Shed work in Sadhna kumar chhatralaya at Village - Anaval Ta.: Ambika, Di.: Surat

1. The safety and health concerns of the workers and the community are impacted due to the hazards

created during the construction of road. Box: 1 gives the safety concerns during construction. This Guideline

describes the hazards and measures that need to be taken to mitigate the impacts.

2. PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN STAGE

2. To address health and safety concerns, the DPR shall contain selection criteria for setting up:

 Construction Camps (as per guideline);

 Borrow Areas (as per guideline); and

 In case of opening new quarry areas (as per guideline).

3. To address the safety concerns to road user during operational phase, the DPR shall contain the

 Selection and location of regulatory as well as informatory signs as per IRC: 67-2001, depending upon

the geometry of the road.

PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE

4. In order to incorporate public health and

safety concerns, the Engineer-in-charge and the

Contractor shall disseminate the following

information to the community:

 Location of construction camps, borrow areas

and new quarry areas;

 Extent of work;

 Time of construction;

 Diversions, if any;

 Precaution measures in sensitive areas;

 Involvement of local labours in the road

 Health issues - water stagnation, exposure to

dust, communicable disease; and

 Mechanism for grievances.

3. CONSTRUCTION STAGE

5. During the progress of work, following are the safety requirements that need to be undertaken by the

contractor at the construction site:

 Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPE) for the workers. Table 8-1 gives the safety gear to be used by the

workers during each of the construction activities.

 All measures as per bidding document shall be strictly followed.

 Additional provisions need to be undertaken for safety at site:

 Adequate lighting arrangement;

 Adequate drainage system to avoid any stagnation of water;

 Lined surface with slope 1:40 (V:H) and provision of lined pit at the bottom, at the storage and handling

area of bitumen and oil, as well as at the location of generator (grease trap); and

 Facilities for administering first aid.

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Table 8-1: Worker Safety Measures

Sl. no. Activity Safety Requirement

 Luminous jackets;

1. Setting out and levelling  Helmets;

 Boots for protection against insect bite; and Dust Mask

2. Tree cutting

 Luminous safety jackets

Reinforced yard/ carpentry/ reinforcement

3  Hand gloves

cutting/ bending work.

4. Shuttering work  Goggles Hand gloves

5. Plant and Machinery

6. Material handling

7. Batching plant  Hand gloves

8. Weeding  Goggles

9. Binding reinforcement

10. Manual concrete laying  Hand gloves

 Hand gloves, gumboots.

6. The following measures need to be adopted by the contractor to address public safety concerns:

 The Contractor shall schedule the construction activities taking into consideration factors such as:

 Sowing of crops;

 Local hindrances such as festivals etc.; and

 Availability of labour during particular periods.

 All the cautionary signs as per IRC: 67-2001 and traffic control devices (such as barricades, etc) shall be

placed as soon as construction activity get started and shall remain in place till the activities get

 Following case specific measures need to be followed during the progress of the activity:

 Incase of blasting, the Contractor must follow The Explosives Rules,

 Incase of construction activity adjoining the water bodies, measures shall be taken as per measures

suggested in Guideline on “Water Body”.

 If construction of road is within the settlement, the contractor must ensure that there shall not be any

unauthorized parking as well as storage of material, adjacent to road.

 Approved chemicals should be sprayed to prevent breeding of mosquitoes and other disease-causing

organisms, at all the water logging areas

7. The Engineer-in-chargeshall carry out periodic inspections in order to ensure that all the measures

are being undertaken as per the guideline.

4. POST-CONSTRUCTION STAGE

8. During this stage a major concern is on road user safety. Following are the measures that need to be

undertaken by the Engineer-in-charge to ensure safer roads:

 Inspection and maintenance of installed regulatory and informatory signs.

 Ensure that the location of signage does not obstruct the visibility

 Incase of hill roads, maintenance of parapet wall as well as of overtaking zones.

9. The Engineer-in-chargemust ensure that during the maintenance operation of road, road materials are

stored at a location such that they shall not create any risk to road users.

10. The construction site shall be cleaned of all debris, scrap materials and machinery on completion of

construction for the safety of public and road users, as per the measures given in Guideline on “Construction

and labour Camp” and “Waste Management and Debris Disposal.”

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OM – 9: FORESTS AND OTHER NATURAL HABITATS

1. INTRODUCTION

1. This guideline envisages measures to be undertaken

during blacktopping / widening of road sections passing

through natural habitats. These measures shall be undertaken

in addition to the measures laid down in the other Guidelines.

2. Conservation of natural habitats is essential for long-

term sustainable development. A precautionary approach to

natural resource management to ensure opportunities for

environmentally sustainable development has been adopted for

2. PROJECT PLANNING AND DESIGN

3. To minimize the adverse impact on the ecology of the natural habitats, selection of alignment should

be as per guideline. An officer of at least the rank of a forest ranger shall be deputed for detailed inventory of

ecological features along the road. The nature and type of impact on natural habitats due to road construction

shall be identified. Magnitude of the impact to the extent feasible on the ecological features shall also be

4. Impacts identified on the natural habitats shall be minimized to the extent required. Minimization

shall be through precautionary measures or through appropriate mitigation measures. Following are the

measures should be undertaken along the road passing through natural habitats:

 Constricting the road width to 6.0 m and embankment height to 0.5 m to minimize the extent of

diversion of forest land and cutting of trees

 Drainage Structures shall be designed strictly in accordance with guideline on “Drainage”.

 Rumble strips shall be provided at every kilometer along the length of the natural habitat and invariably

at the start and end of the natural habitat

 Signage (viz. speed limit, animal crossing, switch of headlight etc) shall be provided as per IRC: 67-

2001 Code of Practice for road sign (first revision)

5. In addition to the above measures, specific impacts identified on site shall be mitigated as per the

recommendation of the forest department / officer in charge of the identified natural habitat.

6. In case proposed alignment falls within the catchments of a water body or a stream, a flush causeway

shall be constructed without impacting the drainage system. The length of the causeway shall be as per the

existing water spread. The causeway shall be strictly in compliance with IRC:SP-20:2002. In no

circumstances a water body within the natural habitat shall be cut across or filled for the purpose of laying

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3. PRE-CONSTRUCTION STAGE

7. No Construction Camps, Stockyards, Concrete Batching or Hot Mix Plants shall be located within

the natural habitat or within 500m from its boundary.

8. Contractor in consultation with forest ranger or any other concerned authority shall prepare a

schedule of construction within the natural habitat. Due consideration shall be given to the time of migration,

time of crossing, breeding habits and any other special phenomena taking place in the area for the concerned

flora or fauna.

4. CONSTRUCTION STAGE

9. Procurement of any kind of construction material (as quarry or borrow material) from within the

natural habitat shall be strictly prohibited. No water resources within the natural habitat shall be tapped for

road construction. Use of mechanized equipment shall be kept minimum within the natural habitat.

Contractor must ensure that there will be no parking of vehicles machine and equipment within the natural

habitat. Disposal of construction waste within the natural habitat shall be strictly prohibited and as far as

possible reuse shall be undertaken as per Table 6-1 type of waste of guideline, “Waste Management and

Debris Disposal”.

5. POST CONSTRUCTION STAGE

10. The road passing through the natural habitat shall be declared as a silence zone. Compensatory tree

plantation within the available Right of Way shall be done in accordance with guideline, on “Tree Cutting

and Afforestation”.

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ANNEXURE - 2: No Objection Certificate Water Resource

(WATER RESOURCE)

No Objection Certificate

This is to certify that the Gram Sabha has no objection to the use of the available water

resources like boring, wells, ponds etc. falling in the village of ………………..…

……………………………………………………………….. of the development block /

revenue circle …………..………………………………………………………….. of the

district…………………………………………........, for the construction of the proposed road

Signature (Gram Pradhan)

…………………………… Gram Panchayat

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ANNEXURE - 3: Environmental Monitoring Formats

Format EM1: Selection of disposal site locations

(Give chainage and nearest settlements from both ends)

Criteria on which information for each site is to be collected Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site

Area covered (m2)

Total Material that can be dumped within the site (m3)

Depth to which disposal is feasible (m)

Distance of nearest watercourse (m)

Nearest Settlement (m)

Date/s of Community Consultation/s

Whether the community is agreeable to siting of dumping site (Y/N)

Date of Permission from Village Council President(VCP)

Proposed future use of the Site

Selected Site (tick any one column only)

Certified that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name & Designation:

Recommendation on the suitability of the site

Decision Taken (tick one): Approved/Not Approved

Name and Designation of Deciding Authority

(Tick as appropriate)

1 Maps of each location

a Each disposal location

b Each community consultation

3 Photocopies of permissions from VCPs

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Format EM2: Construction Camp and Storage Area

Construction Stage: Report - Date____ Month______ Year______

(Site Layout of Construction camp and working drawings of dwelling units with allied facilities to be attached with format)

Format to be submitted before target date (decided by R&BD, Panchayat) of establishing camps

Location of Camp (km______ )

Sl. No Item Unit Details Remarks

1 Detail of item camp

A Size of Camp Mxm

B Area of Camp sq.m

C Distance from Nearest Settlement

D Distance from Nearest Water Source Type/Size/Capacity/Present

E Date of camp being operational dd/mm/yy

F Present land use

G No other trees with girth > 0.3m.

H Details of Storage area(Availability of impervious m xm

I Availability of separate waste disposal from Cum

2 Details of top soil stacking

A Quantity of top soil removed Cum

B Detail of storage of topsoil Describe stacking arrangement

3 Details of workforce

A Total No of Labourers nos

B Total no of Male Workers nos

C No of Male Workers below 18 years of age nos

D Total No of Female Workers nos

E No of Female workers below 18 years of age nos

F No of children nos

4 Details of dwelling units

A No of dwellings/huts nos

B Minimum Size of Dwelling m xm

C No of openings per dwelling nos

D Minimum size of opening m xm

E Walls specifications

F Roofing specifications

G Flooring specifications

H Drinking Water Tank specifications

I Capacity of Drinking water Tank cum

J Size of Drinking Water Tank m xmxm

K Total no of WC nos

L No of Wcs for female workers nos

M Minimum Size of WC mxm

N Total No of Bathrooms for female workers nos

O Size of septic tank for WC/Baths mxmxm

P Capacity of Water Tank for WCs/ Bathrooms and general purpose

Q Fencing around camp Y/N

5 Details of facilities

A Availability of security guard 24 hrs a day Yes/No

B Details of First Aid Facility Yes/No

C Availability of Day Care Centre Yes/No

D Availability of dust bins (capacity 60 ltr) nos

Certified that the furnished information is correct the quality of work is as per god practice and all relevant information as

required is attached

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Format EM3: Reporting for Borrow Areas

Construction Stage Report: Date ____ Month________ Year_________ Site Layout of Borrow Area and Proposed

Borrow Area Redevelopment Plan to be attached with format. Format to be submitted before target date as (decided

by R&BD, Panchayat) for establishing Borrow Areas Borrow Area No. BA______________

Location of Borrow Area (Km______)

Sl. No Item Unit Details Remarks, if any

1 Details of Borrow Area

A Date of Borrow Area becoming operational

B Current Land use

C Distance from Nearest Settlement Km

D No of settlements within 200m of Haul Road No.

E No of settlements within 500m of Borrow Area No.

F Total Capacity cum

G No of Trees with girth more than 0.3 m No.

H Length of Haul Road km

I Width of Haul road m

J Type of Haul Road metal/dirt

K Size of Borrow Area Sq. km.

L Area of Borrow Area km x km

M Quantity Available cum

N Distance of Nearest Water Source Type/Size/Capacity/Present

O Quantity of top soil removed cum

P Detail of storage of topsoil

Q Daily/occasional use of the Borrow Area by the -

community, if any

R Probable reuse of Borrow pit-ask community -

S Drainage channels/slope/characteristics of the -

2 Enhancement Elements

A Quantity of top soil removed sq.m

B Detail of storage of topsoil sq.m

C Adjoining land use/Natural elements

D Near by catchment for storing water

E Erosion Control Programme

F Preventive measures for

Ii Mosquito Breeding

Iii Water run-off/contamination

Iv Any other environmental degradation

3 Details of workforce

A Total No of Labourers No.

B Total no of Male Workers No.

C No of Male Workers below 18 years of age No.

D Total No of Female Workers No.

E No of Female workers below 18 years of age No.

4 Details of redevelopment, Plan to be enclosed

Certified that the furnished information is correct the quality of work is as per good

practice and all relevant information as required is attached

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Format EM4: Tree Felling

Physical Target Completion Target

Links Target % of task for Delay

No. Total Target Target Date Completion if if any

Achieved completed

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Format EM 5 Topsoil Conservation Monitoring

Contract _________

Report No. _______ Date_______

preventing Anticipated Present Whether Extent of

Original Present of covering/

Location spillage of period of Slope of silt Complia

Use of Method nearest measure Improvemen

topsoil on Storage Pile fencing nce as on

Topsoil of Water provided ts required

(Chainage) Haul provided date of

removed Storage course ? If yes,

Roads(Earthe (Months) (V: H) ? report

Certified that the above is true.

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Format EM 6 Redevelopment of Borrow Areas

Operation Stage: Report: Date ____ Month_______ Year______

To be monitored by R&BD, Panchayat during operation period

Details of remarks to be appended wherever necessary.

Drawbacks Identified Improvements Required

Activity Particulars Others (Ask Remarks/

No Construction Financial Technical Financial

Community) Suggestions

Details of Borrow area and

Surrounding Landuse

2 End use of the borrow area

Whether rehabilitation has

3 been carried out in line with

4 Erosion Control Measures

5 Number of trees planted

6 Reuse of topsoil

Preventive measures taken for

-Mosquito Breeding

7 -Water runoff/ contamination

-Other Environmental

8 Any problems faced by owner

Any problems faced by the

local community

If it has been developed as a

Details of available catchment

for storing water

b Economic Benefits/Utility

If it has been developed as an

Details of suitability of soil

B Type of Plantation

c Economic Benefits/Utility

12 Any Other End use

b Economic Benefits/Utility

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Format EM 7 Checklist for Construction Safety

Sl. Non Corrective

Safety Issues Yes No Penalty Remarks

No. compliance Action

Safety during Construction Stage

Appointment of qualified Construction

safety officers ( there should be

provision in the conditions of the

contract regarding appointment of

qualified construction safety engineer to

look after environmental aspects)

Approval for Construction Safety

2 Management Plan by the Engineer-in

Approval for Traffic

3 Management/control Plan in accordance

with IRC: SP: 55-2001

Maintenance of the existing road

stretches handed over to the Contractor.

Provision of Temporary Traffic

5 Barriers/Barricades/caution tapes in

construction zones

6 Provision of traffic sign boards

7 Provision for flags and warning lights

Provision of metal drum/empty bitumen

drum delineator, painted in

8 circumferential strips of alternate black

and white 100mm wide 2 coats fitted

with reflectors 3 Nos of 7.5cm diameter

9 Providing plastic crash barrier

Provision of adequate staging, form

10 work and access (ladders with handrail)

for works at a height of more than 3.0 m

Provision of adequate shoring / bracing /

11 barricading / lighting for all deep

excavations of more than 3.0 m depth.

Demarcations (fencing, guarding and

watching) at construction sites

Provision for sufficient lighting

especially for night time work

Arrangements for controlled access and

entry to Construction zones

Safety arrangements for Road users /

Arrangements for detouring traffic to

alternate facilities

Regular Inspection of Work Zone Traffic

17 Control Devices by authorized

contractor personnel

Construction Workers safety - Provision

of personnel protective equipment

E. Safety Belts

F. Reflective Jackets

G. Earplugs for labour

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Sl. Non Corrective

Safety Issues Yes No Penalty Remarks

No. compliance Action

Workers employed on bituminous

works, stone crushers, concrete batching

plants etc. provided with protective

goggles, gloves, gumboots etc.

Workers engaged in welding work shall

21 be provided with welder protective

All vehicles are provided with reverse

All scaffolds, ladders and other safety

23 devices shall be maintained in as safe

and sound condition

Regular healthcheck-up for labour/

Contractor's personnel

Ensuring the sanitary conditions and all

25 waste disposal procedures & methods in

The Contractor shall provide adequate

circuit for traffic flow around

construction areas, control speed of

26 construction vehicles through road safety

and training of drivers, provide adequate

signage, barriers and flag persons for

traffic control

Provision for insurance coverage to the

contractor's personnel

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Format EC1: Target Sheet for Pollution Monitoring

Construction Stage: Report - Date_______ Month______ Year______

( Locations at which monitoring to be conducted as per EMP)

Completion Target

Details of Duration of Instruments Date of Reason for

Sl. No Chainage Target

Location Monitoring Used Completion if Delay if any

Water Monitoring

Noise Monitoring

Certified that the Pollution Monitoring has been conducted at all the locations specified in the EMP

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Reporting System

The contractor will operate the reporting system for environmental condition and environmental management

indicators. The Contractor will report to the Executive Engineer (Panchyat Division) Roads and Building Department,

Govt. of Gujarat on the progress of the implementation of environmental conditions and management measures as per

the EMP. The reporting formats; environmental monitoring formats are enclosed in the Annexure 3 and the summary

of reporting is given in the Table

Table 4: Summary details of Reporting

Contractor EE (Panchyat), R & BD., GoG

Format No. Item Stage Oversee

/ Field Compliance Monitoring

EE, (P), R & Bd., GoG

Identification of Disposal Pre-Construction;

EM 1 One Time One Time

Locations Construction

EM 2 Setting up of Construction Camp Pre-Construction One Time One Time

EM 3 Borrow Area Identification Pre-Construction One Time One Time

EM 4 Top Soil Monitoring Construction Quarterly Quarterly

Status Regarding Rehabilitation

EM 5 Construction - Half Yearly

of Borrow Areas

EM6 Construction Safety Construction Quarterly Quarterly

Pre-Construction;

Pollution Monitoring

EC 1 As Per Monitoring Plan Quarterly

Post Construction (DLP)

End of Maintenance

Clearance Requirements of Government of Gujarat

Sr. Applicability to Time

Clearances Acts Approving Agency Monitoring

No. the Project Required Execution

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STAGE

Withdrawal of Surface Applicable (If the

Water from Rivers, Nala, Gujarat Water Supply and contractor is Engineer-in-

1 Supply and 3 months Contractor

Water harvesting Sewerage Board Act, 1978 extracting surface charge

structure/ Reservoirs/ water)

Ponds/ Irrigation canals

Mines and Minerals Commissioner of

Permission for Sand Engineer-in-

2 (Development and Regulation) geology and Applicable 2 month Contractor

Mining from river bed charge

Act, 1957 mining, GoG

Mines and Minerals Commissioner of

Permission for Opening Engineer-in-

3 (Development and Regulation) geology and Applicable 2 month Contractor

of New Quarry charge

Act, 1957 mining, GoG

Hot mix plant, Crushers, Air (Prevention and Control of Gujarat Pollution Engineer-in-

4 Applicable 3 months Contractor

Cement Batching Plant Pollution) Act. 1981 Control Board charge

Hazardous Waste (Management

and Handling) Rules 1989 and

Storage of Hazardous Gujarat Pollution Engineer-in-

5 Manufacturing Storage and Applicable 3 months Contractor

Chemicals Control Board charge

Import of Hazardous Chemicals

Disposal of Hazardous Hazardous Waste (Management Gujarat Pollution Engineer-in-

6 Applicable 2 months Contractor

Waste and Handling) Rules 1989 Control Board charge

Disposal of Construction

Water (Prevention and Control Gujarat Pollution Engineer-in-

7 Waste and liquid effluent Applicable 2 months Contractor

of Pollution) Act 1974 Control Board charge

from Labour camps

Pollution Under Control Central Motor Vehicles Act Transport Engineer-in-

8 Applicable 1 Month Contractor

Certificate 1988 Department (GoG) charge

Executing Agency of Building Engineer-in-

9 Employing Labour Employment Applicable 1 Week Contractor

and other construction act, 1996 charge

Department, GoG

10 Registration of Workers Labour welfare Acts. Employment Applicable 1 Month Contractor

Department, GoG