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Environmental Monitoring Report Project No. 45207-002 4th Semiannual Report For the period of July�December 2017 February 2018
Bangladesh: Irrigation Management Improvement
Project
Prepared by the Bangladesh Water Development Board for the �������� ������ �
Bangladesh and 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. 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.
GO�������� �� ��� ����� �� ��� �� ���������
Ministry of Water Resources
Bangladesh Water Development Board
ADB Loan: 3135-BAN (SF)
4th Annual
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT
Period: July- December, 2017
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (IMIP), BWDB
Dhaka, February, 2017
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ADB - Asian Development Bank
BADC - Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation
BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand
BOQ - Bill of Quantity
BWDB - Bangladesh Water Development Board
CAS - Catch Assessment Survey
C-IMO - Construction phase Irrigation Management Operator
COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand
DAE - Department of Agricultural Extension
DFR - Draft Final Report
DO - Dissolved Oxygen
DoC - Department of Cooperatives
DOE - Department of Environment
DOF - Department of Fisheries
DoPHE - Department of Public Health Engineering
DTW - Deep Tube Well
EAP - Environmental Action Plan
EC - Electrical Conductivity
ECA - Environment Conservation Act
ECC - Environmental Clearance Certificate
ECR - Environment Conservation Rules
EEC - European Economic Commission
EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment
EIRR - Economic Internal Rate of Return
EMP - Environmental Management Plan
EMU - Environmental Management Unit
ERP - Environmental Responsible Procurement
FAP - Flood Action Plan
FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization
FCD - Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation FD - Forest Department
FGD - Focus Group Discussion
FPCO - Flood Planning Coordination Organization
GAP - Gender Action Plan
G - Galvanized Iron
GKIP - Ganges Kobodak Irrigation Project
GRM - Grievance Redress Mechanism
GOB - Government of Bangladesh
GPP - Guidelines for People's Participation
GPWM - Guidelines for Participatory Water Management
GRC - Grievance Redress Centre
ICC - Implementation Coordination Committee
IDA - International Development Agency
IEC - Important Environmental Components
IEE - Initial Environmental Examination
IMIP - Irrigation Management Improvement Project
IMO - Irrigation Management Operator
IMED - Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division
IPM - Integrated Pest Management
ISPAN - Irrigation Support Project for Asia and Near East
IWM - Institute of Water Modeling
IWRM - Integrated Water Resources Management
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IWRMP - Integrated Water Resources Management Plan
JMC - Joint Management Committee
KJDRP - Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project
LLP - Low Lift Pump
LGI - Local Government Institution
M-IMO - Management phase Irrigation Management Operator
MIP - Muhuri Irrigation Project
MOA - Ministry of Agriculture
MOEF - Ministry of Environment and Forest
MOM - Management Operation and Maintenance
MoU - Memorandum of Understanding
MOWR - Ministry of Water Resources
Mt - Metric Ton
NGO - Non Governmental Organization
NWMP - National Water Management Plan
NWPo - National Water Policy
O&M - Operation and Maintenance
PAP - Project Affected Person
PD - Project Director
pH - Hydrogen Ion concentration in a solution
PHE - Public Health Engineering
PIU - Project Implementation Unit
PMDC - Project Management & Design Consultants
PMU - Project Management Unit
PMO - Project Management Office
POPs - Persistent Organic Pollutants
PPP - Public Private Partnership
PPTA - Project Preparation Technical Assistance
PRRA - Participatory Rapid Rural Appraisal
PSC - Project Steering Committee
PVC - Poly Vinyl Chloride
PWD - Public Works Department
RAP - Resettlement Action Plan
RCC - Reinforced Cement Concrete
REB - Rural Electrification Board
RF - Resettlement Framework
RSDP - Resettlement and Social Development Plan
SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement
SIDA - Swedish International Development Agency
STW - Shallow Tube Well
SWMC - Surface Water ModelingCenter
TBIP - Teesta Barrage Irrigation Project
UNDP - United Nations Development Program
WARPO - Water Resources Planning Organization
WUO - Water Users Organization
WUG - Water Users Group
WUA - Water Users Association
WMO - Water Management Organization
WMG - Water Management Group
WMA - Water Management Organization
WHO - World Health Organization
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Contents Page No
Executive Summary 1
Chapter -1 Project Background
1.1 B�k�ound 3
1.� P�oj � ou�tu� 5
1.3 P�oj � Lo��ion 5
1.� P�oj � o�j �iv � 7
1.5 I�IP Imtl m n���ion ���n m n� 7
1.� Phy�i�l t�o� �� of t�oj � ��ivi�i � 8
1.7 Sot �nd S���u� ��ill � , �017) of S�f u��d �oni�o�in 17
Chapter -2 Environmental Management Plan
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Chapter -3 Results of Environmental Monitoring
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Chapter -4 Recommendation and Conclusion
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Tables Page No
T���e- 1.1 Progre�� of �y�ic�� �or�� of ���P o Jne� 2016 12
T���e- 2.1 E�P for ��P nder �rrig�ion ��n�gemen �m rovemen Projec 1�
T���e- 2.2 �m �emen�ion ��� of Environmen�� �onioring P��n 41
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T���e- 3.1 Ac�� O��erv�ion of �onioring �e��� �0
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Figre-3 De�ign of ��P �rcre� � -11
Figre-4 P�oogr� �� of ��P con�rcion �or�� 13-16
Appendices
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A endix-�� Environmen�� �onioring P��n �inc�ded in E�A �e or) 62
A endix-��� B��e�ine Environmen�� P�r�meer� of ��P 6�
A endix-�I B�ng��de�� ��nd�rd of Environmen�� P�r�meer� 66
A endix-I L�nd ��e P�ern of ��P 6�
A endix-I� B��e�ine Eco�y�em �nd Biodiver�iy of ��P 6�
A endix-I�� Environmen�� ��e�r�nce �erific�e �E��) of ���P-��P �2
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4 th Annual Environmental Monitoring Report
Executive Summary
Environmental and Social Safeguard is one of the most important issue in project funding and
implementat ion. ADB is seriously concerned about this issue and st rict ly ensure that any
development project f inanced by them will not affect the natural and social environment of the
borrower/ loan recipient count ry. According to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS-2009)
borrowers need fulfill the safeguard policy requirements. So the Environment M anagement Plan
(EM P) for the concerned development project must be prepared, implemented, monitored and
reported annually / semiannually so that the project does not impart any serious adverse impact
on the natural and social environment . M uhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP) under IM IP has been
categorized as Category-B and an IEE is prepared to full fill the ADB’s required. But according to
Bangladesh Environment Act (1995) and Environment Conservat ion Rule-1997 it was categorized
as Red Category and a detail Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was done to fulf ill the GoB
requirement as well as ADB’s requirement . The Environmental Clearance Cert ificate (ECC) was
obtained from DoE in November, 2014 (Appenix-VII). This 4th
Environmental Monitoring Report
is prepared by monitoring the EM P and following the Environmental M onitoring Plan described
in that EIA report (Appendix-I & II). To meet ADB’s report ing requirements (a) semi-annual
Environmental Monitoring Report (in July and December) during const ruct ion phase and (b)
annual Environmental M onitoring Report (in December) during operat ion phase are mandatory
to submit ADB for disclosure.
The main components of M IP project are (a) rehabilitat ion of coastal embankment of about 22.4
km, (b) re-excavat ion of drainage/ irrigat ion khals (460 km), t ill December , 181.277 km has been
done . (c) const ruct ion of Elect ricity dist ribut ion lines (180), (d) installat ion of irrigat ion water
dist ribut ion underground pipelines (712 km) and (e) installat ion of uPVC pipe 18.48 km was
done. Finally total length of coastal embankment has been f ixed to 17.753 km as the remaining
parts of 92.50% was already done of total volume of 17.753 km of embankment has been
excavat ed in different parts of the embankment . Till December , 2017 physical works of 5
cont ract packages have been started. Progress of physical works t ill December, 2017 has been
described in table 1.1.
The project is expect ed to have generally posit ive impacts on the environment including (i)
protect ion from t idal surge/ f lood by const ruct ion of coastal embankments & wat er cont rol
st ructures, (ii) protect ion from salinity int rusion through water regulat ing st ructures thereby
preventing land degradat ion; (iii) increased water use efficiency through retent ion surface wat er
by storing in reservoir and dist ribut ion of both surface & ground water through a profuse
networks of irrigat ion khals (canals) for cult ivat ion in the dry seasons in the project areas; (iv)
reduced water logging through drainage khals / st ructures and cont rol measures and (v)
diversificat ion of cropping pat terns and obtaining food security by providing year round
irrigat ion water by modern and efficient prepaid metered pumps.
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On the other hand, negat ive impacts identified include (i) possible exacerbat ion of downst ream
salinity int rusion due to water ext ract ion from the rivers; (ii) obst ruct ion of fish migrat ion
between the rivers and internal water bodies by regulators and other st ructures (including that
past impacts when exist ing structures were placed); (iii) water quality deteriorat ion due to
agriculture intensificat ion; and (iv) temporary impacts during const ruct ion of st ructures and
embankments.
These will be mit igated through (i) implementat ion a continuous salinity monitoring and
informat ion sharing program at the project and downst ream areas with promotion of
coordinated water ext ract ion; (ii) introducing and promot ing fish friendly operat ion of regulators
with provision of fish culture opportunit ies t o professional fisher folks, (iii) int roducing
integrat ed pest management and effect ive soil nut rient management as a part of agriculture
extension; and (iv) ensuring safe and environmentally sound const ruct ion pract ices. These were
incorporated in the EIA. At the field level cont ractors are responsible to implement prepared
EM P for M IP. C-IM O, PIU and WM A are responsible for monitoring, supervision and enforcing
the cont ractor to comply with the EM P, Environmental health and safety and national and
internat ional labor laws. Safeguard cell at PM U is responsible to oversee the whole process and
verify the claims and grievances raised by community people/ farmers if any and finally prepare
and submit safeguard reports to ADB regularly for disclosure.
As the majority of physical works and ent ire operat ion works are left to start so most of the
environmental parameters / indicators are not monitored. Because most of the adverse impacts
will emerge during operat ion of the project . So only (a) impacts during const ruct ion, (b)
environmental health and safety compliance and (c) Felling/ cut t ing of t rees have been
monitored and results have been found sat isfactory within limited monitoring arrangements
except some a few issues stated in appendix-VII.
Project stakeholders of Bangladesh have basic knowledge of environmental compliance about
safeguard issues. Proper t raining on Environmental M onitoring, Environmental Health and Safety
compliance, Internat ional Labor law and concerned compliances provided to concerned
safeguard personnel working in PM U-safeguard cell, C-IM O, PIU, WMA and Const ruct ion
Cont ractor w ill develop their safeguard monitoring, implementat ion and report ing capacity
(International Standard) in near future.
Implementat ion status of EM P and its monitoring have been stated separately for each type of
project intervent ion like (a) EM P for Coastal Embankment , (b) EM P for re-excavat ion of irrigat ion
canal, (c) IM P for Farmers’ canal system and pump houses etc in this 4th Safeguard Report.
M oreover Health and Safety Plan (HSP) with implementat ion and monitoring status, Grievance
Readdress M echanism (GRM ) etc have been added in this report . Environmental Clearance
Cert ificate (Appendix-VII) for M IP and HSP (Appendix-VIII) requirements incorporated in both
bidding documents and cont ract documents are at tached with this report .
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CHAPTER 1: PROJECT BACKGROUND
1.1 Background
Bangladesh is most probably the most densely populated count ry in the world. On an
average 1252 people live here per km2. That is about 163 million people live within 147,000
km2 area. About 1,915,222 new faces (1.19% per annum) are being added to the total
populat ion of Bangladesh, but the land for agriculture is decreasing by 1% every year. In
Bangladesh, agricultural development and sustainable natural resource management are
crit ical for poverty reduct ion, as the majority of the poor (85%) live in rural areas and depend
on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture generat es 50% of employment , cont ributes
20% of gross domest ic product, and provides an almost secure food supply for the whole
populat ion. M ajor causes of poverty are recurrent floods and riverbank erosion, as well as
drainage congest ion, salinity, cyclones and t idal surges, arsenic contaminat ion, over-
exploitat ion of groundwater, chemical and biological contaminat ion of surface water, and
drought. M oreover recent climate risk has made the situat ion more crit ical. So climate smart
intensive agriculture pract ices have been inevitable not only for Bangladesh but also for the
climate vulnerable part of the globe. At the same t ime to insure the efficient use of water
resources with diversificat ion of crops/ cropping pat tern is very much essent ial for obtaining
food security. Agriculture growth is driven by a shift from subsistence rice-based cult ivat ion
to commercial high-value agriculture commodit ies, which is inst rumental in advancing rural
economic growth and cont ribut ing to long-term food security. The Government promotes
diversificat ion in agriculture by encouraging private agribusiness as well as providing access
and improvements to rural infrast ructure. The Government ’s object ives for surface irrigat ion
are, among others: (i) promot ing peoples part icipat ion in conformity w ith Integrat ed Water
Resources M anagement principles; (ii) achieving food security of food grains through
ensuring year-round sustainable irrigat ion; (iii) ensuring climate change resilience; (iv)
st rengthening and capacity building of water resource inst itut ions; (v) command area
development and irrigat ion expansion; (vi) increasing beneficiary part icipat ion and, where
possible, t ransfer management to beneficiary organizat ions, local government and the
private sector; (vii) int roducing of public-private partnerships (PPPs) to provide support to
agriculture and for selected-services; and (viii) providing agricultural extension services
including irrigat ion technology and on-farm water management .
Keeping pace with the vision 2020 Government of Bangladesh, with the financial assistance
of ADB, has taken init iat ive to modernise 3 large scale irrigat ion projects (old projects) of
BWDB under Irrigat ion M anagement Improvement Project (IM IP). Under IM IP the
implementat ion (modernizat ion) of M uhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP) at Feni & Chit tagong
dist ricts and Feasibilit y studies for modernizat ion of another two old BWDB projects named
Ganges Kobotak Irrigat ion Project (GKIP) at Kust ia, M eherpur, Chuadanga and M agura
dist ricts and Tista Barrage Irrigat ion Project (TBIP) at Rangpur, Dinajpur and Nilphamari
dist ricts are supposed to be completed within. Up to December , 2017 a significant port ion of
physical works of M IP has been completed and the feasibilit y study of GKIP & TBIP have been
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almost completed. At present modernizat ion of M IP subproject is going on. So safeguard
monitoring and/ or Environmental M onitoring Report will be limited to M IP subproject only.
1.2 Project outputs
The impact of the Project will be sustained high growth in irrigated agriculture. The project ’s
outcome will be efficient and sustainable management the M IP producing higher yields, w ith
expanded irrigated areas, and with a higher cropping intensificat ion including diversificat ion
into higher value crops. The Project w ill be implemented over 5 years from 2014-15 to 2018-
19. The Project will have the following three key components:
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Output 1: Performance based irrigat ion management and agriculture support services are
established for 3 large irrigat ion schemes including: (i) establishing Irrigat ion M anagement
Operators (IM Os) at the M IP; that w ill supervise rehabilitat ion and modernizat ion works and
provide long-term sustainable M OM ; (ii) establishing efficient management and cost -
recovery systems to maximise water use ef ficiencies and develop sustainable and reliable
cost-effect ive service delivery of irrigat ion water supply that meets farmer’s needs and
improves their productivity; (iii) providing agricultural support services through the IM Os
that promote efficient water use, crop diversificat ion through sustainable pract ices, and
developing opportunit ies for more commercial farming or agribusiness; and (iv) assist ing
with government reforms and inst itut ional st rengthening for long-term support of IM Os
including: (a) the establishment of a PPP cell within the Bangladesh Water Development
Board (BWDB); (b) the establishment of Implementat ion Coordinat ion Committee (ICC) for
M IP that w ill guide and support the establishment of sustainable and effect ive management .
Output 2: Irrigat ion syst em infrast ructure is rehabilitated and modernized: The Project w ill
rehabilitate and modernize irrigat ion infrast ructure including repair of head and cross
regulators, canals, ancillary facilit ies, flood embankments and associated drainage st ructures.
The prime focus will be to provide more efficient and equitable irrigat ion distribut ion
systems through appropriate technologies including provision of syst ems for cost recovery
such as pre-paid water metering system.
Output 3: The Project is eff icient ly managed with effect ive inst itut ional Development
including: (i) project management at all levels to ensure the effect ive and t imely delivery of
the project outputs, including the highest possible standards of quality cont rol; (ii) planning,
feasibilit y assessment and detailed engineering design for Output 2; and (ii i) Undertaking
inst itut ional st rengthening, enhancing awareness, and providing t raining of key stakeholders
including: (a) working with BWDB, water users associat ions (WM As) and local government to
redefine their role in the context of a new and changed approach to M OM ; (b) working with
farmers to ensure clear understanding of the new irrigat ion management st rat egies including
requirements for cost recovery; and (c) t raining for farmers in irrigat ion water management
for more efficient water use.
1.3 Project Location
The major area of the M uhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP) is situated in six Upazila like
Purshuram, Phulgazi, Chhagal Naiya, Feni Sadar and Sonagazi of Feni Dist rict ; and only a
small port ion is situated in M irsharia Upazila of Chit tagong Dist rict (Figure-. The total land
area of the two dist ricts (Feni and Chit tagong) is 6,211km² and the total populat ion is 7.75
million people. This gives an average populat ion density of 1248 persons per square
kilomet re; populat ion density in Feni Dist rict is 1,300 per sq km and in Chit tagong 1,239
persons per sq km. The M IP is on the flood plains of 3 flashy rivers M uhuri, Feni and Selonia
river networks between the Indian hills of Tripura state of India to the East and the Bay of
Bengal to the West . So during heavy downpour in Indian hills suddenly flashes the area
violent ly and damages houses and property, submerges the crops and land under sand/ silt
carried with flood water.
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Figure-2: Location map of Muhuri Irrigation Project (MIP)
The M IP area experiences natural disasters like t ropical storms, cyclones and t idal surges after
each several years which have been frequent in recent years as a consequence of climate
change. The project area of M IP is also prone to earthquake due to the presence of India-
M yanmar fault to its eastern periphery.
1.4 Project objectives
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A. The overall object ive of the project is reducing poverty by enhancing food security
through increased yield of crops.
B. The specific object ives of the project are-
1. Sustainable operat ion and maintenance of M uhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP) through
rehabilitat ion of the irrigat ion infrast ructures, improvement of irrigat ion management
through innovat ive approaches for modernizat ion and cost recovery in full for the
Level 2 (Secondary canal systems) and the Level 3 (framers’ canal syst em)
infrast ructures’ O&M while the Execut ing agency will carry out O&M of the Level 1
(Embankment , regulators and primary canal syst em/ rivers) of the M IP with
cont ribut ion by the GoB.
2. Increasing sustainabilit y of M IP through effect ive community part icipat ion.
3. Cont rolling f loods and using water resources effect ively and efficient ly.
4. Increasing farmers' income and st rengthening livelihood through improved
product ivity.
1.5 IM IP Implementation Arrangements
The Execut ing Agency for the Project is the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) in
which a Project M anagement Unit (PM U) has been established and led by the Project
Director (PD). The Project M anagement and Design Consultant (PM DC) support the PM U and
PD. The PM U manages the implementat ion of the M IP. The PD, PM U manages design and
implementat ion works; and manages the Irrigat ion M anagement Operator (IM O). The PD is
being supported by a team of planning, design and const ruct ion, procurement , accounts and
administ rat ion staff. A Project Steering Commit tee (PSC) is established within the M inist ry of
Water Resources (M oWR) to provide overall coordination of the Project and facilitate inter-
ministerial coordinat ion. The PSC is chaired by the Secretary, M oWR. The PD is the PSC’s
member secretary and all concerned minist ries and agencies will be represented.
A Safeguards Desk was specially established on 24 December, 2015 at PM U off ice for overall
monitoring, verif icat ion and report ing to ADB and DoE. The Safeguard cell is consist of 3
members (1 water resources expert and 1 gender and social compliance expert headed by 1
environmental monitoring expert ) to support the M onitoring office with safeguard
compliance management .
PM U Safeguard Team
Sl
No.
Team members Designat ion Professional degrees Comments
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1 M r M d Jahangir
Alam
Deputy Chief
(Environment &
Forest )
M .Sc. in Forest ry,
M .Sc. in
Environmental
Sciences
Convener ( Now
he is in study
leave for 2
years.)
2 M s. Shahnaz Parvin Assistant Chief
(Sociology)
M .Sc. in Sociology,
M ember
3 M s. Nusrat Alam Sub-divisional
Engineer
B.Sc. in Civil
Engineering
M ember
PM DC is responsible to support PM U-Safeguard cell, IM O and PIU for developing capacity to
monitoring environmental and social compliance issues. Cont ractor is obliged by bid
document / cont ract agreement to implement the project EM P outlined in IEE/ EIA report .
IM O is responsible for day to day monitoring and supervising cont ractor’s act ivit ies relat ing
to EM P implementat ion, recording any grievances/ complaints raised by society/ stakeholders
and report ing monthly to PM U. PIU is responsible to enforce the cont ractor to implement
EM P in the field level and report to PM U the progress of implementat ion status. Safeguard
cell w ill consolidate all reports sent by IM O and PIU, verify those by visit ing field and prepare
semiannual safeguard report (Const ruct ion period)/ annual safeguard report (operat ion
period) and submit it to ADB for disclosure in their own websites.
An Implementation Coordination Committee (ICC) is established for the project to manage
field implementat ion issues that arise related to conflicts, safeguards, security, and more
generally concerns about the performance of the implement ing part ies. The ICC is chaired by
the project ’s BWDB Chief Engineer, East ern Zone, Comilla and commit tee members comprise
representat ives from the offices of the Deputy Commissioner, the Water Users’ Associat ions
and the IM O.
1.6 Physical progress of project activities
The IM IP will modernize Muhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP) which has been being implemented
from 2014-2015 and is going to be completed in 2019-2020.
This Project has also completed feasibilit y study of (i) Ganges-Kobadak Irrigat ion Project
(GKIP) having a dry season irrigated area of about 96,000 ha and going on studying (ii) Teesta
Barrage Project (TBP) having a dry season irrigat ion area about 60,000 ha. Study of these two
projects has been completed for formulat ion of Development Project Proposal (DPP) and
implementat ion arrangement later on under the financial assistance of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) or any other donors. The Project target s include rehabilitat ion of
the water infrast ructures of the M IP for gross 60,258 ha area in Purshuram, Phulgazi,
Chhagyal Niayyia, Feni Sadar and Sonagazi Upazila of Feni Dist rict and M irsarai Upazila of
Chit tagong Dist rict. The net cult ivable area of the project is 28,663 ha; net irrigated area of
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17,900 ha (with surface water and ground water) in the pre-project condit ion; but the “ With-
Project ” irrigated area will be 23,600 ha.
The main physical works under M IP are (a) rehabilitat ion of coastal embankment ,(b) re-
sect ioning of drainage/ irrigat ion canals, (c) rehabilitat ion of water cont rol st ructures like
regulators/ sluices/ reservoirs, installat ion of low lif t pumps (LLPs) w ith underground pipes &
prepaid meters and upgrading of elect ricity dist ribut ion systems. safeguard monitoring
report w ill contains the physical works/ act ivit ies of M uhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP) part only.
The design (cross sect ion) of major physical st ructures is given below.
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The progress of physical works of MIP as up to December , 2017 is illust rated in Table 1.1
below.Table-1.1: showing physical progress of IM IP-M IP till December, 2017
Sl
No
Name of the component
Quantity
as per
RDPP
Unit Progress
up to
December,
2017
% of
progress Comments
1 Re sect ioning of Embankment
17.753 Km. 16.421 92.50% ongoing
2 Rehabilitat ion of Sluices
4 Nos. - - Ancillary
work going
3 Const ruct ion of Sluices (2 x 2
Vents) 2 Nos. - 10% Ongoing
4 Rehabilitat ion of Water Cont rol
St ructures 5 Nos. - -
Site
preparat ion
5 Const ruct ion of Water Cont rol
St ructures (2x 2 Vents, 2 x 4 Vents,
1 x 7 Vents) 3 Nos. - -
Ancillary
work going
6 Resect ioning of khal
460 Km. 181.277 42.70 Going on
7 Repair of BWDB Office
1 No. 1 100% completed
8 Farmer Canal System (For
Irrigat ion of 17000 ha.) 17000 ha. 38% -
(a) Installat ion of Low Lift Pump
(LLP) 950 Nos. 29 part ial
Pump
procured
and 65 Nos.
received
(b) Installat ion of Pre-paid M eter 800 Nos. - - Not started
(c) Installat ion of uPVC Pipe
(160mm-280mm Diameter size ) 680 Km. 18.48 2.78
started
(d) Installat ion of RCC Pipe (300mm
Diameter size) 20 Km. - - Not started
(e) GI Pipe (100mm-280mm Dia)- 12 Km. - - Not started
9 Upgrading of Elect ricity
Dist ribut ion System (For Irrigat ion.
of 17000 ha area) w ith 1 sbstat ion 180 km - -
Not started
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According to the RDPP of IM IP total 22.6 km of coastal embankment was supposed to be
rehabilitated/ re-sect ioned but the target has been reduced to 17.753 km as some part of the
embankment is already rehabilitated and paved under some other projects. The physical
works/ const ruct ion/ rehabilitat ion of coastal embankment t ill December, 2017 has been done
92.50% by length.
Re-excavation of drainage/irrigation canals are going on. About 181.277Km out of total 460 km
has been done till December, 2017. Under contract package no. CW-3 construction works of
farmers canal system with construction of pump houses is also going on. More over under the
farmer’s canal system only 29 pump houses out of 950 pump houses have been found to be
constructed partially till December, 2017. Under contract package no-CW 8 the BWDB building
in the Field office (PIU Office) has been progressed 100% of 1 Building. A MoU has already
been signed between BWDB and REB (Rural Electrification Board) for construction of 180 km
electricity distribution system with installation of 1 substation. Tendering process is going on. So
the implementation of construction works is expected to start in full swing in the Fy 2017/2018.
Photographs (below) are showing the different phases of const ruct ion works of Coastal
Embankment at M uhuri Irrigat ion scheme site under IM IP.
Photo No-1: Exist ing Embankment w ith
degraded top and plantat ion of t rees on slope
both the side slopes
Photo No-2: Re-sect ioning works of the
coastal embankment going on by manual
excavat ion of earth from nearby canal.
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Photo No-3: Irrigation canel ( ongoing works) Photo No-4: Re-sect ioning of coastal
embankments without removal of t rees
planted on both the side slopes
Photographs below are showing the different phases of construction works of Irrigation canal
at M uhuri Irrigation scheme site under IM IP.
Photo No-5: Re-excavat ion of secondary
irrigat ion canal under progress.
Photo No-6: Excavat ion of Canal with long boom
excavator is going on though some wat er remains in
the canal bed.
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Photo No-7: Sluice const ract ion works ( on
going)
Photo No-8: A completed irrigat ion canal with
bank .
Photo No-9: Huge pile of uPVC pipes staked in
the field for const ruct ion of underground
irrigat ion networks
Photo No-10: Excavat ion of narrow canal for
burring uPVC pipes is going on rapidly
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Photo no -11 : Pump House and Header tank const ruct ion
Photo no-12 : Signboard of Khal re- excavat ion.
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1.7 Scope and status (till December, 2017) of Safeguard monitoring in M uhuri Irrigation
Scheme (M IP) under IM IP
Among 3 subunits (large scale irrigat ion projects of BWDB) of IM IP only M IP subunit is being
implemented within this t ranche of project period Fy: 2014/ 2015 to 2019/ 2020. So this 4t h
Environmental safeguard report includes only the environmental monitoring of M IP.
Categorizat ion of MIP for different safeguard issues and report ing requirements for each
category are described below.
(a) Environmental Safeguards: According to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) M IP
(M uhuri Irrigat ion Project ) under IM IP was categorized B for environment and an init ial
environmental examination (IEE) was prepared as the negat ive impacts are typical to any
const ruct ion act ivit ies involving earth works which can easily be mit igated through
adoption of measures described in the environmental management plan (EM P). But
according to Bangladesh Environment Act (1995) and Environment Conservat ion Rule-
1997 it was categorised-Red as under M IP modernizat ion process natural water flow will
be cont rolled by const ruct ion of water cont rol st ructures. To meet the requirement of
DoE (Department of Environment ), Bangladesh an Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) study was done and Environmental Clearance (EC) from DoE was obtained on
30.11.2014 (Appendix-8). Consultat ions were undertaken with affect ed stakeholders and
a suitable grievance redress mechanism had been proposed to resolve any project
related grievances. To meet ADB’s report ing requirements (a) semi-annual Environmental
M onitoring Report (in the month of July and December) during const ruct ion period and
(b) annual Environmental M onitoring Report (in every December) during operat ion
period are mandatory to submit ADB for disclosure.
Physical works of excavat ion of Khal (canal) and rehabilitat ion of coastal embankment
under only 4 cont ract packages: CW-1, CW- 2, CW-3 & CW-8 actually started in the year
2016. The first semi-annual report for durat ion January to June, 2016 and second semi-
annual report for durat ion June to December, 2016 and the 3rd
semi-annual report for
durat ion January to June , 2017 were submitted to ADB and hoisted to the website of
ADB Bangladesh M ission for disclosure. This safeguard monitoring report is the 4th
semi-
annual report for the durat ion of July to December , 2017. The report has been due to
submit as the Safeguard and Public communicat ion expert of IM O who has the main
responsibilit y of monitoring and report ing the day to day physical act ivit ies specially the
environmental and social safeguard issues, health and safety issues of the workers,
grievance issues to PM U office. Safeguard team of PM U office has visited the sites of
each physical components in the field, talked to the labours’ leaders, cont ractors’
supervisors, villagers, squat ter families, IM O officers and BWDB field officers about the
environmental and social safeguard issues, workers and villager’s health and safety issues
etc at end of December, 2017 and this report reflects status of all those issues going on in
the field.
(b) Social Safeguards: The M IP was classif ied as Categorized as a “ C” project for involuntary
reset t lement in accordance with the ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009.
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Requirement for temporary relocat ion and reset t lement init ially envisaged can be
avoided through: (i) modified designs by reducing the cross sect ions (st eeper side slopes)
allowing for some increase in hydraulic in populated area; and (ii) removing the
embankment rehabilitat ion from the const ruct ion program. A reset t lement framework
(RF) has been prepared for the entire M FF that would guide the preparat ion of
reset t lement plans for the subsequent t ranches, if required. The RF follows the
Government ’s laws and regulat ions and ADB’s SPS (2009), and prescribes for ent it lement
to compensat ion for land acquired and lost assets at replacement cost as well as
reset t lement assistances. To meet ADB’s report ing requirements (a) a semi-annual Social
Safeguard Monitoring Report (in June) during const ruct ion phase and (b) an annual Social
safeguard M onitoring Report (in December) during operat ion phase are mandatory to
submit to ADB for disclosure.
During the feasibilit y study of IM IP in the year 2013/ 14 most of physical works specially
rehabilitat ion of coastal embankments, reconst ruct ions / re-sect ioning of drainage
/ irrigat ion canal was proposed to be conducted on old/ degraded coastal
embankment / canals. So there was no scope of land acquisit ion or reset t lement of
houses/ st ructures etc. in M IP area as well as the implementat ion/ monitoring of
Reset t lement Act ion Plan (RAP). But during last 2-3 years squat ters families (above 350
families), most ly climate vict ims of south-west coastal areas of Bangladesh like Noakhali
and Barisal dist ricts and displaced by t idal surges/ t ropical cyclones, found to set t le on the
coastal embankments. The 350 families are actually rehabilited temporally in the
embankment during t idal surges/ t ropical cyclones but after this natural disaster has-been
over, this peoples has been shifted to their original locat ion.
M oreover 25% of earth works of M IP subunit is supposed to be done by WM O (Water
management organizat ions) and remaining 75% by cont ractors. There was a scope of
employment for the female labour (30% of total labour force) but due to some religious
norms, especially in Muslim community in the M IP area, local women are not interested
to part icipate in outdoor works. So implementat ion of Gender Act ion Plan (GAP) faces
difficulty in M IP area. But during the f ield visit on August , 2017 some women of squatter
families showed the safeguard team quite interest s for earth works as labours in the
embankment . Gender act ion plan has been implemented in PM U, PIU, IM P and WM O
offices. Quarterly Gender Act ion Plan monitoring report has been prepared and
submit ted to ADB separately for disclosure.
(c) Indigenous Peoples Safeguard: The M IP is categorized as C for the Indigenous Peoples
safeguard. There are no Indigenous Peoples as defined for operat ional purposes by ADB's
SPS (2009) in the Project areas and the areas under the subsequent t ranche of the
Program. As the subsequent t ranche is also categorized as C, an Indigenous Peoples
Planning Framework has not been prepared. So there is no scope of report ing on
Indigenous Peoples Safeguard under M IP.
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CHAPTER 2: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
2 Environment M anagement Plan
M anagement of Important Environmental Impacts (IECs) comprises 3 components like-
(a) Environmental mit igat ion plan: Plan containing suggest ion on mit igat ion measures to
minimize possible negat ive impacts,
(b) Compensat ion plan: Plan suggest ing measures required for providing compensation for
well assessed negat ive impacts which cannot be mit igated,
(c) Environmental monitoring plan: Plan for detect ing changes that may take place due to
the planned intervent ions in the project .
Environmental M anagement Plan (Appendix-I) for M IP suggest ed in the concerned EIA report
unveils that during the preconst ruct ion phase there are no adverse impacts as w ell as no
mit igat ion/ monitoring plan. But during const ruct ion and post const ruct ion phase there may
have some adverse impacts which need to be mit igated. The EIA study was conducted during
the FY 2013-2014 and the report did not show any issues which might be compensated. But
at during the implementat ion period o FY 2016/ 2017 reset t lement of squat ter families on
the embankment faces some challenges as DPP of IM IP and Bangladesh Environment Act
(1995 amended in2010) do not allow to compensate squat ters. So this 4th
EM R includes no
compensat ion plan for M IP. The proposed EM P of M IP has been described below (Table- 2.1)
in brief.
Table-2.1: EM P for M IP under IM IP
(a) Possible impacts and management plan for Coastal Embankment
Sl
No
Expected Project
Actions
Potential
Impacts
Proposed
mitigation
measures as per
EM P
Re
spo
nsi
ble
age
ncy
Est
ima
ted
cost
(in
Tk
)
Status up to 31
December, 2017
1
Co
nst
ruct
ion
Ph
ase
Const ruct ion
of cross
bundh (dam)
across the
khals near the
embankment
for collect ion
of earth
materials
Temporary
obst ruct ion of
water flow in
some khals
M it igat ion
measures not
needed as the
canals remain
most ly dry. So the
impacts are
insignificant.
Co
ntr
acto
rs
,IM
O, B
WD
B
No
t a
pp
licab
le
M inimized the
temporary
impacts locally.
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2
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Re-sect ioning
of coastal
embankment
as per design
Risk of sliding
down of steep
slope of
embankments
and loss of
community
people and
propert ies
St rict ly
maintenance of
design
inst ruct ions to
avoid such
situat ions.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
, B
WD
B
Side slopes are
maintained as
per design
3 Borrowing soil
for re-
sect ioning of
embankment
Risk of
unauthorised
ext ract ion of
soil from
private land.
Soil may be
ext racted from
fellow land by
paying royalty to
the agreed land
owner. Ext ract ion
of Soil from
agricultural land
any way must be
prohibited.
Co
ntr
act
or
(be e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r b
ill Ext ract ion of soil
has been done
most ly from
nearby BWDB’s
silted up canal
bed. In some
places it has
been collected
from private
land managing
the owner by
cont ractor
locally
4 Const ruct ion
of labour
shed
Risk of
const ruct ing
labour shed
on private
land and
unauthorised
prohibit ion
from
cult ivat ion
Const ruct ion of
labour shed on
private land must
be prohibited
unless authorised
by land owner
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rce
d b
y IM
O,
BW
DB
)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r b
ill Labour shed has
been hired by
the cont ractor
near the site
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5
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
ph
ase
Felling of
t rees from
embankment
during re-
sect ioning
Risk of
reduct ion of
vegetat ion
cover and
habitats for
w ild animals
Removal of t rees
from coastal
embankment
should be
avoided. 3
saplings should
be planted for 1
t ree felled for
unavoidable
reason.
BW
DB
, W
UA
, D
oF
An
nu
al O
&M
bu
dge
t o
f B
WD
B,
Do
F
Coastal
Embankment
has been
commenced to
re-sect ioning
manually by
keeping the
t rees intact on
the site
6
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Re-sect ioning
of
Embankment
Land
communicat io
n by vehicle
on the
embankment
w ill be
hindered.
Impact is
temporary.
The embankment
w ill be re-
sect ioned
segment by
segment to
ensure the
proper shape
prompt ly.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
, B
WD
B,
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
est
ima
te
Top surface of
embankment
was smoothed
with a lit t le bit
roughness in
some places. But
it has been quite
smooth due to
walking by
people and
cat t le. Re
sect ioning is
being done
segment by
segment .
7 Earth work
and st ructural
works during
implementat i
on of the
project
Increased
opportunity
for
employment
specially for
socially
disadvantage
d class
Social safeguard
measures
provided for
enhancement
program
Co
ntr
acto
r, B
WD
B,
IMO
, W
UA
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Labour intensive
part i.e., earth
work by WM G
has been started
by both
manually and
mechanically.
Cont ractor’s part
of const ruct ion
has been
commenced
manually by 2
groups of
migrated
labours.
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8 M ovement of
const ruct ion
vehicle/ equip
ment / operat i
on of
machines
Air/ Sound
pollut ion by
generat ion of
Noise, dusts,
fumes etc.
(a)Regular water
sprinkling to
reduce the dust ,
(b) prohibit ing
operat ion of
machines in the
night near the
human habitats
(c) conducting
regular
maintenance of
machineries to
reduce noise.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
, B
WD
B
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Cont ractor`s
employees have
been advised to
be careful and to
take necessary
act ionson these
mat ters as per
plan.
During field
visits the
Safeguard
Specialist
stat ioned at Feni
check up and
verify with the
community
people.
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9 Ingress of
imported
external
labour force.
Social disquiet
or
disturbance
by external
manpower
breaking
peace of local
people.
Ext ernal labour
force will be kept
under st rict
supervision and
will be compelled
them to obey
local customs and
disciplines of the
state.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e c
on
tracto
r’s
bill Almost all
labours are
recruited from
outer dist ricts of
Jamalpur and
Noakhali as local
labours are not
interest ed to
earth works.
During field
visits the
safeguard
specialist check
up and verify
w ith the
community
people. So
far,there has
been no
complain of any
kind of social
disquiet or
disturbance by
the migrated
labours.
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10 Sanitat ion of
workforce.
Risks of out
breaking of
diseases
/ epidemics
Proper sanitat ion
facilit ies and safe
drinking water
supply w ill be
ensured.
Infected person
will be isolated &
t reat ed if any.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e c
on
tracto
r’s
bill Safeguard
Specialist
verifies with the
labours during
field visits.
Sanitat ion
facilit ies and
drinking water
supply arranged
by the
cont ractor is
reasonably
sat isfactory to
the labours.
No complaint
was raised by
the labourers.
11
Po
st c
on
stru
ctio
n p
ha
se
Implementat i
on of planned
act ivit ies in
the project
Income
generat ing
act ivit ies of
agriculture
farming will
be increased,
poverty will
be reduced
Impact is posit ive.
Access to micro
credit
Agriculture
support services
provided by IM O
Do
C,
NG
Os
No
t A
pp
licab
le
The project is
st ill under
const ruct ion.
Agricultural
support services
will be available
after complet ion
of physical
works.
To start income
generat ing
act ivit ies,
t raining has
started on
improved
product ion
technology, crop
diversificat ion,
fish cult ivat ion in
pond, rice land
and canal etc.
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(b) Possible impacts and management plan for Irrigation Canals
Sl
No
Expected Project
Actions
Potential
Impacts
Proposed
mitigation
measures as per
EM P Re
spo
nsi
ble
age
ncy
Est
ima
ted
co
st (
in T
k)
Status up to 31
December, 2017
1
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Const ruct ion of
cross bundh
(dam) across
khals
Temporary
obst ruct ion of
water flow in
some khals
M it igat ion
measures not
needed as the
Impacts are
temporary &
insignificant.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
,
BW
DB
No
t a
pp
licab
le
M inimized the
impacts locally.
2
Po
st c
on
stru
ctio
n p
ha
se
Risk of drying
out of wet lands
through
drainage khals.
Loss of w et
lands with
aquat ic lives
Possible wet
lands/ pockets will
be disconnected
from the drainage
khals
IMO
, B
WD
B
No
t a
pp
lica
ble
No wet lands
have been found
to dry due to
excavat ion of
khals completed
t ill December
2017.
3 Increased
ext ract ion of
ground water by
farmers.
Lowering of
ground water
table and
drying of
house hold
tube wells.
Rest rict ion of
installat ion of
deep tube wells
w ithin the
command area of
M IP
WU
A, IM
O &
BW
DB
No
t a
pp
lica
ble
The project is
under
const ruct ion. So
no such impacts
have been
not iced yet .
4
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Re-excavat ion of
khals as per
design
Risk of sliding
down of steep
canal banks
and loss of
community
people and
propert ies
St rict ly
maintenance of
design
inst ruct ions to
avoid such
situat ions.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
, B
WD
B
All field office
M anagers have
been inst ructed
to check whether
side slopes are
maintained as per
design while re-
excavat ing canals.
Because of sandy
soil of the
canalbank, land
slide is st ill
occurringin some
places.
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5 Disposal of spoil
earth from
excavat ion of
khals.
Dumping of
excess spoil
earth on
private
land/ crops
Disposal of Excess
spoil earth to
designated place
must be ensured
after fil ling low
land or raising
homestead / court
yard by land
owners will.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
In some places
cont ractor has
reshaped the
spoil earth as
canal bank cum
walking road.
In most of the
places earth is
used by the
nearby farmers as
heightening and
fert il izing their
lands.
Heaps of spoil has
been found st ill
on some canal
bank/ private
lands.
The cont ractor`s
employees say
these will be
either taken away
by the nearby
community
people or
removed by the
cont ractors, as
much as possible.
6 Borrowing soil
for re-sect ioning
of canals
Risk of
unauthorised
ext ract ion of
soil from
private land.
Soil may be
ext racted from
fellow land by
paying royalty to
the agreed land
owner. Ext ract ion
of Soil from
agricultural land
any way must be
prohibited. Co
ntr
act
or
(be e
nfo
rced
by IM
O,
BW
DB
)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r b
ill No unauthorised
ext ract ion of soil
from private land
has been
reported as of
today because
excavat ed
material is huge.
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7 Const ruct ion of
labour shed
Risk of
const ruct ing
labour shed
on private
land and
unauthorised
prohibit ion
from
cult ivat ion
Const ruct ion of
labour shed on
private land must
be prohibited
unless authorised
by land owner
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r b
ill No labour shed
has been noticed
on the site.
For the machine
operators, their
helpers and the
site supervisors,
sheds are hired
by the
cont ractors. No
labour shed
const ructed on
unauthorized
private land has
been reported so
far.
8
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
ph
ase
Indiscriminate
applicat ion of
agrochemicals
like fert ilizers
and pest icides
by farmers.
Reduct ion of
land fert ilit y
followed by
land
product ivity
and loss of
biodiversity
Conducting
integrat ed
farming t raining
to farmers to
reduce such
adverse impacts. IMO
, B
WD
B &
DA
E
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e I
MO
co
ntr
act The project is
under
const ruct ion. So
such impacts will
be monitored &
managed during
operat ional
phase.
In farmers on
going t raining,
soil fert ilit y and
product ivity,
social forest ryand
environmental
aspects are
incorporated in
curriculum.
9
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
Cropping
intensificat ion /
diversificat ion
Non
diversificat ion
may impact
project target
negat ively.
Training of
stakeholders on
modern farming
pract ices/ crop
diversif icat ion
shall be ensured
IMO
, B
WD
B, D
AE
To
be in
clu
de
d in
IMO
s co
ntr
act
Training of
stakeholders on
modern farming
pract ices/ crop
diversificat ion has
been started.
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28
10
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Keeping the khal
dry about 3
months for
excavat ion
Risk of dying
some aquatic
non fishery
animals
though the
residual
impact is non
significant .
No feasible
mit igat ion
measures are
applicable but
any ecologically
important species
spot ted during
the operat ion
should be
released safely to
nearby water
bodies.
Co
ntr
acto
r, IM
O, B
WD
B, W
UA
,
No
t ap
plica
ble
No important
species of w ild
life have been
not iced during
const ruct ion of
khal (Canal). In
fact , the canals
are not dried for
re-excavat ion.
During t raining of
the field staff and
the cont ractors
employees this
point w ill be
emphasized.
11
co
nst
ructi
on
ph
ase
Felling of t rees
from canal bank
or embankment
during re-
sect ioning
Risk of
reduct ion of
vegetat ion
cover and
habitats for
w ild animals
Removal of trees
from canal bank
or coastal
embankment
should be
avoided. 3
saplings should
be planted for 1
t ree felled for
unavoidable
reason.
BW
DB
, W
UA
, D
oF
An
nu
al O
&M
bu
dget
of
BW
DB
, D
oF
Vegetat ion
standing on the
canal bank has
been cut and
taken away by
the owners
before Re-
excavat ion works.
It is st rict ly
followed that
only those t rees
and bamboo
clusters are
removed which
are absolutely
unavoidable
The issue of
plant ing new
saplings is being
considered by
BWDB and IM O.
A guideline would
be developed on
this.
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29
12
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Re-excavat ion of
Canals
Land
communicat io
n by local
people
/ vehicles over
the canals w ill
be hindered.
Impact is
temporary.
The foot over
bridges should be
re-sect ioned
/ rebuilt to ensure
the proper
sect ioned of
canals.
Co
ntr
act
or,
IM
O, B
WD
B,
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
est
ima
te
Exist ing foot over
bridges
const ructed over
the canals by
other
government /
private agencies
have been kept
intact (IM O ).
13 Disposal of
excess spoil
earth on private
lands during
excavat ion of
khals.
Farmers will
use the spoil
earth to raise
their land and
homestead
Impact is
expected
posit ive. If any
complains rises
those will be
mit igated by
compensat ing the
land owners
Co
ntr
acto
r
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
So far damping of
spoil on private
land has not been
not iced or
reported by
stakeholders. In
most cases
villagers are
interest ed to use
spoil earth
themselves for
raising their
homestead of
adjacent land.
So far no one
raised complaint
against dumping
of excess spoil
earth on private
lands.
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30
14 Earth work and
st ructural works
during
implementat ion
of the project
Increased
opportunity
for
employment
specially for
socially
disadvantage
d class
Social safeguard
measures
provided for
enhancement
program.
Co
ntr
act
or,
BW
DB
, IM
O, W
UA
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Labour intensive
part i.e., earth
work by WM G
has been started
manually well.
Cont ractor’s part
of const ruct ion
has been going
on by mult iple
long boom
excavators as
manual
excavat ion is not
suitable watery
canal.
15 M ovement of
const ruct ion
vehicle/ equipme
nt / operat ion of
machines
Air/ Sound
pollut ion by
generat ion of
Noise, dusts,
fumes etc.
(a)Regular water
sprinkling to
reduce the dust,
(b) prohibit ing
operat ion of
machines in the
night near the
human habitats
(c) conduct ing
regular
maintenance of
machineries to
reduce noise.
Co
ntr
acto
r, IM
O, B
WD
B
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Significant
quant ity dust
was not not iced
significant ly as
canal bed was
wet .
During field t rip
by the safeguard
specialist ,
air/ sound
pollut ion through
generat ion of
noise, dusts and
emission of
fumes erc. Is
checked and
verified with the
community
people. There is
no complain
about this.
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31
16 Ingress of
imported
external labour
force.
Social disquiet
or
disturbance
by external
manpower
breaking
peace of local
people.
Ext ernal labour
force will be kept
under st rict
supervision and
will be compelled
them to obey
local customs and
disciplines of the
state.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by
IMO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e c
on
tracto
r’s
bill Re-excavat ion of
canals was being
done by long
boom excavators.
So no labours
needed but a few
machine
operators
recruited locally.
17 Sanitat ion of
workforce.
Risks of out
breaking of
diseases
/ epidemics
Proper sanitat ion
facilit ies and safe
drinking water
supply w ill be
ensured.
Infected person
will be isolated &
t reat ed if any.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e c
on
tracto
r’s
bill Re-excavation of
canals was being
done by several
long boom
excavators. So
labour sheds,
toilet facilities and
drinking water
were managed
locally.
No complaint
raised by the
machine
operators.
18
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
ph
ase
Implementat ion
of planned
act ivit ies in the
project
Income
generat ing
act ivit ies of
agriculture
farming will
be increased,
poverty w ill
be reduced
Impact is posit ive.
Access to micro
credit
Agriculture
support services
provided by IM O
Do
C,
NG
Os
No
t A
pp
licab
le
The project is st ill
under
implementat ion.
Agricultural
support services
will be available
like plantat ion
along the canal
bank and fishery
/ duck farming
/ growing
vegetables on
bamboo fences
over the canal
etc. Training on
these issues is
going on and will
be implemented
very soon.
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32
(c) Possible impacts and management plan for Farmers canal system and Pump houses
Sl
No
Expected Project
Actions
Potential
Impacts
Proposed
mitigation
measures as per
EM P
Re
spo
nsi
ble
age
ncy
Est
ima
ted
co
st (
in T
k)
Status up to 31
December, 2017
1
Co
nst
ructi
on
ph
ase
Const ruct ion of
cross bundh
(dam) across
any khals or
water bodies
Temporary
obst ruct ion of
water flow in
some khals
M it igat ion
measures not
needed as the
Impacts are
insignificant &
temporary.
No
t a
pp
lica
ble
No
t a
pp
lica
ble
M inimized the
impacts locally.
2
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
ph
ase
Risk of drying
out of wet lands
through
drainage khals.
Loss of w et
lands with
aquat ic lives
Possible wet
lands/ pockets will
be disconnected
from the drainage
khals
IMO
, B
WD
B
No
t a
pp
lica
ble
Drainage canal
systems has not
started
funct ioning as it
project is st ill
under
const ruct ion.
3 Dist ribut ion of
irrigat ion water
through buried
pipelines
system
Reduced rate
of percolat ion
of water to
ground water
storage
during
irrigat ion
season.
Retent ion of
water in wet lands
/ pockets / canals/
Ponds to
recharge ground
water storage.
WU
A, IM
O &
BW
DB
No
t a
pp
lica
ble
Buried pipes has
been commenced
to install but not
started
funct ioning. So
no such impacts
were noticed.
4 Increased
ext ract ion of
ground water
by farmers/
IM O.
Lowering of
ground water
table and
drying of
house hold
tube wells.
Rest rict ion of
installat ion of
deep tube wells
w ithin the
command area of
M IP
WM
A,
IMO
& B
WD
B
No
t a
pp
licab
le
Deep tube wells
were not installed
in the
comparatively
most elevated
area. So No such
impacts were
found.
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33
5 Disposal of spoil
earth from
excavat ion of
farmers canal &
pump houses.
Dumping of
excess spoil
earth on
private
land/ crops
Disposal of Excess
spoil earth to
designated place
must be ensured
after fil ling low
land or raising
homestead / court
yard by land
owners will.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by
IMO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Excavat ion / re-
excavat ion of
farmers’ canal are
st ill under
Implementat ion.
Normally excess
6 Borrowing soil
for re-
sect ioning of
Farmers canal
system & pump
houses.
Risk of
unauthorised
ext ract ion of
soil from
private land.
Soil may be
ext racted from
fellow land by
paying royalty to
the agreed land
owner. Ext ract ion
of Soil from
agricultural land
any way must be
prohibited.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r b
ill Const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system/ buried
pipes has been
started. But no
unauthorised
ext ract ion of soil
from private land
has been noticed
during
const ruct ion of
29 pump houses.
7 Const ruct ion of
labour shed
Risk of
const ruct ing
labour shed
on private
land and
unauthorised
prohibit ion
from
cult ivat ion
Const ruct ion of
labour shed on
private land must
be prohibited
unless authorised
by land owner
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rce
d b
y IM
O,
BW
DB
)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r b
ill No labour shed
has been noticed
to be const ructed
on the site during
const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system/ buried
pipes t ill June,
2017.
Po
st c
on
stru
ctio
n p
ha
se Indiscriminate
applicat ion of
agrochemicals
like fert ilizers
and pest icides
by farmers.
Reduct ion of
land fert ilit y
followed by
land
product ivity
and loss of
biodiversity
Conducting
integrat ed
farming t raining
to farmers to
reduce such
adverse impacts. IMO
, B
WD
B &
DA
E
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e I
MO
co
ntr
act Integrated
farming t raining
to farmers will be
started after
complet ion of
const ruct ion
works.
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34
8
Co
nst
ruct
ion
Ph
ase
Installat ion of
underground
uPVC pipe for
replacing field
canal for
irrigat ion water
dist ribut ion.
Risk of leaving
heaps of spoil
earth on
private
agricultural
land and
temporary
interrupt ion
of cropping
Spreading of
excess spoil earth
on farmer’s land
evenly according
to farmers must
be insured.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
co
ntr
acto
r’s
bill Installat ion of
uPVC pipe has
been started
during the off
season (fellow
period after
harvest ing of
crops). So no crop
damages were
not iced. Farmers
have taken away
the lit t le spoil
kept on the site.
9
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
ph
ase
Cropping
intensificat ion /
diversificat ion
Non
diversificat ion
may impact
project target
negat ively.
Training of
stakeholders on
modern farming
pract ices/ crop
diversif icat ion
shall be ensured
IMO
, B
WD
B, D
AE
To
be in
clu
de
d in
IM
Os
co
ntr
act Training of
stakeholders on
modern farming
pract ices/ crop
diversif icat ion has
already been
stated after
complet ion of
const ruct ion
works.
10
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Keeping the
khal dry about 3
months for
excavat ion
Risk of dying
some aquatic
non fishery
animals
though the
residual
impact is non
significant .
No feasible
mit igat ion
measures are
applicable but
any ecologically
important species
spot ted during
the operat ion
should be
released safely to
nearby water
bodies.
Co
ntr
act
or,
IM
O, B
WD
B, W
UA
,
No
t ap
plica
ble
Const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system/ buried
pipes has been
started but no
important species
of w ild life has
not been noticed
during
const ruct ion of
farmer’s canal or
buried pipes.
4th Annual EMR of Irrigat ion M anagement Improvement Project (IM IP), BWDB, Bangladesh
35
11
Po
st c
on
stru
ctio
n p
ha
se
Felling of t rees
from canal bank
during re-
sect ioning
Farmers’ canal
system
Risk of
reduct ion of
vegetat ion
cover and
habitats for
w ild animals
Removal of trees
from canal bank
or coastal
embankment
should be
avoided. 3
saplings should
be planted for 1
t ree felled for
unavoidable
reason.
BW
DB
, W
UA
, D
oF
An
nu
al O
&M
bu
dge
t o
f B
WD
B,
Do
F
Const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system/ buried
pipes has been
started but no
feeling of t rees
was found during
const ruct ion of
pump houses
12
Co
nst
ructi
on
Ph
ase
Re-sect ioning of
Farmers canal
system.
Land
communicat io
n by vehicle
on the
embankment
w ill be
hindered.
Impact is
temporary.
The embankment
w ill be re-
sect ioned
segment by
segment to
ensure the
proper shape
promptly.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
, B
WD
B,
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
est
ima
te
Const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system/ buried
pipes/ pump
houses and
headertank is
going on,but no
complaints were
raised by local
people with
respect to their
movement by
vehicle or on
foot. The mat ter
is enquired with
community
people by the
safeguard
specialist during
site visits.
4th Annual EMR of Irrigat ion M anagement Improvement Project (IM IP), BWDB, Bangladesh
36
13 Disposal of
excess spoil
earth on private
lands during
excavat ion of
farmers canal
system.
Farmers will
use the spoil
earth to raise
their land and
homestead
Impact is
expected
posit ive. If any
complains rises
those will be
mit igated by
compensat ing the
land owners
Co
ntr
acto
r
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system buried
pipes/ pump
houses and
header tanks is
going on but no
complaints of
excess spoil
dumping on
private lands has
been received, so
far. Cont ractors
employees
working in the
sites are
reminded of this
st ipulat ion of the
cont ract by the
safeguard
specialist while
on site visits.
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37
14 Earth work and
st ructural
works during
implementat ion
of the project
Increased
opportunity
for
employment
specially for
socially
disadvantage
d class
Social safeguard
measures
provided for
enhancement
program
Co
ntr
act
or,
BW
DB
, IM
O, W
UA
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
Const ruct ion of
Farmers canal
system/ buried
pipes/ pump
houses and
header tank is
going on. For this
kind of work local
labours are not so
avaible in the
areas where work
is going on. This
issue is discussed
in the
stakeholders
t raining class. No
grievances has
been raised from
local labours.
Priority of local
labours will be
ensured if there is
demand from
local labours for
such works.
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38
15 M ovement of
const ruct ion
vehicle/ equipm
ent / operat ion
of machines
Air/ Sound
pollut ion by
generat ion of
Noise, dusts,
fumes etc.
(a)Regular water
sprinkling to
reduce the dust,
(b) prohibit ing
operat ion of
machines in the
night near the
human habitats
(c) conduct ing
regular
maintenance of
machineries to
reduce noise.
Co
ntr
acto
r, I
MO
, B
WD
B
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e B
oQ
It is observed
that pipes/ pump
houses and
header tank cons
t ruct ion
air/ sound
pollut ion through
generat ion of
dust, noise and
emission of
fumes is not
significant .
Operat ion of
machines at night
has not so far,
been reported by
the nearby
community. The
mat ter is verified
with the
community
people by the
safeguard
specialists.
16 Ingress of
imported
external labour
force.
Social disquiet
or
disturbance
by external
manpower
breaking
peace of local
people.
Ext ernal labour
force will be kept
under st rict
supervision and
will be compelled
them to obey
local customs and
disciplines of the
state.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rce
d b
y
IMO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e c
on
tra
cto
r’s
bill There was no
complain of
anysocial disquiet
or disturbance
caused by the
external labours
issue.
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39
17 Sanitat ion of
workforce.
Risks of out
breaking of
diseases
/ epidemics
Proper sanitat ion
facilit ies and safe
drinking water
supply w ill be
ensured.
Infected person
will be isolated &
t reat ed if any.
Co
ntr
acto
r (b
e e
nfo
rced
by I
MO
, B
WD
B)
Incl
ud
ed
in
th
e c
on
tracto
r’s
bill Accomodation for
the labours are
hired by the
cont ractor with
toilet facilit ies
and drinking
water supply.
These are of
reasonable
standard.
No complain has
so far, been
received.
18
Po
st c
on
stru
cti
on
ph
ase
Implementat ion
of planned
act ivit ies in the
project
Income
generat ing
act ivit ies of
agriculture
farming will
be increased,
poverty w ill
be reduced
Impact is posit ive.
Access to micro
credit
Agriculture
support services
provided by IM O
Do
C,
NG
Os
No
t A
pp
licab
le
The planned
physical act ivit ies
of the project is
st ill under
implementat ion.
Training is going
on for increase of
product ion
Agricultural
support services
will be available
after complet ion
of physical works.
At tempt will be
made to link with
migrocredit
sources, if
necessary.
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40
2.1Environmental M onitoring Plan
Environmental M onitoring Plan which was prepared under Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) process of Muhuri Irrigat ion Project (M IP). The cont ractors, IM O, PIU and
Safeguard cell have the obligat ion to follow this Environmental M onitoring Plan (Appendix-2)
during the const ruct ion and operat ion phase of the project . Before preparat ion of EIA report
BWDB prepared an IEE report which full fi ll the requirement of ADB’s safeguard requirement .
But in order to full fill the environmental and social compliance requirement of GoB
especially of DoE (Department of Environment ), Bangladesh EIA is compulsory for this red
category project of M IP. According to ADB’s SPS (2009) meet ing the count ry’s (Borrower)
environmental and social compliance is mandatory. In this back ground Environmental
M anagement Plan and concerned Environmental M onitoring plan prepared in the EIA report
of M IP is compulsory to follow for BWDB, IM O, PIU and WM A and ensure Environmental and
Social compliance of MIP under IM IP.
2.2 Limitations of EM P and M onitoring Plan
The safeguard team seems that the Environmental Monitoring Plan (EM P) prepared under
EIA report (at tached in Appendix-2) has some limitat ions stated below.
(a) Why did the EIA Team avoid the issue of re-set t lement of squat ter families living on the
coastal embankment was not clear to the safeguard team. So EM P does not include re-
set t lement plan for the squat ter families.
(b) EM P does not describe any health and safety issues as w ell as their monitoring plan in
the EIA report .
(c) EM P does not describe possible grievance issues and their redress mechanism in the EIA
report .
2.3 Implementation Arrangement of Environmental M onitoring Plan
According to Approved DPP of IM IP Environmental and Social Safeguard compliance of M IP
will be implemented/ monitored by 4 stakeholder groups of M IP such as IM O, PIU, WM A,
PM U (Safeguard Cell) and PMDC. Responsibilit ies and scope of work of each stakeholder
group have been described below.
(a) IM O is responsible to conduct the day to day monitoring and supervising the
implementat ion of environmental and social safe guard issues and keeping concerned
records of act ivit ies like progress, complaints and grievances from labours, community
peoples, farmers, etc and any breach of Bangladesh Environmental law, labour law,
Occupational Health and Safety measures by cont ractors. IM O is also responsible to
consolidate those daily records as monthly reports and submit it to PM U-Safeguard cell.
Inst ructed by PD office ,IM O must monitor the cont ractor’s responsibilit y to comply
concerned issues like internat ional labour law, Occupational health and safet y measures
and social safeguard compliance etc.
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(b) PIU director is primarily responsible to insure the implementat ion of EM P by cont ractors
and enforce them to implement EM P and record & report monthly and quarterly to PD,
PM U in case of any grievances raised and breaches in implementat ion of EM P by
cont ractors.
(c) PM U (Safeguard cell) is responsible to foresee the ent ire safeguard implementat ion
process, consolidate those monthly reports, validate those complaints and grievances,
inform PD-IMIP for necessary act ions and finally prepare & submit Semi-annual
Safeguard Report to ADB and DoE for disclosure.
(d) PM DC has the responsibilit y to st rengthen PM U-Safeguard Cell, PIU, IM O, cont ractors
and developing their capacity for implementat ion/ Monitoring/ supervision/ report ing of
safeguard issues of M IP project by providing necessary t raining and demonst rat ions etc.
Though PM DC was supposed to t rain and build up capacity both PM U and PIU for
safeguard monitoring but they didn’t take any responsibilit y and/ or arranged such
t raining.
2.4 Implementation status of Environmental Monitoring Plan
The physical progress/ const ruct ion works of M IP is less t ill December 2017. But most of the
environmental monitoring indicators are concentrated in const ruct ion and operat ion phases
of M IP. MIP (M uhuri Irrigat ion Project ) is basically rehabilitat ion by modernizat ion of old
irrigat ion project of BWDB. So the environmental adverse impacts which are supposed to
happen had happened 30 years back when M IP first implemented in 1986 with aid of IDA,
SIDA and EEC. Now that old and degraded irrigat ion project is just being rehabilitated on the
same place. So it is expect ed that environment will be impacted very less by rehabilitat ion
process. According to EIA study report of M IP major environmental impacts may specially
be imparted on land, water and fishery resources. Present status of environmental
monitoring is described in the Table 2.2.
Table 2.2: Implementation Status of Environmental M onitoring Plan
Sl
No
Environmental
Parameters to
be M onitored
M ethods Frequency Responsibi
lity
M onitoring Status (July
2017 to December-2017 ,
1 Effect iveness of
Flood protect ion
embankment
(Coastal
Embankment )
M aintain
embankment
w ith proper
crest , side slopes
and at design
height by
routine repairs
of any damage
Pre-
monsoon
every year
BWDB Resect ioning of
embankment : - About
92.50% of the
resect ioning works have
been substantially
completed, rest 7.50%
works will be executed in
the next fiscal year.
Effect iveness of flood
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protect ion will be
monitored in next year’s
pre-monsoon
2 Operat ional
status of
regulators
/ Sluices / water
cont rol
st ructures
Operate and
carry out
maintenance of
components of
st ructures
On Rout ine BWDB,
IM O,
WM A
The ment ion words i.e.
operat ions of regulators
are going on. As a rout ine
work. The maintenance
works are plan to be
executed under this
project next year.
3 Opt imize
reservoir and
water resources
Operate Feni
Regulator to fill
up river
reservoir
Every year
on rout ine
BWDB Carried out properly in
the report ing period.
4 Conveyance of
water through
khals
M aintain proper
design of khals
by siltat ion
Once in five
years
cycle/ when
needed
BWDB,
IM O, WUA
First phase de-siltat ion of
khals started in June,
2017.
Design was maintained
properly.
5 Surface water
availabilit y
Record water
level and
discharge data
of Feni, M uhuri
and Khalidas
pahalia Rivers
Record
gauge data
and
discharge;
Conduct
data
analyses
and flow
assessment
BWDB,
IM O
BWDB recorded gauge
data in the report ing
period
IM O will conduct data
analysis and flow
assessment from the next
report ing period
6 Surface water
Quality-
-DO,
-pH,
-BOD,
-COD,
-Arsenic and
-POPs from
Pest icides used
Collect water
samples from
canals,
wet lands,
reservoirs and
assess water
quality
parameters.
Annually in
the month
of M arch
-DO,
-pH,
-BOD,
-COD.
Finally (fifth
year) in the
month of
BWDB,
IM O
Surface water quality w ill
be analyzed and
monitored by IM O after
complet ion of
const ruct ion works.
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in the crops) M arch-
-Arsenic &
- POPs
7 Ground Water
Availabilit y
Collect water
level data from
wells, assess
lowering of
water tables and
record recharge
level to
determine
mining
Annually in
pre-
monsoon
BWDB,
IM O,
BADC &
PHE
M onitoring of ground
water availabilit y w ill be
done during the operat ion
period.
8 Ground Water
Quality
Collect water
samples from
some
representat ive
tube wells and
test ing samples
to assess
salinity, Arsenic
etc.
Annually in
pre-
monsoon
BWDB,
IM O,
BADC &
PHE
M onitoring of ground
water quality w ill be done
during the operat ion
period.
9 Disposal of spoil
earth for
const ruct ion of
regulator and
re-excavat ion of
khals
Physical
verif icat ion at
const ruct ion
sites / Khals
/ Costal
embankments
Frequent ly
during
const ruct io
n phase.
BWDB,
IM O
Due to the shortage of the
acquisit ion land part ially
spoil earth kept in the
private land with prior
consultat ion and concern
of land owners.
10 Crop yield Crop cut t ing
/ harvest ing and
weighing at site
M ainly for
Boro and
Aman crops
in every
season
BWDB,
IM O,
WM A, DAE
Not applicable for the
report ing period.
11 Crop damage Indentify
/ est imate crop
damaged area
before
Seasonally
for each
crop.
BWDB,
IM O,
WUA, DAE
Const ruct ion works w ere
done during the off
season. So no damages of
crops were noticed in the
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harvest ing report ing period.
12 Fish habitat
condit ion
Physical
observat ion of
natural
/ manmade fish
habitats
Annually in
dry season
DoF
(Departme
nt of
Fisheries)
Not applicable for the
report ing period.
Will be done from the
next report ing period
after complet ion of
physical works.
13 Species diversity CAS (Catch
Assessment
Survey) in rivers,
khals Fish
market survey
(FM S) at dist rict
and Upazila
levels under
M IP area
semi-
annually
(once in dry
season and
another in
rainy
season)
DoF Will be done in the next
report ing period after
complet ion of physical
works and during
operat ion.
14 Fish product ion CAS in Rivers
and Khals
/ wet lands
As per DoF
standards
DoF Will be done from the
next report ing period
after complet ion of
physical works and during
operat ion.
15 Vegetat ion
species
composit ion and
density in
homestead
plat forms
Quadrate
M ethod
Once in 2
years at
pre-selected
locations
FD (Forest
Departme
nt )
First phase will be done
after complet ion of
physical works and during
operat ion of the project .
16 Status of
planted t rees in
the fore shore of
Embankment
and canal bank
Physical
observat ion
Once in
every year
FD Will be done after
complet ion of physical
works and during
operat ion of the project .
17 House hold
income
House hold
socio-economic
survey
Before
commence
ment of
const ruct io
n phase and
once after
BWDB,
IM O, DAE
Socio-economic status of
households before
const ruct ion is already
done by EIA t eam so it is
not need to do again
Post project socio-
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2.5 Monitoring of implementation status of Environmental Health and
Safety
During field visits of PM U -Safeguard team in December, 2017 all concerned part ies like labours, labour -
leaders, contractors & their supervisors were contacted and discussed well about these issues. The
findings of monitoring of implementat ion status of HSP are stated below (Table-2.3.)
Table 2.3: M onitoring of Implementation Status of Environmental Health and Safety Plan
five years of
project
complet ion.
economic survey will be
done after complet ion of
physical works and during
operat ion period.
18 Land protect ion Inspect
vulnerable areas
along the banks
of rivers (Feni,
M uhuri, Kalidas
Pahalia rivers)
w ithin the
project
Annually
during
const ruct io
n and post
const ruct io
n phases of
the project
work.
BWDB,
WUA
Will be done in next
report ing period after
complet ion of physical
works.
Sl
No
HSP Parameters
to be M onitored
M ethods Frequency Responsibi
lity
M onitoring Status (January, 20
1 Safety
indicat ion/ sign
boards
Physical
observat ion ,
test ing fitness of
equipments and
discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
Once at the
beginning of
const ruct io
n works
Cont ractor
/ IM O
� The mat ter of safet y is
discussed by the
safeguard specialist w ith
the community people
during field t rip and in
farmers’ t raining class.
None have, so far, raised
any complain.
2 Temporary
accommodation
for workers/
personals of
cont ractors
Physical
observat ion
Once in
every site
during
working
Cont ractor
/ IM O � The situat ion has
improved Labour
accommodation is hired
by the
cont ractors/ subcont ractor
s. The standard is
reasonably aceptable..
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3 Sanitat ion
facilit ies like
temporary
toilets,
Physical
observat ion and
discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
Weekly or
monthly
Cont ractor
/ IM O � No complaint was raised
by labours in this issues.
4 M edical facilit ies
like f irst aid,
emergency
t ransport
facilit ies for
carrying injured
personals to
hospitals etc.
Physical
observat ion and
discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
Day to day
monitoring
Cont ractor
/ IM O � No f irst aid box or
emergency t ransports
were found in the
const ruct ion sites during
field visit of safeguard
team t ill December, 2017.
It is expect ed that this w ill
improve after t raining of
Cont ractor’s employees.
Day to day monitoring in
the present situat ion may
not be possible. It could
be done sat isfactorily, if
the Field Off ice M anagers
of IM O accept this
responsibilit y of
monitoring and vehicle is
made available to
Safeguard and Public
Relat ion Specialist 6/ 7
days a month.
� No complaint was raised
by laborers in these issues
as no accidental cases
were heard and they are
not aware of their rights
in this respect .
5 Protect ion from
ext reme
weather
condit ions and
pests or insects
Physical
observat ion,
inspect ion and
discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
Day to day
monitoring
Cont ractor
/ IM O � During the field visit of
safeguard team there
were extreme hot rainy
days of June (most hot
and rainy part of summer
in the field) and huge
infestat ion of mosquitoes
in the area.About day to
day monitoring views
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have been expressed
under .
6 Child laborers
/ Forced laborers
Physical
observat ion and
discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
Day to day
monitoring
Cont ractor
/ IM O � No child laborers w ere
found to engage the
const ruct ion works.
7 Indiscrimination
of laborers’
payment
/ Forced laborers
Discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
Daily or
weekly
Cont ractor
/ IM O � There was no scope of
such discriminat ion.
� This was no further
complain like this.
8 Working hours Discussion with
the laborers /
Workers
daily or
weekly
Cont ractor
/ IM O � Laborers are working on
daily wage basis.
� But no one raised
complaint of overt ime
working.
9 Engagement of
local laborers
Discussion with
local laborers /
Workers
daily or
weekly
Cont ractor
/ IM O
� Local laborers were not
found to engage in earth
works.
� No one found to raise
complaint in that
issue.The mat ter is
verified by the safeguard
specialist also in the
t raining class of farmers.
This area is economically
well off.
10 Tube well for
drinking and
washing,
bathing etc.
Physical
observat ion and
discussion with
the laborers
Once in
every site
during
working
Cont ractor
/ IM O
� No tube well was found
for drinking, washing or
bathing found in the site.
� Laborers were found
using nearby ponds for
those purposes.
� No laborers raised any
complaint on those issues.
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2.6 Monitor ing of implementation status of Grievance Redress Mechanism
Recent ly safeguard and public communicat ion officer has been deployed in the field by IMO and
safeguard mechanism report he submit t ed to PM U off ice for approved and the GRM frame work will
established in the field soon. Then people specially complainant/ sufferer/ beneficiary and will know
where, to what person and in format/ medium the complaint should be submit ted. A minor port ion of the
construct ion works of total 10 packages has been completed and most ly lef t to complete. Within this
small extent of construct ion works no writ ten complaints were reached/ recorded in IM O, PIU or PM U
offices. During the f ield visits of PMU-safeguard t eam in August , 2017 no stakeholders raised any
complaint against the contractors or BWDB or ADB. The people were found to be happy and some
requested the safeguard monitoring team to complete the physical work before the next rainy season.
The squatter families who were living on the coastal embankment illegally and were replaced by the
contractors temporarily during re-sect ioning the embankment were found to be grieved as they were not
compensated for replacement. Compensat ion was not possible as DPP of IM IP project has not any such
provision and Government’s legislat ion of Bangladesh does not allow compensat ion to squatters. But the
contractor locally managed them though the grieved squatter families did not submit any complaint in
black and white.
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CHAPTER 3: RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
3 Results of environmental monitoring and compliance measures
As the physical progress/ const ruct ion works t ill December 2017 is limited to (a) Re-
sect ioning of 16.421 km (92.50%) of Costal Embankment out of 17.754 km and (b) Re-
excavat ion of 181.277 km (42.70%) khals out of total 460 km, (c) const ruct ion of 29 pump
houses out of total 950, (d) installat ion of 18.48 km uPVC pipes out of tolal 680 km and
(e) format ion of 44 WUOs (37 WM Gs, 6 WM As) out of 44 WUOs. The adverse environmental
and social impacts of M IP are most ly limited to const ruct ion and operat ion phases so the
t ime to monitor those possible impacts has not come. M oU between BWDB and the other
project partners like DoF, DAE, FD, DoC and DoPHE etc who will also monitor Environmental
parameters, has not been conducted t ill December , 2017. M ore over the main monitoring
personnel of IM O especially the Safeguard and Public Relat ion Officer who is responsible for
day to day monitoring of those environmental social safeguard compliance deployed very
recent ly in the field yet . So the quantitat ive environmental monitoring parameters specially
water quality parameters, Soil fert ilit y parameters, vegetat ion coverage’s, wild life habitats
and biodiversity loss etc following according to the items ment ioned in the table head of the
Table: 3.1 given bellow is beyond the scope of this 4th
EMR (safeguard monitoring) report.
Table3.1: Actual Observation of Monitoring Results
M onitoring
parameter
M ethod
of
monitori
ng
Locat ion Frequency
of
monitoring
Baseline
results
M onitor
ing
Results
Nat ional
Standard
Surface Water
Quality
� DO,
� pH,
� BOD,
� EC,
Salinity
(CaCO3, -SO4,
NO3, Cl-, Ca,
Fe, M g, K, Na,
Zn, B)
� Arsenic,
etc
Sampling
and
test ing
canals,
wet lands
and ponds
within
project area
Annually
after
complet ion
of physical
works
Baseline
of Surface
water
Quality of
M IP is
at tached
in
Appendix-
III
Will be
monitor
ed
during
operat io
n
Stated in
Appendix-IV
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Ground
Water Quality
-Salinity
(CaCO3, -SO4,
NO3, Cl-, Ca,
Fe, M g, K, Na,
Zn, B),
-Arsenic etc.
Sampling
and
Test ing
Tube wells
w ithin
project area
Annually
after
complet ion
of physical
works
Baseline
of Surface
water
Quality of
M IP is
at tached
in
Appendix-
III
Will be
monitor
ed
during
operat io
n
Stated in
Appendix-IV
Soil Fert ilit y Sampling
and
Test ing
Top soils of
crop field
w ithin the
project
area.
Annually
after
complet ion
of physical
works
Will be
monitor
ed
during
operat io
n
No
t sp
ecif
ied
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Vegetat ion
Coverage
Quadrat
e &
review
of FD
plantat io
n
records.
Homestead
s, village
groves,
cropland
forest and
plantat ion
on canal
banks and
coastal
embankme
nt w ithin
project
area.
Annually
after
complet ion
of physical
works
Baseline
Land use
of MIP is
at tached
in
Appendix-
V
M onitor
ed only
the
planted
t rees on
canal
banks
est imat
ed
about
2000
t rees
(10cm-
30cm
DBH)
has
been
cut
away by
the
owners
of those
t ress
Trees on
coastal
embank
ment
are left
intact .
No
t A
pp
lica
ble
Wildlife
habitat Loss
-Wetland
-Terrest rial
Physical
observat i
on and
est imat i
on
Wet lands,
Village
groves,
Plantat ions
on canal
banks and
Coastal
embanks
within the
project area
Biannually
after
complet ion
of physical
works
Baseline
Land use
of MIP is
at tached
in
Appendix-
V
Will be
monitor
ed
during
operat io
n
No
t A
pp
licab
le
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Biodiversity
loss
-Aquat ic
-Terrest rial
Sampling
and
est imat i
ng
Wet lands,
Village
groves,
Plantat ions
on canal
banks and
Coastal
embanks
within the
project area
Biannually
after
complet ion
of physical
works
Baseline
Biodiversit
y of M IP is
at tached
in
Appendix-
VI
Will be
monitor
ed
during
operat io
n
No
t A
pp
lica
ble
Compliance of
Labor laws
(Nat ional and
International)
Physical
observat i
on &
Quest ion
naire
and
Cont ract
ors
records
Const ruct io
n and
operat ion
site w ithin
the project
area
Day to day
during
const ruct io
n works and
monthly
during
operat ion
poor and
dest itute
women
are
present in
the M IP
area but
Religious
norms
prohibit
them to
work in
outdoor.
Labors
are
ignorant
about
the
labor
laws
and
reluctan
t to
raise
any
complai
nt .
Child labor
are prohi-
bited,
M inimum
age -18
years
Environmenta
l Health &
Safety
compliance
Physical
observat i
on &
Quest ion
naire
and
Cont ract
ors
records
Const ruct io
n and
operat ion
site w ithin
the project
area
Day to day
during
const ruct io
n works and
monthly
during
operat ion
No health
& safety
measures
were
found to
be
provided
by
cont ractor
s specially
labor
shed,
temporary
toilets,
first aid,
blankets,
mosquito
nets etc
Labors
are
ignorant
about
the
health
and
Safety
complia
nce and
reluctan
t to use
safety
measur
es like
helmet
& gloves
etc but
Cont rac-tors
should
ensure
laborer’s
health and
safety issue
like
providing of
labor shed,
sanitat ion
facilit ies,
like first aid,
drinking
water,
blankets and
mosquito
nets etc.
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Appendix-
VII).
interest
ed to
use
sanitat io
n and
first aid
which
was not
provide
d on the
const ruc
t ion site
Social safety
Compliance
Physical
observat i
on &
Quest ion
naire
and
Cont ract
ors
records
Const ruct io
n and
operat ion
site w ithin
the project
area
Day to day
during
const ruct io
n works and
monthly
during
operat ion
Labors are
mainly
t rack
drivers,
crane
operator,
excavator
operators,
work
assistants,
helpers
etc. Those
are locally
(nearby
areas)
recruited.
No social
conflicts
or Noise
pollut ion
were
recorded.
Women
are not
w ill ing
to work
outdoor
.
No
social
safety
measur
es found
in the
const ruc
t ion
site.
Abuse of
labor, force
laboring,
unauthorize
d over t ime
laboring,
Sexual
harass-
ment ,
assault are
prohi-bited.
Separate
lat rine &
labor shed
for female
labor should
be ensured,
Local labor
should be
preferred to
avoid social
conflict and
HIBs,
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CHAPTER 4: RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
4 Recommendation and Conclusion
The safeguard team of PM U recommends the following measures/ correct ive act ions to
overcome the present noncompliance/ limited compliance issues of M IP under IM IP.
1. During the meet ing of ADB mission the concerned Environmental Safeguard officer of ADB
Resident M ission in Dhaka, Bangladesh should call all 4 groups like IM O, PM DC, WM G,PM U
and PIU and clarify the Safeguard responsibilit y of each part ies in M IP or send all a writ ten
not ice clarifying their safeguard responsibilit ies.
2. The qualitat ive and quant itat ive paramet ers like water quality, biodiversity, soil fert il it y,
Occupational health and Safety as well as social safety compliance are clearly stated in the
EIA report of M IP. Environment Division of ADB resident M ission should fix the mandatory
parameters and their methods, frequencies and standards on above ment ioned indicators
discussing the issue with the BWDB, DOE and WM A leaders.
3. Proper t raining on Environmental M onitoring, Environmental Health and Safety compliance,
International Labor law and concerned compliances should be provided to concerned
safeguard personnel working in PM U-safeguard cell, C-IM O, PIU, WUA and Const ruct ion
Cont ractor in order to develop safeguard monitoring, implementat ion and report ing
(International Standard) capacity.
4. Field based t raining workshops for cont ractors specially the labor leaders, WM O should be
conducted for raising awareness on Environmental compliance measures, safeguard, health
and safety measures, issues mandatory for contractors to comply internat ional labor laws
etc.
5. Donor and DoE Bangladesh should enforce BWDB to comply the above ment ioned issues
st rict ly.
6. BWDB should enforce the cont ractor to maintain the environmental and health & safety
compliance of both ADB and GoB.
7. Under agriculture support services and cost recovery act ivit ies (a) plantat ion of local fruit ,
forage, t imber, medicinal and fuel wood species along the canal bank, (b) growing vegetables
specially creepers and climbers crops on the bamboo fences/ stacks over the irrigat ion canals,
(c) growing open/ cage fishery in the canal water and (d) rearing ducks in the canal should be
implemented soon by the WM Gs. Preparat ion for plantat ion specially ensuring the land
ownership, conduct ing the bilateral agreement / lease between BWDB (WM Gs) and
Government (DCs), preparat ion and approval of plantat ion plan/ manual based on canal
bank/ site should be completed before coming the next rainy season.
The physical/ const ruct ion works are expected to be completed within next year and
installat ion of elect ricity dist ribut ion line and irrigat ion pumps with that t ime. So the
operat ion of M IP project w ill be started very soon to the end of 2018 year and then
monitoring of almost all environmental parameters will be conducted well.
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Appendix-I
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