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RESETTLEMENT PLAN SUPPLEMENTARY APPENDIX TO THE Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors on the National Highway Corridor Sector I Project in INDIA National Highways Authority of India This report was prepared by the Borrower and is not an ADB document. December 2003 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sector Loan Approach 1.1 With increased project development capability of NHAI and in response to the government request for increased flexibility to be incorporated in the selection of road sections to be financed by ADB, it was decided to apply sector loan modality for this year’s project. The sector loan needs to satisfy these criteria: (i) existence of sector investment plan;(ii) the institutional capability to implement the sector development plan; and (iii) the development of sector policies to improve its performance. The sector loan approach has following features: (i) Project Roads were identified as sections to be included in the envisaged sector loan. (ii) From the sections of Project Roads a core subproject was selected, and appraised by ADB, setting an example for the appraisal of other subprojects by NHAI. (iii) NHAI has selected certain non-core subprojects, which meet the predetermined eligibility criteria. These subprojects would be appraised by NHAI in accordance with the guidelines and criteria set out by ADB. Those subprojects thus appraised would be sent, for approval, to ADB with use of a summary report format, together with necessary supportive documents. (iv) As a part of the Project Team, a technical group of experts has been established so as to strengthen capacity of NHAI to review technical reports, design and appraise the technical, financial, economical, environmental and social viability of subprojects. Core and Non Core Subproject Road Description 1.1.1 Project Roads to be financed by ADB sector loan cover priority sections of the East-West Corridor located in the states of Rajasthan (RJ), Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Uttar Pradesh (UP). The total project length is 663 km, which are further divided into five consultancy packages for the purpose of preparation of DPR, EIA/EMP and RP. Table no. 1: Details of Sub Project Roads Sub Projects/ Core & Non Specific Length State Consultants packages Core Project location Road Section A Chittorgarh-Kota NH 76(222-397) 164km RJ ICT B Kota-RJ/MP NH76 (397-579) 173km RJ SPAN Border C RJ/MP Border- NH76 (579-610), 132km MP & UP Trans Asia Jhansi Shivpuri (Excluding Bypass NH25 Jhansi Bypass) (12-92) D Jhansi-Orai Plus NH76 (104- 124km UP TBD 209) E Orai-Bhognipur- NH76 (209-255), 70km UP TBD and Barah NH2 (423-450) Craphts Source: ADB Aide Memoire for NHAI, 2003 N.B. Jhansi Bypass will be included in part D I Among all subproject road sections, package C was selected as a Core subproject since it represents a typical set of project development issues, including technical, environmental and social issues. 1.2 The Core subproject under study which is known as National Highway Corridor (Sector) Project covers a priority section of East-West Corridor located in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh involves improvements and upgrading of 132.4 Km (NH- 76, and NH-25) from Shivpuri to Jhansi. The entire stretch of the core subproject road section of NH76 (Km 579 to Km 610) and Km 0.00 to Km 80 of NH25 falls within the state of M.P. Km 80 (M.P./U.P. Border) to Km 91.4 is under the Jhansi District, UP state. The improvement activities include four-laning of the entire stretch, improved junctions, underpasses and one bypass, four major bridges, twenty-two minor bridges, five major junctions, one fly-over, one ROB two approaches & culverts. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the executing agency for the project. 1.3 The highway has sparingly inhabited area, flat/rolling agricultural terrain, deficient geometric alignments, and uncontrolled ribbon development at dozen locations with semi-permanent/ permanent settlements within the ROW and fair pavement condition as its characteristics. Alternative alignments were examined at the major built up areas namely townships of Shivpuri, Karera and Madhav National Park. 1.4 The Core project road section consists of three contract packages. The Core project road was surveyed and the data is compiled and presented district wise. The following tables describe all sections & corresponding districts. Table no. 2: Core project road Section Passing Through Each District Core Description Length (Km) District Project Road I NH-76, Km. 579-610 & 54.4 Shivpuri Shivpuri Bypass (0-24 Km) II Km. 14-Km.40 Sindh River 26.0 Shivpuri Bridge New Approach III Km. 40- Km. 91.5 52.0 Shivpuri, Datia & Jhansi Source: Technical data, Feasibility Report 2003 Table no. 3: Core project road Length in Each District District Length in Km. Shivpuri 116.97 Datia 3.43 Jhansi 12 Source: Census Survey, 2003 1.5 The Core project road traverses through 51 villages in the districts of Shivpuri, Datia in MP and Jhansi in UP. The average width of land to be acquired is restricted to 15 m beyond the existing ROW, except at the junctions, crossing and the proposed bypass. The length of the proposed bypass is 24 Km passing through forest area. II The existing right-of-way (ROW) of the NH roads is varying from 30m-33m barring Dinara, Kharai & Raksha where it is 15m. The proposed four-lane facility would comprise of two 7m segregated carriage ways separated by medians of varying width and on an average 2X1.5m paved shoulder. The four-lane carriageway is designed for an average of 100km/hour speed. 1.6 The socio-economic survey has been carried out in three phases: Phase-I (April 2003): Reconnaissance survey, social strip mapping; Phase-II (May-June, 2003): 100% census survey & 25% SIA for Jhansi to Shivpuri section except the Shivpuri bypass & other realignments. Phase-III (June-July, 2003): The additional survey was conducted for the remaining sections comprising of realignment & bypass, and updating Shivpuri-Jhansi section for squatters, structure losers and Agricultural land losers. The survey numbers of all (100%) agricultural land losers along with extent of land loss is already available in the LA Plan. The LA plan for the entire stretch has been prepared on the basis of Khasra and Mouza maps. 1.7 The phase I survey in April 2003 was carried out prior to the fixing the project ROW. The reconnaissance survey & social strip mapping helped to establish the number of potentially affected persons, types of perceived impacts, peoples concerns, and ways of mitigation & socio-economic scenario of the project area. Project Impacts 1.8 Findings of the baseline Socio-Economic survey give the following profile of the project corridor: • Average annual income is ranging between Rs. 40,000-Rs.80, 000. • Major sources of livelihood are agriculture followed by trade and commerce. • Nearly half of the APs are literate. • Major Social groups are Hindus with OBCs the most dominant group. • STs, SCs and other Hindu and non-Hindu groups are all in the mainstream and hence no IPDP (Indigenous Peoples Development Program) is required. • Types of commercial activities pursued by affected persons (APs) losing commercial structures are dhabas, tea stalls, tyre and vehicle repair units, paan and cigarette shops, groceries, spare parts, tailors and saloons. • Average family size is 6. • Traditional skills found are bidi making, broom making, tendu leaves collection and weaving of mats etc. 1.9 Secondary sources reveal that the most important STs in the project area are Sahariyas. Socio-economic and occupational/income data clearly suggests that the project-affected ST households/SBEs have similar characteristics to the overall affected population and are largely assimilated into the local mainstream communities. In the project context, the vulnerable group consists of scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribes (STs), Women-headed households (WHH), and those below the poverty line (BPL). BPL families according to MP Govt. notification have an annual income below Rs 18,000 and according to UP govt. it is upto Rs.20,000. III 1.10 Major community development needs expressed by the villagers are village approach roads, bus stands, toilets, drinking water facilities, health facilities, Irrigation, grade separated pedestrian passes and employment facilities. LA Impacts 1.11 The land to be acquired for the widening of existing NH-25 & NH-76 is 332.12 ha. which includes 85.53 ha. of forestland and 34.47 ha. of Govt. land. The type and the quantum of land to be acquired are as follows. As a result of widening, a total of 2302 families of titleholders and 546 families of non-titleholders will be affected, the details of which are summarized below in table 4 and table 5. Table no.4: Overall Type & Quantum of Losses Land Acquisition Area in Ha. Agricultural Land 206.82 Non-Agricultural Land 5.3 Govt. Land 34.475 Forest Land 85.53 Sub Total 332.12 Source: Census Survey, 2003 The category-wise affect on the families is summarized below: Table no.5: Project Affected Families Project Affected Families Nos. Agricultural Land Loser families 1443 Number of person losing agricultural land 8658 Title Holders Structure Owners 859 Residential 283 Commercial 287 Residential- cum-Commercial 289 No. of titleholder families affected (land and 2302 structures) No. of titleholder persons affected (land and 13812 structures) Squatters 304 Encroachers 70 Kiosks 30 Tenants 142 No. of non-titleholder families affected 546 No. of non-titleholder persons affected 3276 Total Affected Families 2848 Total Affected Population 17088 Source: Census Survey, 2003 Resettlement Principles 1.12 The Resettlement policy of ADB, NHAI and Madhya Pradesh State has been consulted and compared to prepare the RP for core subproject-Package C.