Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report

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1 Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report Project No Period Covering January to December 2014 March 2015 Sri Lanka: Greater Colombo Water and Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 Prepared by the Colombo Municipal Council, Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Council for the Asian Development Bank. This environment monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the terms of use section on ADB s website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area

2 Greater Colombo Water & Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Programme National Water Supply & Drainage Board ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT Project Management Unit Greater Colombo Water & Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Programme National Water Supply & Drainage Board No.65, St. Lawrence Road Colombo 06 Tel: , Fax: E mail: cwssiadb@yahoo.com

3 NOTE The annual monitoring report for year 2014 ( January to December ) is mainly based on the progress of land acquisition and location changes in proposed constructions under the project I & Project II in Greater Colombo Water and Wastewater Management Improvement Program. During the year 2014, Project I & II Civil works were not commenced Initial environmental examinations to be done during construction

4 Contents 01. Introduction Purpose of the Report Policy, Legal and Administrative Frame work Current status of lands Description of Existing Environmental Condition - Project I 5.1 NRW Office in Maligakanda Area Engineer s Office at Eli House Reservoir site Description of Existing Environmental Condition - Project II (ADB & AFD Component) 6.1 Construction of office buildings for Area Engineer- Maharagama Construction of New Training Centre at LS Yard Thelawala road, Rathmalana Area Engineer office for Pamankada Construction of Booster Pump Station at Moragasmulla Construction of Gothatuwa Ground Water Reservoir and Booster pump station 10 1

5 Abbreviations ADB CMC LAA NIRP NRW NWSDB PCP PMU RP SPS UDA Asian Development Bank Colombo Municipal Council Land Acquisition Act National Involuntary Resettlement policy Non-Revenue Water National Water Supply & Drainage Board Public Communications Policy Project Management Unit Resettlement Plan Safe Guard Policy Statement Urban Development Authority 2

6 01 Introduction The Government of Sri Lanka is proposing to implement the Grater Colombo Water & Wastewater (GCWWMIIP) to improve water supply and Wastewater system in the Greater Colombo area. The expected impact of the Project is improved quality of life for the residents of Greater Colombo. This will be through (i) Rehabilitated water supply network and reducing non-revenue water (NRW) in Colombo city, (ii) Institutionally strengthened, reformed and capacity built service providers and (iii) Investment Program managed and implemented successfully This Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) has been prepared for aforementioned investment programme which involves: (i) increase water supply availability and efficiency in Colombo; (ii) enhance the distribution system and reduce NRW; (iii) establish a mechanism to reduce NRW; (iv) enhance the institutional, operational and project management capacity of NWSDB 02 Purpose of the Report The ADB Public Communications Policy (PCP 2011) refers the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS 2009) with respect to information disclosure related to project safeguard documentation states that ADB shall post on its website the safeguard documents submitted by the borrower and/or client. These safeguard documents include Resettlement (RP), and the social safeguard and environmental monitoring reports. Semiannual monitoring report shall submit periodically over the total implementation period of the project, covering Environment, Resettlement and social safeguard issues. This report on IEE identifies the broad scope of the subproject and outlines the policy, procedures for environmental Impacts, acquisition of land, compensation and other assistance measures for affected persons and institutional requirements for implementation of under GCWWMIIP project. This also has been spelled out in the project Annual Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Monitoring Report for the Period of 2014 January to December. 3

7 03 Policy, Legal and Administrative Frame work A. ADB Policy ADB requires the consideration of environmental issues in all aspects of ADB s operations, and the requirements for environmental assessment are described in ADB SPS, This states that ADB requires environmental assessment of all project loans, program loans, sector loans, sector development program loans, loans involving financial intermediaries, and private sector loans. B. National Laws (GOSL) The implementation of the projects will be governed by Government of Sri Lanka environmental acts, rules, regulations, and standards. These regulations impose restrictions on the activities to minimize/mitigate likely impacts on the environment. It is the responsibility of the project executing and implementing agencies to ensure projects are consistent with the legal framework, whether national, state, or municipal/local. Compliance is required in all stages of the project, including design, construction, and operation and maintenance.. The survey and assessment undertaken during preparation of the subproject indicates that the subproject will entail some degree of environmental impacts and no mitigation measures needed to address those impacts The Project will 1. Utilize existing lands for rehabilitation of existing water supply facilities. 2. Utilize vacant Government land to the extent possible for new facilities. Where Government land is unavailable due to constraints (proximity and elevation requirements) in locating facilities, land selected will not cause dislocation. 4

8 Acquisition of state land, grant lands and private lands are required for following purposes. S/N Project Purpose No. 01 I NRW Office in Maligakanda 02 I Area Engineer s Office at Eli House Reservoir site 03 II Construction of Area Engineer's Office at Maharagama - 04 II Construction a new building for Manpower Development and Training Division at Polwatte Area Extent (Hectare) 05 II Construction of Area Engineer office for Pamankada at Narahenpita (40 Perchase) 06 II Construction of Booster pump station at Moragasmulla 12.5 Perchase 07 II Construction of ground water reservoir(15000 cu.m.), Pump station & caretaker quarters at Gothatuwa 1.1 ha No 04 Current status of the Land Acquisition Site/ Location Purpose Past Ownership Current Ownership Area Extent Current Status 01 Polwatte Training Centre NWSDB NWSDB Original proposal has been changed & decided to construct New Training Centre at LS yard. This land belonging to NWSDB and the site is a bare land. 02 Narahenpita Area Engineer Office 03 Moragasmulla Booster Pump station 04 Gothatuwa ground water reservoir, Pump station & caretaker quarters UDA UDA ha. (40 Perchase) Private Ownership Ministry Health of Private Ownership. Ministry of Health 12.5 Perchase UDA has agreed to allocate land for proposed construction and the land is a bare land. The owner has given his consent to release the land to NWSDB 1.1 ha. Cabinet approval has given to relevant construction. Concurrence procedure is being in progress with the Ministry of Health Land consisting with buildings and no fauna and flora available as a developed area. 5

9 Greater Colombo Water and Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Program (Project I) 05 Description of existing Environmental Condition - Project I 5.1 NRW Office in Maligakanda Proposed land belongs to National Water Supply and Drainage Board. Presently this land is used by Colombo Municipal Council as stores for their operation and maintenance work. Existing store to be demolished for future developments which is presently use by Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). Discussion being carried out with CMC authorities. Construction will be commenced after Resettlement of CMC staff. 5.2 Area Engineer s Office at Eli House Reservoir site The proposed Area Engineer s Office at Eli House Reservoir site s land belonging to NWSDB. Hence land acquisition is not anticipated. 6

10 Greater Colombo Water and Wastewater Management Improvement Investment Program (Project II) (ADB Components) 06 Description of existing Environmental Condition - Project II 6.1 Construction of office buildings for Area Engineer- Maharagama Construction of the proposed Area Engineer s office is proposed at the existing site of NWSDB at Maharagama. Therefore no land acquisition will be required for this proposed construction 6.2 Construction of New Training Centre at LS Yard Thelawala road, Rathmalana Original proposal of renovating the existing training centre at Thelawala was dropped & decision was taken to construct new building for training center. The proposed land belongs to the NWSDB itself. The selected land currently use as NWSDB s on of junk yards (this is known as LS Yard at polwatte, near Rathmalana). There are no any kind of trees or bushes inside this area as it was used for a long time.the whole area is a bare land and the surrounding area also developed for a longtime. NWSDB already request to remove the items belong to each section of NWSDB and clear the area for the construction of the proposed Training Centre. At present architectural, Structural Building Service design consultancy document evaluation was approved. The construction contracts will be called after finalization of the architectural, Structural Building Service design. Impacts Identified & Mitigation measures: Impacts on the environment in this land is mostly occurring during the construction phase. Those will limited to few impacts such as Noise, Dust ect. A proper mitigation methods must be apply to those impacts prior to the commencement of works by the approval of the Engineer and the Environmental supervision officer at the site. Daily monitoring is required. 7

11 6.2.1 Proposed land use as a junk yard There are no any kind of vegetation (bare land) Proper Access available to the site 8

12 6.3 Area Engineer office for Pamankada Under the GCWWMII project, it has proposed to construct a new Area Engineer s office for the Pamankada area. The newly proposed land belongs to Urban Development authority (UDA) as mentioned in the RP report. The extent of the land is 40 perches and the land situated at Nawala Rd, Narahenpita. This land was previously used as a garage and those buildings were demolished for new development projects. Therefore inside the land there are no any kind of a vegetation. There are some remaining parts of the previous buildings exists and those have to be demolish as well. Constructions in this land have no effect to the environment nearby. Impacts Identified & Mitigation measures: Impacts on the environment in this land is mostly occurring during the Demolishing/construction phase. Those will limited to few impacts such as Noise, Dust ect. A proper mitigation methods must be apply to those impacts prior to the commencement of works by the approval of the Engineer and the Environmental supervision officer at the site. Daily monitoring is required.as the adjacent area is separated by walls during constructions proper safety measures to be adopted as well. Below are some of photos of the selected land for proposed construction of Area Engineer s office for Pamankada Proposed land for the area engineer s office (front side) Proposed Land (Rear side) 9

13 Ambathale Water Supply Systems Improvement & Energy Saving Project (Project II) (AFD Component) 6.4 Construction of Booster Pump Station at Moragasmulla. The project management unit of GCWWMIIP found a land for proposed construction of Booster Pump Station at Moragasmulla. It is a purchase area of private land belongs to ETI Finance (pvt) Ltd. But the deal was canceled due to the unavoidable legal circumstances. However another suitable land for this booster pumping station has been identified closer to the Moragasmulla tower. The selected new land called as Millagahawatte and it is belonging to private owner. The owner is willing to sell this land for this purpose and land extent is 12.5 perches. As this land is most suitable for the purpose of this project, PMU is processing purchasing procedure. The identified land does not have any structures thus land acquisition will not cause any resettlement impacts Construction of Gothatuwa Ground Water Reservoir and Booster pump station Another component of this project is the ground water reservoir, Pump station & caretaker quarters at Gothatuwa. The proposed land which is belongs to the Ministry of Health is locate adjacent to the NWSDB elevated water tank at gothatuwa. The area is using for the hospitals quarters for the doctors. But most of the buildings are not in use by now. The area is developed previously and only the demolishing works to be done. Proper methods must be used during the demolishing/construction works carry out as the adjacent area is belongs to the hospital. But the wards are locate far away from the proposed land and hence minimizing the effects during the works can be done easily by using proper mitigation measures. As there are separate access roads available to the site the hospital area will not use during the constructions. 10

14 Impacts Identified & Mitigation measures: Demolishing of existing old buildings have to be done. There are bushes grew up and few trees also remain in the land. Those have to be remove. A proper disposal site have to be identified and approval should be taken before disposal works done. Impacts on the environment in this land is mostly occurring during the construction phase. Those will limited to few impacts such as Noise, Dust ect. There is a separate access road to the site and hence no obstructions to the hospital by the construction works occur. A proper mitigation methods must be apply to those impacts prior to the commencement of works by the approval of the Engineer and the Environmental supervision officer at the site. Daily monitoring is required Land with the existing building Small trees and bushes remain in the proposed (to be demolished) land 11

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