spawning grounds damaged for a stretch As revealed by locals of aout 300m they have no Construction waste and solid waste knowledge of GESU – haphazardly disposed monitoring works at the fuel wood is used in kitchen site. against the provision of alternative fuel to be supplied by contractors Local employment is none, because the contractor,s rate is lower than what is normally given in the local market as reealed by the locals 2 Setipul Kaski/ Length -55 m Has not There is no active construction at site. The Road Division As per the Bridge Hill Span -1 (above undergone EA Issues at the time of construction could not be is responsible for Design Manual 2067 25m) process. As per observed directly. The discussions with the the supervision this bridge is a major Bridge) Appraoch road EPA screening locals residing close by revealed the following monitoring of the bridge and requires nearly 350m criteria the issues: works. Attention on the IEE level study before – (photo 7) (RB) not yet bridge should environmental issues, implementation to fixed. have undergone Occupational health and safety however, were seldom comply with the EPR – Start of Designed by IEE before Personnel protective were not emphasized during screening criteria. construction bridge unit and implementation) given to the construction workforce, supervision/monitoring (2066). construction excepts boots to the concreting workers of the road division supervision by at the time of concrete works Work Road Division Labor camps small sheds with poor GESU has never visited – completion Kaski facilities for sleeping, cooking, toilets to the site for – nearly 70% accommodate nearly 40 labor force supervision/monitoring The abutment of the bridge is the site of construction waste dumping. Dumping of the community household waste is still ongoing at this site (Photo 8) The river bed material is being excavated by the local contractors downstream of the bridge location. The local contractor is given the license for mining by the District Development Committee and Road Division has no authority to prohibit the activity (Photo 9).
spawning grounds damaged for a stretch of aout 300m Construction waste and solid waste – haphazardly disposed fuel wood is used in kitchen against the provision of alternative fuel to be supplied by contractors Local employment is none, because the contractor,s rate is lower than what is normally given in the local market as reealed by the locals As revealed by locals they have no knowledge of GESU monitoring works at the site. 2 Setipul Bridge) (photo 7) Start of construction (2066). Work completion – nearly 70% Kaski/ Hill Length -55 m Span -1 (above 25m) Appraoch road – nearly 350m (RB) not yet fixed. Designed by bridge unit and construction supervision by Road Division Kaski Has not undergone EA process. As per EPA screening criteria the bridge should have undergone IEE before implementation) There is no active construction at site. Issues at the time of construction could not be observed directly. The discussions with the locals residing close by revealed the following issues: Occupational health and safety – Personnel protective were not given to the construction workforce, excepts boots to the concreting workers at the time of concrete works Labor camps – small sheds with poor facilities for sleeping, cooking, toilets to accommodate nearly 40 labor force The abutment of the bridge is the site of construction waste dumping. Dumping of the community household waste is still ongoing at this site (Photo 8) The river bed material is being excavated by the local contractors downstream of the bridge location. The local contractor is given the license for mining by the District Development Committee and Road Division has no authority to prohibit the activity (Photo 9). The Road Division is responsible for the supervision monitoring of the works. Attention on the environmental issues, however, were seldom emphasized during supervision/monitoring of the road division GESU has never visited the site for supervision/monitoring As per the Bridge Design Manual 2067 this bridge is a major bridge and requires IEE level study before implementation to comply with the EPR screening criteria.
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