{"id":323,"date":"2021-05-06T05:20:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/tangsibji\/?page_id=323"},"modified":"2021-08-26T07:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T07:53:16","slug":"environment-and-social-safeguards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thye.bt\/?page_id=323","title":{"rendered":"Environment and Social Safeguards"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

For the development of 118 MW Nikachhu Hydro Power Project, lease agreement was signed with the Ministry of Economic Affairs on May 1, 2015. A total of 195.262 acres of Government Reserve Forest Land were taken on lease for development of internal access roads, muck disposal area, colonies and contractor construction facility. To minimize the number of affected household, efforts were undertaken during the design stage by relocating the power house to existing location at Norbuodi (latitude 27\u00b029\u201912.44\u2033N and Longitude 90\u00b029\u201926.71\u2033E) from Tangsibji village. Other additional CSR activities are also carried out by THyE besides implementing CDP in the Resettlement Plan. The Environment & Social Impact Assessments Studies, Environment Management Plan and Resettlement Plan of Nikachhu Project were carried out by M\/s Bhutan Consultant and Research (BHUCORE). M\/s Price Water Coppers (PWC) recruited by Asian Development Bank (ADB) was in-charge of an overall role for the Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). As per the Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policy Statement 2009, the project is classified as Class \u201cA\u201d in terms of the Environment aspect and Class \u201cB\u201d in terms of the Social aspect. All measures setforth in EIA, EMP and RP is being implemented by THyE. The Environmental Clearance (EC) for development of 118 MW Nikachhu Project was accorded by National Environment Commission of Bhutan on July 01, 2014 and renewed on August 12, 2016. The clearance is valid till August 11, 2021. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n