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Environmental Compliance Audit Report and Corrective Action Plan Project Number: 47381-005 December 2019 SRI: Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program Upper Elahera Canal Project (Part 2 of 4) Prepared by Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment for Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental compliance audit report and corrective action plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. 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P ro g ra m D ire cto r: 0 1 1 2 6 7 5 8 1 1 Consultant: 0 1 1 2 ^ 5 G e n e ra l O ffic e : 0 1 1 2 6 7 5 8 1 0 (S )O ffic e F a x : 0 1 1 2 6 7 5 8 1 0 @ - [email protected] ® @ G 5 e p o 2 S C 3 ©@© e fo w a MMDE/MWSIP/PMU/ENV/ 6 I6 tfT g l @ 6 0 a-togj @6o 25th February 2019 My No UECP-NWPCP/Gen-Vol 2 Your No Team Leader, PMDSC Recommendations of Forest Department on Clearing a Forest Land Beyond the Approved Trace at Kambara under ICB 2B of UECP This is further to my even number letters dated 05/02/2019 on the same subject. On the PMU request from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as per the instructions of the Forest Department letter No. FD/EC&M/ID/UEC/2012(Vol III) dated 01/02/2019, the IUCN submitted a proposal together with cost estimate totaling to Rs. 1,466,080.00 on 14/02/2019. The PMU send the comments in consultation with the PMDSC (Environment specialist) and the Forest Department (Conservator of Forests-EC&M) and accordingly the IUCN has submitted the revised proposal addressing comments with cost estimate totaling to Rs. 1,258,880.00 on 25/02/2019 (Attached herewith). Please instruct the Contractor (Sinohydro) that the cost of IUCN study (Rs. 1,258,880.00) will be deducted from their next payment as per the aforementioned instructions of the FD as well as agreed by Sinohydro at meetings held by PD-PMU and Secretary/ MMDE respectively on 03/01/2019 and 14/01/2019. ___ MWSIP - PMDSC ___ 4 9 X T.D in yn h Mawatha. Colombo 10 Registered I..coming By 0*" Seen: iotlnfriLjmz Date: 2 5 FEB 2019 ___ ftgTlC R. Neil Bandara Action By: j M"l^ " A frogram Director -------- 1 uug- Copies to: ____ /lahaweli Water Security Investment Program ~pTimary File Location^ l& > • V' [Copy to Files: I C: 1. Secretary, Ministry of Mahaweli Development &. Environment For your information please 2. Conservator of Forests (EC&M) 3. Project Director, PIU-UECP - Please coordinate with RE-PMDSC to expedite the task. PIU O ffic e : (UECP) PIU O ffic e : (NWPCP) PIU O ffic e : (MLBCRP) PD O ffic e : (ISEWPIP) U p p e r E la h e ra C a n a l P ro je c t N o rth W e ste rn P ro v in ce C a n a l P ro je c t M in ip e LB C a n a l Rehabilitation P ro jec t Im p ro v in g S y stem E ffic ie n c y & W a te r A d d re ss - UEC P ro je c t O ffic e A d d re ss - Irrig a tio n D e p a rtm e n t A d d re ss - DIE O ffic e Productivity Improvement P ro je c t M a h a w e li A u th o rity o f S ri L a n k a , P.O. B o x . 4 4 , Irrig a tio n Department, A d d re ss -1 1 , Ja w a tta R o a d , Madatugama. Kurunegala. H a sa la k a . C o lo m b o 0 5 . T e le p h o n e N o . 025-3248604 T e lep h o n e N o . 037-3970783 T e le p h o n e N o . 055-2257205/ 0 7 1 8 1 9 9 5 1 9 T e le p h o n e N o . 0718-101628 025-3248604 037-2222532 055-2257205 F a x N o . F a x N o . F a x N o . F a x N o . 0112-554063 e -m a il [email protected] e -m ail - [email protected] e -m ail - [email protected] e -m ail -dealwis.lalith@ yahoo.com ^KJCN Proposal for Ecological Assessment of a Forest Land in Beligoda Forest reserve, Naula, Matale under the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program Preamble The Moragahakanda Agricultural Development Project (MADP) involves harvesting water from Amban Gangs, one of the main tributaries of the Mahaweli Ganga which flows through the knuckles mountain range, by constructing a very large reservoir. Furthermore, this project resulted in the establishment of new settlements along the right and left banks and associated infrastructure. As part of the investment, Kaluganga reservoir was also being built damming Kalu Ganga to get excess water to Moragahakanda reservoir. As part of Upper Elehera Canal Project under the Mahaweli Water Security Investment Program (MWSIP), there is a construction of Kaluganga-Moragahakanda Transfer Canal (KMTC). The contractor commissioned for the task - Sinohydro has cleared patch of forest outside of the approved area during the construction of access road to the proposed outlet portal of KMTC. Followed by immediate responsive actions, the MWSIP has requested (the through the letter “MMDE/MWSIP/PMU/ENV/UECP /Gen-Vol 2” dated 5'h February 2019) IUCN to undertake an assessment of ecological damage to assess the cost of damage related to said unauthorized forest clearance and provide a restoration plan for the area. After a preliminary site visit undertaken by IUCN, the following proposal is presented for MWSIP’s consideration. Objectives • To assess the present biodiversity around the cleared area. • To document the threats pertaining with above forest clearances to ecosystem. • To identify the short and long term measures to ecologically improve the degraded land. • To calculate the cost of damage to the ecosystem. • To prepare a restoration plan including above findings. Project duration Six weeks from signing the contract between MWSIP and IUCN, except the time taken by MWSIP for review draft report. Project activities Literature survey to document the previous biodiversity related data around the site. Five day field assessment will be conducted and during the field following sub-activates will be carried out. 1. Conduct a rapid biodiversity assessment of the site in order to ascertain species richness of flora and fauna, and identify endemic or threatened species found in the area. 2. Identify the ecosystem services provided by the ecosystem. l 3. Identify the threats pertaining due to forest clearance to sustainability of the ecosystem. 4. Identify the recommendations related to sustainable restoration of the cleared area. 5. Finally prepare a restoration plan including ecological value, cost of damage, and restoration methodology. Methodology Review of any existing published information and maps on the study areas, and gathering of baseline information. Study Area 10m either side of the cleared road will be sampled to understand the biodiversity of the cleared forest stretch (approximately 0.3ha). Four key separate areas to be covered by the study are (see map 01); (i) Left bank of Kambarawa stream, where road was made clearing vegetation, (ii) Right bank of Kambarawa stream, where some trees & shrubs were cleared making a foot path, (iii) Causeway across part of Kambarawa stream by placing boulders and (iv) Island after the causeway at the bifurcation of Kambarawa stream.
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