APPENDIX I | (See Paragraph-6) | FORM 1 | | Note : If space provided against any parameter is inadequate, Kindly upload supporting document under 'Additional Attachments if any' at the last part of the Form1. Please note that all such Annexures must be part of single pdf document. | (I) Basic Information | | | Is your project Comes under Notified Industrial Area | NA |
| | Whether proposal involved violation of EIA notification | N/A | | Weather Consent to Establishment Obtained | N/A | | Upload copy of CTE | N/A |
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S. No. in the schedule | 1(c) River Valley projects
| Project Sector | River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects | |
| 3. | Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage to be handled/command area/lease area/number or wells to be drilled | Total Command Area: 624.5 Sq. Km ha. | | 4. | New/Expansion/Modernization | New | | | 5. | Existing Capacity/Area etc. | 62400 ha. | | 6. | Category of project i.e. 'A' or 'B' | A | | 7. | Does it attract the general condition? If yes, please specify | Yes | a) | Protected areas notified under the wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 | c) | Notified Eco-sensitive areas | d) | Inter-State boundaries and international boundaries | | | 8. | Does it attract the specific condition? If yes, please specify | No | | | 9. | |
Location of the project | Sy. No: 339, Periyar village, Peerumedu tehsil, Idukki district, Kerala state | Shape of the project land | Block (Polygon) | Uploaded GPS file | Annexure-GPS file | Uploaded copy of survey of India Toposheet | Annexure-Survey of india toposheet | Plot/Survey/Khasra No. | Sy. No: 339 | Town / Village | Periyar village | State of the project | Kerala | |
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(1.) | Kerala | Idukki | Peerumedu | | 10. | |
Nearest railway station along with distance in kms | Kottayam, 110 km | Nearest airport along with distance in kms | Cochin International Air Port at Nedumbassery, 180 km | |
| 11. | Nearest Town/City/District Headquarters along with distance in kms | Kumily , 30 km | | 12. | Village Panchayats, Zila Parishad, Muncipal Corporation, Local body (Complete postal address with telephone nos. to be given) | Periyar village | | 13. | Name of the Applicant | K H Shamsudeen | | 14. | Registered Address | Chief Engineer, Investigation & Desin, IDRB, Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram- 695033 | | 15. | |
Address for correspondance: | Name of the Company | IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT GOVT OF KERALA | Name of the Applicant | K H Shamsudeen | Designation (Owner/ Partner/ CEO) | Chief Engineer | Pin code | 695033 | E-mail | idrbtvm@gmail.com | Telephone No. | 471-2784001 | Fax No. | 471-04712784002 | Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority of the person making this application to make application on behalf of the User Agency . | Annexure-Uploaded Copy of documents in support of the competence/authority | |
| 16. | Details of Alternative Sites examined, if any. Location of these sites should be shown on a toposheet | Yes | Uploaded details | Annexure-Uploaded details | |
| 17. | Whether part of Interlinked projects? | No | | 18. | Whether separate application of Interlinked project has been submitted? | N/A | | 19. | If Yes, MoEF file number | N/A | Date of submission | N/A | | | | 21. | Whether the proposal involves Approval/ Clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given | (i) Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act,1980? | No | (ii) Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance under the wildlife (Protection) Act,1972? | Yes | Status | Application for Wildlife Clearance yet to be submitted | (iii) Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance under the C.R.Z notification, 2011? | No | | | 22. | Whether there is any Government Order/Policy relevant/relating to the site? | No | |
| 23. | Whether any Forest Land Involved? | Yes | Area of Forest land Involved (hectares) | 50 ha. | |
| 24. | Whether there is any litigation pending against the project and/or land in which the project is proposed to be set up? | No | (a) Name of the Court | N/A | (b) Name of the Sub court | N/A | (c) Case No. | N/A | (d) Orders/directions of the court, if any and relevance with the proposed project | N/A | |
| 1 | Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details there of (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 1.1 | Permanent or temporary change in land use, land cover or topography including increase in intensity of land use (with respect to local land use plan) | Yes | The dam site lies inside Periyar Tiger reserved forest area. The new dam is proposed to be constructed without any crucial disturbances of forest environment.
Temporary sites like office, shelter and storage are proposed during the construction. | 1.2 | Clearance of existing land, vegetation and buildings? | Yes | Only 50 ha of land is needed for construction of dam. Care will be taken to minimum destruction of vegetation. | 1.3 | Creation of new land uses? | Yes | The total catchment area of the new dam is 624.5 Sq.km (Some of catchment area of existing old dam and additional catchment area due to the proposed new dam). Catchment area of the existing old dam is 624.0 Sq.km.
The new dam submerges an additional area of 22.23 ha at an FRL of 136 ft. The total land required for diversion including submergence area, batching plant, machinery and temporary building is 50 Ha. | 1.4 | Pre-construction investigations e.g. bore houses, soil testing? | Yes | Soil Investigations were completed and given in the DPR (Vol. -IV page no. 49). | 1.5 | Construction works? | Yes | Construction of Dam and its allied works | 1.6 | Demolition works? | No | None at present | 1.7 | Temporary sites used for construction works or housing of construction workers? | Yes | During construction, Temporary sites will be created for the stay of workers | 1.8 | Above ground buildings, structures or earthworks including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations and fill or excavations | Yes | It is a concrete gravity structure having top level of dam of +874.69 m and of deepest bed level +830.22 m. The height of dam is 52.16 m from deepest foundation up to road level. | 1.9 | Underground works including mining or tunnelling? | No | Not Applicable | 1.10 | Reclamation works? | No | Not Applicable | 1.11 | Dredging? | No | Not Applicable | 1.12 | Offshore structures? | No | Not Applicable | 1.13 | Production and manufacturing processes? | No | Not Applicable | 1.14 | Facilities for storage of goods or materials? | Yes | Temporary structures facilities will be proposed to store materials like crushed/manufactures sand, broken stones, cement and steel. These facilities can be easily erected and dismantled. | 1.15 | Facilities for treatment or disposal of solid waste or liquid effluents? | Yes | The method of dismantling and removal of debris are dealt with separately. An action plan for achieving the dismantling is discussed in DPR (Vol I- page 122.). | 1.16 | Facilities for long term housing of operational workers? | Yes | The number of permanent buildings will be kept minimum so as to cause minimum disturbance to the environment. | 1.17 | New road, rail or sea traffic during construction or operation? | Yes | The existing road network will be modified and improved to meet the needs of transportation of material, equipment, manpower during construction and post-construction activities. | 1.18 | New road, rail, air water borne or other transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc? | Yes | The existing road network will be modified and improved to meet the needs of transportation of material, equipment, manpower during construction and post-construction activities. | 1.19 | Closure or diversion of existing transport routes or infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? | No | Not Applicable | 1.20 | New or diverted transmission lines or pipelines? | No | Not Applicable | 1.21 | Impoundment, damming, culverting, realignment or other changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? | Yes | Impoundment due to construction of a barrier (Dam) across a stream | 1.22 | Stream crossings? | No | Not Applicable | 1.23 | Abstraction or transfers of water from ground or surface waters? | Yes | Additional storage gets added to the water stored abstracted from old reservoir | 1.24 | Changes in water bodies or the land surface affecting drainage or run-off? | Yes | The new dam submerges an additional area of 22.23 ha. area downstream of old dam | 1.25 | Transport of personnel or materials for construction, operation or decommissioning? | Yes | The existing road network will be modified and improved to meet the needs of transportation of material, equipment, manpower during construction and post- construction activities. | 1.26 | Long-term dismantling or decommissioning or restoration works? | No | Not Applicable (New dam construction) | 1.27 | Ongoing activity during decommissioning which could have an impact on the environment? | No | Not Applicable (New dam construction) | 1.28 | Influx of people to an area in either temporarily or permanently? | Yes | During construction most of the labours are utilized from the nearby areas. However influx is not permanent and it will not major impact on socioeconomic environment | 1.29 | Introduction of alien species? | No | Nil | 1.30 | Loss of native species or genetic diversity? | No | Only few hectares of land (50 Hectares of land out of 665000 hectares) will be utilized for construction. In EIA studies detailed enumeration will be given.
Detailed enumeration will be given in EIA after thorough studies.
At present we are not anticipating any loss of native species or genetic diversity as adjoining area also consists of similar kind of environment and species. In case if any important species found in the 50 hectares of land found proper conservative methods will be taken | 1.31 | Any other actions? | No | None | | 2 | Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the Project (such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in short supply): | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 2.1 | Land especially undeveloped or agricultural land (ha) | Yes | Additional land required for diversion, submergence, batching plant, machinery and temporary buildings is 50 hectares only. | 2.2 | Water (expected source & competing users) unit: KLD | Yes | More water is required during construction phase for usage of labour. However it will draw from the existing reservoir | 2.3 | Minerals (MT) | No | Not applicable | 2.4 | Construction material – stone, aggregates, sand / soil (expected source – MT) | No | No natural resources will be exploited.
Crushed stone, cement, steel will be procured from outside. | 2.5 | Forests and timber (source – MT) | No | No timber or forest is used for the construction | 2.6 | Energy including electricity and fuels (source, competing users) Unit: fuel (MT),energy (MW) | Yes | The electricity requirement during construction of dam is more. Once the construction of dam is completed the consumption of electricity is very less.
The electricity requirement during construction will be procured from Kerala Electricity Board. | 2.7 | Any other natural resources (use appropriate standard units) | No | Nil | | 3 | Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 3.1 | Use of substances or materials, which are hazardous (as per MSIHC rules) to human health or the environment (flora, fauna, and water supplies | Yes | Waste oil. It will stored in container and disposed-off as per MSIHC rules | 3.2 | Changes in occurrence of disease or affect disease vectors (e.g. insect or water borne diseases) | No | Not Applicable | 3.3 | Affect the welfare of people e.g. by changing living conditions? | No | Not Applicable | 3.4 | Vulnerable groups of people who could be affected by the project e.g. hospital patients, children, the elderly etc. | No | Not Applicable | 3.5 | Any other causes | No | Not Applicable | | 4 | Production of solid wastes during construction or operation or decommissioning (MT/month) | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 4.1 | Spoil, overburden or mine wastes | Yes | The soil coming during construction of dam will be used to fill the low lying areas | 4.2 | Municipal waste (domestic and or commercial wastes) | Yes | During construction phase domestic waste may come which will be collected and disposed-off as per guidelines | 4.3 | Hazardous wastes (as per Hazardous Waste Management Rules) | Yes | Used oil from DG sets during the construction stage will be stored in leak proof drums/ barrels and will be disposed to authorized preprocessors / dealers as per norms of CPCB and hazardous waste management rules, 2008.
During operation no hazardous waste is anticipated | 4.4 | Other industrial process wastes | No | Not Applicable | 4.5 | Surplus product | No | Not Applicable | 4.6 | Sewage sludge or other sludge from effluent treatment | Yes | Sewage generated from the labor camps will be treated in septic tanks followed by soak pits that will be designed and constructed as per IS 2470 Part I and Part II. | 4.7 | Construction or demolition wastes | Yes | Solid waste generated during construction and excavation activities will be used for filling the low lying area and road repair and construction. | 4.8 | Redundant machinery or equipment | No | Not Applicable | 4.9 | Contaminated soils or other materials | No | Not Applicable | 4.10 | Agricultural wastes | No | Not Applicable | 4.11 | Other solid wastes | Yes | Solid waste generated during construction and excavation activities will be used for filling the low lying area and road repair and construction. | | 5 | Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air(Kg/hr) | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 5.1 | Emissions from combustion of fossil fuels from stationary or mobile sources | Yes | As it is irrigation project emission of pollutants are negligible/nil during operation phase.
However during construction emissions are possible as discussed below.
Air pollutants such as particulate matter, SO2 and NO2 will be emitted from DG sets and transportation of vehicles during construction phase.
DG sets will be operated as an alternate energy for power supply. They will be used in the absence of power. However in Kerala the shortage of power is less.
Besides this air pollutants lik | 5.2 | Emissions from production processes | No | Not applicable | 5.3 | Emissions from materials handling including storage or transport | Yes | Transportation of construction material will be carried out through trucks. The materials will be covered by tarpaulin to avoid fugitive emissions while transportation.
Transport roads will be monitored by regular water sprinkling to avoid dust emissions | 5.4 | Emissions from construction activities including plant and equipment | Yes | Due will be generated during excavation, drilling, loading, unloading etc. To suppress the dust proper drilling machines will be used. Water sprinklers will be used to avoid wind prone dust during dry conditions. | 5.5 | Dust or odours from handling of materials including construction materials, sewage and waste | Yes | Dust will be anticipated during loading and unloading of construction material. But there will be no odour. | 5.6 | Emissions from incineration of waste | Yes | Only during construction stage municipal solid waste is anticipated which will be incinerated. Particulates, SO2 and NOx may release which may kept below the permissible limits | 5.7 | Emissions from burning of waste in open air (e.g. slash materials, construction debris) | No | None | 5.8 | Emissions from any other sources | No | Nil | | 6 | Generation of Noise and Vibration, and Emissions of Light and Heat: | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 6.1 | From operation of equipment e.g. engines, ventilation plant, crushers | Yes | There will be increase in noise and vibrations due to drilling operations, DG sets and transportation of vehicles during construction of the product and these are temporary. Noise will be controlled by proper maintenance of vehicles and machinery. However ears plugs will be provided to the workers working near the noise prone areas.
As no operations will be carried out during night time, no noise will be generated during night time.
During operation no increase in noise levels are anticipated | 6.2 | From industrial or similar processes | No | Nil | 6.3 | From construction or demolition | Yes | Noise will be generated during construction will be generated due exaction, transportation, operating machines/ equipment and DG sets etc. Ear plugs will be provided to workers at noise prone areas. Proper maintenance of vehicles will be carried out to keep the noise levels well within the prescribed limits. | 6.4 | From blasting or piling | Yes | There will be increase in noise levels while drilling construction. | 6.5 | From construction or operational traffic | Yes | Vehicles during transportation of construction material may cause noise. All vehicles will be provided silencers to keep the noise to the minimum. Regular maintenance will be carried out to vehicles. Unnecessary idling of vehicles will not be allowed. | 6.6 | From lighting or cooling systems | No | Not applicable | 6.7 | From any other sources | No | Nil | | 7 | Risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants into the ground or into sewers, surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters or the sea: | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 7.1 | From handling, storage, use or spillage of hazardous materials | Yes | Hazardous like used oil will be generated from the DG sets and other vehicles. The waste oil will be stored in leak proof drums/ barrels and the same will be disposed to authorize re-processors/ dealers. | 7.2 | From discharge of sewage or other effluents to water or the land (expected mode and place of discharge) | Yes | Sewage generated from the labor camp area will be treated in septic tank followed by soak pit. | 7.3 | By deposition of pollutants emitted to air into the land or into water | Yes | Except dust no deposition of pollutants is anticipated. However they are restricted to small area and can be suppressed by water sprinkling.
However, it is restricted to construction phase only. During operation phase no pollutants are anticipated that can cause contamination to land or water | 7.4 | From any other sources | No | No | 7.5 | Is there a risk of long term build up of pollutants in the environment from these sources? | No | Nil | | 8 | Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the Project, which could affect human health or the environment | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 8.1 | From explosions, spillages, fires etc from storage, handling, use or production of hazardous substances | No | No operations will be carried out that will cause health problems to human beings similarly to the surrounding environment. Storage and handling will be taken care and will be kept as per the guidelines. | 8.2 | From any other causes | No | Nil | 8.3 | Could the project be affected by natural disasters causing environmental damage (e.g. floods, earthquakes, landslides, cloudburst etc)? | Yes | Calamities such Earth quakes and floods may be expected. For this detailed studies will be carried out about structural stability and seismic effects and will be described in EIA studies. | | 9 | Factors which should be considered (such as consequential development) which could lead to environmental effects or the potential for cumulative impacts with other existing or planned activities in the locality | S.No | Information/Checklist confirmation | Yes/No | Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rates, wherever possible) with source of information data | 9.1 | Lead to development of supporting utilities, ancillary development or development stimulated   by the project which could have impact on the environment e.g.:
- Supporting infrastructure (roads, power supply,waste or waste water treatment, etc.)
- housing development
- extractive industries
- supply industries
- Other
| Yes | Existing facilities will be made use along with service road and inspection path for transport and personnel/ material for construction and operation.
Roads, power supply, waste water treatment and hutments etc., are required for the construction of the new dam at Mullaperiyar. | 9.2 | Lead to after-use of the site, which could have an impact on the environment | No | Development of green belt with native and well diversified will lead to sustainable ecosystem | 9.3 | Set a precedent for later developments | No | EMP and post project EMP will cover these aspects. | 9.4 | Have cumulative effects due to proximity to other existing or planned projects with similar effects | No | No | | (III) | Environmental Sensitivity | S.No | Areas | Name/Identity | Aerial distance (within 15km.) Proposed project location boundary | 1 | Areas protected under international conventions, national or local legislation for their ecological, landscape, cultural or other related value | Yes | The proposed site falls within the Tiger Reserved forest. It is an ecological sensitive zone. | 2 | Areas which are important or sensitive for ecological reasons - Wetlands, watercourses or other water bodies, coastal zone, biospheres, mountains, forests | Yes | The project area lies in Periyar Tiger Reserved Forest area.
No coastal zone found within 10 km radius | 3 | Areas used by protected, important or sensitive species of flora or fauna for breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over wintering, migration | Yes | The proposed area for the project is only 50 hectares (0.008%) of land out total Tiger reserved forest area is 625000 hectares | 4 | Inland, coastal, marine or underground waters | No | Not applicable | 5 | State, National boundaries | Yes | Interstate boundary (Tamilnadu and Kerala) also falls within 10 km radial distance.
However the total submergence area due to the proposed dam lies in the state of Kerala only. | 6 | Routes or facilities used by the public for access to recreation or other tourist, pilgrim areas | Yes | It is recreational center and can attracts tourists | 7 | Defence installations | No | There are no defense installations falls within 10 km radial distance | 8 | Densely populated or built-up area | No | It is not a densely populated area and the built up area is negligible.
No habitation is found in the proposed site. | 9 | Areas occupied by sensitive man-made land uses (hospitals, schools, places of worship, community facilities) | No | No hospital, places of worship found in the proposed area | 10 | Areas containing important, high quality or scarce resources.(ground water resources,surface resources,forestry,agriculture,fisheries,tourism,minerals) | Yes | The project area falls under reserved forest and also suitable for tourism like boating etc. Detailed EIA studies will be carried out to know such resources if any. If such resources are found suitable conservation methods will be adopted. | 11 | Areas already subjected to pollution or environmental damage.(those where existing legal environmental standards are exceeded) | No | It is a virgin area and not subjected to any kind of pollution. | 12 | Areas susceptible to natural hazard which could cause the project to present environmental problems (earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or extreme or adverse climatic conditions) similar effects | Yes | The project area lies in Seismic Zone III as per seismic zoning map. The seismic hazard assessment study of the old dam has been carried out. The recommendations of the study will be incorporated in the new dam construction. | | (IV) | Proposed Terms of Reference for EIA studies | Essential Detail Sought : NIL | Additional Detail Sought : NIL | (V) | Undertaking | | I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosures are true to be best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance given, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost. | V.(i) | Name of Applicant | K H Shamsudeen | Designation | Chief Engineer | Name of Company (Applicant Name should not be given here) | IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT GOVT OF KERALA | Address | Chief Engineer, Investigation & Desin, IDRB, Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram- 695033 |
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