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In general, this project, especially sub-component 1.2 involves major civil works including excavation, culverts, stone masonry work, rehabilitation of drains, vegetation clearing, earth (soil) movement/transport, placement and compaction of fill and embankment material, road pavement, asphalt/tarring etc. with potential environmental and social/health impacts.
A detailed Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) report has been prepared for the AHUAP East Bank Demerara Housing Schemes, clearly outlining the adverse environmental and social impacts of the proposed project works (especially those associated with sub-component 1.2), and including the specific Environmental Social Health and Safety (ESHS) mitigation measures as per the Legal Framework prescribed in the Guyana’s Laws and in compliance with the relevant IDB Operational Policies applicable to Environmental and Social Safeguards.
Based on the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) prepared for the AHUAP, the Programme may involve the temporary or permanent economic displacement of formal and informal enterprises and bridge replacements where necessary. The CH&PA, and by extension the Government of Guyana, recognizes even then that physical displacement of people must be avoided wherever possible, and where involuntary displacement is unavoidable, all people affected receive a full and fair entitlement for their losses, and where they are able to benefit from livelihood restoration activities/measures instituted under the AHUAP.
This LRP addresses all the displacement related impacts associated with project works in the six (6) housing schemes on the East Bank Demerara corridor, and further defines the methodology for entitlements’ calculation/determination and disbursement to all those persons whose assets and or income/business will be affected by this project (as outlined in the Preliminary Livelihood Restoration Framework (PLRF) presented under Section 5.4 of the ESMF). This document provides the livelihood restoration measures only for the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) identified in the six (6) housing schemes that will be affected by construction works under sub-component 1.2 of the project. This LRPs for sub-component 1.2 is prepared based on the PLRF.
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