ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY FOR THE PROPOSED GREENFIELD AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, GUJARAT GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT AUGUST 2017 (QCI/NABET Accredited EIA Consultancy Organization) Document No. EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW GREENFIELD B046-EI-1742-1701 AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, GUJARAT Rev. No. 0 Page 1 of 3 APPROVED TOR COMPLIANCE STATEMENT Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved Document No. EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW GREENFIELD B046-EI-1742-1701 AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, GUJARAT Rev. No. 0 Page 2 of 3 SPECIFIC TOR S.No. Description Compliance 1 The Committee allowed to use data up to Baseline data was collected from April June, 2017. - June 2017. Details of baseline data are given in Chapter-4. 2. Importance and benefits of the project Proposed setting up of Rajkot airport is of national importance. Projects benefits are given in Chapter-8. 3. A toposheet of the study area of radius Site location map is shown in Figures of 10 km and site location on 2.1 & 2.2 of Chapter-2. 1:50,000/1:25,000 scale on an A3/A2 sheet (including all eco-sensitive areas and environmentally sensitive places). 4. Layout maps of proposed project indicating Lay out map is shown in Figure 2.3 of runway, airport building, parking, greenbelt Chapter -2. area, utilities etc. 5. Cost of project and time of completion. Costs of project and time of completion is given in section 3.1 of Chapter-3. 6. The EIA report will give a justification of the land Analysis of alternatives is described in requirements for the project. It will also provide Chapter-3. the guidelines, if any, developed by the Airport Authority of India regarding land requirements for airports in India and the conformity status with regards to the land provisions proposed. 7. A major part of the project land is reserve Forest clearance recommendation forest. The status of forest clearance should from Forest Department, Government be provided along with the details on of Gujarat is received on 13/07/2017 and same is sent to MoEF. compensatory forestation and its impact on the nearest wild life sanctuary. 8. A management plan for the conservation of There will be no export of soil and it is top soil in the cut and fill operations proposed. estimated that there will be surplus of Area has a contour difference of about 20 m earth. Impact analysis on soil environment is given in section 5.3.3 of hence management of leveling and Chapter-5. surplus/deficit of earth be given including Top soil preservation. 9. Details on environmental problems, Environmental management plan for compliance status and improvement plans, if construction and operation of airport any for the existing airport which is planned for various components of environment is given in Chapter 10. to be retained. 10. A note on appropriate process and materials A detail of energy conservation to be used to encourage reduction in carbon measures/application of non- foot print. Optimize use of energy systems in renewable energy measures and use of building materials is given in section buildings that should maintain a specified 10.1.5 of Chapter-10. indoor environment conducive to the functional requirements of the building by following mandatory compliance measures (for all applicable buildings) as recommended in the Energy conservation building code (ECBC) 2007 of the Bureau of Energy Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved Document No. EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW GREENFIELD B046-EI-1742-1701 AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, GUJARAT Rev. No. 0 Page 3 of 3 Efficiency, Government of India. The energy system includes air conditioning systems, indoor lighting systems, water heaters, air heaters and air circulation devices. 11. Electro-mechanical doors to be explored A detail of possible use of building for the toilets meant for disabled persons. materials is given in section 10.1.5 of Chapter-10. 12. Details of emission, effluents, solid waste and Noise modeling assessment is given in hazardous waste generation and their section 5.3.4 of Chapter-5. management. Air quality modelling and noise modelling shall be carried out for the emissions from various types of aircraft. 13. Classify all Cargo handled as perishable, Details of cargo are given in Chapter-2 explosive, solid, petroleum products, and roles and responsibilities of cargo Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Chemical, emergencies are given in Disaster Management Plan in Annexure-II. Potential Air Pollutant, Potential Water Pollutant etc. and put up a handling and disposal management plan. 14. Noise monitoring shall be carried out in the Noise monitoring is carried out at 3 funnel area of flight path. locations falling in funnel path and additional 3 locations in 10 km radius and details are given in Section 4.3 of Chapter-4. 15. Requirement of water, power, with source of Details of water, powers etc. are given supply, status of approval, water balance in sections 2.3.4, 2.3.7 of chapter-2. diagram, man-power requirement (regular and contract). 16. Water bodies should not be disturbed. Layout is developed considering no disturbance to water bodies. Assessment on water bodies due to development of layout is given in section 5.3.2 of Chapter-5. 17. The E.I.A. should specifically address to Traffic analysis is given in section 4.3 vehicular traffic management as well as of Chapter-4 and section 5.3.4 of estimation of vehicular parking area. Chapter-5. 18. Details of fuel tank farm and its risk Risk assessment of fuel tank farm is assessment. given in section 7.3 of Chapter-7. 19. R & R plan for displaced families be given as R & R Plan is given in sections 2.3 and per GoI rules. 5.3.7 of Chapter-2 & 5. Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW Document No. GREENFIELD AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, B046-EI-1742-1701 GUJARAT Rev. No. 0 Page I of VIII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved Document No. EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW B046-EI-1742-1701 GREENFIELD AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, Rev. No. 0 GUJARAT Page II of VIII 1.0 INTRODUCTION Existing Rajkot airport spreads over 250 acres and has a single runway 05/23 suitable for operation of B737 type aircraft. Presently A320 type of aircraft is operating with load penalty. The airport is surrounded by a railway line and a state highway on the eastern side and residential development all around the airport. Since the existing runway length cannot be extended, the chances for operating wide bodied aircrafts from the current facility is ruled out. The main approach road to the airport passes through densely populated residential zones and is narrow and congested. Rajkot Urban Development Authority and Rajkot Municipal Corporation had proposed a plan to extend Rajkot airport runway from current 5,400 feet (1,600 m) to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) to accommodate larger aircrafts so as to provide better connectivity to major cities besides Mumbai and to cater to a large demand from the manufacturing companies located in Rajkot. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) could not negotiate land acquisition price with Western Railways, thereby nullifying the only possibility of expansion of existing airport. Thus, Govt of Gujarat intends for the construction of an altogether new Greenfield Airport for the city of Rajkot. As per AAI traffic forecast, all airports in Gujarat have a moderate air-traffic growth of 5-8% with exceptions of Ahmedabad and Vadodara where traffic growth is between 8-10 %. The holistic development of Hirasar airport shall not only serve the demand generated by the city Rajkot but also, cater to the demand created on account of development in the neighbouring states. Over a due course of time, the airport shall also meet the spillover needs to Ahmedabad. Continued robust growth in the region and broader Indian economy are expected to be the primary drivers of domestic air travel at Rajkot. Also, the historical and architecturally rich cultural heritage of Gujarat and of the surrounding regions attracts international visitors throughout the year. To aid the development of trade and tourism and improve regional connectivity Gujarat needs additional aviation infrastructure. Considering the factor and the potential growth around the city, the airport is anticipated to have a considerable increase in air traffic. Owing to this, state government of Gujarat is desirous to develop a new green field international airport at Rajkot. Ministry of Environment and Forest & Climate change (MoEF & CC) has approved terms of reference (TOR) for EIA study wide letter no. 10-12/2017.IA.III dated 7th June 2017. Accordingly Govt. of Gujarat has entrusted the task of carrying out EIA to Engineers India Limited (EIL) as per approved TOR. The proposed site is accessible from State highway no.8A i.e. Ahmedabad- Rajkot state highway. An area of 1025.5 ha acres is envisaged for project development. The expected cost of the project in phase 1 excluding airport city is INR 1405 crores. The components in phase I includes Proposed Airport Size of Single Runway of Length 3040 m x Width (45 m), Single Runway for operation of C category aircrafts, Two number of parallel taxi tracks, Separation distance as per C category Aircrafts, Apron Layout, Rapid Exist Taxi Track, Development of Passenger Terminal Building, Cargo Terminal Building, MRO/Hangars, Six lane approach road to airport and boundary for new airport, Utilities and other miscellaneous facilities are envisaged. A study area of 10 km radius around the proposed airport at Hirasar village is considered for assessment and evaluation of impacts on various components of environment during both Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved Document No. EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW B046-EI-1742-1701 GREENFIELD AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, Rev. No. 0 GUJARAT Page III of VIII construction and operational phases of the project. M/s Pragati Laboratories Private Limited (PLPL), an NABL Accredited Lab collected environmental baseline data in terms of various parameters during the period April to June 2017. 2.0 BASELINE ENVIRONMENT It can be seen fromt the above that within project site also wastelands occupy predominant land use. Administratively the proposed site falls within Doshalighuna (46.9%), Garida (29.8%), Hirasar (20.4%), Loma Kotadi (2.3%), and Bamanbore (0.7%). Meteorology– The temperature varied between 27 – 44oC in the months of April to June 2017. The predominant wind directions were west, south west, west south west and south-south west. Air environment: Ambient air quality was monitored at 8 locations. 98 Percentile concentrations of PM ranged from 54.7 to 62.5 µg/m3 and for and PM ranged from 24.7 to 32.7 µg/m3 10 2.5 respectively. The concentrations of SO & NOx were in the range of 10.8 – 14.7 µg/m3, and 2 12.3 – 18.8 µg/m3, respectively. The concentrations of PM & PM , SO , NOx, CO are found 10 2.5 2 to be well within the NAAQS limits. Noise environment: Noise levels were monitored at 6 locations. Noise levels ranged between 48.5 – 69.0 dB (A) during day time and 39.9 – 58.9 dB (A) during night time and the levels were found to be well within limits. Land environment: Waste lands is the predominant land use in the study area. Soil samples were collected from 8 locations. The pH values ranged from 6.94 – 8.07, indicating moderate alkaline property. The nitrogen content present in the soil samples is sufficient. The soil samples for all locations are low to high in range of phosphorous. The potassium values in soil samples for all locations are mostly high. . Water environment: Three surface and four ground water samples were collected. In the ground water samples, pH, total dissolved solids, hardness, chlorides and sulphates ranged from 7.2 -7.5, 210 - 2348 mg/l, 128-450 mg/l, 36 - 930 mg/l and 25 - 350 mg/l respectively. At all locations these were within the permissible limits as per IS: 10500. Biological environment: A total of 203 plant species, 74 birds, 32 butterflies, 6 amphibians, 16 reptiles and 12 mammals are identified and enumerated in the surrounding areas. There are no National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary present in the 10 km radius from the proposed Rajkot airport. Socio-economic conditions: As per Census data (2011), study area of 10 km radius comprises of 30 villages with a total population of 47039. The perception of project affected persons is conditionally favourable for the proposed project as they are reluctant to relocate to an alternate land without same amount of agricultural and gauchar land for their cattle and provision of employment opportunities, and better public infrastructure facilities. The work of acquisition of Private land is given to Gujarat Industrial Development of Corporation by the Industries and Mines Government of Gujarat. For that, administrative approval is given to allocate of Rs. 10 Crore to the GIDC. The Government of Gujarat will suitably consider rehabilitation and resettlement if some families are to be relocated 2.1 Anticipated Environmental Impacts and Mitigation measures Summary of potential impacts during construction and operational phases of the project are identified and is given in Table 2.0. 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No. 0 GUJARAT Page IV of VIII Table 2.0: Summary of Identified Impacts Physical Biological Socio-economic Activities y ) h n y p o ytilauq ria tneibmA ecafrus / dnuorG tilauq / ytitnauq( reta esion tneibmA argopot ,esu dnal( d)lios ,eganiard & arolF anuaF itapucco & doohilev erutcurtsarfnI w na iL L CONSTRUCTION Civil and mechanical × × × × × × × × works Movement of vehicles × × × × Waste water generation, × × × handling and disposal Solid waste generation, × × handling and disposal OPERATION movement of Aircrafts × × during landing and takeoff Storage of Fuel × Cleaning & maintenance × × Operation of emergency × × power generation facility Waste water generation, × × handling and disposal Solid waste generation, × handling and disposal Movement of vehicles × × × × 2.1.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT Construction Phase Impacts (Significance - Low)  Dust will be generated from earth-moving, grading and civil works, and movement of vehicles on unpaved roads.  PM, CO, NOx, & SOx will be generated from operation of diesel sets and diesel engines of machineries and vehicles. Mitigation Measures  Ensuring preventive maintenance of vehicles and equipment.  Ensuring vehicles with valid Pollution under Control certificates are used.  Implementing dust control activities such as water sprinkling on unpaved sites.  Ensure vertical stacks with height sufficient for dispersion as per CPCB guideline for DG stacks. Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved Document No. EIA STUDY FOR THE NEW B046-EI-1742-1701 GREENFIELD AIRPORT AT RAJKOT, Rev. No. 0 GUJARAT Page V of VIII Operation Phase Impacts (Significance - Medium)  HC, NOx and CO generation during aircraft movement within airport  PM, CO, NOx, & SOxgeneration due to passenger traffic movement. Mitigation Measures  Developing peripheral green belt in the proposed Airport premises.  Ensuring preventive maintenance of vehicles and equipment. 2.1.2 WATER ENVIRONMENT Construction Phase Impacts (Significance: Water consumption – Medium, Effluent generation - Low)  Water required for construction phase will be sourced from Beti River/Rajkot.  Effluent streams will include cleaning and washing waste water from vehicle and equipment maintenance area, and sewage and grey water from construction camps and work sites. Mitigation Measures  Monitoring water usage at construction camps to prevent wastage.  Ensuring that the STP at construction camps/ sites and the proposed facilities are properly designed to handle peak waste water load and properly maintained.  Ensuring supply of temporary/ portable toilets for construction staff. Operation Phase Impacts (Significance: Water consumption – Medium, Effluent generation - Low)  Water required for Airport during phase 1 will be 2 MLD, the same will be sourced from ground water. 80% of the same will be generated as sewage. Mitigation Measures  Tracking of raw water consumption through water meters.  Installation of rainwater harvesting structures  Exploring opportunities for drip irrigation system for greenbelt development. 2.1.3 LAND ENVIRONMENT Construction Phase Impacts (Significance: Land-use & topography – Low, Soil quality - Low) 1. The impact on land environment during construction phase shall be due to generation of debris/construction material, which shall be properly collected and disposed off. Mitigation Measures  Avoiding rainy season for construction so as to avoid soil erosion.  Restricting all construction activities inside the project boundary.  Ensuring the top soil stock pile is not contaminated with any type of spills.  Ensuring any material resulting from clearing and grading should not be deposited on approach roads, streams or ditches, which may hinder the passage and/or natural water drainage. Template No. 5-0000-0001-T2 Rev. 1 Copyrights EIL – All rights reserved