This comprehensive report outlines key updates on environmental and social safeguard compliance and monitoring efforts across the project’s implementation areas. It reaffirms our continued commitment to: Sustainable irrigation infrastructure development, Livelihood protection, Stakeholder engagement, Biodiversity conservation and Effective grievance redress mechanisms
Key highlights of the report include:
- Summary of progress against the 2025 Annual Budget and Work Plan
- Cumulative update on the implementation of solar-powered, movable, seasonal paddy field protected electric fences
- Distribution of seed packages to farmers affected by artificial water drawdown
- Implementation of the Tree Planting Programme
- Progress on the rehabilitation of 179 tanks and associated Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) activities
- Updates on ESMP and Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) implementation
- GRM Operations
- Progress on Agreed Actions from the recent World Bank Mission
- Identification of safeguard issues and corresponding mitigation measures
- Publication and media outreach efforts
The report also includes lessons learned, good practices, and province-wise monitoring summaries from the CSIAP’s target areas, offering valuable insights into the evolving safeguard landscape of the project.
"Please go to the Publications section
of the CSIAP website: http://www.csiap.lk/, then navigate to
the Safeguard Documents > Other Safeguard Documents, and look for the report
listed there."
Written
by Ms. Sharmila Shanmuganthan, Social Safeguard and Gender Development Officer,
PMU, CSIAP
