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Initial Environmental Examination Thaiba - Godamchaur Road Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Sub-project June 2017 NEP: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project Prepared by District Coordination Committee (Lalitpur)- Central Level Project Implementation Unit – Ministry of Federals Affairs and Local Development for the Asian Development Bank. This initial environmental examination 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s website. 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. The views expressed herein are those of the consultant and do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s members, Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................. v 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Name and Address of the Proponent .......................................................................... 1 1.2 Background ................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Restructuring at Local Level ....................................................................................... 2 1.4 Rationale of the IEE.................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Objectives of the IEE Study ........................................................................................ 4 1.6 Methodology Adopted ................................................................................................. 4 1.6.1 Project Area Delineation .................................................................................. 5 1.6.2 Desk Study and Literature Review ................................................................... 5 1.6.3 Field Investigation ............................................................................................ 6 1.6.4 Database Preparation, Analysis, Prediction and Assessment of Impact ........... 8 1.6.5 Impact Identification, Prediction and Assessment/Evaluation Method .............. 8 1.6.6 Study Team ..................................................................................................... 9 1.7 Limitations of the IEE Study: ....................................................................................... 9 2 Nepal’s Legal Framework and Regulatory Requirements for the Project ...................... 10 3 Description of the Project ............................................................................................. 15 3.1 Relevancy of the Sub-project .................................................................................... 15 3.2 Description and Location .......................................................................................... 15 3.3 Salient Features of the Sub-project .......................................................................... 19 3.4 Components and Activities of the Sub-project .......................................................... 20 3.5 Construction Approach ............................................................................................. 20 3.6 Implementation Schedule ......................................................................................... 20 4 Description of the Existing Environment ....................................................................... 21 4.1 Physical Environment ............................................................................................... 21 4.1.1 Topography and Geomorphology................................................................... 21 Geology and Soil type ................................................................................................ 21 4.1.2 Land Use ....................................................................................................... 22 4.1.3 Climate and Hydrology ................................................................................... 23 4.1.4 Landslide and Erosion Prone Area ................................................................. 23 4.1.5 Air, Noise and Water Quality .......................................................................... 23 4.2 Biological Environment ............................................................................................. 23 4.2.1 Vegetation, Forest and Wildlife ...................................................................... 23 4.2.2 Protected Fauna ............................................................................................ 24 4.3 Socio-economic and Cultural Environment ............................................................... 24 4.3.1 District Context .............................................................................................. 24 4.3.2 Zone of influence ........................................................................................... 25 4.3.3 Core Project Area .......................................................................................... 29 4.3.4 Socio-economic Profile of the Project Affected Households ........................... 29 5 Anticipated Environmental Impacts and Benefit Augmentation/Mitigation Measures .... 32 5.1 Mitigation Measures during Pre-construction Phase ................................................. 32 5.1.1 Detailed Survey and Design ........................................................................... 32 5.2 Beneficial Impacts and Benefit Augmentation Measures .......................................... 32 5.2.1 Construction Phase........................................................................................ 32 IEE of Thaiba – Godamchaur Road Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Sub-project, Lalitpur i 5.2.2 Operation Phase ............................................................................................ 34 5.3 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures ............................................................... 35 5.3.1 Construction Phase........................................................................................ 35 5.3.2 Operation Phase ............................................................................................ 40 5.4 Climate Change Impacts .......................................................................................... 42 5.5 Cumulative Impact .................................................................................................... 44 6 Analysis of Alternatives ................................................................................................ 46 6.1 No Action Alternative ................................................................................................ 46 6.2 Proposal Alternatives ................................................................................................ 46 6.3 Alternative Alignment ................................................................................................ 46 6.4 Alternative Design and Construction Approach ......................................................... 46 6.5 Alternative Schedule and Process ............................................................................ 46 6.6 Alternative Resources .............................................................................................. 47 7 Public Consultation and Information Disclosure ........................................................... 48 7.1 Public Consultation ................................................................................................... 48 7.2 Information disclosure .............................................................................................. 49 7.3 Consultation with Stakeholder to Implement EMP .................................................... 49 8 Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................... 50 9 Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................ 53 9.1 Institutions and Their Roles ...................................................................................... 53 9.2 Implementation of benefit augmentation and mitigation measures............................ 56 9.3 Mitigation Cost for Executing the Environmental Management Plan ......................... 68 9.3.1 Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Activities ........................................ 68 9.3.2 Major Costs for Environmental Safeguard Measures ..................................... 69 9.4 Matters to be monitored while implementing the proposal ........................................ 70 9.4.1 Baseline Monitoring ....................................................................................... 70 9.4.2 Compliance Monitoring .................................................................................. 70 9.4.3 Impact Monitoring .......................................................................................... 71 9.4.4 Project Performance Monitoring ....................................................................