Select subproject interventions and determine their scopes to avoid negative impacts on tribal peoples. Ensure free, and informed consultation with the tribal peoples where subproject identifies tribal peoples among the beneficiaries. Ensure subproject benefits are accessible to the tribal community living in the subproject area. Ensure tribal peoples participation in the entire process of identification, planning, and implementation of subprojects. World Bank Policy on Access to Information In addition to the safeguard policies, the Access to Information Policy also relates to safeguards. To promote transparency and facilitate accountability, Bank Access to Information Policy supports decision making by the Borrower and Bank by allowing the public access to information on environmental and social aspects of projects in an accessible place and understandable form and language to key stakeholders. The Bank ensures that relevant project-related environmental and social safeguard documents, including the procedures prepared for projects involving subprojects, are disclosed in a timely manner before project appraisal formally begins. The policy requires disclosure in both English and Local language and must meet the World Bank standards.
2 Air/Dust pollution Health hazard to school children and residents School should be temporarily during dismantling and rehabilitation Cost of temporary shifting be included Sprinkle water on dusty roads Cover stockpiles Daily Contractors/ Design and Supervising Consultants XEN, LGED ADTL/FRE of MDS Consultant 3 Noise pollution Hearing hazards to school children and residents School should be temporarily moved during dismantling and rehabilitation with cost of temporary shifting be included Schedule transportation not to disturb the community Keep speed reduction provision in critical areas and turns The machineries should have silencing devises Daily Contractors/ Design and Supervising Consultants XEN, LGED ADTL/FRE of MDS Consultant 4 disposal/ Management Contamination of water Wastes and debris are to be disposed properly Construction debris must be stockpiled and removed. Do not drop or expose any debris while transporting. Daily Contractors/ Design and Supervising Consultants XEN, LGED ADTL/FRE of MDS Consultant 5 Soil erosion Land slide/ battered slope, Ensure layer to layer compaction Monthly Contractors/ Design and XEN, LGED
The ESMF/TDF report and impact mitigation measures will be translated into Bengali language and disseminated locally. Copies of the report (both in English and Bengali) will be sent to all the concerned field offices of the LGED and will be made available to the public. The draft ESMF/TDF will also be uploaded in the website of LGED and in the Bank InfoShop before appraisal completion. In addition a national workshop has been planned after the appraisal mission of the project to present the ESMF/TDF to the key stakeholders including field level staff of the implementing agencies (LGED), community representatives, NGOs, civil society etc. The comments and the findings from the workshop and other public will be reviewed and incorporated in the final report. During the implementation of project, the subproject specific screening/assessment report will periodically be posted in the LGED website before the bidding process. REFERENCES 1. Ministry of Planning, 2010: Environmental Management Framework, Emergency 2007 Cyclone Sidr Recovery and Restoration Project Dhaka, April 2. GoB (1997), Environmental Conservation 1997, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, June 1997. 3. LGED, 2013: Social Management Framework, Municipal Governance and Service Project (MGSP), LGED, Dhaka, September 4. LGED (2008), Environmental Assessment Guideline for LGED Projects, Local Government Engineering Department, GoB, October 2008. 5. World Bank (2006) Operational Policies, OP- 4.11: Physical Cultural Resources, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA, July 2006. 6. World Bank (2004a), Involuntary Resettlement Sourcebook, Planning and Implementation of Development Projects, Washington, D.C., USA. 7. World Bank (2001) Operational Policies, OP- 4.12: Involuntary Resettlement, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA, December 2001.
A. General The cyclone shelter is 8 km away from the Upazila, and 25 km away from the district headquarters. The cyclone shelter is a three-storied building with RCC framed structure. The ground story with 10 feet high is kept free to allow surge water to pass. The 1st floor is kept for cattle with a ramp to move on it and fasten in the specified area. The 2nd floor is for human shelter during disaster period and school throughout the year. The construction work is complete. The sub-project is surrounded by agricultural land in the north, school building and agriculture land in the east, agricultural land in the south and road in the west. Beneficiary population is 6400 in 1066 households. The information based on the observation and consultations are given below, The deep tube well (DTW) has been sunk and the test water is safe for drinking purposes is no water logging due to construction activities at the site There is no electricity in the school. Solar panel is procured and installed in the school There was no tree felling because of the sub-project intervention The building has been constructed in vacant lands of the existing school. Classes were shifted to KBG High school during piling of the building; hence the sound did not affect the students and the teachers. Name of the Shelter: DakhinMuradia GPS cum CS,Upazila-Dumki, District-Patuakhali
Entitlement Entitled Person 1. Three times the estimated value of all crops produced in the acquired vested agricultural land in the year or preceding year of acquisition. 2. If only a portion of the vested homestead land is acquired, the user is allowed to live on the residual land and assisted to relocate his/her houses with HTG and HCG as stipulated for Loss of Houses/structures. Present users of the VNR properties found during the PAP Census. Application Guidelines Implementation Issues 1. Apply only to those cases that are identified by DCs during the acquisition for this project. 2. Will not apply to those VNR cases which were identified through 1984. Leaseholders of such lands will be treated by DCs as per agreement, and the project authority will have no obligation to deal with them. JVT will verify whether the property was designated VNR earlier (1984 or before), or designated during acquisition for MDSP. Responsibility The project authority (1 and 3 as indicated for Agricultural and Commercial Category 10: OTHER/UNKNOWNLOSSES Entitlement Entitled Person Other impacts that may have remained unknown shall be mitigated based on the same principles applied for other impacts described in the Policy Matrix. The nature of entitlements and support mechanism shall be approved by GOB and IDA. Legal owners, squatters and others with an interest on the lands. Application Guidelines Implementation Issues To be based on PAP Census and nature of the impacts To be agreed upon by GOB and IDA. Responsibility As in Nos. 1, 2 and 3 indicated for Loss of Agricultural & Commercial Annex-13: Terms of Reference for Senior Social Development Specialist, PMU