47235-001: Trimmu and Panjnad Barrages Improvement Project
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Initial Environmental Examination Report ________________________________________ Project Number: 47235-001 Loan Number: 3159/3160-PAK(COL) Date: January 2021 Trimmu, Panjnad and Islam Barrages Improvement Project Initial Environmental Examination Report for Islam Barrage Prepared by Irrigation Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and its agencies ends on 30 June. (ii) In this report “$” refer to US dollars. This initial environmental examination 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. GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) FOR PUNJAB BARRAGES Rehabilitation and Modernization of Islam Barrage ADB Loan # 3159/3160 (COL)-PAK INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) UPDATED December 2020 ISLAM BARRAGE CONSULTANTS (IBC) REHABILITTION AND MODERNIZATION OF ISLAM BARRAGE Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Updated REHABILITATION AND MODERNIZATION OF ISLAM BARRAGE INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) UPDATED TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................... xiii 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1 - 1 1.1 Project Location ................................................................................................... 1 - 1 1.2 Project Background .............................................................................................. 1 - 2 1.3 Indus Water Treaty ............................................................................................... 1 - 3 1.4 Objectives of Updated IEE ................................................................................... 1 - 5 1.5 Purpose of the Updated Report ............................................................................ 1 - 6 1.6 Review of Previous Studies .................................................................................. 1 - 6 1.7 Approaches Adopted for the IEE Study ................................................................ 1 - 7 1.8 Scope of Work ...................................................................................................... 1 - 7 1.9 Structure of the Report ......................................................................................... 1 - 8 1.10 Pictorial View of the Islam Barrage ....................................................................... 1 - 9 2 LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK POLICY ........................................... 2 - 1 2.1 General ................................................................................................................ 2 - 1 2.2 Regulatory Requirements in Pakistan .................................................................. 2 - 1 2.3 Other Environmental Rules and Regulations ........................................................ 2 - 1 2.4 Institutional Structure ............................................................................................ 2 - 1 2.4.1 Regulations for Environmental Assessment .................................................. 2 - 2 2.4.2 National Environmental Quality Standards 2010 ........................................... 2 - 2 2.4.3 Forest Act, 1927 (Provincial Acts and Rules)................................................. 2 - 5 2.4.4 Forestry Notification ...................................................................................... 2 - 5 2.4.5 Provincial Wildlife (Protection, Reservation, Conservation and Management) Act, Ordinances and Rules .......................................................................................... 2 - 5 2.4.6 Antiquities Act, 1975...................................................................................... 2 - 5 2.4.7 Provincial Local Government Ordinances, 2001 ............................................ 2 - 5 2.4.8 Regulation of Mines and Oil Fields and Mineral Development Act, 1948 ....... 2 - 6 2.4.9 Factories Act, 1934 ....................................................................................... 2 - 6 2.4.10 Explosives Act, 1884 ..................................................................................... 2 - 6 2.4.11 National Resettlement Policy and Ordinance ................................................ 2 - 6 2.4.12 Pakistan National Conservation Strategy ...................................................... 2 - 7 2.4.13 Environmental Standards .............................................................................. 2 - 7 2.5 International Conventions ..................................................................................... 2 - 8 2.5.1 Convention on Biological Diversity ................................................................ 2 - 8 2.5.2 Bonn Convention ........................................................................................... 2 - 9 2.5.3 Kyoto Protocol ............................................................................................... 2 - 9 2.6 Asian Development Bank Requirements .............................................................. 2 - 9 2.6.1 ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 ...................................................... 2 - 9 2.7 Environmental Category ..................................................................................... 2 - 10 2.8 ADB’s Access to Information Policy (AIP) 2018 .................................................. 2 - 12 2.9 ADB’s Accountability Mechanism Policy 2012 .................................................... 2 - 12 2.10 Disclosure Requirements ................................................................................... 2 - 12 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................ 3 - 1 IB Consultants ii REHABILITTION AND MODERNIZATION OF ISLAM BARRAGE Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Updated 3.1 General ................................................................................................................ 3 - 1 3.2 Barrage Structure ............................................................................................... 3 - 2 3.3 Project Objectives ............................................................................................... 3 - 3 3.4 Description of Project.......................................................................................... 3 - 4 3.5 CIVIL WORKS ...................................................................................................... 3 - 4 3.5.1 Grouting the Cavities and Cracks in Structure ............................................... 3 - 4 3.5.2 Dredging the Deposited Silt Upstream .......................................................... 3 - 5 3.5.3 Remodeling of Subsidiary Weir ..................................................................... 3 - 5 3.6 Mechanical/Electrical Works ................................................................................. 3 - 5 3.6.1 Repair of Barrage Gates, Installing Hoisting System and Electric Motors ...... 3 - 5 3.6.2 Installation of Pressure Monitoring Instruments ............................................. 3 - 6 3.7 Material Requirements ......................................................................................... 3 - 6 3.7.1 Civil Works .................................................................................................... 3 - 6 3.7.2 Mechanical/ Electrical Works ......................................................................... 3 - 6 3.8 Sources of Material .............................................................................................. 3 - 7 3.9 Equipment and MachineryYard ............................................................................ 3 - 7 3.10 MaterialDepots ..................................................................................................... 3 - 8 3.11 Work Bases .......................................................................................................... 3 - 8 3.12 Approaches to Work Site ...................................................................................... 3 - 8 3.13 Water for Human Consumption and Construction Work ....................................... 3 - 8 3.14 Laborer Camp ...................................................................................................... 3 - 9 3.15 Construction Schedule and Implementation Arrangements .................................. 3 - 9 4 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ................................................................................... 4 - 1 4.1 General ................................................................................................................ 4 - 1 4.2 Project Area of Influence ...................................................................................... 4 - 1 4.3 Physical Environment ........................................................................................... 4 - 3 4.3.1 Physiography and Soil ..................................................................................