NTPC Monthly Progress Report – Part C - Environmental & Social September 2006
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Environment and Social Monitoring Report Monthly Progress Report May-December 2006 (3/4) LAO PDR: GMS Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project Prepared by the Environment and Social Division of Nam Theun 2 Power Company, Ltd. This environment 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. Nam Theun 2 Power Company Ltd. Nam Theun 2 Hydro-Electric Project Monthly Progress Report covering activity in September 2006 Part C : Environmental & Social Report Nam Theun 2 Project NTPC Monthly Progress Report – Part C - Environmental & Social September 2006 Table of Contents 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................ 5 1.1 Staffing NTPC, GOL (EMU, RMU, DWG) and Partners .......................................................................... 8 1.2 Unanticipated Project Impacts ..................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Additional Plans and PIP updating .............................................................................................................. 9 1.4 Grievance procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Communication .............................................................................................................................................. 9 1.6 Procurement ................................................................................................................................................... 9 2 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................. 11 2.1 Physical Cultural Resources, Project Lands, Camp Followers ................................................................ 11 2.1.1 Physical and Cultural Surveys & Salvage ................................................................................................. 11 2.1.2 Project Lands ............................................................................................................................................. 14 2.1.3 Camp Followers ......................................................................................................................................... 22 2.2 Public Health Regional and Resettlement Programs ................................................................................ 25 2.3 Nakai Plateau Resettlement ........................................................................................................................ 35 2.3.1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 2.3.2 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................. 40 2.3.3 Livelihood ................................................................................................................................................. 45 2.2.3.1 Nakai Plateau Forestry Development Program ..................................................................................... 46 2.2.3.2 Nakai Plateau Agricultural and Livestock Development Program ........................................................ 48 2.2.3.3 Fisheries Reservoir Program ................................................................................................................. 55 2.2.3.4 Community Development Program ....................................................................................................... 55 2.4 Downstream Areas Development Plans ..................................................................................................... 61 3 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................ 63 3.1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 63 3.2 Wildlife Programmes ................................................................................................................................... 63 3.2.1 Fish Impacts in upstream and downstream river species ........................................................................... 63 3.2.2 Wildlife Management and Monitoring Programme ................................................................................... 64 3.2.3 Asian Elephant Program ............................................................................................................................ 64 3.2.4 Transitional Strategy for Reservoir Impoundment .................................................................................... 65 3.2.5 Adaptive Management Programmes .......................................................................................................... 65 3.3 Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Programme ......................................................................... 66 3.4 Environment Management Unit (EMU) Technical Assistance (TA) ....................................................... 73 3.5 EMO’s activities linked to construction ..................................................................................................... 73 4 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MONITORING ......................................................... 75 5 GOL RELATED ACTIVITIES .................................................................................. 77 NTPC-S-B09-0303-000017-A_Pub03_Clean Page 2 / 80 Nam Theun 2 Project NTPC Monthly Progress Report – Part C - Environmental & Social September 2006 5.1 Watershed Management Protection Authority (WMPA)......................................................................... 77 5.2 Optimization of Salvage Logging on the Nakai Plateau ........................................................................... 77 5.3 Social issues (RMU & DWG) ...................................................................................................................... 77 Page 3 /80 General Overview Nam Theun 2 Project NTPC Monthly Progress Report – Part C - Environmental & Social September 2006 1 General Overview Procurement: In September, procurements have been mainly, but not only focusing on the construction of the wooden houses for the resettled people of Village Group 2; and the Independent Monitoring Agency on behalf of the GoL. Project lands: Implementation of the livelihood restoration programs continued. UXO clearance for land to be used in horticulture program in Gnommalat was completed. Final preparations for infrastructure development related to frog and pig raising were made. A field day was conducted to increase knowledge and interest in forage / large livestock program. Preparations for handover of additional lands to the HC related to LPA 18 ad LPA 26a proceeded. PAP assets were surveyed for land associated with DT5a (spoil disposal). An ethnic minority specialist began assisting the Project Land team in improving communication with PAPs who are ethnic minorities. Land reallocation for 27 PAPs who lost all of their productive land in Gnommalat continued. Clearing of vegetation continued and arrangements for removal of stumps and plowing commenced. Public Health: Upgrading health infrastructure: Boreholes in Kengdaeng and Nadou HCs are under construction. Equipment: fax machines were provided to Nakai and Mahaxai DHOs Training, capacity building: Long-term training for X-ray and Ultrasound in Vientiane for Gnommalat and Khamkeut District Hospitals during July to September 2006 is completed, STIs training program, Peer educator training on STIs prevention among youth group, Soya milk production training in Nakai, Presentation of the NTPC’s Health Program, monthly meetings in four districts and Khammouane PHO. Health Education Program: HIV/AIDS awareness program conducted, awareness raising on health issues during outreach activities and MCH clinic. Supervision: Monthly MCH clinics were conducted in six villages in Nakai, Supervisory visit to the resettlement villages in Nakai and other villages in Mahaxai and Gnommalat. Resettlement Program: English and Lao report on Nongboua health checks and survey has been completed and distributed. Monthly MCH clinics have been conducted in six villages. Nakai Plateau resettlement Infrastructure: Extra topographic survey and mapping: The contract for the extra survey work required at Area 13 for the Ban Thalang irrigated agriculture area was suspended in July because of the heavy rain. The company returned to the site in September. UXO search and clearance: The contractor has maintained good progress during the month despite the heavy rains and completed the large central areas 1 and 2 for Nakai Neua and Nakai Tai and have started on Area 7 From November 2005 to date the contractor has found and destroyed 1,446 UXO items, including 895 bomblets There is an ongoing contract for UXO community awareness and on-call roving response teams