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Final Updated Environmental & Social Assessment & Public Disclosure Authorized Management Framework (ESAMF) Bangladesh Modern Food Storage Facilities Project, Phase I (BMFSFP-I) and Additional Financing Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized (Updated) November 2018 Directorate General of Food, Ministry of Food Public Disclosure Authorized Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Table of Contents List of Acronyms .............................................................................................................................. xii LIST of Tables .................................................................................................................................. xvi Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... xix SECTION A: General ...........................................................................................................................1 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................2 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Need of the Report ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Report Structure ........................................................................................................................... 3 2 Project Description .....................................................................................................................4 2.1 Project Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Project Components ..................................................................................................................... 4 2.2.1 Component A – Construction of Modern Grain Storage Silo Facilities ................................. 4 2.2.2 Component B – Support for Food Planning and Monitoring Program ................................. 6 2.2.3 Component C –Project Management, Construction Supervision, Technical Assistance, Training and Strategic Studies. ............................................................................................................. 7 2.3 Project Beneficiaries ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Selected Technology Description .................................................................................................. 8 2.4.1 Modern Public Food Grain Storage Silos .............................................................................. 8 2.4.2 Household Silos ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.5 Scope of BMFSP-I Intervention for Environment and Social Study .............................................. 9 2.5.1 Component A1: Construction of Modern Public Food Grain Storage Silos ............................ 10 2.5.2 Component A2: Household Silos ............................................................................................. 10 2.5.3 Component A3: Implementation of Social and Environmental Management Plans .............. 10 3 Environmental & Social Policies, Legal and Administrative Framework ....................................... 11 3.1 General Description of Environmental Polices and Legislation in Bangladesh ........................... 11 3.1.1 Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 .............................................................. 11 3.1.2 Environment Conservation Rules, 1997 .............................................................................. 11 3.1.3 Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) 2009 .............................. 12 3.1.4 National Environment Action Plan, 1992 ............................................................................ 13 ii 3.1.5 National Water Policy 1999 ................................................................................................ 13 3.1.6 Standing Orders on Disaster, 2010 ..................................................................................... 14 3.1.7 National Integrated Pest Management Policy, 2002 .......................................................... 14 3.1.8 National Fisheries Policy, 1996 ........................................................................................... 15 3.1.9 National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) ............................................................ 15 3.1.10 Bangladesh Labor Act, 2006 ................................................................................................ 16 3.1.11 Bangladesh National Building Code, 2006 .......................................................................... 16 3.1.12 National Agricultural Policy, 2010 ....................................................................................... 18 3.1.13 National Food Policy 2006 .................................................................................................. 18 3.1.14 National Food Policy Plan of Action, 2008-2015 ................................................................. 20 3.1.15 Bangladesh Country Investment Plan (CIP), 2011 .............................................................. 20 3.2 World Bank’s Environmental Safeguard Policy ........................................................................... 21 3.2.1 OP/BP 4.01 Environmental Assessment ............................................................................. 22 3.2.2 OP/BP 4.04 Natural Habitats ............................................................................................... 22 3.2.3 OP/BP 4.09 Pest Management ............................................................................................ 23 3.2.4 OP/BP 4.11 Physical Cultural Resources ............................................................................. 23 3.2.5 OP/BP 4.36 Forests ............................................................................................................. 24 3.2.6 OP/BP 4.37 Safety of Dams ................................................................................................. 24 3.2.7 WBG/IFC Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines ..................................................... 24 3.3 General Description of Social Polices and Legislation in Bangladesh ......................................... 24 3.3.1 Constitution of Bangladesh ................................................................................................. 25 3.3.2 The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 ....................... 25 3.3.3 The East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950 (Revised 1994) ........................ 26 3.3.4 Constitutional Right of the Tribal Peoples Rights ............................................................... 26 3.3.5 The Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation 1900 ........................................................................ 27 3.3.6 The Chittagong Hill –Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation, 1958 ....................................... 27 3.3.7 The CHT Regional Council Act, 1998 ................................................................................... 28 3.3.8 Ethnic Minority Rights in PRSP 2005 ................................................................................... 28 3.3.9 GOB Laws on Land Acquisition ............................................................................................ 29 3.4 World Bank’s Social Safeguard Policy ......................................................................................... 29 3.4.1 Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) ............................................................................. 29 3.4.2 Indigenous People (OP/BP 4.10) ......................................................................................... 30 iii 3.5 Implications of National Polices and Legislations on the Project ............................................... 30 3.6 Implication of Environmental Safeguard Policies of WB on the Project..................................... 31 3.7 Implication of Social Safeguard Policies of WB on the Project ................................................... 31 4 Alternative Analysis .................................................................................................................. 32 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 32 4.2 "No Action" Alternative of the Project ....................................................................................... 32 4.3 Alternative Analysis for Selection of Sites .................................................................................. 33 4.4 Alternative Analysis for Technology Options .............................................................................. 39 SECTION B: Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) ........................................ 47 5 Environmental Management Framework (EMF)......................................................................... 48 5.1 Objectives of the EMF ................................................................................................................