w

ould

be

prov

ided

with

wel

der’s

pro

tect

ive

eye-

shie

lds.

W

orke

rs

enga

ged

in

ston

e cr

ushi

ng

activ

ities

w

ill

be

prov

ided

with

pro

tect

ive

gogg

les

and

clot

hing

and

will

be

seat

ed a

t suf

ficie

ntly

saf

e in

terv

als.

Th

e us

e of

any

her

bici

de o

r ot

her

toxi

c ch

emic

al w

ill b

e st

rictly

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e m

anuf

actu

rer’s

inst

ruct

ions

.

All

cons

truct

ion

site

s M

oRTH

:111

.6

MoR

TH:1

05

MoR

TH:

111.

4,

Sub

cla

use

111.

15.3

IS

: 699

4 (P

art I

) –

1973

, IS

: 143

52 –

19

96,

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-16

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

The

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer w

ill b

e gi

ven

at le

ast 6

wor

king

da

ys n

otic

e of

the

prop

osed

use

of a

ny h

erbi

cide

or

toxi

c ch

emic

al.

A r

egis

ter

of a

ll he

rbic

ides

and

oth

er t

oxic

ch

emic

als

deliv

ered

to

th

e si

te

will

be

ke

pt

and

mai

ntai

ned

up to

dat

e by

the

Con

tract

or. T

he r

egis

ter

will

in

clud

e th

e tra

de

nam

e,

phys

ical

pr

oper

ties

and

char

acte

ristic

s, c

hem

ical

ing

redi

ents

, he

alth

and

saf

ety

haza

rd

info

rmat

ion,

sa

fe

hand

ling

and

stor

age

proc

edur

es,

and

emer

genc

y an

d fir

st a

id p

roce

dure

s fo

r th

e pr

oduc

t. N

o m

an b

elow

the

age

of 1

4 ye

ars

and

no w

oman

will

be

empl

oyed

on

th

e w

ork

of

pain

ting

with

pr

oduc

ts

cont

aini

ng le

ad in

any

for

m.

No

pain

t co

ntai

ning

lead

or

lead

pro

duct

s w

ill b

e us

ed e

xcep

t in

the

form

of p

aste

or

read

ymad

e pa

int.

Face

mas

ks w

ill b

e su

pplie

d fo

r us

e by

th

e w

orke

rs w

hen

pain

t is

appl

ied

in th

e fo

rm o

f spr

ay o

r a

surfa

ce h

avin

g le

ad p

aint

dry

rubb

ed a

nd s

crap

ped.

IS: 2

925

– 19

84

2.1.

7 P

reca

utio

nary

/Saf

ety

Mea

sure

s D

urin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

All

rele

vant

pro

visi

ons

of th

e Fa

ctor

ies

Act

, 194

8 an

d th

e B

uild

ing

and

othe

r Con

stru

ctio

n W

orke

rs (r

egul

atio

n of

E

mpl

oym

ent a

nd C

ondi

tions

of S

ervi

ce) A

ct, 1

996

will

be

adhe

red

to.

Adeq

uate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s fo

r wor

kers

dur

ing

hand

ling

of

mat

eria

ls a

t site

(Sec

tion

2.1.

6) w

ill b

e ta

ken

up.

The

cont

ract

or h

as to

com

ply

with

all

regu

latio

ns

rega

rdin

g sa

fe s

caffo

ldin

g, la

dder

s, w

orki

ng p

latfo

rms,

ga

ngw

ay, s

tairw

ells

, exc

avat

ions

, tre

nche

s an

d sa

fe

mea

ns o

f ent

ry a

nd e

gres

s.

All

cons

truct

ion

site

s Fa

ctor

ies

Act

, 19

48 a

nd th

e Bu

ildin

g an

d ot

her

Con

stru

ctio

n W

orke

rs

(regu

latio

n of

E

mpl

oym

ent a

nd

Con

ditio

ns o

f S

ervi

ce) A

ct,

1996

Se

ctio

n 2.

1.6

MoR

TH 1

05

Sub

cla

use

111.

11

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-17

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

8 P

rote

ctio

n of

R

elig

ious

Stru

ctur

es

All n

eces

sary

and

ade

quat

e ca

re s

hall

be ta

ken

to

min

imiz

e im

pact

on

cultu

ral p

rope

rties

(whi

ch in

clud

es

cultu

ral s

ites

and

rem

ains

, pla

ces

of w

orsh

ip in

clud

ing

tem

ples

, mos

ques

, Dar

gaha

nd s

hrin

es, e

tc.,

grav

eyar

ds,

mon

umen

ts a

nd a

ny o

ther

impo

rtant

stru

ctur

es a

s id

entif

ied

durin

g de

sign

and

all

prop

ertie

s/si

tes/

rem

ains

no

tifie

d un

der t

he A

ncie

nt S

ites

and

Rem

ains

Act

). N

o w

ork

shal

l spi

llove

r to

thes

e pr

oper

ties,

pre

mis

es a

nd

prec

inct

s.A

cces

s to

suc

h pr

oper

ties

from

the

road

sha

ll be

m

aint

aine

d cl

ear a

nd c

lean

.

All

cons

truct

ion

site

s M

oRTH

: 11

1.15

.9

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

9 C

hanc

e fo

und

Arch

aeol

ogic

al

prop

erty

All

foss

ils, c

oins

, arti

cles

of v

alue

of a

ntiq

uity

, stru

ctur

es

and

othe

r rem

ains

or t

hing

s of

geo

logi

cal o

r ar

chae

olog

ical

inte

rest

dis

cove

red

on th

e si

te s

hall

be th

e pr

oper

ty o

f the

Gov

ernm

ent,

and

shal

l be

deal

t with

as

per p

rovi

sion

s of

the

rele

vant

legi

slat

ion.

Th

e co

ntra

ctor

sha

ll ta

ke re

ason

able

pre

caut

ion

to

prev

ent h

is w

orkm

en o

r any

oth

er p

erso

ns fr

om re

mov

ing

and

dam

agin

g an

y su

ch a

rticl

e or

thin

g. H

e sh

all,

imm

edia

tely

upo

n di

scov

ery

ther

eof a

nd b

efor

e re

mov

al

acqu

aint

the

Eng

inee

r of s

uch

disc

over

y an

d ca

rry

out t

he

Eng

inee

r’s in

stru

ctio

ns fo

r dea

ling

with

the

sam

e,

awai

ting

whi

ch a

ll w

ork

shal

l be

stop

ped.

Th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r sha

ll se

ek d

irect

ion

from

the

Arc

haeo

logi

cal S

urve

y of

Indi

a (A

SI)

befo

re in

stru

ctin

g th

e C

ontra

ctor

to re

com

men

ce w

ork

on th

e si

te.

All

cons

truct

ion

site

s an

d B

orro

w a

reas

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

10

Ear

thw

orks

2.

1.10

.1

Exc

avat

ions

A

ll ex

cava

tions

will

be

done

in s

uch

a m

anne

r tha

t the

su

itabl

e m

ater

ials

ava

ilabl

e fro

m e

xcav

atio

n ar

e sa

tisfa

ctor

ily u

tiliz

ed a

s de

cide

d up

on b

efor

ehan

d.

The

exca

vatio

ns s

hall

conf

orm

to th

e lin

es, g

rade

s, s

ide

slop

es a

nd le

vels

sho

wn

in th

e dr

awin

gs o

r as

dire

cted

by

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

MoR

TH 3

01.3

.3

MoR

TH 3

04.3

.6

IS:3

764

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-18

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

theI

ndep

ende

nt E

ngin

eer.

W

hile

pla

nnin

g or

exe

cutin

g ex

cava

tion

the

cont

ract

or

shal

l tak

e al

l ade

quat

e pr

ecau

tions

aga

inst

soi

l ero

sion

, w

ater

pol

lutio

n et

c (c

laus

e 30

6) a

nd ta

ke a

ppro

pria

te

drai

nage

mea

sure

s to

kee

p th

e si

te fr

ee o

f wat

er (c

laus

e 31

1), t

hrou

gh u

se o

f mul

ches

, gra

sses

, slo

pe d

rain

s an

d ot

her d

evic

es. T

he c

ontra

ctor

sha

ll ta

ke a

dequ

ate

prot

ectiv

e m

easu

res

to s

ee th

at e

xcav

atio

n op

erat

ions

do

not a

ffect

or d

amag

e ad

join

ing

stru

ctur

es a

nd w

ater

bo

dies

. For

saf

ety

prec

autio

ns g

uida

nce

may

be

take

n fro

m IS

: 376

4.

Ear

th fi

ll E

mba

nkm

ent a

nd o

ther

fill

area

s, u

nles

s ot

her w

ise

perm

itted

by

the

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer,

be c

onst

ruct

ed

even

ly o

ver t

heir

full

wid

th a

nd th

e C

ontra

ctor

will

con

trol

and

dire

ct m

ovem

ent o

f con

stru

ctio

n ve

hicl

es a

nd

mac

hine

ry o

ver t

hem

Alon

g ea

rth fi

ll ar

eas

MoR

TH

305.

3.5.

3 C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

10.2

S

tripp

ing,

sto

ckin

g an

d pr

eser

vatio

n of

to

p so

il

Sto

ck p

iling

of t

op s

oil a

s pe

r Sec

tion

2.1.

3.2

The

stoc

kpile

s w

ill b

e lo

cate

d at

leas

t 100

m fr

om

wat

erco

urse

s.

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor a

nd to

p so

il pr

eser

vatio

n si

tes

Sec

tion

2.1.

3.2

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

10.3

D

rain

age

requ

irem

ents

at

cons

truct

ion

site

s

In a

dditi

on to

the

desi

gn re

quire

men

ts, t

he C

ontra

ctor

will

ta

ke a

ll de

sire

d m

easu

res

as d

irect

ed b

y th

e E

ngin

eer t

o pr

even

t tem

pora

ry o

r per

man

ent f

lood

ing

of th

e si

te o

r an

y ad

jace

nt a

rea.

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

10.4

D

ust

All

earth

wor

k w

ill be

pro

tect

ed in

a m

anne

r acc

epta

ble

to

the

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer t

o m

inim

ise

gene

ratio

n of

dus

t. Th

e C

ontra

ctor

will

take

eve

ry p

reca

utio

n to

redu

ce th

e le

vel o

f dus

t gen

erat

ion

at c

onst

ruct

ion

site

s in

volv

ing

earth

wor

ks, b

y fre

quen

t app

licat

ion

of w

ater

.

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor a

nd w

ork

site

s M

oRTH

111

.8

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

10.5

C

onta

min

atio

n of

so

ilVe

hicl

e/m

achi

nery

and

equ

ipm

ent o

pera

tion,

m

aint

enan

ce a

nd re

fuel

ing

will

be

carri

ed o

ut in

suc

h a

fash

ion

that

spi

llage

of f

uels

and

lubr

ican

ts d

oes

not

cont

amin

ate

the

grou

nd. O

il in

terc

epto

r will

be

prov

ided

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

MoR

TH 3

06 &

M

oRTH

311

S

ectio

n 2.

1.3.

2.

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-19

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

for v

ehic

le p

arki

ng, w

ash

dow

n an

d re

fuel

ing

area

s w

ithin

th

e co

nstru

ctio

n ca

mps

. Fue

l sto

rage

will

be

in p

rope

r bu

nded

are

as. A

ll sp

ills

and

colle

cted

pet

role

um p

rodu

cts

will

be

disp

osed

off

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith M

oEF

and

SP

CB

gu

idel

ines

. Fu

el s

tora

ge a

nd re

fillin

g ar

eas

will

be

loca

ted

at le

ast

1000

m fr

om ri

vers

and

irrig

atio

n po

nds

or a

s di

rect

ed b

y th

e E

ngin

eer.

In a

ll fu

el s

tora

ge a

nd re

fuel

ing

area

s, if

lo

cate

d on

agr

icul

tura

l lan

d or

are

as s

uppo

rting

vege

tatio

n, th

e to

psoi

l will

be

strip

ped,

sto

ckpi

led

and

retu

rned

afte

r ces

satio

n of

suc

h st

orag

e an

d re

fuel

ing

activ

ities

as

per S

ectio

n 2.

1.3.

2

2.1.

10.6

C

ompa

ctio

n of

soi

l To

min

imiz

e so

il co

mpa

ctio

n, c

onst

ruct

ion

vehi

cle,

m

achi

nery

and

equ

ipm

ent w

ill m

ove

or b

e st

atio

ned

in

desi

gnat

ed a

rea

(RoW

or C

oI, h

aul r

oads

as

appl

icab

le)

only

. Th

e ha

ul ro

ads

for c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

ls s

houl

d be

ro

uted

to a

void

agr

icul

tura

l are

as

Surro

undi

ng a

reas

of

RoW

and

hau

l roa

d A

nnex

ure

‘A’ t

o M

oRTH

501

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

10.7

S

iltin

g,

Con

tam

inat

ion

of

Wat

er b

odie

s

Silt

fenc

ing

will

be

prov

ided

aro

und

stoc

kpile

s at

the

cons

truct

ion

site

s cl

ose

to w

ater

bod

ies.

The

fenc

ing

need

s to

be

prov

ided

prio

r to

com

men

cem

ent o

f ea

rthw

orks

and

con

tinue

till

the

stab

iliza

tion

of th

e em

bank

men

t slo

pes,

on

the

parti

cula

r sub

-sec

tion

of th

e ro

ad.

Con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

con

tain

ing

fine

parti

cles

will

be

stor

ed in

an

encl

osur

e su

ch th

at s

edim

ent-l

aden

wat

er

does

not

dra

in in

to n

earb

y w

ater

cour

ses.

Al

l dis

char

ge s

tand

ards

pro

mul

gate

d un

der

Env

ironm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Act

, 198

6, w

ill b

e ad

here

d to

. Al

l liq

uid

was

tes

gene

rate

d fro

m th

e si

te w

ill b

e di

spos

ed

off a

s ac

cept

able

to th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r.

Wat

er b

odie

s fa

lling

al

ong

the

proj

ect

corri

dor.

Env

ironm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n A

ct,

1986

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-20

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

10.8

C

uttin

g/Fi

lling

of

Sur

face

wat

er

bodi

es

Ear

th w

orks

sha

ll be

und

erta

ken

such

that

the

exis

ting

emba

nkm

ents

of w

ater

bod

ies

are

not d

istu

rbed

. In

case

of

cut

ting

of e

mba

nkm

ents

, the

sam

e sh

all b

e re

cons

truct

ed w

ith a

ppro

pria

te s

lope

pro

tect

ion

mea

sure

s an

d ad

equa

te e

rosi

on c

ontro

l mea

sure

s.

Fillin

g of

sur

face

wat

er b

odie

s w

ill b

e co

mpe

nsat

ed b

y di

ggin

g an

equ

al v

olum

e of

soi

l for

wat

er s

tora

ge. S

uch

dug-

up s

oil w

ill b

e us

ed fo

r spr

eadi

ng a

s to

psoi

l.

Whe

reve

r dig

ging

is u

nder

take

n, th

e ba

nks

will

be

prot

ecte

d as

des

igne

d or

as

appr

oved

by

the

Eng

inee

r. Th

e ex

cava

tion

will

be

carri

ed o

ut in

a m

anne

r so

that

the

side

slo

pes

are

no s

teep

er th

an 1

ver

tical

to 2

hor

izon

tal,

othe

rwis

e sl

ope

prot

ectio

n w

ork,

as

appr

oved

by

the

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer.

As

far a

s pr

actic

able

, and

as

appr

oved

by

the

Eng

inee

r, ex

cava

tion

for r

epla

cem

ent o

f wat

er b

odie

s w

ill b

e at

the

clos

est p

ossi

ble

plac

e/lo

catio

n, w

ith re

spec

t to

the

orig

inal

w

ater

bod

y or

par

t the

reof

con

sum

ed b

y fil

ling.

Sur

face

Wat

er b

odie

s w

hose

wat

er s

tora

ge

capa

city

is a

ffect

ed b

y th

e pr

ojec

t and

who

se

emba

nkm

ents

are

bei

ng

cut

Con

tract

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

10.9

S

ub-B

ase

& B

ase

The

Con

tract

or w

ill ta

ke a

ll ne

cess

ary

mea

sure

s/

prec

autio

ns to

ens

ure

that

the

exec

utio

n of

wor

ks a

nd a

ll as

soci

ated

ope

ratio

ns a

re c

arrie

d ou

t in

conf

orm

ity w

ith

stat

utor

y an

d re

gula

tory

env

ironm

enta

l req

uire

men

ts

incl

udin

g th

ose

pres

crib

ed in

Ann

exur

e A

to M

oRTH

501

. Th

e co

ntra

ctor

will

pla

n an

d pr

ovid

e fo

r rem

edia

l m

easu

res

to b

e im

plem

ente

d in

eve

nt o

f occ

urre

nce

of

emer

genc

ies

such

as

spill

age

of o

il or

bitu

men

or

chem

ical

s. T

he c

ontra

ctor

will

pro

vide

the

Eng

inee

r with

a

stat

emen

t of m

easu

res

that

he

inte

nds

to im

plem

ent i

n ev

ent o

f suc

h an

em

erge

ncy,

whi

ch w

ill in

clud

e a

stat

emen

t of h

ow h

e in

tend

s to

ade

quat

ely

train

pe

rson

nel t

o im

plem

ent s

uch

mea

sure

s.

Ade

quat

e sa

fety

mea

sure

s fo

r wor

kers

dur

ing

hand

ling

of

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

Ann

exur

e A

toM

oRTH

501

Sect

ion

2.1.

6

Sect

ion

2.1.

10.4

Sec

tion

2.1.

5.

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-21

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

mat

eria

ls a

t site

(Sec

tion

2.1.

6) w

ill b

e ta

ken

up.

The

cont

ract

or w

ill ta

ke e

very

pre

caut

ion

to re

duce

the

leve

l of d

ust a

long

con

stru

ctio

n si

tes

by fr

eque

nt

appl

icat

ion

of w

ater

as

per S

ectio

n 2.

1.10

.4

Noi

se le

vels

from

all

vehi

cles

and

equ

ipm

ent u

sed

for

cons

truct

ion

will

con

form

to s

tand

ards

as

spec

ified

in

Sec

tion

2.1.

5.

Con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es in

volv

ing

equi

pmen

ts w

ith h

igh

nois

e le

vels

will

be

rest

ricte

d to

the

dayt

ime.

Tr

ansp

ort o

f mat

eria

ls fo

r con

stru

ctio

n w

ill b

e as

per

S

ectio

n 2.

1.3.

5 Th

e co

ntra

ctor

will

pro

vide

for a

ll sa

fety

mea

sure

s du

ring

cons

truct

ion

as p

er S

ectio

n 2.

1.7

Sec

tion

2.1.

3.5

Sect

ion

2.1.

7

2.1.

11

Sur

faci

ng

The

cont

ract

or w

ill ta

ke a

ll ne

cess

ary

mea

ns to

ens

ure

that

wor

ks a

nd a

ll as

soci

ated

ope

ratio

ns a

re c

arrie

d ou

t in

conf

orm

ity w

ith A

nnex

ure

A to

MoR

TH 5

01.

All

wor

kers

em

ploy

ed o

n m

ixin

g as

phal

tic m

ater

ial e

tc.

will

be

prov

ided

with

pro

tect

ive

foot

wea

r as

spec

ified

in

Sec

tion

2.1.

6.

Noi

se le

vels

from

all

vehi

cles

and

equ

ipm

ent u

sed

for

surfa

cing

will

con

form

to s

tand

ards

as

spec

ified

in S

ectio

n 2.

1.5.

Con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es in

volv

ing

equi

pmen

ts w

ith h

igh

nois

e le

vels

will

be

rest

ricte

d to

the

dayt

ime.

Tr

ansp

ort o

f mat

eria

ls fo

r con

stru

ctio

n w

ill b

e as

per

S

ectio

n 2.

1.3.

5 Th

e co

ntra

ctor

will

pro

vide

for a

ll sa

fety

mea

sure

s du

ring

cons

truct

ion

as p

er S

ectio

n 2.

1.7

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

Ann

exur

e A

to

MoR

TH 5

01

Sect

ion

2.1.

6

Sect

ion

2.1.

5

Sec

tion

2.1.

3.5

Sect

ion

2.1.

7

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-22

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

12

Brid

ge W

orks

&

Cul

verts

W

hile

wor

king

acr

oss

or c

lose

to th

e riv

ers,

the

Con

tract

or

will

not

dis

rupt

the

flow

of w

ater

. If f

or a

ny b

ridge

wor

k,

etc.

, div

ersi

on/c

losu

re o

f flo

w is

requ

ired,

the

Con

tract

or

apar

t fro

m o

btai

ning

the

requ

isite

cle

aran

ces

from

the

PW

D (i

rriga

tion

depa

rtmen

t) w

ill se

ek a

ppro

val o

f the

In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r. Th

e In

depe

nden

t Eng

inee

r will

have

the

right

to a

sk th

e C

ontra

ctor

to s

erve

not

ice

on th

e do

wns

tream

use

rs o

f wat

er s

uffic

ient

ly in

adv

ance

. C

onst

ruct

ion

over

and

clo

se to

the

non-

pere

nnia

l stre

ams

will

be

unde

rtake

n in

the

dry

sess

ion.

Con

stru

ctio

n w

ork

expe

cted

to d

isru

pt u

sers

and

impa

ctin

g co

mm

unity

wat

er

bodi

es w

ill b

e ta

ken

up a

fter s

ervi

ng n

otic

e on

the

loca

l co

mm

unity

. Dry

sto

ne p

itchi

ng fo

r apr

on a

nd re

vetm

ent

will

be

prov

ided

for b

ridge

s an

d cr

oss

drai

nage

stru

ctur

es.

At l

ocat

ions

whe

re

brid

ge w

orks

and

cu

lver

ts a

re p

ropo

sed.

MoR

TH 2

500

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

13

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

res

for N

oise

Sen

sitiv

e R

ecep

tors

Pro

visi

on is

mad

e fo

r veg

etat

ive

nois

e ba

rrier

at l

ocat

ions

ex

ceed

ing

oper

atio

n st

age

nois

e le

vels

. O

ther

no

ise

miti

gatio

n op

tions

sh

all

be

expl

ored

ba

sed

on

site

co

nditi

ons.

D

etai

ls

of

nois

e ba

rrier

at

th

e id

entif

ied

sens

itive

rece

ptor

s ar

e pr

esen

ted

in A

nnex

ure

8.8.

Ann

exur

e 8.

8 N

oise

Rul

e 20

02

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

14

Roa

d Fu

rnitu

re

Roa

d fu

rnitu

re in

clud

ing

foot

path

s, ra

iling

s, s

torm

wat

er

drai

ns, c

rash

bar

rier,

traffi

c si

gns,

spe

ed z

one

sign

s,

pave

men

t mar

kers

and

any

oth

er s

uch

item

s w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed a

s pe

r des

ign

All a

long

the

proj

ect

corri

dor

MoR

TH 8

01 &

C

ontra

ctD

ocum

ent

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.1.

15

Enh

ance

men

ts

Enh

ance

men

t of a

ll cu

ltura

l pro

perti

es, w

ater

bod

ies,

in

cide

ntal

spa

ces

has

been

det

aile

d ou

t. (R

efer

dra

win

g vo

lum

e of

the

Des

ign

repo

rt).

Site

s as

iden

tifie

d in

the

EM

PE

MP

C

once

ssio

nair

(or

his

Con

tract

or)

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

2.1.

16

Mon

itorin

g E

nviro

nmen

tal

Con

ditio

ns

The

Con

tract

or w

ill u

nder

take

sea

sona

l mon

itorin

g of

air,

w

ater

, noi

se a

nd s

oil q

ualit

y th

roug

h an

app

rove

d m

onito

ring

agen

cy. T

he p

aram

eter

s to

be

mon

itore

d,

frequ

ency

and

dur

atio

n of

mon

itorin

g as

wel

l as

the

loca

tions

to b

e m

onito

red

will

be

as p

er th

e M

onito

ring

Plan

pre

pare

d (R

efer

Tab

le 9

.2).

Mon

itorin

g Lo

catio

ns a

s sp

ecifi

ed in

Tab

le 9

.3

Tabl

e 9.

2 Ta

ble

9.3

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-23

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

2.1.

17

Con

tract

or D

emob

iliza

tion

2.1.

17.1

C

lear

ing

of

Con

stru

ctio

n of

C

amps

&

Res

tora

tion

Con

tract

or to

pre

pare

site

rest

orat

ion

plan

s fo

r app

rova

l by

the

Inde

pend

ent E

ngin

eer.

The

plan

is to

be

impl

emen

ted

by th

e C

ontra

ctor

prio

r to

dem

obili

zatio

n.

On

com

plet

ion

of th

e w

orks

, all

tem

pora

ry s

truct

ures

will

be

cle

ared

aw

ay, a

ll ru

bbis

h bu

rnt,

excr

eta

or o

ther

di

spos

al p

its o

r tre

nche

s fil

led

in a

nd e

ffect

ivel

y se

aled

off

and

the

site

left

clea

n an

d tid

y, a

t the

Con

tract

or’s

ex

pens

e, to

the

entir

e sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

the

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r.

Res

idua

l top

soil

will

be

dist

ribut

ed o

n ad

join

ing/

prox

imat

e ba

rren/

rock

y ar

eas

as i

dent

ified

by

the

Con

cess

iona

ire

alon

g w

ith I

ndep

ende

nt E

ngin

eer’s

rep

rese

ntat

ive

in a

la

yer o

f thi

ckne

ss o

f 75m

m -

150m

m

All

Con

stru

ctio

n W

orke

rs’ C

amps

2.1.

17.2

R

edev

elop

men

t of

B

orro

w A

reas

R

edev

elop

men

t/Reh

abilit

atio

n of

bo

rrow

ar

eas

will

be

ta

ken

up in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

pla

ns a

ppro

ved

by t

he

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r. G

uide

lines

fo

r re

deve

lopm

ent/R

ehab

ilita

tion

of

borro

w

area

s ar

e pr

esen

ted

in A

nnex

ure

8.9.

At a

ll bo

rrow

are

as

exca

vate

d fo

r the

pr

ojec

t.

Ann

exur

e 8.

9 M

oRTH

: 111

.2

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) IE

and

PIU

-Raj

kot

2.2

CO

NS

TRU

CTI

ON

AC

TIV

ITIE

S B

Y P

IU-E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

TAL

CE

LL

2.2.

1 Tr

ee P

lant

atio

n Tr

ee

loas

s in

th

e pr

otec

ted

fore

st

land

sh

all

be

com

pens

ated

thr

ough

Com

pens

ator

y A

ffore

stat

ion

Pla

n (F

CA-

1980

) w

hich

will

be

impl

emen

ted

by t

he F

ores

t D

epar

tmen

t. Th

ee l

oss

on t

he e

xist

ing

RoW

and

new

ly

acqu

ired

reve

nue

land

, i. e

. exc

ept p

rote

cted

fore

st s

hall

be c

ompe

nsat

ed a

s pe

r pro

visi

on o

f the

Sau

rast

ra F

ellin

g of

Tre

es (

Infli

citio

n of

Pun

ishm

ent)

Act

195

1. H

owev

er, i

t is

sug

gest

ed fo

r com

pens

ator

y pl

anta

tion

in a

2:1

ratio

.

Ent

ire p

ropo

sed

RoW

FC

A-1

980

and

Sau

rast

ra F

ellin

g of

Tre

es

(Infli

citio

n of

P

unis

hmen

t) A

ct

1951

.

Fore

st D

epar

tmen

t fo

r Com

pens

ator

y A

ffore

stat

on.

Con

cess

iona

ir (o

r hi

s C

ontra

ctor

) for

co

mpe

nsat

ory

plan

tatio

n

IE a

nd P

IU-R

ajko

t

3.0

OPE

RA

TIO

N S

TAG

E A

CTI

VITI

ES B

Y PI

U-E

NVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L C

ELL

3.1

Mon

itorin

g O

pera

tiona

l P

erfo

rman

ce

The

PIU

will

mon

itor t

he o

pera

tiona

l per

form

ance

of t

he

vario

us m

itiga

tion/

enha

ncem

ent m

easu

res

carri

ed o

ut a

s a

part

of th

e pr

ojec

t. Th

e in

dica

tors

sel

ecte

d fo

r

Thro

ugh

out t

he p

roje

ct

corri

dor

Tabl

e 9.

1 Ta

ble

9.4

Con

cess

iona

ire

PIU

-Raj

kot

8-24

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Sl. N

o A

ctiv

ities

M

anag

emen

t Mea

sure

Lo

catio

n R

efer

ence

R

espo

nsib

ility

Pl

anni

ng &

Ex

ecut

ion

Supe

rvis

ion

/ M

onio

ting

mon

itorin

g in

clud

e th

e su

rviv

al ra

te o

f tre

es, u

tility

of

enha

ncem

ent p

rovi

sion

s fo

r cul

tura

l pro

perti

es, w

ater

bo

dies

, sta

tus

of re

habi

litat

ion

of b

orro

w a

reas

and

noi

se

barri

er a

t sen

sitiv

e re

cept

ors.

4.

0 O

THER

AC

TIVI

TIES

4.

1 Tr

aini

ng

of

impl

emen

ting

agen

cy

and

Con

tract

ors

The

PIU

sha

ll or

gani

ze tr

aini

ng s

essi

ons

durin

g al

l sta

ges

of th

e pr

ojec

t. Th

e or

ient

atio

n se

ssio

n sh

all i

nvol

ve fi

eld

leve

l EM

P im

plem

enta

tion

staf

f of P

IU, I

ndep

ende

nt

Engi

neer

and

BO

T C

once

ssio

naire

.

9-1

9. ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN The monitoring programme is devised to ensure that the envisaged purpose of the project is achieved and results in desired benefit to the target population. To ensure effective implementation of the EMP, it is essential that an effective monitoring programme be designed and carried out. Broad objectives of the monitoring programme are:

1. To evaluate the performance of mitigation measures proposed in the EMP

2. To suggest improvements in the management plans, if required

3. To satisfy the statutory and community obligations

4. To provide feedback on adequacy of Environmental Impact Assessment

The monitoring programme contains monitoring plan for all performance indicators, reporting formats and necessary budgetary provisions. Monitoring plan for performance indicators and reporting system is presented in the following sections. Budgetary provisions for the envisaged programme is presented in Chapter – 10: Environment Budget.

9.1 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Physical, biological and environmental management components identified as of particular significance in affecting the environment at critical locations have been suggested as Performance Indicators (PIs). The Performance Indicators shall be evaluated under three heads as:

Environmental condition indicators to determine efficacy of environmental management measures in control of air, noise, water and soil pollution;

Environmental management indicators to determine compliance with the suggested environmental management measures

Operational performance indicators have also been devised to determine efficacy and utility of the mitigation/enhancement designs proposed.

The Performance Indicators and monitoring plans prepared for the project are presented in Table 9-1.

Table 9-1: Performance Indicators for the Project MONITORING Sl.No Indicator Details Stage Responsibility

A Environmental Condition Indicators and Monitoring Plan

1 Air Quality

The parameters to be monitored, frequency and duration of monitoring as well as the locations to be monitored will be as per the Monitoring Plan prepared (Refer Table 9.2)

Construction BOT Concessionaire through approved monitoring agency

Operation BOT Concessionaire through approved monitoring agency

2 Noise Levels Construction BOT Concessionaire through

approved monitoring agency

Operation BOT Concessionaire through approved monitoring agency

9-2



Sl.No Indicator Details Stage Responsibility

3 Water Quality Construction BOT Concessionaire through approved monitoring agency

4 Soil Quality Construction

BOT Concessionaire through approved monitoring agency through approved monitoring agency

B Environmental Management Indicators and Monitoring Plan

1 Dumping Locations

Locations for dumping sites have to be identified and parameters indicative of environment in the area has to be reported

Pre-Construction Stage

BOT Concessionaire

2 Construction Camps

Location of construction camps have to be identified and parameters indicative of environment in the area has to be reported

Pre-construction BOT Concessionaire

3 Borrow Areas

Location of borrow areas have to be identified and parameters indicative of environment in the area has to be reported

Pre-construction BOT Concessionaire

4 Enhancements

Progress of enhancement measures suggested for cultural properties, water bodies and incidental spaces is to be reported

Construction BOT Concessionaire

5 Tree Plantation Progress of measures suggested as part of the Landscaping Strategy is to be reported


6 Top Soil

Implementation of the measures suggested for top soil preservation shall be reported by Contractor to Independent Engineer


C Management & Operational Performance Indicators

1 Survival Rate of Trees

The number of trees surviving during each visit will be compared with the number of saplings planted

Operation The Concessionaire will be responsible for monitoring upto 3 year since sapling planted.

2

Utility of Enhancement Provisions

The PIU will visit each of the enhancement locations (for cultural properties and incidental spaces) to determine the efficacy of the enhancements carried out and the community utilization of such areas.

Operation The Concessionaire will be responsible for monitoring upto a period as directed by Contract Document (preferabally 3 years).

3

StatusRegarding Rehabilitation of Borrow Areas

The PIU will undertake site visits to determine how many borrow areas have been rehabilitated in line with the landowners request and to their full satisfaction.

Operation The BOT Concessionaire will be responsible for monitoring until handed it over to the land owner.

4 Utility of Noise Barrier

The PIU will visit such sensitive locations along with the environmental monitoring agency (responsible for monitoring of noise levels during operation stage) to check for the efficacy of noise barrier.

Operation The Concessionaire will be responsible for monitoring upto BOT contract period (20 years after construction of road).

9-3



9.2 PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

For each of the environmental condition indicator, the monitoring plan specifies the parameters to be monitored; location of the monitoring sites; frequency and duration of monitoring. The monitoring plan also specifies the applicable standards, implementation and supervising responsibilities. The monitoring plan for environmental condition indicators of the project in construction and operation stages is presented in Table 9-2. Details of monitoring locations are presented in Table 9-3.

9-4

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Tabl

e 9-

2: E

nviro

nmen

tal M

onito

ring

Plan

Attr

ibut

e Pr

ojec

t St

age

Para

met

er

Spec

ial G

uida

nce

Stan

dard

s Fr

eque

ncy

Dur

atio

n Lo

catio

n M

easu

res

Inst

itutio

nal R

espo

nsib

ility

Im

pl’io

nSu

per’

ion

Air

Con

stru

ctio

n

SP

M10

,S

PM

2.5,

SO

2, N

Ox,

C

O &

Pb,

N

H3,

O3

Sam

plin

g St

atio

n is

to b

e lo

cate

d 50

m

from

the

plan

t in

the

dow

nwin

d di

rect

ion.

Use

m

etho

d sp

ecifi

ed

by C

PC

B fo

r an

alys

is

Air

(pre

vent

ion

and

Con

trol o

f P

ollu

tion)

Rul

es,

CP

CB

, 199

4

Onc

e ev

ery

seas

on fo

r th

ree

seas

ons

(exc

ept

mon

soon

s)

per y

ear f

or

each

yea

r of

Con

stru

ctio

n

Con

tinuo

us

24 h

ours

/ or

for 1

full

wor

king

da

y

(i) W

here

ver

the

cont

ract

or

deci

des

to

loca

te th

e H

ot

mix

pla

nt

(ii) A

t crit

ical

st

retc

hes

as

indi

cate

d in

Ta

ble

9.3

Whe

reve

r air

pollu

tion

para

met

ers

incr

ease

abov

e sp

ecifi

ed

stan

dard

s,

addi

tiona

l m

easu

res

as

deci

ded

by

the

Engi

neer

sh

all b

e ad

opte

d

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r /

PIU

-Raj

kot

Ope

ratio

n

SP

M10

,S

PM

2.5,

SO

2, N

Ox,

C

O &

Pb,

N

H3,

O3

Res

pira

ble

Dus

t S

ampl

er /

Hig

h vo

lum

e sa

mpl

er to

be

loca

ted

50 m

fro

m th

e pl

ant i

n th

e do

wnw

ind

dire

ctio

n. U

se

met

hod

spec

ified

by

CP

CB

for

anal

ysis

Air

(pre

vent

ion

and

Con

trol o

f P

ollu

tion)

Rul

es,

CP

CB

, 199

4

Onc

e ev

ery

two

year

du

ring

win

ter

seas

on fo

r 20

year

s af

ter

com

plet

ion

of

cons

truct

ion

Con

tinuo

us

24 h

ours

i)

At c

ritic

al

stre

tche

s as

in

dica

ted

in

Tabl

e 9.

3

Whe

reve

r air

pollu

tion

para

met

ers

incr

ease

abov

e sp

ecifi

ed

stan

dard

s,

addi

tiona

l m

easu

res

as

deci

ded

by

the

Engi

neer

sh

all b

e ad

opte

d

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

PIU

-Raj

kot

Wat

er

Con

stru

ctio

n

(i) p

H,

BO

D,C

OD

,TD

S, P

b,

Oil

&

Gre

ase

and

for

Sur

face

(ii) W

ater

pH

, TD

S,

Gra

b sa

mpl

e co

llect

ed fr

om

sour

ce a

nd

anal

yse

as p

er

Sta

ndar

d M

etho

ds

for E

xam

inat

ion

of

Wat

er a

nd

Was

tew

ater

Indi

an S

tand

ards

fo

r Inl

and

Sur

face

W

ater

s (IS

: 229

6,

1982

) and

for

Drin

king

Wat

er

(IS: 1

0500

, 199

1)

Twic

e a

year

(P

re m

onso

on

and

Post

m

onso

on

seas

ons)

for

each

yea

r du

ring

the

Con

stru

ctio

n P

erio

d

Gra

bS

ampl

ing

At a

ll lo

catio

ns a

s in

dica

ted

in

Tabl

e 9.

3

At l

ocat

ions

of

incr

ease

in

wat

er

pollu

tion,

all

inflo

w

chan

nels

sha

ll be

che

cked

fo

r pol

lutio

n lo

ads

and

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r /

PIU

-Raj

kot

9-5

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Attr

ibut

e Pr

ojec

t St

age

Para

met

er

Spec

ial G

uida

nce

Stan

dard

s Fr

eque

ncy

Dur

atio

n Lo

catio

n M

easu

res

Inst

itutio

nal R

espo

nsib

ility

Im

pl’io

nSu

per’

ion

Tota

l H

ardn

ess,

Sul

phat

e,

Chl

orid

e,

Fe, P

b fo

r G

roun

dW

ater

chan

nel

deliv

erin

g hi

gher

po

llutio

n lo

ad

shal

l be

term

inat

edfro

m d

ispo

sal

into

the

wat

er

sour

ce a

nd

othe

rm

etho

ds o

f di

spos

al s

hall

be a

dopt

ed

Noi

se

Con

stru

ctio

n

Noi

sele

vels

on

dB (A

) sc

ale

Free

fiel

d at

1 m

fro

m th

e eq

uipm

ent w

hose

no

ise

leve

ls a

re

bein

g de

term

ined

.

MoE

F N

oise

R

ules

, 200

0 O

nce

ever

y se

ason

(e

xcep

t m

onso

ons)

fo

r eac

h ye

ar

of Con

stru

ctio

n

Rea

ding

s to

be

take

n at

15

seco

nds

inte

rval

for

15 m

inut

es

ever

y ho

ur

and

then

av

erag

ed.

Whe

reve

r the

C

ontra

ctor

deci

des

to

loca

te th

e Eq

uipm

ent

yard

Inca

se o

f no

ise

leve

ls

caus

ing

dist

urba

nce

to

the

sens

itive

re

cept

ors,

doub

le-

glaz

ing

of

open

ings

of

the

rece

ptor

w

alls

sha

ll be

pr

ovid

ed.

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r /

PIU

Noi

sele

vels

on

dB (A

) sc

ale

Equi

vale

nt n

oise

le

vels

usi

ng a

n in

tegr

ated

noi

se

leve

l met

er k

ept a

t a

dist

ance

of 1

5 fro

m e

dge

of

pave

men

t

MoE

F N

oise

R

ules

, 200

0 O

nce

ever

y se

ason

(e

xcep

t m

onso

ons)

fo

r eac

h ye

ar

of Con

stru

ctio

n

Rea

ding

s to

be

take

n at

15

seco

nds

inte

rval

for

15 m

inut

es

ever

y ho

ur

and

then

av

erag

ed.

At c

ritic

al

stre

tche

s as

in

dica

ted

in

Tabl

e 9.

3

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r /

PIU

Ope

ratio

n

Noi

sele

vels

on

dB (A

) sc

ale

Equi

vale

nt n

oise

le

vels

usi

ng a

n in

tegr

ated

noi

se

leve

l met

er k

ept a

t a

dist

ance

of 1

5 fro

m e

dge

of

MoE

F N

oise

R

ules

, 200

0 O

nce

ever

y tw

o ye

ar

durin

g w

inte

r se

ason

for 2

0 ye

ars

afte

r co

mpl

etio

n of

Rea

ding

s to

be

take

n at

15

seco

nds

inte

rval

for

15 m

inut

es

At a

ll th

e cr

itica

lre

cept

ors

as

men

tione

d in

Ta

ble

9.3

(ii) A

dditi

onal

Inca

se o

f no

ise

leve

ls

caus

ing

dist

urba

nce

to

the

sens

itive

re

cept

ors,

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire,

thro

ugh

an

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

PIU

-Raj

kot

9-6

Fina

l Fea

sibili

ty R

epor

tPr

epar

atio

n of

Fea

sibi

lity–

cum

-Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

for 4

/6 L

anin

g of

Jet

pur-

Som

nath

sec

tion

of N

H 8

D, P

acka

ge N

o:

NH

AI/D

BFO

II/D

PR/0

2

VOLU

ME

III:

ENVI

RO

NM

ENTA

L IM

PAC

T A

SSES

SMEN

T

Attr

ibut

e Pr

ojec

t St

age

Para

met

er

Spec

ial G

uida

nce

Stan

dard

s Fr

eque

ncy

Dur

atio

n Lo

catio

n M

easu

res

Inst

itutio

nal R

espo

nsib

ility

Im

pl’io

nSu

per’

ion

pave

men

t co

nstru

ctio

n ev

ery

hour

an

d th

en

aver

aged

.

site

s w

ill b

e m

onito

red.

Th

e lo

catio

n w

ill b

e de

cide

d by

th

e P

IU (E

C).

doub

le-

glaz

ing

of

open

ings

of

the

rece

ptor

sh

all b

e pr

ovid

ed.

Soil

Con

stru

ctio

n

Mon

itorin

g of

Pb,

SA

R

and

Oil

& G

reas

e

Sam

ple

of s

oil

colle

cted

to

beac

idifi

ed a

nd

anal

ysed

usi

ng

abso

rptio

n sp

ectro

phot

omet

er

Thre

shol

d fo

r ea

ch c

onta

min

ant

set b

y IR

IS

data

base

of

US

EP

A u

ntil

natio

nal s

tand

ards

ar

e pr

omul

gate

d

Dur

ing

the

Pre

mon

soon

&

Pos

t m

onso

on

seas

on e

ach

year

for t

he

entir

eco

nstru

ctio

n pe

riod

Gra

bS

ampl

ing

At p

rodu

ctiv

e ag

ricul

tura

l la

nds

abut

ting

traffi

c de

tour

s an

d tra

ffic

dive

rsio

ns

and

maj

or

inte

rsec

tions

,as

indi

cate

d in

Tab

le 9

.3

At l

ocat

ions

of

incr

ease

in

pollu

tion

leve

ls, s

ourc

e sh

all b

e id

entif

ied

and

shal

l be

dive

rted

from

fu

rther

disp

osal

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r /

PIU

-Raj

kot

Mon

itorin

g af

ter a

ny m

ajor

acc

iden

ts /

spilla

ge d

urin

g bu

lk tr

ansp

ort o

f haz

ardo

us m

ater

ial.

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e ty

pe o

f sp

illag

e/ac

cide

nt th

e pa

ram

eter

s to

be

mon

itore

d w

ill b

e de

cide

d by

the

Eng

inee

r apa

rt fro

m th

ose

men

tione

d ab

ove.

BOT

Con

cess

iona

ire

thro

ugh

appr

oved

m

onito

ring

agen

cy

Inde

pend

ent

Eng

inee

r /

PIU

9-7



Table 9-3: List of Monitoring Stations Attributions Stage Location

Air

Construction

Wherever the contractor decides to locate the Hot mix plant At Critical Locations - Near Gate of Remika Tiles, Start point of Jetpur

Bypass where the road goes towards Jetpur City. - Junagadh Bypass( Road Side area-Km 25) - Jaydeep Electricals, At the T-junction where one road

goes to Dhoraji on RHS and other goes to Junagadh city on LHS at km 27.

- Yogiraj Motors, At the T-Junction where one road goes to Keshod on RHS and other goes to Junagadh City 36.5 on roadside.

- Dada Menson Building, Vanthili Junction. - Shree Ganesh Fabricators, Bh. Petrol Pump, At the

Junction near Kanza Village. - Basera Hair Art, At the Junction near Agatrai Village at

km 62.2. - Near road at Jay Chamunda Parotha House. At the

junction near Panidhra Village. - Near Gate of India Timbers, At the T-junction near

Somnath where the road on RHS goes to Somnath and on LHS goes to Bhavnagar.

- Barren Land ( Km 85 )

Operation

- Near Gate of Remika Tiles, Start point of Jetpur Bypass where the road goes towards Jetpur City.

- Junagadh Bypass( Road Side area-Km 25) - Jaydeep Electricals, At the T-junction where one road


- Yogiraj Motors, At the T-Junction where one road goes to Keshod on RHS and other goes to Junagadh City 36.5 on roadside.







9-8



Attributions Stage Location

Noise

Construction

Wherever the contractor decides to locate the Equipment Yard. (Number of Locations = 5) - Near Gate of Remika Tiles, Start point of Jetpur

Bypass where the road goes towards Jetpur City. - Junagadh Bypass( Road Side area-Km 25) - Jaydeep Electricals, At the T-junction where one road


- Yogiraj Motors, At the T-Junction where one road goes to Keshod on RHS and other goes to Junagadh City at km 36.5 on roadside.






Operation

- Near Gate of Remika Tiles, Start point of Jetpur Bypass where the road goes towards Jetpur City.

- Junagadh Bypass( Road Side area-Km 25) - Jaydeep Electricals, At the T-junction where one road


- Yogiraj Motors, At the T-Junction where one road goes to Keshod on RHS and other goes to Junagadh City at km 36.5 on roadside.



Km 62.2. - Near road at Jay Chamunda Parotha House. At the




Water Construction

- Uben river at Ch 14/200, - Lol river at Ch 29/200, - Sonrakh river at Ch 30/800, - Kalve river at Ch 35/000, - Vali river at Ch 47/000, - Ozat river at Ch 48/000, - Badodari river at Ch 61/100, - Meghal river at Ch 102/000 and - Devka river at Ch 117/000

Construction Camp Sites (2 Nos.)

Soil Construction

- at productive agricultural lands close to intersections or along sensitive land uses (2 locations) -any accident or spill locations involving bulk transport carrying hazardous materials

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9.3 REPORTING SYSTEM

Reporting system for the suggested monitoring program operates at two levels as:

a.) Reporting for environmental condition indicators and environmental management indicators (except tree cutting indicator)

b.) Reporting for operational performance indicators at the PIU level.

BOT Concessionnaire and Independent Engineer operate the reporting system for environmental condition and environmental management indicators (except tree cutting). PIU will operate the reporting system for environmental management tree cutting indicator and operation performance indicators. The PIU will set the targets for each activity envisaged in the EMP beforehand and all reports will be against these targets.

Contractor will report to the Independent Engineer, on the progress of the implementation of environmental conditions and management measures as per the monitoring plans. The Independent Engineer will in turn report to the PIU on a quarterly basis. The PIU will send compliance report to the MoEF every six months as per the conditions of clearance granted for the project after receiving the report from the Contractor and duly verified by the Independent Engineer. The reports submitted to the MoEF will also be forwarded to the NHAI Head Office. A detailed reporting system for all the Performance Indicators has been developed and is presented in Annexure 9.1. Reporting formats for Contractors have been prepared, which will form the basis of monitoring, by the Independent Engineer. The details of reporting formats prepared for the project is presented in Table 9-4.

Table 9-4: Summary Details of Reporting Formats

FormatNo. Item Stage

BOT Concessionaire Independent Engineer (IE) Implementation &

Reporting to IE Supervision Reporting to PIU

EM1 Identification of Dumping Locations

Pre-Construction One Time One Time One Time

EM2 Setting up of Construction Camp


EM3 Borrow Area Identification


EM4 Enhancement Measures for Cultural Properties, Water bodies & Incidental Spaces

Construction

Monthly Monthly Monthly

EM5 Tree Plantation and Landscaping

Construction Monthly Monthly

EM6 Top Soil Monitoring Construction Quarterly Continuous Quarterly EC 1 Pollution Monitoring Construction As Per Monitoring

Plan Quarterly Quarterly

EC 2 Pollution Monitoring Operation As per monitoring Plan

As per monitoring Plan -

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FormatNo. Item Stage

BOT Concessionaire Independent Engineer (IE) Implementation &

Reporting to IE Supervision Reporting to PIU

OP 1 Survival Rate of Trees Operation As specified in contract document

As specified in the contract document -

OP 2 Utility of Enhancement Measures for Cultural Properties, Water bodies and Incidental Spaces

Operation

- - -

OP 3 Status Regarding Rehabilitation of Borrow Areas

Operation - - -

OP 4 Utility of Noise Barrier Operation - - -

In addition to these formats, to ensure that the environmental provisions are included at every activity of the implementation by the Contractor, it is suggested that the approval of the environmental personnel of the engineer is required in the Request for application to proceed or other similar reporting formats used by the Contractor. These will not only ensure that the environmental provisions are addressed but also link the satisfactory compliance to environmental procedures prior to approval of the Interim Payment Certificate (IPC) by the Engineer. The activities by the Contractor that can impact the environment will be identified based on discussions between the PIU, team leader of the Independent Engineer and the Environmental personnel of the Independent Engineer. The decisions will be communicated to the Contractor prior to the start of the construction activities.

9.4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

The NHAI is responsible for implementation of all the mitigation and management measure suggested in the EMP. The NHAI already has certain organizational and institutional capacity to be able to satisfactorily complete the implementation of the EMP. The capacity was mainly created due to the requirements of implementing of this project corridor of the NHDP.

9.5 TRAINING

The Environmental Unit at the NHAI headquarters and the PIUs, who would be responsible for the implementation of the EMP, need to be trained on the effective implementation of the environmental issues. To ensure the success of the implementation set up proposed, there is a high requirement of training and skill up-gradation at the field level also.

The requirements of training will be in line with the existing modules being adopted by NHAI for training of the implementing agency. Additional training if required will be identified by the PIU during/prior to implementation and accordingly included in the Scope of Services of the Engineer employed for supervision of the project with necessary budgetary provisions.

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10. ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET 10.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Budgetary estimates for environmental management includes all items envisaged as part of the Environmental Management Plans. These costs have been worked out based on the estimates for the mitigation measures. A substantial portion of the works costs will form a part of contractors’ costs. The environment budget includes provisions for the various environmental management measures (other than measures considered under good engineering practices). It also includes the environmental monitoring and training costs. The environmental budget for the various environmental management measures proposed in the EMP is detailed in Table 10-1.

There are several other environmental issues that have been addressed as part of good engineering practices, the costs for which has been accounted for in the Engineering Cost. Various environmental aspects covered under engineering costs are listed below:

Turfing and Pitching of slopes Construction of slope protection works Construction of roadside amenities as bus stops

The total environmental mitigation costs for the project road is Rs 16.5 million. The detailed cost is given in Table 10-1.

Table 10-1: Environmental Cost Sl No Activity Unit Cost (Rs) Quantity Amount

A. Construction Phase 1 Air Quality Monitoring 8000/sample 90 720000

2 Monitoring of Air Quality near hot mix plants 5000/sample 27 135000

3 Noise Monitoring 2000/sample 126 172000

4Noise Monitoring at Equipment yards(at 5 locations within equipment yards)

4000/sample for 3 equipment yards 45 180000

5 Water Quality Monitoring 8000/sample 54 544000 6 Soil Quality Monitoring 4000/sample 93 372000 7 Median Plantation 30/plant 27000 2430000 8 Oil Intercepter 2600 4 10400 9 Silt Fencing 26000 7 182000

10 Noise Barrier (a) Noise Barrier (Vegetative with trees Guard) 1100/tree 1600 1760000

11 Compensatory Plantation (three times tree cutting) 350 21315 7460250

Total 13965650

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Sl No Activity Unit Cost (Rs) Quantity Amount B. Operation Phase

Monitoring of Environmental Attributes during Operation Stage

1

Monitoring of Air Quality at critical Locations upto 20yrs , once in every 2 yrs

8000/sample 10*1*10 800000

2

Monitoring of Noise level at critical Locations upto 20 yrs , once in every 2 yrs

2000/sample 14*1*10 280000

Total 1080000 Sub total (A+B) 15045650

Contingency (10%) 1504565

Total 16550215

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11. PROJECT BENEFITS The widening of the project road to 4 lane will benefit the road users and people in the project region enormously.

Road widening will remove congestion, bypasses have been proposed to reduce traffic snarls in the urban stetches.

Geometry has been improved in the accident prone stretches, safety features added. Widening & upgradation will lead to better road condition, thus speed will increase and travel will

decrease. Comnnectivity of the project region will improve. Vehicle operating costs will decrease The project road is close to the famous Somnath temple, access to the pilgrimage & tourist centre

is a tremendous benefit. Overall improvement in the economy of the region due to better access, better connnectivity &

better tourism propects.

To minimize displacement of people, three bypasses &realignments have been proposed so that social disturbance is minimum.

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12. SUMMARY & CONCLUSION 12.1 INTRODUCTION

The Govt. of India (GoI) through Ministry of Roads & Highways (MORT&H) is contemplating to enhance the traffic capacity and safety for efficient transshipment of goods as well as passenger traffic on few of the selected heavily trafficked stretches/ corridors of National Highways. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been entrusted for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways, under NHDP Phase-III programme.

The project under consideration aims at converting existing 2-lane NH-8D from Jetpur to Somnath into 4-lane divided carriageway to be executed by private entrepreneurs as DBFO (Design, Build, Finance and Operate) projects. The NHAI has assigned LEA Associates South Asia Private Limited (LASA) to prepare Feasibility cum Preliminary Design and facilitate necessary clearances for the Project.

a. Location

The project corridor starts at Jetpur (km 0+000) at the junction of NH 8B and NH 8D, traverses through Jetpur taluka of Rajkot district & further runs across Junagadh district through Vanthali, Keshod, Veraval and ends (km 127+000) at approach to the Somnath temple near the western coast line. Major settlements along the corridor are Jetpur, Jetlashar, Vadal, Vadala, Vanthali, Manekwada, Agatrai, Bhanduri, Gadu, and Dari. The project road lies between latitudes of 21o45’09” and 23o53’39” North and longitudes of 70o14’42” and 70o38’6’’ East. Total length of the corridor is approximately 127 km. The location map of the project is given in Figure 12-1.

b. Existing RoW

In general available land width is about 30 m for most of the length.

12.2 PROJECT INFLUENCE AREA

i) Direct Area of Influence

The direct influence area of the project is restricted to proposed Right of Way (RoW) only, since the project involves widening of existing highway and all construction and operation stage activities will be contained with in it. The proposed RoW is 60 m except locations of Toll Plazas and Rest Places.

ii) Indirect Area of Influence

As per MoEF guidelines for conducting EIA (EIA notification, S O 1533 dated 14th Sept, 2006); the geographical scope of the EIA study has been considered as 15 km radius for highway projects for major environmental features like National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, Critically

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Polluted Area, Notified Eco-Sensitive Zone, Inter-state Boundaries and International Boundaries (10 km), Coastal Zones, Areas protected under international conventions, defence installations etc. Physical features like physiography, hydrology were also studied/ recorded within 15 km radius of the project road.

Figure 12-1: Location Map of the Project Corridor

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c. Statutory Clearance Requirement

Table 12-1: Statutory Clearance Requirements SlNo Clearance Required for Statute under which clearance

is required Statutory Authority

1. Environmental Clearance EIA Notification, 2006 issued under EP Act, 1986

Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI, New Delhi

2. Coastal Zone Clearance Coastal Zone Regulation,1991 Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forest, GOI, New Delhi

3. Permission for felling of Roadside trees

The Saurashtra Felling of Trees (Infliction of Punishment) Act 1951

Forest Department, Gujarat.

4. Consent to Establish (No Objection Certificate)

Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 & Air (P&CP) Act, 1981

Gujarat Pollution Control Board.

5. Forest Clearance Forest Conservation Act 1980 Gujarat State Forest Department

d. Project Interventions

The existing 2-lane NH-8D shall be widened to 4-lane divided carriageway. The widening option selected as Eccentric widening on LHS while moving towards Somnath for 27.250 km, Eccentric widening on RHS while moving towards Somnath for 54.750 km, Concentric for 7.325 km and Bypass & Realignments for 34.165 km i. e. total 123.490 km. Details of bypass and realignments are given in Table 12-2.

Table 12-2: Details of Bypass / Realignments

Sl. No Proposed Chainage (Km)

Side Name From To Length (km)

1 0.765 Right Bypass/ Realignment (RHS) Along the NH-8B upto Unidirectional Flyover at

2 0.000 4.700 4.700 Right Jetpur Bypass, Start point is at Km 111 of NH-8B 3 23.450 24.750 1.300 Right Junagadh Bypass-1 4 32.500 40.450 7.950 Right Junagadh Bypass-2 5 43.700 44.350 0.650 Left Vanthali Realignment 6 58.100 60.300 2.200 Left Agatrai Realignment 7 63.600 75.000 11.400 Right Kesod Bypass

Proposed features include 4 ROBs at km 2+800, 23+996, 122+938 & 118+374, 1 Fly Over at km 0+750, 11 major bridges, 86 minor bridges, 62 slab culvers, 72 pipe culvers, 3 Toll Plazas at Ch. km 10+600, Ch. Km 51+250 & Ch. km 106+900, 26 major intersections, Truck lay bye at 3 locations, 13 Pedestrian/Cattle Underpasses and 4 Vehicular Underpasses. The proposed median width is 4.5 m at rural areas and 1.5 m at urban areas.

Covered lined drainage will be provided in urban areas below the footpath for 1.5 m width, open unlined trapezoidal drains in rural areas with 0.6 m width and chute drain at high embankments (embankment height more than 3 m).

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12.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

12.3.1 Land Environment

Physiography and Terrain: The project corridor falls in the Bhadar River plain. The eastern part of the region is above 200 metres while the western part has an altitude of 100 metres above M.S.L. The general slope of the region is towards south-west. The elevation of the Junagadh district region falling in Mangrol, Manavadar, Keshod, Malia and Patan-Veraval talukas varies between 5 metres and 52 metres above the M.S.L in the Junagadh Coastal Plain.

Land Use: The total land use of the project corridor within the Proposed RoW is broadly classified and found to be Agriculture (85%), Settlements (5%), Barren (4%), Pasture land (3%) and others (3%).

12.3.2 Water Environment

Surface Water: The rivers crossing the project road are Uben (Ch 14+200), Lol (Ch. 29+200), Sonrakh (Ch 30+800), Ojat (Ch 48+000), Madvati (Ch 49+200), Sabli (Ch 60+200), Meghal (Ch 102+000) and Devka (Ch 117+000). The slope of the project area is towards South.

Ground Water: Talukas falling in the project region of both Rajkot and Junagadh districts are in Grey zone.

The ground water level falls below 20 m in Jetpur (Rajkot district) and Junagadh taluka during post monsoon season and the same varies between 5-10 m in other talukas of Junagadh district falling along the project corridor. Ground water has high fluoride content & is saline. Not fit for drinking in many areas. Drinking water supplied from reservoirs through various water supply schemes.(Source: Central Ground Water Board, 2002)

Water Quality: The surface water samples were collected from 5 rivers viz. Uben, Lol, Ozat, Megal and Devka for monitoring the surface water quality. Bore wells are the major source of water for drinking and other domestic purposes in villages and towns. Ground water (bore wells) samples were collected from 3 locations viz. Sahajanand Swami Gurukul, at the junction near Panidhra Village and Jetpur Industrial Area

Surface Water Quality Results: The pH value ranged between 7.36-7.90. TDS content ranged between 170-1430 mg/l while Chloride values ranged from 86 to 482 mg/l respectively, well below the tolerance limits. Iron content is found to be nil. There is no significant presence of trace metals in the surface waters. There is no faecal contamination as the Total Coliform bacteria and E.Coli are nil. Nil turbidity indicates that there is no sediment load in the water bodies and negligible soil erosion. Oil and grease, toxic constituents like phenolic compounds and cyanides are found to be absent.

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While comparing with the CPCB Norms for Surface Waters, all parameters are found to be within the standard limits.

Ground Water Quality Results: The ground water sources had agreeable colour, taste and odour. The pH value ranged between 7.40-7.78, generally above the neutral mark and within the permissible limits for drinking water. TDS value ranged between 31-32 mg/l, in some stations and is within the permissible limit for drinking water (500 mg/l). Chloride values ranged from 335mg/l to 482 mg/l, iron content was nil, thus within permissible limits. BOD is also absent. There is no significant bacteriological contamination of these sources. Total alkalinity is found to be within the permissible limits. Total Hardness ranged between 258-325 mg/l and exceeds the limit in Jetpur Industrial Area. Heavy metals like iron, zinc, arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium and selenium are absent.

12.3.3 Air Environment

Meteorology:

Climate: The climate of both the districts is characterized by a hot summer and dryness in the non-rainy seasons. The cold season from December to February is followed by the hot season from March to May. The south-west monsoon season is from June to September and is followed by the post monsoon season from October to November.

Temperature: The mean maximum temperature in the region reaches 41 C in the warmer months from March to June. During the winter season, in December-January, the minimum temperature dips to 12.2 C and the maximum temperature remains around 29 C. The lowest average monthly minimum temperature is around 21 C.

Humidity: The maximum humidity is observed to be 92 % (Veraval) during the month of August. The minimum humidity is recorded at Rajkot (26 percent) during the month of January. Humidity in the monsoon season varies between 80% to 92% during morning hours and 56 % to 86% during evening hours. Other parts of the year average humidity level varies between 50 % to 70% during morning hours and evening hours are drier than morning hours.

Rainfall: Maximum rainfall occurs under the influence of the South West monsoons (June-September). The annual rainfall of the project area is around 1097 mm.

Wind Speed: The most predominant wind speed in the region is 1-19 Kmph. Wind speed above 62 kmph is not found to occur, those in the range of 20-61 kmph is also rare for Keshod and subsequent for Veraval. Calm (0 kmph) conditions also prevail substantially.

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Air Quality:

The air polluting sources in the project region primarily consist of industries and the vehicles plying on the roads. A total of ten (10) ambient air monitoring stations were identified based on the different existing land use pattern to study the ambient air quality along the project corridor.

Out of total 10 stations only 2 stations are in Industrial Zone and others are in Residential Zone, The on-site monitoring results shows that RPM (μg/m3) varies between 122 (Vivekanand Silicate Industry at km 24+900) to 191 (T-Junction at km 27+000), TSPM (μg/m3) varies between 230 (Vivekanand Silicate Industry at km 24+900) and 400 (T-Junction at km 27+000), SO2 (μg/m3)varies between 9.02 (Vivekanand Silicate Industry at km 24+900) to 16.95 (T-Junction at km 27+000), NO2 (μg/m3) varies between 13.67 (Vivekanand Silicate Industry at km 24+900) to 28.40 (T-Junction at km 27+000), CO (μg/m3) varies between 763 (Jetpur bypass at km 0+100) to 1716 (Panidhra Village at km 84+700). As we compare with the NAAQS, it is found that RPM and TSPM values are exceeding the permissible limit at all residential category stations. Among the Industrial category stations, RPM concentration exceeds only at km 0+100 (Jetpur Bypass), but TSPM is within the limit at the same station. SPM and TSPM concentrations are within the permissible limit at second Industrial Category Station. However, other parameters at all the stations are well within the Permissible limit.

12.3.4 Noise Environment

Noise Quality: To assess background noise levels in the study area, ambient noise monitoring was conducted. A total of fourteen (14) locations are identified along the project road, based on different types of areas. Out of total, 7 stations have been selected in Residential Zone, 6 in Commercial Zone and 1 in Industrial Zone.

Overall the Leq noise level range is 33.4 to 87.0 dB(A). During daytime, the noise level ranges from 34-87 dB(A). During the night time, the Leq range is 30 to 76.3 dB(A). The higher noise levels have been observed in commercial areas.

12.3.5 Biological Environment

Forests: No notified ecological sensitive zone, or ecosystems, National Park or Sanctuary, Reserve Forests, Rare or Endangered Species are present within the direct area of influence of the project corridor. However, about 67 km road side plantation (within existing RoW) is notified as Protected Forests.

Girnar Reserve Forest is the only sensitive ecological habitat present in the indirect influence area (about 1 km away, but the proposed bypass in that stretch is in the opposite direction).

Road Side Plantation: The common tree species found along the roadside are Amla, Arduso, Bor, Desibaval, Gando baval, Gundo, Jambu, Karanj, Khair, Khajuri, Khijdo, Limdo, Mitosaragavo, Piplo, Rayan, Sag etc. Fruit trees observed in certain locations along the corridor

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are Guava, mango, coconut, Sofeda and banana garden. There are approximately 18000 trees are present within proposed RoW.

Fauna: Common animals like dogs, cats and cattle are also present. Avifauna includes peacock, myna, kingfisher, pigeon, kite, cattle, egret as the Girnar Forest is situated near the project area.

12.3.6 Socio-Economic and Cultural Environment

There is no Protected Monument by ASI within corridor of direct impact and even 200 m radius of the corridor. No historical and cultural conserved sites present within the direct area of influence. However, some of the historical and religious important sites present within the indirect area of influence are Uparkot, Girnar Hill Temple, Mahabat Makbara, Sakar Bagh Zoo, Swaminarayan Mandir, Damodar Kund, Pipleshwar Mahadev, Step well, Somnath Temple, Ashokan Rock (Edicts), Baba Pyare, Khapra Kodia caves.

14 number of educational institutes, 44 number of religious properties are located (partially/fully) within proposed RoW.

12.4 ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND MITIGATION MEASURES


The impacts of the project have been categorized into three phases: pre-construction, construction and operation phase.

(i) Pre-construction Phase: Impacts during the preconstruction phase primarily relate to preconstruction activities such as Acquisition of new Right of Way and site clearance activities will result in cutting of road side trees. The estimated total land requirement for the project is 462.27 Ha. There are number of amenities and utility services located along the highway such as restaurants, hand pumps, water taps, repair and spare parts shops, resting spaces, parking lots, PCOs, electric transformers, OFC etc. which will be impacted directly or indirectly due to widening of road.

(ii) Construction Phase: Impacts during construction phase are primarily on account of negligence while undertaking the construction works. Impacts include nuisance on account of air, noise and vibration effects during road construction, hindrance of access to road side properties during shifting of utilities and construction of road side drains and road safety issues from construction materials and equipments.

The microclimate is likely to be affected due to removal of roadside trees and addition of increased pavement surface. In addition, temporary loss of shade giving roadside trees will cause discomfort to the slow moving traffic and pedestrians. The road widening will involve about 472249 cum of cutting and 4774392 cum of filling. The acquisition of agricultural land would cause loss of productive soil. The erosion potential of these soils is moderate (20-40

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tonnes/ha/yr). All bridge locations where elevated embankments are required would be more sensitive to erosion during the construction period. Spillage of construction materials like bitumen, asphalt, oil & grease, fly ash etc. and the unwarranted disposal of construction spoils and debris will affect the core characteristics of the soil, which in turn can become unsuitable for agriculture. 19 borrow areas & 8 quarry areas have been identified as source of earth and aggregates and 3 sand mining areas identified in the project influence area. These sites and haul roads will have impact in terms of dust and noise. During construction, the disposal of solid and liquid waste from labour camps, fuel and lubricant spills or leaks from construction vehicles, pollution from fuel storage & distribution sites is likely to affect water quality. The negative impacts on air quality during construction will be mostly localized and concentrated in the Right of Way (RoW)/COI. However, it is likely that impacts due to dust generation are felt downwind of the site rather than the site itself. The noise levels in the project area during construction will increase though it will be intermittent and temporary in nature. The noise levels will be more pronounced around settlements and in inhabited areas. The 14 religious structures and 44 educational institutes located within the proposed RoW are likely to be affected due to construction of the project. Sewage and domestic solid waste will be generated at the construction workers colony. Improper management of these wastes may lead to health and hygiene related problems among the construction workers and the local population.

(iii) Operation Phase: Soil pollution due to accidental vehicle spills or leaks is a low probability but potentially disastrous to the receiving environment, if they occur. These impacts can be a long term and irreversible depending upon the extent and type of spill. Pollutants from vehicles, and accidental fuel spills may also make their way into surface water bodies across/along the project corridor. Higher traffic volume and speed will have impact on the ambient air quality as the road has to be widened to 4-lane. Increase in the number of vehicles would increase the pollutant load. Higher noise levels due to increased traffic volume and speed will affect the residential areas and sensitive receptor like educational institutes, hospitals and nursing homes.

The predicted levels of the pollutant gases are not significant in the horizon year till 2035, except only one location at km 89+900 (Veterinary Hospital) where NOx level is exceeding the permissible limit in year 2035. The predicted noise levels indicate that in future years noise levels at sensitive receptors are exceeding the Permissible Noise Standards if no noise barrier is considered. Predicted SPM results show that SPM concentration exceeds the permissible standard (residential) at one location in year 2035 out of total 8 locations.

12.4.2 Environmental Mitigation Measures

(i) Pre-construction Phase:

Alignment has been selected as eccentric right, eccentric left and concentric depending upon the social and environmental considerations to minimize cutting of trees standing along the project corridor and destruction of structures. About 60% trees are being saved due to eccentric

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widening options & proposed bypasses & realignments. Bypasses are also considered at 4 locatons to minimize the displacement of people and enhance Road safety for the user of the corridor. As a part of the compensatory plantation 3 trees shall be planted for each tree cut. Net Present Value shall be deposited to the Forest Department for diversion of notiofed Protected Forests as per demand note of the forest department. Compensation shall be paid for acquisition of land structures as per the Entitlement matrix developed for the project. The amenities like hand pumps, water tap, tube wells etc. which comes under direct impact will be compensated and relocated with community consultation and others will be shifted as per resettlement action plan.

(ii) Construction Phase:

Compensatory plantation and landscaping, to be carried out as part of the project, shall help in restoring the green cover along the corridor. Cut and fill is being balanced in the design to the extent feasible and fly ash is also to be used to minimize impacts on the physiography of the region. The permanent loss of topsoil can be avoided by conserving the topsoil from such areas and using it at other places for tree plantation, landscaping etc. Adequate slope protection measures need to be provided next to water bodies mainly during the rainy season. Disposal of construction waste shall be undertaken at landfill sites to minimize impacts. If a spill occurs, measures for safe incineration of spilled oil shall be taken to prevent seepage into the ground. Exhausted borrow areas shall be rehabilitated in environmentally sound manner. Aggregates will be sourced only from the licensed quarry sites, complying with the environmental and other applicable regulations, Quarry and crushing units will have adequate dust suppression measures like sprinkler in work area and along approach road to quarry site. To avoid contamination of the water bodies and drainage channels from fuel and lubricants, oil interceptor shall be provided at fuelling locations, construction vehicle parking area, vehicle repair area and workshops. The sewage system (including septic tanks and soak pits) for construction camps will be properly designed and built so that no water pollution takes place in any water body or watercourse. The asphalt plants, crushers and the batching plants will be sited at least 500 m in the downwind direction from the nearest settlement. All precautions to reduce the level of dust emissions from the hot mix plants, crushers and batching plants will be taken up. Construction vehicles, equipments and plants shall strictly adhere permissible noise standard during construction period. All necessary and adequate care has been taken to minimize impact on cultural properties (which includes Temples, places of worship, Majar, & others). The affected temples will be relocated with proper compensation and community consultation to avoid any kind of local conflict.

(iii) Operation Phase

Widening of existing 2-lane road to 4-lane along with bypass will reduce the traffic congestion. Smoothening of road surface shall further reduce the emission of the vehicles and noise level. Growth of the vegetative cover along the corridor with time shall again reduce impact of the air pollution. Plantation of green vegetative noise barriers have been proposed in front of the

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schools and hospitals depending on the space available. These will reduce noise level. Air quality and noise level monitoring shall be conducted as per monitoring plan during operation phase of the project to confirm whether further mitigation measures required.

12.5 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME

Provisions have been made for monitoring of environmental attributes during construction and operation phase of the project. The details of the parameters, frequency and duration are given in Table 12-3.

Table 12-3: Details of Environmental Monitoring

Attribute Project Stage Parameter Frequency Duration Location

Air

Construction

SPM, RPM, SO2,NOx, CO & Pb.

Once in a season (excluding monsoon) throughout the construction period

24-hours for SPM, RSPM, SO2,andNOx; 8 hours for CO and HC

10 locations along the corridor and plant sites

Operation

SPM, RPM, SO2,NOx, CO & HC.

Once in season excluding monsoon season for 2 years of Operation period

24-hours for SPM, RSPM, SO2,andNOx; 8 hours for CO and HC

10 locations along the corridor

Water

Construction

(i) pH, BOD,COD, TDS, Pb, Oil & Grease and Detergents for Surface(ii) Water pH, TDS, Total Hardness, Sulphate, Chloride, Fe, Pb for Surface Water


Composite sample 9 surface water locations Construction camp site 2 no.

Noise

Construction

Noise levels on dB (A) scale.


Readings to be taken at 15 seconds interval for 15 minutes every hour and for 24 hours.

Wherever the Contractor decides to locate the equipment yard.

Noise levels on dB (A) scale


Readings to be taken at 15 seconds interval for 15 minutes every hour and for 24 hours.

9 locations along the project corridor and plant locations

Operation Noise levels on dB (A) scale

Once every season (except monsoons) for 2 years after completion of construction activity.

Readings to be taken at 15 seconds interval for 15 minutes every hour for 24 hours.

10 locations along the project corridor

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Attribute Project Stage Parameter Frequency Duration Location

Soil Construction Monitoring of Pb, SAR and Oil & Grease

Once in a season (excluding monsoon season) throughout the construction period

Grab Sampling - 2 locations at productive agricultural lands close to intersections

- any accident or spill locations involving bulk transport carrying hazardous materials

12.6 PROJECT BENEFIT

Implementation of the Project will have following benefits:

Accelerate regional economic development in terms of industry, tourism and agriculture, Reduce vehicle operating and maintenance costs by improving road conditions, Reduce journey time by minimizing congestion in urban centers and providing a four lane facility, Minimize road accidents by increasing road widths, improving intersections and road geometry, The project may also generate local employment opportunities through the construction activities

and local business. Abatement of ambient air and noise pollution in comparison to a do-nothing situation. Increase in safety due to construction of median between two directions of traffic flow and

plantation of shrub in median Provision of pedestrian and cattle underpasses shall provide safe movement from one side of the

project road to the other side of the project road Construction of Road Over Bridge (ROBs) shall reduce travel time and enhance smooth flow of

the traffic Construction of Fly Over at important intersections shall reduce congestion and enhance smooth

flow of the traffic. Project facilities included in the project preparation are Rest Area, Bus Bays, Truck Lay Bye,

Road Side Furniture, Street Lighting, Traffic Aid Post, Highway Patrolling, Medical Aid Posts, Vehicle Rescue Posts etc.

12.7 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Several mitigation measures have been suggested along with the agency responsible for planning, execution, supervision and monitoring of the Environment Management Plan for pre-construction, construction and operation stages to avoid or mitigate the adverse impacts.

12.7.1 Pre-construction Phase

Pre-construction activities include acquisition of land and structures, relocation of utilities, removal of trees, relocation of common property resources viz. temple, hand pumps, obtaining environmental clearances from MoEF, forest clearance from regional office of MoEF, consent to

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establish from GPCB etc. NHAI, Concessionaire and concerned departments shall be responsible for those activities.

12.7.2 Construction Phase

Concessionaire activities during this phase include setting up of Construction Camp, setting up of plants namely crusher plant, concrete batching plant, hot mix plant; clearing and grubbing, collection, storage and utilization of topsoil, identification of borrow pit & aggregate quarry (if other than those identified by design consultant), operation of the quarry, plantation along the road side & at median, environmental protection & monitoring. Concessionaire shall be responsible for obtaining consent for establish and operate of those plants. Concessionaire shall also be responsible for implementation of the environmental protection measures during construction. The Independent Engineer shall be responsible for monitoring & supervision of the Concessionaire’s activities as per Contract & report it to PIU, NHAI time to time. Project Implementation Unit (PIU), NHAI shall be responsible for regulatory compliance.

12.7.3 Operation Phase

Operation phase activities include environmental monitoring and monitoring of survival rate of the plantation etc. The PIU and Concessionaire shall be responsible for those activities.

12.7.4 Environmental costs

The costs for mitigation and management measures have been estimated for inclusion into the Economic Analysis. These costs along with the social costs have to be incurred by the implementing agency to include environmental and social safeguard measures into the proposed project. The environmental cost estimate is Rupees 16.5 million approximately.

12.8 PROJECT SUMMARY

Table 12-4: Project Summary Sl No Description Quantity 1 Length of new alignment proposed (kilometers) 45.015 2 Width of the new alignment (meters) 60 3 Length of existing alignment proposed to be strengthened /widened (kilometers) 78.44 4 Width of the existing alignment (meters) 30 5 Width of the existing alignment after widening (meters) 60 6 Total length of the alignment (kilometers) 123.454

7Number of bridges Major Minor

11 87

8Length of bridges (meters) Major Minor

1250 1600

Width of bridges (meters) 2 x (10.75- 12 )m 9 Number of culverts 134 10 Length of culverts (meters) 300 11 Number and distance (meters) between underpasses 16 no and about 7.68 km

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Sl No Description Quantity

12 Number of intersections Major Minor

16 74

13 Length of intersections (meters) 3000 14 Number of railway crossings 5 15 Number of villages through which alignment passes 52 16 Population of the villages through which alignment passes 870423 17 Length of new alignment proposed in agricultural land About 43 km 18 Width of new alignment proposed in agricultural land 60 m 19 Length of new alignment proposed in forest area 60 m 20 Width of new alignment proposed in forest area 60 m

Table 12-5: Details of National Parks etc with in 10 Km radius from the Highway

Sl No Item Name Aerial distance(km) and reference point on the

Highway Alignment 1 National park Not available Not applicable 2 Marine park Not available Not applicable 3 Sanctuary/tiger reserve/ Elephant reserve/ Turtle

nesting ground Not available Not applicable

4 Core zone of biosphere reserve Not available Not applicable 5 Reserved forest Girnar RF About 4 km 6 Wildlife habitat Not available Not applicable 7 Habitat of endangered/exotic species Not available Not applicable 8 Coral reef Not available Not applicable 9 Mangroves Not available Not applicable 10 Lakes/reservoirs/dams Jungardh Dam About 6 km 11 Breeding site Not available Not applicable 12 Nesting site Not available Not applicable

Documents

Final Feasibility Report - Gujarat Pollution Control Boardgpcb.gov.in/pdf/NHAI_JETPUR_SOMNATH_EIA_PART_3.pdf · 6-2 Final Feasibility Report Preparation of Feasibility– cum-Preliminary