51152-001: Second PRAN Agribusiness Project · Boroi/ Indian Jujube Zizyphus mauritiana Rhamnaceae...

Initial Environmental Examination Report (Draft) Project Number: 51152-001 December 2018

BAN: Second PRAN Agribusiness Project

Part 4

Prepared by Sylvan Agriculture Limited

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Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of PRAN potato chips, Pasta and Flakes project

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ANNEX-A: ATTENDANCE SHEET OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING


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Attendance sheet of the Public Consultation Meeting


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Public Consultation Meeting at Olipur City Park, Olipur

Public consultation Meeting Rashel Kabir

Senior Manager-QMS

HRM, PRAN

Md. Giash Uddind

Businessman, Suraboi

Md. Ishar Ali

Retired Police Officer


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ANNEX-B: FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION MEETING ATTENDANCE SHEET


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Attendance sheet of FGD with the land seller group


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Attendance sheet of FGD with the Business community


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Attendance sheet of FGD with the Ethnic community


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Attendance sheet of FGD with the Local people


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Focus Group Discussion (FGD) at

Olipur and adjacent to Lalchand Tea Estate

Local Participants’ participation Ethnic Participants sharing their perceptions

Businessmen Participants’ Participation Land Seller Participants’ Participation


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ANNEX-C: LAYOUT PLAN OF THE POTATO CHIPS, Pasta and Flakes PROJECT


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ANNEX-D: FLORA AND FAUNA SPECIES IN THE STUDY AREA


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Table-1: Checklist of Flora (Block survey)

SL# Common

Name Scientific Name Family Use Types*

Local

Status**

IUCN

Status***

1 Eucalyptus Eucalyptus obliqua Myrtaceae Timber T C NA

2 Teak tectona grandis Lamiaceae Timber T R NA

3 Jackfruit Artocarpus

heterophyllus Moraceae Fruits T VC NA

4 Vat clerodendrum

infortunatum Lamiaceae

Fuel

wood S VC NA

5 Dumur Ficus carica Moraceae Fruit T C NA

6 Acacia Acacia

auriculiformis Fabaceae Timber T C NA

7 Sal Shorea robusta Dipterocarpaceae Timber T C NA

8 Areca

palm/Supari Areca catechu Arecaceae Fruits T VC NA

9 Kadam Neolamarckia

cadamba Rubiaceae Timber T C NA

10 Coconut Cocos nucifera Arecaceae Fruits T VC NA

11 Peyara /Guava Psidium guajava Myrtaceae Fruits T VC NA

12 Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae Fruits T VC NA

13 Bamboo Bamboo spp. Poaceae Timber T VC NA

14 Banana Musa sapientum Musaceae Fruits H VC NA

15 Date palm Phoenix dactylifera Arecaceae Fruits T VC NA

16 Chapalish Artocarpus

chaplasha Magnoliopsida Fruits T R NA

17 Bokua Neem Melia spp Meliaceae Timber T C NA

18 Dumur Ficus carica Moraceae Fruits T C NA

19 Mahagoni Swietenia

mahagoni Meliaceae Timber T VC NA

20 Fern Adiantum obliquum Pteridaceae Weed H VC NA

21 Zambura/pomelo Citrus maxima Rutaceae Fruits T VC NA

22 Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae Fruits T VC NA

23 Boroi/ Indian

Jujube

Zizyphus

mauritiana Rhamnaceae Fruits T VC NA

24 Mangium Acacia mangium Fabaceae Timber T C NA

25 Jam Syzygium cumini Myrtaceae Fruits T C NA

26 Tejpata Cinnamomum

tamala Lauraceae Medicinal T R NA

27 Sada koroi Albizia procera Fabaceae Timber T C NA

28 Macrophylla Swietenia

macrophylla Meliaceae Timber T C NA


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Name Scientific Name Family Use Types*

Local

Status**

IUCN

Status***

29 Patabahar/

garden croton

Codiaeum

variegatum Euphorbiaceae Aesthetic S C NA

30 Lemon Citrus spp. Rutaceae Fruit S VC NA

31 Rain tree Samanea saman Fabaceae Timber T C NA

*Types: S-Shrubs, T-Trees, H-Herbs

**Local Status: C-Common, R-Rare, VC- Very Common

***IUCN status: NA=Not Available

Table-2: Checklist of Vegetation according to the Block study

Plot#1 (15m*15m area of block study)

SL. Common

Name Scientific Name Family

Number of

Species

Types of

Species*

1 Eucalyptus Eucalyptus obliqua Myrtaceae 15 T

2 Teak Tectona grandis Lamiaceae 2 T

3 Jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus Moraceae 2 T

4 Vat clerodendrum infortunatum Lamiaceae 10 S

*Types of species: S-Shrubs, T-Trees

Plot#2

SL. Common

name Scientific name Family

Number of

species

Types of

species*


2 Teak tectona grandis Lamiaceae 3 T

3 Dumur Ficus carica Moraceae 2 S

4 Acacia Acacia auriculiformis Fabaceae 2 T



Plot#3

SL. Common


Number of

species

Types of

species*






Plot#4

SL. Common

name Scientific name Family

Number of

species

Types of

species*

1 Sal Shorea robusta Dipterocarpaceae 30 T


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2 Accacia Acacia auriculiformis Fabaceae 2 T


Homestead Forest Block survey (10 blocks each size 15m*15m)

Plot#1

SL. Common name Scientific name Family Number of

species

Types of

species*

1 Areca palm/Supari Areca catechu Arecaceae 7 T


heterophyllus Moraceae 4 T

3 Coconut Cocos nucifera Arecaceae 2 T

4 Peyara /Guava Psidium guajava Myrtaceae 2 T

5 Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae 6 T

6 Bamboo Bamboo spp. Poaceae 110 (1 bush) T

7 Banana Musa sapientum Musaceae 2 T

*Types of species: T-Trees

Plot#2

SL. Common Name Scientific

Name Family

Number of

Species

Types of

Species*



3 Kadam Neolamarckia cadamba Rubiaceae 5 T




6 Date palm Phoenix dactylifera Arecaceae 2 T




Plot#3

SL. Common


Number of

species

Types of

species*


2 Areca

palm/Supari Areca catechu Arecaceae 4 T

3 Bamboo Bamboo spp. Poaceae 325(5 bush) T

4 Chapalish Artocarpus chaplasha Magnoliopsida 1 T


6 Bokua Neem Melia spp Meliaceae 1 T


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7 Dumur Ficus carica Moraceae 1 S

8 Mahagoni Swietenia mahagoni Meliaceae 1 T

9 Vat clerodendrum

infortunatum

Lamiaceae

70 S

10 Fern Adiantum obliquum Pteridaceae 50 S


Plot#4


species

Types of

species*

1 Zambura/pomelo Citrus maxima Rutaceae 2 T


3 Boroi/ Indian

Jujube Zizyphus mauritiana Rhamnaceae 1 T


5 Mangium Acacia mangium Fabaceae 3 T




Plot#5


species

Types of

species*




4 Jam Syzygium cumini Myrtaceae 2 T





Plot#6


species

Types of

species*



3 Tejpata Cinnamomum

tamala Lauraceae 2 T



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacardiaceae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecaceae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtaceae



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musaceae


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6 Boroi/ Indian Jujube Zizyphus

mauritiana Rhamnaceae 2 T

7 Vat clerodendrum

infortunatum Lamiaceae 110 S


Plot#7

SL. Common name Scientific name Family Number

of species

Types of

species*






6 Sada koroi Albizia procera Fabaceae 2 T

7 Kadam Neolamarckia

cadamba Rubiaceae 5 T

8 Fern Adiantum obliquum Pteridaceae 30 S


Plot#8

SL. Common Name Scientific Name Family Number

of Species

Types of

Species*



3 Jam Syzygium cumini Myrtaceae 5 T

4 Macrophylla Swietenia

macrophylla Meliaceae 2 T

5 Acacia Acacia auriculiformis Fabaceae

2 T


7 Patabahar/ garden

croton

Codiaeum

variegatum Euphorbiaceae 1 S


Plot#9

SL. Common Name Scientific Name Family Number

of Species

Types of

Species*



3 Mahagoni Swietenia mahagoni Meliaceae 3 T



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5 Jackfruit Artocarpus heterophyllus Moraceae 5 T

6 Bamboo Bamboo spp. Poaceae 200 (4

bush) T


8 Lemon Citrus spp. Rutaceae 3 S



Plot#10

SL. Common Name Scientific Name Family Number of

Species

Types of

Species*





4 Rain tree Samanea saman Fabaceae 2 T



Table-3: Photographs of Flora

Pitraj- Aphanamixis polystachya Segun(Teak)- Tectona grandis Sal- Shorea robusta

Akondo- Calotropis gigantea Banana -Musa sapientum Kadam- Neolamarckia cadamba

Mahagoni - Swietenia Mahagoni Arjun-Terminalia arjuna Ghoraneem-Melia azedarach


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Acacia (Akashmoni)- Acacia auriculiformis

Supari-Areca catechu Guava-Psidium guajava

Fern- Adiantum obliquum Mangium-Acacia mangium Desi Neem-Azadirachta indica

Vati- clerodendrum infortunatum

Mikania cordata Boroi- Zizyphus mauritiana

Kathal- Artocarpus heterophyllus

Zambura- Citrus maxima Dumur-Ficus carica

Mango-Mangifera indica Sensative tree-Mimosa Pudica Alaci Lemon(Feronia limon)


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Boroi - Zizyphus mauritiana Neem (Bokna, Hybride) Melia

spp. Khuksa- ficus hispida

Tela kochu-Eoccinia cordifolia Jam- Syzygium cumini Dumur- Ficus racemosa

Bamboo- Bambusa spp Eucalyptus -Eucalyptus obliqua Cotton tree -Bombax ceiba

Raintree-S. Saman Palm tree-Borassus flabellifer Sil Koroi- Albizia procera

Tea indicator tree-Melastoma malabatricum

Ruber-Hevea brasiliensis Chalta- Dillenia indica


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Patabahar- Codiaeum variegatum

Pineapple- Ananas comosus Fishtail Palm tree- caryota

obtusa

Papaya -Carica papaya Banyan tree- Ficus benghalensis

Table-4: Checklist of homestead vegetation of 5 Km radius

SL#

Common Name

Family Name Scientific

Name

Type

of tree

Uses Local

Status*

Global IUCN

Status*

*

1. Aromita Fabaceae Acacia aroma Tree Timber &

fuelwood C NA

2. Stone apple Rutaceae Aegle

marmelos Tree

Fruit & Medicine

R NA

3. White siris Leguminosae Albizia procera

Tree Timber and

fuel wood C NA

4. Blackboard

tree Apocynaceae

Alstonia scholaris

Tree Timber R LC

5. Kadam Rubiaceae Anthocephalu

s chinensis Tree

Timber and fuel wood

C NA

6. Betel nut

palm Palmae Areca catechu Tree

Fruit and

Timber R NA

7. Jackfruit Moraceae Artocarpus

heterophyllus Tree

Fruit, Timber and

fuel wood

C NA

8. Starfruit Averrhoaceae Averrhoa carambola

Tree Fruit C NA

9. Neem Meliaceae Azadirachta

indica Tree

Timber and medicine

C NA

10. Bamboo Gramineae Bambusa sp. Tree Thatching VC NA

11. Freshwater Mangrove

Barringtoniaceae

Barringtonia acutangula

Shrub Fuel wood C NA

12. Cotton tree Bombacaceae Bombax ceiba Tree Cotton and

Fuel wood C NA

13. Calamus

palm Palmae

Calamus tenuis

Shrub Thatching R LC


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Common Name


Name

Type of

tree

Uses Local

Status*

Global

IUCN Status*

*

14. Papaya Caricaceae Carica papaya Shrub Fruit C NA

15. Kola Umbelliferae Centella asitica

Herb Medicine

and Vegetables

C NA

16. Queen of the night

Compositae Cestrum

nocturnum Shrub Ornamental R NA

17. Pomelo Rutaceae Citrus grandis Tree Fruit C NA

18. Coconut Palmae Cocos

nucifera Tree

Fruit and Fuel wood

VC NA

19. Indian

Rosewood Fabaceae

Dalbergia sissoo

Tree Timber and

fuel wood R NA

20. Angel's trumpet

Solanaceae Datura

meteloides Herb Medicine R NA

21. Elephant

apple Dilleniaceae Dillenia indica Tree Fruit R NA

22. Velvet Apple Ebanaceae Diospyros discolor

Tree Fruit C NA

23. Gaabh Herb Ebanaceae Diospyros peregrina

Tree Fruit C NA

24. Coral bean Leguminosae Erythrina ovalifolia

Tree Fuel wood C NA

25. Bengal fig Moraceae Ficus

benghalensis Tree Fuel wood C NA

26. Hairy Fig Moraceae Ficus hispida Tree Fruit and Fuel wood

VC NA

27. Giant Crape-

myrtle Lythraceae

Lagerstromia speciosa

Tree Ornamental and Timber

R NA

28. Lychee Sapindaceae Litchi

chinensis Tree Fruit C NA

29. Mango Anacardiaceae Mangifera

indica Tree

Fruit and Timber

VC NA

30. Miracle Tree Moringaceae Moringa oleifera

Tree Vegetable C NA

31. Banana Musaceae

Musa paradisiaca

var. sapientum

Herb Fruit VC NA

32. Hoary basil Labiatae Ocimum

americanum Herb Medicine R NA

33. Screwpine Pandanaceae Pandanus

utilis Shrub Ornamental R NA

34. Guava Myrtaceae Psidium guajava

Shrub Fruit C NA

35. Golden apple

Anacardiaceae Spondias

dulcis Tree Fruit R NA


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SL#

Common Name


Name

Type of

tree

Uses Local

Status*

Global

IUCN Status*

*

36. Siamese

rough bush Urticaceae Streblus asper Shrub Fuel wood C NA

37. Mahogany Meliaceae Swietenia mahagoni

Tree Timber and

medicine C

EN (Locally

available)

38. Java plum Myrtaceae Syzygium

cumini Tree Fruit R NA

39. Tamarind Leguminosae Tamarindus

indica Tree Fruit C NA

40. Teak Verbenaceae Tectona grandis

Tree Timber C NA

41. Arjun Combretaceae Terminalia

arjuna Tree

Timber and

medicine C NA

42. Tropical

almond Combretaceae

Terminalia catappa

Tree Fruit,

Timber &

fuel wood

R NA

43. Chinese

chastetree Verbenaceae

Vitex negundo

Shrub Medicine R NA

44. Indian jujube

Rhamnaceae Zizyphus

mauritiana Tree Fruit VC NA

45. Karanda Apocynaceae Carissa

carandas Shrub Fruit C NA

46. Night-

flowering Jasmine

Oleaceae Nyctanthes arbortristis

Shrub Ornamental C NA

47. Passion fruit Passifloraceae Passiflora

edulis Climb

er Fruit &

Ornamental VR NA

48. Pineapple Bromeliaceae Ananas

comosus Shrub

Fruit &

medicine C NA

49. Sweet potato

Convolvulaceae Ipomoea batatas

Herb Fruit C NA

50. Beechwood Lamiaceae Gmelina arborea

Tree Timber C NA

51. Tree sorrel Oxalidaceae Averrhoa bilimbi

Tree Fruit C NA

52. Rangan Rubiaceae Ixora

Coccinea Shrub Ornamental C NA

53. Hibiscus Malvaceae Hibiscus rosa-

sinensis Shrub Ornamental VC NA

54. Royal

Poinciana Fabaceae Delonix regia Tree Ornamental R

VU

(Locally it has good number of tree)

55. Latkan Euphorbiaceae Baccaurea

sapida Tree Fruit R NA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_rosa-sinensis

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SL#

Common Name


Name

Type of

tree

Uses Local

Status*

Global

IUCN Status*

*

56. Sugar-

pineapple Annonaceae

Annona squamosa

Tree Fruit C NA

57. lemon Rutaceae Citrus limon Shrub Fruit VC NA

58. Eucalyptus Myrtaceae Eucalyptus

obliqua Tree Timber C NA

59. Yam Bean Fabaceae Pachyrhizus

erosus Climb

er Vegetable VC NA

60. Rain Tree Fabaceae Samanea saman

Tree Timber C NA

61. Indian

acalypha Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha indica

Herb Medicinal C NA

62. Prickly Chaff

Flower Amaranthaceae

Achyranthes aspera

Herb Medicinal C NA

63. Spiny

amaranth Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus spinosus

Herb Medicinal VC NA

64. Crown

flower Asclepiadaceae

Calotropis gigantea

Shrub Medicinal C NA

65. Epazote Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium ambrosioides

Herb Medicinal C NA

66. Buttonweed

s Compositae

Cotula hemisphaeric

a Herb Medicinal VC NA

67. Australian Dodder

Convolvulaceae Cuscuta australis

Herb Medicinal C NA

68. Creeping lickstoop

Rubiaceae Dentella repens

Herb Medicinal C NA

69. Sesbania Leguminosae Sesbania rostrata

Shrub fuelwood VC NA

70. Rorippa Cruciferae Rorippa indica Herb Medicinal C NA

*Local Status: C-Common, R-Rare, VC-Very Common, VR-Very Rare

**Global IUCN Status: NA-Not Available, LC- Least concern, EN-Endangered, VU-Vulnerable

Table-5: Checklist of Agricultural land Species

SL# Common Name Scientific Name Family Local

status* IUCN Status

1 Paddy /dhan Oryza sativa Poaceae VC Not Available

2 Topa pana Pistia stratioites Araceae C Not Available

3 Khudi pana Lemna minor Lemnaceae VC Not Available

4 yellow sawah lettuce Limnocharis flava Araceae C Not Available

5 Oxalis oxalis spp. oxalidaceae C Not Available

6 Okra Abelmoschus

esculantus Malvaceae VC Not Available

7 Chili Capsicum frutescens Solanaceae VC Not Available

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_obliqua

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_obliqua

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8 Helencha Amaranthus

philoveroides convolvulaceae VC Not Available

9 Field Mustard Brassica rapa Brassica VC Not Available

10 Mutha Cyperus rotundus Cyperaceae C Not Available

*Local status: C-Common, R-Rare, VC-Very Common

Table-6: Checklist of Fallow land Species

SL# Common name Scientific name Family Local

status* IUCN status

1 Kochu colocasia esculenta Araceae VC Not available

2 Shame plant Mimusa pudica Mimosaceae C Not available

3 Durba Cynodon doctylon Poaceae VC Not available

4 Black nightshade Solanum nigrum solanaceae C Not available

5 Amaranthus spinosus Amaranthus spinosa Amaranthaceae VC Not available

6 Tobacco plant Nicotiana

plumbaginifolia Solanaceae R Not available

7 Goma flower/Dron Leucas indica Lamiaceae C Not available

8 Vat Aleroden

dronviscosum Verbenaceae VC Not available

9 Native Gooseberry physalis minima Solanaceae C Not available

10 Mutha Cyperus rotundus Cyperaceae VC Not available

11 Ironweed Vernonia cinerea Asteraceae C Not available

12 Kontikori/ Yellow-fruit

nightshade

Solanum

xanthocarpum Solanaceae C Not available

13 Urena Urena lobata Malvaceae C Not available

14 Jhonjhoni ful Crotalaria pallida Fabaceae R Not available

15 diamond burbark Triumfetta

rhomboidea Malvaceae C Not available

16 Choto dhutora Xanthium indicum Asteraceae R Not available

17 Hati sur Heliotropium indicum Boraginaceae R Not available

18 Frog fruits Phyla nodiflora Verbenaceae C Not available


Table-7: Checklist of Grassland

SL# Common name Scientific name Family Local

status* IUCN status

1 Mutha Cyperus rotundus Cyperaceae C Not Available

2 Durba Cynodon doctylon Poaceae VC Not Available

3 Helencha Enhydra fluctuans Asteraceae C Not Available

4 Alternanthera Alternanthera caracasana Amaranthaceae R Not Available

5 Caesarweed Urena lobata Malvaceae - Not Available

6 Acrachne Acrachne racemosa Poaceae C Not Available


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7 Common grass Oplismenus compositus Poaceae C Not Available

8 Common grass Paspalum scrobiculatum Poaceae C Not Available

9 Common grass Chrysopogon aciculatus Poaceae VC Not Available

10 Common grass Eleusine indica Poaceae C Not Available

11 Water Spinach Ipomoea reptans Convolvulaceae VC Not Available

12 Vhadale Kyllinga nemoralis Cyperaceae VC Not Available


Table-8: Checklist of Aquatic vegetation

SL. Common Name Family Name Scientific Name Local

status* IUCN Status

1 Alligator weed Amaranthaceae Alternanthera

philoxeroides C Not available

2 Feathered

mosquito fern Salviniaceae Azolla pinnata C Not available

3 Water Sprite Pteridaceae Ceratopteris thalictroides C Not available

4 Coco yam Araceae Colocasia esculenta VC Not available

5 Flatsedge Cyperaceae Cyperus sp. VC Not available

6 Common water

hyacinth Pontaderiaceae Eichhornia crassipes VC Not available

7 Helencha Cyperaceae Enhydra fluctuans VC Not available

8 Swamp morning-

glory Convolvulaceae Ipomoea aquatica VC Not available

9 Minute duckweed Lemnaceae Lemna perpusilla C Not available

10 Four Leaf Clover Mersileaceae Marsilea quadrifolia C Not available

11 Arrow Leaf

Pondweed Pontaderiaceae Monochoria hatata C Not available

12 Water Lily Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea nouchali VC Not available

13 Tall reed Gramineae Phragmites karka VC Not available

14 Vetivergrass Gramineae Vetiveria zizanioides C Not available

15 Jointweed Polygonaceae Polygonum barbatum C Not available

16 Denseflower

knotweed Polygonaceae Polygonum glabrum C Not available

17 Bishkatali Polygonaceae Polygonum lanatum C Not available

18 Asian Watermoss Salviniaceae Salvina cucullata C Not available

19 Common

duckweed Lemnaceae Spirodela polyrhiza C Not available

20 Watermeal Lemnaceae Wolffia microscopica C Not available

21 Sticky

Nightshade Solanaceae Solanum sisymbriifolium C Not available


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SL. Common Name Family Name Scientific Name Local

status* IUCN Status

22 Water lettuce Araceae Pistia stratiotes C Not available

*Local status: C-Common, VC-Very Common

Table-9: Checklist of Birds Species

SL

# Local Name English Name Scientific Name Family

IUCN Red

List Status

(Regional)

*

1 Tila Ghughu, Telia

Ghughu

Eastern

Spotted Dove

Spilopelia

chinensis Columbidae LC

2 Boro Kubo,

Kanakukhra, Kukka Greater Coucal

Centropus

sinensis Cuculidae LC

3 Chhoto pankouri Little

Cormorant Microcarbo niger

Phalacrocoracidae

LC

4 Shonkho Chil, Lal

Chil Brahminy Kite Haliastur Indus

Accipitridae

LC

5 Bhubon Chil Black Kite Milvus migrans Accipitridae LC

6 Pati Hoodhood Common

Hoopoe Upupa epops Upupidae LC

7 Shobuj Shuichora,

Banspati

Green Bee-

eater Merops orientalis Meropidae LC

8 Indian Roller Indian Roller Coracias

benghalensis Coraciidae LC

9 Pati Maachranga Common

Kingfiher Alcedo atthis Alcedinidae LC

10 DholagolaMaachran

ga

White-throated

Kingfiher

Halcyon

smyrnensis Alcedinidae LC

11 Dagi Boshonto Lineated Barbet Psilopogon

lineatus Megalaimidae LC

12 Pati Kaththokra Common

Flameback

Dinopium

javanense

Picidae

LC

13 Batabi Kathkurali

Fulvous-

breasted

Woodpecker

Dendrocopos

macei

Picidae

LC

14 Dagigola Kathkurali Streak-throated

Woodpecker

Picus

xanthopygaeus Picidae LC

15 Metematha

Kathkurali

Black-naped

Woodpecker Picus guerini Picidae LC

16 Pati Fotikjol, Towfi Common Iora egithina tiphia Aegithinidae LC

17 Khoira Latora Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Laniidae LC

18 Lenja Latora, Long-tailed Lanius schach Laniidae LC


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# Local Name English Name Scientific Name Family

IUCN Red

List Status

(Regional)

*

Baghatiki Shrike

19 Kalamatha Benebou Black-hooded

Oriole

Oriolus

xanthornus Oriolidae LC

20 Kala Fingey Black Drongo Dicrurus

macrocercus Dicruridae LC

21 Hari Chacha Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta

vagabunda

Corvidae

LC

22 Pati Kak House Crow Corvus splendens Corvidae LC

23 Bangla Bulbul Red-vented

Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Pycnonotidae LC

24 Pati Tuntuni Common

Tailorbird

Orthotomus

sutorius Cisticolidae LC

25 Dagi Ghaspakhi Striated

Grassbird

Megalurus

palustris Locustellidae LC

26 Bon Satarey Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata Leiothrichidae

LC

27 Pakra Shalik Asian Pied

Starling Sturnus contra Sturnidae LC

28 Khoiralej Kathshalik Chestnut-tailed

Starling

Sturnus

malabaricus

Sturnidae

LC

29 Bhat Shalik Common Myna Acridotheres

tristis

Sturnidae

LC

30 Doel Oriental Magpie

Robin

Copsychus

saularis Muscicapidae LC

31 Beguni Moutushi Purple Sunbird Nectarinia

asiatica

Nectariniidae

LC

32 Pati Chorui, House Sparrow Passer

domesticus

Passeridae

LC

33 Gang salik Pied myna Gracupica contra Sturnidae LC

34 Dhar kak Common raven Corvus corax Corvidae LC

35 Ghugu Ring neck dove Streptopelia

capicola Chordata LC

36 Sada bok Great egret Ardea alba Ardeidae LC

37 barbet Coppersmith

barbet

Megalaima

haemacephala Megalaimidae LC

*IUCN Red List Status (Regional): LC-Least Concern


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Table-10: Photographs of Birds species

Red-vented Bulbul Brown Shrike Green Bee-eater

Brahmini Kite Long tailed shrike Eastern Spotted Dove

Lineated barbet Brahmini Kite Striated Grassbird

Purple-rumped Sunbird- female Little Cormorant White Breasted Kingfisher

Common Iora Common Myna Greater Coucal


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Jungle Babbler Cuckoo Oriantal Magpie Robin

Common Kingfisher Purple-rumped Sunbird- male Black Drongo

Jungle Mayna Asian Stonechat chestnut-tailed starling

Common Tailorbird Streak-throated Woodpecker Black hooded oriole

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Coppersmith barbet House Sparrow


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Pond heron White pond egret Pied myna

Common raven Black Jungle Babbler Ring neck dove

Red-whiskered bulbul Female house sparrow

Table-11: Checklist of Amphibian and Reptiles

SL. Local

Name English Name Scientific Name Family

IUCN Red

List Status

(Regional)*

1 Tiktiki Common House

Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Gekkonidae LC

2 Anjoni Common Garden

Skink

Lampropholis

guichenoti Scincidae DD

3 Bezi Mongoose Varanus flavescens Varanidae NT

4 Kono

bang Asian Common Toad

Duttaphrynus

melanostictus Bufonidae LC

5 Dhura

sap Checkered keel back Xenochrophis piscator Colubridae LC

6 Geso

bang

Two-striped

grassfrog Rana taipehensis Ranidae LC

7 frog Common Indian Polypedates maculatus Rhacophoridae LC

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Table-12: Photographs of Amphibian and reptiles

Common House Gecko Garden Lizard Giu sanke

Asian Common Toad

Table-13: Checklist of Mammals

SL. English Name Scientific Name Family

IUCN Red

List Status

(Regional)*

1 Small Asian mongoose Herpestes javanicus Herpestidae LC

2 Mongoose Varanus flavescens Varanidae LC

3 Golden Jackal Canis aureus Canidae LC

4 Assam Rabbit caprolagus hispidus Leporidae DD

5 small Indian civet Viverricula indica Viverridae NT

6 Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta Cercopithecidae VU

7 Irrawardy Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus Sciuridae LC

8 Greater short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx Pteropodidae LC

9 Little Indian field mouse Mus booduga Muridae LC

10 House mouse Mus musculus Muridae LC

11 Roof Rat Rattus rattus Muridae LC

*IUCN Red List Status (Regional): LC= Least concern, DD=Data deficient, NT= Near Threaten, VU- Vulnerable

Table-14: Photographs of Mammals

Small Asian mongoose Wild Animal identification by

Feces at the project area Greater short-nosed fruit bat


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Assam Rabbit Small Indian civet (source

internet) House mouse

Rhesus macaque Irrawardy Squirrel Wild Animal identification by

Feces at the project area

Table-15: Checklists of Butterflies

SL. English Name Scientific Name Family

IUCN Red

List Status

(Regional)*

1 Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe Pieridae LC

2 Psyche Leptosia nina Pieridae LC

3 Tiny Grass Blue Zizula hylax Lycaenidae LC

4 Lime Blue Chilades laius Lycaenidae LC

5 Grey Pansy Junonia atlites Nymphalidae LC

6 Dark Grass Blue Zizeeria karsandra Lycaenidae LC

7 punchinello Zemeros flegyas Riodinidae LC

8 Redbase Jezebel Delias pasithoe Pieridae LC

9 Common evening brown Melanitis leda Nymphalidae LC

10 Common Sailer Neptis hylas Nymphalidae LC

11 Bengal large swift Pelopidas subochracea Hesperiidae LC

12 peacock pansy Junonia almana Nymphalidae LC

13 Mottled emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe Pieridae LC

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Psyche Tiny Grass Blue Lime Blue

Dark Grass Blue Common Grass Yellow Grey Pansy

Common evening brown Punchinello Common evening brown

Bengal large swift peacock pansy Common Sailer

Mottled emigrant Redbase Jezebel


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Table-17: Checklist of Dragonflies and Damselflies

SL. English Name Scientific Name Family Local Status*

1 Scarlet Marsh Hawk Aethriamanta brevipennis Libellulidae C

2 Ditch Jewels Brachythemis contaminata Libellulidae C

3 Ruddy Marsh Skimmer Crocothemis servilia Libellulidae C

4 Pied Paddy Skimmer Neurothemis tullia Libellulidae C

5 Fulvous Forest Skimmer Neurothemis fulvia Libellulidae C

6 Coromandel Marsh Dart Ceriagrion coromandelianum Coenagrionidae C

*Local Status: C-Common, by local expert assessment

Table-18: Pictures of Dragonflies and Damselflies

Scarlet Marsh Hawk Ditch Jewel Pied Paddy Skimmer

Fulvous Forest Skimmer Coromandel Marsh Ruddy Marsh Skimmer

Table-19: Checklist of Fish species consider 5km Radius

SL# Local


IUCN Red

List Status

Bangladesh

2015*

1 Tara balm One stripe spiny eel Macrognathus

aculeatus Mastacembelidae NT

2 Guchi Baim Striped spiny eel Macrognathus

pancalus Mastacembelidae LC

3 Sal Balm Tire-track spiny Eel Mastacembelus

armatus Mastacembelidae EN

4 Khailsha Giant gourami Colisa fasciata Osphronemidae LC

5 Lal

Khalisha Red gourami Colisa lalia Osphronemidae LC

6 Koi Climbing perch Anabas testudineus Anabantidae LC

7 Ek Thuita Wrestling hal fbeak Dermogenus

pusillus Hemiramphidae LC


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IUCN Red

List Status

Bangladesh

2015*

8 Bele Tank goby Glossogobius giuris Gobiidae LC

9 Bheda Mud perch Nandus nandus Nandidae NT

10 Chanda Glass-Perchlet Pseudambassis lala Ambassidae LC

11 Lomba

Chanda

Elongate glass

perchlet Chanda nama Ambassidae LC

12 Ranga

Chanda Indian glassy Fish Parambassis ranga Ambassidae NT

13 Kuicha Freshwater eel Monopterus cuchia Synbranchidae VU

14 Shol Striped snakehead Channa striatus Channidae LC

15 Gajar Giant Snakehead Channa marulius Channidae EN

16 Taki Spotted Snakehead Channa punctatus Channidae LC

17 Telo taki Asiatic Snakehead Channa orientalis Channidae LC

18 Ragha Walking Snakehead Channa gachua Channidae LC

19 Kaikka Needle fish Xenentodon cancila Belonidae LC

20 Shing Stinging catfish Heteropneustes

fossilis Heteropneustidae LC

21 Magur Air breathing Catfish Clarias batrachus Clariidae LC

22 Pangas Yellowtail Catfish Pangasius

hypophthalmus Pangasiidae EN

23 Gharua Garu bacha Clupisoma garua Schilbeidae EN

24 Kikjuji Gangetic alilia Ailia colia Schilbeidae LC

25 Banspata River catfish Ailia punctata Schilbeidae LC

26 Bacha Bacha Eutropiicthys vacha Schilbeidae LC

27 Muri bacha Indus Garua Eutropiicthys

murius Schilbeidae LC

28 Batasi Indian potasi Pseudeutropius

alherinoides Schilbeidae LC

29 Pabda Indian butter Catfish Ompok pabda Siluridae EN

30 Boal Freshwater shark Wallago attu Siluridae VU

31 Madhu

pabda Patio catfish Ompok pabo Siluridae CR

32 Boali

pabda Butter catfish Ompok bimaculatus

Scincidae LC

33 Tengra Striped dwarf Catfish Mystus vittatus Bagridae LC

34 Golsha

tengra Gangetic Mystus Mystus bleekeri Bagridae LC

35 Bujuri- Tengra Mystus tengara Bagridae EN


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IUCN Red

List Status

Bangladesh

2015*

tengra

36 Ayre Long-whiskered

Catfish Sperata aor Bagridae VU

37 Gutum Cross fish Lepidocephalichthys

guntea Cobitidae LC

38 Puiya Annandalle loach Lepidocephalicithys

annandalei Cobitidae LC

39 Rani Bengal loach Botia Dario Cobitidae EN

40 Rui Rohu Labeo rohita Cprinidae LC

41 Catla Catla Catla catla Cyprinidae LC

42 Mrigel Mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala Cyprinidae NT

43 Kalibaus Orange fin labeo Labeo calbasu Cyprinidae LC

44 Bhangon

Bata Bata labeo Labeo bata Cyprinidae LC

45 Bhangna,

Bata Reba Cirrhinus reba Cyprinidae NT

46 Sarpunti Olive barb Puntius sarana Cyprinidae NT

47 Chola Punti Swamp barb Puntius chola Cyprinidae LC

48 Ghora

Chela Securicula gora Cyprinidae NT

49 Tit punti Ticto barb Puntius ticto Cyprinidae VU

50 Jat punti Pool barb Puntius stigma Cyprinidae LC

51 Mola Punti Glass barb Puntius guganio Cyprinidae LC

52 Bashpata Bengal danio Devario devario Cyprinidae LC

53 Bhangon Bogalabeo Labeo boga Cyprinidae CR

54 Mola Mola carplet Amblypharyngodon

mola Cyprinidae LC

55 Mola Indian carplet Amblypharyngodon

microlepis Cyprinidae LC

56 Dhela Cotio Osteobrama cotio Cyprinidae NT

57 Khoira Indian grassBarb Chela laubuca Cyprinidae LC

58 Tatkini Kala bata Crosocheilus latius Cyprinidae EN

59 Dankina RasboraFinescale Rasbora rasbora Cyprinidae NT

60 Fulchela RazorbellyMinnow Salmostoma phulo Cyprinidae NT

61 Chela Silverrazorbellyminnow Salmostoma bacaila Cyprinidae LC

62 Chebli Gaint danio Devario

aequipinnatus Cyprinidae DD


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IUCN Red

List Status

Bangladesh

2015*

63 Teri punti Onespot barb Puntius terio Cyprinidae LC

64 Ghonia Boggut labeo Labeo boggut Cyprinidae VU

65 Chital HumpedFeatherback Chitala chitala Notopteridae EN

66 Foil GreyFeatherback Notopterus

notopterus Notopteridae VU

67 Phasa Gangetic hair fin

Anchovy Setipinna phasa Engraulidae LC

68 Chapila Indian rivershad Gudusia chapra Clupeidae VU

69 Choukka Indian pellona Pellona ditchela Pristigasteridae LC

70 Chandana

ilish Toil shad Tenualosa toli Clupeidae LC

71 Kachki Ganges river spart Corica soborna Clupeidae LC

72 Tepa Gangetic puffer Fish Chelonodon patoca Tetraodontidae DD

73 Khorsula Corsula mullet Rhinomugil corsula Mugilidae LC

74 Bao Baim Giant Mottled Eel Anguilla

bengalensis Anguillidae VU

75 Baghair Gangetic goonch Bagarius bagarius Sisoridae CR

* IUCN Red List Status Bangladesh 2015: LC- Least Concern, DD- data Deficient, VU-Vulnerable, CR-Critical, EN-

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SCOPING REPORT FOR

INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) OF

PRAN POTATO CHIPS PROJECT

Prepared for:

Sylvan Agriculture Limited (SAL)

Prepared by: EQMS Consulting Limited

January 2017

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Scoping Report

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of PRAN Potato Chips Project

January 2017

Reviewed & Approved by:

Kazi FarhedIqubal

Executive Director

This report has been prepared and reviewed by EQMS company, with all responsible skill, care

and diligence within the terms of the Contact with the client, incorporating our General Terms

and Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with

the client.

We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the

scope of the above.

This report is confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of whatsoever nature to

third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on

the report at their own risk


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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... ii

LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................ iii

LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................. iii

LIST OF ABBRVIATION .................................................................................................................... iv

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1

1.3 EQMS Purpose and Objectives .......................................................................................... 1

1.4 EQMS Approach and Methodology .................................................................................. 2

1.4.1 Screening ........................................................................................................................ 2

1.4.2 Categorization ................................................................................................................. 2

1.4.3 Scoping ............................................................................................................................ 2

1.4.4 Reporting ........................................................................................................................ 3

1.5 Limitation .............................................................................................................................. 3

1.6 Layout of this report ............................................................................................................ 3

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Location of the Project ......................................................................................................... 4

2.2 Key features of the project site and surroundings........................................................... 4

2.3 Access Road .......................................................................................................................... 5

2.4 Description about the project ............................................................................................. 5

2.4.1 Product description ......................................................................................................... 5

2.4.2 Production Capacity ....................................................................................................... 6

2.4.3 Process flowchart ............................................................................................................ 6

3. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................... 8

A. Bangladesh Environmental Policy, Regulations, and Guidelines ................................. 8

3.1 Government Environmental Policy, Regulations, and Guidelines ............................... 8

3.1.1 National Environmental Policy, 1992 ............................................................................ 8

3.1.2 National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP), 1995 ............................. 8

3.1.3 The Environment Conservation Act, 1995 and subsequent amendments ...................... 9

3.1.4 Environment Conservation Rules, 1997 and subsequent amendments ......................... 9

3.1.5 The EIA Guidelines for Industry, 1997 ........................................................................ 10

3.2 Relevant National Polices ................................................................................................. 10

3.3 Environmental Clearance .................................................................................................. 11

3.3.1 Requirement of the DoE, Bangladesh ........................................................................... 11

3.3.2 Environmental and Social Requirements of the Asian Development Bank .................. 12

3.3.3 International Finance Corporation (IFC)’ World Bank Group; Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines (Food and Beverage Processing) .................................................... 14

4. ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING AND CATEGORIZATION ......................................... 16

4.1 Project classification as per DOE, MoEF, Bangladesh................................................... 16

4.2 Project classification as per ADB Safeguard Policy Statement .................................... 16

5. PRELIMINARY STAKEHOLDERS MAPPING ..................................................................... 19

6. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISK .................................................................... 21

6.1 Key Environmental Risks .................................................................................................. 21


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6.2 Social Risks .......................................................................................................................... 23

7. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................... 25

7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 25

7.2 Establishment of Environmental and Social Baseline ................................................... 26

7.2.1 Study Area .................................................................................................................... 26

7.2.2 Environmental and Social Baseline Data Collection .................................................... 26

7.2.3 Stakeholder Engagement & Analysis............................................................................ 28

7.2.4 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................ 28

7.2.5 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................ 29

7.2.6 Environmental Management Plan (EMP) ................................................................... 29

7.2.7 IEE report Format ......................................................................................................... 30

8. Work Plan.................................................................................................................................... 31

Annex-A: Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Checklist ................................................... 32

Annex-B: Involuntary Resettlement (IR) Assessment Checklist ................................................. 35

Annex-C: Indigenous People (IP) Assessment Checklist ............................................................. 36

Annex-D: Photographs during screening study ............................................................................ 38

LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1: Salient features of the site and surroundings ................................................................. 4

Table 2-2: Product Description ........................................................................................................... 5

Table 2-3: Product ingredients information ..................................................................................... 6

Table 3-1: National Legal Instruments ........................................................................................... 10

Table 3-2: Effluent Standard level for food and beverage processing project ........................... 15

Table 4-1: Project Categorization as per ADB Safeguards ........................................................... 16

Table 5-1: Stakeholder Mapping ...................................................................................................... 19

Table 7-1: Primary Baseline Data to be collected .......................................................................... 26

Table 8-1: Work plan for conducting the IEE study ...................................................................... 31

LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1: Location Map of Project Site ........................................................................................... 4

Figure 2-2: Process Flow Chart ........................................................................................................... 7

Figure 3-1: Process of getting ECC at DoE for different categorized project ............................. 12

Figure 7-1: Approach for the proposed project IEE Study ........................................................... 25

Figure 7-2: Impact Assessment Process .......................................................................................... 29


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LIST OF ABBRVIATION ADB Asian Development Bank

BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

BD Bangladesh

BDS Bangladesh Standard

BIWTA Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority

BMD Bangladesh Meteorological Department

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BSTI Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution

BWDB Bangladesh Water Development Board

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

CO2 Carbon Dioxide

CO Carbon Monoxide

DoE Department of Environment

DG Director General

ECC Environmental Clearance Certificate

ECR Environment Conservation Rules

EHS Environment, Health and Safety

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EMP Environmental Management Plan

EQS Environmental Quality Standards

FGD Focus Group Discussion

GoB Government of Bangladesh

GHG Greenhouse Gas

HDPE High-density polyethylene

HIP Habiganj Industrial Park

IECs Important Environmental Components

IEE Initial Environmental Examination

IFC International Financial Corporation

IP Indigenous People

IR Involuntary Resettlement

KM Kilometer

LDPE Low-density polyethylene

LGED Local Government Engineering Department

MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forest

MPN Most Probable Number

NEMAP National Environment Management Action Plan

NOC No Objection Certificate

NOx Oxides of Nitrogen

pH Potential of Hydrogen

REA Rapid Environmental Assessment

RHD Roads and Highways Department

SAL Sylvan Agriculture Limited

SO2 Sulphur Dioxide


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SPS Safeguard Policy Statement


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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

The PRAN agribusiness project is going to establish a new PRAN Potato Chips Project in

Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP) under its company name Sylvan Agriculture Limited (SAL).

The proposed project will be established in the HIP of Olipur, Habiganj District. The Project

is interested in taking project finance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which

requires an environmental and social assessment in line with the environmental and social

requirements of these lenders as well as the national regulatory requirements in Bangladesh.

PRAN-RFL Group has therefore initiated the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) study

to comply with the IEE guidelines of the GOB and the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of

the ADB. PRAN-RFL group engaged EQMS Consulting Limited to conduct the IEE study of

the proposed project.

1.2 Background

“PRAN” is the largest business group in Bangladesh, established in 1981. Currently “PRAN” is one of the most admired foods and beverages brand among the millions of people of

Bangladesh and other countries of the world where PRAN Products are regularly being

exported to different countries of the world. PRAN is currently producing Juices, Drinks,

Mineral Water, Bakery, Carbonated beverages, Snacks, Culinary, Confectionery, Biscuits,

and Dairy. The proposed project will produce real potato chips. This project will be located

in the Olipur site of Shayastaganj, Habiganj Sadar, Habiganj.

1.3 EQMS Purpose and Objectives

The objectives of this Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) will be to ensure that the

project compiles with ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and other social dimension

requirements as well as with that of the GoB, which may serve as input in the design of the

Project being prepared for possible financing by the ADB.

The reference framework for IEE study willtherefore follow the following standards/

guidelines:

Applicable Bangladesh national, regional & local regulatory requirements;

ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS);

ADB Social Protection Strategy;

ADB’s Public Communications Policy;

The IFC Performance Standards for Environmental & Social Sustainability; and

The IFC General EHS Guidelines.

The key tasks were undertaken for screening and scoping for IEE study of the project

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Categorization of the project as per the GOB regulations and potential lenders'

guidelines/standards;

Review of administrative framework applicable for the Project;

Identification of primary stakeholders;

Identification of key environmental and social issues and risks pertaining to the

Project; and

The scope of the IEE study with proposed approach and methodology.

1.4 EQMS Approach and Methodology

The approach and methodology adopted for the screening and scoping of the Project

comprise of:

1.4.1 Screening

EQMS reviewed the existing available data of the project with the client and secondary

information available in public domain with regard to the project, project location, and its

surroundings. The screening process was undertaken to identify environmental, social and

other sensitivities associated with the project. A review of the applicability of the reference

framework with respect to the proposed project was also undertaken as part of this

screening phase.

The EQMS team had a brief introduction meeting with the PRAN-RFL officials on

07/01/2017 at Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP) prior to site reconnaissance visit. EQMS

undertook 3 days (07/01/2017 to 09/01/2017) site visit to understand the site setting,

environmental and social sensitivities and to identify the relevant local stakeholders.

The site visit included an inspection of all the individual factories in the HIP and associated

facilities with PRAN-RFL officials. A consultation with the local community and previous

land owners was also conducted to understand the local environmental and social issues in

the area and to receive feedback from stakeholder on these issues.

1.4.2 Categorization

EQMS has categorized the project by following the DOE and ADB categorization criteria

based on the screening assessment, site visit, environmental and social sensitivities and

limited consultation. The project categorization with respect to ADB classification criteria

will now become a basis for the impact assessment, planning and implementation of

mitigation, monitoring and reporting mechanisms for the project to meet the potential

lenders' requirement.

A preliminary stakeholder mapping exercise was also undertaken to identify the key

stakeholders from Government/Community/at the local/regional level, who would be

required to be consulted during different stages of the Project.

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IEE study, which includes a detailed approach and methodology including field plan for

Environmental and Social baseline data collection, impact identification, impact

assessment/cumulative impact assessment and management plan.

1.4.4 Reporting

The outcome of the screening and scoping exercise is this report, which includes:

Site profile;

Overview of local legal requirements;

Overview of potential lenders' requirements;

Categorization of the project;

Key environmental and social issues/risks;

Preliminary stakeholder mapping;

Approach and methodology for IEE study;

Field plan for environmental and socio-economic survey including stakeholder

consultation;

Schedule for IEE study; and

Way forward.

1.5 Limitation

The scope of this review was limited to the desk-based study of available information in the

public domain and rapid site reconnaissance survey.

Uses of this Report

The present IEE Report has been prepared based on the primary field

investigations/assessment and secondary data collected from BMD, DoE, and published

journals, and books, public consultation, and site observations. The environmental and

social assessment is based on the information collected from the various agencies,

community consultations and observations. Professional judgment and subjective

interpretation of facts and observations have been applied for the preparation of this report.

Additionally, assessment is made on the basis of preliminary information available from

PRAN-RFL authority.

1.6 Layout of this report

The layout of the report is as follows:

Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: Project Description

Section 3: Administrative Framework

Section 4: Environmental Screening and Categorization

Section 5: Preliminary Stakeholder Mapping

Section 6: Key Environmental and Social Risks

Section 7: Approach and Methodology for IEE study

Section 8: Deliverables, report format &work Plan


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2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 Location of the Project

The proposed project will be located inside of the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP). The HIP is

administratively situated in the Nurpur Union under Habiganj Sadar Upazila of Habiganj

District, Bangladesh. The absolute location of the proposed PRAN potato chips project is

24°16'28.60"N latitude and 91°23'3.94"E longitude. The northern site of HIP is covered by

Surabahi, Shailjura and Gayerpur village; industries of the Square group on the South;

Sachiura, Noagaon, Dushashan village on the West and Olipur village, Dhaka-Sylhet

Highway, Dhaka-Sylhet Railway and Hilly areas are located on the East side. A location

Map of the proposed project site is presented in Figure 2-1. This project is situated about 120

KM far from the Dhaka.

Source: EQMS

Figure 2-1: Location Map of Project Site

2.2 Key features of the project site and surroundings

The salient features of the projects are described in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1: Salient features of the site and surroundings

1. Geographical Details Latitude: 24°16 28.60 N; Longitude: 91°23 3.94 E 2. Land use of Plant site 100% area under Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP)

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a) City:

b) Village:

c) Railway Station:

d) Railway Line:

e) Highway:

f) River:

g) Khal:

h) International Airport:

I) River Port:

J) Market/Bazar:

Dhaka @ 120 km, Habiganj @ 12 km; Sylhet @ 85 km

Surabahi, Shailjura, Gayerpur, Sachiura, Noagaon, Dushashan, Olipur village @ around 2 km

Sutang @ 2.22 km; Sylhet @ 83 km

Dhaka-Sylhet @ 400 m from the project location

Dhaka-Sylhet @ 60 m, from the HIP entrance

Sutang @ 3 km

Inside the HIP and connected with Sutang river

Osmani International Airport, Sylhet @ 91 km

Ashuganj @ 47 km

Olipur Bazar @ close with HIP entrance

4. Displacement of Population None (project will be established inside of the HIP)

5. Seismic/Earthquake Zone: As per the Bangladesh Earthquake Zone the project is situated in Zone-I (Basic seismic coefficient is 0.08 g)

2.3 Access Road

The project site is well connected by the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway. The Dhaka-Sylhet railway

line is very close to the proposed project site. It’s around 400 m far from the project location. The distance from the HIP to Dhaka is approximately 120 km and Sylhet is 91 km. The

access road is suitable for transportation of equipment and material for setting up the

industry. Inside of the HIP road network developed in a planned way and a wonderful

traffic system are exist. It is mandatory to collect NOC from Roads & Highway Department

(RHD) and Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to access the government

road.

2.4 Description about the project

2.4.1 Product description

Detailed product description of the PRAN potato chips is given below:

Table 2-2: Product Description

1 Process Name Frying process

2 Product Name Real Potato Chips

3 Ingredients

Real Potato & Seasoning (Red Chilli, Turmeric, Blackpepper, Cinnamon, Cumin Seed, Citric Acid, common salt)

4 Important product

Characteristics

Crispy & spicy in nature

5 Labeling instruction

Name and address of manufacturer, Logo (BSTI, Keep Your

Country Clean & Non-Veg) Allergen Information, Nutrition

Facts, MFG & Expire Date, MRP (Including All Of Taxes).

6 Primary Packaging Foil Pack (Pet +PE+ MPET+LDPE)

7 Secondary packaging HDPE Bag


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8 Shelf life 05 months from Date of Production at ambient Temperature

9 Storage condition At ambient Temperature

10 Distribution Method Through PRAN distribution mechanism as a multiple packaging of 22 gm

11 Who will consume General People

12 Sensitive Customer Yes; Immune-compromised

13 Intended Use Ready for consumption

14 Applicable legal regulation

BSTI, BDS No - 1556

Source: Feasibility Study

2.4.2 Production Capacity

The following ingredients will be use in the PRAN potato chips production. Production capacity of the proposed project will be about 500 kg/hours:

Table 2-3: Product ingredients information

SI Name of the ingredient Unit Qty

1 Raw potato Kg/Hour 2500

2 Palm Oil Kg/Hour 1000

3 Seasoning Kg/Hour 25

4 Packaging materials (Foil) Kg/Hour 164


2.4.3 Process flowchart

The process flow chart of real potato chips is given below:


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Figure 2-2: Process Flow Chart


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3. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK

To address the environmental and social risks of any proposed project and its associated

components and to protect and conserve the environment from any adverse impacts, the

GOB has specified regulations, policy, and guidelines. Potential lenders also have their own

set of requirements (such as the ADB’s Safeguard Policy and IFC’s Performance Standards) to which any project funded to them must operate.

This section focuses on the administrative framework under the purview of which the

proposed project will fall and the IEE study will be governed, namely:

Bangladesh national and local, legal and institutional framework;

ADB policies and framework; and

IFC performance standards and EHS Guidelines.

A. Bangladesh Environmental Policy, Regulations, and Guidelines

3.1 Government Environmental Policy, Regulations, and Guidelines

3.1.1 National Environmental Policy, 1992

The Bangladesh National Environmental Policy, approved in May 1992, sets out the basic

framework for environmental action together with a set of broad sectoral action guidelines.

Key elements of the Policy are:

Maintaining ecological balance and ensuring sustainable development of the country

through protection and conservation of the environment;

Protecting the country from natural disasters;

Identifying and regulating all activities that pollute and destroy the environment;

Ensuring environment-friendly development in all sectors;

Ensuring sustainable and environmentally sound management of the natural

resources;

Maintaining active association, as far as possible, with all international initiatives

related to the environment.

The Environmental Policy of 1992, which amongst other policies, seeks to ensure that

transport systems, including roads and inland waterways, do not pollute the environment or

degrade resources. The Policy states that IEE should be conducted before projects are

undertaken.

3.1.2 National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP), 1995

The NEMAP is a wide-ranging and multi- faceted plan, which builds on and extends the

statements, set out in the National Environmental Policy. NEMAP was developed to address

issues and management requirements during the period 1995 to 2005 and set out of the

framework within which the recommendations of the National Conservation Strategy are to

be implemented. NEMAP was developed based on the following broad objectives:

Identification of key environmental issues affecting Bangladesh;

Identification of actions necessary to halt or reduce the rate of environmental

degradation;

Improvement of the natural environment;


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Conservation of habitats and bio-diversity;

Promotion of sustainable development;

Improvement of the quality of life of the people.

To this end, it has grouped all the relevant necessary actions under four heads: a)

institutional, b) sectoral, c) location-specific and d) long-term issues. The institutional

aspects reflect the need of inter-sectoral cooperation to tackle environmental problems those

need new and appropriate institutional mechanisms at national and local levels. The sectoral

aspects reflect the way the ministries and agencies are organized and make it easier to

identify the agency to carry out the recommended actions. The location-specific aspect

focuses on particularly acute environmental problems at local levels that need to be

addressed on a priority basis. The long-term issues include environmental degradation of

such degree that it might become more serious and threatening than they seem to be if their

cognizance is not immediately taken.

3.1.3 The Environment Conservation Act, 1995 and subsequent amendments

The provisions of the act authorize the Director General (DG) of Department of Environment

to undertake any activity he deems fit and necessary to conserve and enhance the quality of

the environment and to control, prevent and mitigate pollution. The main highlights of the

act are:

Declaration of Ecologically Critical Areas;

Obtaining Environmental Clearance Certificate;

Regulation with respect to vehicles emitting smoke harmful for the environment;

Regulation of development activities from environmental perspective;

Promulgation of standards for quality of air, water, noise and soils for different areas

and for different purposes;

Promulgation of acceptable limits for discharging and emitting waste;

Formulation of environmental guidelines relating to control and mitigation of

environmental pollution, conservation, and improvement of the environment.

3.1.4 Environment Conservation Rules, 1997 and subsequent amendments

The Environment Conservation Rules, 1997 are the first set of rules promulgated under the

Environment Conservation Act, 1995. These Rules provide for, inter alia, the following:

The national Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for ambient air, surface water,

groundwater, drinking water, industrial effluents, emissions, noise and vehicular

exhaust;

Categorization of industries, development projects and other activities on the basis of

actual (for existing industries/development projects/activities) and anticipated (for

proposed industries/development projects/activities) pollution load;

Procedure for obtaining environmental clearance;

Requirement for undertaking IEE and EIA as well as formulating EMP according to

categories of industries/development projects/activities;

Procedure for damageclaim by persons affected or likely to be affected due to

polluting activities or activities causing hindrance to normal civic life.

Depending upon location, size, and severity of pollution loads, projects/activities have been

classified in ECR, 1997 into four categories: Green, Orange-A, Orange-B and Red


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respectively, to nil, minor, medium and severe impacts on important environmental

components (IECs).

3.1.5 The EIA Guidelines for Industry, 1997

The EIA Guidelines is a handbook for procedures for preparing the EIAs and for reviewing

them for the benefit of the development partners, EIA Consultants, reviewers, and

academicians. While preparing these guidelines, the present environmental status as well as

the need for rapid economic development of Bangladesh has been kept in view. These

considerations have essentially resulted in simpler procedures to be followed for preparing

the EIAs and their review.

3.2 Relevant National Polices

Table 3-1presents an outline of the other national legal instruments that will have relevance

to development project with respect to the social and environment considerations. The IEE

will be prepared in compliance with these national policies.

Table 3-1: National Legal Instruments

Act/ Rule/ Law/ Ordinance

Responsible Agency-

Ministry/ Authority Key Features-Potential Applicability

Environment Court Act, 2000 and subsequent amendments in 2002

Ministry of Environment and

Forest

GOB has given highest priority to environment pollution and passed ‘Environment Court Act, 2000 for completing environment related legal proceedings effectively

The National Water Policy,

1999

Ministry of Water

Resources

Protection, restoration, and enhancement of water resources;

Protection of water quality, including strengthening regulations concerning agrochemicals and industrial effluent;

Sanitation and potable water;

Fish and fisheries; and

Participation of local communities in all water sector development.

The Brick Burning (Control) Act, 1989

The Brick Burning (Control) Amendment Act, 1992 and 2001

Ministry of Environment

and Forest

Control of brick burning;

Requires a license from the MoEF for operation;

Restricts brick burning with fuelwood;

Water Supply and Sanitation Act, 1996

Ministry of Local Government, Rural

Development and

Cooperatives

Management and Control of water supply and sanitation in urban areas.

The Ground Water

Management Ordinance 1985

Upazila Parishad Management of groundwater resources;

Tube well shall not be installed in


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Act/ Rule/ Law/ Ordinance

Responsible Agency-

Ministry/ Authority Key Features-Potential Applicability

any place without the license granted by Upazila Parishad.

The Protection and

Conservation of Fish Act 1950subsequent amendments in1982

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

Protection and Conservation of fishes in Government owned water bodies

National Fisheries Policy,

1998

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

Preservation, management, and exploitation of fisheries resources in inland open water;

Fish cultivation and management in inland closed water;

Prawn and fish cultivation in coastal areas; and

Preservation, management, and exploitation of sea fishery resources.

The Acquisition and

Requisition of Immovable

Property Ordinance 1982 and subsequent amendments in

1994, 1995 and 2004

Ministry of Land

Current GoB Act and Guidelines, relating to acquisition and requisition of land.

The Factories Act, 1965

Bangladesh Labour Law, 2006

Ministry of Labor This Act pertains to the occupational rights and safety of factory workers and the provision of a comfortable work environment and reasonable working conditions.

National Agriculture Policy,1999

Ministry of Agriculture

The act deals with the programs related to make the nation self-sufficient in food through increasing production of all crops, including cereals, and ensure a dependable food security system for all

3.3 Environmental Clearance

3.3.1 Requirement of the DoE, Bangladesh

The Department of Environment (DoE), the technical arm of the Ministry of Environment

and Forest (MoEF) is the regulatory body and the enforcement agency of all environmental

related activities. As per ECR, 1997, for obtaining the environmental clearance from DoE for

different category projects required to follow some specified steps. The steps for obtaining

Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) are given in Figure 3-1.


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Figure 3-1: Process of getting ECC at DoE for different categorized project

3.3.2 Environmental and Social Requirements of the Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard Policy Statement (‘the SPS’) 2009 sets out the requirements for ADB's operations to undertake an environmental assessment for projects

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through protecting the environment and people from potential adverse impacts. The overall

objectives of the SPS are to:

i) Avoid adverse impacts of projects on the environment and affected people, where possible;

ii) Minimize, mitigate, and/or compensate for adverse project impacts on the environment and affected people when avoidance is impossible; and

iii) Help borrowers/clients strengthen their safeguard systems and develop the capacity to manage environmental and social risks.

The SPS sets out the ADB policy objectives, scope and triggers and principles for following

three key safeguard areas:

i) Environmental Safeguards; ii) Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards along with those vis-à-vis Land

Acquisition; and iii) Indigenous Peoples Safeguards.

ADB Safeguard Categories

1. Environment

Proposed projects will be screened according to type, location, scale, and sensitivity and the

magnitude of their potential environmental impacts, including direct, indirect, induced, and

cumulative impacts. Projects are classified into the following four categories:

Category A. A proposed project is likely to have significant adverse environmental impacts

that are irreversible, diverse, or unprecedented. These impacts may affect an area larger than

the sites or facilities subject to physical works. An environmental impact assessment (EIA),

including an environmental management plan (EMP), is required.

Category B. The proposed project’s potential adverse environmental impacts are site-

specific, few if any of them are irreversible, and in most cases mitigation measures can be

designed more readily than for category A projects. An initial environmental examination

(IEE), including an EMP, is required.

Category C. A proposed project is likely to have minimal or no adverse environmental

impacts. An EIA or IEE is not required, although environmental implications need to be

reviewed.

Category FI. A proposed project involves the investment of ADB funds to or through a

financial intermediary. The financial intermediary must apply and maintain an

environmental and social management system, unless all of the financial intermediary's

business activities have minimal or no environmental impacts or risks.

2. Involuntary Resettlement

The involuntary resettlement impacts of an ADB-supported project are considered

significant if 200 or more persons will be physically displaced from home or lose 10% or

more of their productive or income-generating assets. Projects are classified into the

following four categories:

Category A. A proposed project is likely to have significant involuntary resettlement

impacts. A resettlement plan, which includes assessment of social impacts, is required.


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Category B. A proposed project includes involuntary resettlement impacts that are not

deemed significant. A resettlement plan, which includes assessment of social impacts, is

required.

Category C. A proposed project has no involuntary resettlement impacts. No further action

is required.




business activities are unlikely to generate involuntary impacts.

3. Indigenous Peoples

The impacts of an ADB-supported project on indigenous peoples is determined by assessing

the magnitude of impact in terms of

customary rights of use and access to land and natural resources;

socioeconomic status;

cultural and communal integrity;

health, education, livelihood, and social security status; and

the recognition of indigenous knowledge; and

the level of vulnerability of the affected Indigenous Peoples community.

Projects are classified into the following four categories:

Category A. A proposed project is likely to have significant impacts on indigenous peoples.

An indigenous peoples plan (IPP), including assessment of social impacts, is required.

Category B. A proposed project is likely to have limited impacts on indigenous peoples. An

IPP, including assessment of social impacts, is required.

Category C. A proposed project is not expected to have impacts on indigenous peoples. No

further action is required.




business activities unlikely to have impacts on indigenous peoples.

3.3.3 International Finance Corporation (IFC)’ World Bank Group; Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines (Food and Beverage Processing)

This guideline covers the processing of meat, vegetable, and fruit raw materials into value-

added food and beverage products for human consumption. Environmental issues in food

and beverage processing facilities primarily include the following:

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Table 3-2: Effluent Standard level for food and beverage processing project

Pollutants Units Guideline Value

IFC Standard DoE standard for (Inland

Surface Water)

pH - 6 – 9 6 – 9

BOD5 mg/l 50 150

COD mg/l 250 200

Total nitrogen mg/l 10 50

Total phosphorus mg/l 2 8

Oil and grease mg/l 10 10

Total suspended solids mg/l 50 150

Temperature increase °C <3b -

Total coliform bacteria MPNa / 100 ml 400 -

Active Ingredients / Antibiotics

To be determined on a case-specific basis

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Notes: (a) MPN = Most Probable Number; (b) At the edge of a scientifically established mixing zone which takes into account ambient water Inland Surface Water means drains/ponds/tanks/waterbodies/ditches, canals, rivers, springs and estuaries.


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4. ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING AND CATEGORIZATION

4.1 Project classification as per DOE, MoEF, Bangladesh

Depending upon location, size, and severity of pollution loads, projects/activities have been

classified in ECR, 1997 into four categories: Green, Orange-A, Orange-B and Red

respectively, to nil, minor, medium and severe impacts on important environmental

components (IECs).

As per the Schedule-1 of ECR 1997, corresponding category related to PRAN Potato Chips

fall under ORANGE-B Category for the following components:

Item 21: Processing fish, meat, food An initial environmental examination (IEE), including an EMP, is required for the proposed

project.

4.2 Project classification as per ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

Categorization for the proposed project was undertaken by using ADB’S Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA), Involuntary Resettlement (IR) and Indigenous people

(IP) assessment checklist during the screening and scoping exercise. The REA checklists for

the potato chips are given in Annex-A. The Involuntary Resettlement (IR) assessment

checklist and Indigenous People (IP) assessment checklist are presented in Annex-B and

Annex-C, respectively. The findings of the assessment are presented in Table 4-1.

Table 4-1: Project Categorization as per ADB Safeguards

SL No.

Criteria Relevance Remarks Category

1. Environmental Categorization

A. Irreversible Environmental issues and impacts of the project are anticipated during the construction and operation of the PRAN potato chips project and development of associated infrastructures

Irreversible impacts due to the project include:

Increase noise and vibration during construction of potato chips plant and operation;

Changes in air quality due to existing, proposed and future projects;

Affected aquatic ecology and surface water quality water discharge from

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SL No.


the plant;

Occupational health and safety;

Community health and safety;

Associated development in the area

B. Cumulative The PRAN-RFL group has already established more than 15 different types of industries in the HIP area. This new project will be effect on the local environment along with other industries that’s why a cumulative impact assessment is required to assess the impacts on the environment of the new project.

Cumulative impacts on physical, biological and socioeconomic environmental conditions

C. Diverse Nature of activities The nature of activities is not diverse for the area, as there is already an operational of similar different industries of PRAN-RFL in the HIP. However, the new plant will be able to supply new type of product (Real potato chips). They have already a potato crackers plant in the HIP.

D. Unprecedented Changes in land use Previously the land was used for agricultural activities. However, HIP changes the land use. Current land use of the project site is industrial.

2. Involuntary Resettlement Categorization

A. Mode of Acquisition

Purchased land by PRAN –RFL Group

The land purchased from the local people

In case of no foreseen adverse impact, project shall be categorized as “C”

B. Precedence The land for the proposed project site was obtain to establish an industrial park in 2012

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SL No.


C. Irreversible Project affected households Previously the land area was under agricultural land (only Boro paddy cultivated). The industrialization of the area has helped in providing them non-agricultural livelihoods.

3. Indigenous People Categorization

A. Presence Existence of indigenous people The Population census (2011) has shown that only 7 households with 34 persons in Nurpur UP

In case of no foreseen adverse impact, project shall be categorized as “C”

B. Impact Impact on indigenous/ethnic/schedules tribes

No adverse impact on the Ethnic minority is unforeseen

According to ADB guidelines, the Sylvan Agricultural Project can be categorized as

environment “Category-B” that’s why an initial environmental examination (IEE), including an EMP, is required for the proposed project.


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5. PRELIMINARY STAKEHOLDERS MAPPING

A key component of the IEE process is project related information disclosure,

communication and stakeholder consultation. Legislation/ guidelines such as the ECR1997

of GOB; Safeguard Policy Statement of ADB and IFC Performance Standards prioritize this

even further. PRAN-RFL group recognizes the benefits of information disclosure and

stakeholder consultation to ensure that all relevant concerns and opinions regarding this

particular project are integrated into the project decision making process and are adequately

addressed in the IEE process. Taking this into consideration, the key stakeholders for the

proposed project have been identified during the scoping process and these include:

Government Agencies - Regulatory as well as local government (including District,

Upazila and Union Parishad level);

Community and Union Parishad level stakeholders;

Research Institutions - Government and Independent;

Sub-contractors; and

Internal stakeholders – PRAN-RFL Group, local partner, employees.

List of key identified stakeholders which emerged from the site visit and preliminary

discussions have been presented in Table 5-1.

Table 5-1: Stakeholder Mapping

SL Particular Institutions

Government Local Office Locals

1. Environmental Policy and Law

Director, Department of Environment, Sylhet Divisional Office

-

2. Air Quality Director, Department of Environment, Sylhet Divisional Office

Local community/residents

3. Water Quality Director, Department of Environment, Sylhet Divisional Office

District/Upazila Department of Public Health and Engineering Officer-Habiganj

Local community/residents,

Fisherman, Farmers

4. Soil District/Upazila Agicultural Officer-Habiganj

Local farmers

Union Parishad-Nurpur

5. Geology and Ground subsidence

- Local farmers

6. Biota and ecosystem District/Upazila Forest Officer-Habiganj

District/Upazila Fisheries Officer-Habiganj

Local farmers

Local fishermen


7. Road traffic and accident records

Roads and HighwayDepartment, Ministryof Communications – Habiganj

Upazila LGED officer-Habiganj

Local community those who are using

the local roads

8. Global warming Upazila Parishad - Habiganj Union Parishad-Nurpur

9. PRAN Potato chips project related decision

PRAN-RFL Group Villagers


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SL Particular Institutions

Government Local Office Locals

10. Socio-economic census data

Union Parishad-Nurpur Local people, women and vulnerable group

11. Natural hazards and disaster (Flood, Cyclone, Tornadoes, Earthquake)

Red crescent

Upazila Disaster Management Committee-Habiganj

Union Disaster Management Committee-Nurpur

villagers, women and vulnerable groups

12. River and waterway BWDB-Habiganj

BIWTA-Habiganj

Users, Fisherman

13. Agriculture and irrigation

Upazila Parishad-Habiganj


Farmers, villagers

14. Meteorological data BMD-Sylhet Station -

15. Topographical information

LGED-Habiganj -

16. Community Union Parishad-Nurpur -

17. Labor related Inspector of Factory and Establishment office-Habiganj

Local people, villagers, labor (local

and migrant)


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6. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISK

Potential environmental and social impacts have been identified through a systematic

process whereby the activities (both planned and unplanned) associated with the

construction and operation of the project have been considered with respect to their

potential to interaction with sensitive environmental and social resources or receptors.

Scoping of potential impacts has been undertaken in two stages:

Stage 1: Identification of potential interactions between project activities and environmental

receptors; and

Stage 2: Prioritization of these interactions in terms of their potential to cause significant

impacts taking into consideration the current knowledge of project activities and the existing

condition/sensitivities of environmental and social baseline.

6.1 Key Environmental Risks

Cumulative Impacts

Different types of industries (more than 15) are operational close to the proposed project site

in the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP). As a result, the project impacts cannot be assessed in

isolation and the cumulative impacts are anticipated and also need to be assessed.

Climate Change

Climate Change is now a global concern and considered Bangladesh as the most climate

vulnerable country in the world. But it argues that Bangladesh has play only a very small

role in contributing to climate change and has very small GHG emissions per person

compared to larger developing countries. Bangladesh is not highly industrialized or

urbanized, and these are two of the main sectors that emit greenhouse gases.

The proposed project will use different goods and raw materials for its every day

production. The project will emit greenhouse gasses in two ways, from direct emissions

(emissions that are produced at the facility itself) and indirect emissions (associated with the

facility's use of energy).Detailed study on GHG emission will be conducted during the

baseline survey and impact assessment.

Natural Hazards

Bangladesh is positioned at the juncture of several active tectonic plate boundaries. On the

basis of the distribution of earthquake epicenters and morphotectonic behavior of different

tectonic blocks Bangladesh has been divided into three generalized seismic zones. The

northeastern folded regions of Bangladesh (Sylhet region) are the most active zones and

belong to the zone-I. The Bask seismic coefficient of this zone is 0.08. The proposed PRAN

potato chips fall in the seismic zone-I.

Severe flood, tornado, lightning, earthquake etc. may occur at any time during the operation

and maintenance of the project. An Emergency Response Plan is required to be prepared

and actions to be taken by the implementing agency to cope with any emergency period.


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Construction Period

As Bangladesh has a long monsoon period from mid-May to early October months, the

scheduling of the construction period will be an important issue in terms of construction

management and safety of the workers from construction schedule as well as safety and

health related concerns.

Population Influx

The proposed project will result in an influx of workers to the area because of construction

activities, plant operation activities and hence potential employment and contract

opportunities. This may result in stress on the local resources in absence of proper planning

for the drinking water and sanitation facilities of the workers.

Emission to Air/Air Pollution

During construction and operations of the project, it will be required to movement of

vehicles and heavy equipment’s that may create a small amount of dust and SOx, NOx and

CO2. But this small amount of pollution will be no significant impact on the overall

pollution of the ambient air quality.

During Construction stage building construction, pumping station, transportation of the

pipeline, construction of earth road, welding, cleaning and coating/wrapping of the pipeline

etc. could cause low atmosphere pollution in the air, which may create less health problem

on workers and surroundings inhabitants. The emission of dust, gaseous pollutants (SOx,

NOx and CO2) and suspended particulates will be also low and also of short duration.

The primary fuel for the plant will be natural gas, which is considered as a cleaner fuel,

however, these plants can pollute the area during plant operation stage with NOx and CO

emissions and can impact air quality of the area in absence of proper pollution control

measures.

Noise and Vibration

During construction period producing so much noise and vibration cause of movement of

vehicles, heavy equipment’s and Lorries will impact on workers, health as well as surrounding people. For this reason, it will impact on bio-diversity of the project area.

Impact on Sutang River

The Sutang River is almost 3 km far from the project site and well connected with a khal that

flows inside the HIP. If any hazardous waste, solid waste or others harmful materials are

through to the khal it can contaminate the surface water of the khal as well as the Sutang

river. There will be a possibility to impact on the aquatic flora and fauna in the project area

and its surrounding area. Detailed study will be conducted during the baseline survey and

impact assessment.


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Waste Water

During the operation stage, fresh water will be required to cleaning the raw potato at the

primary stage. At this stage, waste water will be produced. It will be required to collect

waste water in a proper way and take them to the treatment plant for further use and reduce

the environmental effect. A detailed study on wastewater management will be conducted in

further.

Solid Waste

During the construction and operation stage of the project, a large number of

workers/employees will be engaged with the proposed PRAN potato chips plant. At the

same time, a significant amount of solid waste will be produced from the domestic waste,

garbage, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, food

waste, by-product material etc. Solid waste can effect on the local environment if it is not

treatment properly. A proper solid waste management system is essential for maintaining a

healthy and sustainable environment in the project site.

Health and safety issues

Probability of occurrence of worker accidents is anticipated to be high in all construction

works. Concentration of labor force in the work area is anticipated to create unhygienic

conditions. Storage of flammable materials at site in large quantities may pose risk of fire

and explosion.

Fire and Explosion

Fire is considered as one of the important hazards for any industry. It can happen due to any

natural and manmade causes. To prevent the occurrence of fire and explosion an emergency

response/management system and capacity building of the workers are essential.

6.2 Social Risks

The project will be setup in the HIP area so it does not involve with land acquisition

activities. Previously the area was a low agricultural land and only single crop (Boro rice)

was produced here. Hence, there is no risk of involuntary resettlement and rehabilitation

issue linked to this project. However, there is a range of other social risks which emerged

from the scoping exercise are listed as follows:

Impact on Livelihood/Employment Generation

The project is expected to provide an opportunity to unskilled wage labor in the locality. The

wage earning will supplement their earnings from agriculture, fishing and household

industries. The impact of the project activities on the livelihood of these people requires to

be studied in detail.

Population Influx

The project will facilitate the influx of labor, skilled workers and staff (national and

expatriates) who would live or stay in the locality for varied length of time. The impact of

the population influx thus needs to be studied further.


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Labor Issue

The project in construction and operation phase will employ labor that would give rise to a

range of labor issues including protecting their rights, providing them requisite facilities,

protecting their health and providing a safe working condition to them. Hence, a detailed

examination is required to assess the risks to the labor engaged during the project work.

Community Health and Safety

The population influx, transportation, and storage of construction related materials are

expected to expose the local population to an increase risk accident, communicable and

vector borne diseases in the locality. Hence, a close assessment of the health care facilities

available in the project area and community health and safety is necessary.

Occupational Health and Safety

In addition to the labor employed for the construction, there will be a sizable number of

skilled and supervisory staff engaged during the project construction and operation. The

assessment of risk to their health and safety of their workplace will also be undertaken

during impact assessment.

Impact of indigenous or ethnic communities/groups, if any

The preliminary social screening of the area based on census 2011 data of the project

influence area and its surroundings shows that there is no ethnic community in the project

area.

Impact of Cultural Resources

The project site does not have any structure with cultural and heritage significance.

However, there are mosques and other religious places inside and around the project site at

various distances. The likely impact on these cultural resources will be studied during

impact assessment.


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7. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY

7.1 Introduction

Based on the site reconnaissance survey, understanding of the type of data/information

required, the time period required for the monitoring, focus areas during IEE study, etc.

EQMS proposes the following approach and methodology for the IEE study.

Source: EQMS, R&D

Figure 7-1: Approach for the proposed project IEE Study


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7.2 Establishment of Environmental and Social Baseline

As outcome of scoping and reconnaissance survey of the site, following data/documents

requires being collected during IEE study for the proposed project.

7.2.1 Study Area

The study area considered for IEE will include an area within 2 km radius from the center of

the project site. The area of 2 km has been selected based on the location of project site and

its footprint, nature and spatial distribution of potential social and environmental impacts

(based on the experience of the similar type of projects).

7.2.2 Environmental and Social Baseline Data Collection

Environmental and social baseline data will be collected through primary monitoring and

baseline surveys and also based on information available through secondary sources.

Literature surveys will be done and relevant information will be collected for environmental

baseline. The baseline study included the following:

Reconnaissance survey of the Project site and surrounding area within 2 km radius

from center of the proposed project site to establish dominant features of the

biophysical and social environments;

The primary environmental baseline data will be collected with respect to ambient

air quality, water (surface and groundwater) quality, soil characteristics, noise level

and ecology;

Information on geology, meteorological conditions, water and ecological resources,

socio-economic status etc. will be collected from secondary sources.

A. Primary Baseline Data Collection

With the assistance of Client, EQMS will identify an accredited environmental laboratory of

repute, which will be engaged for collection of baseline information on micrometeorology,

ambient air quality, water quality (surface and ground water), ambient noise quality as per

aspects detailed in the following Table 7-1:

Table 7-1: Primary Baseline Data to be collected

SL# Environmental Attribute No. of

Locations Frequency Remarks

1. Ambient Air Quality

SPM, PM10 and PM2.5

Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx)

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)

4 24 hrs / 2 weeks, 2 times

in a week

AAQ monitoring covering upwind, downwind and Crosswind directions and at Project site. Existing and proposed new industries within the air shed shall be identified.

2. Surface and Groundwater Quality: Physical parameters: pH, Temp ., DO, conductivity, Total Dissolved Solids, BOD, COD, NO3, Cl, Na, K, total coliform and fecal coliform

2 Once during the Baseline

survey

Surface and ground water samples will be collected from the study area.


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SL# Environmental Attribute No. of

Locations Frequency Remarks

3. Ambient Noise Quality Leqday, Leqnight, Legmax, Leqmin, Leqavg

6 24 hrs / Once during the

Baseline survey

Noise levels will be monitored on BD standard

4. Flora and Fauna

Survey of the study area

Identifying endangered or protected species or endemic floral species prevailing in the study area.

Identifying any endemic fauna in the study area.

Identifying vegetation cover and current status of natural habitats or species.

Identifying and assessing ecological resources within the study area.

Terrestrial ecology and fisheries

Study Area

Once during The baseline

survey period

Ecological survey will be undertaken to assess the biodiversity aspects.

5. Land use and GIS mapping of the study area

PIA and within 2

km radius

Representing the period of monitoring

Based on available satellite imageries of the recent past year

6. Socio-economics One time survey

Mostly assessed through FGD and available secondary information

For the socio-economic aspects typically required within the IEE, EQMS will undertake the

following activities:

Undertaking consultation, interviews and FGD’s in the surrounding villages; Discussions with Government Departments, local authorities etc, as required;

Discussions with marginal farmers, vulnerable groups, indigenous people etc.

B. Secondary Baseline Data Collection

Readily available secondary information would be collected for following aspects:

a) Physical Environment

Regional setting

o Geography and geomorphology

o Land use

o Geology and soil

Climate and meteorology

o Climatic pattern

o Ambient temperature

o Relative humidity

o Rainfall

o Regional wind patterns (wind speed & direction)

Hydrology and water use

o Natural Hazards


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o Seismic activities

o Seasonal storms & cyclones

b) Socio-economic Environment:

Demographic profile

Education & literacy

Economic activities & livelihood pattern

Socio-economic Infrastructure & Indicators

o Health care facilities

o Education facilities

o Drinking water & sanitation

o Agriculture

o Transportation facilities

o Sites of cultural/archaeological importance

Few of the identified sources for collecting secondary data include the following:

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) at Dhaka;

Department of Environment (DoE);

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS); and

Published technical journals and books.

7.2.3 Stakeholder Engagement & Analysis

Stakeholder engagement is the fundamental element of the approach to an IEE process.

Certain stakeholders are likely to be consulted in the course of the engagement process for

the IEE and have been identified based on the reconnaissance visit and presented in section

5 of this report.

Stakeholder Consultation

Consultation will be conducted with key stakeholders including the local population,

government department/agencies, farmers and fishermen;

Stakeholder consultation will be conducted with the intent of collecting baseline

information on the environmental and social conditions and sensitivities, developing

a better understanding of the potential impacts, informing the public of the proposed

project and to gain an understanding of the concern of the stakeholders;

Collected information will be used for formulating mitigation measures and

environmental and social management plan.

7.2.4 Impact Assessment

Analysis of the baseline data and incremental impacts of the project will be assessed in

accordance with the national guidelines for air, water and noise emissions; standards are

mentioned in ECR 1997, ADB guidelines and IFC’s performance standard and EHS guidelines, including the general guidelines and those for Food and Beverage Processing.


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The impact assessment will involve the prediction, evaluation, and mitigation of impacts

and will report on impacts including residual impacts and cumulative impacts (Figure 7-2).

Impact prediction will take into account control measures that are part of the project design.

Additional mitigation measures aimed at further reducing predicted impacts will be

proposed where necessary or appropriate.

Figure 7-2: Impact Assessment Process

What could

happen as a

consequence of

doing what is

proposed

Is it Important?

(Significance)

What can be done

about it?

Is there still a

significant

impact?

Aspects which will be considered in the impact assessment for both the construction and

operation phase of the project including air quality, greenhouse gases, water quality, noise,

ecology, waste, landscape and visual, traffic, soil, and groundwater, socio-economic and

health.

The IEE study will evaluate the significance of all the environmental and social impacts

associated with the proposed project under impact categories including positive or negative,

short term or long term, direct or indirect. The effectiveness of mitigation measures shall also be

assessed through environmental impact predictions on the different sensitive receptors

within any environmental component.

7.2.5 Risk Assessment

Risk assessment study will cover the following:

Hazards identification to determine the incident scenarios, hazard and hazardous

events, their causes and mechanism;

Consequence analysis to determine extent of the consequence of identified

hazardous events;

Frequency estimation to determine the frequency of occurrence of identified

hazardous events and various consequences;

Risk summary to determine risk level and their significance, and recommendation

for risk mitigation.

7.2.6 Environmental Management Plan (EMP) An Environmental Management Plan (EMP) would be prepared covering mitigation

measures, environmental control technologies and best available practices with defined

Predict Evaluate Mitigation/

Enhance

Residual Impacts


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Environmental Management System. The mitigation measures would be targeted at

reducing impacts to as low as reasonably practical. The EMP will comprise of (and not

limited to):

Feasible control technologies and mitigation measures to minimize adverse impacts

of proposed activities such as:

Pollution control measures proposed to meet the emission, effluent and noise

standards etc.;

Effluent treatment;

Solid waste management;

Environmental monitoring programme;

Occupational health and safety related mitigation measures.

Management of social impacts through mitigation measures at community as well as

household levels;

Mitigation and management plans for implementation with definite timeline and

responsibilities;

Organization required for implementation of management program during different

phases of the project;

Training the EMP implementation team; and

Monitoring and reporting mechanism both for regulatory compliance.

7.2.7 IEE report Format

EQMS will prepare the IEE report as per the following structures but not limited:

Executive Summary

Introduction

Description of the project

Administrative and regulatory framework

Baseline data

Impact and mitigation measures

Environmental and social monitoring program

Information disclosure, consultation, and participation

Grievance redress mechanism

Environmental and Social Management Plan

Conclusion


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8. Work Plan The work schedule for conducting field survey, baseline data collection and preparation of

IEE report in line with the potential Lenders' requirement for the proposed project is as

given in following Table 8-1.

Table 8-1: Work plan for conducting the IEE study

Description Time ( Weeks)

Progress 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Kick-off Meeting and Mobilization Completed

Scoping for IEE/EMP Completed

Project Description

Analysis of Alternatives

Preparation of IEE Checklist and Submission to

DoE

Environmental and Social Baseline

Impact Assessment (Cumulative) including

developing mitigation measures to minimize

adverse impacts/risks

Development of EMP

Preparation of Draft IEE

Preparation of Final IEE Report


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Annex-A: Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Checklist

Country/Project Title: Sector Division:

Screening Questions Yes No Remarks

A. Project Siting Is the Project area adjacent to or within any of the following environmentally sensitive areas?

Cultural heritage site √

Legally protected Area (core zone or buffer zone √

Wetland √

A Khal is situated inside of the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP) and connected with Sutang River

Mangrove √

Estuarine √

Special area for protecting biodiversity √

B. Potential Environmental Impacts Will the Project cause…

Impairment of historical/cultural areas; disfiguration of landscape or potential loss/damage to physical cultural resources?

√

Disturbance to precious ecology (e.g. sensitive or protected areas)? √

Alteration of surface water hydrology of waterways resulting in increased sediment in streams affected by increased soil erosion at construction site?

√

Deterioration of surface water quality due to silt runoff and sanitary wastes from worker-based camps and chemicals used in construction?

√

Increased air pollution due to project construction and operation?

√

Dust will be generate during the construction and also during operation phase of the project

Noise and vibration due to project construction or operation?

√

Noise and vibration will be generate during the construction activities and also during operation of the potato chips plant

Involuntary resettlement of people? (physical displacement and/or economic displacement)

√

Proposed PRAN potato chips will be establish inside of HIP

Disproportionate impacts on the poor, women and children, Indigenous Peoples or other vulnerable groups?

√

According to the population census 2011 there are only 7 households (male 18, female 26, total 34) in Nurpur Union

Poor sanitation and solid waste disposal in construction camps and work sites, and possible transmission of communicable diseases (such as STI's and HIV/AIDS) from workers to local populations?

√

Impacts can occur during construction and operation phase of the proposed project

Creation of temporary breeding habitats for diseases such as those transmitted by mosquitoes and rodents?

√

If canals inside the HIP will not be properly maintained, it can be breeding habitats

Social conflicts if workers from other regions or countries are hired?

√ At present worker are working in HIP from different region and culture

Large population influx during project construction and operation that causes increased burden on social infrastructure and services (such as water supply and sanitation systems)?

√

Local available resources will be affected due to population influx for setup new industries in HIP

Risks and vulnerabilities related to occupational √ Accidents may occur during incautiousness

PRAN Potato Chips Project (Bangladesh)

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Screening Questions Yes No Remarks

health and safety due to physical, chemical, biological, and radiological hazards during project construction and operation?

Risks to community health and safety due to the transport, storage, and use and/or disposal of materials such as explosives, fuel and other chemicals during construction and operation?

√

If fuel and oil and grease are not properly stored, transported and disposed

Community safety risks due to both accidental and natural causes, especially where the structural elements or components of the project are accessible to members of the affected community or where their failure could result in injury to the community throughout project construction, operation and decommissioning?

√

Generation of solid waste and/or hazardous waste?

√

Solid waste will be generate from the workers during operation and washing of potato

Use of chemicals? √ Citric Acid will be use

Generation of wastewater during construction or operation?

√

Generally waste water will be generate during washing the washing of raw potato

Appendix I: Environments, Hazards and Climate Change

Environment Natural Hazards and Climate Change

Arid/Semi-arid and desert environments

Low erratic rainfall of up to 500 mm rainfall per annum with periodic droughts and high rainfall variability. Low vegetative cover. Resilient ecosystems & complex pastoral and systems, but medium certainty that 10–20% of drylands degraded; 10-30% projected decrease in water availability in next 40 years; projected increase in drought duration and severity under climate change. Increased mobilization of sand dunes and other soils as vegetation cover declines; likely overall decrease in agricultural productivity, with rain-fed agriculture yield reduced by 30% or more by 2020. Earthquakes and other geophysical hazards may also occur in these environments.

Humid and sub-humid plains, foothills

More than 500 mm precipitation/yr. Resilient ecosystems & complex human pastoral and cropping systems. 10-30% projected decrease in water availability in next 40 years; projected increase in droughts, heatwaves and floods; increased erosion of loess-mantled landscapes by

Climate Change and Disaster Risk Questions The following questions are not for environmental categorization. They are included in this checklist to help identify potential climate and disaster risks.

Yes No Remarks

Is the Project area subject to hazards such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, tropical cyclone winds, storm surges, tsunami or volcanic eruptions and climate changes (see Appendix I)?

√

Could changes in precipitation, temperature, salinity, or extreme events over the Project lifespan affect its sustainability or cost?

√

Are there any demographic or socio-economic aspects of the Project area that are already vulnerable (e.g. high incidence of marginalized populations, rural-urban migrants, illegal settlements, ethnic minorities, women or children)?

√

Could the Project potentially increase the climate or disaster vulnerability of the surrounding area (e.g., increasing traffic or housing in areas that will be more prone to flooding, by encouraging settlement in earthquake zones)?

√


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and hill country wind and water; increased gully erosion; landslides likely on steeper slopes. Likely overall decrease in agricultural productivity & compromised food production from variability, with rain-fed agriculture yield reduced by 30% or more by 2020. Increased incidence of forest and agriculture-based insect infestations. Earthquakes and other geophysical hazards may also occur in these environments.

River valleys/ deltas and estuaries and other low-lying coastal areas

River basins, deltas and estuaries in low-lying areas are vulnerable to riverine floods, storm surges associated with tropical cyclones/typhoons and sea level rise; natural (and human-induced) subsidence resulting from sediment compaction and ground water extraction; liquefaction of soft sediments as result of earthquake ground shaking. Tsunami possible/likely on some coasts. Lowland agri-business and subsistence farming in these regions at significant risk.

Small islands

Small islands generally have land areas of less than 10,000km2 in area, though Papua New Guinea and Timor with much larger land areas are commonly included in lists of small island developing states. Low-lying islands are especially vulnerable to storm surge, tsunami and sea-level rise and, frequently, coastal erosion, with coral reefs threatened by ocean warming in some areas. Sea level rise is likely to threaten the limited ground water resources. High islands often experience high rainfall intensities, frequent landslides and tectonic environments in which landslides and earthquakes are not uncommon with (occasional) volcanic eruptions. Small islands may have low adaptive capacity and high adaptation costs relative to GDP.

Mountain ecosystems

Accelerated glacial melting, rockfalls/landslides and glacial lake outburst floods, leading to increased debris flows, river bank erosion and floods and more extensive outwash plains and, possibly, more frequent wind erosion in intermontane valleys. Enhanced snow melt and fluctuating stream flows may produce seasonal floods and droughts. Melting of permafrost in some environments. Faunal and floral species migration. Earthquakes, landslides and other geophysical hazards may also occur in these environments.

Volcanic environments

Recently active volcanoes (erupted in last 10,000 years – see www.volcano.si.edu). Often fertile soils with intensive agriculture and landslides on steep slopes. Subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions including pyroclastic flows and mudflows/lahars and/or gas emissions and occasionally widespread ashfall.

http://www.volcano.si.edu/


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Annex-B: Involuntary Resettlement (IR) Assessment Checklist

Probable Involuntary Resettlement Effects Yes No Remarks

Involuntary Acquisition of Land

Will there be land acquisition? √

Is the site for land acquisition known? √ Project will be establish inside of Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP)

Is the ownership status and current usage of land to be acquired known?

√ Land inside of the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP)

Will there be loss of shelter and residential land due to land acquisition?

√

Will there be loss of agricultural and other productive assets due to land acquisition?

√

Will there be losses of crops, trees, and fixed assets due to land acquisition?

√

Will there be loss of businesses or enterprises due to land acquisition?

√ Business opportunities will be increase

Will there be loss of income sources and means of livelihoods due to land acquisition?

√ Income and livelihoods opportunities will be generate

Involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas

Will people lose access to natural resources, communal facilities and services?

√

If land use is changed, will it have an adverse impact on social and economic activities?

√

Will access to land and resources owned communally or by the state be restricted?

√

Information on Displaced Persons:

Any estimate of the likely number of persons that will be displaced by the Project? [√] No [ ] Yes

If Yes, approximately how many?....................................

Are any of them poor, female-heads of households, or vulnerable to poverty risks? [√] No [ ] Yes

Are any displaced persons from indigenous or ethnic minority groups? [√] No [ ] Yes


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Annex-C: Indigenous People (IP) Assessment Checklist

KEY CONCERNS (Please provide elaborations on the Remarks

column) Yes No Remarks

A. Indigenous Peoples Identification

Are there socio-cultural groups present in or use the project area who may be considered as "tribes" (hill tribes, schedules tribes, tribal peoples), "minorities"(ethnic or national minorities), or "indigenous communities" in the project area?

√

Project site falls in Nurpur Union of Habiganj Sadar Upazila in Habiganj District of Bangladesh. As per Population Census of Bangladesh 2011, there are only one 7 households (male 18, female 26, total 34) in Nurpur UP. Detailed study will be conducted during IEE

Are there national or local laws or policies as well as anthropological researches/studies that consider these groups present in or using the project area as belonging to "ethnic minorities", scheduled tribes, tribal peoples, national minorities, or cultural communities?

√

Not Applicable

Do such groups self-identify as being part of a distinct social and cultural group?

√ Not Applicable

Do such groups maintain collective attachments to distinct habitats or ancestral territories and/ or to the natural resources in these habitats and territories?

√

Not Applicable

Do such groups maintain cultural, economic, social, and political institutions distinct from the dominant society and culture?

√

Not Applicable

Do such groups speak a distinct language or dialect?

√ Not Applicable

Has such groups been historically, socially and economically marginalized, disempowered, excluded, and/ or discriminated against?

√

Not Applicable

Are such groups represented as "Indigenous Peoples" or as "ethnic minorities" or "scheduled tribes" or "tribal populations" in any formal decision making bodies at the national or local levels?

√

Not Applicable

B. Identification of Potential Impacts

Will the project directly or indirectly benefit or target Indigenous Peoples?

√ Not Applicable

Will the project directly or indirectly affect Indigenous Peoples' traditional socio-cultural and belief practices? (e.g. child-rearing, health, education, arts, and governance)

√

Not Applicable

Will the project affect the livelihood systems of Indigenous Peoples? (e.g., food production system, natural resource management, crafts and trade, employment status)

√

Not Applicable

Will the project be in an area (land or territory) occupied, owned, or used by Indigenous Peoples, and/ or claimed as ancestral domain?

√

Not Applicable


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KEY CONCERNS (Please provide elaborations on the Remarks

column) Yes No Remarks

C. Identification of Special Requirements Will the project activities include:

Commercial development of the cultural resources and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples?

√

Not Applicable

Physical displacement from traditional or customary lands?

√ Not Applicable

Commercial development of natural resources (such as minerals, hydrocarbons, forests, water, hunting or fishing grounds) within customary lands under use that would impact the livelihoods or the cultural, ceremonial, spiritual uses that define the identity and community of Indigenous Peoples?

√

Not Applicable

Establishing legal recognition of rights to lands and territories that are traditionally owned or customarily used, occupied or claimed by indigenous peoples?

√

Not Applicable

Acquisition of lands that are traditionally owned or customarily used, occupied or claimed by indigenous peoples?

√

Not Applicable

D. Anticipated project impacts on Indigenous Peoples - Not Applicable

Project component/activity/output Anticipated positive

effect Anticipated negative

effect 1.

2.

3. 4.

5. Note: The project team may attach additional information on the project, as necessary.


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Annex-D: Photographs during screening study

Cake production line Bread production line

A floor of the biscuit production line Bread production line

Biscuit production line Consultation with the local community and taking feedback

Consultation with the local community and taking feedback



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Consultation with the land sellers and taking feedback

Existing ETP inside of the HIP Production line of beverage (PRAN-UP)

Production of Dry cake Mango Bar production line


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ANNEX-E: COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT (OPERATION PHASE)

Prepared for:


October 2017

Prepared by:

EQMS Consulting Limited

Flat # C1, House # 76, Road # 5, Block # F

Phone: +88-02-9873282

www.eqmsbd.com

Environmental Compliance Audit Report

OF

PRAN POTATO CHIPS, PASTA AND FLAKES PROJECT

Environmental Compliance Audit Report

Environmental Compliance Audit of PRAN Potato Chips, PASTA AND FLAKES Project

Final Report

December 2017

Reviewed & Approved by:

Kazi Farhed Iqubal

Executive Director

This report has been prepared and reviewed by EQMS company, with all

responsible skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contact with the

client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and taking

account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client.

We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters

outside the scope of the above.

This report is confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of

whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is

made known. Any such party relies on the report at their own risk

Table of Contents

Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 4

1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5

1.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 5

1.2. Project description .......................................................................................................... 5

1.3. Objective ....................................................................................................................... 5

2. Summary of National, Local and any Other Applicable Environmental Laws, Regulations, and

Standards ..................................................................................................................................... 6

2.1. Bangladesh Environmental Policy, Regulations and Guidelines ........................................... 6

2.1.1. Government Environmental Policy, Regulations and Guidelines .................................. 6

2.1.2. Environmental Clearance ......................................................................................... 6

3. Audit and Site Investigation Procedure .................................................................................... 7

3.1. Overview ....................................................................................................................... 7

3.1.1. Desk Based overview .............................................................................................. 7

3.1.2. Site Visit ................................................................................................................. 7

3.2. Compliance rating .......................................................................................................... 8

3.3. Information gaps and limitations ..................................................................................... 8

4. Findings and Areas of Concern ............................................................................................... 9

5. Corrective Action Plan .......................................................................................................... 15

5.1. Overview ..................................................................................................................... 15

5.2. Corrective action plan ................................................................................................... 15

ANNEX-Photographs .................................................................................................................... 17

Executive Summary

The PRAN agribusiness project is going to establish a new PRAN Potato Chips, Pasta and Flakes Project

inside of the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP) under Sylvan Agriculture Limited (SAL), a subsidiary of PRAN

Group. Recently Potato project construction has been completed and initial operation is carried out from

November 2017. Yet full swing operation hasn’t been started. On the other hand, Pasta and Flakes

project operation hasn’t started yet. Still machine installation procedure is going on. Therefore, this operational period audit was conducted on solely Pran Potato Chips project.

The site visit was undertaken from 17th to 18th December 2017 and was attended by two environmental

and social safeguard specialists from EQMS Consulting Limited. Desk based study along with

observational field visits and internal/external stakeholder interview were adopted in this study.

Audit study has found in four major areas those are non-compliance to ADB Safeguard Requirement 1.

Along with the overall findings, specific findings were also highlighted. Required corrective action plan,

timeline and budget have been suggested as well.

1. Introduction

1.1. Introduction

“PRAN” is the largest business group in Bangladesh, established in 1981. Currently “PRAN” is one of the most admired foods and beverages brand among the millions of people of Bangladesh and other

countries of the world where PRAN products are regularly being exported to different countries of the

world. PRAN is currently producing Juices, Drinks, Mineral Water, Bakery, Carbonated Beverage, Snacks,

Culinary, Confectionary, Biscuit, Dairy, Health Food Drink, Breakfast and Refreshment, Rehydration,

Frozen Food and Kernel Sunflower Oil. All the PRAN products are produced as per international standard

maintaining the highest level of quality during its production processes. PRAN started its successful

journey to export market since 1996 and currently exports to over 118 countries.

The PRAN agribusiness project is going to establish a new PRAN Potato Chips, Pasta and Flakes Project

inside of the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP) under Sylvan Agriculture Limited (SAL), a subsidiary of PRAN

Group. The proposed project will be established inside of the HIP of Olipur, Habiganj District, Bangladesh.

The project is interested in taking project finance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which

requires an environmental and social assessment in line with the environmental and social requirements

of these lenders as well as the national regulatory requirements in Bangladesh. PRAN Group has

therefore initiated the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) study to comply with the IEE guidelines of

the GOB and the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of the ADB.

1.2. Project description

The proposed project is located inside of the Habiganj Industrial Park (HIP). The HIP is administratively

situated in the Nurpur Union under Habiganj Sadar Upazila of Habiganj District, Bangladesh. The northern

site of HIP is covered by Surabahi, Shailjura and Gayerpur village; industries of the Square group (Square

denim and Shahjibazar power station) on the South; Sachiura, Noagaon, Dushashan village on the West

and Olipur village, Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, Dhaka-Sylhet Railway and Hilly areas are located on the East

side.

Recently Potato project construction has been completed and initial operation is carried out from

November 2017. Yet full swing operation hasn’t been started. Lack of row materials is the main reason

behind this. Main row material is potato which will be available from February/March. Once potato supply

will be available and stored, full swing production will be continued.

Pasta and Flakes project operation hasn’t started yet. Its infrastructural construction has been completed but still machine installation procedure is not started. Therefore, this operational period audit was

conducted on solely Pran Potato Chips project.

1.3. Objective

The objectives of this audit are to:

Review environmental compliance of the existing assets against the requirements of ADB SR1:

Environment, with consideration of international best practice

Propose a corrective action plan (CAP) that sets out the actions that the Project needs to

implement to achieve compliance with ADB SR1

2. Summary of National, Local and any Other Applicable

Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Standards

2.1. Bangladesh Environmental Policy, Regulations and

Guidelines

2.1.1. Government Environmental Policy, Regulations and Guidelines

National Environmental Policy, 1992

National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP), 1995

Environment Conservation Act (ECA), 1995 and subsequent amendments

Environment Conservation Rules (ECR), 1997 & subsequent amendments

National Conservation Strategy, 1992

The EIA Guidelines for Industry, 1997

Relevant others National Polices

2.1.2. Environmental Clearance

Requirement of the DoE, Bangladesh

Environmental and Social Requirements of the ADB

Environment

Involuntary Resettlement

Indigenous Peoples

Applicable EHS Standards

Applicable Environmental Standards

3. Audit and Site Investigation Procedure

3.1. Overview

The audit approach has involved a desk based review and a site visit to obtain

information. This report has been informed by the review of Project documentation and

questions and answers with SAL. In addition, clarifications and additional information

have been sought through meetings with local community and corporate social

responsibility (CSR) beneficiaries. The information obtained has been compared against

the individual requirements of SR1 to make informed, evidence-based judgments as to

whether the Project is compliant or not. The findings of the compliance audit have been

used to identify recommendations that form the basis of the corrective action plan, which

is presented in Section 6.

3.1.1. Desk Based overview

The desk based review of project documentation included the following key documents:

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), 2017;

Stakeholder Engagement Plan;

Emergency response plan;

Quality plan;

Others (policy and plan).

3.1.2. Site Visit

The site visit was undertaken from 17th to 18th December 2017 and was attended by two environmental

and social safeguards specialist from EQMS Consulting Limited.

Internal stakeholder consultation

The following SAL personnel with responsibilities relating to environmental and social safeguards

compliance matters facilitated the EQMS environmental and social safeguard specialist during the site

visit and provided responses to questions before, during and after the site visit:

Table 3-1: Internal Stakeholder Lists

Sl Name Designation

1. M. A Latif S.M

2. Md. Shahin Mahmud D&M

3. Md. Mohiuddin M

4. A.B.M Eqram Hossain M-Qc

5. Md. Abdullah Miah SAM

6. Mohammed Ali AM(HRM)

7. Hasan Ahmed AM

8. Md. Rasel Kabir SH

External stakeholder consultation

A number of external stakeholders were consulted during the site visit.

3.2. Compliance rating

The compliance audit findings are presented in Section 5 alongside an overall compliance

determination which has been assigned on the following basis:

Compliance: Taking account of ADB’s policies and requirements, the Project’s practices, documents reviewed and field observations, specialists consider the

Project, on the whole, to be compliant with SR1

Non-compliance: Taking account of ADB’s policies and requirements, the Project’s practices, documents reviewed and field observations, specialists consider the Project

has at least one area that is not being performed to the required standard of SR1

and that this is of sufficient importance as to prevent compliance with SR1

3.3. Information gaps and limitations

The limitations of the audit approach are that of the duration of the site visit and, based

on the timeframes inherent in the audit process, the audit only presents a snapshot of

the Project’s performance during the review period.

4. Findings and Areas of Concern

Table 4-1: Audit findings and concern areas

ADB Safeguard Requirements Audit Findings Compliance

Finding Recommendation

Environmental Assessment:

Conduct environmental assessment

to identify potential direct, indirect,

cumulative, trans boundary and

induced impacts and risks. Include

analysis of alternatives

Overall Findings:

IEE report has been prepared considering potential

direct, indirect, cumulative, trans boundary and induced

impacts and risks. Analysis of alternatives was also

assessed in IEE report.

Compliance No further action required

Environmental Planning and

Management:

Avoid, minimize, mitigate, and/or

offset adverse impacts and enhance

positive impacts by means of

environmental planning and

management. Prepare an

environmental management plan

(EMP)

Overall Findings:

Precise environmental planning and management was

adopted. Furthermore, impact assessment and specific

EMP also were prepared and followed.

Specific Findings:

EMP covers following aspects to mitigate different range

of envisaged impacts;

Land/Soil resources

Water

Air

Noise

Waste (Non-hazardous solid)

Waste (Hazardous)

Occupational Health and Safety

Community Health and Safety

Risk (industrial accidents, fire accidents)

Natural Hazards


Information disclosure:

Disclose a draft environmental

assessment (including the EMP).

Overall Findings:

Public consultation along with all the local stakeholders

was undertaken before the draft environmental

Non

Compliance

The following improvements

are recommended to ensure

Full Compliance:



assessment. But draft environmental assessment report

hasn’t disclosed to local people yet.

● Draft environmental assessment report along with

the EMP should be disclosed

to the local communities so

that local people know

whether all environmental

and social issues were

considered.

Consultation and Participation:

Carry out meaningful consultation

with affected people and facilitate

their informed participation.

Overall Findings:

Periodical consultation is being done according to

Stakeholder Engagement Plan. Stakeholders are

informed/discussed in different issues related to project

activities those might impact negatively on the local

villagers.

Specific Findings:

Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) has been adopted.

Local communities have been consulted twice/thrice in a

year according to the SEP. Communities’ perceptions regarding project activities are discussed. Community

grievances and suggestions are discussed as well.

Communities are informed about the CSR plan and

activities. Communities are encouraged by community

meetings to take the benefits of CSR activities also.

Currently, Pran RFL implementing different categories of

CSR activities including Pran RFL Public School, road

development etc. In Pran RFL public school, most of

local children are getting better schooling opportunity

along with all modern school facilities.

Two separate roads are being constructed for the ease

communication of the local community. Besides this,




sufficient numbers of lamp posts have been installed to

enhance the security at night for the local people.

Grievance Redress Mechanism:

Establish a grievance redress

mechanism to receive and facilitate

resolution of the affected people’s concerns and grievances regarding

the project’s environmental performance.

Overall findings:

Active external and internal GRM have been observed

working in the project area. Since the operation started

lately, no grievance has been recorded yet.

Specific Findings:

Grievance boxes have been installed in different places

in the project area.

Local people and employees/workers were found know

about how to address grievance.


Monitoring and Reporting:

Implement the EMP and monitor its

effectiveness. Document monitoring

results, including the development

and implementation of corrective

actions, and disclose monitoring

reports

Overall Findings:

Since the initial operational activities started from last

November 2017, periodical external monitoring and

reporting for the operation period hasn’t started yet. However, internal monitoring in some aspects such as

water, noise, air is being carried out periodically.

Non

complience



Full Compliance:

● Periodical monitoring, reporting must be continued

during the operational period.

● Corrective measures should be taken if necessary and

properly discussed with the

relevant stakeholders.

Unanticipated

Environmental Impacts:

Update IEE and EMP or

prepare new IEE and

EMP to address

unanticipated

environmental impacts

Since operational period has been started lately, no

sufficient evidence has been found or available right

now to be observed.

Couldn’t assessed



that become apparent

during project

implementation

Biodiversity

Conservation and

Sustainable Natural

Resource Management:

Ensure specific

requirements are met

for developments in

critical habitats or areas

of natural habitats.

Apply a precautionary

approach to the use of

renewable natural

resources.

Overall Findings:

Afforestation and canal protection activities were

observed. However, required 30000 sft afforestation is

still not achieved.

Non

Compliance



Full Compliance:

● Need to complete afforestation requirement.

Pollution Prevention

and Abatement:

Apply pollution prevention and

control technologies and practices

consistent with international good

practices.

Overall Findings:

Technologies and practices consistent with international

good practices and technologies to prevent pollution

have been adopted.

Specific Findings:

ETP plant

Waste water is treated in ETP before disposing. Water

quality is assessed and recorded periodically.

Perishable waste management

Perishable sludge is being transferred to fertilizer unit

for producing organic fertilizer. Fertilizer quality is being

tested periodically as well.

Nonperishable waste management




Nonperishable waste is deposited separately in separate

waste bin. Finally, waste is sold to local vendors.

Health and Safety: Provide

workers with safe and healthy

working conditions and prevent

accidents, injuries, and disease.

Establish preventive and emergency

preparedness and response

measures to avoid, and where

avoidance is not possible, to

minimize, adverse impacts and risks

to the health and safety of local

communities.

Overall Findings:

Health and safety procedures are in place and

effectively implemented for SAL. However, it remains to

be disclosed to the local community to ensure that any

risks can be successfully avoided or minimized. This will

be required for further consideration.

Specific Findings:

Safe and healthy working conditions:

Project activities specific HIRA and control mechanism

have been developed and implemented successfully.

Workers have been found using appropriate PPE while

working. Adequate numbers of fire extinguishers have

been observed. Others firefighting equipment have been

found also. In addition to this adequate number of

staff/workers have been found who are trained in

providing/assisting first aid and fire-fighting. Moreover,

medical facilities and ambulance services for the

workers have been observed.

Preventive and Emergency Preparedness and

Response Measures

Threat specific emergency response plan for Ammonia

Gas Leakage, Fire specific prevention, Spillage of

hazardous chemical, flood, earthquake, Terrorist Attack

& Bomb Threat have been taken and implemented.

Beside all these, periodical fire evacuation drill, training

plan and periodical successful training implementation

practices have been observed. Additionally, fire license

Non

complience



Full Compliance:

● Local community specific emergency response plan and

disclosure is required.



from fire service and civil defense was also available

along with periodical renewal.

5. Corrective Action Plan

5.1. Overview

This section presents a corrective action plan (CAP) setting out the actions needed for the Project to

comply with ADB Safeguard Requirement 1.

5.2. Corrective action plan

The CAP sets out:

The corrective actions based on the findings of the compliance audit and

recommendations to achieve compliance with SR1

The deliverable or key performance indicator (KPI) that demonstrates the corrective

action has been completed

Responsibility for implementing the corrective action

Timeline to resolve the corrective action, usually referencing financial close,

commencement of construction or operation

Estimated budget to achieve the deliverable or KPI, stated as a range or estimated limit.

Table 5-1: Corrective action plan (CAP)

Sl Corrective Action Deliverable Responsibility Time to resolve Estimated budget

1. Draft Environmental assessment report

must be disclosed with the local stakeholders (Public consultation is

required)

IEE report (discloser

section)

SAL Before next audit BDT 100000

2. Monitoring and reporting

External-internal monitoring and reporting

are required to start immediately

Environmental and social monitoring

report

SAL or

Consultancy firm

Before next audit BDT 2400000 (yearly)

3. 30000 sft afforestation is required to achieve

Environmental and social monitoring

report


4. Emergency response plan is required to disclose with the local community

Community response plan and

discloser


ANNEX-Photographs

Production Process

Storing in cold storage Gradual preheating

Feeder Elevator

Grader, Washing, Destoning, Peeler Conveyor, Slice feed elevator, CC feeder

Shaker, Blencher, Shaker

Fryer, de-oiling, vibrator inspection belt

Seasoning, Metal detector

Packaging Process

Step 1 Step 2

Step 3 Step 4

Stakeholder Meeting

Internal Stakeholder Meeting External Stakeholder Meeting

Internal Stakeholder Meeting (Workers)

Health and Safety in working place

Fire Extinguisher Emergency Exit

Electric shock: First aid and respiratory

procedure PPE instruction

Awareness for respecting female workers Hose pipe using instruction

Smoking prohibition Traffic awareness

Grievance Mechanism

Awareness on GRM procedure Grievance Box

Waste Management

ETP Plant Fish culturing in water reservoir pond

(treated water)

Organic fertilizer compost Organic fertilizer compost test report

CSR Activities

Public School Road under development

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