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765Kv Dasu Transmission Line Project Resettlement Action Plan (Rap) GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY (POWER DIVISION) NATIONAL TRANSMISSION & DISPATCH COMPANY (NTDC) 765KV DASU TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN (RAP) November 2019 National Transmission & Despatch Company Ministry of Energy (Power Division) Government of Pakistan National Transmission & Despatch Company TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND COMPONENTS ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Project Description and Components ................................................................................................ 1 1.2.2 Access Tracks and Roads ................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3 Construction Methodology ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2.4 Project Cost and Construction Time .................................................................................................. 6 1.3 THE PROJECT AREA .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 PROJECT BENEFITS AND IMPACTS .................................................................................................................. 6 1.4.1 Socioeconomic benefits ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.4.2 Impacts ............................................................................................................................................. 7 1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE RAP ............................................................................................................................. 7 2. PROJECT RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IMPACTS .................................................................................................. 8 2.1 TEMPORARY USE OF LAND FOR ROW ............................................................................................................ 8 2.2 RATIONALE AND PRACTICES BY NTDC ............................................................................................................ 8 2.3 MEASURES TO MINIMIZE RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ........................................................................................... 8 2.4 IMPACTS ON LAND UNDER THE TOWERS ......................................................................................................... 9 2.5 IMPACTS ON LAND UNDER THE LINE ............................................................................................................ 10 2.6 IMPACT ON CROPS ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.7 IMPACT ON TREES .................................................................................................................................... 10 2.7.1 Privately-owned Timber Trees ........................................................................................................ 11 2.7.2 Privately owned fruit trees .............................................................................................................. 11 2.7.3 State / Forest Trees ......................................................................................................................... 12 2.8 IMPACT ON BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ..................................................................................................... 13 2.9 IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................................... 13 2.10 SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.10.1 Impact of crop damages to Livelihoods ...................................................................................... 13 2.10.2 Impacts of tree felling to livelihoods .......................................................................................... 14 2.11 VULNERABILITY IMPACT ............................................................................................................................. 15 2.12 TEMPORARY ACCESS TRACKS AND CAMPS ..................................................................................................... 15 2.13 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................. 15 3. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILES .................................................................................. 17 3.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 IDENTIFICATION OF AHS ............................................................................................................................ 17 3.4 PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS ................................................................................................................... 18 3.5 DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ................................................................................................................................ 18 3.6 EDUCATION AND LITERACY ......................................................................................................................... 19 3.7 ETHNICITY, TRIBES, LANGUAGE AND RELIGION ............................................................................................... 20 3.8 LIVELIHOOD SOURCES ............................................................................................................................... 20 3.9 HOUSEHOLD INCOME ................................................................................................................................ 21 3.10 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ........................................................................................................................ 21 3.11 HOUSING CONDITIONS .............................................................................................................................. 22 3.12 HOUSEHOLD POSSESSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 22 3.13 LAND USE ............................................................................................................................................... 23 3.14 LAND HOLDING........................................................................................................................................ 23 3.15 CROPS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ................................................................................................................ 24 3.16 ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................................................................... 24 3.17 GENDER ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 25 3.17.1 Women’s Participation Level ...................................................................................................... 25 3.17.2 Gender Status ............................................................................................................................. 26 i National Transmission & Despatch Company 3.17.3 Women’s Participation in Decision-Making ............................................................................... 26 3.17.4 Concerns of Women related to the Project ................................................................................ 26 4. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK .......................................................................................................... 27 4.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK USED IN TRANSMISSION LINES ........................................................................................ 27 4.2.1 Telegraph Act, 1885 ........................................................................................................................ 27 4.2.2 WAPDA Act, 1958 ........................................................................................................................... 29 4.3 COMPLIANCE WITH WB OP4.12 IR POLICY .................................................................................................. 30 4.4 “GOOD PRACTICES” IN DASU TL PROJECT ..................................................................................................... 31 4.5 REFLECTIONS AND LESSON LEARNED ............................................................................................................ 32 4.6 PROJECT SAFEGUARD POLICY AND ENTITLEMENTS .......................................................................................... 32 4.7 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX .............................................................................................................................
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