PAD - LGED

in two daily Newspapers (English and Bangla). The EMF has also been disclosed in Infoshop on
December 24, 2011. The updated EMF including the comments from national workshop has
been uploaded in the LGED website on February 29, 2012. The subproject specific
environmental screening/assessment will also be disclosed before the contract mobilization. For
high risk sub-projects having full scale environmental assessment, the EIA report will be
disclosed by LGED before 120 days of contract mobilization after bank review. However, the
screening report/initial environmental examination report of low-risk sub-projects (like
maintenance) will be disclosed before 30 days of contract mobilization.
Social (including safeguards)
49. Social safeguard impacts relating to land acquisition are limited to the improvement of
UZR only. The other components (RPM of UZR and UNR, and improvement of UNR, GCM,
Ghats and RWT) are not expected to require land acquisition. However, resettlement impacts
will be assessed on a case by case basis. Some project districts have indigenous communities
residing within the districts. They may experience adverse impacts, such as land acquisition, but
they are also expected to be among the targeted project beneficiaries. The project is expected to
trigger World Bank policies on involuntary resettlement (OP 4.12) and indigenous peoples (OP
4.10). Land acquisition and resettlement of subprojects will be financed from GoB counterpart
funding.
50. Planning approach. Considering the framework approach for the project planning and
design, LGED has developed a Social Impact Management Framework (SIMF) to guide the
planning and design of subprojects on social safeguard compliance during the course of project
implementation. Subproject design will be carried out on an annual basis when subproject
activities will be selected and designed for financing under the project. Social screening and
social impact assessment (SIA) will be carried out as part of the subproject activity design.
Social management plans (SMP) including resettlement plans (RP), indigenous people’s plans
(IPP) and gender action plans (GAP) will be developed in line with the SIMF, where necessary.
These plans will be forwarded to World Bank for review and clearance before the subprojects are
accepted for financing under the project. SMPs for annual construction programs will be
disclosed in country and in Bank Infoshop before contract mobilization after Bank review. The
first year works are of a rehabilitation and maintenance nature. These have been designed to be
carried out within existing right of way. According to the social screening carried out, no land
acquisition or resettlement is expected under the first year program of rehabilitation and
maintanence of UZR and improvement of UNR.
51. SIMF. The SIMF includes a resettlement policy framework, an indigenous people’s
planning framework and a gender framework. Among other issues, the SIMF provides (a) a
legal framework outlining the principles and guidelines which will be used to acquire lands and
mitigate the adverse impacts, including those on indigenous peoples; (b) facility for screening of
social safeguard issues related to involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples; (c) mitigation
principles and planning guideline,; (d) a grievance redress procedure for the project affected
persons; (e) stakeholder consultation framework; and (f) arrangement for implementation as well
as monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of SMPs. The SIMF includes a guideline
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