Environmental Activities
The Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) was classified as Category Red by the Department of Environment (DOE, ECR, 1997) and Category A project by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (2009), thus requiring a full environmental assessment. To comply with these requirements, Bangladesh Railway (BR) has prepared the details of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) in November 2017. The DOE has issued an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) in favor of DCRP based on the submitted EIA on 26 November 2017 and Bangladesh Railway is renewing and updating the ECC as per DOE requirements.
Related Documents
Environmental Impact Assessment | Download
Environment Management Plan | Download
Semi-Annual Report (January 2019 – June 2019) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (July 2019 – December 2019) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (January 2020 – June 2020) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (July 2020 – December 2020) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (January 2021 – June 2021) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (July 2021 – December 2021) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (January 2022 – June 2022) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (July 2022 – December 2022) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (January 2023 – June 2023) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (July 2023 – December 2023) | Download
Semi-Annual Report (January 2024 – June 2024) | Download
Management Plans
A total 10 Management Plans, received from the contractors, got final approval by CSC up to this reporting period. The approved plans for DCRP are:
– HSE (Health, Safety and Environmental Management Plan),
– Traffic Management Plan,
– Emergency Response Plan,
– Dust Management Plan,
– Waste Management Plan,
– Noise Management Plan,
– Hill Cutting Management Plan,
– Hazardous Materials Management Plan,
– Water Pollution Prevention Management Plan and
– Tree Plantation Plan.
Construction Period Environmental Qualitative Assessment :
Major qualitative environmental issues as mentioned in the Environmental Management Plan such as noise attenuation, dust control, protection of water bodies (wetlands/ponds/rivers/canals), borrow and dredging site impacts, disposal of construction debris and other waste materials, servicing and operating equipment, control of petroleum products, conflict between elephants and humans, occupational health and safety, public health, hill cutting slope protection and protection of top soil have been discussed. In addition, this section also included the possible mitigation measures taken to overcome/minimize non-compliance issues over the last six months’ period.