Environmental and Social Management Plan of Longata Drinking Water Maintenance Sub-Project Gaurisankhar Rural Municipality-8
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Government of Nepal National Reconstruction Authority Central Level Project Implementation Unit District Level Project Implementation Unit (Grant Management and Local Infrastructure) Dolakha Environmental and Social Management Plan of Longata Drinking Water Maintenance Sub-Project Gaurisankhar Rural Municipality-8 February, 2019 Silent Features (Additional Information) of the Sub Project SN Particulars Description 1 Name of Project Longata Drinking Water Maintenance Sub-Project 2 Type of Project Rehabilitation / Maintenance/ Reconstruction 3 Location Gaurisankhar RM-8, Longata, Khare 4 District Dolakha 5 No. of Beneficiary HHs with in sub- 15 project area 6 No. of Earthquake Beneficiary 15 7 Major Works earthwork, stone masonry wall, Stone soling, PCC, RCC and water tank fitting, Distribution pipeline fitting, tap construction 8 Existing Structures with Capacity Cracked RVT, 60% HDPE pipe damaged 9 Total Estimated Cost (NRs.) 668,909.91 Project Contribution 600,000.00 User Contribution 68,909.91 Other Contribution 0 10 Rationality (a) Source Damage Intake, reserve tank and distribution (b) Increased Demand pipeline damaged which had increased (c) New Scheme the shortage of water and and no (d) Extension (e) Others (………………) earthquake beneficiaries house could start the construction. 11 How does the Proposed Project Fulfill the Before Gorkha earthquake, the drinking Provision of EHRP-ESMF? water system was working properly. After the earthquake, intake, reserve tank and distribution pipelines have damaged and thus local people of Longata got affected. It has halted reconstruction process for 8 households as they have difficulties to manage the water needed for drinking and reconstruction purpose 12 Is ESSR Approved? (if applicable) Yes 13 Is Separate ESMP Prepared? Yes 14 Earthquake and Safeguard Perspective of the Proposal: Previously working drinking water system was damaged in Post-Gorkha earthquake Local people of Longata have deficit of water supply for drinking & reconstruction Due to deficit of water supply people have conflict in of use water especially in dry season. ii 15 Technical Data 1. Number of HHs to be reconstructed during project 8 selection 2. Vulnerable HHs (with Categories) 0 3. Source Name Longata Sim 4. Source discharge (Dry Season) 0.49 Liter/s 5. Water Demand (m3/day) 0.75 (50 Liter per HH) 6. Reservoir capacity 8m3 7. Break Pressure Tank number 0 8. Length of pipe line (transmission 1120m mains and distribution 9. Type of transmission mains and HDPE distribution pipe 10. Numbers of tap stand 4 (A) Endorsement: DL-PIU (GMaLI) Prepared By: Approved By: Designation: Designation: ………………….. ………………….. (B) Endorsement: CL-PIU (GMaLI) Reviewed By: Approved By: Designation: ………………….. ………………….. iii Table of Contents Silent Features (Additional Information) of the Sub Project ......................................... ii 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 2. Objectives of ESMP ............................................................................................... 3 3. Methodology ........................................................................................................... 3 4. Site Description ...................................................................................................... 3 5. Environmental and Social Issues ............................................................................ 3 6. Environmental and Social Mitigation Plan ............................................................. 4 7. ESMP Cost ............................................................................................................. 4 ANNEXES ..................................................................................................................... I Annex-I: Detail Cost-Estimate .................................................................................. II Annex-II: Design and drawing ................................................................................. III Annex-III: Google Map ........................................................................................... IV Annex-IV: Photographs ............................................................................................ V Annex-V: Beneficiaries List .................................................................................... VI Annex-VI: Meeting Minutes .................................................................................. VII Annex-VII: Letter from DL-PIU .............................................................................. X Annex-VII: Letter from Ward Office ...................................................................... XI iv 1. Introduction A magnitude 7.6 earthquake of shallow depth struck central Nepal with an epicenter approximately 77km north-west of Kathmandu on April 25th 2015 causing widespread destruction. On May 12, 2015 a large after shock of a magnitude 6.8 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. As the earthquake sequence destroyed 490,000 houses mostly traditional mud brick and mud stone built and occupied by the rural poor and rendered another 265,000 houses at least temporarily uninhabitable, the largest single need identified in the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) was housing and human settlements, accounting for US$ 3.27 billion of needs. The Government of Nepal (GON) has requested support from a number of development partners, including the WB, to address the immediate and long-term damage inflicted by the earthquake in Nepal. In response to this, World Bank approved a US$200 million loan to finance the Earthquake Reconstruction Project (EHRP) approved on 18 June 2015 to support 55 thousand households of three severely affected districts namely: Dolakha, Dhading and Nuwakot. The project will support in restoring affected houses with multi hazard resistant core housing units in target areas and to enhance government’s ability to improve long-term disaster resilience. Initially, the EHRP is to be completed by July 2020. Considering the further need to support GoN, International Development Association (the World Bank) has agreed to support additional US$300 million loan to finance the Earthquake Housing Reconstruction Project (EHRP). The recent additional loan support will cover another eleven severely affected districts including Gorkha covering 96000 households from Additional Financing and 3200 households from Multi Donor Fund. Environment and Social Management Framework serves as a practical tool to ensure that environment and social aspects are duly considered in the planning and implementation process of earthquake housing reconstruction project. Accordingly, Revised ESMF, have guided to address the environmental and social issues of the projects by site-specific environmental and social management plan after selection of the sub-projects prioritized by orientation and consultation in the respective local government. Dolakha district is located in province- 3 situated in the height from 762 m to 7132 m from mean sea level. The district lies in the latitude of 85 50' to 86 32' East and longitude of 27 28' to 28 00' North. The climatic condition of districts varies from tropical to alpine and tundra type. The average annual maximum temperature is 19° C and minimum temperature is 8° C. The average rainfall is 2043.5 ml (District Profile Dolakha, 2015). Dolakha is one the earthquake affected district. According to National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), the total number of houses damaged in district is 58,388 of which 56553 are fully damaged and 1835 partially damaged. Dolakha district is administratively divided into 7 Rural Municipality and 2 municipalities (former: 48 VDCs & 2 Municipalities). The total population residing in the district is about 186,557 in 45,688 households (HH) with an average HH size of 4.11 The female population (99554) in the 1 districts is higher than that of male population (87003). The sex ratio of the district is 85.47 (CBS, 2012) Beneficiaries’ data of Dolakha District: SN Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Ist tranche 2nd tranche 3rd tranche (Nos) with (Nos) (Nos) (Nos) Agreement (Nos) 1 72819 67337 63532 54130 46856 Source: MIS dated 2076/01/02 Gaurisankhar Rural Municipality ranges from the altitude of 930 to 7132 meter covers the former VDCs Jugu, Jhyaku, Suri, Chankhu, Marbu, Khare and Gaurisankhar. Administratively it is divided into 9 wards. Mount Gaurishankar is located in the Gaurishankar Rural Municipality -9 (former Gaurishankar VDC). The Tso Rolpa Glacial Lake is also located at Ward-9 of GRM. Rolwaling river is the major river in Gaurishankar Rural Municipality. 2 2. Objectives of ESMP This Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) is addresses the problem arise by shortage of water on hygiene, sanitation and other daily activities due to increase demand of water for reconstruction and decreased capacity of storage tank. Therefore the Main Objective of this ESMP is to maintain and rehabilitate the RVT, Intake, distribution pipeline and construction of public taps of Water Supply System to support in reconstruction of remaining houses of EHRP beneficiaries 3. Methodology Consultation and discussion: Consultation and discussion program was held with Local Government (Chair of RM, deputy Chair, chief administrative officer, ward chair persons and secretary) and engineers from DLPIU and