PRO-POOR URBAN REGENERATION PILOT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental and Social Management Framework Draft, August 30, 2013 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City Lalitpur, Nepal LIST OF ACRONYMS BP Bank Procedure CBO Community Based Organization CBS Central Bureau of Statistics DDC District Development Committee DPR Detail Project Report EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPA/EPR Environmental Protection Act/Environmental Protection Regulations ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework GoN Government of Nepal IEE Initial Environmental Examination ILO International Labor Organization IP-VCDF Indigenous Peoples-Vulnerable Community Development Framework IP-VCDP Indigenous Peoples-Vulnerable Community Development Plan LSMC Lalitpur Sub–metropolitan City NGO Non-Government Organization OP Operational Policies PAP Project Affected Person PMT Project Management Team POM Project Operational Manual PSC Project Support Consultant PURPPURP Pro Poor Urban Regeneration Pilot RAP Resettlement Action Plan VDC Village Development Committee VDCP Vulnerable Community Development Plan i TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 SECTORAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................................ 2 1.3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1 Broader Project Objectives ......................................................................................................... 3 1.3.2 Project Development Objectives (PDO) ..................................................................................... 3 1.3.3 Project Beneficiaries ................................................................................................................... 3 1.3.4 Project Components ................................................................................................................... 4 1.3.4.1 Component 1: Participatory Action Plan for Pro-poor Urban Regeneration ........................ 4 1.3.4.2 Component 2: Grant Facility for Pro-poor Urban Regeneration .......................................... 5 1.3.4.3 Component 3: Community Awareness and Local Capacity Building for Pro-poor Urban Regeneration. ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.3.4.4 Component 4: Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Dissemination, Project Management and Administration ............................................................................. 7 1.4 PROJECT INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT ................................................................. 8 1.5 TYPE AND NATURE OF CIVIL WORKS SUPPORTED UNDER PURPPURP .................................................. 11 1.6 ACTIVITIES EXCLUDED FROM PURPPURP ................................................................................................... 12 1.7 NEED FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ......................................................... 12 1.8 PROCESS ADOPTED FOR PREPARING THE ESMF ........................................................................................ 13 1.9 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ESMF ................................................................................................... 14 1.10 REVISION/MODIFICATION OF THE ESMF ........................................................................................................ 15 1.11 LIMITATIONS OF THE ESMF ............................................................................................................................. 15 CHAPTER II: OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AREA ..................................................................................... 16 2.1 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION .............................................................................................................................. 16 2.1.1 Geographical Boundaries ......................................................................................................... 16 2.1.2 Population ................................................................................................................................. 17 2.1.2.1 Population Distribution ......................................................................................................... 17 2.1.2.2 Ward Wise Population of LSMC .......................................................................................... 17 2.1.3 Literacy...................................................................................................................................... 17 2.1.4 Employment .............................................................................................................................. 17 2.1.5 Settlement Pattern .................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.6 Income ...................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.7 Economy ................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.8 Infrastructures ........................................................................................................................... 19 2.1.8.1 Water Supply and Sanitation ............................................................................................. 19 2.1.8.2 Housing Pattern ................................................................................................................. 19 2.1.8.3 Cultural and Architecturally Important Places in Project Wards ........................................ 20 CHAPTER III: REGULATORY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK .......................................................................... 21 ii 3.1 KEY APPLICABLE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ........................................... 21 NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF NEPAL, 1993(2050 BS) .................................................................... 22 3.2 KEY APPLICABLE NATIONAL SOCIAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS .................................................................. 24 3.3 APPLICABLE WORLD BANK POLICIES ............................................................................................................. 25 3.4 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (OP/BP 4.01) ............................................................................................. 26 3.5 PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES (OP/BP 4.11) ........................................................................................ 26 3.6 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (OP/BP 4.10)............................................................................................................... 27 3.7 INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT (OP/BP 4.12) .............................................................................................. 28 CHAPTER IV: POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 4.1 LIKELY BENEFICIAL IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................... 30 4.2 LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................... 30 4.2.1 Environmental ........................................................................................................................... 30 4.2.2 Social ........................................................................................................................................ 31 4.3 GENERIC MITIGATION MEASURES FOR EACH IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL IMPACTS ........................................ 31 4.3.1 Physical Environment ............................................................................................................... 32 4.3.2 Biological Environment ............................................................................................................. 32 4.3.3 Socio-economic,Cultural, and Archaeological Environment .................................................... 33 CHAPTER V: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SCREENING AND MANAGEMENT ............................. 35 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL& SOCIAL SCREENING ......................................................................................................... 35 5.2 Safeguard Categorization of Municipal Investments and Sub-grants ...................................... 35 5.2.1 CategoryImunicipal investments and sub-grant interventions ................................................. 36 5.2.2 Category II municipal investments and sub-grant interventions ............................................. 37 5.2.3 Category III municipal investments and sub-grant interventions ............................................ 38