West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHEP)
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Draft Project Number: 40919 November 2008 NEP: WEST SETI HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT Reservoir Area and Downstream Project Components Prepared by West Seti Hydro Limited for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The resettlement plan 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. WEST SETI HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Volume 3 RESETTLEMENT PLAN: RESERVOIR AREA AND DOWNSTREAM PROJECT COMPONENTS West Seti Hydro Limited 1611 Lamtangin Marg, Maharajgunj Kathmandu, Nepal October 2008 (Revision 4) WEST SETI HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT RESETTLEMENT PLAN: RESERVOIR AREA AND DOWNSTREAM PROJECT COMPONENTS (Rev-4) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................................. V LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................................................... V LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................................ VII LIST OF PHOTOS ................................................................................................................................................ VII ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. VIII GLOSSARY OF LOCAL TERMS ......................................................................................................................... IX LAND CONVERSIONS AND TERMINOLOGY .............................................................................................. X EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... XI 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 PROJECT STUDIES ..................................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 PROJECT IMPACTS..................................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.4 AIMS OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN ........................................................................................................ 1-3 1.5 REPORT LAYOUT ...................................................................................................................................... 1-4 2. METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 EIA RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION ............................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 FOLLOW-UP RESEARCH, DATA COLLECTION AND CONSULTATION ..................................................... 2-2 2.3 CONSTRAINTS AND LIMITATIONS ............................................................................................................ 2-4 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 PROJECT COMPONENTS............................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.2 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME ................................................................................................................. 3-5 4. THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1 REGIONAL CONTEXT ................................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.1 Population and Demography ............................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.2 Caste/Ethnicity ................................................................................................................................. 4-2 4.1.3 Development Context ....................................................................................................................... 4-3 4.1.4 Economic Activities and Livelihoods ................................................................................................ 4-3 4.1.5 Poverty .............................................................................................................................................. 4-5 4.2 PROJECT AREA ......................................................................................................................................... 4-6 4.2.1 Settlement Patterns .......................................................................................................................... 4-6 4.2.2 Access and Movement Patterns ........................................................................................................ 4-8 4.2.3 Population and Demography ............................................................................................................ 4-9 4.2.4 Education ........................................................................................................................................ 4-12 4.2.5 Health and Sanitation ..................................................................................................................... 4-14 4.2.6 Land Tenure and Landholdings ...................................................................................................... 4-15 4.2.7 Use of Forest and Other Natural Resources ................................................................................... 4-17 4.2.8 Seti River Use ................................................................................................................................. 4-17 4.2.9 Occupational Patterns and Livelihoods .......................................................................................... 4-18 4.2.10 Income and Expenditure ................................................................................................................. 4-22 4.2.11 Poverty ............................................................................................................................................ 4-25 WEST SETI HYDRO LTD. OCTOBER 2008 I WEST SETI HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT RESETTLEMENT PLAN: RESERVOIR AREA AND DOWNSTREAM PROJECT COMPONENTS (Rev-4) 4.2.12 Vulnerable Groups/Social Categories ............................................................................................. 4-26 5. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ............................................................... 5-1 5.1 RATIONALE FOR LAND ACQUISITION ..................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1.1 Motivation for the Project................................................................................................................. 5-1 5.1.2 Project Type and Design Alternatives .............................................................................................. 5-1 5.1.3 Efforts to Minimise Land Acquisition and Resettlement ................................................................. 5-2 5.2 PROJECT LAND REQUIREMENT ................................................................................................................ 5-2 5.3 KEY SOCIAL ISSUES AND IMPACTS ........................................................................................................... 5-3 5.4 HOUSEHOLDS AND POPULATION ............................................................................................................ 5-4 5.5 PRIVATE LAND ......................................................................................................................................... 5-8 5.6 POPULATION DISPLACEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT ............................................................................... 5-9 5.7 BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES .......................................................................................................................... 5-9 5.7.1 Houses and Buildings ....................................................................................................................... 5-9 5.7.2 Schools ............................................................................................................................................ 5-11 5.7.3 Other Social Infrastructure ............................................................................................................ 5-12 5.8 TREES ...................................................................................................................................................... 5-14 5.9 FOREST AND RIVER RESOURCES ............................................................................................................ 5-15 5.10 SOCIAL IMPACTS OF ALTERED RIVER FLOWS ........................................................................................ 5-15 5.11 ACCESS