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Concept Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Shire Valley Transformation Program - Phase 2 - P176575 (English)

10 Nov 2021

The area where the project will be implemented is in the Lower Shire Valley of the Southern region of Malawi, specifically Chikwawa and Nsanje districts, and is considered one of the poorest areas in the country. [...] However, some changes to the development areas are predicted (for example to include areas on the west side of the canal), and these together with the detailed design of the main canal, alignment of the secondary canals, location of the industrial park and night storage areas, will need to be assessed. [...] Direct impacts from the SVTP II project will result from the abstraction of water for the SVTP irrigation scheme, and for the SVTP-2 construction of the remaining section of the main canal, secondary canals and irrigation blocks, ancillary/associated facilities such as the night storage, and contractors’ camps, borrows, quarries and spoil areas to be undertaken under Components 1 and 3. Indirect i [...] For example, the design of the canal through the park will consider the provision of water for animals, impacts of fragmentation and the intrinsic hazard the canal presents to wildlife. [...] Health and Safety measures will also be needed for the operational phase, with respect to the handling of agricultural chemicals, use of machinery and the presence in the community of deep open water canal; mechanisms for integrating OHS into the operational phase of the project elements will be determined prior to appraisal and described in the ESMP.
disaster risk management land tenure water resource management code of conduct sexually transmitted disease occupational health and safety vector-borne disease environmental and social impact assessment sustainable management cultural resource management health and safety risk construction and operation community health and safety environmental and social review summary land acquisition and resettlement civil works grievance redress mechanism traffic and road safety environmental and social management plan provision water provision of water use of pesticide project affected persons safety and health cultural heritage site parcel of land cultural heritage management disposal of pesticide social risk management instrument terms and conditions of employment gender and youth social safeguard policy food security risks agriculture and irrigation water borne disease impact of development natural resource commodity abstraction of water for irrigation impacts of fragmentation

Authors

Stoutjesdijk,Joop

Disclosure Date
2021/11/10
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Concept Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Shire Valley Transformation Program - Phase 2 - P176575
Originating Unit
Water South Asia Region (SSAW1)
Published in
United States of America
Rel Proj ID
MW-Shire Valley Transformation Program - Phase 2 -- P176575
Total Volume(s)
1
Unit Owning
Water East Africa Region
Volume No
1

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