Initial Environmental Examination – National Roads Component: Anuradhapura-Rambewa (A020) Project Number: 42254 May 2010
Sri Lanka: Northern Road Connectivity Project
Prepared by [Author(s)] [Firm] [City, Country] Prepared by the Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prepared for [Executing Agency] [Implementing Agency] The initial environmental examination is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary The views expressed herein are those of the consultant and do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s inmembers, nature. Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.
Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................ i Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... v 1
1.1 Background and justification of the proposed project............................................................. 1 1.2 Extent and Scope of the study ............................................................................................... 1 1.3 Objectives of the IEE report ................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Methodologies adopted in IEE preparation ............................................................................ 1 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................. 2 2.1 Location of the project ........................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Category of the project .......................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Necessity for the project ........................................................................................................ 4 2.4 Magnitude of the project ........................................................................................................ 4 2.5 Materials to be used and sources .......................................................................................... 4 2.6 Labour Force ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.7 Investment and Funding Sources .......................................................................................... 7 2.8 Schedule of implementation ........................................................................................................ 7 2.9 Main beneficiaries of the project.................................................................................................. 8 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT..................................................................................... 8 3.2 Physical Environment ............................................................................................................ 8 3.3 Hydrology ............................................................................................................................ 11 3.4 Ecological Resources .......................................................................................................... 12 3.5 Socio economic structure..................................................................................................... 15 3.6 Description of Traffic............................................................................................................ 16 4 ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES .... 18 4.1 Pre- construction & Construction period .............................................................................. 18 4.2 Anticipated impacts during operation period ........................................................................ 29 5. Public consultation & Information Disclosure............................................................................... 30 6.
10. REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 34 Sources of Data and Information..................................................................................................... 35 Contributors/authors........................................................................................................................ 35
ii List of Tables: Table 01: Location of borrow pits Table 02: Locations of Quarries and Crushers Table 03: Air quality at Anuradhapura Meteorological Department May 1999 (NBRO) Table 04: Physical and chemical properties of ground water in Nachchaduwa tank Table 05: Description of Traffic Table 06: Socio- economic structure in DS divisions Table 07: Public utilities to be removed Table 08: Details of trees to be cut List of Figures Figure 01: Map showing the location of the project site Figure 02: Borrow Pit Locations Figure 03: Geological Map of the project area Figure04: Average rainfall variation in Anuradhapura Figure 05: Map showing drainage pattern of the project area Figure 06: Reservoir near the road Figure 07: Secondary forest patch in “Rama Kele” Archaeological reserve Figure 08: Paddy fields Figure 09: Home gardens Figure 10: Railway crossing and signal room beside the road Figure 11: Encroachment of the RoW Annexes: Annex 01: Annex 02: Annex 03: Annex 04 Annex 05: Annex 06: Annex 07: Annex 08: Annex 09:
1:60,000 Location Diagram REA checklist Typical cross section Strip Plan Flora of the Project Area Fauna of the Project Area Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMOP) Environmental Clearance from the Central Environmental Authority (CEA)
