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1. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
For the Project
Modernization of Power Distribution-Smart
Grids Phase I
Presented by
Engr. Md. Arifur Rahman
Project Director
WZPDCL, Khulna
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2. Project Description
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1 Name of the
Project
Modernization of Power Distribution-Smart
Grids Phase I
2 Sponsoring
Ministry/
Division
Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral
Resources (Power
Division)
3 Executing Agency West Zone Power Distribution Company
Limited
4 Project Location Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka Divisions
5 Project Cost 122609 Lakh Taka
6 External Finance KfW
7 Internal Finance GoB and WZPDCL
8 Land Acquisition 1 Acre
8 Project Duration 4 Years
4. Scope of Works
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•Renovation of 19 nos. of 33/11 kV substations;
•Rehabilitation of about 148 km of 33 kV distribution lines;
•Installation of a central SCADA system for operation of WZPDCL distribution systems
which comprises central SCADA system and substation equipment for control and
operation of 100 existing and future 33/11 kV substations as well as construction of a
distribution control center (DCC) building and related communication infrastructure;
•New installation of about 130 nos. of 11kV capacitor banks for power factor
improvement and reduction of line losses.
•Installation of about 1650 nos. 3-phase meters with SCADA interfaces for energy and
loss monitoring.
•Installation of Automatic Meter Reading System
•Installation of ADSS Cable
5. 33/11 kV Substations
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Category Area for Renovation
Control & Protection ■ Installation of control and protection panels for feeders,
transformers,
■ Installation of substation monitoring and control system,
Power transformers ■ Dismantle existing transformers,
■ Replacement / Installation of transformers
11, 33 kV switch-gear ■ Dismantle existing switchgear and bays,
■ Replacement / Installation of feeder bay, transformer bay etc.,
■ Extension of the existing busbar including gantries,
■ Replacement of circuit breaker
Substation Auxiliary
Systems
■ Replacement / installation of DC battery,
■ Replacement of AC and DC distribution board and cables
Civil and buildings ■ Construction of transformer plinth and bund,
■ Construction of substation building,
■ Construction of access road and internal roads
■ Rehabilitation of substation building, including repartitioning,
■ Construction of earthing grid and yard lightning,
■ Installation of A/C units
6. 33 kV Lines
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Based on above mentioned improvements, following major activities are
envisaged to be undertaken in the rehabilitation of 33 kV distribution lines:
•Mobilization of materials including procurement of Poles, Conductor, earth wire and
line materials;
•Construction of new distribution line including replacement of damaged towers,
replacement of damaged clamps and fittings by new ones, and replacement of
undersize conductor and earth wire by higher size conductor and new earth wire;
•Clearing of right of way by trimming trees where necessary; and
•Testing and commissioning.
7. Other Works
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•Telecommunication equipment in 33/11 kV substations.
•Telecommunication infrastructure based on optical fibers (e.g. 12 or 24 – core
ADSS cable).
•UHF / VHF radio equipment in order to establish radio connections.
•The existing fiber optic infrastructure in the area, owned by the transmission
system operator (equipment in 132 kV substations and OPGW on 132 kV T/L in
the region.
•Introduction of Automatic meter reading system and smart metering devices in
the 33/11 kV substations.
•GIS survey of 33kv lines and substations will be done to make a database
•Installation of 130 nos. of capacitor banks at substations.
8. •As per the ECR 1997, the subject Project falls under the Red category as it falls in
Item No 64: Water, Electricity and Gas distribution line construction/
modernisation/ expansion.
•All the components of the projects have no bad effect on environment except the
distribution lines.
•The distribution lines will be constructed by the side of the roads. So, no
buildings/people will be hampered.
Category of the Project
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9. Manpower
Manpower requirement will vary from substation to substation, based on the
renovation work.
Water
Small quantity of water will be required for construction work and the same will be
sourced from existing tube well at substation, wherever available.
Land
Here, only Moheshpur Substation (1 acre) is considered for renovation in the main
project.
Power requirement
Power for construction work will be sourced from substation. Diesel generator set
may also be used as backup power supply during construction phase of the project.
Resource Requirement
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10. Impact on Air Quality, Noise Quality, Land, Water, Biological Environment, Socio-
economic environment are negligible.
Impact On Environment
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SN Project Phase/Activity Potential Impacts Proposed Mitigation Measures Responsibility
Planning / Pre-construction
1 Land Procurement for
Substation
Economic or
physical
displacement
Compensation should be provided to all
land owners before beginning of
construction work.
WZPDCL
2.1 Distribution line
through forest area /
precious ecological
area
Loss of precious
ecological values/
damage to precious
species
Careful selection of route
alignment/modify existing route alignment
to avoid natural habitats [i. g. Biosphere
Reserves/ Biodiversity
Hotspots/Ecologically sensitive
area/Important bird area (IBA)]
Design
Consultant
2.2 Deforestation and
loss of biodiversity
edge effect
■ Avoid distribution line/ polein reserve
forest by careful selection of
alignment
■ If avoidance is not possible, minimise
the land to be taken from forest,
■ Obtain permission from the forest
department.
Design
Consultant
3.1.1 Line through
identified migratory
bird path and bird
habitats and near
waterbodies
Risk to the bird
population
primarily due to
collision
Careful selection of route to avoid such
areas with known avian populations e.g.
nesting grounds, foraging grounds,
migration corridors etc.
Design
Consultant /
Contractor
3.1.2 Provide bird guards and markers in
distribution lines when passing
through/near nesting grounds, foraging
grounds, migration corridors etc.
Design
Consultant /
Contractor
Environment and Social Management Plan
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Construction
4.1 Site
preparation
and
construction
work
Loss of
topsoil
■ Top soil from foundation area (substation site and
distribution pole) area will be stripped (10 to 15 cm) before
commencement of construction work;
■ Top soil will be stored in a dedicated top soil storage site,
having adequate mitigation measures for preventing
erosion due to runoff;
■ Activities will be scheduled (as far as possible) to avoid
extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall;
■ After construction work is over, top soil will be reinstated at
the construction site. Top soil at substation can also be
used for landscaping.
Contractor
4.2.1 Noise and
vibrations
All equipment/machineries to be regularly maintained to ensure
efficient operation
Contractor
4.2.2 DG sets with acoustic enclosure should be used Contractor
4.2.3 Construction work during night time (10 pm to 6 am) to be
prohibited. In case of emergency work at night approval of
WZPDCL is mandatory
Contractor
4.3.1 Air
Pollution
Water sprinkling to be carried out twice a day during dry season
on exposed surface area.
Contractor
4.3.2 Vehicles transporting loose construction/excavated materials
shall be covered with tarpaulin sheets.
Contractor
4.3.3 Loose construction material/ excavated material shall be stored
against any structure or would be kept covered with tarpaulin
sheet at the construction site.
Contractor
4.3.4 Regular maintenance of machines, equipment and vehicles that
will be used for construction activities of substation/distribution
pole construction
Contractor
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4.4 Water/So
il
Pollution
■ Soak pits/modular bio-toilets would be provided at all construction camp,
laydown area and labour camp
■ All fuel and chemical storage shall be sited on an impervious base within
an embanked area and secured by fencing. The storage area shall be
located away from any watercourse or wetland. The base and walls of the
embankment shall be impermeable and of sufficient capacity to contain
110% of the volume of tanks/ containers taken together.
Contractor
4.5 Erosion
and
sediment
■ A peripheral site drainage channel would be constructed at the beginning
of the construction work at substation. The peripheral site drainage
channel would be provided with a sedimentation tank to prevent sediments
to be carried away by the runoff.
■ Storm water drainage should not be discharged into any agricultural
field/water body.
5.1.1 Line
through
farm land
Disturba
nce to
farming
activity
■ Use existing access roads wherever possible
■ Repair /reinstate damaged bunds on agricultural field etc. after completion
of construction work.
Contractor
5.1.2 Distribution line construction activities and stringing of line to be avoided
during cropping season.
Contractor
6 Occupation
al health
and safety
Injury
and
sickness
of
workers
■ Provide safety equipment’s (PPEs) for construction workers;
■ Prevent entry of unauthorized person at construction site;
■ Provide training on health and safety to all the workers.
Contractor
7.1 Community
Health and
Safety
Injury
and
sickness
of local
people
■ Coordination with local communities for construction schedules etc.;
■ Barricading construction area;
■ Placing reflective tapes on the boundary of construction area;
■ Undertaking regular health check-ups of the work-force and reporting any
major illnesses at the earliest to health officer for disease control and
surveillance;
■ Creating mass and labour awareness on HIV and STDs;
Contractor
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7.2 Gender issue of local
community
■ Labour Camp should be located away
from the village and it should be access
control for the local people;
■ Awareness should be created among the
migratory labour that they should not be
entered in the village without prior
information to the villagers;
■ Local resource like hand pump, bathing
ghat should not be used by the labours.
Contractor
8.1 Health, Hygiene,
Safety and Security
of Workers in Labour
Camp
Labour camp related
EHS and Hygiene
Issues
Facilities would be provided at the labour
camp as per provisions of IFC Guidance Note
on Worker’s Accommodation 2009. Some of
the relevant provisions to be complied are as
follows:
■ Worker’s accommodation;
■ Provision of safe drinking water;
■ Appropriate arrangement for cooking;
■ Management of waste water and solid
waste from the camp site;
■ Availability of medical facility (first aid);
■ Security arrangement of the camp site;
■ Arrangement to register and redress
grievance of workers.
Contractor
8.2 Conflict with local
community due to
sharing of local
resources
Local resource like Hand-pump, pond, bathing
ghat etc. should not be used by the workforce.
Contractor
9 Line through areas
having vegetation
(trimming of trees/
vegetation
clearance)
Loss of vegetation Avoid trimming of trees/ vegetation
clearanceduring stringing unless it becomes
absolutely necessary.
Contractor
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10 Line through forest
land/near forest
areas/ national park
Injury to wildlife ■ Install the protective fencing around
excavated area (for pole foundation);
■ Install reflector or beacons in case
elephant movement is reported
Contractor
Operation and Maintenance
11 Operation of
distribution line
Collision of avifauna ■ Regular checking of the vacuums or
holes in the towers to avoid bird nesting;
■ Use of power line markers, which
reduces of bird collision by increasing
the visibility of distribution line to birds.
WZPDCL
12 Storage of
transformer oil /
used transformer oil
Soil/water
contamination
■ Provide dedicate storage area at
substation site. The storage area should
have roof and impervious floor with
secondary containment
■ Waste oil should be recycled through
authorized recycler
WZPDCL
13 Storage of e-waste Provide dedicate storage area at substation
site
WZPDCL
14 Uncontrolled growth
of vegetation
Loss of vegetation ■ Periodic pruning of vegetation to
maintain minimum clearance between
conductor and trees.
■ Periodic cleaning of vegetation inside
substation
WZPDCL
15.1.1 Occupational health
and safety of staff
Injury/ mortality to
staff during O&M
work
During the testing and charging of electrical
line, electricity insulating protective
equipment like footwear, rubber gloves would
be provided to workers.
WZPDCL
15.1.2 Induction training to all the new employee and
six monthly refresher training for substation
O&M staff would be organised.
WZPDCL
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15.2 Injury/ mortality
from emergency
situation
Preparation of fire emergency action plan
and training given to staff on
implementing emergency action plan
WZPDCL
16 Community health
and safety
Injury/ mortality to
public
■ Warning signs at distribution pole
■ Warning sign at entry gate of
substation
■ Integrity of compound wall of
substation would be maintained all
time
WZPDCL
17 Storage and
handling of SF6 in
case of GIS
Emission of most
potent GHG
causing climate
change
Procedure would be put in place for
storage, handling and refilling of SF6 gas
cylinders. Every refill would be
documented and any unusual variation in
gas volume would be reported to JPSIP
for review and rectification. Each and
every leakage will be promptly detected,
addressed and documented and reported
to the WZPDCL Management.
WZPDCL
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Sl.
No
Project Activity/
Stage
Monitoring Indicator Amount
(BDT)
1 Training One Training at Every Zone every year
for three and half years including
training of the Environmental and Social
Expert of EHS department, Health safety
training for field level staff
3,60,000
2 Information
Disclosure
Distribution of ESMF kit to WZPDCL
Employee
50,000
2.1 Stakeholder meetings 1,00,000
2.2 Disclosure of ESMF, Land Acquisition
Plan
1,00,000
3 Monitoring Cost
for EHS
Department
Environmental and Social Expert of EHS
department of WZPDCL
1,00,000
4 Land Acquisition
Implementing
Agency
Would be implemented in all sub-project
districts
5,00,000
5 External
Monitoring
Agency
Seven Half Early and End term
Monitoring
15,00,000
Total 27,10,000
ESMF Implementation Budget
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Beneficial Impacts
Reduction in Losses
• Loss reduction through substation renovation
• Loss reduction through new OHL
• Loss reduction through the capacitors
Reduced Maintenance Cost
• Reduced costs in the newly renovated substations
• Reduced costs on the newly renovated OHL Lines
Reduced PFC Charge
• Reduced Power Factor Charge through the implementation of capacitors
Reduced Energy not Served
• in energy not served due to increase capacity
• Reduced energy not served due to reduced outages
Reduced CO2 emissions
• Through reduced losses
• Through reduced captive energy supply due to increased capacity and reduced outages
Reduced Operations Cost
• Reduced costs through the automation of substations
Reduced Outage Incident and Duration
•Reduced energy not served due to reduced outage time due to automatic control and fault
location
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Project Phase Documents to be
Disclosed
Frequency and Duration of Disclosure Channels of Disclosure
Project
Conceptualizati
on
ESMF Disclosure Once, after it is approved by WZPDCL Board
and will remain disclosed for the entire life of
the project
Website of WZPDCL
Information leaflet to be provide during
consultation meeting
Planning Environment and Social
Impact Assessment
including the
Environment and Social
Action Plan
Once, after it is formally accepted by
WZPDCL and will remain disclosed during the
entire lifecycle of project
Website of WZPDCL
WZPDCL Divisional Office.
Resettlement Action
Plans (if required) and
Biodiversity Assessment
Once, after it is formally accepted by
WZPDCL and approved by KfW and will
remain disclosed during the entire lifecycle of
project
Website of WZPDCL
WZPDCL Divisional Office
WZPDCL would make the RP available at
places such that affected persons or any
other stakeholder related to the project
or any civil society organisation may get
access to it and in local language.
Places like – DC’s Office, Office of Union
/ Town / City Councils, Contractor’s
Office, if any
Tendering Grievance Redresses
process
Once it is formally accepted and
institutionalised
WZPDCL PIU, Divisional Office, Office of
Union / Town / City Councils
Implementation Information regarding
Land losers and their
entitlements in local
language
Once at the start of the project and as and
when demanded by the PAP
Through leaflets, or other IEC materials,
especially developed for the purpose in
local language
One to one consultations with project
affected people APs)
Community consultations
List of land losers along with the
compensation amount to be put up at
WZPDCL PIU, Divisional Office
ESMP , RP
Implementation Report
At regular intervals Extracts put up at WZPDCL PIU,
Divisional Office
Full Report available on WZPDCL website
Information Disclosure Plan:
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Sl. No. Stakeholder Summary of discussion
1.a WZPDCL A kick-off meeting was held on 27th March 2019 at Western
Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd. (WZPDCL) office in
Khulna to discuss the activities of the WZPDCL, distribution
area/coverage, scope of work under this assignment,
components of the proposed project, existing practices,
guidelines, policy, structures of the organizations,
expectations from the ERM team, etc.
The meeting was chaired by Md. Shafique Uddin, Managing
Director of the WZPDCL and attended by other staff of
WZPDCL.
Following points were discussed during meeting:
Presently, WZPDCL does not have formal mechanism to
provide training on OHS to its staff. Therefore, WZPDCL
team suggested incorporating mechanism for
occupational health and safety (OHS) training in proposed
ESMF.
At the time of meeting, WZPDCL team informed that they
do not have any formal Grievance Redress Mechanism
(GRM). However, there is a complaint register cell, which
mostly address electricity related complain.
It was informed that land procurement will be required for
three substations out of selected 22 substations. These
three sub stations are at Bahorpur and Goalanda Mor in
Rajbari District and at Mohespur in Jhenaidah District.
STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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1.b During visit at substitution locations, consultations were undertaken with Executive
Engineers (XEN), Switch Board Attendance (SBA) and Residence Engineers (RE) etc.
Summary of these consultations are provided below:
■ Maintenance of transformer is done through WDPDCL’s two zonal workshop in Barishal
and Jashore.
■ Transformer oil disposal is done by licensed vendor.
■ They have division wise solid waste storage facility.
■ Oil spills from the transformer occur during maintenance and replacement and impacts
on soil quality.
■ Maximum substations of WZPDCL have the control building and control room including
air-condition, recreation, drinking water and toilet facilities;
■ Availability of PPE is inadequate in the substation area. Fire extinguisher is available
inside of the substation control building.
■ Many of the employee have no idea about how to use this during fire.
■ Res are not found to be lacking of health and safety training and fire drill.
2. Community
members
Community members adjacent to substation sites were consulted during walkthrough at
substation sites. Objective of these consultations were to understand any specific challenges
they face from substation site. Summary of these consultations are provided below:
■ Land area of substations is owned by the WZPDCL so there are no conflict between
local people and WZPDCL.
■ Substation areas are access restricted by fence & boundary wall and danger sign
boards are placed at the entrance gate.
■ All the activities including maintenance and replacement are done inside of the fence
line & boundary wall, thus there are no direct interaction with the local community.
■ There have restrictions for the unauthorized persons enter into the substation area.
■ Accidents of community members (staying adjacent to substation site) are not reported.
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3. Department of
Environment (DOE)
An informal meeting was held on 24th April 2019 at office of the Department of Environment
(DOE), Dhaka to discuss about the proposed project of WZPDCL, project coverage/area,
components of the project, activities that would be carried out by the project proponent in
future, project categorization as per DOE rules and guidelines, environmental clearance
procedure etc.
In the meeting Mr. Syed Nazmul Ahsan, Director (Environmental Clearance) of DoE was
present. Following points were discussed during meeting:
■ Under the proposed project total 22 33/11 kV substations will be renovated,
approximately 500 km distributions lines will be rehabilitated including installation of
a central SCADA, new installation of about 100 nos. of 11 kV capacitor and Installation
of about 1,650 nos. 3-phase meters.
■ WZPDCL project area falls under Khulna, Jashore, Narail, Magura, Faridpur, Rajbari,
Kushtia, Meherpur, Jhenaidah, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Barishal, Jhalokathi and Patuakhali
Districts of Bangladesh.
■ Land purchase will be required for 3 substations (Bahorpur, Goalanda Mor and
Mohespur) among selected 22 substations.
■ Based on the overall activities of the proposed WZPDCL project, it will be categorized
as “RED” category project.
■ As the project will be considered as “RED” category project. It will be required to
conduct both Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) study for getting Site Clearance
and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for getting Environmental Clearance
from the DOE, Bangladesh.
■ Initial environmental examination (IEE) should be conducted for proposed
project/substation and Environmental management plan (EMP) report should be
submitted for an existing project/substation.
■ DoE will approve a Terms of Reference (ToR) during site clearance for conducting EIA
study.
■ EIA study for the substations should be conducted following the approved ToR from
the DOE, Bangladesh.
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Recommendations
•Construction Environmental Management Plan should be prepared by the contractor
prior to start construction of the project and act accordingly during construction;
•The ESMF will be included in the bid document of the civil works along with
adequate ESMF budget and eventually become part of the civil works contract (s);
•The mitigation measures for the negative impacts and enhancement measures for
the positive impacts of the project as mentioned in the ESMF must be implemented
by the contractor (s) properly in schedule time; and
•The main tool for the successful implementation of the ESMF is the environmental
monitoring during various stages of the project, which must be carried out properly in
time by the client/other relevant organizations.
