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40554-022: Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Environmental Assessment Document Initial Environmental Examination Grant Number: 0093 NEP July 2010 Nepal: Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program Jagati Police Station-Doleshwar-Ashapuri Road Subproject, Bhaktapur District Prepared by the Government of Nepal The Environmental Assessment 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. Government of Nepal Ministry of Local Development Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of Jagati Police Station – Doleshwar – Ashapuri Road Sub-Project,Bhaktapur Submitted to: Government of Nepal Ministry of Local Development Proponent: Office of District Development Committee, District Technical Office Bhaktapur District Prepared by: District Implementation Support Team (DIST) July, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... ii NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PROPONENT ....................................................................................................... ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN NEPALI ....................................................................................................................... iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN ENGLISH .................................................................................................................. viii 1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Name and Address of Proponent .............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Objectives of IEE Study .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Methodology Adopted ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.5 Public Consultation ........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.6 Information Disclosure ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 Description of the proposal ........................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Salient Features of the Subproject .................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Relevancy of the Proposal ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Construction Approach and activities ................................................................................................................ 5 2.4 Proposed Schedule for Implementation of Sub-project .................................................................................... 5 3.0 Review of Relevant Acts, Regulations and Guidelines ............................................................................... 8 4.0 Existing Environmental Condition .............................................................................................................. 10 4.1 Physical Environment ..................................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Biological Environment ................................................................................................................................... 11 4.3 Socio-economic and Cultural Environment ..................................................................................................... 12 5.0 Project Alternatives ...................................................................................................................................... 16 5.1 No Action Option ............................................................................................................................................. 16 5.2 Proposal Alternatives ...................................................................................................................................... 16 5.3 Alternative Alignment ...................................................................................................................................... 16 5.4 Alternative Design and Construction Approach .............................................................................................. 16 5.5 Alternative Schedule ....................................................................................................................................... 16 5.6 Alternative Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 16 6.0 Identification of Impacts and Benefit Augmentation/Mitigation Measures ............................................. 17 6.1 Beneficial Impacts and Benefit Augmentation Measures ................................................................................ 17 6.2 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures ..................................................................................................... 18 7.0 Environmental Management Plan ............................................................................................................... 24 7.1 Institutions and Their Roles ............................................................................................................................ 24 7.2. Reporting ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 7.3. Benefit Augmentation and Mitigation Measures Implementation Strategy ..................................................... 25 7.4. Mitigation cost ................................................................................................................................................. 32 7.5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures .......................................................................................................... 32 7.6. Environmental Monitoring ............................................................................................................................... 33 8.0 Conclusion and Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 40 8.1 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 8.2 Recommendation ............................................................................................................................................ 40 9.0 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 ANNEXES: Annex I: Terms of Reference Annex II: Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Checklist Annex III: Abstract of Cost Annex IV: RRRSDP Environmental Checklist Annex V: Public Notice Annex VI: Deed of Enquiry (Muchulka) Annex VII: Name of the Organizations Annex VIII: List of persons consulted Annex IX: Summary of meeting minutes with local people Annex X: Recommendation Letters and Suggestions from VDCs Annex XI XI a. Distribution of households by major occupation XI b. Summary of public services & infrastructures XI c. Land holding pattern of settlements within ZoI XI d. Number of households belonging to different food security category Annex XII: Detail of Drainage Structures Annex XIII: Toe Wall for Spoil Disposal Annex XIV: Structure for Slope Stabilization Annex XV: List of trees to be removed Annex XVI: Details of Affected Structures Annex XVII: Photographs LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1: Summary of FGD Meeting ........................................................................................................................ 2 Table 2.1: Sub-project implementation schedule ....................................................................................................... 5 Table 3.1: Review of Environmental Acts, Regulations and Guidelines .................................................................... 8 Table 4.1: River and Streams along the road .......................................................................................................... 10 Table 4.2: Summary of land use pattern along the road alignment ......................................................................... 11 Table 4.3: Community Forests along road alignment .............................................................................................. 12 Table 4.4: General Characteristics of the VDCs along the alignment ...................................................................... 12 Table 4.5: Public Services and Infrastructures along
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