Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Checklist (Buildings)
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Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government Local Government Enhancement Sector Project (Additional Financing) (ADB assisted – Loan 3431 SRI) DUE DILIGENCE REPORT - ENVIRONMENT Package Number – WP AF PAD 07 CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC MARKET BUILDING AT WADDUWA FOR PANADURA PRADESHIA SABHA WESTERN PROVINCE, SRI LANKA July 2017 Prepared for Local Government Enhancement Sector Project (Additional Finance) Sub Project Coordination Unit - Western Province Page | 0 1. INTRODUCTION A. Background 1. The Local Government Enhancement Sector Project (LGESP) is a key infrastructure initiative of the Government of Sri Lanka which aims to improve local infrastructure, and services delivered effectively by local authorities in less developed areas in Sri Lanka. Partnering with local authorities will implement subprojects in the areas of the improvement of roads and bridges, water supply and sanitation, drainage, solid waste management, and other basic facilities including health centers and public markets. Finance for these subprojects will be obtained as a loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government. (MPCLG) along with Local Government funding. The ADB and Government have agreed on an Additional Financing component which will (i) Support implementation of water supply schemes in areas affected by chronic kidney diseases and enable the availability of safe drinking water to the vulnerable section of these areas; (ii) Support infrastructure delivery in additional Pradeshiya Sabhas; and (iii) Extend the support for capacity building initiatives under the project. 2. Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha has been established according to the Pradeshiya Sabhas Act (No. 15 of 1987) and is under the Western Provincial Council and Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government. The key responsibilities include PS among others improvements of facilities for education, public health, commercial, recreational and other community regaining programs. 3. The Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha has their main administrative office at Wadduwa. The market complex situated in a land located at center of the Wadduwa town closer to the main office building. The current market building outdated and Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha is currently facing the problem of providing facilities for public due to lack of better working environment. Customers are being distracted from the unpleasant surrounding of the shopping complex. Therefore steps have been taken to construct a new two story market building. The total funding requirement envisaged for this project is 58 million. Physical work associated with subprojects will take place within existing government-owned locations. B. Objective 4. The current public market which is belongs to Panadura PS is operating with lack of proper maintenance in an old, outdated building situated at Wadduwa. The vendors, consumers and the general public who use these facilities facing inconveniences due to unpleasant environment and limited facilities provided in a highly congested environment. 5. Therefore the key objective of the project is to construct a new market building as a means to provide an alternative business place for the traders who do their businesses in the existing market building and business spaces for accommodating the present needs of the different stakeholders. Page | 1 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Present Location and Environmental Status 6. The new building proposed to be built in a land belonged to Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha at Wadduwa. At present, two storied market building and the several extra single storey business stalls exist in an unorderly manner at the rear side of the main market building. The physical environment of the sub project falls within a localized area of Wadduwa in a small city situated within the Panadura DS division area. Panadura is one of the coastal cities of Kalutara district which is located approximately 40 km south of the Colombo city centre and lies on the Galle Colombo main road. Present condition of the market building the location map is reflected in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2. This has been justified the need for a new building with a better environment. 7. Wadduwa falls within the Kalutara district, Western Province and located within the wet zone with an annual rainfall of 2000 - 2800 mm precipitated during two monsoonal periods April - June and October - December. Temperature is almost constant throughout the year, the average being about 27.7 C. Average daily sunshine is 7.2 hours/day. Average wind velocity is 11.7 km/hr, with the strongest winds normally coming in June. Relative humidity is, on the average, 73% during the day and 90% at night. 8. Panadura DS Division consists several environmental sensitive areas, the subproject site is not adjacent or within the area of close proximity to any environmental sensitive area such as the (i) area administered by the Department of Wild Life Conservation, (ii) Department of Coast Conservation, Department of Forest, (iii) the area declared as low lying and flood protection under the SLLRDC Act, and (iv) No archeologically protected monument is located in close proximity. 9. The existing legislation and standards applicable for the designing projects in Sri Lanka are mainly based on the National Environmental Act (NEA). According to the provisions under the NEA No 47 of 1980 and the regulation on EIA which has been gazetted in 1993, and according to this sub project of building construction, does not require an EIA or IEE prior to implementation of the sub project. 10. All quarry operations and mining operations connected with the project will require a valid license issued by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB). All the discharging effluents and/or emissions shall be compliance with the standards recommended by the National Environmental Act (NEA). B. Proposed Work 11. The proposed new market building will consist of two stories and the main components will be designed with adequate capacity for the traders and general public who engaged in their businesses at the market building. The area needed will be acquired by removing the existing old single story buildings in the rear side and the fish stalls. 12. There will be fifteen stalls in the ground floor spreading in an area of 419.4 m2 while eighteen stalls are planned to be constructed in the first floor within an area of 450 m2 including a passage. Attention is paid to adopting to the green building concept when designing the building, the land area will be managed so as to provide access to the turning point for the vehicles and necessary partitions will be arranged within the proposed building for ladies and gents toilet facilities including a proper waste water treatment system for sewer and the waste water generate from the fish stalls and a solar panel for energy conservation. 13. Details of the main components of the sub project Ground Floor (Floor area 419.4 Sq.m) Ground floor consists of 15 stalls. Stalls NOs Size (M) Area (m2 ) No. 01 to No. 05 3.0x3.7 x 5 55.5 No. 06 (with storage area) 3.0 x 3.7 11.1 No. 07 (Bike repair with open yard) 4.7 x 3.3 15.51 No. 08 (Grinding mill) 3.7 x 4.9 18.13 No. 9 – No. 10 2.4 x2.7 x 2 12.98 No. 11 – No. 15 3.0 x 3.7 x 5 55.5 First Floor (Floor area 450.00 sq.m) First Floor (18 stalls) 450.00 (m2 ) No. 16 – No. 22 3.0 x 3.7 x 6 66.6 No. 24 3.0 x 3.7 11.1 No. 30 – No. 33 3.0 x 3.7 x4 44.4 No. 23 3.8 x 3.7 14.6 No. 25 3.5 x 3.7 12.95 No. 26 – No. 29 3.0 x 3.9 x4 46.8 Complete building constructions with necessary partitions, disable access, a stair case, electrical wiring including installation of fixtures. (Electrical wiring only for Air Conditioner but installation of Air Conditioner will not be provided under this project), Drinking water with overhead tanks, Soakage pit & Septic tank, Water sumps for clear water, Drainage system for waste water & rain water, Lightning protection system & Landscaping …. etc planned to be installed in the proposed building. 14. All technical designs and provisions are in accordance to National Standards (ICTAD/CIDA and BS specifications) and will be constructed with close coordination with Safeguard Team of SPCU and Design and Supervision Consultants. 15. The environmental due diligence process has been conducted for proposed construction of the Market Building sub project. This report describes the findings and supplemented with appendixes and photographs. Safeguards staff of SPCU, DSC, PMU and PMC are involved in developing this environmental due diligence report in order to obtain clearances and approval from ADB prior to initiate any construction activity. Page | 3 3. POSSIBLE IMPACT & MITIGATION 16. Environmental screening carried out as a part of this environmental due diligence exercise. Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) attached in Appendix 3 shows the impacts are not very significant and mitigation of possible construction time issues is possible with the preparing & executing of suitable Environmental Management Plan. 17. The main objectives of the Rapid Environmental Assessment and the due diligence screening to identify the direct and indirect impacts on the physical, biological and social or cultural heritage environment. REA includes worker’s health and safety risks associated with the proposed construction operations of the subproject, particularly issues related to accident prevention, dangerous working conditions, air pollution and soil/ground etc. 18. However, in consideration to the neighboring areas and the population distribution, findings of some anticipated impacts due to the subproject activities and their management measures can be discussed as follows; I. Land use – The proposed building will be constructed in the existing built-up area and no new land will be used, that may create impacts.