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DETAILED PROJECT REPORT ON CAPACITY BUILDING OF INSTITUTE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES & WETLAND MANAGEMENT (IESWM)
Introduction
The project on capacity building of Institute of Environmental Studies and
Wetland Management (IESWM) is mainly focused towards
procurement and installation of some advanced field monitoring instruments
to monitor coastal processes in the Coastal areas of West Bengal especially
of Sundarban area,
procurement and installation of remote sensing related hardware and
software at IESWM office at Kolkata, to supplement physical monitoring of
coastal processes, including registering of micro level change in form
elements of the coastal landscape and
undertaking one research program (deploying the instruments, software and
hardware) on modeling of coastal form-process responses in Sundarban due
to climate change
support in construction and operation of an Interpretation Centre on the
Sundarbans by Tagore Society for Rural Development
Part I Feasibility Report
A. Physical features
1. The physical features of Sundarban forming the central focus of the study
area are well known. Sundarban is one of largest mangrove swamps of the world, a
substantial part of which lies within the state of West Bengal. It is essentially made
up of a mosaic of low lying ‘islands’ separated by tidal estuaries and creeks and
the islands in the upland (northern) part are progressively ‘welded’ to form a
composite land mass. The estuaries are typically north south trending funnel
shaped channels opening into the Bay of Bengal. The tide is semi-diurnal and has
a high range.
B. Economic Features
2. This point may not be relevant in the present context.
C. Existing Services Status
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3. A modest but pioneering beginning has been made in IESWM towards
monitoring of coastal processes in the estuaries of Sundarban. The existing main
instrumental facilities that are available in IESWM for such monitoring purposes
are as follows:
Automatic Tide Gauge in string – 2,
Automatic Tide Gauge in string Digital – 2,
Unidirectional Current Meter - 2
Single Frequency Echo sounder - 1
4. IESWM has over the years built up a strong hardware and software base for
coastal research using remote sensing techniques.
Survey instruments
Dumpy level – 1, Prismatic compass – 1 and Single frequency DGPS (GS 20, Leica make) –
1, Dual Frequency DGPS (GS 1200+, Leica make) - 1
Computer & RS hardware:
Workstation – 6, High performance desktop – 4, Pentium IV – 5, Laptop – 2, A4 scanner-
copier-printer – 1, A0 colour scanner – 1, A0 colour plotter - 1, Digital planimeter – 2,
Procom II enlarger – 1, Light tracing table – 2 and Tough book Laptop - 1.
Software
ARC GIS ver 9.3 – one license:
ARC View Work station version – 2 license:
ARC view 3.2 ver – 1 license
AUTOCAD Map 2009 – 3 licenses
LISCAD – one license
ERDAS Imagine ver 9.2 – 10 licenses
PCI Geometica – 2 licenses
Geomedia – 1 license,
Leica Geo-office – 1 license,
GIS Data Pro – One license,
Hypack 2009 software – 1 license
Procom – II instrument and normal light tracing tables are used to analyse the data
of RS products visually. For digital image processing, software like ERDAS
Imagine and Geomatica are the key support systems. For GIS works, ARC GIS,
ARC View softwares are used.
5. Additional provision of the instruments as envisaged in the present project
and support for the associated research will substantially augment the existing
service status of IESWM.
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D. Planning aspects
6. Planned procurement of the instruments as envisaged in the present project
will essentially support one research program as part of capacity building of the
Institute. The program will involve coastal process monitoring in the field (five
estuaries of Sundarban) by deploying the following instruments:
A. Design and construction of five permanent tide gauge stations with solar power supply
system on five estuaries, viz., Saptamukhi, Matla, Bidya, Raimangal and Thakuran.
B. Selection, procurement, installation (at five permanent tide gauge stations) and calibration of
5 nos Tide gauge (strain gauge type) with display option
1 nos Automatic weather station with sensors for wind speed & direction, precipitation,
humidity, temperature and atmospheric pressure
5 nos DGPS with V-sat system for data transmission
1 no post processing software (gammit/bernes)
3 no Directional Tide gauge & wave recorder with optional turbidity sensor for mobile
campaign
3 no Wave & Tide recorder with all sensors
2 nos of Recording Current Meters with light mooring frame/ bottom mounted frame,
battery etc with sensors like conductivity, Pressure, Temperature, Oxygen, Turbidity and
wave tide sensor.
2 nos Recording Doppler Current Profilers upto a depth range of 300 meters
1 no Eco-sounder
1 no. of software for Bathymetry Data collection
1 no Bottom sediment sampler
1 no Suspended sediment sampler
7. Five suitable permanent monitoring rooms within the estuary will be
constructed to house the instruments for their round the year operation.
8. Augmentation of RS & GIS facilities in IESWM will include procurement
of the following:
Computer systems with networking facilities
Software for Marine & Estuarine system
Image analysis software
Digitisation software
GIS software
Data Base Management software
Input/output devices like large format scanner cum plotter
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Ground truthing systems (DGPS, radiometer, equipment for sediment
measurements, chlorophyll , mangrove conditions, etc)
9. Apart from general strengthening of the facilities in the RS & GIS
laboratory, such augmentation will support building up of a model of coastal
response in both form and process elements in the Sundarban in the face of an on-
going climate change on a regional basis.
E. Broad Economic Analysis and Financial Impacts
10. The project cost has been estimated at Rupees 8.24 crores out of which
capital cost will be about Rupees 5.60 crores towards purchase of equipments and
recurring cost will be about Rupees 2.64 crores. The net financial impact will be
addition of cutting-edge instruments in IESWM and carrying out advanced
research in monitoring of coastal processes having applications in coastal
management research. Such impact will also be in the form of peer-reviewed
scientific publications in internationally reputed scientific journals.
F. Social Screening, R & R and need for land acquisition
11. The field monitoring equipments to be procured under this program will be
deployed at sites within coastal part of West Bengal especially in Sundarbans
under the supervision of scientific staff members of IESWM. The laboratory
equipments will be installed in the already existing laboratory facilities of
IESWM. It will not involve any acquisition of private land and will not affect the
community adversely. Hence social screening and drawing up of R & R plan are
not required in the present context.
G. Environmental Screening outcome, likely environmental impacts, need for detailed Environmental Assessments
12. The implementation of the project will not have any bearing on ecology and
environment of the locality. The field equipment will be installed within selected
estuaries of the Sundarban occupying only a space of 10 sq.m. For installation of
the laboratory equipments, minor modifications of the laboratory space will
involve only minor indoor renovation works. The running of the instruments will
not involve hazardous activities and storage or use of harmful substances, neither
will there be any harmful emission/generation of air/water/solid waste. There is no
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need for a detailed environmental assessment for this work programme under
ICZM Programme.
H. Overview of institutional issues and capacity building required
a) Management
13. Overall implementation and management of the program will rest with Sri
Somenath Bhattacharyya, Senior Scientist of IESWM who will be responsible for
procurement of instruments, deployment of field monitoring equipments at
suitable places, procurement and installation of remote sensing related hardware
and software and implementation of associated research programs. He will co-
ordinate the various activities related to implementation of the project and will be
specifically responsible for timely submission of reports and publication of quality
scientific papers in international journals.
14. Detailed specifications and other terms and conditions of the procurement
related to tendering of the instruments will be reviewed before actual tendering.
b) Maintenance
15. The procured instruments will all be under Annual Maintenance Contract
(AMC) including services and supply of spares with manufacturers or their
authorized service agents in India.
c) Capacity building
16. The project itself is on capacity building. However, apart from
augmentation of the instrumental facilities in IESWM, research staff members
participating in the project will get an opportunity to get trained in handling new
advanced equipments and build up research capabilities using these equipments.
The tagged research program will open up new vista of advanced research in an
emerging field.
Part II-Detailed Project Report
A. Designs
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INTRODUCTION
1. Capacity building in major centres of coastal research and study in West
Bengal is an important component of the development of facilities for integrated
coastal zone management in the state. One of the centres that have been identified
for this purpose is Institute of Environmental Studies & Wetland Management
(IESWM), Government of West Bengal.
2. The objectives of capacity building for ICZM in IESWM are to provide new
and cutting edge equipment, computer hardware and software that could be
successfully used on-site and off-site as part of some identified investigations of
importance. The objective is also to address some current fundamental scientific
issues related to ICZM deploying these equipments so as to verify their efficacy in
addressing emerging coastal research issues. Such capacity building will also pave
the way for taking up in future other major issues of ICZM. In short the program
includes the following:
procurement and installation of some advanced field monitoring instruments
to monitor coastal processes in the Sundarban area of West Bengal,
procurement and installation of remote sensing related hardware and
software at IESWM office at Kolkata, to supplement physical monitoring of
coastal processes, including registering of micro level change in form
elements of the coastal landscape and
undertaking one research program (deploying the instruments, software and
hardware) on modeling of coastal form-process responses in Sundarban due
to climate change
procurement of a mobile chemical laboratory for on site chemical analysis
of water and sediment
construction and operation of an Interpretation Centre on the Sundarbans by
Tagore Society for Rural Development
COASTAL STUDIES DIVISION (CSD) OF IESWM
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Activities
3. IESWM [formerly known as Institute of Wetland Management &
Ecological Design (IWMED)] under the Department of Environment, Government
of West Bengal has been working in the coastal areas of West Bengal using mainly
remote sensing (RS) & geographical information system (GIS) technology for the
last 20 years. One of the major thrust areas where RS and GIS technology has been
immensely useful was in the field of coastal zone management which is
exclusively the domain of activity of one of the divisions [Coastal Studies Division
(CSD)] of IESWM. The activities of CSD are presently being carried out in
collaboration with Space Applications Centre (SAC), National Remote Sensing
Agency (NRSA), Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF) and Ministry of
Earth Sciences, Government of India (GOI). Major activities of CSD of IESWM in
the field of coastal zone studies & management are preparation of natural
resources inventory and formulation of management plans pertaining to coastal
wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, etc, monitoring of basic physical processes
operative in the estuarine and near shore areas, implications of climate change and
related phenomena in the coastal regime of West Bengal. Progressively greater
emphasis is being given towards acquiring of instrumental and computational
facilities for building up of form-process-material interaction models currently
operative and also expected under different climatic scenarios in different
segments of West Bengal coast.
4. The above core activities and research of CSD was initiated by a small
group of earth scientists, especially geologists but later on, scientists from other
related disciplines like botany, environmental science, atmospheric science, RS
and GIS were inducted for developing a multi-disciplinary approach to research
problems at hand.
5. Till recently majority of research works involved use of both visual and
digital image processing techniques for mapping and inventorying purposes
supplemented by detailed ground truth verification for form identification and
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mapping. Subsequently techniques relating to Geographical Information System
(GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Differential Global Positioning System
(DGPS) etc were introduced for a multi-disciplinary approach. Very recently,
dynamic process and material monitoring in estuarine and near shore areas
including time lapse recording of bathymetry, tidal ranges, wave period, tide and
wave velocity, sediment size etc have been introduced.
6. Noting the work carried out by this division of IESWM in the coastal zone,
Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India has recognised IESWM
as an authorised institute for demarcation of High Tide Line (HTL), Low Tide
Line (LTL) and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) along the Indian coast in 1998.
Projects of CSD
7. A number of projects have already been completed by CSD of IESWM with
the application of Remote Sensing & GIS and other related technologies. Some of
the important ones are mentioned below:
Wetland mapping of West Bengal
Wetland mapping of Tripura
Status of surface water resources of Howrah, Burdwan and Nadia districts of
West Bengal
Mapping and monitoring of coastal wetlands of West Bengal using ERS-1 SAR
Data
Wasteland mapping of Koch Behar district of West Bengal
Land use mapping of coastal regulation zone of West Bengal
Coastal studies project
Upgradation of coastal zone maps of West Bengal
Wetland Information System
Coastal Zone Management for selected areas of West Bengal
8. The list of important on-going projects is as follows:
Preparation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for identified coastal
stretches of West Bengal
Coastal zone studies for West Bengal and Andaman Islands
Ecosystem modeling of parts of Sundarban
Development of location specific oil spill trajectory models (OSTM) along Hugli
estuary under ‘COMAPS’ programme
9. Through different activities carried out during last 15 years or so, CSD of
IESWM has collected and is collecting data on coastal processes of West Bengal.
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Some of the important works, which have already been carried out along coast are
mentioned below:
Erosion / Deposition along major estuaries
Changes in land use and land cover
Changes in floral composition of mangroves
Changes in land cover due to change in management practices
Changes in saline incrustation pattern
Sea level rise and shoreline changes
A modest beginning has also been made in the study of carbon sequestration and
in regional model generation on sea level rise.
Proposed programme
10. Compared to the responsibilities bestowed upon CSD for tackling coastal
zone management issues including progressive need of coastal process monitoring
with available infrastructure and equipment facilities, a crippling lack of adequate
advanced monitoring equipments, their continuous field deployment and
appropriate processing of continuous data sets are proving to be a major hindrance.
In order to provide adequate support in the activities in the above areas it is
proposed to equip the existing RS and GIS laboratory and the Estuarine & near
shore survey & research (ENSSR) unit of CSD of IESWM with state-of-the–art
facilities thereby augmenting the Division’s capabilities and upgrading the
facilities to a national standard. The upgradation has been linked to a proposed
topical research programme involving inter alia continuous data acquisition on
estuarine and near shore form, process and response dynamics in Sundarban area
of West Bengal.
11. Over the last 150-200 years climate change has been taking place rapidly
and certain plant and animal species have found it hard to adapt. Human activities
are said to be responsible for the speed at which this change has occurred and it is
now a cause of concern. Although, there are controversies and doubts regarding
the scale of climate change and consequent sea level rise, after the publication of
Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC, it has been accepted world wide that global
climatic change is a reality and the mankind should start preparing to adapt and
perhaps mitigate the same.
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12. Global climate and sea level changes will have severe impact on the highly
populated coastal zones all over the world. Currently the changes are not only
threatening the very existence of coastal installations, constructions and
investments but also creating serious impediments for demarcation of boundaries
of coastal zones based on high tide line. In order to formulate any worthwhile
coastal zone management plan of West Bengal especially of the Sundarban region,
it is therefore imperative to work out the changing morphology of the major
estuaries of Sundarban, to identify and monitor the dynamic rate of coastal erosion
/ accretion and to record land use changes in the Sundarban using principally RS
and GIS techniques.
13. The other important area of research, that will have a direct bearing on
response of climate change in the Sundarban, is continuous field measurements of
estuarine/coastal process and response parameters. This will include such process
parameters like tides, waves, weather and their responses like possible sea level
rise through time, estuarine bathymetry, suspended sediment concentration,
bottom sediment characteristics, etc. The measured data sets of these variables
over a sufficient long period of time would then provide the necessary input
towards understanding of the impact of perceived climate change on estuarine
dynamics of the Sundarban and towards reliable application of climate change
model for realistic prediction of sea level rise, change in estuarine process
dynamics and related adjustment of estuarine form elements with their material
make up like suspended sediment concentration, bed load transport rate and
bottom sediment characteristics.
Work Elements of proposed programme
14. The proposed research programme on Estuarine dynamics of Sundarban
and their response to possible climate change will be implemented through
integrated efforts of the RS & GIS laboratory and Estuarine & near shore survey &
research (ENSSR) unit of CSD. The major work elements are as follows:
RS & GIS laboratory
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1. Procurement of digital data products (of Sundarban region of West Bengal), appropriate
hardware and software for extraction of relevant information relating to
morphological changes and channel geometry of major estuaries of Sundarban since the
earliest days of remote sensing
shoreline changes across the Sundarban since the earliest days of remote sensing
2. Procurement of one license of appropriate software of hydraulic modeling (MIKE 21)
from DHI
Estuarine & near shore survey & research (ENSSR) unit
3. Design and construction of five permanent tide gauge stations with solar power supply
system on five estuaries, viz., Saptamukhi, Matla, Bidya, Raimangal and Thakuran.
4. Selection, procurement, installation (at five permanent tide gauge stations) and
calibration of
5 nos Tide gauge (strain gauge type) with display option
1nos Automatic weather station with sensors for wind speed & direction, precipitation,
humidity, temperature and atmospheric pressure
5 nos DGPS with V-sat system for data transmission
1 no post processing software (gammit/bernes)
3 no Directional Tide gauge & wave recorder with optional turbidity sensor for mobile
campaign
3 no. of Wave and Tide Recorder with the optional sensors
2 nos of Recording Current Meters with light mooring frame/ bottom mounted frame,
battery etc with sensors like conductivity, Pressure, Temperature, Oxygen, Turbidity and
wave tide sensor.
2 nos Recording Doppler Current Profilers upto a depth range of 300 meters
1 no Eco-sounder
1 no. of Bathymetry data recording software
1 no Bottom sediment sampler
Available Facilities of IESWM
15. Available facilities of CSD of IEWWM include the following:
RS & GIS Laboratory
Computer & RS hardware:
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Workstation – 6, High performance desktop – 4, Pentium IV – 5, Laptop – 2, A4 scanner-
copier-printer – 1, A0 colour scanner – 1, A0 colour plotter - 1, Digital planimeter – 2,
Procom II enlarger – 1, Light tracing table – 2 and Tough book Laptop - 1.
Estuarine and near shore survey & research unit
Physical Oceanographic Hardware:
Automatic Tide Gauge in string (Valeport, UK make) – 2, Automatic Tide Gauge in string
Digital (Valeport, UK make) – 2, Unidirectional Current Meter (Valeport, UK make) – two,
Single Frequency Echo sounder (SyQuest, USA make) - one
Survey instruments:
Dumpy level – 1, Prismatic compass – 1 and Single frequency DGPS (GS 20, Leica make) – 1,
Dual Frequency DGPS (GS 1200+, Leica make)
Software
ARC GIS ver 9.2 – one license:
ARC View Work station version – 2 licence:
ARC view 3.2 ver – 1 license
AUTOCAD Map 2009 – 3 licenses
LISCAD – one license
ERDAS Imagine ver 9.2 – 10 licenses
PCI Geometica – 2 licenses
Geomedia – 1 license,
Leica Geo-office – 1 license,
GIS Data Pro – One license,
Hypack 2009 software – 1 license
Procom – II instrument and normal light tracing tables are used to analyse the data of RS
products visually. For digital image processing, software like ERDAS Imagine and Geomatica
are the key support systems. For GIS works, ARC GIS, ARC View, Geomedia, AutoCad map
software etc are used.
Required Facilities
16. In order to attain greater sophistication in RS & GIS Laboratory, to provide
input in integrated coastal zone management issues and to address emerging issues
relating to research on climate change, high level computing system and specific
climate research software are required as follows.
Computer systems with networking facilities
Software for Marine & Estuarine system
Image analysis software
Digitisation software
GIS software
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Data Base Management software
Input / output devices like large format scanner cum plotter
Ground truthing systems (DGPS, radiometer, equipment for sediment
measurements, chlorophyll , coral reef conditions, etc)
B. Estimates
17. The cost of implementation of the project including the cost of procurement
of the required instruments is as follows:
BUDGET
In Indian Rupees
I. Manpower
Category No & Rate
per month
per person
First year Second
year
Third
year
Fourth
year
Fifth year Total
Consulting Scientist One
@ 40000/-
4,80,000 4,80,000 4,80,000 4,80,000 4,80,000 24,00,000.00
Research Associate Two
@ 25000/-
6,00,000 6,00,000 6,00,000 6,00,000 6,00,000 30,00,000.00
Research Fellow Four
@ 15000/-
7,20,000 7,20,000 7,20,000 7,20,000 7,20,000 36,00,000.00
General Duty Attendant Two
@ 7000/-
1,68,000 1,68,000 1,68,000 1,68,000 1,68,000 8,40,000.00
Guard Eight
@ 6000/-
5,76,000 5,76,000 5,76,000 5,76,000 5,76,000 28,80,000.00
Total - 1,27,20,000.00
II. Equipment
A. RS & GIS Laboratory
Name of
equipment/Hardware
/software
Number of
unit
First year Second
year
Third
year
Fourth
year
Fifth
year
Total
High End Workstation for
Image Analysis & Modeling
5 @
3,00,000.00 15,00,000 15,00,000.00
A-3 size Printer cum scanner
cum copier 1 3,50,000 3,50,000.00
A-0 size Designjet Printer
cum scanner cum copier 11,00,000 11,00,000.00
Ground Truth equipment
Real time DGPS 1 38,50,000 38,50,000.00
Reflector Less Total Station 1 10,00,000 10,00,000.00
One Server for Networking
System with storage device 1 3,00,000 3,00,000.00
UPS System 1 1,00,000 1,00,000.00
Image Analysis software
Erdas Imagine 9.3 version
5 Floating
License
5,50,000 5,50,000 5,50,000.00
Image Analysis software
Geomatica Version 10.1
Floating License on
Windows Platform
One
Floating
Licence
7,00,000 7,00,000.00
ARC GIS Software 2 50,00,000 50,00,000.00
Mike 21 with all modules
required for modeling of
waves, sediment,
2 25,00,000 25,00,000 50,00,000.00
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environmental parameters
1,94,50,000.00
Tide gauge (strain
gauge type) with
display option
Five @
3,00,000/-
15,00,000/
-
15,00,000.00
Automatic weather
station with sensors for
wind speed & direction,
precipitation, humidity,
temperature and
atmospheric pressure
One
@15,00,0
00/-
15,00,000/
-
15,00,000.00
DGPS with V-sat
system for data
transmission
Four
@25,00,0
00
1,00,00,00
0/-
1,00,00,000.00
Post processing
software (gammit/
bernes)
One @
14,00,000
/-
14,00,000.
00/-
14,00,000.00
Directional wave
recorder with optional
turbidity sensor
Three @
10,00,000
/-
30,00,000/
-
30,00,000.00
Wave and Tide
Recorder with sensors
Two @
7,00,000/-
14,00,000/
-
14,00,000.00
Eco-sounder One @
5,00,000/-
5,00,000/- 5,00,000.00
Bathymetry processing
software
One @
5,00,000/-
5,00,000/- 5,00,000.00
Bottom sediment
sampler
One @
2,50,000/-
2,50,000/- 2,50,000.00
Solar Panels for tide
gauge stations
Five@
1,00,000/-
5,00,000/- 5,00,000.00
SUB TOTAL 2,05,50,000.00
III. Travel
Car hiring charges for
field operations
50,000/- 1,00,000/- 1,00,000/- 1,00,000/- 50,000/- 4,00,000.00
TA/DA of persons
visiting fields
50,000/- 1,00,000/- 1,00,000/- 1,00,000/- 50,000/- 4,00,000.00
Air fare for meetings 1,00,000/
-
1,00,000/- 1,00,000/- 1,00,000/- 1,00,000/
-
5,00,000.00
Boat/ Launch hiring
charges
1,00,000/
-
3,00,000/- 3,00,000/- 3,00,000/- 1,00,000/
-
11,00,000.00
IV. Other Costs
Stationeries and
Computer supplies
1,00,000/
-
2,00,000/- 2,00,000/- 2,00,000/- 1,00,000/
-
8,00,000.00
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AMC of instruments &
software
0.0 2,00,000/- 5,00,000/- 5,00,000/- 5,00,000/
-
17,00,000.00
Expenses for
organizations of
meetings/workshop
30,000/- 1,00,000/- 2,00,000/- 2,00,000/- 2,00,000/
-
7,30,000.00
Contingency including
field operation
expenses, hiring of
temporary persons etc
2,00,000/
-
5,00,000/- 5,00,000/- 5,00,000/- 2,00,000/
-
19,00,000.00
Construction of
Permanent Tide Gauge
Station within estuary
Four @
40,00,000
/-
40,00,000/
-
80,00,000/
-
40,00,000/
-
1,60,00,000.00
Tagore Society for
Rural Development
Constructi
on of
dormitory
for
Interpretat
ion Centre
20,00,0
00/-
20,00,000/
-
21,25,000/
-
61,25,000.00
G R A N D T O T A L 8,24,00,000.
00
C. Economic and Financial Analysis
18. The project cost has been estimated at Rupees Eight crores and twenty four
lakhs out of which capital cost will be about Rupees Five crores and sixty lakh
towards purchase of equipments and recurring cost will be about Rupees Two
crores and sixty four lakhs. The net financial impact will be addition of cutting-
edge instruments in the Institute for carrying out advanced coastal management
research. Such impact will also be reflected in the form of peer-reviewed
scientific papers likely to be published in internationally reputed scientific
journals.
D. Environmental Assessments
19. The implementation of the project will not have any bearing on ecology and
environment of the locality. The design and minor modifications of the laboratory
space will involve only minor indoor renovation works. The running of the
instruments will not involve hazardous activities and storage or use of harmful
substances, neither will there be any harmful emission/generation of
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air/water/solid waste. Construction and operation of permanent tide gauge stations
are not likely to pose any adverse environmental impact as these stations are small
in size to be located on estuaries themselves. There is no need for a detailed
environmental assessment.
Social Assessments
20. Since the project does not involve any land acquisition of private land and
any displacement of any men and material no R & R Plan, land acquisition plan
and schedule will be required.
Details of community consultations and agreements
21. No community consultation or agreement is to be made because the project
does not involve any acquisition of private and community property.
E. Implementation Arrangement & Schedule
i) Proposed implementation management process
22. Overall implementation management of the program will rest with Mr
Somenath Bhattacharyya, Senior Scientist, IESWM who will be responsible for
both aspects of procurement of instruments and implementation of associated
research programs. He will co-ordinate the various activities related to
implementation of the project and will be specifically responsible for timely
submission of reports and publication of quality scientific papers in international
journals.
23. Review of detailed specifications and other terms and conditions of the
procurement related to tendering of the instruments will be made by the Co-
ordinator of the Project before tendering.
ii) Quality control procedures, third party checking requirements, need for hiring consultants
24. The quality of research proposed to be carried out deploying the procured
instruments will be judged by the publications that are planned to be brought out
periodically in peer-reviewed international journals. Such journals have their own
system of evaluating the quality of research reported in the submitted papers and
thus will provide for a strict quality control.
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iii) Implementing Agencies- Roles and Responsibilities
25. The project on capacity building of IESWM as part of ICZM Project of
West Bengal will be implemented by Mr Somenath Bhattachaeryya, Senior
Scientist who will be the co-ordinator of the Project and will be responsible for
implementation of the project including the financial control of expenditure. The
Contract Scientist to be recruited will be responsible for procurement of the
instruments, their installation, calibration & up-keep. The successful
implementation of the research programs including other staff recruitment, field
and laboratory operations for achieving the objectives of the research programs,
publication of research papers, etc will be the principal responsibilities of the
recruited Contract Scientist.
iv) Staffing Plan
26. The staffing plan of the capacity building project of IESWM as follows:
1 Contract Scientist
3 Research Associate
4 Research Fellow
2 General Duty Attendant
10 Guards for five permanent tide gauge stations
They will be available to participate in the project during its entire duration but
will be recruited on contract basis for the duration of the project which is estimated
at five years.
v) Procurement and implementation plans
27. All procurements will be done by inviting competitive bids as per the World
Bank norm. Bid evaluation committee will be formed in SPMU with at least one
expert from IESWM for examination of the bids and bids will be accepted as per
the recommendation of the evaluation committee.
vi) Implementation schedule
28. Implementation schedule of the entire project is given in the following
Table:
Sl
no Work elements
months
0-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30 31-36 37-42 43-48 49-54 55-60
1. Recruitment of research staffs
2. Finalisation of specifications
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Sl
no Work elements
months
0-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30 31-36 37-42 43-48 49-54 55-60
of instruments to be procured,
tendering, bid evaluation and
award of supply
3 Receipt of instruments, their
installation/calibration, trial
run and validation of
generated data
4 Implementation of first phase
of the research programs
5 Evaluation of the results
obtained and submission of
first set of research paper(s) to
reputed journals
6 Implementation of second
phase of the research
programs
7 Integration and evaluation of
data and their interpretation
and submission of final set of
research paper(s) to reputed
journals
F. Operations and Maintenance Planning
Operational Plans for assets designed
29. The assets to be created under the project is a set of sophisticated
instruments in order to carry out research in frontier areas of Estuarine and Near
Shore Survey and Research (ENSSR) as part of contribution to Integrated Coastal
Zone Management of West Bengal. These instruments along with other installed
equipments will be operated optimally to gain maximum quality relevant data out
put. Laboratory space to accommodate the instruments, necessary infra-structural
facilities to run the instruments, basic technical, laboratory and computing support
will be available as part of functioning of IESWM.
Maintenance requirement & estimate of O & M costs
30. The instruments to be procured are to be run through operation and handling
by trained personnel. Therefore training of research staff members is imperative.
Proper maintenance also requires that the manufacturer provide adequate and
required spares for any repair. Manufacturer is also required to carry out
preventive maintenance at required intervals.
31. Operation cost involving use of infrastructural facilities like electricity, etc
of the procured instruments will be borne by IESWM through its regular operation
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of the departmental laboratories. The maintenance cost of the procured instruments
through AMC has been estimated at Rs 10,00,000/- per year for the second and
third year.
Plans for O & M
32. Procurement contract of all instruments will include the following O & M
requirements:
a training component to be provided by the manufacturer before/during
installation of the instruments.
a warranty clause of defect repair and maintenance for one year from the
date of successful installation of the instruments.
annual maintenance clause, at agreed costs, if requested, for at least five
years after the warranty period.
Equipment & Tools
33. The required equipment and tools proposed to be procured have already
been listed. Detailed specifications of the equipments are given in Annexure 1 and
Annexure 2. Additionally for chemical analysis of water and sediments in the field
a mobile chemical laboratory will be procured. The specification of the mobile
chemical laboratory is given as Annexure 3.
Skills to be built up, manpower to be hired, outsourcing contractors to be hired, systems to be established (MIS, accounting, asset management etc.)
34. The research program plans to build up a pool of skilled research scholars
who can in future take up research independently in advancing frontiers of coastal
zone research as is related to coastal zone situations of India in general and West
Bengal in particular. Their participation in the proposed program may lead to their
working substantially for a doctoral degree equipping them further in required
qualifications to be hired in advanced research institutes.
35. It has been planned to hire One Contract Scientist, 3 Research Associates,
four Research Fellows and two general duty attendants for the project in order to
carry out the planned work plan. However no outsourcing contractor is planned to
be hired. No specialized systems are planned to be established.
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Financial Management Frame Work
36. A separate financial management structure will be created in the IESWM
for its capacity building program consisting of the Principal Investigator and an
accounts clerk specifically recruited for the program essentially to give
administrative and financial approval of expenditure and to authorize payment
following government norms. Chief Administrative Officer of IESWM will
provide apex guidance. Three types auditing of this account will be carried out –
internal audit, statutory audit and government audit. The first two types of audit
will be conducted by a certified Chartered Accountant firm and the government
audit will be made by the office of CAG.
Fund Flow and Disbursement Arrangement
37. Funds received from government on account of ICZM project at the
Institute will be received in a specified account of the IESWM to be opened in a
nationalized bank to be operated by SPMU. Funds from this account will be
transferred to a second specified account to be opened by the IESWM for capacity
building program.
All expenditure relating to capacity building program of IESWM will be made
through A/C payee checks of the second bank account against pre-receipted
invoices supported by necessary required documents. Sundry office expenses will
be made for which proper adjustment bills with supported documents will be
required against advance drawn or payments made in cash against cash
memos/vouchers on expenditure already incurred by any person upon authority
from the Principal Investigator of the capacity building program.
Accounting Policies & Procedure
38. Double entry accounting system and cash basis method are followed in the
IESWM for all programs and the same accounting procedure will be followed for
its capacity building program. All transactions will be made employing Tally,
ERP9.
Cost of O & M, revenue recovery plans, proposed tariffs, subsidy levels
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39. As indicated in O & M Plan above, the cost of operation relating to capacity
building will be met from fund transferred by IESWM to the corpus fund of the
ICZM project authority. The contribution so received from the allocated fund will
be received as per proper procedure and all expenditure on the maintenance will be
controlled by the ICZM project authority. The tariff for the use of the facilities by
external agencies during spare time of the instruments will be fixed by IESWM as
per prevailing national/international rate. No additional financial support from the
Government has been envisaged.
G. Monitoring and Evaluation
Expected Outcome
40. The expected outcome of the Project is augmentation in instrumental
facilities for research in IESWM. The other outcome is building up of a pool of
trained scientific manpower conversant with advanced instrumental facilities to
take up cutting edge research in the above two fields of study. The third outcome
is a contribution towards understanding response of coastal processes in
Sundarban due to climate change and related issues. Peoples’ perception of the
Sundarban eco-system will be realized through the activities of the proposed
Interpretation Centre by Tagore Research Society. This will be a significant
outcome involving the people at the grass root level.
Project completion report
41. A report providing an analysis of achievement of project objectives, design,
impact and sustainability will be prepared which will enable identification of
positive and negative lessons learned. For evaluation purposes the following
reports will be used.
Mid-term evaluation
42. A report analyzing and describing project achievements will be presented
against the plans outlined in the project document. It will visualize initial lessons
learned and the needs for possible adjustments of the project. The evaluation may
be prepared by the partner or by parties external to the project.
Post evaluations
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43. Post evaluations will be conducted by parties external to the project.
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Annexure – 1
I. Specifications of required hardware
1. Workstation of moderate ranges carrying out day to day image processing and GIS
works having the following configurations
HP Z400 workstation or equivalent
1 X Quad Core Intel Xeon W3570 Processor @ 3.20 GHz, 8 MB Cache
HP 6 GB (3 X 2GB) DDR3-1333 ECC RAM
3 X HP 500 GB SATA 7200 HDD with RAD5 implementation with hardware
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 Graphics – 512 MB
64 Bit Processor, Chipset X58 Express
Operating System : Microsoft Windows 7
HP USB Standard Keyboard and HP USB Optical Scroll Mouse
Standard Three Years Next Business Day on-site warranty as per OEM Terms
& Conditions
HP LP2275W 22 inch Widescreen Performance LCD Monitor
2. Work Station with higher ranges for carrying out image analysis with higher data
load. These should have the following configurations
HP Z600 Workstation or equivalent
1 X Quad Core Intel Xeon E5540 Processor @ 2.53 GHz, 8 MB Cache;
HP 12 GB (3X4GB) DDR3-1333 ECC RAM
3 X HP 500 GB SATA 7200 HDD with RAD5 implementation with hardware
NVIDA Quadro FX1800 Graphics – 768 MB
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7
HP LP2275W 22in Widescreen Performance LCD Monitor
HP Solenoid Hood Lock & Hood Sensor
HP FireWire IEEE 1394a 3-Port PCI Card
HP Z600 650W 85% Efficient Chassis
HP Energy Star 5.0 Enabled Configuration
HP USB Standard Keyboard and HP USB Optical Scroll Mouse
Standard Three Years Next Business Day on-site warranty as per OEM Terms
& Conditions
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3) A-0 Large Format scanner cum copier cum printer having the following
configuration:
HP Designjet 1120 MFP (44 inch)
Functions : Print; Copy; Scan
Memory (Standard) : Printer:384 MB; Scanner: 1 GB
Hard Disk (Standard): Printer 80 GB; Scanner: 40GB
Print Technology : HP Thermal Inkjet
Ink Cartridges : 6 (Cyan, grey, magenta, matte black, photo black, yellow)
Print Languages (Standard) : Adobe postscript 3; Adobe PDF 1.6; TIFF;
JPEG; HP-GL/2; HP-RTL; CALS G4; HP PCL 3 GUI;
Document Finishing : Printer : Sheet feed; roll fed; automatic cutter; scanner:
sheet fed
Linear scan speed: Colour (200 dpi/400 dpi Turbo): upto 2 in/sec; black and
white (200 dpi / 400 dpi Turbo): up to 6 in/sec
Scan resolution (optical): Up to 508 dpi
Scan size, maximum (flatbed) : 42-inch wide
Connectivity (Standard) : Printer 1 Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Base-T) port; 1
Hi-speed USB, 2.0 certified port; 1 EIO Jetdirect accessory slot; scanner:1
Fast Ethernet (100Base–T) port; 1 FireWire (IEEE-1394a compliant) port
Printer with printheads (3 X 2 colors each); introductory ink cartridges; 44-in
stand; quick reference guide; start-up software; scanner; touchscreen (panel
PC); keyboard; scanner documentation CD; system recovery DVD; customer
service guide; USB cable; FireWire cable; Ethernet cable; power cords
Three year Next Business Day On-site Warranty as per OEM Terms &
Conditions
4) A-3 size small format rrinter cum scanner and copier having the following
configuration:
HP Color Laserjet CM 6030
5) Network server with storage device
Other Technical Information
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Annexure - II
II. Specification of Required Software
1. Image processing software Geomatica Version 10.1 Floating License on Windows
Platform with following modules
Geomatica Core, Auto Mosaic, Satellite Models, High Resolution Models, Generic and RPC
Models, Automatic DEM Extraction, Cartosat and Pan Sharpening
2. Image processing software ERDAS Imagine Professional V 9.3 Image Processing
software with the following modules
ERDAS Imagine Professional V 9.3, ERDAS Imagine Vector, ERDAS Imagine Virtual GIS,
ERDAS Imagine Delta Cue, ERDAS Imagine AutoSync, ERDAS Imagine Subpixel
Classifier, ERDAS Imagine Easy Trace, ER Mapper Image Compressor, Image Web Server
3. GIS software of ESRI make : ARC-GIS package for GIS works with the following
modules :
Arc GIS Arc Info GIS 9.3.1 software, Spatial Analyst Extension, 3-D Analyst Extension,
Geo-statistical Analyst Extension, Survey Analyst Extension, Network Analyst Extension,
Tracking Analyst Extension, Arc GIS Publisher Extension
4. Mike 21 software with the following modules :
Mike 21 PP (Flexible Mesh), Mike 21 HD (Flexible Mesh); Waves – Mike 21 NSW (Single
Grid), Mike 21 SW (Flexible Mesh); Sediment – Mike 21 ST (Flexible Mesh), Mike 21 MT
(Flexible Mesh), Mike 21 PA (Flexible Mesh); Environmental – Mike 21 AD (Flexible
Mesh), Mike 21 SA (Multiple Grid), Mike 21Eco Lad (Flexible Mesh), , ECO LAB all
templates
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Annexure – III
I. Specification for I.P based permanent GPS station
Differential Global Positioning system, permanent observatory type with facility for off line
as well as network operation, with mm accuracy as per technical specification given below :-
A) RECEIVER: The quoted receiver should be compatible to latest GNSS Technology
with faciliy to track GPS & GLONASS satellites with in built facility for upgradation
to future GNSS signals like Galileo.
i) No of channels should be 120 or more.
iii) It must have enough memory to store at least 90 days data at 30 secs rate.
ii) It must have facility to record GPS data at two sampling intervals simultaneously.
iv) It should have LED indicators for power, tracking & memory.
v) It must have 2 external power ports , 4 serial ports . one dedicated Antenna port, one
dedicated Ethernet port and optionally other ports for control unit , external oscillator ,
event input & PPS output.
vi) Environmental Conditions – MIL – standard , must with-stand temporary
submersion to 1m water , rain , dust , sand , wind , resistant as per IP67 / IP57.
Operating Temp :- -40 degree C to + 65 degree C
Storage Temp :- 40 degree C to + 80 degree C
vii) Must have memory card slot for easy transfer of data.
viii) Each receiver must have a dedicated controller with our QVGA display , full
alphanumeric keys , hot user defined keys for on sight configuration of receiver other
settings.
viii) The receiver must have facility to down load data at suitable time interval in Rinex
formats.
B) ANTENNA : Antenna should be of choke-ring type with Dorne Margolin element,
having facility for tracking GPS & GLONASS signals with upgrade facility for future
signals like Galileo with in built facility for multi path mitigation.
i) It must have suitable Radom & force centering device for fitting on a pillar.
ii) It must have 30mts GPS antenna cable with proper armour protection.
iii) The whole system must have lighting arrester and emp/surge protection.
C) Post processing software / Configuration software as required to run the system.
D) Solar panel , UPS and other cables / chargers / accessories to run the entire system
without personal invention.
E) Telemetry system to send data to central processing station at user defined interval.
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II. Specification for the following coastal process monitoring instruments
1. Tide gauge (strain gauge type) with display unit
2. Automatic weather station
3. Tide gauge (strain gauge type)/Directional wave recorder
4. Eco-sounder
5. Bottom sediment sampler
6. Suspended sediment sampler
7. Solar panel for tide gauge station
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Annexure 3
MOBILE CHEMICAL LABORATORY
1. The eastern part of the coastal areas of West Bengal is occupied principally by the
Sundarban which is the single largest chunk of mangrove forest in the world. The forest
performs an important ecological function to sustain its character. It has been estimated (the
mangroves of South –East Asian countries) that on an average, 6000 tons of mangrove litters
are released annually from each hectare of dense forestlands of Sundarban. Enormous
amount of organic nutrients are thus released to the coastal soil and water providing natural
food for estuarine fish, prawns, crab species. Besides the dense mangrove forests of the
Sunderban also provide shelter and nursery ground for the fry and fingerlings and the
juveniles of the estuarine and offshore species. However, the entire coastal ecosystem of
Sundarban is fragile in nature and it is on the threshold of change due to natural and man
induced processes. The salinity profile of the Indian Sundarban is on the increase as a
consequence of change in course of River Ganges. Because of this some of the mangrove
species (such as Herittiera fomes) is facing extinction. High saline water compounded with
siltation of the beds of different creeks and rivers has resulted in alarming salt deposition
degrading the mangrove community. Various forms of human intervention for last 200 years
or so have further complicated the problem making it more fragile. A rough estimate points
to the fact that, on an average of 396,939 kg/day of pollution load is generated by the
Calcutta Metropolitan City. A large part of it, i.e. 220,900 kg/day is diverted or released to
the Kulti Gang (a tidal river in Sundarban) directly and passes in the Sunderban estuaries. On
the western part of the coast of West Bengal, development of tourism facilities is on the rise.
Necessary municipal services to treat the wastes are however yet to develop to a satisfactory
level. As a consequence the threat of pollution of the coastal stretches is high. It is imperative
therefore regular and on-the-spot chemical and biological analysis especially of coastal water
are carried out to have an insight into the level of pollution, organize site-specific mitigative
measures and ultimately make it a part of the integrated coastal zone management of West
Bengal coast. Since the coastal areas of West Bengal especially the Sundarban part are not
readily accessible and far from the areas where an off-site laboratory could be set up, the
necessity of procuring a mobile laboratory having the facilities of some basic analysis is
justified. Data produced through such analysis will be utilised for climate change study.
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2. It has been envisaged that such a mobile laboratory could be built on a truck chasis fitted
with furniture and equipment / instruments, electrical wiring, water supply pipelines, wash
basins etc. There will be a single outlet point of electrical line, where an electrical connection
will be made during operation. Similar is the case with water supply. In normal condition
this mobile laboratory will be kept at the head quarter in Kolkata. But during the period of
sampling for investigation and monitoring, the mobile laboratory will move to the field and
electrical connection, water supply connections etc. will be made. In case, electrical
connection is not available, diesel generator will be pressed into service and water supply
will be made using a mini pump. All instruments and equipment will be firmly strapped
within the laboratory body so that these do not get damaged during transportation.
3. A cost estimate of one mobile laboratory is given below:
Sl.
No.
Description
Rate per
unit in INR
in lakhs
Quantity
Total cost
in INR in
lakhs
1. Truck chasis and body building 30.00 1 30.00
2. UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
(double beam)
7.00 1 7.00
3. Turner-Designs Fluorometer (for
pigments and CDOM)
10.00 1 10.00
4. Digital Analytical Balance 2.00 2 4.00
5. Portable Water Analyser 1.50 2 3.00
6. pH-Meter 0.50 2 1.00
7. Filtration apparatus, complete 0.50 2 1.00
8. Mini Spinwin 0.60 2 1.20
9. Hot-air oven 0.15 1 0.15
10. Autoclave 0.25 1 0.25
11. Deep-Freezer 0.50 1 0.50
12. Refrigerator 0.15 2 0.30
13. Air conditioner 0.30 2 0.60
14. Air curtain 0.20 2 0.40
15. Generator 0.50 2 1.00
16. Total 60.40
Rounded off to Rupees sixty lakhs only
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A sketch of Container Laboratory in use at National Institute of Ocean Technology,
Chennai
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