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• Step 5. Stakeholder Consultation: consultation with the affected
population in order to ensure that the resettlement plan is implemented
fairly, meeting the needs of all concerned. It allows local communities to
express their concerns and answer questions, and is the forum in which
valuation and grievance procedures are discussed and agreed.
• Step 6. Feasibility Study of Resettlement Sites: determines the viability,
of residential and agricultural sites. It includes a host population capacity
assessment to evaluate the availability of water, soil quality and
topography; it also includes a needs assessment to ensure that the sites
meet the needs of both the host and resettled communities.
• Step 7: Feasibility of Income Improvement Measures / Livelihood
Restoration and Capacity Development: determines the technical,
economic and financial feasibility of programmes proposed to restore the
livelihoods of those economically affected by the Project and includes
assessing training needs, vacancies and opportunities for job creation.
• Step 8. Implementation: involves stetting up the working
groups/institutional framework to manage resettlement, putting the
grievance mechanism in place, moving and resettling affected persons,
distributing compensation and managing livelihood restoration
programmes.
Environmental Health and Safety Guidelines for Thermal Power Plants
This World Bank Group guideline provides guidelines on emission limits,
management measures and monitoring for all fossil-fuel thermal-based power
plants with a production capacity of more then 50 MW. The document
outlines guidelines on assessing the industry-specific impacts and identifying
management measures related to air emissions (SO 2, NO 2, particulates),
energy efficiency and GHG emissions, water use, handling and treatment of
effluent (including thermal discharges, waste water an sanitary wastewater),
solid waste, hazardous material handling and noise. Similarly, the guideline
provides management measures for occupational and community health and
safety (H&S).
Furthermore the guidelines provide suggested limits for treated effluent
discharged to surface water bodies, air and noise emission levels as well as
guidelines on suggested emissions monitoring parameters. These are
discussed further in the assessment of the various impacts in Chapter 7.
In addition, the World Bank’s general EHS Guidelines provide guidance on
ambient conditions including on air and noise, and health and safety
guidelines for the workplace which will be relevant for the Project.
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