Widening improvement & up gradation of exiting 2 lane carriageway to 4 Lanes from proposed Km 184.912 to Proposed Km 318.

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of Hassan to Bantawal Section of NH-48 (new NH-75) in the State of Karnataka

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Government of India.

4.21 Finalization of ToR for widening improvement and upgradation

of existing 2 lane carriageway to 4 lanes from km 184.912 to km

318.772 of Hasan to Bantawal section of NH- 48 (new NH-75) in the

state of Karnataka M/s National Highways, F.No. 10-87/2012-IA.III.

As presented by the project proponent, the project involves widening,

improvement and upgradation of existing 2 lane carriageway to 4 lanes

from km 184.912 to km 318.772 of Hasan to Bantawal section of NH- 48

(new NH-75) in the state of Karnataka. The project road starts from existing

Km 189.700 of NH-48 near Hassan and ends at Km 328.000 on NH-48

near Bantawal. Total existing length of the project road is 138.300 Km. The

proposed starting point is Km 184.912 and end point is Km 318.772 on

NH-48. The total proposed length of the project road is 133.860 Km.

Predominantly the road is passing through hilly terrain for 74.6874 Km

followed by rolling terrain for 44.2592 Km and plain terrain for 19.3634

Km. The land use pattern of the project area is agriculture, built-up, govt.,

barren and Forest. Project Road passes through 66 nos. settlements in

Karnataka. The Project Road does not pass through any National

Park/Sanctuary/Wild Life Area. The existing right of way is varies from 10

to 30 m. The proposed right of way is 30m in hill and forest areas and 45m

in other areas all throughout except for bypass (60m) and toll plaza

locations (90m &130m). Total 291.69 Ha of land is proposed to be acquired

for the improvement of the project. Total 63.435 Ha. (26.19 Ha in Hassan &

37.245 Ha in Dakshin Kannada divisions) of forest land within the

proposed RoW are required for diversion for widening of the project road

involved and the proposals are considered by the Forest Divisions.5 nos.

major bridges, 30 Minor bridges, 605 nos. of culverts, 1 ROB are present in

the existing road. 9 major bridge, 55 minor bridges, 684 culverts, 3

vehicular underpasses, 3 pedestrian underpasses & 4 Elephant

underpasses, 1 foot over bridge, 3 Flyovers, 22 Bus shelters/bays, 1 ROB

and 2 Truck Lay byes and 2 Toll Plaza has been proposed. Service roads for

a length of 14.400 Km has been proposed on both sides at 13 locations

besides 750 m of slip roads at 1 location.Bypasses for Palya (1.220 Km),

Balupet (1.550 Km) and Sakleshpura (5.430 Km) and realignments for

31.150 Km are proposed. Total 326 KLD water shall be required for

construction and other purposes. There is no provision of Fly Ash as there

are no Thermal power plants. No major water-bodies are found along the

road stretch except the Hemavathy, Kumaradhara & Netravathi Rivers over

which major bridge are proposed. More than 30000 trees shall be affected

due to proposed road, against which compensatory plantation shall be

taken up. Approx 1305 families shall be affected due to the improvement of

project road. The process of identification of project affected families is in

progress The entitled person shall be compensated according to the

provision of NH Act 1956.The total project cost of the project is Rs.1600.00

crores. The total civil construction cost is Rs. 1280.00 crores.

During the discussions, the Committee finalized the following TOR for

further study:

(i) The proposal indicates the acquisition of 63.435 ha Forest land.

Necessary stage –I forestry clearance shall be obtained as per

OM dated 31.03.2011 and submitted along with final EIA report.

(ii) There shall be no blasting.

(iii)It is indicated that 30000 nos. trees falls within the proposed

RoW, however, bare minimum trees to be cut, the information

should be provided about their species and whether it also

involved any protected or endangered species. Necessary green

belt shall be provided on both side of the highway with proper

central verge and cost provision should be made for regular

maintenance.

(iv) Explore the possibilities of cooled mixed technology instead of

hot mixed technology

(v) The additional ToR and General Guidelines as per the annexure-

I and Annexure-II respectively to this Minutes shall also be

considered for preparation of EIA/EMP.

(vi) Any further clarification on carrying out the above studies

including anticipated impacts due to the project and mitigative

measure, project proponent can refer to the model ToR available

on Ministry website “http://moef.nic.in/Manual/ Highways”.

Public hearing to be conducted for the project as per provisions of

Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 and the issues raised

by the public should be addressed in the Environmental Management Plan.

A detailed draft EIA/EMP report should be prepared as per the above

additional TOR and should be submitted to the Ministry as per the

Notification.