Minutes of the 61st Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee for ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

formation should thus be addressed in as much the same way as one would treat adisaster and minimise damage.Soil characteristics, up-liftment of land and ecological factors have played animportant role in the genesis of these ravines. Additionally, the region is semi-arid, markedby extremes of temperature and great uncertainty of rainfall. The climatic conditions withcold winters and hot and dry summers may be attributed to the inland location, lack ofvegetative cover, nature of soil and bare rock. It is of interest to note that a total 16,05,300ha of Chambal region predominantly bears a rural character with its activities such asovergrazing and unsustainable agricultural activities further adding to soil erosion.During the presentation, the committee made a point that Pre-feasibility Report(PFR) does not contain any information and needs to be revised giving all the details ofproject, hydrology, water availability, soils, land, existing cropping pattern and proposedcropping pattern etc so that the committee get a clear picture of the project. The projectproponent should also to submit the Form-1 based on the revised PFR.The Committee after critically examining all the issues related to environmentsought additional information on the following:i. All relevant information and data pertaining to Chambal basin.ii.iii.iv.Water availability studies including details of quantity of water earmarked fordownstream users.Cropping pattern proposed for the projectDelta for various cropsv. Total Crop water requirements and month-wise water abstractions formeeting irrigation water requirementsThe committee also recommended following additional studies to be conducted as apart of the TOR:i. Irrigation planning for the projectii.iii.iv.Mapping of location of water harvesting structures in the Kali Sindh floodplains should be doneGeospatial mapping of the flood plains to assess the reverine developmentshould be carried-out and detailed geomorphological mapping for floodplains migration and paleochannels should also be done.Command Area Development (CAD) Plan and time target for itsimplementationv. Review of topographical conditions to ascertain the requirement of landleveling and other OFD worksvi.vii.Sample plan of one outlet covering water courses, field drains, irrigationchannels, etc.Detailed map showing soil classification of the command area & mapshowing land irigability classification of the command area
viii.ix.Soil and water sampling locations be so selected that they are evenlydistributed in the head , middle and tail reaches of canal network and thesampling locations are to be shown on a mapDetailed plan for covering 10% of the area command area underpressurized/drip irrigation, including its cost.x. Morpho-tectonic map of the study area should be preparedto estimate thechannel migration patterns.xi.xii.xiii.Under soil sampling, additional parameters e.g, soil pH of the saturationextract, Water Holding Capacity, Field Capacity, Wilting point, Calcium,Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium should be studiedTen (10) sampling locations are to be covered under terrestrial ecologicalsurveyConsidering large number of project affected families (PAFs), a separateSocial Impact Assessment Study to be carried-outThe Committee mentioned that the project proponent should to resubmit the PFRand Form-I incorporating the above information for further consideration.2.10 Sip Kolar Link Medium Irrigation Project in Sehore District of Madhya Pradeshby M/s. Water Resources Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh – ForTOR [J-12011/42/2012-IA-I]The Principal Secretary (Irrigation) made a detailed presentation on the project. Thecommittee noted that the Sip Kolar project is a diversion project proposed to augmentexisting Kolar reservoir. The existing Kolar project was granted environmental clearanceon 6.4.1984 by the Ministry and the project was completed in 1989. The forest clearancewas granted on 10.6.2009. The Kolar project was proposed to irrigate 45,078 ha of areabut only 31,000 ha is being irrigated presently. The presentation document howevershowed irrigation coverage of only 22,868 ha (maximum in 2006-07). Therefore, the SipKolar project is proposed to divert water into the existing Kolar project for augmentationand to irrigate an area of 6,400 ha. A total of 39.92 ha of forest land involved in theproposed Sip Kolar project for which forest clearance has already been obtained. In theproposed project 34.36 Mcum of water of Sip basin is to be diverted to Kolar reservoir toaugment the present Kolar project live capacity. A TAC note for the project has beenprepared by the director M&A, CWC, Narmada Basin Organisation on 22-03-2012. Furtherdevelopment is not known. A 6.51 km long diversion channel and 5.94 km long tunnel willbe constructed to divert water from Sip basin. The catchment area of the project is 96.50Sq.km. There is no national park/ wildlife sanctuary/biosphere reserve/historicalmonuments are present in the project area. The project cost is about Rs. 9260.19 lakhsPrima-facie, the project appeared to be simple for augmenting the water availabilityin the existing Kolar reservoir as the current availability is found to be inadequate to meetthe irrigation water requirement of the command area. However, during the detailedpresentation the requirement of three diversion structures was revealed, involvingconstruction of 18 m high diversion dam for sip diversion and not a weir. The need for
Page 1 and 2: Minutes of the 61 st Meeting of the
Page 3 and 4: The EAC members expressed concern o
Page 5 and 6: viii. A detailed hydraulic model st
Page 7 and 8: measuring about 500 ha, at project
Page 9 and 10: iv.Details of RET floral and faunal
Page 11 and 12: i. Exact distance of the project wi
Page 13 and 14: iv.Further, it is also suggested a
Page 15: viiiixenvironmental releases /spill
Page 19 and 20: After detailed scrutiny and examina
Page 21 and 22: xi. Biological Environment:Flora:-
Page 23 and 24: the field works, property survey, s
Page 25 and 26: List of EAC members and Project Pro
Page 27: 4. Md. Faisal Jafri, Project Contro

Minutes of the 61st Meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee for ...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?