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EMR: Nepal: Melamchi Water Supply Project Environmental and Social Monitoring Report 2nd Semestral Report September 2011 – February 2012 NEP: Melamchi Water Supply Project-Subproject 2 Prepared by Safeguards Unit of Project Implementation Directorate (PID), Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL), for Nepal and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental and social 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. 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. Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited Kathmandu Valley Water Supply & Sanitation Project (ADB Loan No: 1820 NEP (SF)) September 2011 – February 2012 Safeguards Unit February 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background...............................................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Scope ............................................................................................................................1 2. Project Activities ............................................................................................................................2 2.1 Design and Bidding Phase..........................................................................................................3 2.2 Mobilization Phase ....................................................................................................................3 2.3 Construction Phase ....................................................................................................................4 3. Implementation Progress .................................................................................................................7 4.1 Immediate Improvement Work I (Sundarijal) ............................................................................ 16 4.2 Sabal Bahal (Teku), Kathmandu ............................................................................................... 16 4.3 Neuda Chasyal, Lalitpur........................................................................................................... 17 4.4 Katunje Water Reservoir Tank ................................................................................................. 17 4.5 Demonstration Project -1 (Baneshwor Area).............................................................................. 18 4.6 Augmentation of New Intake (Shifting Nakkhu Khola Intake) .................................................... 19 4.7 Distribution System Improvement (Chhahare- Balaju Treatment Plant) ....................................... 19 4.8 New Tubewells ....................................................................................................................... 20 4.9 Central Laboratory................................................................................................................... 20 5. Compliance of Loan Covenants related to Environmental Safeguards ............................................... 21 6. Compliance of Environmental and Social Safeguards in Major Construction Activities ..................... 23 7. Public Consultations...................................................................................................................... 27 8. Issues and Recommendations......................................................................................................... 30 9. Annex: ......................................................................................................................................... 31 Annex: 1: Organogram .................................................................................................................. 32 Annex-2: Detailed Environmental and Social Safeguards Monitoring Checklist ................................ 33 Annex: 3: Photographs .................................................................................................................. 39 Tables: Table 2.1: Projects in Design and Bidding Phase...................................................................................3 Table 2.2: Projects in Mobilization Phase .............................................................................................3 Table 2.3: Projects in Construction Phase .............................................................................................4 Table 3.1:KUKL/DNI/01 (Demonstration Package- Baneshwor) ...........................................................7 Table 3.2:KUKL/DNI/02/01 (Immediate Improvement Works I) ...........................................................7 Table 3.3: KUKL/DNI/02/02 (Immediate Improvement Works II) .........................................................8 Table 3.4:KUKL/DNI/02/10 (Central Laboratory Building)...................................................................9 Table 3.5: KUKL/DN/02/03 (New Tubewells).................................................................................... 10 Table 3.6: KUKL/DNI/03/16A (Disinfection Equipment).................................................................... 10 Table 3.7: KUKL/DNI/02/13 A (Improvements of Wastewater Treatment Plants)................................. 11 Table 3.8:KUKL/DNI/02/06A (Design, Estimate for Rehabilitation and Development of Tubewells including electrical equipments) ........................................................................................................ 11 Table 3.9: KUKL/DNI/03/15A (Supply and Installation of Equipment for Treatment Plant and Related Civil Works, Tyanglaphant) .............................................................................................................. 11 Table 3.10: KUKL/DNI/02/08 (Cluster Removal at Gokarna).............................................................. 12 Table 3.11:KUKL/DNI/01/02 (Demo Project Kusunti)........................................................................ 13 Table 3.12:KUKL/DNI/01/03 (Pilot Project Scheme Works - Kalopool) .............................................. 13 Table 3.13: KUKL/DNI/02/04 (Nakkhu Project)................................................................................. 14 Table 3.14:KUKL/DNI/02/15 B (Koteshwor Tubewell Site)................................................................ 14 Table 3.15:KUKL/DNI/02/07A (150m3 Reservoir Constructions at Sundarijal).................................... 14 Table 3.16:KUKL/DNI/02/06B Drilling and Development of 15 New T ubewells at Kathmandu Valley. 15 Table 3.17: KUKL/WSI/01/03Sewerage Network Improvement Works (Buddhanagar, Shankhamul) .... 15 Table 5.1: Checklist of Loan Covenants related to Environmental Safeguards....................................... 21 Table 6.1: Overall Compliance Status of Major Construction Activities ............................................... 23 Table 7.1: Public Consultation Details................................................................................................ 27 Table 8.1: Issues and Recommendations............................................................................................. 30 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), an Asian Development Bank assisted project was started in December 2000, aiming to improve the overall scenario of water supply and wastewater systems of the Kathmandu Valley. MWSP covers parts of the Indrawati and Bagmati watersheds and project areas include districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. The key water diversion facilities, headwork and diversion tunnel and access roads are located within Sindhupalchowk District, whereas, the water treatment plant at Sundarijal, water distribution network, balancing reservoirs and the other ancillary structures, are located within Kathmandu Valley. The implementation of the project was affected during the conflict period due to various local and national issues. In the mean time some of the donors withdrew their support for the project in 2005 and 2006. Later in 2008, MWSP was split into two distinct subprojects; (i) Subproject 1: Melamchi River Water Diversion Project covering all project activities in the Melamchi Valley, including the Water Diversion Tunnel (WDT) and Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and (ii) Subproject 2: Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Sanitation Project to undertake distribution network improvement inside Kathmandu Valley. The implementation responsibilities were entrusted to Project Implementation Directorate (PID), which was formed under the KUKL Board of Directors, through a MOU signed on 19 April 2009 between Government of Nepal (GoN) [Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW)], Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Management Board (KVWSMB), Kathmandu Upatakaya Khanepani Limited (KUKL) and Asian Development Bank (ADB). 1.2 Project Scope Under the present ADB loan (Loan No. 1820), Scopes of the subproject are as follows: · Immediate improvements of water supply services in Kathmandu valley through augmentation of surface and groundwater sources; · Water quality improvement related works; · Rehabilitation and improvement of water supply and sewer networks
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