Semi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report Project No. 42248-013 June 2019 Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP II) This Semi-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. Project No. 42248-013 Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project J an – June 2019 June Environmental Monitoring Report 0 Environmental Monitoring Report Jan – June 2019 2763-BAN (SF): Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CHTRDP II Project No. 42248-013 Environmental Monitoring Report Jan-June 2019 Prepared by: Md.Maksudul Amin Environmental Engineer (Individual Consultant) Safeguard and Quality Monitoring Cell (SQMC) Project Management Office Second Chittagong Hill Ttracts Rural Development Project, for the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and The Asian Development Bank 1 Environmental Monitoring Report Jan – June 2019 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. 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. 2 Environmental Monitoring Report Jan – June 2019 Table of Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................5 Glossary 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 10 Project Background: .................................................................................................. 10 1.2 Project Objectives: .............................................................................................. 10 1.3 Project Output: .................................................................................................... 11 1.4 Context of the Environmental Monitoring Report: ................................................ 12 1.5 Methodology: ...................................................................................................... 14 1.6 Physical Progress of Project Activities: ................................................................ 15 1.7 Scope of the Monitoring Report: .......................................................................... 15 1.8 Change in Project Scope: .................................................................................... 16 1.9 Monitoring Requirement: ..................................................................................... 16 Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 21 Environmental Monitoring.............................................................................................. 21 2.1 Quantitative and Qualitative Monitoring Data: ..................................................... 21 2.2 Environmental Safeguard Issues of Rural Road Components: ............................ 21 2.3 Environmental Safeguard Issues of Community Infrastructure (CI) and Micro Agribusiness Development (MAD) Component: ........................................................ 23 2.4 Monitoring Parameter: ......................................................................................... 25 2.5 Monitoring Results and Compliance Status: ........................................................ 26 2.6 Compliance Status with GoB Policy: ................................................................... 31 2.7 Compliance Status of ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: .................................... 32 2.8 Compliance status of Environmentally Specific Loan Covenants: ........................ 32 2.9 Institutional Arrangement for Implementing EMP: ............................................... 34 Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 37 Tree Plantation ................................................................................................................ 37 3.1 Background: fd .................................................................................................... 37 3.2 Institutional Framework of Tree Plantation: ......................................................... 38 3.3 Species Selection:............................................................................................... 39 3.4 Ownership of Planted Trees: ............................................................................... 39 3.5 Action Plan: ......................................................................................................... 39 3.6 Plant Nursing: ..................................................................................................... 40 Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 41 Result and Corrective Action Plan ................................................................................ 41 4.1 Result: ................................................................................................................. 41 4.2 Corrected Action Plan: ........................................................................................ 43 Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 46 Conclusion and Recommendations .............................................................................. 46 5.1 Conclusion: ......................................................................................................... 46 5.2 Recommendation: ............................................................................................... 47 3 Environmental Monitoring Report Jan – June 2019 APPENDIX ....................................................................................................................... 49 Appendix 1: Physical Progress of Rural Road Component ..................................... 49 Appendix 2: Physical Progress of CI Component ..................................................... 58 Appendix 3: Site Specific Environmental safeguard Issues of rural Road Component particularly for Land Slide .................................................................. 104 Appendix 5: Site Specific Environmental Safeguard Issues of Community Infrastructure and MAD Component ...................................................................... 114 Appendix 6: EMP implementation Status of Rural Road Component ................... 117 Appendix 7: EMP Implementation Status of CI and MAD Components ................ 122 List of Tables: Table 1: Monitoring Requirement 17 Table 2: Summery of environmental safeguard issues of rural road 21 Table 3: Environmental Safeguard Issues of CI Components 23 Table 4: Summery of the EMP implementation status of rural road component Error! 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Table 5:Summery of the EMP implementation Status of CI component 30 Table 6: Environmental Compliances Status with Policy of GoB 31 Table 7: Compliance with Environmentally Specific Loan Covenants 32 Table 8: Institutional Responsibility Matrix of EMP 34 Table 9: Subproject Wise for Tree Plantation 37 Table 10: Action Plan for Tree Plantation 39 Table 11: Corrective Action Plan 43 4 Environmental Monitoring Report Jan – June 2019 Abbreviations ADB : Asian Development Bank CHT : Chittagong Hill Tracts CHTDB : Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board CHTRC : Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council CHTDF : Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility CHTRDP-I : Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CHTRDP-II : Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CDC : Community Development Committee CI : Community Infrastructure CPTU : Central Procurement Technical Unit DPD : Deputy Project Director DPMO : District Project Management Office DPP : Development Project Proforma GC : Growth Centre GoB : Government of Bangladesh HBB : Herring Bone Bond HDC : Hill District Council HQ : Headquarters IEE : Initial Environmental Examination IP : Indigenous People IPP : Indigenous People Plan LAR : Land Acquisition and Resettlement LARF : Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework LCS : Labour Contracting Society LGED : Local Government Engineering Department MAD : Micro Agribusiness Development MoCHTA : Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs NGO : Non-Government Organization O&M : Operation and Maintenance PAM : Project Administration Manual PIC : Project Implementation Consultants PD : Project Director PDC : Para Development Committee