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Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 47273-004 47273-005 Annual Report January to December 2017 SRI: Integrated Road Investment Program – Tranches 2 & 3 PIC 02 – North Western and North Central Provinces Prepared by the Road Development Authority, Ministry of Higher Education and Highways for the Asian Development Bank. This environmental management and 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s 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 ADB FUNDED INTEGRATED ROAD INVESTMENT PROGRAM ANNUAL ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING REPORT NORTH WESTERN & NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCES January to December 2017 REPORT PREPARED BY PYUNGHWA ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS In Association with RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS On behalf of Road Development Authority Ministry of Higher Education and Highways Submitted to Asian Development Bank In Association with Content No. Content Page Content 1 Abbreviation 5 1.0 Introduction 7 1.1 Contract Package Summary 9 Staffing Setup (PIU/PIC/Contractor) with respect to environmental 1.2 15 safeguards 1.2.1 PIU Staff 15 1.2.2 PIC Staff 16 1.2.3 Contractor’s Staff 17 1.3 Purpose and Structure of the Project 18 2.0 Progress of civil works during the reporting period 19 2.1 Contract KU1 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 19 2.2 Contract KU2 – Contractor KDAW-BMG Joint Venture 20 2.3 Contract KU3 – Contractor Ranken Railway Construction Co. Ltd. 22 2.4 Contract KU4 – Contractor VV Karunarathne & Company 22 2.5 Contract KU5 – Contractor Ranken Railway Construction Co. Ltd. 23 2.6 Contract PU1 – Contractor Ranken Railway Construction Co. Ltd. 24 2.7 Contract PU2 – Contractor VV Karunarathne & Company 25 2.8 Contract PU3 – Contractor VV Karunarathne & Company 26 2.9 Contract AP1 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 27 2.10 Contract AP2– Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 29 2.11 Contract AP3 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 29 2.12 Contract AP4 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 30 2.13 Contract PO1 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 31 2.14 Contract PO2 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC 33 2.15 Contract PO3 – Contractor TISSA-AMSK JV 35 Compliance with environmental safeguards requirements in the 3.0 36 loan document 3.1 Compliance with Tranche 2 and 3 37 3.2 Safeguards Monitoring and Reporting 38 3.3 Compliance with FAM 38 3.4 Compliance with respect to EARF 39 4.0 Monitoring of environmental compliance at field level 40 4.1 Main Environmental Safeguards activities conducted 40 4.2 The documents that Contractor should submit 41 4.3 Implementation of GRM 45 4.4 Licenses 47 1 No. Content Page 4.5 HIV/AIDS Awareness Programs Conducted 48 Field Environmental monitoring carried out by PIC, PIU and 4.6 50 ESSD in brief 5.0 Issues observed (environment related) and status of compliance 63 5.1 Issues and mitigation measures applied 63 6.0 Public consultation and information dissemination 71 7.0 Programs and activities to enhance environment 72 8.0 Conclusions and recommendations 82 8.1 Conclusions 82 8.2 Recommendations 84 Tables 1 Table 01: CRCs in Kurunegala District 9 2 Table 02: CRCs in Puttalam District 10 3 Table 03: CRCs in Anuradhapura District 13 4 Table 04: CRCs in Polonnaruwa District 14 5 Table 5: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – KU1 19 6 Table 6: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – KU2 21 7 Table 7: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – KU3 22 8 Table 8: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – KU4 23 9 Table 9: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – KU5 24 10 Table 10: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – PU1 25 11 Table 11: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – PU2 26 12 Table 12 - Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – PU3 27 13 Table 13: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – AP1 28 14 Table 14: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – AP2 29 15 Table 15: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – AP3 30 16 Table 16: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – AP4 31 17 Table 17: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – PO1 32 18 Table 18: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – PO2 34 19 Table 19: Progress of Culvert construction/rehabilitation – PO3 36 Table 20: Summary of SSEMAPs submission and approvals as at 20 42 end December 2017 21 Table – 21: EMC approval as at end of year 2017 44 22 Table 22: Progress of GRC formation by 31st December 2017 45 Table 23: Package wise Complaints/Requests/Suggestions 23 46 during the year 2017 24 Table 24: HIV/AIDS Awareness programs conducted during 2017 48 2 No. Content Page Table 25: Site visits conducted jointly with PIC, PIU and 25 50 Contractor Table 26: Site visits conducted jointly with PIC, PIU and 26 56 CSD/ESSD 27 Table 27: Site visits conducted by ADB Missions 60 Table 28: Weather condition from January to December 2017 28 64 according to Contractor’s information Table 29 Environmental related capacity programs conducted 29 73 during the year 2017 30 Table 30: School Environmental Awareness/Training Programs 78 Figures 01 Figure 1: Provincial Locations 8 02 Figure 2: Project Roads in Kurunegala District 10 03 Figure 3: Project Roads in Puttalam District 12 04 Figure 4: Project Roads in Anuradhapura District 13 05 Figure 5: Project Roads in Polonnaruwa District 13 Charts Chart 1: PIU Staff (Environmental Related) as per the project 01 16 requirement 02 Chart 2: PIC Staff (Environmental Related) 17 03 Chart 3: Contractor’s Staff (Environmental Related) 18 04 Chart 4: Road construction activities – KU1 20 05 Chart 5: Road Construction Activities – KU2 21 06 Chart 6: Road construction activities – KU3 22 07 Chart 7: Road construction activities – KU4 23 08 Chart 8: Road construction activities – KU5 24 09 Chart 9: Road construction activities – PU1 25 10 Chart 10: Road construction activities – PU2 26 11 Chart 11: Road construction activities – PU3 27 12 Chart 12: Road construction activities – AP1 28 13 Chart 13: Road construction activities – AP2 29 14 Chart 14: Road construction activities – AP3 30 15 Chart 15: Road construction activities – AP4 31 16 Chart 16: Road construction activities – PO1 33 17 Chart 17: Road construction activities – PO2 35 18 Chart 18 - 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PIC = Project Implementation Consultant PIU = Project Implementation Unit PM = Project Manager PO = Polonnaruwa PRDA = Provincial Road Development Authority PRDD = Provincial Road Development Department PS = Pradeshiya Sabha PU = Puttalam RD = Road RDA = Road Development Authority RDC = Resources Development Consultants RE = Resident Engineer RF = Resettlement Framework RMC = Road Management Contract SE = Site Engineer SGRS = Social, Gender & Resettlement Specialist SLRM = Sri Lanka Regional Mission SPS = Safeguards Policy Statement SSA = Social Safeguards Assistance SSEMAP = Site Specific Environmental Management Action Plan SSO = Social Safeguards Officer STD = Sexual Transmitted Diseases TA = Technical Assistance TL = Trade License TO = Technical Officer VC = Vice Chairman 6 ADB Funded Integrate Road Investment Program Annual Environment Compliance Monitoring Report – 2017 1.0 Introduction The iRoad program currently
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