HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
8.7 Bridge EIA Implementation Budget
The EIA related monitoring will be implemented and funded for most part by the MHI. The
submissions, preparation of EAs and funding the mitigation measures will be responsibility of
MHI and will be included as part of the overall project cost.
The MHI will be responsible for financing the Social, Environment and Safety Officer post and
monitoring activities. These are expected to be financed as part of the project administrative
costs.
8.8 Stakeholder Engagement
Local regulatory requirements for stakeholder engagements are spelled out primarily in the EIA
Regulations 2012, where pubic consultations are required with all relevant stakeholders during
the preparation of the EIA.
This project has gone through a stakeholder consultation process covering Government
Agencies, civil society, business entities and the general public, among others. Consultations
have also been undertaken during the EIA preparation process. More details of planning stage
stakeholder engagement are presented in Chapter 10.
Further engagements of stakeholders are expected throughout the construction stage.
The public and persons affected by the project will engage the project through a Grievance
Mechanism to be established by MHI.
This report will be disclosed publicly on EPA website during evaluation stage for public review
and comments.
8.9 Health and Safety Management
The purpose of this section is to define requirements and designate procedures to be followed
during the construction activities for the project. All provisions of this section are mandatory to
all contractors and subcontractors that may be engaged in all phases of the project. The
provisions presented here conforms to the Employment Act of Maldives (Law number: 2/2008),
specifically Chapter 8 of this Act: Work Place Safety and Employee Health.
Project health and safety organization
The project supervisor onsite has the overall authority and responsibility for all site related
activities, including health and safety of the workers and public during construction stage.
Prepared by: CDE Consulting & China Shipping Environment Technology
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