INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATASHEET APPRAISAL STAGE I. Basic Information Date prepared/updated: 10/10/2013 Report No.: AC7033 1. Basic Project Data Original Project ID: P111272 Original Project Name: Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project Country: Bangladesh Project ID: P146500 Project Name: Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project-- AF II Task Team Leader: Masood Ahmad Estimated Appraisal Date: November 18, Estimated Board Date: March 6, 2014 2013 Managing Unit: SASDA Lending Instrument: Investment Project Financing Sector: Other social services (60%);Flood protection (20%);Rural and Inter-Urban Roads and Highways (10%);General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (10%) Theme: Natural disaster management (90%);Climate change (10%) IBRD Amount (US$m.): 0 IDA Amount (US$m.): 140 GEF Amount (US$m.): 0 PCF Amount (US$m.): 0 Other financing amounts by source: BORROWER/RECIPIENT 0.00 0.00 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Simplified Processing Simple [] Repeater [] Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) Yes [ ] No [X] or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies) 2. Project Objectives The Project Development (PDO) Objectives will remain the same as for the original project which is "to support Government of Bangladesh efforts to facilitate restoration and recovery from the damage to livelihoods and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Sidr and Cyclone Aila and to build long-term preparedness through strengthened disaster risk management." 3. Project Description No changes are proposed to the project's design or to the current implementation arrangements. Additional Financing would continue to finance recovery and restoration in nine districts severely affected by Cyclone Sidr and subsequently by Cyclone Aila. The additional financing will have two components out of 6 components of the original project. Monitoring and evaluation of project impact will be covered by original project. The Original Project Components: Component No. Component Title A Recovery of Agriculture Sector and Mid-term Improvement Program B Reconstruction and Improvement of Multipurpose Shelters C Rehabilitation of Coastal Embankments D Long-Term Disaster Risk Management Program E Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Impact F Project Management, Technical Assistance, Strategic Studies and Training, and Emergency Support for Future Disasters The project is currently implemented through the Departments of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Component A), the Local Government Engineering Department (Component B and D3), the Bangladesh Water Development Board (Component C and D2), the Disaster Management Bureau (Component D1 and F2), the Project Coordination and Monitoring Unit in the Ministry of Planning (Component F) and is overseen by a Project Steering Committee. The description and activities of the components of Additional Financing are given below: Component B: Construction and Improvement of Shelters (USD 78.50 Million) The additional financing would be used to rehabilitate/upgrade about 220 shelters and build about new 100 shelters. Access roads to the improved and new shelters will be improved for easy access by the communities. The shelters are multipurpose complex for education and other social use in normal time. All shelters constructed are primary schools, with separate bath rooms for men and women, safe water supply is ensured, water treatment for wastewater is constructed and solar panel is provided and connection to existing road is ensured by constructing a link, where needed. The class rooms are provided with furniture and other teaching tools. Generally, one floor is constructed for livestock and animals and top floor for human shelter. Floors have mosaic finish and bath rooms have tiles for easy maintenance and cleaning etc. The shelters designed to withstand wind speed of 260 km/hour and placed higher than the expected surge level. Foundation is constructed to bear vertical addition in future if necessary. The same design features will be continued in implementation of the additional financing. The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under the Ministry of Local Governments implements the component B activities. Component No. Component Title Amount (USD Million) B1 Construction of New Shelter 40.0 B2 Improvement of existing shelter 20.0 B3 Improvement of Communication Network 15.0 B4 Design and Supervision 3.5 LGED cost 1.0 Consultancy Contract 2.0 Total 78.0 Component C: Rehabilitation of Coastal Embankments (US$37.0 million): The objective of Component C is to rehabilitate coastal embankments damaged by Cyclone Sidr. At the start of ECRRP, the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) considered to rehabilitate and improve about 30 polders. However, the 9 contracts awarded for about 19 polders ran into slow implementation and contract management issues. The additional financing will rehabilitate the remaining 10 polders (one out of the remaining 11 polders was taken up under the Coastal Embankment Improvement Program, Phase-I Project, which was recently approved). All existing covenants for ECRRP will apply for implementation of activities under Additional Financing. Component No. Component Title Amount (USD Million) C1 Rehabilitation of Coastal Embankments 20.0 C2 Design and Construction Supervision 0.5 Total 20.5 Component D2: Preparation of Future Projects (US$3.0 million). Additional financing is proposed for this component to continue support for ongoing activities under original credit and first additional financing as needed, and to finance the preparation studies for selected activities such as studies related to the River Bank Improvement Program (RBIP) for revamping the Brahmaputra River Bank Embankment (BRE) or other such projects agreed between Government and Association. The revised total for this component is US$9.0 million. Component E: Project Monitoring and Evaluation (US$0.8 million). Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities provide continuous feedback to the Government, the Project Steering Committee (PSC), the Project Coordination and Monitoring Unit (PCMU), and the project's implementing agencies on the project's performance and impact of its various components. M&E consultants hired under this component also supervise implementation of the overall EMF and S/RPF, provide careful review and monitoring of sub-project specific social and environmental management plans and impact assessments, and supervise their implementation. Additional financing is proposed for this component to continue support for ongoing activities under original credit and first additional financing as needed, and expenses in evaluating the additional activities under Components B and C. The revised total for this component is US$5.7 million. Component F: Project Management, Technical Assistance Strategic Studies and Emergency Support for Future Disasters (US$20.7 million): This component supports the Government in implementing the project, including coordinating all project related activities, technical assistance and training. It includes provisions for the operation of the PCMU under the Ministry of Planning. For continued the Project Management Support by PCMU (Component F1) US$0.7 million have been added bring the total for component F1 to US$5.7 million. For component F5, the emergency support for future disasters, US$20 million have been allocated. The total allocation of funds for the Component F would be US$31.1 million. The funds allocated for the F5 component, if not used for any future disaster would be allocated to Component C for the rehabilitation of polders provided its implementation proceeds well. In the event that there is no disaster during the project implementation period, and if deemed relevant, the allocation could also be used for more shelters. 4. Project Location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis The project activities under the additional financing will be limited to the nine worst affected coastal districts of Bangladesh. These districts are in the Lower Gangetic delta, mostly below 3 meters above sea level and vulnerable to floods and storm surges. The delta is characterized by high fertility and agricultural productivity. Assessment from original project shows the land type is plain land and soil is clayey loam. Comparatively high land is selected for construction of cyclone shelter. Good drainage facilities are incorporated in the project design to avoid long term water logging. Unavailability of drinking water is a persisting problem in the project area due to high salinity. Ground water of the project area is slightly to moderately saline, most of the area were reported to be arsenic free but contains iron. The depth of the groundwater varies from 2.0 to 5.5 m. But the depth for drinkable water is varying from 50 m to 200m. Any notified reserve forests area was not reported in the subproject area. No endangered floral or fauna species were reported. Land holdings are usually small due to a high population growth leading to lack of land not already committed to agriculture; growing demand for other land uses such as infrastructure, industry and urban settlement, making land the scarcest factor of production. Significantly affected by Cyclone Sidr and Aila are also the wetland areas in the southern part of Satkhira, Khulna and Bagerhat districts. Population density in the project area ranges from 488 to 1046 persons per square kilometer (average 808 persons). Population density is above 1000 in Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira districts while it is less than 1000 and more than 500 in Pirojpur, Bhola, Barisal and Jhalokathi districts. Barguna and Patuakhali districts has the least population density; below 500 persons per square kilometer. The Project area is generally accessible by means of land transport through existing road networks; there are still remote mouzas and villages, which could not be reached by road due to the numerous rivers and waterways and char lands. Accordingly, the primary means of transportation of the local population is via the waterways. But the limited transport system and basic infrastructure limits the access of these remote coastal communities to basic services and social infrastructure such as health, education, electricity and power supply, water supply and sanitation and the like. Livelihood and income generating opportunities are also limited by the absence of basic infrastructure. Majority (56%) of the households in the Project area are dependent on agriculture for their source of income. The major issues and concerns pertaining to agriculture in the area include perennial flooding, water logging, high soil salinity, saltwater intrusion, lack of irrigation, and the constant threat of cyclones. According to the social assessment of shelter sites under component B, extent of losses caused by the cycle Sidr in 2007 was 90% of fish stock, 90% of permanent assets, 75% of domestic animals as well as heavy losses to trees, infrastructures. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Mr Md. Akhtaruzzaman (SASDS) Mr Iqbal Ahmed (SASDI) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered Yes No Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) X Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) X Forests (OP/BP 4.36) X Pest Management (OP 4.09) X Physical Cultural Resources (OP/BP 4.11) X Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) X Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) X Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) X Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50) X Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60) X II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: The findings from original project interpret that investment on the component B and C yields net positive environmental impacts. The shelters constructed so that they are used as primary schools when no disaster. The shelters are constructed with separate bathrooms for men and women. Safe water supply is ensured, water treatment for wastewater is included and solar panels are provided. In addition, connections to existing road are ensured by constructing a link, if needed. One floor is constructed for livestock and animals and top floor for human shelter. Ramp has been provided for disable people and easy movement of livestock. The shelters are designed to withstand wind speeds of 260 km/hour and placed higher than the expected surge level. Again the polder are rehabilitated to keep this zone free of waterlogging, salinity intrusion and can be used for farming and other agricultural work. The Environmental Monitoring report states that negative environmental impacts are triggered mostly from the construction related activities. These impacts are mostly temporary and limited within project boundary. The Additional Financing will be used to scale up the construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure like construction of 100 new and rehabilitation of 220 multipurpose cyclone shelters as well as the associated improvements of connecting roads under Component B and rehabilitation of 10 coastal embankments under Component C of the original project which will have environmental and social safeguard footprint. The construction of new cyclone shelters and access roads and rehabilitation of coastal embankment will require environmental assessment to identify and avoid environmental impacts. The project was reviewed and screened during preparation and implementation of original project and designated as environmental 'Category B' which is appropriate and consistent with the provisions of OP/BP 4.01, and as the project objectives, designs and expected impacts remain unchanged, the safeguard Category B will also remain unchanged. Social safeguards compliance issues of OP/BP 4.12 is applicable to both the components B and C as the original project. No tribal peoples will be affected by the additional financing. Activities under Component B are limited in existing vacant land of sponsoring local educational institutions and cause no population displacement under the implementation of original and Additional Financing. In few contract packages, voluntary donation, exchange or direct purchase of lands were involved and supported by the sponsoring institutions. Activities under component C involve temporary displacement of people and in limited cases, acquisition of private lands and involuntary displacement. No tribal peoples have been identified in the project influence areas of the selected polders for rehabilitation of embankments and no discrimination between social groups was reported by the catchment area population in accessing the disaster shelters No changes are proposed to the project's design or to the current implementation arrangements from the original one. The project does not envisage any significant or irreversible environmental impact and negative social impact from the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the coastal infrastructures. The construction of new shelters and access roads envisage no land acquisition but at critical circumstance, additional private lands may need to be acquired for new shelters. Rehabilitation of embankments in the 3 out of 10 polders involves land acquisition, while displacement of some people (mostly squatters living on embankments) have been identified in almost all the polders. Social safeguards compliance issues of OP/BP 4.12 is applicable to both the components B and C as the original project. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: The nature of the project, which is intended to rehabilitate the impact of cyclone sidr, is unlikely to lead any significant incremental long-term impacts since most infrastructures already existed prior to the cyclone. The investment on the component B and C yields net positive environmental impacts. Experience from the original project shows that the negative environmental impacts will be triggered mostly from the construction related activities. These impacts are mostly temporary and limited within project boundary. According to the existing EMF and S/RPF, screening are and will continue to be performed of any potential indirect or long-term adverse impacts and taking necessary mitigation measures to ensure minimal impacts. The new cyclone shelters and access roads as well as major rehabilitation works undertaken to upgrade the embankments may require land acquisition and hence will require site specific Social Impact Assessments and Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) in accordance with the S/RPF. The new cyclone shelter and road construction will require environmental assessment in planning stage. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. All sub-projects were and will be subject to an environmental screening at an appropriate level of assessment based on the agreed EMF. The screening process will distinguish sub- projects requiring an environmental review or more detailed environmental assessments. The later is expected for the new construction (e.g. new disaster shelters or realignment of embankments) and full environment assessment will be carried out with sound environmental professional (and cleared by the Bank). These sub-projects will continue to undergo an analysis of alternatives specially the location and design as required under standard EIA practice. Subprojects for embankment rehabilitation have taken measures to avoid land acquisition and displacement of people through reconstruction of eroded embankment in- situ where feasible and also adopting situ relocation of embankment squatters 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. An Environmental Management Framework (EMF) and Social and Resettlement Policy Framework (SRPF) were completed in the original project, and these have been reviewed and approved by the Bank and disclosed by the Project Coordination and Monitoring Unit (PCMU). The EMF and SRPF are set of policies, acts, rules, programs, and institutions that collectively work towards protecting and enhancing the attributes of the environment and persons that may be impacted by the activities undertaken in the Project. Various mitigation measures are suggested to minimize environmental impacts and fair compensation mechanisms should residual impact be unavoidable. Moreover, the EMF and SRPF suggest screening, monitoring, and post-evaluation mechanism so that any present or future impact can be identified and resolved quickly. The SRPF establishes resettlement objectives and principles, legal framework and applicable laws and policies, organizational arrangements, grievance redress mechanisms, monitoring and evaluation, and institutional capability. The SRPF details the legal framework and applicable policies for the project and the processes (assessments, surveys); instruments (Resettlement Action Plan) required for complying with those policies. Types of expected impacts from the acquisition of land and/or displacement of people, including squatters, mitigation measures, and eligibility criteria for compensation, an Entitlement Matrix, details of the land acquisition process, implementation arrangements and outlines of RAPs are provided. Once sites are selected for investments, site specific Environmental Impact Assessments, Management Plans, and Resettlement Action Plans (if applicable) are undertaken, disclosed and consulted with the impacted populations. An independent M&E Consultant under Component E of the original project is responsible to review, supervise and monitor activities for environmental and social safeguards compliance of all subprojects. This system worked very well and will continue to operate under the additional financing. There are no outstanding safeguards issues. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. The key stakeholders in the project are those affected by the Cyclone Sidr and Aila. The EMF and SRPF were prepared in consultation with the local communities, NGOs and government officials/agencies. The subproject specific EA (environmental screening and/or assessment) and SIA (social impact assessment) and EMP, Social Management Plan (SMP) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), where required, will be prepared in consultation with affected communities and the draft will again be consulted with communities and NGOs. EIAs/EMPs and SMPs/RAPs are and will also be published in the website for public information and comments. The Project Coordination and Monitoring Unit (PCMU) at the Ministry of Planning is responsible for overall coordination and monitoring of the environmental assessment process and implementation of EMP. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Consultant under PCMU, two separate Design and Supervision (DSM) Consultants under LGED and BWDB have been hired. The environment specialists of DSM consultants are responsible for preparation of the EIA after consultations with all stakeholders in accordance the Bank policies and the supervision of the EMP implementation. Since the number of construction of new cyclone shelter has been significantly increased with the additional financings II, one additional position of Environment Specialist in the DSM Consultant for Component B will be required for timely deliver the EA report before the bidding process. The environment specialist of M&E consultants is responsible for reviewing the EA and supervising implementation of the overall EMF. Both LGED and BWDB are already familiar with the environmental and social safeguard required and have gained substantial experience on implementing the original ECRRP and its earlier additional financing. LGED and BWDB will continue to obtain clearance on sub-project specific EA report from Department of Environment (DoE) for Component B and C. The EMF, along with the Bangla version, was disclosed in websites of the implementing agencies (http://www.bwdb.gov.bd and http://www.lged.gov.bd) on January 9, 2009 and in the World Bank's InfoShop on the same date. Hard copies of the document have also been made available in the site offices of BWDB and LGED in project areas. In accordance to the EMF, to date total 205 numbers of EIA reports out of 230 nos of new construction Cyclone Shelter and all the 250 nos IEE reports for improvement of Cyclone Shelter have been prepared by LGED for component B and the IEE reports for all the 19 polders have been prepared by the BWDB for Component C along with detailed survey and baseline studies. A total of 250 open community meetings were conducted at locations for improvement of existing shelters, 229 for new shelters, 127 for shelter connecting roads and 18 for killas for Component B. A total of 58 community consultation meeting were conducted as of today covering a total of 806 persons including men and women for component C. The engineering design of subproject under component B incorporated number of recommendations from the consultation. The consultation process will be continued for Additional Financing. Also required budget for implementation of EMP has been estimated for preparation of the Bill of Quantity (BOQ) of bid document. Specific items relevant to environmental compliance have been included in the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) for the civil works and the contractor has been paid accordingly. Overall the method followed in the parent and AF-I project worked satisfactorily. The same methodology and institutional arrangement will be followed for Additional Financing II. B. Disclosure Requirements Date Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other: Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Yes Date of receipt by the Bank 09/01/2009 Date of "in-country" disclosure 09/01/2009 Date of submission to InfoShop 09/01/2009 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive 09/01/2009 Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process: Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Yes Date of receipt by the Bank 09/01/2009 Date of "in-country" disclosure 09/01/2009 Date of submission to InfoShop 09/01/2009 Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework: Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop Pest Management Plan: Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop * If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level (to be filled in when the ISDS is finalized by the project decision meeting) OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? Yes If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Sector Manager (SM) Yes review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the Yes credit/loan? OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process Yes framework (as appropriate) been prepared? If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Sector Yes Manager review the plan? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank's Yes Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a Yes form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities Yes been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project Yes cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the Yes monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the Yes borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? D. Approvals Signed and submitted by: Name Date Task Team Leader: Mr Masood Ahmad 09/02/2013 Environmental Specialist: Mr Iqbal Ahmed 09/06/2013 Social Development Specialist Mr Md. Akhtaruzzaman 09/06/2013 Additional Environmental and/or Ms Nadia Sharmin 09/06/2013 Social Development Specialist(s): Approved by: Regional Safeguards Coordinator: Mr Francis V. Fragano 10/10/2013 Comments: Sector Manager: Comments: