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Environmental Monitoring Report

Project Number: 41444-013 Semi-Annual Report November 2019

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Second

Northern GMS Transport Network Improvement

Project

Prepared by Department of Road, Ministry of Public Works and Transport 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

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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.

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GRANT 0234-LAO LAO PDR

SEMI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT

REPORT REPORTING PERIOD OF JANUARY – AUGUST 2019

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: SECOND NORTHERN GMS TRANSPORTNETWORK

IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ADB12 PROJECT

ISAN Corporation In association with Yongma Engineering (Korea) and Lao Transport Engineering Consultant (Lao PDR)

PreparedbyMinistryof PublicWorks and Transport (MPWT) For

TheAsianDevelopmentBank (ADB).

Prepared by Mr. Sae Senpaty,

National IntermittentEnvironmental Monitoring Specialist

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NOTE

(i) 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.

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ABBREVIATION

ADB – Asian Development Bank

DONRE – Department of Natural Resources and Environment

DOR – Department of Roads

DPWT – Department of Provincial Public Works and Transport

EA – Executing Agency

EMMP – Environment Management and Monitoring Plan

EMU – Environmental Management Unit

IA – Implementing Agency

IEE – Initial Environmental Examination

MONRE – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

NR6A – National Road 6A

NR6A-9KM – National Road 6A 9Km

NR6B – National Road 6B

NR6-1 – National Road 6-1

NREO – Natural Resources and Environment Office

PMU – Project Management Unit

PIO – Project Implementation Office

PPMS – Project Performance Monitoring System

PPO – Provincial Project Office

PSC – Project Steering Committee

SSO – Safeguards Officer(s)

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TableofContentsINTRODUCTION TO SEMR .................................................................................................................. 6

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 7

1.1. Summary of EMP Implementation .......................................................................................... 7

1.2. Description of monitoring activities .......................................................................................... 8

1.3. Key issues ................................................................................................................................ 9

1.4. Key activities planned in the next reporting period ................................................................. 9

1.5. Recommendation ................................................................................................................... 10

II. PROJECT OVERVIEW, GENERAL SAFEGUARD MATTERS ................................................... 11

2.1 Project Overview .................................................................................................................... 11

2.2 Project Progress .................................................................................................................... 12

2.3 Environmental Plans Implementation Arrangements ........................................................... 13

2.4 Updated EMPs, Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements ...... 14

III. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING ............................................................. 14

3.1 Status of EMP implementation (Mitigation Measures) .......................................................... 14

3.2 Health and Safety .................................................................................................................. 20

3.3 Environment Effect Monitoring .............................................................................................. 22

IV. PUBLIC CONSULTATION, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CAPABILITY BUILDING .......... 24

V. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ....................................................................................... 25

VI. CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 27

VII. ATTACHMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 28

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INTRODUCTION TO SEMR

This SEMR contains all environmental events happening during March to August 2019. Having foundthe project was having lots of environmental non-compliance issues in a period of time during the end of 2018 to the beginning of 2019, ADB has assigned an ADB social safeguard (environment) consultant to specifically perform recapitulation activities: 1) conducting environmental monitoring while 2) carrying on the job training to an EA’s environment consultant and an EHSO of the NR6-1 contractor, 3) advising the field workers to install the right signages at the right places, 4) initiating weekly work plans for the two trainees to conduct while the consultant is out of the mission, and 5) recording coming environmental issues to be either planned or closed.

The assignment of the ADB environmental consultant in the Second ADB12 project enduring from March-August 2019 has improved tremendous environmental management progress, particularly in NR6-A-9Km and NR6-1 subproject, which all are addressed in this SEMR. The content of the report is normal, just 27 pages, but the attachment is of a long list but useful, totally 15 attachments as illustrated below. Each attachment shows what has been done through ADB corrective action plans, recapitulation activities, mitigation measure made for complainants due to rock blasting impacts, and other practical environmental management to be implemented. (See the Attachment Section, on page 26, showing the details )

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. Summary of EMP Implementation 1. This Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report covering the period of January to August

2019 because of the delay report submission, presents the following key findings on contractors’

compliance to EMP and the accomplishments of NR6A PMU and NR6-1 PMU of Houaphan

Province.

2. Overall civil works in NR6A and NR6A-9KM is 100% satisfactory completion of a well paved,

nice and clean highway. However, the finalization of a) setting up of protective guard rails and b)

putting guard posts along the curves on deep Nam Haoriver bank and steep valleys, and c) painting

central delineation of road lanes with white and yellow bar marks throughout the entire stretch, are

still in slow progress, which, environmentally, all are essentially high risks for traffics.In addition,

NR6Ahas three significant environmental and social safety concerns: a) the road and river bank

would be damaged by a number of sand production businesses running inside ROW; b) accident

would be happened by residential structures are encroaching in road ROW, and the lack of road

signs been all the time stolen by village thieves.(see the details in the attachment No.2) 3. Because the overall physical construction of the NR6-1 is about 83% completed, the

remaining earth excavation, crushing activities, pipe and box culvert construction, concrete ditch

constructions along the hilly segments, rehabilitation of land slide on high mountain sides, land

stabilizations on the river sides and paddy fields, and finalization with DBST, require health and

safety management including installation of the right signages and barricades with flagmen at the

right places for a duration of time.

4. Labor camp management is totally complied to EMP: two camps, Namsim and Namnea been

removed as those bridges were totally completed; two new labor camps been rented from villagers

in the villages; others are remained in the same camps, less crowed but better conditions because

only about 3-9 workers are living in each camp. (See the details in attachment No. 8)

5. Quarry management plan both at km 130+000 and km 168 implementation compliedto EMP:

a) large warning signs installed at both ends at both Quarry Processingsites; b) quarry production

processing is gradually reduced because the products stock piles are nearly adequate and

distributed closest to every base course work site (totally eleven quarry product stock pile are

distributed along the road from Namhia to Ban Deuy village).

6. Earth work at Phouvong is nearly completed, so environmental concerns in all aspects are

minimum; box gabions installed in 2018 hold up the soil instability very well, less land slide, less

erosion, and land stability are considered good on both lower and upper parts of the road; and very

essential progress is that traffics are passing through Pouvong without any stops.

7. Waste spoil disposal activities are no longer concerned because it is more than 90%

completed; the remaining cut spoil are small quantity and would be sufficient for the construction use

and related backfillings; and the 20,000 m3 of land slide would be sufficient for back filling in the

erosion areas. (see the details in attachment No. 3)

8. In terms of social health and safety, the contractor has produced many types and large

quantity of warning signages, barricades, and employed flagmen to communicate between the

machine operators and road traffics ensuring safety for workers and community.

9. Accesses impacted by the ditch construction alongside of the road, which are significantly

useful access to offices and some individual houses located on elevated area higher than the road

have been identified and submitted to EA for consideration and to include to the contractor’s

construction design. (See the details in attachment No. 4)

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10. As soon as the encumbered area turns up to unencumbered area, various construction

activities will be going on including grubbing, excavating, cutting and filling, grading and rolling, sub-

base, base course, first layer of BST, and DBTS etc. On the environmental management side, all

social environmental safeguards have to be day to day performed, monitored and corrected. The

contractor is to install warning signages, barricades, flagman, speed limits, and to prepare

emergency funds, first aid kits with simple medication etc. (See the details in attachment No. 12)

11. GRM boxes and signboard for contact persons are now confirmed they have been installed

in every village along the NR6-1 since May 2019, and at least one member of each household in the

village know where GRM boxes and signboard is located in the village. Grievance, complaints or

even request for assistance with response and solutions have been partially recorded properly in the

contractor’s folder. The reference is available in the Contractor’s Office and in Supervision

Consultant Office.

12. In terms of grievance issues, none of any grievance been redressed in written forms of

complaints or requests prior to recapitulation activities taking place in May 2019. All grievance or

requests were directly orally made with the field staff at work sites, and whatsoever solutions been

made were without any evidence. There have been eleven cases of either proposals or requests or

grievance been made since May 2019, and all solutions made were consented in written forms

between two parties: the contractor and the AP, and witnessed by village chief and SC technical

field staff.

13. As reported, the EHSO is continuously making field visits:

1) Continuously identifying waste spoil disposal sites for the remaining of around 10,000 m3 in

the villages of Xom, Xieng, Deuy and Nam Soy,

2) Advising the field workers to keep the camps clean and good order, and ensuring the land

restoration of removed camps are well done as agreed and handing back the land owner

with minute signed by both sides,

3) Advising quarry production technicians to ensure safety for workers and community, and

inviting Army and Mine and Energy Officer to clear out all blasting equipment while removing

quarry camps,

4) Continuously introducing and instructing in details the impacted HH how to address their

impacted problems and ask for solution orally or in written forms.

5) Continuously identifying the access to public entity and some individual houses and

elaborating the plans with the contractor and EA,

6) Continuously instructing the drivers to strictly apply speed limits, and instructing the field

workers to install the right signagesand barricades at the right work type/site; and to spay the

road only in the hot day,

7) Advising the field workers to inform the nearby community to be prepared whenever there is

a rock blasting activity, and

8) Informingthe workers to continuously wear the right protective devices/uniforms for the right

professions and work performance.

1.2. Description of monitoring activities

14. Monitoring activities during the reporting period (Feb-Aug 2019) particularly during recapitulation activities included:

a) Formal discussion with some contractor engineers and the DTL/SC and field staff of NR6A and NR6-1 about the next construction schedule and how to incorporate with the existing CEMP

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b) Consultation and meetings was made with the EA from Vientiane, PMU in Houaphan Province,

c) Field visits were made to every construction site and naturally disaster damaged site along the length of the NR6A and NR6-1 to observe the environmental management implementation status, and what specific environmental issues to be additionally and potentially focused both immediately and regularly.

d) Public consultation and meetings with some farmer householdsimpacted by cutting slopes in Namhia village, and impacted by rock blasting at Ban Nathene village.

e) Visited the flood sites in NR6-1 sub-project including villages, paddy fields, and land slide and erosion on NR6-1 caused by floods, and ended with consultation with Viengxay District Administration Office about the volume damage and future response by the District and the Province.

f) The tool for monitoring activity was fully dependent upon the checklist as reference of the 1) CAP from the previous ADB mission report and 2) the list of environmental management outstanding mentioned from the recent (6-11/May/2019) recapitulation report, and informal discussion for further investigation about floods, land slide and erosion

1.3. Key issues 15. The findings from the response of CAP by both Special ADB Mission in March 2019, and

Regular ADB Mission 3-7 March 2019, mainly the un-complied issues in relation to remaining

laborcamp management and restoration, quarry continuous management, and GRM minimum

functioning, which all can be corrected the sooner or later.

16. Three significant environmental and social safety concerns in NR6A:

a) A number of sand production businesses running inside ROW on the river bank side of the

road and may cause damages to both the road and the river bank,

b) Road accidents can be happened anytime due to individual residential structures are

encroaching road ROW:posts of individual structures are located at the shoulder of the road;

and the roof is 1.0 meter inwards the road,

c) Road accidents can be happened anytime due to lack of road signs and related road

furniturebecause they are all the time stolen by the village thieves, and

17. Traffic and community safety are the only major concerns in NR6-1, which will be caused

bythe following construction activities:

a) 55 points of land slide removal and 12 land stabilization rehabilitation activities,

b) 41 pipe culvert and 2 box culvert construction,

c) 55 Km of DBST work, plus kilometres of sub-base and base-course, and BST first layer

construction activities, and

d) 10 newly unencumbered villageswith cut and fill activities, land preparation, house renovation

and material movement,

1.4. Key activities planned in the next reporting period

18. There are four key activities in NR6A in relation to significant environmental potential impact.

In NR6A includes: 1) How are the local administrations including district and village levels to handle

the theft problem; 2) How are the local administrations including district and village levels to handle

Individual residential household to stop encroaching road ROW too much, and 3) How are the local

administrations including district and village levels to handle sand production businesses to comply

to CEMP.

19. In NR6-1, the essential environmental management implementation plan is to have a

capable contractor EHSO who is capable at a) documenting the environmental happenings

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including CAP and GRM, and b) monitoring and advising the field workers to perform good

environmental management ensuring health and safety to workers and community/traffics,

particularly in installation of the right signages and barricades at the right work typed and sites,

applying some active and knowledgeable flagmen, and adequate water spraying during the hot days

in the community areas, and typically during the construction of the following activities:

1) Removal of fifty five land slide,

2) Twelve erosion rehabilitation plus box gabion and wall retaining constructions,

3) Forty three Pipe and box culvert constructions,

4) Kilometers of sub-base, base course, BST, and 55 KM of DBST work,

5) Eleven stock piles distributed on the road,

6) Various construction activities in the coming ten unencumbered area and villages.

1.5. Recommendation20. For the cases in NR6A, it is recommended that:

1) In case of signs stolen, a consent between the concerned village leaders and an authority at

any level of the Viengxay and Sobbao District Administration or and c concerned Houaphanh

Provincial Administration to authorize the village leaders to take over responsibility for

arresting thefts taking away the road furniture. The punishment can be either imprisoning or

financial fines;

2) Incase of encroaching to ROW, either the PPWT department or just Township Planning

Section or whatsoever to conduct a survey and mobilize the households to remove the posts

of the houses or/and fences at least 2 meters away from the shoulder of the road or outside

the ROW,

3) In case of sand business, the sand businesses are to a) be relocated 2 meters away from the

ROW, b) put on cement slab floor in the sand sucking and storage area, and c) make

drainage for water to go back to the river in order to maintain earth stability on the river bank.

21. For the cases in NR6-1, as per the requirement of a capable EHSO, environmental

management issues in relation to social safety, it is recommended that:

1) Keep the existing EHSO,

2) The EHSO is to give clear instructions some fields workers in knowing better how and where

to install the right sinages at the right place,

3) The EHSO is to produce adequate signages and barricaded to be installed wherever and

whenever necessary, and

4) Make sure that time for holding traffic standby waiting must not beso long time-consuming.

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II. PROJECT OVERVIEW, GENERAL SAFEGUARD MATTERS 2.1 Project Overview

Project Background

22. The 2nd Northern Greater Mekong Sub region Transport Network Improvement Project (the

Project) was approved on 25 November 2010 in the amount of $20 million from ADB Grant 0234. It

is also funded from OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Loan 8255 in the amount of

$12.0 million and Loan 8310 in the $9.0 million, and Government of Lao PDR contribution of $13.3

million. The expected impact of the project is to increase international trade in the GMS north-

eastern corridor and increase economic growth in the project area. The project outcome is the

transport on the project sections of the corridor becomes more efficient. The project has two outputs:

(i) improved the GMS north-eastern corridor in Lao PDR and Vietnam; and (ii) improved road safety

on the project sections of the north-eastern corridor. The grant will finance improvement of 143 km

of road sections, namely NR6-1, NR6A, and NR6B, and additional 9km section route connecting

Hanglong to Viengxai districts. The executing agency (EA) of the project is Ministry of Public Works

and Transport (MPWT); the implementing agency (IA) is Department of Roads (DOR), MPWT. The

original grant closing date of 31 December 2016 was later extended to 31 December 2020.

Project Description

Subproject Name

Project Road Section

From KM to KM

Roads length (km)

Progress Status

NR6A Hang Long- Sop Bao 0-60.62 60.62 On-going completion

NR6B, Namma Bridge

Sop Bao-Pahang 0-26.1, Namma Bridge

26.1 Completed Warranty period

NR6A-9 km NR6A Junction - Viengxay District Head Quarter

0-9 Km, 9 Just completed

NR6-1 ViengXai-Nam Soi 119-174.33 55.33 On-going construction

Total: 151.05

Purpose of Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (EMR)

23. This First Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report of 2019 covers the months January

to June (can be up to August, the last Recapitulation Mission), basically presents the progress status

of contractors’ EMP safeguard compliance as well as the EA and PMU milestones in meeting civil

works targets for NR6A, NR6A-9KM, and NR6-1 subprojects.

Report Format and Preparation

24. This report is structured and formatted based on ADB’s SEMR template provided. It includes

progress status on EMP implementation and compliance, public consultation, Grievance Redress

Mechanism, environmental issues and concerns, recommendations and future actions. Tables and

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attachments are appended as support data and documents to substantiate the claims and findings

presented in the said report.

25. Preparing the Environmental Management Report (SEMR) involves DOR, PMU of NR6A and

NR6-1. The monthly environmental issues and concerns are obtained and consolidated by the

environmental officers of PMU of NR6A and PMU of NR6-1, and the contractor’s EHSO.

26. The field inspection in some construction sites of the three subprojects: NR6A, NR6A-9KM,

and NR6-1 were made weekly by the PMU in conjunction with EHSO and sometimes with EA’s

consultant. The intermittent ADB environmental monitoring specialist does the most information

consolidation and develops the report in accordance with ADB SEMR template. Once the SEMR is

completed, the first draft is submitted to PMU of NR6A and PMU of NR6-1, and the SCfor comments

prior to submission to ADB.

2.2 Project Progress

Table 1: Project Overview, Snapshot of Project Progress

Project Number and Title: GRANT 0234-LAO LAOPDR

Safeguards Category

Environment B

Indigenous Peoples B

Involuntary Resettlement

A

Reporting period: August 2019

Last report date: February 2019

Key activities of NR6B Subproject since last report

Road and bridges with asphalt application was 100% completed Ground restoration and slope stabilization: 100% done Guard rails, guard post with traffic reflectors and road marks: 100%

completed

Key activities of NR6A Subproject since last report

Road and bridges with asphalt application was 100% completed Ground restoration and slope stabilization is on-gong completion

progress) Guard rails, guard post with traffic reflectors and road marks is 50%

completed

Key activities of NR6A-9KM Subproject since last report

Road and bridges with asphalt application was 100% completed Ground restoration and slope stabilization is 100% completed

Guard rails, guard post with traffic reflectors and road marks is 50% completed

Key activities of NR6-1 Subproject since last report

NR6-1 Road Design (Km 119-174)

Road design completed 100%

Review drawing at village remained un-completed 15 points

at encumbered area

PreparatoryWork Clearing completed 49.5 km or 90%

Common excavation completed 49.5 km or 90%

Embankment completed 44 km or 80%

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Subgrade completed 38 Km or 69%

Sub-base completed 37 Km or 67%

Base Course completed 31.5 Km or 57%

Prime Coat completed 28 Km or 51%

Seal cost layer 1 completed 23.5 Km or 43%

Drainage work Ditch lining completed 19 Km or 35%

Installation pipe culvert completed 21 or 34%

Installation of box culvert completed 10 or 83%%

Structure work Ground restoration is on-going progress

Guard rail and guard posts remained uninstalled

Slope protection gabion mattress, abutment AB

Nam Sim Bridge Construction 100% completed

Ground restoration is on-going progress


Namnea Bridge Construction 100% completed

Ground restoration and slope stabilization is 100% completed


Guard rails, guard post with traffic reflectors and road marks are on-going in progress

Construction Activities in Ten Un-Encumbered Villages Grubbing,

Excavating,

Cutting and filling,

Grading and rolling,

Sub-base, base course,

Fairst layer of BST, and DBTS etc.

Pipe culverts

Retaining wall

Residential land preparation and

Material movement

Report prepared by: Mr. Sae Senpaty, ADB Social Safeguards (environmental) Specialist , field assessment assisted by PMU officers and EHSO of contractors

2.3 Environmental Plans Implementation Arrangements

Overall Project Implementation Arrangement

27. The executing agency (EA) is the Ministry Public Work and Transport (MPWT). MPWT is

responsible for overall project management and coordination. MPWT has delegated day-to-day

management of the Project to the Provincial Department of Road (PPDR), which has established

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two Provincial Project Implementation Units (PPMU), one is responsible for NR6A and 9Km, and the

other is responsible for NR6-1 in Houaphan Province.

Role and Responsibilities for Monitoring of EMP Implementation

28. An Environmental Management Unit (EMU) is set up within the DOR, responsible for

supervision on environmental management and for environmental monitoring. The major

responsibilities of the EMU is to ensure that:

a. The mitigation measures and monitoring of these activities are being carried out as agreed in the IEEs and EMPs.

b. The environmental monitoring program, comprising of visual inspections is being carried out. c. Reporting is performed in compliance with ADB and GOL requirements, and as specified in

this document.

29. EMU is also responsible for environmental monitoring during project implementation by the main contractor, the sub-contractors, the Supervision Engineer, and the communities. The EMP guides the EMU in determining whether the recommended mitigation measures prior to construction, and during construction and operation, are being implemented effectively. Environmental monitoring results are documented and reviewed to ensure that signs of adverse impacts are detected at an early stage and that actions for mitigation are taken. Monitoring results are reported monthly by the EMU and are submitted to the PPMU, who in turn submit them to the DOR for approval and finally submits it the ADB.

2.4 Updated EMPs, Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements

30. None of any EMPs have been updated up till now. Instead, the EMP implementation was

always followed by the ADB Mission’s MOU. Particularly for this SEMR (Jan-June or Jan-August)

2019, the EMP implementation and reporting is specifically followed with the CAP by the ADB

Special Administration Mission during 3-7 March 2019 and the recapitulation work March-August

2019. All necessary recapitulation activities in NR6A and NR6A-9KM NR6-1 have been carried out

during March to August 2019 as illustrated in details in the following table and CAP implementation

in the Environmental Performance Monitoring in the next Section.

III. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING 3.1 Status of EMP implementation (Mitigation Measures)

31. This report has entirely referred to a) EMP and CEMP, b) Corrective Action Plan in the ADB

Aide Memoir prepared by ADB Special Safeguards Review Mission, 11-13 December 2018, c) ADB

Mission 22-27 March 2019, and d) ADB’s Environmental Consultant’s Recapitulation Report

No.1,2,3,4 and 5 during March-August 2019

Table 2: Compliance with EMP Requirements (Environmental Performance)

EMP Requirements

Compliance Status(Yes

, No,Partiall

y)

Comment or Reasons for

Non-Compliance

Issues for

Further Action

Air Quality Fully

Watering of exposed surfaces and crusher operation, covering of stockpiles.

Partially Not enough, once a day

Need more

Controlling exhaust emission of the construction vehicles and equipment. Partially

Not well maintained

Need be improved

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Limiting vehicles speed in borrow pit and associated areas less than 25 km/hr.

yes

Controlling dust dispersion by providing strip of tree as buffer zone. Partially Cannot do

Transportation route of quarry material is far away from sensitive receptors.

Partially Very close No other option

Cleaning wheels of vehicles before leaving quarry and borrow pit areas. yes

Workers wear mask when working in quarry/ borrow pit. yes

Noise and Vibration

The distance between noise and vibration generating activities is far away from sensitive receptors enough to reduce noise impacts.

yes

Using the equipment and machine by low noise type and equipped with noise silencers.

yes

Inspection and maintenance of transportation vehicles and equipment to control noise emission.

yes

Limiting working hour at quarry, borrow pit area and transportation during daytime.

yes

Transportation route is away from sensitive area. yes

Limiting vehicles speed in borrow pit areas and associated areas less than 25 km/hr.

yes

Controlling the maximum weight loads (not over 25 ton-truck). yes

The workers wearing ear muffs or ear plugs in work place that noise level exceed 90 dB(A) for 8-10 hours continuously.

yes

Workers are rotated every 15 days in work place that noise level exceed 90 DB(A) for 8-10 hours continuously. No Cannot do

Too limited area

Topography/Visual

Clearing of vegetation will be minimized and the use of existing cleared areas will be maximized.

Yes

All infrastructure and equipment will be sited to maximize screening from public vantage points.

Yes

Clearing of large trees and shrubs will be restricted to that area required for the ultimate quarry operation.

yes

Erosion/Sedimentation

Clearing of vegetative groundcover will be restricted to that area required for test material excavation, internal access road development, establishment of the crushing plant and other required site infrastructure.

Partially Cannot do No need

Restricting clearing of vegetative groundcover during rainy season to the maximum extent feasible.

Yes

Using phased development schedule for quarry and borrow pit to minimize risk to erosion to the maximum extent feasible.

yes

Topsoil from the sites will be cleared and stockpiled for use in the ultimate site rehabilitation activities.

No

Implementation and rehabilitation in working area after termination. yes

Divert clean run off from passing through the quarry and borrow pit areas. yes

Drainage/Water Quality

Sediment basins of adequate size with straw bale filter to cater for all contaminated run off from the site will be implemented at each of the sites as practical.

Partially Cannot do Limited

area

Divert clean run off from passing through the quarry and borrow pit areas. Partially Cannot do

Limited area

Protected Areas

No establishment and operation within and in the vicinity of the project alignment that traverses Phouvong mountainous area where is District Protected Area watershed designated areas along road NR6-1

yes

No construction related activities and facilities within the boundaries of the District Protected watershed designated areas.

yes

Heating Bitumen and Bitumen drums

Air Quality

The distance between heating bitumen is far away from sensitive receptors enough to reduce dust impacts.

yes

Regular maintenance of transportation vehicles and equipment to control exhaust emission.

yes

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Stockpile of aggregate shall be protected from wind or using cover material, regular water spraying to suppress dust.

yes

Loading and unloading of raw materials (aggregate) are carried out in closed area to control dust dispersion.

yes

The exhaust of the dryer heater and particulate matter (dust) generated within the rotary drums is collected and routed to treatment unit such as bughouse for emission control.

yes

Bitumen storage container has to be free from leakage to control emission of volatile organic compound into atmosphere.

yes

Clean wheels of vehicles before leaving bitumen heating. yes

When working in heating bitumen 8 to 10 hours long consecutively, workers shall wear mask to prevent dust dispersion.

yes

Noise and Vibration

The separation distance between noise generating activities and community, labour camps, school, temple and national park will be maximized as far as practical to reduce noise impacts.

Yes

Regular inspect and maintenance of transportation vehicles and equipment to control noise emission.

Yes

Transportation route shall be away from community, temple, school and national park areas as far as practical.

Yes

Vehicles speed in bitumen transport to the spraying of road surface will be limited to typically less than 25 km/hr to control noise/vibration level.

Yes

The vehicles must strictly follow the traffic law. The maximum 25 ton-truck is permitted to pass community or commercial areas or sensitive receptor (health center, temple, school etc.).

Yes

Protected Areas


Yes


Yes

Temporary Stock Pile

Air Quality

The separation distance between heating bitumen area and community, labour camps, school, temple, will be maximized as far as practical to reduce dust impacts.

Yes

Regular maintenance of transportation vehicles and equipment to control exhaust emission.

Yes

Stockpile of aggregate shall be protected from wind or using cover material, regular water spraying to suppress dust.

Partially Too short distance

Loading and unloading of raw materials (aggregate) have to be carried out in closed area to control dust dispersion.

Yes

All vehicle movements will be confined to designated access routes and haul roads.

Yes

Never overfill the vehicle compartment to prevent falling of spoil materials on to public road.

Yes

Erosion/Sedimentation

Spoil disposal area will not located in identified floodway’s or flood storage areas.

Yes

Diversion banks will be constructed uphill of stockpiles where there is a potential for run-off to erode the base of the stockpile

Partially Limited area

Silt fences will be constructed downstream of stockpiles to control runoff. Partially Limited area

Spoil placement activities will be contained within designated boundaries. Yes

Prepare and implement spoil disposal area rehabilitation plan such as vegetation or grassing of the area.

Yes

Spoil placement activities will be staged with progressive rehabilitation whenever possible.

Yes


Diversion banks will be constructed uphill of stockpiles where there is a potential for run-off to erode the base of the stockpile.

Partially Too steeper

Silt fences will be constructed downstream of stockpiles to control runoff. Partially Too steeper

Silt fences will be constructed downstream of stockpiles to control runoff. Partially Too steeper

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Protected Areas


Yes


Yes

Campsite/Construction Area

Air Quality Yes

Burning of solid wastes is prohibited withinlabour and construction camps.

Yes

Cleaning wheels of vehicles before leaving labour and construction camps.

Partially Road too

dirty


The labour camp is located at least 100 m. from surface water and will not locate in floodway or flood storage area.

Yes

Domestic wastewater from labour camp is treated by onsite septic treatment unit or appropriate treatment system.

Yes

Wastewater treatment unit is located at least 30 m. from drainage course. Yes

Wastewater collection system is separated from storm water collection system.

Yes

Providing sufficiently solid waste bin within campsite. Yes

The solid waste is storage in covered bin or under roof area. Yes

Flora/Fauna/Rare and Endangered Species

Remove and replant in the public area, school, right of way or other areas after consultation with DOR and qualified botanist/ biologist. Removal shall be finished during pre-construction period.

Yes

All rare and endangered flora species in the construction area must be removed by digging with all roots to plant at nursery area provided. The number of kind and species of each flora most be recorded.

Yes

The removal of soil from excavation, the movement of equipments or machine using medium or big trucks has to do carefully in order not to hurt the flora nearby.

Yes

Protected Areas


Yes

Burning of solid wastes is prohibited withinlabour and construction camps. Yes

Equipment Maintenance Yes

Soil and Water Quality

Using raised, covered and/or enclosed storage facilities for hydraulic oil, lubricating oil, solvents and other chemicals use in maintenance work.

Yes

Maintenance work should carry out on solid, under roof and on impervious surface to protect spill from rain and enhance spill cleaned up.

Yes

Provide berm, ditches and or impervious liners in vehicle/ equipment maintenance area to provide containment and prevent of discharge in case of spill.

Yes

Properly maintaining all construction equipment and vehicles. Yes

Storing absorbent (sand, sawdust etc.) and clean-up materials on site locations where they are readily accessible.

Yes

Spent hydraulic oil, lubricating oil, solvent will be collected in closed container for reuse, recycle. Discharge to drain, soil or water course is prohibited.

Yes

Contaminated parts such as oil filter, container, hydraulic tube, will be collected in closed container and return to supplier or disposal.

Yes

Protected Area Yes


Yes


Yes

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Table 3: Issues for Further Action Issue Required Action Responsib

le person and timing

Solution

Old Issues from Previous Reports

Quarry management plan both at km 130+000 and km 168

1) Quarry at km 130: remove the stock pile of quarry production out from the nearest paddy field

Contractor Done 31st May 2019

Installation of large visible signage

2) Quarry km 130 and km 168: Install of 1x2 meter sized signages at both ends of the quarry using the most appropriate and visible and understandable wordings

Contractor Done 31st May 2019

Evidence for the use of quarry

3) Quarry km 130 and km 168: provide evidence of a) quarry, and b) the land surrounding the quarry in which been impacted by the quarry production processing

Contractor (EHSO)

Done 31st May 2019

Labor camp Restoration Plan

4) Keep on the inspecting all camp ensuring all are well managed, and specifically emphasized upon the camps at km 132+000 and 134+000 to be complied with EMP

Contractor (EHSO)

Continuously

Camp management plan 5) Identify and check the camps which will be closed up and removed the new working sites: a) the land is restored as agreed with the land owners, and b) minute of handing back the land to the owner is made,

Contractor (EHSO)

Done 31st May 2019

Making GRM function, local people well aware to propose and satisfy with good solutions

6) Continue introducing and instructing in details the impacted HH how to address their impacted problems and ask for construction orally or in written forms.

EHSO and SC

Continuously

Identification of access requirement to public entity due to the impact of high cut at the road

7) The access requirement has already been done in 11 villages out of 21 villages. The identification is precisely targeted at public entity such village/cluster offices, schools, hospitals, military, police offices, and individual houses. The identified cases should be introduced and discussed with the contractor and SC so that the solution can be planned scheduled instead of waiting for complaints from AP.

Contractor (EHSO)

11 villages with 16 accesses been identified, Completed in May 2019

New Issues from this Report NR6A

Seven sand producing business in 4 villages in NR6A

Move sand business 2 meters from ROW

DPPWT, District. Village chief

December 2019

Three individual structure are encroached the road



December 2019

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shoulder

Theft taken away road furniture



December 2019

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Four land owners requires evidence for waste disposal

Make evidence for waste disposal for the rest of four households

Contractor EHSO

December 2019

Twenty one access planning in 10 villages need to be consented and elaborated with EA and contractor

Ask the EA and the contractors to elaborate the Access plan to village/cluster offices, schools, hospitals, military, police offices, and some individual houses. The plan must include technical specification, volume of work, budget, date, participation, contribution etc., ensuring the solution must be properly done instead of waiting for complaints from AP

Contractor EHSO CE PMU SC

December 2019

Ground restoration along the road is on-going progress

Make sure land restoration must be done as agreed upon between the contractor and the land owner based on written minutes.

Contractor December 2019

GRM and updating the GRM records

Keep on training AP to be well aware how to contact whom and when they have problems and keep on updating the mitigations made

Contractor EHSO

December 2019

Labor camp management Keep on the inspecting all camp ensuring all are well managed, and specifically emphasized upon the camps at km 132+000 and 134+000 to be complied with EMP

Contractor EHSO

Continuously until project completion

Provision of evidence for the remain spoil waste disposal

Continue identifying spoil disposal sites for the remaining of around 10,000 m3 in the villages of: Som at km 164+700; Xieng at km 166+000; Deuy at km 168+800; and Nam Soi at km 174+033,

Contractor EHSO

December 2019

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3.2 Health and Safety

32. None of any accident involving injury or death of workers or community members have ever

occurred or reported though a huge risk is assumed due to the construction activities are almost all

located in very dangerous areas, curving and mountainous terrain, high elevated excavation or cut,

10 meters above the road and steeper cliff down to water in the lower part of the road

Table 4: Health and Safety Issues

Issue Required Action Responsible persons and timing

Solution and Time Frame

Old Issues from Previous Reports

1) Dust cause by transport trucks in community areas

Water spray on the road in the community area at least once a day especially only in the dry day

Contractor Continuously until project completion

2) Construction activities going on at construction sites

Instruct the labors to drive in limited speed and also Install the signage with lower steep in the community area at unpaved segment and at every construction site

EHSO Continuously until project completion

3) Excavation activities on high slope mountains and holes for pipe and box culvert construction

Install the right signages at the right work type/site, but barricades are to be installed at the hole like work, high slope excavation work and other related construction machines being operated,

Contractor (EHSO)


4) Wearing self and professional protective gears

Ensure all workers wearing the right uniforms with the right professional protective device at work

Contractor (EHSO)


5) Limited knowledge where to install signages

Immediate and on the site instruction to labors to install the right signages at the right places/distance

Contractor (EHSO)


6) Dust and emission air Advice the contractor to spray on the road in the community especially in the new encumbered villages area at least once a day especially only in the dry day

Contractor (EHSO)


7) Limit speed Keep on instructing the drivers to drive in limited speed and instruct the field workers install the speed limit signages at the right construction site

Contractor (EHSO)


8) Blasting schedule Keep on informing the community in advance to be prepared at least three days prior to start the construction activities in unencumbered areas, the villages that have just been compensated, and also inform them the expected date of completion

Contractor (EHSO)


New issues from this report

1) Lots of preparatory In terms of environmental compliance, Contractor Until the project

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activities are on-going and finishing along the length of NR6-1, will be disturbing the traffics as indicated below:

traffic safety is the fundamental requirements. The EHSO must all the time make sure that all the right siganges and barricades installed at the right places on both work ends

EHSO completion

2) 5.5 km of clearing need to be implemented

Install the right warning signages, barricades, and flagmen assigned on both work ends

Contractor EHSO

Until the project completion

3) 11 Km of embankment need to be constructed


Contractor EHSO


4) 17 km of subgrade is completing


Contractor EHSO


5) 18 km of sub-base is completing


Contractor EHSO


6) 24.5 km of base course is completing


Contractor EHSO


7) 27 km of prime course is completing


Contractor EHSO


8) 32.5 km of seal cost layer 1 is completing


Contractor EHSO


9) 35 km of ditch lining is completing


Contractor EHSO


10) 42 pipe culverts to be installed (See attachment No. 9)


Contractor EHSO


11) 2 box culvert to be constructed (See attachment No. 9)


Contractor EHSO


12) Slope protection gabion mattress, abutment AB ( c)


Contractor EHSO


13) Removal of land slide at 55 sites (See attachment No.7)


Contractor EHSO


14) Repair/Cutting slope (see attachment No.7)


Contractor EHSO


15) Construction of retaining wall at 12 erosion sites (See attachment No. 11)


Contractor EHSO


16) 11 sites of stockpiles on the road (See attachment No.1)


Contractor EHSO


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17) Ten Un-Encumbered Areas and Villages

grubbing, excavating, c cutting and filling, grading and rolling, sub-base, base course, first layer of BST, and

DBTS etc.

Day to day performed, monitored and corrected. The contractor is to install warning

signages, barricades, flagman, speed limits, and to prepare emergency funds, first aid kits with simple medication etc.

(See the details in attachment No.12)

Contractor EHSO


18) Ground restoration is on-going progress


Contractor EHSO


19) Structure work: Guardrail and guard posts will be completing after the completion of the road construction

Provide intensive training to the villagers the use of guardrails and guard posts. They are for accident protection not for parking bicycles and motorcycles or related recreation.

Contractor EHSO


3.3 Environment Effect Monitoring

33. There is not Environment Effect Monitoring specified in the Project EMP. Therefore, this

report really does not address the natural disaster as part of the SEMR, but the SEMR just clearly

shows and confirms that:

Whether or not the floods was caused by the ADB 12 Project; What was the flood like What are the natural creeks conjunct to the river along the NR6-1 causing some damage to

NR6-1 When the flood started and ended How the stakeholders immediately responded he floods What damages caused by the floods (people’s property, project property, provincial and

district communal property etc. (see the details in the attachment No. 13) Over-Control Natural Disaster 34. It is really an over-control natural disaster, as heavy rain coming very quickly in all over

Viengxay District,area during 1st to 4th August 2019, causing tremendous damages in both inside

and outside of Project Area.

What caused the Floods related to NR6-1 Project? 35. Phoun River is the main river along the left hand side of the NR6-1, the Xang River is upper

tributary of Phoun river, and Nga River is another lower tributary conjunct to Phoun river

What, how and when was happening? 36. Heavy rain started on 1st August 2019, the flush was gradually raising up from 2nd August

2019, starting raising up very high about from 8:30 of 3rd August 2019, taking within 20 minutes to

damage everything. The big flush was lasting several hours and lowering down to normal level late

on 4th August

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What are the damages affected the Community? 37. NR6-1 road was cut off 40 meters long and 7 meters wide, and box gabion separated from

the road disposed in the river.

38. Paddy field is the main asset was damaged by the flood. Rice plants were washed away and

replaced with sediment of gravel and sand. A total damaged paddy area is 23.72 ha, and out of

these:

9.52 ha. belongs to Phoumai village;

5.60 ha. brlongs to Xieng village;

3.68 ha. belongs to Som village; and

4.92 ha. belongs to Deui village.

What are the consequent impacts expected to impacted farmers? 1) The affected farmers will have a huge annual rice deficit the coming harvest season

2) The affected farmers need a huge amount of credit loans for rehabilitation of the paddy fields

as good as normal or prior to floods

None of any irrigation schemes from Phoun May to Deuy village been damaged, all are in

normal condition and can be used normally used.

Institutional Response/Immediate Action 1) Viengxay District authority assigned 50 men to go to Hindam but only 18 reached the village

others remained in the way.

2) The NR6-1 Contractor went to the scene at night of 2nd August watching the damage and

request for his men and machine to rehabilitate road as quickly as possible enabling traffics

passing by as usual

What did the damages effect the NR6-1 Road Construction Land Slide in Project Area 39. A huge land slide occurred at the cut slopes along the length of the NR6-1. Totally land slide

occurred at 55 spots, 20 spots are on the left hand sides and 35 on the right hand side. The land

slide piling on the road varies from 2-8 meters wide and 10-121 meters long blocking the road, with

the volumes of earth varies from 18 m3-2,900 m3, causing traffics stopped for a few days. The

project undertook an immediate action to remove parts of the slide earth away wide enough for a

large transport passing but not reconciling right after the rain stopped. (See the detailed data in the PDF file No.7)

Erosion in Project Area 40. Because of the huge floods, there are a number of land erosions occurred on the lower parts

of the road, river and paddy fields. There are a total 12 spots, 4 spots on the left hand side and 8

spots on the right hand side of the road. The length of erosion varies from 17 meters to 118 meters,

with the volume for backfield would vary from 102 m3 to 1,180 m3. The repair erosion on the lower

parts of the road has now been designed as box gabion. Both the land slide and erosion data have

already been measured and estimated the bill of quantity to be submitted to DOR for additional

financial requests.

Conclusion Regarding Floods It is confirmed that the flood is not caused by any construction Component of the ADB 12

Project at all

It is again confirmed causing by the over control natural disaster

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Two tributaries of Nam Phoun River, which was additionally increasing the water to Phoun

River very quickly and with enormous volume is Nam Nga River and Nam Xang River.

Viengxay District authority assigned 50 men combined of military, and civil service to go to

Hindam but only 18 reached the village while others remained in the way because the flush

of flood was so high.

The NR6-1 Contractor went to the scene at night of 2nd August watching the damage and

request for his men and machine to rehabilitate road as quickly as possible enabling traffics

passing by as usual

The Agriculture and Forestry Office of Viengxay is now on surveying and estimating the loss

caused by the floods in overall district villages.

The Vietnamese association in Viengxay organized a meeting on 11th August requesting for

charity and voluntary contribution to the flood affected households for both in Laos and

Vietnam sides. The result of the meeting,Viengxay has received 1,500,000 (one million five

hundred thousand Kip) and some cases of dried noodle from the Vietnamese Association

IV. PUBLIC CONSULTATION, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CAPABILITY BUILDING

41. Monitoring activities during the reporting period (Feb-Aug 2019) particularly during

recapitulation activities included consultation and meetings with a) some contractor engineers and

the DTL/SC and field staff of NR6A and NR6-1 about the next construction schedule and how to

incorporate with the existing CEMP and b) EA from Vientiane, and PMU in Houaphan Province,

42. Field visits were made to every construction site and naturally disaster damaged site along

the length of the NR6A and NR6-1 to observe the environmental management implementation

status, and what specific environmental issues to be additionally and potentially focused both

immediately and regularly.

43. Public consultation and meetings with some farmer households impacted by cutting slopes in

Namhia village, and impacted by rock blasting at Ban Nathene village, and GRM issues in 10

villages from Nam Hia to ban Deui

44. Visited the flood sites in NR6-1 sub-project including villages, paddy fields, and land slide

and erosion on NR6-1 caused by floods, and ended with consultation with Viengxay District

Administration Office about the volume damage and future response by the District and the

Province.

Table 5: Public Consultation

Date Consultation Activity Issue discussed Solution to be

made

Plan for next

reporting Date Meeting with Village

Leader and household of Navid

about waste rock blocking irrigation canal

Already done

Meeting with Village Leader and household of Nahia

about paddy field destroyed by bridge construction

Already done

Meeting Mr at Nahia village

about destroyed the paddy fields and compensated with 5.5 million Kip

Already done

Meeting with village leader of Kangmeuang village

about how to cope up road construction in the village after compensation is

The contractor is prepared

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made

Meeting with Kangmong village

about instructing about the process of grievance redressing

Consultation made for several times

13/8/19 Meeting with District Administration

about floods in Viengxay district, particular in NR6-1 perimeter

For information

Meeting with Village chief of Phounmai

about loss of paddy fields by floods in August 2019

For information

Meeting with woman shop keeper

about how to cope up rice deficit in the coming year

For information

Meeting with AP in Nathen about houses impacted by rock blasting with new alignment along the new bridge construction

Already done

Meeting with the village leader of Meuangsua

about the theft, stealing road furniture

Need further discussion

Meeting with Mrs xx at Phounmai village

about waste spoil disposal sites

Already done

Meeting with Mrs at xx village

about waste spoil disposal sites

Already done

V. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM

45. Three fundamental improvements were made for Grievance Redress Mechanismduring

March-August 2019:(See the details in the attachment No.5 and No. 14) 1) Improving GRM signboard wording and installation of GRM boxes and contact sign boards at

the same places

2) Advising every village at least one member of each household in the village know where the

GRM box and signboard located in the village and how to perform their complaints correctly

and effectively;

3) Making the grievance, complaints or even request for assistance with response and solutions

have been partially recorded properly in the contractor’s folder, available in the Contractor’s

Office and in Supervision Consultant Office

46. It is now confirmed that a GRM box and a signboard for contact persons have already been

installed in every village along the NR6-1 since May 2019. The table below shows how the GRM

have been functioning.

Grievance and Solutions Were Well Performed 47. As the results of the right signboard wordings and installation of GRM boxes and signboards

at the rights places, there are eleven grievance/request in oral formsand some solutions were made

in eight villages during April-June 2019 as indicated as follows:

1) As requested by some famers in Phounneua, Phousan, Kang-Meuang, villages, the

contractor removed the spoil materials from the paddy field because water from upstream

could not discharge into paddy field;

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2) As requested by some farmers inNamhia and Kangmeuang, the contractor converted the

direction of water to flow to irrigation canal the pipe culvert directly discharge water to paddy

area;

3) As requested by Nahia, Phounkang and Phouneua, the contractor changed the water flow

from stream to paddy field,

4) As per request by Phounkang and kangmeuang village, the contractor supportedto

excavated the village drainage;

5) As per request by Kho and Nahia village, the contractor to support to back fill to the village

paddy. (See the details of all above, in the attachment No. 6)

Grievance Solution for Three Households Impacted by Rock Blasting on NR6A-9Km in Naphene Village of Viengxay District 48. During a month of rock blasting activities, three houses located right the side of the road and

very closed to the blasting area were damaged: the severely affected household is Mr.Viengkham

losing 90 sheets of fibber cements, the medium affected if Mr. Kham On, losing 40 sheets of fiber

cements, and the marginally affected is Mr.Phonethip, losing only 7 sheets of fiber cements (see the details in the attachment No. 15).

49. All three affected households whose house roofs were impacted by falling of blasted pieces

of rock have already been compensated: the most severely one was compensated with the total of

2,136,000 Kip; the medium affected was compensated with a total of 749,000 Kip; and the least

affected was compensated with a total of 257,000 Kip. All were happy with the compensation and

roofs of all affected houses been completely repaired. The consultant was working with the

contractor’s technical staff, contractor’s EHSO, the supervision consultants and EA’s environmental

consultant as listed below and (see the details in the attachment No. 15)

Participants:

1. Mr. Sae Senpaty, ADB Intermittent Social Safeguard (Environment) Consultant’ 2. Mr.Chittakone, the DPMU of NR6A also responsible for NR6A 9km, 3. Mr.Somphit DTL of SC for NR6A also responsible for NR6A 9km, 4. Mr.Thanongsith the EA environmental consultant 5. Mr. Phone the contractor’s EHSO for NR6A also responsible for NR6A 9km, 6. Mr. Le Van Quyen, the contractor’s rock blasting technician, 7. Mr.Mr.Pemkham, the village leader of Nathene village, and

Three Members of affected households including: 8. Ms.Lian (Mr.Viengkham’s daughter in law), 9. Ms.Phoui (Mrs. Kham On), and 10. Mr.Phonethip.

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VI. CONCLUSION

50. There were numbers of environmental management implementationsun-complied to ADB

guidelines and government policies during the end of 2018 and March 2019: 1) so many waste spoil

disposals without evidence and consultation with the land owners; 2) occurrence of land slide and

erosions, and 3) water was washing away the paddy fields along the segments of some

mountainous terrain of the NR6-A and NR6-1; 4) most of the construction sites had very limited

warning signages and barricades installed, almost one flagmen applied; 5) lacking of camp

management plans, quarry management plans, and health and safety preventive plans etc.

51. From late March to the end of September 2019, when and ADB intermittent environmental

specialist was being assigned to conduct recapitulation activities and to also provide on the job

training to both EA’s national environmental monitoring specialist and a contractor’s EHSO, the

consultant was conducting monitoring events by events of environmental issues in relation to the

impacts to natural resources including soil, tree, water, flora and fauna, and health and safety for

workers and community. Since then, the environmental management implementation deemed to be

more fully complied to EMP, or at least partially complied.

52. Summarizing as:

The contractor used to have very limited realization the importance of social and environmental

safeguards in relation to overall project implementation;

The contractor has now fully realized that the compliance of social and environmental safeguard

management to EMP is one of the componentsas equally important as other

technicalconstruction components, and un-compliance to EMP, in somehow would lead to

project suspension;

Health and safety for workers and community, and incoming day to day complaintsare now

quickly taken into account and mitigation measures satisfactorily made.

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VII. ATTACHMENTS The included attachments are all in forms of files. Each files contains either qualitative and quantitative information of the contents. The detailed information summarized in the report is found in details in these attached files. Attachment Attachment 1: Eleven stock piles distributed on the road Attachment 2: Comments to completion of NR6A Attachment 3: Updated waste spoil disposal status Attachment 4: Updated access identification status Attachment 5: Updated GRM boxes and signboard location Attachment 6: Complaints solution and recording status Attachment 7: Photos of land slide due to August disaster Attachment 8: Updated recapitulation work Mar-Aug 2029 Attachment 9: Pipe and box culverts to be constructed Attachment 10: Removal of land slide Attachment 11: Retaining wall work on the lower part of the road Attachment 12: Environmental management in un-encumbered area in NR6-1 Attachment 13: Photos of floods during 1-4 August 2019 Attachment 14: Updated GRM wordings to contact sign board Attachment 15: GRM, Impact by rock blasting in NR6A-9Km

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