India - Third National Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 3 of 10) : Environmental management plan - Construction package 2-C

E-339 VOL.3 INDIA THIRD NATIONAL HIGHWAY WORLD BANK PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE II-C NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF IDIA 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.1 INTRODUCTION .................... 2 C.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE EMP .................... 2 C. 2.1 Design Stage ........ .. ........................................ .................. ..... ..... .. ... ....2 C. 2.2 Construction Stage... 2 C. 2.3 Operation Stage.... 2 C.3 MEETING OF THE EMP OBJECTIVES ............................................................ 2 C.3.1 Commitment to address environmental health, safety and social impacts .............. C.3.2 Commitmentfor constant dialogue with the public and interested stakeholders ... ... 3 C.3.3 Commitment related to training ......................................................... ... ...3 C.3.4 Commitment to meet legal requirements ...3................................................... ....3 D. CRITICAL IMPACTS TO BE ADDRESSED - PACKAGE II-C. 3 E. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP). 4 F. MONITORING PROGRAMME ........................ 18 F. I PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (PIs) .............................................................. 18 F.2 SELECTION OF INDICATORS FOR MONITORING ........................................... 18 F.2.1 AmbientAir Quality (AAQ) Monitoring ...................................................... ..... 18 F.2.2 Water QualityMonitoring ............................................................. .... 19 F.2.3 Noise levels Monitoring .................................................................. 21 F.3 MONITORING PLAN .................................................................. 21 G. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - BUDGET .23 APPENDICES .24  E1vVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN -11 C _ _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...... . . . A. INTRODUCTION The Govemment 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 conidor has been divided into five packages, referred to as packages I to V. Intemational 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-MIrd National Highway Project Candidate for WB pnackage Description From (kmn) To(km) Length(kmr) Appraisal & I akaeImplement2tion - ::A Agra- Shikohabad 200.000 265.000 65.00 O_______ I I BA Shikohabad - Sarsi Ikdil 265.000 330.000 65.000 I- C Sarai lkdi - Bognipur (Sikandra) 330.000 400.000 70.000 1l-A Sikandra - Shaunti 393.000 470.000 61.600 A 11 = - B _ haunti - Fatehpur Border 470.000 38.000 51.330 1i- C Fatehpur Border- Khaga 38.000 115.000 77.000 11i- A Khaga- Kokhraj 115.000 158.000 43.000 Ji I 11- 8 Kokhrai -Paharpur Vdiage 158.000 245.000 87.000 D ll- C Paharpur village -Raja Talab 245.000 317.000 72.000 IV -A Rats Tatab - Mohania 318.000 65.000 78.000 IV -B Mohania-Sasaram bypass 65.000 110.000 45.000 A IV IV -C Sasaram bypass I _110.000 1_140 000 30.000 IV - D Sone River - Aurangabad 1400000 1*0.000 40.000 IA V- A Auranpabad - Barachatti 180 000 240.000 60.000 .NA V V-AB Barachatti - 240.000 320 000 I 80_000 V < Gorhar- Barwa-Adda(Dhanbed) 320.000 398.750 78.750 A Sou:e: EIA Reports, Packages fil to V. Ilhgr Nabonal F