India - Third National Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 2 of 10) : Environmental management plan - Construction package 2-A

E-339 VOL. 2 INDIA THIRD NATIONAL HIGHWAY WORLD BANK PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE II-A NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NEW DELHI (Ministry of Surface Transport) March, 2000  TABLE OF CONTENTS A. INTRODUCTION ............................................... I B. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT .....................................1 C. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN ... ................................. 2 C. I INTRODUCTION.. 2 C.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP ...................... 2 C.. 2.1 Design Stage.2..... . .. ........ ....2 C. 2._2 C onstruction Stage. 2 C.2.3 Operation Stage : ...................... ... ........ 2 C- 3 MEETING OF THE EMP OBJECTIVES .. 2 C.3.1 (ommitment to address environmental health, safety and social impacts. 2 C. 3.2 (ommitment for constant dialogue with the public and interested stakeholders 2 C.33.3 C.ommitmentrelated to training ............................ ..................... ..... ... 3 C. 3.4 Commitment to meet legal requirements .3 D. CRITICAL 1MPACTS TO BE ADDRESSED - PACKAGE 1-A. 3 E. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) .................................................. 4 F. MONITORING PROGRAMME ........................................................................ 18 F. 1 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (PIs) .18 F. 2 SELECTION OF INDICATORS FOR MONITORING .18 F.2.1 AmbienttAirQuality(AAQ)Monitoring. .18 F. 2.2 Water Quality Moitoring .19 F. 2.3 Noise levels Monitoring . .21. ........... ..................................................... .... 21 F.3 MONITORING PLAN - 21 G. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT -BUDGET ............................................ 23 APPENDICES ......... 24  ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN -11 A A. IN i-RODUCTION The Government of India (Gol), acting through the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a part of the Ministry of Surface Transport (MOST) is improving the Sikandra to Dhanbad portion of the NH-2 as, part of the World Bank assisted Third National Highway Project. To facilitate implementation of the project, the project corridor has been divided into five packages, referred to as packages I to V. In'ternational consultants' have been appointed for the planning and design of each of these five packages. Based on the findings of the various project reports prepared by the consultants, the following contract packages have been selected as candidates for the appraisal by the World Bank in February 2000. Of these, the packages to be implemented in the first phase would be selected during the Appraisal Mission. Table 1 Contract Packages-Mrd National Highway Project Contract Candidate for WB package Desonpbion From (km) To(kcm) Length(krn) Appraisal & I - A ra- Shikohabad 200.000 265.000 65.000 I -B C Shikohabad - Sarai lkrdil 265.000 330.000 65.000 1- c Sara! lkdi - Bg ip hancdra) 330.000 400.000 70.000 _______ Il -A Sikandra - Bhaunti 393.000 470.000 6t.600 A tl 11- B Bhaunti - Fatehpur Border 470.000 38.000 51330 11 - c Fatehpur Borier- Kbaga 38.000 115.0W0 77.0o0 A = Ill- A Khaga- Kokhrai 115.000 168.000 43.000 lip 8 Kokhrnj - Pahupur Vige 158.000 245.000 87.000 lil C Paharpur village -tajs Talab 245.000 317.000 72.000 A tV -A Raa Talab - Mohanis 318.000 65,000 78.000 IV -8 Mohania-sam bypas 65.000 110.000 45.000 IV IV-C Sasaram bvpass 110.000 140.000 30.000 IV -0 Sone River - AuAragabad 140.000 180.000 40.000 V.A Auranmabad - Barathati 180.000 40.000 20.000 _ V V-B BSrachwti-Goralw 240.wo 320.i00 80.000 V oC t3rahaf- Barva-Addas 320.040 3f8.750 78.750 A1 Souce .EIA Reports. Packagefs 11 t V, UIhNanai8HWayP1ocvty This report details the Environmental Management Plan for Package Il-A, from Sikandara (km 393) to Bhaunti (km 470) of the Third National Highway Project. The EMP is based on the EIAIEMP reports cariied out along Package 11 of the project. B. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT The high volume carrying stretch of the NH-2, between Sikandra to Dhanbad is to be widened to four lane, within the existing RoW, avoiding land acquisition as far as possible, except for locations where it is absolutely essential from traffic engineering, environmental and social aspects where a diversion frorn the existing alignment is necessitated. Following is the scope of work as stated in the ToR for feasibility studies and detailed engineering consultancy services, "... 777e scope will consist nlwiy widening of the disting try lane to fobr lane *ithin Mie RoW, intar alia incjdmng fixation of alVnt7, aligmniets of tie proposed wiLeinig work rnproents9, if any. Requred to the existng afignment dlenbflcation and fixation of algnments of -lxrt bypasses, identircatk,n of klxatons of seavce road, iden& kWn, -Axation 'The International consultants entrusted wIth the prject preparation of the various packages are: Packaige Il: Sverdrup Civil Inc (USA) Package m: SNC Lavalin Intemabonal Inc (Canada) in assocation wIth Engineers and Management Assodates Package IV: COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS Denmark in NV with SPAN Consultnts Pvt Ltd.  EMP P.A age 11-A WORLD BANK Jll NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROJECT and design of toll plazas ekt. ;-essaiy arboniculture along the highway and plantation on the median stnps compatible win b. -urmunding landscape shall be suitabty suggeshted T.. 7he Consultant shall undeftA'- -?4 detailed environmental study in accordance with the stan.danrs prescribed by Gol and World Bank and will make suitable recommnendations and prepare appropriate, mitigatW plan and lesettlem7ent action plans. The Engineenng design of the project will absorb all acceptable recornmendations emerging out of the environmental stdies. C. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN C.1 INTRODUCTION Ttie Environmental Management Plan (EMP) consists of the set of mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures to be taken up during the design, construction and operation stages of the project to eliminate adverse environmental impacts, to offset them, or to reduce them to acceptable levels. The plan also includes the actions needed for the implementation of these measures. Thie major components of the Environmental Management Plan are . Mitigation of potentially adverse impacts Monitoring during project implementation and operation Institutional Capacity Building and Training Implementation Schedule and Environmental Cost Estimates * Integration of EMP with Project planning, design, construction and operation. C.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP The main aim of the Environmental Management Plan is to ensure that the various adverse impacts are mitigated and the positive impacts are enhanced. The objectives of the EMP at various stages of the project planning and implementation are as follows: C.2.1 Design Stage * To have minimum impact on roadside trees, forestaon and ground cover . To keep land acquisition and building demolition at a minimum . To provide maximum safety to the highway users and roadside communities as well as segregation of local and slow moving traffic in the congested areas