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.
Authors
- 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