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Environmental and Social Management Framework• Necessary policies and programs will be gradually formulated to implementthe Agenda 21 at national level, and indicators of sustainable developmentwill be identified and programs will be integrated accordingly.• In Chure hill areas, including other environmentally vulnerable areas, theplan provides for an integrated management approach.• An emphasis will be given for recording the preservation of traditionalbehaviour and technique relating to environmental protection. Besides,environmental information and data bank will be established andstrengthened.• While constructing roads in mountainous and high hilly regions, researchfor appropriate technology will be conducted; environmental impacts andcost aspects will be considered; and programs will be launchedaccordingly. Likewise, necessary research work will be undertaken toreduce existing high construction costs of other roads as well.• Environmental aspects will be taken into account while building rural andagricultural roads, and appropriate technology for labour-oriented roads willbe adopted in order to enhance employment opportunities.• The Tenth and Eleventh Plan period is intended as ‘agriculture decade’ forthe successful implementation of the Agriculture Perspective Plan (APP). Inthe context of existing complementary and strong relationship betweenagriculture and natural resource management, it has become necessary tointegrate natural resources management and biodiversity with agriculture.3.6 Relevant Sectoral Policies and Guidelines Prepared by the DoR3.6.1 Environmental Assessment in the Road Sector of Nepal: A PolicyDocument, GEU/DoR, January, 2000The purpose of the Policy Document is to explain, basically the DoR Engineerson what environmental assessment procedures involve and to propose astraightforward set of procedures which make it workable and useful. Thedocument lists Screening, IEE, Scoping, EIA and Monitoring as the five maintypes of environmental assessment activities during different project phases. Thedocument lists the category of environmental adverse impacts, the problems andtheir general mitigation measures. The document then guides the various stepsto be taken while carrying out an EA. There is also an indicative environmentalmonitoring checklist in the document.3.6.2 Environmental Management Guidelines, GESU/DoR, July, 1997The Guideline, prepared by the Geo-Environment & Social Unit (GESU) of DoR,stipulates the integration of environmental mitigation measures in surveying,design, tender document preparation, contract document preparation,construction, maintenance, rehabilitation and operation of road projects. Theguideline results from a program undertaken jointly by GoN and the World Bankunder the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project (RMDP). The Guidelinehas been formally approved by Minister level decision on Kartik 22, 1997 (2053BS).The Guideline is the part of operational practices for all road maintenance,rehabilitation and construction activities under DoR schemes. The environmentalmitigation measures are broken down into twelve categories including (i)Quarries; (ii) Borrow Pits; (iii) Spoil and Construction Waste Disposal; (iv) WorkCamp Location and Operation; (v) Labour Camp Location and Operation; (vi)Earthwork/Slope Stabilization; (vii) Use of Bitumen; (viii) Stockpiling of Materials;(ix) Explosive, Combustible and Toxic Materials Management; (x) Setting Up andOperation of Stone Crushing Plants; (xi) Water Management; (xii) Air & NoiseChapter 3-12 April 2007
Environmental and Social Management FrameworkPollution. The Guideline suggests methods for determining how and when thepublic should be included in the environmental analysis.Apart from providing a comprehensive list for mitigation measures to beincorporated into DoR projects, it describes the procedures for publicparticipation, and other socio-economic safeguard considerations. It gives adviceon assessing socio-economic impacts and strategies for reducing or avoidingpotential adverse impacts, and for maximizing the positive ones for the benefit oflocal residents. The Socio-economic impacts include important issues of landacquisition and compensation and other economic impacts related with marketsfor agriculture production, agriculture inputs, nutrition, extraction of naturalresources beyond replenishment, migration and influx of migrants, landspeculation, illegal logging and mining, carrying goods by porters etc. It alsoincludes the handling of impacts on cultural heritage.3.6.3 Reference Manual for Environmental and Social Aspects of IntegratedRoad Development, MPPW/DoR, 2003This Manual is designed to help integrate social and environmentalconsiderations, including public involvement strategies, with technical roadconstruction practices. It suggests stepwise process of addressing E&S issuesalongside the technical, financial and others. The Manual is a suggestive, and notexhaustive, and advise and recommends various environmental and socialapproaches, actions and strategies to assist developers in following mandatoryrequirements of the law and improving public involvement. The Manual is basedon the experiences of Nepal, as well as incorporates the national (EPA, 1996;EPR, 1997/1999) and international ‘best practices’. It suggests process ofenvironmental and social assessment process, roles and responsibilities ofstakeholders at various stages of the project, advice on impact mitigation actionplans, and process for involving the public.3.6.4 The National Transport Policy, 2001This policy states, among others, that the entire process of land acquisition andtransferring of land ownership to the project shall be established prior to thecommencement of road project implementation. Equally, a basis for livelihoodshall be established to the fully displaced families by way of rehabilitation or byany other means.3.6.5 Land Infrastructure Development Policy 2004Includes the provisions related to the requirement of advance acquisition of landfor major transport sector projects, bearing long-term consequences on thedevelopment of the nation.3.6.6 Public Infrastructure Built and Operate Policy, (2000)States that the GoN may acquire the necessary land and provide it to theconcessionaire as per prevailing rules but the cost shall be born by the privatesector.3.7 GoN Policies Supporting Vulnerable CommunitiesIn all regions where roads are to be newly built or upgraded under the SRNProgram, there is high incidence of poverty and vulnerable groups. Accordingly,all Project Designs shall give sufficient consideration, based on current policiesand good practices, to develop strategies while addressing uplift of livelihoods ofthese groups. Nepal does not have a standalone policy on Indigenous Peoples,However in the Tenth Plan significant emphasis has been placed on deliveringApril 2007 Chapter 3-13
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