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Expanded Scope under Additional Financing

The Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project (PIPIP)

Addendum to Environmental and Social Assessment

May 2016

ESA Addendum

Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project (PIPIP)

Directorate General Agriculture (Water Management), Government of Punjab

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Issue and revision record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description

A Nov., 2015 Muhammad Hanif

Azmat Beg

Ch. Arshad Ali 1st Draft

B Nov., 2015 Muhammad Hanif

Azmat Beg

Ch. Arshad Ali Revised incorporating comments of client

C Feb., 2016 Muhammad Hanif

Azmat Beg

Ch. Arshad Ali Updated according to PIPIP revised scope of work

D Mar., 2016 Muhammad Hanif

Azmat Beg

Ch. Arshad Ali Finalized incorporating comments of World Bank

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Contents

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................... VI

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................... VII

1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1

1.1 THE ORIGINAL PROJECT ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT (ESA) OF ORIGINAL PROJECT ........................................................................... 2 1.4 PROPOSED EXPANSION AND EXTENSION OF PROJECT ....................................................................................................... 3 1.5 RATIONALE FOR EXPANSION AND EXTENSION OF PROJECT ................................................................................................ 3 1.6 ADDENDUM TO EXISTING ESA REPORT ........................................................................................................................ 4

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................... 5

2.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PROJECT AND SCALING UP .................................................................................................. 5

2.2.1 Component A: Installation of High Efficient Irrigation Systems .............................................. 5 2.2.2 Component B: Upgrading of the Community Irrigation Systems ............................................ 5 2.2.3 Component C: Improved Agriculture Technology/Practices and Monitoring and Evaluation . 6 2.2.4 Sub-component C2: Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Impacts. ...................................... 6 2.2.5 Sub-component C3: Support to Post Harvest Processing, Value Addition and Market Linkages 6 2.2.6 Component D: Supervision, Technical Assistance, Training and Strategic Studies. ................. 7

2.3 PRE-CAST PARABOLIC LINING (PCPL) ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.3.1 Description of Watercourse Improvement Works under Pre-Cast Parabolic Lining ................ 9 2.3.2 Length of Watercourse (W/C) to be Lined ............................................................................. 10

2.4 POST-HARVEST PROCESSING FACILITIES ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.4.1 Production Facilities .............................................................................................................. 12 2.4.2 Services .................................................................................................................................. 14 2.4.3 Production Planning .............................................................................................................. 15 2.4.4 Health and safety .................................................................................................................. 15 2.4.5 Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment .......................................................................... 15

3. LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY, AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ................................ 17

3.1 NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ......................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 THE WORLD BANK OPERATIONAL POLICIES ................................................................................................................. 18

4. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................... 19

5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC BASELINE ............................... 20

6. STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ............................................................. 21

7. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATIONS ................................................ 31

7.1 POSITIVE IMPACTS ................................................................................................................................................. 31 7.2 NEGATIVE IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................................... 31

7.2.1 Mitigations ............................................................................................................................ 31 7.3 POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING POST-HARVEST PROCESSING PLANTS ................................................ 31

7.3.1 Impacts on air quality ............................................................................................................ 32 7.3.2 Impacts on soil and water quality ......................................................................................... 32 7.3.3 Impact of Solid Wastes .......................................................................................................... 33 7.3.4 Occupational Health and Safety Impacts .............................................................................. 34 7.3.5 Communication and Transparency ....................................................................................... 35

8. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .............................. 36

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8.1 MITIGATION CHECKLISTS ........................................................................................................................................ 36 8.2 ESMP COMPLIANCE OF ORIGINAL PROJECT ................................................................................................................ 36

8.2.1 Institutional Arrangements and Mitigation Measures .......................................................... 36 8.2.2 Environmental and Social Safeguard Monitoring ................................................................. 37 8.2.3 Documentation and Reporting .............................................................................................. 37 8.2.4 Environmental and Social Trainings and Awareness Raising Programme ............................ 37

8.3 THE KEY LESSONS LEARNT ....................................................................................................................................... 38 8.4 SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 38 8.5 ESMPS FOR FOOD PROCESSING UNITS ...................................................................................................................... 38 8.6 ESMP IMPLEMENTATION COST ............................................................................................................................... 39

ANNEX A................................................................................................................................................. 53

ANNEX B ................................................................................................................................................. 57

ANNEX C ................................................................................................................................................. 61

List of Tables Table 1.1: Targets and achievements ................................................................................................. 2 Table 6.1: Detail of consultation meetings ....................................................................................... 21 Table 6.2: Key Issues Discussed during Grass Root Consultations. ......................................................... 23 Table 8.1: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Drip Irrigation ........................................................... 40 Table 8.2: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Sprinkler Irrigation ................................................... 43 Table 8.3: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Laser Land Leveling .................................................. 46 Table 8.4: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Watercourse Improvement ...................................... 47 Table 8.5: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Establishing and Operaitng Post-harvest Processing

Facilities (Additional Mitigation Measures will be included in Unit-specific ESMP) ....................... 50

List of Figures

Figure 2.1 Design Dimensions of Typical Precast Parabolic Segment .................................................. 9 Figure 2.2: Design Dimensions of Typical Brick Masonry Cross Section ............................................. 10 Figure 2.3: Relationship between Percent Lining Length and Loss Reduction (%). .................................. 11 Figure 2.4 Typical design of a fruit and vegetable processing unit. ................................................... 13

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List of Abbreviations

AAE Assistant Agricultural Engineer

AF Additional Financing

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

DAF Dissolved Air Flotation

DCO District Coordinator Officer

DDO Deputy District Officer

DESC District Environmental and Social Coordinator

DO District Officer

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

ESMC Environment and Social Management Cell

EMP Environmental Management Plan

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ERR Economic Rate of Return

ESA Environmental and Social Assessment

ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan

GoPb Government of Punjab

HEIS High Efficiency Irrigation System

IEE Initial Environmental Examination

NEQS National Environmental Quality Standards

NPIW National Program for Improvement of Watercourses

MAIC Market and Agribusiness Implementation Consultant

MEP Monthly Environmental Report

MMP Mot McDonald Pakistan

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MRLs Maximum Residual Levels

NPIW National Program for Improvement of Watercourses

OFWM On-Farm Water Management

OP Operational Policy

ORAF Operational Risk Assessment Framework

PCIAIP Pothohar Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project

PDO Project Development Objective

Pb- EPA Punjab Environmental Protection Agency

PEPA Pakistan Environmental Protection Act

PCPL Precast Parabolic Lining

PCPS Precast Parabolic Segments

PIPIP Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project

P&DD Planning & Development Department

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

QPR Quarterly Progress Report

SoW Scope of Work

SSC Supply and Service Company

WMTI Water Management Training Institute

WB World Bank

WMO Water Management Officer

WUA Water Users Association

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Executive Summary

The provincial government of Punjab (GoPb), Pakistan, through its Agriculture

Department and with assistance from the World Bank (WB) is implementing the Punjab

Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project (PIPIP) since 2012. The Project

aims to improve productivity of water use in irrigated agriculture through improvements

in water delivery, irrigation practices and crop diversification, and is scheduled to be

completed by 2018. Now the GoPb intends to expand the project scope and seeks

Additional Financing (AF) from the WB for this purpose.

To assess the potential environmental and social impacts of the expanded scope of the

project, the present document has been prepared as an Addendum to the existing

environmental and social assessment (ESA) that was prepared for the original project – in

accordance with the World Bank safeguard policies as well as national/provincial

environmental regulatory requirements.

The nature of most of the interventions and project area of the expanded scope remain the

same as that of the original project; only the targeted number of the schemes has been

revised and a small new component has been added. Therefore, most of the potential

impacts of the proposed activities under the expanded scope are expected to remain the

same as already assessed as part of the ESA of the original project. Hence only an

Addendum of the original ESA has been prepared instead of a new ESA.

Scope and Current Status of Original Project

The scope of the original project comprises of following specific physical interventions:

Component A1: Installation of high efficiency irrigation system (HEIS) comprising

drip and sprinkler irrigation systems on 120,000 acres;

Component A2: Provision of 3,000 laser units to farmers/ service provider (for laser

land levelling).

Component B1: Improvement of 5,500 unimproved canal watercourses, ,

Component B2: completion of lining on 1,500 partially improved watercourses

Component B3: rehabilitation of 2,000 irrigation schemes in non-canal commanded

areas.

The project is in fourth year of implementation and targets under project components A2,

B2, and B3 have almost been achieved two year ahead of schedule while component B1 is

expected to achieve the target during next two years. However, it seems very difficult to

achieve the target of A1 component within project duration.

Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) of the Original Project

Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) of the project was conducted during 2011

before starting execution as per Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 and World

Bank Operational Policy 4.01 (OP 4.01). The ESA identified potentially adverse

environmental and social impacts of the project, proposes appropriate mitigation measures

to address these impacts, and also includes an environmental and social management plan

(ESMP) to facilitate effective implementation of mitigation measures and other safeguard

requirements.

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ESA report was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Government of

Punjab and also by the World Bank. The ESMP is currently under implementation.

Revised Scope of Work

Under the expanded scope of work, the project will be extended for four years (2018-21) to

achieve following targets:

Improvement of 2,000 new watercourses using Precast Parabolic Lining (PCPL)

under component-B1.

Improvement of 7,000 more Partially Improved W/Cs using Precast Parabolic Lining

(PCPL) under component-B2

Improvement of 4,000 more W/Cs outside canal command area using Precast Parabolic

Lining (PCPL) under component-B3

To complete initially envisaged HEIS targets.

Component C3: establishing pilot scale post-harvest processing facilities.

Stakeholder Consultations

During preparation of the Addendum, extensive consultations with stakeholders have been

carried out in the province including beneficiaries of previous and potential beneficiaries

under revised scope of project to obtain their views, concerns, and suggestions. Similar

consultations were carried out while preparing the original ESA as well. Furthermore,

community involvement is an integral part of the project.

As per consultations feedback, farmers are quite happy with the outcome of the project as

PIPIP interventions have increased their farm output significantly. All participants liked

the idea to enhance the Scope of the project for further some years. The management

problems being faced by some farmers in operation of HEIS were also highlighted by the

farmers.

Potential Impacts of the Expanded Project Scope

Since no new type of interventions are being proposed under the expanded scope of the

project (with the exception of small post-harvest processing of vegetable and fruits),

therefore the potential impacts of the proposed activities are likely to be similar to the ones

assessed for the original project. Hence the impact assessment carried out and

environmental and social management plan (ESMP) prepared as part of the original ESA

will broadly remain applicable for the expanded scope of the project.

Under the extended scope of project (Component C3), financial assistance will be provided

for machinery and equipment required for processing and value addition of farm produce

and for establishment of common collection facility centers including, but not limited to,

grading, packing house, warehouse/storage, implements for safe handling of produce for

packing, storing, and transportation. The centers will be managed and operated by farmers

themselves. The project will also provide technical support for processing and marketing

through establishing small-scale processing units for various fruits and vegetables such as

mangoes, oranges, strawberry, tomatoes, onions, grapes etc. The process will include

pulping, concentrate making, drying, oil extraction, preservation and packing for use

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during off-season period. In addition, small-scale value addition facilities – processing

units – for selected products will be established as driven by market demand for products.

The fruit and vegetable processing units typically generate large volumes of effluents and

solid wastes. The unscientific disposal of such effluents and solid wastes may create

significant negative impacts to local environment besides production of hazardous gases

and noxious odor.

Much like the original project, the expanded project scope and associated potential impacts

summarized above do not trigger any WB safeguard policy other than OP 4.01 and OP

7.50.

ESA Addendum

The present Addendum to existing ESA has been prepared to assess the potential

environmental and social impacts of the additional activities to be carried out under the

expanded project (2018-21). The Addendum includes environmental and social impacts,

associated mitigation measures and other elements of the Environmental and Social

Management Plan (ESMP).

Environmental and Social Management Plan

The ESMP prepared as part of the original ESA comprises institutional setup, mitigation

checklists, monitoring mechanism, training needs, and reporting requirements. This ESMP

mostly remains valid for the expanded project scope proposed with the exception of

additional mitigation measures associated with pilot scale post-harvest processing facilities

for fruits and vegetable. The cost of ESMP implementation for the extended project has

been estimated to be PKR 16.6 million.

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1. Introduction

The provincial government of Punjab (GoPb), Pakistan, through its Directorate General

Agriculture (Water Management) and with assistance from the World Bank (WB) is

implementing the Punjab Irrigated-Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project (PIPIP)

since 2012. The project is scheduled to be completed by 2018. Now the GoPb intends to

extend the project duration as well as expand the project scope, and seeks Additional

Financing (AF) from the WB for this purpose.

To assess the potential environmental and social impacts of the expanded scope of the

project, the present document has been prepared as an Addendum to the existing

environmental and social assessment (ESA) that was prepared for the original project – in

accordance with the World Bank safeguard policies as well as national/provincial

environmental regulatory requirements.

The nature of interventions and the project area of the expanded scope remain the same as

that of the original project; only the targeted number of the schemes has been revised and

a small new component has been added. Therefore, the potential impacts of the activities

under the expanded scope are also broadly expected to remain the same as already assessed

as part of the ESA of the original project. Hence this Addendum of the original ESA has

been prepared instead of a new ESA.

1.1 The Original Project

The Project seeks to improve productivity of water use in irrigated agriculture through

improvements in water delivery, irrigation practices and crop diversification. The key

objectives of the project are listed below.

Improving productivity of irrigation water by efficient conveyance and its effective

farm level use by adopting conservational practices.

Production of more profitable crops through high efficiency irrigation systems

(HEISs) for meeting increasing domestic demand and enhancing exports.

Strengthening the private sector service delivery capacity and sustainability for

supporting irrigated agriculture.

Capacity building of stakeholders in better managing irrigation water for attaining

higher crop yields with less production costs.

The scope of the original project comprises the following interventions:

A. Improving Water Productivity

A-1 Installation of High Efficiency Irrigation Systems (HEISs)

A-2 Strengthening of Precision Land Leveling Services in Private Sector

B. Upgrading Farm Level Irrigation Conveyance System

B-1 Improvement of Unimproved Canal Irrigated Watercourses

B-2 Completion of Partially Improved Watercourses

B-3 Rehabilitation of Irrigation Conveyance Systems in Non-Canal Commanded

Areas

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C. Adoption and Promotion of Modern Irrigation Technologies & Practices and

Monitoring & Evaluation

C-1 Adoption and Promotion of Modern Irrigation Technologies and Practices

C-2 Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Impacts

D. Project Management, Supervision, Technical Assistance, Training and

Strategic Studies

D-1 Project Implementation and Management Support

D-2 Implementation Supervision and Third Party Validation Consultancies

D-3 Strategic Studies, Technical Assistance, Training etc.

1.2 Achievements of the Project

The project is under implementation since 2012 and scheduled to be closed by 2018. The

targets under project components A2, B2, and B3 have almost been achieved two year

ahead of schedule while for component B1 the target is expected to be achieved during

next two years, by the scheduled project closure. However, it seems very difficult to

achieve the target of A1 component within the remaining project duration. The completion

status of various project components is summarized in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1: Targets and achievements

Component Activity/ Component Targets

Status as on 30

June 2015

%

A1 Installations of High efficiency Irrigation

Systems

120,000

(Acres) 22,448 19

A2 Provision of LASER Units to the

Farmers

3,000

(Nos.) 2,996 100

B1 Improvement of Un-Improved Canal

Irrigated Watercourses

5,500

(Nos.) 3,102 56

B2 Completion of Partially Improved Canal

Irrigated Watercourses

1,500

(Nos.) 1,447 96

B3

Rehabilitation of Irrigation Conveyance

Systems in Non-Canal Commanded

Areas

2,000

(Nos.) 1,756 88

1.3 Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) of Original Project

Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) of the original project was conducted during

2011 before its commencement in accordance with Pakistan Environmental Protection Act,

1997 and World Bank Operational Policy 4.01 (OP 4.01). The main objectives of the ESA

study were:

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To assess the prevailing environmental and socioeconomic conditions of the

project area,

To identify potential impacts of the project on the natural and human environment

of the area, to predict and evaluate these impacts, and determine their

significance, in light of the technical and regulatory concerns,

To propose appropriate mitigation measures that should be incorporated in the

design of the project to minimize, if not eliminated, the potentially adverse impacts,

To assess the compliance status of the proposed activities with respect to the

national environmental legislation and WB’s OPs,

To develop an environmental and social management plan (ESMP) to provide an

implementation mechanism for the mitigation measures identified during the

study.

ESA report was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Government of

Punjab and also by the World Bank. The ESMP is currently under implementation. The

Table of Contents of the original ESA is reproduced in Annex A.

1.4 Proposed Expansion and Extension of Project

The project duration is proposed to be extended by four years i.e 2017-18 to 2020-21. The

design of the project would remain unchanged from the original project components. The

proposed changes and scaling up include: (i) increase in total number of watercourses to

be improved in canal command areas to 16,000 under component B1 and B2 (an increase

of 9,000 under expanded scope), with B1: 7,500 new W/Cs (2,000 more under expanded

scope) B2: 8,500 partially improved watercourses (7,000 under expanded scope), and

rehabilitation of 6,000 irrigation schemes in non-canal commanded (barani) areas under

component B3 (increase of 4,000 under expanded scope); and (ii) introduction of new

subcomponent C3: Support to Value Addition and Market Linkages to provide equipment,

technical assistance and capacity development for improved quality, value addition and

market linkages for the farmers adopting high efficiency irrigation technologies.

1.5 Rationale for Expansion and Extension of Project

PIPIP has proved investments with ERRs of over 30% and very high social and

employment benefits. Strong ownership of these investments is confirmed by the

substantial financial and in-kind contributions by the users in the investment cost and very

high demand. Since effectiveness and the Project’s Implementation Progress rating has

remained Highly Satisfactory due to its thorough preparation and detailed planning as well

as implementation of component B is nearly completed, implementation & institutional

capacity have been created and implementation momentum has been generated. Moreover,

there is very high demand for W/C improvement with extremely high proven benefits (as

water losses are high in W/C command, over 40%). It is imperative to continue the W/C

improvement program.

Implementation of Component A, which is more time consuming as off-take of the new

technology of HEIS in the country, would continue in parallel under the Original Project.

In order to make these investments more useful in raising productivity for the farmers based

on the lessons learned to date under the Original Project, a new sub-component C3 would

be added to support post-harvest processing, value addition and market linkages.

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1.6 Addendum to Existing ESA Report

The present Addendum to existing ESA has been prepared to assess the potential

environmental and social impacts of the additional activities to be carried out under the

expanded scope of project. The addendum includes environmental and social impacts,

associated mitigation measures and other elements of the Environmental and Social

Management Plan (ESMP).

As also described earlier, the nature of most of the schemes and the project area of the

expanded scope remain the same as that of the original project; only the targeted number

of the schemes has been revised as described in Section 1.3 above – except inclusion of

post-harvest processing facilities. Therefore, most of the potential impacts of the proposed

activities under the expanded scope also remain the same as already assessed as part of the

ESA of the original project. Hence only an Addendum of the original ESA has been

prepared instead of a new ESA. The present Addendum addresses potential impacts of new

interventions in the project’s expanded scope.

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2. Project Description

2.1 Overview

The project’s main objective is to improve water productivity, which will translate into

greater agricultural output per unit of water used, and will be achieved through improved

physical delivery efficiency, irrigation practices, crop diversification and effective

application of inputs. The project’s objectives would contribute to increased agricultural

production, employment and incomes, higher living standards and positive environmental

outcomes.

2.2 Proposed Changes to the Project and Scaling Up

The Project Development Objective (PDO) of the Project will not change and the

component structure will remain the same, with additional targets under all sub-

components of Component B: Upgrading of Community Irrigation Systems and new

activities under Component C: Improved Agriculture Technology/Practices and

Monitoring and Evaluation by including a new sub-component C 3: Support to Post-

harvest, Value Addition and Market Linkages. The detailed Proposed Changes to the

Project and Scaling Up are given as under;

2.2.1 Component A: Installation of High Efficient Irrigation Systems

Component A is related to installation of high efficiency irrigation systems (HEIS) such as

Drip, Sprinkler etc. and laser leveling of the fields that would still remain under basin

irrigation. Its implementation is going well. All 3,000 laser levels allocated have been

provided to the beneficiaries on cost sharing basis. Additional 6,000 would be provided.

The implementation of HEIS required huge effort in institution building at all levels,

government, consultants, service provider, farmers, repair technicians and plumber etc.

There has been good progress on that and also demonstrative impact of the installations

done so far. The off-take of this system is slow but accelerating now particularly as crops

are maturing on the installations done to date and due to their impressive results.

2.2.2 Component B: Upgrading of the Community Irrigation Systems

Overall about 13,000 schemes would be covered under the extended scope of work: (i)

9,000 in canal commanded areas (B1 new W/Cs about 2,000 and B2 about 7,000) and 4,000

in rain fed or outside the canal commanded areas (component B3). Table below shows the

number of W/Cs and irrigation schemes to be improved under the Project with breakdown

for the Original Project and extended scope of work.

Scope of Works under the Project – Number of Schemes

Component/Sub Component

Original

Project

Under extended

scope of work Total

B1. Improvement of new W/Cs 5,500 2,000 7,500

B2. Improvement of Partially Improved W/Cs 1,500 7,000 8,500

B3. Irrigation schemes outside canal command area 2,000 4,000 6,000

Total 9,000 13,000 22,000

Implementation methodology and institutional structure would be the same as under the

original project. Water Courses would be improved using only pre-cast concrete sections

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with water tight joints. Water turnout structures would be replaced with properly designed

concrete structures (pucca nakas). The earthen sections of the watercourse would be

improved using clean compacted soil. The Project would provide technical assistance for

W/C design and layout and construction supervision to the WUAs. Under extended scope

of Project, 50% of W/C length would be allowed to be lined using PCPS. The length of

the W/Cs, installation of diversion structures, as well as other improvements to earthen

sections of the W/Cs would be in accordance with the current standard practice and

optimized for each W/C. Water Users Associations (WUAs) would be formed according

to the procedures and process under the original project. Farmers would share the cost

through providing labor, and the Government would provide PCPS and other materials

needed for watercourse improvement.

The extended scope of Project would cover all districts of Punjab. However, when

implementation of Pothohar Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (PCSIAP) will

start, four Pothohar districts (Rawalpindi, Attock, Jehlum, and Chakwal) would be

excluded from the extended scope of Project and works in these districts would be

implemented under PCSIAP.

2.2.3 Component C: Improved Agriculture Technology/Practices and Monitoring

and Evaluation

Changes in this component would be made based on implementation experience and

lessons learnt. These changes will include: (i) supplementing sub-component C2 for

monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment of the additional works under the

extended scope of work; and (ii) adding a new sub-component to address value addition

and market access for farmers adopting efficient irrigation technologies. The details for

sub-components C2 and C3 are described below.

2.2.4 Sub-component C2: Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Impacts.

Under this sub-component, monitoring & evaluation and impact assessment of the

additional works under the extended scope of work would be carried out as already in

practice for the original scope of work.

2.2.5 Sub-component C3: Support to Post Harvest Processing, Value Addition

and Market Linkages

The demand for food products is increasing and changing in Pakistan, particularly in the

urban markets, which is likely to accelerate. If the farming community, especially the

small-scale producers, is to fully benefit from these opportunities, they will need

significantly higher level of local/international market information, on-farm technologies,

post-harvest management and better commercial skills.

This sub-component will cover the provision of equipment and machines, technical

assistance and training for value addition, marketing, increased productivity and quality

improvement through good agricultural practices for improved crop husbandry, tools for

pre and post-harvest handling of produce, including implements that ensure improved and

hygienic on-farm harvest management.

The project will hire Market and Agribusiness Implementation Consultant (MAIC) who

will design and implement crop-specific technical assistance in post-harvest processing,

packaging, value addition and marketing etc. Farmers and other value chain participants

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would be supported in developing crop-specific business models that focus on: (i) quality

of produce; (ii) food safety issues e.g. Maximum Residual Levels (MRLs), etc. (iii);

certification and standardization to meet potential international market requirements; and

(iv) training to promote technology adoption. Farmers would be supported in preparing

business plans for value addition through processing, packaging and branding, and

connecting buyers and sellers.

Under this sub-component, equipment would be provided for processing and value

addition and common collection facility centers established to house operations including,

but not limited to, grading, packing house, warehouse/storage, implements for safe

handling of produce for packing, storing, and transportation. The centers will be managed

and operated by farmers themselves. The project will provide technical support for

processing and marketing through establishing small-scale processing units for various

fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, oranges, strawberry, tomatoes, onions, grapes and

others to process these through pulping, concentrate making, drying, oil extraction,

preservation and packing etc. for use during off-season period. In addition, small-scale

value addition facilities – processing units – for selected products will be established as

driven by market demand for products.

Under this sub-component, the interested farmers and entrepreneurs would be identified

and screened against eligibility criteria and they would be provided equipment for

processing units on the cost share basis. However, technical assistance would be provided

by MAIC in the form of capacity building of farmers through training and exposure,

farmer-to-farmer exchange program, ICT-based extension services that will include

internet network infrastructure and partnership agreements to push mobile phone-based

extension messages to target populations; establishment of an e-market place to provide a

common web portal to link local producers to domestic and export markets; establishing a

24/7 call center and interactive Web sites to respond to farmer requests for information;

and undertake supply chain analysis of selected commodities.

2.2.6 Component D: Supervision, Technical Assistance, Training and Strategic

Studies.

Under the extended scope of project, supervision, technical assistance and training would

be provided smooth implementation of project activities. This would cover (i)

implementation supervision and assistance to the farmers and suppliers, and ensuring

quality of the works carried out by farmers and suppliers/vendors etc.; (ii) project

supervision and spot checks, covering quality and quantity aspects, by third party

consultants; (iii) strategic studies and pilot projects that would be identified during project

implementation, and technical assistance, training, in particular training of the project staff

(i.e. training of the trainers) in crop diversification, shift to horticulture, vegetable and

floriculture crops, operation and maintenance of the irrigation systems and the units

installed under the project etc.; and (iv) activities identified in the Operational Risk

Assessment Framework (ORAF) and governance and accountability measures.

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2.3 Pre-Cast Parabolic Lining (PCPL)

The pre-cast parabolic lining (PCPL) has been quite popular in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(Pehur High Level Canal Project) and in Sindh during implementation of the National

Program for Improvement of Watercourses (NPIW). In Punjab, its use has also been

initiated and it is becoming quite popular amongst the farmers. The on-farm water

management projects in Pakistan, where parabolic segments have been used for lining

watercourses, has proved highly successful and farmers are now demanding parabolic

lining in preference over other methods. Their capital cost is quite comparable with the

traditional alternatives. Their life is longer and private industry is gearing up for mass

production.

While conducting the baseline survey of PIPIP Additional Financing, farmers’ views were

also sought about their preference for the type of watercourse lining technique. In about 92

scoping sessions held in different districts of Punjab, on an average ten farmers per session

attended. They were asked their liking about the watercourse lining techniques. On an

average 76 percent farmers spoke in favor of PCPL, 18 percent in favor of brick masonry

lining and 6 percent favored other types of lining techniques including PVC pipes, etc. The

farmers who spoke in favor of PCPL gave the following arguments:

The velocity of flow in the PCP lined watercourse section is faster making the

watercourse self-cleaning. Under this situation, it requires less cleaning and

maintenance since silt deposition is relatively very less as compared to brick lined

watercourses.

The PCP lining requires less skilled and unskilled labor work. As such, farmers’

share in the total cost of watercourse construction with PCP lining is relatively less

as compared to construction cost of brick lined watercourse. Thus farmers have to

pay less towards the watercourse improvement cost when they chose PCPL

technique.

Construction work of PCP lining is 2 to 3 times faster as compared to that of brick

masonry lining. As such, in a given period of time longer lengths of watercourses

can be lined with PCPS.

The farmers have to work very hard and intensively to achieve the quality

construction work of brick masonry lining. For that they have to be very particular

about curing of bricks, masonry work and plastering, whereas in PCP lining, farmers

have to pay attention only to curing of joints of PCPS. Thus farmer’s labor for

curing of construction work is relatively very less which is appreciated by the

farmers.

In order to promote longer effective life, backfilling of brick masonry walls in case

of brick lining is very essential, while in case of PCPL, it is not that essential. Thus

farmers appreciate this aspect of PCPL since they have to exert less on the

backfilling of PCPL section compared to brick masonry lined section as PCP lined

sections are capable of withstanding pressure without any backfilling.

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2.3.1 Description of Watercourse Improvement Works under Pre-Cast Parabolic

Lining

The watercourse improvement will include complete demolition of existing channels and

rebuilding/re-aligning them according to the engineering design with clean compacted soil.

For lining purposes, the precast parabolic segments (PCPS) are manufactured having

length of one meter with frogs and thickness of 7 to 9 cm without any reinforcement and

providing an interlocking arrangement. Concrete parabolic channel sections are placed on

leveled compacted earth. The joints are grouted with cement-sand mortar or are sealed with

asphalt to prevent any seepage through joints. The structures are designed according to the

volume of water to be passed. Precast naccas (water outlets) are also installed at all

junctions and authorized outlets to reduce channel deterioration, seepage loss, and to

improve water control. Under normal conditions, where the land is fairly leveled and

belongs to one or two farmers only, the standard practice of providing one nacca for every

25 acres is sufficient. Extra provision of naccas is made where the land has been subjected

to fragmentation because of uneven topography, repeated division of ownership, and social

problems. Moreover, culverts are constructed at major crossings, and a limited number of

checks/drop structures, animal wallows/buffalo baths, and laundry sites are also provided

as required. The construction of washing places and lining of reaches provide additional

public health benefits to villagers.

The typical cross sections of both Precast Parabolic and Brick Masonry techniques are

given in Figure 2.1 & 2.2.

Figure 2.1 Design Dimensions of Typical Precast Parabolic Segment

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Figure 2.2: Design Dimensions of Typical Brick Masonry Cross Section

2.3.2 Length of Watercourse (W/C) to be Lined

W/Cs improvement program started in late 1970s; initially it had slow acceptance and

uptake among the farmers even though it is extremely beneficial investment. It took at least

two decades (1980s and 1990s) to sort out and understand the technical, social,

cost/benefits and implementation issues and now the program is extremely popular and

demanded in the farming community. However, the W/Cs improved in the beginning of

the program consisted of meager improvements mostly earthen sections were

reconstructed, small part of the W/Cs was lined often less than 15% and turn out structures

were installed etc. This was because the lining had to be done during short window of canal

closure period without affecting the irrigation schedule, the warabandi system (weekly

time rotation of water based on the size of the land holding) and also investment cost was

substantial which has to be shared among all shareholders of the W/C who have varied

incentives to line the W/C with tail ender having maximum benefits and farmers at the head

section of the W/C least.

With introduction of precast concrete parabolic sections (PCPS) for lining (instead of brick

and mortar), the time period for construction has been shortened as they are manufactured

all year round under quality controlled conditions in a factory and fitted in the W/C quickly

during the canal closure period of about 10 days. Also there is reduction in cost but more

importantly cumbersome process of ordering and piling up various materials including

sand, cement bricks etc. and then pain taking process of construction and curing by

organizing masons and labor, etc. With PCPS the sections for the whole W/C are ordered

and installed by an experienced crew quite quickly and easily. Therefore, there is interest,

willingness and demand from farmers now to line longer sections of the W/Cs.

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Several studies carried out in Pakistan have shown that lining up to 60% of the W/C is

economically viable1. Under the PIPIP, a detailed study and field observations were carried

out on 12 W/Cs (8 unimproved and 4 improved). Per unit length (100m) loss rate was also

calculated for different reaches (Head, Middle, Tail) of the selected watercourses. The

losses which occurred in a segment of watercourse is a function of three parameters i.e. the

loss rate, length of segment and the flow duration. Annual loss volume for each segment is

calculated by multiplying the loss rate with the flow time in the segment. By summing the

losses of all segments the annual loss volume was obtained. On an average 48% loss on

volumetric basis was observed, with 59% as the highest and 34% as lowest. A relationship

between percent length of lining and water losses is established (see Figure 2.3). As is clear

from Figure, the optimum length of lining that can be recommended is 55%. The

incremental benefits of the extent of lining beyond 55% of its total length are not

significant. The analysis shows that the lining of any watercourse is viable up to 55% which

may save the maximum water losses of about 81%, beyond that the marginal saving is very

negligible and only about 19% in total against the remaining 45% of lining.

The study shows that about 80% of the losses can be saved by lining 50% of the length of

the W/C. ERR was also estimated for lining of water in segments of 5% of the length to

find out the most optimal from cost benefits view point. Economic rate of return is highest

at 50% lining and it becomes lower than 12% (considered as opportunity cost of capital)

for lining higher than 55% of the W/C. A more conservative estimate of 50% of W/C

length would be the target lining under the extended scope of work. In realty, some W/Cs

would be lined less due to branching, cost and social issues prevalent in each W/C.

Figure 2.3: Relationship between Percent Lining Length and Loss Reduction (%).

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1 Under the warabandi system of irrigation scheduling water flows in the head section of the W/C all the time while water

flow in the tail end section is for only a short period of time. Even though users at the tail end benefit most from lining

of W/C, lining of tail section itself provides least benefits as duration of water flow is less and thus amount of losses

saved is very small while duration is longer in head sections and thus the amount of water loss is high that can be saved

by lining.

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2.4 Post-harvest Processing Facilities

The exact interventions for post-harvesting facilities to be provided are not yet clear, which will be finalized by the MAIC. An indicative detail for such facility including anticipated impacts is provided in following sections.

2.4.1 Production Facilities

The Site:

An ideal site should be close to a fruit and vegetable growing areas and near to main road

leading to an urban center. This reduces transport and handling costs and lets crops in good

condition at processing time. Too much handling bruises the commodities which spoil

quickly. Reliable electricity and adequate supplies of potable water should also be

considered while site selection.

The Building:

The building should have a hygienically designed and easy cleaned to prevent

contamination of products. Within the building, food move between different stages in a

process. A typical design for a fruit and vegetable processing unit is shown in Figure 2.4.

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Figure 2.4 Typical design of a fruit and vegetable processing unit. (Hand-washing/changing facilities and toilets should be in another building)

Roofs and ceilings:

A paneled ceiling should be fitted in processing and storage rooms. It is important to ensure

that there are no holes in the paneling or in the roof and no gaps where the roof joins the

walls, which would allow birds, rodents and insects to enter.

Walls, windows and doors:

All internal walls should be plastered or rendered with concrete. The surface finish should

have no cracks or ledges, which could harbor dirt or insects. The lower parts of the walls

are most likely to get dirty from washing equipment, product splashing etc. They should

either be tiled, or painted with waterproof white gloss paint to at least one and a half meters

above the floor. Higher parts of walls and the ceiling can be painted with good quality

white emulsion paint.

Natural daylight is preferable and cheaper than electric lighting in processing rooms.

Windowsills should be made to slope to prevent dust accumulation. Storeroom doors

should not have gaps beneath them and should be kept closed to prevent insects and rodents

from getting in and destroying stocks of product, ingredients or packaging materials.

Processing room doors should be kept closed unless they are fitted with thin metal chains,

or strips of plastic or cloth hung from door lintels. These keep out insects and birds, but

allow easy access for staff. Alternatively, mesh door screens can be fitted.

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2.4.2 Services

Lighting and power

Electric power points should be located at least one meter above the floor so that there is

no risk of them getting wet when the floor and equipment is washed down. Ideally,

waterproof sockets should be used. Each power point should only be used for one machine.

Multiple sockets should not be used because they risk overloading a circuit and causing a

fire. All plugs should have fuses that are appropriate for the power rating of the equipment

and the mains supply should have an earth leakage trip-switch. Cables should be properly

fixed to walls or run vertically from the ceiling to machines. There should be no exposed

wires at any connection. Electric motors should be fitted with separate starters and

isolators.

Water supply and sanitation

Good quality water is essential in all fruit and vegetable processing, as an ingredient in

some products and for washing down equipment. An adequate supply of water should be

available from taps in the processing room. If there is no mains supply, or if the mains

supply is unreliable or contaminated, water from boreholes is likely to be relatively free

from microorganisms, but it may be contaminated with sand. Canal water is likely to be

contaminated and should only be used if no other source is available.

Samples of water should be periodically checked (e.g. once per year) for contamination

from salts and micro-organisms. To remove sediment, two high level covered storage tanks

should be installed. While one tank is being used, any sediment in water in the other tank

settles out. The capacity of each tank should be enough for one day’s requirement. The

tanks should have sloping bases and be fitted with drain valves at the lowest point to flush

out any sediment that has accumulated. If necessary, water should be treated to remove

micro-organisms. Dosing water with bleach is fast, cheap and effective against a wide

range of microorganisms. Water for cleaning should contain about 200 ppm of chlorine (by

mixing 1 liter of bleach into 250 liters of water). Water that is used as an ingredient should

not contain more than 0.5 ppm chlorine (by adding 2.5 ml of bleach to 250 liters of water)

to avoid contaminating products with a chlorine smell. Care is needed when using bleach

because it damages the skin, particularly the eyes and can cause breathing difficulties, if

inhaled.

Equipment should be thoroughly cleaned after each day’s production. Solid wastes should

be placed in bins and removed from the building at intervals, rather than letting them

accumulate during the day. Wastes should never be left in a processing room overnight.

Wastes should be taken far away from the processing site and either buried or turned into

compost.

Large volumes of liquid wastes are created in fruit and vegetable processing and these

should be carefully disposed off to prevent local pollution of streams or lakes and local

environment. If main drainage is not available, a soak-away should be constructed in a

place that shouldn’t contaminate drinking water supplies. Water should not be allowed to

simply soak into the ground, because this will create swampy conditions, which attract

insects that contaminate products, as well as introducing a health hazard.

Toilets should be separated from the processing area by two doors or be located in a

separate building. Workers should have hand-washing facilities with soap and clean towels.

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2.4.3 Production Planning

Production planning involves thinking ahead to make sure that everything is in place and

working properly at the start of the harvest so that enough produce can be processed.

Careful production planning may involve:

1. Number of workers required and their different jobs

2. Equipment needed

3. Production of raw materials and ingredients to be bought

4. Identify any ‘bottle-necks’ in the process.

2.4.4 Health and safety

All processors have a responsibility to provide safe and healthy working conditions for

their staff. In fruit and vegetable processing the main dangers are:

Damage to skin

When workers handle raw fruit over several hours, they should wash their hands regularly

or be provided with thin gloves to prevent skin damage from fruit acids. Care is also needed

for handling bleach to avoid damage to the skin.

Burns and cuts

The main risk of burns comes from large containers of viscous products such as jam or

sauces, which are handled at boiling temperatures. Aprons or coats and heat resistant gloves

should be provided and staff should be trained to handle such foods safely. There are also

dangers of cuts from sharp blades on motorized cutters or liquidizers.

Staff should be properly trained to use machines safely, particularly when cleaning them

and workers should not wear clothes or jewelry that could become tangled in moving

equipment.

2.4.5 Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment

1. Airlocks

2. Blanchers

3. Boiling Pans/Pasteurizers

4. Bottle Coolers

5. Bottle Washers

6. Capsule Sealer

7. Corers

8. Corkers

9. Cutting boards

10. Deep fat fryers

11. Dicers

12. Dryers

13. Fermentation tanks/food grade drums

14. Fillers/Insulated Filling Tanks

15. Filters

16. Freezers

17. Fruit Crushers

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18. Fruit presses

19. Gas burners/cylinders/regulators

20. General tools and tables

21. Heat sealers

22. Hosepipes and spray guns

23. Hydrometers – alcohol and brine

24. Jam thermometers

25. Label applicators

26. Laboratory glassware/equipment

27. Liquidizers

28. Peelers

29. pH meters

30. Pot and bottle sealers/cappers

31. Pressure Cookers

32. Protective gloves, hats, hairnets, coats and boots

33. Pulper Finishers

34. Reamers

35. Refractometers

36. Scales

37. Sulphuring Cabinet.

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3. Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Framework

This Chapter provides an overview of the legislative, regulatory, and policy framework

pertaining to the environmental and social aspects of the proposed project.

3.1 National Laws and Regulations

The following laws relevant to the environmental and social aspects of the project have

already been discussed in the original ESA, Chapter 2 (see Annex A for the table of

contents of the original ESA):

Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997

Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE and EIA Regulations, 2000

National Environmental Quality Standards

Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 1974

Forest Act, 1927

Canal and Drainage Act, 1873

Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority Act, 1997

Punjab On-Farm Water Management and Water Users’ Associations Ordinance, 1981

Provincial Local Government Ordinances, 2001

Antiquity Act, 1975

Mines, Oil Fields and Mineral Development Act, 1948

Factories Act, 1934

Employment of Child Act, 1991

Pakistan Penal Code, 1860

All of the above laws are applicable to the expanded scope of the project because no

changes have been made in them since the preparation of the original ESA except that

Punjab Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (Amended 2012) has been promulgated. A

summary of this Act is presented below.

Punjab Environmental Protection Act

The Punjab Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (amended 2012) is the basic legislative

tool at the provincial level after the devolution of power under 18th amendment of the

constitution of Pakistan, empowering the provincial governments to frame regulations for

the protection of the environment. The Act is similar in nature to the Pakistan

Environmental Protection Act of 1997 and refers to the Pakistan Environmental Protection

Agency Review of IEE and EIA Regulations as the primary guideline for preparation of

environmental safeguards instruments. The regulatory powers and implementation

responsibilities are now designated in the province to the Punjab Environmental Protection

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conduct an environmental assessment and submit its report to the Punjab Environmental

Protection Agency.

3.2 The World Bank Operational Policies

Relevance and applicability of the World Bank environmental and social safeguard policies

for the original project has been discussed in Chapter 2 of the original ESA and remains

essentially the same for the expanded project scope. Much like the original project, the

expanded project scope and associated potential impacts do not trigger any WB safeguard

policy other than OP 4.01 and OP 7.50, as summarized below.

Operational Policy Triggered Rationale

Environmental

Assessment (OP 4.01)

Yes The proposed activities can potentially cause

low to moderate significance of adverse

environmental and or social impacts (hence the

proposed projecct remains Category B)

Involuntary

Resettlement (OP 4.12)

No No land would be acquired as part of the

proposed project.

Forestry (OP 4.36) No No project activities will be carried out inside

any forests nor would they have any impacts

on forest resources.

Natural Habitat (OP

4.04)

No No project activities will be carried out inside

any natural habitat nor would they have any

impacts on such habitat.

Pest Management (OP

4.09)

No Intordution of HEIS generally results in

reduction of agro-chemical requirements for

the crops.

Safety of Dams (OP

4.37)

No No dam construction is involved.

Projects in

International Waters

(OP 7.50)

Yes The project would use irrigation water some of

which originates from international waterways

(eg, Jhelum and Chenab rivers). An exemption

to notification was obtained for the original

project that also applies to the AF.

Cultural Property (OP

4.11)

No Proejct interventions will be carried out in

cultivation fields where no physical cultural

resources are known to exist. Chane find

procedures have been included in the ESMP.

Indigenous People (OP

4.10)

No No indiginous peole ass deined in the Policy

exist in the Province.

Projects in Disputed

Area (7.60)

No The Province does not have any area that is

disputed.

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4. Analysis of Alternatives

Consideration of alternatives is one of the important elements of the environmental

assessment process. Its role is to provide a framework for sound decision-making based on

the principles of sustainable development.

Various project alternatives and the associated environmental as well as social aspects

were analyzed in the original ESA report including:

No-Project Alternative,

Alternative Irrigation Methods,

Alternative Land Levelling Methods,

Alternatives Methods o f On-Farm Water Conservation, and

Alternative Methods of Implementing the Proposed Initiatives

The above analysis remains valid for the proposed activities under AF. However, Precast

Parabolic Lining (PCPL) technique was not included in the original ESA while analyzing

alternative methods of on-farm water conservation. PCPL technique has proven to be far

superior to the traditional brick-mortar rectangular lining as parabolic-lined sections last

longer, have 27 percent more conveyance efficiency than the conventional brick lined, and

have almost negligible maintenance costs. Therefore, the benefit-cost ratio is best for the

PCPL alternative, which has been selected for the improvement of 7000 more watercourses

under revised Scope of Work.

Environmental and social consequences of PCPL and brick masonry lining will remain the

same.

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5. Environmental and Socioeconomic Baseline

The baseline information is required for scoping and assessing potential social and

environmental issues associated with the implementation of the project. On the basis of

baseline information, the project’s potential impacts are assessed and mitigation measures

proposed. The baseline information also helps to indicate the specific issues to be

monitored during project execution as well as during the operational phase.

The original ESA in its Chapter 5 describes the baseline environmental and

socioeconomic conditions of the Punjab Province (see Annex A for the table of contents

of the original ESA). This description remains fully valid for the expanded scope of the

project as well since the additional activities will also be carried out Province-wide and no

significant changes in the environmental and social conditions of the Province relevant to

the proposed activities have been reported.

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6. Stakeholder Consultations

Stakeholder consultation is an integral part of the environmental and social assessment for

any project and aims to provide a two-way communication channel between the

stakeholders and the project proponents. The stakeholder consultations with institutional

and grass root stakeholders were conducted during preparation of the original ESA. Key

project information was provided to the stakeholders to solicit their views on the project

and its potential or perceived impacts. Outcome of these consultations were made part of

original ESA (Chapter 6) and views and concerns of the stakeholders were incorporated

into the project design and implementation with the objectives of reducing or offsetting

negative impacts and enhancing benefits of the project.

Similarly, extensive consultations with stakeholders (farmers) were again carried out in all

three regions (Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan) of the Province while preparing the present

Addendum. Stakeholders including beneficiaries of previous and revised scope of project

were consulted to obtain their views, concerns, and suggestions regarding on-going project

and proposed revised scope of work. The detail of consultation meetings conducted is given

in Table 6.1.

Table 6.1: Detail of consultation meetings

Region

Village Existing Facility (s)

No. of Participants

La

ho

re

1. Village: Twelewali Tehsil/District: Pindi Bhattian , Hafizabad

Watercourse (W/C) Lining

12

2. Chak No 248 Tehsil/District:Gojra / Toba Tek Singh HEIS 3

3. Village: 105- RB Tehsil/District: Jaranwala/ Faisalabad

Laser land levelling (LLL)

3

4. Kot asaish Tehsil/District: Wazirabad, Gujranwala W/C Lining and LLL

8

5. Mehrook kalan Tehsil/District: Depalpur/Okara W/C Lining and LLL

11

6. Village: 187-JB Tehsil/District: Bhawna/ Chiniot W/C Lining 9

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Region


No. of Participants

Region


No. of Participants

Raw

alp

ind

i

1. Mitha khu Tehsil/District: Khushab/Sargodha W/C Lining and LLL

8

2. Village: Phesay Tehsil/District: Phalia/ M. B. Din W/C Lining and LLL

7

3. 54-TDA Tehsil/District: Bhakkar W/C Lining and HEIS

9

4. Village: Hafiz wala Tehsil/District: Piplan/ Mianwali W/C Lining, HEIS and LLL

8

Mu

lta

n

1. 96-9-L Tehsil/District: Sahiwal W/C Lining 12

2. Chak Liaqat/ Moza Wali Motel Mal Tehsil/District: Lodhran

W/C Lining 14

3. Moza Meeran pur Tehsil/District: Lodhran W/C Lining 13

4. Qasba Aawal Tehsil/District: Multan W/C Lining 13

5. Raja ram Tehsil/District: Shujabad / Multan W/C Lining 12

6. Kot baksha Tehsil/District: Pak Pattan W/C Lining, HEIS and LLL

8

7. Falak sher chisti Tehsil/District: Bahawalnagar / BIN W/C Lining, HEIS and LLL

7

8. Village: Falak sher chisti Tehsil/District: Bhawalnagar / Bin

W/C Lining, HEIS and LLL

6

9. Kot bakhsa Tehsil/District: pak pattan W/C Lining, HEIS and LLL

8

10.

Village:6 – IR Tehsil/District: Haroonabad / Bhawalnagar

W/C Lining, HEIS and LLL

6

11.

54-TDA Tehsil/District: Bhakkar W/C Lining and HEIS

7

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Region


No. of Participants

The views and concerns shown by the farmers during these consultation meetings are

provided in Table 6.2, whereas complete list of farmers participated in the meetings is

provided in Annex B.

Table 6.2: Key Issues Discussed during Grass Root Consultations.

Location/Farmers Participants Key Issue Discussed

Chak No. 187 JB

Tehsil:

Bhwana/Chiniot

Distt: Faisalabad

Monitoring and

evaluation (M&E)

consultant team

and 9 Farmers of

improved

Watercourse

Very positive impact on productivity; area under

cultivation increased due to water and labor

saving; easy to operate; price of land increased.

Extension of scheme is needed;

Consultant team briefed about PCPL technique.

Chak No 105 Rb

Tehsil Jaranwala

Distt: Faisalabad

M&E consultant

team and 3 farmers

of Laser Land

Leveling

Achieved saving of time and water; crop

uniformity; effective use of fertilizer; equal

distribution of irrigation water in field.

Its cost should be reduced.

Chak No. 248 Teh:

Gojra Distt: Toba

Tek Singh

M&E consultant

team and Two

farmers of HEIS

Achieved saving in water and time; crop

uniformity; saving of input and labor; cropping

intensity increased, crop yield and quality

increased; increased farm income.

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Difficult to operate; more training required for

handling; No after sale service from SSC; no

spare parts available in local market.

Village: Twelewali

Tehsil/District:

Pindi Bhattian ,

Hafizabad

M&E consultant

team and 12

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining

Better equity; Input saving; Water and labor

saving; Water theft and dispute reduction

There is some difficult to collect farmers share;

Farmer share should be reduced


96-9-L

Tehsil/District:

Sahiwal

M&E consultant

team and 12

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining

Better equity; Input saving; Water and labor

saving; Water theft and dispute reduced;

It is difficult to collect farmers share;

Farmer share should be reduced.


Chak Liaqat/ Moza

Wali Motel Mal

Tehsil/District:

Lodhran

M&E consultant

team and 14

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining and Laser

Land Leveling

Watercourse Lining:

Increased water conveyance efficiency;

Decreased water deficit; reduced water theft;

increased irrigated area; Increased the crop

production.

Watercourse should be completely lined.


Laser Land Leveling:

Save water up to 27%; achieved uniformity in

crop growth; Increased the fertilizer efficiency;

decreased loss of land.

More laser units should be provided for

availability at crop season.

Moza Meeran Pur

Tehsil/District:

Lodhran

M&E consultant

team and 13

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining and Laser

Land Leveling

Watercourse Lining:

Reduced water theft; Reduced silting; Increased

conveyance efficiency; More production with

low labor; water losses decreased.



Saving water; Uniformity of the crop; Increased

in production; More germination; Reduction in

land losses.

Qasba Aawal

Tehsil/District:

Multan/ Multan

M&E consultant

team and 13

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining and Laser

Land Leveling

Watercourse Lining:

Achieved saving of water; received full turn of

water without losses; water theft reduced;

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Decreased land losses; Received equal

distribution of water in field; Uniformity in crop

growth; More production; Less labor required.

Laser units should be provided at union council

level.

Village: Raja Ram

Tehsil/District:

Shujabad / Multan

M&E consultant

team and 12

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

Canal water losses decreased; received full turn

of water without losses; Easy to handle

irrigation water; Crop yield increased.



Water saved; equal distribution of irrigation

water at each part of field; Crop uniformity;

Increased the crop yield

Availability of laser units should be confirmed

in Rabi and Kharif crop seasons

laser unit should be provided at union council

level

HEIS:

Received water saving; Increased the cropping

intensity; Less labor required; More production;

Input saving; Time saving

More operational cost; Bank support not

available; Maintenance issues; non-availability

of spare parts; Technology issues should be

resolved.

System should be subsidized; Company should

give back support.

Village: Kot

Baksha

Tehsil/District: Pak

Pattan

M&E consultant

team and 8

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

increased availability of water, received more

land under cultivation, easy to irrigate the field

or less labor required

Repair and maintenance of water course is not

proper.

100% lining of watercourse will give more

benefits to the farmers.



Water use efficiency increased , saving in time

during land preparation, crop yield increased

Rates increased during crop season; availability

becomes difficult at right time.

HEIS:

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Barren land became under cultivation; yield of

crop increased, labour cost decreased.

Problems occur during handling the system,

non-availability of spare parts, late response

from SSC, for backup support.

100% subsidy should be provided; availability

of spare parts in local market should be

confirmed.

Falak Sher Chisti

Tehsil/District:

Bahawalnagar /

BIN

M&E consultant

team and 7

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

Availability of water increased; more area came

under cultivation; theft of water decreased.

Share collection process is difficult, farmers

gathering is difficult to solve any problem.

length of lined watercourse should be increased

especially for tail end farmers.



Field cultivation became easier due to leveling;

achieved uniformity in crop; crop yield

increased.

During crop cultivation season its availability in

time is difficult.

There is need to provide LLL at each village

level.

HEIS:

Labor work decreased; yields increased.

Difficult to operate the system; spare parts are

not available in local market.

During any problem no response or late

response from service supply company.

Availability of spare parts in the market should

be confirmed; quick response required to resolve

any problem occur during O&M.

Falak Sher Chisti

Tehsil/District:

Bhawalnagar / Bin

M&E consultant

team and 6

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

Availability of water increased; more area came

under cultivation; decrease in theft of water.

Share collection process is difficult; farmers

gathering to solve any problem is difficulty

occur during chairmen selection.

length of lined watercourse should be increased

especially for tail end farmers.


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Easier cultivation; uniformity in crop growth;

yield increased.

During crop cultivation section its availability in

time is difficult.

There is need to provide LLL at each village

level.

HEIS:

Difficult to operate the system, spare parts are

not available in market; during any problem no

response or late response from service supply

company.

Difficult to operate the system; spare parts are

not available in market; during any problem no

response or late response from service supply

company.

Kot Bakhsa

Tehsil/District: Pak

Pattan

M&E consultant

team and 8

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

Availability of water increased; more land under

cultivation; irrigation of field became easier.

Repair and maintenance of the water course is

not proper.

100 % lining of the water course will give more

benefit to the farmers.



Water use efficiency increased; saving in time

during land preparation; crop yield increased.

Rates increases during crop season; difficulty in

availability at right time.

HEIS:

Barren land comes under cultivation; crop yield

increased; labor cost decreased.

Problem occurs during handling the system.

Non availability of spare parts, not quick

response from SSC for backup support.

100% subsidy should be provided availability of

spare parts in local market.

Kot Asaish

Tehsil/District:

Wazirabad,

Gujranwala

M&E consultant

team and 8

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining and Laser

Land Leveling

Watercourse Lining:

Water conveyance efficiency has improved,

water theft has reduced.

Tail farmers should be considered during the

lining of watercourse.

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Watercourse must be improved at alternate

reaches, especially problematic reaches,

otherwise w/c lined throughout the length of

w/c.



Uniform seed germination; Operational cost of

agriculture implement has reduced; Uniform

water application throughout the field; Reduce

the time of water application.

Skilled and trained driver to be used for LLL.

Village:6 – Ir

Tehsil/District:

Haroonabad /

Bhawalnagar

M&E consultant

team and 6

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

More area under cultivated due to lining and

availability of water in watercourse;

It is very difficult to collect farmer share from

the shareholder;

Make a departmental mechanism to collect the

farmer share and participation in watercourse

lining process.



After LLL less amount of water required and

proper germination;

Not available when required; Provide the LLL

unit at every watercourse level.

HEIS:

From this technology barren areas come under

cultivation where cannot possible without this

technology.

Operation and maintenance of the system is too

difficult.

O&M service should be provided to farmers at

every district level.

Mehrook Kalan

Tehsil/District:

Depalpur/Okara

M&E consultant

team and 11

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

More water available at the tail; water theft

reduced; more land come under cultivation;

decreased conflict among farmers.

Problems in share collection from farmers.

Earthen improvement cost of watercourse

should paid by the Department and this earthen

work completed by the department.


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Increased yield; less time required for plough,

water use efficiency of land increased.

Crop saving becomes late sometimes due to late

availability of laser.

Laser land leveler must be provided at each

village or at each village or at least nearby

village.

HEIS:

Water saved but not in practice.

Higher cost of installation.

Exact awareness among the farmers.

Mitha Khu

Tehsil/District:

Khushab

M&E consultant

team and 6

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

Availability of water increased for tail end

users; saving water from seepage loses, cuts

and theft; easy to walk along watercourse;

lining must be 100%



Uniformity in crop growth; better crop yield.

Village: 54-TDA

Tehsil/District:

Bhakkar

M&E consultant

team and 7

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, and HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

seepage loss and theft of water reduced; more

area irrigated;

Entire watercourse should be improved.


HEIS:

New land became under cultivation; saving of

water and energy; better production and quality.

Un affordable initial cost; un-availability of

parts in the market.

Subsidy may be enhanced and availability of

parts should be ensured.

Village: Phesay

Tehsil/District:

Phalia/ M. B. Din

M&E consultant

team and 7

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining and Laser

Land Leveling

Watercourse Lining:

Increased saving of water; seepage losses

controlled; water theft decreased; achieved

better yield; increased cropped area.

100% watercourse should be improved.



Less water required; better crop yield; improved

crop quality.

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Village: Hafiz wala

Tehsil/District:

Piplan/ Mianwali

M&E consultant

team and 8

Farmers of

Watercourse

Lining, Laser Land

Leveling and

HEIS

Watercourse Lining:

Water saving increased, water theft reduced,

better crop quality , reduced use of tube-well,

easy to irrigate fields, better crop production.

Entire watercourse should be improved.



Saving of water, time saving, better production.

Subsidy should be Increased.

HEIS:

Increased cropped area; increased saving of

water, reduced use of labor, increased crop

yield, quality of crops improved.

Subsidy should be increased.

Consultations with farmers will continue during the AF. These will be implemented through

consultation and social mobilization for Water User Associations. Monitoring arrangements will

seek specific feedback from women and especially female farmers and document their views in

progress/monitoring reports. Monitoring teams will develop special indicators for capturing

women’s views as part of periodic monitoring arrangements.

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7. Impact Assessment and Mitigations

Potential impacts of the project on environment and people were assessed and mitigation

measures were proposed in the original ESA. The negative impacts of the project

interventions were screened using the ADB’s Rapid Environmental Assessment Checklist

for the irrigation projects.

The list of positive and negative impacts will remain same, as no new intervention is

proposed in revised scope of project. Positive and negative impacts of precast parabolic

lining will be same as of brick masonry lining used for watercourse improvement.

7.1 Positive Impacts

The positive environmental and social impacts of the project include increased water

conservation, enhanced social mobilization (i.e, establishment of WUAs), and increased

employment opportunities for skilled people. PCPL technique have proven to be far

superior to the traditional brick-mortar rectangular lining as parabolic-lined sections last

longer, have 27 percent more conveyance efficiency than the conventional brick lined.

7.2 Negative Impacts

The key potentially negative environmental and social impacts of the interventions under

the project have been adequately assessed in the original ESA and include changes in land

use pattern particularly where barren/vacant land is brought under cultivation,

contamination of soil and water caused by chemical inputs, loss of natural vegetation and

trees for watercourse improvement, damage to crops caused by watercourse improvement

works, and reduced groundwater recharge caused by water course lining (see Section 7.3

of the original ESA). The potential impacts of the post-harvest processing facilities not

covered under the original ESA are described below.

7.2.1 Mitigations

Most of the above-mentioned potential impacts are temporary and reversible in nature

and can be mitigated with the help of appropriate mitigation measures, such as avoiding

environmental hot spots and wildlife protected areas when expanding the cultivation

fields, awareness raising and capacity building of farmers for judicious use of chemical

inputs, tree plantation to compensate any tree cutting, avoiding cropped area while

carrying out the watercourse improvement and other construction works during the

project, and limiting the extent of watercourse lining in the sweet groundwater zone

to minimize negative impacts on groundwater recharge. These impacts have been

included in the original ESA (Section 7.3) and most of them have been successfully

implemented during the original project.

7.3 Potential Impacts of Establishing and Operating Post-harvest Processing Plants

The generic potential impacts of the post-harvest processing facilities not covered under the original

ESA are described below.

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7.3.1 Impacts on air quality

The construction and installation activities can create dust emissions and also exhaust

emissions from construction machinery and vehicles. During operation of the units, air

quality may be impacted due to air emissions resulting from incomplete fuel combustion

in the fruit and vegetable processing plant. Exhaust gasses include particulate matters

(PM10), sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. Steam leaking from heating

tubes or used as live steam has a negative impact on air quality of workplace with respect

to heat and humidity. Odor problems can occur with poor management of solid wastes and

effluents.

Mitigations:

Water sprinkling to suppress dust emissions where needed during the

construction/installation phase.

Replace fuel oil by solar or natural gas.

Use good quality fuel.

Regulate the fuel to air ratio for an optimum excess air that ensures complete

combustion of fuel (carbon monoxide to dioxide).

Keep the combustion temperature at a moderate value to minimize particulate

matter and nitrogen oxides.

Stack (chimney) of appropriate height (in accordance with the product

specifications) to ensure proper dispersion of gaseous emissions.

Gas and steam leaks are minimized through maintenance and repair.

Odor controls (such as absorbents/biofilters on exhaust systems) should be

implemented where necessary to achieve acceptable odor quality for nearby

residents.

7.3.2 Impacts on soil and water quality

The fruit and vegetable processing units typically generate large volumes of effluents

(wastewater) that contain high organic loads, cleansing and blanching agents, salt and

suspended particles such as fibers and soil particles. The wastewater may also contain

pesticide residues washed from the fruits and vegetables. The various sources of

contamination are:

Juice, tomato paste and jam filling machines, which may spill that raise the

biological oxygen demand (BOD) level in the wastewater.

Lube oil from garage and workshops could be a cause for concern if discharged

into the sewer system or released to the environment.

Floor and equipment washing and sanitation produce wastewater containing

organic matter, oil and grease, and traces of the chemicals used for neutralization

and sanitation.

The organic material in wastewater stimulates the growth of bacteria and fungi

naturally present in water, which then consume dissolved oxygen.

Discharge of polluted wastewater high in BOD into a water body can cause

eutrophication and impact bio-diversity.

Sudden discharge of high BOD loads to the public sewer system will have an

indirect environmental impact.

Effluents released from the processing units can potentially contaminate drinking

water resources in the area.

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Mitigations: It will be ensured untreated effluents are not released to the environment and in particular drinking water resources are not affected in the area. The options described below will be employed for this purpose as appropriate.

In-plant modifications

The installation of product-capture systems for filling machines can reduce product

losses.

The installation of screens and grates on the drains prevents solid waste to reach

the wastewater

Provide simple treatment options (sedimentation, coalescing plate filters, etc.) to

allow water to be recycled.

Implementation of a quality control system is recommended to minimize waste.

In-process modifications

Use dry methods such as vibration or air jets to clean raw fruits and vegetables. Dry

peeling methods reduce the effluent volume (by up to 35%) and pollutant

concentration (organic load by 25%).

Install Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) unit to recover suspended material.

Recover useful materials from the wastes, such as recovering oil from skins and

seeds.

Use countercurrent systems where washing is necessary.

Introduce controlled atmosphere packaging. This technique allows food to retain

its quality for a longer time thus, passing through the distribution chain without

getting spoiled.

End-of-pipe treatment

Because of the typically high content of suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand (COD)

and BOD in the fruit and vegetable processing waste-streams, end-of-pipe treatment

frequently involves settling tanks and biological treatment. Pretreatment of effluents

consists of screening, flow equalization, neutralization and air flotation (to remove fats and

solids); it is normally followed by biological treatment. If space is available, pond systems

are potential treatment methods. Other possible biological treatment methods include

trickling filters, rotating biological contactors and activated sludge treatment.

7.3.3 Impact of Solid Wastes

Food wastes and effluents are rich in biodegradable components with high BOD and COD

contents. If they are unmanaged and untreated, their uncontrolled decomposition is

hazardous to the environment due to the production of methane and toxic materials. Solid

wastes are generated from the following operations:

The fruit and vegetable trimming, peeling and sorting.

Filtration of juice for pulp removal

Scrap at the workshops and garage

Domestic solid waste (garbage).

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Mitigations:

Fruit and vegetable process wastes

Cleaning and preparation of raw fruit and vegetable in the farm will reduce the

amount of material, which has to be transported and which eventually have to be

disposed. If crop grading, trimming, selection, culling and inspection can take place

in the field, the amount of solid waste will be further reduced. A further advantage

to the producer is that these residues may be usefully employed in situ, as fertilizer

or animal feed.

The raw fruits and vegetables delivered to the plant may be damaged. The soft fruits

and the tomatoes are often bruised, crushed and rotting. In addition to costing due

to lost raw materials, these losses will also unnecessarily increase the pollution

load. Tainting of the final product may also occur.

In the context of growing concern over environmental pollution caused by

indiscriminate disposal of organic wastes such as fruit and vegetable processing

wastes, composting is an environmentally friendly process. The end product

obtained by composting can be added back into the soil as an organic fertilizer.

Organic waste should also be used in the production of animal feed.

Scrap

Scrap to be collected for selling as recyclable material.

Sludge

Effluent treatment processes also generate sludge besides solids. This sludge is

subject to putrefaction, malodorous and offensive. It can also be hazardous to health

by absorbing pathogens that multiply in this favorable medium and toxins. Raw

sludge is saturated with bound water, should be de-watered and disposed of

properly in sanitary landfills or in a pit dug for this purpose.

7.3.4 Occupational Health and Safety Impacts

The construction activities as well as operation and maintenance (O&M) activities at the

food processing units pose occupational health and safety (OHS) risks to the construction

workers and O&M staff respectively.

Mitigation

The installation/construction contractor will prepare and implement an OHS Plan to

address the occupation health and safety risks associated with the construction activities.

The Plan will include a) standard operating procedures to deal with each type of activity as

well as emergency situations such as fire, spillage of chemical/oils/fuels; b) defined roles

and responsibilities of the construction staff responsible for Plan implementation;

c) training and capacity building requirements; and d) documentation and reporting

mechanism.

A similar OHS Plan will be prepared for the processing unit O&M phase and will be an

integral part of the Unit’s Operational Manual. This Plan will be Unit- and site-specific

and address all OHS hazards associated with the Unit’s O&M. As a bare minimum, the

Plan will include a) standard operating procedures to deal with each type of O&M activity

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as well as emergency situations such as fire, spillage of chemical/oils/fuels; b) defined roles

and responsibilities of the O&M staff responsible for Plan implementation; c) training and

capacity building requirements; and d) documentation and reporting mechanism.

7.3.5 Communication and Transparency

For establishing the post-harvest processing facilities, transparent and accessible guidelines

on the selection process will be established, and communicated widely to all farmers to

ensure that the selection process is seen as transparent and fair, and possible social conflict

is avoided.

Gender: Women constitute and key potential beneficiary group under the Project. Women

will be consulted in the implementation of the project’s intervention. Social mobilization

for WUAs will also include women. As part of monitoring, gender disaggregated data will

be collected and analyzed. The Project will use this data to fine tune its outreach to women.

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8. Environmental and Social Management Plan

The environmental and social management plan (ESMP) was developed to provide an

implementation mechanism for the mitigation measures identified during the original ESA.

The ESMP (Chapter 8 of the original ESA) also provides the organization structure for

the environmental and social management system during the project, and defines the roles

and responsibilities of various players. The ESMP includes a mitigation plan, a monitoring

plan, the communication and documentation requirements, and training needs, in the

context of the environmental and social management of the project.

8.1 Mitigation Checklists

The ESMP of the original ESA is fully applicable for the proposed expanded scope of the

project under except that the mitigation measures associated with Establishing and

Operating Post-harvest Processing Plants have also been included in the Mitigation

Checklists that are presented in Tables 8.1 to 8.5.

8.2 ESMP Compliance of Original Project

Overall performance of the safeguard compliance of the project has been moderately

satisfactory to satisfactory with some pending compensatory tree plantation being the only

key slow-compliance. An overview of the ESMP implementation of original project is

presented below.

8.2.1 Institutional Arrangements and Mitigation Measures

An Environment and Social Management Cell (ESMC) comprising of various

officers of Water Management Wing of Agriculture Department has been

established at provincial level for smooth implementation of environmental and

social management plan (ESMP) as per requirement of EPA and the World Bank.

The mitigation measures/ guidelines proposed in ESA for various project activities

have been notified among all District Officers (OFWM) for implementations as well

as inclusion in the documents to be signed with the water users associations/ farmers

for execution of project activities.

Four forms have been developed in the light of guidelines provided in the ESA

report for collection of primary data for various project activities i.e., Watercourse

Improvement, LASER Land Leveling, Drip Irrigation, and Sprinkler Irrigation.

Each activity is being reported by the field staff where the works are in progress.

All the parameters / mitigation measures, identified during Environmental and

Social Assessment (ESA), are being considered during implementation of ESMP to

ensure their compliance.

The guidelines provided in the ESMP have been shared with executing agencies

(water users associations, farmers, supply and service companies) for

implementation under the supervision of field staff to avoid/ minimize any negative

impact on soil, water, air, and people.

The ESMP envisages plantation of three plants against each tree felled in the

command of each scheme which is being generally followed with some pending

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plantation in a few districts. Orders have been issued to expedite tree plantation in

these areas. In addition, efforts are being made to minimize tree cutting during

implementation of project activities. The field staff has been instructed to adopt the

guidelines in true spirit.

Necessary approvals for designs of the schemes and technical sanctions are being

sought from competent authority for execution of planned activities in order to

ensure execution of field activities according to approved standards and

specifications and minimize environmental & social impacts.

8.2.2 Environmental and Social Safeguard Monitoring

One Water Management Officer (WMO)/ Assistant Agricultural Engineer (AAE) has been

designated as district environmental and social coordinator (DESC) in each district to

supervise and coordinate with the Water Users Associations (WUAs) and farmers for

implementation of the environmental and social guidelines and fulfil other requirements

under ESMP. The DESC also maintains liaison and coordination with the ESMC at the

provincial level for smooth implementation of ESMP and timely submission of requisite

reports in this regard.

In addition, the Department has engaged a consortium of Mot McDonald Pakistan (MMP)

and Associated Consulting Engineers (ACE) as monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

consultants for the project. The consultants are also responsible for monitoring of ESMP

implementation. The M&E Consultants are producing periodic monitoring reports

highlighting the achievements and shortcomings recorded during construction activities

besides compliances and non-compliances of ESMP implementation.

For the expanded scope of work also, the above-described monitoring mechanism will be

employed. This will also include environmental and social safeguard monitoring of the

post-harvest processing facilities during construction as well as operation stages.

8.2.3 Documentation and Reporting

The Department’s field staff at district level has been preparing Monthly Environmental

Report (MEP) for sending to District Officer (Environment). Furthermore, project staff at

head quarter is preparing Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) for sending to the World Bank

regularly.

8.2.4 Environmental and Social Trainings and Awareness Raising Programme

The project proponent has also developed mechanism for training of field staff and so far

12 training courses have been conducted at Lahore, Multan and Chakwal for capacity

building related to implementation of ESMP. About 299 farmers filed days have also been

arranged at the farmers’ sites wherein information is also being passed on relating to the

environment activities. Furthermore, as per the Aide Memoire of 4th Implementation

Review Mission of the World Bank for PIPIP launched during September-October, 2014,

training is being focused on the ESMP implementation and environmental awareness and

seven courses have been conducted at WMTI Thokar Niaz Baig on ESMP implementation.

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8.3 The Key Lessons Learnt

The key lessons learnt during the ESMP implementation of the original project are listed

below.

The existing arrangements made by the Department to ensure ESMP compliance

during installation of HEIS and construction of watercourses by the field engineers

are working satisfactorily.

The adopted reporting mechanism of the department is also adequate and is serving

the purpose successfully.

There is some gap in the training of supervisors and other lower staff regarding

ESMP compliance, who spend most of their time with farmers and working force

during construction.

The laborers working on site especially during watercourses improvement are not

familiar with using personal protective equipment (PPEs), noise reduction

techniques and solid waste management.

The training component for farmers especially regarding safe usage of fertilizers

and pesticides needs further strengthening.

Compensatory tree plantation in a few districts is slow and the targeted plantation

has still not been completed.

8.4 Suggestion for Improvements

Induction of qualified environmentalist having additional experience in

Occupational Health and Safety at construction sites in the existing staff of the

Department at provincial level.

Additional vigorous efforts to be made by the proponent to arrange necessary

trainings to departmental lower staff in field offices and farmers especially to use

PPEs, operation of HEIS and to keep Water User Associations (WUA) active for

repair and maintenance after construction is required.

More stringent monitoring and supervision of the compensatory tree plantation.

Consultations with women in general and female farmers in particular will be

strengthened under the AF.

8.5 ESMPs for Food Processing Units

Section 7.3 presents generic environmental impacts and mitigation measures associated

with construction/installation and O&M activities of the food processing units. To

determine the site- and unit-specific environmental impacts and associated mitigation

measures, the project will conduct an environmental assessment of each food processing

unit and prepare a brief environmental and social management plan (ESMP). The ESMP

will need to be reviewed and cleared by the Bank before construction works can be initiated

on the respective Unit. The construction phase mitigation measures given in these ESMPs

will be included in the construction/installation contracts while the O&M phase mitigation

measures will be included in the Operational Manuals of the Units. The ESMPs will need

to include potential impacts and their mitigation measures, monitoring requirements,

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reporting and documentation protocols, and training requirements. The format of the

ESMP is given in Annex C.

8.6 ESMP Implementation Cost

The cost of ESMP implementation over the project duration of four years has been

estimated to be PKR 16.6 million. This cost has been included in the overall project cost.

The breakdown of this estimate is provided below.

ESMP Implementation Budget

Description Cost (PKR) Notes/basis

Third party monitoring 6.0 million PKR 1.5 m per year

Trainings 3.6 million PKR 300,000 per

training; 12 trainings

Cost of preparing ESMPs

for Food Processing Units

5.0 million PKR 100,000 to 150,000

per ESMP

Miscellaneous expenses 2.0 million PKR 0.5 m per year

Total 16.6 million

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Table 8.1: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Drip Irrigation

Environmental and Social

Aspect

Mitigation Measures Responsibility Notes

Land use, land form, and/or land

take (particularly when the

schemes are to be implemented

in previously vacant areas)

The vacant area where orchard/cultivation farm is

to be established under the scheme should be

owned by the beneficiary.

WMO/OFWM

No involuntary resettlement will be allowed during

the project.

WMO/OFWM

It should be ensured that the local routes are not

blocked by such schemes.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Downstream water availability The project schemes particularly those involving

expansion of cultivation area will be established

ensuring no negative impacts on downstream

water users.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Soil erosion and topography The water ponds under the schemes will be

appropriately located and designed, addressing all

aspects including soil erosion, soil subsidence, and

seepage.

WMO/OFWM

The scheme design involving excavation of water

pond should include proper disposal of the surplus

soil (eg, for the embankment for the water pond

itself).

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Soil and water contamination Judicious use of the chemical inputs and use of

alternate techniques (such as integrated pest

management, using disease-resistant seeds, and

mulching) will be promoted through awareness

raising and capacity building initiatives.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

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Aspect


Waste disposal guidelines will be included in the

design of the schemes. It will be ensured that no

waste or left over construction material is left

behind in the cultivation fields.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Salt built up in soil Soil testing will be carried out particularly in areas

where groundwater is used for irrigation.

Occasional flood irrigation should be considered if

salt built up is identified, particularly in areas

having little or scanty rainfall, and in soils having

poor drainage.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Impacts on natural flora and

fauna

If any trees are to be cut for scheme in a previously

vacant area, the farmer/scheme beneficiary will

carry out compensatory plantation of appropriate

indigenous tree species. Trees thus planted will be

at least three times the number of trees cut for

establishing the scheme.

Farmer

No schemes will be located inside any wildlife

protected areas (see Table 5.4 for the list of such

areas)

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Safety hazards/public health The awareness raising and capacity building

initiatives will also address the safe practices to

transport, store, handle, and apply the pesticides,

herbicides, and fertilizers.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

The farm owners will provide necessary protective

gear to the workers handling and applying

pesticides and herbicides in the field.

Farmer

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Aspect


Water ponds to have protective fencing. Farmer

The capacity building component will address

avoidance and cure of water borne and water

related diseases, particularly addressing mosquito

breeding in water ponds.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Damage to cultural heritage

(particularly when the schemes

are to be implemented in

previously vacant areas)

It should be ensured that no schemes are approved

inside or in the immediate vicinity of any cultural

heritage sites listed in Table 5.7 of original ESA.

WMO/OFWM

The schemes should not be located in graveyards

or shrine.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

The ‘chance find’2 procures will be included in the

scheme agreements.

WMO/OFWM

Employment/contracting

opportunities

Local labor and local contractors will be preferred

to carry out the construction and operation

activities.

Farmer

Sustainability of schemes After-sales service will be ensured through

contractual clauses.

WMO/OFWM

_________________________ 2 ‘Chance find’ procedure: In case any artifact or site of archaeological, cultural, historical, or religious significance are discovered during activities such as excavation of water ponds, the works will

be stopped, and the Archaeological Department will be informed.

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take (particularly when the

schemes are to be implemented

in previously vacant areas)

The vacant area where orchard/cultivation farm is

to be established under the scheme should be

owned by the beneficiary.

WMO/OFWM


the project.

WMO/OFWM



WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Downstream water availability The project schemes particularly those involving

expansion of cultivation area will be established

ensuring no negative impacts on downstream

water users.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Soil erosion and topography The water ponds under the schemes will be

appropriately located and designed, addressing all

aspects including soil erosion, soil subsidence, and

seepage.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer

The scheme design involving excavation of water

pond should include proper disposal of the surplus

soil (eg, for the embankment for the water pond

itself).

WMO/OFWM;

farmer






WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Waste disposal guidelines will be included in the


WMO/OFWM;

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Salt built up in soil Soil testing will be carried out particularly in areas

where groundwater is used for irrigation.

Occasional flood irrigation should be considered if

salt built up is identified.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer


fauna

If any trees are to be cut for scheme in a previously

vacant area, the farmer/scheme beneficiary will

carry out compensatory plantation of appropriate

indigenous tree species. Trees thus planted will be

at least three times the number of trees cut for

establishing the scheme.

Farmer


protected areas (see Table 5.4 of original ESA) for

the list of such areas)

WMO/OFWM;

farmer





WMO/OFWM;

farmer




Farmer

Water ponds will have protective fence around

them.

Farmer



WMO/OFWM;

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related diseases, particularly addressing mosquito

breeding in the water ponds..








WMO/OFWM;

farmer


or shrine.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer


scheme agreements.

WMO/OFWM


opportunities



activities.

Farmer



WMO/OFWM



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WMO/OFWM;

farmer

Air quality deterioration Tractors will be properly maintained and tuned to

minimize exhaust emissions, and proper fuel will

be used.

Farmer


fauna


protected areas (see Table 5.4 of original ESA)

for the list of such areas)

WMO/OFWM;

farmer








WMO/OFWM;

farmer


or shrine. WMO/OFWM;

farmer

The ‘chance find’4 procures will be included in

the scheme agreements. WMO/OFWM





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farmer



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The farm owners will provide necessary

protective gear to the workers handling and

applying pesticides and herbicides in the field.

Farmer



related diseases.

WMO/OFWM;

farmer


opportunities


to carry out the leveling activities. Farmer



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Aspect



take

Land for the realigned water course should be

voluntarily donated by its owner, and proper

documentation should be completed for this

donation.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA

The donation should be appropriately recorded in

the WUA register.

WUA


the project.

WMO/OFWM



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WUA

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Soil and water contamination Waste disposal guidelines will be included in the




WMO/OFWM;

WUA

Judicious use of the chemical inputs and use of





WMO/OFWM;

WUA

Soil erosion Earthen portion of the water course will not be left

un-compacted for long durations.

Surplus soil and silt will be disposed appropriately,

without having any impacts on water courses, local

routes, cultivation fields, or drains.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA

Conflicts Social mobilization and capacity building will

address formulation and sustainability of WUAs.

The capacity building will address conflict

avoidance and resolution.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA


fauna

Cutting of trees would be restricted to only those

trees which cause restriction/hindrance in water

flow or civil works. If any trees are to be cut, the

WUA will carry out compensatory plantation of

appropriate indigenous tree species. Trees thus

planted should be at least three times the number of

trees cut for establishing the scheme.

WUA


protected areas (see Table 5.4 of original ESA) for

the list of such areas)

WMO/OFWM;

WUA

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Damage to cultural heritage It should be ensured that no schemes are approved



WMO/OFWM;

WUA


or shrine.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA


scheme agreements.

WMO/OFWM





WMO/OFWM;

WUA




WUA/farmers



related diseases.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA


opportunities



activities.

WUA

Clogging of water courses Social mobilization and capacity building will

address formulation and sustainability of WUAs.

The capacity building will address proper

maintenance and care of water courses.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA



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Sustainability of scheme Social mobilization will address the sustainability

of WUAs, which in turn will ensure proper

operation and maintenance of water courses. In

particular, social mobilization and Wuas will

include women and monitor their views and any

impacts on them.

WMO/OFWM;

WUA

Table 8.5: Environmental and Social Guidelines – Establishing and Operaitng Post-harvest Processing Facilities (Additional Mitigation

Measures will be included in Unit-specific ESMP)


Aspect


To prevent production from

contamination

The building used for fruit and vegetable processing should be

hygienically designed and easily cleaned.

Keep indoor temperature in summer +/- 25oc

A paneled ceiling should be fitted in processing and storage rooms.

All windows should be screened with mosquito mesh.

All walls, ceiling and floors should be painted with good quality white

emulsion paint

Floors should be thoroughly washed after each day’s production.

Samples of water should be periodically checked (e.g. once per year)

for contamination by micro-organisms

Water should be treated to remove micro-organisms.

Equipment should be thoroughly cleaned after each day’s production

Keep the area around the processing room clean and tidy. Keep grass

cut short.

Clean up any spillages as they occur.

Toilets should be separated from the processing area

Cleaning chemicals, stored away from the processing room.

Prevent all animals from entering the processing area or storerooms.

Farmer/OFWM/

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Visitors should only enter the processing room wearing protective

clothing and under supervision

Regular medical examination of all workers and other staff

Impact on air quality Keep the combustion temperature at a moderate value to minimize

particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.

Gases and steam leaks are minimized through maintenance and repair.

Freon should be replaced by another non-hazardous refrigerant.

Odor controls (such as absorbents/bio-filters on exhaust systems)

should be implemented where necessary to achieve acceptable odor

quality for nearby residents.

Farmer/OFWM

Impact of effluents Installation of product-capture system for filling machines may reduce

product losses.

Installation of screens and grates on the drains prevents solid waste to

reach the wastewater

Provide simple treatment options (sedimentation, coalescing plate

filters, etc.) to allow water to be recycled.

Implementation of a quality control system is recommended to

minimize waste.

Use dry methods such as vibration or air jets to clean raw fruits and

vegetables.

Install Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) unit to recover suspended

material.

Recover useful materials from the wastes, such as recovering oil from

skins and seeds.

Use countercurrent systems where washing is necessary.

Introduce controlled atmosphere packaging.

Farmer/OFWM

Impact of solid waste Cleaning and preparation of raw fruit and vegetable should be made

at farm level.

Put all wastes into bins that are not used for anything else. Empty the

bins periodically during the day away from the processing site.

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The soft fruits and the tomatoes are often bruised, crushed and rotting.

The raw fruits and vegetables should be carefully delivered to the

plant. In addition to costing due to lost raw materials, these losses will

also unnecessarily increase the pollution load. Tainting of the final

product may also occur.

Composting of organic wastes is an environmentally friendly process.

The end product obtained by composting can be added back into the

soil as an organic fertilizer.

Organic waste should also be used in the production of animal feed.

Scrap may be collected and sold.

Raw sludge should be de-watered and disposed of in sanitary landfills.

Safety hazards/public health Prepare and implement Occupational Health and Safety Plan

Do not wear clothing or jewelry that can get caught in machinery

Keep ready First aid materials

Workers should be provided with thin gloves to prevent skin damage

from fruit acids

Aprons or coats and heat resistant gloves should be provided and staff

should be trained to handle large containers of viscous products at

boiling temperatures.

Staff should be properly trained to use machines safely, particularly

when cleaning them and workers should not wear clothes or jewelry

that could become tangled in moving equipment.

Farmer/OFWM

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Annex A

Table of Contents of the Original ESA

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

1.1 Background

1.2 Earlier Projects of Similar Nature

1.3 Project Proponent

1.4 Project Overview

1.5 ESA Study

1.5.1 Need of the Study

1.5.2 Study Objectives

1.5.3 Study Scope

1.5.4 Study Methodology

1.5.5 Study Team

1.6 Document Structure

2 Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Framework

2.1 National Laws and Regulations

2.1.1 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997

2.1.2 Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of IEE and EIA

Regulations, 2000

2.1.3 National Environmental Quality Standards

2.1.4 Land Acquisition Act, 1894

2.1.5 Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management)

Act, 1974

2.1.6 Forest Act, 1927

2.1.7 Canal and Drainage Act, 1873

2.1.8 Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority Act, 1997

2.1.9 Punjab On-Farm Water Management and Water Users’ Associations

Ordinance, 1981

2.1.10 Provincial Local Government Ordinances, 2001

2.1.11 Antiquity Act, 1975

2.1.12 Mines, Oil Fields and Mineral Development Act, 1948

2.1.13 Factories Act, 1934

2.1.14 Employment of Child Act, 1991

2.1.15 Pakistan Penal Code, 1860

2.2 The World Bank Operational Policies

2.2.1 Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01)

2.2.2 Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12)

2.2.3 Forestry (OP 4.36)

2.2.4 Natural Habitat (OP 4.04)

2.2.5 Pest Management (OP 4.09)

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2.2.6 Safety of Dams (OP 4.37)

2.2.7 Projects on International Waterways (OP 7.50)

2.2.8 Cultural Property (OP 4.11)

2.2.9 Indigenous People (OP 4.10)

2.2.10 Projects in Disputed Areas (OP 7.60)

2.2.11 Applicability of Safeguard Policies

2.3 Obligations under International Treaties

2.4 Institutional Setup for Environmental Management

2.5 Environmental and Social Guidelines

2.5.1 Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental and Social Guidelines

2.5.2 World Bank Environmental and Social Guidelines

3 Project Description

3.1 Project Background

3.2 Project Objectives

3.3 Project Beneficiaries

3.4 Project Components

3.4.1 Component A: Installation of High Efficient Irrigation Systems

3.4.2 Component B: Upgrading of Community Irrigation Systems

3.4.3 Component C: Improved Agriculture Technology/Practices and

Monitoring and Evaluation

3.4.4 Component D: Project Management, Supervision, Technical Assistance,

Training and Strategic Studies

3.5 Project Institutional and Implementation Arrangements

3.6 Description of Project Activities

3.6.1 Drip Irrigation

3.6.2 Sprinkler Irrigation

3.6.3 Laser Land Leveling

3.6.4 Water Course Improvement

4 Project Alternatives

4.1 No-project Alternative

4.2 Alternative Irrigation Methods

4.3 Alternative Land Leveling Methods

4.4 Alternative Methods of On-farm Water Conservation

4.5 Alternative Methods of Implementing the Proposed Initiatives

5 Environmental and Socioeconomic Profile

5.1 Location

5.2 Physical Environment

5.2.1 Geography

5.2.2 Geology and Seismology

5.2.3 Soil Morphology

5.2.4 Meteorology, Climate, and Air Quality

5.2.5 Surface Water Resources

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5.2.6 Groundwater

5.3 Forests, Habitat, and Ecologically Sensitive Areas

5.3.1 Protected Areas

5.4 Socioeconomic Profile

5.4.1 Demographic Profile

5.4.2 Economy

5.4.3 Land Use / Agricultural Profile

5.4.4 Cultural Heritage

5.5 Environmental Hotspots

6 Stakeholder Consultations

6.1 Objectives

6.2 Participation Framework

6.3 Stakeholder Identification

6.4 Consultation Process

6.5 Consultations with Institutional Stakeholders

6.6 Grass Root Stakeholders Consultations

7 Impact Assessment

7.1 Positive Impacts

7.2 Environmental Screening

7.3 Assessment of Potential Impacts and Mitigation

7.3.1 Subproject Siting (Land Use, Landform, and Land Take)

7.3.2 Loss of Precious Ecological Values

7.3.3 Conflicts in Water Supply Rights

7.3.4 Disruption of Local Routes

7.3.5 Soil Erosion and Topography

7.3.6 Loss of Soil Productivity

7.3.7 Reduced Groundwater Recharge

7.3.8 Soil and Water Contamination

7.3.9 Impacts on Women, Children, Vulnerable Groups, and Indigenous People

7.3.10 Noise and Vibration

7.3.11 Air Quality

7.3.12 Water Consumption and Availability of Water in Downstream Areas

7.3.13 Clogging of Water Courses

7.3.14 Water Borne and Water-related Diseases

7.3.15 Safety Hazards and Public Health

7.3.16 Influx of Workers and Employment

7.3.17 Impacts on Natural Flora and Fauna

7.3.18 Grazing

7.3.19 Damage to Infrastructure

7.3.20 Sustainability of Interventions

8 Environmental and Social Management Plan

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8.1 ESMP Objectives

8.2 ESMP Components

8.3 Institutional Setup and Responsibilities

8.4 Environmental and Social Guidelines

8.5 Environmental and Social Monitoring

8.6 Environmental and Social Trainings and Awareness Raising

8.7 Grievance Redressal Mechanism

8.8 Documentation and Reporting

8.9 ESMP Implementation Budget

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Annex B

Participants of the Stakeholder Meetings

Name Father Name Contact No.

96-9-L Tehsil/District: Sahiwal Water Course Lining

1 Hafiz Ali Taj Hussain 0345-6601919

2 Ghulam Hussain M. Taj 0345-7455870

3 Mansab Ali Noor. M -

4 Shamand Khan Sardara -

5 Hakim Jamal Din 0340-1121427

6 M. Abbas M. Ismail 0300-6919714

7 M. Ghafoor Abdul Majid -

8 Zawar Allah Yar -

9 M. Abbas Ghulam Muhammad 0348-4051096

10 Saadi Ahmad M. Shaban 0345-7459696

11 Pervaiz Alam Alam Khan 0342-0237365

12 Hussain Raza Mapal Khan 0345-1437574

Twelewali Tehsil/District: Pindi Bhattian , Hafizabad

1 Shahid Nawaz M. Shareef 0345-8870451

2 Safdar Hussain Nazar Hussain 0345-0614781

3 Sohail Abbas Mumtaz 0345-3637844

4 Nadeem Abbas Mumtaz 0345-2301361

5 Azhar Abbas Mumtaz Hussain 0300-4426834

6 Zulfiqar Ali M. Khan 0343-1297857

7 Abdul Qayyum Saif Ali 0303-4033834

8 Asim Ali Mazullah 0341-5834119

9 Shoaib Abbas Iftikhar Hussain 0301-2487118

10 Qaisar Zulfiqar 0306-6208810

11 Yasir Arfat Zulfiqar Ali 0343-1297805

12 Khurram Safdar Hussain 0345-0614781

Chak No 248 Tehsil/District:Gojra / Toba Tek Singh

1 Muhammad Shakeel Muhammad Itique 0345-7572248

2 M. Kareem Lal Din -

3 M. Ramzan Abdul Sattar 0321-0757478

105- Rb Tehsil/District: Jaranwala/ Faisalabad

1 Iftikhar Ahmad Muhammad Saleem 0301-3206076

2 M. Rayasat Zahid Khan -

3 Yasir Nasir Nasir Ahmed 0345-7925101

187-Jb Tehsil/District: Bhawna/ Chiniot

1 Mubashar Khan Ahmed Baksh 0345-796671

2 Ayub Ahmed Khan 0344-7928202

3 Aurangzeb Allah Baksh 0345-6817252

4 Mohsin Ali Ghulam Muhammad 0344-7667187

5 Toqeer Abbas M. Khan 0344-7812809

6 Asim Raza Muhammad Ali 0321-7776838

7 Haq Nawaz Lal Khan 0341-6760560

8 M. Faisal Mumtaz Hussain 0300-7980962

9 Faiz Ahmed Sardood Ahmed 0345-6354720

Chak Liaqat/ Moza Wali Motel Mal Tehsil/District: Lodhran

1 Rao Mushtaq M. Shafiq 0345-8773857

2 Manzoor Ahmaed Iman Baksh 0346-2575472

3 Khalil Ahmed Qadir Baksh

4 Sadar Ali Imam Baksh 0344-6162527

5 Safdar Hussain M. Alyas 0345-3902157

6 Sadar Allah Rakha 0340-6512890

7 Rao Sabir Lal Khan 0342-7924534

8 Altaf Hussain M. Sharif 0344-3067279

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9 M. Iqbal Malil Sharo

10 Abdul Sattar Shah Muhamamd 0342-7349796

11 Ghulam Farid M. Ali 0306-4415298

12 M. Saleem M. Anwar 0342-79269240

13 M. Aslam Qatab Din

14 Gulzar Rehmatullah

Moza Meeran Pur Tehsil/District: Lodhran

1 Haji Shahzad Ghuma Muhamamd 0346-7342009

2 M. Etran Nazar Ali 0345-8795109

3 Nasrullah Abdul Rehman 0342-3827172

4 Fida Hussain Khajo 0313-6677266

5 M. Farooq Umer Ali 0300-7382763

6 Imam Baksh Jam Roshan Jutt

7 Abdul Khaliq Ghulam Qadir 0306-6945503

8 M. Aslam Peer Baksh

9 M. Yousaf M. Yaqoob 0300-6305212

10 Abdul Khaliq M. Sharif 0343-5500315

11 Allah Baksh Faiz Bakash

12 M . Sajid M . Alla Dita 0345-7224033

13 Imam Baksh Noor Muhamamd

Village: Qasba Aawal Tehsil/District: Multan

1 M. Yaqoob Allah Wasaya 0307-7461464

2 M. Haneef Haji Ahmad Yar 0307-7461004

3 M. Sharif M . Nawaz

4 Nazakat Nawaz Rab Nawaz 0303-6348911

5 M. Abbas M . Shareef 0306-7442883

6 M . Tariq M . Sajid

7 M . Akram Sami Khan 0304-4883647

8 Haji Yousaf Mashooq Ali

9 M . Iqbal Allah Ditta 0307-8166677

10 Haji M . Haneef H. Noor Muhammad 0305-2786756

11 Khalid Latif Altaf Hussain 0300-7604542

12 M . Ikram M . Haneef 0305-7604542

13 M . Baksh M . Manzoor 0302-7660090

Village: Raja Ram Tehsil/District: Shujabad / Multan

1 Irfan Ahmed Subhan Khan 0301-8371147

2 M . Yousaf Rahim Baksh 0301-4984754

3 M . Akram Ghulam Hussain 0305-6577117

4 M . Shareef Mehar Pathana

5 Ghulam Nabi Chowly Khan 0301-2458896

6 M . Irfan Serwar Shah 0305-5842502

7 Manzoor Hussain Rahim Baksh 0300-7313975

8 Mureed Hussain Nor Muhammad

9 M. Islam Ghulam Hussain

10 Ghulam Yasin Malik Ranjo 0342-8838522

11 M. Amin Meher Din

12 Malik Sajjad Allah Baksh 0307-7447993

Village: Kot Baksha Tehsil/District: Pak Pattan

1 Pir Riaz Ahmed Pir Ali Ahmad 0301-7363492

2 Pir M. Zaman Pir M . Abbas 0301-7279075

3 Syed Zaman Shah Pir . Afzal Shah 0347-8891128

4 Syed Munir Shah Ghulam Shah

5 Hafiz Usman M . Abbas 0345-1607084

6 Azam Ali Manzoor Ahmad 0300-5285262

7 M . Shahid Ghulam Ali 0304-3536668

8 Pir Shah Nawaz Pir Ali Ahmad 0300-8327253

Village: Falak Sher Chisti Tehsil/District: Bahawalnagar / Bin

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1 M. Ramzan Hafiz M. Yar 0301-4084794

2 Maqbool Ahmad Shah Muhammad 0302-6521875

3 Khalid Zahoor Ahmed 0344-0131215

4 Abdul Aziz M. Shrief -

5 Ismail Imam Baksh 0305-2284580

6 Hafiz Allah Yar M. Yar

7 M. Yar Hafiz Ahmed Yar

Village: Falak Sher Chisti Tehsil/District: Bhawalnagar / Bin

1 M. Ramzan Hafiz M. Yar 0301-4084194

2 Maqbool Ahmed Shah Muhammad 0302-654875

3 Khalid Zahoor Ahmed 0344-1031251

4 Abdul Aziz M. Sharif

5 Ismail Imam Baksh 0305-2284580

6 M. Yar Hafiz Ahmed Yar

Village: Kot Bakhsa Tehsil/District: Pak Pattan

1 Pir Riaz Ahmed Pir Ali Ahmed 0301-7363492

2 Pir M. Zaman Pir M Abbas 0301-7279075

3 Syed Zaman Pir Afzal 0347-8891128

4 Syed Munir Shah Ghulam Shah

5 Hafiz Usman M. Abbas 0345-1607084

6 Azam Ali Manzoor Ahmed 0300-5285262

7 M. Shahid Ghulam Ali 0304-3536668

8 Pir Shah Nawaz Pir Ali Ahmad 0300-8327253

Village: Kot Asaish Tehsil/District: Wazirabad, Gujranwala

1 Javaid Iqbal Murad Ali 0346-6256752

2 Karamat Ali Ghulam Rasool 0341-4917489

3 Irfan Ahmed M. Hussain 0343-6066441

4 Zafar Ullah Sultan Aslam 0345-6452401

5 Zeeshan Ali M. Malik 0344-8420305

6 Hassan Bilal Zafarullah 0345-6454015

7 Shahid Usama Amanat Ali 0342-4695645

8 Akram Ali M . Ramzan 0346-7536217

Village:6 – Ir Tehsil/District: Haroonabad / Bhawalnagar

1 Habib Ullah Saif Ur Rehman 0342-7029906

2 M . Aslam M ., Khan 0345-7071739

3 Akram Hussain Hussain Ahmed 0302-8722315

4 M . Ashraf M . Sadiq 0302-7542506

5 Shahzad Aslam M . Aslam 0302-7915539

6 M . Ramzan M . Alam 0307-6721715

Mehrook Kalan Tehsil/District: Depalpur/Okara

1 Rana Shahbaz Ali M . Anwar 0345-7548170

2 Ch , M Ashraf M. Husain 0345-4623219

3 Abdul Majeed M. Mushtaq 0343-4411980

4 M . Rafique M . Din 0347-5815981

5 Khursheed Ahmed 0343-0467860

6 M . Iqbal 0342-6043127

7 Abdul Rasheed M .Mushtaq 0342-6723484

8 Talib Hussain Roshan Din 0303-4960086

9 Abdul Razzaq M . Din

10 Nor Muhamamd Sardar Ali

11 Jaffar Ali Hasham Ali

Mitha Khan Tehsil/District: Khushab

1 M. Altaf Abdul Samad 0345-4050388

2 Amir Usman M . Usman 0300-3967489

3 Abdul Rehman Allah Ditta 0308-6395594

4 M . Yaqoob Rizwan Ahmed 0302-8795310

5 M. Jaffar Karim Ullah 0301-6990614

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6. Ghulam Muhammad Mujtaba Ahmed 0301-6758596

7. Haji Altaf Nazak Muhammad 0300-5200681

Village: 54-Tda Tehsil/District: Bhakkar

1 Haji Abdul Sattar Jewan 0333-6847826

2 M. Akram Bota 0331-8795399

3 Haji M Afzal Hussain Baksh 0333-8055039

4 M. Riaz M . Nawaz 0332-7619440

5 M. Nawaz Malik Gamooon 0453-510910

6 Ashfaq 0333-4208527

7 M . Imran M . Hussain 0302-7962249

Village: Phesay Tehsil/District: Phalia/ M. B. Din

1 Zulfiqar Ahmed Ahmed Ali 0342-0048673

2 Saif ghulam qadir Riaz Ahmed 0310-6541207

3 Azhak iqbal Muhamamd Iqbal 0341-4570012

4 M. Afzal Allah Dita 0305-6277355

5 Imran Khan Akram Khan 0307-7573533

6 M. nazir Anwar 0308-6865871

7 M. Aslam M. Ali 0300-7562798

8 Khalid hussain Allah Dad 0333-8042207

9 Mubashir ali Shamsher Ali 0333-8900944

Village: Hafiz Wala Tehsil/District: Piplan/ Mianwali

1 Mushtaq ahmed Allah Ditta 0308-8760324

2 Tariq mahmood Ahmed Noor 0306-7010511

3 Nasrullah awan Rab Nawaz 0344-7766786

4 Malikk amir Ahmed 0342-6895401

5 Ijaz ahmed Haji Iqbal 0300-6083943

6 Nasir mehmood Ahmed Noor 0306-2445216

7 Irfan Faizullah 0346-7596036

8 M. ikram Usman 0301-4527116

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Annex C

Methodology and Structure of Environmental and Social Management Plans

Suggested Methodology

The subproject-specific ESMPs will be prepared using the standard methodology, as

briefly listed below.

Scoping – studying the subproject details and preparing long list of potential issues and

concerns

Site survey and data collection – recording the key environmental and social aspects of

the area, identifying any environmental/social hot spots or key concerns, carrying out

consultations with the community.

Screening – on the basis of the above, short listing the key concerns and potential impacts

of the subproject on environment and people.

Impact assessment – assessing the significance of each potential impact and identifying

appropriate mitigation measures. Assessment of cumulative impacts of a cluster of

subprojects (ie, food processing units).

ESMP compilation – documenting the process and outcome of the study. The ESMP

structure is discussed below.

Suggested ESMP Structure

The ESMP will follow the standard structure as given below.

Introduction, including background, a brief description of the Project, an overview of the

relevant legal and policy framework

A simplified description of the subproject (food processing unit), including its layout and

location, resource requirements, wastes to be generated, manpower requirement, a brief

description of construction activities, and a brief description of operation and maintenance

activities.

Baseline description, primarily describing the proposed site and its immediate surrounding

aided with maps, photographs and schematics, key environmental and social

aspects/resources of the surroundings such as land form and land use, land ownership,

water resources, settlements, any critical habitat or protected area, any cultural heritage

sites or graveyards, any sensitive receptor such as schools and hospitals, access routes,

and other relevant details.

Stakeholder consultations, recording the key concerns and suggestions of the community

regarding the subproject and its potential impacts, and a description of the way these

concerns will be addressed.

Mitigation plans, listing all the impacts, their mitigation measures, assigning responsibility

of implementing these measures, and also assigning responsibility for monitoring. Also

identifying cumulative impacts if applicable.

Monitoring plan, describing the monitoring requirements, frequency, and responsibility of

conducting the monitoring.

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Training plan, describing the training requirements, contents, frequency, training

recipients, and responsibility of conducting these trainings.

Documentation and reporting, describing the requirement, frequency, and responsibility of

documentation and reporting.

ESMP implementation budget, providing the cost estimate of its implementation.

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