ETUDE D'IMPACT ENVIRONNEMENTAL KANDADJI

The present intervention relative to the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Study of the Kandadji program. It's a program that aims, among other things, to improve the living conditions of the population by ensuring food security through the integrated development of natural resources, the fight against desertification and the degradation of the environment, the regeneration of the natural environment and the coverage of energy needs. The program focuses on: (a) the construction of an 8.4 km dam of earth embankment with ancillary works; b) the construction of a hydroelectric plant of 130 MW and a high voltage line of 132 KV between Kandadji and Niamey with a length of 188 km; (c) the development of a first tranche of 6,000 ha irrigated; and, d) the implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and Resettlement Plan (PR) of the populations to be displaced (5,290 households). The main components of the study are: (A) Phase I - baseline study, impact prediction, and preparation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP); (B) Phase II - complete resettlement plan.