Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report
Semi-Annual Report No. 3
Loan Number: 3260 NEP July – December 2017
Nepal: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
Prepared by the Government of Nepal for the Asian Development Bank.
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Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report
July-December, 2017
Semiannual Report No. 3 July-December, 2017
Nepal: Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project
ADB Loan No. 3260 NEP and SDC TA
Prepared by Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) for Government of Nepal (GoN) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report July-December, 2017
This environmental compliance monitoring report 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.
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.
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS
Currency unit – Nepalese Rupee (NRs) NRs. 1.00 = $ 0.0098 US $ 1.00 = NRs. 101.90
Source: Nepal Rastra Bank, 31 December, 2017
NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of Nepal and its agencies ends on 15 July. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY 2017 ends on 16 July 2018. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.
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ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank BoQ Bill of Quantity BS Bikram Sambat (Nepali Calendar) CFUG Community Forest Users Group CISC Central Implementation Support Consultant CLPIU Central Level Project Implementation Unit DCC District Coordination Committee DDR Due Diligence Report DFO District Forest Officer DSC Design and Supervision Consultant DISC District Implementation Support Consultant DLPIU District Level Project Implementation Unit DoR Department of Roads DUDBC Department of Urban Development and Building Construction DTO District Technical Office EEAP Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project EMP Environmental Management Plan FY Fiscal Year GoN Government of Nepal GRC Grievance Redress Committee IEE Initial Environmental Examination MoE Ministry of Education MoFALD Ministry of Federal Affairs & Local Development MoUD Ministry of Urban Development MoFSC Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation NRA National Reconstruction Authority NRs Nepali Rupees PD Project Directorate SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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Table of Contents
1. Project Background ...... 1 2. Impact and Outcome ...... 1 3. Environmental Safeguards in EEAP ...... 2 4. Overall Environmental Safeguard Status ...... 2 5. Semi-annual Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report ...... 2 Part 1: District Roads ...... 3 Part 2: Strategic Roads ...... 44 Part 3: School Buildings ...... 59 Part 4: Government Buildings ...... 78
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1. PROJECT BACKGROUND 1. Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) is a project being implemented by covenant loan assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and counterpart funding from Government of Nepal (GoN). The goal of the project is to support Government of Nepal to accelerate rehabilitation and reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of 25 April 2015 and the major aftershock of 12 May 2015. The project will support the rebuilding of schools, roads, and district-level government buildings, and strengthen resilience to future disasters.
2. EEAP, Loan 3260 for $200 M was approved on 24 June 2015, signed on 21 August 2015 and became effective on 10 September 2015 with the objective of supporting the GoN.
2. IMPACT AND OUTCOME 3. The impact of the project is accelerated economic and social recovery in Nepal’s earthquake affected districts. The outcome will be critical economic and social services resumed with disaster-resilient infrastructure.
4. The project has following four outputs:
(i) Output 1: Schools are rebuilt and upgraded. At least 700 schools will be rebuilt or retrofitted in line with school reconstruction plans to disaster-resilient standards and equipped with water and sanitation facilities, including sex-disaggregated toilets. About five will be model schools built with information and communication technology equipment, science laboratories, and improved learning spaces. However, target has been reduced 154 school buildings (MTR, October 2017). (ii) Output 2: Roads and bridges are rehabilitated and/or reconstructed. About 135 km of strategic roads and about 450 km of rural roads damaged by the earthquake and landslides will be rehabilitated. Target for strategic and district roads has been reduced to 123.9 km and 525 km respectively (MTR, October 2017). Project roads and bridges will have built back better features for road safety and climate resilience. Construction and maintenance equipment will also be procured. (iii) Output 3: District-level government facilities constructed and/or rebuilt. About 300 district-level government buildings will be rebuilt or retrofitted to disaster resilient standards with basic utilities, and furnished. This target has been reduced to 123 buildings (MTR, October 2017). Transitional district-level government offices will also be established to enable services to continue throughout the reconstruction period. (iv) Output 4: Disaster preparedness and management capacities strengthened. All outputs are assured to be disaster risk resilient. Engineering divisions of all implementing agencies will be strengthened.
5. The district roads components has received technical assistance grant from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Also, the scope of output 1 was increased in December 2016 to include 15 additional schools to be rebuilt following the additional $ 10 million financing from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID – Grant 0529).
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3. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP 6. An Environmental Assessment and Review Framework (EARF) was prepared in accordance with ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement 2009. Initial environmental examinations (IEEs) and environmental management plans (EMPs) were required for district and strategic roads where as due diligence report (DDR) with EMP were required for school and office building sub-projects along with incorporating EMP into bidding and contract documents to be implemented by contractors.
7. The Central Level Project Implementation Units (CLPIUs) are assisted by Design and Supervision Consultants (DSCs) which will include Environment Specialists engaged during project implementation. CLPIUs prepare environmental safeguard documents for approved sub-projects which receive concurrence from ADB and approval from concerned agencies of GoN. CLPIUs obtain all clearances and fulfill government requirements. The District Level Project Implementation Units (DLPIUs) have a safeguards focal person who is responsible for data required for safeguards plan preparation, monitoring and progress reports, and coordination with relevant organizations like Ministry of Forest, Soil and Conservation (MoFSC) to consult and/or obtain endorsement if necessary. CLPIUs and DLPIUs are supported by DSCs/Central Implementation Support Consultant (CISC)/District Implementation Support Consultants (DISCs).
4. OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD STATUS 8. The overall environmental safeguard status of EEAP in reference to its output is listed below:
(i) Output 1- School Buildings: For school building sub-projects, DDRs with EMP preparation are in progress and will be completed shortly. (ii) Output 2a- District Roads: All IEE reports of 17 road sub-projects have been approved from the Government of Nepal (GoN) and concurrence has been given by ADB. (iii) Output 2b- Strategic Roads: IEE of all three roads sub-project namely, Dolakha-Singati Road, Dhading –Gorkha Road and Pachakhal-Melamchi Road has been approved by the GoN and ADB. (iv) Output 3- Office buildings: For government office buildings, DDRs with EMP for the sub- projects are under preparation.
5. SEMI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE MONITORING REPORT 9. According to EARF, each CLPIUs with DSC support has to prepare and submit semi- annual monitoring reports (SMRs) to ADB, one from January-June and other July-December of each year by the 15th of next month.
10. This semi-annual environmental compliance monitoring report for EEAP has been compiled on the basis of SMR prepared by the CLPIU of MOFALD as given in Part 1, Project Directorate (PD) Office of Department of Roads (DOR) as given in Part 2, CLPIU of the Ministry of Education (MOE) as given in Part 3 and CLPIU of Ministry of Urban Development (MOUD) as Part 4.
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PART 1: DISTRICT ROADS
Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 3 Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report July-December, 2017 Table of Contents 1. BACKGROUND 6 2. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP 8 3. OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD STATUS 8 4. CONSTRUCTION APPROACH 8 5. COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS 8 6. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES 8 6.1. Awareness Raising Training and other Benefit Augmentation Measures 9 6.2. Forestry Clearance 9 6.3. Compensatory Plantation 10 6.4. Slope Stabilization and Bioengineering Activities 11 6.5. Spoil Management 11 6.6. Camp Site Management 11 6.7. Occupational Health and Safety 12 6.8. Signboard Placing 12 6.9. Grievances Received and Addressed 12 6.10. EMP Implementation, Monitoring, Reporting and Field Visit 12 7. ISSUES AND WAY FORWARD 12 8. ACHIEVEMENT ON MAJOR ITEMS OF FOCUS OF PREVIOUS REPORT 13 9. MAJOR ITEMS OF FOCUS FOR NEXT REPORT 14
List of Tables Table 1: Safeguard Orientation Training ...... 9 Table 2: Date and Name of Districts Visited by CISC Environmental Team ...... 12 Table 3: Issues and Way Forward ...... 13 Table 4: Status on Items of Focus of Previous Report ...... 13 Table 5: Item of Focus for Next Report ...... 14
List of Figures Figure 1: Map of Nepal showing District of EEAP ...... 7 Figure 2: Map showing Road Sub-projects in Districts of EEAP ...... 7 Figure 3: Tree listing by DFO against Estimated Tree Loss in Road Sub-projects ...... 10 Figure 4: Targeted Plantation in Road Sub-projects ...... 11
List of Annexes Annex 1: Environmental Safeguard Planning Status ...... 16 Annex 2: Environmental Safeguard Implementation Status ...... 17 Annex 3: Status of Compliance with Relevant Covenants ...... 18 Annex 4: Environmental Management Cost (NRs) ...... 22 Annex 5: Status of Environmental Safeguard Compliances ...... 23 Annex 6: Status on Forestry Clearance ...... 29 Annex 7: Detail on Tree Loss, Targeted Plantation and Cost (NRs.) with Forest Name ...... 30
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Annex 8: Plantation Plan ...... 31 Annex 9: Spoil management Disposal Format ...... 34 Annex 10: Status of Grievances related to Environmental Safeguard ...... 35 Annex 11: Environmental Safeguard Compliance Monitoring Format ...... 37 Annex 12: Photographs ...... 40
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BACKGROUND Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) is a project being implemented by loan assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), technical assistance from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and counterpart funding from Government of Nepal (GoN). EEAP has been supporting GoN to accelerate recovery and reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of 25 April 2015 and the major aftershock of 12 May 2015. The project covers 12 affected districts in eastern, middle and western development region of Nepal1.
The Project will restore and strengthen the resiliency of critical public and social infrastructure and services and has four outputs; Output 1: Schools are rebuilt and upgraded, Output 2: Roads and bridges are rehabilitated and/or reconstructed, Output 3: District-level government facilities constructed and/or rebuilt, Output 4: Disaster preparedness and management capacities strengthened.
Under Output 2, strategic roads and district roads damaged by the earthquake and landslides are under rehabilitation. Project roads and bridges will have built back better features for road safety and climate resilience. The initial target of district roads component was rehabilitation and reconstruction of 450 km. A total of 25 potential road sub-projects (474.7 km) had been identified for rehabilitation and reconstruction in 12 sub-projects districts under EEAP2. However, 17 road sub-projects (325 km) has been prioritized for rehabilitation and reconstruction due to budget constraint (please refer Figure 1 and 2 for project location).
National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is executing agency for EEAP. Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) is implementing agency for rural road component of output 2 under EEAP. The implementing arrangements are as following: MoFALD has established a Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) in Kathmandu, headed by a project manager to coordinate all project activities. At the district level, project implementation will be the responsibility of the District Level Project Implementation Unit (DLPIU) within the District Technical Office (DTO) of each district. DLPIU will be supported by District Implementation Support Consultants (DISC) which is headed by District Team Leader, technical and social staff. Overall back stopping support to the district will be provided by Central Implementation Support Consultants (CISC).
1The 12 project districts are Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kavrepalanchok, Dolakha, Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, Sindhuli, Gorkha, Lamjung, Chitwan
2 This report covers only the rural road component of output 2 under EEAP
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PROJECT DISTRICTS IN EEAP
Source: DRILP-III Figure 1: Map of Nepal showing District of EEAP
District Road Sub-projects in EEAP
Source: DRILP-III Figure 2: Map showing Road Sub-projects in Districts of EEAP
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ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP EEAP falls in category B project according to ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009. Also, the road sub-projects of EEAP belong to District Road Core Network (DRCN) according to Nepal Rural Road Standard (2055) first Revision, September 2012 of the Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads. Therefore, it is a legal requirement to carry out Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) according to Act relating to Reconstruction of the Earthquake Affected Structures 2015, Rules relating to Reconstruction of the Earthquake Affected Structures 2016, Working Procedure relating with Environmental Impact Assessment for Reconstruction of the Earthquake Affected Structures 2016.
Environmental assessment is essential to integrate environmental considerations into development project in order to minimize negative environmental impacts. In this context, IEE reports have been prepared for road sub-projects under EEAP to satisfy legal provision of GoN and ADB’s environmental procedures.
During the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the road sub-projects, environmental monitoring is an important tool to ensure the compliance of mitigation measures and implementation of environmental management plan (EMP). Monthly, Quarterly and Semi-annual Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report have been prepared on the basis of report received from DISC team and environmental field visit made by Environmental Safeguard Unit of CISC, EEAP.
OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD STATUS IEE reports of all 17 road sub-projects have been approved by GoN and have been duly endorsed by ADB (14 IEE reports are approved from NRA and 3 IEE reports are approved by MoFALD). Please refer Annex 1 and Annex 2 for status of environmental safeguards.
CONSTRUCTION APPROACH EEAP applies National Competitive Bidding (NCB) approach for construction of road. Contractors have been using equipment and human resources to execute the contract within the stipulated deadline. Spoil disposal has been tried to balance with cutting and filling as far as possible. There will be use of bio-engineering techniques with integrated use of vegetation, simple civil engineering structures and proper water management systems for slope protection. Overall, construction activities will follow the environment friendly approach as much as possible.
COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS Environmental safeguard related project activities are in compliance with loan covenants as regular follow up actions are being taken according to approved IEE report (Please refer Annex 3 for details).
COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES Tender has been awarded for all sub-projects under EEAP and construction work has already been started in 15 road sub-projects. For better environmental safeguard compliance of the
Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 8 Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report July-December, 2017 project, implementation of EMP should be done strictly. Few environmental mitigation cost has already been included under Bill of Quantity (BoQ) as civil work cost, besides there is provisional sum of money ranging from NRs. 300,000 to NRs. 350,000 in BoQ. However, IEE reports suggest that NRs. 31,213,538 (of which NRs. 27,429,538 is for EMP implementation and NRs. 3,784,000 is for central level and third party monitoring) is required for 17 road sub- projects, in addition to environmental management cost covered under civil activities. Please refer Annex 4 for details about budget estimated for the implementation of environmental management plan for all road sub-projects. Following is summary of environmental compliances and details are given in Annex 5. a. Awareness Raising Training and other Benefit Augmentation Measures Awareness raising training has to be organized by each district before people within zone of influence (ZOI). Total estimated budget for different awareness raising training, solid waste management training and home stay training has been estimated to be NRs. 5,105,000. Till date, none of the training proposed in IEE reports are conducted, however, coordination between CLPIU, CISC and DISC team is ongoing to conduct the awareness trainings.
Safeguard orientation training was conducted by CLPIU in 2 clusters for Environment Safeguard Focal Person of DLPIU/DISC, Social Safeguard Officer (SSO) and District Team Leader (DTL) of DISC, Safeguard Focal Person of contractor. The training aimed for sensitization of environmental friendly working attitude among the participants as well as orient the participants on requirement, process and monitoring of environmental safeguards (please refer Table 1 also).
Table 1: Safeguard Orientation Training S.N Date Cluster Participating Participants Remarks District Districts
1 17-18, Kathmandu Kathmandu, SSO and DTL Day 1: October, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, (DISC), Environment 2017 Kavrepalanchok, Environment safeguard Gorkha, Lamjung, Safeguard Chitwan Focal Person (DISC/ DLPIU), 2 24-25, Sindhuli Sindhuli, Safeguard October, Ramechhap, Focal Person 2017 Dolakha, (Contractor) Solukhumbu, Okhaldhunga,
b. Forestry Clearance According to Forest Act, 2049 BS (1993) and Government of Nepal: Working Procedure to Use National Forest Area for National Priority Projects, 2074 BS (2017), forestry clearance has to be obtained from the GoN (cabinet) through MoFSC, if the road sub-projects passes from the forest area.
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Approved IEE reports of 17 road sub-projects show that total 15 road sub-projects pass through 53 Community Forests (CFs), 4 Government Managed Forests (GFs), 5 Leasehold Forests (LHFs) and 2 Religious Forests (RFs). However, there is no tree loss from 3 CFs in Garma-Nele-Bogal Road of Solukhumbu District and 4 LHFs of Pipal Bhanjyang-Haitar- Netrakali Road of Sindhuli District.
Therefore, forestry clearance process has been initiated in all 14 roads of 10 districts. Tree listing Tree Loss The estimated tree loss from forest area in 14 road sub- as per schedule 7 of Forest Regulation, 1995 by projects is 3,624. Only 3 road sub-projects concerned DFO has been completed in 11 sub- (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Okhaldhunga) had involved concerned DFO for tree loss assessment during IEE projects. Amongst the remaining three sub- study. There is no tree loss in 2 sub-projects, and most projects, tree listing in Pipal Bhanjyang-Haitar- of sub-project has reported less tree loss than in Netrakali Road in Sindhuli has been started Also approved IEE report, expect Devitar-Phulasipokhari Road in Ramechhap (refer Figure 3). tree listing in Luitel-Aappipal-Harmibhanjyang- Thalajung-Bhachek Road in Gorkha is completed except in Tarkedanda CF, due to objection by concerned CFUG. The field level activities and collection of required documents from field are ongoing speedily in most of sub-projects and completed in 2 sub-projects in Dolakha district. Please refer Annex 6 for detail on status of forestry clearance.
Figure 4: Tree listing by DFO against Estimated Tree Loss in Road Sub-projects c. Compensatory Plantation There is no tree loss from Thaiba-Godamchaur Road, Lalitpur and Garma-Nele-Bogal Road, Solukhumbu. Also, there is tree loss from private land only in Byasi-Jhaukhel-Changu-Telkot- Bhattedanda-Nagarkot Road of Bhaktapur.
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According to approved IEE, there will be 3,624 tree loss from forest area and 4,094 from private land. Therefore, compensatory plantation (CP) of 97,454 plants (90,600 in forest area and 6,854 in private land) has been targeted against the loss of 7,718 tree; at the ratio of 1:25 plants in forest area (CF/GMF/LHF/RF) and 1:1 plants in private land with total estimated cost of NRs. 16,014,538. Overall, 46.96% of tree will be lost from forest land and 53.04% from private land with target for compensatory plantation of 92.97% and 7.03% respectively. Area wise, approximately 57 ha of plantation is due in forest area according to the plantation norms of the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC, 2070) excluding road side plantation (please refer Annex 7 and Figure 4 for detail).
Figure 5: Targeted Plantation in Road Sub-projects
CISC will be providing backstopping support to district teams for carrying out compensatory plantation works. Plantation agreement has been included in IEE of each sub project. In addition, plantation plan has been prepared as given in Annex 8. d. Slope Stabilization and Bioengineering Activities There are major slides in Dolakha and Okhaldhunga and geologist has already visited the site and recommended the measures for protection. Unstable slopes area has been identified in IEE as well as detail design report and total NRs. 47,800,469 has been estimated for bioengineering activities on actual cost estimate basis. Solukhumbu District has reported the construction of 1,090 m3 of breast wall at Ch 4+120, Ch 5+700 to control land slide. Similarly, Sunkhani-Lamidanda-Kalinchok Road of Dolakha has reported construction of 2 retaining wall (length 70 m and volume 800 m3), 2 check wall (length 70 m and volume 265 m3 ) and 2 breast wall (length 20 m and volume 140 m3 ) to control landslide at Ch 4+660-4+810. Similarly, 2 retaining walls (length 100 m and volume 490 m3 )to control landslide at Ch 4+120 and Ch 5+700 has been constructed along Sunkhani-Lamidanda-Kalinchok Road. e. Spoil Management Spoil disposal sites have been identified and provision of toe walls are given in the detail project design report. Spoils are being managed in specified disposal sites as far as possible. Nearly, 504,553.57 m3 spoil (62.41%) of spoil has been reported to be managed safely. So far, 5 districts (Sindhuli, Bhaktapur, Dolakha, Gorkha and Solukhumbu) have reported construction of toe walls with volume of 492.96 m3. Template of spoil management plan has been prepared and circulated to all districts, please refer Annex 9. f. Camp Site Management Drinking water and sanitary facilities (toilets) are provided in the camps by contractor. Few contractors have rented local house for labours in camps. Workers use kerosene, LPG as well as firewood for cooking.
Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 11 Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report July-December, 2017 g. Occupational Health and Safety Occupational health and safety measures have been partially followed. Workers have been provided with safety gears like helmet, facemasks, jackets, boots etc. in most of the districts. However, these items are in limited quantity and not sufficient for all the workers in few districts. They need to be educated about the importance and use of safety gears. Group accidental insurance has been done for all the workers in all the project districts where construction work is going on. Two injuries and 1 casualty (non-working hours) have been reported so far. Please refer Annex 5 for detail. h. Signboard Placing Seven districts (Okhaldhunga, Sindhuli, Lamjung, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Solukhumbu and Dolakha) have erected 33 signboards at various places along the road with project information and safety. Number of signboards ranges from 2 to 8 per sub-project. NRs. 2,160,000 budget has been allocated for 14 sub-projects for informative, safety and environmental awareness signboards. i. Grievances Received and Addressed GRM mechanism has been established in all sub-projects. So far, 12 grievances related to environmental safeguard have been reported from two districts, 5 of them are solved and 7 are in process. Most of the grievances are related to compensation for tree loss in missing plot and spoil disposal (please refer Annex 10 for detail grievances). j. EMP Implementation, Monitoring, Reporting and Field Visit Environmental monitoring format has been sent to districts as given in Annex 11. Environmental monitoring is also done by the CISC team during field visits. A sum of NRs. 3,784,000 budget has been allocated for monitoring activities.
Following Table 2 gives the list of sub-projects visited by CISC environmental team on chronological order.
Table 2: Date and Name of Districts Visited by CISC Environmental Team SN Date Sub-project, District
1 20-23 Khopasi-Dhungkharka Road, Kavrepalanchok December, Devitar – Phulasipokhari Section of Devitar – Doramba – Paseban – 2017 Kolibagar Road, Ramechhap Sunkhani-Lamidanda -Kalinchowk section of Sunkhani Sangwa Road, Dolakha
ISSUES AND WAY FORWARD With approval of IEE reports, forestry clearance has been initiated. Also, allocation of enough budget with timely release is crucial action for implementation of EMP. Major issues and way forward for the effective implementation of environmental safeguard measures are discussed below in Table 3.
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Table 3: Issues and Way Forward
S.N Issues Way forward 1 Obtaining forestry DLPIU should coordinate with concerned agency to clearance expedite the process and DISC should facilitate for mass meeting of concerned UGs. CLPIU should submit the files collectively to MoFSC through DoF and ensure regular follow- up for cabinet decision. 2 Budget to carry CLPIU should give DLPIUs strict instruction for the augmentation, mitigation implementation of EMP with clear indication of budget and compensation headings. activities as per approved IEE (different training, plantation activities during monsoon) 3 Spoil disposal Spoil disposal management plan should be prepared in all management the subprojects and accordingly spoil disposal activities should be confined to designated sites with provision of sufficient toe walls. DISC team should make strict supervision to guide contractors for the compliance. 4 Environmental compliance There should be regular field visits from CISC and CLPIU monitoring and supervision to provide backstopping support to DLPIU and DISC and monitor compliance of environmental safeguards.
ACHIEVEMENT ON MAJOR ITEMS OF FOCUS ON PREVIOUS REPORT Most of the items focused for this semi-annual period have been achieved partially. Detail on status and suggested corrective actions are presented in Table 4 below.
Table 4: Status on Items of Focus of Previous Report S.N Item of Focus Status Description Corrective action plan, if any 1 Preparation and Approved All 17 IEE reports are Not required Approval of endorsed by ADB and remaining IEE approved by GoN. reports 2 Facilitation in Initiated Forestry clearance has Follow up forestry clearance already been initiated in required 14 road sub-projects. 3 Conduction of Partially DISC team has oriented Circulation of brief awareness raising achieved contractor and labour outline of orientation by activities at field informally on environmental CISC immediately and safeguard. issuing letter by CLPIU to DLPIU to conduct
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S.N Item of Focus Status Description Corrective action plan, if any training with indication of budget heading. 4 Frequent field visit Partially Environmental Specialist of Joint visit of to facilitate and achieved CISC has visited only 3 sub- Environmental monitor EMP projects during this semi- Specialist of CISC and implementation annual reporting period CLPIU’s focal person to activities as per expedite and monitor approved IEE EMP implementation
MAJOR ITEMS OF FOCUS FOR NEXT REPORT The major items of focus for January-December of 2018 are listed below in Table 5.
Table 5: Item of Focus for Next Report SN Item of Focus Remarks 1 Tree cutting approval from cabinet decision 2 Frequent field visit to facilitate and monitor EMP implementation activities as per approved IEE 3 Conduction of awareness raising activities at field 4 Coordination for carrying out compensatory and roadside plantation, including bioengineering (for upcoming monsoon)
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Annexes
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Annex 1: Environmental Safeguard Planning Status
Government Safeguard Automated EMP cost in Environment ADB approved EIA/ approved monitoring and safeguard approved Environmental category of the EARF is EIA/IEE/DDR with IEE with EMP (Yes / EIA/IEE with EMP coordination monitoring document is screening is project / prepared (if EMP is prepared Under Review / Not (Yes / Under mechanism GRC is system included in BOQ carried out? (Yes subproject applicable) (Yes/ No/ Under yet submitted/ Not Review / Not Yet established established customized as an individual District Name of Sub-project or No) (A/B/C/FI) (Yes/No) preparation) Yet Due/ Over Due) Submitted) (Yes/No) (Yes/No) (Yes/No) item (Yes/No) Remarks Sankhu -Palubari - Kathmandu Nagarkot Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved
Bysai –Jhaukhel –Changu –Telkot-Bhattedanda - Bhaktapur Nagarkot Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Thaiba - Godamchaur Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Godamchour- Godabari- Badikhel- Lelebhanjyang Lalitpur Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Kuntabesi-Nayagaun - Nagarkot Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Khopasi-Dhungakharka - Chyamranbesi-Milche- Kavre Borang Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa Section of Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa -Jiri Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Sunkhani-Lamidanda - Kalinchowk section of Dolkha Sunkhani Sangwa Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Ghyampesal - Balkot- Palkhu- Swara-Saurpani- Barpak Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Luitel - Aappipal - Harmibhanjyang - Thalajung – Bhachek Gorkha Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Belghari – Archalbot - Lamabagar- Serabazaar - Lamjung Lituere - Pachok Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Khurkhure (Highway) - Samitar - Thakurivanjyang Chitwan Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Pipal Bhanjyang - Haitar - Sindhuli Netrakali Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Haldebesi -Dhobi- Dhandebesi Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Devitar – Phulasipokhari Section of Devitar – Doramba – Paseban – Ramechhap Kolibagar Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Okhaldunga - Rumjatar Okhaldhunga Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Garma - Nele -Bogal Solukhumbu Road Yes B Yes Yes Yes Approved Yes No Yes (PS) Approved Note: EIA- Environmental Impact Assessment; IEE- Initial Environmental Examination; DDR- Due Diligence Report; EMP- Environmental Management Plan, GRC- Grievance Redress Committee; BOQ- Bill of Quantity
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Annex 2: Environmental Safeguard Implementation Status
Districts Name of Subproject Compliance to Environmental Management Plan* Grievances Corrective Env Remarks Physical Biological Socio-economic Nos of No of No of Action Plans compliance Spoil Landslide Drainage Other as Compensatory Firewood Other as Occupational Health and Safety Community structures are Other as grievances grievances grievances are prepared reporting is Management protection Management per EMP Plantation is used per EMP compensated/ reconstructed per EMP documented resolved under and maintained (compliance with Bio- (compliance (specify)* for (specify)* (Progress in % of tota (specify)* processing implemented (Y/N) in %)** eng in %)* cooking estimated work )*** (Y/N) (compliance Target Planted and Safety Labors Labor and work Community Community in %)** (Nos.) (Nos.) heating Gears are are camps are structure 1 structure 2 (Y/N) sufficient insured healthy and and used (Y/N) have sanitary (Y/N) facilities (Y/N)
Kathmandu Sankhu -Palubari - 50 1,922 Y N Y Y Water Tap Y Nagarkot Road
Bhaktapur Bysai –Jhaukhel –Changu 25 2,875 N Y Y Y Y –Telkot-Bhattedanda - Nagarkot Road Lalitpur Thaiba - Godamchaur 90 - N Y Y Y Y Road Godamchour- Godabari- 90 5,501 N Y Y Y Y Badikhel- Lelebhanjyang Road Kavre Kuntabesi-Nayagaun - 55 7,687 Y Nagarkot Road
Khopasi-Dhungakharka - 60 50 655 N Y Y Y Y Chyamranbesi-Milche- Borang Road Dolkha Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa 90 2,544 Y Section of Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa -Jiri Road
Sunkhani-Lamidanda - 90 70 2,375 N Y Y Y Y Kalinchowk section of Sunkhani Sangwa Road Gorkha Ghyampesal - Balkot- 5,563 Palkhu- Swara-Saurpani- Luitel - Aappipal - 60 N 18,644 Y N Y Y 2 2 Y Harmibhanjyang - Thalajung – Bhachek Road
Lamjung Belghari – Archalbot - 80 7,344 N Y Y Y Y Lamabagar- Serabazaar - Lituere - Pachok Road
Chitwan Khurkhure (Highway) - 90 11,756 N/A Y Y N/A Y Samitar - Thakurivanjyang Road Sindhuli Pipal Bhanjyang - Haitar - 30 22,523 Y N Y Y Y Netrakali Road Ramechhap Haldebesi -Dhobi- 2,625 Y Dhandebesi Road Devitar – Phulasipokhari 70 3,142 Y N Y Y Section of Devitar – Doramba – Paseban – Kolibagar Road
Okhaldhunga Okhaldunga - Rumjatar 10 2,298 Y Y Y Y Y Road Solukhumbu Garma - Nele -Bogal Road 80 50 NYYY 10 3 7 Y Total 97,454 12 5 7 Note: * Added field as guided by EMP in IEE/DDR, ** Written in percentage of compliance in a scale of 100%, *** type of community structures mentioned
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Annex 3: Status of Compliance with Relevant Covenants
Schedule Covenants Type Complied (Yes or Not Progress Status/Remarks Yet Due or On-going or Partially Complied or Not Applicable)
Schedule Conditions for Award of Contracts Environmental Yes
4-7 Safeguard The Borrower shall not award any Works contract for a Subproject which involves environmental impacts until the EA or the IAs has: IEE reports are prepared and (a) Obtained the final approval of the approved by concerned agencies EIA/IEE from the Ministry of Science, (NRA/MoFALD). Technology and Environment (for EIAs)/concerned sector agency (for IEEs) (b) Incorporated the relevant provisions Provisional sum of money for from the EMP into the Works EMP is allocated in work contracts. contract.
Schedule Project is implemented in accordance with Administrative Yes Noted and considered. 5-1 PAM.
Schedule Preparation, design, implementation, and Environmental Ongoing IEE prepared as per applicable law 5-4 operation of each sub-project comply with Safeguard and EARF. EMP of approved IEE
applicable laws; the Environmental are under implementation. Safeguards; the EARF; and IEE and EMP.
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Schedule Covenants Type Complied (Yes or Not Progress Status/Remarks Yet Due or On-going or Partially Complied or Not Applicable)
Schedule Necessary budgetary and human resources Safeguard Ongoing NRA is arranging the 5-7 made available to fully implement the EMPs, necessary budget for the and the RPs. implementation of RPs, however there is provisional sum of 300,000.00 to 350,000.00 for EMP implementation in BoQ per subproject. Further discussion required for additional budget to implement EMP as per approved IEE. Focal persons for IEE and RP in CLPIU/DLPIUs have been assigned
Schedule All bidding documents comply with IEE, Safeguard Ongoing Noted and considered. 5-8 EMP, and RP; budget is made available for environmental and social measures; any unanticipated environmental, resettlement or indigenous peoples risks notified by a written notice; and condition of roads, agricultural land and other infrastructure recorded prior to construction.
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Schedule Covenants Type Complied (Yes or Not Progress Status/Remarks Yet Due or On-going or Partially Complied or Not Applicable)
Schedule (a) A semi-annual Safeguards Monitoring Yes Noted and being followed. Semi- 5-9 Reports submitted to ADB and disclose annual environmental safeguard relevant information; (b) any unanticipated monitoring report prepared and environmental and/or social risks and submitted along with quarterly impacts reported promptly to ADB; and (c) report any actual or potential breach of compliance reported.
Schedule No proceeds of the Loan are used to finance Safeguard Yes No activities listed in Appendix 5 of 5-10 any activity included in the list of prohibited SPS are carried under EEAP. investment activities provided in Appendix 5 of the SPS.
Schedule The core labor standards and applicable Safeguard Yes Noted and considered. 5-11 laws are complied. Bidding documents and contracts require that the contractors (a) comply with applicable labor law and incorporate workplace occupational safety norms; (b) do not use child labor; (c) do not discriminate workers; (d) do not use forced labor; (e) allow freedom of association.
Schedule Within 6 months after the Effective Date, the Safeguard Ongoing First level of GRM is active at field. 5-15 Borrower shall prepare a Grievance
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Schedule Covenants Type Complied (Yes or Not Progress Status/Remarks Yet Due or On-going or Partially Complied or Not Applicable)
Redress Mechanism, acceptable to ADB, and establish a special committee to receive and resolve complaints/grievances or act upon reports from stakeholders on misuse of funds and other irregularities, including grievances due to resettlement. The special committee will (a) make public of the existence of this Grievance Redress Mechanism, (b) review and address grievances of stakeholders of the Project, in relation to either the Project, any of the service providers, or any person responsible for carrying out any aspect of the Project; and (c) proactively and constructively responding to them.
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Annex 4: Environmental Management Cost (NRs)
S.N Name of Sub-Project Compensatory Road-side Awareness Signboards Solid Waste Tourism Skill Total Env. Total EMP Bio- EMP with Bio- District Plantation Plantation Raising Cost (D) Management Development Enhancem Mitigation Cost Monitoring Cost (1+2) engineering engineering Cost (A) Cost (B) Training Cost Cost (E) / Homestay ent (H) (1= A +B+ C+ Cost (2) Cost Cost (C) Cost (F) D+ E+ F+ G + 1 Kathmandu Sankhu -Palubari - 322,668 350,000 100,000 100,000 150,000 150,000 1,172,668 323,000 1,495,668 4,776,116 6,271,783.31 Nagarkot Road 2 Bhaktapur Bysai –Jhaukhel 775,000 50,000 825,000 323,000 1,148,000 1,148,000.00 –Changu –Telkot- Bhattedanda - Nagarkot Road 3 Lalitpur Thaiba - Godamchaur - 250,000 150,000 100,000 150,000 650,000 100,000 750,000 565,445 1,315,444.88 Road Godamchour- 895,132 100,000 100,000 50,000 250,000 100,000 1,495,132 240,000 1,735,132 1,471,313 3,206,444.62 Godabari- Badikhel- Lelebhanjyang Road 4 Kavrepalanchok Kuntabesi-Nayagaun - 1,057,002 250,000 150,000 100,000 1,557,002 150,000 1,707,002 2,576,114 4,283,115.91 Nagarkot Road Khopasi- 300,000 250,000 100,000 100,000 200,000 950,000 323,000 1,273,000 1,273,000.00 Dhungakharka - Chyamranbesi-Milche- Borang Road 5 Dolkha Bhirkot - Sahare- 358,955 350,000 250,000 360,000 60,000 150,000 1,528,955 200,000 1,728,955 8,381,976 10,110,931.09 Hawa Section of Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa -Jiri Road Sunkhani-Lamidanda - 340,480 350,000 250,000 190,000 60,000 150,000 1,340,480 200,000 1,540,480 4,186,148 5,726,628.48 Kalinchowk section of Sunkhani Sangwa Road 6 Gorkha Ghympesal - Balkot- 871,058 250,000 150,000 100,000 - - 1,371,058 150,000 1,521,058 863,911 2,384,968.11 Palkhu- Swara- Saurpani- Barpak Road Luitel - Aappipal - 2,929,671 200,000 150,000 100,000 3,379,671 200,000 3,579,671 1,336,644 4,916,315.20 Harmibhanjyang - Thalajung – Bhachek Road 7 Lamjung Belghari – Archalbot - 1,124,609 250,000 250,000 150,000 1,774,609 250,000 2,024,609 1,214,627 3,239,236.36 Lamabagar- Serabazaar - Lituere - Pachok Road 8 Chitwan Khurkhure (Highway) - 2,479,243 200,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 3,129,243 200,000 3,329,243 716,308 4,045,551.17 Samitar - Thakurivanjyang Road 9 Sindhuli Pipal Bhanjyang - 3,370,788 450,000 350,000 100,000 4,270,788 325,000 4,595,788 5,827,260 10,423,048 Haitar - Netrakali Road 10 Ramechhap Haldebesi -Dhobi- 412,519 200,000 250,000 200,000 50,000 150,000 1,262,519 200,000 1,462,519 5,188,739 6,651,257.37 Dhandebesi Road Devitar – 455,448 200,000 250,000 160,000 150,000 1,215,448 200,000 1,415,448 3,583,155 4,998,602.80 Phulasipokhari Section of Devitar – Doramba – Paseban – Kolibagar Road 11 Okhaldhunga Okhaldunga - 321,966 150,000 235,000 100,000 806,966 150,000 956,966 908,404 1,865,369.75 Rumjatar Road 12 Solukhumbu Garma - Nele -Bogal 350,000 250,000 100,000 700,000 250,000 950,000 6,204,310 7,154,309.55 Road Road Total 16,014,538 4,150,000 3,085,000 2,160,000 1,120,000 750,000 150,000 27,429,538 3,784,000 31,213,538 47,800,469 79,014,006.81
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Annex 5: Status of Environmental Safeguard Compliances SN District Road Sub-project IEE Approval Status Environmental Compliances 1 Kathmandu Sankhu -Palubari - Approved GRM established Nagarkot Road 3 sign board erected at Ch 0+000, Ch 1+500 and Ch 10+000 5991 m3 spoil disposed safely at Ch 3+ 250 to 3+300 (Right side), Ch 3+800 (right side) and Ch 4+280 (Right side) Quarry of 35500 m3 of stone bought from Roshi khola 3 sign board erected at Ch 0+000, Ch 1+500 & Ch 10+000 Campsite established at Ch 5+500, Ch 6+800 and at rented house ( Ch 5+000) Firewood is used for cooking at campsite Safety gears are partially used (20 helmets, 20 masks and 20 boots distributed to 80 labours) GPA insurance for 30 labours. NRs. 60,000 compensated for affected tap along the road 2 Bhaktapur Bysai –Jhaukhel – Approved GRM established Changu –Telkot- 6500 m3 spoil disposed safely at Ch 1+400, Ch 1+900, Ch Bhattedanda -Nagarkot 2+650, Ch 3+100 Road 3 signboard erected at different chainages 568 m3 of stone bought by contractor from quarry site, Local house rented for labours at Ch 2+700 and 6+700 Sanitation at labour camp is maintained LPG is used for cooking at campsite Safety gears are sufficiently used (100 helmets, 100 masks distributed to 100 labours) GPA insurance for labours. 3 Lalitpur Thaiba - Godamchaur Approved GRM established Road 4032 m3 spoil disposed safely at Ch 0+950 95 m3 of toe wall constructed for spoil management
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SN District Road Sub-project IEE Approval Status Environmental Compliances Local house rented for labours at Ch 1+750 LPG is used for cooking at campsite Total 15 helmets and 15 jackets distributed to 15 labours GPA insurance for 10 labours Godamchour- Approved GRM established Godabari- Badikhel- 7522 m3 spoil disposed safely at Ch 0+810, 1+340 Lelebhanjyang Road 16.5 m3 of toe wall constructed for spoil management Local house rented for labours at Ch 4+100 and temporary campsite established in Ch 0+250 Total 2 temporary toilet constructed LPG is used for cooking at campsite Total 70 helmets and 70 jackets distributed to 70 labours GPA insurance for 15 labours 4 Kavre Kuntabesi-Nayagaun - Approved GRM established Nagarkot Road 137,000 m3 spoil disposed safely at Ch 15+400-15+550, Ch 15+650-15+800 Local house rented for labours at Ch 1 4+330 Total 2 temporary toilet constructed Firewood, kerosene, LPG is used for cooking at campsite Total 50 helmets, 50 masks, 50 boots and 6 jackets distributed to labours GPA insurance for labours Khopasi-Dhungakharka Approved GRM established -Chyamranbesi-Milche- 32,000 m3 spoil disposed safely at Ch 2+095, Ch 2+350 Borang Road 16.5 m3 of toe wall constructed for spoil management Contractor bought the material from private quarry for near to Ch 3+000
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SN District Road Sub-project IEE Approval Status Environmental Compliances Temporary campsite established in Ch 1+600, Ch 3+800, Ch 6+000 and Ch 9+000 Several landslides along the road, controlled at Ch 4+600 with gabion retaining wall 3 First aid kit provided to labour Total 3 temporary toilet constructed LPG is used for cooking at campsite Total 300 helmets, 300 masks, 300 boots and 10 jackets distributed to labours 1 accident occurred GPA insurance for labours 5 Dolakha Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa Approved GRM established Section of Bhirkot - 402.47 m3 spoil disposed safely Sahare- Hawa -Jiri 3 sign board erected at Ch 0+000 and different working sites Road LPG, Wood, Electricity is used for cooking at campsite 2 temporary toilets constructed 50 personal protective equipment (helmet, mask) provided to workers Total 2 first aid kit given to labours GPA insurance for 45 labours Sunkhani-Lamidanda - Approved GRM established Kalinchowk section of 44661.73 m3 spoil disposed safely Sunkhani Sangwa Road 8 sign board erected at Ch 0+000, Ch 8+200 (Lapilang), Ch 16+000 (Lamidanda), Ch 27+000 (Kalinchowk) Protection of huge landslide at Ch 4+660-4+810 with 2 retaining wall of length 70 m and volume 800 m3, 2 check wall of length 70 m and volume 265 m3 and 2 breast wall of length 20 m and volume 140 m3
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SN District Road Sub-project IEE Approval Status Environmental Compliances Similarly, there is protection of landslide at Ch 2+630-2+730 with 2 retaining wall of Length 100m and volume 490 m3 LPG, Wood, Electricity is used for cooking at campsite 5 temporary toilets constructed 400 personal protective equipment (helmet, mask) provided to workers GPA insurance for 20 labours Total 4 first aid kit given to labours 6 Gorkha Ghympesal - Bakot- Approved GRM established Palkhu- Swara- Saurpani- Barpak Road Luitel - Aappipal - Approved GRM established Harmibhanjyang - 143000 m3 of spoil disposed safely different chainage (5+450, Thalajung – Bhachek 7+500, 9+350,12+300, 19+740,19+900, 17+920, 18+100 to Road 18+140, 18+770 to 18+820, 18+980 to 19+020, 19+180 to 19+220, 19+720 to 19+760, 19+830 to 19+970, 20+680 to 20+740, 22+490 to 22+550, 24+080 to 24+140, 25+280 to 25+320, 27+780 to 27+820, 28+680 to 28+720, 30+430 to 30+480) Quarry of 6,500 m3 of stone from Ch 5+690-5+730, Ch 20+900, Ch 25+500 and Ch 34+000 6 camps established (3 rented house and 3 temporary) with toilet facility 1 injury (finger) recorded Firewood (collected from CF) for cooking at campsite Helmet provided to worker partially 7 Lamjung Belghari – Archalbot - Approved GRM established Lamabagar-
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SN District Road Sub-project IEE Approval Status Environmental Compliances Serabazaar - Lituere - 23840 m3 of spoil disposed safely at Ch 0+920, Ch 0+980, Ch Pachok Road 0+000 and Ch 0+680 2 Signboard erected at Ch 0+000 and Ch 0+900 Campsite for labours established at Ch 1+500, Ch 2+820, Ch 3+200 and Ch 4+200 GPA insurance for 10 workers 97 helmets and 97 masks are provided to workers LPG is used for cooking at campsite 8 Chitwan Khurkhure (Highway) - Approved GRM established Samitar - Contractor has employed local people as labour, therefore, there Thakurivanjyang Road is no campsite 70 boots and 70 jackets distributed to workers GPA insurance of 25 labour 1 casualty occurred (Sanchamaya Praja) while returning home 9 Sindhuli Pipal Bhanjyang - Haitar Approved GRM established - Netrakali Road 6000 m3 of spoil disposed safely 29 m long and 2 m high toe wall constructed to manage spoil at Ch 15+880 Temporary campsite established at Ch 16+600, 4+100, 14+600 20 helmets and 50 masks provided to 65 workers 10 Ramechhap Haldebesi -Dhobi- Approved GRM established Dhandebesi Road Devitar – Approved GRM established Phulasipokhari Section 5014.98 m3 of spoil disposed safely of Devitar – Doramba – House rented for labour camp Paseban – Kolibagar Safety gears provided partially Road
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SN District Road Sub-project IEE Approval Status Environmental Compliances 11 Okhaldhunga Okhaldunga - Rumjatar Approved GRM established Road Issue of spoil disposal: estimation made for spoil disposal to identified sites (far than lead distance provided in BOQ) Chetre landslide at Ch 3+620 and geologist visited the site. The slide area is stable but geologist has suggested for shifting 10 m towards hill side, for safety against any earthquake in future. Houses rented for campsite at Ch 1+340, Ch 2+680, Ch 4+680 and Ch 6+000 LPG and firewood used for cooking 71 helmet and mask provided to workers 2 first aid kit provided GPA insurance of labour 12 Solukhumbu Garma - Nele -Bogal Approved GRM established Road Road 9,220 m3 spoil disposed safely Quarry of 3,500 m3 of stone from Ch 5+400 Safety gears are partially supplied by contractor 83 helmets provided to 200 workers Labours are insured Sanitation at labours camp is maintained 1090 m3 of breast wall constructed at Ch 4+120, Ch 5+700 to control land slide Campsite established at Ch 2+000, Ch 4+000, Ch 6+000, Ch 8+000 by renting house Firewood is used in campsite for cooking
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Annex 6: Status on Forestry Clearance
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Annex 7: Detail on Tree Loss, Targeted Plantation and Cost (NRs.) with Forest Name
Compensatory Plantation (Government Compensatory Plantation (Religious Compensatory plantation Compensatory Plantation (Community Forest) Total (Forest Land) Total Managed Forest) Forest/Leasehold Forest) (Private Land) Name of SN Name of Sub-Project Remarks District Tree Trees for Estimated Name Tree Trees for Estimated Name of Tree Trees for Estimated Trees for Estimated Tree Trees for Estimated Tree Trees for Name of CF Tree Loss Estimated Cost Loss Plantation Cost of GF Loss Plantation Cost RF/LHF Loss Plantation Cost Plantation Cost Loss Plantation Cost Loss Plantation
Kusum CF 37 925 161,311 Sankhu -Palubari -Nagarkot 1 Kathmandu Lambodanda CF 35 875 152,591 72 1,800 313,902 122 122 8,766 194 1,922 322,668 Road Sub-total 72 1,800 313,902 Bysai –Jhaukhel – Changu 2 Bhaktapur –Telkot-Bhattedanda - 115 2,875 775,000 115 2,875 775,000 Nagarkot Road Thaiba - Godamchaur Road Godamchaur CF 2 50 8,203 Bistachhap CF 13 325 53,316 Jayabhadre CF 36 900 147,645 3 Lalitpur Godamchour- Godabari- Golintaha CF 63 1,575 258,379 Manakamana GF 20 500 82,025 14 350 57,418 217 5,425 889,971 76 76 5,160 293 5,501 895,132 Badikhel- Lelebhanjyang Road Kumari CF 8 200 32,810 RF Bandevi CF 22 550 90,228 Chandol CF 39 975 159,949 Sub-total 183 4,575 750,529 Dudhepakha CF 138 3,450 521,364 Dhami Chaur CF 23 575 86,894 Naulodanda CF 9 225 34,002 Ratmate Chihandanda Kuntabesi-Nayagaun - 63 1,575 238,014 CF 260 6,500 982,280 1,187 1,187 74,722 1,447 7,687 1,057,002 Nagarkot Road Gairidhara Chyankuti 7 175 26,446 4 Kavre CF Seti Devi CF 20 500 75,560 Sub-total 260 6,500 982,280 Patikhola Pakha Ban 19 475 CF Khopasi-Dhungakharka 24 600 300,000 55 55 79 655 300,000 Janajagriti CF 5 125 Sub-total 24 600 300,000 Chanaute Salghari CF 20 500 71,680 Pashupati CF 18 450 64,512 Seti Devi Muladyang CF 4 100 14,336 Khahare Bhirpakha CF 4 100 14,336 Bhirkot - Sahare- Hawa Pokharipakha CF 6 150 21,504 Section of Bhirkot - Sahare- Kalikagidde CF 9 225 32,256 99 2,475 354,816 69 69 4,139 168 2,544 358,955 Hawa -Jiri Road Salleshwari CF 8 200 28,672 5 Dolkha Lamachaur CF 5 125 17,920 Jyamte Dobhan CF 25 625 89,600 Sub-total 99 2,475 354,816 Jana Ekata CF 43 1,075 154,112 Sunkhani-Lamidanda - Ramche CF 42 1,050 150,528 Kalinchowk section of 95 2,375 340,480 95 2,375 340,480 Hilepani CF 10 250 35,840 Sunkhani Sangwa Road Sub-total 95 2,375 340,480
Ghympesal - Balkot- Palkhu- Thampakha CF 41 1,025 163,734 GF 174 4,350 694,869 215 5,375 858,603 188 188 12,455 403 5,563 871,058 Swara-Saurpani- Barpak Road
6 Gorkha Amdanda CF 18 450 71,883 Luitel - Aappipal - Andheri CF 19 475 75,877 Harmibhanjyang - Thalajung – GF 142 3,550 567,077 725 18,125 2,895,288 519 519 34,384 1,244 18,644 2,929,671 Tarkedanda CF 546 13,650 2,180,451 Bhachek Road Sub-total 583 14,575 2,328,211 Raniswara CF 143 3,575 571,071 Belghari – Archalbot - Kerabari CF 3 75 11,981 7 Lamjung Lamabagar- Serabazaar - 273 6,825 1,090,226 519 519 34,384 792 7,344 1,124,609 Lituere - Pachok Road Sikhra CF 127 3,175 507,175 Sub-total 273 6,825 1,090,226 Khurkhure (Highway) - Kalika CF 347 8,675 1,841,529 8 Chitwan Samitar - Thakurivanjyang Satya Devi CF 119 2,975 631,533 466 11,650 2,473,062 106 106 6,181 572 11,756 2,479,243 Road Sub-total 466 11,650 2,473,062 Kalika CF 3 75 11,334 Hariyali LHF Jhalkane CF 41 1,025 154,898 Pragatisil LHF Pipal Bhanjyang - Haitar - Ranibas CF 3 75 11,334 Lalupate LHF 9 Sindhuli GF 832 20,800 3,143,296 886 22,150 3,347,308 373 373 23,480 1,259 22,523 3,370,788 Netrakali Road Laliguras LHF Sub-total 47 1,175 177,566 Manebhanjyang 7 175 26,446 LHF Bhringeshwor CF 5 125 19,644 Jhateswari CF 8 200 31,430 Poku Salghari CF Haldebesi -Dhobi- 15 375 58,931 (Saipu CF) 105 2,625 412,519 105 2,625 412,519 Dhandebesi Road Taruke Salleri CF 30 750 117,863 10 Ramechhap Sipu CF 47 1,175 184,651 Sub-total 105 2,625 412,519 Devitar – Phulasipokhari Shree Sheradevi CF 20 500 78,575 Shree Hari Section of Devitar – Doramba Setidevi Saunepani CF 50 1,250 196,438 39 975 153,221 109 2,725 428,234 417 417 27,213 526 3,142 455,447 Siddhi RF – Paseban – Kolibagar Road Sub-total 70 1,750 275,013 Megapatal CF 56 1,400 215,180 11 Okhaldhunga Okhaldunga - Rumjatar Road Simdhara Pakha CF 22 550 84,535 78 1,950 299,715 348 348 22,251 426 2,298 321,966 Sub-total 78 1,950 299,715 Ghumnepani CF Garma - Nele -Bogal Road 12 Solukhumbu Mukle Maidel CF Road Kordap CF Total 2,396 59,900 10,262,051 1,168 29,200 4,487,267 60 1,500 237,085 3,624 90,600 14,986,402 4,094 6,854 1,028,135 7,718 97,454 16,014,538
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Annex 8: Plantation Plan
Many sub-projects under EEAP pass through forests area and will be affecting the forest vegetation. According to Working Procedure to Use National Forest Area for National Priority Projects, 2074 B.S. (2017 A.D.), there is provision of compensatory plantation (with protection for five years) at the ratio of 1:25 plants by the project or provide plantation and protection cost to concerned DFO. Planting a huge number of seedlings needs a pre-plan and coordination with concerned stakeholders. Table 1 will be used to manage the planting stock for plantation for different purposes.
Table 1: Type of Plantation and Planting Stock Type of plantation Number of Cost of plants Source of Remarks plants including planting needed transportation stock Compensatory plantation in NF/CFs/RFs/LHFs Plantation in Private Land Roadside Plantation
A. Compensatory Plantation in NF/CF/RF/LHF
Requirements for plantation activities
1) Coordination with LHFUGs/RFUGs/CFUGs and DFO - Meeting will be held with concerned LHFUGs/RFUGs/CFUGs and DFO to discuss about the plantation management 2) Agreement with RFUG/CFUG/DFO/ DLPIU - Agreement will be done with concerned LHFUGs/CFUGs/RFUGs, DFO and DLPIU/DTO for the compensatory plantation 3) Managing planting stock - Nursery establishment and operation . From DFO nursery . From private nursery owner . Fruit trees in private land - Horticulture farms in districts 4) Identification and survey of plantation area - Plantation area will be identified by concerned LHFUGs/RFUGs/CFUGs and DFO and survey will be done. 5) Fencing - Fencing will be done by concerned CFUGs/DFO/RFUGs/LHFUGs 6) Pitting - Pits of 30cmx45cmx45cm size will be dug. 7) Transportation of seedlings - From nursery to the planting sites 8) Planting - It will be done by the LHFUG/CFUG/RFUG members or DFO in the starting of monsoon 9) Weeding - After the monsoon season, weeding is done to reduce the competition by weeds. 10) Survival count - before winter starts, survival of the plantation will be done for casualty replacement before next monsoon.
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B. Roadside Plantation
Requirements for plantation activities
1) Coordination with local communities, Rural Municipality/Municipality, RFUGs, CFUGs and DFO - Meeting will be held with concerned local communities, Rural Municipality/ Municipality, LHFUGs, RFUGs, CFUGs and DFO to discuss about the plantation management 2) Agreement with concerned stakeholders - Agreement will be done with concerned local communities, Rural Municipality/Municipality, LHFUGs, RFUGs, CFUGs and DFO for the road side plantation 3) Managing planting stock - Nursery establishment and operation . From DFO nursery . From private nursery owner from districts . Fruit trees in private land - Horticulture farms in districts 4) Identification and survey of plantation area - Plantation area will be identified by concerned local communities, Rural Municipality/Municipality, LHFUGs, RFUGs, CFUGs and DFO and survey will be done. 5) Fencing - Fencing will be done by concerned local communities, Rural Municipality/Municipality, RFUGs, LHFUGs, CFUGs and DFO. 6) Pitting - Pits of appropriate size will be dug depending on species 7) Transportation of seedlings - From nursery to the planting sites 8) Planting - It will be done in the starting of monsoon 9) Weeding - After the monsoon season, weeding is done to reduce the competition by weeds. 10) Survival count - before winter starts, survival of the plantation will be done for casualty replacement before next monsoon.
Table 2: Plan of Action for Plantation for Compensatory and Roadside Plantation
Activities April May June July Aug Sep 18 18 18 18 18 18 Agreement with RFUG/CFUG/DFO/DLPIU Managing planting stock Survey of plantation area Fencing Pitting Transportation of seedlings Planting Weeding
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C. Plantation in Private Land
Coordination with affected landowner - Meeting will be held with concerned affected landowner to discuss about the plantation trees in their land.
1) Managing planting stock . From DFO nursery . From private nursery owner from districts . Fruit trees in private land - Horticulture farms in districts. 2) Identification and survey of plantation area - Plantation area will be identified in coordination with affected landowner. 3) Protection- Protection of planted trees will be done by the landowner. 4) Pitting - Pits of appropriate size will be dug depending on the species. 5) Transportation of seedlings - From nursery to the planting sites 6) Planting - It will be done by the affected landowner and cost will be provided in the starting of monsoon 7) Weeding - After the monsoon season, weeding is done to reduce weed competition.
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Annex 9: Spoil management Disposal Format
SN Road Earthwork Earthwork Remaining Disposal Toe-wall Lead Section Cutting Filling Spoil to be Site Provision Distance (Chainage) (m3) (m3) Managed Location (m) From To (m3) Ch Volume (m3)
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Annex 10: Status of Grievances related to Environmental Safeguard
SN Person Registering Description of Grievance Actions Taken Status Time If not District Grievance Received Frame for Solved, Solution Give Name Address (if in Reason process) 1 Local Palungtar-4 Demand for upgrading of 100 m Solved N/A Gorkha Community excess road to Health post 2 Pursottam Palungtar-03 Disposal of excavated soil Field verified at site, instructed to Solved Gorkha Devkota contractor to clear boulder and level the ground 3 Maya Sherpa Garma 4 Claiming for the compensation of Consulted with DDC Accountant if In process 2 months Solukhumbu land and trees which was missed in there is budget of DRILP-AF and DRILF-AF verified the case in Survey and land Revenue Office 4 Puti Sherpa Nele 3 Claiming for the compensation of Consulted with DDC Accountant if In process 2 months Solukhumbu land and trees which was missed in there is budget of DRILP-AF and DRILF-AF verified the case in Survey and land Revenue Office 5 Gopal Bhujal Nele 2 Claiming for the compensation of Forwarded letter to the Survey In process 2 months Solukhumbu land and trees ( no name list in Office for the process of re- Cadastral Survey report ) cadastral survey. 6 Sarmila Rai Nele 2 Claiming for the compensation of Forwarded letter to the Survey Solved 2 months Solukhumbu land and trees ( no name list in Office for the process of re- Cadastral Survey report ) cadastral survey. 7 Passang Nele 3 Claiming for the compensation of Forwarded letter to the Survey In process 2 months Solukhumbu Sherpa land and trees ( no name list in Office for the process of re- Cadastral Survey report ) cadastral survey. 8 Jangmu Garma 6 Claiming for the compensation of Forwarded letter to the Survey In process 2 months Solukhumbu Sherpa land and trees ( no name list in Office for the process of re- Cadastral Survey report ) cadastral survey.
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SN Person Registering Description of Grievance Actions Taken Status Time If not District Grievance Received Frame for Solved, Solution Give Name Address (if in Reason process) 9 Pasi Sherpa Garma 6 Claiming for the compensation of Forwarded letter to the Survey In process 2 months Solukhumbu land and trees ( no name list in Office for the process of re- Cadastral Survey report ) cadastral survey. 10 Khamba Sing Nele-1 Protection of house Breast wall will be provided Solved Solukhumbu Basnet
11 Bhalaa Kaagi Nele 2 Damage of Hydro Power HPD pipe. Consulted with contractor to solved Solukhumbu Basnet compensate the pipe.
12 Anita Karki Dudhkausiika claiming for the compensation of Discussed with landowner, In process Solukhumbu (Khadka) Rural trees (Salla) and gabion breast wall contractor and decided to provide Municipality-1 for slide control Gabion breast Wall
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Annex 11: Environmental Safeguard Compliance Monitoring Format
SN Description Indicator Status Remarks Monthly Cumulative
1 Forestry Obtained/ongoing/not initiated clearance for using forest area and tree cutting 2 Stock piling and Obtaining written permission for spoil disposal stockpiling (Y/N) management Preparation of spoil disposal management plan (Y/N) Location of disposal site near the water courses (Y/N) Location of spoil disposal site Volume of spoil generated (m3) Volume of safely disposed spoil (m3) Spoil falling or being washed on to forest and farm land (Y/N) Spoil disposal work affecting public interest, locals and their properties (Y/N) 3 Toe walls for Number and volume (m3) of toe safe disposal of wall constructed excavated materials 4 Bioengineering Location (chainage) works Area (Rm/m2) Type of measures taken Amount spent (NRs.) 5 Dust emission Covering of delivery vehicles during transportation (Y/N) Spray of water for suppressing dust emission (Y/N) and time interval 6 Water quality Water quality observed near road 7 Quarry site Location management Volume of aggregates/stones/other materials supplied (m3 ) Rehabilitation of site (Y/N) 8 Campsite Supply of safe drinking water (Y/N) management Temporary toilets constructed in camp sites (no.) Energy used for cooking (fuel wood, kerosene, LPG, electricity)
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SN Description Indicator Status Remarks Monthly Cumulative
Proper management of waste disposal (Y/N) Separation of waste disposal in biodegradable and non- biodegradable (Y/N) 9 Drainage Drain water discharged into farm management land/ risky areas (Y/N) Cross drainage structure (no.) & volume (m3) 10 Bitumen Fuel wood being used for bitumen management heating (Y/N) Bitumen drums stored in dedicated areas and not scattered along the road (Y/N) Provision for leakage and spills in storage & service yards (Y/N) 11 Land slide and Location (Ch) erosion control measures Type of measures taken Number and volume of structure (m3)
12 Compensatory Exact tree loss (No.) plantation in forest area Establishment of nursery (number & location) Plantation carried out (number of plants & area in ha) Name & location of forest Plantation survival rate (%) Amount spent (NRs.) 13 Compensatory Number of plants felled plantation in private land Plantation carried out (number of plants) Plantation survival rate (%) Amount spent (NRs.) 14 Road side Plantation carried out (number of plantation plants) Location Plantation survival rate (%) Amount spent (NRs.) 15 Rehabilitation of 1. Name & Location public infrastructure, 2. Name & Location culturally &
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SN Description Indicator Status Remarks Monthly Cumulative
religiously sensitive spot 16 Occupational Number of Personal Protective health & safety Equipment (PPE) provided Use of PPE by workers (%) First aid kit provided with medicines (number) Replacement of medicines (Y/N) Accidental insurance (number of workers) Type & number of accident occurred Compensation provided Number of workers fallen sick Coordination with nearby health center (Y/N) 17 Informative/safet Number y/environmental awareness Location signboard erected 18 Training/campai 1. Name of Event ( location, no. of gn/event as per participants) EMP of IEE report 2. Name of Event ( location, no. of participants)
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Annex 12: Photographs
Safeguard Orientation Training at Kathmandu Safeguard Orientation Training at Sindhuli
Quarry site Spoil Disposal Site
Measurement, Marking and Numbering of Private Quarry Site and Spoil Disposal Site Tree along Devitar-Phulasi Road, along Sunkhani-Kanpa Road, Dolakha Ramechhap
Mass-meeting of Kusum CF for Tree cutting Consent
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Labours with and without Safety Tools along Khopasi-Dhungkharka Road, Kavrepalanchok
Construction of Toe-wall for Spoil Retaining Wall Constructed along Byasi- Management along Sunkhani-Kanpa Road, Jhaukhel Road, Bhaktapur Dolakha
Transportation of Spoil in Thaiba-Godamchaur Road, Lalitpur
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Campsite along Khopasi-Dhungkharka Road, Gabion Wall constructed along landslide in Kavrepalanchok Sunkhani-Kanpa Road, Dolakha
Operation of Crusher plant near Transportation of stone from quarry site Okhaldhunga-Rumjatar Road, Okhaldhunga along Luitel - Aappipal - Harmibhanjyang - Thalajung – Bhachek Road, Gorkha
Informative and Safety Boards along the Road
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Haphazard Spoil Disposal along Devitar-Phulasi Road, Ramechhap
Use of Local Labours by Contractor along Cautionary Ribbon at Construction site Khurkhure-Samitar Road, Chitwan
Field Documents Related to Forestry Clearance
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PART 2: STRATEGIC ROADS
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Table of Contents
1 THE PROJECT BACKGROUND ...... 46
1.1 Background ...... 46
1.2 Sub-project and Physical Progress of the Project Activities ...... 48
1.3 Objective, Approach and Scope of Semi-annual Monitoring ...... 48
2 CHANGES IN THE PROJECT SCOPE AND ADJUSTED SAFEGUARD MEASURES ..... 48
3 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD IN EEAP ...... 48
4 COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ...... 48
5 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT ...... 48
6 COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES ...... 49
6.1 Safety Management ...... 49
6.2 Camp Site Management ...... 49
6.3 Management of Stockpile of Construction Materials ...... 50
6.4 Operation of Quarry site and Crusher Plant ...... 50
6.5 Spoil Disposal Management ...... 50
6.6 Bioengineering Works ...... 51
6.7 Removal of Trees ...... 51
6.8 Community Infrastructure ...... 51
6.9 EMP Implementation Monitoring and Reporting ...... 51
6.10 Orientation/Workshop for safeguard ...... 51
7 ISSUES AND CORRECTIVE ACTION ...... 51
8 PROPOSED MAJOR ITEM OF FOCUS FOR NEXT REPORT ...... 52 List of Tables Table 1.1: List of Sub project Under EEAP ...... 46 List of Annexes Annex 1: Planning & Implementing Environmental Safeguards Activities Annex 2: Status of Compliance with Environmental Covenants Annex 3: Photographs
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1. THE PROJECT BACKGROUND
1.1 Background
The proposed loan (No. 3260-NEP) under Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) will finance improvements of three feeder roads, a total of 103 km, in the central and western regions of Nepal. While the Project will contribute to development and expansion of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), it will include an institutional capacity assessment in the areas of road safety and road maintenance, which will form the basis for a capacity development program. Gender and social inclusion will through a livelihood program that will be targeting women involved in road construction activities in the project-affected area.
The project roads are: (i) Dolakha – Singati Road (35 Km), (ii) Dhading – Arughat – Gorkha Road (45 Km) excluding 25 km overlap with Mid-Hill highway and (iii) Panchkhal – Melamchi Road (23 Km).The Department of Roads (DoR) intends to improve these roads to an all-weather bituminous double-lane Feeder Road Standard. Project roads have been selected based on environment, resettlement, social and economic impacts; and project readiness. The Project is relevant to achieving results of the Country Strategy and Program (2013-2017), enhancing global-local connectivity to facilitate regionally balanced economic growth. Sub-project area is shown in figure 1.The detail of sub project is listed below
Table 1.1: List of Sub project Under EEAP
Length S. No. Road Road Classification (Km)
1 Dolakha – Singati 35 Feeder Road
2 Dhading – Gorkha 45 Feeder Road
3 Panchkhal – Melamchi 23 Feeder road
Total 103 Source: Project data sheet, 2016
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Figure 1: Map of Nepal showing the sub-project
Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 47 Semi Annual Environmental Monitoring Report: 03 July - December 2017 1.2 Sub-project and Physical Progress of the Project Activities
Up-to the reporting time, contract award for all the road sub projects has been completed. Construction works in Dolakha - Singati Road and package 1, 2, and 3 for Dhading - Gorkha Road and Panchkhal – Melamchi Section is in progress. For package 4 of Dhading - Gorkha Road joint survey work for construction is under progress.
1.3 Objective, Approach and Scope of Semi-annual Monitoring 1.3.1 Objective
The objective of this semi-annual monitoring is to assess the progress on safeguard implementation including; status of air quality, noise and vibration, quarry site operation, stockpiling of the materials, construction waste and well managed construction camp, labor camps and bioengineering work etc.
1.3.2 Approach of Semi-annual Monitoring
This safeguard implementation monitoring report has been prepared through the approach of monthly progress report of contractor and field visit conducted during reporting period.
1.3.3 Scope of Semi-annual Monitoring
This semi-annual report includes the status of safeguard implementation activities in Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project covering the period July to December 2017.
CHANGES IN THE PROJECT SCOPE AND ADJUSTED SAFEGUARD MEASURES
The scope of project has not changed as its original scope. In case of Dhading-Gorkha Road, a supplementary IEE has been prepared and approved from MoPIT on 2074/07/15 (11/01/2017) to accommodate the variation in tree cutting numbers from earlier stated in approved IEE report. The project has been categorized as “B” in terms of Environmental impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD IN EEAP
Environmental assessment is the primary administrative tool to integrate environmental considerations into decision making to ensure that proposed development intervention will have minimum environmental impacts. EEAP falls in category “B” project according to ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) (2009). As per Environment Protection Act 1997 and Environment Protection Rule, 1997, IEE is mandatory before the implementation of the project. Accordingly IEE report has been prepared and approved by the concerned authority. Further, monitoring is being done to ensure the compliance of mitigation measures and implementation of Environmental Management Plan. Planning and Implementation status of the sub-projects are presented in annex 1.
COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS
Environmental safeguard related project activities are in compliance with covenants as regular follow up actions are being taken according to the approved detail project report (refer annex 2 for detail).
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT The executing agency is the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA). It has formed a Project Management Unit (PMU) for project oversight and coordination. The implementing agency is
Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 48 Semi Annual Environmental Monitoring Report: 03 July - December 2017 Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport. This ministry has authorized to implement the project to Department of Roads. Department of Roads (DOR) has formed project implementation unit (PIU). The PIU by appointing design consultant had approved environmental assessment reports through environment specialist (MSV international). Furthermore, PIU has appointed construction supervision consultant which also has provision of environment specialist has been implementing EMPs and performing compliance monitoring on the behalf of project directorate (ADB)/DoR. The contractor has employed environmental focal person to implement the EMAP as per approved safeguard document. The Project Directorate (ADB) a unit of DoR is currently implementing ADB project under this institutional arrangement. Thus the Government has sufficient capacity in implementing ADB requirements and strengthening of capacity.
COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
Contractor has appointed Environmental Focal person in all the sub-project roads. Grievance Redress Mechanisms have been established in all the sub-project roads. CSC Environmental Specialist has been visiting the project sites in intermittent basis. Adequate cautionary signboards have been placed in all the construction sites and working area has been barricaded with appropriate measures. Compliance with safeguard (based on the annex 3) measures is presented below.
1.4 Safety Management
In Dolakha-Singati Road and packages 1, 2 and 3 of Dhading-Gorkha (DG) Road construction work is in progress whereas joint survey is in progress in package 4 of DG road. Contractor has submitted environmental management action plan (EMAP) and approved from CSC. Based on the approved EMAP, environmental monitoring is being carried out. Assistant Resident Engineer (ARE) of the supervising staff has been nominated as a focal person for environment safeguard implementation on the behalf of CSC in each package. In this road ooccupational health and safety measures has been followed. Sufficient number of PPE like helmet, face mask, boot has been provided by the contractor to all labors including supervision consultants. Workers are also provided first aid kit with medicine. Insurance has been done for the workers. So far no accident during construction has been reported. First aid kit with medicine has been kept at work sites.
In Dhading-Gorkha Road consisting of 4 packages, construction work is in progress in the packages 1, 2 and 3. In package 4 joint survey work is in progress .Contractor has submitted EMP for package 1, 2, 3 & 4 so that compliance of safety measures as mentioned in environmental management plan could be carried out. ARE of the Supervising Consultant Team has been nominated as a focal person for safeguard monitoring. In this road sub project, contractor has provided required safety gears to labors including supervision consultants. During this reporting period no accident has been reported at construction site. First aid kit with medicine has been kept at work sites.
1.5 Camp Site Management
In Dolakha- Singati Road, labour camp has been established with required facility. LPG is being provided by purchasing from the market. In this camp all facilities like toilet, drinking water are available. Some of the labor working in this sub-projects are locals. For other labors contractors has hired rental houses also. Contractor’s main camp has been shifted to Ch. 21+950 from 2+600 and only Contractor’s lab team has been shifted to 2+600. Contractor has put fire safety measures at the camp site.
Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 49 Semi Annual Environmental Monitoring Report: 03 July - December 2017 Contractor’s work camp for DG/01 & DG/02 is set up at Km 10+600 and labors camps at local people’s house on hire near work place. For DG/03, Contractor’s work camp is established at Km 59+000 and in crusher plant yard at Km 56+150 and labor camps at local people house on rent near work place and for DG/04, it is under construction at Km 68+200. LPG is being provided to the camp residents. In this camp all facilities like toilet, drinking water are available. Some of the labor working in this sub-projects are locals. Contractor has put fire safety measures at the camp site.
In Panchkhal – Melamchi Road, camp is in operation at Ch. 07+000. LPG is being provided by purchasing from the market. In this camp all facilities like toilet, drinking water are available. Some of the labor working in this sub-projects are locals. Contractor has put fire safety measures at the camp site.
1.6 Management of Stockpile of Construction Materials
In Dolakha-Singati Road, at ch. 2+050 required construction materials are being stockpiled. All the measures to keep the stocked material safe (fencing of the area) has been applied. Contractor has made agreement with land owner for stockpiling construction material. Once the construction work completes, the land used by the contractor shall be reinstated in its original condition.
In Dhading-Gorkha Road, major stock is kept at crusher yard, Ankhu Khola and minor stock of concrete aggregate is kept at Km 11+600, Km 11+800 for package 1 and package 2. In package 3 & 4 section no materials are stockpiled. All the measures to keep the stocked material safe (fencing of the area), has been applied. And contractor has made agreement with the land owner for stockpiling construction materials.
In case of Panchkhal – Melamchi Road, stockpiling of materials has not been started.
1.7 Operation of Quarry site and Crusher Plant
In Dolakha - Singati Road, contractor is planning to purchase additional 10000 cu. m. of base materials from the private crusher plant at Singati.
In Dhading-Gorkha Road, for package 1, Stone quarry is operated at Pakhare Khola (500m from Km 1+800), Km 6+500, Bajhopalpa Danda (500 m from Km 6+100) and one crusher at Ankhu Khola (Ch. 26+667). For package 2, Stone quarry is operated at Km 19+150, Km 19+550, Km 20+150 and crusher at Ankhu Khola (Ch. 26+667) is used. ).For package 3, Stone quarry is operated at Km 61+490. For package 4, no quarry is identified yet.
In Panchkhal – Melamchi Road, identification of quarry site is in process.
1.8 Spoil Disposal Management
In Dolakha-Singati Road, extra earth materials by cutting have been disposed safely at Km. 6+620 (1200 m3), Km. 8+800 (1500 m3) and at Km. 19+200 (800 m3) with required protection measures as per the submitted EMAP by the contractor.
In Dhading-Gorkha Road, package 1; 80,000 m3 of spoil materials has been disposed safely at the approved sites at Km. 10+530 and at Km. 13+500 with required protection measures. For package 2; 30,000 m3 of spoil materials has been disposed safely at the approved site at Km. 12+625 and at Km. 12+750 with required protection measures. For package 3; 10,000 m3 of spoil materials has been disposed safely at the approved sites with required protection measures. For package 4; issue of spoil disposal has not arised yet. Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 50 Semi Annual Environmental Monitoring Report: 03 July - December 2017 In Panchkhal – Melamchi Road three disposal sites has been identified at Km. 0+900,2+620 and 7+150.The identified sites is under process for final lease agreement with the land owner to use it as disposal sites.
1.9 Bioengineering Works
In all three sub projects, bioengineering work has not been started yet. Excavation work is still ongoing.
1.10 Removal of Trees
In Dolakha-Singati Road there is no issue of tree cutting. In case of Dhading-Gorkha Road, total number of trees required to be cut are found to be 1830 from four package sections. As of this reporting period, 257 private trees from DG/01 and 12 private trees from DG/02 have been cut. In DG/04 package, verification of tree numbers has been completed. About 45 trees from one community forest needs to be felled down. Necessary document has been prepared and forwarded District Forest Office, Gorkha for getting tree cutting approval. Field verification for conformation of tree to be cleared for upgrading the road is in progress in Panchkhal – Melamchi Road.
1.11 Community Infrastructure
In Dolakha-Singati Road, one stone masonry water tank of 2000 m3 capacity has been constructed. Around 100 m of irrigation crossing has been constructed/rehabilitated. Foot trail, steps to houses (about 5 m3) and relocation of water supply pipe lines has been carried out in this reporting period. In Dhading-Gorkha Road, the process of electric pole removal is in progress and masonry steps (about 6 m3) to houses has been constructed and about 4205 m (100 m - 110 mm dia., 155 m – 40 mm dia., 530 m – 32 mm dia., 570 m – 25 mm dia., 1300 m – 20 mm dia., and 1550 m – 16 mm dia.) of water supply pipelines has been reinstated. In case of Panchkhal- Melamchi Timbu Road (Panchkhal- Melamchi section) no activity regarding community infrastructure has been carried out as contractor has just started the construction work.
1.12 EMP Implementation Monitoring and Reporting
Environmental monitoring is being carried out through environment specialist. Supervision staff at site has been provided environmental monitoring checklist. Supervision staff at site are regularly checking the status at site. Details of the compliance of safeguard measures by the contractor are being submitted to the Resident Engineer’s office and is verified. Process for grievance redress mechanism is implemented. Two GRC has been formed for Dhading and Gorkha district. Each month along with monthly progress report, environmental safeguard status is being included.
1.13 Orientation/Workshop for safeguard
Orientation/Workshop for safeguards was organized on 5 & 6 July 2017 in Dhading – Gorkha Road, Contract Package No 1 and 2. Total number of participants were 54 (43 male, 11 female) representing local stakeholders, Contractor and Supervision consultants.
ISSUES AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
Bioengineering work has to be started during this monsoon in Dolakha - Singati Road. Another issue is verification of the total trees to be cut in Panchkhal - Melamchi Road section. Since the
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Corrective action and Way Forward
S.No. Issues Way Forward Spoil disposal at designated sites and provision of 1 Spoil disposal sufficient toe walls and preparation and strict enforcement of spoil disposal management plan Implementation of bioengineering Identification of bioengineering locations and 2 work for slope protection at land carrying out bioengineering activities at slide areas recommended sites. Use of safety gears like helmet, Enforce the workers at site for using the safety 3 boot, gloves and mask gears. Immediately initiate the process for forestry 4 Forestry clearance process clearance work for remaining road sections so that further construction work could not be hampered. Environmental Management Action Monitor the activities as per approved EMAP 5 Plan
PROPOSED MAJOR ITEM OF FOCUS FOR NEXT REPORT
Progress on the bioengineering work in Dolakha- Singati Road, Dhading – Gorkha Road and progress of the tree clearance activity of Dhading Gorkha Road and Panchkhal – Melamchi Road is the main item of focus for next report.
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Annexes
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Annex I: Planning and Implementing Safeguards Activities
A.2. Environmental Safeguards - EMP Implementation Reporting period: July-December 2017
Grievances Compliance to Environmental Management Plan*
Biological Socio-economic Physical Env Correctiv Spoil Lands Drainag Oth Compensator FirewoOthe Occupational Community Other Nos of No of No of complia Man lide e ers y Plantation od is rs as Health and Safety structures are s as grievan grievan grievan e Action nce S. age protec Manage as used per Safe Labo Labor compensated / per ces ces ces Plans are Name of reporting Remark N ment tion ment per for EMP ty rs and reconstructed EMP docume resolve under prepared Subproject is s o. comp with (complia EMP cookin (spe Gear are work (progress in % (speci nted d proces and maintain lianc Bio- nce in (spe g and cify) s are insur camps of total fy) sing implemen ed e in engg %)** cify) heatin suffi ed are estimated ted (Y/N) %)** (compl g cient (Y/N) healthy work)*** (Y/N) iance Target Replant (Y/N) and and Com Com in %)** (Nos.) ed used have munit munit (Nos.) (Y/N) sanitary y y facilitie Struc Struct s (Y/N) ture 1 ure 2 Dolakha Singati 0.0 412 Ye 20.0 1 Road 90 0 50 80 5 - No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes s 20.00 0.00 0 Yes Yes Dhading Gorkha 0. 0.0 201 Ye 10.0 2 Road 90 0 1.00 - 30 - No - Yes Yes Yes No No s 13.00 0 3.00 Yes Yes Panchkhal Melamchi 3 Road ------No - Yes Yes ------
Note: * Add field as guided by EMP in EIA/IEE/DDR; ** Write percentage of compliance in a scale of 100%; *** mention type of community structures
Dolakha Singati Road:Construction work is in progress. Contractor has submitted environmental management plan. Based on the environmental management plan environmental monitoring is being carried out.Dhading-Gorakha Road:Contractor has submitted environmental management plan. Based on the environmental management plan environmental monitoring is being carried out. Panchkhal-Melamchi Road ; joint verfication of layout data is ongoing.Construction of labour camp is under progress.Contractor has submitted environmental management plan and is under review
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Annex 2: Status of Compliance with Environmental Covenants
Covenants Status December, 2017 Schedule 4-7 Conditions for Award of Contracts The Borrower shall not award any Complied Works contract for a Subproject which involves environmental impacts until the EA
or the IAs has: Obtained the final approval of the IEE from the Ministry of Physical infrastructure and Transport/concerned sector agency (for IEEs incorporated the relevant provisions from the EMP into the Works contract
Schedule 5-1. Project is implemented in accordance with PAM. Being complied with
Schedule 5-3. Subprojects are selected and approved in accordance with the Complied selection criteria set out in the PAM.
Schedule 5-4. Preparation, design, implementation, and operation of each Subproject Complied comply with applicable laws; the Environmental Safeguards; the EARF; and IEE and
EMP.
Schedule 5-7. Necessary budgetary and human resources made available to fully Being Complied implement the EMPs, and the RPs.
Schedule 5-8. All bidding documents comply with IEE and EMP, budget is made Complied available for environmental measures; any unanticipated environmental impacts,
Schedule 5-9. (a) A semi-annual Safeguards Monitoring Reports submitted to ADB Complied and disclose relevant information; (b) any unanticipated environmental risks and
impacts reported promptly to ADB; and (c) any actual or potential breach of compliance reported. Schedule 5-11. The core labor standards and applicable laws are complied. Bidding Complied documents and contracts require that the contractors (a) comply with applicable labor
law and incorporate workplace occupational safety norms; (b) do not use child labor; (c) do not discriminate workers; (d) do not use forced labor; (e) allow freedom of association.
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Schedule 5-15. Within 6 months after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall prepare Being Complied a Grievance Redress Mechanism, acceptable to ADB, and establish a special committee to receive and resolve complaints/grievances or act upon reports from stakeholders on misuse of funds and other irregularities, including grievances due to resettlement. The special committee will (a) make public of the existence of this Grievance Redress Mechanism, (b) review and address grievances of stakeholders of the Project, in relation to either the Project, any of the service providers, or any person responsible for carrying out any aspect of the Project; and (c) proactively and constructively responding to them.
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Annex 3: Photographs
Photo 1: Gabion Construction work @23+300 Photo 2: DPD,TL inspection of landslide (DS Road) area@29+400 (DS Road)
Photo 3: Masonry drain Work @8+080 (DS Photo 4: Gabion Breast Wall Construction @ Road) 24+440 (DS Road)
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Photo 5: Discussion about survey and safety Photo 6: Excavation @0+650) (PM Road) (PM Road)
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PART 3: SCHOOL BUILDINGS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND 61
2. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP 62
3. COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS 62 4. CONSTRUCTION APPROACH 62
5. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 63
6. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES 63
7. ISSUES AND CORRECTIVE ACTION 64
8. PROPOSED MAJOR ITEM OF FOCUS FOR NEXT REPORT 64
LIST OF TABLE
Table 1: EEAP District 62
LISTS OF ANNEXES
Annex 1: Status of Environmental Safeguard Planning and Implementation
Annex 2: Compliance Status with Environmental Covenants
Annex3: Environmental Management Plan Annex 4: EMP Implementation Monitoring and Reporting Format Annex 5: Photographs
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1. BACKGROUND
The Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) has been supporting the Government of Nepal to accelerate recovery and reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of April 25, 2015 and the major aftershocks of May 12, 2015. The project is intended to address the immediate and medium term impacts of the damage inflicted by the earthquake in Nepal. The project will support the rebuilding of schools, roads, and district level government buildings, and strengthen resilience to future disasters. In response to and in line with the post disaster need assessment (PDNA) findings, the project has four outputs: Output 1: Schools are rebuilt and upgraded; Output 2: Roads and bridges are rehabilitated and/or reconstructed; Output 3: District-level government facilities constructed and/or rebuilt; and Output 4: Disaster preparedness and management capacities strengthened. The MoE/Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) is the implementing agency for the construction of schools (outputs 1 & 4) supported by Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) of Ministry of Urban and Local Development (MOULD). Similarly, District Level Project Implementation Unit (DLPIU) in each project district has been provisioned to be established in order to implement the project at district level. The Design and Supervision Consultant (DSC) has been established to support CLPIU/DLPIU in rebuilding and up gradation of schools.
1.1 Project Goal and Project Area
Completion of Earthquake resilient, environmental friendly, disable responsive, socially conducive school building reconstruction/ up gradation in 14 project districts (Gorkha Earthquake Affected Districts) by September 30, 2018. Projects districts are shown in figure 1. Projects districts are given below.
Figure 1: EEAP Project area
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Table 1: EEAP Districts S. N. EEAP Districts Number Project Districts: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Kavreplanchowk, 1. 8 Sindhupalchowk,, Sindhuli, Dolakha, Ramechhap and Okhaldhunga Additional Districts: Gorkha, Dhading, Makwanpur, Rasuwa, Nuwakot and 2. 6 Lalitpur
1.2 Project Objectives:
General objective of the project is to reconstruct/rehabilitate/repairing/retrofit of school buildings in the project districts. Specific objectives are as follows:
Reconstruction of about 162 schools3 comprising of 19 number of Model schools (8 model schools under JFPR Grant and 11 model schools under ADB Loan) and 137 General schools under ADB loan and 17 schools under USAID grants; Some of the existing buildings will be repaired or rehabilitated or retrofitted as per site investigation results.
2. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP
Environmental assessment is the primary administrative tool to integrate environmental considerations into decision making to ensure that proposed development intervention will have minimal environmental impacts. The proposed projects falls in category “C” (A proposed sub- project is classified as category C if it is likely to have minimal or no adverse environmental impacts) according to ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) (2009). As per Environment Protection Act 1997 and Environment Protection Rule, 1997, IEE is not required before the implementation of the proposal. Based on the ADBs Safeguard Policy Statements (2009), Due Diligence Report (DDR) is prepared. Details of the status of planning and implementation are presented in annex 1. This environmental monitoring report is being compiled and prepared for this project based on the monthly reports and quarterly reports and field visit reports prepared for this project.
3. COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS
Environmental safeguard related project activities are in compliance with covenants as regular follow up actions are being taken according to the approved detail project report (refer annex 2 for detail).
4. CONSTRUCTION APPROACH
EEAP applies National Competitive Bidding (NCB) approach for construction of school building. Spoil disposal is balanced with cutting and filling as far as possible. There will be minimum use of
3 Revised during October 2017, ADB Review Mission.
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excavator, rock breaker, compactor, and roller for construction work. Construction will follow the environmental friendly approach as much as possible.
5. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
The executing agency is the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA). The implementing agency is Ministry of Education (MoE). This ministry has authorized to implement the project to Department of Education (DoE). DoE has formed project implementation unit (PIU). The PIU has designated a focal person for environmental safeguards. The focal person will be assisted in the conduct of the environmental assessment, the development and implementation of EMPs and compliance monitoring by projects consultants. The implementing agency is currently implementing ADB project under this institutional arrangement. Thus, the Government has sufficient capacity in implementing ADB requirements and strengthening of capacity.
6. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
For better environmental safeguard compliance of the project, implementation of EMP shall be strictly carried out. During planning phase, budget for mitigation measures and benefit augmentation are included in the BoQ. Sufficient budget is allocated under provisional sum. Compliance of the safeguard measures based on the annex 3, are presented below.
6.1 Tree loss and Plantation Work So far issue of tree loss has not been observed while implementing the construction work. Therefore, the question of compensatory plantation does not arises. However, there is a plan to implement the plantation work to enhance the scenario of the school especially by ornamental plant species. In this context, plantation work has been done in Kali Devi Primary school of Kavrepalanchauk, where 300 number of fruit species including ornamental tree species has been planted. This school is handed over to the management committee after completion of work. Planted species included Elaeocarpus ganitrus (Rudrakshya), Cinnamomum camphora (Kapoor), Psidium guajava (Guava), Lagerstroemia indica (Asaare), Nerium indicum (Karveer), Syzygium cuminii (Jamun), Cassia fistula (Rajbrikshya), Persea Americana (Avocado), and Michalia champaca (Champ).
6.2 Occupational Health and Safety Although contractor has provided safety gear to his workers but it was observed that few of the labors were not using safety gears while working. We discussed this with the site supervision consultants and told them strictly monitor the use of safety gears and report accordingly. Now it has been found that all labors at site are using safety gears at construction sites. In addition, contractor has kept first aid medicine at construction sites as well as camp .site.
6.3 Camp Site Management Some of the workers working are local. For the out site workers contractor has hired the building. Safe drinking water and sanitation facility like toilet facility are available. Few of the labours are also residing in the tent houses where all facility like drinking water and toilet facility are available.
6.4 Signboard placing (erection)
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Contractors has placed sign board ats construction sites.
6.5 Grievance Redress Mechanism EEAP has provision of a well-defined Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) to resolve grievances and complaints in a timely and satisfactory manner. GRM is formed in each districts. So far, grievances has not been recorded.
6.6 EMP Implementation Monitoring and Reporting Environmental monitoring is being carried out as per annex 4. Supervision consultants at site are regularly checking the status at site. If any action is required it shall be immediately done. For this purpose in each sub-project NRs. 2 lakh has been allocated in provisional sum. Each month along with monthly progress report, environmental safeguard status is being included.
7. ISSUES AND CORRECTIVE ACTION The following issues recorded therefore it shall be corrected as presented below.
Corrective action and Way Forward
SN Issues Way Forward 1 Haphazard spoil disposal Spoil disposal at designated sites and provision of sufficient toe walls and preparation and strict enforcement of spoil disposal management plan 2 Implementation of bioengineering Carrying out bioengineering activities at work for slope protection at necessary necessary sites locations 3 Use of safety gears like helmet, boot, Enforce the workers at site for using the safety gloves and mask gears 4 Preparation of DDR of all proposed DDR preparation is in progress school
8. PROPOSED MAJOR ITEM OF FOCUS FOR NEXT REPORT Based on the sub-project features, environmental monitoring shall be carried out. If any environmental impacts are recorded it will be addressed immediately.
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ANNEXES
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Annex 2: Status of Compliance with Environmental Covenants
Covenants Status, December 2017 Schedule 4-7 Conditions for Award of Contracts The Borrower shall not award Being complied with any Works contract for a Subproject which involves environmental impacts until the EA or the IAs has: (c) obtained the final approval of the DDR from the concerned agency (d) Incorporated the relevant provisions from the EMP into the Works contract. Being complied with Schedule 5-1. Project is implemented in accordance with PAM. Schedule 5-3. Subprojects are selected and approved in accordance with the Being complied with selection criteria set out in the PAM. Schedule 5-4. Preparation, design, implementation, and operation of each Complied with subproject comply with applicable laws; the Environmental Safeguards; the EARF; DDR and EMP. Schedule 5-7. Necessary budgetary and human resources made available to fully Complied with implement the EMPs. Schedule 5-8. All bidding documents comply with DDR and EMP, budget is made Complied with available for environmental measures; any unanticipated environmental impacts, Schedule 5-9. (a) A semi-annual Safeguards Monitoring Reports submitted to ADB Complied and disclose relevant information; (b) any unanticipated environmental risks and impacts reported promptly to ADB; and (c) any actual or potential breach of compliance reported. Schedule 5-11. The core labor standards and applicable laws are complied. Bidding Being complied with documents and contracts require that the contractors (a) comply with applicable labor law and incorporate workplace occupational safety norms; (b) do not use child labor; (c) do not discriminate workers; (d) do not use forced labor; (e) allow freedom of association. Schedule 5-15. Within 6 months after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall prepare Being complied with a Grievance Redress Mechanism, acceptable to ADB, and establish a special committee to receive and resolve complaints,/grievances or act upon reports from stakeholders on misuse of funds and other irregularities, including grievances due to resettlement. The special committee will (a) make public of the existence of this Grievance Redress Mechanism, (b) review and address grievances of stakeholders of the project, in relation to either the project, any of the service providers, or any person responsible for carrying out any aspect of the project; and (c) proactively and constructively responding to them.
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Annex 3: Format for Environmental Management Plan Phase Impacts/Issues Measures Site Adequate space and access—possible interruption within vicinity. The selection should avoid sensitive environment and land issues which Screening may be caused by construction and/or renovation. Constructi Dust: Dust, debris, and particulate materials from construction will The contractor will spray water to reduce dust when the weather is dry on blow to surrounding structures and cause nuisance to surrounding and periodically clean stagnant debris. families and businesses, especially vulnerable persons (children, elders, etc). Noise: Noise from construction machinery and equipment will The contractor will use environment-friendly construction materials and disturb others especially in areas with hospitals, homes for the equipment and limit construction hours to minimize possible disturbance elderly, and schools. to local livelihood. The contractors will fence off construction site to reduce any possible annoyance to surrounding communities. Construction wastes: waste materials and hazardous materials The contractor will reduce waste generation whenever feasible. The should be adequately and safely disposed. contractor should separate hazardous wastes from other wastes and handle them according to established environmental guidelines. The contractor should separate recyclable wastes from non-recyclable ones. All wastes should be properly handled. Any illegal waste dumping or burning will be prohibited. Disturbance: Nearby offices and residents will be disturbed by The contractor will perform construction activities within appropriate prolonged construction. timeframes which does not disturb work of offices or nearby residents. Sanitation: Sanitation for the workers at the construction site is The contractor will provide sanitation facilities for workers. inadequate leading to unclean working environment. Contamination: Contamination of water supply or source within the The contractor will implement necessary measures to prevent possible vicinity of the site is caused by the construction activities. contamination to water supply or source in the surrounding area. Pedestrian security and traffic congestion: Construction site may The contractor will fence of the site for general safety measures; traffic cause safety concern for pedestrians, especially for school children, re-routing (if required) should be appropriately managed and planned for. during construction. Similarly, traffic congestion during construction may be caused due to the increase of heavy traffic (of the construction itself and from traffic detours) in high traffic avenues and exit ramps. Interruption of services: Water, electricity, telephone, transport The contractor will implement necessary measures to prevent any routes may be interrupted during construction. interruption to access to public services. Informing the public: People would need to know about construction The contractor will put signboard summarizing the construction activities and work schedules, interruption of services, or traffic. and schedule for completion of tasks. Post Site Clearing: Cleaning the site after construction and disposing The contractor will clean the site carefully and remove all waste materials Constructi wastes properly so that they are not dangerous to the environment. as spelled out during construction bidding. on
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Annex 4: Monitoring Reporting Format
Reporting Period: ……………. District:…………………………. Name of Subproject/Contract:…………….…… Name of staff: ………………………………… Designation:………………………………………
Present status SN Description Indicator 1 DDR Completed / ongoing / proposed Awareness raising 2 Number of events and participants orientation trainingi Spoil disposal management plan (Y/N) Stock piling and spoil Volume of safely disposed spoil (m3) 3a disposal management (if Remaining excavated materials (m3) required) Spoil disposal work affecting public
interest, locals and their properties(Y/N) Toe walls for safe Number and volume (m3) of toe walls 3b disposal of excavated constructed to manage spoil materials (if required) Location Bioengineering works (if 4 Area (m2) required) Type of measures taken Covering of delivery vehicles during transportation (Y/N) 5 Dust emission Spray of water for suppressing dust emission (Y/N), if yes time interval Vehicles and equipment's used fitted with 6 Noise pollution silencer and maintained to keep noise at minimum levels(Y/N) Contamination of water supply or source 7 Water contamination (Y/N) Location of quarry site 8 Quarry site management Volume of stones/aggregates collected (if required) (m3) Restoration of site done (Y/N) Supply of safe drinking water (Y/N) Temporary toilets constructed in camp sites (no.) Campsite management 9 Energy used for cooking (fuel wood, kerosene, LPG, electricity) Proper management of sewerage and waste disposal(Y/N) Separation of waste disposal in biodegradable and non- 10 Construction wastes biodegradable(Y/N) Safe disposal of construction waste materials done (Y/N) Provision for leakage and spills in storage & service yards (Y/N) 11 Storage management Provision for safety measures like fire extinguisher (Y/N) 12 Plantation carried out (number of plants) Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 74
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Present status SN Description Indicator Plantation around Plantation survival (%) buildings Interruption of services Protection/rehabilitation of services (water, electricity, 13 (Y/N), if yes give the name telephone etc.) Number of safety gears provided (helmet, jackets, facemasks, goggles, boots, ear plugs, gloves) Use of safety gears by workers (%) First aid kit provided with medicines
(no.) 14 Occupational health & safety Replacement of medicines (Y/N) Accidental insurance (no. of workers) Type & number of accident occurred Compensation to affected workers (no.) Coordination with nearby health center (Y/N) Signboards erected (no.) Informative/safety
15 signboard & cautionary Location ribbons/barricades Cautionary ribbons/barricades placed (Y/N) Cleaning site after Site cleaning after the construction construction and 16 works done (Y/N) disposing waste properly Grievances received and Received number 17 addressedii Addressed number 18 Photographs Attached photographs with caption
1 Descriptive: no. of participants (male/female) per events and photographs 1 Descriptive: types of grievances received, status of grievances, how it was solved or why it is not solved
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Annex-5 Some Photographs of Construction Sites
Figure 1: Information Board placed at Kali Figure 2: Worker working wearing jacket, helmet at Kali Devi PS, Kavreplanchowk Devi PS, Kavre Planchowk .
Figure 3: Labour Camp at Kali Devi PS, Kavreplanchowk
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Figure 4: First-Aid Kid and Site Office at Kavre Palanchowk District
PART 4: GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
Figure 5: Notice Board place at Shree Chautara HSS, Okhaldhunga
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Part 4: OFFICE BUILDINGS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 BACKGROUND ...... 80 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP ...... 85 3 OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD STATUS ...... 85 4 CONSTRUCTION APPROACH ...... 88 5 COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ...... 88 6. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT ...... 88 7 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND WAY FORWARD ...... 88 8 MAJOR ITEMS FOCUSED FOR NEXT REPORT ...... 90
List of Tables
Table 2: Overall Construction Status of Sub-Projects ...... 81 Table 3 : Overall Compliance Status of Safeguard Issues ...... 86
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of Nepal showing the sub-projects in districts within EEAP ...... 84 Figure 2: Map of Nepal showing the sub-projects in districts within EEAP ...... 84
List of Appendices
Appendix 1.A: Status of Environmental Safeguard Planning Status Appendix 1.B: Environmental Safeguard Implementation Status APPENDIX 2: ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD COMPLIANCE MONITORING FORMAT APPENDIX 3: COMPLIANCES WITH LOAN COVENANTS APPENDIX 4: PHOTOGRAPHS
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1 BACKGROUND
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake of shallow depth struck central Nepal with an epicenter approximately 77 km northwest of Kathmandu on April 25th causing widespread destruction. On May 12, a large aftershock of a magnitude 7.3 hit Nepal and caused further causalities and damage. As of 3 June 2015, the reported casualties include: 8,702 deaths and 22,493 people injured. According to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) undertaken jointly by the Government and its development partners, the earthquakes have caused damages in the order of $7 billion, equivalent to about 35% of the country’s gross domestic product. Considering the scale of the disaster, a major recovery effort is required.
The Government of Nepal (GoN) has requested support from a number of development partners, including the ADB, to address the immediate and medium term impacts of the damage inflicted by the earthquake in Nepal. In response to this, ADB approved a $200 million loan to finance the Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project (EEAP) approved on 24 June 2015. The project will support for four outputs which are: a) Output 1: Rebuilding of schools, b) Output 2: Roads c) Output 3: District- Level Government Buildings, and d) Output 4: Strengthening Resilience to Future Disasters. The EAAP is to be completed by 23rd June, 2019.
The National Reconstruction Authority is the project’s executing agency (NRA) on an interim basis until the GON has established a new special purpose agency for the purpose of coordinating and implementing the post-disaster reconstruction program. For output 3, Ministry of Urban Development\Central Level Project Implementation Unit (MoUD \CLPIU) is designated as an implementing agency for rebuilding of district level government buildings.
To implement the output 3 component, the Ministry of Urban Development has established a Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) based at Kathmandu and implementation units at district level (DLPIUs). The CLPIU will be responsible for guiding and monitoring the constructions of government building projects funded by ADB. The consultants will assist the CLPIU and the DLPIUs. The consultants’ support include, among others, overall project management, financial management, construction supervision and environmental monitoring.
CLPIU had engaged joint venture of TAEC-SILT-TSE to execute environmental monitoring of the construction of various government office building projects in 11 earthquake affected districts of Nepal namely Gorkha, Lamjung, Dhading, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Kavre Palanchowk, Sindhupalchowk, Dolakha, Sindhuli, Ramechap and Okhaldhunga. The overall construction status of Sub-projects is presented in Table 2.
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Table 6: Overall Construction Status of Sub-Projects Lot in Contract Id. No. , Contract SN Title of Contract No. Packag Remarks (Lot in package) Signed on e 1. Sindhuli District 1.1 Construction of an integrated office building (District Attorney Office, District Postal Office, 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2022- 28-Sep-16 Under construction Division office of Department of Water Supply & Sanitation and DUDBC Division Office) 023/NCB-05 1.2 Construction of two Office Buildings (District Forest Office and Irrigation Division Office) 2 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 25-May-17 Under construction 073/NCB-06 1.3 Maintenance of four Office Buildings (Agriculture Development Office, Tuber Vegetable 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 11-Jun-17 Near Completion Development Center, Land Revenue Office and Chief District Officer's Quarter) 073/NCB-07 2. Ramechap District 2.1 Construction of three office Buildings (District Water Supply & Sanitation Office, DUDBC 3 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 3-Oct-16 Under construction Division Office and Chief District Officer's Quarter) 073/NCB-08 2.2 Construction of One Office Building (District Forest Office) 1 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 31-May-17 Under Construction 073/NCB-09 2.3 Maintenance of 11 Office Buildings (Soil Conservation Office, Post Office, Treasury 11 MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 25-May-17 Near Completion Comptroller Office, Agriculture Development Office, Irrigation Division Office, District 073/NCB-11 Education Office, District Court Office, District Livestock Office, District Administration Office, District Attorney Office and Department of Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office) 3. Dhading District 3.1 Construction of three office buildings (District Court Office, District Forest Office and Chief 3 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 26-Sep-16 Under construction District Officer's Quarter) 073/NCB-30 3.2 Construction of three Office Buildings (DUDBC Division Office, District Post Office and 3 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 29-Dec-16 Under construction District Agriculture Development Office) 073/NCB-31 3.3 Construction of 2 Office Buildings (District Attorney Office and District Technical Office) 2 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 25-May-17 Under Construction 073/NCB-33 3.4 Maintenance of 4 Office Buildings (District Treasury Comptroller Office, Irrigation Division 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 28-Apr-17 Near Completion Office, District Small Cottage Office and CDO Office) 073/NCB-32 4. Nuwakot District 4.1 Construction of Six Office Buildings (District Court Office, Department of Water Supply and 6 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 2-Dec-16 Under construction Sanitation Division Office, District Soil Conservation Office, District Post Office, District 073/NCB-23 Agriculture Development Office and District Education Office) 4.2 Maintenance of 8 office Buildings (Subtropical Horticulture Development Centre, District 8 Single MOUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 27-Apr-17 Under construction Forest Office, DUDBC Division Office, Fish Investigation Centre, Disaster Preventive 073/NCB-24 Technical Centre, Road Division Office, District Small & Cottage Industry Office and Division Irrigation Office) 5. Lamjung District
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Lot in Contract Id. No. , Contract SN Title of Contract No. Packag Remarks (Lot in package) Signed on e 5.1 Construction of Four Office Buildings (DUDBC Division Office, Treasury Comptroller 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 3-Dec-16 Under construction Office, Irrigation Division Office and National Investigation Office) 073/NCB-37 5.2 Maintenance of 5 Office Buildings (District Court Office, District Agriculture Office, District 5 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 19-Apr-17 Near Completion Administration Office, District Soil Conservation Office and Department of Water supply 073/NCB-38 and Sanitation Office) 6. Sindhupalchowk District 6.1 Construction of Three Office Building (Chief District Officer's Quarter, District Forest Office 3 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 29-Dec-16 Under construction Annex Building and District Treasury Comptroller Office) 073/NCB-16 6.2 Construction of Four Office Buildings (District Soil Conservation Office, District Agriculture 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 26-Mar-17 Under construction Office, District Livestock Office and District Judge Quarter) 073/NCB-17 6.3 Maintenance of 8 Office Building (District Administration Office, Women Development, 8 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 23-May-17 Under construction DEO, District Treasury Comptroller Office, District Agriculture Development Office , District 073/NCB-20 Attorney Office, DUDBC Division office & District Court) 6.4 Construction of Five Office Buildings (Irrigation Development Division Office, District 5 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 30-June-17 Under Construction Election Office, DUDBC Division Office including Annex, National Investigation District 073/NCB-18 Office and District Cottage & Small Industry Committee Office) 7. Dolakha District 7.1 Construction of four Office Buildings (Irrigation Division Office, District Forest Office, Chief 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 26-Mar-17 Under construction District Officer's Quarter with annex and Water Induced Disaster Management Division 073/NCB-12 Office) 8. Gorkha District 8.1 Construction of 5 Office Buildings (District Post Office, District Agriculture Development 5 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 21-May-17 Under construction Office, National Investigation District Office, District Attorney Office & District Soil 073/NCB-34 Conservation Office) 8.2 Maintenance of 4 Office Buildings (Department of Water Supply and Sanitation Division 4 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 12-May-17 Near Completion Office, Women Development Office, DUDBC Division Office and District Treasury 073/NCB-36 Comptroller Office) 8.3 Construction of District Court Office Building 1 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 12-May-17 Under construction 073/NCB-35 9. Rasuwa District 9.1 Construction of 7 Office Buildings (Chief District Officer's Quarter, District Post Office, 7 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 23-May-17 Under construction District Agriculture Development Office, Division Irrigation Office, District Livestock 073/NCB-27 Development Office and Integrated Building of DUDBC Division Office and Department of Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office) 10. Kavrepalanchowk District 10.1 Maintenance of 7 Office Building (District Advocate Office, District Post Office, Irrigation 7 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 30-Apr-17 Under construction Division Office, District Agriculture Development Office, DUDBC Division Office, District 073/NCB-22 Treasury Comptroller Office & Land Revenue Office) 11. Okhaldhunga District
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Lot in Contract Id. No. , Contract SN Title of Contract No. Packag Remarks (Lot in package) Signed on e 11.1 Construction of five Office Buildings (District Soil Conservation Office, DWSS Division 5 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- 13 Construction not started Office, National Investigation Office, District Livestock Service Office and District Attorney 073/NCB-01 November, yet office) 2017 11.2 Repair/Retrofitting of 8 Government Office Buildings (District Livestock Office, Land 8 Single MoUD/CLPIU/Works/2072- - Construction not started Revenue Office, Irrigation Division Office, District Forest Office, Eastern Region Climate 073/NCB-02 yet Field Office, Higher Court Office, District Court & DUDBC Division Office)
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Figure 6: Map of Nepal showing the sub-projects in districts within EEAP
Figure 7: Map of Nepal showing the sub-projects districts within EEAP
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2 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN EEAP
Environmental assessment is essential to integrate environmental considerations into development project in order to minimize adverse environmental impacts. EEAP falls in category C project according to ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009.
During the construction and rehabilitation of the building sub-projects, environmental monitoring is an important tool to ensure the compliance of mitigation measures and implementation of environmental management plan (EMP). Monthly, Quarterly and semi- annual Environmental safeguard monitoring report have to be prepared on the basis of report received from DSC (District Supervision Consultant) team and environmental field visit carried out by Environmental Safeguard Unit of CSE (Construction Supervision Consultant) recruited by EEAP. Moreover, due diligence report has been prepared for the sub-projects.
Considering the progress status of construction of government buildings in 11 districts, the contract has been awarded to the government buildings and they have started the construction works. Generally, they have been implementing safeguard measures satisfactory. However, trainings need to be conducted to the workers and supervision staffs regarding implementation of safeguard measures.
3 OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD STATUS
The safeguard compliance status recorded during field observation (based on environmental safeguard compliance monitoring format as presented in Appendix 2) and discussion with the employees of project and contractor are enlisted as under:
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Table 7 : Overall Compliance Status of Safeguard Issues SN Issue Compliance Status Remarks 1 Awareness raising/ Not complied . The construction worker shall be provided with safety trainings Orientation training 2 Stockpiling and spoil disposal Partially complied . The generated spoil has been unsystematically kept within the site management 3 Grievance redress mechanism Not complied . The project will have to establish Grievance redress committee 4 Dust emission management Not complied . No provision of spraying of water for suppressing dust emission . Many of the vehicles carrying construction material have not been covered with tarpaulin or plastic sheets in many sites 5 Noise pollution management Complied . The construction activities are carried out during day time only . The noise generation is limited to use of small equipment and machinery generating low noise 6 Camp site management Partially complied . Firewood is provided for cooking instead of LPG and kerosene in some of the camps . The construction workers have arranged their own residence in some of the construction sites . The sleeping arrangement has been fairly managed with no warm blankets for winter as well as no mosquito nets for summer in some of the camps . Filtration facility for drinking water has not practiced in many camp sites . Toilet facility has been provided in most of the construction sites 7 Construction waste management Partially complied . Many of the construction sites are characterized by haphazardly stored bricks, reinforcement rod, timber, etc, within the available space within the camps or outside of the construction site 8 Quarry site management Not applicable . The construction materials such as sand, boulder, gravel, etc have been obtained from approved quarry sites 9 Storage Management Partially compiled . The construction materials have been stored in nearby public land or road side instead of designated site within the construction sites 10 Plantation and protection of trees Partially compiled . In some constriction sites, space has been allocated for plantation of trees . The trees of construction site has been conserved as far as possible 11 Cleanliness in and around construction Partially complied . The construction wastes have been dispersed randomly in many of the sites construction sites . Dustbins or waste collecting containers have not been managed in some of the construction sites 12 Occupational Health and Safety Partially complied . All the workers have been covered by accidental insurance policy management
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SN Issue Compliance Status Remarks . In majority of constriction sites, the construction workers are not provided with adequate numbers of personnel protective equipment such as boot, helmet, gloves, mask, etc . In some sites, the construction workers don't use PPE although provided. Thus, they shall be provided with safety trainings . BoQ and Contract Agreement don't include item wise cost regarding occupational health and safety . No barricading of construction sites as well as no placement of hoarding board mentioning the information of the project in many of the construction sites 13 Management of interrupted service Not Applicable . No disruption of service and supply due to construction activities in any of and supply the construction sites 14 Water logging Management Not complied . Water logging in construction sites due to disruption of water source has not been solved in the integrated office building (District Attorney Office, District Postal Office, Division office of Department of Water Supply & Sanitation and DUDBC Division Office) of Sindhuli district [NCB-05]
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4 CONSTRUCTION APPROACH
The Government Buildings are designed and executed as per the motto "Built-back-better" formulated by the National Reconstruction Authority. The approach taken in design and construction include the following features:
Design incorporates earthquake resistant features Design foresees maximum use of local materials and labour as far as possible Design includes environment friendly measures such as location of building without risk of landslide, flood etc. It also includes energy saving designs, environmental enhancement measures such as tree plantation, landscaping, rain water harvesting etc. Most of the construction is manual and labour intensive with occasional use of small equipment such as concrete mixtures, small back hoe for excavation, tractors and small truck for transportation of materials No child labour is permitted
5 COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS
The environmental safeguards related to project activities are generally in compliance with covenants. The detail of environmental covenants is presented in Appendix 3.
6. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT The project has not established grievance redress committee so far, However, DLPIU has been instructed to form the grievance redress committee to the soonest, and is in the process of establishment in all project districts. However, an engineer is deployed by DLPIU in all 11 project districts to implement and monitor safeguard issues associated with environment and social aspects. But no grievance has been received so far in any sub-projects.
7 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND WAY FORWARD The contractor and DLPIU should apply following corrective measures for the compliance of safeguard:
a. Spoil Management . The haphazard disposal of generated waste within construction sites should be prevented and properly managed . Disposal of excess material immediately after filling and compaction of the trench is necessary . Dumping of spoil nearby road edge, public/private land or riverside should be prohibited [for e.g. the spoil spill on the downhill side has to be retained to protect the existing vehicular road and the issue still needs to be addressed (NCB-08, Ramechap)] . The spoil generated from foundation excavation works of District Forest Office (NCB-16) has been thrown downhill. Thus, the generated spoil needs to be properly managed.
b. Occupational health and Safety
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. Arrangement of light, fencing by ribbon or bamboo barricades, warning signs, caution board in the construction sites . Adequate number of PPE along with first aid kit with medicines should be provided to workers by contractor at all work sites. In most of the sites, PPE has not been strictly implemented . PPE should be used by all the staffs involved in the project . The construction workers should be made aware of using PPE through awareness program or training . Coordination with nearby health institution or hospital in case of medical emergency or accidents . The high tension line of 33 kV capacity within the site of district forest office (NCB- 12) needs to be shifted . The construction site of DUBDC Office, Lamjung district (NCB-37) is susceptible to flooding and under scouring by the stream. However, the issue has been addressed by construction of retaining wall. . Safety Measures was not followed to protect neighboring public properties of the construction sites (District Post Office, Lamjung District). The issue was later solved by constructing retaining structures.
c. Campsite management . Use of firewood in the construction caps should be prohibited . Provision of cooking gas or kerosene, electricity, water supply, clean drinking water, waste management and medical facilities . Provision of warm blankets in winter season . Provision of mosquito nets in all the camps . Regular Health check-up of all the construction workers . Prohibition of alcohol consumption and gambling in the construction camps to avoid conflict with local people
d. Dust emission
. Sprinkling of water at spoil disposal sites as well as the construction sites consisting loose soil. The water sprinkling has not been carried out in most of the sites though the dust emission is low. . Open storage and spillage of loose soil in and around the construction site should not be allowed . Truck loads carrying spoils or construction material such as sand, gravel, etc should be properly covered during transportation to prevent blowing off loose construction materials.
e. Water Logging . Proper management of drainage in and around construction site to avoid water logging in construction sites . The water logging problem due to drainage blocked by Integrated Office building, Sindhuli district (NCB-05) has not been solved till date
f. Construction Waste Management
. Prohibition of haphazard disposal of construction debris . Establishment of appropriate construction waste management system for collection, segregation and disposal of construction debris within construction site
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. Stockpiling of construction material along road side, District Irrigation Office, Lamjung District . haphazard stockpiling of construction brick along the public road side, CDO quarter, Dhading District . The construction sites (Integrated DUBDC and DWSS as well as Post Office) of Rasuwa district are very congested site due to existing temporary structures, which has caused difficulty in managing construction materials
g. Cleanliness in Construction Site . Proper and systematic stockpiling of construction materials . Proper disposal of construction debris at designated site . Many construction sites needs to manage construction debris as well as proper stockpiling of construction materials
h. Tree Planation and Conservation . Felling of tree in the construction site should be avoided as far as possible . Proper space should be allocated for the plantation of the tree at building site . For greenery and landscape management, ornamental plants (>5ft tall) should be planted after completion of construction works.
8 MAJOR ITEMS FOCUSED FOR NEXT REPORT
The major work planned for the next report comprises of providing safety training for construction work force, preparation of Due Diligence Reports of new Buddings (NCB-01 and NCB-35) and frequent field visits.
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Appendices
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Appendix 1: Planning and implementing environmental safeguards activities
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Appendix 1.A: Status of Environmental Safeguard Planning Status EMP cost in Automate ADB Safeguard approved Environme d Environment IEE/DDR approved monitoring document ntal GRC is safeguard category of the with EMP DDR (Yes / and is Contract screening establishe monitorin S N Name of Subproject District project / is Under coordination included Remarks No. is carried d g system subproject prepared Review / Not mechanism in BOQ as out? (Yes/No) customize (A/B/C/FI) (Yes/No) Yet Due/ established an (Yes or No) d Over Due) (Yes/No) individual (Yes/No) item (Yes/No) 1 MoUD/CLPI Construction of an Sindhuli Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 integrated office building EMP has Review submitted 22- (District Attorney Office, been 023/NCB- District Postal Office, prepared 05 Division office of Department of Water Supply & Sanitation and DUDBC Division Office) 2 MoUD/CLPI Construction of two Office Sindhuli Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Buildings (District Forest EMP has Review submitted 72- Office and Irrigation been 073/NCB- Division Office) prepared 06 3 MoUD/CLP Maintenance of four Sindhuli ------IU/Works/2 Office Buildings 072- (Agriculture Development 073/NCB- Office, Tuber Vegetable 07 Development Center, Land Revenue Office and Chief District Officer's Quarter) 4 MoUD/CLPI Construction of three Ramechap Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 office Buildings (District EMP has Review submitted 72- Water Supply & Sanitation been 073/NCB- Office, DUDBC Division prepared 08 Office and Chief District Officer's Quarter
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EMP cost in Automate ADB Safeguard approved Environme d Environment IEE/DDR approved monitoring document ntal GRC is safeguard category of the with EMP DDR (Yes / and is Contract screening establishe monitorin S N Name of Subproject District project / is Under coordination included Remarks No. is carried d g system subproject prepared Review / Not mechanism in BOQ as out? (Yes/No) customize (A/B/C/FI) (Yes/No) Yet Due/ established an (Yes or No) d Over Due) (Yes/No) individual (Yes/No) item (Yes/No) 5 MoUD/CLPI Construction of One Ramechap Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Office Building (District EMP has Review submitted 72- Forest Office) been 073/NCB- prepared 09 6 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 11 Office Ramechap ------U/Works/20 Buildings (Soil 72- Conservation Office, Post 073/NCB- Office, Treasury 11 Comptroller Office, Agriculture Development Office, Irrigation Division Office, District Education Office, District Court Office, District Livestock Office, District Administration Office, District Attorney Office and Department of Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office) 7 MoUD/CLPI Construction of three Dhading Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 office buildings (District EMP has Review submitted 72- Court Office, District been 073/NCB- Forest Office and Chief prepared 30 District Officer's Quarter) 8 MoUD/CLPI Construction of three Dhading Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Office Buildings (DUDBC EMP has Review submitted 72- Division Office, District been 073/NCB- Post Office and District prepared 31 Agriculture Development Office) Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 94
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EMP cost in Automate ADB Safeguard approved Environme d Environment IEE/DDR approved monitoring document ntal GRC is safeguard category of the with EMP DDR (Yes / and is Contract screening establishe monitorin S N Name of Subproject District project / is Under coordination included Remarks No. is carried d g system subproject prepared Review / Not mechanism in BOQ as out? (Yes/No) customize (A/B/C/FI) (Yes/No) Yet Due/ established an (Yes or No) d Over Due) (Yes/No) individual (Yes/No) item (Yes/No) 9 MoUD/CLPI Dhading Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Construction of 2 Office EMP has Review submitted 72- Buildings (District been 073/NCB- Attorney Office and prepared 33 District Technical Office) 10 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 4 Office Dhading ------U/Works/20 Buildings (District 72- Treasury Comptroller 073/NCB- Office, Irrigation Division 32 Office, District Small Cottage Office and CDO Office)
11 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Six Office Nuwakot Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Buildings (District Court EMP has Review submitted 72- Office, Department of been 073/NCB- Water Supply and prepared 23 Sanitation Division Office, District Soil Conservation Office, District Post Office, District Agriculture Development Office and District Education Office) 12 MOUD/CLP Maintenance of 8 office Nuwakot ------IU/Works/2 Buildings (Subtropical 072- Horticulture Development 073/NCB- Centre, District Forest 24 Office, DUDBC Division Office, Fish Investigation Centre, Disaster Preventive Technical Centre, Road Division Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 95
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EMP cost in Automate ADB Safeguard approved Environme d Environment IEE/DDR approved monitoring document ntal GRC is safeguard category of the with EMP DDR (Yes / and is Contract screening establishe monitorin S N Name of Subproject District project / is Under coordination included Remarks No. is carried d g system subproject prepared Review / Not mechanism in BOQ as out? (Yes/No) customize (A/B/C/FI) (Yes/No) Yet Due/ established an (Yes or No) d Over Due) (Yes/No) individual (Yes/No) item (Yes/No) Office, District Small & Cottage Industry Office and Division Irrigation Office 13 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Four Lamjung Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Office Buildings (DUDBC EMP has Review submitted 72- Division Office, Treasury been 073/NCB- Comptroller Office, prepared 37 Irrigation Division Office and National Investigation Office) 14 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 5 Office Lamjung ------U/Works/20 Buildings (District Court 72- Office, District Agriculture 073/NCB- Office, District 38 Administration Office, District Soil Conservation Office and Department of Water supply and Sanitation Office) 15 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Three Sindhupalchow Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Office Building (Chief k EMP has Review submitted 72- District Officer's Quarter, been 073/NCB- District Forest Office prepared 16 Annex Building and District Treasury Comptroller Office) 16 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Four Sindhupalchow Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Office Buildings (District k EMP has Review submitted 72- Soil Conservation Office, been 073/NCB- District Agriculture Office, prepared 17 District Livestock Office Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 96
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EMP cost in Automate ADB Safeguard approved Environme d Environment IEE/DDR approved monitoring document ntal GRC is safeguard category of the with EMP DDR (Yes / and is Contract screening establishe monitorin S N Name of Subproject District project / is Under coordination included Remarks No. is carried d g system subproject prepared Review / Not mechanism in BOQ as out? (Yes/No) customize (A/B/C/FI) (Yes/No) Yet Due/ established an (Yes or No) d Over Due) (Yes/No) individual (Yes/No) item (Yes/No) and District Judge Quarter) 17 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 8 Office Sindhupalchow ------U/Works/20 Building (District k 72- Administration Office, 073/NCB- Women Development, 20 DEO, District Treasury Comptroller Office, District Agriculture Development Office , District Attorney Office, DUDBC Division office & District Court) 18 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Five Sindhupalchow Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Office Buildings (Irrigation k EMP has Review submitted 72- Development Division been 073/NCB- Office, District Election prepared 18 Office, DUDBC Division Office including Annex, National Investigation District Office and District Cottage & Small Industry Committee Office) 19 MoUD/CLPI Construction of four Office Dolakha Yes C DDR with Under Yes No Yes No DDR U/Works/20 Buildings (Irrigation EMP has Review submitted 72- Division Office, District been 073/NCB- Forest Office, Chief prepared 12 District Officer's Quarter with annex and Water Induced Disaster Management Division Office)
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24 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 7 Office Kavrepalancho ------U/Works/20 Building (District Advocate wk 72- Office, District Post Office, 073/NCB- Irrigation Division Office, 22 District Agriculture Development Office, DUDBC Division Office, District Treasury Comptroller Office & Land Revenue Office) 25 MoUD/CLPI Construction of five Office Okhaldhunga Yes C DDR with - Yes No Yes No DDR to be U/Works/20 Buildings (District Soil EMP has to prepared/ 72- Conservation Office, be Constructi 073/NCB- DWSS Division Office, prepared on not 01 National Investigation started yet Office, District Livestock Service Office and District Attorney office) 26 MoUD/CLPI Repair/Retrofitting of 8 Okhaldhunga ------Constructi U/Works/20 Government Office on not 72- Buildings (District started yet 073/NCB- Livestock Office, Land 02 Revenue Office, Irrigation Division Office, District Forest Office, Eastern Region Climate Field Office, Higher Court
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Appendix 1.B: Environmental Safeguard Implementation Status Compliance to Environmental Management Plan* Grievances Physical Biological Socio-economic
Community
services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processing grievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and 1 MoUD/CLPI Construction of an integrated office U/Works/20 building (District Attorney Office, 22- District Postal Office, Division office 023/NCB- of Department of Water Supply & 05 Sanitation and DUDBC Division Office) Sindhuli 95 95 90 90 - Yes No Yes Yes No No - - - - Yes Yes 2 MoUD/CLPI U/Works/20 72- Construction of two Office Buildings 073/NCB- (District Forest Office and Irrigation 06 Division Office) Sindhuli 95 95 95 90 - Yes No Yes Yes No No - - - - Yes Yes 3 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of four Office U/Works/20 Buildings (Agriculture Development 72- Office, Tuber Vegetable 073/NCB- Development Center, Land 07 Revenue Office and Chief District Officer's Quarter) Sindhuli ------4 MoUD/CLPI Construction of three office U/Works/20 Buildings (District Water Supply & 72- Sanitation Office, DUDBC Division Ramechap 95 95 95 90 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project 101
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Compliance to Environmental Management Plan* Grievances Physical Biological Socio-economic
Community
services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and 073/NCB- Office and Chief District Officer's 08 Quarter 5 MoUD/CLPI Construction of One Office Building U/Works/20 (District Forest Office) 72- 073/NCB- 09 Ramechap 95 95 95 90 - Yes No Yes Yes No No - - - - Yes Yes 6 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 11 Office Buildings U/Works/20 (Soil Conservation Office, Post 72- Office, Treasury Comptroller Office, 073/NCB- Agriculture Development Office, 11 Irrigation Division Office, District Education Office, District Court Office, District Livestock Office, District Administration Office, District Attorney Office and Department of Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office) Ramechap 90 90 95 80 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 7 MoUD/CLPI U/Works/20 Construction of three office 72- buildings (District Court Office, Dhading 90 90 90 90 - Yes No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes
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Community
services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and 073/NCB- District Forest Office and Chief 30 District Officer's Quarter) 8 MoUD/CLPI U/Works/20 Construction of three Office 72- Buildings (DUDBC Division Office, 073/NCB- District Post Office and District 31 Agriculture Development Office) Dhading 95 95 95 90 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 9 MoUD/CLPI U/Works/20 72- Construction of 2 Office Buildings 073/NCB- (District Attorney Office and District 33 Technical Office) Dhading 90 95 95 85 - No 10 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 4 Office Buildings U/Works/20 (District Treasury Comptroller 72- Office, Irrigation Division Office, 073/NCB- District Small Cottage Office and 32 CDO Office) Dhading - - - - - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 11 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Six Office Buildings U/Works/20 (District Court Office, Department 72- of Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office, District Soil Nuwakot 95 95 95 90 No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes
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services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and 073/NCB- Conservation Office, District Post 23 Office, District Agriculture Development Office and District Education Office) 12 MOUD/CLP Maintenance of 8 office Buildings IU/Works/2 (Subtropical Horticulture 072- Development Centre, District 073/NCB- Forest Office, DUDBC Division 24 Office, Fish Investigation Centre, Disaster Preventive Technical Centre, Road Division Office, District Small & Cottage Industry Office and Division Irrigation Office Nuwakot - - - - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 13 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Four Office U/Works/20 Buildings (DUDBC Division Office, 72- Treasury Comptroller Office, 073/NCB- Irrigation Division Office and 37 National Investigation Office) Lamjung 95 95 95 90 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 14 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 5 Office Buildings U/Works/20 (District Court Office, District 72- Agriculture Office, District Lamjung - - - - - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes
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services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and 073/NCB- Administration Office, District Soil 38 Conservation Office and Department of Water supply and Sanitation Office) 15 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Three Office U/Works/20 Building (Chief District Officer's 72- Quarter, District Forest Office 073/NCB- Annex Building and District Sindhupalchow 16 Treasury Comptroller Office) k 90 95 95 90 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 16 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Four Office U/Works/20 Buildings (District Soil 72- Conservation Office, District 073/NCB- Agriculture Office, District 17 Livestock Office and District Judge Sindhupalchow Quarter) k 90 95 95 85 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 17 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 8 Office Building U/Works/20 (District Administration Office, 72- Women Development, DEO, 073/NCB- District Treasury Comptroller 20 Office, District Agriculture Sindhupalchow Development Office , District k - - - - - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes
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Community
services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and Attorney Office, DUDBC Division office & District Court) 18 MoUD/CLPI Construction of Five Office U/Works/20 Buildings (Irrigation Development 72- Division Office, District Election 073/NCB- Office, DUDBC Division Office 18 including Annex, National Investigation District Office and District Cottage & Small Industry Sindhupalchow Committee Office) k 95 95 95 85 - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 19 MoUD/CLPI Construction of four Office U/Works/20 Buildings (Irrigation Division Office, 72- District Forest Office, Chief District 073/NCB- Officer's Quarter with annex and 12 Water Induced Disaster Management Division Office) Dolakha 90 95 95 85 No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 20 MoUD/CLPI U/Works/20 Construction of 5 Office Buildings 72- (District Post Office, District 073/NCB- Agriculture Development Office, 34 National Investigation District Gorkha 90 70 70 80 No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes
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services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and Office, District Attorney Office & District Soil Conservation Office) 21 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 4 Office Buildings U/Works/20 (Department of Water Supply and 72- Sanitation Division Office, Women 073/NCB- Development Office, DUDBC 36 Division Office and District Treasury Comptroller Office) Gorkha - - - - No No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes 22 MoUD/CLPI Construction of District Court Office U/Works/20 Building 72- Constructio 073/NCB- n not 35 Gorkha ------started 23 MoUD/CLPI Construction of 7 Office Buildings U/Works/20 (Chief District Officer's Quarter, 72- District Post Office, District 073/NCB- Agriculture Development Office, 27 Division Irrigation Office, District Livestock Development Office and Integrated Building of DUDBC Division Office and Department of Rasuwa 70 70 80 60 No - No Yes Yes ------Yes Yes
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Compliance to Environmental Management Plan* Grievances Physical Biological Socio-economic
Community
services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and Water Supply and Sanitation Division Office) 24 MoUD/CLPI Maintenance of 7 Office Building U/Works/20 (District Advocate Office, District 72- Post Office, Irrigation Division 073/NCB- Office, District Agriculture 22 Development Office, DUDBC Division Office, District Treasury Constructio Comptroller Office & Land Revenue Kavrepalancho n not Office) wk ------Yes Yes started 25 MoUD/CLPI Construction of five Office Buildings U/Works/20 (District Soil Conservation Office, 72- DWSS Division Office, National 073/NCB- Investigation Office, District Constructio 01 Livestock Service Office and n not District Attorney office) Okhaldunga ------started 26 MoUD/CLPI Repair/Retrofitting of 8 Government U/Works/20 Office Buildings (District Livestock 72- Office, Land Revenue Office, 073/NCB- Irrigation Division Office, District 02 Forest Office, Eastern Region Okhaldhunga ------
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Compliance to Environmental Management Plan* Grievances Physical Biological Socio-economic
Community
services are compensate
Occupational d/reconstru Health and cted
Safety (progress in (Y/N)
(specify) (specify)
% of total
landscaping Contract Name Plantation for estimated
compliance incompliance %)**
SN District No. of Subproject
(Y/N)
compliance in %)** in compliance work)***
Remarks
(Y/N)
implemented implemented
(compliance in in (compliance %)** No of
(compliance in %)** %)** in (compliance
Plant 1 2
No of grievances resolved grievances No of
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
s per as Others EMP per as Others EMP
No of grievances documented grievances No of
Env compliance reporting is maintained maintained reporting is Env compliance
Corrective Action Plans are prepared and Action prepared are Corrective Plans
Landslide protection with Bio-engg Bio-enggwith protection Landslide of waste Management construction
No of grievances under processinggrievances No of
Spoil Management Spoil Management
Safety Gears Gears are Safety
sanitary facilities sanitary
Labors are insured insured are Labors
sufficient and used
Drainage Management Management ( Drainage
Firewood is used for cooking Firewood is used and heating
are healthy and healthy are have
Community Structure Structure Community Community Structure
Labor and work camps camps work Labor and Climate Field Office, Higher Court Office, District Court & DUDBC Division Office)
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Appendix 2: Environmental Safeguard Compliance Monitoring Format
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SN Description Indicator Present status 1 DDR Completed / ongoing / proposed Awareness raising 2 Number of events and participants orientation training Spoil disposal management plan (Y/N) Stock piling and spoil Volume of safely disposed spoil (m3) 3a disposal management (if Remaining excavated materials (m3) required) Spoil disposal work affecting public
interest, locals and their properties (Y/N) Toe walls for safe Number and volume (m3) of toe walls 3b disposal of excavated constructed to manage spoil materials (if required) Location Bioengineering works (if 4 Area (m2) required) Type of measures taken Covering of delivery vehicles during transportation (Y/N) 5 Dust emission Spray of water for suppressing dust emission (Y/N), if yes time interval Vehicles and equipment's used fitted 6 Noise pollution with silencer and maintained to keep noise at minimum levels (Y/N) Contamination of water supply or source 7 Water contamination (Y/N) Location of quarry site 8 Quarry site management Volume of stones/aggregates collected (if required) (m3 ) Restoration of site done (Y/N) Supply of safe drinking water (Y/N) Temporary toilets constructed in camp sites (no.) Campsite management 9 Energy used for cooking (fuel wood, kerosene, LPG, electricity) Proper management of sewerage and waste disposal (Y/N) Separation of waste disposal in biodegradable and non-biodegradable 10 Construction wastes (Y/N) Safe disposal of construction waste materials done (Y/N) Provision for leakage and spills in storage & service yards (Y/N) 11 Storage management Provision for safety measures like fire extinguisher (Y/N) Plantation around Plantation carried out (number of plants) 12 buildings Plantation survival (%) Interruption of services Protection/rehabilitation of services (water, electricity, 13 (Y/N), if yes give the name telephone etc.) Number of safety gears provided (helmet, jackets, facemasks, goggles, 14 Occupational health & boots, ear plugs, gloves) safety Use of safety gears by workers (%) First aid kit provided with medicines (no.)
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SN Description Indicator Present status Replacement of medicines (Y/N) Accidental insurance (no. of workers) Type & number of accident occurred Compensation to affected workers (no.) Coordination with nearby health center (Y/N) Signboards erected (no.) Informative/safety
15 signboard & cautionary Location ribbons/barricades Cautionary ribbons/barricades placed (Y/N) Cleaning site after Site cleaning after the construction construction and 16 works done (Y/N) disposing waste properly Grievances received and Received number 17 addressed Addressed number 18 Photographs Attached photographs with caption
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Appendix 3: Compliances with Loan Covenants
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Covenants Status as of 30 December 2017
Schedule 5-4. Preparation, design, implementation, and Being complied operation of each Subproject comply with applicable laws; the Environmental Safeguards; the EARF; and IEE and EMP. Schedule 5-5. Land acquisition and resettlement activities Does not apply – building subprojects comply with laws; the Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards; identified until now do not require land the RF; and the respective RP. acquisition/ resettlement Schedule 5-6. No physical or economic displacement takes Does not apply – building subprojects place until (a) compensation has been provided in identified until now do not involve accordance with the RP; and (b) income and livelihood displacement restoration program has been established in accordance with the RP. Schedule 5-7. Necessary budgetary and human resources Being complied – made available to fully implement the EMPs, and the RPs. (i) the building subprojects identified until now do not require RPs; (ii) the civil works contracts include EMPs but considering the nature of the works, implementing these EMPs require minimum interventions; the implementation of the EMPs by the contractors will be ensured through construction supervision Schedule 5-8. All bidding documents comply with IEE, EMP, Being complied – buildings subprojects and RP; budget is made available for environmental and identified until now are classified as social measures; any unanticipated environmental, Category C resettlement or indigenous peoples risks notified by a written notice; and condition of roads, agricultural land and other infrastructure recorded prior to construction. Schedule 5-9. (a) A semi-annual Safeguards Monitoring Being complied Reports submitted to ADB and disclose relevant information; (b) any unanticipated environmental and/or social risks and impacts reported promptly to ADB; and (c) any actual or potential breach of compliance reported. Schedule 5-11. The core labor standards and applicable Being complied laws are complied. Bidding documents and contracts require that the contractors (a) comply with applicable labor law and incorporate workplace occupational safety norms; (b) do not use child labor; (c) do not discriminate workers; (d) do not use forced labor; (e) allow freedom of association.
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Appendix 4: Photographs
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Meeing with ADB Mission, DUBDC Office, Labor Camp, Distrcit Court Office, Dhading Dhading District District
Sanitation Facility within construction camp, Workers not wearing boot, Distrcit Court Distrcit Court Office, Dhading District Office, Dhading District
Unmanged Construction materials, Distrcit Unmanged Labor Camp, Distrcit Court Postal Office, Dhading District Office, Dhading District
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Haphazard Stockpiling of Construction brick Executing Construction Worls on Road along the Public Road side, CDO Quarter, Disturbing Traffic, DUBDC Offcie, Dhading Dhading District District
Firewood used for cooking in Construction : No safety Measures followerd regarding Camps, District Forest Office, Dhading Demolition of Structures, District Court District Office, Gorkha District
Collecting information of Sites, District Postal Stockpiling of Construction Material along Office, Gorkha District Road Side, Irrigation Division Office, Lamjung District
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PPE Used by Workers, Treasury Comptroller : DUDBC Division Office, Lamjung District Office, Lamjung District
PPE not Used by Workers, CDO Quarter, Poor Sleeping Arrangement for workers, District Sindhupalchowk, District Soil Conservatio Office, Nuwakot
No Safety Measures Followed to Protect Congested Construction Site for DUBDC and Neighboring Public Properties of District Post DWSS, Rasuwa District Office, Lamjung District
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