ANDHRA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION LIMITED Environmental Clearance for the Proposed Information Technology Park at Kapulupada, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh EIA Report December- 2017 Prepared By HUBERT ENVIRO CARE SYSTEMS (P) LTD, CHENNAI Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd Client: Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Project: Proposed Information Technology Project No.: Lr. No .229/GN(EMP)/APIIC/EC-IT Park at Kapulupada, Park-Kapulupada/2015, dt: Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam 20.05.2016 District, Andhra Pradesh Title: Document No.: Rev.: Draft EIA Report RP002 R01 This document is the property of Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd. File path: and must not be passed on to any person or body not authorised by D:\Varadharajan\Kapuluppada\EIA us to receive it nor be copied or otherwise made use of either in full or in part by such person or body without our prior permission in writing. Notes: Revision Details: Prepared Checked Approved Rev. Date Details Init. Sign. Init. Sign. Init. Sign. 06 04.12.2017 4th Submission N. Varadharajan N.V V.K.N Dr. JRM N. Varadharajan N.V 05 09.09.2017 3rd Submission M. Dhanya M.D V.K.N Dr. JRM B Harsha Vardhan, B.H To client after K.Abirami 04 11.07.2017 incorporating clients comments K.Abirami K.A Kavya S Kumar, S.K.K 03 20.06.2017 To client V.K.N Dr. JRM B Harsha Vardhan, B.H N. Varadharajan, N.V 2nd submission after incorporation 02 19.05.2017 of client‟s comments 01 15.05.2017 1st Submission Page | i Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary Acknowledgement The following personnel are gratefully acknowledged for their fullest support in collection, compilation of needful data regarding the project and kind cooperation in fulfilling the report on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of proposed IT Park by M/s. APIIC. Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. Chief Engineer GM (EMP) Environmental Engineer Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt. Ltd, Dr. J. R. Moses - EIA Coordinator (EC) & Functional Area (FAE) Mr. Vamsee Krishna Navooru - EIA Coordinator & Functional Area Expert Dr. Rajkumar Samuel - EIA Coordinator & Functional Area Expert Mr. Abishek Moses - Team Member (TM) Mr. A. Manoharan - FAE Mr. V. Dhivakar - FAE Dr. T.P. Natesan - FAE Mr. Brijesh Kumar - FAE Mr. Vivek Navare - FAE Mr. Chengalvarayan - TM Mr. A.K. Natarajan - TM Ms. Abirami - TM Ms. Kavya S Kumar - TM Mrs. Anushya - TM Mr. Vardharajan - TM Dr. Vivekanandan B - TM Mr. B Harsha Vardhan - TM Mr. Tamil Selvan. B - TM Dr. K. Karupaiyan - TM Page | ii Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary Declaration of Experts contributing to the EIA I, hereby, certify that I was a part of the EIA team in the following capacity that developed the above EIA with the support of the following Team Member. EIA Coordinator: Team Member: Name: Dr. Raj Kumar Samuel Name: A. Manoharan Signature: Signature: Date: 09.09.2017 Date: 09.09.2017 Period of Involvement: Sep 2016 –Till Date Period of Involvement: Sep 2016 –Till Date Contact Information: Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd # A-21, III Phase, Behind Lions Club School Thiru Vi Ka Industrial state Guindy, Chennai - 600 032, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: [email protected] Website: www.hecs.in Functional Area Experts (FAEs): Involvement S. Functional Name of the Expert/s Signature & Date No Areas (Period & Task) FAE Sep – Nov 2016 9.09.2017 Dr.J.R. Moses 1 AP TM Sep – Nov 2016 Mr. B. Tamil Selvan 9.09.2017 Page | iii Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary FAE Sep – Nov 2016 Dr. Rajkumar Samuel 9.09.2017 2 WP TM Sep – Nov 2016 Mr. Jenish 9.09.2017 FAE Oct – Nov 2016 Vamsee Krishna Navooru 9.09.2017 3 SHW TM Oct – Nov 2016 Dr. K. Karupaiyan 9.09.2017 FAE Sep – Nov 2016 4 SE V. Dhivakar 9.09.2017 FAE Sep – Nov 2016 Dr. Rajkumar Samuel 9.09.2017 5 EB TM: Sep – Nov 2016 Mr. Tamil Selvan 9.09.2017 FAE June 2017 B. Mallikarjuna Rao 9.09.2017 6 HG TM June 2017 Mr. N Varadharajan 9.09.2017 FAE Sep – Nov 2016 7 SC A . Manoharan 9.09.2017 Page | iv Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary FAE Oct – Nov 2016 Vamsee Krishna Navooru (Noise) 9.09.2017 8 N TM: Oct – Nov 2016 Mr. N. Varadharajan 9.09.2017 FAE June 2017 R.Venkateswara Rachalu 9.09.2017 9 LU TM: June 2017 Mr. N. Varadharajan 9.09.2017 Page | v Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary Declaration by the Head of the Accredited Consultant Organisation I, Dr. J. R. Moses, hereby, confirm that the above mentioned experts prepared the EIA for The Proposed Information Technology Park at Kapuluppada at Sy.No: 314 (part), Kapuluppada village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, Andhrapradesh. I also confirm that I shall be fully accountable for any misleading information mentioned in this statement. Signature: Date: 4.12.2017 Name: Dr.J.R.Moses Designation: Chief Executive officer Name of the EIA Consultant Organisation: Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd, Chennai NABET Certificate No & Validity: NABET/EIA/1618/SA 0015 & 13.04.2018 Page | vi Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary Table of Content Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. XVII 1.INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................... 2 1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 2 1.3 PROJECT PROPONENT ............................................................................................................... 3 1.4 PROPOSED PROJECT.................................................................................................................. 3 1.5 JUSTIFICATION AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT ...................................................................... 4 1.6 PROJECT LOCATION.................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.1 Site Considerations......................................................................................................................... 8 1.7 NEED FOR EIA STUDY ................................................................................................................. 8 1.7.1 PROJECT SCREENING (CAT B) AND TOR ................................................................................. 9 1.7.2 EIA STUDY ..................................................................................................................................... 9 1.7.3 EIA COST ....................................................................................................................................... 9 1.8 OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY OF THE EIA STUDY ...................................................... 9 1.9 STRUCTURE OF THE EIA STUDY ............................................................................................. 13 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................... 16 2.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 16 2.2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................. 16 2.3 PROJECT LOCATION.................................................................................................................. 17 2.3.1 SITE SELECTION ........................................................................................................................ 22 2.3.2 INDUSTRY ALLOTMENT ............................................................................................................. 22 2.3.3 PROJECT ZONING ...................................................................................................................... 23 2.3.4 CONNECTIVITY ........................................................................................................................... 23 2.3.5 LAND USE AND AREA BREAK UP ............................................................................................. 25 2.4 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF PROJECT ................................................................... 27 2.4.1 Common Facilities ........................................................................................................................ 28 2.4.2 Green Belt Area ............................................................................................................................ 28 2.4.3 Road Area ..................................................................................................................................... 28 2.4.4 Current Status of the site .............................................................................................................. 28 2.5 WATER REQUIREMENT ............................................................................................................. 28 2.5.1 Construction Phase ...................................................................................................................... 28 2.5.2 Operation Phase ........................................................................................................................... 29 2.5.3 Wastewater generation ................................................................................................................. 31 2.6 POWER REQUIREMENT ............................................................................................................ 31 2.7 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE ............................................................................................. 32 2.7.1 Municipal Solid Waste .................................................................................................................. 32 2.7.2 Hazardous Waste ......................................................................................................................... 33 2.8 MAN POWER ............................................................................................................................... 33 2.9 ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES ................................................................................... 33 2.10 PROJECT COST .......................................................................................................................... 34 3. DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................... 36 3.1 PREAMBLE .................................................................................................................................. 36 Page | vii Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary 3.2 STUDY AREA ............................................................................................................................... 37 3.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA ....................................................................................... 37 3.4 ENVIRONMENTALLY/ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS .................................................... 37 3.5 Ecological Sensitive Areas and Other Protected Area ................................................................. 39 3.6 PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................ 41 3.6.1 PIA District Profile ......................................................................................................................... 42 3.6.2 Climatic Conditions ....................................................................................................................... 42 3.6.3 Rainfall .......................................................................................................................................... 42 3.6.4 Natural Resources of Visakhapatanam PIA District ..................................................................... 43 a) Flora & Fauna ........................................................................................................................ 43 b) Forest Resources .................................................................................................................. 43 c) Irrigation ................................................................................................................................. 44 d) Agricultural Resources .......................................................................................................... 44 e) Mineral Resources ................................................................................................................ 45 3.6.5 Land Use & Land Cover ............................................................................................................... 46 f) Land Use Pattern of the Study Area ......................................................................................... 49 3.6.6 Topography ................................................................................................................................... 67 3.6.7 Geology of The PIA District .......................................................................................................... 73 3.6.8 Geomorphology Of PIA District .................................................................................................... 74 3.6.9 Hydrogeology of PIA District ......................................................................................................... 76 3.6.10Drainage Pattern In PIA District .................................................................................................... 77 3.6.11Soils In PIA District ........................................................................................................................ 81 3.6.12Physiography of PIA District ......................................................................................................... 82 3.6.13Cyclones & Depressions, Winds and Coastal Erosion ................................................................. 85 3.6.14 Seismicity ........................................................................................................................... 87 3.7 AIR ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................... 88 3.7.1 Meteorological Conditions ..................................................................................................... 88 3.7.2 Meteorological Data Collection .............................................................................................. 88 3.7.3 General Meteorological Scenario based on IMD Data .......................................................... 88 3.7.4 Meteorological Scenario during Study Period ....................................................................... 91 g) Atmospheric Inversion ........................................................................................................... 92 h) Observations during Study Period......................................................................................... 93 3.7.5 Ambient Air Quality ................................................................................................................ 93 i) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations ................................................................................... 94 j) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Techniques and Frequency .................................................... 94 k) Results and Discussions ....................................................................................................... 95 l) Observations ........................................................................................................................... 105 3.8 NOISE ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................. 105 3.8.1 Results and Discussions ..................................................................................................... 105 3.8.2 Observations ....................................................................................................................... 106 3.9 WATER ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................... 106 3.9.1 Surface Water Resources ................................................................................................... 106 m) Surface Water Quality Assessment..................................................................................... 107 n) Results and Discussions ..................................................................................................... 111 3.9.2 Ground water resources ...................................................................................................... 112 Page | viii Obtaining Environmental Clearance for proposed EIA/ EMP report IT Park at Kapuluppada Executive Summary o) Ground water Quality .......................................................................................................... 113 p) Results and Discussions ..................................................................................................... 117 3.10 SOIL AS A RESOURCE AND ITS QUALITY ............................................................................. 117 q) Soil quality ........................................................................................................................... 117 r) Results and Discussions ......................................................................................................... 121 3.11 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................. 121 3.11.1 Ecology ............................................................................................................................ 121 3.11.2 Study Period .................................................................................................................... 121 3.12 Flora & Fauna ............................................................................................................................. 121 3.12.1 Flora ................................................................................................................................. 122 3.12.2 Fauna ............................................................................................................................... 130 s) Avifauna ............................................................................................................................... 132 t) Mammals ................................................................................................................................. 134 u) Butterflies ............................................................................................................................. 135 3.13 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE DISTRICT ................................................................... 136 3.13.1 Child population of the study area ................................................................................... 136 v) Employment and Livelihood ................................................................................................ 139 w) Health Facilities within the study area ................................................................................. 143 x) Sanitation Facilities & Drinking water facilities within the Study Area ................................. 143 y) Education facilities ............................................................................................................... 145 z) Other infrastructure facilities ................................................................................................ 146 4. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES .......................... 151 4.1 IMPACT IDENTIFICATION & EVALUATION ............................................................................. 152 4.1.1 Nature of impact .................................................................................................................. 152 4.1.2 Duration of impact ............................................................................................................... 152 4.1.3 Area Extent of Impact .......................................................................................................... 153 4.1.4 Intensity of Impact ............................................................................................................... 153 4.2 POLLUTION SOURCES ............................................................................................................ 153 4.3 Construction phase impacts ....................................................................................................... 155 4.3.1 Loss of vegetation and wildlife habitat ................................................................................ 155 4.3.2 Impact on drainage pattern ................................................................................................. 156 4.3.3 Erosion of cleared area ....................................................................................................... 156 4.3.4 Impacts of Material Transportation ...................................................................................... 156 4.3.5 Ambient Air Quality Impacts ................................................................................................ 157 4.3.6 Noise Environment .............................................................................................................. 158 4.3.7 Water Environment .............................................................................................................. 162 4.3.8 Biological Environment ........................................................................................................ 163 4.3.9 Socio Economic Environment ............................................................................................. 163 4.3.10 Mitigation Measures During Construction Phase ............................................................ 164 4.3.11 Mitigation for Loss of Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat ..................................................... 165 4.3.12 Mitigation for Modification of Drainage Pattern ................................................................ 165 4.3.13 Mitigation for Erosion of Cleared Areas ........................................................................... 166 4.3.14 Mitigation for Materials Transportation ............................................................................ 166 4.3.15 Mitigation for Ambient Air Quality .................................................................................... 167 4.3.16 Mitigation for Materials Storage ....................................................................................... 168 Page | ix