The Social & Environmental Management Unit (SEMU) organized two workshops as a part of the training and capacity building program for Engineers to enable them meet the environmental challenges while implementing the irrigation projects. The first workshop was conducted in the committee room of Directorate of Land Reclamation Lahore and the second in the office of Chief Engineer Irrigation Zone Faisalabad. There were thirty participants in the both workshops including Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers and Assistant Executive Engineers.
Both the workshops were started with the inaugural sessions of the respective Chief Engineers. The Chief Engineers appreciated the work of SEMU in providing technical support in social and environmental risk assessment and management for irrigation and drainage projects. They urged the canal officers to give importance and priority while designing and executing the projects.
In the workshops, the Director SEMU briefed the participants about the progress and achievements due to the implementation of guidelines which have been developed to mitigate the socio environmental challenges of irrigation projects. The trainers dwelled upon the supplementary checklists for the identification of social and environmental issues and the guidelines to mitigate them. The trainers also shared their field experiences with the participants and answered their questions. During the workshops, the participants were also provided an opportunity to discuss the issues of surface water pollution and how to manage it in collaboration with Environmental Protection Department. At the end, the participants were also shown a documentary highlighting the environmental issues of River Ravi.
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