PresentBaig

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• Training Management Research Wing
• Services, General Administration and Coordination
  Department, Government of Sindh
• 2nd Mid Career Management Course
• (September 11, 2023 to December 15, 2023)
• Departmental Review Presentation
• Environment, Climate Change and
• Coastal Development Department,
• Government of Sindh

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Participants from the ECCCD Department,
Government of Sindh
SNo Name of Participant
1 Mirza Mujtaba Baig, Deputy Director, Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Team Leader)
2 Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, Deputy Director, Sindh Environmental Protection Agency
3 Muhammad Sohaib, Deputy Director, Sindh Environmental Protection Agency
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Sequence of Presentation

• Environment, Climate Change and Coastal
  Development Department (ECCCD), Government of
  Sindh
• Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Sindh Coastal Development Authority (SCDA)
• Directorate of Climate Change (DoCC)
• Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal (SEPT)

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• Environment, Climate Change and Coastal
  Development Department
• Government of Sindh

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Historical Background
S.No Name of Department Year
1 Industries, Mines Mineral Development 1989
2 Housing, Town Planning, Local Government and Rural Department 1990
3 Forest, Wildlife Environment 1996
4 Social Welfare, Environment Women Development 1997
5 Forest, Wildlife Environment 1997-2002
6 Environment Alternative Energy 2002-2016
7 Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development 2016-to-date
Official Record
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Functions

• Matters relating to Sindh Environmental
  Protection Agency
• Matters relating to Sindh Coastal Development
  Authority
• Matters relating to Climate Change
• Service matters, except those entrusted to the
  Services, General Administration and Coordination
  Department.

Source Schedule III of Rules of Business 1986,
with an amendment in 2016
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Sub-Ordinate Directorates/Offices

• Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Sindh Coastal Development Authority (SCDA)
• Directorate of Climate Change
• Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal (SEPT)

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Objectives

• Enforcement of Sindh Environmental Protection Act
  2014
• Sustainable Development in Sindh
• Mitigation of and Adaptation with Climate Change
  in Sindh
• Development of Coastal Areas Support to Coastal
  Communities
• Environmental Justice.

Source Departmental Presentations
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Organogram ECCCDD
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Development Portfolio ECC CDD2023-24
Rs in Million
S.No Sub-Sector On-Going Sanctioned Cost New Sanctioned Cost Total Cost
1 Environment 6 35.342 4 131.757 167.099
2 Climate Change 0 00 1 40 40
3 Sindh Coastal Development 6 637.601 2 157.500 759.101
Source ADP 2023-24
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Human Resources , ECCCDD
S.No Description Sectt SEPA SEPT SCDA DoCC
1 Permanent 56 1138 05 21 81
2 Contractual 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ad-hoc Contingent 0 0 0 4 0
4 Total 56 1138 05 21 81
Source Budget Book 2023-24
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Key Achievements

• Establishment of Climate Change Directorate
• Issuance of Sindh Climate Change Policy 2022
• After 18th Amendment, enactment of all necessary
  environmental laws, rules and regulations
• Playing its role in Living Indus Initiative
• Successful oil palm pilot project in Kathore
  Thatta

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Major Challenges

• To make Sindh Climate Change Directorate fully
  functional at the district level
• Further strengthen the enforcement of Sindh
  Environmental Protection Act 2014
• Expansion of the outreach of environmental
  justice at the district level
• Showcasing its model oil palm project of Kathore
  Thatta to attract foreign and local investment.

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Way Forward

• To take on board all government departments
  working in Sindh to make them incorporate the
  Climate Change Adaptation Plan in all their
  development activities
• To promote the concept of self-monitoring and
  reporting for industries and small manufacturers
  to lessen the burden of environmental monitoring
  of SEPA
• To publicize the concept of climate financing to
  encourage nature-based solutions for the
  mitigation of climate change by all sectors of
  society

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Sindh Environmental Protection Agency
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Organizational Setup

• Established in 1989 under Pakistan Environmental
  Protection Ordinance 1983
• Headquartered in Karachi with its five Regional
  Offices at Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana
  and Shaheed Benazirabad
• Outreach of enforcement of environmental laws and
  public awareness is being expanded gradually to
  all the districts

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Objectives

• Protection, Conservation, Rehabilitation and
  Improvement of the Environment of Sindh
• Preventing and controlling pollution in Sindh
• Promoting sustainable development through
  enforcement of Environmental Laws in the province

Source Preamble of Sindh Environmental
Protection Act 2014
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Functions

• Enforce Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014
  and rules regulations made thereunder
• To implement the decisions made by Sindh
  Environmental Protection Council the apex
  decision-making body constituted under Section 3
  of SEP Act 2014
• Prepare and issue rules and regulations to
  strengthen the enforcement of SEP Act 2014
• To prepare and publish every year Environmental
  Profile of Sindh
• Provide environmental information, education and
  awareness

Section 6 Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014
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Organogram, SEPA
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Development Portfolio, SEPAOn-going 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of On-going Scheme Estimated Cost Expenditures upto June 22 Allocation for 2023-24
1 Study of Environment Health Impacts of Pesticides Chemical Fertilizer in Sindh (SDG 13) 33.000 19.050 0.010
2 Strengthening of Environmental Monitoring System in EPA Sindh (SDG 13) 140.000 71.489 0.010
3 Environmental Awareness and Education for Protection and Conservation of Natural Resources in Sindh (SDG 13) 115.000 48.750 0.010
Source ADP 2023-24
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Development Portfolio, 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of On-going Scheme Estimated Cost Expenditures upto June 22 Allocation for 2023-24
4 Study of Ambient Air Quality in Major Urban Areas of Sindh (SDG 11 13) 10.592 0.000 10.592
5 Construction of Additional Floor, Renovation and Rehabilitation of EPA Buildings at Hyderabad (SDG 13) 44.914 0.000 11.000
6 Construction of Additional Block, Renovation and Rehab of EPA Buildings at Sukkur (SDG 13) 54.621 0.000 13.720
Total 398.127 139.289 35.342
Source ADP 2023-24
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Development Portfolio, New 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of New Scheme Status Estimated Cost Allocation for 2023-24
1 Renovation Rehabof Building of EPA Complex Khi(SDG 13) Un-approved 100 25
2 Expansion Strengthening of Labs in EPA Buildings at Khi, Hyd Sukkur (SDG 13). -do- 200 50
3 Feasibility Study of Zig Zag Technology for Bricks Kilns in Sindh (SDG 13) -do- 15 15
4 Establishment of Environmental Info System in EPA Building at Karachi (SDG 13) -do- 74.810 1.757
Total 389.810 131.757
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Human Resources SEPA
S.No Name of Post BPS Sanctioned Filled Vacant
1 Director General 20 1 1 0
2 Additional Director General 20 1 0 1
3 Director 19 12 5 7
4 Deputy Director 18 30 17 13
5 Assistant Director 17 73 40 33
6 Chemist 17 29 19 10
7 Micro Biologist 17 09 03 06
8 Other Gazetted Officers 17 18 15 03
9 Total Officers -- 173 100 73
10 Staff 1-16 965 146 819
11 Total Staff and Officers -- 1138 246 892
SEPA Admin Record
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Operational areas

• Effluent Monitoring (Industrial municipal)
• Vehicular Emissions Noise Level Monitoring
• Industrial Emissions and Ambient Air Quality
  Monitoring
• Drinking Water Quality Monitoring
• Waste (Hazardous Non-Hazardous) Management
• Review of various environmental compliance
  reports
• Natural Resource Conservation
• Legal Proceedings Public Complaint
• Public Awareness Promotion
• Coordination with Line Departments and
  Stakeholders

Environmental Profile of Sindh 2018
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Achievements

• Industrial Wastewater, Effluent, Domestic
  Sewerage, Industrial Air Emission and Ambient
  Air, Noise for Vehicles, Air Emissions for
  Vehicles and Drinking Water Quality Standards,
  2015
• Hazardous Substance Rules, 2014
• Sindh Environmental Quality Standards for
  Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industries, 2014
• Hospital Waste Management Rules, 2014

Continued
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Continued

• Non-degradable Plastic Products(Manufacturing,
  sale and usage) Rules, 2014
• Review of IEE and EIA Regulations, 2021
• Sustainable Development Fund (Procedure
  Utilization) Rules, 2014
• Certification of Laboratories Regulations, 2014
• Samples Rules, 2014
• Sindh Environmental Quality Standards for
  Municipal and Liquid Industrial Effluent, 2014

Continued
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• Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal Rules,
  2014
• Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Strategic
  Environment Assessment) Rules, 2015
• Sindh Environmental Protection Administrative
  Penalty Rules, 2014

Source Departmental Presentation
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Challenges

• Inadequate infrastructure for Wastewater
  Collection and Treatment (Industrial and Domestic
  Wastewater)
• No any proper mechanism for Solid Hazardous Waste
  Collection and Disposal
• Degradation of ambient air quality
• Declining availability of fresh water
• Deteriorating water quality
• Declining availability and access to natural
  resources
• Vulnerability to Climate Change and Global
  Warming

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Constraints

• Absence of Combined Effluent Treatment Plants
• Individual compliance with the law is extremely
  poor
• Writ of EPA not being recognized because of
  environment still being in low priorities of the
  Government
• Insufficient awareness in policy-makers and the
  public at large
• Resistance of Industries to Compliance with
  Environmental Laws
• Insufficient resources for enforcement

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Way Forward

• To strengthen the mechanism for the effective
  enforcement of Sindh Environmental Protection Act
  2014 throughout the province
• Conduct a study for the establishment of an
  environmental baseline in Sindh Province
• Development of mechanism/project to control Air
  Pollution in Sindh Province
• Protection and conservation water resources in
  Sindh Construction of Wastewater

Continued
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Continued

• Efforts for scientific disposal of domestic,
  industrial and hospital solid waste
• Treatment plants in major cities through local
  Government Department
• Establishment of combined effluent treatment
  plants in industrial areas through joint venture
  of Government and Industrial Associations

Continued
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Continued

• Prepare a report on the state of the environment
  in Sindh
• Acquiring Police Force (Green Police) for
  implementation of SEP Act 2014
• Development of environmental curriculum at the
  school level
• Uniform/dress for SEPA field officials

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Sindh Coastal Development Authority
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History

• Established through the Sindh Coastal Development
  Authority Act 1994 on November 29, 1994 which
  subsequently
• 1st Amended on 27th December, 2006
• 2nd Amended on 18th May, 2015
• 3rd Amended on 7th June, 2018
• 4th Amended on 30th January, 2020

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Functions

• Overall development, improvement and
  beautification of coastal areas of Thatta,
  Sujawal Badin Districts
• Be responsible for identification, coordination,
  execution and monitoring of dvelopment
  schemes/activities
• Act as coordinating agency of the Federal and
  Provincial Governments or any local authority or
  autonomous body for any development matter
  related to its jurisdiction

Continued
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Continued

• Collaborate with the Federal or Provincial,
  public or private agencies engaged in development
  activities and environmental protection
• Undertake research in developmental planning of
  various activities related to coastal areas
• Compile relevant literature on planning and
  development and distribute among the persons and
  agencies engaged or interested in developmental
  works
• Arrange and conduct training programmes and
  seminars on planning and development in related
  fields

Continued
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Continued

• Assist and co-ordinate in the establishment of
  palm coconut oil plantation and arrange their
  extraction and refining
• Assist and co-ordinate in the development of fish
  harbours/ cummini/deep port at Keti Bander and/or
  at any other feasible locations
• Assist and coordinate in the establishment of oil
  refinery with provision of pipe lines for
  transportation of oil
• Perform such order functions as may be considered
  necessary for achieving the objectives of the
  Authority.

Section 7 of Sindh Coastal Development Authority
Act 1994
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Jurisdiction of SCDA
District Taluka
Thatta Mirpur Sakro , Ghorabari , Keti Bandar Kharochan
Sujawal Shah Bandar, Jati
Badin S. Fazul Rahu (Golarchi), Badin
Karachi Malir , Korangi, Karachi South, Keamari
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Organogram SCDA
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Development Portfolio, 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of On-going Scheme Estimated Cost Exp upto June 2022 Allocation for 2023-24
1 Communication access allied Facilities in the Coastal Areas of Karachi Thatta (C649.050R10.907) (SDG 6, 9, 14 15) 659.957 0.000 106.640
2 Communication Access and Allied Facilities in the Coastal Areas of Sujawal Badin (C492.855R3.196) (SDG 6, 9, 14 15) 496.051 56.879 183.551
3 Improvement of Coastal Road from Ibrahim Hyderi to Lath Basti 12.5 KMs. (SDG 6, 9 14) 425.875 0.000 155.687
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Development Portfolio, 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of On-going Scheme Estimated Cost Exp upto June 2022 Allocation for 2023-24
4 Construction of Floating Jetty alongwith Community Centre at Lat Basti. (SDG 6, 9 14) 104.230 0.000 54.230
5 Construction of Floating Jetty alongwith Community Center at Keti Bandar. (SDG 6, 9 14) 118.655 0.000 8.655
6 Construction of Floating Jetty alongwith Community Centre at village Hassan Jat, Taluka Keti Bandar, District Thatta. (SDG 6, 9 14) 118.838 0.000 68.838
Total 1923.606 190.864 637.601
Source ADP 2023-24
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Development Portfolio, SCDANew 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of New Scheme Status Estimated Cost Allocation for 2023-24
1 Construction of Farm to Market Roads for easy access in District Thatta, Sujawal and Bdin (SDG 6, 9 14) Un- Approved 450.000 112.500
2 Construction of Tourist Resort to Promote Eco-Tourism at Hawks Bay Karachi Un- Approved 180.000 45.000
Total 630.000 157.500
Source ADP 2023-24
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Achievements

• A trial crop of 50 acres of palm fruit in the
  Kathore area of ??Thatta by SCDA met
  international standards.
• Efforts are successfully being made to attract
  global and local investors to cultivate palm on
  arable land of the maximum area
• Sector can be given the status of a local
  industry to subside annual domestic demand for
  palm oil worth Rs4 billion

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Directorate of Climate Change
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Historical Background

• The Directorate of Climate Change (DoCC) was
  established in 2019-20 under the Environment,
  Climate Change Coastal Development Department
  (ECCCDD) Government of Sindh
• Sindh took the lead and established its fully
  fledge Directorate of Climate Change
• Human resources are being hired/deputed to make
  it fully functional

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Functions

• Formulate a province-specific policy presenting
  the full picture of the climate change situation
  in the province and its effects and provide
  robust solutions and implementation plans to
  mitigate the effects.
• Embed the concepts of Climate Compatible
  Development (CCD) and Sustainable Development
  Goals (SDGs) to improve the understanding and
  ensure water, food, energy, health nutrition
  security for Sindh province in the face of a
  changing climate.

Continued
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Continued

• Ensure the interests of vulnerable groups and
  that gender aspects are adequately addressed in
  climate development strategies and planning.
• Develop bases to provide for the required human,
  financial and technological resources and inter
  and intra-coordination mechanisms and frameworks
  which are required to further the policy
  objectives and undertake necessary actions in a
  clear, timely manner to mitigate the adverse
  effects of climate change
• Enhance awareness of the impacts of climate
  change among all stakeholders for necessary,
  appropriate measures to combat and minimize these
  impacts.

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Organogram DoCC
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Development Portfolio, 2023-24
Rs in million
S.No Name of New Scheme Status Estimated Cost Allocation for 2023-24
1 Raising awareness on Climate Change, Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening of Directorate of Climate Change (DoCC) Un-approved 90.00 40.000
Total 90.00 40.000
Source ADP 2023-24
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Sindh Climate Change Policy 2022

• The Climate Change Directorate has worked out the
  first ever "Sindh Climate Change Policy-2022".
• The Sindh Cabinet approved the Policy on Jul 07,
  2022.
• Vision
• A future when climate change will have minimum
  possible adverse impacts and consequences on
  natural resources of Sindh, its people and their
  livelihood and to ensure sustainability of those
  resources for coming generations
• Goal
• The overall goal of Sindh Climate Change Policy
  is to ensure that climate action is mainstreamed
  in the development planning, particularly the
  economically and socially vulnerable sectors of
  the economy, and to steer Sindh towards economic
  growth and climate compatible development

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Way Forward

• Strengthen and expansion of Directorate at
  district level to effectively implement the Sindh
  Climate Change Policy
• Draft of Sindh Climate Change Adaptation Plan
  needs to be developed in line with the Federal
  Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2022
• Introduction of Climate Financing and Carbon Tax
  so that losses owing to climate disasters may be
  offset on time and rehabilitation may be
  expedited accordingly

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Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal
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About

• Establishment
• Under Section 25(1) of Sindh Environmental
  Protection Act 2014, a Sindh Environmental
  Protection Tribunal was established in 2015.
• Powers and Jurisdiction
• Environmental Protection Tribunal shall exercise
  such powers and perform such functions as are, or
  may be conferred upon or assigned to it by or
  under Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014 or
  the rules and regulations.

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Organogram Sindh EPT
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Conclusion

• Environment is being degraded as usual, natural
  resources are being used more than their
  permissible limits and not much is being done for
  the development of a climate resilient economy
  and society despite of their acceptance at all
  levels
• The urgent need is to come out from fascinating
  documentations and put all our plans and policies
  into action.
• Else we will be referred in history as a nation
  which turned into rubbles owing to its climate
  inaction

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Sectoral Recommendations

• Overall budgetary allocations of the Department
  may be doubled, more particularly at the
  development side
• PPP models may be introduced in the execution of
  its development schemes if existing manpower is
  not capable of executing them
• A Special Purpose Vehicle under Sindh Public
  Private Partnership Act 2010 may be perused to
  impart eco trainings to government officers,
  teachers and grassroots elected representatives

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• Environment and Climate Change Awareness and
  Education Portal may be established offering
  online certificate and diploma courses to all
  professionals of various sectors of the economy
• A sketch may be developed of an entity which may
  run the technical affairs of impending Carbon
  Market of Sindh
• An Eco Business Promotion Policy may be issued to
  invite investors in green business sector

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• Thank You