Ongoing Projects

• Project Name: The Environmental Monitoring Report for Sanquhar & Delta Mini Hydro Power Project
• Client: Hydro Power Free Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
• Financing Agency: Hydro Power Free Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
• Project Period: January 2007-Ongoing
• Description: The Sanquare mini hydro plant is powered by using the water of Galatha oya which is attached to Mahaweli River. Entire project was located at Pussellawa plantation Ltd at Atabage. Weir was placed at N 7º 06.37' and E80º36.27'of the stream. Construction work started in January 2000 and commissioned in December 2003. The capacity of the plant is 1.6MW. The water trapped by the weir was conveyed directly to the powerhouse placed at 90m further down from the weir height. Delta minihydro project is located at Delta Tea Estate at Pupuressa of Kandy District. Weir was placed at N 7º 08.39' and E 80º 36.31' of the Atabage oya. Construction work of the project was started in October 2004 and commissioned in December 2006 with a capacity of 1.6MW. The diverted water was taken by a canal to the forebay tank and then the water was conveyed to power house placed further down from the weir height.
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• Project Name: Environmental Impact Assessment National Tourist Resort - Nilaveli (Kumburupidy)
• Client: District Secretary/Trincomalee.
• Financing Agency: District Secretary/Trincomalee.
• Project Period: March 2010-July 2010
• Description: As per the approved National Physical Planning Policy (NPPP) of the National Physical Planning Council chaired by HE the President, the entire Eastern coastal belt has been identified as an area for tourism and tourism related activities. Based on this policy the National Physical Planning Department (NPPD) has prepared the Eastern Regional Physical Plan - 2030 (ERPP) which identifies Kuchchaveli coast at Trincomalee district has a been considered as a high potential area for tourism development. The Kuchchaweli Tourism Development Plan - 2030 prepared by the Kuchchaveli Divisional Secretariat in 2008 within the framework of the ERPP, envisages an ambitious project to develop the 8 kilometre long beach area from Gandhi Nagar village (near Irakkandi bridge) upto Salapaiaru fishing village in the Kuchchaveli Administrative Division. Under the above plan, a land area of 394 acres has been allocated among 48 investors for development who have pledged an aggregate sum of Rs. 17.5 billion as investment on construction of their hotels while the government intends to make a contribution of Rs. 2 billion by way of providing infrastructure facilities. As a part of this development a EML consultants, has been asked to carry out an EIA study on the development area.
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• Project Name: Social Safeguard Management Program for Rehabilitation of Vendarasan Tank
• Client: Dam Safety & Water Resources Planning Project (DSWRPP) Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management
• Financing Agency: World Bank
• Project Period: November 2010-November 2011
• Description:
  • Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has recognized that the major dams of the country are aging and suffering from various structural deficiencies and shortcomings in operation and monitoring facilities. Dam Safety and Water Resources Planning Project is to reduce the risks and vulnerability of downstream population to safety related hazards from major dams.
  • This assignment is aimed at enlisting the services for conducting Comprehensive Social Assessment for Vendarasan Dam in Trincomalee District.
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• Project Name: Evaluation of Health Infrastructure Development Projects (IFRC) in Sri Lanka
• Client: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Sri Lanka Delegation
• Financing Agency:International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Sri Lanka Delegation
• Project Period: October 2010-December 2010
• Description: IFRC/SLRCS is reconstructing/renovating 14 health infrastructure facilities under its multilateral Health Infrastructure Development (HID) Projects. The scope of works includes civil construction works, supply and installation of required medical equipments & furniture and installing oxygen storage facility in six hospitals
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• Project Name: North East Local Services Improvement Project(NELSIP) - Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
• Client: Secretary, Ministry of Nation building and Estate infrastructure development
• Financing Agency: World Bank
• Project Period: April 2010-June 2010
• Description:The project will focus on developing a program that will support and strengthen local governments, especially the Pradeshiya Sabhas (PSs) in the North and Eastern Provinces to deliver basic services more efficiently and responsively. The objective of the study is to assess:(i)the overall direct and indirect social impact of the planned project activities on the different communities in the North East and on their internal relationship with a particular view to past history of conflict (ii) how local authorities have been placed and functioning during the recent years of armed conflict(iii) the perception of the role and function of the local authorities by various stakeholder groups and their expectations for the future.
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• Project Name: The National Survey on Subaltern (Grassroots) Perspectives on State Reform to Solve the Ethnic Conflict ICES
• Client: International Center for Ethnic Studies (ICES)
• Financing Agency: World Bank
• Project Period: March 2010-August 2010
• Description: The key objectives of the Politics of State Reform Project are to: 1. Identify and study attempts at state reform that focused on the resolution of the ethnic conflict. 2. Analyze the structural impediments and politics behind these attempts at state reform and the ensuing failures. 3. Analyze these attempts from the perspective of both elite politics and subaltern politics, since these two constituencies use different resources and recourses for understanding and entering into the politics of state reform.
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• Project Name: Baseline Technical Study of Water and Sanitation Service Delivery in the Plantation Estates
• Client: World Bank
• Financing Agency: World Bank
• Project Period: April 2010-September 2010
• Description:Under the existing estate structure, the tea and rubber estates primarily operate as self sufficient "enclaves", with the estate management responsible for providing basic social services. The poor financial standing of many estates (RPCs and state and private sector) and the inadequate technical and institutional capacity of estate management to effectively deliver social services lead to the continuing poor human development indicators in the estate sector. They are generally far below those of urban and rural sectors. Given the importance of the estate sector and the fact that a large segment of total population depends on the viability of plantation sector, it is one of the national priorities for the country and is at the heart of its pro-poor growth and poverty reduction strategy. Therefore, 100% coverage of service delivery would improve health and welfare of the estate population and will significantly improve labor productivity.
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• Project Name:Capacity Needs Assessment of Local Authorities in the Eastern Province
• Client: United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)
• Financing Agency: United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)
• Project Period: January 2010-March 2010
• Description: The Local Governance Project (LoGoPro) under UNDP will focus on developing democratic governance processes and enhancing service delivery with a focus also on the devolved structures; the elected local government and provincial councils. Purpose of the assessment is to provide an analysis of Pradeshiya Sabhas local government counterpart capacity to fulfill financial and administrative responsibilities, deliver services and implement citizen participation as mandated by the recently required Ministry of Local Government citizen charter policy and recommend strategies for donor assistance. The capacity needs assessment will also be based on policy issues, policy formulating capacity issues, staff issues, staff capacity needs issues and other infrastructural needs those that are needed to provide the mandated services of the Local Authorities
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• Project Name: Disaster Management - Flood mitigation Project - UNDP
• Client: United Nations Development Program
• Financing Agency: United Nations Development Program
• Project Period: xxxxxx
• Description: Frequent flooding in the Batticaloa, Ampara and Polonnaruwa Districts in Sri Lanka is believed to be the most recurring natural hazard which causes negative impacts on human life and also loss of agriculture production and damage on social infrastructure. The project will address several issues in detail that includes ; (i) analysis of flood influencing factors (ii) examine possibility to improve the existing irrigation and water conveyance infrastructure (iii) identify new structures and waterways which are required to be established in the area based on on-going and proposed socio-economical development associated within the area (iv) investigate water retentions and optimal use of marshes for future development activities in the area and (v) identification of stakeholders who are engaged in flood mitigated activities particularly with details of their involvement, geographical areas, investment capacity and outcomes.
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• Project Name: Evaluation on the UNHCR/UNDP joint venture on Drainage and Environmental Service Delivery Improvement in the Manick Farm Welfare Sites
• Client: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Financing Agency: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Project Period: April 2010-July 2010
• Description: The final phase of military operations against the terrorists in northern Sri Lanka ended in May 2009, displacing nearly 300,000 people in addition to the people already displaced since 1990. The majority of these internally displaced persons (IDPs) were accommodated in welfare sites in the districts of Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna and Trincomalee and individuals and families accommodated in the Menic Farm welfare site in the district of Vavuniya was established rather rapidly to accommodate the rapid out-flux of IDPs from the conflict zones without proper consideration of the landscape and drainage features. The Sri Lanka Army assisted in the clearing the land and pioneered in setting the drainage system initially with the District Road Development Authority (RDA). UNHCR as the lead agency for shelter and protection of the IDPs together with UNDP and the Disaster Management Centre (the Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Response wing of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights) addressed the issue of drainage and environmental services improvement of the Menic Farm welfare sites.
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