CONTENTS

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LIST OF FIGURE

LIST OF TABLE

LIST OF ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1-6

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Objectives of the Study 1

1.3 Scope of the Study 2

1.4 Structure of the Report 5

2.0 PROJECT DETAIL 7-24

2.1 National & State Programs in Power Sector 7

2.1.1 Country and Sector Issues 7
2.2.2 West Bengal Power Sector 7

2.2 Project Overview 9

2.3 Rationale for Involvement of World Bank 15

2.4 Proposed Project Development Objective 16

2.5 Project Description and Key Performance Indicators 16

2.5.1 Implementing Agency 16
2.5.2 Co-financing 16
2.5.3 Project Components 17
2.5.4 Key Performance Indicators 19

2.6 Details of Capital Expenditure and Works Proposed 22

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3.0 APPROACH & METHODOLOGY 25-31

4.0 POLICY & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 32-43

4.1 Overview of Policies, Legislations & Guidelines 32

4.2 Applicable Policy & Legislation for WBEDGMP 34

5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL ISSUES AND

MITIGATION MEASURES 44-62

5.1 Environmental & Social Sensitivities in West Bengal 44

5.1.1 Ecological Sensitivity 44
5.1.2 Resource Vulnerability 45
5.1.3 Socio-Economic Sensitivity 45

5.2 Environmental Issues 45

5.2.1 Visual & Aesthetics 45
5.2.2 Soil 46
5.2.3 Terrestrial Flora 47
5.2.4 Terrestrial Fauna 48
5.2.5 Avian Fauna 49
5.2.6 Emission and Discharges from Construction Activity 50
5.2.7 Emission and Discharges from Operation and Maintenance
Activity 51
5.2.7.1 Potential Impact of Hazardous & Other Waste 51
5.2.7.2 Emission of Green House Gas (GHG) 51
5.2.8 Ground Water Resource 52
5.2.9 Occupational Health and Safety 53
5.2.10 Community Health and Safety 53

5.3 Social Issues 54

5.3.1 Standing Crop 54
5.3.2 Landuse Pattern 55
5.3.3 Loss of Land 55
5.3.4 Impact of Labour Influx 56
5.3.5 Impacts due to Cumulative Labour at Site 57
5.3.6 Impact on Common Property Resources 58
5.3.7 Interference with Utilities and Traffic and
Blockage of Access way 59

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 5.3.8 Tribal Communities and their Cultural Properties 60
5.3.9 Chances of Getting Archaeological Artifacts, Treasure etc.
During Excavation 61
5.3.10 Women Work Participation and Decision Making 61

6.0 E&S SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION 63-79

6.1 E&S Safeguards in the WBEDGMP Process 63

6.1.1 Project Conceptualization 63
6.1.2 Project Planning 66
6.1.3 Detailed Design and Tendering 68
6.1.4 Project Implementation 68
6.1.5 Project Operation & Maintenance 69

6.2 The Safeguards Implementation Process 70

6.2.1 Process for Procurement/Acquisition of Land 70
6.2.2 ESMP Implementation 71
6.2.3 Grievance Redress Mechanism 72
6.2.4 Mechanism for GRM 76
6.2.5 GRM Budget 76

6.3 Consultation and Disclosure 76

6.3.1 Consultation 76
6.3.2 Information Disclosure 77
6.3.3 Feedback Mechanism 79

7.0 IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM 80-87

7.1 Institutional Arrangement 80

7.2 Capacity Building 80

7.2.1 Staffing 80
7.2.2 Training 83

7.3 Monitoring and Reporting 84

7.4 Evaluation 85

7.5 Costing for ESMF Implementation 87

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APPENDIX 2.1
Detail of World Bank Funded WBEDGMP Sub-Projects

APPENDIX 4.1
Policies & Regulations Applicable to WBEDGMP

APPENDIX 4.2
Equivalence of National & state Level Environmental & Social Rules & Regulations
and World Bank E&S Standards

APPENDIX 5.1
Detailed Description of Environmental & Social Baseline

APPENDIX 5.2
Issues Related to Labour

APPENDIX 5.3
Procedure for Management of Hazardous Wastes & E-Wastes

APPENDIX 6.1
Procedure for Undertaking Alternate Analysis

APPENDIX 6.2
Sample Terms of Reference for ESIA-ESMP Studies

APPENDIX 6.3
Sample Terms of Reference for Biodiversity Assessment Studies

APPENDIX 6.4
ESMP Supervision Checklist

APPENDIX 6.5
WBSEDCL’s Criteria for Selection of Land for Construction of 33/11 kv Sub-station
and WB Land procurement Policy, 2016

APPENDIX 6.6
Grievance Redressal Procedure of WBSEDCL

APPENDIX 7.1
Detail of WBSEDCL-PIU Setup for WBEDGMP

LIST OF FIGURES
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2.1 Electricity Distribution in Existing LT Network 10

2.2 Electricity Distribution Using the HVDS Network 11

2.3 Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) 13

3.1 Methodology for Formulation of ESMF 25

5.1 Traffic Management Plan 60

6.1 WBSEDCL Work Process with E&S Safeguards 64

6.2 Two Stage Screening Process 65

6.3 Triggers for Specialised Studies 67

6.4 Process of Land Procurement in WBEDGMP 71

6.5 Grievance Redress Process of WBSEDCL 73

LIST OF TABLES
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4.1 World Bank Policies & Standards and National & State Level
Legislations Which May Be Applicable to WBEDGMP 32

4.2 The Reference Framework Ffor Wbsedcl and Its Applicability

in The WBEDGMP 35

6.1 Grievance Redressal Mechanism for WBEDGPM 75

6.2 Summary of Consultation Framework 77

6.3 Summary of Information Disclosure Plan 78

7.1 Training Details 84

7.2 Monitoring Indicator 85

7.3 ESMF Implementation Budget 87