According to EIB, the project concerns the second phase of Nagpur Metro Rail project that will connect the satellite towns of Nagpur city in the state of Maharashtra in India. It will serve as an extension to the ongoing first phase, with four extensions (North, South, East and West) totalling 44km and 32 stations.

The Project concerns four (4) extensions, at both ends of the two existing interconnected urban metro rail lines of Phase-I, totalling 43.8 km with 32 stations. Existing depots in Mihan and Hingna, constructed in Phase-I, will also be utilized in Phase II, which both have suitable capacity to manage the additional metro-sets as well.

ENVIRONMENT

In India, metro projects do not fall within the scope of the relevant Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) legislation unless the built up area is beyond a defined threshold, in which case the project is subject to screening by the State level Competent Authority. The status of screening, if any, is to be determined during appraisal. 

Due to the significant environmental risks of the project, the project is categorized as category “A” for environmental safeguards.

OBJECTIVE

The project will contribute to two main objectives: (i) climate change mitigation, by promoting modal shift from road to rail and thereby a reduction of GHG emissions; and (ii) the development of social and economic infrastructure by making a key contribution to urban development, thereby improving the business environment for private sector development and facilitating access to amenities and jobs.

The project is in line with the EU Country Strategy Paper for India which highlights the infrastructure gap and need to address rising greenhouse gas emissions. It supports two main objectives of EIB External Mandate: (i) climate change mitigation, by promoting modal shift from road to rail while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and (ii) social and economic infrastructure development, by contributing to urban development.

The civil works of NMRP-P2 corridors will entail construction of viaducts and elevated stations. Also, construction will take place along existing road corridors in a busy urban area. Thus, the civil works may increase congestion and pose safety risks for traffic on the existing roads. Moreover, transport of large quantities of construction material and heavy equipment machinery may bring safety risks and inconvenience to the local communities in the project area. 

Based on the SIA, total project affected households/families (PAHs/PAFs) are estimated to be 98 with total project affected people (PAPs) to be 486. Out of the 98 PAHs/PAFs, 51 are title holders (TH) and 47 are non-title holders (NTH). There are no residential and commercial structures of TH, as almost all TH have purchased the land for investment purpose. Regarding the NTH, these are basically street vendors, with no permanent structure (i.e. mobile vendors), located within the Right of Way (ROW) land. In addition to these, 3 common property structures (CPS) may be affected (e.g. public toilets, community structure of weekly market). The unavoidable loss of such assets will be compensated through replacement elsewhere or a suitable financial mechanism. No agriculture land is being affected due to the project

The social stratification of Displaced Households indicates that majority of the DHs belongs to Other Backward Caste (OBC) followed by general category. Most (81.82%) of the DHs belong to Hindu religion. This is followed by Muslim (12.50%). There are 57 DHs enumerated as vulnerable households in this project. There are 6.56% Displaced Persons (DPs) who are illiterate. Most of the DPs are engaged in small business activities.

Maha Metro is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for the smooth implementation and operations of the Nagpur Metro Rail Project and is an equal equity joint venture of Government of India (GoI) & Government of Maharashtra (GoM). NMRCL shall be solely responsible for the successful and timely completion of the project & its operations subsequently. Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited is Incorporated by Govt. of India Ministry of Corporate affairs on 18 February 2015.

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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