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Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 50301-002 /003 Loan Numbers: Tranche 1 – 3579 /3580 /3851 Annual Report December 2020 SRI: Second Integrated Road Investment Program – Tranches 1 and 2 PIC 07 – Western Province Prepared by the Road Development Authority, Ministry of Highways for the Asian Development Bank. This environmental 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 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Ministry of Highways Road Development Authority ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE MONITORING REPORT – 2020 Asian Development Bank Funded Second Integrated Road Investment Program iRoad 2 – Western Province SMEC Sub-Consultant with RDC & MHEC ADB Funded Second Integrated Road Investment Program Annual Environmental Compliance (iRoad 2) – Western Province (PIC 07) Monitoring Report- 2020 Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background of the Project ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Consulting Services Contract .......................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Scope of the PIC Services............................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Overview of Institutional Framework .............................................................................................. 6 1.4.1 Supervision, Responsibilities and Staffing, for Environmental Safeguards Implementation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 1.5 Context and Purpose of the Report ............................................................................................... 9 2 Compliance on Environmental Safeguards Requirements ...................................................... 10 3 Monitoring of Environmental Compliance at the field level ...................................................... 25 3.1 Staffing of Environmental and Safety Officers ........................................................................... 25 3.2 Reviewing and Approving of EMAP, SSEMAP, EMC and Documentation ........................... 31 3.3 Summary of preparing of Environmental and Safety Documents ........................................... 32 3.4 Package wise summary of License and Approvals ................................................................... 35 4 Environmental Monitoring Mechanism and Site Inspection ..................................................... 40 5 Environmental Safeguards Issues and Mitigatory Measures Implemented. ......................... 41 5.1 Issues and Mitigation Measures Implemented ........................................................................... 41 5.1.1 COVID-19 Outbreak ....................................................................................................................... 41 5.2 Introduction of concept of Context Sensitive Design (CSD). ................................................... 42 5.3 Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................................... 48 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 49 5.3.1 Establishment of GRCs at Grama Niladhari Division (GND) Level ......................................... 50 5.3.2 Establishment of GRCs at Divisional Secretariat Division (DSD) level .................................. 51 5.3.3 Receiving Grievances Submitted ................................................................................................. 53 (a) Public Awareness; .......................................................................................................................... 53 (b). Channels of Receiving Public Grievances .................................................................................. 53 i. Complaints & Suggestion Box ...................................................................................................... 53 ii. Office of Grama Niladhari (GN) .................................................................................................... 53 iii. Office of the Divisional Secretary ................................................................................................. 53 iv. Field staff .......................................................................................................................................... 54 (c). Maintenance of Records for Public Grievances ......................................................................... 54 5.3.4 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Health Awareness Programs .......................................................... 56 5.4 Mitigation of Environmental Issues and Environmental Quality Enhancement Activities. ... 56 6 Greening Programs. ....................................................................................................................... 62 6.1 The procedure followed up of tree identification and removal process. ................................. 62 6.2 Tree Planting Procedure ................................................................................................................ 62 7 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 64 ADB Funded Second Integrated Road Investment Program Annual Environmental Compliance (iRoad 2) – Western Province (PIC 07) Monitoring Report- 2020 Table 1. Summary of Contract Packages ............................................................................... 2 Table 2. CRCs in Colombo District ......................................................................................... 2 Table 3. CRCs in Gampaha District ........................................................................................ 3 Table 4. CRCs in Kalutara District .......................................................................................... 4 Table 5. Compliance with Loan Agreement Conditions (Environmental Safeguards), dated 13 November 2019. ..................................................................................................... 10 Table 6. Environmental Safeguard Compliance Monitoring Complying with Environmental Assessment Review Framework (EARF). .............................................................. 13 Table 7. Compliance to the environmental requirements under the project Facility Administration Manual (FAM). ................................................................................ 21 Table 8. Details of the staffing and training conducted for the PIU and PIC up to 31 Dec 2020 ............................................................................................................................... 28 Table 9. Details of the staffing and training conducted for the contractors environmental and safety officers. ........................................................................................................ 29 Table 10. Summary of Status of the SSCAP, OHSMP, EMAP, SSEMAP and EMC approved by PIC................................................................................................................... 32 Table 11. GA 01 .................................................................................................................... 35 Table 12. GA 02 .................................................................................................................... 35 Table 13. GA 03 .................................................................................................................... 35 Table 14. GA 04 .................................................................................................................... 36 Table 15. CL 01 .................................................................................................................... 37 Table 16. CL 02 .................................................................................................................... 37 Table 17. CL 03 .................................................................................................................... 37 Table 18. KL 04 .................................................................................................................... 38 Table 19. KL 05 .................................................................................................................... 39 Table 20. KL 06 .................................................................................................................... 39 Table 21. Monthly monitoring schedule for iRoad WP by PIC team. .................................... 40 Table 22. Workshops conducted .......................................................................................... 42 Table 23. Establishment of GRCs at Grama Niladhari Division