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Water Intake, Gandharbpur Water Treatment Plant and Raw and Treated Water Mains Resettlement Plan Document stage: Draft for Consultation August 2013 BAN: Dhaka Environmentally Sustainable Water Supply Project: Water Intake, Gandharbpur Water Treatment Plant and Raw and Treated Water Mains Prepared by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority on behalf of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Cooperatives–Government of Bangladesh for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 3 July 2013) Currency unit – Tk Tk1.00 = $ 0.013 $1.00 = Tk77.75 ABBREVIATIONS ADB — Asian Development Bank AP — affected person ARIPO — Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance BRG — business restoration grant CBE — commercial and business enterprise CCL — cash compensation under law CSC — construction and supervision consultant DC — Deputy Commissioner DCCN — Dhaka City Corporation North DCCS — Dhaka City Corporation South DD — detailed design DP — displaced person DPEC — displaced person’s entitlement card DSCCT — design, supervision, and construction consultant ream DWASA — Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority EA — executing agency EC — entitlement card EMA — external monitoring agency ESSU — environmental and social safeguard unit FGD — focus group discussion GAP — gender action plan GoB — Government of Bangladesh GRC — grievance redress committee GRM — grievance redress mechanism HH — Household IMS — independent monitoring agency IOL — inventory of losses JVC — joint verification committee LAO — land administration officer LGD — local government division M&E — monitoring and evaluation MLPD — million liter per day MLGRDC — Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative MV — market value NGO — nongovernment organization O&M — operation and maintenance PAP — project affected persons PD — project director PHC — primary health care PIB — project implementation brochure PMU — project management unit PRA — participatory rapid appraisal PPR — project progress report PPTA — project preparatory technical assistance PVAC — property valuation assessment committee PVS — property valuation survey PSC — project steering committee RAC — resettlement advisory committee RF — resettlement framework RP — resettlement plan RV — replacement value SC — steering committee SCMO — safeguard and community mobilization officer SES — socioeconomic survey TOR — terms of reference WTP — water treatment plant WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – Kilometer m2 – square meter mm – Millimeter mcg/m3 – micrograms per cubic meter m3 - cubic meter NOTES (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. (ii) “Tk” refers to Bangladeshi Taka. This 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. 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, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION 1 A. Background 1 B. Project Components 6 C. Data Collection Methodology 7 II. LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACT 10 A. Potential Land Acquisition and Resettlement Impacts 10 III. SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE 15 A. Intake Area 15 B. Raw Water Transmission Pipeline 17 C. Gandharbpur Water Treatment Plant 25 D. Treated Water Transmission Pipeline 27 IV. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION, AND DISCLOSURE 36 A. Project Stakeholders 37 B. Disclosure and Public Consultation 37 C. Mechanism for Continued Stakeholders' Participation 41 D. Disclosure of the RP 41 V. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK AND ENTITLEMENTS 42 A. Types of Losses and Displaced Person (DP) Category 45 B. Principles, Legal, and Policy Commitments 46 C. Eligibility Policy and Entitlement Matrix 47 VI. RELOCATION AND RESETTLEMENT 60 A. Scope of Displacement and Relocation 60 B. AP Preference for Relocation 60 C. Livelihood and Income Restoration Strategy 61 VII. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 64 A. Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) 64 B. Institutional Capacity Strengthening 67 C. Other Agencies Involved in the Process 68 VIII. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 71 A. Redress of Grievance 71 B. Grievance Redress Committees 71 IX. RESETTLEMENT AND COMPENSATION COSTS AND BUDGET 74 A. Costs and Budget 74 B. Approval of the Resettlement Budget 78 C. Management of Compensation and Flow of Awards 79 X. RP IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 79 A. Implementation Schedule 79 XI. MONITORING AND REPORTING 82 A. Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation 82 B. Internal Monitoring 82 C. Compliance Monitoring 83 D. External Monitoring 83 List of Annexes 1. Details of Consultation 86 2. Terms of Reference for the Resettlement Implementation Assistance Nongovernment Organization 103 3. Sample Grievance Redress Form 114 4. Terms of Reference for Independent Monitoring of Resettlement and Rehabilitation 115 5. Draft Booklet for Project Information 122 6. Summary of IR Impact of the Project with Number of Households 125 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Introduction 1. The Dhaka Environmentally Sustainable Water Supply Project (DESWSP) will provide more reliable and sustainable water supply for Dhaka City dwellers by developing a new surface water supply scheme for supply augmentation, which includes development of a water intake at Meghna River, one raw water transmission pipeline, a water treatment plant (WTP) at Gandharbpur with capacity of 500 million liters per day (mld), a treated water transmission pipeline to the existing water supply network, and distribution reinforcements. The project also includes distribution network improvements to reduce non-revenue water (NRW), and will promote household and community access to safe water, including support to low-income communities (LICs). Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is the executing and implementing agency of the project. The outputs are summarized in the table below. Table 1: Outputs No Component Infrastructure Contract Package 1 Water intake 2,000 mld capacity Design-build (DB) with short operation 2 Pumping station 2,000 mld capacity pumping station with 500 Same as above mld pumping equipment 3 Raw water transmission 21.5-km, 2,200-mm raw water pipelines from Same as above mains intake to Gandharbpur WTP 4 Water treatment plant 500-mld capacity WTP at Gandharbpur Same as above 5 Treated water transmission 13-km, 2000 mm treated water pipeline from Construction contract mains WTP to US Embassy injection point 6 Distribution reinforcement 21-km distribution reinforcement Construction contract 7 Distribution network Replacements water lines of 16 DMAs in the DB rehabilitation (ICB 2.7) existing Dhaka City distribution networks 2. This RP has been prepared based on primary data collected through a team of experienced enumerators from December 2012 to May 2013. Field enumerators collected data by conducting a census and socioeconomic survey (SES) of displaced household heads and commercial and business enterprise (CBE) owners using a structured questionnaire in Bengali. The survey also provided the inventory of losses (IOL). A property valuation survey has been conducted to determine replacement value of the affected properties. Video filming of the alignment has been carried out to prevent fraudulent claims in the future. Consultation meetings have been held with affected people and other stakeholders. The cut-off date of 4 June 2013 has been declared for this RP for enlisting affected properties through declaration in public consultation meetings in the presence of displaced persons (DPs), public representatives, and the local elite. 3. In total, 316.7 acres (128 hectares) of land are needed to implement the project. Out of the total 316.7 acres (128 ha) of land (and canal areas) required for the project, 135.4 acres (54.8 ha) (42.8%) are owned by different agencies of the government, including Dhaka WASA, and 181.3 acres (73.4 ha) (57.3%) are private land in different locations that have to be acquired by DWASA. In total, 1,248 households with a total population of 5342 persons are going to be displaced permanently from their private land or from government land they are currently using for their livelihood. 528 of these households (2259 persons) are severely affected or losing more than 10% of their assets (lands and/or houses) or income generating activities. About 2,218 households with 9,803 persons will be affected temporarily in forms of employments, incomes from daily labors, or business activities. The project has not identified any indigenous or minority people’s communities in the project impact area. This RP is ii prepared to address the resettlement issues and mitigate the adverse impacts created by this project on this large number of people. 4. This RP for the project complies with the relevant national laws of the Government of Bangladesh Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance 1982 (ARIPO) and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of 2009. The main principles of the RP are to (i) minimize negative impacts, in consultation with the DPs; (ii) closely consult the DPs on RP policy, needs assessment, and poverty and rehabilitation issues; (iii) carry out resettlement activities to improve or at least restore pre-project living standards of the DPs; and (iv) provide compensation for affected property at market price prior to relocation, and mainstream the poor and vulnerable DPs with the poverty reduction and social development program for rehabilitation
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