India: Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Investment Project
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Resettlement Plan March 2020 India: Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Investment Project Prepared by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), Government of India for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 2 March 2020) Currency unit – Indian Rupee (₹) ₹1.00 = $0.0138 $1.00 = ₹72.539 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank BPL Below Poverty Line BSR Basic Schedule of Rates CPR Community Property Resources DDA Delhi Development Authority DIMTS Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System DH Displaced Household DP Displaced People EA Executive Agency EM Entitlement Matrix FGD Focus Group Discussion GC General Consultant GDA Ghaziabad Development Authority GNN Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism GRC Grievance Redress Committee IDFC Infrastructure Development Financing Corporation IP Indigenous People MPCE Monthly Per Capita Consumption and Expenditure NCR National Capital Region NCRTC National Capital Region Transport Corporation NCT National Capital Territory NGO Non-Government Organization NTH Non-Titleholder OBC Other Backward Class PIU Project Implementation Unit PMO Project Management Office RF Resettlement Framework RFCTLARR Right to Fair Compensation & Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement & Rehabilitation RISA Resettlement Implementation Support Agency RoW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan R&R Resettlement & Rehabilitation RRTS Rapid Rail Transit System SHG Self Help Group SIA Social Impact Assessment SPS Safeguard Policy Statement ST Schedule Tribe TH Titleholder NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of India and its agencies ends on 31 March. “FY” before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2019 ends on 31 March 2019. (ii) In this report, "$" 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. 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. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 A. Introduction 1 B. Project Description 1 C. General Profile of the Project Area 3 D. Project Impacts and Benefits 6 E. Corridor of Impact (CoI) 7 F. Minimizing Resettlement 7 G. Scope and Objective of Resettlement Plan (RP) 10 H. Methodology for Resettlement Plan 10 I. Structure of the Resettlement Plan 11 II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 13 A. Land Acquisition Requirement 13 B. Resettlement Impacts 13 C. Loss of Private Land in the Project 14 D. Loss of Private Structures in the Project 15 E. Type of Private Structure in the Project 15 F. Use of Private Structures affected by the Project 16 G. Type of Construction of Affected Structures 16 H. Intensity of Impact in the Project 17 I. Loss of Livelihoods in the Project 17 J. Loss of Community Property Resources 18 III. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 18 A. General Socio-economic Profile of DPs 18 B. Number of DPs 19 C. Social Categories of the DPs 19 D. Religious Categories of the DPs 19 E. Vulnerable Households being Affected in the Project 20 F. Annual Income Level of the Affected Households 20 G. Number of DPs considered as Separate family as per LA Act 21 H. Educational Status of DPs 21 I. Occupational Status of DPs 21 J. Project Impact on Indigenous People 22 K. Project Impact on Women 22 IV. STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 24 A. Stakeholders in the Project 24 B. Public Consultation in the Project 24 C. Methods of Public Consultation 24 D. Scope of Consultation and Issues 24 E. Findings of Focused Group Discussions 25 F. Consultation with Officials and Other Stakeholders 26 G. Plan for further Consultation in the Project 27 H. Information Disclosure 28 V. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 28 A. Introduction 28 B. Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCT in LARR), 2013 28 C. The Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 (33 of 1978) 29 D. Policy for Direct Purchase of Private land by DDA through Negotiation 30 E. Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) Direct Land Purchase Policy 2015 30 F. ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 31 G. Comparison of Government and ADB Policies 31 H. R&R Policy Framework for the Project 35 I. Valuation of Assets 36 J. Procedure for Land Acquisition under the Project 38 VI. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 39 A. Introduction 39 B. Cut-off-Date for Entitlement 39 C. Project Entitlement 39 D. Entitlement Matrix 42 VII. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS 54 A. Basic Provision for Relocation 54 B. Need for Relocation 54 C. Relocation and Compensation Option by DPs 54 D. Relocation Strategy 55 E. Relocation Strategy for CPR 56 VIII. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION 57 A. Loss of Livelihoods in the Project 57 B. Provisions for Loss of Livelihood 57 C. Income Restoration Measures 58 D. Additional Support from Ongoing Poverty Reduction Programs 58 IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN 59 A. Introduction 59 B. Compensation 59 C. Assistance 60 D. Compensation for Community and Government Property 60 E. RP Implementation and Support Cost 60 F. R&R Budget 61 G. Source of Funding and Fund Flow Management 62 X. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 63 A. Introduction 63 B. Grievance Redress Mechanism 63 C. Constitution and Function of the GRC 63 XI. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 65 A. Institutional Requirement 65 B. Executing Agency 65 C. Resettlement Management 65 D. Resettlement Implementation Support Agency (RISA) 66 E. Capacity Building on RP in the EA 67 XII. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 68 A. Introduction 68 B. Schedule for Project Implementation 68 C. Project Preparation Phase 68 D. RP Implementation Phase 68 E. Monitoring and Reporting Period 68 F. R&R Implementation Schedule 69 XIII. MONITORING AND REPORTING 70 A. Need for Monitoring and Reporting 70 B. Monitoring in the Project 70 C. Monitoring by PIU 70 D. External Monitoring 70 E. Monitoring Indicators 71 F. Reporting Requirements 73 APPENDIXES Appendix 1: Census Survey Questionnaire 74 Appendix 2: List of Titled Displaced Person 80 Appendix 3: List of Non-Titled Displaced Person 115 Appendix 4: List of CPR 128 Appendix 5: Findings of Consultations 155 Appendix 6: Photographs and List Of Participants in FGD along the Project Corridor 165 Appendix 7: Terms of Reference (TOR) for the RISA to Implement the Resettlement Plan (RP) for Delhi-Ghazaibad-Meerut RRTS Project 187 Appendix 8: Terms of Reference for an External Monitoring Agency/Expert for Delhi-Ghaziabad- Merrut RRTS Project 196 Appendix 9: Translated Synopsis of GoUP Policy for Direct Purchase of Land 199 Appendix 10: Social Safeguard Due Diligence Report for Road Strengthening Work for Delhi- Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) Project 200 Appendix 11: Government Rates in Project Districts 205 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Summary Project Impacts ........................................................................................ i Table 2: Details of Proposed Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS ............................................... 2 Table 3: List of Project Affected Settlements ......................................................................... 2 Table 4: Land Acquisition Requirements under the Project ................................................ 13 Table 5: Number of Displaced Households ......................................................................... 14 Table 6: Loss of Private Land .............................................................................................. 14 Table 7: Loss of Private Structures in the Project ................................................................ 15 Table 8: Type of Private Structure affected by the Project ................................................... 15 Table 9: Use of Private Structure affected by the Project .................................................... 16 Table 10: Type of Construction of Affected Structure .......................................................... 16 Table 11: Intensity of Impact ............................................................................................... 17 Table 12: Loss of Livelihoods in the Project ........................................................................ 17 Table 13 :Type of affected CPR .......................................................................................... 18 Table 14: Number of DPs .................................................................................................... 19 Table 15: Social Categories of the DPs ............................................................................... 19 Table 16: Social Categories of the DPs ............................................................................... 19 Table 17: Vulnerable Households being affected ............................................................... 20 Table 18: Annual Income Level of the Affected Households................................................ 20 Table 19: Number of DPs considered as Separate family as per LA Act ............................. 21 Table 20: Educational Status of DPs ................................................................................... 21 Table 21 : Occupational Status of DPs ...............................................................................