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Environmental Monitoring Report

Project Number: 42094-042 Bi-annual December 2018

AFG: Energy Sector Development Investment Program-Tranche 3

Rehabilitation of Gereshk Hydropower Plant

Prepared by

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) for the Asian Development Bank

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Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report (July’2018 - December’2018)

Document No. GHP-PMO-ENM-04, Rev-01

MFF 0026 Energy Sector Development Investment Program (ESDIP)

Project 3 - Gereshk Electricity Services Improvement Project

Rehabilitation of Gereshk Hydropower Plant

ICB - DABS/Gereshk HPP 012 / 2010

Financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Gereshk Electricity Services Improvement project (Rehabilitation of Gereshk Hydropower Plant) ESDIP Project-T3 ADB Grant MFF0026

Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report, July-December 2018 of 55

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN

ADB Grant MFF0026-AFG

Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report for Environment Implementation

of

ESDIP – Project-T3

(July’2018-December’2018)

Gereshk Electricity Services Improvement project (Rehabilitation of Gereshk Hydropower Plant) ESDIP Project-T3 ADB Grant MFF0026


GLOSSARY

ADB : Asian Development Bank

AHA-JV : AIPL- Hunan Allonward Joint Venture

NEPA : National Environment Protection Agency

DABS : Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat

DG : Diesel Generator

EA : Environmental Assessment

EHSSO : Environmental, Health & Social Safeguard Officer

EA : Environmental Assessment

EMP : Environmental Managemen t Plan

EMMP : Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan

ESA : Environmental Safeguard Asisstant

ESSO : Environmental and Social Safeguard Officer(PMO)

HPP : Hydro Power Plant

IEE : Initial Environmental Examination

kV : Kilo volt

MFF : Multitranche Financing Facility

MPW : Ministry of Public Works

PMO : Program Management Office (of DABS)

PPE : Personal Protective Equipment

SHSA : Social and Health Safeguard Asisstant

SSA : Social Safeguard Asisstant (PMO)

SPS : Safeguard Policy Statement

TL : Transmission Line

Gereshk Electricity Services Improvement Project (Rehabilitation of Gereshk Hydropower Plant) ESDIP Project-T3 ADB Grant MFF0026


Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 9

1.1 Overview of the Project .................................................................................................... 9

1.2 Construction Activities and Project Status ................................................................. 9

1.3 Project Organization and Environmental Management Team.............................. 13

1.4 Relationship among the Stakeholders ....................................................................... 13

2. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ......................................................................................... 16

2.1 Monitoring Overview ....................................................................................................... 16

2.2 Fulfillment of Environmental Monitoring/Responsibilities ................................... 16

2.3 Air Quality / Pollution Control ....................................................................................... 19

2.4 Noise and Vibration ......................................................................................................... 20

2.5 Water Quality ..................................................................................................................... 21

2.6 Flora and Fauna including Agricultural Crops Loss .............................................. 21

2.7 Soil Erosion and Contamination ................................................................................. 23

2.8 Workers and Community Safety .................................................................................. 23

2.9 Provision of Public Health and First Aid Kits Facilities ......................................... 25

2.10 Waste Management Monitoring .................................................................................... 25

2.11 Recommendation for Corrective Action .................................................................... 26

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANEGEMENT ...................................................................................... 28

3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 28

3.2 Site Inspections and Audits .......................................................................................... 30

3.3 Non-Compliance Notices ............................................................................................... 31

3.4 Consultation and Complaints ....................................................................................... 31

3.5 Corrective Action Plan .................................................................................................... 34

3.6 Conclusions and Recommendations .......................................................................... 34

4. REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 57

ANNEX-1: Month-wise Progress on Environmental Monitoring and Management (July –

December 2018) ................................................................................................................................. 35

ANNEX-2(A): Inspection Checklist for Fitness of Construction Machineries/Equipment ....... 44

ANNEX 2 (B): Inspection Checklist for Fitness of Construction Machineries/Equipment ....... 45

ANNEX-3: Monthly Toolbox Training/Meeting Attendee Sign Sheet ........................................ 46

ANNEX-4: Monthly Injury and Illness Log for December’2018 ................................................... 47

ANNEX-5: Complaint Letter from Local Community ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

ANNEX-6: Project-Site Photo- Log .................................................................................................. 48



List of Figures and Tables:

Figure Title Page No.

Figure 1 ESMMP Overall Implementation and Monitoring Organizational

Safeguard Structure

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Table Title Page No.

Table 1 Project Work Status as Compared to Previous Reporting Period 8

Table 2 Status of Fulfillment of Environmental Responsibilities 14



PART- I INTRODUCTION

(Project Brief, Scope of works and Status)



1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview of the Project

This seventh Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (BAEMR) for Jul-Dec 2018 covers the status of the rehabilitation and up-gradation of the Gereshk hydropower plant under Trench-3 Project: Gereshk Electricity Services Improvement Project, which is presently being carried out mainly through Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding. The restoration program focuses on the provision of electricity services improvement with rehabilitation and up-gradation of the existing old hydropower plant, by replacement with new equipment and accessories to increase electricity generation and make available more reliable locally generated power supply to meet the local demand which is presently having electricity supply shortages. Currently only about 2,500 households have connections to the local electricity distribution system, while 5,000 households claim to await new connections. The Gereshk Hydro Power Plant Rehabilitation Project, installed at Boghra Canal, is located in central Helmand Province, about 2.5 km North-East of Gereshk town and about 125 km west of Kandahar. This hydropower plant, which has been operating for about 50 years now is presently under rehabilitation process for restoration and up-gradation of the power plant to 4.8 MW installed capacity from its longstanding approximately 2 MW generating capacity. Upon completion of the rehabilitation/up-gradating, the project aims at increasing access to reliable power in line with the energy sector strategy under the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS), the Government strategic platform for development during 2008-2020. The Gereshk Hydropower Plant rehabilitation Project consists of the following major

components of rehabilitation works:

a) Replacement of two turbine-generator units which are still in operational stage and installation of a new third turbine-generator unit with other associated accessories, switchgears and control system including step-up 3.3/20kV transformer substation;

b) Replacement and installation of various hydro-mechanical gates, trash-racks and powerhouse gantry crane;

c) Civil repair works: (i) re-grading, filling & re-profiling to improve the overall stability of both the banks of canal of length 150 m downstream of powerhouse; (ii) Civil concrete works (second stage concrete) for replacing the Unit I and II of Turbine-Generator and other associated equipment, (iii) Concreting works for installing unit III (new turbine, generator and associated equipment), (iv) New perimeter / boundary walls on the left and right banks, (v) Foundation, Lattice Structure, Fuel-tank chamber & Control Room for Stand-by Diesel Generator sets, (vi), Transformer foundation, (vii) Annex Building cum store,(viii) Repair works of powerhouse, and (ix) Temporary earthen dyke construction/removal for water isolation to enable hydro mechanical (HM) works at the intake and other temporary facilities such as storage/fabrication yards and cofferdam fabrication;

d) Upgrading of the existing access road of 9.6 km on the left bank from intake to powerhouse to escape structure and about 2.8 km road on the right bank.

1.2 Construction Activities and Project Status



The construction activities during the reporting period at site were limited to the following:

1.2.1 Right Bank Road (2.8 Kms)

As per the scope of work, the contractor has completed the road 2.8 km from Power House to Highway Bridge. As instructed by the client’s representative, some RCC Structures such as Small bridge at RD 4500, a RCC Culvert at RD 6600, a Masonry Culvert at RD 5500 were built for the smooth functioning of the project.

1.2.2 Left Bank Perimeter Wall (3.6m high)

During the period, total 290m of wall as per the approved layout and as per the client’s requirement was completed by the contractor. The work mainly includes Excavation, backfilling, PCC works, RCC work in footing, Hollow block masonry work, Coping and Barbed Wire.

1.2.3 Coffer Dam

As required by the irrigation department and local authority of DABS, the contractor has removed coffer dam from Right Bank Irrigation bypass. The coffer dam at Right Bank Irrigation bypass was causing the low discharge of water towards downstream, which was not enough for irrigation purpose. Also during this period, the contractor has fabricated and made coffer dam ready for installation in Unit.1 & Unit.2.

1.2.4 Turbine Foundation.

The Contractor has finished the Civil Work for Turbine Unit.3, using the standards material such as Sika Crete 114AE, Hilti RE 500 and Sika bonding agent. The total quantity of Sikacrtete 114AE used for turbine foundation is 23800 KG.

1.2.5 Generation Foundation

During the reporting period, the contractor has completed concreting and civil works for the Generator Foundation of Unit.3. Total 370 bags of 53Grade Cement used for 21 Cum of the concrete.

1.2.6 Bank Stabilization

Bank Stabilization work for both banks i.e. Right & Left carried out during the reporting period and completed. A total of 192 cum of excavation, 19 cum of PCC, 96 Cum of RCC concrete, 6.8MT of HYSD reinforcement Steel, 792 sqm of Terramesh sheet, 688 cum of Gabion Wire crates and 994 cum of earth filling work carried out to complete this job.

1.2.7 Control Room for 1010 KVA DG

A 12m x 4m control room is approved by the client for setting out Panels for DG control panels. The contractor has finished all works of the control room.

1.2.8 Dismantling Work of EM, HM and Auxiliaries items.

All dismantling work for EM, HM and Auxiliaries items has been completed by the contractor during the reporting period. All removed major items from the power house were shifted in the storage yard, which is well secured by the APPF. Other small parts like Nut, Bolts, Cables etc are handed over to the local authority of DABS. All items were removed safely and usable conditions in the supervision of the representative of the Client.



1.2.9 Erection of Gantry Crane

All parts of Gantry Crane were checked by the representative of client and found in good condition. Erection work of Gantry Crane, including cleaning, painting, welding, cabling and programing etc. were carried out and completed in supervision of Client’s representative. All parts of Gantry Crane are working good. Testing of Load, Cross Travel, Long Travel, Lifting Hook, Cable drums etc. were completed in presence of client. Currently the Crane is in working condition.

1.2.10 Erection of Panels

All Panels in Power House Control Room, Electrical Gallery, Mechanical Gallery, DG Control Room were placed and positioned as per the drawing. Foundation work / platform work for panels have been completed.

1.2.11 Erection of Turbine

Erection of Turbine for Unit.3 is competed including Shaft. The work has been carried out by a team, which is expert in installation of EM Works, in supervision of the Client’s representative.

1.2.12 Hand Tools and Testing Devices

All tools and Tackles as per the approved list were purchased and handed over to the client’s representative in working and good condition.

1.2.13 Erection of Embedded parts of Gates and Trash Racks (Power House)

Total 50% works for erection and civil work of the Embedded parts of Bulk head Gates for Unit.3 is completed and 100% work for Trash Rack is completed. The approved drawing was followed by the contractor for Civil Interface work of Embedded Parts, and used standard construction material such as Hilti RE 500, Sikacrete 114AE and Sikacrete Bonding Agent etc to achieve the good quality of the work.

1.2.14 Erection of Bulk head gates (Power House)

The contractor has finished Sand Blasting, painting, fixing of seals and other parts for Bulk Head gates of Power House and completed 4 gates out of 6 gates, which are ready to install.

1.2.15 Repair of HPP cracks

Repairing work of HPP carried out during the reporting period. After cleaning and removing all loose surface of the damaged portions, Cement-Mortar plaster applied on the damaged area of walls.

1.2.16 Remove of Boundary Wall

As per the approved layout and client’s requirement, a total of 80m long boundary wall removed to modify the power house area. All debris and un-usable material was taken away and dumped in a selected place. Usable items were handed over to the local authority of DABS.

1.2.17 Erection and installation of Auxiliaries items



During the reporting period i.e. July 2018 to Dec 2018 the contractor has completed 75% work of erection and installation of auxiliaries items such as pumps, motors, servomotors, panels, oil supply pipe lines, water supply pipe lines, cable trays etc in mechanical gallery and electrical gallery.

The cumulative status and progress of works activities carried out during the reporting period (Jul-Dec. 2018) as compared to the end of the previous reporting period is as in Table 1:

Table 1: Project Work Status as Compared to Previous Reporting Period

Sl.#

Work Activities Status (30th June 2018) Status (31st Dec 2018)

A. Civil works Status

1 Left bank (LB) road Completed Completed

2 Annex building construction Completed Completed

3 DG sets foundation Completed Completed

4 Lattice tower for DG sets Completed Completed

5 Control room for 1010 KVA DG 75% completed Completed

6 Fuel tank chamber Completed Completed

7 RB-Perimeter wall-5.6m high(56m) Completed Completed

8 RB-Perimeter wall-3.6m high(184m) Completed Completed

9 Storage area for new equipment Completed Completed

10 Transformer foundation Completed Completed

11 Cofferdam fabrication Completed Completed

12 Rail extension (Right Bank) Completed Completed

13 Coffer Dam and Water diversion at HPP - 60% Completed

14 Civil Work for Unit-3 Generator and Turbine

- Completed

15 Right Bank Road - Completed

16 Left Bank Perimeter Wall - Completed

17 Bank Stabilization - Completed

18 Repair of cracks - 30% completed

19 Remove of 2m high Boundary Wall - Completed

20 Cable Trenches 90% Completed Completed

21 Hand tools and Testing Devices - Completed

B. Status and Progress of Electromechanical Mechanical (EM) Equipment

1 Lot 1- EM Consignment with complete set of Turbine Generator Equipment of Unit # 3 with all auxiliaries from M/s. Hunan Allonward, China

Received At Site

Received At Site

2 Lot-II Consignment with the remaining Two Units # 1 and # 2 Turbines & Generator equipment and all auxiliaries from M/s. Hunan Allonward, China

Received At Site Received At Site

3 Lot-III Consignment of DG Sets –5 Nos. from M/s. Sudhir Electrical, Jammu, India


4 Installation of Turbines - 33% Competed

5 Main Transformers - 50% Completed

6 Mechanical Auxiliary Systems - 75% Completed

7 Electrical Auxiliary Systems - 75% Completed

8 Control and instrumentational system - 75% Completed

9 Dismantling Work of Old EM Equipment - Completed

C. Status and Progress of Hydro Mechanical (HM)Equipment

1 Lot-1 HM Equipment with trash rack & Crane parking shed items from M/s. Khyaati Engineering, Chennai, India

Received At Site

Received At Site

2 Lot II of HM Equipment comprising HPP & Canal Intake Gates – Total 8 Sets with all Embedded Parts from M/s. Khyaati Engineering, Chennai, India


3 Lot-III HM Equipment with Gantry Crane & rubber seals for new gates items from M/s. Khyaati Engineering,




Chennai, India

4. Installation of Gantry Crane - Completed

5 Installation of Embedded parts for Bulk Head Gates

10% Completed 50% Completed

6 Installation of Embedded parts for Trash Racks

33% Completed 33% Completed

NOTE: PH=Power House, ABC=Aggregate Base Course, DG=Diesel Generator, DBM=Dense Bitumen Macadam, PCC=Plain Cement Concrete, HPP=Hydro Power Plant.

1.3 Project Organization and Environmental Management Team

There was no change in the composition of the project organization and environmental management team. DABS with its Project Management Office (PMO) and its Director as the overall authority was still the direct implementation set-up to manage the day-to day coordination, monitoring and administration activities of the project. The process of recruitment of the proposed PMO environmental team was still under process and shall be in place soon. There was no change in the contractor and subcontractors’ environmental management team and therefore the ESMMP implementation, monitoring, operation and reporting organizational structure remained the same as follows:

Fig 1: ESMMP Overall Implementation and Monitoring Organizational Safeguard Structure

1.4 Relationship among the Stakeholders

During the reporting period, relations among different project stakeholders remained relatively comfortable. A number of coordination / review meetings client, contractor and the funding agency, ADB held at the client-DABS’s office. Equipment transportation to site and environmental issues were the main agenda items of these meetings which were thoroughly

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discussed in friendly environment. Most of the issues were resolved during these meetings while for the unresolved issues way forward was setup. The PMO also requested from the lender’s ADB Office in Kabul for their representations in the review meetings where fruitful suggestions and advice on many issues including environmental and social safeguard aspects were provided by the ADB representative in the interest of the project construction and completion.



PART- II

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING



2. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

2.1 Monitoring Overview

The environmental monitoring of the GHPP project is being carried out by the contractor,

AHAJV’s sub-contractor M/s CENTEL under the supervision of the PMO established to

support the client, DABS for executing the project. Monitoring program for the past six

month period included visual inspection and regular monitoring of construction activities

for their compliance with the environmental requirements as per specified standards,

specifications and report on the implementation & performance on measures as

prescribed in approved Environmental Assessment Report and site specific Environmental

& Social Management and Monitoring Plan (ESMMP).

During the reporting period of past six months, the environmental compliance continued to

remain satisfactory as major concerns were appropriately considered and tackled. However

some documentation and submission of site reports needed improvement and attention from

the contractor’s side. The major documentation works discussed/requested here and also

reminded to the Contractor, AHA JV & CENTEL through the weekly / bi-weekly stakeholders’

progress review meetings are baselines documentation including contractor’s personnel /

workers awareness training / inductions organized at site on environmental protection in line

with the Environmental Assessment Report and ESMMP.

With the construction activities of the project, environmental and social monitoring done to

ensure the protection of air quality, noise level, water quality, flora & fauna monitoring,

preventing soil erosion/quality, proper waste management control, to maintain good

community relationship, project site/works safety control, awareness training and regular

inductions provided to the contractors /subcontractors personnel/workers, look after public

health issues, risk reduction for occupational health & workplace safety issue and GRM

(Grievance Redress Mechanism) which are also described in the following sections.

2.2 Fulfillment of Environmental Monitoring/Responsibilities

Environmental provisions in compliance with the ADB/NEPA approved EA (IEE) report for

fulfillment during the construction phase of the project were incorporated into the bidding /

tendering document and accordingly the environmental responsibilities of the contractor are

incorporated in the “Contract” document, Volume-2 as “Health, Safety, Environmental and

Social Requirements” as a separate chapter. Therefore the contractor is well aware that the

environmental health, social and safety monitoring is the integral part of the project.

The environmental responsibilities outlined in the EA/ESMMP reports developed with

statuary/regulatory requirements of the country and the donor’s, ADB guidelines (May 2003)

are by and large fulfilled albeit with delays in some environmental documentation/reporting

by the contractor. The status of fulfillment of the environmental monitoring responsibilities

for the construction activities during/till the reporting period is tabulated and summarized

below as Table 2:



Table2: Status of Fulfillment of Environmental Responsibilities

Sl.# Description of

Monitoring Indicator

Environmental Responsibility Status of

Fulfillment /

Remarks

1 Environmental

Assessment Report

preparation and readiness

with necessary approval of

the funding Agency, ADB

and the Afghan

government environmental

protection key organization

-NEPA

EA (IEE level) report with public

consultations & indicative mitigation

measures prepared, approved by ADB as

well as NEPA. The IEE report is available

in the ADB website with Project# 42094

Fulfilled

2 Incorporation of major

environmental impact

mitigations provisions into

bidding /tendering /contract

documents.

Major mitigation measures incorporated in

the bids as well as in the contract

document between the contractor and the

client, so that the contractor is fully aware

on his responsibilities for environmental

protection activities during construction.

Fulfilled

3 Preparation of site specific

ESMMP for

implementation of

mitigation measures and

reporting accordingly

ESMMP prepared by the Contractor

during the last reporting period and

approved by PMO during the period and

being implemented for the project

construction.

Fulfilled

4 Changes/adequacy in

project organization and

Environmental

Management Team

No changes from previous environment

management/monitoring team and the

contractor had adequate monitoring staff

lead by a full time EHSSO placed at site

The subcontractors provide Helpers to

support his activities. PMO is supported

with a full time Environment Expert for

overall supervision and monitoring of

environmental works of the project.

Fulfilled

5 Relationship about the

Stakeholders (Contractor,

Owner, Lenders, etc.

Proper coordination with regular/frequent

meetings and telephonic discussions are

being conducted among all stakeholders.

Taking ownership of the project, the

owner, DABS coordinated and arranged

meetings and progress reviewed.

Fulfilled

6 Summary of the previous

six months monitoring

monthly records and

explanation provided of

any instances where

environmental standards

or guidelines are

exceeded. The main

environmental indicators to

monitor are: soil quality,

In line with EA and ESMMP requirements,

the main contractor has been entrusted to

carry out environmental, health, social and

safety monitoring of all project site

construction activities with supervision of

PMO. The monitoring activities conducted

at site for maintaining air, water, soil,

noise qualities are explained &

summarized below. Also the summary of

the month-wise progress for the

Fulfilled



water quality, air quality,

noise level, flora & fauna

monitoring.

environmental monitoring of the past six

month is attached here as Annex-1

7 External Auditing as per

the funding agency, ADB’s

requirement

Provision of external auditing included in

the EA as well as ESMMP to be

conducted once just before the completion

of the project

Documentation

Fulfilled (to be

implemented at

the project end)

2.3 Trend of Issues:

ff The first overlooked worksite safety practice is awareness. If employees are not made aware

of the dangers they face in the workplace, the burden falls on management to ensure they

do. Before a new worker is even hired, the Safety managers should gauge the awareness

level of new employees as well as inform them of the dangers of the jobs. The infographic

goes on to say workers who have no concept of the site safety shouldn’t be allowed on the

construction site. Some of the other overlooked worksite safety practices are effective

communication, physical fitness, mishandling volatile materials, minimizing worksite

distractions, innovation, and transparency. The report recommends having a process in

place so employees can report work-related stress issues. A transparent reporting system

can help companies identify hazards and find solutions before someone is injured.

2.4 Tracking of Issues:

A process will be established for the identification, investigation and tracking of issues

related to non-conformances, including:

• prioritizing and classifying non-conformances based on the type and severity of the

nonconformance;

• recording of non-conformances and the results of corrective and/or preventive actions,

including the actions necessary to mitigate or remedy any associated impacts;

• confirming the corrective and/or preventive actions taken to eliminate the causes of the

non-conformance are appropriate to the magnitude of problem and sufficient with the

impacts encountered;

• reviewing the effectiveness of the corrective and/or preventive actions taken; and

• Implementing and recording required changes in the ESMP or monitoring program

resulting from corrective and preventive action.

2.5 Unanticipated Environmental & Social Impacts:

The environmental and social impacts during construction and operation phases could result from:

• The temporary use of land immediately adjacent to the canal, which may result in some localized scrub clearance and temporary loss of vegetation;



• Extraction (can be from stone/sand quarries) and the transport of construction materials and dredged materials from the canal (causes dust generation, traffic congestion, sedimentation, temporary storage space, noise & vibration)

• Risk of increased erosion and damage to road infrastructure.

• Dredging of 'the canal area (can cause sedimentation, dust generation, temporary storage space and noise)

• Disposal of the old equipment of the HPP including the existing two turbines, associated electrical equipment and hydro-mechanical gates (require temporary storage space, dust generation, spillage of oils/lubricants, etc. noise & vibration).

• Concrete works in proximity to the canal areas including concrete reinforcement of spillways and the canal banks (dust generation, water contamination, noise and vibration).

• Minor loss of vegetation during demarcation.

• Water Quality issues both during construction and operations;

• Noise and vibration associated with operations. • Emission of exhaust from vehicles and machinery; Dust from aggregate crushing

plant; generated by heavy vehicles transporting materials on roads.

• Contractors work practices and on site environmental management (can be a disaster if good practice environmental management not followed);

• Worker Occupational health and safety issues.

• Community /public health and security. • Use of water for Project activities including road sprinkling, etc. • Generation of waste by the Project activities during construction and operations. • Construction of coffer dam for canal repair and equipment erection may also have to

be monitored properly. 2.6 Material Resources Utilization:

Improper execution without planning and scheduling contains high risk factors, uncertainties

and construction contractors were in lack of knowledge about its impacts with time. Major

resource involved in a construction were

• Material,

• Machinery or Equipment’s,

• Human resource.

Majority of construction industries were in lack of organization culture and system, they

simply concentrate on execution by supplying manpower and material, even the work to be

done were planned on the previous week and also even a day before the execution, they

often face uncertainties, delay and dispute during execution. Material management always

related with time and cost, proper Management of materials makes the project economical

along with prevention of time over run. Material management is cyclic process with common

procedures such as purchase, procurement, inventory control, stock management, stock

retrieval and record maintenance. Constructions industries have to get analyzed on

construction delay and their attributes involved in it, by this attributes, with the impact value

attention over the handling of higher impact attributes leads optimization of resource.

Constructional industries require periodic review of projects and also technology update,

Maintenance of past records improves the methodology in construction projects it steps up

the organization to higher level.

2.7 Air Quality / Pollution Control



The construction activities to cause air pollution during the reporting period were concentrated around the Power House (PH) area and some drainage backfilling & road shoulder compaction work of RB road. The deployments of construction machinery/ equipment were limited to some vibrators for concreting works, excavator / loader for excavation and some vehicle movements for construction materials transportation / disposal of excavated soil occurred. Accordingly, the monitoring for air pollution control concentrated / conducted in these limited work spaces as follows:

• Disposal of excavated soils from control room was major concern. However, all excavated material was reused mainly in backfilling works of road drainages and perimeter walls. Data for the excavate soil and its use is given below:

Excavated Quantity

Used for RBPW filling

Used for Control Room Filling

Used for Road Embankment Work

240 Cum 72.5Cum 94.0Cum 73.5Cum

.

• Similarly, construction equipment/vehicular originating emission and dust was also properly controlled by sprinkling water using water sprinkling trucks as suggested in ESMMP and by proper maintenance and fitness of the machinery as can be judged from the attached Machinery Inspection Check List maintained at site by the contractor as Annex-2.

• Vehicles speed were checked and controlled not to exceed 30km/hr for heavy vehicles and 40km/hr for light vehicles in and around the project site to prevent dust generation in the air.

2.8 Noise and Vibration

Noise sensitive areas like: schools, hospitals, residential communities do not fall near the

project construction sites as they are more than one km farther away. So the noise level to

such sensitive areas was far less than the indicated upper ceiling value to be maintained as

per the EA (IEE) report. The monitoring to avoid impacts from noise & vibration carried out in

other project areas as follows:

The Contractor used machinery during the period for concreting, vibration, unloading & piling

work, EM dismantling, Unit-3 Turbine Erection, erection of embedded parts for gate etc. The

machineries deployed / hired for site were reasonably new, properly maintained and fit with

lesser noise while in operation. Noise was very low during these activities and no need was

felt to measure noise. Machineries inspected and checked on regular basis and such

inspection.

During reporting period just two heavy vehicles were operating, one is Hydra Crane which

used for Lifting of Heavy equipment at Open storage camp and Chain Excavator which

worked at downstream for removing and cleaning of silt. In Afghanistan locally noise

recording transmitter is not available therefore only well-maintained plant is operated on-site

and plant is serviced regularly during the construction works. Machines and plant (such as

trucks) that may be in intermittent use are shut down between work periods or are throttled

down to a minimum.

Operation of heavy equipment is being conducted between 7 am and 7 pm only. Silencers or

mufflers on construction equipment is utilized and is properly maintained during the



construction works(Maintenance data is shown in section - ANNEX 2 ) Mobile plant is sited

as far away from noise sensitive receivers as possible.

2.9 Water Quality

Daily/regular supervision and monitoring in line with EA/ESMMP reports, carried out at the

constructions activities to reduce on the major sources of water contamination as follows:

• Regular monitoring is being conducted for Drinking water. The source of the drinking water is a 50m deep bore well, situated in Base Camp. Approximately 2000 ltr of water is being produced on daily basis from the borewell. Water is being filtered by RO system before using for drink. The contractor has taken the sample of water and given to the lab to perform quality tests, results are awaited.

• Canal water quality remained safer as no water harmful activity was taken place during this reporting period and utmost care was taken by the Contractor to prevent polluting the canal water from any oil spillage and other waste.

• Project equipment and vehicles fueling, lubricants/oil change, and storage checked

and regularly monitored to occur at designated places developed suitably near the

base camp area with concrete lining away from the water courses to avoid any spills

directly in the water.

2.10 Flora and Fauna including Agricultural Crops Loss

Since the project is a rehabilitation process in nature requiring mainly refurbishment,

upgrading and replacement of already existing facilities, not much disturbances occurred

during the reporting period on the flora and fauna with the following monitoring works:

• Regular Monitoring done to check that barricade fences were in place or installed to

block passage for workers as seen in the Annex-6 (Photo Log) to enter agricultural

land to avoid crops tampering;

• Monitored to check that repair of irrigation trenches damaged by project construction

activities were timely repaired.



• Regular monitoring conducted to check that the available habitat in and around the

project like, birds and fishes are not disturbed by the workers.



2.11 Soil Erosion and Contamination

During the reported period, no soil erosion or contamination occurred at the project site and appropriate monitoring works carried out to prevent soil contamination and erosion were as follows:

• Project equipment and vehicles fueling, lubricants/oil change, and storage

checked and regularly monitored to occur at designated places developed suitably

near the base camp area with concrete lining to avoid any spills directly on the

soil. The used oil is being used for following activities:

a. For Shuttering plates.

b. For Scaffolding clamps.

c. For lubrication of small machineries such as concrete mixer, Jackhammers,

Diesel water pumps, etc.

d. Empty can and expired Fuel Filters are given to the scrap yard in Gereshk

Town, which is being supplied to Pakistan for refining.

• Daily monitoring done to check that excavated soil, muck or the camp wastes were properly stocked / disposed at designated dumping area approved by the local municipality to avoid soil contamination and soil erosion.

Type of Wastage Quantity Recurrence Disposal Recurrence

Disposal Place

Biodegradable Waste 8 KG Daily Weekly Recycling

in Gereshk

Chemical Waste 2 KG Daily Weekly Yakhchal

Scrap Yard

Human Waste 50 KG Daily Monthly Agricultural

Metabolic Waste 20 KG Daily Daily Gereshk Scrap Yard

• Monitored regularly to check that soil/sand stock piles were covered to avoid from

blown away by wind causing soil erosion and nearby water contamination.

2.12 Workers and Community Safety

• Monitoring was conducted to check that the contractor had taken precautionary measures to ensure workers safety like: provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with required training/inductions in using the PPEs mandatorily at all times for entering the construction site to avoid any injury or accident. The workers and nearby community personnel were provided Tool Box Training by CENTEL, EHSSO on a monthly basis to bring awareness and refresh knowledge on the importance of using PPEs at the work site. The contractor maintained the record, listing the names of awareness training/induction/meeting attendees. Annex-3 provides the contactor’s records on the attendees’ for safety awareness training. The safety signboards as seen in Annex-6, Photo Log provided for safety of the workers as well the community.



Reporting Duration

Presence of Staff

Topic Managers Engineers

Skilled Workers

Un-Skilled

Workers

July'2018

1st Week 1 3 5 38 Introduction of PPE's

2nd Week 1 3 5 38 Hazardous Activity

3rd Week 1 2 4 40 Accident awareness

4th Week 1 3 5 43

Overall Safety training

Aug'2018




4th Week 3 1 10


Sep'2018

1st Week 3 1 10 Introduction of PPE's

2nd Week 3 1 10 Hazardous Activity


4th Week 1 3 2 10


Oct'2018




4th Week 1 4 7 55


Nov'2018




4th Week 1 4 26 117


Dec'2018




4th Week 1 4 26 102




2.13 Provision of Public Health and First Aid Kits Facilities

• Under the direct supervision & control of the contractor’s EHSSO, the “first aid kits”

having all necessary common medicines was installed and available at site and the

facility should also be provided to community people around the project site.

• Checked that emergency numbers were made available and posted at entry points

and at the site office areas.

• Record log for the first aid cases on a monthly Medicine Log Sheet maintained. No

major injury/illness or accident was reported at the site during the reporting period

except some minor illness like headache, flu, diarrhea, etc.

• Monitoring to check that workers and communities were made aware on the

communicable diseases including cleanliness and sanitation requirements.

2.14 Waste Management Monitoring

• Regular monitoring of segregation of six garbage types wastes according to the six

dust bins provided with different colors as shown in the table below (also shown

under Annex-1 (Photo Log) were properly conducted and the dust bins emptied when

full and disposed into weatherproof bags at the designated site about 4 km away

from the Gereshk HPP:

Sl. #

Color Color Name

Color Code/Meaning (for workers to understand and follow for segregation/collection purpose)

1 Green Food Wastes - (Marked “FOOD WASTES ONLY”)

2 Yellow Paper/Cardboard - (Marked “PAPER/CARDBOARD ONLY”)

3 Light Blue

Plastic/General Waste - (Marked “PLASTIC/GENERAL WASTE ONLY”)

4 Orange Medical wastes - (Marked “MEDICALWASTES ONLY”)

5 Grey Scrap Metal Pieces - (Marked “METAL PIEACES/SCRAPS ONLY”)

6 Red Oily Wastes including Filters - (Marked “OILY WASTES ONLY”)

There was no hazardous chemical waste generated during the period and if such a waste appears at any time at site in future, it would be dealt separately.

Standard procedures have been followed to dispose the waste from Base Camp and

Site. Wastes from the Project have been disposed according to their type to an



identified destination. A table below is showing the date of disposal during reporting

period.


Disposal Place

Food Waste 8 KG Daily Weekly Yakhchal Area

Paper/Cardboard 2 KG Daily Weekly Recycling in Gereshk

Plastic/General Waste

50 KG Daily Monthly Agricultural

Medical Waste 0.5 KG Daily Weekly Gereshk Scrap Yard

Scrap Metal 100 KG Daily Daily Re-use at site

Oily Wastes Including Filters.

50 Ltr Monthly Monthly Re-Use for site work

• Regular check also conducted for sewage waste water emptied in a leak proof plastic

tanks (20Cum) on a / two monthly basis and disposed off at designated site about

4km from the project site.

• Regular monitoring carried out for the prevention of discharge of any pollutant such

as cement/concrete, lime, chemicals and fuels into any water courses or on the soil

around the project site.

2.15 Recommendation for Corrective Action

• Contract clauses regarding safety issue should be strictly followed since some workers were observed to be working at site without using the required PPEs.

• Submission of monthly compliance progress report by the contractor should be strictly on time



PART- III

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT



3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

3.4 Overview

The Site Specific “Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Plan – ESMMP” was

prepared during the previous reporting period and finalized for implementation during this

reporting period. Therefore the main document followed at site to handle day to day

environmental issues before ESMMP was approved, was EA report (IEE level), prepared

during project design phase and approved by ADB and NEPA to ensure environmental

protection by the project construction. The EA (IEE level) and the contractor’s ESMMP

provide a delivery mechanism and address all the potential environmental, health, social

impacts/issues and quality of the project works during its execution / implementation

including for the reporting provision, emergency and environmental safeguard setup to

enhance environmental management.

The environmental set-up and the Health and safety kits were made available at site by the contractor, CENTEL. However, documentations submission by the contractor regarding some environmental compliance report such as environmental baselines documentation including environmental awareness training report remained very slow during the reporting period.

At the project site, the environmental health, social & safety officer (EHSSO) of the

contractor was full time working directly under the Security Manager with collaborative team-

work support from other technical teams like the Construction Manager and subcontractors’

designated helpers for environmental management. The Chief Project Manager looked after

the overall coordination of monitoring and supervision of the project to fulfill the

environmental management from the contractor. The subcontractors were to be managed in

all respects by the sub-contractor CENTEL, CENTEL & also provide the subcontractors’

personnel with necessary awareness training and inductions at regular intervals and ensure

compliance with such plan. The subcontractors too require appointing an environmental

safeguard representative/focal person who shall be available on the site throughout the

construction period of the respective sub-contract for the stipulated purpose.

The PMO of DABS headed by the Director ensured effective compliance with the

requirements on the overall management of the project including the environmental

management. DABS with its environmental expert coordinated all environmental

management issues and reporting during the period overseeing the environmental activities

of the Contractor’s environmental setup to ensure the environmental integrity of the project

rehabilitation.

1. An Environmental Impact Assessment/Appraisal for the facilities is provided to the AIPL-

Hunan Allonward JV. This must assess the environmental risks inherent in the construction,

commissioning and operation of the Facilities and demonstrate how project design has

minimized these risks. It is demonstrated that all environmental issues have been identified

and resolved, including those identified at earlier phases.



The assessment is included:

a) A register of significant environmental sensitivities. b) A register of the sources and amount of significant wastes and emissions which is

produced during construction, commissioning and operation of the Facilities. c) A description of the means by which the design minimizes the amount of wastes and

emissions. An assessment of any significant environmental impacts which are caused to land, water or air during construction, commissioning or operation. These impacts sometime occur locally at the site or at remote locations. e.g., waste disposal sites, aquifers, etc.

3.5 Good Practice and Opportunity:

a) Provide for strategic analysis of ESH data to identify trending issues and ongoing performance against targets.

b) Assist corporate and regional leadership and staff in understanding ESH regulations and best practice and standards in order to incorporate ESH principals and concepts to prevent workplace injuries/illnesses, operational hazards and environmental impacts.

c) Support the industrial hygiene monitoring and data management programs, as it

relates to air sampling, noise level studies and monitoring, medical surveillance, and

associated assessments.

d) Support the industrial hygiene monitoring and data management programs, as it

relates to air sampling, noise level studies and monitoring, medical surveillance, and

associated assessments.

e) Construction site safety training skills on-site will force workers to practice skills in an environment where safety is essential and will make sure they are trained. Without the proper training, construction workers can be easily injured or even killed. In such an environment where injuries and fatalities are highly likely, training is necessary and will prevent things like workplace injuries that will hurt you ethically and economically.

f) It is the ESH manager’s job to make sure that every worker is aware of the dangers that come with working on a construction site and they must protect workers from these dangers. Any manager that fails to tell their crew and staff about how to avoid getting hurt and how to ensure safety is failing as a manager. Ensuring the safety of the construction workers and everyone on the site should be the number one priority of any construction manager. If the workers have no concept of construction site safety, they shouldn’t be allowed on the construction site.

g) Workers should be expected to refresh their knowledge of standard safety by attending monthly toolbox meeting for awareness throughout the year. These meetings can go over simple things such as fall protection and proper use of ladders, but the goal is to make sure everyone is adequately trained.

h) Ensure all corporate records are maintained in compliance with internal, local, state,

provincial, and federal ESH laws, regulations, permits and programs.

i) Drive timely completion of corrective actions associated with near-miss incidents,

accident investigations, environmental incidents and compliance inspections.

3.3 Summary & Conclusion

The ultimate goal for the construction industry is to reduce workplace accidents,

injuries, and deaths to zero. The fewer accidents there are, the more popular the

construction industry will be. The only hope of reducing the number of accidents is to

keep workers aware of safety issues, train them on these issues, communicate and

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discuss ways to improve these safety programs and concerns, and documenting

these issues. In addition to these steps, workers must have the right equipment, must

have proper supervision, must be innovative in finding ways to solve this problem,

and must be transparent if such a problem does occur. There is no set way to reduce

the number of accidents to zero, but following these eight construction site safety

practices will help pave the road to get there.

4. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AHA-JV staffs know that the Environmental Protection means the prevention/control of

Pollution and contamination. They control pollution from each point as well.

4.1. Environmental Pollution:

The condition resulting from the presence of chemical, mineral, radioactive, or biological

Substances, that:

✓ Alter the natural environment. ✓ Adversely affect human health or the quality of life, bio-systems, the environment, in

structures and equipment, recreational opportunities, aesthetics, and/or natural beauty.

4.2. Hazardous Material (HM):

A product that requires special management because it has hazardous characteristics

(Ignitability, corrosively, reactivity, or toxicity) that could pose dangers to human health or the

environment. A HM becomes a Hazardous Waste when it can no longer be used for its

intended Purpose.

4.3. Hazardous Waste (HW):

A discarded material with hazardous characteristics that could pose dangers to human

health or the environment.

4.4 Contractor Generated Hazardous Waste:

Hazardous wastes generated or discarded by the AHA.JV this includes materials not fully

consumed during the course of construction - for example, paint thinners (i.e. methyl ethyl

ketone, toluene etc.), waste thinners, excess paints, excess solvents, waste solvents, pieces

of potholes and fuel/oils/lubricants.

3.6 Site Inspections and Audits

During the period of this report, limited civil works rehabilitations were on-going at site mostly

construction of RB road, LB Perimeter wall, control room & concreting etc. and dismantling

and erection of EM equipment. Adequate attention has been paid to the implementation of

the mitigation measures and the environmental management. The environmental impacts

have been prevented or reduced to the minimum level possible through the proper

implementation of various mitigation measures. All the civil works during the period were

supervised, monitored and certified by DABS Resident Civil Engineer (Annex6-Photo Log



also provide such rigorous monitoring process) for quality of work and methodology followed

including safety/environmental criteria.

The Contractor’s earlier security agreement with APPF expired before the reporting period and could not extend due to their financial problem and some pending invoices payment to APPF. Even with the intervention by the client to resolve the issue through discussions with the concerned agencies has been taking long time and still awaited to resolve the matter fully. When the Contractor could not make the site security arrangements, PMO staffs, already at Kandahar, were requested to study on the security and safety situation to make day time site visits and return in the evening to Kandahar. Accordingly studying the security position, PMO Kandahar staffs sneaked whenever possible to the site during day time only and carried out the supervision and monitoring works of the project. In such an awkward situation, PMO’s Environmental Expert could not make site visits although he was ready to go for conducting environmental monitoring at site. However he provided full time coordination and support to the PMO Kandahar staffs as well as to the contactor’s site environmental team over phone calls and emails for following a good monitoring process to maintain environmental integrity. This gap reflects in compliance at site and it may be also true that environmental compliance improved due to such visits at site. Regular site visits would have more impact to force the contractor for better compliance and record keeping. However, since the security situation was beyond the control of PMO, alternatives temporary process to use PMO representative from Kandahar and the contractor’s environmental setup as described above carried out the site supervision as seen from the attached Photo Log (Annex-6) and provided their feedbacks/data/information through phone calls and emails. The environmental expert at the PMO then reviewed, verified and compiled these information and data in the form of this report to submit to the client and ADB in the required format. Usually environmental regulatory authorities require a quarterly or half yearly audit report for

large scale projects but the Gereshk HPP rehabilitation being a small project with less or no

severe environmental adverse impacts, an audit at the near end or just before the

completion of the rehabilitation is proposed and expected to suffice the purpose.

3.7 Non-Compliance Notices

During the reporting period, no non-compliance notices were issued to the contractor in

relation to environmental harm for the project site activities. However, on the environmental

management documentation front, it was observed that contractor was lagging behind. It

was thus highlighted by the PMO during meetings/discussions between the DABS/PMO,

ADB and the Contractor that documentation and submission on the ESMMP activities

carried out (to be carried out) at site needed more improvement and attention from the

contractor’s side. The major documentation works discussed here was for project baselines

including environmental awareness training/inductions documentation. The contractor, AHA

JV & CENTEL has been reminded, and AHA JV & CENTEL has agreed to take the actions

on priority basis.

3.8 Consultation and Complaints

The consultations among the employer, ADB and the contractor are a continuous process in the interest to the project construction management and completion. Although consultation with local community is an ongoing process in environmental compliance procedure, ccommunity was always encouraged to register their complaints. Therefore, complaint / grievance boxes were installed/maintained at three locations for public/locals to submit their



suggestions and grievances in writing and the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) shall follow the process described below in the box:

Complaint Box Installed for GRM Initiatives

Grievance Redress Procedure

Step 1: The aggrieved local person submits his/her grievance in writing to the Grievance

Redress Outlet Box Point established by the Project during the construction with

committee called “Grievance Redress Committee (GRC)” with members comprising of the

Project (PMO/Hill-Project Manager, Local DABS representative & Environmental Expert),

Contractor’s Environmental Health and Social Safeguard Officer, and Local

Village/Municipality and District representatives. Initially the contractors discuss with the

aggrieved person/community and try resolving the issue. If the contractors are unable to

resolve, it is put up to the GRC.

GRC deals with grievance within 15 days of receipt of complaint.

If unresolved Step-2 follows:

Step 2: The aggrieved person is not satisfied with the decision rendered by the GRC or, if

he/she does not receive a response within 15 days; he/she can approach and appeal

further to the senior management of DABS, where the concerned appeal will be studied

properly and decision provided within two months of receipt of the complaint / appeal.

Step 3: If still, the aggrieved person is not satisfied with the DABS senior management

decision, she/he can ultimately appeal to the Afghan Court of Law for final justice.

During the reporting period, one written grievance was received on 9th October 2018 from the local community people through the complaint box. The complaint was a follow up action to construct / provide bridges near the powerhouse to enable them for crossing the canal upon closure of the earlier path from the powerhouse area with boundary/perimeter walls for security season.



The letter translated in English read as: “We are the villagers of this area, who are living around the Hydro power plant /canal has one

most and major problem of transportation difficulties. We have a serious problem of passing

over the canal as we don’t have a proper bridge to pass over from the canal upon closure of

our earlier path from the powerhouse bridge. Therefore, we hereby kindly request the

Construction Company to build and establish a bridge for our villager’s convenience, so that

they will appreciate and remain grateful to the project companies of the Hydro power plant”

However, the contractor indicated that the contractor discussed on the complaint letter with

the village leaders and resolved the issue temporary after properly briefing them.



3.9 Corrective Action Plan

No corrective actions planned on ESMMP during the period except the concerns and

request made to the contractor for timely submission of documentation/reporting.

3.10 Conclusions and Recommendations

The documentation and submission on the ESMMP activities carried out (or required to be

carried out) at site needed more improvement and attention from the contractor’s side. The

major documentation works discussed here are for baselines documentation including

awareness training / inductions documentation and timely progress reporting. The contractor

has been requested to submit such documentations in time henceforth on priority basis.

The conclusion at this stage is that no major environmental and social issues/impacts are

expected associated with the proposed rehabilitation works at the Gereshk Hydropower

Plant if EMP is implemented properly through the contractor as approved by the PMO.



ANNEX-1: Month-wise Progress on Environmental Monitoring and

Management (July – December 2018)

A. Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Activity during July 2018

The site construction/rehabilitation activities were limited to only rectification of coffer dam,

construction of LB perimeter wall left bank road side drains and perimeter walls and were

also not continuous. Therefore the environmental monitoring work during the month was

limited to these following activities:

• Waste segregated in different dustbins and emptied on a weekly basis on every Sunday and disposed into weatherproof bags at Yakhcal desert designated site by local authorities at about 4 km away from the from the project site.


Disposal Place








50 Ltr Monthly Monthly Re-Use at Site.

• Septic tank wastes need not be emptied and disposed during July 2018 due to less number of people at site

• However, when the plastic tanks fill up, it would be disposed at the Gereshk Municipal designated place about 4 km away from the site for environmental compliance, the total approx. quantity to be disposed would be 20Cum.

• Prevention of discharge of any pollutants, such as cements, lime, chemicals and fuels into any water sources,

• Daily inspections on housekeeping and cleanliness in and around the base camp and around the powerhouse complex. Also equipment/ machinery like the fire extinguishers, running DG set checked and monitored. Checklist of Diesel Generator and Fire Extinguishers are provided below:



Checklist of Fire Extinguisher

Checklist of Diesel Generator

• There was no any social issue to be dealt during the month and no complain / suggestions received in the complaint boxes,



• No major injury reported during the month but some minor illness of headache and sore throat treated and handled with First Aid Kit provision at the site. Data of monthly illness or treatment is attached below:

• The security situation worsens with the Taliban threat during the month in all places of

Helmand Province including around the project site and thus limiting the movements of workers and work activities of the project. Security condition in particular at the canal intake area is unstable and has been alarming for a while however no incident reported during the month of July 2018.

• Security Contract with APPF expired and Contractor informed of signing a new contract with private security company RMC, contract signing status not yet received. Consultant staff currently out of main base camp as AHA JV has informed that, they would not be



responsible for security of Consultant staff at site and Hill team had temporarily moved to Kandahar and remained there during the month.

B. Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Activity during August 2018

The civil works at site during the month of August 2018 were the ongoing works from the

previous month and limited rectification of coffer dam, construction of LB perimeter wall left

bank road side drains and perimeter walls and were also not continuous. The environmental

monitoring work was also limited to the following activities:

• Waste bins emptied on a weekly basis on every Sunday and disposed into weatherproof bags at Yakhcal desert, designated site, about 4 km from Gereshk town municipality.

•


Disposal Place








50 Ltr Monthly Monthly Re-Use at Site.

• Septic tank wastes need not be emptied and disposed during August 2018 due to less number of people at site. However, it will be disposed when the plastic tanks fill up to the Gereshk Municipal designated place about 4km away from the site,

• Prevention of discharge of any pollutants, such as cements, lime, chemicals and fuels into any water sources,

• Daily inspections on housekeeping and cleanliness in and around the base camp and around the powerhouse complex. Also equipment/ machinery like the fire extinguishers, running DG set checked and monitoring,


• Crane hired for 6 containers’ unloading at site was checked for its fitness and monitored that the use of crane was carried out in environment friendly way without much polluting air by its emission and dust production. A fitness certificate is provide here as Annexure-2 for reference.

• No major injury reported during the month but some minor illness of headache and sore throat treated and handled with the site First Aid Kit provision as recorded in the Annex4 for the month of August 2018.

• The security situation still not improved than the previous month with the Taliban threat during the month in all places of Helmand Province including around the project site and thus limiting the movements of workers and work activities of the project. Security condition in particular at the canal intake area is still unstable and has been alarming for a while however no incident reported during the month of August 2018.

• Security Contract with APPF: Contractor informed of signing a new contract with private security company RMC, contract signing status still not yet received. Consultant staff currently out of main base camp as AHA JV has informed that they would not be



responsible for security of Consultant staff at site and Hill team had temporarily moved to Kandahar and remained there during the month.

C. Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Activity during Sept.2018

The site construction/rehabilitation activities during the month were very limited and only a

few contractors personal on site. Therefore there was no requirement on the environmental

management and monitoring except some inspection of housekeeping, cleanliness in and

around the powerhouse and camp complex. The last general camp wastes and garbage

disposal was carried out on 24 September 2018. Also, there was no any social issue during

the month.

The security situation around the project site was still grim for the whole month.

D. Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Activity during October 2018

During the month of October 2018, the construction activities of the GHPP were limited like

construction of control room building, RB road, EM dismantling, panel’s erection etc and thus

environmental management and monitoring was very less needed. All dismantled material

kept aside and covered with plastic sheets.

The fuel (diesel) and lubricants stored from before were checked daily for any spills while

fuelling the generator and the vehicles during the month. There were no equipment /

machinery operating during the month and thus no air & noise pollution occurred.

Therefore, in overall, it can be said that there was no environmental effect on all the soil,

water, air and noise during the month at the GHPP rehabilitation site.

Site waste management, sanitation and mug disposal: Housekeeping in base camp and around the project on daily basis for general waste like food waste, plastic cans, oily waste, general garbage, and waste papers segregated and disposed at designated site (4 km away from town municipality) every Sunday or after the provided dustbins become full. Last garbage disposing was on 10th October 2018 at Yakhchal desert Gereshk and since then the dustbins were used and not full till the end of the month due to limited activity/manpower at site. However, the waste water from septic and soak pit tanks was disposed on 25th October 2018 to the Gereskh Municipal designated disposal site. The pictures for such removal of the septic waste are provided below:



Grievance / Complaints Redress Mechanism (GRM): On 13th October 2018, several grievance/complaint letters from the community were received from the GRM installed boxes and all the letters were on one issue that was to construct / provide bridges near the powerhouse to enable them for crossing the canal upon closure of the earlier path from the powerhouse area with boundary/perimeter walls for security season. The letters translated in English read as: “We are the villagers of this area, who are living around the Hydro power plant /canal has one

most and major problem of transportation difficulties. We have a serious problem of passing

over the canal as we don’t have a proper bridge to pass over from the canal upon closure of

our earlier path from the powerhouse bridge. Therefore, we hereby kindly request the

Construction Company to build and establish a bridge for our villager’s convenience, so that

they will appreciate and remain grateful to the project companies of the Hydro power plant”

The proposed bridges tentative locations are shown in green below on the powerhouse

layout map:



Public Health / First-aid Kits Provision & Log Sheet: The only case of first aid kits used during the month was on 20th October 2018 at site and then referred to Gereshk town hospital for further treatment, when a worker had injured himself while working at the dismantling EM equipment. Regular Awareness to Workers on ESMMP & Environmental Protection: Due to limited or absence of site activities, not much safety awareness training/induction required during the month except for handling of camp waste / septic tanks emptying and disposal to designated places, which was carried out at site with the available workers on weekly basis. Security condition: in particular at the canal intake area was unstable and had been alarming for a while however no incident reported during the month of October 2018. Consultant staff currently out of main base camp as AHA JV informed that, they would not be responsible for security of Consultant staff at site and Hill team had temporarily moved to Kandahar and remained there during the month.

E. Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Activity during Nov- 2018

During the month of November 2018, the construction activities of the GHPP were also limited to finishing of the earlier ongoing work though the contractor started in the second half of the month, re-mobilizing its personnel, subcontractors’ and construction materials at site. Therefore the environmental management and monitoring was also not much needed at site except for some inspection of housekeeping, cleanliness in and around the powerhouse and base camp complex. The general waste like food waste, plastic cans, oily waste, general garbage, and waste papers collected and segregated in different dustbins separately and disposed at designated site (4 km away from town municipality) every Sunday or after the provided dustbins become full. Last garbage disposing was on Sunday 10th October 2018 at Yakhchal desert Gereshk and since then the dustbins were used and not full till the end of the month due to limited activity/manpower at site.



The fuel (diesel) and lubricants stored from before were checked daily for any spills while

fuelling the generator and the vehicles during the month. There were no equipment /

machinery operating during the month and thus no air & noise pollution occurred. Therefore,

in overall, it can also be said that there was no environmental effect on all the soil, water, air

and noise during the month at the GHPP rehabilitation site.

F. Environmental & Social Management and Monitoring Activity during Dec-2018

The civil works at site during the month of December 2018 were turbine foundation Unit-3,

Generator floor concreting Unit-3, Gantry crane erection, Panel’s erection, Unit-3 turbine

erection, painting work of HM gates etc.The environmental monitoring activities were also

limited to the following:

• Collection and segregation of general wastes in and around the base camp and powerhouse complex on daily basis in different dustbins like food waste, plastic bottles/ cans, oily waste, general garbage, and waste papers and disposing at designated site (4 km away from town municipality) every Sunday.

• Septic tank wastes need not be emptied and disposed during December 2018 as the same was not full and it will be disposed whenever the plastic tanks will fill-up, to the Gereshk Municipal designated and approved place about 4 km away from the site,

• Prevention of discharge of any pollutants, such as cements, lime, chemicals, paint waste and fuels into any water sources was checked and monitored,

• Samples for the lab tests for water and soil quality were taken on 18th Dec’2018 and sent to the lab to perform tests and test results awaited.

• Daily inspections on housekeeping and cleanliness in and around the base camp and the powerhouse complex. Also equipment/ machinery like the fire extinguishers, running DG set checked and monitored,


• First Aid Kit use log: - No major illness or injury/accident reported during the month. Two to three cases of minor headache treated with the first aid kit at site. Monthly medicine and illness log sheet is included below for the ready reference.



• Security condition: in particular at the canal intake area was unstable and has been alarming for a while however no incident reported during the month of December 2018. Consultant staff currently out of main base camp as AHA JV informed that, they would not be responsible for security of Consultant staff at site and Hill team temporarily moved to Kandahar and remained there during the month.



ANNEX-2(A): Inspection Checklist for Fitness of Construction Machineries/Equipment

2A: Crane Inspection Check List

Hydra Crane Inspection Check List Data (2018)

S.No. Month Week

Service Condition

Remarks OK

NOT OK

N/A

1

July

1st week

2 2nd week

3 3rd week Greasing is required

4 4th week

1

November

1st week

2 2nd week Cable needs to be changed

3 3rd week

4 4th week

5

December

1st week

6 2nd week

7 3rd week

8 4th week Greasing is required



ANNEX 2 (B): Inspection Checklist for Fitness of Construction Machineries/Equipment

2B: Excavator Inspection Check List

Excavator Inspection Check List Data (2018)

S.No. Month Week

Service Condition

Remarks OK

NOT OK

N/A

1

November

1st week

2 2nd week

3 3rd week Hydraulic leakage to be repaired

4 4th week

5

December

1st week

6 2nd week

7 3rd week

8 4th week Replace broken glass



ANNEX-3: Monthly Toolbox Training/Meeting Attendees Sign Sheet

MONTHLY TOOL BOX AWARENESS MEETING (2018)

CONDUCTED NOT CONDUCTED

CHECK

BOX Engineers

Skilled Workers

Workers TOTAL CHECK

BOX REASON

July 4 2 10 16

August

WORK HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR

TEMPORARY PERIOD

September

WORK HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR

TEMPORARY PERIOD

October 10 14 84 108

November 9 16 78 103

December 10 14 66 90



ANNEX-4: Monthly Injury and Illness Log for November 2018

MINER FIRST AID CASES WERE TREATED AT SITE OFFICE (2018)

Months Injury Headache Illnesses Back Pain Lose Motion Total

July Nil 12 05 NIL 17 34

August Nil 05 Nil Nil Nil 05

September 12 06 06 03 06 33

November 08 04 03 02 03 20

December 10 04 06 02 Nil 22



ANNEX-6: Project-Site Photo- Log

Injury / Minor Illness Treated at Site with First Aid Kit Provision

Waste Bins Implementation at Site by the Contractor



Implementation of Safety and Information Signboards at Site

Implementation on use of PPEs at Site and Monthly Tool Box/PPEs Induction /Training



Security Accommodation Arrangement at the Storage Yard Area



Erection of Gantry Crane



Mini Bridge



LB Perimeter Wall



Unit-3 Turbine Erection



Generator Floor

Fencing done to Restrict Workers’ Movement to Agricultural Land



ANA Check-post Demolition & Transport Debris using Tripper to Stockpile at Safe Area



4 REFERENCES

• ADB, Safeguard Policy Statement - 2009

• ADB, Environmental Guidelines for Selected Industrial and Power Development Projects, 1990

• ADB, Hand Book on Social Analysis, 2007

• ADB, 2003, Environmental Assessment Guidelines

• Government of Afghanistan, 2007, Environment Law

• Government of Afghanistan, 2004, Law on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Properties

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