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India: Second Karnataka State Highways

Improvement Project

Executive Summary

Environmental Impact Assessment

EPC & ANNUITY PACKAGES

Prepared by the Government of Karnataka

Public Works Department

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Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project - II Executive Summary

Consultancy Services for Preparation of DPR, Bid Documents EPC and Annuity Packages

and Associated Safeguard Instruments – Funded by World Bank

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – EPC & ANNUITY PACKAGES .............................................................. 1 E.1 Introduction: .......................................................................................................................................... 1 E.2 Project Background: .............................................................................................................................. 1 E.3 Need and Scope of Environmental Assessment: ................................................................................... 2 E.4 Description of Project: .......................................................................................................................... 2

E.4.1 Description of Project corridors: ................................................................................................. 2 E.4.2 Typical road cross-section types adopted: ................................................................................... 5 E.4.3 Design speed: ............................................................................................................................... 6 E.4.4 Re-alignments/ Horizontal curve improvements: ......................................................................... 6 E.4.5 Major and minor junctions: .......................................................................................................... 8 E.4.6 Treatment of Culverts and Bridges ............................................................................................... 9 E.4.7 Road Furniture and Road Safety Measures................................................................................ 11

E.5 Key Environmental Laws & Policies: ................................................................................................. 12 E.5.1 Clearances required for the project: .......................................................................................... 13

E.6 Description of baseline environment:.................................................................................................. 15 E.7 Stakeholder Consultation: ................................................................................................................... 16 E.8 Analysis of Alternatives: ..................................................................................................................... 18 E.9 Potential Environmental Impacts and Mitigation measures: ............................................................... 18 E.10 Summary of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R): ........................................................................ 25 E.11 Environmental Management Plan: ...................................................................................................... 26 E.12 Conclusion: ......................................................................................................................................... 28

LIST OF TABLES

Table E-1: Details of proposed project roads under EPC and Annuity .................................................................. 2 Table E-2: Typical Road Cross-sections used in designing project roads .............................................................. 5 Table E-3: Details of minor realignments along the project roads ......................................................................... 6 Table E-4: Details of major realignments along the project roads .......................................................................... 8 Table E-5: Number of Major/Minor junctions identified for improvement ............................................................ 8 Table E-6: Treatment proposals for Culverts along project roads .......................................................................... 9 Table E-7: Treatment proposals for Bridges along project roads ......................................................................... 10 Table E-8: No. of Bus Bays proposed for project roads ....................................................................................... 11 Table E-9: Clearances required for the proposed project roads ............................................................................ 13 Table E-10: Details of Public consultation meetings ............................................................................................ 16 Table E-11: Environmental Impact Matrix of the road projects ........................................................................... 21 Table E-12: Summary of Environmental impacts for EPC project roads ............................................................. 21 Table E-13: Summary of Environmental impacts for annuity project roads ........................................................ 22 Table E-14: Summary of proposed Environmental mitigation measures (EPC project roads) ............................. 23 Table E-15: Summary of proposed Environmental mitigation measures (Annuity project roads) ....................... 23 Table E-16 Summary of Impacts .......................................................................................................................... 25 Table E-17: Estimated cost of EMP implementation............................................................................................ 27

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure E-1: Map showing proposed project road locations with respect to notified National Parks and Wildlife

Sanctuaries. ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Figure E-2: Pictures showing completed solid noise barriers on proposed EPC project roads ............................ 24 Figure E-3: Organizational Framework of EMPIU – KSHIP ............................................................................... 48




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KARNATAKA STATE HIGHWAYS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (KSHIP)

ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT

E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – EPC & ANNUITY PACKAGES

E.1 Introduction:

This report summarizes the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental

Management Plan (EMP) for the Project, including project background, applicable legal and policy

framework and environmental monitoring standards, significant potential adverse impacts on the

physical, biological and socio-economic attributes of environment along with mitigation measures in

the project area, analysis of alternatives, public consultation programs and environmental

management plan. This Executive Summary prepared for the Karnataka State Highways Improvement

Project II - World Bank funded EPC and Annuity packages serves as a concise environmental report.

E.2 Project Background:

The Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (KSHIP) is an initiative by the Public Works

Department (PWD) of the Government of Karnataka (GOK), to undertake improvement of State

Highways and Major District Roads.

Under a previous World Bank (WB) assisted KSHIP-I program (2001 to 2007), 2,406 km state roads

covering State Highways (SH) and Major District Roads (MDR) were improved. An updated

Strategic Options Study (SOS), recently performed for the core road network under the control of the

PWD, identified a further 7,094 km of State Highways as potential candidate roads for prioritized

improvement. A techno-economic feasibility study and environmental/social screening of about 4,900

km of SOS and other roads completed in November 2006 evaluated the feasibility of improvement

works and established a priority ranking of 3,411 km of roads. KSHIP-II comprises the subsequent

improvement program of 3,411 km identified through this feasibility study. To facilitate this, the

Government of Karnataka appointed M/s Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick UK with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

India as the Project Coordinating Consultants (PCC) to carry out the Detailed Project Report (DPR)

for upgradation of the 3411 km of roads.

From the 3,411km of roads, a total of 832.51 km of roads have been selected for upgradation under

conventional construction contracts (268.59 km) and Annuity concessions (563.92 km). The

conventional construction contracts are referred to as EPC (engineer, procure and construct). The

proposed EPC1 and Annuity

2 projects are grouped into five contract packages (consisting of eight road

links) and four contract packages (consisting of seventeen road links) respectively. None of the EPC

and Annuity road links pass through any protected area including tiger reserves.

The Annuity concessions are structured such that the concessionaire receives a pre-determined

amount of money as part-payment during the construction period and annuity payments every year

during the operation and maintenance period in return for the obligation to develop and maintain the

highway for the duration of the concession period (10 years). The concessionaire is provided with the

designs and drawings (including DPR). However, the concessionaire is allowed to improve upon the

design on the basis of given standards and specifications, with minimum required standards for certain

components such as horizontal & vertical alignment, pavement to be met. The concessionaire shall

1 EPC contracts: Under EPC (engineer, procure and construct), contractors would build roads and hand over to

GOK, and the cost of the project is fully met by GOK from public funds and World Bank assistance. 2 Annuity concessions: In Annuity, the concessionaires would design, finance, build, operate and maintain the

road for a specified period, at the end of which the road would be transferred to GOK. The financing of

construction would be partly met through World Bank assistance. The concessionaires would finance the

balance and recover monies through Annuity payments from GOK.




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construct the project within the project site provided by the GOK. No additional land acquisition will

be required during the implementation. The project site is based on the DPR designs, complying with

all the latest environmental guidelines with respect to environmental protection and conservation. The

scope of work of the concessionaire also includes preparation of required Environmental Monitoring

and Management Plans to be implemented for the proposed road construction works.

E.3 Need and Scope of Environmental Assessment:

Under the techno-economic feasibility study of 4,900km, the roads were subjected to Multi

Criteria Analysis (MCA) and environmental screening. Roads that did not qualify in techno-

economic feasibility studies and sensitive corridors passing through wild life sanctuaries and

national parks were screened to avoid negative impacts on eco-sensitive areas to arrive at a

length of 3,411 km of roads for DPRs under KSHIP-II.

The scope of the environmental study during the DPR stage includes screening, scoping, preparation

of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan reports as per

the guidelines of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI) and

meet the requirements of Operational Policy 4.01of World Bank.

EIA notification, 2006 by MOEF, GoI covers expansion of state highways greater than 30km,

involving additional right of way > than 20m involving land acquisition and necessitates

preparation of EIA and EMP. Further, the WB OP 4.01 stipulates need for EA and EMP

under WB financing. In line with these guidelines separate Environmental Impact Assessment

reports have been prepared for EPC and Annuity packages including link wise Environmental

Management Plans.

E.4 Description of Project:

E.4.1 Description of Project corridors:

The corridors selected for improvement under EPC and Annuity are spread across the State of

Karnataka along with distance from nearest notified protected area are presented in the Table E-1

below. The locations of proposed project roads with respect to the notified National Parks and

Wildlife Sanctuaries are shown in Figure E-1.

Table E-1: Details of proposed project roads under EPC and Annuity

Contract

Package

Link

ID Description of Link

Districts

traversed

Distance from

nearest notified

Protected Area

(km)

Link

length

(km)

Contract

Package

Length

(km)

EPC Package

WEP-1 67A Hoskote – H Cross (Hindgnala

Cross)

Bangalore

(R) & Kolar

30 km from

Bannerughatta

NP

23.50

52.40

67B H Cross - Chinatmani Bypass Kolar

55 km from

Bannerughatta

NP

28.90

WEP-2 M7D Hangal - Tadasa Haveri

35 km from

Gudavi bird

Sanctuary

43.46

74.26

T8 Haveri (NH4) - Hangal Haveri

35 km from

Ranebennur

Blackbuck

Sanctuary

31.80

WEP-3 21B Dharwad - Saundatti Belgaum &

Dharwad

45 km from

Dandeli WS 38.50 38.50

WEP-4 13A Tinthni - Devadurga Raichur > 100 km from 32.45 73.80




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Daroji Sloth bear

Sanctuary

13B Devadurga - Kalmala Raichur

> 100 km from

Daroji Sloth bear

Sanctuary

41.35

WEP-5 6C Chowdapur - Gulbarga Gulbarga

> 200 km from

Daroji Sloth bear

Sanctuary

28.63 28.63

Total length (km) 268.59

Annuity Package

WAP 1

63A Malavalli – Maddur Mandya 40 km from

Ranganathittu BS 22.803

192.368

63B Maddur – Huliyurdurga Mandya &

Tumkur

45 km from

Ranganathittu BS 27.531

63C Huliyurdurga – Kunigal Tumkur 30 km from

Adichunchanagiri

sanctuary

21.113

63D Kunigal – Tumkur Tumkur 30 km from

Adichunchanagiri

sanctuary

35.017

63E Tumkur – Kortagere Tumkur 60 km from

Adichunchanagiri

sanctuary

27.897

64F Koratagere – Madhugiri Tumkur 75 km from

Adichunchanagiri

sanctuary

20.027

64G Madhugiri – Pavagada Tumkur 90 km from

Adichunchanagiri

sanctuary

37.980

WAP 2

19A Mudhol – Mahalingapura Bagalkot 40 km from

Ghataprabha BS 19.170

107.937

19B Mahalingapura – Kabbur Bagalkot &

Belgaum

15 km from


19C Kabbur - Chikodi Belgaum 15 km from


19D Chikodi - (NH-4 cross) Nippani Belgaum 30 km from


19D Nippani to Maharashtra border Belgaum 04.112

WAP 3

T21 Shikaripura - Anandapuram (on

NH-206) Shimoga

13 km from

Shettihalli WS 32.241

153.665

M7A Shimoga – Shikaripura Shimoga &

Davanagere

7 km from

Shettihalli WS 49.795

M7B Shikaripura – Anavatti Shimoga 15 km from

Gudavi BS 45.414

M7C Anavatti – Hanagal Shimoga &

Haveri

15 km from

Gudavi BS 26.215

WAP 4

10A Managuli - Basavana Bagewadi -

Talikota Bijapur

> 100 km from


109.953

10B Talikota - Hunasagi - Devapur Bijapur &

Gulbarga

> 100 km from

Daroji Sloth Bear

Sanctuary

48.653

Total length (km) 563.923

Note: NP – National Park; WS - Wildlife Sanctuary; BS - Bird Sanctuary.




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Figure E-1: Map showing proposed project road locations with respect to notified National Parks and

Wildlife Sanctuaries.




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E.4.2 Typical road cross-section types adopted:

Based on the analysis of the primary and secondary data on these road links and comparing various

alternatives to avoid, mitigate and compensate the adverse impact on environment and safety for road

users, cross sections presented in Table E-2 have been evolved and recommended in the EMP. Two

different categories of cross-sections have been used in the design - rural cross-sections and urban

cross-sections. The table below includes various cross sections proposed for the project roads.

Table E-2: Typical Road Cross-sections used in designing project roads

C/S-

Type Description

Carriageway

width (m)

Paved

shoulder (m)

Unpaved

shoulder

(m)

Remarks Contract Package

UR1A Rural cross-section 7.00 1.50m both

sides

1.00m

both sides

WEP 1, 2,3,4 & 5

WAP 1, 2, 3 & 4

UR1B Rural cross-section 7.00 Nil 2.50m

both sides

WAP 2, 3 & 4

UR2 Rural cross-section

(through village)

7.00 Varies 2.50m

to 4.50m both

sides

Nil. For parking/

stopping/ bus

bays/ bicycles

WAP 1& 4

UR3 Urban cross-

section in built-up

area (with covered

drain)

7.00 Varies 2.50m

to 4.50m both

sides

Nil 2.0m footpath/

covered drain

on both sides.

WEP 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

WAP 1, 2, 3 & 4

UR4 Urban dual lane

cross-section in

built-up area (with

covered drain)

Dual 7.50m

with central

median

1.20m

Nil Nil 2.0m footpath/

covered drain

on both sides.

WEP 1 & 2

WAP 1, 2, 3 & 4

UR4A Urban dual lane

cross-section in

built-up area (with

covered drain)

Dual 6.50m

with central

median 0.4m


covered drain

on both sides.

WEP 1, 2 & 4

WAP 1, 2, 3 & 4

UR4B Urban dual lane

cross-section in

built-up area (with

covered drain)

Dual 6.50m

with central

median 0.4m

Nil 1.5m both

sides

WAP 4

UR4C Urban dual lane

cross-section in

built-up area (with

covered drain)

Dual 6.50m

with central

median 0.6m


covered drain

on both sides.

WAP 4


in sugarcane belt

7.00 2.50m both

sides

1.0m both

sides

WAP 1


in hilly terrain

7.00 1.00m both

sides

Nil V-type lined

drain on both

sides.

WAP 1


in cutting

7.00 1.50m both

paved with

flexible

pavement and

1.0m both

sides with

ICPB

Nil V-type lined

drain on both

sides.

WEP 4

WAP 1 & 3

UR8 Urban cross-

section with

parking bays

7.00 2.50m both

sides

Nil 6m parking

bays on either

sides

WAP 2

UR9 Rigid pavement

rural cross-section

(through village)

7.00 Varies 2.50m

to 4.50m both

sides

Nil RCC uncovered

drains on both

sides

WEP 1, 2 & 4

WAP 1, 2 & 3


in hilly terrain

7.00 1.50m both

sides

1.00m

both sides

Open V-type

drain in cutting

side and W-

beam crash

barrier in valley

WEP 5




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C/S-

Type Description

Carriageway

width (m)

Paved

shoulder (m)

Unpaved

shoulder

(m)

Remarks Contract Package

side.


at bridge approach

7.00 Nil 2.50m

both sides

Provision of

retaining wall

to reduce the

toe width.

WEP 5


with lime

stabilization

technique

7.00 Nil 2.50m

both sides

WEP 4


with retaining wall

on both side

7.00 Nil Nil Provision of

retaining wall

to reduce the

toe width on

both the sides

WEP 3

UR14 Urban cross-

section with

overlay

7.00 Nil Nil Lined cover

drain in both

the sides.

WAP 1

UR15 Rural cross-section 7.00 1.50m both

sides

1.00m

both sides

Lined

uncovered

drains on both

sides (V-Type)

WAP 1

UR16 Rural cross-section 7.00 1.50m both

sides

1.00m

both sides

Retaining wall

and open drain

proposed in

tank bund area.

WAP 1

UR17 Urban dual lane

cross-section in

built-up area (with

un covered drain)

Dual 7.50m

with central

median 1.2m

Nil 1.00m

both sides

Retaining wall

and open drain

in the built up

area.

WAP 3


in lake location

7.00 Nil 2.50m

both sides

Retaining wall

in the lake side.

The cross-sectional details adopted are consistent with IRC guidelines.

E.4.3 Design speed:

Design speeds have been selected in compliance with the relevant IRC Guidelines. A

minimum design speed of 80 kph is considered for the project roads in line with the type of

terrain traversed. However, a target design speed of 100 kph has been adopted for all rural

sections in plain terrain. In village areas/built up areas, a posted speed of 50 kph has been

adopted from safety considerations.

E.4.4 Re-alignments/ Horizontal curve improvements:

Re-alignments are generally considered to avoid stretches of road that have significant constraints on

improvement – such as heavily built up areas with restricted width where the R&R costs would be

very high. There are 3 major re-alignments required on these roads. Also, to provide for safe

operation, minor re-alignments were carried out at sharp curves with inadequate sight distance, in

line with geometrical standards as set out in IRC guidelines.

Table E-3: Details of minor realignments along the project roads

Link ID. Start Chainage End Chainage Length of

realignment (m)

EPC road links

67A 1.250 1.600 350

67B No realignments

M7D 3.980 4.020 40

13.660 13.850 190




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realignment (m)

17.980 18.460 480

42.200 42.339 139

T8

6.920 7.040 120

7.550 7.720 170

11.540 11.620 80

21B 8.820 8.950 130

31.700 31.950 250

13A

0.720 0.800 80

1.350 1.520 170

8.670 8.900 230

13B No realignments

6C

9.900 10.280 380

18.560 19.070 510

23.180 23.200 20

Annuity road links

63A

1150 1250 100

13980 14180 200

18610 18700 90

63B 21860 21950 90

63C

2500 2700 200

4520 4620 100

6400 6720 320

9800 10000 200

63D

12950 13100 150

21500 21850 350

28240 28340 100

33240 33280 40

33920 34050 130

63E

900 1170 270

14720 14820 100

16920 17320 400

19580 20120 540

64F

10250 10600 350

11520 11740 220

12870 13430 560

13600 13920 320

11420 14540 120

64G

1510 1850 340

2350 2630 280

3180 3260 80

17970 18130 160

18730 19040 310

20340 20460 120

24950 25460 510

25680 26040 360

44640 45380 740

51720 51820 100

19B

3590 3860 270

9460 9890 430

12420 12660 240

13410 13960 550

17800 18160 360

29700 30170 470

37740 38050 310

41260 41400 140

19C 690 810 120

1020 1170 150




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realignment (m)

10360 10560 200

14490 14810 320

19D

2930 3630 700

7740 8500 760

11860 12220 360

17950 18180 230

21500 21770 270

T21

4180 4300 120

8720 8860 140

12765 13050 285

22800 22930 130

29800 30200 400

31200 31520 320

M7A 32150 32350 200

32510 32710 200

M7B

2580 2800 220

3370 3630 260

4000 4700 700

14080 14730 650

20700 20820 120

24770 25100 330

25500 25800 300

30550 30800 250

36900 37400 500

38700 38900 200

41000 41200 200

M7C

10140 10260 120

22770 22930 160

23150 23260 110

10A 25920 26200 280

29840 30130 290

10B 32150 32350 200

32510 32710 200

Table E-4: Details of major realignments along the project roads


realignment (m)

Realignment

location

63B 23.600 27.300 3700 Huliyurdurga

63E 22.635 27.200 4565 Koratagere

64F 14.900 22.627 7727 Madhugiri

E.4.5 Major and minor junctions:

In order to carryout geometric improvement at junctions, it was decided to categorise them

under Major junctions and Minor junctions. Major junctions involved are those with NHs,

SHs and MDRs that carry higher traffic volumes. Village roads and other roads with lower

traffic volumes were typically considered under minor junctions. The number of junctions

identified for improvement is presented in the table below. The improvements would provide

for higher capacity and safe operation.

Table E-5: Number of Major/Minor junctions identified for improvement

Link

ID Description

No. of Junctions

Major Minor

EPC project roads

67A Hoskote - Hindgnala Cross 5 15

67B Hindgnala Cross - Chintamani Bypass 4 21

M7D Hangal – Tadasa 6 17




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Link

ID Description

No. of Junctions

Major Minor

T8 Haveri (NH4) - Hangal 4 20

21B Dharwad - Saundatti 2 16

13A Tinthni - Chinchodi - Jalhalli - Karegud - Devadurga 2 6

13B Devadurga - Masarkal - Gabbur - Kalmala 4 8

6C Chowdapur - Gulburga 1 12

Total 28 115

Annuity project roads

63A Malavalli – Maddur 1 26

63B Maddur – Huliyurdurga 2 27

63C Huliyurdurga – Kunigal 1 15

63D Kunigal – Tumkur 3 31

63E Tumkur – Kortagere 4 26

64F Koratagere – Madhugiri 2 17

64G Madhugiri – Pavagada 1 29

19A Mudhol – Mahalingapura 2 8

19B Mahalingapura – Kabbur 5 19

19C Kabbur - Chikodi 4 3

19D Chikodi - (NH-4 cross) Nippani 3 13

19D Nippani to Maharashtra border 0 2

T21 Shikaripura - Anandapuram (on NH-206) 0 11

M7A Shimoga – Shikaripura 3 21

M7B Shikaripura – Anavatti 5 20

M7C Anavatti – Hanagal 3 13

10A Managuli - Basavana Bagewadi - Talikota 6 17

10B Talikota - Hunasagi - Devapur 5 14

Total 50

E.4.6 Treatment of Culverts and Bridges

The treatment proposals for culverts, depending on their condition, include maintenance, widening,

increasing the vent size, replacement of structurally distressed culverts and replacement of bridges by

culverts. The treatment proposals for culverts are summarized in the Table E-6 below.

Table E-6: Treatment proposals for Culverts along project roads

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Treatment Proposals

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EPC project roads

WEP-1 67A Hoskote - H Cross

(Hindgnala Cross) - 7 2 - 1 8 1 2 - 21

67B H Cross - Chinatmani Bypass - 2 2 - 3 21 1 4 - 33

WEP-2 M7D Hangal - Tadasa - 4 18 - 53 10 2 4 3 94

T8 Haveri (NH4) - Hangal 3 9 9 - 15 29 2 - - 67

WEP-3 21B Dharwad - Saundatti - 3 5 - 1 18 4 10 - 41

WEP-4 13A Tinthni - Devadurga - 6 7 - 21 14 1 3 - 52




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13B Devadurga - Kalmala - 14 1 - 8 20 5 2 - 50

WEP-5 6C Chowdapur - Gulbarga - 1 4 - 5 26 1 3 1 41

Total 3 46 48 0 107 146 17 28 4 399


WAP 1

63A Malavalli – Maddur - 10 10 - 5 14 8 - 2 49

63B Maddur – Huliyurdurga - 5 12 - 13 11 2 9 3 55

63C Huliyurdurga – Kunigal - 4 2 - 13 14 5 - - 38

63D Kunigal – Tumkur 2 1 9 - 6 35 4 2 - 59

63E Tumkur – Kortagere - 12 4 - 8 15 9 9 2 59

64F Koratagere – Madhugiri - 2 1 - 4 28 - 16 - 51

64G Madhugiri – Pavagada - 17 9 - 2 59 4 2 - 93

WAP 2

19A Mudhol – Mahalingapura - - 2 - 21 24 - - - 47

19B Mahalingapura – Kabbur - 1 4 - 23 36 2 - - 66

19C Kabbur - Chikodi - - - - 8 28 - - - 36

19D Chikodi - (NH-4 cross)

Nippani - 3 5 - 9 28 2 - 6 53

WAP 3

T21 Shikaripura -

Anandapuram ( NH-206) - 6 13 - 23 20 9 1 - 72

M7A Shimoga – Shikaripura - 15 37 - 17 32 9 1 - 111

M7B Shikaripura – Anavatti - 5 18 - 42 24 5 1 - 95

M7C Anavatti – Hanagal - 5 4 - 15 9 1 7 - 41

WAP 4

10A Managuli - Basavana

Bagewadi - Talikota - 5 11 - 2 33 1 4 - 56

10B Talikota - Hunasagi -

Devapur - 10 3 - 23 23 - 3 - 62

2 101 144 0 234 433 61 55 13 1043

A summary of the proposals for the bridges is given in the Table E-7 below. The 3 major bridges in

the EPC packages are 138 m long Varada River bridge on link T8, 128 m long Hirehalla bridge on

link 13A, and a 60 m bridge on link 6C. There are 3 major bridges in Annuity packages as well. A

major bridge having a length of 162 m is proposed at Kunigal tank on road link 63D and two major

bridges each having of length of 63 m across road link 63E.

Table E-7: Treatment proposals for Bridges along project roads

Co

ntr

act

Pa

cka

ge

Lin

k R

ef

Description of Link

New Bridges

Rep

lace

men

t o

f

Su

per

stru

ctu

re

Wid

enin

g

Ma

inte

na

nce

Do

No

thin

g

Co

nv

erte

d t

o

Cu

lver

ts

Total

6m

to

30m

30m

to 6

0m

> 6

0m

EPC project roads WEP-1 67A Hoskote - H Cross (Hindgnala Cross) 2 - - - - 5 - - 7

67B H Cross - Chinatmani Bypass 6 - - - - 6 - - 12

WEP-2 M7D Hangal - Tadasa 1 1 - - - - - - 2

T8 Haveri (NH4) - Hangal - - 1 - - - - - 1

WEP-3 21B Dharwad - Saundatti 4 2 - - 1 1 - 1 9

WEP-4 13A Tinthni - Devadurga 12 2 1 - 2 - - 3 20

13B Devadurga - Kalmala 6 2 - 2 11 - 4 25

WEP-5 6C Chowdapur - Gulbarga 5 - 1 - - 1 - - 7

Total 36 7 3 0 5 24 0 8 83


WAP 1

63A Malavalli – Maddur 1 - - - - 4 - - 5 63B Maddur – Huliyurdurga - - - - 3 2 - - 5 63C Huliyurdurga – Kunigal - - - - - 4 - - 4




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Co

ntr

act

Pa

cka

ge

Lin

k R

ef

Description of Link

New Bridges

Rep

lace

men

t o

f

Su

per

stru

ctu

re

Wid

enin

g

Ma

inte

na

nce

Do

No

thin

g

Co

nv

erte

d t

o

Cu

lver

ts

Total

6m

to

30m

30m

to 6

0m

> 6

0m

63D Kunigal – Tumkur 2 - 1 - 1 7 - - 11 63E Tumkur – Kortagere 4 - 2 - 3 7 - - 16 64F Koratagere – Madhugiri 5 2 - 1 - 2 - - 10 64G Madhugiri – Pavagada 8 2 - 4 2 9 - - 25

WAP 2

19A Mudhol – Mahalingapura 4 3 - - - - - - 7

19B Mahalingapura – Kabbur 11 4 - - - 1 - 2 18

19C Kabbur - Chikodi 2 1 - - - 1 - - 4 19D Chikodi - (NH-4 cross) Nippani 12 - - - - - 2 - 14

WAP 3

T21 Shikaripura - Anandapuram (on NH-

206) 2 - - - - 3 1 - 6

M7A Shimoga – Shikaripura 4 - - - - 2 2 - 8

M7B Shikaripura – Anavatti 5 - - - 1 - 5 - 11

M7C Anavatti – Hanagal 1 - - - - 3 - - 4

WAP 4 10A

Managuli - Basavana Bagewadi -

Talikota 5 1 - - 3 4 - 3 16

10B Talikota - Hunasagi - Devapur 10 4 - - - 1 - 1 16

76 17 3 5 13 50 10 6 180

Other details of the project discussed under this section include, present and projected traffic details

by vehicle type pertaining to the project roads; road construction materials such as rock, gravel, sand,

embankment fill, asphalt; the major material sources for aggregates, murrum and sand in the project

area; etc,.

E.4.7 Road Furniture and Road Safety Measures

Road furniture and safety measures include road markings, cautionary, mandatory and informatory

signs, kilometer stones, hectometer stones and boundary stones, delineators and object markers, guard

posts and crash barriers, road humps & rumble strips, Reflective Pavement Markers (RPM) and

chevron signs, median barriers, bus bays and truck lay byes. Table E-8 below gives the number of bus

bays provided on each of the proposed project roads.

Table E-8: No. of Bus Bays proposed for project roads

Contract

Package

Link

ID Description

Number of Bus

Bays

LHS RHS

EPC project roads

WEP1 67A Hoskote - Hindgnala Cross 6 6

67B Hindgnala Cross - Chintamani Bypass 5 5

WEP2 M7D Hangal – Tadasa 12 12

T8 Haveri (NH4) – Hangal 3 5

WEP3 21B Dharwad – Saundatti 2 2

WEP4 13A Tinthni - Chinchodi - Jalhalli - Karegud – Devadurga 8 8

13B Devadurga - Masarkal - Gabbur - Kalmala 7 8

WEP5 6C Chowdapur – Gulburga 3 3

Total 46 49


WAP 1 63A Malavalli – Maddur 1 1

63B Maddur – Huliyurdurga 5 5

63C Huliyurdurga – Kunigal 6 6

63D Kunigal – Tumkur 11 11

63E Tumkur – Kortagere 9 9

64F Koratagere – Madhugiri 4 4

64G Madhugiri – Pavagada 8 8




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Contract

Package

Link

ID Description

Number of Bus

Bays

LHS RHS

WAP 2 19A Mudhol – Mahalingapura 2 2

19B Mahalingapura – Kabbur 7 7

19C Kabbur - Chikodi 3 2

19D Chikodi - (NH-4 cross) Nippani 9 9

WAP 3 T21 Shikaripura - Anandapuram (on NH-206) 8 8

M7A Shimoga – Shikaripura 3 3

M7B Shikaripura – Anavatti 7 7

M7C Anavatti – Hanagal 8 8

WAP 4 10A Managuli - Basavana Bagewadi - Talikota 10 10

10B Talikota - Hunasagi – Devapur 12 12

Total 113 112

E.5 Key Environmental Laws & Policies:

The Constitutional Provisions like Article 48 and 51-A (g) and 74th Amendment to the Constitution

serve as principle guidelines of environmental protection. Further Regulations, Acts, Policies

applicable to sustainability and environmental protection as listed in chapter 3 of EIA report have

been reviewed for their applicability. Guidelines and norms related to road construction by Indian

Road Congress that help for environmental protection include, IRC: 104-1988, IRC: 36-1974, IRC:

10-1961, IRC: 36-1970, IRC: 43-1972, IRC: 72-1978, IRC: 33-1982, etc.

EIA Notification of September 20063 - As per the Notification, it is necessary to take prior

Environmental clearance for the road expansion projects from Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for

Category „A‟4 projects and State Environmental Appraisal Committee (SEAC) for Category „B‟

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projects. Interpretation and applicability of the EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006, for EPC

and annuity road links is as follows. Proposed road links have been grouped as follows with respect to

prior Environmental clearance under EIA Notification, 2006.

Group I: Expansion of State Highways having length > 30 km length and located within 10 km

distance from the boundary of Protected Areas notified under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and

interstate boundaries are grouped under Category „A‟. These projects require prior environmental

clearance from the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC).

Link ID Description of the links Length in km Remarks

64G Madhugiri - Pavagada 35.80 AP Border

M7A Shimoga – Shikaripura 50.10 Shettihalli wildlife sanctuary

3 EIA Notification of September 2006

3 under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986

for imposing certain restrictions and prohibitions on new projects or activities, or on the expansion or

modernization of existing projects or activities based on their potential environmental impacts as indicated in the

schedule to the notification.

4 Category „A‟ projects - All projects or activities included as Category „A‟ in the Schedule, including expansion

and modernization of existing projects or activities and change in product mix, shall require prior environmental

clearance from the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the

recommendations of an Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) to be constituted by the Central Government for the

purposes of this notification.

5 Category „B‟ projects - All projects or activities included as Category „B‟ in the Schedule, including expansion

and modernization of existing projects or activities as specified in sub paragraph (ii) of paragraph 2, or change

in product mix as specified in sub paragraph (iii) of paragraph 2, but excluding those which fulfill the General

Conditions (GC) stipulated in the Schedule, will require prior environmental clearance from the State/Union

territory Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). The SEIAA shall base its decision on the

recommendations of a State or Union territory level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) as to be constituted

for in this notification. In the absence of a duly constituted SEIAA or SEAC, a Category „B‟ project shall be

treated as a Category „A‟ project




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Group II: Expansion of State Highways greater than 30 km involving additional right of way

greater than 20m involving land acquisition are grouped under Category „B‟. These projects

require prior environmental clearance from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority

(SEIAA).

Link ID Description of the links Length in km

M7D Hangal – Tadasa 43.46

T8 Haveri (NH-4) – Hangal 31.80

21B Dharwad – Saundatti 38.50

13A Thinthini – Chinchodi – Jalhalli – Karegud – Devadurga 32.45

13B Devadurga – Masarkal – Gabbur – Kalmala 41.35

63D Kunigal – Tumkur 35.20

19B Mahalingapura – Kabbur 42.27

T21 Shikaripura – Anandapuram (on NH-206) 32.20

M7B Shikaripura – Anavatti 46.00

10A Managuli - Basavana Bagewadi - Talikota 61.04

10B Talikota - Hunasagi – Devapur 48.56

Group III: Project roads having length < 30 km are not under the purview of EIA Notification 14th

September 2006.

Link ID. Description of the links Length in km

67A Hoskote - H (Hindgnala) Cross 23.50

67B H Cross - Chinatmani bypass 28.90

6C Chowdapur – Gulbarga 28.63

63A Malavalli – Maddur 22.80

63B Maddur – Huliyurdurga 27.50

63C Huliyurdurga – Kunigal 21.10

63E Tumkur – Koratagere 27.90

64F Koratagere – Madhugiri 20.00

19A Mudhol – Mahalingapura 19.06

19C Kabbur – Chikodi 18.38

19D Chikkodi - Nippani (NH4) 23.90

M7C Anavatti Hanagal 26.30

However, recent amendment (dated November, 2009) to EIA Notification, 2006 states that “All state

highway projects; and state highway expansion projects in hilly terrine (above 1,000 m AMSL) and or

ecologically sensitive areas” require pre environmental clearances from EAC for Category „A‟

projects and from SEAC for Category „B‟ projects.

E.5.1 Clearances required for the project:

After reviewing the various applicable acts and statutes, as mentioned above, it is proposed that

clearances and permission are required for corridors of the project. A summary of clearances required

for the proposed projects is shown in the Table E-9.

Table E-9: Clearances required for the proposed project roads

Sl.

No. Subject

Authority

granting

clearance

When

required

Corridors

requiring

clearances

Responsibility and Status

of Clearance

1 Prior environmental

clearance

Karnataka State

Environmental

Appraisal

Committee

Before

Construction

M7D, T8, 21B,

13A & 13B

(EPC) 63D,

19B, T21,

M7B, 10A &

10B (Annuity).

KSHIP‟s responsibility

Environmental clearance

has given vide letter no.

SEIAA/80/ind/2008 dated

18.11.2008 and

SEIAA/7/ind/2009 dated

01.10.2009.

MoEF, New Delhi Before

Construction

64G & M7A

(Annuity)

Environmental clearance

has given vide letter no. 5-




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Sl.

No. Subject

Authority

granting

clearance

When

required

Corridors

requiring

clearances


of Clearance

13/2008-IA-III dated

13.01.2009 and letter no 5-

6/2009-IA.III dated

22.01.2010.

2 Forest Clearance Karnataka State

Forest

Department.

Before

Construction

67A, 13A &

M7D (EPC)

63C, T21, M7A

& M7B

(Annuity)

KSHIP‟s responsibility

Applications for forest land

diversion – submitted.

3 Cutting tress and

transporting

Department of

Forests.

Before

Cutting

All road links. KSHIP‟s responsibility

Application for tree cutting

clearance has been

submitted for EPC road

links and is in progress for

Annuity road links.

4 Consent for

Establishment

(under Water

(Control and

prevention of

pollution) Act and

Air (Control and

prevention of

pollution) Act)

Karnataka State

Pollution Control

Board (KSPCB),

Bangalore

Before

Construction

All road links. KSHIP‟s responsibility

Consents have been

obtained vide letter no.

PCB/439/CFE/08/H.551

dated 22.07.2008 and vide

letter no.

PCB/05/CNP/09/558 dated

29.01.2010.

5 Permit for

installation of

crusher

KSPCB Before

Construction

All road links. Contractor‟s responsibility.

6 No Objection

Certificate (NOC)

for batching plant

KSPCB, inspector

of Factories.

Before &

during

construction.


7 Asphalt Plant

Clearance

KSPCB Before

Construction


8 Traffic

Management and

regulation during

operation

Police Department During

Construction


9 Installation of

Generators

Karnataka

Electricity

company of

respective regions

Before

Installation

All road links Contractor‟s responsibility.

10 Clearance for

excavation &

transporting soil

Department of

Mines / Local

Bodies

Before

Quarrying


11 Permission for

extraction of sand

and boulder

Department of

Mines &

Geology.

Government of

Karnataka

Before

Quarrying

All road links. If the extraction of boulder

is being procured from the

existing quarry/supplier, it

shall be ensured that,

requisite license/ lease has

been obtained from the

concerned Authority.

12 License for storing

diesel

Commissioner of

Explosives &

KSPCB

During

Construction


13 Labour camps District Health

Officer

During

Construction


14 Clearance for

crossing other

waterways

Irrigation

Department, GoK.

During

Construction

T8 Contractor‟s responsibility.




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Sl.

No. Subject

Authority

granting

clearance

When

required

Corridors

requiring

clearances


of Clearance

15 If water has to be

taken from river /

Reservoir

Irrigation

Department, GoK.

During

Construction

Where ever the

necessity arises.

Contractor‟s responsibility.

E.6 Description of baseline environment:

Information on baseline environment was collected from secondary source of data for the macro

environmental parameters like climate, physiography (Geology and geomorphology), biological and

socio-economic environment of the project influence area. The micro-environmental details within the

Corridor of Impact (CoI) have been collected from Primary source of data such as base maps prepared

by reconnaissance survey, extrapolation of environmental features on the proposed design, tree

enumeration, Analysis for environmental parameters such as Air, Water, Noise and Soil quality on the

project road.

The proposed road links proposed for improvements are spread across the state of Karnataka. Road

links 6C, 21B, 19A, 19B, 19C & 19D are on the Northern Karnataka Plateau; road links 10A, 10B,

13A, 13B, T8, M7D, T21, M7A, M7B & M7C are on the Central Karnataka Plateau and road links

67A, 67B, 63A, 63B, 63C, 63D, 63E, 64F and 64G are on the Southern Karnataka Plateau.

Topography of the project areas varies from mixture of flat to undulating terrain to gently undulating

terrain with residual hills.

The mean maximum temperature of the project area varies from 36.48 0C to 44.62

0C and mean

minimum temperature from 9.73 0C to 12.58

0C. The annual normal rainfall of the project area varies

from 383 mm to 821 mm.

Air quality, noise levels, water quality and soil characteristics for the proposed project roads have

been monitored at representative locations.

Proposed project road links 6C, 13A, 13B, 21B, 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 10A and 10B are distributed in

the Krishna river basin; links M7D, T8, T21, M7A, M7B and M7C are distributed in the Tungabhadra

river basin; road links 63A, 63B, 63C and 63D are distributed over the Kaveri river basin and road

links 67A, 67B, 63E, 64F and 64G are distributed over the Penneru and Palar river basins of

Karnataka state. The water contours and ground water yields in the project area varies from 400 – 500

(6C) to 800 - 1000 (67B) m above MSL and




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and oil seeds and major part of corridor 19 is through black cotton soils suitable for growing wheat,

tobacco, pulses, oil seeds and sugar cane.

The project road links 67A, M7D, T8, 63C, M7A, M7B and T21 requires some forest land diversion.

None of the project roads pass through the protected areas such as National Parks and Wildlife

Sanctuaries. Details of EPC and Annuity project roads along with distance from nearest notified

protected area are presented in Table E-1.

The project roads run mainly through cultivable land growing verities of crops connecting many

human habitations such as villages and towns. Public institutions like schools, hospitals, banks,

religious, community and commercial structures are located along the road side which facilitates the

general public with good service. Some of the major urban settlements with commercial activities

along the proposed project corridors are Hosakote, Hanagal, Haveri, Dharwad, Saundatti, Devadurga,

Gulbarga, Malavalli, Maddur, Kunigal, Tumkur, Madhugiri, Mudhol, Chikkodi, Shimoga, Shikaripura

and Talikota. The basic features of demography along the study corridors have been studied

and indicated in the report. The figures of 2001 census of population have been used.

E.7 Stakeholder Consultation:

Consultations during pre-feasibility, feasibility and environmental assessment stage have been

conducted with the objective of involving local communities in the project planning (participatory

planning). The follow up consultations have been held at project roads as a part of disclosure to

highlight the salient features of the project. The stakeholders of the project included affected

communities (within the corridor of impact) and other institutional stakeholders. The details of public

consultations are presented in the Table E-10.

Table E-10: Details of Public consultation meetings

Link

ID

Description of

link Details of consultation meetings Details of follow-up consultations


67A Hoskote – H

Cross (Hindgnala

cross)

Date: 18.01.2008; Place: Hindgnala;

No. of Participants: 43, covering 8

villages.

Date: 14-7-2010 ; Place: Hindignal

No. of Participants: 75

67B H Cross -

Chintamani

Bypass

Date: 18.01.2008; Place:

Perumanchanahalli;


villages.

T8 Haveri – Hanagal Date: 20.12.2007; Place: Adur;


villages.

Date: 06-7-2010 ; Place: Hangal

town


M7D Anavatti –

Hanagal – Tadas

Date: 13-01-2009; Place: Hanagal;


villages.

21B Dharwad –

Saundatti

Date: 23.01.2008 ; Place: Aminabhavi;


villages.

Date: 07-7-2010 ; Place:

Aminbhavi village No. of

Participants: 65

13A Thinthini Bridge

– Devadurga

Date: 13.11.2008; Place: Jalahalli;


villages..

Date: 08-7-2010 ; Place: Deodurga

town


13B Devadurga -

Kalmal cross

Date: 14.11.2008 ; Place: Masarkal;


villages.

6C Chowdapur –

Gulbarga

Date: 31.12.2007; Place: Sharan

Sirasangi;


villages.

Date: 09-7-2010 ; Place: Gabbur B

village





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Link

ID

Description of

link Details of consultation meetings Details of follow-up consultations


63A Malavalli-

Maddur

Date: 20.02.2008; Place: K M Doddi;


villages.

Follow up consultations will be

conducted prior to the start of

construction of annuity project roads.

63B Maddur-

Huliyurdurga

Date: 20.02.2008; Place:

Mallankuppe;


villages.




63C Huliyurdurga-

Kunigal

Date: 19.02.2008; Place: Dodda

Mavathur;


villages.




63D Kunigal-Tumkur Date: 19.02.2008; Place: Kothagere;


villages.




63E Tumkur-

Koratagere

Date: 18.02.2008; Place: Beladara;


villages.




64F Koratgere to

Madhugiri

Date: 18.02.2008; Place:

Keregalapalya;


villages..




64G Madhugiri to

Pavagada

Date: 18.02.2008; Place: Hoskere;


villages.




19A Mudhol-

Mahalingapur

Date: 21.11.2008; Place: Ranna

Belagali;


villages.




19B Mahalingapur-

Kabbur

Date: 21.11.2008; Place: Kankanawadi;


villages.




19C Kabbur-Chikodi Date: 21.11.2008; Place: Nagar Munnoli


villages.




19D Chikkodi-(NH 4

Cross) Nippani

Date: 19.12.2007; Place: PAttankudi;


villages.




T21 Shikaripura-

Anandapuram

(NH 206)

Date: 07.01.2009; Place: Anandapuram;


villages.




M7A Shimoga –

Shikaripura

Date: 07.01.2009; Place: Shimoga;


villages.




M7B Shikaripura –

Anavatti

Date: 12. 01.2009; Place: Thogarsi;


villages.


conducted prior to the construction of

annuity project roads.

M7C Anavatti -

Hanagal

Date: 13.01.2009; Place: Hanagal;


villages.




10A Managuli-

Basavana

bagewadi-

Talikota

Date: 13.11.2008; Place: Huvina

Hipparagi;


villages.




10B Talikota-

Hunasagi-

Devapur

Date: 13.11.2008; Place: Hunasagi;


villages.







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During the consultations, specific suggestions, issues, and concerns were sought from the local

communities and stakeholders. Some of the issues discussed during consultation process are provision

for parking areas; public comfort station; bus bays; bypasses and realignments; drainage; road user

safety; road side (avenue) tree planting; solid noise barriers to alleviate noise generated from the

traffic near schools and hospitals; provision of foot paths; speed breakers; sign boards; crash

barriers/parapet; dust control measures; proper compensation paid to the PAPs; availability of water

for construction; minimizing tree cutting; compensatory tree plantation and conservation of natural

water sources, etc.

E.8 Analysis of Alternatives:

The objective of this section is to highlight some of the salient issues considered for exercising

options such as “project with alternative”, “project with mitigations” and “no project scenario”. The

alignment alternatives of constituent road links were selected after finalization of these alternatives.

An analysis of various alternatives is attempted to arrive at the technically and

environmentally best-fit alternative. Alternatives in terms of realignments, bypasses, different

cross-section types have been considered to avoid the places of congestion and human settlements,

significant old trees, religious and community assets and environmentally sensitive areas (forest lands,

erosion prone areas, flood regions, etc). KSHIP is an upgradation project of existing State Highways.

No new alignments are being proposed except realignments and bypasses to improve the road

geometrics and avoid congested human settlements. Hence, the scope for project alternatives in terms

of alignment alternatives is limited. There are no bypasses proposed along the EPC project roads.

Similarly alternative route analyses for annuity links were carried. Based on this analysis, three major

shifts in alignments at Huliyardurga (63B), Koratgere (63E) and Madhugiri (64F) have been

proposed.

E.9 Potential Environmental Impacts and Mitigation measures:

Some of the significant environmental impacts of proposed road projects on the natural environment

and nearby communities are discussed in the section. The identified impacts could be largely

mitigated through engineering designs, good construction practices accompanied by a site specific

mitigation measures. Largely these mitigation measures have been made part of civil works contract.

Other mitigation/enhancement measures such construction of solid and vegetative noise barriers

across sensitive receptors and compensatory avenue tree plantation have been suggested for

implementation separately by KSHIP and involving other governmental agencies.

No significant change in the macro-climatic parameters (precipitation, temperature and wind) is

envisaged due to the project but cutting of roadside trees, laying of paved surface and other

construction activities temporarily modify the microclimate. Avenue plantations shall be taken up

under the compensatory plantation programme on either side of the road to counter the indicated

impacts on the physical environment.

There would be an increase in daytime temperature near the newly paved surfaces of the road due to

increase in the surface area of blacktop of widened road. This impact shall be mitigated by planting

rows of avenue plantations.

Surface runoff may be increased due to increase in the paved surface of the project roads overloading

the existing drainage facilities seldom causing floods at low lying areas. Raising of embankment

height and improvement of both longitudinal and cross drainage shall be done to avoid flooding of

flood prone section. Run off water recharge pits shall be constructed to facilitate the infiltration of

runoff water into the ground.




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Air quality along the project road alignment, major settlement locations like Hosakote (WEP 1),

Hanagal and Haveri (WEP 2), Dharwad and Saundatti (WEP 3), Devadurga (WEP 4) and Gulbarga

(WEP 5), Malavalli, Maddur, Kunigal, Tumkur and Madhugiri (WAP 1), Mudhol and Chikkodi

(WAP 2), Shimoga and Shikaripura (WAP 3) Talikota (WAP 4) and at construction establishments

(batching plants, hot mix plants, crushers, etc) will be impacted temporarily during construction

activities. To counter the impact on the air quality in the project area asphalt plants, crushers and

batching plants shall be sited at least 1 km in the downwind direction from the nearest human

settlement. Vehicles delivering loose and fine materials like sand and fine aggregates shall be covered

with tarpaulin covers to reduce spills on existing roads. Water shall be sprayed on earthworks,

temporary haulage and detour roads on a regular basis. The hot mix plants will be installed with dust

extraction units and cyclones/scrubbers to reduce exhaust gases.

There will be gradual enhancement of air pollution due to increase in number of vehicles on the

improved roads. Avenue and median plantation along the road sides and medians respectively should

help to control dust and fugitive emissions by operating vehicles from reaching the receptors.

The noise impact due to the project will be of significance both during construction as well as

operation stages. The community abutting project road and construction establishments will be

adversely affected by increase in noise level due to operating equipments and construction activities

of project road. Mitigation measures such as use of enclosures, walls, installation of mufflers around

noisy equipment; substituting quieter equipment or construction methods; timing of noisier

construction and demolition activities; providing Personnel Protective Equipments (PPE) to the

workers; locating construction establishments away from sensitive receptors; construction of noise

barriers at sensitive receptors; etc shall be taken up to reduce the impact of noise.

Soil compaction and contamination is envisaged at construction camps, labour camps, concrete

batching plants, hot mix plants, borrow areas, quarries and along access roads to these construction

establishments. Soil erosion is anticipated at bridge and culvert construction sites. As part of

mitigation measures top soil shall be preserved and back filled after the rehabilitation of

quarry/burrow areas Natural geographical contours and natural landscape shall be preserved and

maintained. If haulage roads are inevitable on productive agricultural land, it shall be reclaimed to the

original nature after the completion of construction activity. All construction establishments such as

construction camps, labour camps, and material storage areas shall be rehabilitated to the original

condition after the completion of construction work.

The major land use in the project area is agriculture and some stretches of the project constitutes built

up areas /settlements having active commercial and economic activity along the roadside. Agricultural

and commercial activities will be disturbed temporarily during construction phase.

Domestic solid waste from construction and labour camps shall be segregated into biodegradable and

non biodegradable before being sent to treatment. Biodegradable wastes are treated by composting

and non biodegradable wastes are either recycled or disposed off to an authorised land fill site.

Untreated waste water from construction camps and labour camps will pollute the surface water

bodies. Liquid wastes generated from the construction camps and labour camps shall be treated to the

prescribed norms before disposal.

There are two tributaries of minor river Tupari (flowing across 21B); two tributaries of major river

Krishna (flowing across 13B) and rivers Dharma and Varada (flowing across M7D & T8 respectively)

are in the impact zone and river Krishna (near 13A road link) is in the influence zone EPC corridors.

There are two minor rivers Varada, Dharma (M7C) and river Dona (10A) in the Impact zone. There

are no major rivers except few canals and other streams in the influence zone of Annuity corridors.




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These streams might be temporarily impacted during construction of road embankments, cross

drainage structures and cut and fill activities, by temporary increase in the silt inflow. These impacts

shall be mitigated by constructing cross drainage structures during the lean flow periods of summer;

provision for silt traps at regular intervals, especially at major cross drainage structures to trap the silt

before it reaches the water bodies. Some of the water supply units adjacent to project road within

proposed ROW will be impacted. Water supply resources such as bore wells, taps, water cisterns,

pipelines, etc. being impacted shall be relocated before the construction starts.

Total of 39,607 (EPC - 17,311 and Annuity – 22,296) trees are impacted due to the project and

aproximately 1,66,502 (EPC - 53,718 and Annuity - 1,12,784) avenue trees shall be planted on both

sides of the project roads.

A variety of utilities serving the regional needs like electric poles, electric transformers, telephone

poles, telephone junction boxes which are within impact zone shall be impacted. Some of the religious

structures (such as temples, mosque, church, shrines, arali kattes) and community structures (such as

schools, hospitals, bus shelters, etc.) by the sides of the project roads are impacted directly or

indirectly. Mitigation measures include shifting of all utilities and relocation of religious and

community structures in consultation with the public before the start of construction.

There are several locally important cultural properties – religious as well as community structures that

may be impacted by the project. The project includes adequate measures to ensure that the impacts on

these are managed properly. Chance-find procedures are also included in the contracts to handle any

such situations.

Road project requires materials such as aggregate stone metal, murrum and sand for the construction.

Procuring these materials from stone quarries, borrow pits and sand quarries leaves scars on the land,

increase the soil erosion and leads to loss of productive soil. These impacts shall be mitigated by

suitably rehabilitating the quarries, murrum borrow pits after the extraction of required material is

complete. Quarries shall be opened only after obtaining all the required statutory clearances from the

respective authorities. Borrow area management plan shall be prepared to rehabilitate the borrow pits.

The topsoil in the borrow area shall be stored separately and used to cover the area after rehabilitation.

Sourcing of the sand shall be made from leased sand mines only.

Major or minor accidents are envisaged during construction of roads by lack of knowledge on

handling of new equipments, workers functioning without proper personal protective equipment.

Injuries get worsen if first aid facilities are not there at construction sites. Injuries and accidents to

workers at construction shall be avoided by providing required training on using the equipments and

provision of personal protective equipments along with first aid facilities at construction sites.

Periodical health check-ups shall be arranged for the workers to ensure good health. Preparation and

implementation of road safety plans during project implementation is an important mitigation

measure. Labour camps shall not be located within 1000m of major habitations to avoid outbreak of

communicable diseases. Arrangement for storage and supply of potable water shall be made to the

workers.

It is usual that nearby public and commuting transportation will suffer from inconveniences,

additional time, cost and distance during construction period. Contractor shall prepare Traffic

Management Plan to ensure least interference to the free flow of traffic and local public.

On the positive aspect, the proposed road project will improve the connectivity between urban centers

and nearby rural areas and economic and social wellbeing of rural communities by improved access to




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markets, jobs, education canters and health care services. Tourism in the project area will boost the

local economic activities. Good roads also reduce travel time, fuel consumption and pollutants emitted

by the operating vehicles.

Significant negative and positive impacts due to project are summarized in the following impact

matrix (Table E-11).

Table E-11: Environmental Impact Matrix of the road projects

Environmental Attributes

Physical

Environment

Biological

Environment Geology

Topo-

graphy Air Water Noise Flora Fauna

Natural

Drainage Soil

I. Construction Phase

Labour Camp Activities -ve/t

Quarrying -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/p -ve/p

Material Transport & Storage -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t

Drilling and Blasting -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/p

Pavement works -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/p -ve/t -ve/p

Use of Construction Equipment -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t

Cutting of Trees -ve/p

Plantation +ve/p +ve/p +ve/p +ve/p

Culvert and Bridge Construction -ve/t -ve/t -ve/p

Stripping of Topsoil -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t

Debris Generation -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t -ve/t

Oil and Grease -ve/t -ve/t

II. Operational Phase

Vehicular Movement +ve/p +ve/t +ve/t -ve/p

Note: t – Temporary; p- Permanent; Impacts indicated in bold letters are Significant Impacts.

Summary of environmental impacts for the proposed EPC and annuity project roads are given in the

following Tables E-12, E-13.

Table E-12: Summary of Environmental impacts for EPC project roads

Project road link ID 67A 67B M7D T8 21B 13A 13B 6C

High School (Nos.) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

Primary School (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Temple (Nos.) 3 2 3 1 4 5 4 5

Shrine (Nos.) 2 8 0 3 3 1 0 4

Arali katte (Nos.) 6 5 0 6 2 3 2 5

Bus shelter (Nos.) 3 2 9 8 4 6 8 6

Hand pump (Nos.) 2 0 9 7 1 17 16 6

MWS tank (Nos.) 10 4 4 10 4 7 2 5

Samadhi (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0

Anganawadi (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Mosque (Nos.) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Grazing land (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Well (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

Hospital (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Others (Nos.)* 12 15 57 47 21 23 20 25

No. of trees to be felled (Nos.)** 1,556 2881 4753 2870 320 1397 1370 2164

Forest land to be acquired (Ha) 0.2400 - 0.6085 0.1316 - - - -

Electric Poles to be shifted (No.) 410 152 370 339 225 249 266 277

Transformers to be shifted (No.) 20 9 18 11 11 4 7 7

Telephone Poles to be shifted (No.) 36 23 28 11 12 1 19 67 * Others include Basement, Bore well, Compound wall, Fence, Flag pole, Govt. Land, Public toilet, Pump house, School

toilet, Water tank, Water tap, Sign board, Grave yard, Statues, APMC check points.

* * No of trees to be felled indicates trees measuring > 30 cm girth. Details of actual trees to be felled will be updated after

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Table E-13: Summary of Environmental impacts for annuity project roads

Project road link ID 63A 63B 63C 63D 63E 64F 64G 19A 19B 19C 19D T21 M7A M7B M7C 10A 10B

High School (Nos.) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Primary School (Nos.) 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

Temple (Nos.) 5 5 7 10 5 6 8 9 11 4 0 5 12 7 3 9 6

Shrine (Nos.) 1 2 1 4 0 3 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

Arali katte (Nos.) 4 7 7 12 5 7 14 0 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 5 8

Bus shelter (Nos.) 6 6 6 16 5 7 16 1 6 6 10 7 15 8 4 5 13

Hand pump (Nos.) 8 9 10 23 7 5 8 6 19 2 2 10 12 6 11 6 19

MWS tank (Nos.) 8 18 23 35 11 7 11 4 5 4 5 7 3 8 1 2 2

Samadhi (Nos.) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Anganawadi (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mosque (Nos.) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Grazing land (Nos.) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Well (Nos.) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Hospital (Nos.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Others (Nos.)* 42 68 39 83 28 30 63 16 21 10 12 21 23 26 15 10 21

No. of trees to be felled (Nos.)** 521 1404 1128 1264 1052 373 755 1194 1823 605 604 918 1939 2433 670 3781 1832

Forest land to be acquired (Ha) No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No

Electric Poles to be shifted (No.) 389 366 385 629 611 254 460 133 252 160 225 407 562 562 462 117 177

Transformers to be shifted (No.) 33 24 18 46 21 11 34 2 2 2 17 13 42 34 17 0 1

Telephone Poles to be shifted (No.) 49 35 10 51 62 37 47 31 53 31 54 3 73 81 58 22 2 * Others include Basement, Bore well, Compound wall, Fence, Flag pole, Govt. Land, Public toilet, Pump house, School toilet, Water tank, Water tap, Sign board, Grave yard, Statues, APMC

check points.

* * No of trees to be felled indicates trees measuring > 30 cm girth. Details of actual trees to be felled will be updated after joint verification of PIU and Forest Dept.

Summary of impact mitigation measures proposed are given in the following Table E-14.

Table E-14: Summary of proposed Environmental mitigation measures (EPC project roads)

Project

road

link ID

Silt fencing

(No.)

Recharge

pits (No.)

Debris re-

utilisation

(Cum)

Compensatory

tree plantation

(No.)

Noise Barrier

locations

(No.)

Enhancement

of water

bodies (No.)

67A 7 7 5360 4700 6 1

67B 10 10 5200 5780 5 1

M7D 8 8 3060 8692 14 1

T8 13 13 5360 6360 10 1

21B 6 6 6720 7700 5 1

13A 14 14 1920 6490 9 -

13B 17 17 4720 8270 9 1

6C 18 18 2000 5726 8 -

Total 93 93 34340 53718 66 6

Table E-15: Summary of proposed Environmental mitigation measures (Annuity project roads)

Project

road

link ID

Silt fencing

(No.)

Recharge

pits (No.)

Debris re-

utilisation

(Cum)

Compensatory

tree plantation

(No.)

Noise Barrier

locations

(No.)

Enhancement

of water

bodies (No.)

63A 15 15 1,013 4,560 10 1

63B 18 18 1,125 5,506 10 1

63C 9 9 478 4,222 9 1

63D 15 15 1,181 7,003 17 1

63E 11 11 1,238 5,579 8 1

64F 9 9 759 4,005 5 1

64G 18 18 1,041 7,596 19 1

19A 9 9 422 3,834 8 -

19B 16 16 1,041 8,468 9 -

19C 8 8 506 3,682 6 1

19D 32 32 816 5,601 6 -

T21 11 11 422 6,448 11 1

M7A 18 18 1,013 9,959 14 1

M7B 16 16 1,097 9,082 21 1

M7C 12 12 675 5,243 12 1

10A 19 19 984 12,260 7 -

10B 16 16 928 9,730 4 -

Total 252 252 14,739 112,778 176 12

Construction of solid noise barriers

Construction of solid noise barriers for identified sensitive noise receptors for road links

under all EPC and Annuity contract packages is in progress – procured under local shopping

procedures (Figure E-2). These noise barriers serve as the mitigation measure for the

anticipated increase in ambient noise and the transmission of dust towards the sensitive

receptor, not only for the operation phase but also during construction phase of the project.


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Figure E-2: Pictures showing completed solid noise barriers on proposed EPC project roads

Solid noise barrier under construction for a hospital building on road link 21

Solid noise barrier constructed for a Govt. School on road link 21

Solid noise barrier under construction for a Govt. School on road link M7D


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E.10 Summary of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R):

The GOK will adopt a R&R Policy for KSHIP II to address the adverse social impacts of the project

on the line of National Policy of Resettlement and Rehabilitation 2007. The policy adopted is

consistent with the World Bank‟s Involuntary Resettlement Policy. The Resettlement Action Plan

(RAP) is prepared in accordance with the stipulations and guidelines provided in Karnataka Public

Works Departmental Code; Resettlement and Rehabilitation - Principles and Policy Framework for

the Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project; The National Resettlement Policy, 2007 and the

World Bank‟s Operational Policy 4.12.

Census socio- economic surveys were conducted on the up-gradation roads, for a Corridor of Impact

between 16 m and 22 m keeping in view the design requirements. The matrix depicting the summary

of impacts is as follows.

Table E-16 Summary of Impacts

Contract

Package

Land

Acquisition-

Private (ha)

Land Transfer

– Government

(ha)

Major

Impact

- PAFs

Minor

impact

- PAFs

Community

Assets

(Nos)

PAFs PAPs

WEP1 0.82 0.26 28 44 74 72 337

WEP2 25.56 3.03 85 688 168 773 4695

WEP3 4.38 0.36 32 147 44 179 997

WEP4 0.08 0 147 65 117 212 715

WEP5 1.12 0 28 26 57 54 301

WAP1 78.43 5.68 349 406 736 755* 3349

WAP2 33.42 0 343 130 165 473* 1690

WAP3 70.35 0 215 325 223 540* 1706

WAP4 1.77 0.03 249 106 106 355 1174

TOTAL 215.93 9.36 1476 1937 1690 3413 14964

* Include estimate for land losers and actual for structure losers.

KPWD, GOK has decided to acquire the land under the Karnataka Highways Act, 1964. The GOK

has already initiated the process of establishing the Negotiation Committee to negotiate the price of

land with the beneficiaries on the basis of guidance value for the land.

Some of the entitlements include payment of compensation through negotiation according to the

KHA; additional assistance for those becoming marginal farmers; eligibility of bagar hukum land

losers; grant for replacement of cattle shed; alternative house or developed plot including construction

cost for those losing house; additional 25% compensation for partially affected structures towards

reconstruction; income generating assets up to Rs.75,000 for those losing commercial structures;

rental allowance for tenants; non-titleholders to get alternate house or developed plot + construction

cost, for commercial structures alternate shop or income generating asset; employees losing livelihood

will be given a one time payment; vulnerable groups including physically challenged and those above

60 years will be given a lump sum amount as assistance; and all community assets will be replaced

and reconstructed.

The RAP will be implemented by Karnataka PWD-PIU Social Development Resettlement Cell with