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RAP and LRP for RUMSL’s 1500 MW Solar Park Project and associated infrastructure across Neemuch, Agar and Shajapur Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar Park (Units 4&5) 03 May 2021 Project No.: 0528741 www.erm.com The business of sustainability RAP AND LRP FOR RUMSL’S 1500 MW SOLAR PARK PROJECT CONTENTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS NEEMUCH, AGAR AND SHAJAPUR Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar Park (Units 4&5) Document details This is the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and Livelihood Restoration Plan (LRP) consolidated across RUMSL’s 1500 MW solar park project in Madhya Pradesh, India. The deliverable is intended to summarise and document the land and natural-resource based dependence of affected communities in Agar, Shajapur and Neemuch districts of Madhya Pradesh and to provides entitlements and the proposed strategy to implement the same. The RAP and LRP is accompanied by four (4) separate annexure volumes that provide project-specific resettlement and livelihood restoration impact details. Document title RAP and LRP for RUMSL’s 1500 MW Solar Park Project and associated infrastructure across Neemuch, Agar and Shajapur Document subtitle Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar Park (Units 4&5) Project No. 0528741 Date 22 March 2021 Version 2.1 Author ERM India Private Limited Client Name Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) Document history ERM approval to issue Version Revision Author Reviewed by Name Date Comments Draft 1.0 Aritra Sumati Bhatia Neena Singh 18 Draft for Client Chakrabarty Rutuja November Shruti Srikanth Tendolkar 2020 Shashank Chaudhary Draft Final 2.0 Aritra Sumati Bhatia Ajay Pillai 24 March Draft final for Chakrabarty Rutuja 2021 disclosure Shruti Srikanth Tendolkar Akshita Misra Final 2.1 Aritra Sumati Bhatia Ajay Pillai 03 May 2021 Final for Chakrabarty Rutuja disclosure Shruti Srikanth Tendolkar Akshita Misra www.erm.com Version: 2.1 Project No.: 0528741 Client: Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) 22 March 2021 RAP AND LRP FOR RUMSL’S 1500 MW SOLAR PARK PROJECT CONTENTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS NEEMUCH, AGAR AND SHAJAPUR Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar Park (Units 4&5) Signature Page 03 May 2021 RAP and LRP for RUMSL’s 1500 MW Solar Park Project and associated infrastructure across Neemuch, Agar and Shajapur Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar Park (Units 4&5) Name Rutuja Tendolkar Name Ajay Pillai Job title Principal Consultant Job title Partner In Charge ERM India Private Limited 3rd Floor, Building.10B, DLF Cyber City Gurgaon, NCR – 122002 © Copyright 2021 by ERM Worldwide Group Ltd and/or its affiliates (“ERM”). All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the prior written permission of ERM. www.erm.com Version: 2.1 Project No.: 0528741 Client: Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) 22 March 2021 RAP AND LRP FOR RUMSL’S 1500 MW SOLAR PARK PROJECT CONTENTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS NEEMUCH, AGAR AND SHAJAPUR Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar Park (Units 4&5) CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: AGAR SOLAR PARK ................................................................................... I Preamble ...................................................................................................................................................... I Project Overview ........................................................................................................................................... I Key Project Development Timelines ............................................................................................. III Land Footprint for Agar Solar Park ............................................................................................... III Avoidance and Impact Minimization ............................................................................................. IV Overview of Project Affected Households ................................................................................................. VIII Project Affected Villages ............................................................................................................. VIII Project Affected Land Parcels ..................................................................................................... VIII Titleholders and Non-titleholders .................................................................................................. IX Project Affected Households ......................................................................................................... IX Key Survey Milestones .................................................................................................................. X Profile of Project Affected Communities ....................................................................................................... X Profile of Villages in the Project Footprint ...................................................................................... X Profile of Project Affected Households ............................................................................................ Profile of Key Stakeholder Groups and Feedback .......................................................................... I Involuntary Resettlement Impacts ............................................................................................................... IV Overview of Project-Affected Land and Assets ............................................................................. IV Intensity of Involuntary Resettlement Impacts ............................................................................. VII Project-specific Strategies for Implementation ............................................................................................. X Grievance Management ............................................................................................................................... X 1. INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME II B ............................................................................................. 1 1.1 Brief Project Description for Agar Solar Park ................................................................................. 1 1.2 Project Development Timelines ..................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Approach, Methodology and Survey Coverage ............................................................................. 6 1.3.1 Resettlement Scoping during ESIA Consultations ........................................................ 6 1.3.2 Optimisation Exercise ................................................................................................... 6 1.3.3 RAP Survey Coverage .................................................................................................. 6 1.3.4 Specific Limitations applicable to the RAP surveys, for Units 4&5 ................................ 7 1.4 Layout of the Volume II B ............................................................................................................... 9 2. PROJECT FOOTPRINT AND LAND PROCUREMENT STATUS ............................................ 10 2.1 Project Footprint .......................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Government Land Allotment ....................................................................................... 11 2.1.2 Use of Government Land ............................................................................................ 12 2.1.3 Private Land Procurement .......................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 Private Land ................................................................................................................ 14 2.2 Impact Avoidance and Project Boundary Optimization ................................................................ 15 2.2.1 Comparison of Project Land Requirements ................................................................ 15 2.2.2 Optimizations carried out & suggested ....................................................................... 15 3. SUMMARY OF PROJECT AFFECTED ENTITITES ................................................................. 20 3.1 Land Use and other Sensitivities ................................................................................................. 20 3.2 Directly Affected Villages ............................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Affected Land Parcels .................................................................................................................. 24 3.3.1 Project affected area and survey coverage ................................................................. 24 3.3.2 Assets affected ........................................................................................................... 25 3.4 Project Affected Households (PAHs) ........................................................................................... 25 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE PROFILE OF AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF AGAR SOLAR PARK ............................................................................................................................ 27 www.erm.com Version: 2.1 Project No.: 0528741 Client: Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) 22 March 2021 RAP AND LRP FOR RUMSL’S 1500 MW SOLAR PARK PROJECT CONTENTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS NEEMUCH, AGAR AND SHAJAPUR Final Report-Volume II B Agar Solar