Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) Checklist: Chanaute-Muchhok-Bhachhek-Kharibot-
Walang-Bichaur Road
Screening Questions
A. Project Siting
Is the Project area adjacent to or within any of
the following environmentally sensitive areas?
 Cultural heritage site
 Protected Area
 Wetland
 Mangrove
 Estuarine
 Buffer zone of protected area
 Special area for protecting biodiversity
B. Potential Environmental Impacts
Will the Project cause…
 Encroachment on historical/cultural areas;
disfiguration of landscape by road
embankments, cuts, fills, and quarries?
 Encroachment on precious ecology (e.g.,
sensitive or protected areas)?
 Alteration of surface water hydrology of
waterways crossed by roads, resulting in
increased sediment in streams affected by
increased soil erosion at construction site?
 Deterioration of surface water quality due
to silt runoff and sanitary wastes from
worker-based camps and chemicals used
in construction?
 Noise and vibration due to blasting and
other civil works?
 dislocation or involuntary resettlement of
people
 other social concerns relating to
inconveniences in living conditions in the
Yes No Remarks
No cultural heritage site is located within the Road
✔ Formation Width
None of the project road is inside or adjacent to any
✔ notified protected area.
None
✔
None
✔
None
✔
None
✔
No special biodiversity area is located within the
✔ project area.
No encroachment of historical places. However,
some religious structures exist along the project
road which may get partially impacted.
✔ Disfiguration of landscape is not envisaged since it
is expansion/reconstruction of existing roads
without any new bypass hence involving large scale
cut and fills. Quarry material will be procured from
existing licensed quarries. Opening and operation of
new quarry, if needed will follow consent
conditions of Pollution Control Board.
No National Parks, wildlife sanctuaries or similar
✔ eco-sensitive areas along the project road
Project area is drained by a no. of streams.
Adequate measures like retaining walls/breast walls
have been proposed to avoid/reduce siltation in the
water bodies/ponds close to the alignment.
✔
Adequate sanitary facilities and drainage in the
workers camps will help to avoid this possibility as
✔ the construction activity in this project will not
contain any harmful ingredients, no impact on
surface water quality is anticipated.
Blasting is not involved. Ambient noise level is
expected to increase in the range of 80-90 db due to
various construction activities, maintenance
✔ workshops, and earthmoving equipment. Although
this level of noise exceeds national standards, their
occurrence will be intermittent and co-terminus
with the project construction. All stationary noise
making equipment will be installed with acoustic
enclosures. Timings of noise construction activities
will be regulated near sensitive eceptors.
Extent of impact being assessed
✔
Deterioration in ambient air quality will be
localized and temporarily during construction
 project areas that may trigger cases of
upper respiratory problems and stress?
 hazardous driving conditions where
construction interferes with pre-existing
roads?
 poor sanitation and solid waste disposal in
construction camps and work sites, and
possible transmission of communicable
diseases from workers to local
populations?
 dislocation and compulsory resettlement
of people living in right-of-way?
 accident risks associated with increased
vehicular traffic, leading to accidental
spills of toxic materials and loss of life?
 increased noise and air pollution resulting
from traffic volume?
 increased risk of water pollution from oil,
grease and fuel spills, and other materials
from vehicles using the road?
 social conflicts if workers from other
regions or countries are hired?
 large population influx during project
construction and operation that causes
increased burden on social infrastructure
and services (such as water supply and
sanitation systems)?
 risks to community health and safety due
to the transport, storage, and use and/or
disposal of materials such as explosives,
fuel and other chemicals during
construction and operation?
 community safety risks due to both
accidental and natural causes, especially
where the structural elements or
components of the project are accessible
to members of the affected community or
where their failure could result in injury
to the community throughout project
construction, operation and
decommissioning.
activity. The project area is largely located in open
areas except some sections. Extensive plantation
✔ along the highway and improved road conditions
will improve the air quality of the area.
Suitable traffic management plan will be designed
✔ and implemented by the contractor to prevent any
hazardous driving condition in above situations.
Proper provisions for sanitation, health care and
solid waste disposal facilities will be available in
✔ the contract documents to avoid such possibility.
Workers will be made aware about communicable
diseases
Extent of impact being assessed
✔
Adequate safety measures will be adopted to avoid
✔ such conditions.
Increase in noise and air pollution is expected
during construction phase. Adequate mitigation
measures will be adopted to minimize them. During
operation phase, the main source of noise and air
will be traffic. Improved road conditions, extensive
✔ plantation will help reduce the noise and air impact.
Moreover, the alignment mostly passes through
open land which will provide adequate dispersion of
gaseous emission. If measures suggested for noise
sensitive receptors prove inadequate, solid noise
barrier will be placed.
This is expected from accidental spillage. Adequate
✔ safety provisions have been proposed to avoid such
situation.
Most of the workers will be from local areas and
✔ hence such conflict is not anticipated.
Workers will be mostly from local villages. Worker
✔ from remote places will be provided with adequate
facility. The ratio of local and outside workers will
be such balanced that there is minimum burden on
existing social infrastructures and services.
IEE will outline such anticipated risks and
✔ recommend necessary mitigative measures to avoid
them.
Adequate measures have been adopted to mitigate
such risks.
✔ Adequate awareness will be created amongst people
and workers through information disclosure, safety
signage and public consultation about safety aspects
 Climate Change and Disaster Risk
Questions
Is the Project area subject to hazards such as
Earthquakes, floods, landslides?
✔
Could changes in temperature, precipitation,
or extreme events patterns over the Project
lifespan affect technical or financial
sustainability (e.g., increased erosion or
landslides could increase maintenance costs,
permafrost melting or increased soil moisture
content could affect sub-grade).
Are there any demographic or socioeconomic
aspects of the Project
area that are already vulnerable (e.g., high
incidence of marginalized populations, rural-
urban migrants, illegal settlements, ethnic
minorities, women or children)?
Could the Project potentially increase the
climate or disaster vulnerability of the
surrounding area (e.g., by encouraging
settlement in areas that will be more affected
by floods in the future, or encouraging
settlement in earthquake zones)?
Yes No Remarks
Project area is located in high damage risk zone
w.r.t seismicity. All civil structures have been
designed as per the standards.
The study area lies in hilly region and has
landslide problem.
Project area is vulnerable to landslides for
which appropriate slope stabilization measures
have been incorporated.
Provisions have been made in the design of the
upgrading work to include the measures to
minimize the climate change effects.
Provisions have been made in the design to
✔ avoid erosion and damage to sub grade.
Increase in marginalization is not envisaged.
High rate of urbanization is witnessed and it
✔ has outpaced the population growth trend in the
project area due to migration from rural to
urban centers.
Displaced people will be resettled at nearby
✔ places which are in high earthquake and flood
zone.
Checklist for Preliminary Climate Risk Screening: Chanaute-Muchhok-Bhachhek-Kharibot-
Walang-Bichaur Road

Location and Design of
project
Materials and Maintenance
Performance of project
outputs
Screening Score
Is siting and/or routing of the project (or its components) likely to be
affected by climate conditions including extreme weather-related events 0
such as floods, droughts, storms, landslides?
Would the project design (e.g., the clearance for bridges) need to
consider any hydro-meteorological parameters (e.g., sea-level, peak 0
river flow, reliable water level, peak wind speed etc.)?
Would weather, current and likely future climate conditions (e.g.,
prevailing humidity level, temperature contrast between hot summer
days and cold winter days, exposure to wind and humidity 0
hydrometeorological parameters likely affect the selection of project
inputs over the life of project outputs (e.g., construction material)?
Would weather, current and likely future climate conditions, and related
extreme events likely affect the maintenance (scheduling and cost) of 0
project output(s)?
Would weather/climate conditions, and related extreme events likely
affect the performance (e.g., annual power production) of project 0
output(s) (e.g., hydro-power generation facilities) throughout their
design life time?

Options for answers and corresponding score are provided below:

Response Score
Not Likely 0
Likely 1
Very Likely 2

Responses when added that provide a score of 0 will be considered low risk project. If adding all responses will
result to a score of 1-4 and that no score of 2 was given to any single response, the project will be assigned a
medium risk category. A total score of 5 or more (which include providing a score of 1 in all responses) or a 2 in
any single response, will be categorized as high-risk project.
Result of Initial Screening (Low, Medium, High): Low