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TOPI
C
ENVI
RONMENTALSTUDI
ES(
SITE–OKHLADUMPI
NGYARD)
 I
ndex

1. I
NTRODUCTI
ONOFTHEPROJECT/
BACKGROUNDI
NFORMATI
ON
1.
1Ident
if
icat
ionofPr
ojectandPr
ojectPr
oponent
1.
2Br
iefdescr
ipt
ionofnat
ureoft
hepr
oject
1.
3Needf
ort
hepr
ojectandi
tsi
mpor
tancet
othecount
ryorr
egi
on
1.
4Empl
oymentgener
ati
on(
Dir
ectandi
ndi
rect
)duet
othepr
oject
2. PROJECTDESCRI
PTI
ON
2.
1Ty
peofpr
ojecti
ncl
udi
ngi
nter
li
nkedandi
nter
dependentpr
oject
s,i
fany
.
2.
2Locat
ion
Fi
g.Googl
eImageshowi
ngSi
teLocat
ion&Ar
eai
ncl
osev
ici
nit
y

2.3Detai
l
sofalter
natesi
tesconsi
deredandthebasi
sofsel
ecti
ngthe
proposedsi
te,
Parti
cular
ly,
theenv
ironmentconsi
der
ati
onsgoneint
o
shouldbehi
ghli
ghted
2.
4Si
zeormagni
tudeofoper
ati
on
2.
5Pr
ojectdescr
ipt
ionwi
thpr
ocessdet
ail
s
2.
6Resour
ceOpt
imi
zat
ion/Recy
cli
ngandReuseenv
isagedi
nthePr
oject
,ifany
2.
7Av
ail
abi
l
ityofwat
er,
itssour
ce,
ener
gy/powerr
equi
rementandsour
ce
2.
8Quant
it
yofwast
estobegener
ated(
li
qui
dandsol
i
d)andschemef
ort
hei
r
management
/Di
sposal
3. SI
TEANALYSI
S
3.
1Connecti
vit
y
3.
2Topography
3.
3Exi
sti
ngI
nfr
ast
ruct
ure
3.
4Soi
lCl
assi
fi
cat
ion
4. ENVI
RONMENTALMONI
TORI
NG
4.
1 Ambi
entAi
rQual
i
tyMoni
tor
ing
4.
2 Ambi
entNoi
seMoni
tor
ing
4.
3 Wat
erQual
i
ty
4.
4 Soi
lSampl
i
ng
1.I
NTRODUCTI
ONOFTHEPROJECT/
BACKGROUNDI
NFORMATI
ON

1.
1Ident
if
icat
ionofPr
ojectandPr
ojectPr
oponent

NewSani taryLandfi
llatOkhla,Del
hiisbei ngproposedi nanAr eaof
32 Acresand t heexi sti
ng Landf
il
lSit eatOkhl aist o beclosed
scient
if
ical
ly.Thepr ojectisav eryhighpr i
ori
typroj
ectandi nthe
i
nterestoftheNationhav i
ngPr i
meMi nister’
sOffi
ceInterventi
on(Ref
.
AnnexureIat t
ached).Sout hDelhiMuni cipalCorpor
ation( SDMC)is
theProponentofthispr oj
ect
.

Name&
Addressofthe
Proj
ectSite:
Proposed
Sanit
ary
Landfi
llat
Okhla
Tehkhand,
Okhla,South
EastDelhi

1.
2Br
iefdescr
ipt
ionofnat
ureoft
hepr
oject

South Del hiMuni ci

palCor poration intends t o cl
ose the exist
ing
Landfil
lSiteatOkhl aandt of acilit
ateanew Muni ci
palSoli
dWast e
Managementf aci
lit
y by cr eating an ef fi
cientwast e segregati
on,
coll
ection, transpor t
ation, pr ocessing ( processi
ng is par t of
i
nterl
inkedWt EPr oject)anddi sposalmechani sm inconfor
mi tywith
theSWM,2016.Thet otalareadesi gnatedf orlandfi
l
li
ngactivi
tiesis
32acr es.Thepr ojectprocessar easf oll
ows:
 Landf il
l Base-Seal ingSy stem
 Leachat eCol l
ecti
on&Tr eat ment
 Landf il
l GasManagement
 Cov er
ingofwast e:-a.DailyCov er,b.Cov erinMonsoon
 1.
3Needf
ort
hepr
ojectandi
tsi
mpor
tancet
othecount
ryorr
egi
on

Ther
eisal
readyanexi
sti
ngLandf
il
li
nOkhl
awhi
chi
susedt
odump

theMuni ci
palSoli
dWast einther egi
onwhi chisont hev er
geof
gett
ingexhaust edandit
sclosur
eneedst obepr ocessedassoonas
possible.Tomanaget hewastewhichispresentl
ybeingdumpedint
o
theexistinglandfi
l
l,anew l
andfi
llisneededt obeconstruct
edand
operate.

I
nli
ghtofalltheabov e, thisproj
ecthast hepr imer equirementi nthearea.
Thepri
ncipl eswhi chgov ernthef utureappr oacht opr ov i
sionof
Munici
pal Sol i
dWast eManagementLandf il
lservicesi ncludethe
fol
lowi
ng:
 Promot i
ngawar enessofwast emanagementpr incipl
esamong
citi
zensandot herstakehol ders
 Mi nimi zi
ngmul t
ipleandmanual handlingofwast eand
desi gningasy st em t
oensur ethatMSW doesnott ouchthe
groundt illt
reatmentandf i
nal disposal .
 Def i
ni ngt herolesandr esponsi bili
tiesofv ariousst akehol
ders
andput t
inginpl aceanoper at
ional fr
amewor k,whi chwould
includeappr opr i
atecont ractual structures.
 Dev elopingsy stemsf oref fect
iver esour cesut i
l
izationand
depl oy ment .
2.PROJECTDESCRI PTION
2.1Typeofpr ojecti
ncludi
ngi nt
erlinkedandi nter
dependentpr oject
s,if
any.
Thepr oposedpr ojectisamuni cipalsol
idwast e,ast hi
sdumpsi t
eis
pr
oposedf orthesetti
ngup
ofLandf i
llfaci
li
tyatOkhl a.Thel andfil
lprojecthasani nterl
inked
proj
ectbei ng Proposed ( 25 MW Wast et o Energy Plant)by
“TehkhandWast et oEner gyProjectLi mited”inal l
ott
edl andat
Okhla,adjacenttotheproposedl andf i
l
l.(
Ref .AnnexureI)

2.
2Locat
ion

TheproposedMunicipalSoli
dWast eManagementLandf
il
lsi
tei
s
l
ocat
edatTehkhand,Okhla,
SoutheastDel
hi,
NewDel
hi.
 Mapshowi
nggener
all
ocat
ionoft
hepr
ojectsi
tei
sgi
veni
nfi
gur
e
bel
owont
opogr
aphi
c
Mapof5km r
adi
usispr
ovi
ded.

2.
3 Detail
sofalternatesi
tesconsi
deredandthebasisof
sel
ecti
ngthepr oposedsit
e,Part
icul
arl
y,t
heenvi
ronment
consi
derat
ionsgonei nt
oshouldbehighli
ght
ed.
Duetofol
lowingreasons, l
ocationofOkhlaissuitabl
ef orthe
dev
elopmentofSanitaryLandf il
lSit
e:
 Av ail
abil
it
yofaut horizedlandwithSDMC
 TheSi teisaccessiblebyRoadsNet work.
 Okhl ahasanexi sti
ngSani tar
yLandf i
l
lsit
ewhichi sNor t
hto
newpr oposedLandf il
lsit
ewhi chhasbeendecidedt ocl
ose.
 Af t
erextensivedeliberati
onthissit
ehasbeenf inali
zed.

2.
4 Si
zeandmagni
tudeofoper
ati
on

Thet
otal
proj
ectar
eai
s32acr
es.

ProposedSLFisdi v
idedintwophases.PhaseIhasanar eaof
43574.00sqm (
10.76acre)andPhaseIIhasanareaof65044.39
(16.
07acres)
.Referdrawi
ngNo.01forl
ay outpl
anofLandf
il
l.

PhaseIispl annedi
nsuchawayt
hat,
itwil
llastforappr
oximatel
y
1year.Thisistomeetthet
empor
aryvol
umer equir
ement.PhaseI
hasanav eragedept
hof5m.

PhaseIIisplannedinrestofareaavail
abletohavemaxi mum v ol
ume
capaci
ty.PhaseI Ihasmaximum depthof9m andmi ni
mum dept hof
4.5m.Maximum possi bledept
hi sprovidedtoincreaset hecapacit
y
ofSLF.LaterPhaseI&PhaseI Iwillbejoinedt
ogethertoenhancet he
capaci
tyfurt
her.PhaseIIwil
lhavesimil
arbaselini
ngsy stem.

Totalvol
umeav ai
lable:1670347Cum
Lif
eofSLF=appr ox.5y
earswhi
chi
s
plannedtobeincr
easedbyi nst
all
ati
onofwaste
reducti
on/augmentati
ont echni
ques

Thev ol
umecapacitycalcul
ati
onar edoneaft
erdeduct
ing18m wide
road area.WhenPr oposed Sani
taryLandf
il
lwi l
lbeconnected t
o
Exist
ingdumpclosurethecapacit
ywi l
lbeenhancedf
urtherby8.
5-9
Laccum.

3.
5Pr
ojectdescr
ipt
ionwi
thpr
ocessdet
ail
s

The act
ivi
ti
esplanned i
nthe proposed proj
ecti nclude coll
ect
ion,
tr
anspor
tati
on,tr
eatment& disposalofmuni cipalsolid wastein
compli
ancetotheSWM Rules(2016).Thebasicconceptf orthesoli
d
wastemanagementoftheproj
ectareaispresentedint hefor
m ofthe
fl
owchartinFi
gure-
3.Theproj
ectprocessareasf oll
ows
  Landfi
ll
Base-SealingSystem
 LeachateCol
lect
ion&Tr eatment
 Landfi
ll
GasManagement
 Coveri
ngofwast e:
-a.Dail
yCov er
,b.Cov
eri
n
MonsoonC.FinalCoverTheProjectLayouti
s
at
tachedasAnnexure-I
I

3.
6ResourceOpt
imi
zat
ion/Recy
cli
ngandReuseenv
isagedi
nthePr
oject
,
ifany

Ast hepr oj
ecti sMuni cipalSolidWast eManagementf acil
ity,the
wastewi l
lbesegr egatedi nt
obiodegr adableandnon- biodegradable
waste.Bio-degradablewast ewi l
lbepr ocessedandconv ert
edi nto
compostand r ecyclabl
e mat er
ialwillbe pr ocessed byr ecyclers.
Int
erl
inkedproject(25MW Wast etoEner gyPlant)isal
sopr oposedt o
opti
mi zet
hecapaci tyofthelandfil
landut i
l
izewast eenergy.
)

3.
7Av
ail
abi
l
ityofwat
er,
itssour
ce,
ener
gy/powerr
equi
rementandsour
ce

3.
8.1Wat
erRequi
rement

Waterrequir
ementgi ven her
eis approxi
mation and i
sincludi
ng
const
ruct
ion & operat
ion ofboth pr
oposed landfi
l
l& closure of
exi
sti
nglandf
il
l.Waterbal
ancechar
twillbeaddedtoEIAReport
.
Sour
ceofthewaterwil
lbetr
eat
edwaterfr
om exist
ingETPinOkhl
a&
Del
hiJal
Board.Waterbal
ancechar
twil
lbeincor
poratedi
nEIARepor
t.

3.
8.2Power
Powerconsumpti
onduri
ngtheconstr
ucti
onphaseandoperat
ional
phasewil
lbesuppl
iedbynear
estavai
labl
eEl
ectr
ici
tysuppl
yGrid.

3.
8 Quanti
tyofwastest
obegenerat
ed(li
quidandsol
i
d)
andschemeforthei
rmanagement/
Disposal

3.
9.1Sol
i
dWast
eGener
ati
on&i
tsDi
sposal
Aspr oposed projectisi t
selfMuni ci
palSoli
d Wast eManagement
Faci
lit
y,theMuni cipalsoli
dwast eoft heDistr
ictismanagedatthe
si
te.Presentl
y,t
het ot
almunicipalwastegenerati
oninSDMCareasis
approxi
mat el
y3500TPD ,outofwhi chonl yprocessi
ngrej
ect
sof
1200TPDwi llgoSani t
aryLandfil
landpr oj
ectedquanti
tyofwaste
gener
atedfr
om baseyeari.
e.2018t
o2021wi
l
lbe1670347Cum.
(Sour
ce:DPRoft
heProj
ect
)
3.SI
TEANALYSI
S

3.
1Connect
ivi
ty

Near
estRail
wayst
ati
on Tugl
aqabadRailwayStat
ion-
appr
ox.1km i
ntheE
Near
estSH/NH NH-2-appr
ox.1.5km i
ntheE
Near
estAirpor
t I
ndir
aGandhi I
nter
nati
onalAir
por
t-appr
ox.
.17km i
nthe
WNW

3.
2Landf
orm,
LanduseandLandOwner
shi
p

Theproj
ectsit
eishi l
ly.Current
ly,t
hesi
teisbei
ngusedf ordumping
ofwasteandnosci enti
fi
cdi sposalmet
hodisbeingf ol
lowed.The
l
andisalr
eadyappr ovedf orthedevel
opmentoflandf
il
lunderSouth
Del
hiMunici
pali
ty.

1.
1Topogr
aphy

Delhii
sboundedbytheIndo-Ganget
ical
luv
ialplai
nsintheNorthand
East,byThardeserti
nt heWestandbyAr av
all
ihil
lrangesint he
South.Theter
rai
nofDel
hiisflati
ngener
alexceptforalowNNE- SSW
tr
endingri
dgethati
sconsideredandext
ensionoftheAr av
all
ihi
llsof
Rajast
han.

Ther
idgemaybesaidtoent
erDel
hifr
om theSW.Theeaster
npar
tof
ther
idgeext
endsupt oOkhlaintheSouthanddisappear
sbelow
Yamunaal
luv
ium i
ntheNEontheri
ghtbankoft
heri
ver.

Phy siogr aphy

Ther i
verYamuna, theAr aval
lirange, andt hepl
ainsi nbetweenbot hof
thesef rom al luvium deposi tsofr ecentf ormati
ondomi natethe
phy siogr aphyofDel hi.TheDel hiRi dgeandi tsfoursect i
ons,the
norther n, t
hecent ral,t
hesout hcent r
al andthesout hernconstitutethe
farthestext ensi onoft heAr avallirange, it
sspursmeet i
ngtheYamuna
attwopoi nts,inthenor t
handt heeast .Ecol
ogicall
y,theRidgeact sa
barrierbet weent heThardeser tandt hepl ai
nsandsl owsdownt he
mov ementofdustandwi ndfrom t hedeser t
.Thisgr eenbelt
,anat ur
al
forest ,
hasamoder ati
ngi nfl
uenceont emperature,besidesbest owing
otherknownbenef itsont hepeopl e.TheYamunar i
v erandtermi nal
partoft heAr avali hil
lrangear ethet womai ngeogr aphicalf
eat uresof
theci ty.TheAr av alihi
llr
angei scov eredwi t
hforestandi scalledt he
Ri
dges;t
heyar etheci
ty’
slungsandhel
pmaintai
nitsenv
ironment.The
Yamunariv
erisDelhi’
ssourceofdri
nki
ngwaterandasacredri
verfor
mostoftheinhabit
ant
s.

3.
3Exi
sti
ngI
nfr
ast
ruct
ure

RoadI
nfr
ast
ruct
ureav
ail
abl
ear
easf
oll
ows:

 Road-
Meahrol
i-
BadarpurMarg
 Road-
MaAnandmay eeMar g
 Tugl
akabadMetroStat
ion
 Tugl
akabadRai
lwayStati
on

3.
4Soi
lCl
assi
fi
cat
ion

Thedet ail
edsoi linvestigati
onsur veyofthepr oposedMSW si t
ei s
bei ngdoneandwi l
lbeadded
i
nt he EI A Repor t.The det ail
ed soilinvest
igation survey oft he
proposedMSW si teindicatesthatthetext
ureofthecor eissandycl ay
i
nnat ure.TheDel hiri
dgewhi chi sthenort
hernmost
ext ensi onofAr av all
imount ainconsist
sofquartziterocksandext endsfr
om
sout her npar tsof
thet erritorytowest ernbankofYamunaf orabout35ki l
ometers.The
alluv i
alf ormations ov erlyi
ng the quarzi
ti
c bedrock hav e diff
erent
nat ur eonei t
hersi deoft heri
dge.TheYamunaf l
oodpl aincontaina
dist i
nctr i
verdeposi t.The near l
yclosed Chattarpuralluvi
albasi n
cov er i
nganar easofabout48Km ²i soccupiedbyal l
uvium derived
from t headj acentquar tziteri
dge.Themapshowi nggeologicalunits
i
sgi veni nthepicture.
7.ENVI
RONMENTALMONI
TORI
NG

7.
1 Ambi
entAi
rQual
i
tyMoni
tor
ing

AmbientAirQual
it
yMoni t
ori
ngwillbecarr
iedoutwithafr
equencyof
24hourlysamplestwiceaweekateachl ocat
ion.Thesi
te–speci
fi
c
backgr
oundairquali
tymonitor
ingprogram wil
lbeconductedwithi
n
10km onthebasisoffol
lowi
ngconsider
ati
ons:

 Topography
 PhysicalFeatures
 Micro-meteorologydataoftheregion
 Representati
onofr egi
onalbackground
 Properrepresentati
onofupwi ndanddownwinddirecti
ons
 Ecologicall
ySensiti
veLocations
 Archeologi
cal Monumentaspernot i
fi
edbyArcheologi
cal
Sur
veyof
I
ndia(ASI)

7.
2 Ambi
entNoi
seMoni
tor
ing

Ambi
entnoi
selevelmeasur
ementsurveywil
lbeundert
akeninthe
st
udyareadusr
ingpost-monsoonseasontoassesstheexisti
ng
ambi
entnoi
se leveli
n dif
fer
entarea vi
z;Resi
dent
ial
,Indust
ri
al,
Commer ci
alandSil
encezonesaspert
heNoi
sePoll
uti
on(Regul
ati
on
andControl
)
(Amendent) Rules 2010 of MoEF. Det
ail
s of the tent
ati
ve
measurementlocat
ionar
epresent
ed
i
nTabl
ebel
ow.Thepar
amet
ersar
eL10,
L50,
L90,
Lday,
Lnight.

7.
3 Wat
erQual
i
ty

Thesurfaceandgroundwat erquali
tychar
act
eri
sti
csofthe
studyareawil
lbeestabl
ishedthroughmonthl
ymoni t
ori
ngof
thefol
lowingpar
amet er
s:

a)PhysicalParamet ers-pH, Conduct ivi

ty,TSS&DO
b)Chemi calParamet ers-TDS, Alkal
init
y,Hardness,NO3,
Cl,
SO4,
Na,K, Ca,Mg, Sil
i
ca, oil&Gr ease, PO4,Phenoli
ccompounds,
BOD&COD
+6
c)Heavymet als-Cd,Tot alCr,Cr ,Cu, Fe,Pb,Zn,Hg,
Se&As.
d)Bacteriol
ogicalcharact er
ist
ics-Tot alColi
form

7.
4 Soi
lSampl
i
ng

Impact sonl and env ir

onmentf rom const r
uct i
onact i
v i
ti
escanbe
mai nl
yattributedtodi sposalofsol i
d/ hazardouswast eanddi scharge
ofwast ewat ereitheront ol and( directi mpact s)ori ntowat erbodi es,
whichar eal sousedasi rri
gat i
onwat erresour ces( i
ndirectimpact s).
Mor eoverimpact sonl and/ v
eget at i
onar eal soexpect edduet ofall
out of ai r pol l
ut ants. Accor di ngly f or env i
ronment al i mpact
assessmenti tisper ti
nentt ost udyt hechar acteri
sti
csofsoi l
,the
result
ingchangesi nsoi lduet odi sposalofhar mf ulsubst anceson
l
andandt her esultantbehav i
oroft hesur r
oundi ngsoi lenvironment .
Thebasi cconsi der ationsf ordesi gni ngsoi lqualitysurveil
lancepr ogramme
i
nclude:
 Phy sical&Chemi cal propertiesoft hear ea
 Er osionPot ent i
al
 St orm wat err un-of fqualit
y
 Agr icultur
al pr oduct i
v i
tyofl and
Soilquali
tyanal ysishasbeendoneatpr ojectsi t
ef r
om 7l ocat i
onsup
to30cm dept hinandar oundt hepr oj
ectsi t
e.