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Environmental Monitoring Report
Semestral Report
September 2013
IND: Railway Sector Investment Program
Prepared by Ministry of Railways for the Government of India and
the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is
a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not
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Indian Government
Ministry of Railways
Asian Development Bank
Multitranche Financing Facility No. 0060-IND
Loan No. 2793-IND
Railway Sector Investment Program
Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes
Environmental Monitoring Report
Semi Annual Report: April - September 2013
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Document Identification
Project Name : Railway Sector Investment Program
ADB MFF no. 0060-IND
ADB Loan no. 2793-IND
Track Doubling and Electrification on Critical Routes
Report Name : GENERAL CONSULTANT Half yearly Environmental
Report No.1, September 2013
Reference EMP_September2013
Preparation, Review and Authorisation
Prepared by : Dr. Surjit Singh Deepak Signature :
Organisation : General Consultant
Position : Environment Expert Date :
Checked by : Jean-Francois Pinet/Prem Narayan Shukla Signature
:
Organisation : General Consultant
Position : Team Leader/Dy. Team Leader Date :
Reviewed by : Dimpy Garg Signature :
Organisation : RVNL
Position : General Manager Coordination Date :
Approved by : Vijay Anand Signature :
Organisation : RVNL
Position : Director Projects Date :
Revision, Preparation, Review Issue
Revision Date Subject Prepared by Reviewed by
1.0 03/12/2013 First issue Dr. Surjit Singh Deepak Dimpy
Garg
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Contents
1. Project Background
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2. The environmental category of the project
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5
3. Scope of the Present Report
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5
4. Approach and methodology adopted for environmental monitoring
of the project .......................... 5
5. Environmental Monitoring Performance
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5
5.1. Compliance with loan covenants, state and national statutes
& regulations .............................. 6
5.2. Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan
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5.2.1. Public Complaints on Environmental and Safety Issues of
Project ......................................... 22
5.2.2. Health check-up and AIDS Awareness for Workers
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22
5.2.3. Significant Non-Compliances
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23
5.3. Status of Monitoring of Environmental Attributes
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5.4. Any other environmental aspects, impacts observed during
implementation which were not
covered earlier in IEE
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30
5.5. Conclusion and
Recommendations.............................................................................................
31
Tables
Table 1: List of Track Doubling and Electrification Sub-Projects
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Table 2: Compliance status with Loan Covenants
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9
Table 3: Packagewise Status of Compliance with state and
national statutes & regulations .................... 19
Table 4: Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan
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22
Table 5: Status of Monitoring of Environmental Attributes during
last 6 months ..................................... 24
Table 6: Packagewise Ambient Air Quality at different
locations...............................................................
26
Table 7: Drinking Water Quality at different locations in
subproject DG-1 ................................................
27
Table 8: Water Quality at different locations in subproject
HT-1...............................................................
28
Table 9: Water Quality at Different locations in Construction
Package ST-1 ............................................. 29
Table 10: Noise level monitoring plan
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Figures
Figure 1: Map of India showing Track Doubling and
Electrification Projects
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Abbreviations
ADB Asian Development Bank
AIDS Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
CtE Consent to Establish
CtO Consent to Operate
EMP Environmental Management Plan
FFA Framework Financing Agreement
GoI Government of India
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IA Implementing Agency
IEE Initial Environmental Examination
IPP Indigenous Peoples Plan
MFF Multitranche Financing Facility
MoR Ministry of Railways
RP Resettlement Plan
RSIP Railway Sector Investment Program
RVNL Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
SPS Safeguard Policy Statement
STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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1. Project Background
Ministry of Railways (MoR), Govt. of India has sought financial
assistance from the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) under Railway Sector Investment Program
for up-gradation (doubling) of
existing four nos single Railway line. In addition, there is
also electrification of one existing railway
line under Railway Sector Investment Program. The total track Km
involving above work is about
1500 kms and spread across the state of Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
and Odisha.
The main objective of the Railway Sector Investment Program is
to augment the capacity of existing
single lines which are not able to cater the traffic needs of
the area. The above railway lines are
critical for bulk freight transport of various commodities
particularly in the region and in the
country in general. The impact of project on its implementation
with modern signaling system
would improve the overall infrastructure in the region and
increase the capacity and the
operational efficiency of the existing tracks.
A Framework Financing Agreement (FFA) was signed on 8th July
2011 between Government of India
through the Ministry of Railways (MOR) and the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) for the
implementation of the Railway Sector Investment Program
(RSIP)
The total cost of Railway Sector Investment Program covered by
this framework agreement is
expected to be 1,144.6 million equivalents USD, out of which 500
million USD (43.7%) will be
financed by ADB and remaining 644.6 million USD by India.
A Multi tranche Financing Facility (MFF) has been approved by
ADB on 31 August 2011 to finance
the individual projects under RSIP.
It covers 3 components:
(i) Railway improvement component will cover doubling of track
about 840 km rail routes
and electrification over the 640 km rail route along high
density corridors.
(ii) Efficiency enhancement component will provide equipment and
implementation
support to the institution strengthening action plan, especially
focusing on
implementation of the new accounting systems in synchronization
with the Government
Accounting Standards Advisory Board.
(iii) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) component will provide
implementation support
to MOR for carbon mitigation.
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is Implementing Agency (IA) for
component (I), while MOR acts as
IA for components (II) and (III).
The location plan of the sub-project is presented in Figure
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No. Project Name Length
(km)
Subproject Location
i. Doubling of Daund - Gulbarga
section
224 DG-1: Bhigwan-Mohol
DG-2: Hotgi-Gulbarga
Maharashtra,
Karnataka, and
Andhra Pradesh
ii. Doubling of Sambalpur -
Titlagarh section
182 ST-1: All Major Bridges
ST-2: Sambalpur-Barapali
ST-3: Barapali-Bolangir
ST-4: Bolangir-Titlagarh
Odisha
iii. Doubling of Raipur - Titlagarh
section
203 RT-1: Titlagarh-Lakhana
RT-2: Lakhana-Arand
RT-3: Arand-Raipur
Odisha &
Chhattisgarh
iv. Doubling of Hospet - Tinaighat
section
229 HT-1: Hospet-Hariapur
HT-2: Harlapur-Dharwar
HT-3: Kambarganavi-Tinaighat
Karnataka
v. Electrification of Pune - Wadi -
Guntakal section
641 PG-1: Pune-Bhigwan &
Gulbarga-Wadi
PG-2: Wadi-Raichur
PG-3: Raichur-Guntakal
PG-4: Bhigwan-Mohol
PG-5: Mohol-Gulbarga
Maharashtra,
Karnataka, and
Andhra Pradesh
Table 1: List of Track Doubling and Electrification
Sub-Projects
The scope of projects (i) to (iv) above is to provide a second
line along the existing single line by
constructing the roadbed and either extending or constructing
new bridges, provision of facilities for
passenger and staff, providing and laying track, signalling and
telecommunications and general electrical
works. For project at serial number (v) the scope of the project
is to provide overhead Railway
electrification in the Pune – Wadi – Guntakal double line
section.
The key project activities involved in there are laying of
formation for double track, construction of new
bridges, RuB and RoB. Other important activities are:
Gradient and curve improvement,
Construction of side drains,
Shifting of existing roads at certain locations and construction
of approach roads near bridge
locations,
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Dismantling, renovation (levelling, extension, up-gradation) or
new construction of platforms,
Dismantling/ construction of foot over bridges,
Dismantling /building of the loops,
Construction of quarters for staffs with all basic
amenities.
Temporary workshops, offices and construction camps.
The Works have been awarded for 12 packages. Works have started
on all 12 awarded contracts.
The award of the contracts for Contract Package PG-4 and PG-5 of
Electrification of Pune - Wadi –
Guntakal Sub-project section are pending. The subprojects ST-2,
ST-3 and ST-4 of Sambalpur-
Titlagarh Sub-project is also pending. It is expected that the
works concerned by these contracts will
start at the beginning of January 2014. These packages will be
financed 100% by the Indian
government. Hence Packages ST-2, ST-3 and ST-4 of the Sambalpur
– Titlagarh doubling project are
removed from the scope of the ADB loan. They are marked in
italic in the above table.
In addition to the above mentioned works, the ADB loan also
covers the following packages:
The supply of rails and thick web switches;
The supply and installation of indoor signalling;
General consultancy services for the whole program.
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Figure 1: Map of India showing Track Doubling and
Electrification Projects
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2. The environmental category of the project
All the 5 subprojects fall under B category as per ADB
categorization criteria based on ADB’s
Environmental Assessment Guidelines 2003, and Safeguard Policy
Statement (SPS) 2009. The
subprojects required only IEE for meeting the environmental
requirements under the ADB’s policy. IEE
reports were prepared for all the five projects based on the
findings of the study with respect to the
anticipated environmental impacts; Environmental Management Plan
(EMP) was formulated for
mitigating and managing the anticipated adverse environmental
impacts and enhancing the efficiency of
environmental components wherever it is possible. The
recommended EMP was included in domain of
detailed design and bid documents for all the sub-projects.
There is a separate budgetary allocation for
implementation of EMP and have been included in the
contracts.
3. Scope of the Present Report
The present report is the six monthly Environmental Monitoring
Report covering the period from April to September, 2013. The
report reviews the compliance of environmental activities set in
EMP during the period and proposes practices/innovations leading to
improved and sustainable environment in the future.
4. Approach and methodology adopted for environmental monitoring
of the
project
The Contractor in each package is directly responsible for
implementing environmental safeguards at
site during construction. For this, RVNL has appointed Project
Management Consultant (PMC) for each
construction package, with the role that environmental safeguard
measures are proactively
implemented by the Contractor during construction activities as
per conditions of Contract Agreement,
EMP and prevailing environmental statutes and regulations. It is
also to be ensured by stakeholders that
the monitoring of components such as ambient air quality, water
quality and noise levels are being
carried out as set in monitoring plans. The EMP in general
describes monitoring programme for various
parameters such as duration and frequency of monitoring,
sampling location and responsibilities and
authorities of stakeholders for implementation.
RVNL has appointed General Consultant (GC) to monitor the
overall progress of the project including
safeguard measures related to environment protection and to
provide necessary guidance/training on
EMP implementation to local Contractors, PMCs & RVNL.
At site, inspection and monitoring of environmental activities
are undertaken by the PMC along with
quality control activities on regular basis. For Monitoring and
reporting related to environmental
activities various checklists and formats are being used.
5. Environmental Monitoring Performance
For effective monitoring of Environmental Compliance,
environmental parameters have been identified
as indicators which may be qualitatively and quantitatively
measured periodically and compared over a
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period of time to ensure the effectiveness of the safeguard
measures during project execution. The
various environmental idicators selected are based on physical,
chemical and biological parameters. The
parameters selected as performance indicators are as
follows:
(i) Compliance with loan covenants, state and national statutes
& regulations
(ii) Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan
(iii) Monitoring of environmental quality in terms of Air Water
and Noise quality at critical
locations and comparision with baseline environmental quality
and state/National
Standards
5.1. Compliance with loan covenants, state and national statutes
& regulations
(a) Compliance status with the Environmental Covenants as
stipulated in the Loan Agreement
The Framework Finance Agreement was signed between the
Government of India and ADB
under the Railway Sector Investment Programme on 8th July,
2011.The Loan Agreement for
Railway Sector Investment Programme-tranche 1 signed between
Government of India and ADB
vide Loan No. 2793-IND dated 9 July, 2012.
The Schedule 4 of the FFA stipulates the environmental
considerations whereas the Schedules 4
and 5 of Loan Agreement (Ordinary Operations) stipulates the
requirements of environmental
safeguards. The project’s compliance to requirements on
environment safeguards is as follows:
S.N. Loan Covenants Status of Compliance
A. FRAMEWORK FINANCING AGREEMENT
1 Schedule 4 A. 1(iv):
The project will also be environmentally and socially sound and
include measures to mitigate any possible environment and social
impacts in accordance with the safeguard framework-1 prepared
(Schedule 5) and Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) 2009. For each
project, a poverty and social analysis will be conducted in
accordance with ADBs guidelines on poverty and social assessment.
Similarly, an environmental assessment will be carried out for each
project in accordance with the SPS 2009.
All measures and requirements set forth in the respective
initial environmental examination. (“IEE”), environment impact
assessment (“EIA”)
Being Complied with.
For each sub-project of Tranche-1, IEE has been undertaken in
accordance with the ADB’s SPS 2009. The Environmental Management
and Monitoring Plan have been formulated for all the sub-project
and is the part of tender documents. During Construction it has
been ensured that all the necessary permits/ approvals/ licenses
are obtained as well as adequate actions on environmental safeguard
have been undertaken during construction in accordance with the
EMP.
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and environmental management plan (“EMP”), and any corrective or
preventative actions set forth in a safeguards monitoring report,
MOR and RVNL shall ensure that all bidding documents and contracts
for works contain provisions that require contractors to comply
with the measures and requirements relevant to the contractor set
forth in the IEE/EIA, the EMP, the RP and the IPP (to the extent
they concern impacts on affected people during construction), and
any corrective or preventative actions set out in the safeguards
monitoring report.
2 Schedule 4 A. 1(iv):
For each project, all necessary Government approvals will be
obtained, including MOR, Ministry of Environment and Forest,
Pollution Control Boards, and other relevant agencies, as
applicable.
The Necessary Approvals and licensed in each sub-project has
been ensured. The status of clearances/approvals/ licenses as upto
September, 2013 is presented in Table 2.
B. LOAN AGREEMENT (ORDINARY OPERATIONS)
3 Schedule 4 B:.Approval Procedure
2. All projects will be prepared and processed in accordance
with the procedures set out below.
(i) MOR will select a possible project from railway priority,
which is part of the existing network implemented by the MOR. MOR
will then conduct a feasibility study for the project including its
cost estimate, technical and economic analysis. MOR will also
prepare (a) an initial poverty and social assessment (IPSA) and
fill out a checklist for (b) involuntary resettlement; (c)
indigenous people; and (d) complete the Rapid Environmental
Assessment (REA) checklist for screening of environmental
issues.
Rapid Environmental Assessment has been prepared for all the
sub-projects and accordingly categorization of all the 5
sub-projects has been done. The subprojects have been categorized
as “Category-B” project based on environmental issues and hence
only IEE was required for the sub-projects. The IEE reports have
been approved by ADB.
Schedule 4: Conditions for Award of Contract: Para 6: The
Borrower shall not award any works contract for any part of the
project which involves environmental impacts until RVNL has
(a) Obtained the final approval of the IEE from the relevant
Environment Authority
Being Complied with
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of the Borrower (b) Incorporated the relevant provisions
from the EMP into the Works contract.
4 Schedule 5: Execution of Project; Financial Matters:
Environment Para 7 (b) The Borrower shall ensure, and cause to
MOR and RVNL to ensure, that works under a contract shall not be
commenced in the relevant section, until forestry clearance and
permits from Pollution Control Boards for Operation of Hot Mix
Plants are obtained
Being Complied with
No Hot mix plants have been installed in any of the Contract
packages.
5 Schedule 5: Execution of Project; Financial Matters:
Safeguards related Provisions in Bidding Documents and Works
Contract: Para 12: The Borrower shall ensure, and cause MOR and
RVNL to ensure that all bidding documents and contracts for works
contain provisions that require Contractors to
(a) Comply with the measures and requirements relevant to the
contractor set forth in the IEE, the EMP, the RP and the IPP (to
the extent they concern impacts on affected people during
construction), and any corrective or preventive actions set out in
a Safeguard Monitoring Report.
(b) Make available a budget for all such environmental and
social measures; and
(c) Provide the Borrower and ADB with a written notice of any
unanticipated environmental, resettlement or indigenous people
risks or impacts that arise during construction, implementation or
operation of the Project that were not considered in the
Being complied with
Environmental monitoring and mitigation costs
allocated/incorporated in contract agreement
No such incidence has appeared till date
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IEE, the EMP, the RP or the IPP.
6 Schedule 5: Execution of Project; Financial Matters:
Safeguards Monitoring and Reporting (Para 13) : The Borrower
shall do the following and shall cause MOR and RVNL to the
following:
(a) Submit Semi-annual Safeguards Monitoring Reports to ADB and
disclose relevant information from such reports to affected persons
promptly upon submission.
(b) If any unanticipated environmental and/or social risk and
impacts arise during construction, implementation or operation of
the Project that were not considered in the IEE, the EMP, the RP or
the IPP promptly inform ADB of the occurrence of such risks or
impacts, with detailed description of the event and proposed
corrective action plan.
(d ) Report any actual or potential breach of compliance with
the measures and requirements set forth in the EMP, the RO or the
IPP promptly after becoming aware of the breach
The semi-annual report has been prepared as per the guidelines
in compliance
No such incidence has been encountered in any of the
sub-projects. Will be complied in case such unanticipated incidence
appear in future.
No breach of compliance recorded in any of the sub-projects till
date.
Table 2: Compliance status with Loan Covenants
(b) Compliance with state and national statutes &
regulations:
The requirement of statutory permits/ clearances and the status
of compliance with State and National
Statutes and Regulations in each package of all the 5
Sub-Projects till the reporting period are presented
in Table 3.
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
1. Daund-Gulbarga Doubling of Track Project
(i) Subproject-1 (DG-1): Bhigwan-Mohol Section (127.14 Kms)
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required No Forest land involved
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not Required No Batching Plant erected
Quarry Licence Contractor Obtained
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Obtained
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor
Labour License Contractor Obtained, Validity over on 12.9.2013.
Renewal of Labour License done.
(ii) Subproject 2 (DG-2): Hotgi-Gulbarga
Forest Diversion RVNL No Forest Land involved
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
Section (98 Kms) Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not required No Batching Plant established till date.
Quarry Licence Contractor In Process
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor In Process
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor NA
Labour License Contractor Obtained
2. Doubling of Hospet – Tinaighat Section
(i) Subproject 1 (HT-1): Hospet-Harlapur
Section (69.22 Kms)
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Applied for. Plant Yet to be Commissioned
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor CtE Obtained/ CtO Pending
Follow up required
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
Quarry License Contractor Applied for Follow up with the Concern
Department
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Applied For Follow up with the Concern Department
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Obtained
Labour License Contractor Obtained
(ii) Subproject 2 (HT-2): Harlapur – Hebur section (55.030 Kms)
& Hubli-Dharwad Section (Km 20.09) Total 75.12 Kms
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required No Forest Land involved
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not Required till date No Plant proposed till date
Quarry License Contractor Obtained
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applied Application for Environmental Clearance
is required to be made to the
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
competent authority
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not required
Licensed Blaster engaged
Labour License Contractor Obtained
(iii) Subproject 3 (HT-3): Kambarganvi-Londa (45.180 Kms) &
Londa-Tinaighat (13.2) Total 58.380 Kms
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required No Forest Land involved
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL In progress with Forest
department
Follow up with the Concern Forest Department required
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Obtained
Quarry License Contractor Obtained
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Obtained
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not Applicable
Engaged Licensed Blaster
Labour License Contractor Obtained
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
3. Doubling of Raipur - Titlagarh Section
(i) Subproject 1 (RT-1): Titlagarh – Kakhna Section (72.948
Kms)
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Not Obtained Application for CtE & CtO to be submitted to
the Orissa Pollution Control Board
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not required No Batching Plant established
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not required
Licensed blaster has been engaged for the activity
(ii) Subproject 2 (RT-2): Lakhna – Arand Section (68.936
Kms)
Forest Diversion RVNL Not required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Not Obtained Application for CtE & CtO to be submitted to
the Orissa Pollution Control Board
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor Not Obtained Application for CtE & CtO to be
submitted
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
to the Orissa Pollution Control Board
Quarry License Contractor Not Applicable Stones are procured
from licensed quarry
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applicable
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not Applicable
Labour License Contractor Obtained
(iii) Subproject 3 (RT-3): Arand Raipur Section (57.404 Kms)
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Obtained for 215 trees
Compensatory Plantation of 2150 trees( in the ratio of 1:10)
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Not Required Presently no Stone crusher is established
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Application in Process
Application for CtE & CtO to be submitted to the Orissa
Pollution Control Board
Quarry License Contractor Not Applicable
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applicable
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not Applicable
Labour License Contractor Obtained
4. Doubling of Sambalpur – Titlagarh Section
(i) Subproject -1 (ST-1): All Bridges of Sambalpur-Titlagarh
Project
Forest Diversion RVNL Not Required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Applied for) Tree enumeration in
progress
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Not Applicable Stone Crusher not established
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Obtained for One Plant, yet to Obtained for Plant no. 2
A total number of 2 Batch Mix Plants have been erected by the
Contractor. Application to be made for 2nd Plant
Quarry License Contractor Not Applicable
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applicable
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not Applicable
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
Labour License Contractor Obtained
5. Electrification of Pune - Bhigvan & Gulbarga - Wadi
Section
(i) Subproject 1 (PG-1): Yevat, Daund and
Martur (72.948 Kms)
Forest Diversion RVNL Not required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Not Required
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor Not Applicable
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not Applicable
Quarry Licence Contractor Not Applicable
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applicable
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not Applicable
Labour License Contractor Obtained
(ii) Subproject 2 (PG-2): Raichur - Wadi
Forest Diversion RVNL Not required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Not Required
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Not Applicable
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Project Statutory Environmental Requirements Responsibility
Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not Applicable
Quarry Licence Contractor Not Applicable
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applicable
Permission for Blasting Activities Contractor Not Applicable
Labour License Contractor Obtained
(iii) Subproject 3 (PG-3): Guntakal - Raichur
Forest Diversion RVNL Not required
Approval of Tree Cutting RVNL Not Required
Consent to Establish & Operate for Stone Crusher Plant
Contractor
Not Applicable
Consent to Establish & Operate for Batching Plant
Contractor
Not Applicable
Quarry Licence Contractor Not Applicable
Environmental Clearance for Quarry
Contractor Not Applicable
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Status of Compliance Remarks/Action Required
Labour License Contractor
Obtained
Table 3: Packagewise Status of Compliance with state and
national statutes & regulations
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5.2. Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan
Based on the site inspection, PMC’s report on EMP compliance
status, assessment of compliance to the
requirement of EMP of the Contract, overall rating has been done
for the project which is indicated
below:
Sl. No.
Activity Performance Rating
Compliance with Statutory Rules and Regulations
1 Construction Schedule Integrating EMP Satisfactory
2 Licenses and Permits for plants and equipments and Quarry
Satisfactory.
3 Labour Liceses Good in all packages.
4 Site Selection / Clearance Satisfactory
Construction Related Compliance
5 Traffic Safety Measures Good in HT, PG, DG, ST, RT-1, RT-2.
Needs
improvement in RT-3
6 Construction Camps Satisfactory
7 Labour Camps and Facilities
Poor: Improvement is required in the field of Sanitation, fire
fighting arrangement, waste collection and disposal arrangements.
First-aid kits are required in all the labour camps including those
at Sub-Contractor’s Campsite. The facilities at Campsites of
subcontractor’s are liabilities of the main contractor and are
being taken up casually.
8 Medical facilities and health checkups of workers
Good in HT and PG projects (Health checkups of workers have been
ensured), require improvement in other projects
9 Dust Control:
(A) At Plant Site Need improvement in RT-1 and HT-2 Satisfactory
in
rest of the subprojects
(B) At Construction Sites Need improvement in package RT-3 near
habitation
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area Satisfactory in other subprojects
10 Stock Pilling of Topsoil Satisfactory
11 First Aid Facilities
Satisfactory at all the plant sites and construction zones at
all the construction packages except for HT-2 and RT-1 where it is
poor. Needs improvement at all the labour camps
12 Safety Equipment for Labour and Other Staff
Good in HT-1 and HT-3, PG-1, PG-2, PG-3. Satisfactory in DG-1
DG-2, ST-1. Poor in HT-2, RT-1 and RT-3.
Improvement required for the workers of subcontractors. Adequate
number of PPE’s required to be supplied by the main contractor to
all the associated workers and proper use of PPE’s should be
encouraged. Require strict action against the violators.
13 Proper storage and handling of chemicals and waste oils
Satisfactory in PG, HT and DG-2 projects, however, catchdrains
are required to be provided around the equipments and vehicles
service areas.
Issues relating to the solid and Hazardous waste disposal are to
be addressed by the contractor properly in packages DG-1, RT and
ST-1 subprojects.
14 Sanitation and Waste Management
Satisfactory in HT, PG and ST Projects but needs improvement at
all the campsites of DG, and RT projects. The subcontractor’s
campsite is also required proper attention by the main
contractor.
15 Employment for Local Villagers / Residents
Satisfactory
16 Safety Measures During Execution of Works
Good in HT-1, HT-3 and PG Projects Satisfactory in rest of the
projects.
17 Emergency Response System Good in HT, PG and DG Project;
Satisfactory in ST
and RT-3 but poor in RT-1
18 Borrow Area operation and Rehabilitation
Poor in RT-1; Satisfactory in rest of the projects.
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19 Debris Clearance from Site Good in DG, PG, HT-1, HT-3 require
improvement in HT-2, ST-1 and R-T.
20 Awareness Programme on HIV/AIDS and other STD for Workers
Good in HT-1 and HT-2 and PG-1 packages Poor in remaining
packages where this has not yet started
21 Monitoring of Environmental Quality Good in Package HT-1,
HT-2, HT-3, DG-1 and DG-2, Satisfactory in ST-1 and Package PG-1
Needs improvement PG-2, PG-3, and RT sub-projects
22 Appointment of Environmental and Safety Officer (by
Contractor and PMC)
Satisfactory in HT, PG and DG projects, but frequent site visit
is required by the PMC’s Environmental Experts in all the Packages.
Required to be appointed in RT and ST projects
23 Appointment of Focal Environmental Officer at Corporate level
and PIU level
Very Good
Table 4: Compliance with the Environmental Management Plan
Some site photographs indicating mitigation measures being
implemented and also examples of good
practices and bad practices has been provided as Annexure-1.
5.2.1. Public Complaints on Environmental and Safety Issues of
Project
Although RVNL has established Environmental Grievance Redressal
Mechanism for addressing public
complaints related to environmental issues of the project, but
so far no initiation has been noticed in
different packages under progress. However, as an exception in
subproject HT-2 of Hospet-Tinaighat
Doubling Project, there is initiative to aware the public of
Environmental Grievance Redressal
Mechanism for addressing their complaints /grievances. In this
connection, the informatory signboards
have been installed for receiving complaints from the public.
After that, RVNL has received one public
complaint from farmers regarding the flooding of their
agriculture field located at upstream of Bridge
No. 10, because of construction materials and debris at bridge
site. As a result, RVNL promptly
responded and the instruction for corrective actions was issued
to the Contractor.
5.2.2. Health check-up and AIDS Awareness for Workers
During last quarter regular medical checkups and Aids/HIV
awareness camps were organized in Package-
HT-1, HT-2 of Hospet-Tinaighat Doubling Project. In addition,
the PMC, PG-1 had also organized health
awareness camp. So far no HIV/AIDS positive case has been
reported. However, in other packages this
activity is yet to be started.
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5.2.3. Significant Non-Compliances
No significant non-compliance observed.
5.3. Status of Monitoring of Environmental Attributes
Besides regular monitoring of EMP implementation in general, air
quality, water quality and noise levels
are also required to be monitored specifically to check if any
adverse impact is being caused by any of
the construction activities. Especially,the monitoring of these
components are to be carried out at
sensitive locations of the construction area. Actually,the
sampling and testing of these parameters are
required to be carried out in accordance with Environmental
Monitoring Plan provided in the IEE of each
sub-projects. For this ,the site specific monitoring plan has
been finalised in consultation with the IEE as
well as Contractor and PMC of particular Construction
Package.
S. No.
Project/ subprojects
Monitoring of Environmental Components
Air Quality Water Quality Noise Level
1 Hospet-Tinaighat Doubling Project
(i) HT-1 Air Monitoring was Carried out at two locations in
September, 2013 with respect to PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and CO.
The Monitoring was Carried out in September, 2013 for Borewell
water at PMC Office and at Batching Plant site.
Noise monitoring was done at 4 bridge locations in September,
2013.
(ii) HT-2 Not Done during last 6 months
Not Done during last 6 months
Not Done during last 6 months
(iii) HT-3 Air Monitoring was Carried out at 7 locations in
August, 2013 with respect to PM10, SO2 and NO2.
No Water quality monitoring reported
Noise monitoring was done in the month of August, 2013 at 6
locations.
2 Daund-Gulbarga Doubling Project
(i) DG-1 Sampling done in August, 13 Test Results awaited
Sampling done in August, 13 Test Results
awaited
Sampling done in August, 13 Test Results awaited
(ii) DG-2 Not Done during last 6 months Not Done during last 6
months
Not Done during last 6 months
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3. Raipur-Titlagarh Doubling Project
(i) RT-1 Not Yet Started Not Yet Started Not Yet Started
(ii) RT-2 Not Yet Started Not Yet Started Not Yet Started
(iii) RT-3 Not Yet Started Not Yet Started Not Yet Started
4. Sambalpur-Titlagarh Doubling Project
(i) ST-1 Air Monitoring was carried out at three locations in
July 2013 with respect to SPM, PM10, SO2, NO2 and CO.
Water Monitoring was carried out in July 2013 at 2
locations.
Noise Monitoring carried out in July 2013 near 4 Nos. generator
set and near Office.
5. Pune-Guntakal Railway Electrification
(i) PG-1 Not Yet Started Not Yet Started Not Yet Started
(ii) PG-2 Not Yet Started Not Yet Started Not Yet Started
(iii) PG-3 Not Yet Started Not Yet Started Not Yet Started
Table 5: Status of Monitoring of Environmental Attributes during
last 6 months
a. Ambient Air Quality:
The Ambient air quality was monitored at different locations at
subproject HT-1, HT-3, DG-1 and ST-
1 during last 6 months as per environmental monitoring plan. The
test results reflect that all the
measured parameters were within the prescribed limit of CPCB.
The packagewise ambient air
quality monitoring results are presented in following table:
S. No.
Project/Subproject Date of
Sampling
Concentration of air quality parameters
SPM
(gm-3)
PM10
(gm-3)
PM2.5
(gm-3)
SO2
(gm-3)
NOx
(gm-3)
CO
(mgm-3)
I. Hospet-Tinaighat Project
1. Subproject HT-1
(i) At Crusher Plant, Badurbundi
14.9.2013 66.7 28.6 13.92 11.02 1.0
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(ii) At Batching Plant near Bridge No. 104 (Chainage
138/600)
14.09.2013 60.4 24.2 12.77 11.73 1.0
2. Subproject HT-3
(i) At Stone Crusher Plant (Upwind Direction)
0.4.04.2013 72 - 20 14
(ii) Stone Crusher Plant (Downwind Direction)
88 - 22 16
(iii) Stone Crusher Plant (Upwind Direction)
09.05.2013 74 - 22 16
(iv) Stone Crusher Plant (Downwind Direction)
03.08.2013
86 - 20 14
(v) Loc 1 (Upstream of the Plant site
22 10 ND
(vi) Loc 2 (Downstream of Plant site)
40 08 ND
(vii) Loc 3 (At construction Zone)
62 10 08
II. Daund-Gulbarga Project
1. Subproject DG-1
(i) AQ-1 (Ghatno Gate-417.400)
19.05.2013 125 69 26 0.51
(ii) AQ-2 (Madha Batching Plant)
19.05.2013 131 63 24 0.49
(iii) AQ-3Vakav Railway Station)
19.05.2013 144 75 28 0.52
(iv) AQ-4 (Mohol Major Bridge 421/2)
19.05.2013 151 78 27 0.49
III. Sambalpur-Titlagarh Project
1. Subproject ST-1
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(i) AQ1 (At Office Complex)
12.7.2013 62.8 26.6
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Chlorides as Cl2 mg/ml 460 64.0 250 1000
Magnesium as Mg mg/ml 30 15.52 30 100
Sulphate as SO4 mg/ml 18.4 5.2 200 400
Alkalinity as CaCO3 mg/ml 644 200 200 600
Fluoride as F mg/ml Nil Nil 1.0 1.5
Nitrate as NO3 mg/ml 5.8 2.4 45
No relaxation
Table 7: Drinking Water Quality at different locations in
subproject DG-1 (Date of Sampling: 20.05.2013)
Parameters Unit
Sampling locations
Desirable Limit IS 10500-2012
Permissible Limit in
absence of Alternate Source IS
10500-2012
Drinking Water Source
at Ghatni Gate
Chainage 417/400
Drinking Water
Source at Batching
Plant, Madha
Drinking Water Source
Vakav Railway Station
Borewell Water
at Mohol Major Bridge
No. 421/2
pH 7.1 7.7 7.4 7.3 1 5
Turbidity, NTU
NTU
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Residual Free Chlorine
mg/ml
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Residual Free Chlorine
mg/ml ND ND 0.2 1.0
Iron as Fe mg/ml 0.01 0.1 0.3 0.3
Table 9: Water Quality at Different locations in Construction
Package ST-1 ( Date of Sampling: 13.7.2013)
b. Noise level monitoring
The equivalent noise level has been recorded at different
locations in subprojects HT-1, HT-3, DG-1 and
ST-1 during last 6 months. At all the major locations the
equivalent noise levels were found within the
permissible limit for the industrial area. The equivalent noise
level at different locations in different
subprojects is presented in following table
S. No
Project/Subprojects Location Date of
monitoring
Equivalent Noise level (day time)
LeqdB(A)
Prescribed limit
LeqdB(A)
I. Hospet-Tinaighat Project
1 Subproject HT-1
Br. No. 104 (Ch. 138/600)
14.09.2013 47.84 75
Br. No. 61 (Ch. 110/900) 14.09.2013 45.0 75
Br. No. 63 (Ch. 114/200) 14.09.2013 47.5 75
2 Subproject HT-3
Agriculture site near plant site
09.05.2013 52 75
Road side 09.05.2013 54 75
Haul Road to plant site 09.05.2013 57 75
Agriculture site near plant site
03.06.2013 48 75
Road side 03.06.2013 50 75
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Haul Road to plant site 03.06.2013 66 75
Agriculture site near plant site
03.08.2013 43 75
Road side 03.08.2013 53 75
Haul Road to plant site 03.08.2013 57 75
II. Daund-Gulbarga Project
1. Subproject DG-1
Ghatna Gate (Ch. 407) 19.05.2013 55.3 75
Madha Batching plant 19.05.2013 59.4 75
Vakav Railway station 19.05.2013 64.6 75
Major bridge at Mohol (Br. No. 421/2)
19.05.2013 58.7 75
III. Sambalpur-Titlagargh
1 Subproject ST-1
Fabrication Yard at Camp site
13.07.2013 74 75
Near DG set 1 13.07.2013 71.6 75
Near DG set 2 13.07.2013 72.8 75
Near DG set 3 13.07.2013 73.4 75
Table 10: Noise level monitoring plan
5.4. Any other environmental aspects, impacts observed
during
implementation which were not covered earlier in IEE
No other environmental issues noticed in any of the subprojects
till the end of the reporting period that
was not covered earlier in IEE.
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5.5. Conclusion and Recommendations
Finally, regarding the implementation of EMP during the
reporting period, more focus is required in
some areas such usage of personal protective equipment (PPE),
Borrow area rehabilitation and record
keeping of environmental safeguard measures undertaken. In
general, there is a always scope of further
improvement in the implementation of EMP because of inherent
nature of casual handling of
Environmental related matters by the stakeholders.
In order to monitor the implementation of EMP effectively it is
desired that Environmental Expert from
PMC should visit their respective package regularly. In the PMCs
contract, the allotted man days for
Environmental expert usually range from 224 to 460 which can be
fairly distributed over the contract
period so that that there is always chance of their visit to
site at least once in a month. As a matter of
fact, Environmental Expert in most of the subproject does not
pay regular schedule visit to their site
resulting casual monitoring of EMP by PMC. Only, in PG-1, PMC
has regular Environmental expert on
roll.
The Following are the key issues requiring immediate necessary
action / further improvement:
NOC from Pollution Control Board for Stone Crusher Plant in
Package RT-1, RT-2, DG-2 and HT-2. NOC for Batching Plant in
Package ST-1, RT-2, RT-3 is required to be obtained. No crusher
plant should be operational unless the requisite NOC from Pollution
Control Board is obtained.
Proper barricading of the deep excavation zones/ high embankment
zones especially in DG-1.
Adequate supply of PPE and usage specially by workers of all the
sub-contractors.
Construction of Labour camp with necessary basic sanitation
facility, waste management facilities, periodic application of
insecticides around the campsites. It has been observed that in
DG-1 and DG-2 migratory labours are staying in labour camp along
with female labourers. The separate facility for female workers are
also required at campsite.
Awareness against communicable diseases/HIV-AIDS for workers. It
has to be initiated in PG-2, PG-3, ST and RT subprojects.
Readily available First Aid Box to be ensured at all the work
site including mechanized plant sites and at all labour camps .
Periodic Environmental Monitoring with respect to Air, Water,
Noise and Soil quality is required in RT Project and sub projects
PG-2 , PG-3 and HT-2.
Written consent of the landowner for borrowing of earth
materials along with their rehabilitation plan are to be obtained
in RT-1. No extraction of earth should be permitted without written
consent of the land owner.
The maintenance of record of labour and accidents (all
minor/major/first aid cases).It is the responsibility of Principal
Contractor and the record should cover all the sub-contractors
labour/workers.
The RVNL should give wide publicity to their Environmental
grievance mechanism and initiate its implementation at all
construction sites as have been done in HT-2 package.
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The PMC should have proactive role in monitoring the
Contractor’s Compliance with the EMP implementation. For this, the
Environmental Expert of PMC should carry out site inspection more
frequently preferably once in a month for effective implementation
of EMP.
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Annexure-1
Photographs indicating EMP Compliance Status in different
subprojects
HT-1: Air Quality Monitoring DG-1: Air Quality Monitoring
HT-1: Noise Level Monitoring PG-1: PPE by Workers at site
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HT-1: Medical Checkup and AIDS/HIV Awareness Camp at PMC
Office
HT-2: Medical checkup and AIDS/HIV awareness camp at PMC
office
DG-1: Deep extended excavation at Ch: 321 require
proper barricading covering the excavated area DG-1: Dumping of
Excavated material at Ch: 321 for
construction of access to site
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DG-1: First Aid Box at work site near ‘Washimbe’ DG-1: E/W in
cutting/chiseling near ‘Washimbe’ Safety barricading with wire net
along existing track
DG-1: A labour without safety boot near ‘Washimbe’; PPE measures
require improvement
DG-1: Fire Fighting arrangement provided at ‘Washimbe’ work
site
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DG-1: Plantation at Malikpet in Railway Land RT-1:RO System
Installed at Contractor’s Camp Office for Drinking Water
DG-2: Camp Office at Talathi DG2: Labour Hutment at Bridge site
in ST-1
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DG2: Labour Camp at Talathi Railway station: Sanitation
arrangements and Waste management
require improvement
DG-2: Contractor’s Camp Site at Contractor Camp Site Toilet
Units for labours
DG 2: Stone Crusher Plant at Dudhani Village DG 2: Stone Quarry
at Dudhani Village
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DG-2: Extension of Rly. platform at Gulbarga Proper barricadings
with GI sheet is required at Site
HT-2: Information Signboard installed at different location for
Receiving Public Complaints
HT-2: Covered Dumpers for material Transportation RT-2: Borrow
Area Rehabilitation: Leveling of ground After Soil Extraction
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ST-1: Batchmix Plant at Bridge Location ST-1: First Aid kit with
inadequate first aid items
ST-1: Septic Tank with Soak Pits at Contrcators Camp Office
site
ST-1: Batching Plant at Camp Site
RT-1: Plantation at Chatu Onka railway yard near Kantabanji
DG-2: Plantation near Akkalkot road (Chainage 490)
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