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Environmental Monitoring Report
Bi-Annual Report No. 1
Loan/Grant Number: L2808 NEP/G0270 NEP/G0271 NEP January - June, 2016
Nepal: Electricity Transmission Expansion & Supply Improvement Project
Prepared by the Government of Nepal for the Asian Development Bank.
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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS
04 August 2016
Currency unit – Nepalese Rupees (NPR) NRs. 1.00 = $ 0.0093 US $ 1.00 = NPR 107.421
ABBREVIATIONS
ADB Asian Development Bank
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
DDR Due Diligence Report
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP Environmental Management Plan
ESSD Environment and Social Studies Division
ETESIP Electricity Transmission Expansion and Supply Improvement Project
GIS Geographical Information System
GoN Government of Nepal
GWh Giga Watt Hour
IEE Initial Environmental Examination
km Kilometer
MOE Ministry of Energy
MOF Ministry of Finance
MoPE Ministry of Population and Environment
MVA Mega Volt Ampere
MW Mega Watt
NEA Nepal Electricity Authority
RoW Right of Way
SPS Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS)
SS Substation
TL Transmission Line
kV Kilo volt
1 http://www.nrb.org.np/
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Background ......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Project Location .................................................................................................................. 1
3. Environmental Safeguards .................................................................................................. 2
4. Construction Approach........................................................................................................ 2
5. Compliance Status with Environmental Covenants ............................................................. 2
6. Institutional Arrangement .................................................................................................... 2
7. Compliance with Environmental Safeguards Measures ....................................................... 2
7.1. Second Circuit Stringing of Kohalpur-Mahendranagar 132 kV line Project ................... 3
7.2. Khimti-Kathmandu 400kV Transmission Line Project ................................................... 3
7.3. Electricity Distribution System ...................................................................................... 5
7.4. Rehabilitation of Hydropower stations .......................................................................... 5
8. Issues and Way Forward .................................................................................................... 5
List of Table
Table 1: Environmental safeguard compliance matrix ................................................................ 2
Table 2: Total forest vegetation loss according to district and forest types ................................. 4
Table 3: Issues and Way Forward .............................................................................................. 6
List of Figure
Figure 1: Map of Nepal Showing Project Locations .................................................................... 1
Figure 2: Environmental Management Cost ............................................................................... 5
List of Annex
Annex 1: Project Data Sheet ...................................................................................................... 8
Annex 2: Status of Compliance with Loan and Grant Covenants for ETESIP ............................13
Annex 3: Environmental Safeguard Planning Status for ETESIP ..............................................16
Annex 4: Status of Environmental Compliance for ETESIP .......................................................17
Annex 5: Photographs ...............................................................................................................19