Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project- Additional Financing

Environmental Assessment Document I nitial Environmental Examination Loan Number: 2796 and Grant Number: 0267 NEP october 2012 Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project- Additional Financing Thalaha-Batu le-Au latari Road (Section of Dhungil-Rokayagaon road) Subproject , Jajarkot 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 statf, and may be preliminary in narure. Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project-Additional Financing (DRILP-AF) Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of Thalaha-Batule-Aulatari Road (Section of Dhungil-Rokayagaon road) Subproject Submitted to: Ministry Of Federal Affairs and Local Development Government of Nepal Proponent: District Development Committee, Jajarkot Khalanga, October, 2012 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... i List of Tables ......................................................................................................................... ii List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ ii Appendixes ........................................................................................................................... ii ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................ iii Executive Summary (Nepali) ................................................................................................ iv Executive Summary (English) ............................................................................................... ix 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Name and Address of the Proponent .......................................................................... 1 1.2 Background ................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Rationale of the IEE .................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Objectives of the IEE study ......................................................................................... 2 1.5 Methodology Adopted ................................................................................................. 3 2 Review of Relevant Acts, Regulations and Guidelines ................................................... 5 3 Description of the Project ............................................................................................... 8 3.1 Relevancy of the Subproject ....................................................................................... 8 3.2 Description and Location ............................................................................................ 8 3.3 Salient Features of the Subproject ............................................................................ 13 3.4 Components and Activities of the Subproject ............................................................ 14 3.5 Construction Approaches and Activities .................................................................... 14 3.6 Implementation Schedule ......................................................................................... 14 4 Description of the Environment ..................................................................................... 15 4.1 Physical Environment ............................................................................................... 15 4.2 Biological Environment ............................................................................................. 16 4.3 Socio-economic and Cultural Environment ............................................................... 18 5 Identification of Impacts and Benefit Augmentation/Mitigation Measures ...................... 23 5.1 Mitigation Measures during Pre-construction Phase ................................................. 23 5.2 Beneficial Impacts and Benefit Augmentation Measures ........................................... 24 5.3 Adverse Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................................ 26 5.4 Climate Change Impacts ........................................................................................... 34 6 Alternative Analysis ...................................................................................................... 35 6.1 No Action Alternative ................................................................................................ 35 6.2 Proposal Alternatives ................................................................................................ 35 6.3 Alternative Alignment ................................................................................................ 35 6.4 Alternative Design and Construction Approach ......................................................... 35 6.5 Alternative Schedule and Process ............................................................................ 36 6.6 Alternative Resources ............................................................................................... 36 7 Public Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure ...................................... 37 7.1 Public Consultation ................................................................................................... 37 7.2 Information Disclosure .............................................................................................. 38 8 Grievance Redress Mechanism .................................................................................... 39 8.1 Procedure for Grievances Handling .......................................................................... 39 9 Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................. 41 9.1 Institutions and Their Roles....................................................................................... 41 9.2 Reporting and Documentation .................................................................................. 43 9.3 Implementation of Benefit Augmentation and Mitigation Measures ........................... 44 9.4 Mitigation Cost for Executing the Environmental Management Plan ......................... 52 9.5 Matters to be monitored while implementing the Proposal ........................................ 54 9.6 Monitoring Parameters .............................................................................................. 55 10 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 62 References .......................................................................................................................... 63 Thalaha-Batule-Aulatari Road, Jajarkot Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) i List of Tables Table 1: Review of Environmental Acts, Regulations and Guidelines .................................................... 5 Table 2: Sub-project Implementation Schedule .................................................................................... 14 Table 3: Land Use Type along the Road Alignment ............................................................................. 15 Table 4: Protected Vegetation in Sub-project Area .............................................................................. 17 Table 5: Forest along Road Alignment ................................................................................................. 17 Table 6: Protected Wildlife in the Road ................................................................................................ 18 Table 7: Distribution of Household in Settlements within ZoI in the VDCs .......................................... 18 Table 8: Cultural and Historical Resources .......................................................................................... 22 Table 9: Locations for Spoil Disposal Sites .......................................................................................... 27 Table 10: Summary of Meeting Minutes ............................................................................................... 37 Table 11: Institutions and their Roles ................................................................................................... 41 Table 12: Likely Beneficial Impacts and Proposed Enhancement Measures ....................................... 45 Table 13: Likely Adverse Impacts and Proposed Mitigation Measures ................................................ 46 Table 14: Environmental Monitoring Cost ............................................................................................. 53 Table 15: Cost Estimate for Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Measures .......................... 53 Table 16: Impact/Effect Monitoring of Thalaha-Batule-Aulatari Road Subproject ................................ 59 List of Figures Figure 1: Map of Nepal Showing Thalaha-Batule-Aulatari road subproject of Jajarkot District ............. 9 Figure 2: Map Showing Affected VDCs in Jajarkot District ................................................................... 10 Figure 3: Thalaha-Batule–Aulatari Road Alignment ............................................................................

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