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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY for

NARMADA-MALWA-GAMBHIR LINK PROJECT MADHYA PRADESH

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

April, 2015

Prepared for:

NARMADA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Prepared by:

R. S. Envirolink Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 402, Radisson Suites Commercial Plaza,

B-Block, Sushant Lok-I, Gurgaon Ph: +91-124-4295383: www.rstechnologies.co.in

http://www.rstechnologies.co.in/

CONTENTS Page No.

1.1 AIM OF THE PROJECT 1

1.2 PROJECT PROFILE 1

1.3 LOCATION 1

1.4 WATER AVAILABILITY 1

1.5 LAND REQUIREMENT 2

1.6 STUDY AREA FOR EIA 3

1.7 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE DATA 3

1.8 SOCIAL ASPECTS 4

1.9 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 6

1.10 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 7

1.11 FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT 8

NVDA EIA/EMP study for Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir Link Project

RS Envirolink Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 1

1.1 AIM OF THE PROJECT The main objective of Narmada-Malwa-Ghambhir Link Project is to provide irrigation

facilities to the water-scare areas in upper reaches of Chambal basin where the level of

irrigation is only 5.54% of culturable area. The Narmada-Malwa- Ghambhir Link Project

has been conceived to cater irrigation water to about 50,000 ha of CCA in Indore and Ujjain

districts of Malwa region along with water for drinking and industrial purposes. 28 villages

of Sanwer Tehsil, 53 villages of Depalpur Tehsil of Indore district, 20 villages of Ujjain Tehsil,

33 villages of Ghatiya Tehsil, 17 villages of Barnagar Tehsil and 7 Villages of Khachrod Tehsil

of Ujjain district will be benefited by this scheme by way of irrigation & drinking water.

1.2 PROJECT PROFILE In the proposed scheme, 15 cumec of surplus water from existing Omkareshwar Project

Canal will be lifted through 3200 mm dia M.S. pipe rising main of about 34 km length up to

village Ambachandan of Mhow tehsil & will be further carried through 40 km of M.S. pipe

gravity main of 3200 mm dia upto Bhagoda village. This will further be bifurcated into two

piped lines namely Right Bank &left Bank Main pipe lines respectively of 75 km & 57.5 km

to irrigate 50,000 ha of CCA on both banks of Gambhir river in 158 villages of 6 Tehsils of

Indore & Ujjain districts. Provision of appropriate number/size of outlets at Ambachandan

village the origin of river Gambhir & at Yeshwant Sagar reservoir have been made to cater

the need of Industrial & domestic water usages. In the present proposal the irrigation disnet

system is completely designed as pipeline.

1.3 LOCATION The project area is spread in two regions of M.P. The lifting point, pump houses, rising main

and gravity main lie in Khargone and Indore District of Nimar region while the pipeline

system (and command area) lies in Indore and Ujjain districts of Malwa region. Location

map has been shown as Figure 1.

1.4 WATER AVAILABILITY The NWDT Award covers allocation of water to the party States, FRL of Sardar Sarovar and

Narmada Sagar Dams, Full Supply Level of Narmada Main Canal, sharing of cost and

benefits, regulated releases to be made by MP, apportionment of cost of Sardar Sarovar

dam between irrigation and power, setting up of machinery to implement the Award,

period of operation of certain clauses of the Award. The details of the above are:

1. Utilizable quantum of waters of Narmada at Sardar Sarovar Dam on the basis of 75%

dependability was assessed on 34537.44 Mcum (28 MAF).

2. The shares of the 4 party States in the above quantity allocated as under:

- Madhya Pradesh … 22511 Mcum (18.25 MAF)

- Gujarat … ……………. 11101.32 Mcum (9 MAF)

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- Rajasthan ……………. 616.74 Mcum (0.5 MAF)

- Maharashtra ………. 308.37 Mcum (0.25 MAF)

As mentioned above the Madhya Pradesh State was allotted 18.25 MAF of water by NWDT

and out of this 12 MAF has been utilized by Madhya Pradesh.

Capacity of the Canal

The capacity of the existing canal is 85 cumec out of this 36 cumec is committed for OSP

flow canal and 15 cumec are committed for OSP lift canal, therefore the total committed

water is 51 cumec and out of available balance 34 cumec a discharge of 15 cumec will be

utilized for Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir-Link Project.

Figure 1: Location map of the project

1.5 LAND REQUIREMENT The rising main shall be aligned in such a way, that it traverses minimum in forest area and

the total length from lifting to delivery point becomes shortest. The topo sheet study

reveals that out of total 34 km length of Rising Main, 16 km length shall be in forest area &

rest 18 km will be either in private or in government land. The affected forest land has

been assessed on the basis of topo-sheet studies and there is a possibility of changes in the

affected area especially in forest land.



For laying of Rising main, Electrical lines and Establishing Pump Houses in forest area about

13.60 hectare will be required. The entire pipe line either gravity or rising main shall be laid

1.00 m below average ground level except in forest area where the pipe line will be passed

through the tunnel and or on the pedestal above the ground level.

For ancillary work such as construction of pump houses and where pipeline passes through

deep cutting, non-forest land of about 15 hectare shall also be required.

1.6 STUDY AREA FOR EIA Study area comprises of area within 500 m buffer on either side of pipeline. The study area

has been demarcated into Water Conductor System area and Command Area as follows:

Water Conductor System Area

The water conductor system is the area consisting lifting of water from existing canal to the

BPT structure. This area comes under Khargone and Indore districts.

Command Area

The command area is the area of Indore and Ujjain district covers 50,000 ha land which will

be irrigated by drip/sprinkler irrigation of the proposed project.

1.7 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE DATA

The data on baseline status of various environmental parameters in the study area was

collected through primary as well as secondary sources. Sampling locations for surface &

ground water, soils, flora & fauna, noise, traffic etc. along water conductor system and in

command area have been shown in Figure 2.

Data collected from various secondary sources cover following aspects:

- Meteorology

- Topography, seismology, geology and geo-morphology

- Water availability

- Ground water trends: have been analyzed using Ground water department data

which shows declining trends of ground water.

- Land use and land cover has been derived: Land use/ Land cover maps prepared

by National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO) of Dept. of Space, Govt. of India with Remote Sensing Application Centre,

M P Council of Science & Technology, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh as partner

under Natural Resource Census (NRC) project of National Natural Resource

Repository (NRR) programme using Resourcesat-2 LISS III satellite data. Major

land use has been observed as crop land.

Data collected, generated and supplemented with the help of primary sources covers

following aspects in ascertaining environmental baseline status:

- Noise and traffic: primary survey data was collected at 15 locations. It was

observed that the major source of noise in the study area was traffic movement



- Soils: Secondary data has been supplemented by primary surveys at 15 locations

(5 along water conductor system and 10 in command area)

- Water resources and quality (surface and ground water): Secondary data has

been supplemented by primary surveys at 15 locations for ground water, 6 for

surface water including 4 for various streams opposing water conductor system

and 2 of river monitored by SPCB.

- Terrestrial ecology:

- Forest types

- Flora

- Fauna

- Avifauna

- Herpetofauna

Predominant forest type in the study area is Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest. In the study

area 198 species of plants were recorded. These include 57 trees, 48 shrubs and 92 species

of herbs. None of the plant species reportedly found in the study area falls under any of the

IUCN Red list of Threatened Species Version 2014.3. Ecological survey has been undertaken

at 15 locations in the study area

As per IUCN Red list of Threatened Species of Version 2014.3, of mammals there are no

endangered or threatened animal species reported from the study area as all of them have

been listed under Least Concern (LC) category. According to WPA (1972) also six mammal

species are listed in Schedule-II, and two species are listed in Schedule-III while rest of the

species is Schedule-IV and V species. All the birds listed above in the study area fall under

Least Concern category of IUCN. As per the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 all bird species

are listed in Schedule IV.

1.8 SOCIAL ASPECTS The villages proposed to be getting full benefits of the Project were given priority for

collection of primary data for survey work. Total 15 villages were selected for survey work

in which 10 villages were located in Ujjain District and 5 villages were in Indore District.

Table 1: Sample survey village list S.No. District Tehsil Name of Villages

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Total 540 respondents of 15 villages were asked that which crop they would like to

take if they have sufficient sources of irrigation. 144 said Rabi crop, 4 said Kharif,

156 said summer crop, 117 said that they would like to grow vegetables, 1 each said

fruit and masala and 117 said all the crops. But maximum farmers are interested in

summer crop which is not possible in the present scenario due to acute shortage of

water after December-January of every year.

When the respondents were asked that if they get sufficient water for irrigation

then what will be the cost of irrigation, then all the respondents expect that there

will be cost of reduction in irrigation if Government gives ample water for irrigation.

At present the cost of irrigation is quite high so if they will have water through

Canals / Pipelines the cost of the irrigation will certainly decrease.

The respondents were asked that if they get sufficient water then how many crops

they would be able to take. 2 respondents said one crop, 66 said two crops, 439

said three crops and 33 said more than three crops. The analysis indicates that

there is more demand for three or more crops specially the cash crop of vegetables.

The respondents were asked that if Government provides them water for 120 days

then how much they can pay. 260 respondents said Rs. 500 to 2000, 155 said Rs

2000 to 5000,102 said RS. 5000 to 10000 and 23 said 10000 to 20000. Therefore

48.15% of the population wants to pay Rs. 500 to Rs. 2000 for one hectare of

irrigation, 28.70% of population wants to pay 2000 to 5000, 18.89% population

wants to pay Rs. 5000 to 10000 and 4.25% of the population wants to pay Rs.10000

to Rs.20000.

The analysis of the data indicates that each and every farmer is willing to pay the

recurring cost of the proposed irrigation by Narmada Malwa Gambhir Link Project.

The only difference is that most of the population wants to give an approximate

amount of Rs. 2000 to Rs.5000 per hectare for getting the benefits of irrigation for

their agriculture land. The big land owners are willing to pay even Rs.10000-20000

per hectare for irrigation of their agriculture fields.

The findings of the Survey indicate that the needy farmers either have to pay a huge amount to purchase water for irrigation or they have to give their land on Adhiya (Hire) to resourceful persons having ample sources of irrigation. That way they are being deprived of half of their income of winter and summer Crop.

1.9 IMPACT ASSESSMENT Assessment of environmental and social impacts of any development activity is an important

component of EIA process. Following impacts have been studied as part of study:

Impacts on air quality

Impacts on noise

Impacts on water resources: Under this head, R.D. wise details of crossings falling on

route pipe line have also been given. In addition, impacts on downstream users, water

logging & salinity, and changes in water quality due to fertilizer uses, if any, have also

been covered.



Impacts on land environment: Under this head, abstract of villages falling with 500 m

on either side of pipeline have been tabulated. There are 26 villages within 500 km

buffer of pipeline in Barwaha tehsil, 16 in Mhow and 18 in Indore tehsil.

Total quantity of muck to be disposed off with relation to the geographical area of the

project is not very large. The tentative quantity required to be disposed off shall be

nearly 437 thousand cum from rising main and gravity main while The tentative

quantity to be disposed off shall be nearly 431 thousand cum from Right Bank Main

Pipe line & Left Bank Main Pipe line

Changes in land use and cropping pattern

Impacts on terrestrial ecology

Impacts on socio-economic environment

Increased incidence of water related diseases

Impacts due to command area development

1.10 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

To ensure that all the negative environmental impacts are mitigated to have minimum

environmental impacts due to development of the project, it is important to have an

Environmental Management and monitoring plan in place. Mitigation and management

measures have been prepared in the form of various plans to be implemented during

construction and operation phase and are mentioned below:

Preventive measures for leakages, bursting, corrosion and siltation in the pipeline

Public health delivery system

Compensatory afforestation plan

Control of water logging and salinity

Land compensation

Air, water and noise management plan

Environmental monitoring programme

Following medical facility will be provided in the command to combat water and vector

borne diseases and also at construction site to ensure safety and health during the entire

construction phase:

One fully equipped ambulance need to be procured to provide pre-hospital care to

accident victims. The ambulance should always be stationed near major construction

sites or the sites where risky operations are taking place.

Two fully equipped ambulance cum testing mobile vans to meet any health related

problems in the command area.

Provisions have been made for strengthening existing PHCs and PHSCs in the area.

A medico will make regular visits to the villages and organize health promotional activities

with the active participation of the local village leaders, NGO’s and available local health

functionaries.

To improve green cover in the command, it is proposed that plantation in 100 hectare in

several patches in nonforest waste land will be done subject to availability of suitable land.

The species to be planted will be chosen in consultation with local villagers and will be site

specific. Suggested species for plantations are Teak, Khamher, Bamboo, Siras, Amaltas,



Karanj, Aonla, Mahua, Khair, Babool etc. These plantations will be maintained for five years

& will be handed over to Panchayat for management. The plantations may be done by

forest wing of NVDA, forest department or local Panchyats.

1.11 FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT Financial requirement has been assessed for above aspects as Rs 600 lakh and same have

been tabulated below:

Table 2: Cost Estimates Activities Amount (lakh Rs)

Public Health Management Plan 140 Compensatory Afforestation & NPV 320 Plantations in command area 100 Environmental Monitoring

Surface & Ground Water 10 Land use/Land cover 5 Air Quality 8 Noise 2 Ecological monitoring 15

TOTAL 600

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