ADPCL will be located near manikaran, in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. The project site lies east of the parvati River . The areas are sparsely populated due to the high elevation and steep slopes. In addition to project roads, the construction of AHPL will contribute bridges and paved roads to the surrounding community. While Ahpl will maintain staff at the project site, the company will be headquartered in Delhi (Noida), India.

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Project Development Impact and IFC's Role

• This project is consistent with the WBG’s strategy of promoting private investment in the power sector of India and has the following developmental impacts:
  
  provide peak power to the Northern grid and thereby meet peak shortages,

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  help improve the hydro-thermal mix in the country,

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  provide a strong demonstration effect for private merchant hydropower development,

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  reduce the need for public investment and allow the government to re-deploy scarce resources to meet poverty alleviation and social development objectives, and

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  aid the manufacturing sector by providing competitive and reliable power.

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Environmental and social issues - Category A

The setting for the project is the steep terrain of the Himalayas, in the Kullu Valley of India's Himachal Pradesh State. Implementation of the project requires diversion of a portion of the flow of the Allain and Duhangan rivers, through tunnels to an underground power house with two 96MW generating units. A small diversion structure on the Allain river will supply water to an off-stream storage reservoir that, together with water storage in both tunnels, will provide sufficient capacity for four hours of peaking generation during dry periods. Short reaches of the Allain and Duhangan rivers will experience reduced flows; environmental studies performed for the project determined minimum flows to be maintained in each river below the two intake structures. Water will be returned to the Allain river through a tail race tunnel. An above ground switchyard and a 185-km transmission line will connect the project to the regional electricity grid.

Environmental, social, health and safety issues associated with this project include: land acquisition and resettlement, fisheries and riverine hydrology, forest conservation, impacts of the influx of a temporary construction work-force, environmental management of construction activities, worker health and safety during project construction and operations phases, labor practices during construction, dam safety, international waterways and the cumulative impacts of river basin development.

ADPCL has prepared a full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the project, including a non-technical Executive Summary, a Main Report that consolidates information derived from all ESIA data gathering efforts, a detailed Environmental and Social Management and Monitoring Plan (ESMMP) that specifies what actions ADPCL will take to mitigate adverse impacts, and a compendium of all specialized studies.

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Location of environmental documents in locally affected community

Mr. Arun Pandit

Apple Hydroelectric Power Ltd.

Apple Complex Nh 21, Bhunter Distt. Kullu(H.P.)175131

A Himalayan State Republic Of India

PH:01902-321777/888/999 FAX:01902-252007

CELL: 981700000, 9817200001

Email:-arunpandit01@in.com

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