BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE

HYDRO DEVELOPMENT

22nd

January, 2016

JV of Govt. of India and State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh,

incorporated in July, 1988

Equity sharing - GoI : GoUP - 3 : 1

Authorized Capital - Rs. 4,000 Cr.

Paid up Capital - Rs. 3,558.88 Cr. (as on 31.12.2015)

Reporting Profit since 2006-07

Initial Mandate – 2,400 MW Tehri Hydro Power Complex

1,000 MW Tehri Dam & HPP

400 MW Koteshwar HEP

1,000 MW Tehri Pumped Storage Plant (PSP)

Installed Generating Capacity : 1,400 MW

Present Portfolio of 15 projects with Installed Capacity of

more than 8,000 MW in various States / Bhutan, including

Hydro, Super Thermal, Solar and Wind Projects

Power Benefit to Northern Region Grid

• Installed Capacity 2,400 MW

• Annual Energy 5,300 MU

Irrigation in Command Area : 8.74 Lac Ha.

• Increase in agricultural output in UP State estimated as over

INR 1,600 cr. annually

Drinking Water

• For Delhi 300 Cusecs

• For UP 200 Cusecs

Annual Increase in Generation of 200 MU Downstream

Projects Of State Govt.

Flood Control

• Tehri dam averted huge devastation in downstream towns Rishikesh

and Haridwar during floods of June, 2013.

Contribution to Economic & Social Development of Region and

Uttarakhand State

• 12% free power to Home State, Uttarakhand (except Tehri PSP)

• Tourism and Pisciculture

• Enhanced flow at Haridwar for Ganga Snan (Holy Dip)

Water Spread : 42 Sq Km

Gross Storage : 3,540 Million Cum

Live Storage : 2,615 Million Cum

Max. Flood Level : EL 835 m

Full Reservoir Level : EL 830 m

MDDL : EL 740 m

Type : Earth and Rockfill

Height of dam : 260.5 m

Base : 1128 m

Width at top : 25.5 m

Length at the top : 592 m

Tehri Dam Project won the prestigious award of „International Milestone

Project‟ of International Commission of Large Dams (ICOLD) considering

the uniqueness of its design and construction features.

Power House Underground

Cavern Size 197m x 24m x 63m

Type of Turbines Francis

Installed Capacity 4 x 250 MW

Annual Energy 2,797 MU

Urban Rehabilitation

Old Tehri Town (OTT) - 5,291 families

Rural Rehabilitation

Villages Affected - 125

• 24 villages Fully Affected

• 88 villages Partially Affected.

• 13 villages due to acquisition of land for Project/ Colonies.

Affected Rural Families - 11,712 families (5,299 Fully affected

families)

Rs. 1,483 cr. spent on R&R as per R&R Policy

around 17% of Project cost.

Successful R&R of over 16,000 affected families of

Old Tehri Town and 125 villages

Urban Rehabilitation – Old Tehri Town

New Tehri Town – Newly developed Town at a height of 1,350 to

1,850 m, overlooking the Tehri lake & 4 resettlement sites at

Dehradun / Rishikesh, in area of 223 Ha [Area acquired ~ 60 Ha]

All the modern facilities at NTT viz. education (including ITI and a

University), 75 Bedded Hospital, Financial Institutions, District

Administration Offices, Markets, Bus Stand & places of worship

etc – developed at the cost of the Tehri Project under R&R.

Rural Rehabilitation

18 Resettlement sites developed at Haridwar / Dehradun for

Rehabilitees with all facilities in area of 3,100 acres [Area private

land acquired ~ 2,200 Ha]

Funds provided for relocation and reconstruction of public

facilities for those who would continue to reside above

submergence level.

R&R carried out by State Govt as per decision of GoI with funds provided by

THDCIL, as Revenue / law & order powers vested with State Government

RURAL PROJECT AFFECTED FAMILIES (PAFs) TO BE

ALLOTTED AGRICULTURAL LAND OR CASH IN LIEU, AS PER

THEIR OPTION

RURAL PAFs TO BE SETTLED IN LARGE BLOCKS TO KEEP

FABRIC OF THEIR SOCIAL LIFE INTACT

ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED AT

EACH RESETTLEMENT CENTRE AT PROJECT COST EVEN IF

THESE DID NOT EXIST AT EARLIER SETTLEMENTS

FAMILY IS TAKEN AS A UNIT FOR REHABILITATION

BENEFITS. LANDLESS LABOUR ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE

ALSO ENTITLED FOR R&R BENEFIT.

R&R stretched over 2 decades; addressed through

enhancement of compensations from time to time

LAND OWNER FAMILY

• 2 ACRES OF DEVELOPED IRRIGATED LAND OR HALF ACRE OF

DEVELOPED IRRIGATED LAND ADJACENT TO MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF

DEHRADUN, HARIDWAR OR RISHIKESH CITIES OR CASH OF RS. 5

LACS IN LIEU OF ALLOTMENT OF LAND, AS PER THEIR OPTION.

• COMPENSATION FOR ACQUIRED LAND AS PER LAND ACQUISITION

ACT PLUS SOLATIUM

• COST OF HOUSE PROPERTY/TREES ACQUIRED

• ALLOTMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PLOT OF 200 SQ. M. TO EACH FAMILY

AT NOMINAL COST. CASH OPTION ALLOWED IN LIEU OF

ALLOTMENT OF PLOTS

• ALL ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ENTITLED

LANDOWNER FAMILIES GET EX-GRATIA AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO

750 DAYS OF MINIMUM AGRICULTURAL WAGE PER MEMBER.

• CASH GRANT FOR SEEDS/FERTILIZERS

• CASH GRANT TO EACH RURAL SHOP HOLDER

LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS

LAND FREE OF COST AS APPLICABLE TO RURAL

PROJECT AFFECTED FAMILIES, ON CERTIFICATION BY

THE CONCERNED DISTRICT MAGISTRATE.

EX-GRATIA GRANT TO ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBERS

AS APPLICABLE FOR FULLY AFFECTED FAMILIES.

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• LAND OWNERS ARE GIVEN RESIDENTIAL PLOT OF VARIOUS

SIZES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR HOLDINGS AT NOMINAL

COST. COMPENSATION OF HOUSE PROPERTY. CASH OPTION

ALLOWED IN LIEU OF ALLOTMENT OF PLOTS

• HOUSE CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE

• READY TO BUILT HOUSES/FLATS TO ENTITLED TENANTS, ON

SUBSIDIZED COST.

• ALLOTMENT OF SHOP AT COST IN

NTT/DEHRADUN/RISHIKESH TO THOSE RUNNING SHOPS AT

OLD TEHRI TOWN

• EX-GRATIA AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 750 DAYS OF MINIMUM

AGRICULTURAL WAGE PER MEMBER

• CASH GRANT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD

EFFECTS, SHIFTING ALLOWANCE

• ONE ROOM FLAT TO EWS FAMILIES FREE OF COST, UPTO A

MAXIMUM OF 100 FAMILIES

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New Tehri TownOld Tehri Town

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Clock Tower at OTT Clock Tower at NTT

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• IN LIEU OF ROADS COMING UNDER SUBMERGENCE,

ALTERNATIVE ROADS AT HIGHER ALTITUDE HAVE BEEN

CONSTRUCTED.

• TWO MEDIUM MOTOR VEHICLE BRIDGES ONE EACH IN

BHAGIRATHI VALLEY AND BHILANGANA VALLEY

• INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES FOR THE POPULATION

RESIDING ABOVE FULL RESERVOIR LEVEL VIZ, EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS (TWO DEGREE, THREE INTERMEDIATE & AN

ITI), MEDICAL FACILITIES, ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION

ARRANGEMENTS.

• DRINKING WATER SCHEMES FOR PARTIALLY AFFECTED AND

PROJECT AFFECTED VILLAGES.

• HEAVY MOTOR BRIDGE OF SPAN 440m.

• FREE FERRY BOAT, ROAPWAY SERVICES TILL BRIDGE

COMPLETION.

• GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL CELL UNDER THE DIRECTOR

(REHAB.), WHO IS ALSO THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE,

TEHRI, FOR DISPOSAL OF GRIEVANCES RECEIVED

FROM PAFs.

• FURTHER, COORDINATION COMMITTEE SET UP BY

THE STATE GOVT. UNDER CHAIRMANSHIP OF

COMMISSIONER, GARHWAL WITH CMD, THDCIL AS CO-

CHAIRMAN AND DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND OTHER

OFFICIALS ALSO REDRESSES THE SPECIFIC

CASES/DEMANDS OF THE PEOPLE.

• ADDITIONAL JUDGE (RETD) TO LOOK INTO AND

DECIDE COMPLAINTS OF THE PROJECT AFFECTED

FAMILIES (PAF‟S) RELATING TO COMPENSATIONS,

ALLOTMENTS ETC.

THDCIL has earmarked 2% of its net Profit Before Tax towards

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. CSR fund is

allocated and transferred every year to a non lapsable CSR

fund.

THDCIL has formed an NGO, Namely „SEWA‟ (Society for

Empowerment and Welfare Activities), for carrying out CSR

activities.

• Some activities include :

• Engineering college established at Bhagirathi Puram near

Tehri Complex. 5% seats reserved for wards of PAFs.

• Adopted ITIs at Chamba and Gopeshwar.

• Schools run by THDC Education Society (TES) at Tehri and

Rishikesh.

• Community Centre, Piped drinking water Scheme, Hostel for

poor, Additional rooms in schools, dispensaries etc.

THDCIL CONFERRED SCOPE MERITORIOUS AWARD FOR CSR AND RESPONSIVENESS

FROM HON‟BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA IN APRIL ‟2012.

SOCIO ECONOMIC STUDY CARRIED OUT BY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF

INDIA (ASCI), HYDERABAD. REPORT OF MAY 2009 CONCLUDED THAT THE PAPS ARE

IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION BOTH SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY

AVERAGE SIZE OF LAND HOLDING HAS INCREASED FROM 0.8 ACRE BEFORE

DISPLACEMENT TO 1.9 ACRE AFTER DISPLACEMENT.

IRRIGATION FACILITIES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND AS A RESULT

FARMERS ARE CULTIVATING THREE CROPS IN A YEAR. EVEN LANDLESS PAFS HAVE

BENEFITTED AS THEY WERE ALLOTTED IRRIGATED LAND.

AFTER REHABILITATION, THE PAFS HAVE PUCCA HOUSES AS COMPARED TO SLATE

OR SEMI-PUCCA HOUSES IN THEIR EARLIER LOCATIONS.

CIVIC AMENITIES LIKE SAFE DRINKING WATER, SANITATION AND OTHER

COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMON FACILITIES DEVELOPED BY THE THDC

CREATED HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE IN THE REHABILITATED SITES.

EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME LEVELS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

PAFS HAVE NOT ONLY COME OUT OF FOOD INSECURITY, BUT ARE ALSO SAVING

INCOME FROM AGRICULTURE.

LEVEL OF EDUCATION HAS INCREASED; ACCESSIBILITY TO SCHOOLS ALSO MADE

EASY WITH THE ROAD NETWORK DEVELOPED BY THDC.

DUE TO BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER FACILITIES

CREATED BY THDC IN RURAL AND SEMI-URBAN REHABILITATION CENTRES, THE

INFANT MORTALITY AND OTHER HEALTH INDICATORS HAVE IMPROVED.

Run of the River scheme on river Alaknanda in

Uttarakhand

65m high Concrete Gravity Dam, Headrace Tunnel 13.4 km

long, Underground Power House with four Francis units of

111 MW each having Annual Generation 1,665 MU

VPHEP is a World Bank funded Project ($ 648 Million)

Land requirement / Families affected

◦ Project Affected Villages - 18 No.

◦ Private Land (7 villages) - 31.639 Ha.

◦ Forest Land - 100.39 Ha.

◦ Project Affected Families - 894 No. (2,148 PAPs)

Cash Compensation Option – Construction and resettlement

grant of Rs. 10 lacs per household besides statutory land

compensation.

Acquisition of entire Haat Village (near the proposed site of

Powerhouse) though only 25% of village land was required for

the Project.

For dissemination of Project information to PAF`s & community,

Public Information Centre established at Project.

A local NGO, Shri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA)

engaged for interface between THDCIL & community for

implementation of Rehabilitation Action Plan.

To address concerns of local population regarding the possible

impacts of blasting during construction, use of TBM made

mandatory for driving Main Tunnel.

Insurance of all the residential structures falling “along the

alignment” of underground Tunnels and Adits.

For Widows from displaced families, Monthly Assistance

Scheme has been launched initially for period of 7 years.

VPHEP is first in India to introduce provisions for loss of fuel &

fodder.

Income Restoration Training for vulnerable families including

affected due to loss of Van Panchayat land.

Panel of Experts for Social and Environmental works

For Monitoring & Evaluation of implementation of Rehabilitation

Action Plan, third party independent agency has been engaged.

Under CSR – Community infrastructure works, scholarships for

local youth at ITI / other vocational training courses, sponsor of

medical care and ambulances to regional hospital.

Integrated River Basin Management approach for

operational efficiency and economy.

Strong case for sharing of cost of common facilities by

State / various developers in River-Basin – Widening of

highways, community facilities, catchment Area

Treatment etc.

Computerization of Data on Compensations, other

benefits, Grievances.

Videography of properties to avoid compensation houses.

Good communication channels with affected population –

Public Information Centre.

Encourage Contractors to employ local population as

direct employment opportunities in PSUs limited.

Skill enhancement programmes for affected people.

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