Additional Financing of Trimmu and Panjnad Barrages Improvement Project (RRP PAK42735-002) Draft Initial Environmental Examination June 2018 PAK: Proposed Loan for Additional Financing Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Trimmu and Panjnad Barrages Improvement Project Prepared by the Project Management Office, Punjab Irrigation Department, for the Asian Development Bank. This initial environmental examination 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic are 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. Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Islam Barrage Initial Environmental Examination PUNJAB IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT First Draft GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB IIINNIIITTIIIAALL EENNVVIIIRROONNMMEENNTTAALL EEXXIIIMMIIINNAATTIIIOONN ((IIIEEEE)) OOFF RREEHHBBIIILLIIITTAATTIIIOONN AANNDD UUPPGGRRAADDNNGG OOFF IIISSLLAAMM BBAARRRRAAGGEE August 2018 Project Management Office Irrigation Department Lahore Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Islam Barrage Initial Environmental Examination Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Islam Barrage TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT LOCATION------------------------------------------------------------------------1 1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................... 2 1.3 INDUS WATER TREATY…….……………………………………………………………………………………… .3 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ............................................................................. 6 1.5 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT ............................................................................... 6 1.6 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES ........................................................................... 6 1.7 APPROACHES ADOPTED FOR THE STUDY .......................................................... 7 1.8 SCOPE OF WORK .................................................................................................... 7 1.9 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT ............................................................................... 8 2. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK POLICY……………………….…..11 2.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................... 12 2.2 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN PAKISTAN ................................................... 12 2.2.1 REGULATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ...................................... 13 2.2.2 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS 2010 ............................... 13 2.2.3 FOREST ACT, 1927 (AND PROVINCIAL ACT AND RULES) ................................. 17 2.2.4 FORESTRY NOTIFICATION ................................................................................... 17 2.2.5 PROVINCIAL WILDLIFE (PROTECTION, RESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT ORDINANCE AND RULES .................................................. 17 2.2.6 ANTIQUITIES ACT, 1975 ........................................................................................ 18 2.2.7 PROVINCIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 2001 ................................... 18 2.2.8 REGULATIONS OF MINES AND OIL FIELDS AND MINERAL DEPARTMENT ACT, 1948 18 2.2.9 FACTORIES ACT, 1948 .......................................................................................... 18 2.2.10 EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1884 ....................................................................................... 18 2.2.11 NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT POLICY AND ORDINANCE ..................................... 18 2.2.12 PAKISTAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY .......................................... 19 2.2.13 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS .......................................................................... 19 2.3 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ........................................................................ 21 2.3.1 CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ........................................................ 21 2.4 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GUIDLINES ........................................................... 21 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................... 24 3.1 GENERAL............................................................................................................... 24 3.2 BARRAGE STRUCTURE ....................................................................................... 25 3.3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES......................................................................................... 27 3.4 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT................................................................................. 27 3.5 CIVIL WORKS ........................................................................................................ 27 3.5.1 GROUTING THE CAVITIES AND CRACKS IN STRUCTRE ................................... 27 i Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Islam Barrage Initial Environmental Examination 3.5.2 DREDGING THE DEPOSITED SILT UPSTREAM ................................................... 28 3.5.3 REMODELING OF SUBSIDIARY WEIR ................................................................. 28 3.6 MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL WORKS ................................................................. 29 3.6.1 REPAIR OF BARRAGE GATES, INSTALLING HOISTING SYSTEM & ELECTRIC MOTORS ................................................................................................................ 29 3.6.2 INSTALLATION OF PRESSURE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS .......................... 29 3.7 MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 29 3.7.1 CIVIL WORKS ......................................................................................................... 29 3.7.2 MECHANICAL / ELETRCIAL WORKS .................................................................... 29 3.8 SOURCE OF MATERIAL ........................................................................................ 30 3.9 EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY YARD ................................................................. 31 3.10 MATERIAL DEPOTS ............................................................................................... 31 3.11 WORK BASES ........................................................................................................ 31 3.12 APPROACHES TO WORK SITE ............................................................................ 32 3.13 WATER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND CONSTRUCTION WORK------------32 3.14 LABORER CAMP -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 3.15 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS--------32 4 ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE CONDITION ......................................................... 34 4.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................... 34 4.2 PROJECT AREA INFLUENCE ................................................................................ 34 4.3 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................... 36 4.3.1 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND SOIL .................................................................................. 36 4.3.2 WATER .................................................................................................................. 38 4.3.2.1 SURFACE WATER................................................................................................. 38 4.3.2.2 GROUND WATER ................................................................................................. 43 4.3.3 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY ....................................................................................... 47 4.3.4 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................... 53 4.3.5 CLIMATE CHANGE ............................................................................................... 53 4.4 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................. 58 4.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDIES .............................................................................. 63 4.6 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 67 5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ......................... 68 5.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................. 68 5.2 LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION ..................................... 68 5.3 CONSULTATION METHODOLOGY ..................................................................... 68 5.3.1 STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION ....................................................................... 68 5.4 CONSULTATION PROCESS AND TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 68 5.5 MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC MEMBERS ................................................................. 70 5.6 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............................................................................. 72 5.7 EPA APPROVAL ....................................................................................................