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Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project - II
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Project background
The Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (KSHIP) is an initiative by the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Government of Karnataka (GoK), under the proposed World Bank loan, to undertake improvement of 4887.5 km of roads consisting of State Highways and major District.
Government of Karnataka has appointed M/s Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick UK and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India as the Project Coordinating Consultants (PCC).
Objectives
The main objective of the study would be to alleviate the unsafe conditions and congestion of the existing selected road network connecting the villages and towns by enhancing the capacity and quality of the roads to the users in a sustainable and environment friendly manner.
On the basis of above categorization, the 8 road links have been grouped as follows with respect to Environmental Clearance.
Group I: Roads having length of > 30 km length and located within 10 km distance from interstate
border or National Park or Sanctuary. There are no road links grouped under Category ‘A’.
Group II: Roads having length of > 30 km and average new land requirement for improvements is <
20 m are grouped under Category ‘B’ and environmental clearance (NOC) is obtained from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, GoK.
Group III: Roads < 30 km, which are not under the purview of EIA Notification 14th September 2008
Baseline Environment
Information on baseline environment was collected from secondary source of data for the macro environmental parameters like climate, physiographic (Geology and geomorphology), biological and socio-economic environment of the project influence area, PIU, respective district offices of the project roads
The micro-environmental details within the Corridor of Impact (CoI) have been collected from Primary source of data such as base maps prepared by reconnaissance survey, extrapolation of environmental features on the proposed design, tree enumeration, Analysis for environmental parameters such as Air, Water, Noise and Soil quality on the project road.
Stakeholder Consultation
Consultation process during pre-feasibility, feasibility and environmental assessment stage has been conducted with the objective of involving local communities in the project planning (participatory planning).
Suggestion and option given by people improves technical and economic efficiency of the project.
Execution of suggested improvement from stakeholders also generates the sense of ownership among the communities of the region and eases the implementation process.
Environmental mitigation and enhancement
Some of the generalized mitigation measures include.
Safe debris and construction waste disposal with compaction and turfing.
Conservation of fertile topsoil.
Dust mitigation measures during the construction phase.
Slope stabilization and soil erosion control measures.
Conservation of surface water bodies along the project corridor.
Provision of solid or vegetative noise barriers for silent receptors such as schools, hospitals and civil courts.