Project Number: 0301-TAJ

Bi -annual Environmental Monitoring Report

Project Number: 45432-002 Grant Number: 0301-TAJ Period covered: July - Dec 2016

Tajikistan: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 6 (Ayni-Uzbekistan Border Road) Improvement Project

Prepared by Kocks Consult GmbH Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan For Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan and Project Implementation Unit

This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

Research, Design and Survey Institute

Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report

GRANT 0301/LOAN 8259 - TAJ, CORRIDOR NO. 6 REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF AYNI – PANJAKENT – UZBEKISTAN BOR- DER ROAD

Ministry of Transport Republic of Tajikistan

Financed by:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... V

PART I: INTRODUCTION ...... 1

1. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ...... 1 1.1 Project Background and Objective of the Environmental Monitoring .. 1 1.2 Project Area ...... 1 1.3 Technical Description of the Road Project ...... 3 1.4 Environmental Characteristics of the Project Area ...... 5 1.5 Construction Activities and Project Progress during the Previous 6 Months ...... 5 1.6 Changes in Project Organization and Environmental Management Team ...... 6 1.7 Environmental Monitoring Relationships with Contractors, Owner, and Lender ...... 8

Part II ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ...... 9

2. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FRAMEWORK ...... 9 2.1. Methodology for Environmental Monitoring in Construction Supervision ...... 9 2.2. CS Consultant (The Engineer) Environmental Monitoring Work Protocol ...... 10 2.3. Contractor’s Environmental Monitoring Procedures and Health and Safety Management ...... 11

3. PERFORMED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ACTIVITIES...... 12 3.1. Contractor’s Health and Safety Management and Monitoring ...... 12 3.2. Site Inspections and Audits ...... 13

PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ...... 15

4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) ...... 15 4.1. Notices and Letters ...... 19 4.2. Corrective Action Plans ...... 19 4.3. Replanting of Trees along the Road Corridor ...... 20 4.4. Consultation and Complaints ...... 21

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ANNEX 1: Photos of Environmental and Social Monitoring ...... xxii

ANNEX 2: Final Environmental Audit Check-List on Completed Construction Works and Sites...... xxxi

List of Figures Figure 1: Location of the Project Road ...... 2 Figure 2: Location of the Supplementary and Remaining Works ...... 4 Figure 3: Work Coordination Arrangement ...... 8

List of Tables Table 1: Project Bridges ...... 3 Table 2: Construction Activities in the Previous Period ...... 6 Table 3: ACTION PLAN for Environmental Issues ...... 16 Table 4: ACTION PLAN for Previous Environmental Issues (July–Dec. 2015 & Jan-June 2016 BAEMR’s) ...... 17 Table 5: Letters from the Engineer on Environmental and Social Issues ...... 19 Table 6: Letters to Contractor on Environmental and Social Issues...... 19 Table 7: Trees along the Road Corridor ...... 20

List of Photos Photo No. 1: Practically the entire length of the Project road was cleared of construction debris ...... xxii Photo No. 2: Vicinity of Gallery is cleared of construction debris (km 25+500) ...... xxii Photo No. 3: Bus stops were erected at certain locations along the roadway ...... xxiii Photo No. 4 : Former borrow pit sloped properly and levelled at km 30...... xxiii Photo No. 5 : Absence of precautionary signs at bridge approach to Urmitan ...... xxiv Photo No. 6 : Cleared vicinities at completed Dupula Bridge ...... xxiv Photo No. 7: No debris along road in the commercial area in Panjakent ...... xxv Photo No. 8 : Road markings were completed ...... xxv Photo No. 9 : Border crossing Facility with Uzbekistan almost completed ...... xxvi Photo No. 10 : Ornamental trees planted alongside the road in the villages ...... xxvi Photo No. 11 : Cleared and cleaned former asphalt plant at km 84 ...... xxvii Photo No. 12 : Former borrow pit sloped properly and leveled at km 83 ...... xxvii Photo No. 13 : Exposed bitumen barrels – potential contamination (km 45) ...... xxviii Photo No. 14 : Oil spills at the equipment yard (km 45) ...... xxviii

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Photo No. 15 : Inadvertently dumped solid waste found during inspection at the back of the Camp (km 45) ...... xxix Photo No. 16 : Part of the Camp back vicinities already clean (km 45) ...... xxix Photo No. 17: Absence of safety signs at rural road construction in Revad ...... xxx Photo No. 18: River Quarry at Km 45 reinstated by the Contractor ...... xxx

ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank BCL – Bangladesh Consulting Limited BOD – Biological Oxygen Demand CEMP – Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan CEP - Committee for Environmental Protection CO – Carbon monoxide CS – Construction Supervision EA - Executing Agency EMP - Environmental Management Plan EMP – Environmental Management Plan FIDIC – Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) GCC – General Conditions of Contract HIV/AIDS – Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome IEE – Initial Environmental Examination Km – kilometre LHS – Left hand side MoT – Ministry of Transport NO - Nitrogen Oxide NO2 – Nitrogen Dioxide PPE - Personnel Protective Equipment OFID - Fund for International Development OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries PCC - Particular Conditions of Contract SNiP - Stroitelnye Normy i Pravila (Russian Construction Codes and Regulations) SO2 – Sulphur Dioxide SSEMP – Site Specific Environmental Management Plan STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection ToR – Terms of Reference TSP – Total Suspended Particulates

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The Project, ADB Grant 0301/Loan 8259-Taj has, as its major component, the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Ayni–Panjakent-Uzbekistan Border road. The road section from Ayni (km 0) to km 47 is to be reconstructed and rehabilitated to Category IV, while the remaining road up to Uzbekistan border to Category III. The contracted work is being undertaken via “design and build” arrangement with the Contractor, Xin- jiang Beixin Road & Bridge Group Co., Ltd., and being supervised by the Engineer (Kocks Consult GmbH). The scope of works includes detailed design, earthworks, pavement construction, construction of new bridges and rehabilitation of old bridges, drainage, structures, roadside improvements and installation of road furniture such as signs and safety barriers. Existing road category will be maintained and a total of 31 bridges will be rehabilitated and/or reconstructed.

2. Construction supervision, by Kocks Consult GmbH (Germany), is being undertaken under FIDIC with environmental supervision and monitoring scopes. The Contractor is obligated to obtain periodic parameter measurements of water quality, noise/vibration and air quality, the results of which are submitted regularly to the Engineer in accordance with agreed schedule. Environmental monitoring of the Engineer is done primarily by the International Environmental Specialist with field coordination with a local environmental consultant.

3. This Eighth Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report covers the period from July 2016 to Dec 2016 and presenting the environmental issues encountered in the project. The major environmental concerns raised in this period focused on the following: road safety, exposed bitumen barrels, oil spill, public safety, and inadequate housekeeping at Contractor’s Camp.

4. In this period the CEMP is the basis of the implementation of the environmental measures by the Contractor. This document was finalized in the previous period. This document has to be updated periodically and should be actively used by the Contractor in monitoring the safeguard issues in the project road.

5. As the work has been winding down and with few major work sites, no parametric measurement was done.

6. Also during the visit of the International Environmental Specialist, the form - “Final environmental audit check-list on completed construction works and sites” – was handed over to the Contractor to accomplish which shall be checked for the subsequent period.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION

1.1 Project Background and Objective of the Environmental Monitoring

7. The Project is being financed (under loan agreement) by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID); with the Government of Tajikistan (the Client). The project road, which starts at Ayni to the Uzbekistan Border via Panjakent, is part of the historical Silk Road and connecting the Tajik–Uzbek border with the country‘s main north-south transport artery. The road has total length of 113 kilometers, with a designate starting point at a roundabout on the eastern edge of Ayni, and ends at the border post with Uzbekistan. The Engineer supervising this Project is Kocks-BCL-Research, Design and Survey Institute Joint Venture, while the Contractor undertaking the construction is Xinjiang Beixin Road and Bridge Group Co. Ltd.

8. The project consists of the detailed design, construction and completion of rehabilitation works on the Ayni-Panjakent-Uzbekistan Border Road (“the Works”). The Works comprise the detailed design, earthworks, rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing side drains, replacement or rehabilitation of existing bridges, construction of new cul- verts and replacement/extension of the existing ones, construction of retaining walls, preparation of the road sub-grade; granular subbase and base course layers using crushed aggregates, placing asphalt concrete binder and wearing courses, slope protection works and provision of road furniture.

9. In undertaking the performance of Works supervision and project management, and assisting the Executing Agency (EA) with project implementation, the scope of the En- gineer includes environmental monitoring, particularly for compliance with the Environ- mental Management Plan (EMP) for the project in line with ADB’s environmental safeguards policies and the environmental regulations of Republic of Tajikistan. Generally, the main objective of environmental monitoring works is to ensure that the environmental mitigation measures during construction are implemented through a systematic supervision by the Engineer during the construction phase. Environmental issues also are anticipated to be identified in advance for avoidance and ensure timely completion of the project.

1.2 Project Area

10. The Ayni-Panjakent-Uzbekistan Border Road is located longitudinally along the Zeravshan Valley, a mountainous region in the north western part of Tajikistan. This 113 km road is within the two districts of Ayni and Panjakent, both within Sughd Prov- ince. The province has significant gold and mining reserves, such that the road had been used for mining and other economic activities across the province. The project road itself is situated in two distinct topographical areas as follows: (i) Ayni to Km 50 – This is a mountainous area starting at Ayni with an altitude of 1,420 meters above sea level. At Km 44 the project road descends to an elevation of around 1,100 meters; (ii) Km 50 to Km 113 – In this area, generally, the project road further descends from the mountain slopes with approximate elevation of 1000 meters and into the valley floor up to Panjakent and at the border with Uzbekistan with elevation of about 900 meters above sea level.

11. A map of the project road is shown in the following figure.

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Figure 1: Location of the Project Road

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1.3 Technical Description of the Road Project

12. The project includes design, rehabilitation and reconstruction of Ayni-Panjakent-Uz- bekistan Border Road (‘the Project Road’) and all associated works. From Ayni roundabout to km 47, the Project Road will be rehabilitated to Category IV standard, while the remaining 66 km to Uzbekistan Border to Category III, according to SNiP 2.05.02- 85. The bridge works include the construction of new or rehabilitation of old bridges (31 bridges in total). In July 2013, to accelerate the works and generate a project cost saving, the road category from km 47 to km 55 was changed from category III to category IV.

13. Thirty-one (31) bridges will be constructed or reconstructed during the project work implementation to replace the existing structures. The table below provides summary details of the bridges and their locations with some features.

Table 1: Project Bridges Bridge No. Location (km) Nearest Settlement Watercourse Length (m) 1 7.066 Iskodar Zeravshan River 140.24 2 9.748 Dar-dar Dar-dar gully 12.30 Obi Togmad 3 15.328 Obi Togmad 28.60 gully 4 24.077 Veshkand Ustoghi gully 34.08 5 26.62 Dashti Veshkand Zeravshan River 72.14 6 28.681 Urmetan Vashan gully 37.20 7 32.539 Urmetan Vashan gully 13.10 8 38.331 Revad Revad gully 20.45 9 46.485 Kishtudak Zeravshan River 140.24 10 51.148 Dashti Kozi Sarchashmasoi 13.10 11 53.238 Ruziobnok gully 13.10 12 53.578 Shurcha Zeravshan River 86.40 13 56.754 Shashkad gully 13.10 14 61.4 Varzi kanda gully 10.10 15 63.231 Navobod Zavron 19.13 16 64.553 Navobod gully 10.10 17 64.983 Navobod gully 13.10 18 66.271 Navobod gully 13.10 19 68.698 Kolhozchiyon gully 19.10 20 70.771 Kolhozchiyon gully 7.10 21 73.7 Gusar Shurcha gully 13.10 22 75.624 Dashti Malla gully 7.10 23 80.737 Sujina gully 7.10 24 83.464 Sujina Magyan River 25.10 25 89.83 Kuktosh gully 13.10 26 90.43 Kuktosh gully 13.10 27 93.2 Panjakent Zebon gully 37.15 28 96.31 Toshmunor gully 13.10 29 97.73 Toshmunor gully 10.10 30 100.146 Yalokjar gully 19.10 31 108.757 Sarazm gully 10.10

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14. The main project also includes Border Crossing Facilities near the Uzbek border (km 113) and a total of 96.6km of rural roads (43km within Ainy Rayon and 53.6 km within Panjakent Rayon). At the later stage of the project supplementary works1 were included consisting of:

a. The main project also includes Border Crossing Facilities near the Uzbek border (km 113) and a total of 96.6km of rural roads (43km within Ainy Rayon and 53.6 km within Panjakent Rayon). At the later stage of the project supplementary works were included consisting of: Two bridges - Urmitan Bridge and Dipula Bridge, with the following required works: i) Repair and rehabilitation of Steel bridge across the Zeravshan River, km 1 of Dupula-Veshist access road, at km74+660 of main Ayni-Penjikent-Uz- bekistan boarder road (Panjakent District). Work is completed. ii) Construction of new Steel bridge across the Zeravshan river, at km 31+940 (Urmitan village, Ayni district); the bridge works is finished with the approach remaining to be asphalted.

b. Construction of Gallery at around km 25, the function of which is to keep the particular spot passable at all times since numerous events of slope slides have blocked the road and rendered it impassable. This 76.5m Gallery shall be constructed at km25+448.7 on a curved (R=180m) portion of the road. This Gallery shall be cast-in-place concrete (B25, F200, W4) with an arch roof of prefabricated Metal Corrugated Construction (MCC). Over the MCC, a concrete (B25, F200, W6) protection layer shall be installed cast-in-place with a seal layer, made up “TEKHNOELASTOMOST” fused and rolled polymer-bitumen membrane water- proofer.

15. Within the inspection period, the only works remaining was asphalting works in the 10km rural road to Revad. These aforementioned works are shown in the map below.

Figure 2: Location of the Supplementary and Remaining Works

1 Due Diligence Reports were submitted pertaining to these supplementary works

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1.4 Environmental Characteristics of the Project Area

16. Based on previous IEE and the ADB Environmental Safeguards Policy (2009), the project falls under environmental Category B, meaning – with limited impact to the existing environment. As part of the requirements as per the ADB guidelines, the IEE document was produced for the project, which served as the guidelines for the environmental management and monitoring. Technically, the IEE provides guidance to the environmental measures needed to prevent and/or mitigate negative environmental effects associated with the project implementation, as well as provides a detailed description of the direct and indirect environmental effects during the conduct of the construction.

17. The land relief along the project road can be categorized into two: high elevations and mountainous at the first part; and relatively mild sloping as the road descends onto the Zaravshan Valley and considerably long distance of flat plain toward the Uzbek border. The prevailing soil in the Zaravshan Valley consists primarily of gray desert (sierozem), brown-carbonate, and mountain steppe soils. The Zaravshan River forms the Zaravshan Valley through which the Project Road traverses. This river starts in the regions of Pamir, flows westward through the valley, enters Uzbekistan, and flowing past Samakand City.

18. Due to long history of human settlement in Zaravshan Valley, the area near the project road has limited flora and much of the forest on these slopes has been depleted as the trees were cut and used as fuel. The fauna along the project road is rather low, aside from the commonly existing species in the country and no important, rare, endangered, or protected bird species or habitats are found within the Project Corridor.

19. The Zaravshan Valley is prone to natural disaster and climate induced extreme events such as avalanches and mudflows, especially in winter seasons. Because of these, the population is only around 343,000 with limited access to markets, educational and medical services, and the region's capacity to develop mining and tourism is con- strained.

20. There are several historical and archaeological sites of significance within the vicinity of the Project Road and these are: (i) Sarazm (Km 108) [which means ― where the land begins] is a UNESCO archaeological site, dated 4th millennium BC to the end of the 3rd millennium BC, which bears testimony to the development of human settle- ments in Central Asia; (ii) Dar-dar Mosque (Km 10) reportedly more than two hundred years old and forms the cultural centerpiece of Dar-dar; (iii) Madrassa and Mosque in central Panjakent (km 92), adjacent to the Project Road, are both of significant cultural importance to the people of Panjakent.

1.5 Construction Activities and Project Progress during the Previous 6 Months

21. During the previous six month period most of the works along the main road were already accomplished. However the major construction work was on the Gallery at around km 25, Urmitan Bridge and Dupula Bridge. Remedial works on the main road were on markings, road furniture, lighting, bus stops and other minor work items. Work on the Border Crossing Facility at the Uzbek borders consisted of construction of buildings, internal roads and parking, and utility works. The specifics are shown in the table below.

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Table 2: Construction Activities in the Previous Period No. Month, Construction activities 2016 1 July • Construction of gallery, km 25 • Construction of stone masonry drain, km 40, 41, 52, 70 • Laying asphalt on footpath, km 52, 54, 55, 58, 59, 70, 71, 93, 95 • Rehabilitation of Dupula bridge (at km 74, on access road) • Reconstruction of Urmitan bridge (at km 32, on access road) • Construction of Sarazm border infrastructures 2 August • Construction of gallery, km 25 • Construction of stone masonry drain, km 32, 33, 40, 41, 51, 74, 75 • Rehabilitation of Dupula bridge (at km 74, on access road) • Reconstruction of Urmitan bridge (at km 32, on access road) • Construction of Sarazm border infrastructures • Construction of footpath, km 40, 41, 71, 94 • Repairing of damaged asphalt (damaged by flood), km 91

3 September • Construction of gallery, km 25 • Construction of stone masonry drain, km 46, 50, 51, 73, 74 • Rehabilitation of Dupula bridge (at km 74, on access road) • Reconstruction of Urmitan bridge (at km 32, on access road) • Construction of Sarazm border infrastructures • Construction of footpath, km 40, 41 • Laying asphalt in Panjakent city (on Nobobod street) • Excavation of trench, km 47-50

4 October • Backfilling on gallery, km 25 • Laying asphalt on approach of Dupula bridge (at km 74), Border area • Construction of stone masonry retaining wall, km 83 LHS • Excavation of trench and construction of dam, km 47-50 • Construction of concrete pavement, km 30 • Installation of traffic lights in Panjakent city

5 November • Construction of stone masonry retaining wall, km 73 • Installation of power transmission line from Panjakent to border • Rehabilitation of Jebon bridge (on rural road) • Laying asphalt on rural roads, Mazor rd=9873 m2, Revad rd=31515 m2, Madm rd= 7016 m2

6 December • Excavation of waterway for box culvert, km 48 • Installation of power transmission line from Panjakent to border

1.6 Changes in Project Organization and Environmental Management Team

22. In a letter date 22 January 2014, the Engineer issued a “tentative and conditional ap- proval of the CEMP subject to the sufficient response to the comments itemized in the letter. In the letter, the Engineer said that the SSEMP (or CEMP) was found to be still generic and lacking specific details for it to be applicable to the Project. In as much as, the CEMP is regarded as a dynamic document, this will be still subject to revisions from time to time, as the need arises.” The Supplemental Plans as Annexes to the SSEMP were still incomplete and would have all to be submitted since the review will

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entail cross-checking of contents. In March 2014, with guidance from International En- vironmental Specialist, the Contractor completed their CEMP and finally submitted to the Engineer on 03 April 2014. The submitted CEMP contained all the required An- nexes identified in IEE. This document is now being used as guiding document for undertaking environmental management of the project road. The CEMP will be sub- jected from time to time to reflect current situations and conditions of the project.

23. Within the monitoring period, the Engineer’s international environmental specialists, especially during his field deployment, carried on the tasks of environmental monitoring and management for the construction phase generally based on the Consultant’s orig- inal Terms of Reference as guidelines (as deemed necessary for the monitoring period) consisting of the following: (i) Incorporate EMP provisions into the regular inspection documentation prepared for the supervision team; (ii) Provide advice and support, on site and in the EA office, to the national environment expert and staff of the EA in supervision of works to ensure the EMP compliance; (iii) Periodically review monitoring reports and identify any adaptations or improvements necessary in order to ensure that the EMP is being properly implemented; (iv) Assist with the preparation of progress reports for the initial 3 years, and develop the competence of the national environmental expert and counterpart staff for the preparation of such reports; (v) In the final stages of construction, review the EMP monitoring provisions and establish the monitoring system for the operational phase of the project; and (vi) Assist with the production of manuals, booklets, brochures and pamphlets for public awareness related to the environmental management.

24. Since very few works were on-going, the local environmental specialist was already demobilized. For actual follow through, the international environmental specialist was coordinating with the CS Project Director/Manager who in turn corresponds formally to the Contractor’s Project Manager. Instructions were issued to the Contractor’s Envi- ronmental Officer and Health & Safety Officer for appropriate action. During field audit, international environmental specialist conducts joint inspections with the Contractor’s Environmental Officer and Health & Safety Office.

25. Coordinative communication channels shall be established according to the following work coordination chart:

Due Diligence Report

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MOTC (PIU)

Construction Supervision

Project Director/Manager (Nirmal Shrestha)

Construction Supervision Contractor

International Environ- Project Manager mental Specialist (Shin Ben Jun) (Samuel E. Sapuay)

Local Environmental Specialist (already demobilized) (Bashid Surirev) Contractor

Environmental Officer Health & Safety Officer (Guo Jichun)

Figure 3: Work Coordination Arrangement

1.7 Environmental Monitoring Relationships with Contractors, Owner, and Lender

26. The Owner or Employer is the Ministry of Transport. The Lender is the Asian Develop- ment Bank providing financial assistance to the Owner in constructing the road project. Kocks Consult is the Supervision Consultant or the Engineer acts as the Owner’s/Em- ployers representative that supervises the Main Contractor (Xinjiang Beixin Road & Bridge Group Co., Ltd.) in the entire road project. For the Border Crossing Facility at the Uzbek Border, a local contractor through national competitive bidding was contracted to implement the works (LTD Sohtmon).

27. In terms of the environmental management and monitoring, the Main Contractor is responsible in enforcing the CEMP among his sub-contractors and suppliers. Any environmental instructions regarding the project are first communicated to the Main Con- tractor to be relayed for compliance to the sub-contractors. The Main Contractor is the overall responsible for compliance in the project. All other contractual management arrangement are beyond this report and are best described in the Engineer’s reporting documents.

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PART II ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

2. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FRAMEWORK

28. The environmental monitoring framework for the project is based on the construction supervision ToR, GCC/PCC, Technical specifications, project IEE for Category B2 and ADB guidelines.

2.1. Methodology for Environmental Monitoring in Construction Supervision

29. As stipulated in the Contract for the project, the Contractor would adhere to the requirements of the environmental aspects of the contract document particularly in the General Conditions of Contract (FIDIC) as follows: 4.8 – Safety Procedure 4.18 – Protection of Environment 4.15 – Access Route 4.24 – Fossils 6.7 – Health & Safety

30. In addition, detailed requirements are presented in the General Specifications particularly the following: Section 1301.16 – Protection of Environment 1301.16.1 General 1301.16.2 Borrow Pits for Embankment Construction 1301.16.3 Quarry Operations 1301.16.4 Control of Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Water Pollution 1301.16.5 Pollution from Hot-Mix Plants and Batching Plants 1301.16.6 Substances Hazardous to Health 1301.16.7 Use of Nuclear Gauges 1301.16.8 Care during Execution of Works 1301.16.9 Environmental Monitoring 1301.17 HEALTH AND SAFETY 1301.17.2 Safety Equipment 1301.17.3 Health Measures 1301.17.4 Health and Safety Unit 1301.17.5 Site Induction 1301.17.6 Cooperation with Health Authorities 1301.17.7 Other Health and Safety Measures 1301.18 ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION 1301.18.1 General 1301.18.2 Passage of Traffic along a part of the Existing Carriageway under Improvement 1301.18.3 Passage of Traffic along a Temporary Diversion 1301.18.4 Traffic Safety and Control 1301.18.5 Maintenance of Diversions, Deviations, Road Sections Under Con- struction and Traffic Control Devices 1301.18.6 Routine, Emergency, and Winter Maintenance of Traffic Control Measures 1301.18.7 Recovery Vehicles

2 ADB’s Safe Guard Category – Category B The proposed project’s potential adverse environmental impacts are site-specific, few if any of them are irreversible, and in most cases mitigation measures can be designed more readily than for category A projects. An initial environmental examination (IEE), including an EMP, is required

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31. Moreover in the Section 6 - Employer’s Requirements, the Initial Environmental Ex- amination and Environmental Management Plan were appended to form part of the contractual requirements. In the EMP, the requirements in the preparation of SSEMP are as follows3:

“The Contractor shall prepare a SSEMP to meet the requirements of this EMP. Specifically the SSEMP shall contain sections relating to: • Management of Physical Environment - Soils - Water - Air • Management of Ecological Environmental - Flora - Fauna - Protected Areas • Management of Economic Characteristics - Infrastructure - Transport - Land Use - Agriculture • Management of Social and Cultural Resources - Communities, Health and Education Facilities - Historical and Cultural Areas - Noise

In addition, the SSEMP shall contain specific Management Plans as Annexes relating to the following: • Borrow Pit Management Plan • Air Quality Management Plan • Water Quality Management Plan • Noise Management Plan • Waste Management Plan • Emergency Response Plan • Dust Suppression Plan • Site Plan • Health and Safety Plan”

Each section shall describe the precise location of the required mitigation / monitoring, the persons responsible for the mitigation / monitoring, the schedule and reporting methodology. The SSEMP must be submitted within 30 days of the contract award and construction cannot commence until the SSEMPs are approved by the MoT and the Engineer.”

2.2. CS Consultant (The Engineer) Environmental Monitoring Work Protocol

32. Under the guidance of the International Environment Specialist, the Contractor initiated environmental monitoring which involved measurements of parameters in water quality, air quality, noise, and socio cultural resources. Findings and results of the Contrac- tor’s monitoring activities are incorporated in the monthly and quarterly reports which were submitted to the Engineer. This work is also being verified by the local environmental specialist who goes to the site on periodic basis to perform his own environmental monitoring.

3 From the EMP-found in Section 6 - Employer’s Requirements

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33. During actual site visits of the International Environment Specialist, on-the-spot field inspections to various impact sites such as borrow pit, concrete plant, quarry areas as well as Contractor’s campsite and residential and commercial areas along the project road were conducted. Environmental issues were noted down and presented to the Contractor as part of the consultation process, to determine how issues will be re- solved. The effectiveness of the mitigation measures is assessed after site implementation to determine if such measures were effective. In cases where they were ineffec- tive, other measures would be implemented and further reassessed and when they are determined to be successful, the Contractor’s measures are deemed compliant with the environmental requirements.

2.3. Contractor’s Environmental Monitoring Procedures and Health and Safety Management

34. In accordance with the IEE, and the accompanying Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP), the Contractor is required to undertake parametric measurements and observations on air quality, water quality, noise and socio-cultural resources. Locations for the measurements were initially identified in the IEE. However, during the interim visit of the International Environmental Specialist in April 2014, the locations were re-established to suit the requirement of improving the environmental management and monitoring of important parameters. Accordingly, the monitoring guidelines were set as shown below:

Table 2: Parametric Measurement Guidelines Parameter Frequency & Location Remarks Every 3 months at Km 10 Dar-dar, km 26 Vesh- Air Quality kand, km 53 Shurcha, km 65 Novabod, km 73 TSP, SO2, NO2, NO, CO

Gusar, km 92 Panjakent Every 2 months: Zaravshan River: Km 10 Dar- dar, km 26 Veshkand, km 53 Shurcha Suspended Solids, BOD5, Water Quality (Kurgad), km 45 & 75 (back of Camps); Quarry Dissolve Oxygen, Oil Prod- site at km 93; Zebon River: km 93+500 Pan- ucts, Coli Index jakent; Moghiyon River (Sujina) km 83+450. Every 2 months at Km 10 Dar-dar, km 26 Vesh- All vehicles to be fitted with Noise kand, km 53 Shurcha (Ruziobnok), km 65 No- exhaust silencers; Mainte-

vabod, km 73 Gusar, km 92 Panjakent nance charts Social & Cul- Archaeological & Cultural Every time along the alignment tural Re- Properties; Trees, drains,

sources sewers, etc.

35. In addition to setting up the above mentioned guidelines, and pursuant to the frequency of measurements, the schedule for measurements was decided in a meeting with the Contractor in April 2014. For the monitoring period of July-December 2016, as the work has been winding down and with fewer sites being worked on as compared in the past, no more parametric measurements were done. Hence, no more measurement result is hereby presented herein this report.

36. For all the remaining works the following were noted by the International Environmental Specialist during his previous visit in the last week of November 2016:

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a. Air quality monitoring At the remaining work sites, through visual observations it was noted that there were not dist emissions observed since most earthworks were completed and it was mentioned that the Contractor was wetting the areas during dry periods. Construction of the bridges, approaches and rural roads consisted of excavators, graders, transit mixers and dump trucks. Water trucks were available to spay water to suppress dust periodically. Hence the generation of dust was minimal. b. Water quality monitoring Water quality issues were significant at the bridge construction sites in Dupula and Urmitan bridges. Through visual observations the water quality of Zaravshon River was protected at Dupula bridge by carefully conducting repair works so as to avoid debris to drop into the water. At Urmitan bridge site, the works was being constructed mainly during the dry season and since this bridge was going over a seasonal tributary water contamination was avoided. In rural roads, the main work were mainly paving and some bridge repair; likewise minimal contamination c. Noise and vibration monitoring Practically all of the works in all sites were being performed during day time only, from 8am to 6pm. Such work scheduling avoided any disturbance to the local residences. Equipment em- ployed were also at low numbers to adversely impact the receptors. d. Flora and fauna monitoring The works were concentrated on defined alignment and such that no trees were affected. Tree planting for replacement of cut trees along were conducted main road in village residential areas. No illegal pouching of wild animals were noted or recorded in any incident report and no complaint on such issues was raised by the villagers.

3. PERFORMED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ACTIVITIES

37. Within the six-month period the Contractor is obligated to perform the necessary measures to mitigate environmental issues as part of his implementation activities. In addition, instrumental measurements are to be done in accordance with agreed schedule and locations in compliance with the IEE/EMP particularly the Environmental Mon- itoring Plan. The Engineer likewise, as part of his tasks, monitors the environmental aspects of the project and reviews the environmental mitigating performance of the Contractor. The international environmental specialist was mobilized in Tajikistan in the last week of November 2016 to oversee the environmental aspects of the project road and site visit was done along the project road and a number of facilities. In that said field visit the following sites were inspected: (i) Contractor’s camp at km 45; (ii) Completed works at Urmitan Bridge; (iii) Completed rehabilitation works at Dupula Bridge; (iv) Borrow pits at km 31 (LHS), km 31+500 (LHS), and km 83; (v) Site of previous sub-contractor’s asphalt plant at km 84 (vi) Proposed road Gallery site at km 24-25; (vii) Rural Road Construction in Revad and (viii) Nearly completed works at the Uzbekistan Border

3.1. Contractor’s Health and Safety Management and Monitoring

38. As provided in Clause 1301.17 – Health and Safety of the General Specifications the Contractor has the following responsibilities:

• To ensure that all Subcontractors and their personnel participate fully in the actions prescribed in this Clause for the health and safety of workers.

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• To take all reasonable precautions to prevent unauthorized entry to the Site and to protect members of the public from any activity under his control. • To notify the Engineer immediately of any unsafe incidents or accidents which result in death, serious bodily injury or are likely to lead to incapacity to persons for more than three days • To provide, and ensure the utilization of, appropriate safety equipment for all Contractors’ Personnel • To take all measures necessary to safeguard the health, including Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and HIV/AIDS, safety and welfare of Contractor’s Personnel • To establish a Health and Safety Unit, and shall appoint one responsible member of his staff to act full-time as Safety Officer, and he shall notify the Engineer of such appointment. The Safety Officer shall organize, and all Contractors’ Personnel shall be required to at- tend, an orientation/safety induction course within their first week on Site. • To have regular meetings, at least monthly, with local health authorities/facilities. • To maintain such records and make such reports concerning safety, health, including Sex- ually Transmitted Infection (STI) and HIV/AIDS, and welfare of persons as the Engineer may from time to time prescribe and as required by the statutory authorities. • To provide adequate lighting (including sufficient back-up facilities in the event of failure) wherever any work is to be carried out at night to ensure that the Works can be carried out safely. • To provide an adequate number of latrines and other sanitary arrangements at areas of the Site where work is in progress. • To ensure that the Works are left in a safe condition, in the event that the Contractor tem- porarily closes down site operations seasonally or for any other reason.

39. As stated above, in case of accident, the Contractor is to submit brief summary about the accidents as part of the monitoring activities for the previous month.

40. For the period between July 2016 and December 2016, the Contractor did not report any accident in the area. It is important that the Contractor exerts vigilance in ensuring safety not only to motorist but to pedestrians and farm animals. In order to maintain a good level of safety, the Contractor should operationalize their Health and Safety Plan and Traffic Management Plan which are both part of their CEMP.

41. During the inspection in the last week of November 2016 by the International Environ- mental Specialist, work was very limited due to weather and temperature. Hence the remaining small work force of the Contractor was at the asphalt plant and maintenance yard. Personnel Protective Equipment (PPEs) were worn by the work force. Also as stated in the CEMP, the contractor shall provide Safety Training Program consisting of an Initial Safety Induction Course, and Safety Meetings, which are to be conducted on a monthly basis. However, no record was presented to the Engineer.

3.2. Site Inspections and Audits

42. Environmental project assessment was conducted by the International Environmental Specialist in the last week of November 2016 along with the HSE personnel of the Contractor. The local environmental specialist was no longer mobilized since the work was already minimal and his contracted time was already over. The HSE personnel of the Contractor is full-time in the field and was being contacted (via Skype) by the In-

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ternational Environmental Specialist for any relevant issues. The National Environmen- tal Consultant of ADB (under RETA 8663) also conducted an inspection of the site on 4th October 2016.

43. Work site issues were obtained from Contractor’s report and duly verified with the En- gineer’s staff on site. These environmental issues were as follows:

1. Absence of road safety measures (at Bridge Approach to Urmitan and Revad Vil- lage) – During the inspection precautionary or safety signs for motorist and people were not installed. The contractor should provide adequate safety measures at any worksite, even though for a short term, for villagers and to motorists. 2. Remaining exposed bitumen barrels at km 45 – Bitumen barrels when exposed to weather elements become source of contamination in the area. The contractor should situate bitumen barrels over concrete slab to prevent soil and water contamination and should provide top covers or roofing. 3. Oil spill at the equipment yard (km 45) – During the site visit, oil spill was noticed at the Contractor’s equipment/truck maintenance yard. Concrete pad was inadequate and should be expanded by the Contractor. 4. Low level of housekeeping at the Contractor’s camp (km 45) – The outside vicinities of the Contractor’s camp were littered with rubbish. This has to be cleaned by the contractor and maintained in sanitary conditions at all times.

44. The output of this environmental assessment by the international environmental specialists had been compiled in an Action Plan to be acted upon by the Contractor. The local environmental specialist shall be inspecting the compliance of the Contractor in his subsequent visit to the project site. The Action plan is presented in Presented below are the environmental issues observed at the vicinity of project worksites during the most recent monitoring and field inspection of the CS international environmental specialist and which is consolidated in an Action Plan for the Contractor.

45. Table 3: ACTION PLAN for Environmental Issues, with selected photos for these issues are presented in the Annex 1.

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PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)

46. Avoidance, reduction, minimization and mitigation are considered the hierarchical steps in dealing with environmental issues. During the construction phase, certain situations unexpectedly arise which may not have been anticipated by the Contractor. It is for this reason that the project CEMP is considered as a dynamic document which has to be revised by the Contractor as the need arises. The CEMP will be continuously updated to include issues unforeseen during the formulation of the IEE. In this period, it expected that the Contractor fully understands their CEMP which was submitted in the previous period, and implements it appropriately. The required instrumental measurements had been performed by the Contractor; however these measurements should conform to the required schedule and at the specified locations and to any changes as prescribed the International Environmental Specialist

47. During the field mobilization and inspection of the International Environmental Special- ist4 in November 2016, as part of the CSC (the Engineer) Team, the work scope undertaken, in coordination with Contractor for the project road, consisted of the following: • Site inspection of on-going works; • Appraisal of environmental conditions of operational and non-operational facilities; • Inspection of included works – Dupula Bridge and Urmitan Bridge; • Assessment of the site for the proposed gallery at km 24-25; • Inspection of ongoing works in Rural Road in Revad; • Follow-through on previously observed issues and ensuring that necessary steps will be undertaken in future works.

48. Based on the described Environmental Monitoring Framework, the initial obligation of the Contractor was to formulate the Site Specific Environmental Management Plan (SSEMP) based on the findings contained in the June 2012 Initial Environmental Ex- amination (IEE) Report and hereby reiterated in Section 6 - Employer’s Require- ments. The Contractor has produced their versions of SSEMP and submitted to the Engineer. However, for several occasions, the submitted SSEMP was not in accordance with what was stipulated in the requirements; hence, subsequently rejected. Since the Contractor is doing the design, the environmental requirements should be included in their designs.

49. In the previous periods, when the work were still intensive, the Contractor was regularly submitting their environmental report to include issues encountered and results of measured parameters in air, water and noise at agreed places. In the previous period, since most of the work has been completed and with very small work remaining, environmental and social impacts and disturbances were minimal. Hence, no formal reporting was done in the previous period.

4 Mr. Samuel E. Sapuay, Kocks Consult International Environmental Specialist was at the project site within May 2016

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50. Presented below are the environmental issues observed at the vicinity of project worksites during the most recent monitoring and field inspection of the CS international environmental specialist and which is consolidated in an Action Plan for the Contractor. Table 3: ACTION PLAN for Environmental Issues WHAT WHO WHEN Target Environmental Issues Mitigation Measures Particular Action Contractor Engineer Date 1. Absence of road safety Provision of road safety – Install precautionary signs Provide safety Monitor/check Feb 2017 measures (at Bridge Ap- measures when road con- measures proach to Urmitan and Revad struction is still on-going Village)

2. Remaining exposed bitumen Bitumen barrels should be – Contractor to cover bitumen Cover and es- Monitor/check Feb 2017 barrels at km 45 covered barrel and placed them on con- tablish slab for that barrels crete slab bitumen barrel are covered and placed on slab 3. Oil spill at the equipment Contaminants should be – Contractor to remove oil/con- Remove the Check and Ap- Feb 2017 yard at km 45 removed from campsites taminant and contaminated contaminant prove the site materials condition – Prevent any contamination in the worksites 4. Low level of housekeeping Improve housekeeping and – Manage construction waste Clean the Camp Check and Ap- Feb 2017 at the Contractor’s Camp maintain cleanliness and solid waste properly Vicinities prove the site (km 45) condition 5. Conduction of post-con- For Documentary Require- – Check all relevant environmen- Complete self- Complete self- April or May struction final environmen- ments tal/social Issues audit and final- audit and final- 2017 tal audit with filling of check- – Fill-in the forms ize the forms ize the forms lists (for entire Project)

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51. As a follow-through of the previous Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Reports (July–Dec. 2015 & Jan-June 2016) the Table below is hereby presented. The updates were based on the Environmental Specialist’s observation during the field visit.

Table 4: ACTION PLAN for Previous Environmental Issues (July–Dec. 2015 & Jan-June 2016 BAEMR’s) WHAT WHO WHEN Current Environmental Issues Mitigation Measures Particular Action Contractor Engineer Target Date Status 6. Remaining exposed bitu- Bitumen barrels should be – Contractor to cover bitu- Cover and es- Monitor/check July 2016 Not Com- men barrels at km 45 covered men barrel and placed tablish slab that barrels plied them on concrete slab for bitumen are covered barrel and placed on slab 7. Oil spill at the equipment Contaminants should be – Contractor to remove Remove the Check and July 2016 Not Com- yard removed from worksites oil/contaminant and contaminant Approve the plied contaminated materials site condition – Prevent any contamination in the worksites 8. Low level of housekeeping Improve housekeeping and – Manage construction Clean the site Check and July 2016 Partially at the border facility con- maintain cleanliness waste and solid waste Approve the Complied struction site properly site condition 9. Fuel/oil spill on the ground Contaminants should be – Contractor to remove Remove the Check and March 2016 Not Com- removed from worksites contaminant contaminant Approve the plied – Prevent any contamina- site condition tion in the worksites 10. Exposed bitumen barrels at Bitumen barrels should be – Contractor to cover bitu- Cover and es- Monitor/check March 2016 Partially km 45 covered men barrel and placed tablish slab that barrels Complied them on concrete slab for bitumen are covered barrel and placed on slab 11. Environmental Document for Legal requirement to operate – Provide Local and national Submit docu- Check all doc- 10 June Not yet Material Sources and extract materials as per permits as required ments to Engi- uments as per fully com- - Borrow pit at km 31+500 (cur- IEE document neer Tajikistan leg- plied with rent) islations - Borrow pit at km 83 (not in use)

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WHAT WHO WHEN Current Environmental Issues Mitigation Measures Particular Action Contractor Engineer Target Date Status 12. Bitumen spills at the yard of Prevent soil and water con- – All bitumen barrels should Cover all bar- Check site 10 June Partially Asphalt plant (km 45) tamination have cover rels and re- condition Complied – Bitumen spills should be cover all bitu- removed from the soil men spill

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4.1. Notices and Letters

52. During the previous six-month period, the CS Consultant had been actively monitoring the Contractor’s performance in the environmental and social aspects. Issues were identified and communicated formally to the Contractor in the form of official letters. A listing of such letters on the environmental aspects and their status is shown below:

Table 5: Letters from the Engineer on Environmental and Social Issues Letter No. Dated Ref. 1672 29.07.2016 Submission of Bi - annual Environmental Monitoring Report ( Jan - June 2016) 1706 19.09.2016 Submission of Bi - Annual Environmental Monitoring Report 1714 03.10.2016 Submission of Revised Bi-Annual Environmental Moni- toring Report 1744 14.12.2016 Submission of Final Addendum LARP

53. In addition, on non-conformance issues, the Engineer sent a letter to the Contractor as presented below. Table 6: Letters to Contractor on Environmental and Social Issues Letter No. Dated Ref. 063/1397 11.06.2016 Regarding requisition of land for the flood areas at Km 47+760-Km50+238 334/1449 25.07.2016 Response to the Environmental Non - conformance 077/1480 22.08.2016 Elimination of the consequences of impact of the natural forces on the facility

4.2. Corrective Action Plans

54. Within the period July – December 2016 environmental monitoring was performed on the road under construction contract of Kocks Consult GmbH, for the Ayni – Panjakent – Uzbekistan Border Road. Work has been winding down with the completion of most of the required work.

55. In November 2016, environmental assessment and audit was performed on the project under construction contract of Kocks Consult GmbH for the Ayni – Panjakent – Uzbekistan Border Road by the International Environmental Specialist. This yielded a number of observable environmental issues which the Contractor had to mitigate. The ACTION PLAN provides a summary of the issues and has to be performed by the Contractor on or before the set deadline. Compliance shall be checked and verified by the local environmental specialist during his subsequent visit to the site.

56. The environmental issues encountered in this periodic inspection were in the aspect of road safety, exposed bitumen barrels, oil spill, public safety, and inadequate housekeeping at Contractor’s Camp.

57. Also during the visit of the International Environmental Specialist, the form - “Final environmental audit check-list on completed construction works and sites” – was handed over to the Contractor to accomplish. Since the completion of the work is anticipated to be sometime in March 2017, especially for the rural road, this form will be subsequently filled-in and submitted to the Engineer in the subsequent. A copy of this form is presented in Annex 2.

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4.3. Replanting of Trees along the Road Corridor

58. During the later stage of project, side by side with construction of road shoulder construction, trees saplings were planted along the green strip in the settlement areas of the villages. These saplings were to replace the trees that were felled when the road was constructed to the designed width. As per General Specifications 1301.16.8: Care during Execution of Works – “All works are to be carried out in such a manner that damage or disruption to the flora and fauna is reduced to a minimum wherever possible. Trees or shrubs shall be only felled or removed if they impinge directly on the Permanent Works or necessary Temporary Works.

59. Provisions in the EMP also stipulate on the Loss of Trees as follows:

(i) In the Detailed Design: Subject Potential Mitigation Measure Responsibilities Impact / Issue Flora Loss of During Detailed Design the Contractor shall • Contractor to include Trees ensure that roadside activities such as asphalt mitigations in his de- plants, construction camps and other ancillary tailed design. features are properly sited as agreed with the • Engineer to review relevant CEP. The Contractor should avoid and approve design loss of trees where possible and should em- documents. ploy techniques such as asymmetrical widen- • Contractor to replace ing. Where trees must be felled, the Contractor trees during Con- shall ensure that each one removed should be struction with over- replaced by at least two new saplings of the sight from the Engi- same species or other at suitable locations, all neer. as designated by the tree owner.

(ii) During Construction Phase: Subject Potential Mitigation Measure Responsibilities Impact / Issue Flora Loss of The Contractor shall ensure the following con- • Contractor to imple- and flora ditions are met: ment mitigation Fauna • Each tree removed by the Contractor • Engineer to routinely should be replaced by at least two new monitor Contractors saplings of the same species or other at activities. suitable locations, all as designated by the tree owner. • Supplying appropriate and adequate fuel in workers’ camps to prevent fuel-wood collection from unauthorized sources.

60. Accordingly, during the environmental audit the planted replacement tree saplings (various types of fir trees and pine trees) were inspected and were found to be thriving well. The tabulation of the planted trees along the road corridor as provided by the Contractor is shown on the Table below.

Table 7: Trees along the Road Corridor Group Specific station Village Quantity (trees) Remarks No. 1 KM53+920 KM56+160 Ruknobod 896 R

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Group Specific station Village Quantity (trees) Remarks No. 2 KM58+500 KM59+000 Marghedar 560 R,L 3 KM69+800 KM71+440 Ghusar 816 R,L 4 KM80+800 KM84+100 Sujina 1,280 R,L 5 KM85+200 KM86+460 Sufiyon 264 L 6 KM90+120 KM95+600 Panjakent 1,560 R,L 7 KM95+700 KM96+700 Chinor 246 R,L 8 KM101+000 KM102+820 Chimgala 96 R,L Total 5,718

4.4. Consultation and Complaints

61. In May 2015, a Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) was introduced in the project by the international social safeguard specialist as a window for accepting relevant comments/complaints from the public along the project road. Aside from the social/com- pensatory issues, the GRM also covered environmental issues that may arise.

62. Within the monitoring/management period (June – December 2016), feedback from the affected people (AP’s) is being handled by the Engineer at the site, particularly the Resident Engineer (Kocks) as well as the PIU designate field project manager.

63. For the reporting period, since the work is almost completed, no complaints were re- ported. As per the CEMP, the Contractor “A complaint register will be made available at the site office of the Contractor, with a display board indicating availability of such mechanism. This mechanism will accept complaints regarding the environment safeguard issues in implementation of the subproject”. This document is available with the Contractor.

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ANNEX 1: Photos of Environmental and Social Monitoring

Photo No. 1: Practically the entire length of the Project road was cleared of construction debris

Photo No. 2: Vicinity of Gallery is cleared of construction debris (km 25+500)

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Photo No. 3: Bus stops were erected at certain locations along the roadway

Photo No. 4 : Former borrow pit sloped properly and levelled at km 30

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Photo No. 5 : Absence of precautionary signs at bridge approach to Urmitan

Photo No. 6 : Cleared vicinities at completed Dupula Bridge

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Photo No. 7: No debris along road in the commercial area in Panjakent

Photo No. 8 : Road markings were completed

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Photo No. 9 : Border crossing Facility with Uzbekistan almost completed

Photo No. 10 : Ornamental trees planted alongside the road in the villages

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Photo No. 11 : Cleared and cleaned former asphalt plant at km 84

Photo No. 12 : Former borrow pit sloped properly and leveled at km 83

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Photo No. 13 : Exposed bitumen barrels – potential contamination (km 45)

Photo No. 14 : Oil spills at the equipment yard (km 45)

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Photo No. 15 : Inadvertently dumped solid waste found during inspection at the back of the Camp (km 45)

Photo No. 16 : Part of the Camp back vicinities already clean (km 45)

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Photo No. 17: Absence of safety signs at rural road construction in Revad

Photo No. 18: River Quarry at Km 45 reinstated by the Contractor

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ANNEX 2: Final Environmental Audit Check-List on Completed Construction Works and Sites

Проверочный лист по экологическому аудиту завершенных строительных работ.

Project Executing Agency PIURR Проект: Реализующее агентство Supervision Consultant Консультант по надзору Site: Contractor: Подрядчик Участок: Sub-Contractor Субподрядчик Date, time: Auditors: ФИО и Должность специалиста, Дата и время: проводившего инспекцию

1 Project site vegeta- Change of land cover, erosion re- Plantation and vegetation PIU/DEP? tion rehabilitation sulting from the construction activ- measures (trees, grass etc.) (re-vegetation) ities Посадка и восстановление Реабилитация рас- Изменение растительного по- растительного покрова тительности на про- крова, эрозия в результате стро- Proper landscaping with drain- ектном участке ительных работ age Соответствующие работы по восстановлению ландшафта с обеспечением дренажа при необходимости 2 Demolishing old Exposure to Asbestos dust causes Asbestos containing roofing ma- buildings cancer terials not broken, removed in Снос старых зданий Воздействия пыли с асбесто- sealed packages and disposed выми частицами приведет к раку in designated sites (under control

ADB Grant 0301/Loan 8259 - Tajikistan Kocks Engineers xxxi Corridor No. 6 Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ayni – Panjakent – Uzbekistan Border Road Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (Jul - Dec 2016) Mitigation measures according Measures conducted Comments/recom- Type of works Impacts EMP/SSEMP Control mendations (if any) № Вид работ Воздействие Мероприятие(-я) согласно Контроль Выполненные меро- ПУОС/СПУОС приятия of PIU and supervision consultant) Other construction debris removed 3 Oil management Equipment and machinery repair- All oil spills on soil surface must Управление горюче- ing/maintenance be removed and disposed rele- смазочными мате- Ремонт/обслуживание vantly риалами оборудования, техники Все утечки ГСМ должны быть удалены с поверхности почвы и складированҷ надлежащим образом (в санкционированном месте) 4 Waste management Waste accumulation, air and soil Collect and disposal all wastes at Управление отхо- pollution designated location; дами Накопление отходов, загрязне- Сбор и утилизация всех отхо- ние воздуха и почвы дов на выделенных местах. Scrap metals properly stored to be sent to designated organization for recycling Металлолом правильно хра- нить для передачи специали- зированной организации на пе- реработку. 5 Remove disabled Housekeeping matters Disabled Equipment or property equipment, Вопросы по благоустройству should be removed or stockpiled Убрать непригодное территории to be removed; оборудование Старое оборудование убрать и складировать надлежащим способом . Contractor equipment and machinery removed; Оборудование и техника под- рядчика удалены;

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Mitigation measures according Measures conducted Comments/recom- Type of works Impacts EMP/SSEMP Control mendations (if any) № Вид работ Воздействие Мероприятие(-я) согласно Контроль Выполненные меро- ПУОС/СПУОС приятия Old pavement Old asphalt causing pollution, if Old asphalt properly stored to be improperly stored. sent to designated organization for recycling and re-using. 6 Road reinstatement Road damages causing pollution, Streets with installed network re- Восстановление до- traffic disturbance and accidents. instated to pre-construction or роги Повреждение дороги ведет к за- better conditions грязнению, нарушению движе- Улицы с установленной сетью ния и авариям. восстановлены до состояния начала строительства или лучше прежнего Trees replanted as needed Деревья заново посажены как требовалось. Access road reinstated to pre- construction or better conditions Подъездная дорога восстанов- лена до прежнего состояния, предшествовавшего строи- тельству или лучше прежнего. 7 Borrow sites and Land slide, soil erosion, change in Borrow sites and quarries re- quarries riverbed and landscape, accidents stored Карьеры Оползень, эрозия почв, измене- After completion of the opera- ние в русле и ландшафта, tions in the quarry or its certain несчастные случаи. section, the idle material is back- filled, compacted, terraced and harmonized with the landscape. Восстановлены карьеры, грун- торезервы, проведены соот- ветствующие работы (по за- сыпке, выравниванию, терра- сированию и т.п.) – прежний ландшафт должен быть вос- ставлен и\или улучшен

ADB Grant 0301/Loan 8259 - Tajikistan Kocks Engineers xxxiii Corridor No. 6 Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ayni – Panjakent – Uzbekistan Border Road Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (Jul - Dec 2016) Mitigation measures according Measures conducted Comments/recom- Type of works Impacts EMP/SSEMP Control mendations (if any) № Вид работ Воздействие Мероприятие(-я) согласно Контроль Выполненные меро- ПУОС/СПУОС приятия 8 Existing Infrastructure Damage or disturbance to existing Reinstatement to pre-construc- facilities services (supply of electricity, wa- tion conditions or proper reloca- Существующие объ- ter, gas, telecom etc.) tion, to be certified by the service екты инфраструк- Повреждение или нарушение к companies туры существующим услугам (по- ставки электроэнергии, воды, Восстановление условий до газа, телекоммуникаций и т.д.). начала строительства или надлежащего перемещения для сертификации сервис- ными компаниями.

9 Camp site facilities Residual pollution and disturbance All temporary facilities removed Объекты лагеря to the localities and cleaned up Остаточное загрязнение и нару- Все временные сооружения шения в населенных пунктах убраны и очищены, имеющи- еся загрязнения удалены надлежащим образов Others… Другие

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