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Environmental Monitoring Report

Semiannual Report (July to December 2018) April 2019

BAN: SASEC Chittagong Cox’s Bazar Railway Project Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’ Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum near Myanmar Border

Prepared by Bangladesh Railway, for the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank.

This Environmental Monitoring Report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF

BANGLADESH

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

BANGLADESH RAILWAY

BAN: SASEC Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Railway

Project

Phase-1

Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track

From Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu and

Ramu to Gundum near Myanmar Border

Environmental Monitoring Report

Second Semi Annual Report

( July ,2018-to-December,2018)

CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 31st December 2018)

Currency unit - Taka (Tk)

Tk1.00 = $0.012

$1.00 = Tk83.88

ABBREVIATONS

AAQ : Ambient Air Quality

ADB : Asian Development Bank

BR : Bangladesh Railway

CSC : Construction Supervision Consultant

DCRP : Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar Railway project

DoE : Department of Environment

EMP : Environmental Management Plan

EMR : Environmental Monitoring Report

EMWS : Environmental Management Implementation Work Schedule

ESSU : Environmental and Social Safeguards Unit

GoB : Government of Bangladesh

SASEC : South Asia Sub Regional Economic Cooperation

NOTES In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.

This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein

do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be

preliminary in nature.

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation

of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian

Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any

territory or area.

Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from

Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu and

Ramu to Gundum Near Myanmar

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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3

A. Purpose of the Report............................................................................................................ 3

B. Project Description ................................................................................................................ 3

C. Environmental Monitoring Arrangement .............................................................................. 5

PHYSICAL PROGRESS OF WORK ................................................................................................. 6

COMPLIANCE TO CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ... 12

SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ..................................................................... 17

A. Construction Period Environmental Quality Assessment .................................................... 17

1) Air Quality ............................................................................................................................ 17

i) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Frequency, and Locations ............................................ 17

ii) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Methodology ............................................................... 18

iii) Analysis of ambient air quality measurement Lot 1 ........................................................ 18

iv) Comparison of air quality Status between baseline and quarterly monitoring results of

Lot 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 20

v) Analysis of ambient air quality measurement Lot 2 ........................................................ 21

vi) Comparison between June, September and December AAQ parameters of Lot 2 ......... 23

2) Noise Quality ........................................................................................................................ 24

i) Noise Quality Monitoring Frequency, and Locations ...................................................... 24

ii) Noise Quality Monitoring Methodology .......................................................................... 25

iii) Analysis of noise quality measurement of Lot 1 .............................................................. 25

iv) Comparison of noise level status between baseline and quarterly monitoring results of

Lot 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 27

v) Analysis of noise quality measurement Lot 2 .................................................................. 27

vi) Comparison between June, September & December 2018 noise quality parameters of

Lot 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 29

3) Surface Water Quality .......................................................................................................... 30

i) Surface Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Locations ......................................... 30

ii) Surface Water Quality Monitoring Methodology ............................................................ 31

iii) Analysis of Surface water quality measurement Lot 1 .................................................... 31

iv) Comparison of surface water quality status between baseline and quarterly monitoring

results ...................................................................................................................................... 35




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v) Analysis of Surface water quality measurement Lot 2 .................................................... 36

vi) Comparison between June, September & December 2018 surface water quality

parameters of lot 2 .................................................................................................................. 40

4) Groundwater Quality ........................................................................................................... 41

i) Groundwater quality monitoring frequency and locations ............................................. 41

ii) Groundwater Quality Monitoring Methodology ............................................................. 42

iii) Analysis of groundwater quality Lot 1 ............................................................................. 43

iv) Analysis of groundwater quality Lot 2 ............................................................................. 45

v) Comparison between June and September groundwater quality parameters 2018 of Lot

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5) Drinking water Quality ......................................................................................................... 47

i) Drinking water quality monitoring frequency and locations ........................................... 48

ii) Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Methodology .......................................................... 48

iii) Analysis of Drinking Water Quality measurement of Lot 2 ............................................. 48

6) Noise Meter ......................................................................................................................... 49

7) Flora and Fauna ................................................................................................................... 49

B. Construction Period Qualitative Assessment ...................................................................... 50

1) Environmental Issue EMP_2.6/H-6.1 (e.g. Noise attenuation measure) ............................. 50

2) Air quality and dust control ................................................................................................. 50

3) Environmental Issue EMP_2.4/H-6.3 (e.g. Protection of Wetlands/Ponds/Rivers/Canals) 51

4) Environmental Issue H_6.6 (Servicing and Operating Equipment) ..................................... 52

5) Control of Petroleum Product ............................................................................................. 53

6) Occupational Health and Safety .......................................................................................... 53

7) Environmental Issue EMP_2.3/H-6.11 (Protection of top soil and erosion) ....................... 55

Grievances and Complaints ..................................................................................................... 57

UNANTICIPATED SAFEGUARD ISSUES ...................................................................................... 57

CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................ 57

A. Overall Progress with Implementation of Environmental Safeguard Measures ................. 57

B. Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 58

Appendices ...................................................................................................................................... 59

Appendix 1: (i) Environmental Management Implementation Work Schedule (EMWS) .. Error!

Bookmark not defined.

(II) Six month working plan (January 2019 to June 2019) for the DCRP Lot 2 ......................... 60




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Appendix 2: Environment Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Checklist ....... 62

Appendix 3: Environmental Quality Sampling Report ........................................................... 130

Ambient Air Quality Report (ENRAC) for the month of June 2018 ........................................ 130

Appendix 4: Photo Log ........................................................................................................... 160

List of Table

Table 1: Actual Progress (%) between July to December 2018 (Lot 1) .............................................. 6

Table 2: Actual Progress (%) between July to December 2018 (Lot 2) .............................................. 6

Table 3: Definitions of terms used to evaluate environmental condition ....................................... 12

Table 4: Site definitions for active construction sites (Lot 1) .......................................................... 12

Table 5: Site definitions for active construction sites (Lot 2) .......................................................... 13

Table 6: Ambient Air Quality Sampling Locations ........................................................................... 17

Table 7: Ambient air quality measurement results (September, 2018) of Lot 1 ............................ 18

Table 8: Ambient air quality measurement results (December, 2018) of Lot 1 ............................. 19

Table 9: Comparison of air quality Status between baseline (September) and quarterly

monitoring (December) results of Lot 1 .......................................................................................... 20

Table 10: Ambient air quality measurement results (September, 2018) of Lot 2 ......................... 22

Table 11: Ambient air quality measurement results (December, 2018) of Lot 2 .......................... 23

Table 12: Comparison between quarterly reports for Air Quality Monitoring (June, September &

December 2018) of Lot 2 ................................................................................................................. 23

Table 13: Noise quality Sampling Locations ................................................................................... 24

Table 14: Noise measurement results (September, 2018) of Lot 1 ................................................ 25

Table 15: Noise measurement results (December, 2018) of Lot 1 ................................................. 26

Table 16: Comparison of noise level status between baseline (September, 2018) and quarterly

monitoring results (December, 2018) of Lot 1 ................................................................................ 27

Table 17: Noise measurement in September, 2018 at Lot 2 .......................................................... 28

Table 18: Noise measurement in December, 2018 at Lot 2 ........................................................... 29

Table 19: Comparison between three quarterly reports for Noise Quality Monitoring (June,

September & December 2018) of Lot 2 ........................................................................................... 30

Table 20: Surface water quality Sampling Locations ..................................................................... 30

Table 21: Result of surface water samples (September, 2018) of Lot 1 ......................................... 33

Table 22: Result of surface water samples (December, 2018) of Lot 1 .......................................... 34

Table 23: Comparison of surface water quality status between September, 2018 and December,

2018 of Lot 1 .................................................................................................................................... 35

Table 24: Result of surface water parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 2 .................................. 37

Table 25: Result of surface water parameters (December, 2018) of Lot 2 ..................................... 39

Table 26: Comparison between quarterly reports for Surface Water Quality Monitoring

(September & December 2018) of Lot 2 ......................................................................................... 41

Table 27: Groundwater quality Sampling Locations ........................................................................ 42

Table 28: Result of Groundwater parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 1 ..................................... 43

Table 29: Result of Groundwater parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 2 ..................................... 46




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Table 30: Comparison between two quarterly reports (June & September 2018) for Ground Water

Quality Monitoring of Lot 2 ............................................................................................................. 47

Table 31: Drinking water quality Sampling Locations ..................................................................... 48

Table 32: Result of Drinking water parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 2.................................. 48

Table 33: Result of Drinking water parameters (December, 2018) of Lot 2 .................................. 49

Table 34: Top soil and erosion protection measure at different sites. ........................................... 55

Table 35: Recommendations for Improving Contractor Compliance and Progress ........................ 58

List of Figure

Figure 1: Proposed Location, Alignment and Rail Stations of the Project (Source: EIA, 2017) ......... 4

Figure 2: Safeguards Implementation and Reporting Work Flow ..................................................... 5

Figure 3: Schematic representation of environmental safeguards monitoring status for Lot 1 ..... 14

Figure 4: Schematic representation of environmental safeguards monitoring status for Lot 2 ..... 15

List of Photo

Photo 1 Noise source was identified at BR 124 on 30.07.2018 behind a sensitive receptor (mosque) ....... 160

Photo 2 Major noise generated from generators observed at BR 96 on 27.10.2018 ................................... 160

Photo 3: Major noise generated from generators observed at BR 130 on 05.11.2018 ................................ 160

Photo 4 Noise source was identified at BR 124 observed on 23.12.2108 .................................................... 160

Photo 5 Observed air quality during the first pilot pile at BR 124 on 30.07.2018 ........................................ 160

Photo 6 Construction of CCEC-MAX JV Camp was ongoing and due to rain no dust observed on 11.07.2018

...................................................................................................................................................................... 160

Photo 7: During load test at BR 124 no dust observed due to rain on 15.09.2018 ...................................... 161

Photo 8: During the last pilot pile no dust was observed at BR 130 on 05.11.2018 ..................................... 161

Photo 9 Oil tanker provides necessary fuel at different sites observed at Napith Khali on 02.10.2018 ...... 161

Photo 10 Temporary oil storage facility at Link road observed on 06.12.2018 ............................................ 161

Photo 11 Temporary oil storage facility at BR 129 observed on 23.12.2018................................................ 161

Photo 12 Temporary oil carrier facility at Ramu Camp observed on 23.12.2018 ......................................... 161

Photo 13 Lack of PPEs of workers obsered at Ramu Camp on 10.11.2018 .................................................. 162

Photo 14: Lack of PPEs of workers obsered at Ramu Camp on 21.10.2018 ................................................. 162

Photo 15: Identified electrical hazard by the consultant at CCECC-MAX JV camp on 3.10.2018 ................. 162

Photo 16: Lack of PPEs (Face Shield) caught red handed by the HSE officer observed at BR 120 on

06.12.2018 .................................................................................................................................................... 162

Photo 17: Potential suspect of child labor got red handed by the HSE manager at BR 124 on 11.11.2018 . 162

Photo 18 Identified fall from height hazard (lack of full body harness) on 21.10.2018 ............................... 162

Photo 19: Lack of proper housekeeping observed at Ramu Laboratory on 10.11.2018 .............................. 163

Photo 20: Lack of proper toilet observed at BR 124 on 27.10.2018 ............................................................. 163

Photo 21: Quarterly Noise measurement held at BR 124 on 18.09.2018 .................................................... 163

Photo 22: Noise source inspection by the Consultant at Napith Khali on 03.10.2018 ................................. 163

Photo 23: Enclosure was provided to reduce the noise level as well as to protect the machine from

scorching sun observed at BR 124 on 11.11.2018 ........................................................................................ 163

Photo 24: Quarterly Noise measurement held at BR 124 on 21.12.2018 .................................................... 163

Photo 25: Air quality monitoring at Ramu camp on 20.09.2018 .................................................................. 164




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Photo 26: Dust supression measure took place at BR 124 on 06.12.2018 ................................................... 164

Photo 27: Dust control measure takes place at Napith Khali Camp on 01.12.2018 ..................................... 164

Photo 28 Dust control measure includes local road held on 06.12.2018 ..................................................... 164

Photo 29: Water sprinkler was seen at BR 130 on 23.12.2018 ..................................................................... 164

Photo 30: Water sprinklers used to clean local road on 20.12.2018 ............................................................ 164

Photo 31: Wetland protection measure was taken at BR 124 observed on 13.11.2018 .............................. 165



Photo 34: Wetland protection measure was taken at BR 96 observed on 07.10.2018 ................................ 165


Photo 36: Collection of surface water samples at BR 155 on 20.09.2018 .................................................... 165

Photo 37: Permanent fuel storage area is uder construction at Ramu Camp observed on 10.11.2018 ...... 166

Photo 38: Fully functional 15000 L fuel station with fire prevention facility was observed at Ramu Camp

observed on 29.12.2018 ............................................................................................................................... 166

Photo 39: Permanent fuel storage area is uder construction at CCECC-MAX JV Camp observed on

29.12.2018 .................................................................................................................................................... 166

Photo 40: Fuel meter for the Permanent fuel storage at CCECC-MAX JV Camp observed on 29.12.2018... 166

Photo 41: Proper signage was seen at BR 124 on 23.12.2018 ...................................................................... 166

Photo 42: Proper barricading was observed at BR 124 on 23.12.2018 ........................................................ 166

Photo 43: Proper housekeeping was ensured on 12.11.2018 ...................................................................... 167

Photo 44: Proper housekeeping was ensured on 12.11.2018 ...................................................................... 167

Photo 45: Housekeeping is ongoing observed at CCECC-MAX Camp on 22.07.2018 ................................... 167

Photo 46: A regular housekeeping is maintained at CMJV camp observed on 19.09.2018 ......................... 167

Photo 47: Top soil was stored along the edge of the RoW at Islamabad Station area Ch. 72 observed on

20.11.2018 .................................................................................................................................................... 167

Photo 48: Top soil was stored along the edge of the RoW at near BR 124 observed on 01.12.2018 .......... 167

Photo 49: Top soil was stored along the edge of the RoW at Cox’s Bazar Station observed on 26.12.2018 168

Photo 50: Top soil was stored along the edge of the RoW at Ramu Station observed on 25.12.2018 ........ 168

Photo 51: Clear, grubbing and stripping works ongoing observed at near BR 130 on 20.11.2018 .............. 168

Photo 52: Top soil was stored along the edge of the RoW at BR 129 observed on 23.12.2018 ................... 168

Photo 53: Stripping work is in progress at Ch. 6+000 ................................................................................... 168

Photo 54: HSE Training at site ....................................................................................................................... 168

Photo 55: Pilot Pile concreting is in progress at Bridge no. 69 ..................................................................... 169

Photo 56: Monthly progress meeting at Engineer office with Lot-1............................................................. 169

Photo 57: BR PD with Engineer Site Visit & Check PVD Installation at Ch.74+500 ....................................... 169

Photo 58: Rebar Cage Checking Before Installation at Bridge No.124(A1) Working Pile 02......................... 169

Photo 59: Completed Clearing & Grubbing at Ch.99+500 to Ch.99+800 (Cox bazar Station area) .............. 169

Photo 60: Static Load Test For Bridge No.124 (A2) Working Pile ................................................................. 169

Photo 61: Pilot Pile Concrete Casting Work Ongoing at Bridge No.162(Ch93+595) .................................... 170

Photo 62: HIV Prevention Program at AIDS DAY at Edigon Local Community .............................................. 170




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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Bangladesh Railway has taken numbers of initiative to improve railway connectivity among

the South Asian and other Asian countries with Bangladesh. The project for which this semi-

annual report has prepared is entitled as “Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge (DG)

Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum near Myanmar”.

2. Monitoring works mainly focused on inspection of construction activities during construction

period as per approved EMP & EIA for this project. A monitoring checklist has submitted by

the Contractor which is already approved by the Engineer and has used in the field level to

monitor environmental safeguards. This Semi-annual EMR has gathered all the information,

summarized all results and evaluated the overall environmental safeguard status from 1st

July of 2018 to 31st December of 2018 for DCRP.

3. Considering the full compliance (C) issues over the reporting period, it is found that

significant numbers of checklist items were complied with the standard level or EMP. As the

project was at initial stage, most of the issues were found as not applicable (NA) for the

specific sites. Beside this, since the commencement of the DCRP, HSE team of CREC-TOMA

JV (CTJV) and CCECC-MAX JV (CMJV) has been working proficiently in order to comply with

contract agreement, EMP of the EIA and eventually save every sector of environment from

the construction effects.

4. During the reporting period, HSE team of CTJV & CMJV has submitted HSE Plan, Traffic

Management Plan, Hill Cutting Management Plan and Waste Management Plan to the

Engineer for approval. After reviewing the submitted plans, Engineer will approve based on

which Contractor will implement environmental safeguards at construction site. According

to the Subsection H: Environment Safeguard, a noise decibel meter and calibration tool will

be used in the field level for recording spot noise readings as required. Accordingly, HSE team

of CMJV has submitted an official letter to the Engineer for their review and approval where

it enclosed necessary information such as Noise Meter Model with detailed specification.

Consequently, the approval is being done from the Engineer’s side.

5. An environmental expert’s team from the Contractor’s side has conducted 2nd and 3rd

Quarter Environmental Sampling from 18th September to 25th September and 19th

December to 26th December 2018 respectively to monitor Air Quality, Noise, Surface Water

& Groundwater Quality at different sites using sophisticated instrument. The 2nd & 3rd

Quarter Environmental Sampling data has attached in this report. As a result, a comparison

made between June (baseline survey), September 2018 and December 2018 quarterly

findings.

6. Consultant’s environmental team along with the HSE team of CTJV & CMJV has been working

on environmental, health and safety issues raised in the field level during regular visits at all

construction sites. The team has taken mitigative and monitoring measures when required

through physical activity, maintaining records and through reporting of different potential

environmental impacts associated with construction activities.




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7. During the site inspection generated noise pollution, dust pollution, disposal of construction

waste, maintenance of equipment, pollution & contamination such as leaks & spillage of oils,

hill cutting and occupational health & safety arrangement have monitored as a key

environmental issue for the reporting period.

8. Overall based on the construction activity and its associated impact, it can likely be concluded

that, the project has less significant impact to the environment till now. No major

environmental impacts due to project activities have been identified or recorded, therefore,

complied with the EMP as well as contract.

9. Furthermore, it is prime duty of all to cooperate to ensure both work place safety and carried

out the construction work in an environmentally acceptable manner for the DCRP.

Furthermore, to ensure the monitoring and reporting are completed in a compliant and

timely fashion, acceptable to BR and ADB.




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INTRODUCTION

A. Purpose of the Report

10. The Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via

Ramu (about 100.8 Km) was classified as Category Red by the Department of Environment

(DoE) and a Category A project by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), thus the EMP of the

EIA report designates best applicable available mitigative measures to be taken either to

avert negative impacts from taking place or if that is not possible to mitigate them to an

acceptable limit.

11. The purpose of this Semi-annual EMR is to gather all the information, summarize all results

and evaluate the overall environmental safeguard status from 1st July of 2018 to 31st

December of 2018 for DCRP (Lot 1 & Lot 2). Accordingly, this report will reflect the

Contractor’s professional effort to comply with contract agreement, EMP of the EIA and

eventually save every sector of environment from the construction effects.

B. Project Description

12. The project area covers from Dohazari Upazila of Chittagong District to Cox’s Bazar Sadar

Upazila of Cox’s Bazar District via Ramu and it covers Chandanaish, Satkania, and Lohagara

Upazilas of Chittagong District; Chakaria, Cox's Bazar Sadar and Ramu Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar

District. In addition, nine new rail stations and access roads have been designed for this

project (Figure 1).

13. The proposed alignment will cross mainly crop land (59.67%), highland/hilly land (24.78%),

orchard/ forest land (8.98%), homestead land (5.58%), and others (0.99%). The areas

designated as reserve forest is owned mainly by the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD).

The first 29 km from Dohazari onward consist of flat-open land located in three Upazilas of

Chittagong District. The next 33 km fall within the Chakaria Upazila of Cox’s Bazar District

and traverse agricultural farmland and some forest land. For the next 33 km, within the Cox's

Bazar Sadar and Ramu Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar District, the alignment climbs to about 400 m

above sea level and passes through mostly tropical jungle and rural agricultural land.




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Figure 1: Proposed Location, Alignment and Rail Stations of the Project (Source: EIA, 2017)




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C. Environmental Monitoring Arrangement

14. The Contractor has engaged an independent environmental monitoring firm who will

implement all BoQ items mentioned in the Contract Document. The Engineer will monitor

the implemented activities for environmental safeguards and will ensure that, the

implementation of EMP has done as per ADB’s Guideline or Policy.

15. When the Engineer is appointed, BR’s technical management of the work will be delegated

to the Engineer, but with final approval always passing through BR. Safeguard

implementations and reporting workflow has given as needed for the project

accomplishment (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Safeguards Implementation and Reporting Work Flow




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PHYSICAL PROGRESS OF WORK

16. Due to issues related to land handover and compensation to the landowners and farmers,

the actual target was not fulfilled. Table 1 & 2 shows the actual progress of DCRP Lot 1 & Lot

2 up to end of December 2018.

Table 1: Actual Progress (%) between July to December 2018 (Lot 1)

Progress Item Actual Physical Progress (%) of 2018

July August September October November December

General

Requirements 16.55% 21.21% 25.72% 30.38% 34.89% 39.53%

Earthworks 0.11% 0.18% 0.33% 0.44% 0.60% 0.82%

Track Works 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Bridges & Culverts 0.00% 0.02% 0.06% 0.16% 0.26% 0.67%

Stations & Buildings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Ancillary Works 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Signaling &

Telecommunication 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Environmental

Safeguards 0.06% 0.09% 0.15% 0.20% 0.26% 0.31%

Table 2: Actual Progress (%) between July to December 2018 (Lot 2)

Program Item Actual Progress (%) of 2018

July August September October November December

General

Requirements 31.25 31.47 33.32 34.99 35.54 36.06

Earthworks 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.55 1.60 2.71

Track works 20.47 20.6 20.65 20.65 20.65 20.65

Bridge and

Culverts 0.07 0.07 0.12 0.24 2.06 3.47

Stations and

Buildings 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ancillary works 0 62.8 62.8 62.8 62.8 62.8

Environmental

Safeguards 0.03 0.3 0.38 0.41 0.61 0.66

17. The overall major activities of the project during the last six months, listed below as per

discipline of construction activity. The mentioned construction works have significant

environmental impact. Environmental Specialist of DCRP has shown CTJV & CMJV’s efforts

to comply with environmental management in accordance with EMP and contract

agreement for these activities. To achieve this target, Environment Specialists of CTJV &

CMJV has conducted numerous site inspections also.




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18. Earthworks

Lot 1: For the embankment fill and subgrade, approvals have already been given under the

mentioned locations:

1 Ch. -02+000 to Ch. 0+000

2 Ch. 06+000 to Ch. 08+000

3 Dredged Material for Embankment fill, Sangu River (Ch0+400)

4 Dredged material for Embankment fill Dulokhal & Matamuhuri River (Ch. 49+200);

5 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (500m, 2km & 2.5km away from Ch.

0+200)

6 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (1.5 km away from Sangu river)

7 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (Dohazari Station area)

8 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (Right side of Ch: 37+700 to 38+00)

9 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (Both side of Ch: 39+900 to 40+400)

10 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (500 m right side of Ch: 38+000

11 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (600 m left side of Ch: 38+200

12 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill and subgrade (300 m right side of

Ch: 38+300





17 Existing ground Ch:10+560 to 10+860

18 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (800 m left side of Ch: 40+700

19 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill and subgrade (300 m left side of Ch:

40+750

20 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill and subgrade (800 m left side of Ch:

41+00

21 Borrow pit material source for embankment fill (1.5 km away from Ch: -00+600

22 Existing ground materials Ch: -1+020 to -1+180, Ch: -1+200 to 3+450, Ch: 5+700 to

5+900, Ch: 6+00 to 6+600, Ch: 5+700 to 5+900

23 Dredged sand materials for embankment filling (source Borokoil), stockyard

Dohazari Station at Ch: 0+040

Lot 2: For the embankment fill and subgrade, approvals have already been given under the

mentioned locations:

1. Dredge sand at Ch. 86+200, Ch. 88+300 and Ch. 99+000,

2. Embankment Fill at Ch. 99+400, Ch.99+300, Ch.71+350, Ch.69+700, Ch. 69+400,

Ch.50+300, Ch.62+100.4 and Ch77+700

3. 890m distance from Ch. 76+810 LHS

4. Existing ground Ch. 99+200 to 99+650.73+950 to 74+450, 74+600 to 74+800,75+00 to

75+980,74+800 to 74+980, and 71+300 to 72+950,

5. 130 m distance from Ch. 78+350 RHS.

6. 550 m distance from Ch. 71+100 LHS.

7. 60m distance from Ch. 71+240 LHS,

8. 400m distance from Ch. 71+600 LHS,




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9. 490 m distance from Ch. 71+800 LHS.

10. Dredged sand materials Ch: 66+00, Ch: 72+200 to 72+900

11. Borrow pit materials Ch: 74+300

12. Borrow pit materials, 891m distance east from Ch: 76+810

13. Existing ground materials Ch: 71+300 to 72+950, Ch: 76+740 to 77+500, Ch: 96+00 to

97+800, Ch; 69+220 to 70+00, Ch: 69+220 to 70+00, Ch: 98+700 to 99+200, Ch: 70+00 to

70+640, Ch: 73+790 to 73+950, Ch: 76+00 to 76+715, Ch: 76+740 to 77+500

14. Borrow pit materials for embankment and subgrade filling from Ch: 71+810

Sampling and Testing Coarse (Dubai) and Fine (Sylhet) aggregates for source finalization; and

Sampling & testing of water for concreting work for Dohazari station (Ch. 0+280). All the

materials of above locations have been tested and approved. Approval of manufacturer

/supplier’s source material of geotextile and PVD has been given for Lot-2. Field sample and

testing of geotextile and PVD prior to placing at site have been followed up based on the

specification

19. Embankment Construction

Lot 1: No physical work could be started before the last monsoon, during 2017-18, except

preparatory works. After monsoon, contractor had commenced earthwork from 2nd fortnight of

September 2018. Till November 2018, earthwork was in progress at different stages over a length

of 9.92 km.

In December, earthworks over an additional 1.89 km had been commenced. With this, in total

earthwork over a length of 11.81 km are in progress with different types of activities such as;

Clearing, Grubbing and stripping has been completed for 9.57 km and ongoing over 2.24

km

Backfilling has been completed for 389 meter and preparation is in progress for 9.18 km

Laying of separator geotextile with drainage sand blanket has been completed for 80

meter

PVDs have been installed for 80 meter

Collection and stocking of embankment fill materials/sand drainage blanket materials is

insignificant. Till, December 2018 contractor has brought 3350 cum sandy soil, 44846 cu.m local

sand 16822 cu.m Sylhet sand at site.

Lot 2: Not much of works could be done during FY 2017-18. Embankment works had been

commenced at km 99+200 to km 99+ 800 and km 100+600 to km 100+800, total 800 meter. In

absence of approved design of retaining wall, conditional approval of RFI had been given during

2017-18 for clearing & grubbing of Cox’s Bazar Station Approach Road, km 0+000 to km 0+290

and work had been commenced.

The work has been restarted after rainy season from September 2018. In addition to previous

works, new embankment works over a length of 9.03 km has been commenced. However, design

of Retaining Wall of Approach Road leading to Cox’s Bazar Station could not be finalized yet.




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In December, earthwork over an additional 2.803 km had been commenced. With this, in total

earthwork over a length of 12.633 km is in progress with different types of activities as;

Clearing, Grubbing and stripping has been completed for 5.313 km and ongoing over 7.32

km

Backfilling has been completed for 2.533 km and ongoing/under preparation for another

2.78 km

Laying of separator geotextile with drainage sand blanket has been completed for 290

meter and ongoing for 760m.

PVDs have been installed for 500m and ongoing for 160m.

Laying of high strength geotextile has been ongoing for 445m.

A reasonable quantity of embankment fill materials/sand drainage blanket materials have been

collected and stocked at site. However, embankment fill materials collected and brought at site

around km 68+000 to km 77+000 are sandy and embankment section needs cladding layer while

working with the stocked sandy embankment fill materials.

20. Bridges

Lot 1:

a. Bridge No-3: 2 Nos Pilot Piles completed (Near A1 and Near P6) &

Integrity Test and Static Load Test completed for Pilot piles. Working plies

completed at A1 and started at A2.

b. Bridge No-79: Pilot Pile 1 No completed near P1 completed & load test

completed

c. Bridge No-15: 1 No Pilot Pile near P1 Completed and PIT and load test

completed.

d. Bridge No-69: 1 No Pilot pile casting completed.

Lot 2:

a. Bridge No- 124: 2 Nos Pilot Piles completed. (Near A1 & Near A2) &

Integrity Test and Static Load Test completed for Pilot Pile Test near A2

b. Bridge No- 96: 1 No. Pilot Pile completed (near P1) & Integrity Test and Static

Load Test Completed near P1

c. Bridge No-130 : 1 No Pilot Pile completed (near A1)

d. Bridge No-155 : 1 No Pilot Pile completed (near A2)

e. Bridge No-161 : 1 No Pilot Pile completed (near A1)

f. Bridge No-147 : 1 No Pilot pile completed (near A2)

g. Bridge No-162 : 1 No Pilot Pile completed (near A1)

As on December 2018 total 8 Nos Pilot piles have been completed and Pilot pile load test completed

3 Nos. PIT test completed 4 Nos, PDA test completed 1 No. At the End of Dec 2018 total 56 Working

Piles have been completed at Bridge No-124 (30 Nos) , Bridge No-120 (12 Nos) Bridge No- 129 (12

Nos) and Bridge No- 130 (2 Nos) At the End of Dec 2018 Blinding & Pile Cap concrete completed at

Pier1 & Pier 2 at Bridge No-124 and also Pier column first lift concrete completed at Pier 2 at same

bridge.




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21. Geotechnical

Lot 1: : As per contract, nineteen bridges and five railway stations will be constructed under Lot-

1 Among them, supplementary geotechnical investigation had been planned for sixteen bridges

and all the five stations. Field works concerning geotechnical investigation have been completed

in September 2018. Final Geotechnical Investigation Report (GIR) for twelve bridges and four

stations had been submitted till 31/12/2018 and accepted. Draft GIR for Bridge 29, Bridge 74 and

Harbang Station has been reviewed and waiting for final GIR. Contractor still to submit draft GIR

for Bridge 22, Bridge 28 and Culvert (1 and 6) investigated by them. Other than these, there are

three more bridges (Bridge 18, Bridge 27 and Bridge 71), where previous investigation is present

and contractor need to submit their report/comment on existing pile design. The treatment

schedule has been revised on available information and may need further amendment depending

on the outcome of the remaining GIR.

Lot 2: As per contract, twenty bridges and four railway stations will be constructed under Lot 2.

All investigation is completed and report finalized. A revised treatment schedule has been issued

for Lot 2.

22. Survey works

Contractors of Lot 1 and Lot 2 have completed the survey and measurements to check the accuracy

of the topographic survey control points (PGM, BR points) provided by the Engineer. Joint

verification surveys with the Engineer has been done to check the physical conditions and accuracy

of these topographic survey control points. The Engineer confirmed and approved 42 and 54

topographic survey control points for Lot 1 and Lot 2 respectively.

Before commencing construction works, the Contractors are continuing the establishment of a

system of temporary points using GPS Static, GPS RTK, traverse and 3-wire double run levelling by

referencing from the approved topographic survey control points. The Lot 1 has established 192

temporary points in or near the limits of the Right-of-Way while Lot 2 has 208 temporary points.

There is ongoing installation of additional temporary points by the Contractors. These temporary

points will be used for railway centerline fixing, cross section survey and other survey works in

bridges, culverts, stations and level crossings.

In order to facilitate the setting out of construction works, the centerline of the railway has been

fixed and marked with pegs at every 20 m interval for the length of 42.5 km for Lot 1 and 51.1 km

as completed by Lot 2.

The Contractors have surveyed the terrain along the railway. There are 42.5 km cross section

surveys every 20 m interval done by Lot 1 and 51.1 km as completed by Lot 2. Lot 1 has submitted

working drawings of cross section for embankment for a total 7.0 km while Lot 2 has submitted the

same with a total of 24.3 km.




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Topographic survey has been done for 26.7 km in Lot 1 and 51.1 km as completed by Lot 2, where

surface features like trees, houses and building structures, roads, bridges and culverts, overhead

and underground utilities, water bodies (ponds, ditch, canal, drainage, river) are measured.

Other survey works are done in Lot 1 to check the Land Administration Boundary Pillars against

CROW in CH 0+600 to 15+500 and to inspect Bridges Nos. 3, 15, 69 and 79, and Dohazari Station,

detailed topo survey at Bridge 15 and 43 with Level Crossings and Graveyard at CH -0+300 to CH -

0+400. Lot 2 inspections were done in Bridge Nos. 96, 120, 122, 123, 124, 129, 130, 147, 155, 161,

162, Cox’s Bazar, Islamabad and Ramu Stations, Access Road, Level Crossings and discrepancy of

CROW / BR boundary pillars at CH 83+000 to CH 90+000 and in Cox’s Bazar Station. The Engineer

has approved Lot 1 its horizontal alignment while for Lot 2 horizontal and vertical alignment have

been approved.




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COMPLIANCE TO CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS & ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT PLAN

23. This section reviews the last six months performance of the Project with respect to the

Applicable Standards specified in the EMP of the EIA report. This section has been

constructed based on the (approved) filled up check list in the field level. Table 3 describes

the definitions of terms used to evaluate environmental condition where as Table 4 & Table

5 illustrated definitions of sites including site ID for all active construction site. Environmental

Management Plan for construction period mitigative and monitoring measures are described

for both Lot 1 & Lot 2 in Appendix 2. Based on the approved, site specific summary of

Environmental Monitoring Checklist over the month of July to December 2018 for Lot 1 &

Lot 2 are also given in Appendix 2.

Table 3: Definitions of terms used to evaluate environmental condition

Rating Definition

Complied (C) Information available indicates that the Project fulfills the requirement

and/or is aligned with intended outcome of the requirement.

Partially Complied

(PC)

Information available indicates that the Project partially fulfills the

requirement and/or is partially aligned with intended outcome of the

requirement.

Not Complied (NC) Information available indicates that the Project does not fulfill the

requirement

Not Applicable (NA) The requirements do not apply at the Project current time

Table 4: Site definitions for active construction sites (Lot 1)

Site ID Location Chainage

(CH) Activities

S1 Dohazari Station 0+700 Earthwork activities at nearby

station and Servicing activities at

nearby batching plant

S2 Bridge No. 3 0+463 Load Testing activities of the Bridge.

S3 Level Crossing Near Keranirhat 5+860 Earthwork activities

S4 Bridge No. 15 8+170 Pilot Piling Activities and Earthwork

activities

S5 Satkania Station 8+760 Earthwork activities

S6 Near Satkania Degree College 10+560 Earthwork activities

S7 Harbang Base Camp 35+500 Construction activities at Base Camp

S8 Bridge No. 69 (Near Bethua

Bazar)

44+509 Construction of Camps for workers

S9 Bridge No. 79

(Near Chakaria Station)

49+766 Construction activities at nearby

bridge and batching plant




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Table 5: Site definitions for active construction sites (Lot 2)

Site ID Name/Location Chainage Activities

S1 BR- 96 Ch. 60+175 Pilot Pile Construction completed

S2 BR- 120 Ch. 71+298 Pilot pile + Working pile construction

S3 BR- 124 Ch. 73+706 Pilot Pile + Working Pile + Pile cap

construction

S4 BR- 129 Ch. 76+029 Working Pile Construction on going

S5 BR- 130 Ch. 76+740 Pilot pile construction completed

S6 BR- 147 Ch. 84+886 Pilot Pile construction completed




S10 See Table 2; Earthwork only Clearing, Grubbing & Stripping

S11 Cox’s Bazar

Station

99+200 to 101+126 Clearing, Grubbing & Stripping

S12 Islamabad

Station

Ch. 72+480 Clearing, Grubbing & Stripping

S13 Ramu Station Ch. 89+129 Clearing, Grubbing & Stripping

S14 CCECC-MAX

Camp

Ch. 71+100 Construction Completed and fully functional

S15 Ramu

Laboratory

Ch. 88 Construction Completed and fully functional

S16 Ramu Yard Ch. 88+100 Partially completed and construction on

going

24. Figure 3 represents the overall status of the environmental safeguards monitoring over six

months for Lot 1. It is evident that first three months of this year there was no major activities

take place therefore; no issues have been recorded throughout this period. Afterwards,

some noticeable activities were started gradually, for instance site preparation, earthwork

and construction of Bridge No. 3 and nearby batching plant. From Figure 3, it is evident that

record amount (5 out of 67) of non-compliance (NC) issues are found in the month of

September in the field level at different sites as because of very initial moment of work and

lack of proper

25. management and resource unavailability. However, the condition has been improving

overtime and NC issues reduced from 5 to 3 in the end of December.On the other hand,

partially compliance (PC) issues are found in highest quantity for instance, 24, 25, 29 and 31

out of 67 environmental monitoring items for the month of September, October, November

and December respectively.




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26. Considering the full compliance (C) issues, over three months, it is found that significant

number of checklist items for instance 19 in September, 22 in October, 20 in November and

22 in December, are complied with the standard level or EMP or found in good condition.

Finally, there are some issues recorded, where the requirements do not apply at the Project

current time which indicated as not applicable NA. And the NA amount was high in number

during the commencement of the work. It can be concluded that, based on the statistics of

major four months activities, the overall progress of environmental monitoring of this DCRP

is good enough (PC) and have huge chances to improve noticeably NC and PC items in the

coming months.

27. Figure 4 represents the overall status of the environmental safeguards monitoring over six

months period (i.e. July to December 2018) for Lot 2. It is evident that the first three months

of the second half of this year there was no major activities take place but started the pilot

pile work at different places i.e. Camp construction and Bridge construction at BR 124, BR

96, and BR 130.

28. Besides, during this first three month it was rainy as well, therefore, no significant earthwork

was performed. Additionally, sometimes it was hard to maintain proper housekeeping due

to torrential rain. Afterwards, some noticeable activities were started gradually, for

construction of pilot pile and working pile at 9 different bridge locations, earthworks (i.e.

clearing, grubbing and stripping, installation PVD, Placement of Granular Sand Drainage

Layer, installation of Geo textile, back filling, embankment filling, establishment of Ramu Lab

and Ramu Yard.

Figure 3: Schematic representation of environmental safeguards monitoring status for Lot 1




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29. Since, there were so many constructions at various places, therefore, it was hard to control

eventually found some non-compliance issues. From the Figure 1, it is evident that record

amount (12 out of 67) of non-compliance (NC) issues are found in the month of July in the

field level at different sites as because of very initial moment of bridge construction works,

lack of proper management and torrential rain.

30. However, the condition has been improved overtime and NC issues reduced from 12 to 0 in

the end of December. Some partially compliance issues were recorded during this six month

period such as in July there were 15 partially comply issues recorded. Likewise in August

there were 22, September- 19, October- 16, November-10 and in December there were only

8. On the other hand, a record amount of compliance issues were found during the last six

months period. Considering the full compliance (C) issues, during the last quarter, it is found

that significant number of checklist items for instance 40 in October, 45 in November and 48

in December, are complied with the standard level or EMP or found in good condition.

31. Finally, there are some issues recorded, where the requirements do not apply at the Project

current time which indicated as not applicable NA, for instance, human elephant conflict,

and hill cutting. Apparently, these kinds of works not started yet due to land acquisition

problem. Finally, it can be concluded that, based on the statistics of major last three months

activities, the overall progress of environmental monitoring of this DCRP Lot 2 is good enough

and put the level in between partially compliance an compliance.

32. However, there are lot of chances to improve noticeably NC and PC items in the coming

months. HSE team of CT JV & CMJV has been working on new issues raised in the field and

trying to overcome the worse situation.

Figure 4: Schematic representation of environmental safeguards monitoring status for Lot 2

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SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

A. Construction Period Environmental Quality Assessment

33. In order to ensure proper implementation of the environmental safeguard requirements

during the construction period, the Contractor has appointed Bangladesh Railway approved

organization named Environmental and Resource Analysis Center (ENRAC) Ltd., to conduct

air quality testing, noise measurements, surface water quality testing, and groundwater

quality monitoring and recording on a quarterly basis. The organization has necessary

technical resources and work experience to conduct this work credibly. All instrument used

by the organization are maintained International Standard and calibrated in accordance with

the manufacturer’s instructions.

34. ENRAC has conducted a baseline survey in the field level (26th to 30th of June 2018 at Lot 2

only), second quarterly survey from 18th to 25th September 2018 and the 3rd one between

19th to 26th December 2018 to measure Air, Noise, Surface Water and Ground Water quality

at different sites using sophisticated instrument for accurate measurement. A comparison

was made based on 2nd and 3rd sampling findings in the report.

35. According to the Clauses H 4.2 to H 4.5, Environmental safeguard implementation program

is described in the following:

1) Air Quality

36. During every quarterly survey, air sampling was undertaken at 8 sample stations 2 samples

per station, making a total of 16 samples. The objective of this air sampling at 8 different

stations under DCRP Lot 1 & 2, is to verify air quality on a quarterly basis in order to make

comparisons between pre-development and post-development, detect change, and make

comparisons against a standard. The measured parameters are such as CO, SO2, NO2, PM10,

PM2.5, & Air Temp (°C). The parameters were measured in the field using a real-time sampling

device, the Environmental Parameter Air Sampler or EPAS (HAZ-SCANNER, model-HIMM-

6000) built by the Environmental Devices Corporation (EDC), USA. The ambient air quality

monitoring was performed in presence of Consultant representatives.

i) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Frequency, and Locations

37. Table 6 shows the three quarters sampling locations of the DCRP.

Table 6: Ambient Air Quality Sampling Locations

Lot 1 Lot 2

September

(22 – 25

September

2018)

December

(19-22

December

2018)

June

(27-30 June 2018)

September

(18 – 21

September 2018)

December

(23 – 26 December

2018)

AAQ_1

Dohazari

Station _Ch

0+700

AAQ_1

Dohazari

Station _Ch

0+700

AAQ_1

Cox’s Bazar

Station_Ch100+126

AAQ_1

Rubberdam

Eidgoan_Ch

73+706

AAQ_1

Rubberdam

Eidgoan_Ch

73+706




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AAQ_2

Lohagara

Station _Ch

21+500

AAQ_2

Lohagara

Station _Ch

21+500

AAQ_2

Ramu Station_Ch

89+129

AAQ_2

Napit Khali

Camp_Ch 71+100

AAQ_2

Islamabad Station_

Ch 72+480

AAQ_3

Harbang

Station _Ch

37+460

AAQ_3

Harbang

Station _Ch

37+460

AAQ_3

Islamabad

Station_Ch 72+480

AAQ_3

Ramu Yard_Ch

88+300

AAQ_3

Ramu Station_Ch

89+129

AAQ_4

Chokoria

Station _Ch

48+970

AAQ_4

Chokoria

Station _Ch

48+970

AAQ_4

Dulahazra

Station_Ch 59+625

AAQ_4

Cox’s Bazar

Station_Ch100+150

AAQ_4

Cox’s Bazar

Station_Ch100+150

ii) Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Methodology

38. Accordingly, to comply with both the EIA and EMP, the team has taken two samples from

each station, the first at the closest sensitive receptors such as settlement areas less than

50m from the track, and the second at around 100 m distance from the centerline of the

proposed alignment with maintaining 4hrs time period of continuous monitoring. The

parameters were measured in the field using a real-time sampling device. Measurements

were recorded continuously using a battery-operated instrument, sampling once every five

minutes over a one-hour sample period (the sample time interval is selectable on the EPAS

data logger).

iii) Analysis of ambient air quality measurement Lot 1

39. The following Table 7 and Table 8 represent the ambient air quality measurements for four

different stations during baseline environmental monitoring and second quarterly

environmental monitoring respectively.

Table 7: Ambient air quality measurement results (September, 2018) of Lot 1

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Concentration

of Ambient

Air Quality

CO SO2

NO2

PM2.5

PM10

µg/m3 µg/m3 µg/m3 µg/m3 µg/m3

AQ_1 Dohazari

Station_0+700

Average

Morning

0.44 33.00 3.99 65.36 112.93

Average

Evening

0.57 48.22 2.07 14.71 14.32

AQ_2 Lohagara

Station_21+500

Average

Morning

0.26 50.08 2.0

20.69 44.24

Average

Evening

0.16 34.71 2.0 18.12 42.77

AQ_3 Harbang

Station_37+460

Average

Morning

0.24 62.68 2.0 29.21 39.92

Average

Evening

0.27 50.85 2.0 10.41 28.78




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AQ_4 Chakaria

Station_48+970

Average

Morning

0.27 75.96 2.0 10.45 28.84

Average

Evening

0.05 43.55 2.0 10.07 27.38

GoB Air Quality Standards 10 (8

hour) 40

(1 hour)

365 (24

hour) 80

(Annual)

100

(Annual)

65 (24

hour) 15

(Annual)

150 (24

hour) 50

(Annual)

Table 8: Ambient air quality measurement results (December, 2018) of Lot 1

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Concentration

of Ambient Air

Quality1

CO SO2

NO2

PM2.5

PM10


AQ_1 Dohazari

Station_0+700

Average

Morning 0.19 13.42 5.17 59.72 39.2

Average

Evening 0.18 21.17 9.09 27.74 17.81

AQ_3 Harbang

Station_37+460

Average

Morning 0.08 28.09 7.87 30.55 54.89

Average

Evening 0.20 24.31 2.0 25.59 38.28

AQ_4 Chakaria

Station_48+970

Average

Morning 0.29 26.19 5.16 30.2 63.8

Average

Evening 0.01 23.55 5.13 23.49 56.26

AQ_5

Bridge No

15_8+170

Average

Morning 0.06 2.37 6.13 64.35 61.41

Average

Evening 0.32 26.93 4.76 39.52 36.46

GoB Air Quality Standards2 10 (8

hour) 40

(1 hour)

365 (24

hour) 80

(Annual)

100

(Annual)

65 (24

hour) 15

(Annual)

150 (24

hour) 50

(Annual)

1Morning: 10.0 am to 2.0 pm Evening: 2.0 pm to 6.0 pm 2The amended Schedule-2, 2005, of (Air Quality Standard) Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997




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40. It is evident from the Table 7 and Table 8 that the Carbon Monoxide concentration ranges

from 0.05 to 0.57 µg/m3 during baseline environmental monitoring whereas the

concentration ranges from 0.01 to 0.32 µg/m3 during second quarterly environmental

monitoring. Both results comply with the GoB standards. Ambient SO2

concentrations in all sampling locations showed compliance with the specified air

quality standards for BD which is 365 μg/ ³. Measu ed o e t atio a ges from

. to . μg/ ³ during baseline environmental monitoring whereas the

concentration ranges from . to . μg/ ³during second quarterly

environmental monitoring.

41. Similarly, the measured concentrations for NO2 μg/ ³ during both baseline and second

quarterly environmental monitoring were fou d elo the p es i ed sta da ds μg/ ³ annual); ranging from 2.0 to 3.99 µg/m3and 2.0 to 9.09 µg/m3 respectively. Finally, the

concentration of Particulate Matter both PM2.5 & PM10 were measured within the

pe issi le li it & μg/ ³ espe ti el . The o e t atio of PM2.5 ranges from 10.07

to . μg/ ³ Baseli e E i o e tal Mo ito i g a d . to 64.35μg/ ³ (Second

Quartely Environmental Monitoring). PM10concentration was found14.32 to 112.93 μg/ ³ Baseli e E i o e tal Mo ito i g a d . to . μg/ ³ Se o d Qua te l

Environmental Monitoring). PM2.5concentration of AQ_1 was found a fraction higher (65.36

μg/ ³ tha the sta da d li it μg/ ³ .

42. However, the selected AQ_1 (average morning) sampling station (Batching Plant of Dohazari

Station) was very near to the main road with considerable vehicle movement. Thus, the

concentration of both PM2.5 & PM10 were found higher at AQ_1 during baseline monitoring.

Only PM2.5 concentration of AQ_5 was found (64.35μg/ ³ very close to the standard limit

μg/ ³ du i g se o d uarterly environmental monitoring. However, the selected AQ_5

(average morning) sampling station (Bridge No. 15) was located near the earthwork sites

where clearing and grubbing were taking place. Thus, the concentration of both PM2.5 &

PM10 were found higher at AQ_5 was found higher.

iv) Comparison of air quality Status between baseline and quarterly monitoring results of Lot 1

43. Table 9 represents the comparison of air quality status between the baseline environmental

monitoring and second quarterly environmental monitoring.

Table 9: Comparison of air quality Status between baseline (September) and quarterly

monitoring (December) results of Lot 1

Sample

ID

Concentration of

Ambient Air Quality

Parameters

CO SO2 NO2 PM2.5 PM10

μg/ ³ μg/ ³ μg/ ³ μg/ ³ μg/ ³ AQ_1 Average Morning (B*) 0.44 33.00 3.99 65.36 112.93

Average Morning (Q*) 0.19 13.42 5.17 59.72 39.2

Average Evening (B) 0.57 48.22 2.07 14.71 14.32

Average Evening (Q) 0.18 21.17 9.09 27.74 17.81

AQ_2 Average Morning (B) 0.26 50.08 2.0 20.69 44.24

Average Morning (Q) - - - - -




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Sample

ID

Concentration of

Ambient Air Quality

Parameters

CO SO2 NO2 PM2.5 PM10

μg/ ³ μg/ ³ μg/ ³ μg/ ³ μg/ ³ Average Evening (B) 0.16 34.71 2.0 18.12 42.77

Average Evening (Q) - - - - -


Average Morning (Q) 0.08 28.09 7.87 30.55 54.89







AQ_5 Average Morning (B) - - - - -


Average Evening (B) - - - - -


GoB Air Quality Standards 10 (8

hour) 40

(1 hour)

365 (24 hour)

80 (Annual)

100

(Annual)

65 (24 hour) 15

(Annual)

150 (24 hour)

50 (Annual)

Note: B = Baseline Environmental Monitoring; Q = Second Quarterly Environmental

Monitoring

44. From the Table 9, it can be concluded that CO and SO2 concentration is showing a decreasing

trend whereas the NO2 concentration is showing an increasing trend from baseline to second

quarterly environmental monitoring. The PM2.5 and PM10 does not show any trend in

concentration, that it means those parameter concentrations vary from one sampling station

to the other. However, such comparisons can be made only for AQ_1, AQ_3 and AQ_4 as

samples were taken from AQ_2 only during baseline monitoring while samples were taken

from AQ_5 only during second quarterly monitoring.

v) Analysis of ambient air quality measurement Lot 2

45. Analysis of ambient air quality measurement (September, 2018): It is evident from the

Table 10 that the Carbon Monoxide concentration ranges from 0.02 to 0.61 µg/m3. The

concentration of the samples was found within the DoE air quality standards. Additionally,

breathing CO can cause headache, dizziness, vomiting, and nausea which is not recorded at

any of our construction sites after having few conversations with workers. Overall due to any

construction activities the concentration of CO in our selected stations is not increasing.

46. Ambient SO2 concentrations (which is released from the fossil fuel combustion) in all

sampling locations showed compliance with the specified air quality standards for BD which

is μg/ ³. Despite f e ue t o e e t of ehi les at the sites the o e t atio of SO2

does ’t sig ifi a tl i ease. Measu ed o e t atio a ges f o . to . μg/ ³.




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47. Similarly, the measured concentration for NO2 μg/ ³ also fou d elo the p es i ed sta da ds μg/ ³ a ual . Fi all , the o e t atio of PM2.5 values found exceed the

pe issi le li it μg/ ³ , at oth the a p a ea due to p ese e of f e ue t oto vehicles movement & PM10 were measu ed ithi the pe issi le li it μg/ ³ . The concentration of PM2.5 a ges f o . to . μg/ ³ a d PM10 was found 28.80 to

. μg/ ³. Ho e e , at the sele ted AAQ_ sa pli g statio , ost of the pa a ete s were found higher compared to the other stations as because of various construction’s

activities were on going at that location. Overall, the result represents that the construction

activities don’t significantly affect the ambient air quality at the site meaning a safe working

environment for all.

Table 10: Ambient air quality measurement results (September, 2018) of Lot 2

Sample

ID

Sampling Location Sampling

Period

CO SO2

NO2

PM2.5

PM10


AAQ_1 Rubber dam

Eidgoan

Morning 0.30 45.17 2.00 21.71 47.37

Afternoon 0.04 45.20 2.00 22.97 28.80

AAQ_2 Napit Khali Camp Morning 0.56 74.37 2.00 84.53 118.89

Afternoon 0.61 62.68 2.00 50.22 61.71

AAQ_3 Max Yard Morning 0.02 42.31 2.00 81.18 115.64

Afternoon 0.40 48.14 2.00 30.24 61.72

AAQ_4 Cox’s Bazar

Station

Morning 0.28 44.41 2.02 73.26 102.03

Afternoon 0.03 41.17 2.00 8.35 75

DoE Air Quality Standards (Schedule-2) 10 (8

hour) 40

(1 hour)

365 (24

hour) 80

(Annual)

100

(Annual)

65 (24

hour) 15

(Annual)

150 (24

hour) 50

(Annual)

48. Analysis of ambient air quality measurement Lot 2 (December, 2018): It is evident from the

Table 11 that the Ca o Mo o ide o e t atio a ges f o . to . μg/ . The

concentration of the samples was found within the GoB air quality standards.

49. Ambient SO2 concentrations in all sampling locations showed compliance with the specified

ai ualit sta da ds fo BD hi h is μg/ ³. Measu ed o e t atio a ges f o . to . μg/ ³. Si ila l , the easu ed o e t atio for NO2 . μg/ ³ to . μg/ ³ also

fou d elo the p es i ed sta da ds μg/ ³ a ual . The o e t atio of PM . alues fou d e eed the pe issi le li it μg/ ³ , at AAQ_ Da - . μg/ ³ , AAQ_

(Day- . μg/ ³ a d AAQ_ Da - . μg/ ³) area due to presence of dusty work

activities in the morning especially. On the other hand, PM10 were measured within the

pe issi le li it μg/ ³ a ges f o . to . μg/ ³. 50. Three PM2.5 was found slightly over the acceptable limit set by the DoE (ECR, 1997, Section

2, subsection A, page 204). PM2.5 is carcinogenic which is produced due to the combustion

of solid and liquid fuels. Particles can affect both lungs and heart. As per mitigation measures,

during the construction period water sprinklers have been using, and avoiding old vehicles




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at the site. However, no objection was found from the workers. Besides, during the dusty

work face mask was kept at the site for the workers.

Table 11: Ambient air quality measurement results (December, 2018) of Lot 2

Sample

ID

Sampling Location Sampling

Period

CO SO2

NO2

PM2.5

PM10


AAQ_1 Rubber dam

Eidgoan

Morning 0.29

7.88

35.38

88.13

48.04

Afternoon 0.02 9.03 31.37 43.54 33.47

AAQ_2 Islamabad Station Morning 0.09 8.00 30.83 82.69 24.14

Afternoon 0.37 5.30 42.91 62.71 27.88

AAQ_3 Ramu Station Morning 0.10 6.02 51.09 45.62 18.10

Afternoon 0.25 8.33 46.03 36.38 16.18

AAQ_4 Cox’s Bazar Station Morning 0.28 8.23 36.85 85.34 56.03

Afternoon 0.00 2.28 38.89 63.42 42.31


hour) 40

(1 hour)

365 (24

hour) 80

(Annual)

100

(Annual)

65 (24

hour) 15

(Annual)

150 (24

hour) 50

(Annual)

vi) Comparison between June, September and December AAQ parameters of Lot 2

51. Table 12 representing the comparison between quarterly reports namely, June, September

and December 2018 in order to realize the air quality change over time due to influence of

the construction activity. It shows that, only PM2.5 found slightly beyond the permissible limit

set by the DoE during December at BR 124 (Day- . μg/ ³ , Co ’s Baza statio Da -

. μg/ ³ , a d Isla a ad statio Da - . μg/ ³ o pa i g ith Ju e a d September. Considerably, it can be concluded that the overall air quality around the project

area is under control with hale and hearty condition for all working personnel. There is no

significant impact on the existing air quality within the project area.

Table 12: Comparison between quarterly reports for Air Quality Monitoring (June, September

& December 2018) of Lot 2

Sampling

Location

Date Concentration

of Ambient Air

Quality3

CO SO2

NO2

PM2.5

PM10


Cox’s

Bazar

Station

June, 2018

Morning 0.09 166.94 2.00 51.27 51.82

Afternoon 0.00 17.63 2.00 40.37 41.82

Morning 0.28 44.41 2.02 73.26 102.03

3 Morning: 10.0 am to 2.0 pm Evening: 2.0 pm to 6.0 pm




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September,

2018

Afternoon 0.03 41.17 2.00 8.35 75.00

December,

2018

Morning 0.28 8.23 36.85 85.34 56.03

Afternoon 0.00 2.28 38.89 63.42 42.31

BR 124

September,

2018

Morning 0.3 45.17 2.0 21.71 47.37

Afternoon 0.04 45.2 2.0 22.97 28.8

December,

2018

Morning 0.29 7.88 35.38 88.13 48.04

Afternoon 0.02 9.03 31.37 43.54 33.47

Islamabad

Station

June, 2018

Morning 0.02 25.20 2.0 19.96 24.0

Afternoon 0.17 39.00 2.0 33.23 46.46

December,

2018

Morning 0.09 8.00 30.83 82.69 24.14

Afternoon 0.37 5.30 42.91 62.71 27.88

Ramu

Station June, 2018

Morning 0.36 33.30 2.0 16.19 21.91

Afternoon 0.09 39.30 2.0 41.02 42.42

December,

2018

Morning 0.10 6.02 51.09 45.62 18.1

Afternoon 0.25 8.33 46.03 36.38 16.18


hour) 40

(1 hour)

365 (24

hour) 80

(Annual)

100

(Annual)

65 (24

hour) 15

(Annual)

150 (24

hour) 50

(Annual)

2) Noise Quality

52. During every quarterly survey, noise sampling was undertaken at 8 sample stations; 2

samples per station, making a total of 16 samples. The objective of this noise sampling at 8

different stations under DCRP Lot 1 & 2, is to verify noise quality on a quarterly basis in order

to make comparisons between pre-development and post-development, detect change, and

make comparisons against a standard. The filed level noise was measured in (Leq) dBA using

Lutron SL 4033SD Sound Level Meter (Photo 21 & 24).

i) Noise Quality Monitoring Frequency, and Locations

53. Table 13 shows the three quarters sampling locations of the DCRP Lot 1 & 2.

Table 13: Noise quality Sampling Locations

Lot 1 Lot 2

September

(22 – 25

September 2018)

December

(19-22 December

2018)

June

(27-30 June

2018)

September

(18 – 21

September 2018)

December

(23 – 26

December 2018)

NM_1 NM _1 NM_1

Cox’s Bazar

NM_1 NM1




25

Dohazari Station

_Ch 0+700

Dohazari Station

_Ch 0+700

Rubberdam

Eidgoan

Rubberdam

Eidgoan

NM _2

Lohagara Station

_Ch 21+500

NM _2

Lohagara Station

_Ch 21+500

NM_2

Ramu Station

NM_2

Napit Khali Camp

NM_2

Islamabad

Station

NM _3

Harbang Station

_Ch 37+460

NM _3

Harbang Station

_Ch 37+460

NM_3

Islamabad

Station

NM_3

Ramu Yard

NM_3

Ramu Yard

NM _4

Chokoria Station

_Ch 48+970

NM _4

Chokoria Station

_Ch 48+970

NM_4

Dulahazra

Station

NM_4

Cox’s Bazar

Station

NM_4

Cox’s Bazar

Station

ii) Noise Quality Monitoring Methodology

54. The environment team from the CTJV & CMJV has finished data collection from the field to

measure required noise quality parameters from the pre-specified (Table 13) locations.

Noticeably, the team followed both the EIA and EMP guidelines, therefore, two

measurements per station, in two time periods, 1 sample during the day time (after 9.0 am)

considerably 100m away from the source point while using a one-hour cycle recording values

every minute and 1 sample after 9.00 pm 100m away from the source point using one

measurement for 15 minutes with a one-minute interval. Likewise, a total of 16 samples were

collected from 8 different sampling stations using Lutron SL 4033SD Sound Level Meter in

presence of Consultant representative.

iii) Analysis of noise quality measurement of Lot 1

55. Other than the noise from adjacent roads, there are no major noise pollution sources in the

Project area. The noise level measurements of four sampling stations, in the day and night

from 22nd to 25th September, 2018 during baseline environmental monitoring and 19th to 22nd

December 2018 during second quarterly environmental monitoring, are shown in Table 14

and Table 15 respectively.

56. Of the five sampling stations, two stations were very near to the main road. For instance,

Chakaria & Dohazari Stations which can be considered as mixed area since there is neither

any big industry nor large scale commercial activities take place rather residential area; green

fields can be seen very often. On the other hand, Lohagara and Harbang station is situated a

bit far from the city crowds within the middle of the remote agricultural land. Consequently,

this station can be put in the category of both residential and mixed zone. Bridge No. 15 is

the newly added sampling station replacing Lohagara Station during second quarterly

environmental monitoring located in a rural setting surrounded by residential houses.

Table 14: Noise measurement results (September, 2018) of Lot 1

Sampling ID Sampling Location Noise level (Leq) dBA

Day Night

Max. Min Avg. Max. Min Avg.

NM_1 Dohazari Station

(Mixed Area) 78.4 39.0 49.1 74.2 35.1 38.5




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NM_2 Lohagara Station

(Mixed Area) 79.8 36.9 48.4 62.2 21.2 37.1

NM_3 Harbang Station

(Mixed Area) 60.8 32.1 43.6 58.2 24.7 36.0

NM_4 Chakaria Station

(Mixed Area) 61.3 30.9 42 59.5 21.3 33.9

BD Noise Standards

(2006)/World Bank Standard

(2007)

Receptor

Silent areas

Residential

Mixed

Commercial

Industrial

Day (Avg.) Night (Avg.)

50/NP 40/NP

55/55 45/45

60/NP 50/NP

70/70 60/70

75/70 70/70

Table 15: Noise measurement results (December, 2018) of Lot 1

Sampling ID Sampling

Location

Noise level (Leq) dBA

Day Night

Max. Min Avg. Max. Min Avg.

NM_1 Dohazari Station

(Mixed Area) 60.9 40.8 45.81 54 35.5 44.57

NM_3 Harbang Station

(Mixed Area) 58.1 40.1 48.35 46.4 37.5 40.62

NM_4 Chakaria Station

(Mixed Area) 63.2 51.5 57 47.7 33 39.39

NM_5 Bridge No. 15

(Mixed Area) 55 41.1 45.46 54.6 34.3 42.46

BD Noise Standards


(2007)

Receptor

Silent areas

Residential

Mixed

Commercial

Industrial

Day (Avg.) Night (Avg.)

50/NP 40/NP

55/55 45/45

60/NP 50/NP

70/70 60/70

75/70 70/70

57. The existing general average noise level within the study area varies from 33.9 dBA to 49.1

dBA found near to the batching plant of Chakaria station premises during night time and near

the batching plant of Dohazari station area during the daytime respectively. During the

second quarterly environmental monitoring, average noise level within the study area varies

from 39.39 dBA to 57dBA found near to the batching plant of Chakaria station premises

during both day and night time.

58. Noticeably, these recorded values are within the standard of mixed zone land use (DoE,

1997), as well as for the commercial zone, which is the designation for the railway corridor.

Being a commercial area, the ambient standard is 70 dBA (day) and 60 dBA (night) (DoE,

2006). All the noise records of both day time and night time data meet the desired standard

for mixed zone, residential and commercial area. Overall, the noise measurements were

found moderate as all the sampling sites were located in semi-rural to rural setting.




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iv) Comparison of noise level status between baseline and quarterly monitoring results of Lot 1

59. The Table 16 shows comparison of noise level status between the baseline environmental

monitoring and second quarterly environmental monitoring. From the Table 16, it can be

concluded that the average noise levels, both during day and night time showing an

increasing trend from baseline to second quarterly environmental monitoring except for

NM_1 during daytime. However, such comparisons can be made only for NM_1, NM_3 and

NM_4 as samples were taken from NM_2 only during baseline monitoring while samples

were taken from NM_5 only during second quarterly monitoring.

Table 16: Comparison of noise level status between baseline (September, 2018) and quarterly

monitoring results (December, 2018) of Lot 1

Sampling ID Environmental

Monitoring

Noise level (Leq) dBA

Day Night

Max. Min. Avg. Max. Min Avg.

NM_1 Baseline 78.4 39.0 49.1 74.2 35.1 38.5

Second

Quarterly 60.9 40.8 45.81 54 35.5 44.57

NM_2 Baseline 79.8 36.9 48.4 62.2 21.2 37.1

Second

Quarterly

- - - - - -

NM_3 Baseline 60.8 32.1 43.6 58.2 24.7 36.0

Second

Quarterly 58.1 40.1 48.35 46.4 37.5 40.62

NM_4 Baseline 61.3 30.9 42 59.5 21.3 33.9

Second

Quarterly 63.2 51.5 57 47.7 33 39.39

NM_5 Baseline - - - - - -

Second

Quarterly 55 41.1 45.46 54.6 34.3 42.46

BD Noise Standards


(2007)

Receptor Day Night

Silent areas 50/NP 40/NP

Residential 55/55 45/45

Mixed 60/NP 50/NP

Commercial 70/70 60/70

Industrial 75/70 70/70

v) Analysis of noise quality measurement Lot 2

60. Analysis of noise quality measurement (September 2018) of Lot 2: The noise level

measurements in the day and night from 18th to 21st September 2018 shown in Table 17. The

data were collected from four different sampling stations. Of the four sampling stations, two

stations, are very near to the Cox’s Bazar Chattogram high way, for instance, Cox’s Bazar,

Max Yard/Ramu Yard which can be considered as mixed area since there is neither any big

industry nor large scale commercial activities take place rather residential area, green fields

can be seen very often. On the other hand, the remaining Rubber dam and Napith Khali camp




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station is situated a bit far from the city crowds within the middle of the remote agricultural

land.

61. Consequently, this station can be put in the category of both residential and mixed zone. The

existing general average noise level within the study area varies from 63.17 dBA to 69.41 dBA

found near to the Rubber dam area during night time and daytime respectively. Noticeably,

these recorded values are slightly above the standard of both mixed and commercial zone

land use (DoE, 1997). Being a mixed area, the ambient standard is Leq 60 dBA (daytime), and

Leq 55 dBA (night time), and for the commercial area it is 70 dBA (day) and 60 dBA (night)

(DoE, 2006). Most of the noise records during the day time data exceed the desired standard

for mixed zone that varies from 58.68 to 69.41 dBA, however, on the other hand night

measurements meet the minimum standard (ranges from 47.38 dBA to 63.17 dBA) but one

that recorded at the rubber dam area which was 63.17 dBA because of rain drops sound. As

the day and night time noise monitoring for each location has conducted parallelly (same

location at same date). To maintain this, the night time measurement of noise at rubber Dam

Area has conducted at the time of rainfall. Overall, the noise measurements were higher than

what one would expect in a totally rural setting.

Table 17: Noise measurement in September, 2018 at Lot 2

Sampling ID Sampling Location Noise level (Leq)

dBA

Day4 Night5

Avg. Avg.

NM_1 Rubber dam Eidgoan

(Residential & Mixed Area) 69.41 63.17

NM_2 Napit Khali Camp (Residential &

Mixed Area) 68.16 47.38

NM_3 Max Yard (Mixed Area) 60.41 47.89

NM_4 Cox’s Bazar Station (Mixed

Area) 58.68 49.82

BD Noise Standards (2006)/World

Bank Standard (2007)

Receptor Day

(Avg.)

Night

(Avg.)

Silent areas 50/NP 40/ NP


Mixed 60/NP 50/NP



62. Analysis of noise quality measurement (December 2018) of Lot 2: As there is no major noise

pollution sources in the project areas and the nearby road located at more than 2 km away,

the noise level is found within the acceptable level of ECR 1997 of DoE. The noise level

4 Day measurements taken in the morning after 9.0 am 5 Night measurement taken after 9.0 pm




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measurements in the day and night from 23rd to 26th of December 2018 shown in Table 18.

The data were collected from four different sampling stations (See Table 13) of the DCRP of

Lot 2 as selected by the Engineers. Of the four sampling stations, two stations, are very near

to the Cox’s Bazar Chattogram high way, for instance, Cox’s Bazar, Ramu Yard which can be

considered as mixed area since there is neither any big industry nor large scale commercial

activities take place rather residential area, green fields can be seen very often.

63. On the other hand, the remaining Rubber dam and Islamabad station is situated a bit far

from the city crowds within the middle of the remote agricultural land. Consequently, this

station can be put in the category of both residential and mixed zone. The existing general

average noise level within the study area varies from 51.7 dBA to 48.8 dBA in Rubber dam

area during day time and night time respectively which is under the standard of both mixed

and commercial zone land use (DoE, 1997). Being a mixed area, the ambient standard is Leq

60 dBA (daytime), and Leq 55 dBA (night time), and for the commercial area it is 70 dBA (day)

and 60 dBA (night) (DoE, 2006). Overall, the noise measurements during this quarter were

found within the acceptable level.

Table 18: Noise measurement in December, 2018 at Lot 2

Sampling ID Sampling Location Noise level (Leq) dBA

Day Night

Avg. Avg.

NM_1 BR 124 (Residential &

Mixed Area) 51.7 48.8

NM_2 Islamabad Station

(Residential Area) 43.5 47.0

NM_3 Ramu Station (Mixed Area) 45.9 45.2

NM_4 Cox’s Bazar Station (Mixed

Area) 44.9 46.1

BD Noise Standards (2006)/World Bank

Standard (2007)

Receptor Day

(Avg.)

Night

(Avg.)

Silent areas 50/NP 40/ NP


Mixed 60/NP 50/NP



vi) Comparison between June, September & December 2018 noise quality parameters of Lot 2

64. A comparison is made based on quarterly reports i.e. June, September and December 2018.

Table 19 shows that September data found slightly over the permissible standard (Day- 69.41

& Night- 63.17 dBA) at BR 124. Noticeably, at that time many construction activities were on

going therefore, exceeds the limit. Overall the noise quality under DCRP Lot 2 is under control

and have no such negative impact identified on the workers. Additionally, noise barricading

is provided as per controlling excessive noise near generator and workers usually don’t work

nearby noise source for long time. Therefore, there is no objection recorded from the

workers as well as from the local regarding the noise pollution at the construction sites.




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Table 19: Comparison between three quarterly reports for Noise Quality Monitoring (June,

September & December 2018) of Lot 2

Sampling ID Date Noise level (Leq) dBA

Day Night

Avg. Avg.

Cox’s Bazar Station

June 59.29 54.64

September 58.68 49.82

December 44.9 46.1

BR 124

September 69.41 63.17

December 51.7 48.8

Islamabad Station June 55.73 68.81

December 46.5 47.0

Ramu Station June 52.56 55.68

December 45.9 45.2

3) Surface Water Quality

65. During every quarterly survey, surface water sampling was undertaken at 8 sample stations;

2 samples per station, making a total of 16 samples. The objective of this surface water

sampling at 4 different stations under DCRP Lot 1 & 2, is to verify water quality on a quarterly

basis in order to make comparisons between pre-development and post-development,

detect change, and make comparisons against a standard. The measured parameters are

such as pH, Turbidity, Temperature, DO, BOD5, COD, TSS, TDS, Oil and grease. The collected

sample water was tested at reputed scientific laboratory in Bangladesh i.e. DPHE & BCSIR.

The surface water quality monitoring was performed for the DCRP in presence of Consultant

representative.

i) Surface Water Quality Monitoring Frequency and Locations


Table 20: Surface water quality Sampling Locations

Lot 1 Lot 2

September

(23 September

2018)

December

(22 December

2018)

June

(30 June 2018)

September

(21 September

2018)

December

(26 December

2018)

SW_1

Near Dohazari

Station _Ch

+463_Bridge

No. 3

SW_1

Near Dohazari

Station _Ch

+463_Bridge

No. 3

SW_1

Rubberdam

Eidgoan

SW_1

Bridge no.161

Near Umkhali

Bazar

SW_1

Bridge no.161

Near Umkhali

Bazar

SW_2

Bridge No. 38

_Ch 25+131

SW_2

Bridge No. 38

_Ch 25+131

SW_2

Ramu Tea

Garden

Bridge no.147

SW_2

Near Bakkhali

River

Bridge no.155

SW_2

Near Bakkhali River

Bridge no.155

SW_3 SW_3 SW_3 SW_3 SW_3




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Bridge No. 69 _

Ch 44+509

Bridge No. 69 _

Ch 44+509

Near Bakkhali

River

Bridge no.155

Rubberdam

Eidgoan

Bridge no.124

Rubberdam

Eidgoan

Bridge no.124

SW_4

Bridge No.79

_Ch 49+766

SW_4

Bridge No.79

_Ch 49+766

SW_4

Dakkhin

Mithasara

Bridge no.161

SW_4

Bridge no.96

Near

Dulahazara

Safari Park

(Mondirar Khal)

SW_4

Bridge no.96

Near Dulahazara

Safari Park

(Mondirar Khal)

ii) Surface Water Quality Monitoring Methodology

67. According to the Clause 2.4.1 of the EMP, samples were collected at four proposed bridge

crossing sites: two water samples per bridge: one 25m upstream and 25m downstream from

the planned bridge alignment. Prior starting the sampling procedure, the team dressed

appropriate PPEs. However, due to shallow water level of the source, sometimes it was not

possible to maintain 1.5m depth. The collected water samples were poured into 1 plastic and

2 amber bottles (for E. coli and Oil & grease), then put some marking to identify them later

before analysis and stored according to standard methods and analyzed within 24 hours of

being collected at an ISO14000-certified laboratory.

iii) Analysis of Surface water quality measurement Lot 1

68. Rivers, canals, and ponds water quality within the proposed alignment of the DCRP is one of

the key concerns as they are used for drinking and domestic purpose, irrigation and aquatic

life including fish and fisheries. Thus, it was a requisite to test surface water quality of the

project area. Accordingly, four sampling stations were identified using GPS coordinates, with

one station upstream and one downstream of the crossing area, for a total of 8 sampling

points along the proposed alignment.

69. After collecting surface water quality samples, they were sent to the laboratory for testing

the necessary parameters including Temperature, Turbidity, pH, TDS,TSS, Fe, DO, COD, BOD,

Total P, Oil, and Grease. Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and Bangladesh

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka are the organization that tested

the required parameters from the submitted samples and provided test reports enclosing in

their official letter heading. Results of the water tests are shown in Table 26 and Table 27

respectively.

70. COD: The following Table 21 represents the laboratory analysis results of baseline

environmental monitoring. It shows that the level of COD was found highest in all the

upstream and downstream samples. COD value varies from 4.00 to 32 mg/l, most of which

exceeds the permissible limit (4mg/l) of Bangladeshi standard (except the D/S concentrations

at SW_2 and SW_3). In the second quarterly environmental monitoring (Table 22), COD value

varies from 4 to 72 mg/l. Higher COD values were found only in both upstream (72 mg/l) and

downstream (64 mg/l) water samples of SW_4 where utensils washing and bathing activities

of local people was observed during sample collection. The upstream COD of SW_1 was also

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71. BOD: Natural waters will have a BOD of 5mg/l or less. BOD directly affects the amount of

dissolved oxygen in rivers or streams. The greater the BOD, the more rapidly oxygen is

depleted in the stream. During the baseline environmental monitoring, the BOD values vary

between 1.10 to 2.20 mg/l in only three out of eight collected water samples. No BOD value

was found in five of the collected water samples, indicating less pollution load on water. The

results of second quarterly environmental monitoring show the BOD values vary between 1

to 20 mg/l in eight collected water samples. Higher BOD values were found in both upstream

(20 mg/l) and downstream (17 mg/l) water samples of SW_4 where utensils washing and

bathing activities of local people was observed during sample collection. ADB (1994) and GoB

(1997) proposed BOD of 10 mg/l in irrigation water quality standards for Bangladesh.

72. DO: Dissolved Oxygen or free oxygen is needed for respiration of aquatic organisms. It is

evident that the DO levels below 1 mg/l will not support fish population, thus, 5 to 6 mg/l

are required for fish survival. DO values in our collected samples are varied between 6.90 to

7.64 mg/l during baseline environmental monitoring and 4.8 to 7.02 mg/l during second

quarterly environmental monitoring, indicating average quality of river/canals water.

73. TDS: Total Dissolve Solids (TDS) refers to the sum of all the components dissolved in water.

Noticeably, the water that contains too much dissolve matter is not for common uses,

therefore, the standard limit set for Bangladesh is 500 to 1000 mg/l. TDS in the collected

samples were varied from 29.40 to 184.20 mg/l during baseline environmental monitoring

and 25 to 142 mg/l during second quarterly environmental monitoring which is slightly less

than baseline concentration. Comparison between tested values and standard value shows

higher difference of concentrations in upstream and downstream samples of SW_1 and

SW_3, while the samples of SW_2 and SW_4 shows relatively closer upstream and

downstream concentrations during baseline environmental monitoring. During second

quarterly environmental monitoring, higher difference of concentrations in upstream and

downstream samples was found inSW_4 only while the samples of SW_1, SW_2 and SW_3

showed relatively closer upstream and downstream concentrations. Overall, the collected

water samples showed TDS concentrations of less than 200 mg/l, thus indicating the water

moderately suitable for common use.

74. TSS: The level of TSS found in the samples range between 58 to 224 mg/l during baseline

monitoring while 7 to 15 mg/l range was found during second quarterly environmental

monitoring which is quite low compared to the baseline concentration. However, the set

standard is 150 mg/l. Accordingly, the downstream concentration of SW_1 and SW_3

exceeds the standard limit during baseline monitoring (158 and 224 mg/l respectively)

75. Turbidity: Turbidity values of the surface water samples range between 9.0 to 296 NTU

during baseline monitoring and reduced to 1.04 to 37.3 NTU during second quarterly

environmental monitoring. However, the set standard value is 10 NTU. All the collected

samples show higher concentration of turbidity during baseline monitoring while only SW_2

show higher concentration of turbidity due to its shallow water depth and local people and

cattle movement by foot crossing the canal during second quarterly environmental

monitoring.

76. Oil and Grease: The concentration of oil and grease in most of the surface water sample were

found 8 to 35 mg/l in the surface water sample which is beyond the standard limit for




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Bangladesh (< 1 mg/l). During second quarterly environmental monitoring, the oil and grease

concentration reduced to less than 2 mg/l which is slightly beyond the standard limit for

Bangladesh (< 1 mg/l). At SW_2, the upstream concentration was found 3.6 mg/l. In the

selected surface water bodies, water usually used for irrigation, fishing and sometimes

washing utensils and bathing purposes which give an indication of slightly higher level of oil

and grease concentration.

77. pH: There is less significant version of pH in various sampling stations and the tested samples

ranged from 6.80 to 7.57 during baseline monitoring and 6.9 to 7.3 during second quarterly

environmental monitoring. The set standard is 6.5 to 8 .5 (FAO, 1992) indicating suitability of

water for common purposes.

Table 21: Result of surface water samples (September, 2018) of Lot 1

6U/S – Up Stream 7D/S – Down Stream

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results

Tem BOD COD DO

TDS TSS

Turbidity pH Oil and

Grease

°C (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) (mg/l) NTU - (mg/l)

SW_1

(25m

U6/S) Bridge

No. 3

30.4 Nil 8 7.46 118.20 96 138 7.15 20

SW_1

(25m

D7/S)

31.2 1.20 16.0 7.11 29.40 224.0 296 6.8 35

SW_2

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 38

31.3 1.10 12.0 7.57 154.80 68.0 37.9 7.57 16.0

SW_2

(25m

D/S)

32.6 Nil 4.0 7.53 183.60 83.0 47.30 7.05 12.0

SW_3

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 69

30.8 2.20 32 7.62 117.0 117.0 9.72 6.95 31.0

SW_3

(25m

D/S)

31.5 Nil 4.0 6.90 50.40 158.0 156.0 7.20 8.0

SW_4

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 79

32.4 Nil 8.0 7.64 148.0 80.0 43.6 6.85 14

SW_4

(25m

D/S)

32.9 Nil 8.0 7.50 184.20 58.0 48.0 7.10 20




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Table 22: Result of surface water samples (December, 2018) of Lot 1

8 The Schedule-3(A) of (Standards for Inland Surface Water) Environmental Conservation Rules,

1997, has been considered 9DoE Standard, 2001 10 Bangladesh Standard for Fisheries (EQS,1997), Domestic Standards (De, 2005) 11 Drinking Standards (ADB,1994) 12 The Schedule-3(A) of (Standards for Inland Surface Water) Environmental Conservation Rules,

1997, has been considered 13DoE Standard, 2001 14 Bangladesh Standard for Fisheries (EQS,1997), Domestic Standards (De, 2005) 15 Drinking Standards (ADB,1994)

Bangladeshi

Standards

- 5-

108 49

50010-

100011 150 10

6.5-

8.5 < 1

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results

Tem BOD COD DO

TDS TSS

Turbidity pH Oil and

Grease


SW_1

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 3

22.3 6 20 6.32 104 12 3.6 7.3 <2

SW_1

(25m

D/S)

22.4 2 8 6.8 103 13 6.4 7.3 <2

SW_2

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 38

22.3 2 8 6.72 26 15 37.3 7 <2

SW_2

(25m

D/S)

22.4 1 4 6.97 25 14 36.9 6.9 3.6

SW_3

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 69

22.5 1 4 6.90 97 7 1.04 7 <2

SW_3

(25m

D/S)

22.4 1 4 7.02 100 9 5.72 7.1 <2

SW_4

(25m

U/S) Bridge

No. 79

22.4 20 72 4.8 102 12 3.3 7.2 <2

SW_4

(25m

D/S)

22.2 17 64 5.07 142 10 2.97 7.2 <2

Bangladeshi

Standards

- 5-

1012 413

50014-

100015 150 10

6.5-

8.5 < 1




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iv) Comparison of surface water quality status between baseline and quarterly monitoring

results

78. The Table 23 below shows comparison of surface water quality status between baseline and

quarterly monitoring results.

Table 23: Comparison of surface water quality status between September, 2018 and

December, 2018 of Lot 1

Sample

ID.

Environmental

Monitoring

Parameters

Temp. BOD COD DO

TDS

TSS

Turbidity pH

Oil and

Grease


SW_1

U/S

Baseline 30.4 Nil 8 7.46 118.2 96 138 7.15 20

Second

Quarterly 22.3 6 20 6.32 104 12 3.6 7.3 <2

SW_1

D/S

Baseline 31.2 1.20 16 7.11 29.40 224.0 296 6.8 35

Second

Quarterly 22.4 2 8 6.8 103 13 6.4 7.3 <2

SW_2

U/S

Baseline 31.3 1.10 12 7.57 154.8 68.0 37.9 7.57 16.0

Second

Quarterly 22.3 2 8 6.72 26 15 37.3 7 <2

SW_2

D/S

Baseline 32.6 Nil 4 7.53 183.6 83.0 47.30 7.05 12.0

Second

Quarterly 22.4 1 4 6.97 25 14 36.9 6.9 3.6

SW_3

U/S

Baseline 30.8 2.20 32 7.62 117.0 117.0 9.72 6.95 31.0

Second

Quarterly 22.5 1 4 6.90 97 7 1.04 7 <2

SW_3

D/S

Baseline 31.5 Nil 4 6.90 50.40 158.0 156.0 7.20 8.0

Second

Quarterly 22.4 1 4 7.02 100 9 5.72 7.1 <2

SW_4

U/S

Baseline 32.4 Nil 8.0 7.64 148.0 80.0 43.6 6.85 14

Second

Quarterly 22.4 20 72 4.8 102 12 3.3 7.2 <2

SW_4

D/S

Baseline 32.9 Nil 8.0 7.50 184.2 58.0 48.0 7.10 20

Second

Quarterly 22.2 17 64 5.07 142 10 2.97 7.2 <2

Bangladeshi Standards - 5-10 4

500-

1000 150 10

6.5-

8.5 < 1

79. From the Table 23, it can be seen that, parameters like Temperature, TSS, Turbidity and Oil

and grease shows a decreasing trend whereas BOD shows an increasing trend from baseline

to second quarterly monitoring. DO and TDS are also showing a decreasing trend except for

the sample SW_3 D/S (DO) and SW_1 D/S and SW_3 D/S respectively. In case of COD, three

out of eight samples are showing increasing trend (SW_1 U/S, SW_4 U/S and SW_4 D/S),

another three is showing decreasing trend (SW_1 D/S, SW_U/S and SW_3 U/S) and the rest




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two remain unchanged (SW_2 D/S and SW_3 D/S). In case of pH, half of the samples showing

an increasing trend whereas other half is showing a decreasing trend.

v) Analysis of Surface water quality measurement Lot 2

80. Analysis of Surface water quality measurement Lot 2 (September, 2018): During the second

quarter, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) organization in

Chattogram has tested the required parameters from the submitted samples and provided

test reports enclosing in their official letter heading. Based on the test report, following

parameter wise brief descriptions are given.

81. COD: The following Table 24 represents the laboratory analysis results. It shows that the level

of COD, was found highest in most of the upstream and downstream samples. During this

study, COD value varies from 0.00 to 52.00 mg/l that exceeds the permissible limit (4mg/l)

of Bangladeshi standard. The found COD values are harmful for the aquatic organism and the

water only can be used for irrigation purposes. Noticeably, no construction activity has been

started yet nearby Bakkhali River but still found a higher concentration (52mg/l & 24mg/l).

In this regard, the river water might be affected in the upstream with the industrial effluent

and our project activity is not liable for this level of COD concentration at the surface water.

82. BOD: Unpolluted, natural waters will have a BOD of 5mg/l or less. BOD directly affects the

amount of dissolved oxygen in rivers or streams. The greater the BOD, the more rapidly

oxygen is depleted in the stream. Accordingly, the study shows the BOD values that varies

between 0.0 to 8.0 mg/l with less deviation means good quality of river or stream water. The

highest value recorded was 8.0mg/l in the upstream water sample of the Bakkhali River.

However, ADB (1994) and GoB (1997) proposed BOD of 10 mg/l in irrigation water quality

standards for Bangladesh.




samples were varied from 45.24 to 182.42 mg/l. Comparison between tested values and

standard value show a small variation and the field value is less than the standard acceptable

limit thus the river/canals water is moderately suitable for common use.

84. DO: Dissolve Oxygen or free oxygen is needed for respiration of aquatic organisms. It is



7.76 mg/l, indicates the average quality of river/canals water.

85. TSS: The level of TSS found in the samples range between 4.0 to 310.0 mg/l, however, the

set standard is 150 mg/l. Noticeably, most of the tested samples exceed the standard limit

and found highest 310.0 mg/l at the Bridge location 96.

86. Turbidity: Turbidity values of the surface water samples range between 21.3 to 288.0 NTU

whereas the set standard value is 10 NTU. All the collected samples show higher

concentration of turbidity. The increased turbidity could also have been due to the monsoon

rains. The higher concentration might be because of dissolve particulate matter including

sediment from the upstream due to surface runoff - especially clay and silt, fine organic and




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inorganic matter, soluble colored organic compounds, algae, and other microscopic

organisms. The project activity is not harming the existing water quality anyway.

87. Oil and Grease: The concentration of oil and grease were found higher (ranges from 7.0 to

65.0 mg/l) in the surface water sample which is beyond the standard limit (<1 mg/l) for

Bangladesh. The selected surface water usually used for irrigation, fishing, sometimes

bathing and boating (both shallow engine and manual) purposes etc. were observed during

sample collection. However, the set BD standard is applicable for drinking water on the other

hand 10mg/l is applicable for industrial discharge. Since, the construction activities are not

started in these selected sampling locations, therefore, project impact will not be accounted

here right now. The higher concentration of Oil & Grease in the tested water may be caused

due to spillage of oils from the engine boats or from the irrigation pumps.

Table 24: Result of surface water parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 2

Data Source: Sample based laboratory test reports

16 U/S – Up Stream 17 D/S – Down Stream 18 The Schedule-3(A) of (Standards for Inland Surface Water) Environmental Conservation Rules,

1997, has been considered 19 DoE Standard, 2001 20 Bangladesh Standard for Fisheries (EQS,1997), Domestic Standards (De, 2005) 21 Drinking Standards (ADB,1994)

Sample ID Sampling

Location

Results Tem BOD COD DO

TDS TSS

Turbidity pH Oil

and

Grease


SW_01

(25m

U16/S)

BR 161 31.4 0.0 0.0 6.4 84.0 238.0 70.1 6.98 45.0

SW_01

(25m

D17/S)

31.6 4.0 20.0 6.64 86.42 31.0 62.5 7.64 12.0

SW_02

(25m U/S)

BR 155 30.2 8.0 52.0 6.96 45.24 280.0 164.0 7.30 65.0

SW_02

(25m D/S)

30.6 2.5 24.0 6.91 48.14 292.0 288.0 7.39 7.0

SW_03

(25m U/S)

BR 124 32.1 0.0 4.0 7.76 48.72 230.0 90.2 7.85 25.0

SW_03

(25m D/S)

31.5 1.80 16.0 6.95 50.46 136.0 88.6 7.55 18.0

SW_04

(25m U/S)

BR 96 32.4 3.0 24.0 7.0 182.42 310.0 21.3 6.77 16.0

SW_04

(25m D/S)

32.8 3.2 24.0 7.25 174.58 4.0 27.1 7.19 22.0

Bangladeshi Standards

(DoE) -

5-

1018 419

50020-

100021 150 10

6.5-

8.5 < 1




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88. Analysis of Surface water quality measurement Lot 2 (December, 2018): Rivers, canals, and

ponds water quality within the proposed alignment of the DCRP Lot 2 is one of the key

concerns as they are used for drinking and domestic purpose, irrigation and aquatic life

including fish and fisheries. Thus, it was a requisite to test surface water quality of the project

area. Accordingly, four sampling stations were identified using GPS coordinates, with one

station upstream and one downstream of the crossing area, for a total of 8 sampling points

along the proposed alignment (See Appendix 5 for locations).

89. After collecting surface water quality samples, the sealed bottles were sent to the

Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and Bangladesh Council of Scientific and

Industrial Research (BCSIR) Dhaka laboratory for testing the necessary parameters including

Temperature, Turbidity, pH, TDS, TSS, Fe, DO, COD, BOD, Total P, Oil, and Grease.

90. COD: The following Table 25 represents the laboratory analysis results. It shows that the level

of COD, was found highest in most of the upstream and downstream samples. During this

study, COD value varies from 20.00 to 176.00 mg/l that exceeds the permissible limit (4mg/l)

of Bangladeshi standard. Higher COD levels mean a greater amount of oxidizable organic

material in the sample, which will reduce dissolved oxygen (DO) levels. A reduction in DO can

lead to anaerobic conditions, which is deleterious to higher aquatic life forms. Noticeably at

BR 96 the concentration was found higher (176 mg/l). Moderated deviation of river COD

values refers moderate quality of the river water for fish or other aquatic organisms and

applicable for irrigation purposes. Additionally, there is less chances to affect the water

quality due to bridge construction since, proper barricading is provided and no chemical

solvent is thrown away to the canal or river water.

91. BOD: Unpolluted, natural waters will have a BOD of 5mg/l or less. BOD directly affects the

amount of dissolved oxygen in rivers or streams. Accordingly, the study shows the BOD

values that varies between 5.0 to 46.0 mg/l. Among the four sampling stations, BOD found

highest at BR 96 downstream sample (46mg/l) and BR 161 (12 & 16 mg/l for up and down

stream water). However, ADB (1994) and GoB (1997) proposed BOD of 10 mg/l in irrigation

water quality standards for Bangladesh. When BOD levels are high, dissolved oxygen (DO)

levels decrease because the oxygen that is available in the water is being consumed by the

bacteria. Since less dissolved oxygen is available in the water, fish and other aquatic

organisms may not survive. Noticeably, canal was blocked with the sand bags temporarily

for construction and water become stagnant at these points, therefore, BOD is found higher.

Additionally, water quality is not affected anyway due to construction activity at any surface

water body locations. The water can be used only for bathing, fishing and agricultural

activities. Noticeably, this blockage helps the farmer for their upcoming irrigation during the

summer.




samples were varied from 33.00 to 14500.00 mg/l. Only at BR 96 location sample shows the

highest level of TDS caused by the presence of potassium, chlorides and sodium. These ions

have little or no short-term effects, but toxic ions (lead arsenic, cadmium, nitrate and others)




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may also be dissolved in the water. Despite this location, other tested values show a small

variation and the field value is less than the standard acceptable limit thus the river/canals

water is moderately suitable for common use.

93. DO: Dissolve Oxygen or free oxygen is needed for respiration of aquatic organisms. It is



6.24 mg/l, indicates the average quality of river/canals water. BR 96 shows the lowest DO

concentration it is because of highest BOD and COD values and lack of natural flow of water.

94. TSS: The level of TSS found in the samples range between 12.0 to 18.0 mg/l, however, the

set standard is 150 mg/l. Noticeably, most of the tested samples found within the standard

limit.

95. Turbidity: Turbidity values of the surface water samples range between 10.8 to 61.70 NTU

whereas the set standard value is 10 NTU. All the collected samples show higher

concentration of turbidity. Too much algae or sediment in lakes and streams can make them

unsuitable for recreation and aquatic life. Turbidity is caused by particles suspended or

dissolved in water that scatter light making the water appear cloudy or murky.

96. Oil and Grease: The concentration of oil and grease were found slightly lower than 2mg/l in

the surface water samples. Under this amount of oil and grease in every sampling location

can induce skin rashes and scabies who take bath from Bakkhali River. It will be wise to note

that the oil and grease have skin penetration properties. However, project activity has no

significant impact due to taken precautionary measure at the construction area i.e.

installation proper barricading, signage, restriction of dumping any chemical or washing

equipment at the BR locations. The selected surface water is suitable for irrigation, fishing,

sometimes bathing and boating (both shallow engine and manual) purposes etc. were

observed during sample collection.

Table 25: Result of surface water parameters (December, 2018) of Lot 2

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results Tem BOD COD DO

TDS TSS

Turbidity pH Oil

and

Grease


SW_01

(25m

U/S)

BR 161

22.30 16.00 60.00 5.13 33.00 14.00 10.80 7.00 <2.0

SW_01

(25m

D/S)

22.20 12.00 40.00 5.76 34.00 15.00 11.30 6.80 <2.0

SW_02

(25m

U/S)

BR 155

22.40 6.00 28.00 5.93 53.00 17.00 25.60 6.80 <2.0

SW_02

(25m

D/S)

22.30 5.00 20.00 6.24 54.00 15.00 21.80 6.70 <2.0

SW_03 BR 124 22.30 10.00 36.00 5.46 100.00 18.00 56.70 6.90 <2.0




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vi) Comparison between June, September & December 2018 surface water quality parameters

of lot 2

97. A comparison is made shown in Table 26 based on quarterly reports (September and

December 2018). BOD and COD values fond higher compared to September data. There is

no significant changes in the DO concentration. The highest TDS value found in the December

2018. TSS concentration found higher in September quarter and Turbidity values change

noticeably as ranges from 10.8 to 288.0 NTU within the nine months period. Finally, oil and

grease concentration was found relatively higher in the month of September at most of the

sampling locations.

98. Remarks: Considering the three quarterly reports, there is no significant changes found

within the DCRP Lot 2 sampling locations or specifically BR locations. Despite some abrupt

changes in few parameters, overall there is no noticeable changes observed. Therefore, it

can be concluded that, the project activity has no significant on the surface water quality.

Additionally, as per precautionary measure, at every active BR location safety in charge

installed proper barricading, signage and restrict dumping of any chemical or washing

equipment at the surface water body.

(25m

U/S)

SW_03

(25m

D/S)

22.40 8.00 28.00 5.90 77.00 16.00 61.70 6.80 <2.0

SW_04

(25m

U/S)

BR 96

22.40 9.00 32.00 5.60 14200.00 13.00 15.10 7.00 <2.0

SW_04

(25m

D/S)

22.30 46.00 176.00 3.87 14500.00 12.00 20.70 7.00 <2.0

Bangladeshi

Standards (DoE) - 5-10 4

500-

1000 150.0 10.0

6.5-

8.5 < 1




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Table 26: Comparison between quarterly reports for Surface Water Quality Monitoring

(September & December 2018) of Lot 2

Sample

ID Location Month

Results

Tem. BOD COD DO TDS TSS Turbidity pH

Oil

and

Grease


SW_01

(25m

US) BR 161

September 31.4 0.00 0.00 6.40 84.0 238.0 70.1 6.98 45.0

December 22.3 16.0 60.0 5.13 33.0 14.0 10.8 7.00 <2

SW_01

(25m

DS)

September 31.6 4.0 20.0 6.64 86.42 31.0 62.5 7.64 12.0

December 22.2 12.0 40.0 5.76 34.0 15.0 11.3 6.80 <2.0

SW_02

(25m

US) BR 155

September 30.2 8.00 52.0 6.96 45.24 280.0 164.0 7.30 65.0

December 22.4 6.00 28.0 5.93 53.0 17.0 25.6 6.80 <2

SW_02

(25m

DS)

September 30.6 2.50 24.0 6.91 48.14 292.0 288.0 7.39 7.0

December 22.3 5.00 20.0 6.24 54.0 15.0 21.8 6.70 <2

SW_03

(25m

US) BR 124

September 32.1 0.00 4.00 7.76 48.72 230.0 90.2 7.85 25.0

December 22.3 10.0 36.0 5.46 100.0 18.0 56.7 6.90 <2

SW_03

(25m

DS)

September 31.5 1.80 16.0 6.95 50.46 136.0 88.6 7.55 18.0

December 22.4 8.00 28.0 5.9 77.0 16.0 61.7 6.80 <2

SW_04

(25m

US) BR 96

September 32.4 3.00 24.0 7.0 182.42 310.0 21.3 6.77 16.0

December 22.4 9.00 32.0 5.6 14200 13.0 15.1 7.00 <2

SW_04

(25m

DS)

September 32.8 3.20 24.0 7.25 174.58 4.00 27.1 7.19 22

December 22.3 46.0 176.0 3.87 14500 12.0 20.7 7.00 <2

Bangladeshi Standards 5-10 4 500-

1000 150.0 10.0

6.5-

8.5 < 1

4) Groundwater Quality

99. Groundwater sampling has undertaken at 14 sample stations on a semi-annual basis. The

objective of this groundwater sampling at 14 different stations under DCRP Lot 1 & 2, is to

verify groundwater quality in order to make comparisons between pre-development and

post-development stage & semi-annual basis, detect change, and make comparisons against

a standard. The measured parameters are such as pH, TP, Mn, Fe, As, E. Coli, Temperature,

and Oil and grease. The collected sample were tested at the BCSIR Dhaka and Chattogram

Lab. The groundwater quality monitoring was performed for the DCRP in presence of

Consultant representative.

i) Groundwater quality monitoring frequency and locations





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Table 27: Groundwater quality Sampling Locations

Lot 1 Lot 2

September

(24 September

2018)

December

June

(30 June 2018)

September

(21 September 2018)

December

(26

December

2018)

GW_1

Dohazari

Station _Ch

0+700

Null GW_1

Dulahazra

Station

GW_1

Cox’s Bazar Station

Null

GW_2

Satkania Station

_Ch 8+760

Null GW_2

Islamabad

Station

GW_2

Near Umkhali Bazar

Bridge no.161

Null

GW_3

Lohagara

Station

Ch 21+500

Null GW_3

Rubberdam

Eidgoan

Bridge no.124

GW_3

Near Bakkhali River

Bridge no.155

Null

GW_4

Ch

25+131_Bridge

No. 38

Null GW_4

Ramu Station

GW_4

Max Yard

Null

GW_5

Harbang Station

_Ch 37+460

Null GW_5

Near Bakkhali

River

Bridge no.155

GW_5

Rubberdam Eidgoan

Bridge no.124

Null

GW_6

Ch

44+509_Bridge

No. 69

Null GW_6

Dakkhin

Mithasara

Bridge no.161

GW_6

Napit Khali Camp

Null

GW_7

Chokoria

Station _Ch

48+970

Null GW_7

Cox’s Bazar

Station

GW_7

Bridge no.96

Near Dulahazara Safari

Park (Mondirar Khal)

Null

ii) Groundwater Quality Monitoring Methodology

101. Ground water samples were collected from 14 sampling stations (14 tube wells around

bridge crossings; and one sample per tube well). Prior starting the sampling, the team

dressed appropriate PPEs and sterilized the faucet of the deep-well for 2 minutes and then

took the samples. The parameters that were measured are pH, total phosphate (TP), arsenic

(As), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and E-coli, Oil & Grease. All collected samples were stored

in plastic sampling bottles, except E-coli and Oil & grease (amber bottle) then put some

marking to identify them later before analysis and stored according to standard methods and

analyzed within 24 hours of being collected at an ISO14000-certified laboratory.




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iii) Analysis of groundwater quality Lot 1

102. Table 27 shows the groundwater sampling locations. The selected four samples i.e. GW_1,

GW_3, GW_5 & GW_7 were collected from four proposed stations of the DCRP (Deep well

of local people at the vicinity). Two of the remaining selected three samples i.e. GW_4 &

GW_6 were collected from local people’s tube well near to the river or canal crossing bridge

area. GW_2 water sample was collected from the nearby deep well of the proposed Satkania

station (Ch 8+760). The sampling site is still a virgin land, surrounded by rice fields where no

construction activity has been started yet.

103. Water for human consumption should be undergone regular physicochemical tests.

Physicochemical properties are high priorities in determining acceptability, although they

may have little bearing on whether the water is safe to drink or not. Generally, the standards

used to evaluate the suitability of water for drinking and domestic purposes are more

restrictive than those that would be applied to water for other purposes.

104. Groundwater samples were collected from 7 tube wells near the project corridor on 24th

of September, 2018. The laboratory tests performed were for pH, Arsenic (As), Manganese

(Mn), Iron (Fe), Phosphorus (as Phosphate), oil and grease, and E. coli and Temperature was

recorded simultaneously during sample collection. The collected samples were sent to the

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) for testing the required

parameters. Results of the groundwater testing are shown in Table 28.

Table 28: Result of Groundwater parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 1

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results Tem As Fe Mn

TP pH Oil and

Grease

E. Coli

°C (ppb) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) - (mg/l) CFU/100ml

GW_1 Dohazari

Station_0+700 30 Nil 0.25

Below

Detection

Limit

7.0 7.81 1.05 >1100

GW_2 Satkania

Station_8+760 29.6 Nil 2.8

Below

Detection

Limit

3.0 7.58 1.25 Nil

GW_3 Lohagara

Station_21+500 29.5 Nil 0.07

Below

Detection

Limit

6.2 6.80 0.80 Nil

GW_4 Bridge No.

38_25+131 28.2 Nil 10.0

Below

Detection

Limit

0.30 6.70 0.65 Nil

GW_5 Harbang

Station_37+460 28.6 Nil 8.0

Below

Detection

Limit

0.20 6.20 0.52 Nil

GW_6 Bridge No.

69_44+509 28.7 Nil 0.08

Below

Detection

Limit

1.5 7.40 1.10 Nil

GW_7 Chakaria

Station_48+970 28 Nil 0.30

Below

Detection

Limit

2.20 7.42 0.54 Nil




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105. The ground water test results for some parameters (As, Mn, Oil and Grease) received from

BCSIR Chattogram Lab during baseline environmental monitoring has been found erroneous

by the team of engineers. As per instruction of the team of engineers, the contractor has

changed testing laboratory to Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Dhaka from

December, 2018.

106. Arsenic (As): Arsenic was not found in any of the collected water samples. The Bangladesh

Standards for Drinking water (ECR, 1997) is 0.05 ppm and WHO guideline is 0.01 ppm for

Arsenic in any water sample. Considering this, it can be concluded that the water samples

are arsenic free. However, these results cannot be taken into account as BCSIR Laboratory

has not been approved by the team of Engineers. So, the contractor has discarded the BCSIR

Laboratory and opted DPHE (Department of Public Health Engineering) laboratory for future

tests.

107. Iron (Fe): Concentrations of Iron have been found from 0.07 to 10 ppm (Table 28). The

standard value ranges from 0.3 to 1.0 ppm for Bangladeshi perspective. Three out of seven

samples were found exceeding the standard iron concentration; GW_2, GW_4 and GW_5.

Although high iron in drinking water is not a major health problem, it may be unacceptable

to users at such high concentrations.

108. Manganese (Mn): Manganese on the other hand, is regarded as a potential health problem

in waters and WHO have set a guideline value of 0.5 mg/l for this element while BD sets 0.1

mg/l. The tested report shows (Table 28) the Mn value was found below the detection limit

considering all the samples. However, these results cannot be taken into account as BCSIR

Laboratory has not been approved by the team of Engineers. So, the contractor has discarded

the BCSIR Laboratory and opted DPHE (Department of Public Health Engineering) laboratory

for future tests.

109. P (as Phosphate) and pH: The concentrations of P (as Phosphate) found in the tested

sample rage from 0.20 to 7 ppm, however, the standard value sets as 6.0ppm for drinking

water. Accordingly, two (GW_1 and GW_3) of the seven water samples were found to have

higher phosphate concentration than the permissible limit. However, groundwater samples

meet the pH standards, however, the found values vary from 6.20 to 7.81 (Table 28).

110. Oil & Grease: Oil and grease concentrations found in the samples ranging from 0.52 to 1.25

mg/l which is higher than the standard 0.01 mg/l (Table 28). This may have happened as most

of these tube wells are used to wash cooking utensils having some amount oil attached on

22Drinking water quality EQS Standard 23 The Schedule-3(A) of (Standards for Inland Surface Water) Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997, has

been considered

Bangladesh Standards

for Drinking Water

(ECR’97)

20-

30 0.05

0.3

–

1/np

0.1/np 622 6.5-

8.5 0.0123 0

WHO Guideline for

Drinking Water, 2004 0.01 0.3 0.5 -

6.5-

8.5 - 0




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its surface. However, these results cannot be taken into account as BCSIR Laboratory has not

been approved by the team of Engineers. So, the contractor has discarded the BCSIR

Laboratory and opted DPHE (Department of Public Health Engineering) laboratory for future

tests.

111. E.Coli: Despite the significant improvement in bacterial quality afforded by groundwater

over surface water sources, many ground water sample from tube wells in Bangladesh show

higher than acceptable concentrations of bacterial contaminants. The tested report shows

that only one tube well had significant levels of E.Coli which is >1100/100 ml whereas the

standard set as 0 (Table 28). The reports indicating that, the supplied water sample are

contaminated with thermo-tolerant Escherichia Coli. This appears related to a number of

factors, including proximity of latrines or drains to the tube wells, tube well depth or method

of completion, and factors such as the practice of tube well priming.

iv) Analysis of groundwater quality Lot 2

112. Analysis of groundwater quality (September 2018) of Lot 2: Groundwater samples were

collected from 7 tube wells near the project corridor on 21st of September 2018 (See Table

27 for locations). The laboratory tests performed were for Temperature, pH, Arsenic (As),

Manganese (Mn), Iron (Fe), Phosphorus (as Phosphate), Oil and grease, and E. coli. The

collected samples were sent to the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(BCSIR) at Chattogram Lab for testing the required parameters. Results of the groundwater

testing are shown in (Table 29). Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(BCSIR), Chattogram, has tested the required parameters from the submitted samples and

provided test reports enclosing in their official letter heading.

113. Arsenic (As): The level of Arsenic (As) was found 0.00ppm in the tested water samples

which complies the Bangladesh Standards for Drinking water (ECR, 1997) as 0.05 ppm and

WHO guideline 0.01 ppm in all samples (Table 29). Considering this level of As found in the

samples indicating the potability of water quality and workers are free form carcinogenic

effect in future.

114. Iron (Fe): All the tested groundwater samples contain higher concentrations of Fe accept

GW_04 and GW_06 (< 0.1 ppm) while the standard value ranges from 0.3 to 1.0 ppm for

Bangladeshi perspective. Concentrations have been found from ranges from 0.1 to 2.80 ppm

(Table 29). Although high iron in drinking water is not a major health problem, it may

unacceptable to users at such high concentrations.

115. Manganese (Mn): Manganese on the other hand, is regarded as a potential health problem

in waters and WHO have set a guideline value of 0.5 mg/l for this element while BD sets 0.1

mg/l. The tested report shows (Table 29) the Mn value found under detection level which

meets both BD and the WHO guideline. The inhalation higher concentration Mn to the

human body might cause brain effect. Since, the tested water doesn’t contain this element

meaning we are safe and environment is well maintained.

116. TP (as Phosphate) and pH: The concentrations of TP (as Phosphate) found in the tested

samples rage from 0.30 to 5.60 ppm, however, the standard value sets as 6.0ppm for drinking

water. Accordingly, the concentration of P was less than the permissible limit. Similarly,




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groundwater samples meet the pH standards, however, the found values vary from 6.20 to

7.84 (Table 29). The water is suitable for all household purposes.

117. Oil & Grease: Oil and grease concentrations found in the samples range between 0.3 to 2.0

mg/l which is higher than the standard 0.01ppm (Table 29). Further testing is required in

order ensure the oil and grease amount found this time. The non-point sources of oil &

grease tend to be in the form of pesticides and nutrients that enter the soil as a result of

intense agricultural operations or the widespread use of road salts and chemicals. As the

groundwater sampling stations are located nearby area of agricultural land and also salt

firming is common here which can be a major source of oil & grease in groundwater.

118. E.Coli: The tested report shows 0.0 CFU/100ml levels of E.Coli which meets the standard

set as 0. The water is potable for all users.

Table 29: Result of Groundwater parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 2

v) Comparison between June and September groundwater quality parameters 2018 of Lot 2

119. A comparison is made based on two distinguished quarterly reports only which matches

the previous one’s sampling station. Therefore, 4 common stations are selected for this

24 Drinking water quality EQS Standard 25 The Schedule-3(A) of (Standards for Inland Surface Water) Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997, has

been considered

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results Tem As Fe Mn

TP pH Oil and

Grease

E. Coli


GW-01 Cox’s Bazar

Station

29.0 0.0 1.25 <

detection

1.20 7.84 1.50 0.0

GW-02 BR 161 28.7 0.0 1.23 <

detection

1.40 7.58 2.0 0.0

GW-03 BR 155 29.1 0.0 2.7 <

detection

2.50 6.80 1.25 0.0

GW-04 Max Yard 26.6 0.0 0.10 <

detection

1.80 6.70 0.85 0.0

GW-05 BR 124 27.6 0.0 2.80 <

detection

5.6 6.20 0.45 0.0

GW-06 Napit Khali

Camp

27.2 0.0 0.50 <

detection

0.40 7.40 0.30 0.0

GW-07 BR 96 27.6 0.0 2.65 <

detection

0.30 7.42 0.75 0.0

Bangladesh Standards

for Drinking Water

(ECR’97)

20-

30

0.05 0.3 –

1

0.1 624 6.5-

8.5

0.0125 0

WHO Guideline for

Drinking Water, 2004

0.01 0.3 0.5 - 6.5-

8.5

- 0




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comparison and it is found few changes overtime (Table 30). No significant changes were

observed among the groundwater parameters. As recommended out during the ADB’s

mission in November 2018, a change was made in laboratory for water quality analysis. As

per ADB’s instruction the third quarter (December, 2018) water samples were tasted in

DPHE, Dhaka and BCSIR, Dhaka (only oil & grease). Before ADB’s mission in November, 2018

the water samples were tested in BCSIR (Dhaka) & BCSIR (Chittagong) during first quarter

(June 2018) and second (September 2018) quarter environmental sampling respectively.

Table 30: Comparison between two quarterly reports (June & September 2018) for Ground

Water Quality Monitoring of Lot 2

5) Drinking water Quality

120. Based on the Engineers requirement in the month of September one sample (from CCECC-

MAX JV Camp) and in December two samples (from Ramu Lab and Ramu Yard) were collected

additionally in order to check the drinking water quality. The objective of these drinking

water samplings was to verify existing water quality and make comparisons against a

standard. Besides, it is essential to know the status of the drinking water since more than

100 workers are dependent on these sources. The measured parameters are such as pH, DO,

TDS, TSS, Salinity, As, TC, FC, Fe, and Temperature. The collected sample were tested at the

26 Drinking water quality EQS Standard 27 The Schedule-3(A) of (Standards for Inland Surface Water) Environmental Conservation Rules, 1997, has

been considered

Sampling

Location

Date Results Tem As Fe Mn

TP pH Oil and

Grease

E. Coli


Cox’s Bazar

Station

100+150

30.06.2018 27.9 <2 1.23 <0.5 1.03 7.03 <5 0

21.09.2018 29.0 0.0 1.25 <

detection

1.20 7.84 1.50 0.0

BR 155

Ch.90+014

30.06.2018 30.0 <2 5.09 <0.5 4.94 6.94 <5 10

21.09.2018 29.1 0.0 2.7 <

detection

2.50 6.80 1.25 0.0

BR 161

Ch.92+969

30.06.2018 27.2 < 2 7.52 < 0.5 1.11 6.55 < 5 0

21.09.2018 28.7 0.0 1.23 <

detection

1.40 7.58 2.0 0.0

BR 124

Ch.73+706

30.06.2018 27.5 <2 4.02 <0.5 3.98 6.48 <5 0

21.09.2018 27.6 0.0 2.80 <

detection

5.6 6.20 0.45 0.0

Bangladesh Standards for

Drinking Water (ECR’97)

20-

30

0.05 0.3

–

1/np

0.1/np 626 6.5-

8.5

0.0127 0

WHO Guideline for Drinking

Water, 2004

0.01 0.3 0.5 - 6.5-

8.5

- 0




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BCSIR Chattogram (i.e. September 2018). The drinking water quality monitoring was

performed in presence of Consultant Mr. Md. Saiful Islam, Junior Environment and Safety

Specialist.

i) Drinking water quality monitoring frequency and locations

121. Table 31 shows the two quarters drinking water sampling locations of the DCRP.

Table 31: Drinking water quality Sampling Locations

Lot 1 Lot 2

September

December

September

(21 September 2018)

December

(26 December 2018)

Null Null DW_1

Napit Khali Camp

DW_1 (Ramu

Laboratory)

Null Null DW_2 (Ramu Yard)

ii) Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Methodology

122. Drinking water samples were collected from the submersible pumps. Prior sampling the

team dressed appropriate PPEs for sampling and sterilize the mouth of the deep-well for 2

minutes and then took the samples. All samples were collected in plastic sampling bottles,

except TC, and FC (amber bottle) then put some marking to identify them later before

analysis and stored according to standard methods and analyzed within 24 hours of being

collected at an ISO14000-certified laboratory.

iii) Analysis of Drinking Water Quality measurement of Lot 2

123. Analysis of Drinking Water Quality measurement (September 2018) of Lot 2: One drinking

water sample was collected from 1 sampling station such as Napith Khali camp yard on 21st

of September 2018. The collected sample was sent to the Bangladesh Council of Scientific

and Industrial Research (BCSIR) at Chattogram Lab for testing the required parameters.

Results of the groundwater testing are shown in Table 32. The BCSIR provided test reports

enclosing in their official letter heading. The Table 32 shows all the tested value of samples

lie between the standard levels of parameters such as As, DO, TDS accept Fe (2.20 ppm).

Table 32: Result of Drinking water parameters (September, 2018) of Lot 2

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results Tem. As Fe DO

TDS TSS pH Salinity TC FC

°C ppb ppm ppm mg/l mg/l - mg/l CFU/100

ml

CFU/100

ml

DW-01

Napit

Khali

Camp

29.1 0.0 2.20 7.36 374.0 131.72 6.80 90.0 0 0

Bangladesh

Standards (Max.)

(BDS 1240:2001)

0.01 0.3 - 500 - 6.5-

8.5

- 0 0




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124. Analysis of drinking water quality parameters (December 2018) of Lot 2: Drinking water

samples were collected from 2 sampling station such as Ramu Laboratory and Ramu Camp

on 26th of December 2018 (see Table 31 for locations). The collected sample was sent to the

DPHE Laboratory Dhaka for testing the required parameters. Results of the groundwater

testing are shown in Table 33. The Table 33 shows all the tested value of samples lie between

the standard levels of parameters such as As, TDS, pH, TC & FC etc.

125. Table 38 shows that the Fe concentration is found within the permissible limit 0.7and 0.53

ppm for lab and camp respectively while the standard is 0.3-1.0ppm. Overall, the tested all

other parameters found within the standard limit set by the DoE.

Table 33: Result of Drinking water parameters (December, 2018) of Lot 2

6) Noise Meter

126. The Engineers gave approval to buy a noise meter which will be used on a regular basis in

the field level (Ref: SMEC/5060126/CSC1/2018-745(DM). CCECC-MAX JV has been issued a

work order to purchase the requested noise meter model (SL-4033SD LUTRON) and expected

to be reached at the site very soon.

7) Flora and Fauna

127. During our visit on 23rd April,2018 we have seen The Chunati Reserve Forest harbours a

rich floral resource of Garjan (Dipterocarpus spp.) and Boilam (Anisoptera scaphula) trees

etc. We visited Medhakachhapia and Fasiakhali reserve forest and talked with the local

people on 23rd April, 2018.The opined that movement of elephant (Elephas maximus) is

frequent.Oher faunas wher are rarely seen are - slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), rhesus

macaque (Macaca mulatta), capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus), mouse deer (Tragulus

javanicus), and Rufous-tailed hare (Lepus nigricollis).

WHO Guideline

for Drinking

Water, 2004

0.01 0.3-

1.0

- - - 6.5-

8.5

- 0 0

Sample

ID

Sampling

Location

Results Tem. As Fe DO

TDS TSS pH Salinity TC FC

°C ppb ppm ppm mg/l mg/l - mg/l CFU/100ml CFU/100ml

DW-01

Napit

Khali

Camp

22.40 0.00 0.70 6.68 122.0 1.00 7.10 0.12 0.00 0.00

DW-02 Ramu

Camp 22.30 0.00 0.53 6.84 107.0 1.00 7.00 0.11 0.00 0.00

Bangladesh

Standards (Max.)

(BDS 1240:2001)

0.01 0.3 - 500 - 6.5-

8.5

- 0 0

WHO Guideline

for Drinking

Water, 2004

0.01 0.3-

1.0

- - - 6.5-

8.5

- 0 0




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B. Construction Period Qualitative Assessment

1) Environmental Issue EMP_2.6/H-6.1 (e.g. Noise attenuation measure)

128. According to the EMP 2.6, Noisy works may not be occurred near to the sensitive areas like

residents, schools, religious places and hospitals. But during the pilot pile work at BR 124 (Ch.

73+706) which was located just beside of a local mosque where various machines were

observed working for instance Rotary rigging, excavator, crane, generator etc. (Photo 1).

During the reporting period, other noise sources also observed within the construction sites

(Photo 2 to 4)

129. Due to lack of noise meter, it was not possible to measure the exact noise level during the

field visit. However, during the quarterly noise measurement in September at BR 124 beside

the sensitive receptor, it was found 69.41 dBA (Day) and 63.17 dBA (Night). Considering this

zone as commercial, the standard is 70 dBA (Day) and 60 dBA (Night) for Bangladesh,

meaning noise generation was around the standard limit. Additionally, due to work pressure

at BR 124, the 3rd quarterly Noise monitoring in December has been performed at this site

again. Data analysis was not performed yet, therefore, 3rd quarterly measurement result is

not incorporated in this report. However, no objection found either from the mosque

authority or local inhabitant nearby due to noisy work, therefore, no necessary immediate

measures were taken on the spot. Considering the Napitkhali camp, the retention wall has

been constructed which will act as a good noise barrier. Besides, usually tin shed was

provided for generators at the site.

130. The Engineers gave approval to buy a noise meter which will be used on a regular basis in

the field level (Ref: SMEC/5060126/CSC1/2018-745(DM). CCECC-MAX JV has been issued a

work order to purchase the requested noise meter model (SL-4033SD LUTRON) and expected

to be reached at the site very soon.

131. Environment Specialist along with HSSE team has been waiting to receive the digital noise

meter. The noise measurement will take place during every field visit. Then necessary

measure can be taken if exceeds standard limit, for instance, establishment of noise

barrier/enclosure to minimize or reduce the noise level near to the residential area and

providing hearing protecting device to the workers in order to comply with the EMP. Toolbox

talk and training session will be conducted to raise awareness among the worker to maintain

safe working environment and safe themselves.

2) Air quality and dust control

132. According to the Subsection H: Environment Safeguard, it is stated that, all roads,

permanent or temporary, pukka or katcha, that become dusty and all areas where

construction related activities are carried out, need to ensure necessary suppression

measures i.e. watering, sweeping or other measures approved or directed by the Engineer.

However, due to monsoon period the weather was humid and rainy (I.e. July to mid-

October). Therefore, no dust suppression measures were taken or needed at all. Besides,

rainy weather makes the work more difficult to progress (Photo 5 to Photo 8). During month

of July to October, apparently there was no dust suppression measure taken due to frequent

and torrential rain. Besides, humidity was high as well. Consequently, after the monsoon,




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CMJV has been decided to ensure dust control measure. Overall, 5 vehicles have been using

for dust control on a daily basis (2 times per day) to spread water at different sites.

Approximately a total of 27, 000, 00 L of water has been spread throughout the month and

covered a total of 8-10 Km daily including local road (Photo 26 to Photo 30). The information

was collected informally from the field (CCECC part). However, the contractor doesn’t keep

any record of dust control measure. CMJV’s higher official decided to keep maintain log book

alike petroleum products from the next month which will be incorporated in the monthly

report of January 2019.

133. Additionally, four air quality monitoring has been performed as quarterly basis at different

sites (Photo 25). As the construction activity shifting on a regular basis for the good progress

achieved by the Contractor, to define the impact of construction activity on the ambient air

quality at different sites, same air monitoring stations for each and every sampling quarter

was not possible to maintain. But since the camp sites will not shift, the Contractor will

maintain the same sampling stations particularly where there are crushing plants or other

polluting plants.

134. Weekly inspection is being conducted by the environment specialist in order to monitor

and report environmental and safety noncompliance and compliance issues. Additionally, a

log book will be maintained from the month of January 2019.

3) Environmental Issue EMP_2.4/H-6.3 (e.g. Protection of Wetlands/Ponds/Rivers/Canals)

135. Considering this clause 2.4 mentioned in the EMP as “Undertake protection of

watercourses”, the contractor (CCECC-MAX JV) of Lot 2 has been working on to ensuring the

protection of all wetlands, ponds, rivers and canals lied under the project boundary

throughout Construction period of New Dual Gauge Railway Line from Dohazari to Cox's

Bazar via Ramu (DCRP- Lot 2).

136. Construction activity i.e. pilot pile, working pile, and pile cap construction was performed

at the BR 155 (Bakkhali River), BR 124, BR 120, BR 129, BR 130, BR 147, BR 161 and BR 162

over the last six months period but the earth moving in the vicinity of watercourses were

kept to a minimum to avoid sedimentation and contamination from fuel and lubricants.

Noticeably, considering the wetlands protection, CMJV has been working on ensuring the

quality of water resources at bridge locations mainly.

137. There was no identifiable construction or earthwork activities were observed yet that

might affect watercourses anyway. During the pilot pile (i.e. pilot pile 8) and working pile (i.e.

working pile 48), water body near the Bridge construction area was not affected anyway.

Noticeably, during the pilot pile/work pile, proper barricading was observed nearby water

bodies to protect their natural flow and quality of water. However, at some point due to lack

of flow of water (very narrow khal) the diversion road was made on the surface water body

on a temporary basis (i.e. BR 129, 130, and 161). Besides at some points contractor put

together concrete rings to maintain the flow of water bodies (i.e. BR 120, BR 124, and BR

162). The Photographs show the protection measures and existing status of water bodies

(Photo 31 to Photo 35). Additionally, MAX has been constructing a temporary concrete based

bentonite holding tanks on the ground in order to avoid contamination of soil as well as

potential surface water bodies adjacent to the pilot pile area (i.e. BR 161, BR 147, BR 155, &




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BR 162). The contractor was clearly informed about the importance of the surface water

bodies to protect from any kind of pollutions.

138. Additionally, three surface water quality monitoring surveys have been conducted on a

quarterly basis at different bridge locations i.e. BR 124, BR 96, BR 161, BR 147 & BR 155

(Photo 36) in order to monitor their exiting surface water quality and to know any potential

impacts due to constructions. The water samples were collected to measure parameters

such as pH, Turbidity, Temp (°C), DO, BOD5, COD, TSS, TDS, and Oil & Grease.

139. New bridge construction will be continued at new places, therefore, the HSE team will

ensure to protect wetlands and surface water quality near bridge locations. Regular visit will

be conducted as well along with consultant and fill up approve checklist.

4) Environmental Issue H_6.6 (Servicing and Operating Equipment)

140. The work regarding servicing and operating equipment have been carried out by the

CMJV’s experienced mechanical personnel in such a manner so that near rivers, streams or

other bodies of water will not be affected and get polluted with gasoline, diesel fuel, oil,

grease, or surplus or disposable materials.

141. During the field visit, a few servicing activity was observed at the Link road area, Ramu

Camp, BR 124, BR 129 and Napith Khali camp. However, the safety team informed to the

site engineer regarding the safe servicing and operating activities. No major servicing was

observed, but minor because of using brand new vehicles and equipment during the

operations which are all equipped with modern technology (CCECC part). A total of 314

(CCECC- 169 & MAX- 145) different types of equipment were used at different sites at the

end of November 2018 for various activities and held very common servicing which

maintained on a regular basis. In December there were 214 fully functional equipment

mobilized to the field and few were under servicing due to break down at once on site.

142. No major servicing was observed, but minor because of using brand new vehicles and

equipment during the operations which are all equipped with modern technology. A total of

314 (CCECC- 169 & MAX- 145) different types of equipment are listed to be used (i.e. some

are idle at the CCEECC camp & some are yet to come but owned) or have been using at

different sites for various activities and held very common servicing which maintained on a

regular basis. However, site engineers, mentioned that for major servicing they usually send

their vehicles/machines to the nearby garage or company’s own servicing area for further

repairing activities. Besides, site engineers were instructed to perform servicing and

operating equipment carefully in urgency and avoid pollution due to oil spillage, gasoline,

diesel fuel, grease, or surplus or disposable materials. Additionally, mechanic have been

informed clearly that they should not perform any servicing of machines or equipment near

rivers, streams or other bodies of water to avoid water pollution.

143. Mechanical department at both camp (i.e. EMD workshop MAX site) site personnel and

site engineers have been informed to perform servicing and operating equipment carefully

in urgency and avoid pollution due to oil spillage, gasoline, diesel fuel, grease, or surplus or

disposable materials. Additionally, HSE team will visit every site and keep informing

mechanical engineers not to perform any servicing of machines or equipment near rivers,

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5) Control of Petroleum Product

144. It is clearly stated in the specification H that all petroleum products need to be stored in a

designated storage location i.e. fuel storage/tank, where any spillage can be safely

maintained without contamination of surrounding area. Additionally, the storage site need

to be established far away from the vicinity of streams, rivers or other bodies of water.

Considering these requirements, the CCECC-MAX JV has been performing construction

activities in such a manner so that they can comply with the specification.

145. Regarding the control of petroleum products, few non-compliance issues were recorded

at different places. For instance, at various construction sites (i.e. bridge 124, 129, 130, 155,

161 & 162), the contractor usually uses temporary oil storage facility (i.e. plastic or tin made

oil drum) in order to meet their essential oil demand (Photo 11). In this regard no oil

abetment initiative was seen, however, no spillage or accident was reported due to

momentary fuel oil storage facility at the sites. At Link road temporary oil usage facility was

observed which was not complied with EMP, therefore the site engineers were informed to

take permanent or at least some protection measures so that ground spillage can be

prevented (Photo 10). On the other hand, at the Napith Khali camp, two oil tankers usually

ensure their necessary fuel oil demand (i.e. fuel collected form the local fuel oil station) on a

daily basis, therefore, no noncompliance issues have been found there (Photo 09 & 12).

146. The site engineer was instructed strictly before and during the field visit in presence of the

Consultant team, to take necessary measures for instance, to install signage at the site

indicating danger sign and oil storage area, arrange oil deep/spill tray under the oil container

to avoid oil spillage to the ground or spill to the nearby area, provide fire extinguisher to

avoid fire hazard. Besides, the identified noncompliance issues were informed to the

responsible authorities to take recommended measures by preparing a report using

photographs and send through email. Additionally, permanent cylindrical fuel oil storage

tank having a capacity of 15,000 L was observed fully functional from December 2018 at

Ramu camp wherever daily demand is around 3000 L (Photo 37 & Photo 38). On the other

hand a permanent 2 cylindrical fuel oil storage tanks have been set (Photo 39 & Photo 40) to

ensure fuel oil facility which is not functional yet. However, both stations have spill control

capacity.

147. A regular site visit will be conducted in order to check whether the site engineer takes

necessary measures or maintain their standards against non-compliance issues identified

during every site visit. Additionally, spill abatement measures will be adopted as soon as

possible after finishing their construction of fuel storage area.

6) Occupational Health and Safety

148. Occupational health and safety is one of the major construction issues that has been

handling very carefully since the projected started by the CCECC-MAX JV in order to ensure

workers welfare and safe working environment at the site. Therefore, workers safety issue

in every aspects have been given first priority. A number of HSE officers have been engaged

in order to perform and monitor workers health and safety. Over the last six months period,

occupational health and safety measures were mainly observed at the bridge locations i.e.




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BR 96, BR 124, BR 120, BR 129, BR 130, BR 155, BR 161, BR 162, CCECC-MAX JV camp, and

Ramu Camp.

149. Proper PPEs, signage and barricading: During the field visit, the HSSE team always tried to

observe and ensure proper PPEs at the site while workers working at different sites. During

the month of July, when the first pilot pile work started, there was lack of proper PPEs

especially shoes and hand globes. Gradually, the situation have changed for the CCECC part.

Proper signage and barricading was observed very frequently at various sites (Photo 41 &

42). On the other hand during the commencement of Ramu Camp there were lack of PPEs of

the workers which is because of few workers were from the subcontractor part (Photo 13 &

Photo 14). However, overtime proper PPEs were ensured for the workers. Proper signage

and barricading at the Ramu Camp was ensured from beginning. Despite some non-

compliance issues sometimes, most of the cases PPEs were ensured for the workers (Photo

55, 57, 58, 60 & 61). Apparently, non-compliance issues were raised due to engaging

subcontractors at different site for various constructions. However, CMJV’s higher official

was informed regarding that issue and they only ensure PPEs for their staffs only. As per

ADB’s requirement, the main contractor is also responsible for ensuring the subcontractor’s

compliance with all environment safeguard requirements including PPE’s. Accordingly,

subcontractors have been informed clearly to ensure their workers PPEs otherwise they are

not allowed to work at the site. Additionally, proper signage and barricading was observed

most of the construction sites over the whole last six months period.

150. Electrical and mechanical safety: From the Photo 15, it is evident that electrical safety was

not properly ensured the site. Photo 16 shows the lack of proper PPEs of 2 welders.

Additionally, sometimes found non-comply with the IEC 6066, BDS 1360- 1992, & BDS- 1436-

1994 codes. Therefore, the electrical department personnel was informed to either change

electrical appliances, ensure proper insulation, and better face shield while electrical welding

is performed. Additionally, at the MAX part, it was found haphazard conditions surrounded

with electrical wears at the sites. Safety officer was informed to ensure proper housekeeping

and if possible change old electrical appliances. However, it will take some time to improve

electrical and mechanical safety at the workplace.

151. Drinking water, toilet and First aid Facility: CMJV has been working on ensuring primary

facilities such as potable water at all construction sites, and hygienic toilets. Unfortunately,

due to lack of permanent workers at the bridge construction sites, therefore, there was lack

of proper toilet facility (Photo 20). Besides, readily accessible first aid facility was observed

at work places. Noticeably, temporary accommodation facility was observed for workers at

bridge 155, 147 and 162 since, they stayed for long time. Therefore, proper toilet and potable

water facility was ensured.

152. Housekeeping and others: Photo 19 represent a lack of proper housekeeping at Ramu

Laboratory area. It was because of under construction but proper initiative was taken later

on. Additionally, Photo 17 shows a potential suspect of a child labor at the construction site

by the HSE manager. To clarify this issue, the Foremen of the Team (under whom the

suspected child labor has been working) has shown the National ID of the Suspect. Which

clearly defined that, the suspect was not child labor. Therefore, he asked proper document

from the subcontractor and stopped his work temporarily. Finally, Photo 18 reveal the




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unsecured work on height. There was lack of full body harness for the workers. Photo 43 to

Photo 56 shows a good example of proper housekeeping at different site. CMJV has been

aiming to ensure that kind of proper housekeeping for all sites, however, it will take a little

bit more time to establish. Photo Photo 54, shows an example of awareness training and tool

box talk to the workers where safety officer provides necessary guidelines for safe work

avoid occupational hazards. Finally Photo 62 represents the HIV-AIDS awareness action and

orientation program conducted monthly basis by a NGO called EBS at different sites of the

DCRP Lot 2.

7) Environmental Issue EMP_2.3/H-6.11 (Protection of top soil and erosion)

153. As defined in the EMP, Clause 2.3, it is necessary to implement topography, landscape and

soil plans. Accordingly, CCECC-MAX JV has been working on protecting and storing top soil

while excavated during the stripping work. Additionally, some erosion control measures

were observed at different sites as well.

154. During the last six months few clearing, grubbing and stripping activities were performed

where CMJV stored the top soil on the surface of the ground in a linear pattern adjacent to

the filled/ developed land between RoW so that soil can be used later on used as per

embankment preparation. It can be seen that top soil management practices at Ch- 88, 89,

83, 84, 79, 80, 77, 68, 69, 72, 73, 97, 98 and 100. Table 34 shows the various earthworks

activities that have been performed throughout the last six months period

155. During the month of November and December 2018, some clearing, grubbing and stripping

activities were performed where they stored the top soil on the surface of the ground in a

linear pattern adjacent to the filled/ developed land between RoW so that soil can be used

later on used as per embankment preparation. Photo 47 to Photo 53 & Photo 59 shows some

example of top soil management practices at different changes (Table 34) i.e. Ch- 88, 89, 83,

84, 79, 80, 77, 68, 69, 72, 73, 97, 98 and 100. Overall a total of around 77,940.0 m3 top soil

was stored temporarily for further use and covered an area of approximately 6.81 Km (Table

34). However, top soil stockpiling and/or disposal of material is not placed in any area where

natural drainage or storm water could pond and become stagnant, or where could erode the

material and cause silting of the adjacent area or of any natural or manmade water course.

Table 34: Top soil and erosion protection measure at different sites.

Earthwork Chainage Status of

work

Amount of top soil

stored

Approximately (m3)

Top soil protection

measure

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 88+00 to

Ch. 88+400

Not

completed

yet

3600 • Excavated

organic or

superficial

materials were

stored along the

RoW for further

use during the

embankment

preparation

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 89+00 to

Ch. 89+300

Not

completed

yet

2700

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 83+300

to Ch. 84+00

Not

completed

yet

6300




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Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 79+500

to Ch.

80+200

Not

completed

yet

6300 • Additionally,

during the field

visit, it was not

observed that the

material is not

placed in any area

where natural

drainage or storm

water could pond

and become

stagnant

• The stock

material is not

placed in such a

way so that they

could erode and

cause silting of

the adjacent area

or of any natural

or man-made

water course.

• Besides, it is very

dry season and

less chances of

rain therefore, no

erosion issue

raised.

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch.77+500

to Ch.

78+440

Not

completed

yet

8460

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch-68+000

to Ch-

69+220

Not

completed

yet

10980

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 72+950

to Ch.

73+650

Not

completed

yet

6300

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 98+700

to Ch.

100+350

Completed 29700

Clearing,

Grubbing &

Stripping

Ch. 97+450

to Ch.

97+650

Completed 3600

Total (6.81 Km) 77,940

156. In the upcoming month there will be lot of clear, grubbing and stripping work will take

place. HSE will visit all the construction sites and ensure proper top soil and erosion

protection measures.




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Grievances and Complaints 157. During the reporting period, no complaints has received or addressed due to the

construction activity. But if in near future GRC receive any complaints, then the date of

receipt of complaint; complainant’s name and location; nature of complaint; response

provided; date of providing response; and whether the grievance has been redressed or not

will be reported.

UNANTICIPATED SAFEGUARD ISSUES

158. During the reporting period from 1st July of 2018 to 31st December of 2018, no such

anticipated safeguard issues came across.

CONCLUSION

A. Overall Progress with Implementation of Environmental Safeguard Measures

159. The environmental awareness creation, particularly regarding the direct construction

impacts and especially for health, environmental pollution and safety issues are important.

The need to develop self-regulation of the contractors will have to be emphasized, with the

consultant’s supervisory role that to be in conformity the relevant Environmental Clauses

(Section 6, Subsection H: Environmental Safeguards of contract technical specification)

incorporated in the construction contracts and national legislation.

160. Overall during July 2018 to December 2018, environmental team has performed different

activities related to environmental issues such as, visited different sites very frequently,

monitoring site activities and record activities that might affect existing environment and

inform appropriate personnel to take necessary measures to avoid environmental pollution

and ensure work place safety. Despite some non-compliance issues at different sites, overall

the construction activities have been progressing smoothly without hindering environmental

quality and putting safety at the first place of this development. Furthermore, environmental

safeguard awareness programs were conducted among the workers and necessary

instructions were given to take effective measures to avoid environmental pollutions and

become aware about our precious environment.

161. Additionally, quantitative assessment like air, water, and noise quality have been

performed two times as quarterly basis in the reporting period and analyzed data presented

here for better understanding of project effect to the environment. Based on the analysis, it

can be concluded that, the construction activities have no significant impact on any of the

environmental components.

162. Based on the present status, further next level planning needs to be executed. Proper

planned activities could rather help to implement the EMP efficiently with minimum impact

on the exiting environment. The disputes identified in the report, from those both the

Engineer & the Contractor shall take lessons and advice the Contractor to work more

effectively. However, cooperation from every one related to this project is very essential to

make this project successful with minimum impact to the environment.




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B. Recommendations

163. To make the process smoother and efficient, the following recommendations are proposed

based on observations during the reporting period regarding environment safeguards to be

followed with immediate effect.

164. Based on the site inspection and monitoring of the execution of the Environmental

Safeguards program the accomplishments in response to the relevant recommendations are

given in the following Table 35.

Table 35: Recommendations for Improving Contractor Compliance and Progress

Sl.

No.

Recommendation Site Timeframe Implemented

by

Supervision

by

1. A proper system needs to be

developed to keep

qualitative information like

record keeping on amount of

water spread as a dust

suppression measure,

construction waste material

quantity, top soil quantity

etc.

Every site

where

earthwork,

station and

bridge

construction

take place

During

project

period

Contractor Engineer

2. Few construction activities

took place at night when a

presence of a respective HSE

personnel is important.

Bridge

construction

site

Within the

next

reporting

period

Contractor Engineer

3. So many non-compliance

issues were generated due

to lack of proper

arrangement and shortage

of resources. Adequate

resources should be ensured

by the Contractor.

- Within the

next

reporting

period

Contractor Engineer

4. The Contractor must ensure

that the sampling of the

critical parameters for water

quality, noise and air quality

is carried out fully in line with

the Sampling Program so

that meaningful results can

be obtained enabling further

mitigative measures to be

determined and initiated if

required.

Bridge

construction

site

During

project

period

Contractor Engineer




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5. The on-site construction

supervision and

management of the

Contractor should be

strengthened so that actions

taken to improve health and

safety issues are maintained

and not lost over time. It will

be necessary to arrange the

training and awareness in

the health and safety issues

for the construction workers

with regular and repeated

sessions presented &

delivered by specialized

personnel.

Every active

site where

earthwork,

station and

bridge

construction

take place

During

project

period

Contractor Engineer

6. The overall management of

camps and worksite must be

further improved in line with

the best practices on

occupational health and

safety so that these areas of

the site can be made fully

compliant.

Ramu &

Chakaria

camp

During

project

period

Contractor Engineer

7. The staffing provided to

address the environmental

safeguards program should

be enhanced to ensure that

all the requirements of the

program can be correctly

actioned and reports can be

provided in a timely manner

recognizing the importance

of these matters to all

stakeholders.

During

project

period

Contractor Engineer

Appendices

Appendix 1: Environment Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Checklist

Appendix 2: Test Results of Collection Samples for Environmental Monitoring

Appendix 3: Photo Log




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(II) Six month working plan (January 2019 to June 2019) for the DCRP Lot 2

Environmental Safeguard

Implementation

Jan

-19

Feb-

19

Mar

-19 Apr-19

May

-19 Jun-19

1

H-4

H-

4.2

Air Quality (CO, S02, N02,

PM2.5, PM10)

2 H-

4.3 Noise (dBL)

3 H-

4.4

Surface Water Quality (pH,

Turbidity, Temperature,

DO, BODS, COD, TSS, TDS,

oil and grease)

4 H-

4.5

Groundwater Quality (pH,

TP, Mn, Fe, As, Oil and

Grease and E.Coli)

5 H-

4.6 Additional Sampling

Construction Period Reporting and

Training

7

H-5

H-

5.1

Monthly Environmental

Report

8 H-

5.2

Quarterly Environmental

Inspections and Report

9 H-

5.3 Semi Annual Report

1

0

H-

5.4

Annual Environmental

Report

1

1

H-

5.5 Contractor Training

Construction Period Mitigative Measures

1

2

H-6

H-

6.1

Noise attenuation

measures

1

3

H-

6.2

Dust control (PM 2.5, PM

10)

1

4

H-

6.3

Protection of

wetlands/Ponds/Rivers/Ca

nals

1

5

H-

6.4

Borrow and Dredging Site

Impacts

1

6

H·6

.5

Disposal of construction

debris and other waste

materials

1

7

H-

6.6

Servicing and operating

equipment




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1

8

H-

6.7

Control of petroleum

products

1

9

H-

6.8

Conflict between elephant

and humans during

construction

2

0

H.6

.9 Hill cutting protection

2

1

H-

6.1

0

Occupational Health and

Safety

2

2

H-

6.1

1

Protection of topsoil and

erosion

2

3

H-

6.1

2

The Environmental

Management

Implementation Work

Schedule (EMWS) plus

other work plans as

specified in EMP

Submi

ssion

of

Noise

and

dust

Contr

ol

Plan

Submis

sion of

Emerg

ency

and

hazard

ous

waste

manag

ement

plan

Submissi

on of

water

pollutio

n

preventi

on and

Dredgin

g

Manage

ment

Plan




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Appendix 2: Environment Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Checklist

Environmental Management Plan: Construction Period Mitigative and Monitoring Measures (Lot 1 & Lot 2)

Project Period

and

Environmental

Parameters

Project Impact Mitigation Measures

Compliance Status Observation / Recommended Action

Lot 1 Lot 2

Construction Period

2.1 The

Environmental

Management

Implementation

Work Schedule

(EMWS)

Contractor does not prepare

a work plan defining details

on when mitigation and

monitoring actions are to

take place, in relation to the

work and then the EMP

requirements are not

implemented properly.

The Engineer will assist

contractor prepare the EMWS,

but interim payment

(mobilization) will be delayed

until the EMWS is submitted to

the Engineer. Further the

contractor will prepare;

- traffic management plan,

- health and safety management

plan,

- emergency management plan,

- waste management plan,

- hazardous materials

management plan,

- dust management plan,

- noise management plan,

- water pollution prevention

management plan,

-dredging management plan, and

- construction biodiversity

management plan, with method

statements for all works in

protected areas and in-river

Complied Complied Lot 1 & Lot 2

The draft of EMWS has been added to this

report and provided a copy to The Engineer

during the environmental kickoff meeting

on 8th April 2018 at The Engineer’s office in

Chittagong.




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works all in accordance with

requirements of the EHS general

and railway guidelines.

2.2 Air Quality

and Dust

The ambient levels of CO2,

NOx, Sox, PM2.5, and PM10

may increase at busy

stations and construction

areas leading to temporary

localized air pollution.

A dust suppression program will

be used at all times during

construction of embankment,

stations and placement of ballast

Dust suppression to include

watering and suppression

equipment on batch plant, as well

as vehicle speed restrictions to

k /h., a d finally rapid

63vegetation including grass

seeding.

Ambient air quality testing for

SO2, NO2 and PM2.5, PM10 same

locations as ambient-conditions

survey , conducted quarterly at

stations and construction sites

throughout the construction

period, including at sensitive

receptors such as mosque,

hospitals and schools, and

immediate remedial actions

taken 2 exceedances occur at any

one site

Partially

Complied

Complied Lot 1

• Dust suppression measures like usage of

water browsing vehicle was active on a

daily basis during the dry season.

• A very limited level of visible smoke has

observed emitting from the pay loader.

• Severe level of visible smoke has

observed emitting from a truck. But the

vehicle is not owned by the Contractor.

The vehicle has used to transport

material supplied by local dealer.

• No dust observed due to rainfall.

• Loads (bricks & humid soil) were not that

dusty to pollute the site but still

contractor was instructed to use

tarpaulin to cover the load

• The environment specialist team from

ENRAC has collected required air quality

parameters from the pre-specified

location, for instance, 4 Proposed

Railway Stations of DCRP (Quarterly

basis).

Lot 2




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Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

• During the monsoon no dust

control measure was taken or

needed

• During the post monsoon dust

suppression measures like engaging of

water sprinklers at most of the sites were

observed at CCECC sites on a daily basis.

• Dust suppression measures like usage of

water browsing vehicle was active on a

daily basis during the dry season.

• During the monsoon dusty loads didn’t

create any harm to the environment due

to wetly condition

• No such activities like waste oil, lubricant

or other petroleum derivatives used as

dust suppressants were observed


ENRAC has collected required air quality

parameters from the pre-specified

location, for instance, 3 Proposed Railway

Stations of DCRP (Quarterly basis) and BR

124 on December 23 to 26 2018

2.3 Topography, Landscape and Soils




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Environmental

Parameters



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2.3.1 Erosion Clearing topsoil in proposed

embankment area can lead

to loss of nutrient and

erosion particularly along

the >11 km of cut slopes and

dust from unprotected

storage sites. The erosion

risk at embankment slopes is

possible. Gully erosion along

the exposed track slope

during rainy season may

damage smother field crops

in adjacent areas.

Topsoil storage areas must be

protected during the dry season,

wind erosion by covering.

Rapid re-vegetation and use of

hydro-seeding and jute erosion

protection mats will be applied in

areas where erosion is noted

during the regular monthly

inspections

Partially

Complied

Partially

Complied

Lot 1

• Temporary stockpile was observed.

• Cleared debris has found not only without

stockpiling but also left on the surface of

the ground in a linear pattern adjacent to

the filled/ developed land. But to avoid

siltation on adjacent agricultural land the

construction of trench around the site is

on going.

Lot 2

• Temporary stockpile was observed.

• Cleared debris has found stockpiled at

Cox’s Bazar Station Area but also left on

the surface of the ground in a linear

pattern adjacent to the filled/ developed

land. But to avoid siltation on adjacent

agricultural land the construction of

trench around the site is on going.

2.3.2

Topography and

Landscape

changes

Visual intrusion from large

piles of embankment

materials and ballast

obstructing views and

excavation along the edge of

the alignment leaving large

unsafe holes is possible.

Embankment site to be planted

trees to promote natural

vegetation; as well as fast

growing grasses such as

Vetiver/Napitar; however, not at

elephant crossing sites identified.

Only low grass and shrub erosion

protection measures here., using

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

Lot 1 & 2

• This kind of activities has not started

yet.




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Project Period

and

Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

plant material not suited for

elephant

Material stockpiles will be

removed as soon as work is

completed and the area re-

landscaped. Same applies to

borrow areas.

2.3.3 Hill Cutting Total length of >11.00 km of

cuts across hilly sections of

the alignment (See Annex 2)

will be needed to achieve a

design grade. These areas

will be highly erosion-prone.

Hill cutting will require a Prime

Ministerial permit. Proper

protection measure like slope

retaining walls and

bioengineered measures such as

plant fascines, palisades and

brush layering. A Hill Cutting

Management Plan is given Annex

19.

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

Lot 1

• Retaining wall will be constructed. Prior

to construction wall, Contractor has

completed digging trench along the

adjacent area of hill cutting at Lot 1.

Lot 2

• Hill cutting areas yet not handed over to

the contractor. Resettlement work is

ongoing

• Necessary measures will be undertaken

during the hill cut.

• Environment specialist along with the

help from the Earthwork

Engineering/Construction Department of

the CCECC-MAX JV jointly worked on Hill

Cutting Management Plan and submitted

for the Engineers approval. The plan

includes all the measures that need to be




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Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

taken care of during and post hill cutting

period.

• Retaining wall will be constructed. Prior

to construction wall, Contractor has

completed digging trench along the

adjacent area of hill cutting at Lot 1.

2.4 Water Resources

2.4.1 Hydrology

and Surface

Water Quality

1) Earthwork activities

during construction of

embankment may result in

drainage congestion

2) The surface water at

workers camp and Project

site areas may become

pollute due to faecal, organic

and other contamination.

Disposed wastes and

effluents from the

construction sites may cause

further degradation of

surface water.

Ensure all earthworks are

constructed according to design

and specifications.

Wastes, effluents and other

contaminant materials at

camp/work sites to be stored,

handled, transported and

disposed in planned manners.

Garbage disposal service to be

provided, Concrete refuse reused

or disposed of without habitat

loss; All other effluents not to be

disposed of directly into natural

waters, but via settling basins to

allow suspended sediment to

settle out.

Quarterly surface water quality

testing programme, with

sampling design as defined in the

Complied Complied Lot 1

• Containment bund has constructed to

avoid water pollution

• To reduce introduction of sediments on

the adjacent agricultural land and in

nearby water body through surface

runoff, the construction of trench

around the site has completed

• Sands were stockpiled on a temporary

basis. Sands from the stockpiles were

eroded but due to the construction of

containment bund, the siltation

occurred within the project area

• Construction of retention wall, settling

basin, and improved drainage systems

have been nearly finishing as a part of

erosion control measures at camp site


ENRAC has finished working in the field




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Project Period

and

Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

EIA will be completed during the

construction period.

and measured required surface water

quality parameters on 29th of June 2018,

from the pre-specified location, for

instance, 4 Proposed Railway Bridge of

DCRP (Quarterly basis)

Lot 2

• 20 major bridges will be constructed

over 1 major river and other small canal

or Khals. Out of 20 only 9 bridges

construction have been started within

the last six months. Only then contractor

was undertaken steps to limit the impact

(if any due to pilot pile or working pile)

for each and individual bridge located

water bodies. Accordingly, BR 124 pilot

pile construction was started in July.

Therefore, the CMJV was barricading the

rubber dam area in order to protect the

surface water body. Likewise the same

initiative was taken for BR 96, 120, 130,

155,161 and 162. To reduce

introduction of sediments on the

adjacent agricultural land and in nearby

water body through surface runoff, the

construction of trench around the site

has completed




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Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

• Construction of retention wall, settling

basin, and improved drainage systems

have been finished at CCECC-MAX JV

Camp and Ramu Camp as a part of

erosion control measures and ensure

proper drainage at camp sites


ENRAC has finished working in the field

and measured required surface water

quality parameters on 26th of December

2018, from the four stations (i.e. BR 124,

BR 155, BR 161, BR 96) (Quarterly basis)

2.4.2

Groundwater

The potential exists for

drinking water sources to be

contaminated by the

seepage of wastes from

workers’ camps through the

soil profile into the GW

aquifer (particularly if wells

access the shallow aquifer).

Workforce camps will be located

away from water resources. All

practical measures such as

provision of septic tanks, garbage

bags, and other sanitation

facilities will be implemented at

the construction camps to

prevent the wastewater and solid

wastes from entering well and

groundwater recharge areas.

Wells used for drinking will be

tested once a year to ensure

portability.



ENRAC has finished measuring required

ground water quality parameters in

September, 2018 from the pre-

specified location, for instance, 4

Proposed Railway Bridge of DCRP (deep

wells) along with other 3 stations.

Lot 2

• From July to December, groundwater

sampling was conducted during the first

quarter environmental sampling. As the

ground water sampling should be




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and

Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

conducted semi-annually by the

Contractor, so ground water quality

check has not taken place during second

quarter environmental sampling.

• Also to prevent water pollution through

surface runoff or infiltration, the

campsites were equipped with septic

tanks and proper waste water

management measures

2.5 Waste Management

2.5.1 Waste

Management

Construction camp wastes

are often poorly managed

and can lead to chronic

pollution of surface and

groundwater.

Contain all solid wastes at

designated location within

construction sites. Service

machinery and vehicles strictly at

designated maintenance

workshops where waste oils and

lubricants can be collected and

recycled. The monthly

monitoring report will provide

compliance update

Non-

complied

Partially-

complied

Lot 1

• Due to lack of heavy construction

activities, adequate mitigative measures

to limit the impact of construction debris

was not observed within the

construction yard

• Apparently not construction debris but

mostly paper and plastic wastes which

were removed immediately after

inspection

• A designated area for disposing man

made construction debris is under

construction

Lot 2

• The generated construction debris i.e. at

BR 124, 120, 130 and 96 usually collected




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Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

through dump truck and send back to

the CCECC Camp or Ramu Yard and if

possible reuse them accordingly.

Additionally, proper housekeeping has

been ensured by the safety officer at all

construction sites. Therefore, there was

no recorded impact upon pedestrians,

local communities and water bodies due

to construction debris.

• Sometimes the site personnel

unattended left the debris on the surface

of the ground for late removal. However,

safety engineer was informed to ensure

proper housekeeping.

• CCECC-MAX JV camp & Ramu Camp have

appropriate classified waste bin facilities

i.e. bin for reusable waste and kitchen

waste. After the regular collection of

waste like kitchen waste are

disposed/handed over to the

municipality. On the other hand reusable

waste such as PET bottles are sold to the

local vendor.

• For the construction sites, few poly bags

were provided to collect manmade

waste which are disposed in a

designated location approved by the




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Project Period

and

Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

engineer on a daily basis. Besides, most

of the manmade construction debris are

supposed to reuse further, therefore,

the generation rate or final disposal rate

is not that significant.

• A waste management plan was

submitted to the engineers’ office for

their final approval (Ref: CCECC-

MAX/DCRP/BR/18/R/0438) which is

under review

2.6 Noise Work sites will be noisy due

pile driving, operation,

power generator, rock

crushing/ batch plants and

movement of construction

vehicles, as well as the

constant movement of trains

along the existing line.

Keep oise pollutio at dB (Bangladesh standard) levels at

mosque, school, populated area

and other sensitive sites by use of

low noise equipment or erection

of temporary baffles. Work

timing restrictions if noise levels,

based on field measures indicate

exceedances of existing

conditions.

Contractor will also be required

to use only well-maintained

functioning equipment.

Partially

Complied

Partially

Complied

Lot 1


ENRAC has finished to measure required

noise quality parameters from the pre-

specified location, for instance, 4

Proposed Railway Stations of DCRP

• Pale loader was working near a school

and local house area in two different

spots during this reporting month. A mild

noise was generating therefore no action

was recommended. A noise test is

required then necessary measures will

be taken if exceeds the standard limit of

noise. However, no objection was

recorded from the local inhabitant.

• During the commencement of clear &

grubbing, & earthworks equipment were




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Environmental

Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

not in good condition but late May both

sits have been using mostly new modern

machines in good condition.

Lot 2


ENRAC has finished to measure required

noise quality parameters (Quarterly

basis) from the pre-specified location,

for instance, 3 Proposed Railway Stations

of DCRP Lot 2 and BR 124.

• S1-S5, S12-S15: CCECC has mostly brand

new equipment equipped with noise

abating gear such as mufflers for

effective noise control

• During the pilot pile construction noise

was generated and a sensitive receptor

(i.e. mosque) was identified. During the

second quarter sampling the measured

noise was found slightly beyond the

standard. However, no objection was

raised from the mosque or local people.

• Other sites are mostly located far from

the sensitive areas like residents,

schools, religious places and hospitals.




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Parameters



Lot 1 Lot 2

2.7 Terrestrial

and Aquatic

Flora and Fauna

The clearing of 239,000 trees

and associated understory

vegetation and construction

of a 2-12 m high by 101 km-

long embankments will

reduce the habitat for mostly

birdlife, given that the

aquatic and terrestrial faunal

is limited to common and

pest species.

Small patches of wetland will

be covered by the

embankment

A rapid revegetation / tree

replanting programme will

permit the rail-side habitat to

recover quickly

The rapid reestablishment of pre-

construction surface draining will

help to bring wet areas,

somewhat reduced (marginally)

by the new embankment to re-

establish pre-construction

habitat conditions.

Fisher surveys will be conducted

to gauge effect of construction on

fishing and fish at each of the 5

major bridge crossings during the

fishing season, to track changes in

total catch and species diversity.

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

• Not mentioned in the BoQ item

2.8 Elephant

travel routes

and Elephant

population

Obstruction of elephant

travel routes during

construction and later via

deep cuts as crossing

locations

Implement plan developed

during the preconstruction

period to minimize impact during

construction, including

establishing work hours near

crossing areas to only full

dalylight (0700-1700).

Keep embankments at cut areas

as low as possible, i.e., less than

4.1m to allow TIC viewing

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

Lot 1 & 2

• No construction activities have been

started near to the seasonal and usual

elephant trail. Necessary measures will be

taken when construction work starts.

• Necessary measures will be taken when

construction work starts.




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Monitor movement of elephant

at crossing points and ability to

move around construction sites,-

-seek cooperation of local

villages, to continue a monitoring

program during the construction

period at the five active crossing

areas.

2.9 Land Use, Population and Culture

2.9.1 Land Use The most significant

potential impacts on land

use in the study area will be

the removal of 540 ha of land

(primarily rice paddy) for the

construction of the proposed

rail embankment, station

access roads and associated

facilities.

Land acquisition / requisition will

be in accordance with the laws of

Bangladesh and as defined in the

Project RP, which specifies

agreed to entitlement a

grievance mechanism and

timetable for implementation. It

will be used by BR as its

mitigation guide concerning this

issue.

Not

applicable

Not

applicable


2.10 Heritage

and Culture

40 CPRs will be affected by

the rail line construction

BR has defined a plan(as part of

the RP) to prevent undue damage

to these sites and/or relocate the

CPRs, which will have to be

completed before the work

begins

Not

applicable

Not

applicable


2.11 Health, Safety and Contractor Camp




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2.11.1 Health

and Vector

Borne Diseases

Personal and occupational

health issues, stemming

from unsanitary toilet

facilities, lack of potable

water and sanitary washing

areas can lead to common

disease outbreaks in work

camps.

Construction work creates

areas for water to form

stagnant puddles; Also,

water can collect in old

equipment waste tyre dump

stored outside, ideal

breeding areas for malaria

and dengue mosquitoes.

Undertake check and cleaning at

all sites and areas where clean

conditions should exist.

Provision of potable water,

sanitary toilet facility and

hygienic accommodation for

workers at camp sites. All potable

water supplies will be tested semi

annually

Provision of First-Aid facility for

them. Ensure that these facilities

are cleaned and disinfected

regularly.

Inspect for stagnant water and

puddles every 3 days, including

stored construction materials

such as tyres and old oil drums–

empty to prevent water ponding.

Partially

Complied

Partially

Complied

Lot 1

• A water pump was used to withdraw deep

water and reserved in a water tank from

where workers usually get their potable

water. Safety officer was instructed to

ensure safe water for the workers.

• First aid facility was observed for the

workers on spot. However, First Aid boxes

were provided in every office space and

vehicles that carry office staffs.

• Proper drainage system have been

observed to remove rain/stagnant water

from the site and settling basin has

constructed to avoid erosion

Lot 2

• S14- S16: Submersible water pump has

been installed to these sites in order to

withdraw deep water and reserved in a

water tank from where workers usually

get their potable water. Safety officer was

instructed to ensure safe water for the

workers at the construction sites as well.

• S14 - S16: In the beginning of the

construction of camps and laboratory

there was lack of First Aid facility.

Overtime the situation getting better in

every construction sites. Contractor has




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provided necessary first aid facility at

each and every construction sites.

• S14-S16: The camp, yard and Lab has

adequate drainage facility where more

than 300 workers stayed together

• S14-S16: In the beginning of the

construction of camp, there was lack of

sanitary toilet facility. Overtime the

situation improved and at the camp there

are good sanitary facilities present for

both workers and officers.

• Even for the construction sites, especially

at MAX part, they provided temporary

toiled facility made of ring slab for the

onsite workers.

2.11.2 Worksite

Safety

Management

Poor safety oversight and

management of the

worksites by the contractor,

leads to accidents and

unsafe working conditions

Construct fences separating the

construction sites at rail stations

from public access, and manage

train movements collaborating

with BR dispatch staff.

Contractors must at all times

ensure the local people needing

to move from one side of the

construction area to another

can do so effectively and without

undue delay.


• A brick wall (boundary) with a sufficient

height was constructed surrounding the

camp areas (for both; Harbang &

Chakaria) which has acted as a noise

barrier.

• Proper fencing was observed near to the

construction area

• The Contractor was instructed to provide

Fire-fighting equipment like fire

extinguishers, bucket with sand, fire

hydrant at each & every work areas




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Lot 2

• A brick wall (boundary) with a sufficient

height was constructed surrounding the

camp areas (for both; Napitkhali &

Ramu) which has acted as a noise barrier.

• Proper fencing was observed near to the

construction area

• The Contractor was instructed to provide

Fire-fighting equipment like fire

extinguishers, bucket with sand, fire

hydrant at each & every work areas

• S14: Initially, there was lack of fall

prevention and protection measures.

Thereafter, due to necessary actions the

contractor has arranged full body

harness while working on height.

Besides, during the camp construction

guard rail was ensured where needed.

Nowadays, there is no such activity i.e.

work at height exist.

• S14- S16: Arrangement of ladders and

scaffolds have ensured by the

contractor. Applicable training is

required for their proper use

2.11.3 HIV

Awareness

Due to influx of workers in

the Project area, AIDS/HIV

Workers health training

programme will be organised

during construction period to





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may spread in local

community

aware the health and hygienic

issues. Training to be provided by

health specialist such as a local

NGO

• EBS has been working on this issue

independently with the guiding from

the HSSE department of CREC TOMA JV

and Consultant

Lot 2

• EBS has been working on this issue

independently with the guiding from the

HSSE department of CCECC-MAX JV and

Consultant

2.12 Occupational Health and Safety

2.12.1-Personal

Safety

Equipment (PSE)

Contractor does not provide

adequate PSE or properly

enforces its use, leading to

accidents

Workers will be provided with

appropriate personal protection

equipment, such as safety boots,

helmets, gloves, protective

clothing, goggles and ear

protection, and contractor will

enforce its use, so long as safety

does not suffer due to this action

Partially

Complied

Partially

Complied

Lot 1

• Except the HPD (Hear Protecting Device)

during noisy work, contractor has

ensured other PPE’s for the workers.

After measuring site noise level,

necessary measures will be taken.

• Gumboot along with other PPE’s were

provided to the workers.

• Initially there was lack of proper signage

facility due to lack of full pace

construction activities but later on the

condition has improved as because of

regular monitoring and site engineer was

instructed to arrange signage and

staffing at the work areas.




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Lot 2

• S1- S16: Except the HPD (Hear Protecting

Device) during noisy work, contractor has

ensured other PPE’s for the workers. After

measuring site noise level, necessary

measures will be undertaken.

• Gumboot along with other PPE’s were

provided to the workers during the rainy

season.

• Initially there was lack of proper signage

facility due to lack of full pace construction

activities but later on the condition has

improved as because of regular

monitoring and site engineer was

instructed to arrange signage and staffing

at the work areas.

2.12.2-Drinking

Water

See 2.11.1 above Partially

Complied

Partially

Complied

Lot 1

• Five water pumps were used to

withdraw deep water in five sites and

reserved in water tank from where

workers usually get their potable water.

Safety officer was instructed to ensure

safe water for the workers.

Lot 2




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• S14- S16: Submersible water pump has

been installed to these sites in order to

withdraw deep water and reserved in a

water tank from where workers usually

get their potable water. Safety officer was

instructed to ensure safe water for the

workers at the construction sites as well

(usually temporary water tank or water

jars were provided to the workers)

2.12.3-Safety

Training

Lack of safety training by

contractor can lead to

accidents and lost

productivity

Construction workers will be

trained in general health and

safety matters and on specific

hazards of their work

Partially

Complied

Complied Lot 1

• Often Toolbox talk (on a daily basis prior

to construction work start) usually takes

place at work site

• 39 Engineer and site supervisors have

been trained on purpose

Lot 2

• Regular Toolbox talk (on a daily basis

prior to construction work start) usually

takes place at work site

• 348 personnel have been trained on

purpose




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2.12.4 Labour

Standards

Labour standards ignored or

not complied with leading to

infractions of basic labour

standards as defined by ILO

conventions as listed in Item

1.8 above.

No use of child labour permitted

that no workers under the age of

14 may be hired as general

labours, and no workers under

the age of 17 are to be hired for

hazardous jobs such work on

scaffolding, and structures

elevated above the ground, etc.

No Bonded labour-All forms of

bonded labour and forced labour,

as defined by ILO Conventions 29

& 105

Equal treatment, equal

opportunity- as defined by ILO

Conventions 100 & 111 and ILO

Code of Practice for HIV/AIDS 85.

No discrimination based on race,

caste, origin, religion, disability,

gender, sexual orientation, union

or political affiliation, or age; no

sexual harassment

Minimum wage- BR expects the

contractor to pay all employees

according to Bangladesh Labour

Act standards.

Partially

Complied

Lot 1

• Initially, some child labours were found

at the site but later on due to frequent

inspection and monitoring, the condition

has improved and now free from form

child labour.

• No-bonded or forced labor was found at

camp site

Lot 2

• Sometimes temporary appointed

subcontractors bring child labour along

with them. However, if identified any

instant action was ensured.

• No bonded labour was found

• ILO standard has been maintaining

proper workers welfare




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2.13

Construction

along and across

elephant travel

routes

Elephant and construction

operations interaction, and

likely sever damage

During construction contractor

needs to be fully aware when

working in vicinity of elephant

travel routes, taking care not to

block this with equipment of

temporary storage shows these

crossing areas with GPS

coordinates. Need to consider

output of Clause 1.13

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

Lot 1 & 2

• No construction activities have been

started near to the seasonal and usual

elephant trail. Necessary measures will

be taken when construction work starts.

• Necessary measures will be taken when

construction work starts.

2.14 The

Construction

Period

Environmental

Completion

Reporting

Contractor fails to prepare a

summary report defining the

mitigation and monitoring

actions completed and what

needs to be continued

during the Operating period.

The result is a failed or

weakened environmental

safeguards programme.

Prepare a completion report and

deliver to the Engineer.

Complied Complied Lot 1 & 2

• Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and

annual basis environmental safeguard

monitoring reports have been submitting

on a timely manner.

2.15 Pollution

Control

Installation at

Cox’s Bazar

Stabling and

Washing Facility

Untreated wash water

discharged to local surface

water resulting in

permanent water pollution

a) Conduct a survey to establish

exact needs and then build

proper treatment facility

according to description in the

EIA to meet DOE standards (ECR,

1997, Annex II, Schedule 9).

Waste oil and sludge treatment

also required.

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

• The construction of the Cox’s

bazaar stabling and washing facility

has not yet started, hence it’s not

yet applicable.




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b) Construct noise attenuation

berms or barriers as agreed in

consultation with Engineer and

Local Community

2.16 Pilot

Program to Test

TIC and other

Elephant-Train

Accident

prevention

methods

No adequate preventative

measures leading to injuries

or death to elephant as they

try to cross the alignment

when trains are passing

Undertake a two year pilot

program to test options methods

and to defined the best method

or combination of methods

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

Initial discussions on the pilot test were just

held in November 2018 and the project is

still at the planning stage for the pilot test.

2.17 Elephant

protection

No adequate preventative

measures leading to injuries

or death to elephant as they

try to cross the alignment

when trains are passing

Purchase, install and test 20 TIC

systems on locomotives

operating on the project rail line

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

Initial discussions held in November 2018

and the project is still at the planning stage

for the pilot test.

2.18 Elephant

Awareness

Lack of basic knowledge

about elephant habits and

movement, leading to

agriculture damage and

potential injury to people

and structures

Design and deliver an awareness

raising program to BR and

Contractor and future l

locomotive operators

Not

applicable

Not

applicable

2.19 Tree

Replacement

239,000 trees to be removed

from project construction

corridor

Undertake a replanting program

such that for each tree cut three

are planted and all dead trees to

be replanted

Not

applicable

Not

applicable




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Summary of Environmental Monitoring Checklist over the month of September to December

2018 (Lot 1)

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities

Status Observation /

Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

1. Noise

attenuati

on

measures

(H_6.1)

1.1 Modern plant

and equipment

should be used with

appropriate

muffling devices

PC PC PC PC S1, S2, S4:

Generator

operated at sites

was placed inside

noise abatement

shield.

S7, S8, S9:

Contractor was

instructed to

construct a noise

barrier around the

generator during

operation or use

noise free modern

generators.

No construction

activities should

occur at night at

any construction

site. And should

ensure that not all

noisy equipment’s

are used at the

same time.

PC

1.2 Powered

mechanical

equipment and

machinery should

be fitted with noise

abating gear such

as mufflers for

effective noise

control, in

compliance with

DoE regulations

PC PC PC PC

Same as 1.1

PC

1.3 Noise mitigation

measures

should be adopted

(e.g. use noise

barrier /enclosure)

PC PC PC PC The Contractor has

minimized the

noise impact by

adjusting the timing

of noisey activities

such as having

noisy activities

PC




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

during the day time

only

1.4 Noise quality

monitoring should

be maintained as

per the schedule in

the environmental

monitoring plan

C C C C An environmental

specialist team

consisting of 3

members from

ENRAC measured

noise quality at

different sites using

sophisticated noise

instrument on 22nd

-25th September,

2018. Another

noise level

monitoring has

been done on 19th –

22nd December

2018 at different

construction sites.

C

1.5 Noisy works

should not be

occurred near to

the sensitive areas

like residents,

schools, religious

places and hospitals

PC PC PC PC S1, S2, S8,

S9:Excavator,

loaders and

vehicles produced

noise at sites where

local house were

nearby. However,

no objection was

recorded from the

local inhabitant.

Spot noise

measurement will

be done from

upcoming months.

S7: As the base

camp is located

near to the local

housing, a

boundary wall has

been made to

abate noise

generated from

construction

activities.

PC




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

No construction

activities should

occur at night at

any construction

site. And should

ensure that not all

noisy equipment’s

are used at the

same time.

1.6 If noisy works

occurred,

temporary noise

barriers should be

installed near

sensitive locations

such as schools,

religious places and

hospitals

NA NA NA NA S1-S9: No

construction

activities have been

observed near

sensitive locations

such as schools,


hospitals

NA

1.7 Suitable hearing

protection like

earplug, or

earmuffs etc.

should be provided

to the construction

workers and worn

in noisy areas

PC PC PC PC S1-S6:A noise test is

required then

necessary

measures will be

taken if exceeds the

standard limit of

noise and the

contractor will

ensure suitable

hearing protection

like earplug, or

earmuffs for the

workers during

noisy work.

PC

2. Air quality

and dust

control

(H_6.2)

2.1 The

construction sites

should be watered

and maintained

with grass carpeting

to minimize dust

generation

PC C C C S1, S2: Dust

suppression

measures like

usage of water

browsing vehicle

was active on a

daily basis during

the dry season.

S4, S7, S8, S9: No

dust was observed

during site visit. The

contractor ensured

they watered the

C




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

site but the

unpaved surfaces

inside constriction

sites were very dry

which may

generate dust if any

vehicle moves.

2.2. Dust masks

should be provided

to workers where

dust hazards exist

PC PC PC PC Masks have been

provided to some

workers but most

of them do not uses

the mask

PC

2.3 All vehicles are

carrying dusty loads

should be

covered/watered

over prior to leaving

the site

NC NC NC NC S1, S2, S7, S9: Loads

(silt clay soil) were

found dusty. No

covering of loads

was observed.

Contractor was

instructed to use

tarpaulin to cover

the load

NC

2.4 Air quality

monitoring should

be carried out as

per the schedule in

the environmental

monitoring plan

C

C C C An environmental

specialist team

consisting of 3

members from

ENRAC has

measured air

quality at different

sites using

sophisticated

instruments for

accurate

measurement on

22nd -25th

September, 2018

and 19th -22nd

December, 2018.

C

2.5 All roads,

permanent or

temporary, pukka

or katcha, that

become dusty and

all areas where

construction

related activities

PC PC PC PC S1, S2, S7: Water

browser operated

on roads at these

three sites

regularly.

S4, S8, S9: The

nearby roads at

these sites were

PC




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

are carried out,

shall be subject to

necessary

suppression

measures by

watering, sweeping

or other measures

approved or

directed by the

Engineer

very dry and dusty.

Contractor

occasionally

watered manually

but no water

browser was used

at any of these

sites.

2.6 Waste oil,

lubricant or other

petroleum

derivatives should

not be used as dust

suppressants

C C C C No such activities

like waste oil,

lubricant or other

petroleum

derivatives used as

dust suppressants

were observed

C

2.7 Contractor

should take all

reasonable

precautions to

prevent accidental

spillage of

petroleum

products, contact of

such materials with

soil or water course

through discharge,

run-off, and or

seepage

PC PC PC PC

S7, S8, S9:

Contractor used

steel or polythene

sheet to control oil

spill, but a little

amount of oil is

spilled out to soil.

PC

2.8 Construction

equipment should

be maintained to a

good standard and

idling of engines

discouraged

C PC PC PC S7, S8, S9: Old

model generators

were found during

site inspection (Not

at operation) which

will generate noise

and smoke if

operated at site.

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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

2.9 The machinery

emitting visible

smoke should be

banned from

construction sites

C PC PC PC

Same as 2.8

PC

2.10 Contractor

should take all

reasonable

measures to

minimize dust-

blowing from areas

under his control by

spraying water on

stockpile, bare soil,

haul road,un-

surfaced traffic

route and any other

source of dust

when conditions

require dust

suppression.

PC PC PC PC

Same as 2.5

PC

3. Water

Pollution

Control

(H_6.3)

• 3.1

Adequate

mitigation measure

should be

undertaken to limit

the impact on all

water bodies within

the Project area

PC C C C S2, S4, S8: Used

bentonite has been

disposed into an

earthen pit having

polythene cover

which will be buried

later.

An environmental

specialist team

consisting of 3

members from

ENRAC has

collected water

samples quality

from different sites

using sophisticated

instruments for

accurate

measurement on

23rd September,

C




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

2018 and 26th

December, 2018.

3.2 Earth moving in

the vicinity of

watercourses

should be kept to a

minimum to avoid

sedimentation and

contamination

from fuel and

lubricants.

NA NA NA NA

NA

3.3 Proper disposal

of bricks, cement,

and steel

reinforcement

which will be

removed as part of

the

reconstruction of

bridges/ culverts

should be ensured

not to block stream

flow.

NA C C C

C

3.4 Temporary

erosion and

sedimentation

control measures

during

rehabilitation of

cross-drainage

structures should

be undertaken to

ensure that

sediment laden run

off does not enter

the adjoining

watercourses

NA C PC PC S6: Erosion events

took place in this

site due to

torrential and

frequent rain.

Contractor has

been instructed to

take necessary

measures like

construction of

settling basins,

improving camp

drainage system,

and construction of

boundary wall to

avoid erosion.

PC

3.5 Construction

materials and

waste should not be

discharged in

watercourse during

construction of

C C C C

C




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Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

bridges/culverts by

implementing

appropriate

mitigation

measure.

4. Borrow and

dredging site

(H_6.4)

• 4.1

Contractor should

have permits for

extraction sites and

quantities from

appropriate

authorities

NA NA NA PC S9: the

subcontractor of

MBEC was dredging

sand from nearby

matamuhuri river

for filling the

wooden structure

made for pilling.

NA

• 4.2 The

water quality

should be

maintained through

disposal of dredged

spoil using

appropriate outlet

NA NA NA PC S9: Water sample

during quarterly

environmental

inspection was

taken from this site

to evaluate

whether dredging

activities had any

negative impact on

water quality.

C

4.3 The stockpiles

and earthwork

should be well

maintained/protect

ed

NA NA NA C S9: The dredged

sand was used

inside the wooden

structure and no

visible erosion of

sand was observed

during site

inspection.

C

4.4 Erosion control

measures should be

taken where

erosion has noted

NA NA NA C

Same as 4.3

C

5. Disposal of

construction

debris (H_6.5)

5.1 Adequate

mitigative

measures should be

taken to limit the

impact of

construction debris

on pedestrians,

local communities

and water bodies

C C C C Due to lack of heavy

construction

activities, adequate

mitigative

measures to limit

the impact of

construction debris

was not observed

within any

construction.

C




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

within the Project

area

5.2 Cleared debris

should not be left

on the surface of

the ground or

buried in any

agricultural land

C C C C

S1: Some

construction debris

was reused for

paving surface.

C

5.3 Burning of

waste should not be

allowed

C C C C

C

5.4 Man-made

construction debris

should be disposed

in designated

disposal areas. The

location and nature

of such disposal

shall be subject to

the approval of the

Engineer


Generation of man-

made construction

debris has not

found as because

only

commencement of

earthwork.Apparen

tly not construction

debris but mostly

paper and plastic

wastes which were

disposed in waste

bins. Contractor did

not request for

approval of such

disposal area to the

engineer.

PC

5.5 All disposal

areas should be

finally graded to a

uniform and level

condition and left

such that they

create a minimum

impact on the

surrounding area

NA NA NA NA

Disposal areas for

all active sites are

not designated yet.

NA

6. Servicing

and

Operating

equipment

(H_6.6)

6.1 Servicing of

machines or

equipment near

rivers, streams or

other bodies of

water should be

carried out in such a

C C C C No such servicing

activities near to

the rivers or

streams or other

bodies of water

have been

observed

C




94

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Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

manner as to avoid

pollution with

gasoline, diesel

fuel, oil, grease, or

surplus or

disposable

materials

6.2 The contractor

should have the

proper equipment

to transport fuel so

that spillage will not

occur

PC PC C C S1: An oil tanker

usually provides

their necessary fuel

on a daily basis.

S7, S8: Fuel storage

area is under

construction.

C

6.3 The contractor

should ensure that,

all hydraulic

systems, fuel

systems and

lubricating systems

are in good

condition

C C C C

C

6.4 Fuel spills

should not be

condoned, and care

shall be taken to

avoid overfilling

machines


Contractor used

steel or polythene

sheet to control oil

spill, but a little

amount of oil is

spilled out to soil.

PC

6.5 The contractor

should have oil spill

abatement

equipment on the

site at regular basis.

NC NC NC NC S1, S7, S8, S9: Fuel

storage area has

lack of spill

abatement

equipment like

sawdust, spill tray,

sponge, or oil

dispersant. After

finishing the

construction

necessary

measures will be

taken immediately.

NC

6.6 The type of

equipment shall be

subject to the

NC NC NC NC No such equipment

was found at any of

NC




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

approval of the

Engineer, and the

equipment should

be maintained in

good working

condition.

the construction

sites.

6.7 Disposal of used

oil, lubricants, tires,

etc. should be in

accordance with

the EMP or as

directed by the

Engineer

C C C C

C

7. Control of

Petroleum

Products

(H_6.7)

7.1 Petroleum

products should be

stored in a

designated storage

location where any

spillage can be

safely maintained

without

contamination of

the surrounding

areas

PC PC PC PC S1, S8: Contractor

has a designated

area to store

petroleum

products but a few

oil drums have

been observed

outside that area.

S7, S8: Construction

of camp is ongoing

including

designated area for

storing petroleum

products.

PC

7.2 Storage of

petroleum products

should not be

permitted in the

vicinity of streams,

rivers, or other

bodies of water.

C C C C The locations of the

petroleum storage

facility at any site

are not in the

vicinity of water

bodies.

C

7.3 Usage of

impermeable liner

place on subsurface

of the storage room

to avoid

groundwater

contamination

should be ensured

by the Contractor

PC PC PC PC

S9:Impermeable

liner (concrete

surface) place on

subsurface of the

storage area to

avoid groundwater

contamination.

PC

7.4 Presence of all

precautionary

PC PC PC PC S1, S2, S7, S8: Fire

extinguisher have

PC




96

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

measures

(sand/saw, fire

extinguisher etc.)

should ensure to

avoid

environmental

pollution or fire

hazard.

been arranged by

the contractor

S4, S8: Contractor

has been instructed

to ensure provision

of fire extinguishers

at these sites soon.

8. Conflict

Between

Elephant and

Human

During

Construction

(H_6.8)

8.1 Blockages

should be created

with equipment on

the identified

elephant travel

routes

NA NA NA NA No construction

activities have been

started near to the

seasonal and usual

elephant trail.

Necessary

measures will be

taken when

construction work

starts.

NA

8.2 Sign posts/land

marks should be

installed indicating

elephant travel

track as a part of

awareness creation

NA NA NA NA

NA

8.3 Storage sites

should not establish

at a location that

might block or

irritate the

elephants

movement

NA NA NA NA

NA

9. Hill cutting

and slope

protection

(H_6.9)

9.1 Contractors

should have prime

ministerial permit

for hill cutting

NA NA NA NA Necessary

measures will be

taken when

construction work

starts.

NA

9.2 Erosion &

sediment control

plans should be

prepared by the

Contractor prior to

commencement of

work

NA NA NA NA

NA

9.3 Proper

protection measure

NA NA NA NA

NA




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Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

should establish

like slope retaining

walls and

bioengineered

measures such as

plant fascines,

palisades and brush

layering to avoid

slope failures or

landslides

10.

Occupational

Health and

Safety (H_10)

10.1 Provision of

potable water for

workers at camp

sites

C C C C

C

10.2 Provision of

readily accessible

First-Aid facility for

workers

C C PC PC S4, S8: Contractor

will provide first aid

boxes at

construction sites

However, First Aid

boxes were

provided in every

office space and

vehicles that carry

office staffs.

PC

10.3 Adequate

drainage in workers

camps should be

established to

prevent stagnant

water and

formation of

breeding sites for

mosquitoes

PC PC PC PC S1: Adequate

drainage is absent

at batching plant

S7: Stagnant water

in the site was seen

at some point

which is due to rain.

Contractor has a

plan to construct

drains around the

base camp

S8: As construction

of the camp is

ongoing, contractor

has a plan to

construct drains

around the camp

S9: Drainage

system is in place

but water flow has

not been observed

PC




98

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

due improper

sloping.

10.4 Provision of

sanitary toilet

facility and hygienic

accommodation for

workers at camp

sites

C C PC PC All sites have

sanitary toilet

facilities.

S8: Construction of

the camp is

ongoing. The

contractor has

been instructed to

provide temporary

toilet facilities to

the workers.

PC

10.5 Workers

should be equipped

with appropriate

personal protection

equipment (PPE),

such as safety

boots, helmets,

gloves, protective

clothing, breathing

mask, goggles and

ear protection, and

contractor will

enforce its use,

PC PC PC PC S1, S2, S7, S8, S9:

Workers were

mostly found

having no safety

shoes or helmets.

Some welding

workers were

dismissed at S2

having no

protective gloves

and goggles.

Overall, at all sites

the safety officer

has been instructed

to provide

sufficient PPEs to

the workers.

PC

10.6 Fire-fighting

equipment at the

work areas and at

construction camps

should be provided

PC PC PC PC S1, S2, S7, S8: Fire

extinguisher have

been arranged by

the contractor

S4, S8: Contractor

has been instructed

to ensure provision

of fire extinguishers

at these sites soon.

PC

10.7

Implementation of

fall prevention and

protection

measures should be

ensured whenever

NA NA C PC Initially, no workers

were engaged in

works at height in

any sites.

S7: Safety belt with

horizontal life lines

PC




99

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

a worker is exposed

to the hazard of

falling more than 2

meters, of falling

into operating

machinery or

through an opening

were provided to

the workers as a

precautionary fall

prevention

initiative.

S8: Workers of

subcontractors

were found

working at height

without any safety

belts. The site

engineer was

instructed to

provide safety belts

if such works

needed in future.

10.8 Installation of

guardrails with mid-

rails and toe boards

at the edge of any

fall hazard area,

proper use of

ladders and

scaffolds by trained

employees should

be ensured

NA NA PC PC S7: Arrangement of

ladders and

scaffolds will be

ensured by the

contractor. Proper

training on fall

prevention will be

provided to the

workers soon.

PC

10.9 Ensuring no

involvement of

child labor

NC C C C S2, S7: Initially,

some child labours

were found at the

site but later on due

to frequent

inspection and

monitoring, the

condition has

improved and now

free from form

child labour.

C

10.10 Ensuring no

involvement of

bonded labor

C C C C

C

10.11 Safety

measures including

signage and staffing

in interface

NC PC PC PC S2, S4:Proper safety

signage/cordon will

be provided by the

PC




100

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

between

construction

and/or

construction

related operations

contractor around

bentonite pit

S8: The site

engineer has been

instructed to

provide proper

signage around the

construction site.

10.12 Reversing

signals should be

installed on all

construction

vehicles

C C C C Proper reversing

signal was

maintained by all

drivers at sites.

C

10.13 Undertake

check and cleaning

at all sites and areas

where cleanliness

should be ensured

PC PC PC PC S7, S8, S9: Waste

collection bins have

been placed at Site

S1, S2, S4:

Contractor will

provide waste

collection bins soon

at these sites.

PC

10.14 Fences

should be

constructed to

separate the

construction sites

at rail stations from

public access

PC PC PC PC

S1, S9: Lack of

proper fencing has

been observed at

both sites.

PC

11. Protection

of Topsoil and

soil erosion

(H_6.11)

11.1 Topsoil

storage areas

should be

protected during

the dry season from

wind erosion

through arranging

plastic cover

PC PC PC PC

S1, S2, S4, S6:

Contractor will

provide plastic

cover on topsoil

storage stockpiles.

PC

11.2 Rapid

revegetation and

use of hydro-

seeding and jute

erosion protection

mats should be

applied in areas

where erosion has

NA NA NA NA

NA




101

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

noted during the

regular monthly

inspections

11.3 Embankment

site should

beplanted with

trees to promote

natural vegetation;

as well as fast

growing grasses

NA NA NA NA

NA

11.4 Superficial or

organic material

removed during the

excavation shall be

stockpiled for

subsequent use, or

if surplus to the

Contract

requirement, shall

be disposed of in

designated disposal

areas.

PC PC PC PC S1, S3, S4, S6:

Cleared debris has

found not only

without stockpiling

but also left on the

surface of the

ground in a linear

pattern adjacent to

the filled/

developed land.

But to avoid

siltation on

adjacent

agricultural land

the construction of

trench around the

site is ongoing.

PC

11.5 The stockpiling

and/or disposal of

material should not

be placed in any

area where natural

drainage or storm

water could pond

and become

stagnant, or where

could erode the

material and cause

silting of the

adjacent area or of

any natural or man-

made water course.

C C PC C S1, S3, S4, S6: No

natural or

manmade water

course was seen

but storm water

become stagnant

on a temporary

basis which will be

drained in a proper

way. But the

evidence of

siltation of

stockpiled sand was

found due to the

runoff of storm

water but settled

down within the

C




102

Category/

Environment

al Safeguard

Inspection Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observatio

n Se

p

Oc

t

No

v

De

c

containment bund

area.

S6: Due to

inadequate

arrangement of

erosion control,

sand and loose soil

from the stock pile

has eroded to the

nearby canal.




103

Summary of Environmental Monitoring Checklist over the month of July to December 2018 (Lot

2)

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

4. Noise

attenu

ation

measu

res

(H_6.1

)

1.1 Modern

plant and

equipment

should be used

with

appropriate

muffling

devices

PC PC PC PC C C • S1-S5, S12-S15:

CCECC has

mostly brand

new

equipment

equipped with

modern

technology in

good

condition.

• On the other

hand the MAX

has been

started with

old and

sometimes

conventional

equipment

emit exhaust

PC

(80%)

1.2 Powered

mechanical

equipment and

machinery

should be

fitted with

noise abating

gear such as

mufflers for

effective noise

control, in

compliance

with DoE

regulations

C C C PC PC PC S1-S5, S12-S15:

CCECC has mostly

brand new

equipment

equipped with

noise abating gear

such as mufflers for

effective noise

control

On the other hand

the MAX has been

started with old

and sometimes

conventional

equipment that

C




104

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

generates excess

noise

1.3 Noise

mitigation

measures

should be

adopted (e.g.

use noise

barrier

/enclosure)

N

C

PC PC PC C C S1-S5, S12-S15: In

the beginning of

Pilot pile

construction no

noise mitigation

measure was

adopted (i.e.

enclosure)

thereafter, the

situation got

improved.

However, due to

lack of noise meter

at the field, actual

noise was not

measured. No

complain was

recorded from the

local due to noise.

No construction

activities have not

conducted at night

at any construction

site. And the

Contractor also

ensured that not all

noisy equipment’s

are used at the

same time.

PC

1.4 Noise

quality

monitoring

should be

maintained as

per the

schedule in the

environmental

monitoring

plan

C C C C C C Three quarterly

environmental

monitoring have

been performed (4

sampling station 2

sample per station)

at different places

i.e. 4 stations of the

DCRP Lot 2, CCECC-

MAX Camp, Ramu

Yard and BR 124

C




105

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

1.5 Noisy works

should not be

occurred near

to the sensitive

areas like

residents,

schools,

religious places

and hospitals

N

C

C C C C C S3: During the pilot

pile construction

noise was

generated and a

sensitive receptor

(i.e. mosque) was

identified. During

the second quarter

sampling the

measured noise

was found slightly

beyond the

standard.

However, no

objection was

raised from the

mosque or local

people.

Other sites are

mostly located far

from the sensitive

areas like

residents, schools,


hospitals.

C

1.6 If noisy

works

occurred,

temporary

noise barriers

should be

installed near

sensitive

locations such

as schools,

religious places

and hospitals

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA No such place is

found during the

last six months

construction works

NA

1.7 Suitable

hearing

protection like

earplug, or

earmuffs etc.

should be

provided to the

PC PC PC PC PC PC S1-S16: A field level

noise

measurement is

required then

necessary

measures will be

taken if exceeds

PC




106

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

construction

workers and

worn in noisy

areas

the standard limit

of noise and the

contractor will

ensure suitable

hearing protection

like earplug, or

earmuffs for the

workers during

noisy work.

However, during

the quarterly

monitoring noise

level mostly found

within the standard

limit. Besides,

workers were

trained not to stay

beside a noise

source for long

time. Additionally,

only diesel

generators are

considered as the

major noise

creating machine.

5. Air

quality

and

dust

contro

l

(H_6.2

)

2.1 The

construction

sites should be

watered and

maintained

with grass

carpeting to

minimize dust

generation

C C C PC PC C During the

monsoon no dust

control measure

was taken or

needed

During the post

monsoon dust

suppression

measures like

engaging of water

sprinklers at most

of the sites were

observed at CCECC

sites on a daily

basis.

C




107

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

2.2. Dust masks

should be

provided to

workers where

dust hazards

exist

C C C C PC PC During the

monsoon (i.e. Until

September) no

such level of dust

observed that

cause harm to the

workers

Water sprinklers

have been engaged

at most sites,

therefore, no mask

was provided to

the workers

C

2.3 All vehicles

are carrying

dusty loads

should be

covered/water

ed over prior to

leaving the site

PC PC PC NC NC PC During the

monsoon dusty

loads didn’t create

any harm to the

environment due

to wetly condition

During the Post

monsoon dusty

loads are not

carefully handled

and therefore, the

specific site safety

officers were

informed to

arrange tarpaulin

to cover the load

while moving

thorough public

road.

PC

(70%)

2.4 Air quality

monitoring

should be

carried out as

C C C C C C Three quarterly

environmental

monitoring have

been performed (4

C




108

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

per the

schedule in the

environmental

monitoring

plan

sampling station 2

sample per station)

at different places

i.e. 4 stations of the

DCRP Lot 2, CCECC-

MAX Camp, Ramu

Yard and BR 124

2.5 All roads,

permanent or

temporary,

pukka or

katcha, that

become dusty

and all areas

where

construction

related

activities are

carried out,

shall be subject

to necessary

suppression

measures by

watering,

sweeping or

other

measures

approved or

directed by the

Engineer

C C C PC PC C During the

monsoon dusty

loads didn’t create

any harm to the

local roads,

therefore, no

suppression

measures were

taken

During the post

monsoon

sometimes dusty

loads make the

construction area

or roads nearby

dusty as well.

From the mid

November CCECC

has engaged 5

water sprinkles to

cover all their

construction areas

including local

roads

C

2.6 Waste oil,

lubricant or

other

petroleum

derivatives

should not be

C C C C C C No such activities

like waste oil,

lubricant or other

petroleum

derivatives used as

dust suppressants

were observed

C




109

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

used as dust

suppressants

2.7 Contractor

should take all

reasonable

precautions to

prevent

accidental

spillage of

petroleum

products,

contact of such

materials with

soil or water

course through

discharge, run-

off, and or

seepage

C C C C C C S14 & S16: Both

side has

permanent oil

storage tank with

fully functional

condition.

However, in the

field level

temporary fuel oil

storage facility was

provided i.e. plastic

containers or

drums. No spill try

was observed at ay

site. Noticeably, no

fuel or fire related

accident been

recorded yet.

C

2.8

Construction

equipment

should be

maintained to

a good

standard and

idling of

engines

discouraged

C C C C C C S1- S5: All the

construction

equipment’s have

deployed are brand

new

S6- S9: Most of the

construction

equipment’s have

deployed are old

required proper

maintenance

C

2.9 The

machinery

emitting visible

smoke should

be banned

from

construction

sites

PC PC PC PC PC PC S1- S5: All the

construction

equipment’s have

deployed are brand

new. A very limited

level of visible

smoke was

observed emitting

from various

machineries which

is unavoidable.

S6- S9: Most of the

construction

PC




110

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

equipment’s have

deployed are old

emit visible

exhaust

2.10

Contractor

should take all

reasonable

measures to

minimize dust-

blowing from

areas under his

control by

spraying water

on stockpile,

bare soil, haul

road, un-

surfaced traffic

route and any

other source of

dust when

conditions

require dust

suppression.

C C C C C C S1- S5: During the

dry season, the

contractor used a

water browsing

vehicle on a regular

basis

C

6. Water

Polluti

on

Contro

l

(H_6.3

)

3.1 Adequate

mitigation

measure

should be

undertaken to

limit the

impact on all

water bodies

within the

Project area

PC PC PC C C C 20 major bridges

will be constructed

over 1 major river

and other small

canal or Khals. Out

of 20 only 9 bridges

construction have

been started within

the last six months.

Only then

contractor was

undertaken steps

to limit the impact

(if any due to pilot

pile or working

C




111

Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

pile) for each and

individual bridge

located water

bodies.

Accordingly, BR

124 pilot pile

construction was

started in July.

Therefore, the

CMJV was

barricading the

rubber dam area in

order to protect

the surface water

body. Likewise the

same initiative was

taken for BR 96,

120, 130, 155,161

and 162.

3.2 Earth

moving in the

vicinity of

watercourses

should be kept

to a minimum

to avoid

sedimentation

and

contamination

from fuel and

lubricants.

N

A

NA NA C C C At BR 124, 130,

120, 161 and 162

locations, the

contractor has

been constructed

temporary

diversion road

made of concrete

ring in order to

ensure or keep the

natural flow of

water. They also

prepared some

bund around the

water courses with

the sand bags.

However, there

were no chances of

being pollution

from fuel and

lubricants.

C

3.3 Proper

disposal of

bricks, cement,

and steel

N

A

C C C C C Proper disposal of

bricks, cement, and

steel

reinforcement was

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reinforcement

which will be

removed as

part of the

reconstruction

of bridges/

culverts should

be ensured not

to block stream

flow.

ensured. Usually

CMJV bring back

the construction

waste to their

camp area and if

possible reuse

them accordingly.

Therefore, there

were no chances to

block stream flow.

Because of

construction

waste.

3.4 Temporary

erosion and

sedimentation

control

measures

during

rehabilitation

of cross-

drainage

structures

should be

undertaken to

ensure that

sediment laden

run off does

not enter the

adjoining

watercourses

N

A

NA C C C C At BR 124, 130,

120, 161 and 162

locations, the

contractor has

been constructed

temporary

diversion

road/cross

drainage structure

on water body,

made of concrete

ring in order to

ensure or keep the

natural flow of

water. They also

prepared some

bund around the

diversion channel

with the sand bags.

However, no

sedimentation

occurred yet due to

lack of sufficient

flow of water.

C

3.5

Construction

materials and

waste should

not be

discharged in

watercourse

C C C C C C Construction

materials and

waste was not

discharged in

watercourse during

construction of

bridges/culverts

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No

v.

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c.

during

construction of

bridges/culvert

s by

implementing

appropriate

mitigation

measure.

because of

implementing

appropriate

mitigation measure

i.e. proper

barricading with

bamboo fences and

create awareness

among the

workers.

4. Borrow

and

dredging

site

(H_6.4)

4.1 Contractor

should have

permits for

extraction sites

and quantities

from

appropriate

authorities

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA CMJV’s

subcontractors

have been

performing

dredging activities

with permission.

CMJV only buys

dredged soil for

construction

NA

4.2 The water

quality should

be maintained

through

disposal of

dredged spoil

using

appropriate

outlet

C C C C C C The water quality

was maintained

through disposal of

dredged spoil using

appropriate outlet

i.e. proper drainage

facility

C

4.3 The

stockpiles and

earthwork

should be well

maintained/pr

otected

N

C

PC PC PC C C At Link road and

near Islamabad

Station area

dredged sands

were stockpiled on

a temporary basis.

Sands from the

stockpiles were

eroded but due to

the construction of

containment bund,

the siltation

occurred within the

project area.

PC

4.4 Erosion

control

PC C C N

A

NA NA S14: Construction

of retention wall,

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v.

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c.

measures

should be

taken where

erosion has

noted

settling basin, and

improved drainage

systems have been

finished as a part of

erosion control

measures.

After monsoon

drainage only to

control erosion is

not required.

5. Disposal

of

constructi

on debris

(H_6.5)

5.1 Adequate

mitigative

measures

should be

taken to limit

the impact of

construction

debris on

pedestrians,

local

communities

and water

bodies within

the Project

area

N

A

NA NC PC C C The generated

construction debris

i.e. at BR 124, 120,

130 and 96 usually

collected through

dump truck and

send back to the

CCECC Camp or

Ramu Yard and if

possible reuse

them accordingly.

Additionally,

proper

housekeeping has

been ensured by

the safety officer at

all construction

sites. Therefore,

there was no

recorded impact

upon pedestrians,

local communities

and water bodies

due to construction

debris.

C

5.2 Cleared

debris should

not be left on

the surface of

the ground or

buried in any

agricultural

land

N

C

PC PC PC C C The generated

construction debris

i.e. at BR 124, 120,

130 and 96 usually

collected through

dump truck and

send back to the

CCECC Camp or

Ramu Yard and if

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c.

possible reuse

them accordingly.

Sometimes the site

personnel

unattended left the

debris on the

surface of the

ground for late

removal. However,

safety engineer

was informed to

ensure proper

housekeeping.

5.3 Burning of

waste should

not be allowed

C C C C C C No such thing

happened at the

site

C

5.4 Man-made

construction

debris should

be disposed in

designated

disposal areas.

The location

and nature of

such disposal

shall be subject

to the approval

of the Engineer

PC PC PC C C C S14, S15, & S16:

These locations

have appropriate

classified waste bin

facilities i.e. bin for

reusable waste and

kitchen waste.

After the regular

collection of waste

like kitchen waste

are

disposed/handed

over to the

municipality. On

the other hand

reusable waste

such as PET bottles

are sold to the local

vendor.

For the

construction sites,

few poly bags were

provided to collect

manmade waste

which are disposed

in a designated

location approved

by the engineer on

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No

v.

De

c.

a daily basis.

Besides, most of

the manmade

construction debris

are supposed to

reuse further,

therefore, the

generation rate or

final disposal rate is

not that significant.

5.5 All disposal

areas should be

finally graded

to a uniform

and level

condition and

left such that

they create a

minimum

impact on the

surrounding

area

PC PC PC PC PC PC Disposal areas are

not designated yet

due to lack of full

pace construction

activities as well as

low generation

rate. However, at

the CCECC camp

they temporarily

fixed a place to put

their construction

debris which is

secured with

proper barricading.

PC

6.

Servicing

and

Operating

equipment

(H_6.6)

6.1 Servicing of

machines or

equipment

near rivers,

streams or

other bodies of

water should

be carried out

in such a

manner as to

avoid pollution

with gasoline,

diesel fuel, oil,

grease, or

surplus or

disposable

materials

C C C C C C No such servicing

activities near to

the rivers or

streams or other

bodies of water

have been

observed

C

6.2 The

contractor

should have

PC PC C C C C S14: Permanent

Fuel storage area is

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v.

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c.

the proper

equipment to

transport fuel

so that spillage

will not occur

under

construction.

S16: MAX has

started their fuel oil

facility at their

yard.

However, for the

construction sites,

every contractor

has their own

facility. Sometimes

oil tanker go to the

sites to ensure fuel

facility. On the

other hand they

carry temporary

fuel oil containers

i.e. drum or tin

container to the

site. However,

sometimes on site

spillage was

observed. Site

officers were

informed

immediately to

take necessary

measures i.e. to

use at least poly

bags to avoid direct

contact to the

ground or arrange

spill tray.

6.3 The

contractor

should ensure

that, all

hydraulic

systems, fuel

systems and

lubricating

systems are in

good condition

C C C C C C All hydraulic

systems, fuel

systems and

lubricating systems

are found in good

condition.

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6.4 Fuel spills

should not be

condoned, and

care shall be

taken to avoid

overfilling

machines

C C C C C C No such thing

observed at the site

during site visit.

C

6.5 The

contractor

should have oil

spill abatement

equipment on

the site at

regular basis.

N

C

NC PC PC C C S14: Fuel storage

area is under

construction.

Temporary storage

area has lack of spill

abatement

equipment like

sawdust, spill tray,

sponge, or oil

dispersant. After

finishing the

construction

necessary

measures will be

taken immediately.

S16: Fuel storage

area has been

constructed which

is fully functional.

Sand bucket was

observed along

with fire

extinguisher near

to the fuel station.

Additionally,

station is built in

such a way spillage

can controlled

easily and possible

to avoid direct

contamination to

the ground.

PC

6.6 The type of

equipment

shall be subject

to the approval

of the

C C C C C C The equipment are

maintained in good

working condition.

Regular

maintenance was

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Engineer, and

the equipment

should be

maintained in

good working

condition.

undertaken by the

appropriate

personnel.

6.7 Disposal of

used oil,

lubricants,

tires, etc.

should be in

accordance

with the EMP

or as directed

by the Engineer

C C C C C C Disposal of used oil,

lubricants, tires,

etc. were done in

accordance with

the EMP or as

directed by the

Engineer.

C

7. Control

of

Petroleum

Products

(H_6.7)

7.1 Petroleum

products

should be

stored in a

designated

storage

location where

any spillage can

be safely

maintained

without

contamination

of the

surrounding

areas

PC PC PC C C C S14: Permanent

Fuel storage area is

under construction

which designed in

such a way spillage

can be maintained.

An oil tanker

usually

provides/meets

their daily fuel oil

demand.

S16: MAX has


facility at their

yard.

However, for the

construction sites,

every contractor

has their own

facility. Sometimes

oil tanker go to the

sites to ensure fuel

facility. On the

other hand they

carry temporary

fuel oil containers

i.e. drum or tin

container to the

site. However,

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c.

sometimes on site

spillage was

observed. Site

officers were

informed

immediately to

take necessary

measures i.e. to

use at least poly

bags to avoid direct

contact to the

ground or arrange

spill tray. S5: No

petroleum storage

area either

permanent or

temporary was

identified. An oil

tanker usually

provide/meet their

daily fuel oil

demand, readily

available fire

extinguishers were

observed in the

field.

7.2 Storage of

petroleum

products

should not be

permitted in

the vicinity of

streams, rivers,

or other bodies

of water.

C C C C C C Storage of

petroleum

products were not

observed to put in

the vicinity of

streams, rivers, or

other bodies of

water.

C

7.3 Usage of

impermeable

liner place on

subsurface of

the storage

room to avoid

groundwater

contamination

should be

PC PC C C C C S14: Permanent

fuel storage site is

under

construction.

S16: MAX has


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No

v.

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c.

ensured by the

Contractor

There is no such

place of oil storage

from where

groundwater can

be contaminated

anyway

7.4 Presence of

all

precautionary

measures

(sand/saw, fire

extinguisher

etc.) should

ensure to avoid

environmental

pollution or fire

hazard.

N

C

NC PC PC PC C S14: Permanent

fuel storage site is

under

construction.

However,

arrangement of

Fire extinguishers

for the whole site

have been

observed during

frequent visits to

the site.

S16: MAX has


facility at their

yard. Sand bucket

at the station area

was observed. Fire

extinguishers

purchasing are

ongoing.

PC

8. Conflict

Between

Elephant

and

Human

During

Constructi

on (H_6.8)

8.1 Blockages

should be

created with

equipment on

the identified

elephant travel

routes

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA In September

Monitoring of

Biodiversity

Management Plan

(Revised

wildlife/Elephant

Parameters in

Table 54, EMP) has

been submitted to

the Engineer for

their approval (Ref:

CCECC-

MAX/DCRP/BR/18/

A/0260).

NA

8.2 Sign

posts/land

marks should

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Necessary

measures will be

taken when

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v.

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c.

be installed

indicating

elephant travel

track as a part

of awareness

creation

construction work

starts.

8.3 Storage

sites should

not establish at

a location that

might block or

irritate the

elephants

movement

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Necessary

measures will be

taken when

construction work

starts.

NA

9. Hill

cutting

and slope

protection

(H_6.9)

9.1 Contractors

should have

prime

ministerial

permit for hill

cutting

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Hill cutting areas

yet not handed

over to the

contractor.

Resettlement work

is ongoing.

NA

9.2 Erosion &

sediment

control plans

should be

prepared by

the Contractor

prior to

commenceme

nt of work

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Necessary

measures will be

undertaken during

the hill cut.

NA

9.3 Proper

protection

measure

should

establish like

slope retaining

walls and

bioengineered

measures such

as plant

fascines,

palisades and

brush layering

to avoid slope

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Environment

specialist along

with the help from

the Earthwork

Engineering/Constr

uction Department

of the CCECC-MAX

JV jointly worked

on Hill Cutting

Management Plan

and submitted for

the Engineers

approval. The plan

includes all the

measures that

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v.

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failures or

landslides

need to be taken

care of during and

post hill cutting

period.

10.

Occupatio

nal Health

and Safety

(H_10)

10.1 Provision

of potable

water for

workers at

camp sites

C C C C C C S14- S16:

Submersible water

pump has been

installed to these

sites in order to

withdraw deep

water and reserved

in a water tank

from where

workers usually get

their potable

water. Safety

officer was

instructed to

ensure safe water

for the workers at

the construction

sites as well.

C

10.2 Provision

of readily

accessible

First-Aid facility

for workers

N

C

PC C C C C S14 - S16: In the

beginning of the

construction of

camps and

laboratory there

was lack of First Aid

facility. Overtime

the situation

getting better in

every construction

sites. Contractor

has provided

necessary first aid

facility at each and

every construction

sites.

C

10.3 Adequate

drainage in

workers camps

should be

established to

N

C

PC C C C C S14-S16: The camp,

yard and Lab has

adequate drainage

facility where more

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No

v.

De

c.

prevent

stagnant water

and formation

of breeding

sites for

mosquitoes

than 300 workers

stayed together.

10.4 Provision

of sanitary

toilet facility

and hygienic

accommodatio

n for workers

at camp sites

PC PC C C C C S14-S16: In the

beginning of the

construction of

camp, there was

lack of sanitary

toilet facility.

Overtime the

situation improved

and at the camp

there are good

sanitary facilities

present for both

workers and

officers.

Even for the

construction sites,

especially at MAX

part, they provided

temporary toiled

facility made of ring

slab for the onsite

workers.

C

10.5 Workers

should be

equipped with

appropriate

personal

protection

equipment

(PPE), such as

safety boots,

helmets,

gloves,

protective

clothing,

breathing

mask, goggles

and ear

PC PC C C C C S1- S16: Except the

HPD (Hear

Protecting Device)

during noisy work,

contractor has

ensured other

PPE’s for the

workers. After

measuring site

noise level,

necessary

measures will be

undertaken.

Gumboot along

with other PPE’s

were provided to

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No

v.

De

c.

protection, and

contractor will

enforce its use,

the workers during

the rainy season.

10.6 Fire-

fighting

equipment at

the work areas

and at

construction

camps should

be provided

PC PC C C C C S1- S16: At each

and every

construction sites

including camp and

yard, fire fighting

equipment i.e.

different types of

fire extinguisher

were

arranged/put.

However, since

MAX has started

their construction

work very recently,

therefore, at their

sites there are lack

of fire extinguisher

which is under

purchase process.

PC

10.7

Implementatio

n of fall

prevention and

protection

measures

should be

ensured

whenever a

worker is

exposed to the

hazard of

falling more

than 2 meters,

of falling into

operating

machinery or

through an

opening

N

C

NC PC PC C C S14: Initially, there

was lack of fall

prevention and

protection

measures.

Thereafter, due to

necessary actions

the contractor has

arranged full body

harness while

working on height.

Besides, during the

camp construction

guard rail was

ensured where

needed.

Nowadays, there is

no such activity i.e.

work at height

exist.

PC

10.8

Installation of

N

A

PC PC C C C S14- S16:

Arrangement of

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No

v.

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c.

guardrails with

mid-rails and

toe boards at

the edge of any

fall hazard

area, proper

use of ladders

and scaffolds

by trained

employees

should be

ensured

ladders and

scaffolds have

ensured by the

contractor.

Applicable training

is required for their

proper use.

10.9 Ensuring

no

involvement of

child labor

N

C

C C C C C Sometimes

temporary

appointed

subcontractors

bring child labour

along with them.

However, if

identified any

instant action was

ensured.

C

10.10 Ensuring

no

involvement of

bonded labor

C C C C C C Not identified yet C

10.11 Safety

measures

including

signage and

staffing in

interface

between

construction

and/or

construction

related

operations

N

C

PC C C C C S1-S16: Initially

there was lack of

proper signage

facility due to lack

of full pace

construction

activities but later

on the condition

has improved as

because of regular

monitoring and site

engineer was

instructed to

arrange signage

and staffing at the

work areas. At the

MAX part, they also

have arranged

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c.

necessary signage

for their

construction sits to

be installed.

10.12

Reversing

signals should

be installed on

all construction

vehicles

N

C

C C C C C Signal men were

set at different

entry and exit

locations of the

construction sites.

C

10.13

Undertake

check and

cleaning at all

sites and areas

where

cleanliness

should be

ensured

PC PC PC PC C C Safety personnel

was informed to

take cleanliness

initiative on a daily

basis prior leaving

the site.

PC

10.14 Fences

should be

constructed to

separate the

construction

sites at rail

stations from

public access

N

A

C C C C C Proper barricading

was observed at

different

construction sites.

C

11.

Protection

of Topsoil

and soil

erosion

(H_6.11)

11.1 Topsoil

storage areas

should be

protected

during the dry

season from

wind erosion

through

arranging

plastic cover

N

A

NA NA PC PC PC S10, S11, S12 and

S13: Top soil at

these locations

were stored for

future

embankment

preparation.

However, no

plastic coverage

was possible to

ensure. Besides,

top soil is not sandy

rather loamy,

therefore, less

chances to become

loss the amount or

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No

v.

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c.

become even

dusty.

11.2 Rapid re-

vegetation and

use of hydro-

seeding and

jute erosion

protection

mats should be

applied in

areas where

erosion has

noted during

the regular

monthly

inspections

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Necessary

measures will be

undertaken when

needed

NA

11.3

Embankment

site should be

planted with

trees to

promote

natural

vegetation; as

well as fast

growing

grasses

N

A

NA NA N

A

NA NA Necessary

measures will be

undertaken when

needed

NA

11.4 Superficial

or organic

material

removed

during the

excavation

shall be

stockpiled for

subsequent

use, or if

surplus to the

Contract

requirement,

shall be

disposed of in

designated

disposal areas.

N

A

PC PC C C C During the

monsoon no

clearing, grubbing

and stripping work

was undertaken.

S10, S11, S12 and

S13: After clearing,

grubbing and

stripping, top soil

at these locations

were stockpiled

along the RoW for

subsequent use

during the

embankment

preparation.

C




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Category/

Environm

ental

Safeguard

Inspection

Items/

Description of

activities


Recommended

Action

Overall

observa

tion Ju

ly

Au

g.

Se

pt.

Oc

t.

No

v.

De

c.

11.5 The

stockpiling

and/or disposal

of material

should not be

placed in any

area where

natural

drainage or

storm water

could pond and

become

stagnant, or

where could

erode the

material and

cause silting of

the adjacent

area or of any

natural or man-

made water

course.

N

A

C C C C C S10, S11, S12 and

S13: The

stockpiling was not

placed in any area

where natural

drainage or storm

water could pond

and become

stagnant, or where

could erode the

material and cause

silting of the

adjacent area or of

any natural or man-

made water

course.

C




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Appendix 3: Environmental Quality Sampling Report

Ambient Air Quality Report (ENRAC) for the month of June 2018

(I)




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Noise Monitoring Report for the month of June 2018




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(II) Laboratory Test Repot of Surface Water Samples (SW1 – SW4) (BCSIR) for the month

of June 2018




134




135




136




137

(III) Laboratory Test Repot of Ground Water Samples (GW1 – GW7) (BCSIR) for the month

of June 2018




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142




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(I) Air Monitoring Report (ENRAC) for the month of September 2018




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147




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(II) Noise Monitoring Report for the month of September 2018




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150




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152

(III) Laboratory Test Repot of Surface Water Samples (SW1 – SW4) (BCSIR) for the

month of September 2018




153




154




155




156

(IV) Laboratory Test Repot of Ground Water Samples (GW1 – GW7) (BCSIR) for the month

of September 2018




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158




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(V) Laboratory Test Repot of Drinking Water Sample (BCSIR) for the month of September

2018




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Appendix 4: Photo Log

Photo 1 Noise source was identified at BR

124 on 30.07.2018 behind a sensitive

receptor (mosque)

Photo 2 Major noise generated from

generators observed at BR 96 on 27.10.2018

Photo 3: Major noise generated from

generators observed at BR 130 on 05.11.2018

Photo 4 Noise source was identified at BR

124 observed on 23.12.2108

Photo 5 Observed air quality during the first

pilot pile at BR 124 on 30.07.2018

Photo 6 Dust pollution has not observed

during construction of CCEC-MAX JV Camp

on 11.07.2018




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Photo 7: During load test at BR 124 no dust

observed due to rain on 15.09.2018

Photo 8: During the last pilot pile no dust

was observed at BR 130 on 05.11.2018

Photo 9 Oil tanker provides necessary fuel at

different sites observed at Napith Khali on

02.10.2018

Photo 10 Temporary oil storage facility at

Link road observed on 06.12.2018

Photo 11 Temporary oil storage facility at BR

129 observed on 23.12.2018

Photo 12 Temporary oil carrier facility at

Ramu Camp observed on 23.12.2018




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Photo 13 Lack of PPEs of workers obsered at

Ramu Camp on 10.11.2018

Photo 14: Lack of PPEs of workers obsered at

Ramu Camp on 21.10.2018

Photo 15: Identified electrical hazard by the

consultant at CCECC-MAX JV camp on

3.10.2018

Photo 16: Lack of PPEs (Face Shield) caught

red handed by the HSE officer observed at BR

120 on 06.12.2018

Photo 17: Potential suspect of child labor

got red handed by the HSE manager at BR

124 on 11.11.2018.But after inspection it

was found that he was an adult.

Photo 18 Identified fall from height hazard

(lack of full body harness) on 21.10.2018




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Photo 19: Lack of proper housekeeping

observed at Ramu Laboratory on 10.11.2018

Photo 20: Lack of proper toilet observed at

BR 124 on 27.10.2018

Photo 21: Quarterly Noise measurement

held at BR 124 on 18.09.2018

Photo 22: Noise source inspection by the

Consultant at Napith Khali on 03.10.2018

Photo 23: Enclosure was provided to reduce

the noise level as well as to protect the

machine from scorching sun observed at BR

124 on 11.11.2018

Photo 24: Quarterly Noise measurement held

at BR 124 on 21.12.2018




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Photo 25: Air quality monitoring at Ramu

camp on 20.09.2018

Photo 26: Dust supression measure took

place at BR 124 on 06.12.2018

Photo 27: Dust control measure takes place

at Napith Khali Camp on 01.12.2018

Photo 28 Dust control measure includes local

road held on 06.12.2018

Photo 29: Water sprinkler was seen at BR

130 on 23.12.2018

Photo 30: Water sprinklers used to clean

local road on 20.12.2018




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Photo 31: Wetland protection measure was

taken at BR 124 observed on 13.11.2018









Photo 36: Collection of surface water

samples at BR 155 on 20.09.2018




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Photo 37: Permanent fuel storage area is uder

construction at Ramu Camp observed on

10.11.2018

Photo 38: Fully functional 15000 L fuel

station with fire prevention facility was

observed at Ramu Camp observed on

29.12.2018

Photo 39: Permanent fuel storage area is uder

construction at CCECC-MAX JV Camp observed

on 29.12.2018

Photo 40: Fuel meter for the Permanent

fuel storage at CCECC-MAX JV Camp

observed on 29.12.2018

Photo 41: Proper signage was seen at BR 124

on 23.12.2018

Photo 42: Proper barricading was observed

at BR 124 on 23.12.2018




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Photo 43: Proper housekeeping was ensured

on 12.11.2018

Photo 44: Proper housekeeping was ensured

on 12.11.2018

Photo 45: Housekeeping is ongoing observed

at CCECC-MAX Camp on 22.07.2018

Photo 46: A regular housekeeping is

maintained at CMJV camp observed on

19.09.2018

Photo 47: Top soil was stored along the

edge of the RoW at Islamabad Station area

Ch. 72 observed on 20.11.2018

Photo 48: Top soil was stored along the edge

of the RoW at near BR 124 observed on

01.12.2018




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Photo 49: Top soil was stored along the

edge of the RoW at Cox’s Bazar Station

observed on 26.12.2018


of the RoW at Ramu Station observed on

25.12.2018

Photo 51: Clear, grubbing and stripping

works ongoing observed at near BR 130 on

20.11.2018


of the RoW at BR 129 observed on 23.12.2018

Photo 53: Stripping work is in progress at

Ch. 6+000

Photo 54: HSE Training at site




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25/12/2018

Photo 55: Pilot Pile concreting is in progress

at Bridge no. 69

Photo 56: Monthly progress meeting at

Engineer office with Lot-1

Photo 57: BR PD with Engineer Site Visit &

Check PVD Installation at Ch.74+500

Photo 58: Rebar Cage Checking Before

Installation at Bridge No.124(A1) Working Pile

02

Photo 59: Completed Clearing & Grubbing

at Ch.99+500 to Ch.99+800 (Cox bazar

Station area)

Photo 60: Static Load Test For Bridge No.124

(A2) Working Pile




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Photo 61: Pilot Pile Concrete Casting Work

Ongoing at Bridge No.162(Ch93+595)

Photo 62: HIV Prevention Program at AIDS

DAY at Edigon Local Community

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