SIX MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT

(April 2014 to September 2014)

Status of Environmental Management Plan
Teesta-VI (500 MW) HEP
M/s TEESTA HYDRO POWER LTD.
(Formerly Known as Lanco Energy Pvt. Ltd.)

Teesta Hydro Power Limited

(Formerly Known as Lanco Energy Pvt. Ltd.)
Plot No.-397,Udyog Vihar, Phase No-III
Gurgaon, Haryana-122016
 INDEX
S.No. INDEX Page No.
1 “Six Monthly Progress Report” for the period 2-4
ending Sept -2014
2 Status of implementation of EMP Annexure I(5-18)
a) Solid waste collection and disposal 5
b) Muck Management and River Protection 5-6
c) Air Pollution Management 6-7
d) Water Quality Management 7
e) Control of Pollution from Labour Camps 7-8
f) Environment Management during Road 8
Construction
g) Public Health Delivery System 8-10
h) Safety Measures 10-12
i) Community Kitchens 12
j) Forest Protection Plan 12-13
k) Catchment Area Treatment Plan 13-14
l) Employment Opportunities 15
m) Economic Opportunities 15
n) Social Welfare Activities 16-17
O) present status of construction activities 18
3 MoEF Compliance towards MoEF Environmental Annexure II(19-22)
Clearance
1. 500 MW Teesta VI HEP of M/s LANCO Teesta Hydro Power Limited
“Six Monthly Progress Report”for the period ending September.2014.

1. Name of the Project Teesta VI Hydro Electric Project

2. Type of the Project River Valley hydro Electric Project (Run off
the River)

3. Clearance Letter(s) OM No.

& Date
st
a) Environment Clearance a.No. J-12011/55/2006-IA.I dated 21 Sept 2006.
b) Forest Clearance b.1004/1004(394-1)/ FEWMD on29th May 2008

4. Locations
1. District South Sikkim
2. State Sikkim
3. Latitude 27° 10’42”N
4. Longitude 88° 30’40”E

5. Address for Mr C.V.P. Rao LTHPL,TEESTA VI

correspondence: a)
Address of concerned
Project Head ( with Pin
code and telephone/fax
nos)
6. Address of concerned
Project Head at Corporate
Office Chief ( with Pin code
and telephone/fax nos)
7 Break-up of the project area
(land details)
a) Submergence area
Forest 36 Ha
Non Forest
HEP Majitar,East Sikkim-737136
Sikkim
Contact No- 08016097236
Fax No. 03592-246053
Mr. S.R Ganguly
SPV Head
Lanco Teesta Hydro Power Ltd.
Plot No: 397, Udyog Vihar, Phase III
Gurgaon, Haryana- 122016.
Office No- 0124-4741000
Fax No- 0124-4741400
0.00 Ha

b) Others
Forest 53.426 Ha
Non Forest 32.134Ha
8. Breakup of the project
affected population with
enumeration of those losing
houses/ dwelling units only,
agricultural land only. Nil
a) SC /ST /Adivasis Nil
b) Others

9. Forest land requirements 89.4266 Ha- As per Forest Clearance

Status
of approval for
letter- 1004/ 1004 (394-1) /FEWMD ON
diversion of forestland for 29th May 2008.
non-forestry use

10. Status of construction

Date of commencement August 2008
(actual and/or planned)

11. Reasons for the delay, if the Not applicable

project is yet to be started

12. Details of Site Visit No visit

a) By Regional
Office
b) By Monitoring
Committee

13. Construction activities and The details of the present status of the
status of Implementation of construction activities and the status of
EMP implementation of EMP are attached as
Annexure-I

14 Brief note on the status of Status of compliance of the conditions

compliance of the stipulated by MOEF is enclosed as
conditions stipulated by Annexure- II
MoEF
 Annexure-I
Status of implementation of EMP as per the progress of the construction
a) Solid waste collection and disposal
Vats fixed at various project sites for collection and disposal of solid waste at appropriate
site.

Dustbin at the Project area

b) Muck Management and River Protection

• Environmentally friendly measures undertaken for dumping of Muck at designated dump yards.

• Dump yards are provided with adequate retaining structures such as crate walls, RRM walls,
etc. as per requirement.

• The nallah and river sections are provided with adequate protection measures such as crate
wall and concrete plugs.

• The portals of tunnels are provided with silt & sludge settling tanks.

In the event of any damages due to landslides etc., the same will be rectified.
 Muck Management

River Protection & Road protection work

c) Air/Noise Pollution Management

• M/s SGS Kolkata has been appointed for monitoring of ambient Air quality& Noise levels and is
carrying tests on periodical basis.
• Consent to Establish for 500 MW Teesta VI HEP under Air Act, 1981, under Water Act & DG
Sets has been renewed till 31st March 2015.
• Water Sprinklers/Millers are used on regular basis in project roads to control the Fugitive
dust (SPM).

Air Pollution control measures at Site

 Noise Monitoring at Site
d) Water Quality Management

• Five number of water sampling locations have been identified in project area to monitor water
quality of Teesta River and the adjoining streams. The main parameters are being analyzed by
M/s SGS Kolkata.
• Consent to Establish 500 MW Teesta VI HEP under Water Act, 1974, has been renewed till
March 2015.
• Settling tanks have been constructed at each portal site to arrest the sediments and
sludge coming along with the tunnel water before discharging.

Settling Tank & Sampling for Water Monitoring

e) Control of Pollution from Labour Camps

• Maximum labourers in the project site are residing in the labour camp at Power
House & Barrage site equipped with good sanitation facilities.

• Labourers are using Kerosene Oil/LPG for their cooking purpose.

• Community Toilets are available with proper Septic Tanks & Soak pits for labors and staff
in the labourer camp
 Labour Camp and Community Toilets
f) Environmental Management during Road
Construction
• Roads are constructed using cut and fill method. The muck retaining structures like RCC
wall and Crate walls are constructed towards valley side and the RRM walls, Plumb walls
or dry walls are constructed towards the hillside of the roads for protection purpose.
Plantation are carried out on both sides of constructed road depending upon the availability
of space.

RCC Road Side Protection & Road Side Plantation

g) Public Health Delivery System

• Dispensaries have been established at both Barrage and Power
House Sites.
• Complete health screening and periodic health checkups of labourers are
carried out on regular basis. Free of cost medical facility is provided to
Project employees as well as villager
• Health camps were organized for local people at Barrage (Lot1area)
• Blood donation camp was organized on 1st October 2014 in which
40 employees donated blood.
• In addition, medical team of Lanco is engaged in providing medical facilities
to project-area villages as well as people from nearby areas.
• LANCO Mobile Health service provides medical facilities to 10 villages adjoining
project area on free of cost basis.

Blood donation Camp at Sirwani

Dispensary

Health Camp at Barrage site HIV/AIDS awareness Programme at Barrage site

Patients who benefitted by LANCO Mobile Medical facilities in the Period of
April 2014 to Sept 2014
.

Number of Patients benefited 4531

During reporting period, 4531 persons benefited through 140 Mobile Health camps.
About 9011 persons benefited during the financial year 2013-14 through 302 camps.

h) Safety Measures.

• P o s t e r s and slogans a r e used extensively to spread awareness among the laborers

about importance of safety
• Safety instructions are given to laborers and staff regularly for each and every
activity which includes tunneling.
• Regular safety training, Tool box meeting is organized for staffs.
• Accident investigations and Analysis are immediately communicated to the all
concerned to ensure corrective and preventive action (CAPA).

• Management has a system of periodic evaluation of the status of legal requirements.

• HSE Audit is conducted on periodic basis

• Safety department with Safety Officers and supervisors have be en appointed at site for
effective monitoring and implementation of Safety related issues.
• All labourer and staffs are being p r o v i d e d with PPEs such as full body h a r n e s s , hig h
visibility j a c k e t s , Helmets, Safety shoes, Gloves, Gumboots, etc. as per
work requirement.
• T o o l b o x talk conducted at project site on regular basis.

Safety Instruction at project site

 Environmental & Safety training conducted at project site

i) Community Kitchens
• LTHPL & its C o n t r a c t o r s have established s e v e n no. of C o m m u n i t y
K i t c h e n s covering staff of whole pro ject construction area.
• Hostels ar e equipped with recreation facilities like Televisions etc.

Community Kitchen for staff

(j) Forest Protection Plan
Forest Dept. monitors the trespasses by installing a check post at Pamphok Village.
To maintain the Forest cover and t h e environment of the region, a Forest Protection
Plan i s b e i n g implemented by F o r e s t Department at a cost o f Rs 78 L a k h s . Entire
amount has been deposited in CAMPA Fund as a part of forest clearance in May 2008.
Demarcation and fencing of diverted forestland has been done to avoid dam age to nearby
area not diverted for the purpose.
 Forest Check Post Construction

(k)Catchment Area Treatment Plan & Compensatory Afforestation Scheme

• Rs. 9.82 Crores has b e e n d e p o s i t e d in C A M P A funds for the implementation of

CAT works by State Forest Department.
• Rs 1.41 Crores has been deposited in CAMPA funds for implementation of revised
CAT works by State forest department
• Rs. 1.14 Crores deposited towards the implementation of Compensatory
Afforestation.
• Rs 5.68 Crores deposited in CAMPA Funds towards Net Present Value of the Forest
cover in the project area.
Expenditure incurred CAT Plan

S.no Work executed Expenditure(East) Total

In Rs Amount

1 Forest Land:
• Jhora training in Sausage wall(Crate wall)
• Dry Stone wall
• Catch water drain
41.94 Lakhs 86.97 Lakhs
• Bally Benching
• Barbed wire fencing
• ANR
• Vegetative fencing

2 Agri- Land:
• Jhora training in Sausage wall(Crate wall)
• Dry Stone wall 29.56 Lakhs
 • Catch water drain

• Bally Benching
3
Medicinal Plantation 15.47 Lakhs
4 2011-12 • ANR
• Small Bamboo(Pareng)
• Medicinal Plant Plantation
• Artificial Regeneration
• Bally Benching( In Forest Land)
• Fodder (Broom) Plantation.
50.56 lakhs
• Maintenance of ANR 50.56 lakhs
• Maintenance of Medicinal Plantation.

Sl no Work executed Expenditure(South) in Rs Total Amount(Rs)

1 Plantations/Nursery creation 3,25,0000.00

2 Engineering measures 1,44,27,974.00

3 Engineering measures 3,86,941.00

(CWD)
3,054,73,29.00
4 Plantations/overhead. 1,046,5190.00

5 Seedlings cost for plantation. 20,17,224.00

Recently Plantation program was organized at Sirwani site (Audit-1) on 25th June 2014
Work executed against CAT Plan

(l)Employment Opportunities
Based on the skills and qualification, the employment preference has been
given t o local people and is employed in project activities.

(m)Economic Opportunities
Award of the petty contract- Local people have been given contract for
activities like construction of drainage along the roads, protection works
along new cuttings, plantation work, bush cleaning in the construction sites,
etc. to benefit and facilitate economic opportunity.
Vehicle hiring- Vehicles o f l o c a l s are hired t o provide them economic
benefits.
Contract for supply of ration and other material for community kitchen have been
given to local vendors.
Buildings of locals are being r e n t e d for office setup & staff accommodation
(n) Social Welfare Activities(Corporate Social Responsibility)

M/s LTHPL has undertaken f o l l o w i n g a c t i v i t i e s on regular basis for local larea

development-
Our company is committed to contribute to comprehensive development of communities through
continued focus and social investment in various developmental areas. We are undertaking CSR
activities for improving quality of life of people residing around vicinity of our plant in field of
education, health, environment and infrastructure development for local area development. Some
of the CSR activities being undertaken include LANCO Mobile Health Service (LMHS), various
health camps, school scholarship program, construction of community hall, irrigation channels,
temples, water pipeline, various renovation works as required

Place of Work

Women and Child Health camp

Community infrastructure development

Constructed Community Hall in village Turung

Constructed Irrigation channel & water supply tank for villagers

 O) Present status of Construction Activities

The component wise progress is summarized as below:

Structures Status as on Sept 2014

Barrage 98%

Desilting Structure
26%
(including Desilting Inlet and Chambers)

HRT (Heading Excavation) 37%

Surge Shaft 70%

Pressure Shaft 70%

Power House(Civil works) 78%

E&M Works 50%

HM Works 53%
Annexure II Conditions and Compliances towards MOEF Environmental Clearance

Sl. No. Conditions Status

i) Biodiversity Conservation Plan as Being Complied.
proposed in the EMP should b e Rs.1,69,12,000 has been
implemented in toto in the identified deposited with the nodal agency
location. i.e, Forest department, Govt. of
Sikkim and Rs. 1,83,53,000 for
Soil Conservation and Forest
Protection Plan
ii) For propagation of migratory fishes a Being Complied.
fish f a r m / hatchery s h a l l be • Project consultancy has b e e n
developed a s proposed v i d e given to NRCCWF, Bhimtal.
letter dated 18th August 2006. • The scientists from
NRCCWF, Bhimtal have
visited the site &
identified the site for
de velopment of Fisheries
farm.
• Project report has been
approved by Fisheries
department.
• Further Rs. 50 lakhs has
been deposited with
state Forest department
iii) Catchment area treatment s h a l l Rs.9.82 crore has been
be according the stipulated clearance. deposited with Forest department
to carry out the works and
further Rs 1.41 Crore has been
deposited for r e v i s e d CAT
p l a n with Forest department.
Sl. No. Conditions Status
iv) Landslide prone area tunneling For land slide prone area
should b e done with great care. tunneling is being carried out
with proper controlled blasting
and providing adequate support
system
v) Monitoring committee shall be Complied
constituted which must include
representative from affected person
from SC/ST category and a women
beneficiary.
vi) All t h e assurance/commitment must Being complied
be honored in letter and spirit.
vii) Clearance shall be obtained for Forest Clearance obtained
acquiring forest land and submitted.

viii) “During lean season, 10% of available Provisions has been made to
water (82.5 cumec), should be released release 10% of available water
downstream of dam for sustenance of (82.5cumecs) downstream of dam
aquatic life”. for sustenance of aquatic life .

viii) Any o t h e r clearance from any o t h e r All required clearances are being
organization if required should b e obtained as per requirement
obtained.

PART-B
i) Adequate free fuel arrangement should Free f u e l ( LPG & Kerosene) i s
b e made for the labour force engaged p r o v i d e d to the manpower
in the construction work at project engaged.
cost so that indiscriminate felling of
trees is prevented.
ii) Fuel depot may be opened a t the site Being procured as and when
to provide the fuel required from the local market.
(kerosene/wood/LPG).Medical facilities
as well a s rec r eat i onal facilities
should also b e provided to the
labourers.
iii) All t h e labourers to be engaged for The medical Health Checku ps &
construction works should also be Health m oni t ori ng a r e carried
thoroughly examined by health o u t at all the Project Sites.
personnel and adequately treated Dispensaries have been set up at
before issuing them work permit. both Barrage and power house.
iv) Restoration of construction area The restoration of dumping areas
including dumping area with shall be taken up as the dumping
levelling, filling up of burrow pits, get completed in those areas,
landscaping etc. area should be leveling & feeling works of the
properly treated with suitable project area is being done &
plantation. duly protected by way of Crate
walls, the tree plantation in the
project area & along the project
road are being done

Sl. Conditions Status

v) Financial measure shall be made in Separate budget for execution of
the total budget for safeguard safeguard measures is provided
measures
vi) A multidisciplinary committee should Complied.
be constituted with representatives
from various disciplines of forestry,
ecology, wildlife, soil conservation,
NGO etc. to oversee the effective
implementation of the suggested
safeguard measures.
vii) Six monthly m o n it or in g reports Being Complied
should be s u b m i t t e d to the Ministry
and its regional Office, Shilong for
review.
viii Officials from Regional O f f i c e MoEF, Being Complied
Shilong who would b e monitoring the
implementation of environmental
safeguards should be given full
cooperation, facilities and
documents/ data by the project
proponents during their inspection.
ix The responsibility of implementation Noted
of environmental safeguards rests
fully with the M/s Lanco Energy
Private Limited & Government of
Sikkim
x Project require fresh appraisal in case Noted
of change in the scope of the project
xi Ministry reserve right to add Noted
additional safe guards and to ensure
effective implementation of
suggested safeguard in time bound
and satisfactory manner
xii Valid for 5 year from date of issue Noted
of this letter
xiii A copy of letter needs to mark to Complied
concerned panchayat, Local NGO and
those from whom any
suggestion/representation has been
received.
xiv SPCB shall display a copy clearance Complied
letter to regional office, District
Industries Center and Collector’s
office/Tahsildar office for 30 days
xv Withi n seven days Project Proponent Complied
shall advertise in two local
Newspaper circulated in vernacular
language of the locality concerned