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Initial Environmental Examination April 2017 PAK: Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Project Sialkot City Prepared by the SaafConsult B.V., Netherlands, Joint Venture with Dev-Consult, Pakistan and NEC Consultants Private Limited, Pakistan, and M J Edge 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 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. INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION Document Stage: Draft Project Number: TA8683-PK April 03, 2017 PAK: Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program (PICIIP) - Sialkot City i) Water Supply Improvement ii) Sewerage and Drainage Improvement iii) Transport Routes Improvement iv) Green Spaces Development Prepared by the SaafConsult B.V., Netherlands, joint venture with Dev-Consult, Pakistan and NEC Consultants Private Limited, Pakistan, and M J Edge for the Asian Development Bank. This is a draft version of the document. 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. 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. 1 Contents I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 8 A. Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program .............................................. 8 B. Subproject Types Identified for Implementation ........................................................................ 8 i. Water Supply Improvement Project ......................................................................................... 8 ii. Sewerage and Drainage Improvement Project ...................................................................... 8 iii. Transport Routes Improvement Project .................................................................................. 8 iv. Green Spaces Development: ...................................................................................................... 8 C. Environmental Assessment ...................................................................................................... 8 D. Executing Agency ..................................................................................................................... 10 C. Structure of Report ................................................................................................................... 10 II. POLICY, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ........................................................................... 11 A. Statutory Framework ................................................................................................................... 11 i. Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 ...................................................................... 11 ii. Punjab Environmental Protection (Amendment) Act, 2012 ............................................... 11 iii. Punjab Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE and EIA Regulations .............. 12 iv. National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) ....................................................... 13 v. Other Relevant Laws ............................................................................................................... 13 B. ADB Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 13 III. DESCRIPTION OF SUBPROJECTS ............................................................................................................ 17 A. Water Supply Improvement Projects ......................................................................................... 17 i. Current Status ........................................................................................................................... 17 iii. Alternatives ................................................................................................................................... 26 B. Sewerage and Drainage Improvement Projects ...................................................................... 27 i. Current Status ........................................................................................................................... 27 ii. Proposed Projects ........................................................................................................................ 28 C. Transport Routes Improvement Projects .............................................................................. 30 i. Current Status ........................................................................................................................... 30 ii. Proposed Projects .................................................................................................................... 31 iii. Alternatives ................................................................................................................................... 31 D. Green Spaces Development Projects ................................................................................... 32 i. Current Status ........................................................................................................................... 32 ii. Proposed Projects .................................................................................................................... 32 iii. Alternatives ................................................................................................................................ 32 2 IV. ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL BASELINE CONDITIONS ........................................................................... 34 A. Physical Resources ..................................................................................................................... 34 i. Geography ................................................................................................................................. 34 ii. Climate ....................................................................................................................................... 34 iii. Rainfall ....................................................................................................................................... 34 iv. Humidity ................................................................................................................................. 35 v. Hydrology................................................................................................................................... 36 vi. Geology .................................................................................................................................. 36 vii. Floods ..................................................................................................................................... 36 viii. Seismicity ............................................................................................................................... 36 ix. Groundwater ......................................................................................................................... 37 x. Wastewater Quality .................................................................................................................. 38 B. Ecological Resources .................................................................................................................. 38 i. Ecology ...................................................................................................................................... 38 ii. Protected areas / National Sanctuaries ................................................................................ 39 C. Economic Development .......................................................................................................... 39 i. Land Use ................................................................................................................................... 39 ii. Industrial Land Use .................................................................................................................. 40 iii. Commercial ............................................................................................................................... 40 iv. Institutional ............................................................................................................................ 40 v. Settlement Patterns ................................................................................................................. 40 vi. Agriculture ............................................................................................................................. 41 vii. Livestock ...............................................................................................................................

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