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Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Planning Document October 2012 Pakistan: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (SCIP) Prepared by North Sindh Urban Services Corporation Limited for the Asian Development Bank. PFR-2 Annex-11 Attachement-10 of 16 Resettlement Planning Document Updated Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework- 2012 Pakistan: Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program (SCIP) October, 2012 REPARED BY RCC CONSULTANTS The Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples Framework 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 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 7 2. LAND ACQUISITION AN DRESETTLEMENT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS ... 7 3. INVESTMENT PROGRAM ......................................................................................... 9 4. The Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ............................................... 9 5. Land Acquisition Modalities and Application of ADB Policy .............................. 10 6. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWOR ..................................................................... 11 A. Land Acquisition Act (1894) ...................................................................................... 11 B. The Sindh Katchi Abadi Act1987 .............................................................................. 12 C. ADB's Policy and Resettlement Principles ................................................................ 12 D. Comparison of LAA and ADB Policy Principles and Practices .................................. 15 E. Remedial Measures to Reconcile Gaps between the LAA and ADB Policy .............. 18 7. Assets lost .............................................................................................................. 23 8. Specification ........................................................................................................... 23 9. Affected Person ...................................................................................................... 23 10. Compensation Entitlements .................................................................................. 23 11. Impact Assessment and LARP Preparation ......................................................... 25 1 Impact Assessment .................................................................................................. 25 B. Gender and Indigenous People ................................................................................ 27 B. LARP Preparation .................................................................................................... 27 12. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND DISCLOSURE ....................................... 28 a) Stakeholder Consultation ......................................................................................... 28 b) Information Disclosure Plan ...................................................................................... 28 c) Complaints and Grievances Redress ....................................................................... 28 13. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................... 31 A. J1. Planning & Development Department ................................................................. 31 B. J2. The North Sindh Urban Services Corporation ..................................................... 31 C. J3. Local Government Offices .................................................................................. 32 14. LAR IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND SCHEDULE ......................................... 34 A. K1. Implementation Schedule ................................................................................... 34 B. K2. LARP Implementation Process .......................................................................... 34 C. K3. Training in LARP Implementation ....................................................................... 35 15. LARP BUDGETING AND FUND FLOW MECHANISM ........................................... 37 A. L1. Budgeting ........................................................................................................... 37 B. L2. Funds Flow ......................................................................................................... 38 C. M1. Internal Monitoring ............................................................................................. 39 D. M2. External Monitoring ........................................................................................... 39 E. CONCLUSION: Ownership of Lands Comments and Assessment : ......................... 54 F. Maps ........................................................................................................................ 54 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank BOR Board of Revenue CAS Compulsory Acquisition Surcharge CoI Corridor of Impact DDR Due Diligence Report DFs Displaced Families DHs Displaced Households DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DOR District Officer (Revenue) DPC Displaced Person’s Committee DPs Displaced Persons EA Executing Agency (PID) EPA Environment and Protection EPA EM External Monitor EMA External Monitoring Agency FGD Focus Group Discussion GOP Government of Pakistan GoS Government of Sindh GRC Grievance Redress Committee PSU Program Support Unit IA Implementation Agency IPSA Initial Poverty and Social Assessment ISA Initial Social Assessment LAA Land Acquisition Act1894 LAC Land Acquisition Collector LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement LARDDR Land Acquisition and Resettlement Due Diligence Report LARF Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan LARU Land Acquisition and Resettlement Unit LAS Land Acquisition Survey Loc.Gov Local Government M&E Monitoring &Evaluation MFF Multi-tranche Financial Facility NGOs Non Government Organizations SCIP Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program SGU Safeguard Unit SPS Safeguard Policy Statement PIU Project Implementation Unit PKAA Sindh Kachi Abadi Act PMO Project Management Organization PMU Project Management Unit PRA Participatory Rapid Appraisal PRs Pakistani Rupees R&U Rehabilitation and Upgrading RoW Right of Way SBEs Small Business Enterprises SES Socio Economic Survey SIA Social Impact Assessment SPS Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 VDFs Vulnerable Displaced Families VDPs Vulnerable Displaced Persons SAMA Services and Asset Management Agreement, NSUSC North Sindh Urban Services Corporation, P&DD Planning and Development Department GLOSSARY Kharif summer cropping season of the year (15thApril–15thSeptember) Rabi winter cropping season of the year (15September–15thApril) Tehsil Tehsil is a sub-district (i.e. the layer of administration below a district). Mukhthayar Incharge of Tehsil Revenue Administration Displaced Person: In the context of involuntary resettlement, displaced persons are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or Economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of Livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land Use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Compensation: Payment either in cash or in kind in replacement of the cost of lost assets. Encroachers/squatters: People who have trespassed onto private/community/Government land to which they are not authorized. If such people arrived before the entitlements cut-off date, they are eligible for compensation for any structures, crops or land improvements that they will lose. Entitlement: Range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration, transfer assistance, income substitution, relocation, etc. provided to displaced persons to restore their economic and social base. Host Community: Community residing near/within the area where the DPs are to be relocated. Income Restoration: Re-establishment of income sources of DPs. Involuntary Resettlement: Compulsory removal and re-location of people displaced by development activity. Land Acquisition: The process whereby a private and/or communal land is acquired for a public purpose in return of compensation. Rehabilitation: A form of compensatory measure provided under the ADB Policy Framework on Involuntary Resettlement. Relocation: The physical and/or socio-economic change of a DP due created by project activities. Replacement Cost:. SPS guidance for establishing replacement cost consists of the following (i) fair market value (ii) transaction costs (iii) interest accrued (iv) transitional and restoration costs and (v) other applicable payments if any. Where market conditions are absent or in a formative stage, the borrower/client will consult with the displaced persons and host populations to obtain adequate information about recent land transactions, land value by types, land titles, land use, cropping patterns and crop production, availability of land in the project area and region and other related information. The borrower/client will also collect baseline data on housing, house types, and construction materials. Qualified and experienced experts will undertake the valuation of acquired assets in applying method of valuation, depreciation of structures and assets should not be taken into account. Resettlement Impact: All types of impacts caused by resettlement., both physical and economic Vulnerable Groups:
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