Pakistan - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development Project : Second Addendum to the Environmental and Social Management Plan

Overview & Synopsis

The development objective of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development Project for Pakistan is to strengthen institutional capacity, increase private sector participation, and improve destination infrastructure in support of the tourism ecosystem in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This second addendum focuses on reflecting the revision in project design. The original technical design included road widening and realignment particularly at one location from Rd 02+000 To 02+850 where S-Curve was to be straightened which would have required acquiring private land. However, during stakeholder consultations and field assessments, it became evident that the affected community was not willing to provide land, primarily due to the small size of individual landholdings. Any acquisition, even minimal, would have had a significant impact on their livelihoods by reducing agricultural and residential space. Given these concerns and the potential socio-economic disruption, C&W made a tactical decision to deviate from the original design and limit the intervention to rehabilitation work strictly within the available formation width in the existing ROW considering the recommendations provided in Road Safety Audit (RSA) Report. This second addendum addresses the resulting change in design, noting that no land will be acquired during the implementation of the subproject.