Abstract: The development objective of the Rajasthan State Highways Development Program Project for India is to build capacity for better management of state highways and to improve traffic flows on selected state highways in the state of Rajasthan. Some of the negative impacts include: (1) land acquisition; (2) crushers, hot-mix plants, and batching plants location; (3) compaction of soil; (4) generation of debris from dismantling structures and road surface; (5) other construction wastes disposal including fly ash; (6) earth from borrow areas for construction; and (7) increased accident risks in work zones. Some of the mitigation measures include: (1) the acquisition of land and private properties will be carried out in accordance with the resettlement action Plan (RAP) and entitlement framework for the project; (2) hot mix plants and batching plants will be sited sufficiently away from settlements and agricultural operations or any commercial establishments; (3) heavy, wide, and slow moving vehicles should be kept away from the sensitive routes such as agricultural land. Use of heavy machinery on productive land is to be minimized; (4) debris generated due to the dismantling of the existing structures or scarification of the road will be suitably reused in the construction; (5) the pre-identified disposal locations will be a part of comprehensive waste disposal solid waste management plan to be prepared by the contractor in consultation and with approval of environmental expert of the authority engineer; (6) the borrowing operations will be carried out as specified in the guidelines for siting and operation of borrow areas; and (7) detailed traffic management plans prepared prior to commencement of works on any section of road shall be executed fully.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-06-21
Language: en
Type: article
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