Environmental Monitoring Report Semestral Report #1 November 2019 TAJ: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project (January – June 2019) Prepared by the Project Administration Group, Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment for the Asian Development Bank. This environmental 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. Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training ___________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Preamble ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2. Headline Information .......................................................................................................................... 5 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 5 2.1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................. 5 2.2. Project contracts and management ................................................................................................... 9 2.3. Construction activities and project progress in reporting period ...................................................... 11 2.3.1. Construction activities conducted on Construction Lyceum of Dushanbe (financed by Clean energy fund) ........................................................................................................................................ 11 2.3.2. Construction activities conducted on Polytechnic Lyceum of Khujand, financed by Clean energy fund (financed by Clean energy fund) .................................................................................... 12 2.3.3. Construction activities conducted on Construction Lyceum of Dushanbe ............................... 13 2.3.4. Construction activities conducted on Sewing Lyceum of Dushanbe ........................................ 19 2.3.5. Construction activities conducted on Polytechnic Lyceum of Dushanbe ................................. 28 2.3.6. Construction activities conducted on Auto Transport Lyceum of Dushanbe ........................... 33 2.3.7. Construction activities conducted on Tourism and Service Lyceum of Dushanbe ................... 38 2.3.8. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum of Shahrinav .................. 45 2.3.9. Construction activities conducted on Construction Lyceum in Kulob ...................................... 48 2.3.10. Construction activities conducted on Agricultural Lyceum of Kulob (Dahana) ...................... 57 2.3.11. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum of Vose ......................... 65 2.3.12. Construction activities conducted on Adult Learning Center of Farkhor ............................... 73 2.3.13. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum in Bokhtar .................... 79 2.3.14. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum in Vakhsh ..................... 82 2.3.15. Construction activities conducted on Branch of Vocational and Entrepreneurship Centre in Nurek ................................................................................................................................................... 86 2.3.16. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum in Shaartuz ................... 87 2.3.17. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum in Tojikobod ................. 89 2.3.18. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum of Shugnon .................. 95 2.3.19. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum in Istaravshan .............. 98 2.3.20. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Lyceum in Shahriston ............. 100 2.3.21. Construction activities conducted on Polytechnic Lyceum in Khujand ............................. 104 2.3.22. Construction activities conducted on Technical Vocational Oil and Gas Lyceum in Isfara ... 109 ___________________________________________________________________________ Semi-annual Environmental Monitoring report, July – December 2018 1 Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.3.23. Construction activities conducted on Vocational Agricultural Lyceum in Mastchoh ......... 111 2.3.24. Construction activities conducted on ................................................................................... 114 2.3.25. Construction activities conducted on other sites ................................................................. 117 2.4. Changes in project design ............................................................................................................. 118 3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 119 3.1. General Description of Environmental Safeguard Activities .......................................................... 119 3.2. Site inspections .............................................................................................................................. 119 3.3 Non-conformance notices ......................................................................................................... 130 3.4 Trends ............................................................................................................................................. 131 3.5. Unanticipated Environmental Impacts or Risks ............................................................................. 131 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .......................................................................................................... 132 4.1. Water quality monitoring ................................................................................................................ 132 4.2. Air quality monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 132 4.3. Noise monitoring ............................................................................................................................ 132 4.4. Flora and fauna monitoring ............................................................................................................ 132 4.5. Material Resources Utilisation ....................................................................................................... 132 4.5.1. Current Period ......................................................................................................................... 132 Water and Electricity consumption .................................................................................................. 132 4.5.2. Cumulative Resource Utilisation ............................................................................................. 135 4.6. Waste management ....................................................................................................................... 135 4.6.1. ACM waste .............................................................................................................................. 136 4.6.2. Cumulative Waste generation ................................................................................................ 137 4.7. Health and Safety ........................................................................................................................... 137 4.7.1. Community health and safety ................................................................................................. 137 4.7.2. Workers health and safety ...................................................................................................... 137 4.8. Training .......................................................................................................................................... 137 5. FUNCTIONING OF THE SSEMP............................................................................................................... 138 6. GOOD PRACTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT ................................................................. 141 6.1. Good Pratices ................................................................................................................................ 141 6.2. Opportunities for Improvement ...................................................................................................... 141 7. SUMMARY AND RECOMENDATIONS .................................................................................................... 141 Annex 1: Post-Construction Monitoring Check-lists ................................................................................. 143 Annex 2: Letter from Vocational Agriculture