Annex-2: Field Observations: Social Environment S.No. Bridges Districts/ Social Issues Advanced Planning of Measures Taken Remarks Location Social Issues to Address the Issues 1 Trishuli River Dhading/ i) Approach road to affect 1.3 Yes; the Design, Private land / i) Individual agreement letter Bridge Project Hill ha of private land (Bari) of 12 hhs. Build and Transfer structure signed by donors and included ii) One residential / shop structure (DBT) Project, the obtained on in the IEE document. Gorkha already dismantled voluntarily by contractor held donation prior to Road) owner. discussions with the construction by ii) No grievances from iii) Among 12 hhs., one is Brahmin, affected people to reach the Designer/ assets losers during field visit/ one is Gurung (IP) and 10 are an agreement with Contractor. discussions. Newars (categorized under affected land/ structure advanced IP group) owners during IEE iii) Locals expect significant iv) One primary school shifted preparation. rise of land after from its original where completion of bridge due to approach road is designed. commercial prospects of the area. 2 Setipul Kaski/ i) Private land/ small structures in No consideration of No measures i) No considerations made Hill Hyanja VDC likely to be affected social issues during taken to address about land/ structures likely to Bridge) by approach road. The bridge site is planning/ design phase. the issues by any be affected by approach road close to the extended slum areas of the agencies on the right side of the bridge. along the Seti River bank with concerned i.e ii) VDC understanding/ about 75 structures and about 5 DOR Regional/ agreement made for mitigating private structures. Division Office the issues. ii) No consultations are made with or Contractor. likely affected land/ structures owners and no information is documented about the likely impacts. 3 Khageri River Chitwan/ i) No social issues noted on this No social issues are Three i) No grievances heard about Bridge, Terai bridge site as it belongs to likely to Community the bridge from people. Uttarakhanda community forests on either side of Forest User the river. Groups (CFUGs) ii) No documented were reported to information available about have extended CFUGs' views/ opinions. supports for bridge construction.
Annex-2: Field Observations: Social Environment S.No. Bridges Districts/ Location Social Issues Advanced Planning of Social Issues Measures Taken to Address the Issues Remarks 1 Trishuli River Bridge Project Gorkha Road) Dhading/ Hill i) Approach road to affect 1.3 ha of private land (Bari) of 12 hhs. ii) One residential / shop structure already dismantled voluntarily by owner. iii) Among 12 hhs., one is Brahmin, one is Gurung (IP) and 10 are Newars (categorized under advanced IP group) iv) One primary school shifted from its original where approach road is designed. Yes; the Design, Build and Transfer (DBT) Project, the contractor held discussions with the affected people to reach an agreement with affected land/ structure owners during IEE preparation. Private land / structure obtained on donation prior to construction by the Designer/ Contractor. i) Individual agreement letter signed by donors and included in the IEE document. ii) No grievances from assets losers during field visit/ discussions. iii) Locals expect significant rise of land after completion of bridge due to commercial prospects of the area. 2 Setipul Bridge) Kaski/ Hill i) Private land/ small structures in Hyanja VDC likely to be affected by approach road. The bridge site is close to the extended slum areas along the Seti River bank with about 75 structures and about 5 private structures. ii) No consultations are made with likely affected land/ structures owners and no information is documented about the likely impacts. No consideration of social issues during planning/ design phase. No measures taken to address the issues by any of the agencies concerned i.e DOR Regional/ Division Office or Contractor. i) No considerations made about land/ structures likely to be affected by approach road on the right side of the bridge. ii) VDC understanding/ agreement made for mitigating the issues. 3 Khageri River Bridge, Uttarakhanda Chitwan/ Terai i) No social issues noted on this bridge site as it belongs to community forests on either side of the river. No social issues are likely to Three Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) were reported to have extended supports for bridge construction. i) No grievances heard about the bridge from people. ii) No documented information available about CFUGs' views/ opinions.
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