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proposed project will support the strengthening of the Environmental Unit and also the training
of the LGED officials and staff on environmental management.
45. Environmental Safeguard Supervision and Monitoring. The Project Environmental
Unit headed by an Executive Engineer already set-up under the Project Management Unit (PMU)
of the Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-I) will continue to coordinate the
environmental safeguard issues of the proposed RTIP-II. The field level engineers will be trained
to supervise the regular implementation of the environmental management activities. The project
will support two fulltime Junior Environment Specialist in Design and Supervision Consultancy.
The specialists will prepare subproject specific environment screening/assessment report with
EMP, supervise the implementation of EMP and support capacity building of the field level staff
of LGED and contractor. A Senior Environment Specialist under the Management Support
Consultancy will review the quality of the environmental screening/assessment and EMP.
46. The project will implement an environmental monitoring program (i) to monitor the
contractor’s work during project implementation in order to check contractual compliance with
specified mitigation measures, and subsequently (ii) to assess the actual environmental impacts
of the project over the years following completion of the various project components. The Senior
Environment Specialist will design the detailed monitoring plan of the project and prepare a
routine monitoring report based on the monitoring results by LGED and the Junior Consultants.
In addition, the integrated performance audit will cover environmental aspects of the project and
compliance with EMF/EMPs as well as World Bank safeguard policies. The Bank would also
supervise the environmental compliance as part of regular implementation support missions.
47. Grievance Redress System. Environmental issues will be integrated into the project
Suggestions and Complaints Mechanism (SCM). A Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) at
Upazila level and a Suggestions and Complaints Committee (SCC) at the District level will be
formed and functioned under the SCM. The Office of the Upazila Engineer and Office of the
Executive Engineer at District level will serve as the secretariat of each GRC and SCC
respectively. All complaints will be received at the Office of the Upazila Engineer through the
Community Organizer. If the aggrieved persons are not satisfied with the local level resolution,
the GRC will forward the case records to the SCC. Further recourse will be provided by the PD
and at a higher level by the MLGRD&C. A decision agreed with the aggrieved person(s) at any
level of hearing will be binding upon LGED. All suggestions, complaints and grievances
received at SCC and at GRC will be well documented. Paragraph 56 below further describes the
SCM set up.
48. Consultation and Disclosure. The EMF was prepared in consultation with the key
stakeholders including LGED field level staffs, contractors and communities. A national
consultation workshop was organized by LGED on February 7, 2012 to share the draft EMF and
SMF with all the stakeholders. Consultation with communities has been made mandatory for
environmental screening/assessment of each subproject. Considering the piloting experience of
RTIP-I, the project will display the environmental management plan with costing in a billboard
at the project site. The EMF along with Bangla version has been disclosed by the LGED on their
website on December 22, 2011and hardcopies have been also available at LGED headquarters
and district offices (project area). Advertisement requesting public comments has been published
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