Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 50301-002 / 003 Loan Numbers: Tranche 1 – 3579 /3580 /3851 Annual Report December 2020 SRI: Second Integrated Road Investment Program – Tranches 1 and 2 PIC 04 – Northern Province Prepared by the Road Development Authority, Ministry of Highways 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. 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 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 ADB FUNDED SECOND INTEGRATED ROAD INVESTMENT PROGRAM NORTHERN PROVINCE Annual Environment Compliance Monitoring Report - 2020 January - December 2020 REPORT PREPARED BY MG – ECL Joint Venture On behalf of Road Development Authority Ministry of Highways Submitted to Asian Development Bank i Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Scope and the Reporting Period of the Report .................................................................................... 1 1.2 The Purpose and the Structure of the Report ..................................................................................... 1 1.3 Background of the Project ................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 The Conventional Roads Contracts (CRC) in the Northern Province: .................................................. 2 1.4.1 Present Status of CRC Contracts – Northern Province ................................................................ 8 1.4.1.1 The Project Management & Implementation Arrangements: ................................................ 9 1.4.1.2 Activity Description ................................................................................................................ 10 1.4.2 Conventional Road Contracts (CRCs) in Detail ........................................................................... 12 1.4.2.1 Contract JF 01- Contractor Maga Engineering PLC ................................................................ 12 1.4.2.2 Contract JF 02 - Contractor WKK Engineering (Pvt) Ltd ......................................................... 13 1.4.2.3 Contract JF 03 – Contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. .......... 15 1.4.2.4 Contract JF 04 – NEM Engineering ........................................................................................ 16 1.4.2.5 Contract JF 05 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC .............................................................. 16 1.4.2.6 Contract KN 01– Contractor Sri Ram Constructions .............................................................. 18 1.4.2.7 Contract KN 02– Contractor CNTIC – RR JV ........................................................................... 18 1.4.2.8 Contract KN 03 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC. ............................................................ 19 1.4.2.9 Contract MU 01 – Contractor Maga Engineering PLC ........................................................... 20 1.4.2.10 Contract MU 02 - Contractor Maga Engineering PLC ............................................................ 21 1.4.2.11 Contract VA 01- Contractor Maga Engineering PLC .............................................................. 22 1.4.2.12 Contract VA 02- Contractor Maga Engineering PLC .............................................................. 23 1.4.2.13 Contract VA 03 - Contractor Maga Engineering PLC ............................................................. 24 1.4.2.14 Contract VA 04- Contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. ........... 24 1.4.2.15 Contract MN 01 - Contractor K D A Weerasinghe & Company (Pvt) Ltd ............................... 26 1.4.2.16 Contract MN 02 - Contractor KDA Weerasighe & Company (Pvt) Ltd ................................... 27 1.4.2.17 Contract MN 03 - Contractor CNTIC – RR JV .......................................................................... 28 2 Compliance Environmental Safeguard Requirements in the Loan Documents ......................................... 30 2.1 Compliance with respect to EARF and FAM....................................................................................... 30 2.1.1 Compliance with respect to Environmental Assessment and Review Framework (EARF) ........ 30 2.1.2 Compliance with respect to Facility Admirative Manual (FAM) ................................................ 32 3 Monitoring arrangement of site Environmental safeguard Compliance ................................................... 34 3.1 Project Implementation Unit (PIU) .................................................................................................... 34 3.2 Project Implementation Consultants (PIC 04) ................................................................................... 34 3.3 Contractor’s Site Arrangement .......................................................................................................... 34 3.3.1 Social and Environmental Safeguard Organization Chart .......................................................... 35 3.4 Role and Responsibilities ................................................................................................................... 36 4 status of environmental safeguard Complience of the project ................................................................. 40 4.1 Summary of Submissions & Approvals of Progress and Environmental Activities ............................ 40 ii 4.2 Review and Approval of Site-Specific Environmental Management Action Plan (SSEMAP) & Environmental Monitoring Checklist (EMC) .................................................................................................. 41 4.2.1 Submission and Approval of SSEMAP ........................................................................................ 41 4.2.2 Submission and Approval of EMC .............................................................................................. 41 4.3 Pre-Condition Survey (Pre-crack Survey) ........................................................................................... 42 4.4 Tree Removal and Replanting ............................................................................................................ 43 4.5 Mitigation of the Environmental Impacts of the Project ................................................................... 44 4.6 Site Safety and Accidents ................................................................................................................... 45 4.7 Covid-19 Safety Measures ................................................................................................................. 47 4.8 Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness and Trainings ............................................................ 50 4.8.1 HIV/STD Awareness Program ..................................................................................................... 50 4.8.2 Environment and Road Safety Awareness Program .................................................................. 51 4.8.2.1 Road Safety & Environmental Awareness Program for Project Staff .................................... 51 4.8.2.2 Road Safety & Environmental Awareness Program for Community ..................................... 53 4.9 Summary of License and Approvals ................................................................................................... 55 4.10 Context Sensitive Design (CSD) Applications and Elderly, Women. Child Friendly Designs (EWCD) . 56 4.11 Grievances Redress Mechanism (GRM) of the Project ...................................................................... 57 4.11.1 Formation of GRCs at GN and DS levels ..................................................................................... 57 4.11.2 Transect Walk............................................................................................................................. 58 4.11.3 Resolving Public Issues through GRC ......................................................................................... 60 4.11.3.1 Project level GRC- (1st Level GRC) .......................................................................................... 60 4.11.3.2 GN level GRC (2nd Level GRC) ............................................................................................... 60 4.11.3.3 DS Level GRC (3rd Level GRC) ................................................................................................ 60 4.11.4 Consultation and Information Dissemination Mechanism ........................................................ 61 4.11.4.1 Online Complaint Reporting System...................................................................................... 62 4.11.4.2 Complaint Boxes .................................................................................................................... 62 4.11.4.3 Project Information Boards and the Information Dissemination Poster............................... 63 4.12 Cooperate Social Responsibilities (CSR) ............................................................................................