RFP for BHOPAL & Narmadapuram Division - Madhya Pradesh ...

“A” project, the EIA will be prepared in accordance with ADB’sEnvironmental Assessment Guidelines (2003) as amended from time totime / Government of India Guidelines.4.10.1.3 The consultant shall assess and document baseline conditionsrelevant to the project with the objective to establish the benchmarks.4.10.1.4 If any project pass through forest land and pass through nearby forestland (less than 1 km), the consultant has to clearly identify the legal statusof the forest, whether the forest is part of National parks or WildlifeSanctuaries or other special status of the forest. If the forest is nationalPark or Sanctuary, the consultant has to undertake vegetation analysis, andraid wildlife movement study along the roads that pass through/ nearbynational parks or sanctuaries.4.10.1.5 The consultant shall assess the potential positive and negativesignificant impacts due to the project and identify the cost effectivemitigative measures to address these impacts adequately in theEnvironmental Monitoring and Management Plant (EMMP)4.10.1.6 The consultant shall do the analysis of alternatives incorporatingenvironmental concerns and the associated costs in the economic analysis.This should include with and without scenario and modificationincorporated in the proposed project due to environment considerations.4.10.1.7 The consultant shall give special attention to the environmentalenhancement measures in the project for the following:(i) Cultural property enhancement along the highways;(ii) Bus bays and bus shelters including a review of their location;(iii) Highway side landscape and enhancement of the road junctions;(iv) Enhancement of highway side water bodies, and(v) Redevelopment of the borrow areas located on public land.4.10.1.8 The IEE report including an EMMP will be prepared with adequatepublic consultation and the recommendations arising thereon. If the EIAneeds to be prepared, 2 step consultations with affected people needs to bedone. First consultation should aims together environmental concerns ofthe affected people, and second consultation is to share the result of thestudy especially of EMP to mitigate the environmental impacts..4.10.1.9 All mitigation measures are identified in the IEE and EMMP shouldbe incorporated in the project design so that they are carried out duringconstruction, operation and maintenance in consultation with theshakeholders.ADB-IV55