Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report____________________ Project Number: 37231-043 June 2017 Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Investment Program - Tranche 3 The bi-annual 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. Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report (January – June 2017) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CSC Construction Supervision Consultants D/S Downstream EMP Environmental Management Plan EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESU Environmental and Social Unit HSE Health, Safety & Environment LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan mg/l Milligrams per liter NEQS National Environmental Quality Standards NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Unit N2O Nitrous Oxide PCSBIP Pakpattan Canal Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project PM Particulate Matter ppm parts per million ppb parts per billion PID Punjab Irrigation Department PMO Project Management Office PPEs Personal Protective Equipments PSSC Pakpattan Sulemanki Supervision Consultant RSC Residual Sodium Carbonate RE Resident Engineer SAR Sodium Absorption Ratio SOx Oxides of Sulphur SFA Social Framework Agreement SSEMP Site Specific Environmental Management Plan TDS Total Dissolved Solids TSS Total Suspended Solids TBT Tool Box Talk U/S Upstream μS/cm Micro Siemens per centimeter μg/m3 Microgram per cubic met Biannual Environmental Monitoring Report (January – June 2017) Pakpattan Canal and Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCSBIP) ADB Loan No. 2971-PK Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report Report No. 6 (January - June 2017) Prepared by: Consultant Reviewed by: PMO iii PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) FOR PUNJAB BARRAGES GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT iv List of Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank ARE Assistant Resident Engineer ASI Assistant Sub Inspector BHU Basic Health Unit CBS Cattle Bath Stations CNIC Computerized National Identity Card CRE Chief Resident Engineer CSC Construction Supervision Consultant DO Dissolved Oxygen D/S Downstream Ec Electrical Conductivity EMP Environmental Management Plan EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESU Environment and Social Unit FS Fall Structure HBV Hepatitis B Virus HCV Hepatitis C Virus HR Head Regulator HSE Health, Safety and Environment JV Joint Venture KB Khadir Branch LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan MAF Million Acre Feet NADRA National Database and Registration Authority NEQS National Environmental Quality Standards PC Pakpattan Canal PCL/ PC (L) Pakpattan Canal Lower PCU/ PC (U) Pakpattan Canal Upper PCC Portland Cement Concrete PCSBIP Pakpattan Canal & Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project PEPA Pakistan Environmental Protection Act PI Link Pakpattan Islam Link Canal PMO Project Management Office PPE Personal Protective Equipment PSSC Pakpattan Sulemanki Supervision Consultant RD Reduced Distance RE Resident Engineer RMB River Marginal Bund SMB Sidhni Mailsi Bahawal TBTs Tool Box Talks TDS Total Dissolved Solids TMAs Tehsil Municipal Authorities U/S Upstream VRBs Village Road Bridges WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority XEN Executive Engineer XR Cross Regulator v Contents Executive Summary 1- Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 2- Background ......................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Pakpattan Main Canal (U & L) Khadir & PI Link Canal .................................................. 2 2.2 Sulemanki Barrage ....................................................................................................... 3 3- Scope of Work ..................................................................................................................... 4 4- Detail of Physical Work Progress of PCBIP upto 30th June 2017 ........................................ 6 5- Project Organization and Environmental Team Management Approach ......................... 9 5.1 Project Management Office ......................................................................................... 9 5.2 Construction Supervision Consultants ........................................................................ 10 5.3 Contractor .................................................................................................................. 10 6- Environmental Monitoring ............................................................................................... 11 6.1 External Environmental Monitoring ........................................................................... 11 6.2 Internal Environmental Monitoring ............................................................................ 12 7- Communicable Disease Testing ....................................................................................... 19 8- Environmental Audit ........................................................................................................ 19 9- Monthly Progress Reports ............................................................................................... 19 10- Safe Guard Plans and Their Implementation Status ....................................................... 19 10.1 HSE Management Plan .............................................................................................. 20 10.2 Fire Fighting Plan ....................................................................................................... 22 10.3 Solid Waste Management Plan ................................................................................. 22 11- Incidents ............................................................................................................................ 23 12- Workmen Compensation ................................................................................................. 24 13- Site Inspection .................................................................................................................. 24 14- Biological Environment ..................................................................................................... 30 15- Implementation of Social Safeguard Policies ................................................................... 30 15.1 Public Consultation .................................................................................................... 30 15.2 Redressal Mechanism ................................................................................................ 41 15.3 Local Employment ..................................................................................................... 55 vi List of Annexes Annex A: External Monitoring Annex B: Environmental Audit Annex C: Major Non-Compliance Certificate Annex D: Agreements with TMAs Annex E: Construction Waste Management/Disposal Activity Annex F: Unsafe Sulphur Heating Annex G: Tree Inventories Annex H: Detailed Incident Report ANNEX I: Reminder for Incident Report Annex J: Inspection Notes/Field Memos Annex K: Compensation Record Annex L: Lists of Participants of public consultations and Trainings Annex M: Photographic Record List of Figures Figure 1: Location of Pakpattan Canal and Distribution Network Figure 2: Location of Sulemanki Barrage Figure 3: Physical Work Progress of ICB-01 Figure 4: Physical Work Progress of ICB-02 vii List of Tables Table 1: Test Results for Surface Water Quality at Pakpattan Canal(ICB-01) Table 2: Test Results for Surface Water Quality at Sulemanki Barrage (ICB-02) Table 3: Test Results of Noise Level Monitoring atPakpattan Canal (ICB-01) Table 4: Results for Noise Level Monitoring at Sulemanki Barrage (ICB-02) Table 5: Trainings Conducted to the Staff Table 6: Salient Features of Incidents Table 7: Non-compliances and their Reasons, Outcomes and Status Table 8: Complaint Register Details from January to June 2017 Table 9: Local Employment Record (ICB-01 Contract) Table 10: Local Employment Record (ICB-02 Contract) viii Executive Summary This is sixth bi-annual environmental monitoring report prepared for Pakpattan Canal & Sulemanki Barrage Improvement Project (PCSBIP). Details of activities performed under environmental and social aspects of the project during January 2017 to June 2017 are described in this report. Construction activities carried out on both contracts of PCSBIP i.e. Rehabilitation of Sulemanki Barrage (ICB-02) and Rehabilitation of Pakpattan Main Canal, Khadir Branch & PI Link Canal (ICB-01) are part of the report. Report also provides overall physical work progress of both projects up to June 2017. Sulemanki Barrage is on Satluj River and is designed to for 325,000 cusecs discharge and located about 20 km (12 miles) from Haveli Lakha and about 150km (94miles) from Lahore (capital of Punjab Province). Pakpattan Canal (PC) off takes from River Sutlej at right side of Sulemanki Barrage. The design discharge of canal is 6,594 cusecs at head. The total canal command area is about one million acres. This report provides overall status of Implementation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Environmental Safeguard Policies, EMP and other subplans such as HSE Management Plan, Fire Fighting Plan, Solid Waste Management