Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project
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Resettlement Plan (Building Package 6 Staging Station–Dabgari Gardens) November 2017 PAK: Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Prepared by the Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated section-wise version for Building Package 6 Staging Station–Dabgari Gardens of the draft originally posted in April 2017 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/48289-002/documents. RP (Staging Station – Dabgri Gardens (i) Oct 2017 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 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... viii 1 Project Description ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Alignment and Division of Civil Works Construction Packages ............................................ 1 1.2 Proposed Project Activities .............................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Overall Objectives of RP for Staging Station ................................................................................... 3 1.4 RP Related Procedures and Conditions .......................................................................................... 3 1.5 Measures to Minimize Resettlement ................................................................................................ 4 1.6 Project Construction Schedule ......................................................................................................... 4 2 Scope of Resettlement in RP of Staging Station ..................................................................... 6 2.1 Temporary Impact on Livelihood of Vendors ................................................................................... 6 2.2 Relocation and Rehabilitation of Public Utilities ............................................................................... 6 2.3 Mitigation against Loss of Temporary Access .................................................................................. 7 3 Socio-economic Information and Profile .................................................................................. 8 3.1 Methodology of Census and Socio-economic Survey ...................................................................... 8 3.2 Socio-economic Profile of DPs ........................................................................................................ 8 3.2.1 Number of Displaced Persons ........................................................................................... 8 3.2.2 Household Size of Displaced Persons and Composition ................................................... 8 3.2.3 Educational Levels of Members of the Affected Households ............................................. 9 3.2.4 Main Livelihoods ................................................................................................................ 9 3.2.4.1 Characteristics and Locations of vendors ........................................................ 9 3.2.4.2 Average Daily Sales and Monthly Income ..................................................... 11 3.2.4.3 Relocation of Informal Vendors...................................................................... 11 3.2.4.4 Businesses operated by Women along the BRT Corridor/ Staging Station ... 12 3.2.4.5 Origin of Displaced Persons .......................................................................... 12 3.2.4.6 Housing Locations and Ownership ................................................................ 12 3.3 Poverty Status ............................................................................................................................... 13 3.3.1 Vulnerability of Displaced Persons .................................................................................. 13 4 Public Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure ........................................... 15 4.1 Consultation with Affected Vendors ............................................................................................... 15 4.2 Disclosure of RP ............................................................................................................................ 16 4.3 Continued Stakeholders Consultation and Participation during Project Implementation Stage ..... 16 5 Resettlement Policy and Legal Framework, and Entitlement ............................................... 18 5.1 Policy Framework .......................................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Legal Framework ........................................................................................................................... 18 5.3 ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 ......................................................................................... 18 5.3.1 Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 18 5.3.2 Scope and Triggers ......................................................................................................... 18 5.3.3 ADB SPS Policy Principles .............................................................................................. 19 5.4 Gaps between Land Acquisition Act 1894 and ADB SPS (2009) ................................................... 20 5.5 Resettlement Principles and Policy adopted for the PSBRTC Project ........................................... 21 5.6 Eligibility ......................................................................................................................................... 22 5.7 Methods used for Calculating Unit Rates for Resettlement Support and Allowances .................... 22 5.8 Entitlements ................................................................................................................................... 22 5.9 Mitigation of Additional Impacts ..................................................................................................... 23 5.10 Non-Eligible Vendors ..................................................................................................................... 24 RP (Staging Station – Dabgri Gardens (ii) Oct 2017 6 Income Restoration, Rehabilitation and Relocation .............................................................. 25 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 25 6.2 Short Term Assistance ................................................................................................................... 25 6.2.1 Provision of Subsistence / Transition Allowance ............................................................. 25 6.2.2 Self Relocation by Permanently Displaced Persons of Formal Businesses and Non- Titleholder Vendors at Alternative Sites ............................................................................................. 25 6.3 Relocation of Vendors and Formal Businesses ............................................................................. 26 6.3.1 Shifting Allowance ........................................................................................................... 26 6.4 Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Severely Affected Households ................................................... 26 6.5 Preparation and Implementation of Detailed Livelihood Restoration Plan ..................................... 26 6.5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 26 6.5.2 Purpose of Livelihood Restoration Plan ........................................................................... 26 6.6 Livelihood Restoration Activities .................................................................................................... 26 6.6.1 Skills Upgrading ............................................................................................................... 26 6.6.2 Employment Benefits during Project Implementation ...................................................... 27 6.6.3 Livelihood Activities for Women ....................................................................................... 27 6.6.4 Women Specific Vending Markets/Portion of Markets ..................................................... 27 6.6.5 Vocational Training for Women ....................................................................................... 27 6.6.6 Support to Women in Establishing Small Business ......................................................... 28 6.6.7 Support from the Project to Displaced Persons ............................................................... 28 6.7 Institutional Arrangements for LRP Implementation ....................................................................... 28 6.8