Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Gibe III

Gibe III – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 300 ENV R CS 002 C - A9003099
• Provision of compensations for those people and institutions that will be affected by the project.
• Contribute to improve the health service in the area.
• Construct two bridges that connect the people of Wolayita and Dawro are proposed at two different
places i.e. one bridge located on the main road and the other one near to the dam site. In addition to
these bridges, other accessible roads that connect the remaining communities living in both banks of
the river should be constructed at different places so that the affected people could retain their social
interactions and also maintain their income from trade relations.
• Implementation of hand pump small scale irrigation schemes will enable the farming community to
produce more from a small area of land and the people will benefit from the introduction of such
irrigation schemes.
• Introduction of modern fishing mechanisms.
• Introduction of Improved cattle feed.
• Introduce boat transportation.
8.5 Results of Downstream Areas Consultation
The downstream part of the project is entirely located within SNNP Regional State. Implementation of the
Project will affect a total of four weredas located within, South Omo zone. Consultation meetings were held
with representatives of the ethnic groups resented in the project area and also with the wereda and zonal
administration offices.
The view of zonal office was taken from the Agriculture and Rural Development office of South Omo zone.
Among the four weredas that will be affected by the project, three of them are included in the sampling of
the consultative meetings and this large size sampling provided an exhaustive list of the impacts of the
project and their mitigation measures. In the downstream parts of the project, a total of 7 ethnic groups are
consulted.
8.5.1 Views of Local Administrations
Positive Impacts
The project makes significant contribution to the development of the country and it will enable the areas to
have access for electricity.
Negative Impacts
The project will affect socio-economic and environment of the wereda and particularly livelihood of the
ethnic groups residing on the floodplain of the river. A substantial decline in the production of crop and
fishing will be encountered and this may result in serious shortage of food and other related problems,
shortage of grazing land and livestock feed are the expected to be negatively affected by the project.
Proposed Mitigation Measures
The expansions of small scale irrigation which can be operated by diesel or wind pump as well as creating an
artificial lake to sustain and improve fish production can restore the income that could be lost due to the
implementation of the project.
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