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42248-013: Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project Semiannual Environmental Monitoring Report Project No. 42248-013 Loan No 2763- BAN (SF) December 2018 Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP II) Prepared by Second Chittagong Hill tracts Rural Development Project for the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and The Asian Development Bank This Semiannual 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. Project No. 42248-013 Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project July – December 2018 December Environmental Monitoring Report 0 Environmental Monitoring Report July – December 2018 2763-BAN (SF): Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CHTRDP II Project No. 42248-013 Environmental Monitoirng Report July-December 2018 Prepared by: Md.Maksudul Amin Environmental Engineer (Individual Consultant) Safeguard and Quality Monitoring Cell (SQMC) Project Management Office Second Chittagong Hilltracts Rural Development Project, for the Peoples Repulic of Bangladesh and The Asian Development Bank 1 Environmental Monitoring Report July – December 2018 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. 2 Environmental Monitoring Report July – December 2018 Table of Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................5 Glossary ........................................................................................................................6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Project Background: ........................................................................................... 10 1.2 Project Objectives: .............................................................................................. 10 1.3 Project Output: .................................................................................................... 11 1.4 Context of the Environmental Monitoring Report: ................................................. 12 1.5 Methodology: ....................................................................................................... 14 1.6 Physical Progress of Project Activities: ................................................................ 15 1.7 Scope of the Monitoring Report: .......................................................................... 16 1.8 Change in Project Scope: .................................................................................... 16 1.9 Monitoring Requirement: ..................................................................................... 16 Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 21 Environmental Monitoring.............................................................................................. 21 2.1 Quantitative and Qualitative Monitoring Data: ..................................................... 21 2.2 Environmental Safeguard Issues of Rural Road Components: ............................ 21 2.3 Environmental Safeguard Issues of Community Infrastructure (CI) Component: . 23 2.4 Monitoring Parameter: ......................................................................................... 24 2.5 Monitoring Results and Compliance Status: ........................................................ 25 2.6 Compliance Status with GoB Policy: ................................................................... 29 2.7 Compliance Status of ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: .................................... 29 2.8 Compliance status of Environmentally Specific Loan Covenants: ........................ 30 2.9 Institutional Arrangement for Implementing EMP: ............................................... 32 Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 34 Tree Plantation ................................................................................................................ 34 3.1 Background: ........................................................................................................ 34 3.2 Institutional Framework of Tree Plantation: ......................................................... 35 3.3 Species Selection:............................................................................................... 36 3.4 Ownership of Planted Trees: ............................................................................... 36 3.5 Action Plan: ......................................................................................................... 36 3.6 Plant Nursing: ..................................................................................................... 37 Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 38 Result and Corrective Action Plan ................................................................................ 38 4.1 Result: ................................................................................................................. 38 4.2 Corrected Action Plan: ........................................................................................ 39 Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 42 Conclusion and Recommendations .............................................................................. 42 5.1 Conclusion: ......................................................................................................... 42 5.2 Recommendation: ............................................................................................... 43 APPENDIX ....................................................................................................................... 45 3 Environmental Monitoring Report July – December 2018 Appendix 1: Physical Progress of Rural Road Component ..................................... 45 Appendix 2: Physical Progress of CI Component ..................................................... 54 Appendix 3 : Physical Progress of MAD Component ............................................ 100 Appendix 4: Site Specific Environmental safeguard Issues of rural Roads Component .............................................................................................................. 103 Appendix 5: Site Specific Environmental Safeguard Issues of Community Infrastructure Component ...................................................................................... 114 Appendix 6:EMP implementation Status of Rural Road Component .................... 116 Appendix 7: EMP Implementation Status of CI Components ................................ 121 List of Tables: Table 1: Monitoring Requirement 17 Table 2: Summery of environmental safeguard issues of rural road 21 Table 3: Environmental Safeguard Issues of CI Components 23 Table 4: Summery of the EMP implementation status of rural road component 26 Table 5:Summery of the EMP implementation Status of CI component 28 Table 6: Environmental Compliances Status with Policy of GoB 29 Table 7: Compliance with Environmentally Specific Loan Covenants 30 Table 8: Institutional Responsibility Matrix of EMP 32 Table 9: Subproject Wise for Tree Plantation 34 Table 10: Action Plan for Tree Plantation 36 Table 11: Corrective Action Plan 39 4 Environmental Monitoring Report July – December 2018 Abbreviations ADB : Asian Development Bank CHT : Chittagong Hill Tracts CHTDB : Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board CHTRC : Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council CHTDF : Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility CHTRDP-I : Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CHTRDP-II : Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CDC : Community Development Committee CI : Community Infrastructure CPTU : Central Procurement Technical Unit DPD : Deputy Project Director DPMO : District Project Management Office DPP : Development Project Proforma GC : Growth Centre GoB : Government of Bangladesh HBB : Herring Bone Bond HDC : Hill District Council HQ : Headquarters IEE : Initial Environmental Examination IP : Indigenous People IPP : Indigenous People Plan LAR : Land Acquisition and Resettlement LARF : Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework LCS : Labour Contracting Society LGED : Local
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