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Executive Summary of Environment Impact Assessment for 2 laning with Paved

shoulders Gwalior to Bhind NH-92 from 0.00 Km to 108.00 Km.

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Introduction



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A. 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/paved shoulder 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 –IV programme.

The Project under consideration aims at converting existing 2-lane NH 92 from

Gwalior to Bhind 2 lane divided carriageway to be executed by private entrepreneurs

as BOT projects. The Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC)

has assigned Holtec Consulting Private Limited (HCPL) to prepare Feasibility

Report.

Location

The Paved shoulder starts from Km 0.00 of NH 92 at Gwalior traverses through of

Gwalior District to Bhind of Bhind District and further runs across Chambal river and

enters into Gwalior & Bhind taluka of Gwalior District, further runs through MP&UP

border & ends at Km108.000 of NH-92 Major settlements along the paved shoulder

are Gwalior & Bhind, other important towns/villages are Malanpur, Moharajpur,

Gohad, Mehgaon, Phoop and Barhi. Total length of the paved shoulder is

approximately 108 Km. The location map of the project is given in figure 1.

Salient Features of the project

Project Name: Two laning with paved shoulder of the section Km 0.00 to Km

108.00 of NH-92 (Gwalior-MP/UP border) in the state of Madhya Pradesh by

Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation ltd. (MPRDC), Government of

Madhya Pradesh.

Start: Km 0.000 (Gwalior)

End: Km 107.500 (UP/MP Border)

Length: Km 107.500

Important Towns: Gwalior and Bhind, other important towns/villages are Malanpur,



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Moharajpur, Gohad, Mehgaon, Phoop and Barhi.

Terrain: Plain

Road Formation (existing): 9 m to 13m.

Carriageway (existing): 0 5 m to 10 m. Poor to Good

Traffic Volume: 15,000 PCU.

Culverts (Existing): 96 nos (less numbers, week and inadequate).

Minor Bridges: 35 nos (require up gradation by way of special repairs /

rehabilitation, widening, reconstruction and retention with repairs).

Major Bridges: 1 no. satisfactory condition.

ROB: 1 No: at Km 7.043 Satisfactory condition.

Flyover (under construction): 1 Nos. at Km 19.740

Junction/Intersection: 8 nos major and 7 nos minor.

B. 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 within it. The proposed RoW is 60m for

open country road & 45m for semi urban areas.

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 Polluted Area, Notified Eco-Sensitive Zone, Inter-state

Boundaries and International Boundaries (10 km), Coastal Zones, Areas protected

under international convention, defense installations etc. Physical features like



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physiography, hydrology were also studied/ recorded within 15 km radius of the

project road.

C. Statutory clearance requirement

S.

No

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 &

Forest, GOI, New Delhi

2 Wildlife Clearance Wildlife protection Act

1972

State Wildlife Board, Dept

of Forest, Govt. of M.P. &

Central Empowered

Committee, MoEF

3 Forest Clearance Forest Conservation

Act 1980

Dept. of Forest, Govt. of

M.P. & MoEF

4 Permission for filling of

roadside trees

- Revenue Department

5 Consent to Establish

(CTE)

Water (P & CP) Act,

1974 & Air (P & CP)

Act, 1981

Madhya Pradesh Pollution

Control Board

D. Project interventions

The existing 2-lane NH-92 shall be widened to 4-lane divided carriageway. There are

two short bypasses. The detail information of the short bypasses are as follows,



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Sl.No. Chainage Length (Km)

1 40.300 – 41.000 0.700

2 106.000 – 106.800 0.800

Total 1.500

Proposed features include 1 no major bridge, 35 nos minor bridges, 1no RoB, 1 no

fly over, 8 nos junction, 96 nos culverts, 2 nos toll plaza (Km 22 & Km 105),

Intersections / Junctions (Major 8 + Minor 7) are 15 nos, 1 no Truck Lay-Byes, 6 nos

Bus Bays.



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Description of the

Environment



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Description of the Environment

A) Physical Environment

i) Meteorology

Climate: Study area has three distinct seasons like most of north India, it has a hot

dry summer (April–June) followed by monsoon rains (July–September) and a cool

and relatively dry winter.

Temperature: Gwalior has extreme climatic conditions, scorching summer and chilly

winter. Summer (March to June) temperature rises to 47°C and has a minimum of

16°C. Monsoon rainy season during July to October is humid and temperature within

25°C to 32°C. Winter (December to February) is chilly and can drop down to

subzero. Day time in winter can have temperature up to 27°C. The temperature of

Bhind ranges from 46°C in summer & 2°C in winter.

Humidity: Relative humidity in both districts varies from 26 % to 83 %. In Bhind

district, relative humidity generally exceeds 83% (August month). In the rest of the

period is dry. The driest period is summer season, when relative humidity is less

than 26%.

Rainfall: The average rainfall is about 1,370 mm (53.9 inch). It decreases from east

to west. The south-eastern districts have the heaviest rainfall, some places receiving

as much as 2,150 mm (84.6 inch), while the western and north-western districts

receive 1,000 mm (39.4 inch) or less.

Wind speed: In Gwalior, the northwestern wind blows, predominantly, over the city

of Gwalior and the wind speed generally ranges from 8 km per hour in summer to 2

km per hour in winter time. In Bhind district, wind velocity is higher during the pre

monsoon period as compared to the post monsoon period. The maximum wind

velocity is 11.3 km/h during the month of June and minimum is 3.1 km/h during the

month of November. Average normal annual wind velocity is 6.4 km/h.

(ii) Physiographic & Terrain:

The project region falls in the Western Satpura plateau. Of the project influenced

area 80% is plain terrain, 20% undulating.



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(iii) Land use

The mean elevation above the sea is about 2000 ft. The entire stretch is essentially a

highland tract, divided naturally into three distinct portions, differing in their

superficial aspects, the character of their soil and their geological formation. The

northern part of the Bhind district forms an irregular plain of the sandstone formation.

The land use of Gwalior is classified into four types – viz. forests, area under

cultivation, culturable waste and the area not available for cultivation. The land under

cultivation is further sub-divided into two types viz. irrigated and un-irrigated.

Land Use Pattern of Gwalior:

Forest Land 118.10 Sq. Km

Land under Cultivation

a) Irrigated Land

b) Un irrigated Land

54.29 Sq. Km

33.18 Sq. Km

Culturable Waste Land 16.76 Sq. Km

Area not available for

cultivation

27.09 Sq. Km

Total Area 249.42 Sq. Km

Land Use Pattern of Bhind:

Forest area 89.05 Sq Km

Net area sow 3298.8 Sq Km

Cultivable area 3406.2 Sq Km

(iv) Water Resources

Surface Water: Project stretch crosses six rivers. Chambal, Sindh, Londara,

Pawaya, Kunwari, Swarnrekha river. & small rivulets & storm channels cut across at

many places, most of which are non-perennial and drain only for few days/weeks

during & after the monsoons.

Ground Water: Ground water is the major source of the drinking water in Gwalior &

Bhind area. The villages are dependent on ground water for their everyday



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requirement. Ground water is fetched from open dug- as well as bore wells which are

both mechanized and manual. There are 1325 numbers of ground water observation

wells present in project area.

(v) Water Quality

The surface water samples ware collected from 2 rivers viz. Suarnrekha River (at Km

3.750) & Chambal River (Km 120.200) for monitoring the surface water quality.

Environmental survey was conducted & 24 sampling locations for ground water were

selected along the project highway in order to find out the primary data of existing

water quality scenario.

Surface Water Quality Results: The pH value ranges between 7.74 to 8.40. TDS

content ranged between 198-263 mg/I. while chloride values ranged from 104 to 172

mg/I respectively, well below the tolerance limits. Iron content is found to be varying

between 0.08-0.23 mg/I. There is no significant presence of trace metals in the

surface waters. There is no faecal contamination where as the total coliform bacteria

recorded as < 2.0 mg/I. Total Hardness varies from 100.12 to 130.00 mg/l.

Ground Water Quality Results: The ground water sources have agreeable color

taste and odour. The pH values ranged between 7.2-7.80, generally above the

neutral mark and within the permissible limits for drinking water. TDS values ranged

between 375-488 mg/I, and is within the permissible limits for drinking water (500

mg/I). Chloride values ranged from 15 mg/I to 30 mg/I, iron content varies between

0.10-0.21 mg/I, thus within permissible limits. . BOD is <2 mg/I .There is no

signification bacteriological contamination of these sources. Total Hardness ranged

between 230-300 mg/l. Heavy metals like arsenic, mercury are BDL.

(vi) Air Quality

The air polluting sources in the project region primarily consists of industries and the

vehicles playing on the roads. A total of six (6) ambient air monitoring stations were

identified based on the different existing and land use pattern along the project road.

Ambient air quality was monitored as per GSR 826 (E) dated 16th November 2010.

All the station falls in residential and rural zone. The on-site monitoring result shows

that RPM (ug/m3) varies between 68 to 178, SO2 (ug/m3) varies between 6.8 49-75,

NO2 (ug/m3) varies between 15.6 to 17.2, CO (mg/m3) found <1.0 and Ammonia



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(ug/m3) recorded as <10 at all station, Thus, all the parameters are found be within

the permissible limits at all the stations.

(vii) Noise Quality

Noise level monitoring was conducted at 2 locations. Day time noise was found to

vary between 67 to 81 levels [dB (A)] wherein night time noise was found to vary

between 41 to 48 level [dB (A)]. The detail monitoring report is given below:

Pollution Parameter Location Parameter

Test

Existing

Levels

Standard

Levels

Bhind Day level 81 dB (A) 55 dB (A

Night Levels 48 dB (A) 45 dB (A)

Gwalior Day levels 67 dB (A) 59 dB (A)

Noise

Night Levels 41 dB (A) 45 dB (A)

(B) Ecological Environment

Forest

Flora: In the project affected districts mainly mixed miscellaneous forest are found.

These forests mainly have Shisham (Dallbergia Sisso), Ashok (saraca Asoca), Neem

(Azadirachta indica) etc. There are also Non wood forest products (NWFP) like

Tendu leaves or Bidi leaves (DiospyrosmeloNO2ylon), Sal Seed (Shorea robusta),

Chebulic Myrobolan or Harra (Terminaliachebula), Gum, Chirobji (Buchanania

lanzan), flower and seeds of Mahua Madhuca indica) and flowrs, seeds, bark & roots

of various plants species.

Fauna: Common animal like dog, cats, monkey, pig and cattle are also present. The

presence of wild animals in the project areas is not reported and may be considered

very rare.



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(C) Cultural Environment

The Gwalior Fort has changed hands many times, from the Tomaras in the 8th

century it passed on to the Mughals, then the Marathas under the Scindia's (1754),

followed briefly by Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, Tatiya Tope and the British. The city has

several important educational institutions including the Indian Institute of Information

Technology and Management, Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management,

Scindia School, and Laxmibai National Institute of Physics. Bhind district is

surrounded by Agra and Etawa districts of Uttar Pradesh in the north and Gwalior

and Datia districts in the south. The economy of Bhind is mainly agriculture.

Dairy is the main source of income of the farmers in the district. Traditional cropping

practices along with old conventional tools are still used commonly but the farmers

have readily adopted new agricultural machinery as well. The crops cultivated in the

Kharif season are soyabean, paddy, cotton, jowar, maize, bajra, pulses, sesamum,

and sunflower. During the Rabi season, the crops cultivated are wheat, gram, peas,

lahat and toria. There are about 417 Small Scale Industries in Bhind. About 2340

people are employed in these industries. The incurred establishment expenditure is

up to Rs.70 lakhs. Ghee manufacturing in Bhind had been an important industry,

along with rearing of livestock for milk and other milk product.



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ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT AND MITIGATION

MEASURES



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Air Environment

Impact Measures

Generation of

Dust

• Sprinkling of water

• Earth handling, Asphalt mixing site, borrow areas, construction

site

• Air Pollution control at stone crusher site

• Masks for workers of stone crushing units

• Regulation of construction timings near sensitive receptors and

settlements

• Regular Air Quality Monitoring

Gaseous

Pollution

• Vehicles and machineries - regularly maintained to conform to

the emission standards

• Asphalt mixing sites at least 500 m away from residential

quarters.

• Workers in asphalt mixing, application of asphalt mix will be

provided with masks.

• Supervising officers will ensure that the worker use the masks

Noise Environment

Impact Measures

Noise

• Noise levels of machineries used shall conform to relevant

standard

• Workers shall not be exposed to noise level more than 90 dB (A)

(Leq) for 8 hours.

• Workers will be provided ear plugs

• Regulation of timings of construction work generating noise

pollution near the sensitive and residential areas.

• Regular Noise Level Monitoring



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Water Environment

Impact Mitigation Measures

Loss or

impacts on

water bodies

Precautions need to be taken during the construction work of

culverts and bridges across the rivers and canals such that the flow

in these water bodies is not obstructed thus affecting the cross

drainage. Further, attention to be paid so that no waste, debris is

discharged into surface water body.

Siltation of

water bodies

• Turfing or pitching of embankments where possible to prevent

erosion.

• Slopes of embankments - modified and re-channelised so that

contaminants may not enter the water body

• No solid waste will be dumped in or near the water bodies or

rivers

Flooding due

to siltation of

drainages

channel

Excavated earth and other construction materials shall be stored

away to prevent washing away

Water for

construction

Water sources would be selected such that local availability is not

affected

Contamination

from wastes

• Septic tanks and oil interceptors will be provided to prevent any

uncontrolled effluent discharge from workers camps and

storages.

• The camp site will be provided with proper drainage connected

with local drain

Contamination

from fuel

• Vehicle maintenance will be carried out in a confined area,

away from water sources.

• It will be ensured that used oil or lubricants are not disposed to

watercourses.

Sanitation and

Water use in

Construction

Camps

• Construction camp will be organized in a planned manner.

• Workers shall be provided proper sanitation facilities including

toilets.

• Camps will have water supply facilities like tube wells



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Impact Mitigation Measures

Rain Water

Harvesting

• Rain Water Recharge Pits at every 500 m of the project road

will be provided.

Impact on Solid Waste Generation

Item Management Strategy

Top Soil to be disposed off in low lying

areas within ROW

Completely used in Green Belt

Development

Overburden – 245100 m3

To be utilized in median

(Below layers) -- 144,000 m3

To be utilized for construction

of Roads to quarries -- 150,000 m3

In road embankment for

additional 2 lanes -- 200,000 m3

Used for strengthening of slopes of

embankments, construction of haul roads to

quarries & median filling

Construction debris 17000 m3

Bituminous material

removed from existing

pavement -- 65000 m3

Total 6,20,000 m3

Construction Debris – Mostly reused for

filling of low lying areas and in road

construction. Remaining dumped after

requisite permission in designated disposal

grounds

Domestic Solid Waste – 0.20 m3 /

day

Disposed in Municipal / Grampanchayat at

Dumping grounds after requisite permission



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Land Environment

Impacts Mitigation Measures

Loss of topsoil

Total land requirement for

Project (Available ROW

land & land to be

acquired) : 550 ha

• Removed and stockpiled on sides and used on the

side slopes & shoulder, for top cover of borrow areas

and in green belt development.

• Turfing of road embankment slopes with herbs,

shrubs and grasses

Loss of topsoil from

borrowing

• Arable lands will be avoided for earth borrowing. If

needed, topsoil will be separated and refilled after

excavation

Borrowing of fill materials

• Excavation from pre-selected locations. After

excavation the borrow pits will be dressed to match

with the surrounding.

• Borrow pits - depth regulated. Slope of Sides of the

excavation not steeper than 1 vertical to 4 horizontal

from the edge of the final section of bank.

Ecological


Loss of trees

• A large number of tree will be planted as per the

compensatory afforestation.

• Shrubs to be planted in median.

• Arjuna, Pipal, Nili gulmohar, Mango, Kachnar, Siris,

Neem are the predominant tree species along the

project corridor and same species will be planted



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Public Health / Occupational Safety


Safety to Public Signs on road before construction areas

Restriction to Access

Safe and convenient passage for vehicles, pedestrians

and live stocks to and from the side roads and property

across the road.

Occupational safety for

workers

Contractor will arrange all safety measures for workers

as per factories Act

Occupational safety for

Asphalt plant workers and

crusher plant

• All workers employed on mixing asphaltic material,

cement, lime mortars, concrete etc., will be provided

with protective footwear and protective goggles.

• For crusher workers masks should be provided.

Explosive use

Contractor shall obtain such permission as required

from all Government Authorities, public bodies and

private parties whatsoever concerned or affected or

likely to be concerned or affected by blasting operations.

Cultural Properties / Roadside Amenities / Archeological Sites


Affected roadside

amenities and cultural

properties

• Affected religious structures will be relocated.

Alternative sites will provide and appropriate

enhancement will be done.

• All common property resources will be replaced

before the start of construction. Relocation site

identification will be in accordance to the choice of

the community / concerned agency.



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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

PROGRAMME



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Environmental Monitoring Programme

Provisions have been made for monitoring of environmental attributers during

construction and operation phase of the project. The details of the parameters,

frequency and duration are given in Table.3.

Table .3 Details of Environmental Monitoring

Rehabilitation and Upgardation to 4 lane configuration of Gwalior-Bhind section of

NH-92 in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

Attribute

d

Project

Stage Parameter Frequency Duration

Locatio

n

Constru

ction

PM10, PM2.5,

SO2, No2, O3,

Pb, CO& NH 3.

Once in a season

( excluding

monsoon)

throughout the

construction period)

24-hours for

SPM

,RSPM,SO2

and NOx: 8

Hours for

CO and HC

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locations

along

the

paved

shoulder

and

plant

sites

Air

Operati

on

PM10, PM2.5,

SO2, No2, O3,

Pb, CO& NH 3.

Once in a season

( excluding

monsoon) season

for 2 years of

Operating period)

24-hours for

SPM

,RSPM,SO2

and NOx: 8

Hours for

CO and HC

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location

along

the

paved

shoulder

Water Constru

ction

(i) pH ,DO, BOD

,COD, TDS, CI ,

Pb, Oil &

Grease, As

Hg,Cn, total

Coliform , faecal

Coliform and

Detergents for

Once in a season

( excluding

monsoon)

throughout the


Composite

Sample

6

locations

including

3

drinking

Water

sources

at



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surface water

(ii) pH , TDS,

Total Hardness,

Sulphate

Chloride , Fe,

Pb, Cn,Oil&

Grease ,As ,Hg,

Total Coliform ,

faecal Coliform

for Ground water

Constru

ction

camps.

Noise level on

dB (A) Scale.

Once in a season

( excluding

monsoon)

throughout the


Reading to

be taken at

15 seconds

interval for

15 minutes

every hour

and for 24

hours.

Wherev

er the

Contract

or

decides

to locate

the

equipme

nt yard

(5

Location

s).

Noise

Constru

ction

Noise level on

dB (A) Scale

Once in a season

( excluding

monsoon)

throughout the


Reading to

be taken at

15 seconds

interval for

15 minutes

every hour

and for 24

hours.

2

locations

along

the

Paved

shoulder

and

plant

location.



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Operati

on

Noise level on

dB (A) Scale

Once every season

(except monsoon)

for 2 years after

completion of

construction activity

Reading to

be taken at

15 seconds

interval for

15 minutes

every hour

and for 24

hours.

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locations

along

the

Project

paved

shoulder

Soil Constru

ction

Monitoring of Pb,

SAR and oil

Grease

Once in a season

(excluding)

monsoon season )

throughout the

construction period

Grab

Sampling

-2

Location

at

producti

ve

agricultu

ral lands

close to

intersect

ion

- any

accident

or spills

location

involving

bulk

transport

carrying

hazardo

us

material

s.



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PROJECT BENEFIT



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Project Benefit

Implementation of the Project will have following benefit:

1. Accelerate regional economic development in term of industry, tourism and

agriculture

2. Reduce vehicle operating and maintenance costs by improving road conditions

3. Reduce vehicle travel time by minimizing congestion in settlement areas and

providing a four lane facility

4. Minimize road accidents by increasing road width, improving intersection and

road geometry

5. The project may also generate local employment opportunities through the

construction activities and local business

6. Abatement of ambient air and noise pollution in comparison to a do- nothing

situation

7. Increase in safety due to construction of median between two direction of traffic

flow and plantation of shrub in median

8. Provision of pedestrian and cattle underpasses shall provide safe movement from

one side of the project road to other side of the Project road

9. Construction of Road Over Bridge (ROBs) shall reduce travel time and enhance

smooth flow of the traffic

10. Project facilities included in the project preparation are Rest Area , Bus Bays,

Truck Lay Bye, Road Side Furniture, Street lighting, Traffic Aid Post Patrolling,

Medical Aid post, vehicles Resource posts etc.



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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PLAN



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Environmental Management Plan

Several mitigation measures have been suggested along with the agency

responsible for planning, execution , supervision and monitoring of the

Environmental Management Plan for pre- construction , construction and operation

stages to avoid or mitigation the adverse impacts.

Pre- Construction Phase

Pre-construction activities include acquisition of land and structure, relocation of

utilities, removal of trees, and relocation of common property resources viz. temple,

hand pump, obtaining Environmental clearance Forest Clearance and wildlife

clearance from MoEF, Consent to Establish from MPPCB etc. NHAI Concessionaire

and concerned department shall be responsible for those activities.

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 & aggregated 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 also be responsible for implementation

of the Environmental protection measures during construction’s 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 regulatory compliance.

Operation Phase

Operation phase activities include environmental monitoring of survival rate of the

plantation etc. The PIU and Concessionaire shall be responsible for those activities.

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 measure into the proposed project. Environmental Mitigation Cost is INR

3.961 crore.



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CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILY



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Corporate Social Responsibility

The project proponent will generate direct as well as indirect employment facilities in

the nearby areas and also determined to provide clean and green environment. The

widening of project demands more manpower for its operation. This already

generates basic needs. This will generate opportunity for indirect employment, basic

commodity, dhabas, road side shops & many other facilities in the junction areas as

transportation will increase. This will boost the size of existing market. Villagers have

opportunity to sell their commodities to nearby area only. This will also boost the

consumption for opening new fast food corner.

The proponent will provide all socio economic growth opportunity for its workers and

villagers. This will boost the demand of skilled and unskilled worker. The villagers

have opportunity to work in road area when there is slack period in harvesting.

Employment

The most benefit due to the proposed road project will be in the sphere of generating

employment for a large number of people in that area during construction period.

The project activities will lead to generation of commercial activities in construction

as well as service sector. These activities will generate huge employment potential

which will benefit local population.

Transportation

There will also be increase in the vehicular traffic due to passenger transport. This

increase in traffic will not have any consequence to warrant special mention. One

should expect that the increased passenger load in the sector would prompt the

state government to start new and frequent public transport services to this area,

bringing upliftment to the whole locality.

Other Benefits

Besides faster connectivity and commercial, economic upsurge, the project will

provide:

• More Plantation and Greenery.

• Highways accident hazards considerably reduced by four laning.

• Medical aid available across the highway.

• More safety of users assured through curve improvements, reconstruction of

bridges, crash barriers, roadside furniture.



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• Substantial Saving in vehicle operation cost & less pollution.

• Creation of beautiful Water Bodies.

• Economic upliftment due to faster, better accessibility & saving in vehicle

operation cost.



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CONCLUSION



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CONCLUSION

The location of the project site selected based on its socio, techno economical

suitability. As a positive impact the entire socio economical status of the region will

be improved to the better level. The potential environmental, social and economic

impacts have been assessed. The proposed project has certain level of marginal

impacts on the local environment. With effective implementation of proposed

environment management plan, these effects will be insignificant. Implementation of

the project has beneficial impact in terms of providing direct and indirect employment

opportunities. This will be a positive socio-economic development in the region.

Quality of life of the people will improve. No displacement of people from the project

site is involved.

The improvement of this highway will provide the following technological benefits

� Providing better level of service in terms of improved riding quality and smooth

traffic flow.

� Faster transportation will ultimately lead to massive savings in the form of

reduced wear & tear vehicles, reduced vehicles operating costs and total

reduction in transportation costs etc.

� With the improvement of road surface, the traffic congestion due to obstructed

movements of vehicles will be minimized and thus wastage of fuel emissions

from vehicles will be reduced.

� Introduction of additional safety measures like crash barrier, road illumination,

retro-eflective signage, delineators etc. will result in lesser accident.

Socio economic benefits

The improvement of this highway will provide the following socio economic benefits

to the regions:

� It will increase access of the villages and other small settlements to urban areas,

thus providing connectivity of rural produce to urban markets, there by enhancing

the reach and export of perishable farm-products, leading to better remuneration

for the producer.

� By reducing the transportation costs, it will be more feasible to transfer

construction materials which are important for many economic activities (house

building, small hydro-electric projects etc.) to hinterland. This will in turn, lead to

direct as well as indirect strenthing of local economics.



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� Access to social infrastructure like schools, colleges, health centers will improve,

providing many benefits from increased education and health facilities and

improved social interaction and mobility.

� During the execution of the project i.e. during the construction period,

employment will be provided to workers from the local communities.

� The educated as well as uneducated people from villages will obtain access new

employment centers.

� The improvement of the road will prevent single vehicle collision as the road will

be two lanes with paved shoulders. This would be very beneficial from the safety

point of view and will thus, reduce accident rate. The proposed project will attract

more & more domestic & international tourists. Thus tourism is likely to flourish.

� Overall improved quality of life for the lesser developed areas in the

neighborhood.

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