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Initial Environmental Examination Initial Environmental Examination Sunkhani – Lamidanda - Kalinchok Section of Sunkhani - Sangwa Road Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Sub- project June 2017 NEP: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project Prepared by District Coordination Committee (Dolakha)- 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. Environmental Assessment Document Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Sunkhani – Lamidanda - Kalinchok Section of Sunkhani - Sangwa Road Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Sub-project June 2017 NEP: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project Loan: 3260 Project Number: 49215-001 Prepared by the Government of Nepal for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This Report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarilyThe views expressed represent herein those are those of ADB's of the consultantBoard of and Directors, do not necessarily Management, represent or thosestaff ,of and ADB’s may bemembers, preliminary Board ofin Directors,nature. Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. 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. Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of Sunkhani-Lamidanda -Kalinchok Section of Sunkhani- Sangwa Road Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Sub- project Dolakha District Submitted to: Government of Nepal National Reconstruction Authority, Singhadurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal Submitted through: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP), Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CL-PIU)/Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Singhdurbar, Kathmandu Submitted by/Proponent: Office of the District Coordination Committee, Dolakha Charikot, Dolakha June, 2017 IEE of Sunkhani-Lamidanda-Kalinchok Road Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Sub-Project DCC, Dolakha Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Implementation Unit/the Proponent ..................................................... 2 1.3 Restructuring at Local Level ................................................................................ 2 1.4 Consultant ........................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Objectives of IEE Study ....................................................................................... 3 1.6 Rationale for Conducting IEE .............................................................................. 3 1.7 Study Approach and Methodology for IEE ......................................................... 4 1.7.1 Study Team ................................................................................................. 4 1.7.2 Project Area Delineation ............................................................................. 4 1.7.3 Desk Study and Literature review ............................................................... 5 1.7.4 Field Visit, Data Collection and Analysis ..................................................... 6 1.7.5 Impact Identification, Prediction and Evaluation ....................................... 7 1.7.6 Group Judgment ......................................................................................... 8 1.7.7 Designation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring Plans ....................... 8 1.7.8 Report Preparation ..................................................................................... 8 1.8 Limitations of the IEE Study ................................................................................ 8 2. REVIEW OF RELEVANT ACTS, RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES .................. 9 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 14 3.1 Relevancy of the Proposal ................................................................................ 14 3.2 Project Location ................................................................................................ 14 3.3 Salient Features of the Project ......................................................................... 18 3.4 Components and Activities of the Sub-Project ................................................. 19 3.5 Project Implementation Schedule .................................................................... 20 3.6 Construction Approach ..................................................................................... 20 4. CHAPTER 4: EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION ......................................... 21 4.1 Physical Environment ........................................................................................ 21 4.1.1 Topography ............................................................................................... 21 4.1.2 Geology and Soil Type ............................................................................... 21 4.1.3 Slope Stability and Erosion ....................................................................... 23 4.1.4 Seismicity of the Project area ................................................................... 24 4.1.5 Climate ...................................................................................................... 24 4.1.6 Drainage and Hydrology ........................................................................... 24 4.1.7 Land Use .................................................................................................... 25 4.1.8 Air Quality, Water Quality and Noise Levels ............................................. 25 4.2 Biological Environment ..................................................................................... 25 4.2.1 Vegetation ................................................................................................. 25 4.2.2 Domesticated Plants ................................................................................. 26 4.2.3 Ethno-botany and NTFPs .......................................................................... 26 4.2.4 Rare, Threatened and Protected Plants.................................................... 27 4.2.5 Forest Management Regimes ................................................................... 27 i IEE of Sunkhani-Lamidanda-Kalinchok Road Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Sub-Project DCC, Dolakha 4.2.6 Wildlife ...................................................................................................... 28 4.2.7 Rare, Threatened and Protected Wildlife ................................................. 28 4.3 Socio Economic and Cultural Environment....................................................... 29 4.3.1 Population, Household and Settlement ................................................... 29 4.3.2 Caste and Ethnicity ................................................................................... 31 4.3.3 Language ................................................................................................... 31 4.3.4 Literacy and Education .............................................................................. 31 4.3.5 Occupation ................................................................................................ 31 4.3.6 Agriculture and Cropping Pattern ............................................................. 32 4.3.7 Livestock .................................................................................................... 32 4.3.8 Land Holding Pattern ................................................................................ 32 4.3.9 Food Sufficiency ........................................................................................ 32 4.3.10 Migration Pattern ..................................................................................... 32 4.3.11 Public Health and Sanitation ..................................................................... 33 4.3.12 Public Service Infrastructures and Facilities ............................................. 33 4.3.13 Potential Development Areas ................................................................... 35 4.3.14 Project Affected Families .......................................................................... 35 5. IDENTIFICATION OF IMPACTS AND BENEFIT AUGMENTATION/ MITIGATION MEASURES 37 5.1 Beneficial Impacts and Augmentation Measures ............................................. 37 5.1.1 Beneficial Impacts during Construction Phase ......................................... 37 5.1.2 Beneficial Impacts during Operation Phase .............................................. 38 5.2 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...................................................... 40 5.2.1 Imapcts during Pre-construction Phase and Mitigation Measures .........
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