LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PEACE INDEPENDENCE DEMOCRACY UNITY PROSPERITY MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OF ROADS Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) Consulting Services for Conceptual Engineering Design of Improvement & Maintenance of NR 13 South from KM 71 to KM 346 PACKAGE 2 KM 111+000 – KM 190+000, Length 79 Km VOLUME 6.A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) (FINAL) CONSULTANT: ìñ©-¸ò-¦¾-¹½¡ò© ¸ò-¦½¸½-¡¿ £ö´´½•¾£ö´ LAOìñ© -¸òTRANSPORT-¦¾-¹½¡ò© ¸òENGINE-¦½¸½ -¡¿ERING £ö´´½•¾£ö´ CONSULTANT SouanLAO TRANSPORTMone KM 5, Thadeua ENGINE RERINGoad, Vientiane, CONSULTANT Lao PDR Tel.:Souan (+856 Mone 21) KM 313510, 5, Thadeua 313761, Road, 312840; Vientiane, Fax: 314811 Lao PDR eTel.:-mail: (+856 [email protected] 21) 313510,. Homepage:313761, 312840; www.ltec.com.la Fax: 314811 e-mail: [email protected]. Homepage: www.ltec.com.la March, 2020 LTEC CODE: SD-283-19 Consulting Services for Conceptual Design of Environmental and Social Management Plan, P2 Improvement & Maintenance of NR13 South from Km71 to Km 346 March, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND............................................................................................................. 5 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Right of Way ....................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Environmental Setting and Road Conditions ..................................................................................... 10 2.3 Proposed Design Standard .................................................................................................................. 10 3. POLICY, LEGAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS ............................................................. 12 3.1 National Laws and Regulations Related to Safeguards...................................................................... 12 3.2 World Bank’s Safeguard Policies Triggered and Instruments ............................................................ 12 4. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 16 4.1 General Environment Profile .............................................................................................................. 16 4.1.1 Topography, Geology, Climate, River/Stream, Land Use, Geological and Mineral ................. 16 4.1.2 Biological Resources .................................................................................................................. 16 4.1.3 Point of Interests and Landscape ................................................................................................... 18 4.2 Social and Economic Profile............................................................................................................... 19 4.2.1 Socio-Economic Resources ........................................................................................................ 19 4.2.2 Economy and Livelihoods .......................................................................................................... 22 4.2.3 Education and Health Facilities .................................................................................................. 23 4.2.4 Tradition and Cultural ................................................................................................................ 23 4.2.5 Ethnic Groups ............................................................................................................................. 24 4.2.6 Gender......................................................................................................................................... 26 4.3 UXO Risks .......................................................................................................................................... 27 4.4 Natural Hazards and Floodings .......................................................................................................... 27 5. POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES ................................ 30 5.1 Overall Impacts ................................................................................................................................... 30 5.2 Positive Impacts .................................................................................................................................. 33 5.3 Negative Impacts and Proposed Mitigation Measures ....................................................................... 34 5.4 Safety Risk Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 38 5.5 Site Regulations and Safety ................................................................................................................ 39 5.6 Management of Construction Materials ............................................................................................. 40 5.7 Management of Contractor ................................................................................................................. 41 5.7.1 Site Clearance ............................................................................................................................. 41 5.7.2 Key ESS Requirements .............................................................................................................. 41 5.7.3 Labor Management, Worker Camp and Storage Area ............................................................... 45 5.7.4 Site Specific-ESMP (SS-ESMP) and C-ESMP .......................................................................... 45 5.7.5 Non-Compliance Reporting Procedures..................................................................................... 46 5.7.6 Community Relations ................................................................................................................. 47 5.7.7 Site Management and Monitoring .............................................................................................. 47 Lao Transport Engineering Consultant Page 1/63 Consulting Services for Conceptual Design of Environmental and Social Management Plan, P2 Improvement & Maintenance of NR13 South from Km71 to Km 346 March, 2020 5.7.8 Reporting .................................................................................................................................... 48 6. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM (GRM) ........................................................................ 49 6.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 49 6.2 Grievance Redress Service (GRS) ...................................................................................................... 52 7. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION .......................................................... 53 7.1 Potential risks and negative impacts ................................................................................................... 54 7.2 Proposed Mitigation Measures and Actions ....................................................................................... 56 8. ESMP IMPLEMENTATION AND BUDGET ............................................................................... 58 8.1 Implementation, Monitoring, and Reporting Responsibilities ........................................................... 58 8.2 ESMP Capacity Building and Training .............................................................................................. 60 8.3 ESMP Implementation Budget ........................................................................................................... 61 9. ATTACHMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 62 FIGURES Figure 2-1 Project Location ......................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 6-1: GCLS process as part of the GRM .......................................................................................... 50 Figure 6-2: GRM Process for the NR13 South Project .............................................................................. 51 TABLES Table 3-1 List of WB safeguard policies triggered for the Project ............................................................. 13 Table 4-1 Demographic indicators of Project villages ............................................................................... 20 Table 4-2 Overview of key socio-economic indicators in Project Districts ............................................... 21 Table 4-3: Economic activity across the Project Region – District level ................................................... 22 Table 4-4: Summary of the main ethno-linguistic groups in the Project Area ........................................... 25 Table 4-5: Summary of natural hazards occurrence, damage and people affected in Lao PDR (1960- 2018) (EM-DAT, 2018) ..................................................................................................................... 28 Table 4-6: Annual Loss of Transport Infrastructure Caused by Natural Disaster ....................................... 28 Table 5-1: Summary of potential Project impact ....................................................................................... 32 Table