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Draft Initial Environmental Examination (Main Report – Part 1 of 4) Project Number: 52362-001 April 2019 BAN: Spectra Solar Power Project Prepared by ERM India Private Limited for Spectra Solar Park Limited and the Asian Development Bank. This initial environmental examination is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. 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. Document details Document title Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of 35 MW Solar Power Project, Manikganj, Bangladesh Document subtitle Draft ESIA Report Project No. 0495823 Date 12 April 2019 Version 1.0 Author Salil Das, Dwaipayan Dutta, Soumi Ghosh, Naval Chaudhary Client Name Spectra Solar Park Limited Document history ERM approval to issue Version Revision Author Reviewed by Name Date Comments www.erm.com Version: 1.0 Project No.: 0495823 Client: Spectra Solar Park Limited 12 April 2019 Signature Page 12 April 2019 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of 35 MW Solar Power Project, Manikganj, Bangladesh Draft ESIA Report [Double click to insert signature] [Double click to insert signature] Neena Singh Naval Chaudhary Managing Partner Principal Consultant [Double click to insert signature] Soumi Ghosh Senior Consultant ERM India Private Limited Building 10A 4th Floor, DLF Cyber City Gurgaon, NCR – 122002 Tel: 91 124 417 0300 Fax: 91 124 417 0301 © Copyright 2019 by ERM Worldwide Group Ltd and / or its affiliates (“ERM”). All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the prior written permission of ERM. www.erm.com Version: 1.0 Project No.: 0495823 Client: Spectra Solar Park Limited 12 April 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF 35 MW CONTENTS SOLAR POWER PROJECT, MANIKGANJ, BANGLADESH Draft ESIA Report CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... I Introduction and Background ........................................................................................................................ I Project Description ........................................................................................................................................ I Project Features............................................................................................................................................ I Project Components ................................................................................................................................... III Solar PV Modules ....................................................................................................................................... III Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) or Inverter ................................................................................................. III Transmission Line ....................................................................................................................................... III Resource Requirement ............................................................................................................................... III Operation and Maintenance ........................................................................................................................ IV Project Lifecycle and Timelines .................................................................................................................. IV Project Alternatives ...................................................................................................................................... V BASELINE ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................................... VI Project Area of Influence ............................................................................................................................. VI Land Environment ....................................................................................................................................... VI Water Environment .................................................................................................................................... VII Climate and Meteorology ........................................................................................................................... VII Natural Hazards ........................................................................................................................................ VIII Air Environment ........................................................................................................................................ VIII Ecological Environment ............................................................................................................................ VIII Socio-economic Environment ..................................................................................................................... IX Key E&S Impacts for Decision Making ......................................................................................................... X Approach ..................................................................................................................................................... X Environmental Impacts ............................................................................................................................... XI Ecological Impacts ..................................................................................................................................... XII Social Impacts ........................................................................................................................................... XII Environmental and Social Management Plan .......................................................................................... XIV Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... XIV 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Overview of the Project .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2.1 Need of the Project ....................................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 Project Background ....................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3 The Project Company ................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Purpose and Objective of the Study .............................................................................................. 4 1.3.1 Scope of work ............................................................................................................... 4 1.3.2 Applicable Reference Framework ................................................................................. 5 1.3.3 Coverage of ESIA study ................................................................................................ 5 1.4 Scope of ESIA Study ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Approach and Methodology ........................................................................................................... 6 1.5.1 Screening ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.5.2 Scoping ......................................................................................................................... 6 1.5.3 Baseline Data Generation ............................................................................................. 7 1.5.4 Impact assessment and management .......................................................................... 8 1.6 Report Structure ............................................................................................................................ 8 1.7 ESIA Team .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.8 Limitations.................................................................................................................................... 11 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Project Location ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.1 Solar Park ................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.2 Power Evacuation Transmission Line ......................................................................... 12 2.2