Impacts on Seasonal Agriculture. Action will be taken to plan the timing of construction activities including transportation of equipment and tower parts on agricultural lands to avoid any disturbances/damages of field crops, to the maximum practicable extent. This is particularly relevant when the traverse lies on xxxxx xxxxxx or chena lands. However, when this cannot be achieved and if an agricultural land has to be crossed during a period when crops are cultivated, a crop disturbance allowance will be paid to the respective landowners to compensate for the loss incurred, according to the assessment of the DS. Limitation on Building Heights: Along the right-of-way of the transmission line, no new buildings above the ground floor would be allowed. However, if there are multi-storey buildings in the line route already in place or approved for construction by the Local Authority, the design of the transmission line and the towers will be adjusted to ensure that the stipulated safety clearances will be maintained with such multi-storey buildings. Earthworks and Soil Erosion: Earthworks associated with tower construction will be limited to excavation for four sunken concrete footings, and thus the soil disturbance will be confined to the immediate tower base. When the towers are located in sloping terrains (very few in this case), limited cutting and filling will also be required for the tower foundations and access tracks. Best engineering practices would be adopted in the design and construction of the above in order to minimise erosion risks and impacts on the rest of land. Appropriate recommendations will be incorporated in contract documentation and will be monitored by CEB during construction. Techniques will include appraisal of any special erosion or slope stability risks during design, minimising clearing of vegetation and turfing and/or re-vegetating to stabilise slopes on completion, and avoidance of earthworks on erosion-prone areas during the rainy season. Monitoring of erosion mitigation measures will be incorporated in the monitoring programme. Temporary Access Roads: Although the line construction will rely on many existing roads, certain new access roads/tracks may be built to reach tower locations, if it is absolutely necessary. Generally, maximum efforts will be made to manually transport equipment in knocked-down state to tower locations, to avoid building new access roads. Building materials such and sand and cement to such locations would also be hand-carried wherever p...
Impacts on Seasonal Agriculture. Action will be taken to plan the timing of construction activities including transportation of equipment and tower parts on agricultural lands to avoid any disturbances/damages of field crops, to the maximum practicable extent. However, when this cannot be achieved and if an agricultural land has to be crossed during a period when crops are cultivated, a crop disturbance allowance will be paid to the respective landowners or tenants to compensate for the loss affected, as assessed by the DS.
