Resettlement Plan

Angat Water Transmission Improvement Project (Additional Financing) (RRP PHI 46362-004) Resettlement Plan February 2019 PHI: Angat Water Transmission Improvement Project Additional Financing This draft 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, 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 (as of 22 January 2019) Currency unit – peso/s (₱) ₱1.00 = $0.0189 $1.00 = ₱52.80 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AHs – Affected Households APs – Affected Persons AWTIP – Angat Water Tunnel Improvement Project BNAQ7P – Bigte-Novaliches Aqueduct 7 Project CMP – Community Mortgage Program CWA – Contractor’s Work Area DDR – Due Diligence Report DPWH – Department of Public Works and Highways EA – Executing Agency EO – Executive Order GRC – Grievance Redress Committee GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism HHs – Household heads IA – Implementing Agency IP – Indigenous Peoples IR – Involuntary Resettlement IRR – Implementing Rules and Regulations ISF – Informal Settler Families LARRIPP – Land acquisition, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Indigenous Peoples Policy (DPWH, 2007) LIAC – Local Inter-Agency Committee LGU – Local Government Unit MO – Memorandum Orders MWSS – Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System NGO – Non-government organization NHA – National Housing Authority PMO – Project Management Office PHP – Philippine Peso RA – Republic Act ROW – Right-of-Way RP – Resettlement Plan SPS – Safeguards Policy Statement UPAO – Urban Poor Affairs Office GLOSSARY Affected persons (or household) Affected persons are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. This definition of AP is at variance with how ADB’s SPS uses the term. The SPS uses the term displaced person (DP). But, AP is how the EA understands and uses the term. Hence, it is so used in the document. Ancestral Domain refer to all areas generally belonging to Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources, therein, held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force, deceit ,stealth or as a consequence of government projects or any other voluntary dealings entered into by government and by private individuals /corporations, and which are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare (Sec.3 of IPRA Act). Compensation Payment in cash or in kind for land, housing, income, and other assets acquired or adversely affected by the project. All compensation is based on the principle of replacement cost, which is the method of valuing assets to replace the loss at current market rates. Replacement cost calculation comprises these elements: (i) fair market value; (ii) transaction costs; (iii) interest accrued (if any), (iv) transitional and restoration costs (if any); and (v) other applicable payments (if any). Contractors work area is the area where facilities and utilities will be built used to as storage area for contractors’ equipment, machines, staff housing, etc. This is located in the delineated 25-meter ROW which is within the existing 60-meter MWSS property and ROW. Cut-off date of eligibility The concept of the cut-off date for eligibility is typically used for the non-titleholders, which is generally the date of commencement of the project census of affected persons within the project boundaries. Persons not covered at the time of census taking will not be eligible for claims of compensation entitlements. Entitlement Range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration support, transfer assistance, income substitution and relocation support which are due to affected people, depending on the nature and severity of their losses, to restore their economic and social base. Income restoration Re-establishing income sources and livelihoods of PAPs to approximate or exceed the level it was before the development project. Indigenous People A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by other, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since time immemorial, occupied, possessed customs, tradition and other distinctive cultural traits, or who have, through resistance to political, social and cultural inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and culture, became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos. ICCs/IPs will likewise include peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, at the time of conquest or colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous religions or cultures, or the establishment of present state boundaries, who retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions, but who may have been displaced from their traditional domains or who may have resettled outside their ancestral domains. (Adopted from R.A. 8371). Involuntary Resettlement It is the displacement of people from their homes, assets, sources of income and employment on account of the project undertaken by the Government of the Philippines. Involuntary resettlement may result in any or a combination of the following: loss of land, abode and other fixed assets, loss of income and/or employment, relocation, separation of family members, disintegration of communities, etc. Unless appropriate and adequate mitigation measures are carried out, involuntary resettlement will result to further hardship and impoverishment among the AHs, especially the marginal sectors of society (see definition of “vulnerable groups”). These adverse social impacts of development projects are often borne by AHs not of their own desire but involuntarily. Physical displacement of a PAP from his/her pre- Relocation project place of residence and his/her transfer to another place. Replacement cost Amount of cash or kind needed to replace an asset (i.e., land, private structure, crops and trees, public structure and common resource). Replacement cost calculation comprises these elements: (i) fair market value; (ii) transaction costs; (iii) interest accrued (if any), (iv) transitional and restoration costs (if any); and (v) other applicable payments (if any). All measures taken to mitigate any and all adverse Resettlement impacts of a project on PAP property and/or livelihoods, including compensation, relocation (where relevant), and rehabilitation as needed. Spoils Disposal Area It is the site where spoils including soil, stones, rocks, etc. from drillings during construction are dumped. Vulnerable Groups These are distinct groups of people who might suffer disproportionately or face the risk of being further marginalized by the effects of resettlement and specifically include: (i) female headed households with dependents, (ii) disabled household heads, (iii) households falling under the generally accepted indicator for poverty, (iv) children and the elderly households who are landless and with no other means of support; (v) landless households or those without title to land; (vi) indigenous peoples or ethnic minorities NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. 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. 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 Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 1 II. Project Description ........................................................................................................ 6 III. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ............................................................. 8 IV. Socioeconomic Information and Profile ......................................................................11 A. Profile of the AHs ......................................................................................................11 B. Profile of the identified School, Commercial and Business Establishments ...............12 V. Information Disclosure, Consultation, and Participation ...........................................14 A. Consultation and Participation ...................................................................................14

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