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Initial Environmental Examination Project No. 39295-038 January 2020 Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project Lalmonirhat Roads and Drains Improvement Sub-project Package Numbers: UGIIP-III-3/AF/LALM/UT+DR/01/2019 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. Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 39295-038 January 2020 BAN: Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project– Lalmonirhat Roads and Drains Improvement Sub-project Package Numbers: UGIIP-III-3/AF/LALM/UT+DR/01/2019 Prepared by the Local Government Engineering Department, Government of Bangladesh for the Asian Development Bank This draft Lalmonirhat Pourashava initial environmental examination report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB 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. Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 39295-038 January 2020 BAN: Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project– Lalmonirhat Roads and Drains Improvement Sub-project Package Numbers: UGIIP-III-3/AF/LALM/UT+DR/01/2019 Prepared for the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Government of Bangladesh and for the Asian Development Bank UGIIP-III-3/AF/LALM/UT+DR/01/2019 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of January 2019) Currency Unit=BDT BDT1.00=$0.01184 $1.00=BDT84.45 ABBREVIATIONS ADB - Asian Development Bank AP - Affected Person DoE - Department of Environment DPHE - Department of Public Health Engineering EARF - Environmental Assessment and Review Framework ECA - Environmental Conservation Act ECC - Environmental Clearance Certificate ECR - Environmental Conservation Rules EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environmental Management Plan GRC - Grievance Redressal Cell GRM - Grievance Redress Mechanism IEE - Initial Environmental Examination LCC - Location Clearance Certificate LGED - Local Government Engineering Department MLGRDC - Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives O&M - Operations and Maintenance OFID - OPEC Fund for International Development PMU - Project Management Office PPTA - Project Preparatory Technical Assistance REA - Rapid Environmental Assessment RP - Resettlement Plan SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement ToR - Terms of Reference GLOSSARY OF BANGLADESHI TERMS Crore - 10 million (= 100 lakh) Ghat - boat landing station Hartal - nationwide strike/demonstration called by opposition parties Khal - drainage ditch/canal khas, khash - belongs to government (e.g. land) katcha - poor quality, poorly built lakh, lac - 100,000 madrasha - Islamic college mouza - government-recognized land area parashad - authority (Pourashava) Pourashava - municipality pucca - good quality, well built, solid thana - police station upazila - sub district IEE Lalmonirhat (Road & Drain) January 2020 i UGIIP-III-3/AF/LALM/UT+DR/01/2019 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Ha - hectare Km - kilometre M - meter Mm - millimetre NOTES (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. (ii) ―BDT refers to Bangladeshi Taka 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. PREFACE The premises of this Initial Environmental Examination Report (IEE) are the MDS Consultant services presentation of an analysis of data and conclusions, together with its appendices. While MDS Consultants have been deputed to assist the Pourashava / Executing Agency (EA) for the preparation of the IEE, the responsibility and ownership of the IEE rest with the EA. The key elements of the IEE Report focus on: Assessment of Compliance Guidelines of Environment Safeguards according to ADB and GoB policy. DISCLAIMER This Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Report of Lalmonirhat Pourashava under Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-III), Additional Financing has been prepared under the guidance of Team Leader of MDS consultant. All the data used to prepare this Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Report have been collected from the Pourashava Development Plan (PDP). Some of the information’s have also been collected from the Pourashava personnel over telephone. Moreover, some information’s have been collected by the respective experts of MDS consultant through intensive field visit which have been used in writing this report. If any information or data or any other things coincide with other project documents that are beyond our knowledge and fully coincidental event and we express apology for that. IEE Lalmonirhat (Road & Drain) January 2020 ii UGIIP-III-3/AF/LALM/UT+DR/01/2019 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... vi I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 A. Background.......................................................................................................................... 1 B. Sub-project Scope ............................................................................................................... 2 C. Purpose of the Report .......................................................................................................... 2 D. Categorization ...................................................................................................................... 3 E. Scope of this Report ............................................................................................................ 3 F. Approach and Methodology ................................................................................................. 4 a. Data Sources of IEE ................................................................................................... 4 b. Scoping and Gathering Baseline Data ........................................................................ 5 G. Structure of This Report ....................................................................................................... 5 II. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ............................................... 6 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 6 B. Environmental Legislation Framework ................................................................................. 6 a. Overview of the Sub-project Approval Process ........................................................... 6 b. Environmental Approval Framework ........................................................................... 6 C. National Relevant Policies and Strategies ............................................................................ 7 a. National Environmental Policy .................................................................................... 7 b. Environmental Conservation Act (ECA), 1995 ............................................................. 8 c. Environment Conservation Rules, 1997 (Amended in 2002) ....................................... 9 d. National Water Policy, 1999 ...................................................................................... 10 e. Other National Legal Instruments .............................................................................. 10 D. Applicable International Agreements .................................................................................. 12 E. Environmental Categorization and Standards .................................................................... 14 a. Environmental Category: DoE ................................................................................... 14 b. Environmental Category: ADB .................................................................................. 14 F. Institutional Arrangements/Framework ............................................................................... 15 a. LGED and Lalmonirhat Pourashava .......................................................................... 15 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUB-PROJECT ....................................................................... 16 A. The Study Area .................................................................................................................. 16 B. The Sub-Project ................................................................................................................