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Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report SEMI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT Project No.47181-002 ADB Loan No.3434-TAJ/Grant: No.0498-TAJ Reporting period: July – December 2020 REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PYANJ RIVER BASIN (Financed by Asian Development Bank) Prepared by BETS Consulting Services Ltd. Bangladesh in association with LLC “Panasia” Ltd. Tajikistan for the Project Implementation Group “Water resources management in Pyanj river basin” under the State institution "Capital and Land reclamation construction" Agency of Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank This environmental monitoring report is a document of the Borrower. The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of ADB's board of directors, management or staff and may be preliminary. In preparing a Country Program or Strategy, financing a project, or by indicating or referencing a specific territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments regarding the legal or other status of any territory or region. January 2021 1 CONTENT I. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….5 II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CURRENT ACTIVITY……………………………………6 2.1. Project Description……………………………………………………………………………..6 2.2 Project Location………………………………………………………………………………...7 2.3. Agreements (contracts) for project implementation and management………………...…8 2.4. Project activities during the reporting period……………………………………………….12 2.4.1. Modernization and rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure in Hamadoni district………13 2.4.2. Modernization and rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure in Farkhor district………...17 2.4.3. Modernization and rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure in Vose district…………....23 2.4.4. Construction of the lake-type sediment excluding basin in Hamadoni district…………24 2.4.5. Modernization and rehabilitation of pump stations in Farkhor and Vose districts……..29 2.5. Description of any changes in the design of the project…………………………………..39 2.6. Description of any changes in agreed construction methods…………………………….39 III. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY………………………………………………………………40 3.1 General Description of Environmental Activities…………………………………………..40 3.2. Field Inspections ……………………………………………………………………………..40 3.3. Tracking problems Based on Notices of Non-Compliance……………………………….48 3.4. Trends (general directions)………………………………………………………………….51 3.5. Unexpected environmental impacts or risks……………………………………………….52 IV. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING RESULTS……………………………………………53 4.1 General monitoring during the current period……………………………………………..53 4.2. Wastewater…………………………………………………………………………………….53 4.3. Air quality……………………………………………………………………………………...53 4.4. Impact of noise and vibration……………………………………………………………….54 4.5. Flora and fauna ……………………………………………………………………………...54 4.6. Use of Material Resources………………………………………………………………….55 4.6.1. Current period………………………………………………………………………………..55 4.6.2. Cumulative using of resources……………………………………………………………..55 4.7. Waste management…………………………………………………………………………58 4.7.1.Current period………………………………………………………………………………..58 4.7.2. Cumulative waste generation………………………………………………………………59 4.8. Health and safety…………………………………………………………………………....60 4.8.1. Population safety…………………………………………………………………………...60 2 4.8.2. Workers’ health and safety……………………………………………………………….....60 4.9. Training………………………………………………………………………………………..62 4.10. Grievance redress mechanism…………………………………………………………… 63 4.11. Monitoring the implementation of the Corrective Action Plan…………………………..63 V. FUNCTIONING OF SITE SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (SSEMP)……………………………………...............................................................................65 5.1. Review of the SEMP (SSEMP/SEMP)……………………………………………………..65 VI. ADVANCED METHODS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT………66 6.1 Advanced practices (good practices)………………………………………………………66 VII. BRIEF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………….….66 7.1 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………………...66 7.2 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………...67 Annex 1……………………………………………………………………………………………….68 Annex 2……………………………………………………………………………………………….95 Annex 3……………………………………………………………………………………………...108 3 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank ALRI Agency on Land Reclamation and Irrigation BETS BETS Consulting Services Ltd. Bangladesh in association with LLC Panasia Ltd. (Tajikistan – Consultant) CEP Committee for Environmental Protection CIS Chubek Irrigation System CMC Chubek Main Canal CSC Construction Supervision Consultant EA Executive Agency EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMU Environmental Management Unit ERP Emergency Response Plan EH&SS Environment Health and Safety Specialist FL Fuels and Lubricants GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism Hukymat State administrative office at the district levels IA Implementing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination I&D Irrigation and Drainage JSC Joint Stock Company LIC Loan Implementation Consultant LLC Limited Liability Company MEWR Ministry of Energy and Water Resources M&R Modernization and Rehabilitation NGO Nongovernmental Organization OH&S Occupational Health and Safety OH&SP Occupational Health and Safety Plan O&M Operation and Maintenance PCD Polychlorinated diphenyls PCV Polychlorinated vinyls PE Polyethylene PIG Project Implementation Group PIU Project Implementation Unit PPE Personal Protective Equipment PPCU Project Public Complaints Unit PRB Pyanj River Basin PRBO Pyanj River Basin Organization PS Pump Station RCC Reinforced Concrete SEE State Ecological Expertise SES The sanitary and epidemiological service of the Ministry of Health SICC State Institution of Chubek canal SILRI State Institution of Land Reclamation and Irrigation SSEMP Site-Specific Environmental Management Plan TGEM JSC “Tajikgydroelectromontaj” WRM Water Resources Management WRMPRB Water Resources Management in Pyanj River Basin WUA Water Users Associations 4 I. INTRODUCTION 1. Background. ADB Loan 3434, Grants 0498/9188 and Technical Assistance 9138 (TAJ: The Water Resources Management in the Pyanj River Basin (PRB) Project) will improve institutional and physical capacities of water resources management (WRM) system in PRB of southern Tajikistan. The project will: (i) establish a PRB organization, council, and Joint PRB committee, and develop a PRB management plan; (ii) modernize and climate-proof the Chubek Irrigation System (CIS); and (iii) improve farm and water use management capacities. The project was approved on 28 September 2016 and became effective on 08 August 2017. 2. The key outputs of the project are below and described in detail in succeeding sections: Output 1: Water resources in PRB better managed Output 2: CIS WRM modernized and climate-proofed Output 3: Farm management capacity and water use skill improved 3. Categorization. The project is classified as environment Category B per ADB Safeguards Policy (SPS) and assessed that potential impacts that are not likely to be significant adverse environmental impacts that are irreversible, diverse, or unprecedented. The project area is not adjacent to or within any environmental sensitive area. The physical activity is limited to rehabilitation of existing irrigation facilities and building a new sedimentation pond. Site-specific environmental impacts are expected during construction and operation. Thus, Initial Environmental Examinations (IEEs) with environmental management plans (EMPs) per ADB SPS requirements were prepared and disclosed on ADB website (https://www.adb.org/projects/47181-002/main#project-documents) and project website (https://www.adb.org/projects/47181-002/main#project-documents). According to IEE, the civil works are small-scale and is carried out within the framework of an existing and long- established irrigation system in a heavily modified agricultural landscape. An updated IEE was prepared and disclosed on October 2019 for the https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/taj- 47181-002-iee. The contractors are required to submit site-specific environmental management plan (SSEMP) prior to start of works. 4. Implementation Arrangement. Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation (ALRI) is the executing agency to manage the overall project implementation. Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MEWR) is the implementing agency. EA ALRI established a Project Implementation Group (PIG) to manage and coordinate on a daily basis the monitoring and organizational activity of the project. PIG is the leading operational institution for the implementation of the project in accordance with the Project Administration Manual. Three PIUs under ALRI are established in three project districts. PIG and PIUs are supported of Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) BETS Consulting Services Ltd. Bangladesh in association with LLC Panasia Ltd., Tajikistan in ensuring of environmental safeguards compliance and fulfillment of EMP/SSEMP. 5. For implementation of environmental safeguards requirements, environmental specialists to be assigned by Project Implementation Group of ALRI, by Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC/LIC) BETS and by Contractors. 6. Purporse of the Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (SAEMR). In accordance with ADB requirements and PAM, ALRI is required to submit to ADB the report on compoliance with requirements of ADB SPS, implementation of environmental management plans, issues/concerns/complaints received, corrective actions, and other environment-related matters on
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