Report No. 4 of 2022

Annexures

Report No. 4 of 2022

73

Annexure 1: Process flowchart entailing the main steps involved in the CRZ Project approval

(Reference: Introduction, Chapter 3 of the report)

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

74

Annexure 2: Employment of non-accredited consultant/ non- accreditation of the consultant in a particular category of the project

(Reference: Para 3.1 (i) of the report)

S. No. Project Project approval by MoEF&CC

Consultant for EIA

1. Laying of Natural Gas pipeline by Mahanagar Gas Ltd, Maharashtra

2018 The consultant JV Analytical Services, Pune not accredited for Pipeline Sector.

2. Construction of Hotel Building in Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada District by M/s. Motimahal Hotels Pvt. Ltd., Karnataka

2017 The Environment Management Plan and the DMP which formed a part of the EIA was proposed by the PP itself and an accredited consultant was not appointed.

3. Expansion of port facilities by Redi Port Ltd in Maharashtra

2018 The consultant engaged was not accredited in the areas of Air Pollution, Prevention, Monitoring and Control, Hazardous Waste Management, Ecology and Biodiversity.

4. Construction of Petroleum Products Storage Terminal at Karwar, Karnataka Port by M/s Tropicana Liquid Storage (P) Ltd. , Karnataka

2015 The Environment Management Plan was prepared by Marine Science Research Institute, Karwar, which was not an accredited consultant organisation.

5. Establishment of intake and outfall facility for Nuclear Power Plant at Mithivirdi, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat by M/s Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Gujarat

2015 M/s Engineers India Limited, appointed as a consultant for this project was not accredited by NABET for “Nuclear Power and processing of fuel” sector.

6. Development of the petroleum, chemical and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR) at Dahej, Vagra, District Bharuch by M/s Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation Gujarat

2015 The consultant, NEERI, Nagpur was not accredited under by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

7. Mumbai Trans Harbor Sea Link by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Maharashtra

2016 A consortium of Arup, Consulting Engineers and KPMG had been appointed as consultants for this project. However, the NABET Accreditation certificate annexed in the records pertaining to M/s Consulting Engineers Services Pvt. Ltd and the same was not accredited for sea link construction sector.

8. Laying of an effluent pipeline by Madhu Silica Pvt. Ltd. (MSPL) in Bhavnagar, Gujarat

2015 Consultant M/s Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India

9. Widening and improvement of the existing highway of Bhavnagar- Pipavav- Porbandar-Dwarka Section of NH-8E, Gujarat

2016 The consultant M/s STUP Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India

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S. No. Project Project approval by MoEF&CC

Consultant for EIA

10. Additional Salt works (2846.15 acres) located at village Kalatalav & Narmad, Taluka & Dist. Bhavnagar

Accorded clearance by SEIAA in 2017

The consultant National Institute of Oceanography-CSIR was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India

11. Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) - Princess Flyover to Worli end of Sea Link by M/s Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

2017 Certificate of accreditation provided by consultant did not state the period of validity due to which it could not be ascertained, whether at the time of preparation of EIA report, the consultant was eligible for the same.

12. High Speed Railway Project across CRZ areas in Mumbai, Mumbai Sub-urban, Thane and Palghar District by M/s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd, Maharashtra

2019 The Consultants, M/s GPS Technologies Pvt. Ltd was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India

13. 2X800 MW Uppur Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at District Ramanathapuram by TANGEDCO, Tamil Nadu

2017 The consultant was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

14. Laying of treated effluent disposal pipeline from their Plant to final disposal point in the Gulf of Kutch at Mithapur by Tata Chemicals Limited, Gujarat

2017 The consultant National Institute of Oceanography-CSIR was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India

15. Setting up of Bulk Drug Manufacturing Unit in East Godavari District by M/s Divi’s Laboratories Limited, Andhra Pradesh

2019 The Consultant M/s Indomer Coastal Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd. was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

16. International Leather Complex at Kothapatnam village, Nellore District by M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd., Andhra Pradesh

2015 The Consultant Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

17. Deepening of approach channel for capesize vessels at Mormugao Port by M/s Mormugao Port Trust, Goa

2016 The Consultant M/s WAPCOS Limited, Gurgaon was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

18. Rerouting of Mumbai Manmad pipeline by M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Maharashtra

2015 The Consultant M/s Eco Chem Sales and Services, was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

19. Proposal for 5 MLD Hybrid Desalination Project at IREL Complex, Chatrapur, Ganjam District by M/s Indian Rare Earths Limited, Odisha

2018 It was observed that the accreditation certificate pertaining to Mecon, Ranchi, was placed on the records instead of accreditation certificate of Mecon Ltd., Bangalore which was actually involved.

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

76

S. No. Project Project approval by MoEF&CC

Consultant for EIA

20. Integrated Cooum River Eco-Restoration Project by M/s Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust, Tamil Nadu

2017 The Consultant M/s SV Enviro labs and consultants, was not accredited by National Accreditation Board of Education and Training/ Quality Council of India.

21. Converting open parking into covered parking in beach resort at Chengalpattu Taluk, District Kancheepuram by M/s Adayar Gate Hotels, Tamil Nadu

2015 The Environmental Management Plan submitted by the PP did not mention the name of the accredited consultant organisation which prepared it.

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Annexure 3: Employment of old baseline data

(Reference: Para 3.1 (ii) of the report)

S.No. State Name of the Project Date of Project clearance

Years by which the data was outdated

1. Andhra Pradesh

Development of offshore LNG FSRU Facility at Kakinada Deep Port Water by Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation Limited (APGDC)

09.02.2016 3 to 4 years

2. Andhra Pradesh

International Leather Complex at Kothapatnam village, Nellore District by M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd.

19.12.2015 4 years

3. Gujarat Establishment of intake and outfall facility for Nuclear Power Plant at Mithivirdi, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat by M/s Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

03.05.2015 3 years

4. Gujarat Laying of treated effluent disposal pipeline from their Plant to final disposal point in the Gulf of Kutch at Mithapur by M/s Tata Chemicals Limited

10.07.2016 6 years

5. Gujarat Common treated effluent disposal pipeline project along river Kolak upto deep sea via Kolak Estuary by M/s Wel Treat Enviro Management Organization

05.09.2016 6 years

6. Gujarat Development of the Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) at Dahej, Vagra, District Bharuch by M/s Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation

7. Karnataka Construction of Petroleum Products Storage Terminal at Karwar, Karnataka Port by M/s Tropicana Liquid Storage (P) Ltd.

17.06.2015 7 years

8. Maharashtra Mumbai Trans Harbor Sea Link by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority

9. Maharashtra Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) - Princess Flyover to Worli end of Sea Link by M/s Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

10. Maharashtra Malad sewage treatment plant 28.08.2017 8 years

11. Odisha Multi- product SEZ/ Industrial Park at Gopalpur, Ganjam, Odisha by M/s Tata Steel SEZ Ltd.

20.09.2018 2 years

12. Tamil Nadu 2X800 MW Uppur Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at District Ramanathapuram by M/s Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO)

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

78

Anne

xure

4: E

IA fa

iled

to a

sses

s the

pos

sibl

e im

pact

s of t

he p

roje

cts o

n m

arin

e flo

ra a

nd fa

una,

eco

logi

cally

vul

nera

ble

area

s

(Ref

eren

ce: P

ara

3.1

(iii)

of th

e re

port

)

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Risk

to m

arin

e flo

ra a

nd fa

una,

eco

logi

cally

vul

nera

ble

area

s M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s not

env

isage

d in

th

e EI

A 1.

Andh

ra

Prad

esh

Mar

ine

disp

osal

of t

reat

ed

efflu

ent

by M

/s C

oval

ent

Labo

rato

ries P

vt. L

td

As p

er t

he i

nfor

mat

ion

avai

labl

e in

the

EIA

, th

e pi

pelin

e pa

ssed

th

roug

h CR

Z-III

are

a, th

e 'N

DZ' a

nd th

e in

ter-

tidal

zone

with

pat

ches

of

sand

dun

es w

ith c

oast

al v

eget

atio

n of

hei

ght

less

tha

n 3

met

er a

ll al

ong

the

shor

elin

e.

EIA

did

not i

nclu

de a

ny im

pact

on

the

sand

du

nes

and

no m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s w

as

envi

sage

d.

2.

An

dhra

Pr

ades

h De

velo

pmen

t of

offs

hore

LN

G FS

RU

Faci

lity

at

Kaki

nada

Dee

p Po

rt W

ater

by

An

dhra

Pr

ades

h Ga

s Di

strib

utio

n Co

rpor

atio

n Li

mite

d (A

PGDC

)

The

only

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

that

wer

e in

clud

ed in

the

EIA

of

this

proj

ect w

as th

at p

iling

ope

ratio

ns sh

ould

use

a so

ft st

art s

o as

to a

llow

m

arin

e fa

una

to le

ave

the

area

bef

ore

high

noi

se le

vels

are

gene

rate

d.

EIA

repo

rt d

id n

ot d

elib

erat

e up

on t

he

impa

ct o

f the

pro

ject

on

any

of th

e m

arin

e lif

e fo

rms

exce

pt fi

shes

in t

he s

tudy

are

a w

hich

clea

rly in

dica

ted

that

the

miti

gatio

n of

th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

of

the

proj

ect

on m

arin

e ec

osys

tem

s w

ere

not

cons

ider

ed.

3.

Go

a De

epen

ing

of

appr

oach

ch

anne

l fo

r ca

pesiz

e ve

ssel

s at

Mor

mug

ao P

ort

by

M/s

M

orm

ugao

Po

rt

Trus

t

1. T

he E

IA re

port

stat

ed th

ere

was

sign

ifica

nt p

ress

ure

due

to to

urism

on

the

Hum

pbac

k do

lphi

n an

d th

e co

ral r

eefs

sur

roun

ding

Gra

nde

Isla

nd a

nd th

at d

redg

ers

and

asso

ciat

ed v

esse

l mov

emen

t may

har

m

the

dolp

hins

, due

to co

llisio

n, p

rope

ller a

ctio

n et

c. S

tudi

es h

ave

show

n th

at th

e ris

k of

a co

llisio

n oc

curr

ing

and

the

likel

ihoo

d th

at it

will

resu

lt in

sev

ere

or le

thal

inju

ry in

crea

ses

whe

n ve

ssel

s ex

ceed

10–

14 k

nots

an

d as

the

vess

els

to b

e co

nsid

ered

in th

e ap

proa

ch c

hann

el w

ere

to

mov

e at

a sp

eed

of 1

1 kn

ots,

it w

as li

kely

to c

ause

inju

ry.

The

Impa

ct st

udie

s for

the

sam

e w

ere

not

carr

ied

out i

n th

e EI

A as

a re

sult

of w

hich

no

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res w

ere

stip

ulat

ed.

2. A

s per

the

EIA

repo

rt, C

hika

lim- S

anco

le b

ay k

now

n fo

r its

inte

rtid

al

mar

ine

biod

iver

sity

was

just

4 k

ms

away

from

the

dred

ging

are

a an

d w

as k

now

n to

har

bour

mor

e th

an 2

00 f

auna

l and

34

phyt

opla

nkto

n sp

ecie

s in

add

ition

to

man

grov

es a

nd w

indo

wpa

ne o

yste

r (P

lacu

na

plac

enta

) (s

ched

ule-

4 sp

ecie

s).

The

EIA

repo

rt a

lso m

entio

ned

that

dr

edgi

ng in

fluen

ce w

as n

orm

ally

rest

ricte

d to

a m

axim

um o

f 4 k

m o

f th

e ac

tivity

.

The

impa

ct o

f dr

edgi

ng w

as n

ot c

arrie

d ou

t for

suc

h an

eco

-sen

sitiv

e zo

ne w

ithin

th

e st

udy

area

an

d no

m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s wer

e st

ipul

ated

.

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

79

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Risk

to m

arin

e flo

ra a

nd fa

una,

eco

logi

cally

vul

nera

ble

area

s M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s not

env

isage

d in

th

e EI

A 3.

The

EIA

Repo

rt e

xhib

ited

that

the

inte

rtid

al a

rea

of Z

uari

estu

ary

whi

ch in

clud

ed C

hica

lim- S

anco

le B

ay, G

rand

e Is

land

, Cab

oraj

- Siri

dao

rock

y pa

tch

with

in th

e st

udy

area

show

ed sp

ecie

s div

ersit

y co

mpr

ising

of

186

aqu

atic

spec

ies (

150

finfis

h co

mpr

ising

of p

elag

ic a

nd d

emer

sal

fishe

s an

d 36

she

ll fis

h co

mpr

ising

of c

rust

acea

ns a

nd m

ollu

scs)

. The

G

rand

e Is

land

was

rich

in C

oral

, spo

nge,

fish

and

the

inte

rtid

al h

abita

ts

betw

een

Cabo

raj-

Dona

Pau

la- S

irida

o ha

d hi

gh s

eaw

eed

abun

danc

e an

d di

vers

ity.

Alth

ough

, th

e re

port

list

ed t

he i

mpa

cts

such

as

la

nd

recl

amat

ion,

m

inin

g,

indu

stria

lizat

ion

and

dred

ging

po

sing

cons

ider

able

thr

eat

to t

he m

arin

e flo

ra

and

faun

a. T

he m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s to

be

take

n fo

r th

eir

cons

erva

tion

and

man

agem

ent

wer

e no

t el

abor

ated

in t

he

EIA

4.

Gu

jara

t Ex

pans

ion

of

Adan

i Pe

tron

et

(Dah

ej)

Port

, Bh

aruc

h Di

stric

t by

M

/s

Adan

i Pe

tron

et

(Dah

ej)

Port

Pvt

Ltd

The

EIA

Repo

rt e

nvisa

ged

gene

ratio

n of

was

tew

ater

dur

ing

conc

rete

ca

stin

g, cl

eani

ng o

f con

stru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent,

vehi

cle

gara

ge w

orks

hop,

oi

l spi

lls f

rom

the

ope

ratio

n of

con

stru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent

and

Dies

el

Gene

ratin

g se

t an

d th

e sa

me

was

sta

ted

to a

ffect

the

mar

ine

wat

er

qual

ity n

ear t

he sh

orel

ine.

Desp

ite th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of t

he im

pact

s,

no m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s w

ere

enun

ciat

ed

in th

e EI

A re

port

.

The

popu

latio

n of

the

inte

rtid

al m

acro

ben

thos

indi

cate

d re

lativ

ely

high

sta

ndin

g st

ock

of m

acro

ben

thos

with

mod

erat

e gr

oup

dive

rsity

. Th

e EI

A fu

rthe

r sta

ted

that

the

recl

amat

ion

wou

ld im

pact

nea

rly 2

3 ha

. of

ben

thic

hab

itat a

nd n

o re

cove

ry o

f ben

thic

org

anism

s w

as p

ossib

le

as th

e ha

bita

t wou

ld b

e pe

rman

ently

lost

due

to re

clam

atio

n.

No

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

wer

e en

visa

ged

for t

he p

rote

ctio

n of

ben

thic

org

anism

s in

the

proj

ect a

rea.

5.

Gu

jara

t Es

tabl

ishm

ent

of

inta

ke

and

outf

all

faci

lity

for

Nuc

lear

Po

wer

Pl

ant

at

Mith

ivird

i, Di

stric

t Bh

avna

gar,

Guja

rat b

y M

/s

Nuc

lear

Po

wer

Co

rpor

atio

n of

In

dia

Lim

ited

1.

The

EIA

repo

rt in

dica

ted

that

the

proj

ect a

rea

was

mod

erat

ely

prod

uctiv

e in

ter

ms

of p

hyto

plan

kton

s an

d zo

opla

nkto

ns. M

angr

ove

vege

tatio

n co

mpr

ising

of R

hizo

phor

a an

d Av

icen

nia

spec

ies w

as fo

und

in g

ood

num

ber

on t

he r

iver

ban

ks n

ear

Alan

g sh

ipya

rd a

nd c

oast

al

vege

tatio

n co

mpr

ising

of C

assia

spec

ies,

Pro

sopi

s, A

zadi

rach

ta sp

ecie

s.

The

proj

ect

area

nea

r th

e Al

ang

ship

yard

had

vas

t ex

pans

e of

Tid

al

flats

/ mud

flats

.

Both

th

e EI

A Re

port

an

d th

e CR

Z cl

eara

nce

wer

e sil

ent

on t

he im

pact

s of

th

e pr

ojec

t on

such

var

ied

flora

and

faun

a in

and

aro

und

the

proj

ect

area

. As

the

im

pact

s wer

e no

t ide

ntifi

ed, n

o m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s wer

e st

ipul

ated

.

2.

The

EIA

repo

rt s

tate

d th

at th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

f Con

dens

er c

oolin

g w

ater

(CCW

) wou

ld b

e 7°

C a

bove

the

ambi

ent t

empe

ratu

re o

f the

sea

wat

er a

nd it

wou

ld p

roba

bly

be th

e on

ly m

ajor

impa

ct o

n th

e m

arin

e ec

osys

tem

. Fro

m th

e sc

ient

ific

data

ava

ilabl

e in

the

publ

ic d

omai

n, it

The

effe

ct o

f inc

reas

ed t

empe

ratu

re w

as

stud

ied

for f

ishes

onl

y, e

ven

whe

n th

e fis

h la

ndin

g w

as r

epor

ted

to b

e th

e lo

wes

t in

the

regi

on. T

he s

ame

was

not

stu

died

for

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

80

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Risk

to m

arin

e flo

ra a

nd fa

una,

eco

logi

cally

vul

nera

ble

area

s M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s not

env

isage

d in

th

e EI

A co

uld

be

unde

rsto

od

that

in

crea

sed

tem

pera

ture

re

duce

s th

e so

lubi

lity

of o

xyge

n in

wat

er, t

here

by in

crea

sing

the

Biol

ogic

al O

xyge

n De

man

d (B

OD)

.

phyt

opla

nkto

ns a

nd z

oopl

ankt

ons

whi

ch

show

ed m

oder

ate

prod

uctiv

ity.

4.

Acco

rdin

g to

the

mar

ine

EIA,

Ala

ng- S

osiy

a Sh

ip B

reak

ing

Yard

(A

SSBY

) was

loca

ted

at 5

km

s so

uth

of th

e pr

ojec

t are

a an

d ac

cord

ing

to t

he in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

in t

he p

ublic

dom

ain,

the

re w

as h

eavy

m

etal

con

tam

inat

ion

in t

he in

tert

idal

zon

e of

the

shi

pbre

akin

g ya

rd.

Also

, a p

ropo

sed

Kalp

sar p

roje

ct d

am a

cros

s Gul

f of K

ham

bat w

as a

t a

dist

ance

of

18 k

ms

nort

h of

the

Chh

aya

(Mith

i Vird

i) sit

e. T

he s

ite

sele

ctio

n re

port

(Jun

e 20

07) o

f Dep

artm

ent

of A

tom

ic E

nerg

y (D

AE),

had

reco

mm

ende

d th

at a

det

aile

d st

udy

shou

ld b

e co

nduc

ted

to

exam

ine

the

effe

ct o

f Kal

pasa

r dam

in th

e up

stre

am o

f Nuc

lear

Pow

er

Plan

t site

on

the

flood

ing

of th

e pr

opos

ed si

te d

ue to

bre

akin

g of

dam

in

the

even

t of a

n ea

rthq

uake

of v

ery

high

mag

nitu

de a

s th

e Ka

lpas

ar

dam

was

loca

ted

over

dee

p sil

ted

faul

t.

The

impa

ct o

f the

Ala

ng sh

ipbr

eaki

ng y

ard

and

Kalp

asar

Dam

on

the

proj

ect w

as n

ot

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt. A

s no

impa

cts

wer

e id

entif

ied,

no

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

wer

e en

visa

ged.

6.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Mum

bai

Coas

tal

Road

Pr

ojec

t (S

outh

) -

Prin

cess

Fl

yove

r to

Wor

li en

d of

Sea

Li

nk

by

M/s

M

unic

ipal

Co

rpor

atio

n of

Gr

eate

r M

umba

i

1. T

he E

IA st

ipul

ated

that

the

man

grov

es in

the

proj

ect a

rea

wou

ld b

e im

pact

ed le

adin

g di

sapp

eara

nce

of r

epro

duct

ion

and

food

zon

e fo

r sp

ecie

s of

fish

, aqu

atic

and

mig

rato

ry b

irds,

Irre

vers

ible

sal

inisa

tion

and

acid

ifica

tion

and

Coas

tline

ero

sion.

Agai

nst

such

co

nseq

uenc

es,

the

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

sugg

este

d ar

e m

erel

y pe

rfun

ctor

y su

ch

as

dust

su

ppre

ssio

n m

easu

res,

sp

rinkl

ing

of

wat

er,

mon

itorin

g of

noi

se e

tc.

and

did

not

dire

ctly

ad

dres

s th

e im

pact

s id

entif

ied.

2

. The

EIA

repo

rt id

entif

ied

impa

cts,

suc

h as

: For

mat

ion

of se

dim

ent

plum

es t

hat

wou

ld a

ffect

fish

and

ben

thos

, in

crea

sed

turb

idity

af

fect

ing

the

grow

th o

f the

pla

nts,

incr

ease

in P

H of

the

wat

er c

ausin

g al

gal b

loom

, inc

reas

e in

tem

pera

ture

with

redu

ced

diss

olve

d ox

ygen

, Im

med

iate

and

lon

g te

rm d

egra

datio

n of

sen

sitiv

e an

d es

sent

ial

bree

ding

and

nur

sery

hab

itats

for

mar

ine

orga

nism

s le

adin

g to

long

te

rm re

duct

ion

in c

omm

erci

ally

impo

rtan

t fish

.

It w

as

obse

rved

th

at

the

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

sugg

este

d lik

e th

e us

e of

bes

t pr

actic

able

te

chno

logy

, ap

prop

riate

ha

ndlin

g of

liq

uid

and

solid

w

aste

s

and

adeq

uate

noi

se c

ontr

ol m

easu

res d

id

not d

irect

ly a

ddre

ss th

e id

entif

ied

impa

ct.

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

81

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Risk

to m

arin

e flo

ra a

nd fa

una,

eco

logi

cally

vul

nera

ble

area

s M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s not

env

isage

d in

th

e EI

A 7.

Mah

aras

htra

M

alad

sew

age

trea

tmen

t pl

ant

by

M/s

M

unic

ipal

Co

rpor

atio

n of

Gr

eate

r M

umba

i

1. T

he E

IA R

epor

t ca

tere

d to

dev

elop

men

t of

exi

stin

g fa

cilit

ies

to

impr

ove

the

envi

ronm

enta

l con

ditio

ns in

and

aro

und

the

Mum

bai c

ity

inst

ead

of fo

cusin

g on

Mal

ad S

TP a

lone

. As s

uch

it fa

iled

to in

corp

orat

e th

e te

rres

tria

l an

d aq

uatic

eco

logy

com

prisi

ng o

f th

e Be

ntho

s,

Phyt

opla

ntkt

ons,

zoop

lank

tons

in a

nd a

roun

d th

e pr

ojec

t are

a.

As n

o de

tails

of

terr

estr

ial

and

aqua

tic

faun

a w

ere

incl

uded

in

th

e EI

A,

no

impa

cts

on t

hem

wer

e id

entif

ied

and

no

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res w

ere

envi

sage

d.

8.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Layi

ng o

f Nat

ural

Gas

from

U

ran

(Dist

rict

Raig

ad)

to

Nav

i M

umba

i M

unic

ipal

Co

rpor

atio

n pi

pelin

e by

M

/s M

ahan

agar

Gas

Ltd

.

The

pipe

line

was

pa

ssin

g th

roug

h vi

llage

s of

U

ran,

Bo

kadv

ira,

Dron

agiri

, Fu

nde,

Son

ari,

Jasa

i, U

lwe

and

Kille

gaot

han,

all

of w

hich

w

ere

fam

ous

for

thei

r m

angr

oves

. The

pre

sent

atio

n gi

ven

by t

he P

P du

ring

the

EAC

mee

ting

also

show

ed a

n im

age

of th

e pi

pelin

e pa

ssin

g th

roug

h a

dens

e pa

tch

of m

angr

oves

.

Inst

ead

of d

evisi

ng m

itiga

tion

plan

for

pr

otec

tion

and

cons

erva

tion

of

the

man

grov

es,

the

EIA

Repo

rt d

enie

d th

e pr

esen

ce o

f m

angr

oves

its

elf

alon

g th

e ro

ute

of th

e pi

pelin

e.

9.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Expa

nsio

n of

fac

ilitie

s at

po

rt R

edi,

Sind

hudu

rg,

by

M/s

Red

i Por

t Ltd

The

EIA

repo

rt o

nly

iden

tifie

d Tu

rbid

ity o

f wat

er a

s an

impa

ct d

urin

g re

clam

atio

n of

the

area

with

dre

dged

mat

eria

l. EI

A di

d no

t del

iber

ate

upon

the

impa

cts o

f la

nd re

clam

atio

n an

d dr

edgi

ng in

term

s of

loss

of m

arin

e ha

bita

ts; e

ffect

on

mar

ine

bent

hos;

No

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

wer

e pr

opos

ed f

or e

ven

iden

tifie

d th

reat

s to

en

viro

nmen

t.

10.

M

ahar

asht

ra

All w

eath

er G

reen

field

Je

tty'

at N

andg

aon

of

Talu

ka P

algh

ar, D

istric

t Th

ane,

Mah

aras

htra

by

JSW

Infr

astr

uctu

re L

td.

As p

er th

e EI

A Re

port

the

entir

e fa

cilit

y w

as to

be

crea

ted

on re

clai

med

la

nd. W

e no

ted

that

onl

y co

ncep

tual

layo

ut o

f the

jett

y at

Nan

dgao

n w

as a

vaila

ble

in th

e EI

A Re

port

. How

ever

, thi

s co

ncep

tual

layo

ut w

as

not f

urth

er d

elib

erat

ed u

pon

anyw

here

in th

e EI

A re

port

.

As n

o im

pact

s of

land

rec

lam

atio

n w

ere

iden

tifie

d, n

o m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s w

ere

envi

sage

d.

11.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Mum

bai T

rans

Har

bour

Se

a Li

nk b

y M

/s M

umba

i M

etro

polit

an R

egio

n De

velo

pmen

t Aut

horit

y

The

MCZ

MA

in it

s re

com

men

datio

n st

ated

that

the

PP w

as to

con

sult

an e

xper

t ag

ency

, un

dert

ake

trai

ning

pro

gram

mes

for

con

stru

ctio

n pe

rson

nel

regu

larly

to

min

imize

the

dam

age

to m

udfla

ts b

efor

e co

mm

ence

men

t to

con

stru

ctio

n w

ork.

Also

, th

e pr

opon

ent

was

to

take

exp

ert

opin

ion

from

Bom

bay

Nat

ural

Hist

ory

Soci

ety

(BN

HS)

rega

rdin

g sa

fegu

ards

to b

e pl

aced

so

as to

miti

gate

the

dist

urba

nces

to

flam

ingo

hab

itat.

etc.

Nie

ther

an

y st

udie

s fo

r ev

alua

tion

of

impa

cts

on m

udfla

ts a

nd f

lam

ingo

s w

as

carr

ied

out

by t

he p

ropo

nent

nor

any

ex

pert

ag

ency

w

as

cons

ulte

d.

As

no

impa

cts

wer

e id

entif

ied,

no

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res w

ere

envi

sage

d.

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

82

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Risk

to m

arin

e flo

ra a

nd fa

una,

eco

logi

cally

vul

nera

ble

area

s M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s not

env

isage

d in

th

e EI

A 12

.

Odi

sha

Mul

ti- p

rodu

ct S

EZ/

Indu

stria

l Par

k at

Go

palp

ur, G

anja

m, O

dish

a by

M/s

Tat

a St

eel S

EZ L

td.

The

proj

ect

area

sho

wed

ric

h di

vers

ity in

ter

ms

of p

hyto

plan

kton

s, zo

opla

nkto

ns a

nd m

oder

ate

dive

rsity

of

Bent

hic

faun

a (p

olyc

haet

e w

orm

s, c

rust

acea

ns,

gast

ropo

ds e

tc.).

and

the

pro

ject

env

isage

d la

ying

of p

ipel

ine.

The

impa

ct o

f tr

ench

ing

on t

he b

enth

ic

faun

a an

d th

e m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s to

w

ard

off s

uch

impa

ct w

ere

not s

tudi

ed.

13.

Ta

mil

Nad

u In

take

and

out

fall

faci

lity

of M

arin

e Al

gae

in D

istric

t Ra

man

atha

pura

m b

y M

/s

EID

Parr

y (In

dia)

Ltd

The

EIA

repo

rt

men

tione

d ec

olog

ical

ly

impo

rtan

t sp

ecia

lized

ec

osys

tem

s lik

e sa

nd d

unes

, sea

gras

ses

or m

angr

oves

in t

he p

roje

ct

area

.

As

no

impa

cts

wer

e id

entif

ied,

no

m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s wer

e en

visa

ged.

14.

W

est B

enga

l Se

ttin

g up

of M

ini B

ulk

Carr

iers

Han

dlin

g Fa

cilit

y on

the

upst

ream

of 3

rd o

il Je

tty

and

wes

t ban

k of

riv

er H

oogh

ly a

t Hal

dia

Dock

Com

plex

, Kol

kata

Po

rt (W

est B

enga

l) by

M/s

Ko

lkat

a Po

rt T

rust

The

EIA

Repo

rt sh

owed

the

area

had

a ri

ch d

ensit

y of

phy

topl

ankt

ons,

zoop

lank

tons

and

ben

thos

. The

dom

inan

t flo

ra o

f the

Hal

dia

indu

stria

l zo

ne c

ompr

ised

of v

ario

us s

peci

es o

f tr

ees,

shr

ubs,

her

bs a

nd

clim

bers

, fer

n sp

ecie

s. T

he st

udy

area

com

prise

d of

Nay

acha

r isla

nd a

t th

e m

outh

of t

he H

oogh

ly R

iver

whi

ch h

ad m

angr

oves

.

The

impa

cts

on

phyt

opla

nkto

ns,

zoop

lank

tons

, be

ntho

s,

flora

in

clud

ing

man

grov

es w

ere

not i

dent

ified

in th

e EI

A Re

port

. As

th

e im

pact

s w

ere

not

iden

tifie

d, n

o m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s w

ere

stip

ulat

ed.

Report No. 4 of 2022

83

Annexure 5: EIA was either devoid of DMP, its specific details or the onus of framing the suitable DMP was left to the project proponent

(Reference: Para 3.1 (iv) of the report)

Cases where onus of framing specific details of DMP were left to PP

S.No State Name of the Project Criteria Observations

1. Goa Deepening of approach channel for capesize vessels at Mormugao Port by M/s Mormugao Port Trust

Emergencies like accidents involving vessels, Oil spill from vessels, Fire/explosion on board vessels within the Port limits and berths, Breakdown of ship engine in the sea, and earthquake were mentioned in the EIA Report and the project site fell under the Zone -III of Seismic Map of India- a moderate intensity zone.

We observed that no mitigation measures for the delineated emergencies were found incorporated in the DMP .

2. Karnataka Development of four berths in Western Dock arm in New Mangalore port by M/s New Mangalore Port Trust

Highlighted in the Report.

3. Maharashtra High Speed Railway Project across CRZ areas in Mumbai, Mumbai Sub-urban, Thane and Palghar District (PH) by M/s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd

The EIA Report stated that the project site was classified under the Zone -III, a moderate intensity earthquake zone and that the western coast was subject to occasional severe cyclonic storms.

DMP did not envisage mitigation measures to be taken by the PP during such disaster and whether earthquake resistant structures were used for construction and operation phase.

4. Maharashtra Construction of Hotel Building (Resort 3) in Mauje Karde, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra by M/s Dajikaka Gadgil Developers Pvt. Ltd.

The project site was classified under the Zone -IV of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) 2000, Seismic Map of India, a zone having major damage risk.

The DMP delineating the types of disasters and the mitigation measures to be taken by the PP during such disaster was not found on the records.

5. Maharashtra Mumbai Trans Harbor Sea Link by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority

As per the Rapid EIA Report 2012, the project site was classified under the Zone -III of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) 2000, Seismic Map of India, a moderate intensity zone and that the western coast was subject to occasional severe cyclonic storms.

DMP did not detail mitigation measures to be taken by the PP during such disaster and also if earthquake resistant structures were to be used for construction of this sea link.

6. Maharashtra Construction of Hotel Building (Resort 2) in

As per the EIA report, the project site was classified under the Zone

It was observed that a DMP delineating the types

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

84

Mauje Karde, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra by M/s Dajikaka Gadgil Developers Pvt. Ltd.

-IV of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) 2000, Seismic Map of India, a zone having major damage corresponding to intensity VII on the MM (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

of disasters and the mitigation measures to be taken by the PP during such disaster was not prepared by PP.

7. West Bengal Setting up of Mini Bulk Carriers Handling Facility on the upstream of 3rd oil Jetty and west bank of river Hooghly at Haldia Dock Complex, Kolkata Port by M/s Kolkata Port Trust

Highlighted in the report.

Projects where the EIA Reports did not contain any DMP

S. No.

State Name of the Project

1. Gujarat Development of Greenfield Beach Resort at Mandvi, District Kutch by M/s Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd.

2. Gujarat Common treated effluent disposal pipeline project along river Kolak upto deep sea via Kolak Estuary by M/s Wel Treat Enviro Management Organization

3. Gujarat Laying of treated effluent disposal pipeline and diffuse system for disposal of treated wastewater at Marine outfall point in Gulf of Kutch at Mithapur by M/s Tata Chemicals Limited

4. Gujarat Construction of marine bridge between Beyt and Okha, Dwaraka by Road & Building Department

5. Gujarat Additional Salt works (2846.15 acres) located at village Kalatalav & Narmad, Ta. & Dist. Bhavnagar by Nirma Limited

6. Karnataka Construction of Petroleum Products Storage Terminal at Karwar, Karnataka Port by M/s Tropicana Liquid Storage (P) Ltd.

7. Maharashtra Rerouting of Mumbai Manmad pipeline by BPCL

The risk assessment study of the proposed installations which were to be used to formulate the DMP was put as a specific condition in the clearance letter issued to the PP

8. Tamil Nadu Intake and outfall facility of Marine Algae in District Ramanathapuram by M/s EID Parry (India) Ltd

9. Tamil Nadu Highlighted in the report

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

85

Anne

xure

6: C

lear

ance

s gra

nted

by

MoE

F&CC

whe

re c

ruci

al p

rere

quis

ites w

ere

left

to th

e PP

to p

repa

re a

nd a

dher

e to

aft

er g

rant

of c

lear

ance

(Ref

eren

ce: P

ara

3.2

(i) o

f the

repo

rt)

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Impo

rtan

t pre

requ

isite

s no

t ens

ured

bef

ore

the

gran

t of

clea

ranc

e Re

mar

ks

1.

Gu

jara

t De

velo

pmen

t of

the

pet

role

um,

chem

ical

an

d pe

troc

hem

ical

in

vest

men

t re

gion

(P

CPIR

) at

Da

hej,

Vagr

a, D

istr

ict

Bhar

uch

by

M/s

Gu

jara

t In

dust

rial

Deve

lopm

ent C

orpo

ratio

n

A sp

ecifi

c con

ditio

n in

the

clea

ranc

e le

tter

, stip

ulat

ed th

at a

firm

and

tim

e bo

und

actio

n pl

an fo

r con

serv

atio

n of

man

grov

es a

nd m

udfla

ts

in C

RZ a

rea

was

to

be p

repa

red

thro

ugh

a re

pute

d in

stitu

te a

nd

adeq

uate

fund

s w

ere

to b

e ea

rmar

ked

for i

ts im

plem

enta

tion.

The

pl

an w

as r

equi

red

to b

e m

onito

red

by a

com

mitt

ee c

ompr

ising

re

pres

enta

tives

of P

Ps ,

Guja

rat

Stat

e Fo

rest

Dep

artm

ent

and

the

Guja

rat M

ariti

me

Boar

d.

It w

as

obse

rved

th

at

actio

n pl

an

for

cons

erva

tion

of m

angr

oves

and

mud

flats

in

CRZ

area

was

not

mad

e as

a p

re-r

equi

site

befo

re g

rant

ing

clea

ranc

e to

the

proj

ect.

The

Min

istry

lef

t th

e m

atte

r of

pro

tect

ion

of

man

grov

es a

nd m

udfla

ts in

the

are

a to

PP’

s co

nven

ienc

e.

Anot

her s

peci

fic c

ondi

tion

of c

lear

ance

lett

er re

quire

d pr

epar

atio

n of

sci

entif

ic s

tudi

es f

or C

oast

al M

anag

emen

t Pl

an b

y a

repu

ted

expe

rt in

stitu

tion.

The

res

ults

wer

e to

be

impl

emen

ted

by a

ll th

e st

akeh

olde

rs k

eepi

ng in

vie

w th

e riv

er e

colo

gy a

nd d

epen

denc

y fo

r su

sten

ance

on

fishe

ries

in c

oast

al a

reas

. Alte

rnat

e w

ater

reso

urce

s w

ere

also

to b

e ex

plor

ed to

mee

t the

hug

e w

ater

dem

and

for

the

proj

ect,

in a

dditi

on to

exp

lorin

g th

e be

st re

cycl

ing

prac

tices

.

The

cond

ition

sho

uld

have

bee

n m

ade

a pr

e re

quisi

te b

y th

e m

inist

ry b

efor

e th

e gr

ant o

f cl

eara

nce

as it

is u

nlik

ely

for

any

PP to

car

ry

out s

cien

tific

stu

dies

and

exp

lore

alte

rnat

ive

met

hods

or

re

sour

ces

afte

r re

ceiv

ing

a cl

eara

nce

lett

er f

rom

the

min

istry

for

its

pr

ojec

t.

2.

Gu

jara

t La

ying

of t

reat

ed e

fflue

nt d

ispos

al

pipe

line

from

the

ir Pl

ant

to f

inal

di

spos

al p

oint

in th

e Gu

lf of

Kut

ch

at

Mith

apur

by

M

/s

Tata

Ch

emic

als L

imite

d

A sp

ecifi

c co

nditi

on o

f cle

aran

ce le

tter

req

uire

d th

e PP

to d

evel

op

the

Base

line

for M

arin

e an

d co

asta

l bio

dive

rsity

of P

oshi

tra

Bay

and

mon

itor t

he sa

me

bi-a

nnua

lly w

ith sp

ecifi

c fo

cus o

n se

a gr

ass b

eds,

an

d en

dem

ic s

peci

es S

akur

aeol

is gu

jara

tica

and

Ante

aeol

idie

lla

posh

itra

(mol

lusc

s spe

cies

).

As

a ba

selin

e co

uld

not

be

reco

rded

re

tros

pect

ivel

y af

ter

initi

atin

g a

proj

ect,

inse

rtin

g su

ch a

con

ditio

n in

the

cle

aran

ce

lett

er w

as m

eani

ngle

ss.

The

sam

e sh

ould

ha

ve b

een

mad

e as

a p

re-r

equi

site

of t

he

proj

ect c

lear

ance

.

3.

Gu

jara

t Co

nstr

uctio

n of

Re

siden

tial

proj

ect

‘Sun

City

’ at

Bar

bodh

an

villa

ge,

Sura

t by

Pr

amuk

h O

rgan

izers

LLP

Som

e pa

rt o

f con

stru

ctio

n ar

ea p

ropo

sed

by P

P w

as fa

lling

with

in

CRZ-

III. I

nste

ad o

f ins

istin

g fo

r rev

ised

proj

ect l

ay o

ut m

ap fr

om th

e PP

, GCZ

MA

soug

ht o

nly u

nder

taki

ng fr

om th

e PP

that

it w

ill n

ot ca

rry

out a

ny c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity in

the

CRZ-

III

Guja

rat S

CZM

A in

its

reco

mm

enda

tion

lett

er

to S

EIAA

had

put

a c

ondi

tion

that

PP

shou

ld

not c

arry

out

any

con

stru

ctio

n in

NDZ

. SEI

AA

did

not i

nsist

upo

n th

e re

vise

d pr

ojec

t lay

out

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

86

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Impo

rtan

t pre

requ

isite

s no

t ens

ured

bef

ore

the

gran

t of

clea

ranc

e Re

mar

ks

map

bef

ore

gran

ting

clea

ranc

e to

ens

ure

adhe

renc

e to

this

cond

ition

.

4.

Gu

jara

t De

velo

pmen

t of G

reen

field

Bea

ch

Reso

rt a

t Man

dvi,

Dist

rict K

utch

by

M/s

To

urism

Co

rpor

atio

n of

Gu

jara

t Ltd

.

Som

e pa

rt o

f con

stru

ctio

n ar

ea p

ropo

sed

by T

CGL w

as fa

lling

with

in

NDZ

(NDZ

) i.e

., 20

0 m

land

war

d sid

e fr

om H

TL.

Guja

rat S

CZM

A in

its

reco

mm

enda

tion

lett

er

to M

oEF&

CC h

ad p

ut a

con

ditio

n th

at P

P sh

ould

not

carr

y ou

t any

cons

truc

tion

in N

DZ.

EAC

did

not i

nsist

upo

n th

e re

vise

d pr

ojec

t lay

ou

t map

from

the

PP to

ens

ure

adhe

renc

e to

th

is co

nditi

on.

5.

Ka

rnat

aka

Cons

truc

tion

of H

otel

Bui

ldin

g in

M

anga

lore

, Da

kshi

na

Kann

ada

Dist

rict b

y M

/s. M

otim

ahal

Hot

els

Pvt.

Ltd.

The

prop

osed

pro

ject

site

fell

in t

he C

RZ-II

are

a an

d th

e pr

opos

ed

cons

truc

tion

activ

ity w

as a

t a d

istan

ce o

f 34

met

res f

rom

the

HTL

of

Guru

pur R

iver

. Th

e cl

eara

nce

lett

er st

ipul

ated

that

the

park

ing

site

shou

ld b

e sh

ifted

bey

ond

the

‘NDZ

’ of 2

00 m

etre

s fr

om th

e HT

L.

It w

as o

bser

ved

that

the

EAC

left

it o

n th

e PP

to

shi

ft th

e pa

rkin

g sit

e be

yond

NDZ

and

did

no

t req

uire

a re

vise

d co

ncep

tual

pla

n be

fore

re

com

men

ding

the

proj

ect f

or c

lear

ance

.

The

clea

ranc

e le

tter

req

uire

d th

at a

rob

ust

rain

wat

er h

arve

stin

g sy

stem

sho

uld

be i

nsta

lled

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith t

he c

once

rned

au

thor

ity.

The

subm

issio

n of

the

rai

n w

ater

har

vest

ing

plan

was

not

mad

e as

a p

re-r

equi

site

befo

re

gran

t of c

lear

ance

.

6.

M

ahar

asht

ra

High

Spe

ed R

ailw

ay P

roje

ct a

cros

s CR

Z ar

eas

in M

umba

i, M

umba

i Su

b-ur

ban,

Th

ane

and

Palg

har

Dist

rict (

PH) b

y M

/s N

atio

nal H

igh

Spee

d Ra

il Co

rpor

atio

n Lt

d

Whi

le

reco

mm

endi

ng

the

proj

ect

the

EAC

requ

ired

that

co

mpr

ehen

sive

man

grov

e pl

anta

tion

and

man

agem

ent p

lan

was

to

be p

repa

red

by T

he M

angr

ove

Cell,

Tha

ne,

Fore

st D

epar

tmen

t, Go

vern

men

t of M

ahar

asht

ra.

Prep

arat

ion

of

com

preh

ensiv

e m

angr

ove

plan

tatio

n an

d m

anag

emen

t pl

an w

as n

ot

mad

e a

pre-

requ

isite

co

nditi

on

but

was

in

stea

d pu

t as

a s

peci

fic c

ondi

tion

in t

he

clea

ranc

e le

tter

.

Whi

le r

ecom

men

ding

the

pro

ject

the

EAC

req

uire

d th

at a

rob

ust

Cons

erva

tion

and

Man

agem

ent

Plan

for

Tha

ne C

reek

Fla

min

go

Sanc

tuar

y w

ith d

etai

led

actio

n pl

an fo

r im

med

iate

impl

emen

tatio

n in

co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith

the

conc

erne

d ag

ency

in

th

e St

ate

be

deve

lope

d in

con

sulta

tion

with

the

conc

erne

d ag

ency

in th

e St

ate.

Fulfi

lmen

t of

th

is re

quire

men

t w

as

not

insis

ted

befo

re g

rant

ing

clea

ranc

e to

the

pr

ojec

t.

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

87

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Impo

rtan

t pre

requ

isite

s no

t ens

ured

bef

ore

the

gran

t of

clea

ranc

e Re

mar

ks

A fe

asib

ility

st

udy

on

muc

k tr

ansp

orta

tion

for

poss

ibili

ty

of

alte

rnat

ive

mod

e of

ear

ly t

rans

port

atio

n of

muc

k w

as t

o be

su

bmitt

ed to

the

MoE

F&CC

C w

ithin

six

mon

ths o

f CRZ

cle

aran

ce fo

r fu

rthe

r ex

amin

atio

n an

d po

ssib

le in

clus

ion

as p

art

of t

he p

roje

ct

prog

ram

me.

Feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

of

this

natu

re s

houl

d ha

ve

pref

erab

ly b

een

a pa

rt o

f the

pre

requ

isite

s of

the

proj

ect c

lear

ance

. In

the

inst

ant c

ase,

no

such

stud

ies w

ere

late

r sub

mitt

ed b

y PP

.

The

Expe

rt A

ppra

isal C

omm

ittee

hig

hlig

hted

the

need

for a

sepa

rate

cl

eara

nce

from

th

e Da

hanu

Ta

luka

En

viro

nmen

t Pr

otec

tion

Auth

ority

as

Daha

nu t

aluk

a ha

d sp

ecia

l pr

otec

tion

since

199

1 (M

oEF&

CC —

at t

he b

ehes

t of t

he S

upre

me

Cour

t — h

ad p

asse

d a

notif

icat

ion

decl

arin

g th

e ar

ea a

s ec

olog

ical

ly fr

agile

one

and

had

re

stric

ted

haza

rdou

s ind

ustr

ies i

n th

e ar

ea, a

mon

g ot

her t

hing

s).

We

obse

rved

tha

t se

para

te c

lear

ance

fro

m

the

Daha

nu T

aluk

a En

viro

nmen

t Pr

otec

tion

Auth

ority

bef

ore

gran

ting

clea

ranc

e w

as n

ot

mad

e as

a p

re-r

equi

site

befo

re g

rant

of

clea

ranc

e.

7.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Mal

ad s

ewag

e tr

eatm

ent p

lant

by

M/s

M

unic

ipal

Co

rpor

atio

n of

Gr

eate

r Mum

bai

The

man

grov

e re

plan

tatio

n w

as m

ade

a sp

ecifi

c co

nditi

on o

f th

e CR

Z cl

eara

nce

lett

er.

As p

er C

lear

ance

let

ter,

five

times

the

m

angr

ove

cove

r are

a w

as to

be

repl

enish

ed u

nder

this

proj

ect i

.e.,

180

ha (3

6 ha

X 5

). Th

e PP

how

ever

app

roac

hed

the

Min

istry

stat

ing

that

it w

ould

not

be

poss

ible

for

it t

o ob

tain

180

ha

of la

nd f

or

repl

anta

tion

and

requ

este

d fo

r am

endi

ng th

e sp

ecifi

c con

ditio

n an

d re

plac

ing

the

cond

ition

of r

epla

ntat

ion

of fi

ve ti

mes

the

area

with

5

times

the

man

grov

es a

ffect

ed. T

he s

ame

was

gra

nted

app

rova

l by

mod

ifyin

g th

e cl

eara

nce

lett

er in

Dec

embe

r 201

8

We

note

d th

at th

e M

inist

ry a

men

ded

the

CRZ

Not

ifica

tion

2011

for

allo

win

g th

is pa

rtic

ular

pr

ojec

t in

CRZ-

I are

a.

The

Min

istry

furt

her a

llow

ed m

odifi

catio

n of

th

e sp

ecifi

c co

nditi

on o

f the

cle

aran

ce le

tter

.

Both

thes

e ex

cept

ions

wer

e ag

ains

t the

spiri

t of

pro

tect

ion

of m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t, w

hich

is

the

actu

al m

anda

te o

f the

Min

istry

.

The

PP i

n th

e 19

6th E

AC m

eetin

g in

form

ed t

hat

it ha

d al

read

y ac

quire

d 24

ha

of

Go

vern

men

t la

nd

suita

ble

for

man

grov

e re

plan

tatio

n in

the

adjo

inin

g Th

ane

dist

rict a

nd th

e sa

me

had

been

ha

nded

ove

r to

the

addi

tiona

l Prin

cipa

l Chi

ef C

onse

rvat

or o

f For

ests

(M

umba

i Man

grov

e Ce

ll) f

or f

urth

er p

roce

ss. T

he b

alan

ce 1

1 ha

. la

nd w

as b

eing

acq

uire

d. H

owev

er,

no e

vide

nce

rela

ting

to t

his

acqu

isitio

n of

the

land

was

foun

d on

the

reco

rds.

Land

acq

uisit

ion

is a

time

taki

ng p

roce

ss b

ut

MoE

F&CC

did

not

mak

e la

nd a

cqui

sitio

n fo

r m

angr

ove

repl

anta

tion

a pr

e-re

quisi

te f

or

gran

t of

cle

aran

ce. T

he m

angr

oves

affe

cted

in

thi

s ca

se w

ere

the

best

sto

ck in

Mum

bai

regi

on. A

lso, c

ompl

ianc

e to

con

ditio

ns o

f the

pr

ojec

t cle

aran

ce w

as n

ot a

ssur

ed.

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

88

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Impo

rtan

t pre

requ

isite

s no

t ens

ured

bef

ore

the

gran

t of

clea

ranc

e Re

mar

ks

8.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Mum

bai

Coas

tal

Road

Pr

ojec

t (S

outh

) - P

rince

ss F

lyov

er to

Wor

li en

d of

Sea

Lin

k by

M/s

Mun

icip

al

Corp

orat

ion

of G

reat

er M

umba

i

As

per

CRZ

clea

ranc

e,

prop

onen

t w

as

to

deve

lop

a m

arin

e bi

odiv

ersit

y co

nser

vatio

n pl

an f

rom

an

inst

itute

with

dom

ain

expe

rtise

and

to su

bmit

the

sam

e to

MoE

F&CC

with

in o

ne y

ear.

Gran

t of

cle

aran

ce i

n ab

senc

e of

mar

ine

biod

iver

sity

cons

erva

tion

plan

def

eate

d th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

gran

ting

clea

ranc

e its

elf.

9.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Cons

truc

tion

of

Hote

l Bu

ildin

g (R

esor

t 3)

in

M

auje

Ka

rde,

Ra

tnag

iri D

istric

t, M

ahar

asht

ra b

y M

/s D

ajik

aka

Gadg

il De

velo

pers

Pv

t. Lt

d.

The

cada

stra

l map

(1:4

000

scal

e) o

f the

pro

pose

d sit

e sh

owed

that

a

port

ion

of th

e Re

sort

3 w

as in

the

'NDZ

(NDZ

)' w

hich

acc

ordi

ng to

th

e sit

e pl

an w

as to

be

used

for b

uild

ing

serv

ice

road

s an

d pa

rkin

g pl

ace.

Bu

t th

e cl

eara

nce

lett

er

cate

goric

ally

st

ated

th

at

no

cons

truc

tion

(incl

udin

g ce

men

ted/

conc

retiz

ed

park

ing

spac

e)

shou

ld b

e m

ade

in th

e N

DZ a

rea.

The

EAC

did

not a

sk th

e PP

to su

bmit

a re

vise

d sit

e pl

an s

how

ing

cons

truc

tion

for

park

ing

spac

e/se

rvic

e ro

ads,

bey

ond

the

NDZ

are

a be

fore

rec

omm

endi

ng t

he p

roje

ct a

nd t

he

clea

ranc

e le

tter

was

issu

ed fo

r the

pro

ject

by

MoE

F&CC

with

out e

nsur

ing

the

sam

e.

The

clea

ranc

e le

tter

con

ditio

n re

quire

d th

at a

rob

ust

rain

wat

er

harv

estin

g sy

stem

sho

uld

be i

nsta

lled

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith t

he

conc

erne

d au

thor

ity.

The

plan

was

not

mad

e as

a p

re-r

equi

site

befo

re re

com

men

ding

the

proj

ect

10.

Mah

aras

htra

Co

nstr

uctio

n of

Hot

el B

uild

ing

in

Mau

je

Chan

dran

agar

, Ra

tnag

iri

Dist

rict,

Mah

aras

htra

by

M

/s

Dajik

aka

Gadg

il De

velo

pers

Pvt

. Lt

d. a

nd

Cons

truc

tion

of H

otel

Bui

ldin

g in

M

auje

Kar

de,

Ratn

agiri

Di

stric

t, M

ahar

asht

ra

by

M/s

Da

jikak

a G

adgi

l Dev

elop

ers P

vt. L

td.

The

clea

ranc

e le

tter

enu

ncia

ted

that

a ro

bust

rain

wat

er h

arve

stin

g sy

stem

sho

uld

be i

nsta

lled

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith t

he c

once

rned

au

thor

ity.

The

rain

wat

er h

arve

stin

g pl

an w

as n

ot m

ade

as a

pre

-req

uisit

e be

fore

gra

nt o

f cle

aran

ce.

11.

Odi

sha

Mul

ti- p

rodu

ct S

EZ/ I

ndus

tria

l Par

k at

Gop

alpu

r, Ga

njam

, O

dish

a by

M

/s T

ata

Stee

l SEZ

Ltd

.

Odi

sha

CZM

P as

per

CRZ

Not

ifica

tion

2011

was

app

rove

d by

M

oEF&

CC in

Aug

ust

2018

and

the

cle

aran

ce t

o th

is pr

ojec

t w

as

gran

ted

in S

epte

mbe

r 201

8. A

spec

ific c

ondi

tion

was

inse

rted

in th

e EC

/CRZ

cle

aran

ce le

tter

of

this

proj

ect

that

the

PP

shou

ld e

nsur

e th

at t

he p

roje

ct i

s in

con

sona

nce

with

the

new

Coa

stal

Zon

e

EAC

left

the

onus

of c

ompl

ying

with

the

new

CZ

MPs

on

th

e PP

its

elf,

whe

reas

it

the

resp

onsib

ility

of t

he E

AC t

o de

liber

ate

upon

an

d en

sure

suc

h co

mpl

ianc

e. T

he M

inist

ry in

th

is ca

se s

houl

d ha

ve g

rant

ed c

lear

ance

onl

y

Repo

rt N

o. 4

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022

89

S.

No.

St

ate

Nam

e of

the

Proj

ect

Impo

rtan

t pre

requ

isite

s no

t ens

ured

bef

ore

the

gran

t of

clea

ranc

e Re

mar

ks

Man

agem

ent P

lan.

We

how

ever

obs

erve

d th

at th

e ap

prai

sal o

f the

pr

ojec

t was

don

e as

per

CRZ

Not

ifica

tion

1991

zona

tion.

af

ter P

P go

t a fr

esh

dem

arca

tion

done

bas

ed

on th

e ne

w C

ZMPs

.

12.

Tam

il N

adu

Mod

ifica

tion

of e

xist

ing

iron

ore

term

inal

to

hand

le c

omm

on u

ser

coal

at

Kam

araj

ar p

ort

by M

/s

Kam

araj

ar P

ort L

td.

A sp

ecifi

c co

nditi

on in

the

cle

aran

ce le

tter

stip

ulat

ed t

hat

the

PP

wou

ld h

ave

to d

raw

up

and

impl

emen

t a m

anag

emen

t pla

n fo

r the

pr

even

tion

of fi

res d

ue to

han

dlin

g of

coa

l.

By

clea

ring

the

proj

ect

with

out

a fir

e pr

even

tion

plan

du

e to

co

al

hand

ling,

m

inist

ry d

isreg

arde

d an

im

port

ant

disa

ster

m

anag

emen

t and

miti

gatio

n as

pect

.

The

PP w

as t

o in

vent

orise

the

flo

ral c

ompo

sitio

n of

the

bio

ta o

f m

arin

e an

d in

tert

idal

bio

tope

s an

d dr

aw u

p a

deta

iled

mar

ine

bio

dive

rsity

co

nser

vatio

n m

anag

emen

t pl

an

base

d on

po

ssib

le

impa

cts.

Such

an

inve

ntor

y w

as to

ser

ve a

s a

basis

of

any

envi

ronm

ent

man

agem

ent

plan

and

the

fa

ct t

hat

this

wor

k w

as n

ot f

inish

ed b

efor

e th

e gr

ant o

f cle

aran

ce ra

ises

doub

ts o

ver t

he

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t don

e by

the

PP.

13.

Tam

il N

adu

Alig

nmen

t of

con

veyi

ng m

ain

to

Buck

ingh

am

Cana

l fo

r th

e di

scha

rge

of tr

eate

d se

wag

e fr

om

the

prop

osed

36

M

LD

Sew

age

Trea

tmen

t Pl

ant

(STP

) by

M

/s

Chen

nai M

etro

Wat

er S

uppl

y an

d Se

wer

age

Boar

d Sh

olin

gana

llur

A sp

ecifi

c co

nditi

on i

n th

e cl

eara

nce

lett

er s

tipul

ated

tha

t th

e m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t of t

he B

ucki

ngha

m C

anal

dur

ing

cons

truc

tion

and

oper

atio

nal p

hase

was

to b

e w

atch

ed th

roug

h a

robu

st m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t man

agem

ent p

lan.

Mar

ine

envi

ronm

ent

man

agem

ent

plan

was

id

eally

requ

ired

to b

e pr

epar

ed b

y th

e PP

and

ap

prov

ed b

y th

e M

inist

ry b

efor

e th

e pr

ojec

t w

as g

rant

ed c

lear

ance

.

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

90

Annexure 7: Non- provision of separate budget towards EMP

(Reference: Para 3.2 (ii) of the report)

S. No. Name of the Project Remarks

1. Laying of treated effluent disposal pipeline from their Plant to final disposal point in the Gulf of Kutch at Mithapur by M/s Tata Chemicals Limited, Gujarat (2017)

No separate budget was earmarked for carrying out environment management activities.

2. Discharge of treated effluent in Bhavnagar creek by M/s Madhu Silica Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat (2015)

PP did not earmark any fund for implementing the EMP.

3. Development of four berths in Western Dock arm in New Mangalore port by M/s New Mangalore Port Trust, Karnataka (2016)

Although, an EMP costing Rs. 30 lakh was earmarked for the project, the detailed budget (capital and recurring cost) was not mentioned in the EIA.

4. Laying of Natural Gas from Uran (District Raigad) to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation pipeline by M/s Mahanagar Gas Ltd., Maharashtra (2018)

PP did not make any provisions for detailed EMP budget.

5. Mumbai Trans Harbor Sea Link by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Maharashtra (2016)

Although, an EMP costing Rs. 335 crore was earmarked for the project, the detailed budget (capital and recurring cost) was not mentioned in the EIA.

6. Rerouting of Mumbai Manmad pipeline by BPCL, Maharashtra (2015)

PP did not make any provisions for detailed EMP budget

7. Multi- product SEZ/ Industrial Park at Gopalpur, Ganjam, Odisha by M/s Tata Steel SEZ Ltd., Odisha (2018)

Although, an EMP costing Rs. 45.28 crore was earmarked for the project; the detailed budget (capital and recurring cost) was not mentioned in the EIA.

8. Relaying of Pipeline & Redevelopment of Edible Oil Transit Terminal at Chennai by M/s Ruchi Infrastructure Limited, Tamil Nadu (2018)

Although, an EMP costing Rs. 1.5 lakh was earmarked for the project; the detailed budget (capital and recurring cost) was not mentioned in the EIA.

9. Integrated Cooum River Eco-Restoration Project by M/s Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust, Tamil Nadu (2017)

PP did not make any provisions for detailed EMP budget.

Report No. 4 of 2022

91

Annexure 8: Cases where cumulative studies were not conducted to assess the overall impact

(Reference: Para 3.3 of the report)

S. No. State Name of the Project Remarks 1. Andhra

Pradesh Marine disposal of treated effluent by M/s Covalent Laboratories Pvt. Ltd

A pharma industry was 1.9 km away from the outfall. Cumulative studies to check the effect of the effluents discharged from both the pipelines were not done.

2. Andhra Pradesh

Marine disposal of treated effluent by M/s Hyacinth Pharma Pvt. Ltd

EAC desired a cumulative impact study to assess risk posed by many outfall points in the region. However, the PP did not assess the same.

3. Andhra Pradesh

Setting up of Bulk Drug Manufacturing Unit in East Godavari District by M/s Divi’s Laboratories Limited

Nothing on record indicated that a similar exercise to identify other marine outfalls in vicinity and need for a cumulative assessment was done.

4. Andhra Pradesh

International Leather Complex at Kothapatnam village, Nellore District by M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd.

ToRs for the project required a cumulative impact study of marine disposal, considering other marine outfalls in vicinity. However, no such studies were submitted by PP to APCZMA

5. Goa Deepening of approach channel for capesize vessels at Mormugao Port by M/s Mormugao Port Trust (MPT)

Proposed project was within the active “Port Basin/Navigational Channel” area of the MPT Complex. There were large scale activities already on-going in this region with many industries and many Barge Yards and Ship Building units along the bank of Zuari River. EIA report too mentioned that the impacts on marine ecosystems will be of cumulative nature. But PP did not study them.

6. Gujarat Discharge of treated effluent in Bhavnagar creek by M/s Madhu Silica Pvt. Ltd.

Cumulative studies for assessing impacts on the Creek due to disposal by PP in addition to existing 20 MLD disposal of Chitra GDC was not carried out.

7. Maharashtra High Speed Railway Project across CRZ areas in Mumbai, Mumbai Sub-urban, Thane and Palghar District (PH) by M/s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd

Cumulative studies for studying the adverse effects of other infrastructure development projects such as Thane Creek Bridge III on the biodiversity of Thane Creek was not done.

8. Maharashtra Construction of Hotel Building (Resort 3) in Mauje Karde, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra by M/s Dajikaka Gadgil Developers Pvt. Ltd.

The cumulative effects due to proximity to two similar hotel construction sites (Resort 1 and 2) were not assessed.

9. Maharashtra Construction of Hotel Building (Resort 2) in Mauje Karde, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra by M/s Dajikaka Gadgil Developers Pvt. Ltd.

The cumulative effects due to proximity to two similar hotel construction sites (Resort 1 and 3) were not assessed.

10. Maharashtra Construction of Hotel Building (Resort 1) in Chandranagar, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra

The cumulative effects due to proximity to two similar hotel construction sites (Resort 2 and 3) were not assessed.

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

92

S. No. State Name of the Project Remarks by M/s Dajikaka Gadgil Developers Pvt. Ltd.

11. Odisha Desalination plant for 5MLD hybrid Desalination project.

Cumulative studies for assessing the damage to Marine environment by disposal of brine waste in addition to existing STP discharge into the ocean was not carried out by PP.

Report No. 4 of 2022

93

Annexure 9: Issues related to public hearing

(Reference: Para 3.5 of the report)

S.No. State Name of the Project Issues related to public hearing

Remarks

1. Andhra Pradesh

International Leather Complex at Kothapatnam village, Nellore District by M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd.

While examining the records related to the public hearing, it was noticed that all the documents were in vernacular language.

Method adopted to deliberate upon the material in vernacular language by the EAC was not described. Further, the minutes of the meeting, public grievances, their resolutions were not available in the EIA Report.

2. Goa Deepening of approach channel for capesize vessels at Mormugao Port by M/s Mormugao Port Trust

The EAC in had asked PP to upload Volume- II of the EIA Report as it was claimed that the public hearing proceedings were covered in the said volume.

The same was not available on the records, thus, it could not be ascertained if the due procedure was followed.

3. Gujarat Widening and improvement of existing highway by NHAI

Mismatch between the information given during public hearing and that furnished in the EIA.

In public hearing, as per PP, a total of 35652 trees were to be cut for the project, however, as per EIA report, 15000 trees were to be cut.

4. Maharashtra High Speed Railway Project across CRZ areas in Mumbai, Mumbai Sub-urban, Thane and Palghar District (PH) by M/s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd

i. Non-provision of the minimum notice period of 30 days.

Public hearing was held in 12 places and the notice period at these places ranged between 03 to 15 days only.

ii. Advertisement for public hearing needs to be published in one major National daily and regional Vernacular daily.

The notice was published in only local newspaper.

iii. Mismatch between the information given in public hearing and that furnished during the EAC meeting.

On the issue of effect of vibrations on the Thane creek flamingos due to construction of tunnels, PP submitted in public hearing that vibrations would not propagate upto creek surface, so there is no adverse impact on flamingos. But PP in its submission to EAC stated that it was not possible to predict the impact of vibrations on flamingos till the work actually started.

5. West Bengal Setting up of Mini Bulk Carriers Handling Facility on the

As per public hearing procedure, the final EIA report should incorporate the

The EIA Report sent to the Ministry was devoid of the responses of the people, the

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

94

upstream of 3rd oil Jetty and west bank of river Hooghly at Haldia Dock Complex, Kolkata Port (West Bengal) by M/s Kolkata Port Trust

concerns expressed in the public hearing along with action plan and financial allocation, to address those concerns before it is sent to for appraisal.

action taken by the PP to address the concern raised in the public hearing.

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rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

95

Anne

xure

10:

Non

subm

issi

on o

f man

dato

ry d

ocum

ents

by

the

PPs

(Ref

eren

ce: P

ara

3.7.

2 of

the

repo

rt)

72

incl

udin

g m

arin

e an

d te

rres

tria

l com

pone

nts

73

By a

utho

rised

age

ncy

S. N

o.

Nam

e of

the

proj

ect/

Stat

e

Rapi

d EI

A72

Dis-

aste

r M

gmt

. Repo

rt

Risk

As

smt.

&

Mgm

t. Pl

an

CRZ

map

w

ith

HTL

and

LTL

mar

ked

73

Proj

ect

layo

ut

laid

on

CRZ

map

Map

w

ith

CRZ

zone

s

NoC

from

SP

CBs

for

efflu

ent

disc

harg

e

1.

Deep

enin

g of

app

roac

h ch

anne

l for

cap

esize

ves

sels

at M

orm

ugao

Por

t by

M/s

M

orm

ugao

Por

t Tru

st, G

oa (2

016)

X

2.

Inst

alla

tion

of T

IC, T

oile

t blo

ck, r

ain

shel

ter G

azeb

os, U

tord

a, G

oa

3.

Prov

ision

of M

obile

Toi

let b

lock

(GTD

C), Q

uerim

Bea

ch, G

oa

4.

Cons

truc

tion

of re

sort

(Am

it C

Prab

hu) ,

Goa

5.

Co

nstr

uctio

n of

resid

entia

l hou

se (A

nici

to F

erm

ino

Fern

ande

s) ,

Goa

N.A

.

N

.A.

6.

Cons

truc

tion

of re

siden

tial h

ouse

(Ete

lvin

a Ro

drig

ues)

, Goa

N

.A.

N.A

. 7.

Co

nstr

uctio

n of

Pub

lic C

onve

nien

ces (

GTD

C), C

ando

lim B

each

, Goa

8.

Co

nstr

uctio

n of

toile

t blo

cks,

rain

shel

ter a

nd T

IC ,

Tere

khol

, Goa

9.

Pe

rman

ent T

oile

t blo

ck, U

pgra

datio

n/be

autif

icat

ion

of p

lace

s of t

ouris

tic in

tere

st (G

TDC)

, Pa

lole

m B

each

, Can

cona

, Goa

10.

Cons

t. of

term

inal

bui

ldin

g ov

er e

xist

ing

jett

y in

Pan

aji

11.

Beau

tific

atio

n of

Rua

De

Ore

m C

reek

and

Con

vent

ion

Cent

re, G

oa

12.

Beau

tific

atio

n of

Bea

ch F

ront

Pro

men

dade

, Goa

13

. Co

nstr

uctio

n of

resid

entia

l hou

se (L

uisa

Des

ouza

) , G

oa

N.A

.

N

.A.

14.

Cons

truc

tion

of S

wea

ge T

reat

men

t Pla

nt a

t Col

va (S

IDCL

) , G

oa

15.

Cons

truc

tion

of S

TP (S

IDCL

), Ba

ndor

a, G

oa

16.

Cons

t. of

Sew

age

Trea

tmen

t Pla

nt (1

mld

) (SI

DCL)

, Dur

bhat

, Goa

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

96

17.

Cons

truc

tion

of re

siden

tial H

ouse

(Yuv

raj K

Ban

dodk

ar) ,

Goa

N

.A.

N.A

. 18

. Co

nstr

uctio

n of

new

KCL

stor

age

unit

(Zua

ri Ag

ro C

hem

.), G

oa

19.

Expa

nsio

n of

Ada

ni P

etro

net (

Dahe

j) Po

rt, B

haru

ch D

istric

t by

M/s

Ada

ni P

etro

net (

Dahe

j) Po

rt P

vt L

td, G

ujar

at (2

016)

20.

Deve

lopm

ent o

f Gre

enfie

ld B

each

Res

ort a

t Man

dvi,

Dist

rict K

utch

by

M/s

Tou

rism

Co

rpor

atio

n of

Guj

arat

Ltd

.(201

5)

21.

Disc

harg

e of

10

MLD

indu

stria

l effl

uent

in B

havn

agar

cre

ek, B

havn

agar

by

M/s

Mad

hu

Silic

a Pv

t. Lt

d., G

ujar

at (2

015)

¤

22.

Com

mon

trea

ted

efflu

ent d

ispos

al p

ipel

ine

proj

ect a

long

rive

r Kol

ak u

pto

deep

sea

by

M/s

Wel

Tre

at E

nviro

Man

agem

ent O

rgan

izatio

n, G

ujar

at (2

016)

23.

Layi

ng o

f tre

ated

effl

uent

disp

osal

pip

elin

e at

Mar

ine

outf

all p

oint

in G

ulf o

f Kut

ch a

t M

ithap

ur b

y M

/s T

CL, G

ujar

at, (

2017

) ¤

24.

Revi

val o

f Exi

stin

g Je

tty

with

Liq

uid

Stor

age

Term

inal

, Pip

elin

e Ro

ad C

onne

ctiv

ity,

Gand

hidh

am, K

utch

by

Ahir

Salt

& A

llied

Pro

duct

Pvt

. Ltd

, Guj

arat

25.

Resid

entia

l (Su

bplo

t Typ

e) p

urpo

se p

roje

ct ‘S

un c

ity’ a

t Bar

bodh

an V

illag

e, O

lpad

Tal

uka,

Su

rat b

y Pr

amuk

h O

rgan

isers

LLP

, Guj

arat

26.

Cons

truc

tion

of m

arin

e br

idge

bet

wee

n Be

yt a

nd O

kha,

Dw

arak

a by

Roa

d &

Bui

ldin

g De

part

men

t, Gu

jara

t ¤

27.

Addi

tiona

l Sal

t wor

ks (2

846.

15 a

cres

) loc

ated

at v

illag

e Ka

lata

lav

& N

arm

ad, T

a. &

Dist

. Bh

avna

gar b

y N

irma

Lim

ited

¤

28.

Mum

bai C

oast

al R

oad

Proj

ect (

Sout

h) -

Prin

cess

Fly

over

to W

orli

end

of S

ea L

ink

by M

/s

Mun

icip

al C

orpo

ratio

n of

Gre

ater

Mum

bai (

2017

), M

ahar

asht

ra

29.

Inta

ke a

nd o

utfa

ll fa

cilit

y of

Mar

ine

Alga

e in

Dis

tric

t Ram

anat

hapu

ram

by

M/s

EID

Par

ry

(Indi

a) L

td.(2

016)

, Tam

il N

adu

30.

Alig

nmen

t of c

onve

ying

mai

n to

Buc

king

ham

Can

al fo

r the

disc

harg

e of

trea

ted

sew

age

from

pro

pose

d 36

MLD

Sew

age

Trea

tmen

t Pla

nt (S

TP)

by M

/s C

henn

ai M

etro

Wat

er

Supp

ly A

nd S

ewer

age

Boar

d Sh

olin

gana

llur (

2017

), Ta

mil

Nad

u

31.

Cons

truc

tion

of T

rain

ing

Wal

ls fo

r Per

man

ent S

tabi

lity

of B

ar M

outh

at P

ulic

at V

illag

e by

Fi

sher

ies D

epar

tmen

t, Ta

mil

Nad

u

32.

Wid

enin

g of

Nor

th C

henn

ai T

herm

al P

ower

Sta

tion

Road

& E

nnor

e Po

rt R

oad

by T

amil

Nad

u Ro

ad D

evel

opm

ent C

ompa

ny, T

amil

Nad

u

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rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

97

¤ EI

A re

port

did

not

con

tain

terr

estr

ial c

ompo

nent

33.

Deve

lopm

ent o

f Mal

l at T

hiru

vott

iyur

Vill

age,

Che

nnai

by

M/s

. Alw

arpe

t Pro

pert

ies P

vt.

Ltd.

, Tam

il N

adu

34.

Deve

lopm

ent o

f Fis

hing

Har

bour

at V

ella

palla

m V

illag

e, N

agap

attin

am b

y Fi

sher

ies

Depa

rtm

ent,

Tam

il N

adu

35.

Reno

vatio

n of

Fish

ing

Harb

our a

t Mud

huna

gar,

Cudd

alor

e by

Fish

erie

s Dep

t, Cu

ddal

ore

36.

Prop

osed

Dev

elop

men

t of E

co-P

ark

Bhar

athy

Nag

ar, T

ondi

arpe

t Vill

age,

Che

nnai

by

Grea

ter C

henn

ai C

orpo

ratio

n, T

amil

Nad

u

37.

Cons

truc

tion

of n

ew F

ishin

g H

arbo

ur a

t Tha

rang

amba

di, ,

Nag

apat

tinam

Dist

rict b

y As

sista

nt D

irect

or o

f Fish

erie

s, N

agap

attin

am N

orth

, Tam

il N

adu

38.

Cons

truc

tion

of F

ish L

andi

ng C

entr

e at

Kun

thuk

al, R

aman

atha

pura

m D

istric

t by

Assis

tant

Di

rect

or o

f Fish

erie

s, R

ames

war

am, T

amil

Nad

u

39.

Cons

truc

tion

of G

over

nmen

t Gue

st H

ouse

Bui

ldin

g (G

over

nmen

t Ker

ala)

at K

anya

kum

ari

by A

dditi

onal

Dire

ctor

(Hos

pita

lity)

, Dep

artm

ent o

f Tou

rism

, Gov

ernm

ent o

f Ker

ala,

Tam

il N

adu

40.

Cons

truc

tion

of R

esid

entia

l bui

ldin

g by

Bra

hma

Kum

ari B

eena

, Kan

yaku

mar

i by

Praj

apita

Br

ahm

a ku

mar

is, Is

hwar

iyav

ishw

avid

hyal

aya,

Tam

il N

adu

41.

Cons

truc

tion

of M

emor

ial f

or fo

rmer

Chi

ef M

inist

er o

f Tam

il N

adu

Selv

i J. J

ayal

alith

a by

E

E , B

uild

ing

& C

onst

ruct

ion

Divi

sion

I, P

W D

, Tam

il N

adu

42.

Prop

osed

Res

iden

tial C

ompl

ex a

t Ern

avur

vill

age,

Thi

ruvo

ttiy

ur, T

hiuv

allu

r Dist

rict b

y M

/S.

Coro

mon

dal I

nter

natio

nal l

td, T

amil

Nad

u

43.

Cons

truc

tion

tene

men

ts a

t Fou

r sho

re E

stat

e in

R.S

No.

758

1, 7

582

of M

ylap

ore

Villa

ge b

y M

/S. T

amil

Nad

u Sl

um C

lear

ance

Boa

rd, ,

Tam

il N

adu

44.

Mod

erni

zatio

n of

Fou

ndry

uni

t at s

urve

y N

os.3

9 A

&39

B, K

athi

vakk

am v

illag

e, A

mba

ttur

Ta

luk

by M

/S. H

indu

ja F

ound

ries,

Tam

il N

adu

45.

Prop

osed

Con

stru

ctio

n of

pac

king

of D

ry F

ish a

nd C

hille

d Fr

esh

Fish

by

M/S

. GVD

In

tern

atio

nal,

Chen

nai,

Tam

il N

adu

46.

Cons

truc

tion

of T

una

Fish

ing

Harb

our,

Tiru

vott

iyur

, Che

nnai

by

Fish

erie

s Dep

artm

ent,

Ponn

eri,

Tam

il N

adu

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

98

Anne

xure

11:

Inst

ance

s whe

re th

e co

nditi

ons a

s per

the

clea

ranc

e le

tter

as w

ell a

s the

con

ditio

ns st

ipul

ated

in th

e SC

ZMA

reco

mm

enda

tions

w

ere

not b

eing

com

plie

d w

ith b

y th

e PP

(Ref

eren

ce: P

ara

4.1.

1 of

the

repo

rt)

S. N

o.

Stat

e Pr

ojec

t Nam

e O

bser

vatio

n

1.

Go

a De

epen

ing

of a

ppro

ach

chan

nel

for

cape

size

vess

els

at M

orm

ugao

Po

rt b

y M

/s M

orm

ugao

Por

t Tru

st

As p

er E

IA th

e re

port

, the

PP

had

to p

rovi

sion

Rs. 3

5 la

khs u

nder

Env

ironm

enta

l Man

agem

ent P

lan.

How

ever

, no

fund

s wer

e pr

ovisi

oned

by

PP u

nder

Env

ironm

enta

l Man

agem

ent P

lan.

2.

Gu

jara

t De

velo

pmen

t of

Pr

opos

ed

Petr

oleu

m,

Chem

ical

and

Pet

ro-

Chem

ical

Sp

ecia

l In

vest

men

t Re

gion

, (P

CPIR

) by

G

ujar

at

Indu

stria

l De

velo

pmen

t Co

rpor

atio

n

i. A

scie

ntifi

c stu

dy fo

r Coa

stal

Man

agem

ent P

lan

was

to b

e pr

epar

ed b

y an

exp

ert i

nstit

utio

n an

d th

e sa

me

was

to b

e im

plem

ente

d by

all

the

stak

ehol

ders

. How

ever

, the

stud

y w

as n

ot u

nder

take

n by

the

PP.

ii.

PP h

ad to

pre

pare

env

ironm

enta

l pol

icy

and

get t

he s

ame

appr

oved

by

its B

oard

of D

irect

ors.

How

ever

, th

e En

viro

nmen

tal P

olic

y w

as n

ot p

repa

red

by th

e PP

.

3.

Gu

jara

t La

ying

of t

reat

ed e

fflue

nt p

ipel

ine

and

disp

osal

of

ef

fluen

t in

to

Bhav

naga

r cre

ek

i. O

nlin

e m

onito

ring

sens

ors w

ere

to b

e pr

ovid

ed a

t the

pip

elin

e ou

tlet a

nd a

t the

cre

ek o

utfa

ll. H

owev

er,

no m

onito

ring

sens

ors w

ere

prov

ided

by

the

PP.

ii.

Plan

tatio

n of

man

grov

e pl

anta

tion

in 2

5 ha

. la

nd w

as t

o be

don

e an

d re

port

ed t

o th

e Fo

rest

&

Envi

ronm

ent D

epar

tmen

t/ M

oEF&

CC. N

o pl

anta

tion

was

car

ried

out t

ill d

ate

(Aug

ust 2

021)

by

the

PP.

4.

Gu

jara

t La

ying

of

pipe

line

alon

g th

e riv

er

Kola

k up

to

deep

sea

for

CET

P in

Vi

llage

Mor

ai, V

api

PP w

as r

equi

red

to s

et u

p se

para

te e

nviro

nmen

tal m

anag

emen

t ce

ll fo

r ef

fect

ive

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

st

ipul

ated

env

ironm

enta

l saf

egua

rds

unde

r th

e su

perv

ision

of a

Sen

ior

Exec

utiv

e. T

he P

P di

d no

t set

up

the

cell.

5.

Gu

jara

t La

ying

of t

reat

ed e

fflue

nt d

ispos

al

pipe

line

from

the

ir Pl

ant

to f

inal

di

spos

al p

oint

in th

e Gu

lf of

Kut

ch

at

Mith

apur

by

M

/s

Tata

Ch

emic

als L

imite

d

i. Ba

selin

e da

ta fo

r Mar

ine

and

coas

tal b

iodi

vers

ity o

f Pos

hitr

a Ba

y w

ere

to b

e de

velo

ped

and

mon

itore

d bi

-ann

ually

with

spe

cific

foc

us o

n se

a gr

ass

beds

, an

d en

dem

ic s

peci

es S

akur

aeol

is gu

jara

tica

and

Ante

aeol

idie

lla p

oshi

tra.

Bas

elin

e st

udie

s wer

e no

t con

duct

ed b

y PP

. ii.

Su

bmiss

ion

of a

nnua

l env

ironm

ent a

udit

repo

rts t

o G

CZM

A. A

nnua

l env

ironm

ent a

udit

repo

rts w

ere

not

subm

itted

by

PP.

iii.

Com

preh

ensiv

e EI

A Re

port

was

to

be p

repa

red

and

subm

itted

to

GCZM

A. P

P di

d no

t su

bmit

any

Com

preh

ensiv

e EI

A Re

port

to G

CZM

A.

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

99

S. N

o.

Stat

e Pr

ojec

t Nam

e O

bser

vatio

n

6.

Gu

jara

t Re

viva

l of E

xist

ing

Jett

y w

ith li

quid

St

orag

e Te

rmin

al,

Pipe

line,

Roa

d co

nnec

tivity

, Rai

lway

line

& si

ding

s at

Mith

iroha

r, Ga

ndhi

dham

, Kut

ch

i. PP

had

to

obta

in a

ll ne

cess

ary

perm

issio

ns fr

om d

iffer

ent

Gove

rnm

ent

Depa

rtm

ents

/ Ag

enci

es b

efor

e co

mm

enci

ng th

eir a

ctiv

ities

. GPC

B gr

ante

d Co

nsol

idat

ed C

onse

nt a

nd A

utho

risat

ion

(CCA

) for

layi

ng o

ff on

ly fi

ve p

ipel

ines

, ii.

Du

ring

site

visit

, we

notic

ed th

at P

P ha

d la

id si

x pi

pelin

es e

ach

of 1

800-

met

er le

ngth

. iii

. Th

us, P

P la

id a

nd o

pera

ted

an a

dditi

onal

pip

elin

e w

ithou

t obt

aini

ng C

CA fr

om G

PCB.

iv

. Th

e PP

had

to c

arry

out

man

grov

e pl

anta

tion

in 5

0 ha

. are

a in

con

sulta

tion

with

GEC

/ For

est D

epar

tmen

t w

ithin

a p

erio

d of

two

year

s fro

m th

e da

te o

f com

men

cem

ent o

f the

pro

ject

. No

plan

tatio

n (A

ugus

t 202

1)

was

car

ried

out b

y th

e PP

. v.

PP

was

req

uire

d to

tak

e up

mas

sive

gree

n be

lt de

velo

pmen

t ac

tivity

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith G

EC/

Fore

st

Depa

rtm

ent/

GEE

R Fo

unda

tion

and

subm

it a

com

preh

ensiv

e pl

an t

o fo

rest

dep

artm

ent/

SEI

AA.

PP

neith

er c

onsu

lted

Fore

st D

epar

tmen

t/ G

EC/ G

EER

Foun

datio

n no

r sub

mitt

ed a

ny c

ompr

ehen

sive

plan

. vi

. PP

had

to s

pend

₹ 2

0.67

lakh

and

₹ 2

.51

lakh

incl

uded

as

Capi

tal c

ost

and

Mai

nten

ance

cos

t for

gre

en

belt

deve

lopm

ent a

s per

the

EMP.

PP

did

not i

ncur

any

exp

endi

ture

for t

his p

urpo

se ti

ll da

te.

7.

Gu

jara

t Ad

ditio

nal

Salt

wor

ks

(239

5.15

Ac

res)

loca

ted

at V

illag

e Ka

lata

lav

& N

arm

ad, B

havn

agar

i. As

per

the

con

ditio

n im

pose

d by

GCZ

MA

as w

ell a

s SE

IAA,

PP

was

req

uire

d to

car

ry o

ut m

angr

ove

plan

tatio

n in

add

ition

al 5

0 ha

are

a. T

his c

ondi

tion

was

not

com

plie

d by

the

PP

ii.

PP s

hall

com

miss

ion

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

EIA

thro

ugh

a re

pute

d in

stitu

te.

Com

preh

ensiv

e EI

A w

as n

ot

prep

ared

by

PP

iii.

PP w

as to

regu

larly

car

ry o

ut st

udy

on e

nviro

nmen

tal s

urve

illan

ce c

over

ing

the

stat

us o

f man

grov

es a

nd

othe

r coa

stal

and

mar

ine

ecos

yste

ms i

n th

e vi

cini

ty th

roug

h th

e re

pute

d in

stitu

te a

nd su

bmit

the

repo

rt

ever

y ye

ar to

the

F&E

Depa

rtm

ent.

No

such

stud

y w

as c

arrie

d ou

t by

the

PP.

iv.

PP w

as to

subm

it an

nual

env

ironm

enta

l aud

it re

port

indi

catin

g th

e ch

ange

s with

resp

ect t

o th

e ba

selin

e en

viro

nmen

tal q

ualit

y in

the

coas

tal a

nd m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t by

the

PP to

F&

E De

part

men

t and

SEI

AA.

This

cond

ition

was

not

com

plie

d by

the

PP

8.

Gu

jara

t Co

nstr

uctio

n of

M

arin

e br

idge

be

twee

n Be

yt D

war

ka a

nd O

kha

by R

oad

and

Build

ing

Depa

rtm

ent,

Jam

naga

r, Go

G

i. PP

was

requ

ired

to se

t up

sepa

rate

env

ironm

enta

l man

agem

ent c

ell.

No

such

cel

l was

cre

ated

by

PP.

ii.

Perm

issio

n fo

r Non

-agr

icul

tura

l use

for t

he la

nd to

be

obta

ined

. The

con

stru

ctio

n ca

mp

was

est

ablis

hed

on th

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d w

ithou

t per

miss

ion

for N

on-a

gric

ultu

ral u

se

iii.

Reco

rds

rela

ted

to m

onito

ring

of f

ugiti

ve e

miss

ion

in t

he w

ork

area

req

uire

d to

be

mai

ntai

ned.

Suc

h re

cord

s wer

e no

t mai

ntai

ned.

iv

. U

sed

oil t

o be

sold

to re

gist

ered

recy

cler

s onl

y. A

ccor

ding

to P

P, u

sed

oil w

as b

eing

sold

to lo

cal v

endo

rs

and

not r

egist

ered

recy

cler

s.

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

100

S. N

o.

Stat

e Pr

ojec

t Nam

e O

bser

vatio

n

v.

Annu

al e

nviro

nmen

t aud

it re

port

s ind

icat

ing

chan

ges,

with

resp

ect t

o th

e ba

selin

e en

viro

nmen

tal q

ualit

y in

the

coas

tal a

nd m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t was

to b

e su

bmitt

ed to

For

est a

nd E

nviro

nmen

t Dep

artm

ent b

y th

e PP

. Ann

ual e

nviro

nmen

t aud

it af

ter c

omm

ence

men

t of c

onst

ruct

ion

was

not

car

ried

out.

vi.

Cons

truc

tion

Cam

p w

as t

o be

kep

t ou

tsid

e CR

Z ar

ea. W

e ob

serv

ed u

sing

Goog

le M

aps

as w

ell a

s th

e ap

prov

ed C

ZMP

for t

he a

rea

that

a p

art o

f the

con

stru

ctio

n ca

mp

fell

unde

r CRZ

are

a vi

i. Co

nstr

uctio

n/in

stal

latio

n of

set

tling

pon

ds a

nd o

il re

cept

ors

to p

reve

nt t

he e

ntry

of t

he s

urfa

ce r

unof

f fr

om fu

el a

nd o

ther

con

tam

inan

ts in

to t

he m

arin

e w

ater

. No

such

set

tling

pon

ds a

nd/o

r oi

l rec

epto

rs

wer

e ob

serv

ed a

t pro

ject

site

.

9.

Ka

rnat

aka

Cons

truc

tion

of

Petr

oleu

m

Prod

ucts

St

orag

e Te

rmin

al

at

Karw

ar,

Karn

atak

a Po

rt b

y M

/s

Trop

ican

a Li

quid

Sto

rage

(P) L

td.

i. Th

ere

is no

Pro

per o

il sp

illag

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an p

ut in

pla

ce. D

edic

ated

boa

ts fi

tted

with

boo

ms/

skim

ies

etc.

are

not

dep

loye

d to

avo

id o

il sp

illag

e. T

he P

P ha

d no

t tie

d up

with

the

Kar

war

Por

t for

fire

fight

ing

and

oil s

pill

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res.

ii.

Th

ere

is no

com

pute

rized

SCA

DA (

Supe

rviso

ry C

ontr

ol a

nd D

ata

Auto

mat

ion)

sys

tem

for

iden

tifyi

ng

leak

age

in th

e pi

pelin

e to

cut

off

pum

ping

imm

edia

tely

. iii

. Th

e PP

has

not

set

up

sepa

rate

env

ironm

enta

l man

agem

ent

cell

for

effe

ctiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he

stip

ulat

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal s

afeg

uard

s und

er th

e su

perv

ision

of a

Sen

ior E

xecu

tive.

10.

Ke

rala

Co

chin

Res

iden

tial

Deve

lopm

ent

Proj

ect b

y M

/s T

RIF

Koch

i Pro

ject

s Pr

ivat

e Lt

d, E

rnak

ulam

i. As

per

spe

cific

con

ditio

n I(i

v) o

f EC,

ther

e sh

all b

e no

dev

elop

men

t with

in 0

-200

met

res

from

HTL

. We

obse

rved

that

the

entir

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

the

proj

ect w

as c

arrie

d ou

t with

in 2

00m

of H

TL. N

o ac

tion

has

been

take

n by

MoE

F&CC

/KCZ

MA

agai

nst t

he v

iola

tions

of t

he c

ondi

tions

of E

C.

ii.

Spec

ific

cond

ition

I (x

xx) o

f EC

stip

ulat

ed th

at, u

nder

the

prov

ision

s of E

P Ac

t, 19

86, l

egal

act

ion

shal

l be

initi

ated

aga

inst

the

PP if

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

proj

ect w

as s

tart

ed w

ithou

t EC.

The

Chi

ef T

own

Plan

ner,

Thiru

vana

ntha

pura

m a

ppro

ved

(June

201

2) th

e la

yout

of b

uild

ings

and

usa

ge o

f the

plo

t sub

ject

to th

e co

nditi

on th

at E

C sh

ould

be

obta

ined

for t

he p

roje

ct a

nd, K

ochi

Mun

icip

al C

orpo

ratio

n sh

ould

ens

ure

that

co

nstr

uctio

n is

acco

rdin

g to

CRZ

Not

ifica

tions

. How

ever

, Cor

pora

tion

of K

ochi

has

issu

ed (M

arch

201

1&

July

201

2) b

uild

ing

perm

it to

the

proj

ect b

efor

e th

e iss

ue (F

ebru

ary

2016

) of E

C by

MoE

F&CC

. No

puni

tive

actio

n w

as ta

ken

by M

oEF&

CC/K

CZM

A in

this

rega

rd.

iii.

Clau

se 3

(xi)

of C

RZ N

otifi

catio

n 20

11 d

raw

l of

grou

nd w

ater

is p

erm

issib

le o

nly

whe

n do

ne m

anua

lly

thro

ugh

ordi

nary

wel

ls fo

r drin

king

, hor

ticul

ture

, agr

icul

ture

and

fish

erie

s and

whe

re n

o ot

her s

ourc

e of

w

ater

is a

vaila

ble.

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

101

S. N

o.

Stat

e Pr

ojec

t Nam

e O

bser

vatio

n

But d

urin

g JP

V it

was

not

iced

that

the

mai

n so

urce

of w

ater

was

Gro

und

wat

er fo

r whi

ch a

Tub

e w

ell w

as

cons

truc

ted

for m

eetin

g th

e en

tire

wat

er re

quire

men

t.

iv.

As p

er s

peci

fic c

ondi

tion

II (v

i) of

EC,

the

inst

alla

tion

of t

he S

ewag

e Tr

eatm

ent

Plan

t (S

TP)

shou

ld b

e ce

rtifi

ed b

y an

inde

pend

ent e

xper

t and

a re

port

in th

is re

gard

shou

ld b

e su

bmitt

ed to

the

Min

istry

bef

ore

the

proj

ect i

s com

miss

ione

d fo

r ope

ratio

n. T

he p

roje

ct w

as co

mm

issio

ned

with

out t

he ce

rtifi

catio

n by

an

inde

pend

ent e

xper

t on

the

inst

alla

tion

of S

TP.

11.

Ke

rala

Co

nstr

uctio

n of

St

ar

Hote

l at

Al

apph

uzha

Wes

t Vi

llage

, Di

stric

t Al

apph

uzha

by

M/s

Eas

t Ve

nice

Ho

tels

and

Reso

rts P

vt L

td

Cons

truc

tion

of b

asem

ent s

hall

be a

llow

ed o

nly

if N

OC

is ob

tain

ed fr

om S

tate

Gro

und

Wat

er A

utho

rity.

NO

C fr

om G

roun

d W

ater

Aut

horit

y w

as n

ot o

btai

ned

for c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e ba

sem

ent.

12.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Mum

bai

Coas

tal

Road

Pr

ojec

t (S

outh

) - P

rince

ss F

lyov

er to

Wor

li en

d of

Sea

Lin

k by

M/s

Mun

icip

al

Corp

orat

ion

of G

reat

er M

umba

i

Cond

ition

on

reha

bilit

atio

n an

d re

sett

lem

ent

of t

he f

isher

men

com

mun

ities

in t

he e

vent

pro

ject

impa

cts

exist

ing

livel

ihoo

d pa

tter

n of

thes

e co

mm

uniti

es.

Obs

erva

tion

take

n in

the

mai

n re

port

.

13.

M

ahar

asht

ra

Mum

bai T

rans

Har

bor

Sea

Link

by

M/s

Mum

bai M

etro

polit

an R

egio

n De

velo

pmen

t Aut

horit

y

(MM

RDA)

i. M

MRD

A w

as t

o en

sure

tha

t fis

hing

act

ivity

is n

ot h

ampe

red

durin

g co

nstr

uctio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of t

he

proj

ect a

nd a

sses

s los

s of b

usin

ess t

o th

e pr

ojec

t affe

cted

fish

erm

en d

ue to

the

proj

ect.

ii.

The

MoE

F&CC

app

rove

d (Ja

nuar

y 20

16)

for

dive

rsio

n of

47.

41 h

a of

for

est

land

for

MTH

L pr

ovid

ed

MM

RDA

in co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent s

hall

crea

te a

nd m

aint

ain

alte

rnat

e ha

bita

t/ho

me

for

the

avifa

una

who

se n

estin

g tr

ees

are

to b

e cl

eare

d in

this

proj

ect.

Bird

nes

ts a

rtifi

cial

ly m

ade

out o

f the

ec

o-fr

iend

ly m

ater

ial s

hall

be u

sed

in th

e ar

ea in

clud

ing

fore

st a

rea

and

hum

an se

ttle

men

ts a

djoi

ning

the

fore

st a

rea

bein

g di

vert

ed fo

r the

pro

ject

. Chi

ef C

onse

rvat

or o

f For

est (

T), T

hane

per

mitt

ed (M

ay 2

017)

cu

ttin

g of

tree

s bef

ore

the

com

men

cem

ent o

f con

stru

ctio

n w

ork

of M

THL.

It

was

not

iced

that

alth

ough

a to

tal o

f 669

no

of tr

ees w

ere

rem

oved

for t

he p

roje

ct n

o al

tern

ate

habi

tat

/hom

e fo

r th

e af

fect

ed a

vifa

una

was

cre

ated

. M

MRD

A st

ated

(Se

ptem

ber

2021

) th

at b

ased

on

the

estim

atio

n of

Rs

1.50

lakh

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f art

ifici

al n

ests

alo

ng w

ith R

s 61

lakh

for s

oil a

nd m

oist

ure

cons

erva

tion

wor

k by

the

Dep

uty

Cons

erva

tor

of F

ores

t, Al

ibag

it h

ad d

epos

ited

(Nov

embe

r 20

16)

Rs

62.5

0 la

kh w

ith th

e fo

rest

dep

artm

ent.

Perf

orm

ance

Aud

it Re

port

on

Cons

erva

tion

of C

oast

al E

cosy

stem

s

102

S. N

o.

Stat

e Pr

ojec

t Nam

e O

bser

vatio

n

14.

Tam

il N

adu

Inte

grat

ed

Coou

m

Rive

r Ec

o-Re

stor

atio

n Pr

ojec

t by

M

/s

Chen

nai R

iver

s Res

tora

tion

Trus

t

i. De

silta

tion

of th

e Co

oum

Riv

er in

CRZ

are

a w

as p

erm

itted

for a

qua

ntity

of 5

,08,

177

cu.m

onl

y. A

gain

st

this,

PW

D ha

d ca

rrie

d ou

t des

iltat

ion

of th

e riv

er fo

r a q

uant

ity o

f 8,9

4,75

7 cu

.m, (

i.e.)

3,86

,580

cu.

m. i

n ex

cess

of t

he q

uant

ity p

erm

itted

by

TNSC

ZMA

in it

s rec

omm

enda

tion.

ii.

Silt

gene

rate

d th

roug

h dr

edgi

ng w

as t

o be

sci

entif

ical

ly d

ispos

ed o

utsid

e th

e CR

Z ar

ea. B

undi

ng a

nd

land

scap

ing

chan

ges

wer

e pr

ohib

ited

activ

ities

.

Publ

ic W

orks

Dep

artm

ent r

emov

ed o

nly

40%

of t

he s

ilt g

ener

ated

to d

ump

yard

s, a

nd th

e re

mai

ning

silt

w

as d

epos

ited

on th

e riv

erba

nk, w

hich

led

to fo

rmat

ion

of b

unds

that

affe

cted

the

land

scap

e. T

he a

bove

vi

olat

ions

wer

e ne

ither

det

ecte

d by

the

TNSC

ZMA

nor b

y th

e DC

ZMA,

Che

nnai

regi

on. T

hus n

o ac

tion

was

ta

ken

by t

he a

utho

ritie

s ag

ains

t th

e ab

ove

viol

atio

ns.

F

urth

er,

due

to u

naut

horiz

ed d

umpi

ng o

f ex

cess

ive

silt

and

raisi

ng o

f bun

d he

ight

by

PWD,

the

Gre

ater

Che

nnai

Cor

pora

tion

had

aban

done

d its

am

bitio

us C

ooum

Riv

er F

ront

Dev

elop

men

t Pr

ojec

t of

con

stru

ctio

n/de

velo

pmen

t of

Par

ks, W

alkw

ays,

N

atur

e Tr

ail P

ark

etc

at a

cos

t of R

s.32

.17

cror

e an

d te

rmin

ated

all

cont

ract

s rel

ated

to th

e pr

ojec

t.

15.

Mah

aras

htr

a Re

rout

ing

of

Mum

bai

Man

mad

Pi

pelin

e Th

e cl

eara

nce

lett

er s

tipul

ated

tha

t in

all

the

maj

or w

ater

bod

ies,

the

Hor

izon

tal D

irect

iona

l Dril

ling

(HDD

) m

etho

d sh

ould

be

used

to

avoi

d da

mag

e to

the

man

grov

es.

The

Regi

onal

offi

ce, M

oEF&

CC, N

agpu

r w

as

requ

ired

to m

onito

r th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of e

nviro

nmen

t sa

fegu

ard

thro

ugh

insp

ectio

n an

d th

e BP

CL w

as

requ

ired

to su

bmit

half-

year

ly c

ompl

ianc

e re

port

s.

The

Regi

onal

offi

ce h

as n

ot m

onito

red

the

proj

ect

and

BPCL

had

not

sub

mitt

ed t

he m

anda

tory

hal

f-yea

rly

com

plia

nce

repo

rts t

o th

e re

gion

al o

ffice

.

Regi

onal

offi

ce,

MoE

F&CC

, N

agpu

r st

ated

(Ja

nuar

y 20

21)

that

BPC

L ha

d no

t su

bmitt

ed a

ny i

nfor

mat

ion

pert

aini

ng to

HDD

. It w

as fu

rthe

r cite

d de

ficie

nt m

anpo

wer

for n

on m

onito

ring.

16.

Tam

il N

adu

Alig

nmen

t of

con

veyi

ng m

ain

to

Buck

ingh

am

Cana

l fo

r th

e di

scha

rge

of t

reat

ed s

ewag

e fr

om

the

prop

osed

36

M

LD

Sew

age

Trea

tmen

t Pl

ant

(STP

) b

y M

/s

Chen

nai M

etro

Wat

er S

uppl

y An

d Se

wer

age

Boar

d Sh

olin

gana

llur

i. Al

loca

tion

of 2

% o

f th

e pr

ojec

t co

st t

owar

ds f

ulfil

ling

its C

orpo

rate

Env

ironm

ent

Resp

onsib

ility

(CE

R)

durin

g th

e cu

rren

cy o

f the

pro

ject

. Acc

ount

of m

easu

res t

aken

shou

ld b

e m

aint

aine

d an

d sh

ould

also

be

subm

itted

to th

e CZ

MA

ever

y six

mon

ths.

Thi

s con

ditio

n w

as n

ot c

ompl

ied

with

.

ii.

Regu

lar

soil

and

grou

nd w

ater

tes

t in

and

aro

und

the

proj

ect

site

to e

nsur

e m

onito

ring

grou

nd w

ater

qu

ality

/ le

achi

ng o

f hea

vy m

etal

s and

oth

er to

xic

cont

amin

ants

. Thi

s con

ditio

n w

as n

ot c

ompl

ied

with

.

iii.

Tim

e bo

und

actio

n pl

an fo

r tre

atin

g th

e se

wag

e an

d us

age

of re

sulta

nt e

fflue

nt fo

r ind

ustr

ial a

nd o

ther

ap

plic

atio

ns w

as to

be

mad

e. T

his c

ondi

tion

was

not

com

plie

d w

ith.

iv.

Upl

oadi

ng c

ompl

ianc

e re

port

on

the

stip

ulat

ed c

ondi

tions

on

the

web

site

of th

e PP

was

not

don

e

Repo

rt N

o. 4

of 2

022

103

S. N

o.

Stat

e Pr

ojec

t Nam

e O

bser

vatio

n

v.

Subm

issio

n of

repo

rt o

n ye

ar w

ise e

xpen

ditu

re fr

om th

e fu

nds e

arm

arke

d fo

r env

ironm

ent p

rote

ctio

n to

th

e m

inist

ry a

nd it

s reg

iona

l offi

ce w

as n

ot d

one

17.

Tam

il N

adu

Rela

ying

of

Pi

pelin

e &

Re

deve

lopm

ent

of

Edib

le

Oil

Tran

sit T

erm

inal

at

Chen

nai

by

M/s

Ruc

hi In

fras

truc

ture

Lim

ited

i. Al

loca

tion

of 2

% o

f th

e pr

ojec

t co

st t

owar

ds f

ulfil

ling

its C

orpo

rate

Env

ironm

ent

Resp

onsib

ility

(CE

R)

durin

g th

e cu

rren

cy o

f the

pro

ject

was

to b

e m

ade.

Acc

ount

of m

easu

res

take

n w

ere

to b

e m

aint

aine

d an

d w

ere

also

to b

e su

bmitt

ed to

the

SCZM

A ev

ery

six m

onth

s. T

his c

ondi

tion

was

not

com

plie

d w

ith.

ii.

Upl

oadi

ng c

ompl

ianc

e re

port

on

the

stip

ulat

ed c

ondi

tions

on

the

web

site

of th

e PP

was

req

uire

d. T

his

cond

ition

was

not

com

plie

d w

ith.

iii.

Subm

issio

n of

repo

rt o

n ye

ar w

ise e

xpen

ditu

re fr

om th

e fu

nds e

arm

arke

d fo

r env

ironm

ent p

rote

ctio

n to

th

e m

inist

ry a

nd it

s reg

iona

l offi

ce w

as re

quire

d. T

his c

ondi

tion

was

not

com

plie

d w

ith.

18.

Tam

il N

adu

2X80

0 M

W

Upp

ur

Supe

rcrit

ical

Th

erm

al P

ower

Pla

nt a

t Di

stric

t Ra

man

atha

pura

m b

y TA

NGE

DCO

i. Al

loca

tion

of 2

% o

f th

e pr

ojec

t co

st t

owar

ds f

ulfil

ling

its C

orpo

rate

Env

ironm

ent

Resp

onsib

ility

(CE

R)

durin

g th

e cu

rren

cy o

f the

pro

ject

was

to b

e m

ade.

Acc

ount

of m

easu

res

take

n w

ere

to b

e m

aint

aine

d an

d w

ere

also

to b

e su

bmitt

ed to

the

SCZM

A ev

ery

six m

onth

s. T

his c

ondi

tion

was

not

com

plie

d w

ith.

ii.

Upl

oadi

ng c

ompl

ianc

e re

port

on

the

stip

ulat

ed c

ondi

tions

on

the

web

site

of th

e PP

was

req

uire

d. T

his

cond

ition

was

not

com

plie

d w

ith.

iii.

Subm

issio

n of

repo

rt o

n ye

ar w

ise e

xpen

ditu

re fr

om th

e fu

nds e

arm

arke

d fo

r env

ironm

ent p

rote

ctio

n to

th

e m

inist

ry a

nd it

s reg

iona

l offi

ce w

as st

ipul

ated

. Thi

s con

ditio

n w

as n

ot c

ompl

ied

with

.

Performance Audit Report on Conservation of Coastal Ecosystems

10

Annexure 12: Cases where PPs did not submit any half yearly compliance report

(Reference: Para 4.1.2 (i) of the report)

State Name of the Project

Goa Deepening of approach channel for capesize vessels at Mormugao Port by M/s Mormugao Port Trust

Gujarat i. Widening and improvement of the existing highway to 2-lanes paved shoulder/4 lane/ 6 lane of Bhavnagar- Pipavav- Porbandar-Dwarka Section of NH-8E byNational Highway Authority Limited

ii. Development of Greenfield Beach Resort at Mandvi, District Kutch by M/sTourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd.

iii. Common treated effluent disposal pipeline project along river Kolakupto deepsea via Kolak Estuary, Vapi by M/s Weltreat Enviro Management Limited

Karnataka Construction of Petroleum Products Storage Terminal at Karwar, Karnataka Port by M/s Tropicana Liquid Storage (P) Ltd.

Kerala i. Cochin Residential Development Project by M/s TRIF Kochi Projects Private Ltd,Ernakulam: As compared to 8 half yearly reports, only 3 compliance reportswere submitted to KSPCB.

ii. Construction of Star Hotel at Alapphuzha West Village, District Alapphuzha byM/s East Venice Hotels and Resorts Pvt Ltd

Tamil Nadu

i. Integrated Cooum River Eco-Restoration Project by M/s Chennai RiversRestoration Trust

ii. Intake and outfall facility of Marine Algae in District Ramanathapuram by M/sEID Parry (India) Ltd

iii. Eco-restoration of Adyar River (2000 m – 4000 m chainage) from ThiruvikaBridge to 400 m upstream to Kotturpuram Bridge

iv. Alignment of conveying main to Buckingham Canal for the discharge of treatedsewage from the proposed 36 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) by M/sChennai Metro Water Supply And Sewerage Board Sholinganallur

v. Relaying of Pipeline & Redevelopment of Edible Oil Transit Terminal at Chennaiby M/s Ruchi Infrastructure Limited

vi. 2X800 MW Uppur Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at DistrictRamanathapuram by TANGEDCO

Report No. 4 of 2022

1

Annexure 13: Non- submission of Environmental Statement by the PP

(Reference: Para 4.1.2 (ii) of the report)

S. No. Name of the project

1. Alignment of conveying main to Buckingham Canal for the discharge of treated sewage from the proposed 36 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) by M/s Chennai Metro Water Supply And Sewerage Board Sholinganallur, Tamil Nadu

2. Relaying of Pipeline & Redevelopment of Edible Oil Transit Terminal at Chennai by M/s Ruchi Infrastructure Limited, Tamil Nadu

3. 2X800 MW Uppur Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at District Ramanathapuram by TANGEDCO, Tamil Nadu

4. Cochin Residential Development Project by M/s TRIF Kochi Projects Private Ltd, Ernakulam, Kerala 5. Construction of Petroleum Products Storage Terminal at Karwar, Karnataka Port by M/s Tropicana

Liquid Storage (P) Ltd., Karnataka 6. MMPL rerouting project, Maharashtra 7. Mumbai Trans Harbor Sea Link by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority,

Maharashtra 8. Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) - Princess Flyover to Worli end of Sea Link by M/s Municipal

Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Maharashtra 9. Malad sewage treatment plant by M/s Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Maharashtra 10. Construction of Holiday Resort at Alibag, Dist. Raigarh by M/s Savitri Nandkishor Dube, Maharashtra 11. Proposal for Transportation and Distribution of Natural Gas from Uran to Navi Mumbai Municipal

Corporation, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Maharashtra 12. Construction of Resort on Plot at Mauje Chandranagar, Tal: Dapoli, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 13. Construction of Resort on Plot at Mauje Karde, Tal. Dapoli, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 14. Construction of Resort on Plot at Mauje Chandranagar, Tal. Dapoli, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 15. High Speed Railway Project across CRZ areas in Mumbai, Mumbai Sub-urban, Thane and Palghar District

(PH) by M/s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd, Maharashtra 16. All weather Greenfield Jetty' at Nandgaon of Taluka Palghar, District Thane, Maharashtra by M/s JSW

Infrastructure Ltd. , Maharashtra 17. Expansion of facilities at port Redi, Sindhudurg by M/s Redi Port Ltd, Maharashtra

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Annexure 14: SCZMAs granted recommendations in the absence of CTE/CTO certificate from the concerned State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

(Reference: Para 4.1.2 (iii) of the report)

Central Sampled Projects

Tamil Nadu i. Integrated Cooum River Eco-Restoration Project by M/s Chennai RiversRestoration Trust

ii. Intake and outfall facility of Marine Algae in District Ramanathapuram byM/s EID Parry (India) Ltd

iii. Eco-restoration of Adyar River (2000 m – 4000 m chainage)from ThiruvikaBridge to 400 m upstream to Kotturpuram Bridge

Maharashtra Rerouting of Mumbai Manmad pipeline by BPCL

State sampled Projects

Tamil Nadu i. Construction of Tuna Fishing Harbour, Thiruvottiyurii. Construction of residential buildings at Kottivakkam Village, Sholinganallur

Taluk, Kanchipuram District by M/s. Perungudi DevelopersPvt. Ltdiii. Proposed development of Fishing Harbour at Vellapallam, Nagapattinam by

Asst. Director, Fisheries department, Nagapattinam (South)iv. Renovation of Fishing Harbour at Mudhunagar, Cuddalore by Asst. Director,

Fisheries department, Cuddalorev. Proposed widening of North Chennai Thermal Power station Road and

Ennore Port Road by M/s. TN Road Development Company Ltd (TNRDCL)

Maharashtra Redevelopment on property in Mazgaon, Mumbai, renamed as "Harbour Heights” by M/s. Sumer Buildcorp Pvt.

Goa i. Construction of 20 MLD STP at Baina

ii. Construction of 20 MLD STP at Margao

iii. Construction of 1 MLD STP at Durbhat