Environmental Impact Assessment March 2019 PAK: Balochistan Water Resources Development Sector Project Project No. 48098-002 Part 1 of 2 Prepared by Irrigation and Power Department, Government of Balochistan for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This environmental impact 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. 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. The Government of Balochistan Balochistan Water Resources Development Project (BWRDP) (ADB TA 8800-PAK) FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT DRAFT BWRDP - Sri Toi Irrigation Project in Zhob River Basin Submitted By: NEC Consultants (Private) Limited C-44, Ground Floor, Block 17, Gulshan e Iqbal, Near National Stadium. Karachi. Tel: 021-34990362, 021-34990363 Fax: 021-34981259 Email: [email protected] www.nec.com.pk Environmental Impact Assessment BWRDP - Sri Toi Storage Dam - Zhob River Basin CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY22222222222.2222222222222222.ES 1 1 I TROD0CTIO A D BACKGRO0 D ......................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview of Sri Toi Water Storage Dam and Irrigation Project ................................ 1 1.2 Project Objective ..................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Nature and Size of the Project ................................................................................ 3 1.4 Necessity of the EIA ................................................................................................ 4 1.5 Objectives of the EIA .............................................................................................. 5 • More Specific Objectives of this EIA Report ............................................................... 6 1.6 The Consultants ...................................................................................................... 6 1.7 Study Approach and Methodology .......................................................................... 7 1.8 Scoping ................................................................................................................... 7 • Desk Review .............................................................................................................. 7 • Orientation Session ................................................................................................... 7 • Reconnaissance Survey ............................................................................................ 7 • Delineation of Area of Influence ................................................................................. 8 • Major Significant Impacts ........................................................................................... 9 • Data Acquisition ......................................................................................................... 9 • Types of Data Required ........................................................................................... 10 • Secondary Data Collection and Review ................................................................... 10 • Primary Data Collection and Review ........................................................................ 11 • Stakeholder Consultation ......................................................................................... 12 • Impact Evaluation .................................................................................................... 12 1.9 Organization of Report .......................................................................................... 16 2 LEGISLATIO , G0IDELI ES A D REG0LATOR1 -RAMEWORK ........................... 17 2.1 General ................................................................................................................. 17 2.2 Background........................................................................................................... 17 • Applicable ADB & National Environmental Policies / Laws ....................................... 18 2.3 National Policy on the Environment ...................................................................... 19 2.4 IWRM Policy ......................................................................................................... 20 2.5 Balochistan Acquisition of Land Act 1974 & (Amendment) Ordinance 1976 .......... 20 2.6 Environmental Legislations ................................................................................... 21 • National Regulations ................................................................................................ 22 • Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 .......................................................... 22 • Balochistan Environmental Protection Act, 2012 ...................................................... 23 • Pakistan EPA Review of IEE and EIA Regulations, 2000 ......................................... 24 • Forest Act 1927 ....................................................................................................... 27 NEC Consultants (Private) Limited i Environmental Impact Assessment BWRDP - Sri Toi Storage Dam - )hob River Basin • The Antiquities Act, 1975 ......................................................................................... 27 • Pakistan Penal Code 1860 ...................................................................................... 27 • The Balochistan Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 ........................ 27 • Balochistan Goats (Restriction) Ordinance 1959 ...................................................... 28 • Balochistan Ground Water Rights Administration Ordinance 1978 .......................... 28 • The Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 .......................................................................... 28 • Explosive Substance (Amendment) Act 2016 .......................................................... 28 2.7 Institutional Setup for Environmental Management ............................................... 28 • Provincial Environmental Protection Council (Provincial EPC) and the Balochistan Environmental Protection Agency (BEPA) ................................... 29 2.8 Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policies ....................................................... 29 • ADB Requirements for Preparation of Environmental Assessments of Projects .......................................................................................................... 29 8 DESCRIPTIO O- PRO9ECT ...................................................................................... 80 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 30 3.2 Objective of the Project ......................................................................................... 30 3.3 Location and Footprint .......................................................................................... 30 • Location ................................................................................................................... 30 • Footprint .................................................................................................................. 31 3.4 Salient Features and Land Requirements of the Project ....................................... 34 • Salient Features....................................................................................................... 34 • Land Acquisition ...................................................................................................... 34 3.5 Components of the Project .................................................................................... 35 • Command Area........................................................................................................ 35 3.6 Access to Site ....................................................................................................... 36 3.7 Construction Stage Interventions .......................................................................... 38 • Earth Works ............................................................................................................. 38 • Construction Camps, Storage Area and other Allied Utilities .................................... 40 3.8 Operations of Water Storage Dam ........................................................................ 41 • Estimation of Water discharges and Sediment Deposition ....................................... 41 • Energy dissipation ................................................................................................... 43 • Releasing of estimated discharge ............................................................................ 43 3.9 Operations of Irrigation System ............................................................................. 44 • Indenting .................................................................................................................. 44 • Regulation or Releasing of the Indented Discharge ................................................. 44 • Operation on Rotation .............................................................................................. 45 • Maintenance of Canal System ................................................................................