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Bangladesh: River Training Works, Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project Involuntary Resettlement Assessment and Measures Resettlement Action Plan: River Training Works Document Stage: Draft Project Number: 35049 June 2010 BAN: Padma Bridge Project Prepared by Bangladesh Bridge Authority, Government of Bangladesh. The 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. i TABLE CONTENTS TABLE CONTENTS...................................................................................................................... i LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................iv LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................vi ABBREVIATIONS........................................................................................................................xi GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................................xiii CHAPTER 1.............................................................................................1 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND RAP III...................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Background ..............................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Benefits & Adverse Impacts .....................................................................................2 1.3 Measures to Minimize Impact...............................................................................................3 1.4 Approach adopted towards safeguard issues.......................................................................3 1.4 Description of RTW ..............................................................................................................4 1.5 Objective of RAP III ..............................................................................................................6 CHAPTER 2.............................................................................................7 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILES OF THE AFFECTED POPULATION................................... 7 2.1 Project Area..........................................................................................................................7 2.2 General Profile of three Districts...........................................................................................7 2.3 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Population ....................................................................10 2.3.1 Demographic Information ...................................................................................................10 2.3.2 Level of Education..............................................................................................................11 2.3.3 Occupational Profile ...........................................................................................................12 2.3.4 Level of Income of Affected Population ..............................................................................13 2.3.5 Poverty Status....................................................................................................................14 2.3.6 Migration ............................................................................................................................15 2.4 Gender Status ....................................................................................................................15 2.5 Gender impacts of the Project ............................................................................................16 2.6 Summary............................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 3...........................................................................................18 IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................. 18 3.1 The Project Impacts ...........................................................................................................18 3.2 Scope of Land Acquisition ..................................................................................................19 3.4 Impact on Agricultural Land................................................................................................19 3.5 Project induced Displacement ............................................................................................20 3.5.1 Gender Disaggregated data of the Displaced Households .................................................20 3.5.2 Type of Affected Structures ................................................................................................20 3.5.3 Construction Type of Affected Structures ...........................................................................21 3.6 Affected Trees....................................................................................................................21 3.7 Impact on Wage Earners....................................................................................................22 3.8 Vulnerability Status of Affected Households .......................................................................22 CHAPTER 4...........................................................................................24 CONSULTATION, DISCLOSURE AND PARTICIPATION ................................................... 24 4.1 Project Stakeholders ..........................................................................................................24 4.2 Stakeholders’ Attitudes towards the Project .......................................................................25 4.3 Consultation Process adopted in PMBP.............................................................................25 ii 4.3.1 Public Consultation and Participation during Feasibility Study............................................26 4.3.2 Consultations during PPTA Studies....................................................................................28 4.4 Disclosure and Consultation on River Training Works........................................................28 4.5 Environmental Assessment Consultative Process..............................................................30 4.6 Public Disclosure of RAP III................................................................................................31 4.7 Strategy for Community Consultation and Participation during implementation..................31 CHAPTER 5...........................................................................................32 POLICY FRAMEWORK, ENTITLEMENTS AND RELOCATION.......................................... 32 5.1 Legislations Governing Land Acquisition in Bangladesh ....................................................32 5.2 Resettlement Experience in Bangladesh............................................................................32 5.3 Harmonization with Co-financing Policies...........................................................................33 5.4 Resettlement Policy Framework for the Project..................................................................33 5.5 Cut-off Dates ......................................................................................................................34 5.6 Valuation of Assets.............................................................................................................35 5.7 Resettlement Eligibility and Entitlements............................................................................35 5.7.1 Eligibility Criteria.................................................................................................................35 5.7.2 Compensation and Entitlement Policy ................................................................................36 CHAPTER 6...........................................................................................46 RELOCATION, SITE DEVELOPMENT AND RESETTLEMENT .......................................... 46 6.1 Displacement and Relocation.............................................................................................46 6.2 Social Preparation for Relocation and Resettlement ..........................................................46 6.3 Preferred Option for Relocation..........................................................................................47 6.3.1 Self-Managed Resettlement by Affected Households.........................................................47 6.3.2 Small Group Resettlement .................................................................................................48 6.3.3 Relocation to Project-Sponsored Sites ...............................................................................48 6.4 Resettlement Site Selection and Development...................................................................48 6.4.1 Participation and Site Development....................................................................................48 6.4.2 Plot Sizes and Allocation ...................................................................................................50
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