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Review of HPP ZHUR Feasibility Study 3 REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDING PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY EIA AND PRELIMINARY SA REPUBLIKA E KOSOVËS REPUBLIKA KOSOVA REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO Ministria e Energjisë dhe Minierave Ministarstvo energije i rudarstva Ministry of Energy and Mining LPTAP Project Office THE TASKS Task 1: Review and update the existing hydrological, hydro‐technical, and geological data for necessary for development of HPP Zhur. Task 2: Review, update and optimize plant installed capacity and update/complete the existing preliminary engineering design of the HPP Zhur; Task 3: Review and update/complete the existing financial and economic feasibility of the HPP Zhur, including analysis of financing options; Task 4: Prepare a preliminary EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment), including trans‐boundary impacts, impact on downstream irrigation and dam safety associated international requirements; Task 5: Prepare a preliminary SA (Social Assessment), including a draft Resettlement Action Plan. REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY preliminary SA –general PRELIMINARY SOCIAL ASSESSMENT analysis with a DRAFT RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN is based: •on the respective World Bank Policies and Operation Manual (2006) (especially on the article 4, §1 – 12) •on the current legal documents of the Kosova law (Expropriation Law) (2009) •on the IFC Performance Standard 5 •on the materials gathered from respective ministries •on the field work research material CONTENTS: 1. Preliminary Social Assessment 2. Draft Resettlement Action Plan REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA – introduction Findings of the preliminary social assessment analysis of the Zhur Hydroelectric Power Plant are based on the following data and documentation: • existing materials, • meetings held with: •LPTAP Project Office members in Prishtinë, • representatives of the Dragash/Sharr and Prizren Municipality (3 November 2008), • representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the Republic of Kosova (4 November 2008), and with representatives of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, and Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (14 November 2008), • two official and general meetings held with the executives and public representatives held in Prizren and in the Dragash/Sharr Municipality on 12 and 13 December 2008, • findings of two focus group research meetings held in the Dragash/Sharr (29 persons) and in Prizren Municipality (19 persons) on 26 and 27 January 2009, • several field (unofficial) interviews held in the respected area to be affected by the construction of the Zhur Hydroelectric Power Plant, REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA – introduction • professional insights and perceptions gathered on several occasions during the visits to the potentially affected areas on 3, and 15 November 2008, and 26 January 2009 •datafrom The Cultural Heritage Office – Ministry of Culture of Kosova provided on 29 December 2008 •dataon the Motorway Vërmicë – Prizren – Prishtinë – Merdar provided on 18 February 2009, • data collection regarding the HPP Zhur – Municipal Assembly provided by the Dragash Municipality on 28 January 2009 •otherrelevant materials (Operational Manual, Bank Policies, 2006; relevant Kosova Laws and articles concerning the issues of involuntary resettlement issues) Prizren, 12 Dec 2008 Dragash/Sharr, 12 Dec 2008 Dragash/Sharr, 26 Jan 2009 Prizren, 27 Jan 2009 REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA – introduction Major problems faced during the work on this project include: • incomplete data, vague data or complete lack of data • lack of land planning documentation •analysis had to be based on the existing data and findings with new insights and data collected in two focus group meetings REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA –areadescription Prizren Municipality Village DobrushtëZhur •The Zhurmajority HPP is Zhurthe of largestpopulation II powerhouse village is 25in has the – 35 beenPrizren years of plannedMunicipalityage to be and located one of in the the largest vicinity villages of the in villageKosova Dobrushtë (whole region on the comprises left bank also of ofthe • approx. 500 inhabitants of Zhur are Driniseveral i Bardhë smaller River. villages such as Vermicë, employed abroad, either permanently or Shkoze, Dobrushtë, Murademe, Velashnje •temporarily Since the alternative I is selected in Task 2 and Kobaje) Report, there is no need for the The•anresettlement HPPold village Zhur plan datingdoes of existing notback have to population.14th direct century impact in the village of Zhur. The HPP ZhurAccording• Albanian I powerhouse to population the Final andRoad is dominant switchyard Design inReport Zhur are (Design Section A) Motorway Vërmicë‐ planned• major migration to be built happened in the invicinity the village but Prizren‐Prishtinë‐Merdar, 2005 and Vermica due to the land expropriation for preliminaryout of the HPPvillage Zhur territory Study results,towards there the is construction of a reservoir for the HPP Fierza nowest, conflict on the between undeveloped these two and projects unused in Albania duringland where the construction potential environmentaland exploitation (thereimpact•today is (2009)is min minimum. 20 Zhur m distance has Due more toin then elevation)that, 1400 there is nobuildings need andfor structuresresettlement of different action kinds plan for• this the village existing has the population. highest density in the area with approx. 10,000 inhabitants, while the whole region accounts for approx. 15,000 inhabitants REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA –areadescription New HPP Zhur I powerhouse site at the foothill Location of HPP Zhur I discharge system –HPP Zhur II conveyance system REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA –areadescription Dragash/Sharr Municipality Village Zym/QollopekBrezna ••there populationimpoundingdue to are construction approx. of of Brezna one 650 petrol of consists inhabitants, the stationHPP of Zhur, 2,450on approx. thetwo inhabitants73roadreservoirs households, Zhur‐ Dragash,will and be 10they created, people close are mostly to permanentlythe the Brezna intersectionengaged in smallemployed,withReservoir the family roadclose 7 economicpersons to to village the working villageactivities Brezna Brezna abroad (agriculture, with the cattle•there•highest impounding breeding) isimpact a primary of on andtwo the school approx. mechanical village, (1 10‐ 4and ‐grade)15% shops a smaller of in the the inhabitantsvillage(automobilePlavë Reservoir with are61 service) pupils, workingthat will and abroad. bring the pupilsabout continuethe impounding of the village Qollopek •their primary primary school education (1‐4 grades) in the with primary approx. school •in impounding the village Bellobrad/Gastil of one primary locatedschool in approx. the 200villageThese pupils influencesBrezna exists (1‐ in4and grade)the impacts village, are and the continuation2following kilometers (registered fromof the Zym primary in this study):education (5‐8 grade)• only impounding Qollopekis provided of villageone for school in is the affected nearbyplayground by primary the • impounding of approx. 200 family houses schoolHPP Zhur about project one implementation.kilometer far fromThe the Plavë •in impounding the village Brezna of a nearby and Hani football i Llopushnikut playgroundReservoirvillage that is alsoplaned serves in this the area needs and of around the 23pupils• impounding houses from from the of nearbythe approx. Qollopek villages 550 ha village Buçe of and are • impounding of 2‐3 buffets expectedPlavëagricultural to landbe resettled.of different The quality water insupply •systemBrezna impounding fieldpipelines (Fusha of major will e Llopushnikut)also roads be affected •the main road in the village is paved, •sewage impoundingapprox. system 60% of of and the all drinking agriculturalfieldarea ofthat Haniwater is locatedland i are will be downstreamimpoundedpartiallyLlopushnikut provided from or Brezna the village field– several housing •thebuildings dam and site onelocation primary for theschool Plavë • impoundingthe village Brezna, of some if forests,construction springs of andthe localReservoir roads is situated in the valley with HPPminimum• impounding Zhur isimpact completed of oneon forest aggregate as planned, and with screening will no be •impactexposedplant impoundingin on Hani to local major i ofLlopushnikut infrastructure. three changes cemeteries REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA –areadescription Talking to local population View of the Plavë Reservoir – houses to be impounded. BelIobrad/Gastil settlement in the back REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA –areadescription Cultural‐historical monuments The Kosova Cultural Monuments Protection Institute has not legally Cemetery at the reservoir site protected any cultural heritage locality so far. Some monuments were recorded at the area under consideration. Facilities and Industry •in Zym/Qollopek, Brezna and Buçe villages there are no major industrial facilities except the car service shop mentioned previously REVIEW OF HPP ZHUR FEASIBILITY STUDY TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 preliminary SA –areadescription
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