Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Project – Tranche 3 Pakpattan Canal and Suleimanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCSBIP)
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Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report June 2015 Loan 2971-PAK: Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Project – Tranche 3 Pakpattan Canal and Suleimanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCSBIP) Prepared by the Project Management Office, Irrigation Department, Government of Punjab. The bi-annual environmental 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. Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report PROJECT: PAKPATTAN CANAL & SULEMANKI BARRAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PCSBIP) ADB Loan No. 2971-PK (January-June 2015) Prepared by: Ahsen Bella (Sr.Environmentalist) Consultant Reviewed by: Malik Parvez Arif, Deputy Director Environment, PMO Barrages, Canal Bank, Mustafabad, Lahore Project Management Office (PMO) for Barrages, Punjab Irrigation Department LAHORE, PAKISTAN i ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank Cfs Cubic feet per second EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPA Environment Protection Agency ESU Environment and Sociology Unit GEPCO Gujranwala Electric Power Company GRC Grievance Redressal Cell GRM Grievance Redressal Mechanism HIV/AIDS Human immune deficiency virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome HSE Health, Safety and Environment IEE Initial Environmental Examination M&E Monitoring and Evaluation m3/sec Cubic meter/sec=35.28 cubic ft./sec NEQS National Environmental Quality Standards PMO Project Management Office PPE Personal Protection Equipment RAP Resettlement Action Plan PID Punjab Irrigation Department SFA Social Framework Agreement TCU True Color Unit ii Pakpattan Canal and Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCSBIP) BI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1 2. BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Pakpattan Main Canal (Upper & Lower), Khadir Branch and PI-Link Canal ......................... 1 2.2 Sulemanki Barrage ................................................................................................................ 3 3. PROJECT PROFILE ................................................................................................................... 4 4. PROJECT PURPOSE ................................................................................................................. 4 5. PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM MANAGEMENT APPROACH ... 6 5.1 Project Management Office ................................................................................................... 6 5.2 Construction Supervision Consultants ................................................................................... 7 5.3 Contractor .............................................................................................................................. 7 6. MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES PERFORMED ......................................................................... 9 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP ................................................................................................... 10 7.1 Site Specific Environmental Management Plan (SSEMP) .................................................. 10 7.2 Environmental Progress Review Meetings .......................................................................... 10 7.3 Institutional Strengthening ................................................................................................... 10 7.4 Implementation of Environmental Monitoring Plan .............................................................. 10 7.5 Fire Fighting Plan (FFP) ...................................................................................................... 13 7.6 Implementation of Waste Management Plan ....................................................................... 13 7.7 Implementation of Training Plan .......................................................................................... 13 ANNXURES ANNEXURE1: Environmental Progress Review Meetings Minutes ..................................................... 17 ANNEXURE2: Environmental Test Results .......................................................................................... 29 ANNEXURE3: Fire Fighting Plan (FFP) ................................................................................................ 47 ANNEXURE4: Construction Waste Disposal Sites ............................................................................... 66 iii Pakpattan Canal and Sulemanki Barrage Bi-Annual Environmental Improvement Project (PCSBIP) Monitoring Report INTRODUCTION Suleimanki Barrage is the first barrage on Sutlej River after the river enters into Pakistan tertiary. The barrage is designed to for 325,000 cusecs discharge and located about 20km (12 miles) from Haveli Lakh and about 150km (94miles) from Lahore (capital of Punjab Province). Three Irrigation Canals viz Pakpattan, Fordwah and Eastern Sadiqia Canals are fed from this barrage. The total canal command area of three canals is 2.5 million acres, which is 9.25% of the total irrigated area of Punjab (27 million acres) and has considerable contribution in the agricultural production of Punjab. Three canal command area spread over the six districts of Punjab i.e. Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Okara, Pakpattan, Vehari and Lodhran. Pakpattan Canal offtakes from River Sutlej at the right side of Sulemanki Barrage. The design discharge of canal is 6,594 cusecs at head. The total canal command area is about one million acres distributed in districts Okara, Pakpattan, Vehari and Lodhra on the right side of the River Sutlej. The main Pakpattan canal is perennial and only close for annual maintenance requirement during the months of December and January. Khadir Branch and PI Link Canal are non-perennial and closed during summer. BACKGROUND Pakistan Irrigation system originally developed during mid 19th and early 20th century and therefore the major chunk of the system is more than 80 years old. Upgrading and/or proper maintenance of the irrigation system has not been carried out since the system is constructed. Realizing the gravity of urgency of rehabilitation & upgrading of the system, Punjab Govt. initiated Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program (PIAIP) in 2009. Under this program the consultancy services was hired to study and/or supervise the construction activities involving five barrages and three canal system of Punjab Irrigation System on priority basis. Feasibility and detail design study of rehabilitation & upgrading of Pakpattan Canal Main line, Khadir Branch, Pakpattan-Islam Link Canal and Sulemanki Barrage are completed in 2013. The project named as “Pakpattan Canal & Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCBIP)” was awarded for construction in mid 2014. The project is divided into two construction contract: ICB-01 Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Pakpattan Canal, Khadir Branch and Pakpattan Islam Link Contract No. PCSBIP/ICB–01. ICB-02 Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Sulemanki Barrage Contract No. PCSBIP/ICB-02 1.1 Pakpattan Main Canal (Upper & Lower), Khadir Branch and PI-Link Canal Pakpattan Canal and distribution network cultivating about 1.25 million acres was commissioned in June 1926. The design discharge of Pakpattan Canal was 6,594 cusecs at head regulator built on the right flank of Suleimanki Barrage. Pakpattan Canal irrigates land in the districts of Okara, Pakpattan, Vehari, and Lohdran. Pakpattan canal has perennial as well as non perennial irrigation system and shut down for annual maintaining requirements during December/January. Khadir Branch and PI Link Canal is a non perennial part of the system. Pakpattan Main Canal 1 Pakpattan Canal and Sulemanki Barrage Bi-Annual Environmental Improvement Project (PCSBIP) Monitoring Report In pursuance of Indus Water Treaty (1960), India got the usage rights of the eastern tributaries of River Indus (Ravi, Sutlej and Beas). Consequently upon the construction of Bhakra/Nangal Dam on river Sutlej and Pandoh & Pong Dam on Beas, discharges in Sutlej were reduced significantly. Significant works for conveying water from western rivers through link canals to overcome the shortfall in the eastern rivers were devised and constructed. Balloki-Suleimanki Link canal (B.S Link) brings about 25,000 cusecs from Balloki barrage to feed the off taking canals of the Suleimanki Barrage. With construction of Sidhni Mailsi Bahawal Link (SMB Link) Canal Pakpattan main canal was split into two parts i.e. Pakpattan Canal Upper (PC(U)) from RD 0 to 567 and Pakpattan Canal Lower (PC(L)) from RD 568 to 667. Due to this intervention, PC(L) now draws its supplies from SMB Link. Khadir Branch Khadir branch off-taking from PC (upper) at RD 112+104/L draws a discharge of 2250 cs and irrigates an area of about 329,000 acres and is one of the large non-perennial canal systems. Khadir branch system has, over the years of use, sustained substantial damages to the hydraulic structures