4 Rapti Chitwan/ i) No consultations are made with No consideration of No advance Some disputes likely to occur River Bridge Terai local people during design and social issues during planning/ due to land take in future after construction. planning. consultations completion of bridge. ii) Some private cultivated lands of made and no 3-4 hhs. likely to be affected but no measures information recorded about such considered to land and the owners who are mostly mitigate the local Tharus (Indigenous People). potential social issues/ disputes on private land. 2 (cont.) Field Observations: Natural Environment S.No. Bridges Districts/ Bridge EA process Observed Environmental Issues Monitoring Works Remarks Location Technical undertaking Features 1 Trishuli River Dhading/ length 153m, IEE (approved) Contractor engineer Approved IEE is The site was under active construction – Bridge Project Hill, Span 3 The observed environmental issues are: claim to have generic and not – (above 25 m), Occupational health and safety undertaken front line specific, The – Approach road protective gears are not used by the monitoring on day to mitigation measures Gorkha Road) 384m (LB) construction workforce, work without day basis. But no proposed in the IEE – abd 382m helmets, boots, gloves with bare foot documentation is reports are also not (Photo (RB) and hands (Photo available at site. As implemented as 1) 2) Design and Camp conditions poor no proper stipualted in the IEE required by EMP. The – Start of contract beds and ventilations, tiolet dirty and report, the monitoring contract document of construction inadequate, kitichens is dirty for healthy personnels are not seen the project does not works living of nearly 45 labor force (Photo at the site nor have include the – August 2010 visited the site environmental 3). (Bhadra 2067). Oil Lekage leakage of hydrocarbons provisions in the – seen where (Photo 4) As revealed by the Particulars of Contract, Work bed morphology highly disturbed locals supervision from Contract specifications – completion due to mining of the bed material (Photo the bridge unit is rare and Bill of Quantities. – nearly 40% 5 and 6) and do not give Aquatic ecology disturbed due to consideration on – mining of the material by locals from environmental matters. the river flood plains and wet channels,
4 Rapti River Bridge Chitwan/ Terai i) No consultations are made with local people during design and construction. ii) Some private cultivated lands of 3-4 hhs. likely to be affected but no information recorded about such land and the owners who are mostly local Tharus (Indigenous People). No consideration of social issues during planning. No advance planning/ consultations made and no measures considered to mitigate the potential social issues/ disputes on private land. Some disputes likely to occur due to land take in future after completion of bridge. 2 (cont.) Field Observations: Natural Environment S.No. Bridges Districts/ Location Bridge Technical Features EA process undertaking Observed Environmental Issues Monitoring Works Remarks 1 Trishuli River Bridge Project Gorkha Road) (Photo 1) Start of construction works – August 2010 (Bhadra 2067). Work completion – nearly 40% Dhading/ Hill, length – 153m, Span – 3 (above 25 m), Approach road – 384m (LB) abd 382m (RB) Design and contract IEE (approved) The site was under active construction The observed environmental issues are: Occupational health and safety – protective gears are not used by the construction workforce, work without helmets, boots, gloves with bare foot and hands (Photo 2) Camp conditions – poor no proper beds and ventilations, tiolet dirty and inadequate, kitichens is dirty for healthy living of nearly 45 labor force (Photo 3). Oil Lekage – leakage of hydrocarbons seen where (Photo 4) bed morphology – highly disturbed due to mining of the bed material (Photo 5 and 6) Aquatic ecology – disturbed due to mining of the material by locals from the river flood plains and wet channels, Contractor engineer claim to have undertaken front line monitoring on day to day basis. But no documentation is available at site. As stipualted in the IEE report, the monitoring personnels are not seen at the site nor have visited the site As revealed by the locals supervision from the bridge unit is rare and do not give consideration on environmental matters. Approved IEE is generic and not specific, The mitigation measures proposed in the IEE reports are also not implemented as required by EMP. The contract document of the project does not include the environmental provisions in the Particulars of Contract, Contract specifications and Bill of Quantities.
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