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Power Transmission Improvement Project Resettlement Due Diligence Report Document Stage: Final November 2019 Project No. 46390-002 Loan No. 3330 MYA: Power Transmission Improvement Project 230/66 kV New Kyaikkasan Substation Prepared by the Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) for the Asian Development Bank. This safeguard due diligence report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation or a reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS In this report, “$” refers to United States dollar. (as of 21 October 2019) Currency unit – Kyat (MMK) MMK1.00 = $0.00074 $1.00 = MMK1530 ABBREVIATIONS ADB : Asian Development Bank DDR : Due Diligence Report DPTSC : Department of Power Transmission and System Control ft : feet ha : hectares Km : Kilometre MMK : Myanmar Kyats MPE : Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise MOEE : Ministry of Electricity and Energy MOT : Ministry of transportation YCDC : Yangon City Development Committee SS : Substation WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ft - feet ft2 - square feet km - kilometer kV - kilovolt kWh - kilowatt-hour LV - low voltage Ha - hectare m - meter m2 - square meter This Resettlement Due Diligence Document is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ELECTRICAL TERMINOLOGY .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. REMARKS ................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. A. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 B. Subproject Description ................................................................................................ 4 C. Impacts of Subproject .................................................................................................. 6 D. Compensation and implementation plan .................................................................... 7 E. Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 8 F. Annexes......................................................................................................................... 9 Annex 1. Minutes of Public Consultation ............................................................................ 9 Annex 2. List of participants of public consultation ........................................................... 10 Annex 3. Pictures of public consultation ........................................................................... 16 Annex 4. Land transfer document from YCDC for 230kV Kyaikasan SS ........................... 17 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1: Overall Project Components under the Loan ............................................................ 3 Table 2. Boundary of the Kayaikkasan substation .................................................................. 7 Figure 1: Location of Project Components – Myanmar: Power Network Transmission Project .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 2: Layout Plan for Kyaikasan Substation ..................................................................... 5 Figure 3. Map of Kaiakasan subproject location .................................................................... 6 Figure 4. Area for construction of 230kV Kyaikasan SS ......................................................... 7 2 A. Introduction 1. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, through the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to partially finance the Project, "Power Transmission Improvement Project" (the Project). MOEE is the executing agency (EA) of the project. The Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) is the implementing agency (IA). 2. The project involves (i) construction of 230kV double circuit transmission lines (TL) that will connect the substations of Thida, Thaketa, and Kyaikkasan in Yangon with total length of 13.3 km (Thida to Thaketa having 8.5 km of line and Thaketa - Kyaikkasan having 4.8 km of line) and installation of new equipment and switch bays at existing Thaketa substation and construction of new Kyaikkasan substation to accommodate the new transmission lines; (ii) 230/66/11 kV, 2 x 150 MVA New South Okkalapa substation; and (iii) construction of the 230/33/11 kV, 2 x 150 MVA substation at West University. 3. The project will strengthen the capacity of the staff of Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) in implementing projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The project will help to complete the critically important 230 kV transmission ring supplying electricity for the Yangon region and ensure reliable electricity supply to support sustainable economic development for Myanmar. 4. Impact and Outcome. The impact of the project will be economic and social benefits to residential, commercial, and industrial consumers from reliable and sustainable electricity supply for the Yangon region. The outcome will be improved reliability of the Yangon power transmission system. 5. Outputs. The project outputs will be (i) a 230 kV power transmission ring including 230 kV transmission line and substations developed for the Yangon region and (ii) capacity of staff of Department of Power Transmission and System Control (DPTSC) in implementing ADB financed projects strengthened. 6. This Due Diligence Report (DDR) is prepared for the 230 kV new Kyaikkasan Substation as the Subproject does not require land acquisition of any household but one organization, which is Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). The additional land plot proposed for the substation is free from encumbrances. There are no non-title holders etc. occupying the land. Table 1: Overall Project Components under the Loan No. Location Description of Project Components Yangon Region 8.5 Km double circuit transmission lines that will connect the Thaketa Township substations of Thida and Thaketa substation; The TL will feed the 1 power from 230/66kV Thida substation and transmission power Botahtaung to 230kV Thakeda substation; Township Yangon Region 4.8 Km of 230 kV underground cable single circuit transmission 2 Dawbon Township line between Thaketa and Kyaikasan substations Yangon Region Extend the switchyard of the existing 230 kV Thaketa substation 3 Thaketa Township to accommodate two new 230 kV transmission lines. Yangon Region 230/33/11 kV, 2 x 150 MVA substation at West University area to 4 Htantabin Township be constructed 5 Yangon Region Construction of the New 230/66 kV Kyaikkasan substation 3 Thaketa township Dawbon Township Yangon Region 6 Dagon Myothit Construction of the 230 kV New South Okkalapa substation (North) Figure 1: Location of Project Components – Myanmar: Power Network Transmission Project B. Subproject Description Objectives of subproject 7. The subproject is constructed with the following purposes: The construction of the 230kV substation to complete the critical 230 kV ring for Yangon city. The project will be economic and social benefits to residential, commercial, and industrial consumers from reliable and sustainable electricity supply for the Yangon region. The project will improve the reliability of the Yangon power transmission system. Features of the subproject 8. The location of 230/66 kV Kyaikkasan substation has changed to the location near the river in the Dawbon township, Southern District. The land in the new location is owned by Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) (Figure 2). The proposed total area of the substation is 2.5 acres (1 ha). The 230/66 kV substation will receive the 230 kV Thaketa- Kyaikkasan transmission line. It will consist of the following works: o One (1) 230 kV overhead line circuit bay (fully equipped) o One (1) 230 kV bus coupler circuit bay (fully equipped) o Two (2) set of 230/66 kV transformer circuit bays (fully equipped) 4 o 230 kV main busbar (double busbar, metering function, fully equipped) o Two (2) 230/66/11 kV, 200 MVA transformers o Six (6) 66 kV overhead line feeder bays (fully equipped) o One (1) 66 kV bus coupler circuit bay (fully equipped) o Two (2) 66 kV bus section circuit bays (fully equipped) o 66 kV main busbar (double busbar, metering function, fully equipped) o Substation power supply: MV and LV AC/DC distributions,
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