| Sl. no. | Relevant Safe Guard Policies | Relevance to AACP | Documentation for AACP |
| 1 | Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP 4.01) | Though major impacts are not anticipated in most of the sub-projects but the temporal and cumulative impacts are likely to occur as a result of interventions proposed. | Environmental Management Framework (EMF), Environmental Codes of Practices (ECP) have been prepared and accepted for the project. |
| 2 | Environmental Action Plans (OP/BP/GP 4.02) | Sub-projects in the vicinity of environmentally sensitive areas, or due to the scale of operation may have medium or high impacts. |
Specimen Environment Management Plans (EMPs)
have been prepared for projects with predetermined impacts.
Environment Assessment
(EA) has been proposed for projects with significant impacts.
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| 3 | Natural Habitats (OP/BP/ 4.04) | No intervention is envisaged inside National Parks, Sanctuaries, but there are approximately 3500 wetlands in Assam. Interventions have been proposed in some of these wetlands. The bio-diversity of these wetlands may be affected due to fishery development activities in these wetlands. | A screening framework for bio-diversity assessment has been suggested and the Codes of Practice has been developed for the conservation of bio-diversity. In case of road construction in designated natural habitats, a natural habitat management plan has been suggested. Rehabilitation of water bodies is suggested as a part of ECP of roads in case of any impacts. |
| 4 | Forestry (OP/GP 4.36) | The project does not envisage any intervention inside the declared forests, i.e. reserved forest or protected forest. As part of AACP a pilot project in Forestry has been planned in Kamrup and Nagaon districts to improve local livelihoods in forest fringe communities and forest quality. | Intervention will not be taken up inside forest areas except forest villages with prior no-objection from the Forest Department. No documents have been prepared as part of the preparation of EMF as interventions are only pilot projects. |
| 5 | Pest management (OP 4.09) | Pesticide will be widely used but integrated Pest management has been adopted by the Department in some places. | An integrated pest management plan is being prepared by the ARIASP Society. The mode and module of delivery of technical know how is detailed in ECPs. |
| 6 | Cultural Property (GP 4.11) | None of the interventions has been proposed in properties owned by community such as designated grazing land, sacred groves etc. | Community properties have been incorporated in list of exclusion areas. In case of any impact due to road construction, ECP is developed to mitigate impacts on cultural properties. |
