Social Monitoring Report

Quarterly Report May 2020 Project Number: 48337-002

Nepal: South Asia Subregional Economic

Cooperation Roads Improvement Project

Prepared by the Department of Roads for the Ministry of Finance and the Asian Development Bank.

This social monitoring report 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.

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. Government of Nepal Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport DEPARTMENT OF ROADS Project Directorate (ADB) Bishalnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF SASEC ROADS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (SRIP)

(ADB Loan No.: 3478-NEP) QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 7 (SOCIAL MONITORING)

SASEC Roads Improvement Project Package 1: EWH- NarayanghatButwal Road, Section I (64.425 Km) Package 2: EWH- NarayanghatButwal Road, Section II (48.535 Km) Package 3:Bhairahawa –Lumbini- Taulihawa Road, (41.130 Km)

(January - March) 2020

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SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT

QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 7 (January – March 2020)

NEP: Loan No. 3478 SASEC Road Improvement Project (SRIP)

Prepared by: Department of Roads, Project Directorate (ADB), for Ministry of Physical Infrastructure & Transport and the Asian Development Bank.

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 31 March 2020) Currency unit - Nepalese (NPR) NPR 1.00 = $0.00824538259 $ 1.00 = 121.28 NPR

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NOTES:

(i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of Nepal and its agencies ends on 16 July. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY 2017/18 ends on 16 July 2018. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.

This Social Resettlement Report 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.

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.

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ACRONYMS ADB Asian Development Bank AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome APs Affected Persons BLT Bhairahawa- Lumbini – Taulihawa Road BPL Below Poverty Line CBO Community Based Organization CBS Central Bureau of Statistics CIPRP Combined Indigenous Peoples and Resettlement Plan CoC Conditions of Contract CSC Construction Supervision Consultants CDC Compensation Determination Committee CDO Chief District Officer COI Corridor of Impact DAO District Administration Office DCC District Coordination Committee DDR Due-Diligence Report DLSO District Land Survey Office DLRO District Land Revenue Office DP Displaced Persons DOR Department of Roads CSC Construction and Supervision Consultant EA Executing Agency EP Entitled Persons EWH East West Highway FGD Focus Group Discussion GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion GESU Geo-environment and Social Unit GRC Grievance Redress Committee GON Government of Nepal HDI Human Development Index HIV Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus HPI Human Poverty Index HHs Households IA Implementing Agency INGO International Non-Government Organization IP Indigenous People IR Involuntary Resettlement LCG Local Consultative Group MOF Ministry of Finance MOPIT Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport NGO Non-governmental Organization PLI Poverty Line Income PDP(s) Project Affected Family (Families) / Project Affected Peoples PD Project Director / Project Directorate PID

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PM/PIU Project Implementation Unit/ Project Manager RM Rural Municipality ROW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation RS Resettlement Specialist SASEC South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation SRIP South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation Road Improvement Project SLC Subproject Level Committee for grievance redress SPAF Severely Project Affected Family SPS Safeguard Policy Statement (ADB2009) Sq.m Square meters VDC Village Development Committee according to Local Level Administrative Order 2073 (2016) of Nepal, all VDCs have been converted into Rural Municipality or Municipality ZOI Zone of Influence

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GLOSSARY Acquisition: Acquisition of land and other assets for the purpose of development projects in accordance to prevailing Land Acquisition Act 1977 (2034 BS).

Affected Person (AP): Any person including Vulnerable encroachers/squatters, households, business affected by the project through the acquisition of land or other assets or disruption in business irrespective of legal or ownership title. This includes any person whose rights, standard of living, subsistence and income –generating capacity are adversely affected because of the disruption in the acquisition of assets or business, whether full / partial, or permanent / temporary.

Compensation: The payment in cash or kind for private property acquired by the government for the project, based on replacement value.

Entitled Person (EP): Any person physically or economically displaced 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.

Corridor of Impact (CoI): Minimum width of land required for the construction of roads and provision of shoulder, width plus safety zone on either side of the road, generally within the RoW, except where construction requirements and topography necessitate the acquisition of wider area.

Cut-off Date: The date of census survey to count the DPs and their affected business and assets. The changes made by the people after the Cut-of-Date is not counted as DPs until and unless census survey have made mistake in counting or caused by changes in design.

Excluded Groups refer to women, Dalit, Indigenous ethnic groups, Madhesi, Muslim, persons with disabilities, elderly people and people living in remote areas. who have been structurally excluded over a long-time due to economic, caste, ethnic, gender, disability, and geographic reasons and include sexual and gender minorities (i.e. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI). Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc.

Gender: Gender refers to the socially constructed roles and identities of men and women as well as the relationship between them. The definition of gender has now been expanded to include transgender or third gender categories, that is those individuals who do not identify with some (or all) of the aspects of gender that are assigned to their biological sex of being a woman or a man. Gender identity is one's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and

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Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) refers to a concept that addresses unequal power relations between women and men and between different social groups. It focuses on the need for action to re-balance these power relations and ensures equal rights, opportunities and respect for all individuals regardless of their social identity.

GESI Mainstreaming refers to the process whereby barriers and issues of women and poor and excluded people are identified and addressed in all functional areas of infrastructure development system: policies, institutional systems, work environment and culture, program and budget formulation, service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and research.

GESI Sensitive: Being GESI sensitive means that the different needs of women and men (and people of third gender), unequal power relations and inequalities are addressed to ensure that women, poor and the excluded have access to sector resources and opportunities

Indigenous People: Nepal indigenous/nationalities/tribal Act 2001defines Ethnic/ Indigenous Peoples as; “people having their own mother tongue, distinct traditional values, and cultural identities, including social structure and written/non-written history are indigenous and nationalities population.” The National Foundation of Indigenous Nationalities (NFIN) has declared 59 groups as ethnic nationalities.

Local Consultative Groups (LCG): Municipalities / village level committees established to assist the affected population, legally constituted committees for land acquisition and project authorities, monitoring of implementation issues and community reactionsand grievance resolution.

Poverty Line Income (PLI): The cost of maintaining basic minimum needs. PLIs have been defined by different organizations and the government departments, using factors such as per Capita calorie requirements and expenditures on housing and other non-food items.

Rehabilitation: The measures taken to mitigate social impacts, including compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation allowances where required.

Replacement Cost: The calculation of full replacement cost will be based on the following elements: (i) fair market value; (ii) transaction costs; (iii) interest accrued, (iv) transitional and restoration costs; and (v) other applicable payments.

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Right of Way (ROW): The legal right to use the land by Department of Roads. Generally, government declares 50 meters for National highway and 30 meters for feeder roads.

Severely Project Affected Family: Family having more than 10 percent loss of total landholding or income is considered as severely affected family. Social Exclusion describes the experience of groups that are historically disadvantaged because of discrimination based on income, gender, caste, ethnicity or religion or location.

Social Inclusion refers to a process that ensures that those at risk of poverty and social exclusion gain the opportunities and resources they need to participate fully in economic, social and cultural life and to enjoy a standard of living and wellbeing that is considered normal in the society in which they live. It ensures that they participate more in decision making on matters that affect them and on access to resources, opportunities and services to enjoy their fundamental rights.

Sub project Level Grievance Redress Committee: Village Development Committee or municipality level committee established to assist the affected people, legally constituted committees for land acquisition and project authorities, monitoring of implementation issues and community reactions and grievance resolution.

Titleholder: The person in whose name the project–affected business, land and / or building business is legally registered and who is authorized to receive the compensation granted for the loss of business or acquisition of the land.

Tenant: A person occupying or utilizing buildings of a title holder/ house owner on rent.

Vulnerable persons: They are the disadvantaged persons such as disabled, women headed households, handicapped, orphans, destitute, independent elderly persons above 70 years of age, landless laborers, wage earners and people living below the poverty line.

Vulnerable Groups refer to groups of people whose disadvantage or risk of disadvantage is situational rather than structural.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS ...... III

GLOSARRY ...... V

1. INTRODUCTION ...... 1

1.1 PROJECT SUMMARY ...... 1 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...... 2 1.3 SCOPE OF REPORT ...... 4

2. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT ...... 4

3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN ...... 5

3.1 SAFEGUARD CATEGORY OF THE PROJECT ...... 5 3.2 RESETTLEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ...... 6 3.3 SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARD COVENANTS ...... 10 3.4 STATUS OF AGREED SOCIAL SAFEGUARD ...... 11 3.5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ...... 11 3.6 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AND AWARENESS ON ENTITLEMENTS ...... 12 3.7 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ...... 12 3.8 SAFEGUARD IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENT ...... 14 3.9 STATUS OF OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITES ...... 15 3.10 RESONS FOR DELAY IN RP IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ...... 15

4. GESI ACTION PLAN ...... 16

4.1 BACKGROUND ...... 16 4.2 GESI ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ...... 17 4.3 CHALLANGES ...... 24

ANNEXES ...... 25

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LIST OF FIGURE Figure 1: Map of Nepal Showing Project Locations 3

LIST OF ANNEXES: Annex 1: Compliance with Covenants Annex 2: Resettlement Planning Annex 3: Public Consultation Annex 4: Summary of Second Level GRC in NB Road. Annex 5: GESI Action Plan Time Frame Annex 6: GESI Action Plan Implementation

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 PROJECT SUMMARY

Project Title SASEC Road Improvement Project – SRIP Country Nepal Project No. 3478 NEP Type of Project Loan/Grant Funding Agency Asian Development Bank Executing Agency Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Implementing Agency Department of Roads, Project Directorate (ADB) Approval and Timeline 23rd May 2017 – 2nd February 2026 CSC Commencement Date 11 June 2017 Resettlement Impacts Category B Transport Connectivity within Nepal and with neighboring Project Impact countries enhanced (Fourteenth Plan [FY 2017 – 2019]) Project Outcome Road transport system improved

Table: Salient Features and Commencement Status of Project Packages

Narayanghat- Narayanghat- Bhairahawa - Lumbini - SN Package Butwal Road, Butwal Road, Taulihawa Road Section – I Section – II 1 Length (Km) 64.425 48.535 41.130 Project 2 Nawalparasi Rupandehi Rupandehi / Kapilbastu Districts Feeder Road Asian Highway Asian Highway -Urban Section (From - Urban Section: 4 - Urban Section: 4 0+000 Km to 18+130 Km): lanes with service lanes with service 4 lanes with service road in road on both sides road on both side built-up areas & village Road of built-up sections of built-up sections 3 section 4 lanes without Standard service road.

- Rural section: 4 - Rural section: 4 -Rural Section (From lanes without lanes without 18+130 Km to 41+130 service road. service road. Km): 2 lanes. Carriageway 4 14.00 / 10.50 14.00 / 10.50 14.00 / 7.00 width: m Shoulder 5 2.50 / 1.50 / 0.75 2.50 / 1.50 / 0.75 2.50 / 1.50 width (m) Roadway 6 37.2 / 21 / 12.50 37 / 21 / 12.50 37 / 21 / 10 width (m

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Narayanghat- Narayanghat- Bhairahawa - Lumbini - SN Package Butwal Road, Butwal Road, Taulihawa Road Section – I Section – II Surface Asphalt Concrete / Asphalt Concrete / 7 Asphalt Concrete / DBST Type DBST DBST Cross Slab culvert / Box Slab culvert / Box Slab culvert / Box culvert / 8 Drainage culvert / HPC culvert / HPC HPC Type Side RCC covered RCC covered drain RCC covered drain in built- 9 Drainage drain in built-up in built-up sections up sections Type sections Retaining 10 Gabion / Stone Masonry Wall Contract 11 Contract Awarded Contract Awarded Contract awarded Status 12 Contract No. SRCP/ICB/NB/01 SRCP/ICB/NB/02 SRCP/ICB/BLT/01 Commenced 13 7 Feb 2020 7 Feb 2020 14 July 2017 Date 54 months: (40 54 months: 40 45.6 months: 33.6 months Contract months 14 months construction, construction, 12-month Period construction, 12- 12-month DNP DNP month DNP Completion 15 7 Aug 2022 7 Aug 2022 30 April 2020 Date Progress till 16 0.77 0.79 62.18% Date

1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1. The SASEC Road Improvement Project (SRIP) is rehabilitating and upgrading 160 kilometers (km) of one of Nepal’s strategic road networks, which comprises a critical section of the country’s main East–West highway 115 km of Narayanghat – Butwal section, and the feeder road 45km Bhairahawa – Lumbini – Taulihawa road. The project will contribute to poverty reduction and support the economic development of rural communities through (i) improving connectivity and accessibility of markets, headquarters and other centers of economic activity; (ii) year-round all-weather road connections; and (iii) improving DOR capacity for managing road construction/ improvement and maintenance.

2. The road connects Bhairahawa, Rupendhi district to Taulihawa, headquarter of Kapilvastu district. It serves the access road to Lumbini, birth place of Gautam Buddha, which is also the cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO. It connects Gautam Buddha International airport in Rupendehi district.

3. The Bhairahawa-Taulihawa Section, designated as a feeder road (No. F44 up to Lumbini and No. F45 up to Taulihawa) as DoR starts from Buddha Chowk at Bhairahawa in

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Rupandehi District, in the Province no five, which lies approximately 274 km west of Kathmandu. The road passes mostly through the plain section of Rupandehi and Kapilbastu districts and ends at Hospital Chowk in Taulihawa. The Bhairahawa- Lumbini - Taulihawa road was constructed by the Government of Nepal in 1973. The project road crosses the Lumbini heritage place, agricultural land, rivers, and settlements.

4. The Narayanghat – Butwal road section of the East – West Highway will be widened/ improved to 4 lane road, except the Daunne Section (chainage 67+822 – 75+000 km) which will have 3 lanes including a climbing lane from present 2 lane road.

5. Bhairahawa - Lumbini - Taulihawa (BLT) road section will be widened/ upgraded to 4 lane road from 2 lanes up to Lumbini (Parsa) junction (Chainage 0+000 – 18+130 km). The remaining section from Parsa junction to Taulihawa will have 2 lane road widened from single lane. The following table shows details of the Contract-wise project packages.

Figure 1: Map of Nepal Showing Project Locations

6. The road project and improved transport system is expected to play a major role in the economic and social development. The East–West highway is the main arterial road cutting across the entire width of the country in Terai area. The project influence area is at the center of the East–West highway, which is the most productive region in Nepal. It supports growing industries in agriculture and related processing, services, trade, and tourism.

7. Narayanghat is the fast–growing city where a large number of business and trading houses are based. Bhairahawa is a major trading city located in the country’s first special economic zone to increase trade between Nepal and India. This area encompasses the Lumbini Zone, which is a Buddhist pilgrimage site of the religious tourism circuit. It was

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1.3 SCOPE OF THE REPORT

9. This is the Seventh Social Monitoring Report prepared for the project, covering 3 months from January to March 2020. A Social Monitoring Report is prepared on a quarterly basis throughout the course of the project implementation. The report details the progress of the implementation of the Resettlement Plan, and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Action Plan with other social mitigation and enhancement activities.

2. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT

10. Overall Project: The implementation arrangement has been done so as to deliver the project outputs at its best. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) is the Executing Agency. The DoR is the Implementing Agency of the project. Project Implementation Unit / Project Directorate within DOR is given responsibility for overall project coordination, monitoring and implementation. The project road is grouped into 3 contract packages: NB01, NB02 and BLT03. To ensure the proper implementation of the project, the DoR has appointed full-time Project Managers for each of these contracts packages. The Project Managers report directly to the Project Director and are responsible for day-to-day project implementation activities.

11. The mobilization of the Supervision Consultant took place on 11th June, 2017. The Supervision Consultant has established a Team Leader’s Office including Resident Engineer’s Office (RE1) at Gaindakot, Nawalparasi East, a Resident Engineer (RE2) Office at Bardaghat, Nawalparasi West and Resident Engineer (RE3) Office at Bhairahawa, Rupandehi for Narayanghat Butwal Road Project (Package 1 and Package 2) and Bhairahawa-Lumbini-Taulihawa Road Project respectively.

12. The Supervision Consultant (SC) recruited by the DoR submits Monthly, Quarterly Progress Reports and Quarterly Social & Environmental Reports to the DoR. The DoR ensures that the Consultant's Report includes the entire information on the social safeguards including land acquisition procedures, resettlement issues, environmental management, GESI Action Plan implementation, road safety, trainings, etc.

13. The Consultant’s team is led by the Team Leader / Chief Resident Engineer, an International Expert. The Team Leader is supported by international and national key experts including other non-key persons. Besides, the Team Leader is back supported by the Domestic Project Coordinator and his supporting staff at liaison office at Kathmandu.

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14. The DoR monitors the project implementation activities in accordance with the implementation schedule, and keeps the ADB informed of any significant deviations that could result in the schedule variances.

15. Resettlement Plan: The Resettlement Plan is implemented by the Project Directorate (ADB)/DOR with the support of the resettlement team under the Supervision Consultant. The resettlement team is composed of (i) a Resettlement Expert; (ii) a GESI Expert; iii) a Social Development Officer; and 6 Social Mobilizers including 2 Social Mobilizers for NB01; 2 Social Mobilizers for NB02, and 2 Social Mobilizers for BLT.

16. GESI Action Plan: GESI Action Plan is implemented by the Project Directorate (ADB)/DOR with the support of GESI team under the Supervision Consultant. The GESI team is composed of i) a GESI Key Expert with ii) a Road Safety Key Expert; (iii) a Human Trafficking Officer, (iv) 6 Field-based Social Mobilizers including 2 Social Mobilizers with 1 male and 1 female Mobiliser for NB01, 2 Social Mobilizers with 1 male and 1 female for NB02, and 2 Social Mobilizers including 1 male and 1 female for BLT03. Together with this team, Transport Economist, Environment Specialist, Resettlement Specialist, Supervision Consultant Team in TL Office, RE offices; and related Civil Work Contractors staffs are also mobilized for GESI Action Plan activities.

3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN

3.1 SAFEGUARD CATEGORY OF THE PROJECT

17. Since the Narayanghat - Butwal and Bhairahawa- Lumbini- Taulihawa sub-projects are being implemented as a safeguard pilot project, the component of resettlement plan have been categorized as category ‘B’ for Involuntary Resettlement impacts and category “C” for the Indigenous People Plan. Narayanghat- Butwal (NB) and Bhairahawa- Lumbini- Taulihawa (BLT) Roads, projects does not have major resettlement impacts. As per the approved Resettlement plan of the BLT road, there is no major variation in the category of non-titleholders. The verified number of affected households and persons is similar of the RP 2016 approved by ADB. The list of APs were finalized for non-titleholders by the CSC and approved by the Project Manager in the month of July, 2018. Similarly, Narayanghat- Butwal sub project road is under verification process in the built up areas. The lists of the affected structures are yet to be finalized.

Involuntary Resettlement Plan: The projects are classified "B" in accordance with ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement. It has been developed with a view to minimize land acquisition and involuntary resettlement. Where possible, construction activities will take place within the existing right of way. A census was conducted based on the detailed design. Narayanghat- Butwal and Bhairahawa- Lumbini- Taulihawa subprojects, have minor land acquisition impacts and no resettlement is envisaged

Indigenous People: The project is classified "C" in accordance with ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement. Social impact assessments confirmed that indigenous people would not

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3.2 RESETTLEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

18. The activities carried out by the PM/PIU for the acquisition of land and disbursement of compensation to the titleholders and non-titleholders are in progress. Acquisition of land for the project is the responsibility of the CDC of the respective districts. The PIU is responsible for removal of the non-titleholders occupied into the highway land and disbursement of compensation and assistance to them. The land acquisition and clearing of the existing Right of Way (ROW) are almost completed for the entire section of the corridor of the Impact (COI)

Scope of Land Acquisition: According to the approved RPs, in the entire subprojects (NB & BLT Road) a total of 21 land parcels measuring an area of 17365.14 sqm, 34 private structures, 548 community structures will be affected. Moreover, some changes in the area of (29.64 Sq. m.) of two land parcels and need of acquiring at BLT road section The most of the land is owned by the Department of the Road and handed over to the contractors for civil works. But regarding NB Road, 19 land parcels and 21 structures were under verification for compensation. Similarly, in the NB road, all most of the land is owned by DOR and the site is handed over to the contractor for construction. According to the verification report of the December, contractors were working under the forest areas of the NB-1& 2. The summary of land acquisition for the project is presented in table below.

Table: The summary of land acquisition as per DPR:

Chainage As per RP Purpose After DMS Paid Road (From – To) ROW Remarks Area Area (Sq. m.) Km (Sq. m.)

Already 0+000 to 3+500 50 m 0 0 Acquired BLT 3+500 to 41+350 30 m 0 29.64 Paid

Under Process NB 1 & 2 0+565 to14+000 50 m 17335.5 0 for Verification

Total 17335.5 29.64

Summary of Compensation & Deed Transfer: There are no private crops or trees affected by the project in NB & BLT Road Section In compensation for the loss incurred by the project, till the end of the month of Dec, 2019, in the entire project, 21 land parcels out of

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2 received NRs. 350000.00 for 29.64 Sqm of land. In this quarter, the progress in relation to land acquisition and compensation distribution for assets has been noticed only in BLT subproject road. Since in NB sub-project road, 19 parcels and 21 structures are under verification process Moreover, in respect to the compensation for the structures, in the entire project, 34 structures out of 11 received NRs. 281000.75. Some of the owners of structure are paid half of their total amount in the first installment and half of the amount will be paid at the time of demolition.

Status of Compensation Payment: The Detailed Measurement Survey has verified the affected structures in BLT Road. A total of 13 structures belonging to 11 households were affected by this project. Among the affected structures, 11 are commercial structures and 2 are oil filling points. Compensation determination committee fixed the rate of private eleven structures. The affected 2 nos oil filling points are informal settlers without legal title to the land which is part of RoW, pump owners voluntary reinstated their filling points no need to determine the compensation amount. Till the end of the month of March, 2019, two land parcels are compensated NRs. 350,000 for 29.64 Sqm of land. The affected land parcels were compensated by the project in time. Summary of the progress in compensation distribution for land parcels is presented in the table below:

Table: Progress in Compensation Distribution for Land Parcels Purpose Deed Estimated Paid Estimated Paid Land Transfer Total Road Parcels Area Amount Remarks Plots Area Amount (No.) (Sq. M.) (NRs.) (No.) (Sq. M.) (NRs.) 2 BLT (after 2 29. 64 29. 64 350,000 350,000 paid DMS) in 19 as 1733.5 as NB 0 0 26,869,250 0 verification per RP per RP process Total 21 2 1763.14 29.64 27,219,250 350,000 Source: Subproject Offices Record, March, 2020 As the table above shows:

a. In BLT road sub-project, 2 land parcels out of 2 compensated 350000.0 for 29.64 Sqm of land. b. In NB Road subproject, there are 19 land parcels are under verification, yet to be compensated.

Compensation Payment for Structure: In the entire project, 34 structures out of 11 structures of the BLT road received NRs. 1,200,579.65. One of the owners of structure is paid half of their total amount in the first installment and half of the amount will be paid at the time of demolition. This mechanism is established as to make them demolish the structure

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Fuel Filling Stand Yet to Be In Verification NB 21 0 57,17,205.00 Verification Process Total 34 11 6,985,572.65 1,200,579.65

Source: Subproject Offices Record, March, 2020 As the table above shows: a. In BLT road sub-project, 13 out of 11 structures compensated NRs 1,200,579.65. Two fuel filling points were reinstated beyond the ROW. And one of them is yet to receive second installment. Compensation distribution for structures is almost completed b. In NB road subproject, under verification process of the structures after completion of the joint survey compensation for structures will be started.

Status of Livelihood Activities: As the part of livelihood restoration program, skill developments and income generation training for the affected persons/families are to be arranged by the CSC. The CSC has identified the eligible affected persons of the BLT road and willing to take part in the training to upgrade their skill level and to engage themselves for better employment opportunities in the areas interested to them. The CSC has identified 28 persons of the BLT road section for training under different trades. In the NB road selection of the trainees is ongoing. The training budget has been prepared for proceeding the approval from PD (ADB). Similarly, the details of the training requirements assessed by the CSC are presented in Table. Table Training for Eligible Persons from project affected HHs from BLT. SN Types of Training categories Affected persons (no.) 1 Hotel Management with Cooking 3

2 High Value Vegetable Farming 1

3 Sewing Cutting / Tailoring 9 4 Poultry Farming 1 5 Animal Husbandry 3 6 Undecided 11 Total 28

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Impact on Community Structures in the NB Road: The approved RP 2016 for the NB- 1 & 2 shows that 357 public utilities likely to be affected. There are ten Public toilet, 160 passenger sheds, 52 water tap, 25 Temple stair and extended part (i.e. small shed for sitting) and public/Chautara (resting place under the tree) etc. Inventory of the public utilities/community structures of the NB -1 & 2 Ch 0+650 to 113+200 were verified.

Affected small temple h 16+400 at NB -1, Affected passenger shed at NB -1 shall be adjusted in Medium

19. These community properties need to be relocated during the construction period in close coordination and collaboration with the local community. The possible community structures will be relocated by the project. The reconstruction cost will be incorporated into the engineering cost estimates.

Table Community Structure of the NB Road

S. Resources Numbers Remarks No 1 Public Toilet 10 2 Chautara (Big & small) 85 3 Passenger Waiting shed 160 4 Public Tap 52 Under 5 Temples starie front place etc 25 verification 6 Nozzle of Petroleum filling stand 10 process 7 Public figure personal status & Map of Nepal etc. 5 Police check post Entrance Gates Trafics direction post 8 10 etc. Total 357 . Note: Relocated during the implementation phase in close coordination and collaboration with the local community

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Impact on Community Structures in BLT: Similarly, detail measurement survey reveals that 9 community structures are affected by the sub-project road. Among the public structures, there are 3 passenger bus waiting stands, 1 public water tub well, 1 welcome gates, 2 temporary police posts, 1 staircase of a temple and . These community structures relocated close coordination and collaboration with the local community. The detailed list of community structures is presented below.

Affected Community Structures in BLT

Numbers of S. After DMS Installed Resources As Per Remarks N. Survey (No.) Approve RP Passenger Bus Purpose 16 1 3 3 5 Waiting Shed Passenger Shed 2 Water Tube Wall 1 1 1 3 Small Temple 1 1 In Process No Place for 5 Welcome Gate 2 1 Construction 6 Police Check Post 2 1 1 Total 9 7

3.3 SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARD COVENANTS

20. Resettlement activities carried out by the PM office, supported by Resettlement Specialist for the acquisition of land and disbursement of compensation to the titleholders and non-titleholders are in progress in BLT & NB. The PIU is responsible for removal of the non-titleholders occupied into the highway land and disbursement of compensation and assistance to them. The existing Right of Way (RoW) is almost cleared for the entire section of the road corridor of the NB and BLT.

Annex 1: Compliance with Covenants

Implementation of Safeguard Management Plan For NB: The implementation of the resettlement activities started after the establishment of the Project Management Office. The establishment of the first-level grievance redress committees was completed in June 2019. The establishment of the second level grievance redresses committees was completed in September, 2019. Table below provides the timeline for implementation of the resettlement activities.

Annex 2.1: Resettlement planning implementation activities, and time period for NB road

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Status of The Safeguard Activities In BLT Road: In accordance with Resettlement Framework (RF) & Resettlement Plans (RPs) have to be prepared. The Resettlement Plans preparations have been completed for Bhairahawa- Lumbini to Taulihawa Road projects. During the reporting period this road section is under construction period. After verification of the ROW, sub-projects have been compensated to the land owner. The RP was identified 11 structures falling within formation width which were already compensated.

Annex 2.2: Summary of the Resettlement Planning & Progress in BLT

3.4 STATUS OF AGREED SOCIAL SAFEGUARD

The implementation of the resettlement plan for the BLT road one non-title holder household did not receive the compensation due to the correction of ownership document. The resettlements Specialist coordinate with remaining household owners’ and submitted corrected document of their structure and paid to the compensation amount. 11no. of the non-title holders' households were received the compensation amount of the BLT road. Similarly, the implementation of the resettlement plan for the NB road was carried out after the mobilization of the civil works contractors. During the reporting period the contractors were working under the forest areas, all of the manpower of the contractor & social mobilizer from CSC concerned in the forest clearances. Verification survey of the built-up area will be completed as soon.

3.5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION

21. Consultation with project affected families and disclosure of project information including RP was carried out in NB & BLT road in accordance to ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009. Consultations and dissemination activities were carried out in each municipality, ward and settlement along the road corridor. The Mayor, deputy mayor, ward chairman, project affecters’ people, social workers and other stakeholders were given project information including the provisions made in the RP. The consulted people were informed about the projects, resettlement impacts and mitigation measures including the followings:

a. Requirements for receiving the resettlement assistance. b. Process of assessing resettlement impacts c. Compensation determination procedures d. Relocation of the public utility e. Possibility of disruptions due to the project activities. f. Entitlement matrix of the project. g. Road structures and facilities making friendly to elderly, children, women and people with disabilities.

22. The public consultations are carried out by the CSC and PIU representatives at community level and group level during the verification and updating of the affected public utilities. The CSC carried out ward level consultations for all the affected public utilities and informed about the impacts of projects and their entitlements. The verification process for the

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Annex 3: Cumulative progress (January – March 2020) for the Public Consultation

3.6 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AND AWARENESS ON ENTITLEMENTS

23. The provisions of the entitlements were summarized for the disclosure. The information dissemination for construction schedule, design features of the road, valuation process of the private structure getting the compensation. All the resettlement activities are notified in meeting and also provided information for entitle matrix mention in the RP, any notice regarding acquisition of land and assets are displayed at different places information is broadcasted through local newspaper. Moreover, resettlement staffs at the site personally contact the people and pass required information to them. Besides that, feed backs and grievances of the project affected family are amassed and brought into discussion.

Cadastral Survey conducted by Surveyor Women Labors working on median for from Land survey office in Bethari bridge tree plantation at BLT Road

3.7 GRIEVANCES REDRESS MECHANISM

24. A project-specific grievance redress mechanism (GRM) has been established to receive, evaluate and facilitate the resolution of affected persons concerns, complaints and grievances about the social and resettlement performance at the level of the subproject. The project has been established three stages of grievance redress mechanism (GRM) to receive, evaluate, and facilitate the resolution of affected people’s concerns, complaints, and grievances on social and environmental performance, construction works, and other

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Table: Grievance Redress Committee

Field-Level Committee Local-Level Committee Project-Level Committee • Social mobilizers • DOR site engineer • PM DOR • Contractor • Village Development • Chief District Officer Environmental/ Social Committee Representative • Local Development Officer Focal Point • CSC Social mobilizer • CSC Resettlement Expert • 2 representatives • CSC Environmental Expert designated by affected community local level (man/woman)

25. In the first level of GRC, the social mobilizer and environment focal person from the contractor are responsible in documenting the grievances. The responsible persons call a meeting with the DoR representative and the affected persons to facilitate the grievances. The First-level Grievance Redress Committees (GRC) is established on December 2017 the BLT. Similarly, First-level Grievance has been on July, 2019 in the NB Roads section.

26. If any grievances remain unsolved at first level, the responsible person/s forwards the grievances to the second level GRC. The second level GRC was established under the Mayor or Chairpersons including ward level women member, affected person, social mobilizer and representative of the DOR. The Second-level Grievance Redress Committees (GRC) for the in BLT and NB were established on September 2018 and October, 2019 respectively. During the reporting period 11no of the 2nd level GRC were established in NB road project. All of the GRC committees were active when they will be required.

Annex 4: Summary of the 2nd level GRC in the NB road

27. Second level GRC were established in Bardaghat, Sunwal, Butwal Devdeha, Maddhayabindh, Devchuli, Kawasoti & Gaindakot municipalities and Sarawal, Binayatribini & Huspakot rural Municipalities along the road alignment of the NB road. The meeting was chaired by mayor and chairman of the rural municipality. All rural municipalities and municipalities were informed and established the 2nd level GRC in each municipality present of the mayor and all affected ward chairman: The detailed minutes of consultations were made by the CSC to present the issues and the discussion points made in the meeting, the focus of the consultations as informed by the PIU and CSC are below:

28. Clarification of the ROW, construction schedule of the road, relocation of the public utility and its shifting process, design feathers of the urban & rural areas, compensation process of the private structures, relocation of the public utility and its shifting process, bigger size drains (Sewage problem shall be short out during the construction works of Butwal & Gaindakot ), Traffic Management during construction, six

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Established the GRC meeting at Butwal Formation of the 2nd level GRC in Sub metropolitan city Devdeha municipality

29. Project level GRC is formed under the Chair of CDO. This committee is mobilized for the grievances not solved in the first and second level GRCs.

Grievance Record System: The project has established three stages of grievance redress mechanism (GRM) to receive, evaluate, and facilitate the resolution of affected people’s concerns, complaints, and grievances on social and resettlement issues. The project has established the grievance recording systems through a register keeping records of grievances received and follow up actions taken to address them. A social mobiliser from the CSC has been assigned as coordinator at the local level grievances redress committee, document the grievance submission, and proceed for the resolution. The site engineer has been working as safeguard focal person to deal with safeguard related activities.

30. The CSC have examined all the cases received and they were referred to the decision of the PM. PM gave their views based on the project scope of the cases. The PM has prepared a response to all the petitions received by them and they have also intimated to the applicant. The CSC has received few informal grievances such as dust pollution, needs of drainage and culvert improvements, up to the previous reporting period and all were solved after verification. New grievances were not received for the reporting period

3.8 SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENT

31. The Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC), is responsible to support the Project Directorate in the implementation of the Resettlement Plans (RPs), the Gender Action Plan (GAP) activities, the HIV/AIDS, and anti- human-trafficking activities.

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Monitoring by the CSC social team for the Monitoring by the Central level site clearance monitoring team

32. The key activities under the CSC’s responsibility include supporting the Project Directorate in: (i) facilitating the completion of the Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS); (ii) conducting consultations and disseminating the resettlement matrix and other relevant information; (iii) supporting the formation of Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs); (iv) collecting and recording regularly, issues raised by project affected people; and (v) motivating Project Affected Persons (PAPs) to find solutions at the local level, and if required bridging them with concerned stakeholders (vi) internal monitoring of social safeguard compliance being aligned with RPs. Moreover, the CSC has the responsibility of monitoring health and occupational safety, environmental management, and road safety.

3.9 STATUS OF OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

33. Regular consultations and meetings are being held by CSC with PAPs and stakeholders to facilitate implementation of social safeguards component. Besides these, the other social activities such as camp site management, health and safety measures, wage rate to construction workers and issue of child labour have been regularly monitored. During site visits of subproject roads, the contractors have been made aware of maintaining compliances of the social activities as per social safeguard documents of the project. The contractors have been paying greater consideration to social safeguard issues during road construction.

3.10 REASONS FOR DELAY IN RP IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

34. The RP implementation has been delayed for the following reasons:

a. Delay in mobilization of NB Road Civil Contractor, PM & Consultant. b. Delay in recruiting the Social Mobilizers to save their input time for NB road.

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c. Delay in the Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) caused by the delayed mobilization of the contractors. d. Delay in the tree clearance

Way Forward: Some of the key issues to be addressed with respect to the implementation of the RP have been presented below:

a. The additional land required for the project is yet to be completed due to the completion of the detail measurement survey of the built up area. The land acquisition is to be completed due to the time required for completing the mandatory legal process.

b. The livelihood support training for the eligible PAPs is yet to be imparted in co- ordination with the local level institution, & PD office.

4. GESI ACTION PLAN

4.1 BACKGROUND

35. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) is a cross-cutting intervention integrated in all project components with two broad scopes: a. Safeguard the locals and stakeholders along the road corridor from the potential adverse impacts from the road construction and improvements; b. Sustain the development impacts of road construction and improvement, and its component activities.

36. The GESI Action Plan is developed tapping the following 5 key pillars of needs and scopes: a. GESI-friendly and inclusive road infrastructure and facilities b. GESI-friendly environmental management with community forest management c. Awareness and capacity building training for safeguard and safety mitigating the adverse impacts and sustaining the project inputs d. Livelihood improvement and income generation e. Women’s mobility, capacity development and resultant impacts

37. Tapping on these 5 pillars, the GESI Action Plan implementation is planned to achieve the structural improvement, behavioral improvement and enabling capacity development allowing the fulfillment of safeguard objectives and sustaining the improvement impacts.

38. As to the ADB criteria of classifying the project for the level of GESI intervention required, the project is categorized as “EGM” Effective Gender Mainstreaming (EGM), where gender equality and women empowerment is substantially integrated in the project. The GESI Action Plan includes a total of 11 sub-component activities and 27 performance target

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Annex 5: Glimpse of GESI Action Plan activities, performance target indicators, responsibility, & implementation timeframe

39. This report is the update of the GESI Action Plan implementation and monitoring carried out during January – March 2020 with cumulative updates.

4.2. GESI ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

Activity 1.1: Integrate road design features that are friendly to elderly, children, women, and persons with disabilities.

40. The design requirements of GESI-friendly road features are missing in the design documents. The stakeholders including CSC, PD (ADB), ADB mission, civil work contractor was oriented and sensitized on the road features requiring at least as per GESI AP. The needs assessment, participant observation study, and public and stakeholder consultations were carried out to assess the needs of GESI-friendly features were carried out. Major findings include the followings:

a. The pedestrians cross the road at any point. b. None of 4 and 2-wheeled vehicles slowed down to allow the pedestrians to cross the road. The pedestrians required to wait for crossing the road until all vehicles approaching the crossing site from both left and right passed. c. They rather preferred to wait longer to let pass all the vehicles to safely cross the road. d. Elderly with walking difficulties and PWDs are facing serious obstacles to participating in daily life activities. Inaccessible road facilities and public transportation are impeding their independent navigation and participation. The consultation participants reminded that user-friendly road facilities for all types of road users including PWDs are the need of human rights, constitutional rights, and universal practice. e. Children cross the road carelessly without precautionary measures f. The consultation participants expressed that the PWD-friendly features are required not only for the PWD but also for other road users citing the examples that all those who remain healthy and able-bodied all their lives are few. g. Even professional drivers misunderstood the road signs, warning signs, regulatory signs, direction signs, information signs, supplementary plates, road markings and did not follow the rules of signs.

Guidance for GESI-friendly Features: The guidance with the draft GESI-friendly design features and with related images have been developed to:

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a. Help initiate the process of approval for the inclusion of GESI-friendly and pedestrian-friendly design features as to the requirement of GESI AP. b. Help design the road features to make friendly to vulnerable women, children, elderly and PWD. c. Help approve the design and variation orders. d. Help the Civil Work Contractors construct the GESI-friendly design features as per approved design. e. Monitor/supervise the construction works of civil work contractors on construction features as to the approved design.

41. They will be finalized by involving the relevant stakeholder’s PD (ADB), Project Management Offices, CSC, and Civil Work Contractors in the Sensitization and Consultation Workshop of the Stakeholders.

Sensitization and Consultation Workshop: One Day Sensitization and Consultation Workshop of Stakeholders with the following objectives has been worked out. The budget and workshop presentation tools have also been drafted.

Objectives:

a. Sensitize the participants on GESI Action Plan. b. Assess and agree on needs of integrating road design features that are friendly to elderly, children, women, and PWD. c. Review, analyze, and finalize GESI-friendly design guidance. d. Help the civil contractor better understand the contract documents, agreement, specification and conditions relating to GESI Action Plan, Environment Management Plan, Road Safety Concerns and others as to the design documents and Contractor’s contract documents. e. Develop and agree on modalities of: i. Awareness training of civil work contractor's staffs and labors / workers on HIV AIDS STI and that of availing the prevention tools. Ø Ensuring participation of women in tree plantation program. Ø Ensuring participation of women and affected persons in labor works of contractors in construction and maintenance activities or as staff. Ø Ensuring that construction activities abide by core labor standards such as equal wages of men and women for work of equal value, prohibition of child labor, etc. ii. Monitoring, supervision, recording, reporting on performance and action in the case of non-compliance. iii. Establish the focal points of contractors and CSC for each task and role.

42. It is planned to organize the workshop in CSC TL Office Gaindakot. Date will be finalized through mutual discussion after approval of program and budget by PD (ADB).

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43. The construction activities on road features making GESI friendly women, children, elderly, and PWD are to be carried out at the end phase of the road construction. The BLT road has entered into this phase. The contractor is reluctant to undertake the construction in absence of design and provision in the BOQ. It is high time that the design process be initiated, as the inclusion of design shall require acceptance by the stakeholders and also shall require the variation order.

Activity 1.2: Ensure the participation of women in the trainings on income generation and community forest management for communities living in the Chitwan National Park buffer zone.

44. The consultations with the authorities of Chitwan National Park (CNP), women and men members of Community Forest User Groups in CNP buffer zone, Buffer Zone Management Council, Divisional Forest Offices, NTNC Biodiversity Conservation Center, and Nature Trust for Nature Conservation, ADB Mission has been carried out. Based on the consultations, the training will aim the followings among others:

a. Uplift the income and standard of living of marginalized communities of buffer zone user groups and divert their dependency on CNP forests. b. Promote the biodiversity conservation-oriented income generation and community forest management. c. Promote the participation of women in income generation and community forest management. d. Enable the income generation training participants to undertake the business schemes. e. Help implement the biodiversity conservation plan.

45. The training subjects, participant selection criteria, selection procedure, numbers of trainees will be specified during training needs assessment and one day workshop of the stakeholders.

46. The understanding among the SRIP, CNP, and CNP Buffer Zone User Group Council will be made that the SRIP will invest for the training, and CNP Buffer Zone Council will support the trainees to implement the income generation skills.

47. The income generation trainings carried out with the support of available budget of Chitwan National Park for buffer zone committees have been listed. The impacts of trainings so far achieved will be assessed using rapid appraisal method. Success and failure cases will be studied by analyzing the cause factors of success and failure. One day workshop of stakeholders will be organized to conclude the needs assessment, select the training subjects and income generation training types, develop and agree the criteria for selecting the training participants.

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Activity 1.3 Conduct trainings in leadership and team management for women who are members of the community forest user groups.

48. As to women consultation participants, the women although are proven effective managers of the forests are marginalized in the decision making process. Women in leadership and team management role are inadequately addressed. Male members of community forest user groups also need the orientation and sensitization on the needs and importance of women in leadership and team management role in community forest management.

49. The needs and scope assessment of training on leadership and team management will be carried out during the needs assessment activities. The training subjects will be selected and finalized on the basis of needs assessment and consultation. Contents and modality for training on women in leadership and team management is drafted on the basis of preliminary review of cases on women in leadership and team management role, and impacts so far could be achieved by the leadership role of women in community forest management. The training design will be finalized during the process of needs assessment activities.

Activity 1.4 Ensure the participation of women in tree plantation program.

50. As to the forest act and regulation, the compensatory tree plantation requires the plantation of 1:25. The numbers of trees to be planted as per this requirement is 51,950 in BLT road. It is estimated to plant 5000 trees along the road side. The remaining compensatory trees are 46,950. There are two provisions in forest regulation to undertake such large numbers of compensatory tree plantation.

Provision 1: The project pays the required costs to the respective Forest Office to undertake all the proceedings of compensatory tree plantation. .

Provision 2: The project undertake all the proceeding of the compensatory tree plantation and handover the required numbers of grown-up trees to the Forest Office after the 5th years of plantation.

51. As experienced in the past, there is no scope that the Forest Office undertakes the responsibility of implementing the performance target of engaging 30% women labor. Provision 2 initiative was taken for this reason. In the process of consultation, Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) requested to undertake the plantation in the Lumbini Garden to support their master plan target of greenery development. The Memo of Understanding with the condition to engage at least 30% women was signed by the Rupandehi Divisional Forest Officer, LDT Vice Chair & Member Secretary, BLT Road Project Manager, witnessed by the CSC GESI Specialist, Environment Specialist, Safeguard Specialist. The process has been initiated to engage the neighborhood Muslim communities of Lumbini Garden. The communities have been approached, informed, and consulted. Both women and men expressed willingness to join the tree plantation and protection activities. The community leaders informed that they restrict the women to individually participate in the gathering of

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Activity 1.5: Conduct a time-use study to assess the project’s impact on women’s safety and mobility including (i) women’s use of the roads/border crossing/walkways, bus shelters, (ii) impact on women’s travel time and time poverty; and (iii) women’s satisfaction with the project benefits.

52. Time use study has been proceeded at two phases. Phase I study has been accomplished. This study was carried out in association with the PPMS baseline survey using the in-depth questionnaire, focus group discussions, and key Informant Interviews. Study tools for phase II has been prepared. The study is scheduled to be carried out with the women and men participants in the following training activities.

a. HIV AIDS and human trafficking awareness training b. Leadership and team management training of women members of community forest user groups c. Income generation and community forest management training of CNP buffer zone user groups d. Road safety awareness training and campaign

Activity 1.6: Conduct gender-sensitive public preventative human trafficking and HIV/AIDS & STI awareness-raising sessions to communities and labors

53. The following activities have been planned and / or carried out:

Training of Trainers Training of Social Mobilizers: "Training of Trainers" training for Social Mobilizers has been designed and prepared. The training is designed to develop the capacity of social mobilizers to facilitate the training of community people, construction workers of civil work contractor's construction workers, school children independently on road safety, human trafficking, and HIV AIDS.

Sensitization and Coordination Workshop of Local Governance Bodies: Sensitization, information sharing, and coordination workshop of the local governance bodies including municipalities, rural municipalities has been designed. The session aims the sensitization, information dissemination on SRIP project activities including GESI Action Plan activities, environmental mitigation and management, social safeguard, road safety. The training participants will develop the modality of working together in organizing the trainings of local organizations, community groups, women groups in project wards of project municipalities and rural municipalities.

Awareness Training and Campaign of Local Organizations on HIV AIDS, Human Trafficking, & Road Safety: Awareness training and campaign of local organizations on HIV AIDS, Human Trafficking, and Road Safety has been developed. The profile of potential participant organizations has been prepared. They include women group organizations, non-

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Development of IEC Materials: Information Education Communication (IEC) materials for awareness sessions have been prepared by integrating the appropriate materials of the government and non-government organizations taking approval for integration:

54. The copies of the materials prepared by different organizations including National Center for AIDS and STI Control (NCASC), Health Education Information and Communication Center of Ministry of Health and different non-government organizations were utilized to develop the materials. The IEC materials designed include the followings:

a. Hanging posters on HIV AIDS STI and Human Anti-trafficking b. Brochures/leaflets on HIV AIDS STI & Human Anti-trafficking c. Booklet on HIV AIDS STI & Human Anti-trafficking d. Flex prints on HIV AIDS STI & Human Anti-trafficking

55. Snowballing Campaign of Awareness in Communities on HIV AIDS, Human Trafficking, & Road Safety: The trained organizations will be encouraged to select one or more tole communities or ward depending on the interest of the organization to undertake the awareness campaign. The organizations shall organize the awareness training of the selected communities. In another case, the trained persons of participant organizations will snowball their learning to first layer of participants. In next step, the trained participants by being with the first layer of participants will train the 2nd layer of participants. The organization will submit the list of households trained by the organization and / or trained through snowballing approach. The CSC social mobilizers will verify the learning of first and second layer of participants by supplementing the gap learning.

56. Awareness Training of Civil Work Contractors Workers and Field Staffs on HIV AID STI: In BLT road, the civil work contractor's staff, petti labor contractors, and social and environmental focal persons were trained on HIV AIDS STI at initial phase of mobilization of BLT road contractor. The social and environmental focal person is assigned for continuing and organizing the HIV AIDS STI training of workers every time the new workers are recruited. The contractors has been submitting the list of workers trained. The samples of workers reported as trained were verified by questioning on learning.

57. In NB road, one day sensitization and consultation workshop of stakeholders is planned to be organized by involving civil work contractor with the following objectives:

a. Develop and agree on the modalities of awareness training of civil work contractor's staffs and labors / workers on HIV AIDS STI and that of availing the prevention tools.

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b. Establish the monitoring, supervision, recording, reporting system on performance on awareness training on HIV AIDS STI and provision of prevention tools and action in the case of non-compliance. c. Establish the focal points of contractors for regular HIV AIDS STI training and recording and reporting of contractors' workers and focal point of CSC for each task and role.

58. Awareness training of civil work contractors' field staffs, management staffs, petti labor contractors, workers, field staffs, and field supervisors on following contents has been designed:

a. HIV AIDS STI prevention among and from workers, staffs, and locals; and access to the prevention tools; and modality of snowballing the awareness to all workers b. Modality of engaging women workers in road maintenance works c. Modality of engaging women workers in roadside tree plantation, plantation in bioengineering works, plantation in compensatory tree plantation, plantation in median works. d. Ensuring equal wages of women and men for work of equal value e. Prohibition of child labor f. Use of personal protection equipment g. Safety and security of workers h. Monitoring, supervision, recording, reporting

Activity 1.7: Ensure that non-title holders/heads of households and spouses receive joint compensation and affected female-headed households receive compensation and benefit from livelihood improvement trainings.

59. 11 non-title holder households have received resettlement assistance. All affected 3 female-headed households have bank accounts in their names. As a result of orientation and sensitization sessions of men-headed households on the importance of joint account of spouse through the perspective of gender equality and proper use of income, all 11 households preferred joint account. All 11 households have opened joint account in the bank, and have received the compensation through account payee cheque, Of 11 households, 10 households preferred livelihood training on cooking and hospitality management during livelihood training needs compensation. The interested participants expressed difficulties to attend the training in the venue far away from their residences. The arrangement has been made to organize the training in Parsa chowk near Lumbini Garden.

Activity 1.8: Ensure that construction activities abide by core labor standards, such as equal wages of men and women for work of equal value, prohibition of child labor, etc.

60. Bidding document ans contract document contain provisions on core labor standards. The orientation training of BLT road contractor has been oriented and trained on the core labor standard and the equal wages of men and women for work of equal value and

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Activity 2.1: Conduct road safety awareness campaigns to communities along corridor (audience: pedestrians, and professional bus and truck drivers in consultation with professional drivers’ associations)

61. Baseline survey on road accident has been carried out in the BLT and NB road. The road safety awareness training session and outreach plan targeted to communities, pedestrians, bus and truck drivers, school teachers and students have been prepared. The IEC materials for awareness training and campaign on road safety including videos for the road safety awareness sessions have been prepared. The Road Safety Awareness Campaign Plan as to the performance target of GESI action plan targeting communities, schools, vehicle drivers, transport workers, pedestrians has been prepared. A total of 60 drivers and students of 4 schools have been provided basic road safety training in Taulihawa.

Activity 3.1: Implement GESI activities, minor progress and collect sex- disaggregated data.

62. The standard templates for monitoring, recording and reporting with names, sex, age, work done, working period, and wages received has been developed, This has been utilized in BLT road. The monitoring, reporting and inspection system will be agreed and proceeded for monthly and quarterly monitoring and reporting in NB road.

4.3 CHALLENGES

63. The Social Mobilizers being engaged tree counting activities and also their requirements in the resettlement verification activities in NB road, their Training of Trainers as Training Providers on HIV, human trafficking and road safety have been delayed.

64. Budget is not allocated for the following GESI Action Plan activities.

Activity 1.2: Trainings on income generation and community forest management for communities living in the Chitwan National Park buffer zone

Activity 1.3: Trainings in leadership and team management for women who are members of the community forest user groups.

Activity 1.4: Time-use study to assess the project’s impact on women’s safety and mobility including baseline and endline/post-project survey.

65. There is no other challenge hampering the project performance. Overall the project is getting cooperation from all sectors including the project affected peoples, project influence communities, stakeholders, and others. Timely accomplishment of social safeguard, it is expected that social safeguard will be timely accomplished.

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ANNEXES

25 COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANTS

Annex 1: Compliance with Covenants:

Reference in No Covenants Status of Compliance Financing Agreement 1. Resettlement: Schedule 5, Being complied. para. 7 The Borrower shall ensure or cause DOR to ensure that all Ø •The project has complied with the ADB land and all rights-of-way required for the project are made Safeguard Policy Statements 2009 and Land available to the Works contractor in accordance with Acquisition Act 1977, and following the schedule agreed under the related Work contract and all resettlement policy, guide lines, project land acquisition and resettlement activities are implemented in compliance with entitlement matrix have been prepared, and (a) all applicable laws and regulation of the Borrower RP has been implemented as per policies laws relating to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement; & regulation. (b) the involuntary Resettlement Safeguards; and Ø As per the guidelines and in accordance with (c) all measures and requirements set forth in the RP, and the applicable laws and regulations, the corrective of preventative action set forth in the Safeguards Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards are Monitoring Reports. implemented. Ø All requirements have been adequately Included in the RP. During project implementation due to major change in alignment, the RP will be requires updating that has been included in Safeguard Monitoring Report. 2. Without limiting the application of the Involuntary Schedule 5, Being complied. Resettlement Safeguards or the RP, the Borrower shall para. 8 ensure or cause DOR to ensure that no physical or Ø compensation and other entitlement have economic displacement takes in connection with the Project been provided to affected people in until; accordance with RP; (a) compensation and other entitlement have been Ø Additional assistance provisioned in RP as per provided to affected people in accordance with RP; and Entitlement Matrix(EM) assistance is (b) a comprehensive income and livelihood restoration monitored to Project Affected People (PAP) program has been established in accordance with RP.

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Reference in No Covenants Status of Compliance Financing Agreement comprehensive income and livelihood restoration program are designed in an accordance with RP 3. Indigenous Peoples: Schedule 5, Being complied. para. 9 The Borrower shall ensure of cause DOR to ensure that the Ø Entitlement matrix comprising of Resettlement preparation, design, construction, implementation and Plan (RP) ensures the IP issues. operation of the Project and all project facilities comply with Ø Project assures the IP Safeguards with (a) all applicable laws and regulation of the Borrower appropriate measures relating to indigenous people; (b) the Indigenous People Safeguards; and Ø Corrective/ preventive actions forth in (c) all measure and requirements set forth in the IPP, and Safeguards Monitoring Report any corrective or preventative actions set forth in as Safeguards Monitoring Report. 4. Human and Financial Resources: Schedule 5, Being complied. para. 10 The Borrower shall make available or cause DOR to make Ø •Adequate and sufficient resources have been available necessary budgetary and human resources to made available resource to fully implement RP fully implement the EMP, the RP and the IP.

5. Grievance Redress Mechanism: Schedule 5, Being complied. para. 5 Within 12 months after the Effective Date, DOR shall Ø Till the reporting period more than 11 GRM prepare a grievance redress mechanism, acceptable to were established under the NB sub-project. ADB, and establish a special committee to receive and Ø Each of the GRM Grievances redness register resolve complaints/grievance or act upon reports from was prepared stakeholders on misuse of funds and other irregularities, including grievance due to resettlement. The special committee shall (i) make public of the existence of this grievance redress mechanism, (ii) review and address grievance of stakeholders of the Project, in relation to either Project, any of the service providers, or any person

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Reference in No Covenants Status of Compliance Financing Agreement responsible for carrying out any aspect of the Project; and (iii) proactively and constructively responding them, 6. The Borrower shall ensure or cause DOR to ensure that all Schedule 5, Being complied. bidding documents and contracts for Works contain para. 11 provision that require contractors to: Ø Being part of the documents, the Contractors (a) Comply with the measures relevant to contractor set are being complying the measures during the forth in the EIA, the EMP, the RP and the IP (to be course of construction. extent they concern impacts on affected people during Ø It is made available for compliance of contraction), and any corrective or preventative action set forth in a Safeguards Monitoring Report. environmental social measures. (b) make available a budget for all such environmental Ø Not applicable at present and social measure; Ø Being recorded as required. (c) provide the Borrower with a written notice of any Ø It is very early to assess as the construction unanticipated environmental, resettlement or work is going very slowly not smoothly. indigenous peoples risk or impacts that arise during construction, implementation or operation of the Project that were not considered in the EIA, the EMP, the RP in the IP; (d) adequately record the condition of roads, agriculture land and other infrastructure prior to starting to transport material and construction; and (e) Reinstate pathways, other local infrastructure, and agricultural land to at least their pre-project condition upon the completion construction. 7. Safeguards Monitoring and Reporting: Schedule 5, Being complied. para. 12 The Borrower shall do the following or cause DOR to do the DOR will submit the semi-annual safeguard following; monitoring reports for Jun 2019 by 15 July 2019. (a) submit quarterly Safeguards Monitoring Reports to ADB and disclose relevant information form such Ø Regularly submitted Quarterly Safeguards reports to affected person promptly upon submission; Monitoring Reports to ADB & disclosing information to ADB.

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Reference in No Covenants Status of Compliance Financing Agreement (b) if any unanticipated environment and/or social Ø All the considerations have been made. If risks and impacts arise during construction, arise, it shall be accordingly worked out implementation or operation of the Project that were not considered in the EIA, the EMP, the RP and the IP, promptly inform ADB or the occurrence of such risks or impacts, with detailed description of the event and the proposed corrective action plan; (c) Report any actual or potential breach of compliance with the measures and requirements set forth in the EMP, the RP and the IP promptly after becoming aware of the breach.

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Annex 2.1: Resettlement Planning Implementation Activities, And Time Period for NB Road

S. Activities Time period Responsibility no. Established 1 Establishment of the two PIU field offices DOR 2018 Mobilization of Supervision Consultant for Established, 2 DOR NB Road 2019 March - 2019 Mobilization of the contractor & started Joint to 3 PM/CSC survey for tree counting December,202 0 1st & 2nd level DOR/CSC/Local level GRM 4 Formation of GRM 1st level and 2nd level stakeholder/ committee was Contractors/PAF established CSC/ Contractor / 5 Verification of the centerline on- going DOR Dissemination of information, public 6 on- going DOR, CSC consultation If private structures will be affected July, 2020- DOR, CSC, CDO & 7 Determination of compensation amount December local authorities affected assets 2020 DAO, Nawalpur, If required to acquire private structures 8 September-20 Nawalparasi + Publication of the notice Rupendehi 9 Formation of project level GRC Dec, 2019 DOR, CSC December, 10 Publish notice to collect compensation DOR, DAO & CSC 2020 December, 11 Distribution of compensation DOR, DAO&CSC 2020 Transfer of land already acquired but Second DAO, DLRO, DLSO, 12 remaining to deed transfer in the name of Quarter 2022 DOR DoR/Government onwards Payment of rehabilitation allowances to Second 13 DOR, CSC SPAF & Vulnerable groups Quarter 2020 Recruitment of External independent Second quarter 14 DOR monitoring agency of 2022

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Annex 2.2: Summary of the Resettlement Planning & Progress in BLT Road

S. Activities Description Remarks N. 1 Mobilization of Social Two Social mobilizer & time base input of Completed 2018 safeguards personal two experts 2 Formation of 1st 2nd Completed, GRC will be active when Ongoing for & 3rd level GRC required collection of the Grievances 3 11 structures belong 11 structures of Non-Title Holder Payment On process, after to NTHs, CDC fixed of compensation amount Total distributed shifting from the rate of the amount NRs. 1,200,579.65 ROW, he/she will structures be receiving 2nd installment. 4 Dissemination of Stakeholder consultation more than 23 Ongoing (Socially information, public times (agenda: bigger size drain, Zebra excluded group consultation for crossing & traffic light, Junction encourage to working schedule & improvement, Overhead pedestrian bridge, participated at likely to be impact cycle lane, disable friendly pedestrian meeting) footpath, street light, bus bay, passenger waiting shed with public toilet & Lumbini gate etc) 5 Verification of land on going Completed 6 Explore high potential Need assessment Completed Training will be income generation conducted as activities for PAPs soon as possible 7 Transfer of land On process for coordination with CDO, as possible already Land Survey & Land Revenue office of the acquired but Kapilvastu & Rupendehi districts remaining to deed transfer in the name of DOR/ Government 8 Hand over necessary On progress Preparation document to Road Division offices

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Annex 3: Cumulative Progress (January – March 2020) For the Public Consultation

No of Date Location participants Discussed Agendas

M F • Coordination with Nepal telecom and Buddha 2 Jan 2020 19 8 contractor for shifting of the Telephone Chowk cabinet box at Putali Bazar. • Impact Assessment Conducted for Bethari, 6 Jan 2020 10 2 construction of the new bridge at Tinau Khola Rupendehi in Bethari • Impact Assessment Conducted for Gundi, 7 Jan 2020 11 3 construction of the new bridge at Danau Rupendehi Stream in Gundi Bethari, • Local people demanding for the drain at 8 Jan 2020 18 5 Rupendehi Bethari bazaar. • Discussed with contractor for tree plantation 16 Jan 2020 Rupendehi 5 2 in Lumbini Development Trust • Discussion with DFO for compensatory tree 28 Jan 2020 Rupendehi plantation in Lumbini Development Trust. Survey • Coordination with Survey office for cadastral office 3 2 2 Feb 2020 survey at Bethari and Gundi bridges Rupendehi BLT road 6 Feb 2020 12 4 • Site visit by PD staff project • Impact Assessment Conducted for 9 Feb,2020 Bethari 14 3 construction of the new bridge at Tinau Khola in Bethari • Impact Assessment Conducted for Gundi, 10 Feb,2020 8 3 construction of the new bridge at Danau Rupendeh Stream in Gundi • Discussed with contractor for tree plantation 18 Feb 2020 Rupendeh 7 4 in Lumbini Development Trust • Discussion with DFO for compensatory tree 6 Feb, 2020 Nawlpur 7 3 plantation in Lumbini Development Trust Survey • Coordination with Survey office for cadastral 4 Mar 2020 office, 8 3 survey for construction of the new bridges in Rupendehi Bethari & Dundi BLT road • Notice circulation to concern stakeholders 5 Mar 2020 5 2 project for traffic movement/diversion • Collection of the ward level base line BLT road 17 Mar 2020 12 3 information along the road corridor for the project livelihood training in Rupendehi district

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No of Date Location participants Discussed Agendas

M F • Collection of the ward level base line BLT road 18 Mar 2020 10 4 information along the road corridor for the project livelihood training in Kapilbastu district Gaindakot Forest Sub • Discussion with Forest officer for tree 6 Mar 2020 5 3 Division cutting and stoke pile areas office Kawaswati, • Discussion with concern officer for stock 12 Mar 2020 6 2 DFO office piling of the tree log and pole Gaindakot Forest Sub • Discussion with Forest officer for counting 13 Mar 2020 3 2 Division tree log and pole details office

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Annex 4: Summary of the 2nd Level GRC In the NB Road:

Sub-Committee No of The GRC Ward-Wise Remarks Address/ Members Date (Affected Wards Nos.) Municipality M F Total

8 July 2019 Bardaghat 5 4 9 2, 49, 10, 11

9 July 2019 Sarawal 4 3 7 1, 2

14 July 2019 Butwal 3 2 5 7, 8, 10

31 July 2019 Sunawal 10 3 13 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12 & 13

1 Aug 2019 Devdeha 7 4 11 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 (4/16/2076)

19 Aug 2019 Devchuli 10 2 12 1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 5/2/2076

22 Aug 2019 Kawasoti 10 2 12 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 16 5/5/2076

25 Aug 2019 Maddhyabindu 10 1 11 7, 8, 10, 11, 15 5/8/2076

18 Aug 2019 Binayatripani 5 3 8 2, 3 5/1/2076

8 Sept 2019 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Gaindakot 11 6 17 5/22/2076 13, 14, 15 &16

27 Sept 2019 Hupsikot 10 3 13 1, 2, 3 6/10/2076

ANNEX 4/ PAGE NO. 9 GESI ACTION PLAN TIME FRAME

Annex 5: Glimpse of GESI Action Plan activities, performance target indicators, responsibility, & implementation timeframe

Activity & Performance Target/Indicator Timeframe Responsibility

1.Integration of GESI- 11 zebra crossings with ramps and gender inclusive Year 2-3 friendly and inclusive warning signs in major intersections: 7 in NB road and road structures and 4 in BLT road facilities making friendly 95 pedestrian crossings with warning signs in minor to elderly, children, intersections: 56 in NB road and 39 in BLT road women, and people with 41.7 km PWD-friendly walkways on both sides of disability (PWD) built-up areas: 38 km in NB road and 3.7 km in BLT road. 60 bus stop bays and passenger sheds: 43 in NB road and 17in BLT road. Posting of gender inclusive safety signage. 2. Participation of 6. Participation by at least 35% women of total CNP Year 2-3

women in the trainings buffer zone training participants. on income generation and community forest management for communities living in the CNP buffer zone. 3. Conduct trainings in 7. At least 110 women participants of 34 community Year 2-3 leadership and team forest user groups of CNP buffer zone in leadership

management for women and team management training. members of the community forest user groups of CNP buffer zone. 4. Participation of At least 30% women out of total laborers in tree Year 2-3 women in tree plantation plantation laborers. program. 1. Provision in bidding document specifying the participation of women. 5. Time use study 10. Assessment of project’s impact on women’s Year 1-4 of women to assess the mobility and agency with project baseline and post project’s impact on project surveys. women’s safety and Women’s use of the roads, border crossings, mobility. walkways, bus shelters. Women’s travel time and time poverty. Women’s satisfaction with project benefits. 6. Gender sensitive 11, Participation of at least 500 community Year 1-3 public preventive human members with at least 40% women from all VDCs /

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Activity & Performance Target/Indicator Timeframe Responsibility trafficking and HIV AIDS Rural Municipalities and Municipalities crossed by the & STI preventive road alignments. awareness raising Set-up of at least 50 HIV AIDS & STI preventive sessions to communities awareness signs in strategic locations along the road corridor. Training of all civil works labors on HIV AIDS STI prevention. Participation of at least 2000 community members with 50% women from all VDCs / Rural Municipalities and Municipalities in human trafficking awareness sessions. 7 Joint compensation to 15. Resettlement assistance to 32 non-title holder Year 1-2 non-title holders/heads households in the names of head of households and of households and spouse as relevant. spouses, and 16. Ensuring bank accounts of all affected female- compensation to headed households in their names (for paying the affected female-headed resettlement assistance). households with benefit 17. Compensation, additional assistance & benefit from livelihood from livelihood training to all affected female-headed improvement training. households. Ensuring that the 18. Provisions of core labor standards in bidding Year 1-4 construction activities documents and contracts. abide by core labor 19. Reporting on incidents of non-compliance standards, such as equal wages of men and women for work of equal value, prohibition of child labor, etc. Road safety awareness 20. Participation in road safety awareness Year 2-3 trainings / campaigns of sessions by at least 3000 residents with at least 40% communities, women from all VDCs / Rural Municipalities and pedestrians, students, Municipalities crossed by the road alignment and professional bus 21. Participation by at least 50% of students with at and truck drivers along least 50% school girls of 100 kindergarten, primary, the road corridor. and secondary schools within 1 km of the road alignment. 22. Participation by at least 150 professional bus and truck drivers on road safety measures. Participation of women 10% women and PAPs among contractor’s staffs and Year 1-3 and affected persons in laborers. maintenance activities.

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Activity & Performance Target/Indicator Timeframe Responsibility 24. Payroll with name, sex, work done, working period, and wages received made available by contractor for inspection. 25.Clause in bidding document encouraging recruitment of PAPs, women, and local community residents Implementation of GESI 26. Collection of sex-disaggregated data of all Year 1-4 activities, progress related activities and reporting in the Social and monitoring, and Gender Monitoring Report. collection of sex 27 Engagement of 1 GESI key expert, 1 road disaggregated data. safety expert, 1 social development officer, 1 human trafficking officer, 6 gender and community awareness social mobilizers in GESI implementation

ANNEX 5/ PAGE NO. 12 GESI Action Plan Implementation Quarterly Progress Update (January – March 2020)

Project Title: SASEC Road Improvements Project (SRIP) Country: Nepal Project No: 3478 NEP Type of Project: Loan Approval and Timeline: 1 December 2016 – 31 July 2022 Gender Category: EGM - Effective Gender Mainstreaming Mission Leader: Mr. Bhupendra Bhatta Project Impact: Transport connectivity within Nepal and with neighboring countries enhanced (Fourteenth Plan [FY2017–2019]) Project Outcome: Road transport system improved.

Key factors considered while preparing the report • Standard ADB GESI Action Plan (GESI AP) reporting template is used in preparing this quarterly progress update. • Activities and target indicators are exactly the same as put in the GESI AP in Project Administration Manual. • Progress update of activities in GESI AP is reported as against the given target. • Reporting includes quarterly progress and cumulative progress till date. • Reporting includes progress of each project area and overall cumulative progress. [Example: SRIP has 3 sub-projects NB01, NB02, and BLT02. The information for each target for each sub-project are informed. For subprojects, detail data are separately prepared. • Progress on both qualitative and quantitative targets is reported. • Qualitative targets are reported with qualifying evidence. [Example: Explicit provision prohibiting child labor is evident in contracts of the civil work contractors] • Quantitative targets are reported with quantitative numbers & percentage (#, %). Qualitative information is added as applicable to enhance the reporting. [… of community forest user group members of Chitwan National Park buffer zone are trained on the … (subject) and have demonstrated the use of skills acquired] • Participation/access in project related programs is reported by providing the data disaggregated by sex, caste and ethnicity. [Example: Total - #, M- # (%), F- # (%); Dalit - # (%), M- # (%), F- # (%); Janajati- #, M - # (%), F- # (%), Muslim- # (%), M- # (%), F- # (%), others - # (%) • Column 1 includes GESI AP activities/targets/responsibility and timeframe. • Column 2 includes Progress to date, where progress is reported by using qualitative briefs with supporting quantitative data and evidence against each target. • Column 3 includes Issues and challenges with reason why the activity was not fully implemented, target fall short or reason for delay.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Output 1: Road network rehabilitated and upgraded. Activity 1.1: Integrate road design 1. Road Features friendly to Women, Children, Elderly, & PWD As per GESI AP activity 1.1, the features that are friendly to elderly, road design features which are children, women, and persons with 1.1 Zebra Crossings: Zebra crossings with ramps in adjoining friendly to elderly, children, disabilities. walkways / footpaths and gender inclusive warning signs will be women, and persons with constructed in 11 major intersections making friendly to elderly, disabilities are required to be Performance Targets / Indicators: children, women, and persons with disability. Of them, 4 crossings integrated in road construction. will be in BLT road and 7 in NB road. The design consultants did not • 11 zebra crossings (ZC) (including design the features as required 4 in BLT road and 7 in NB road) Table: Numbers of major zebra crossings and minor pedestrian and did not include the costs in with ramps and gender inclusive crossings in BLT road and NB road the BOQ. warning signs in major Total Road Z. Crossing P. Crossing intersections and 95 pedestrian crossings with warning signs in 63 It has been a challenge to let the NB Road 7 56 minor intersections constructed. stakeholders (CSC, PD/DOR), agree to proceed for the 43 BLT Road 4 39 approval, design and integrate • 41.7 km of PWD-friendly walkways the features not designed by the constructed on both sides of built- 106 Total 11 95 design consultants and not up areas. included in the BOQ of the Pedestrian Crossings: Pedestrian crossings with warning signs contractors. During consultation • Gender inclusive safety signage will be built in 95 locations including 56 in NB road and 43 in BLT and sensitization both the CSC posted. road. and PD/DOR expressed that it shall be difficult to include the • 60 bus stops constructed. 1.2 PWD-friendly Walkways: 41.7km of PWD-friendly walkways features which are not in the road will be constructed in both sides of built-up areas. They include 38 design and BOQ of the km in NB road and 3.7 km in BLT road. contractors. Table: Lengths of PWD-friendly walkways

Road Length The construction activities on road features making GESI NB Road 38.0 friendly are to be carried out at the end phase of the road BLT Road 3.7 construction. The BLT road has entered into this phase. The Total 41.7 stakeholders including PD (ADB), CSC team, and BLT road civil

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe 1.3 Gender Inclusive Safety Signage: Gender inclusive safety work contractor have been made signage will be posted in all zebra/pedestrian crossings, walkways, aware and sensitized of the need bus bays/stops, settlement zones and other areas as required. through reporting and verbal orientation. The contractor is 1.4 Bus Stops: 60 bus stops making friendly to women, children, reluctant to undertake the elderly, and people with disability will be constructed. They include construction in absence of design 43 in NB road and 17 in BLT road. and provision in the BOQ. It is high time that the design process Table: Numbers of bus stops be initiated, as the inclusion of Road Numbers design shall require acceptance by the stakeholders and also NB Road 43 shall require the variation order. ` BLT Road 17

Total 60

2. Cumulative Progress

2.1 Review: Design documents including plan and profiles, design drawings, design reports, contract documents of civil work contractors, provisions made in BOQ of the contractors, and the CSC contract documents were reviewed. The design requirements of GESI-friendly road features were found missing in the design documents. The information with the CSC Team Leader and engineers, and specialists engaged in the design project was shared. The information sharing helped confirm that the GESI friendly features were not designed.

In order to let the decision makers, understand the mandatory needs of integrating the road construction features making friendly to women, children, elderly, PWD, and vulnerable pedestrians and road users, and help proceed for the construction of GESI friendly road features, the following activities were carried out.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe 2.2 Orientation, Sensitization and Consultation: The CSC Team Leader, Resident Engineers, Asst. Resident Engineers, ADB mission members, then Project Director (ADB); and contractor’s team in BLT road were oriented, made aware, and sensitized on the road features requiring at least as per GESI AP. The activities were carried out through interpersonal communication and orientation meetings.

2.3 Needs Assessment: The needs assessment of GESI-friendly and road user friendly features and designs was carried out along the road corridors in BLT and NB roads. They were carried out through the orientation and sensitization activities, public consultation meetings, focus group discussions, and participant observation survey by involving the stakeholders and road users. Initially the activities were carried out during the period of project performance monitoring system survey, and later continued part by part for different methodologies,

2.4 Participant Observation Study: Participant observation on vehicle speed was carried out through observation & video recording in Mugling - Narayanghat road. The vehicle of the surveyor maintained the speed as per prohibitory speed limit signs posted along the Mugling - Narayaghat road. The video recordings of the vehicles undertaking the speedy overtaking against the speed limit displayed in the prohibitory speed limit signs.

The study was carried out on pedestrians' road crossing attempts in the BLT and NB roads. Pedestrians' attempts for road crossing, waiting done, and crossing speed of pedestrian for successful crossings as influenced by the vehicle speeds were noted.

3. Progress in the Quarter January - March 2020

3.1 Participant Observation and Consultation: The participant observation study on vehicle speed and road crossing attempts of pedestrians including women, children, elderly, and PWD continued

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe during this reporting quarter also in the BLT and NB roads. The findings of the study carried out before and in this quarter, are briefed below. The report with details of findings and suggested design guidance is separately prepared.

Major Findings:

3.1.1 Pedestrian Zebra Crossings

• At the study sites in both BLT and NB roads, there is no pedestrian zebra crossing. The pedestrians cross the road at any point. None of 4 and 2-wheeled vehicles slowed down to allow the pedestrians to cross the road in both BLT and NB roads.

• The pedestrians required to wait for crossing the road until all vehicles approaching the crossing site from both left and right passed.

• Women mainly pregnant and lactating women, carrying baby, walking with small child required to walk slower.

• Children used to cross the road carelessly without assessing the vehicle speed approaching them.

• One elder walking with the support of stick in the BLT road near Parsa Chowk succeeded to cross the road at 3rd attempts only. He watched the vehicles at far distance, started crossing, walked slow with the support of stick (seems to be caused by knee pain). On finding the vehicles approaching speedy towards the crossing site, he used to get back. He succeeded during 3rd attempt only.

• PWDs were enumerated 28,096 by the national census 2011 in the project districts (Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, and Kapilbastu).

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe The PWD consultation participants expressed that they shall have to face even worse problems when requiring to cross 4 lane roads against the speedy vehicles.

• The participant observation and public consultation participants strongly demanded the need of pedestrian zebra crossings making friendly to women, children, elderly, people with disability, & all vulnerable pedestrians.

• Pedestrians expressed that they require crossing the road amidst the fear of crash with the speedy vehicles approaching the crossing sites. They rather preferred to wait longer to let pass all the vehicles to safely cross the road.

3.1.2 PWD-friendly Walkways

• PWDs during consultation expressed that they face serious obstacles to participating in daily life activities i.e. going to work, school, or higher studies; gathering with friends or relatives, attending social events, shopping, visiting the health service. Inaccessible road facilities and public transportation impede independent navigation and participation. They confront stigma and discrimination almost everywhere in their daily lives. User- friendly road facilities for all types of road users including PWDs are the need of human rights, constitutional rights, and universal practice.

• The consultation participants expressed that the PWD-friendly features are required not only for the PWD but also for other road users citing the examples that all those who remain healthy and able-bodied all their lives are few. They shall need the road features designed as to the PWDs for crosswalk and walk in the walkways at any stage of life.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe 3.1.3 Gender-inclusive Safety Signage

• Random interviews with the drivers and other road users showed that they are often confused with the traffic signs: warning signs, regulatory signs, direction signs, information signs, supplementary plates, traffic light signals for vehicle & pedestrian crossing movements, road markings, posted and marked as per site-specific needs. The interviewees suggested that signs and signage alone are not adequate. They should have meaning in Nepali and or other languages written under each signage so that they help understand the message.

• The consultation participants opined that GESI-inclusive signage will promote the inclusion message and ownership for behavioral adoption of message by everyone.

3.1.4 Bus Stop

• Bus stops, bus bays, bus sheds need to be friendly to women, children, elderly, and PWD. Review of designs prepared by the design consultants found that they lack the features required to make friendly to women, children, elderly, and PWD. They require improvements in designs.

3.1.5 GESI-friendly Safety Features for Broader Road Users:

• The consultation participants in BLT & NB roads demanded the need of integrating GESI friendly features taking into consideration of behavioral awareness and safety needs of broad road user types and need of behavioral awareness of road safety:

o Persons with broken or disabled leg/s o Women/parents with pram: pushchair, baby carries o Women carrying baby or crossing the road with baby

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe o Matured pregnant women o Lactating women o Wheelchair users o Elderly and ill people with walking difficulties o Sightless or partially sighted people o Hearing impaired people o Children in schools o Private vehicle drivers o Public and commercial vehicle drivers o Two-wheeler motorcycle / scooter drivers o Bicycle riders o Vulnerable pedestrians and road users, and o People with varying abilities and disabilities.

3.2 Guidance for GESI-friendly Design Features

The guidance for the GESI-friendly design features have been developed to:

• Help initiate the process of approval for the inclusion of GESI- friendly and pedestrian-friendly design features as to the requirement of GESI AP. • Help design the features of road construction making friendly to vulnerable women, children, elderly and PWD. • Help approve the design and variation orders. • Help the Civil Work Contractors construct the GESI-friendly design features as per approved design. • Monitor/supervise the construction works of civil work contractors on construction features as to the approved design.

The guidance details with image to enable the design engineer to understand the concept of GESI-friendly features and design accordingly are documented separate. The followings are the briefs of the design features:

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe 3.2.1 Zebra Crossings with Ramps and Safety Measures

• Construction of median and/or refuge-island at the central line immediately before the zebra crossings allowing the pedestrian to take refuge at the median, refuge-island, or middle of zebra crossing, to watch if safe to cross the next half of the road, and then cross when safe.

• Construction of rumble strips or mild hump before approaching the zebra and pedestrian crossings or construction of zebra or pedestrian crossings itself with mild hump to force the driver to slow down the speed allowing the pedestrians including women, children, elderly, and people with disability to safely cross the road.

• Construction of ramp with standardized slope and size, dotted tactile pavement allowing the wheelchair or pushchair users to move up the footpath/walkway from the zebra crossing or get down the zebra crossing from walkway to cross the road through zebra crossings.

• Parallel straight lined tactile pavement in walkways footpath for visually impaired, sightless or partially sighted people.

3.2.2 Pedestrian Crossings

• For forced control of vehicle speed to permit the pedestrian to cross the road; the median and/or refuge-island at central line need to be constructed before immediately approaching the pedestrian crossings allowing the pedestrian to take refuge, watch if safe to cross the next half of the road, and cross the road when safe.

• GESI inclusive & friendly safety signage will be posted to make the vehicle users aware and help practically apply the instruction and messages.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe 3,2.3 PWD Friendly Walkway

• The design document has proposed a two-meter-wide footpath. For pedestrian safety, it may not be enough due to likely presence of other walking impedance elements i.e. trees, utility poles. mobile venders. There is also need of paving PWD- friendly tactile slabs in the midline of walkways. It is recommended that the cross section of 2m wide walkway be revisited and a 2.5 m wide walkway be considered.

• The design consultant has not designed the tactile pavement to be integrated in the walkway. The construction of ramp with standardized slope and size is required at the section of walkway to get down to the zebra crossing Circular dotted tactile pavement is required in the ramp in this portion to allow the wheelchair or pushchair users to move up the walkway or down to the zebra crossing from walkway.

• Parallel straight stripped tactile pavement is required in the central line of walkway for visually impaired, sightless or partially sighted people. At the site of curb in the walkway, the tactile pavement tiles filled with small circles is required. This indicates the user with the eye sight problem on the need of moving left / right.

• Overhanging signs in accessible pathways should be mounted at a minimum clear height of 2.00m to allowing a sightless person to pass safely. Overhanging vegetation should be clipped to a minimum clear height of 2.00 m. Undetectable obstacles mounted lower than 2.00 m may project a maximum distance of 0.10m into the pathway. Otherwise they should be recessed. Fixed poles should have contrasting durable color marking strips of at least 0.30 m in length, placed with the center line at a height between 1.40 m and 1.60 m, to warn pedestrians with limited vision. Garbage bins attached to lampposts should not face the line of pedestrian flow so as to minimize collisions

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe and should be painted in a contrasting color so that people with limited vision may easily identify them.

• The PWD consultation participants expressed that the user- friendly road facilities for all types of road users including PWDs are the need of human rights, constitutional rights, and universal practice.

The consultation participants expressed that the PWD-friendly features are required not only for the PWD but also for other road users citing the examples that all those who remain healthy and able-bodied all their lives are few. They shall need the road features designed as to the PWDs for crosswalk and walk in the walkways at any stage of life.

3.2.3 Women, Children, Elderly and PWD Friendly Bus Stop

• The bus stop, bus bay, bus shed lacks the design required to make friendly to women, children, elderly, and PWD.

• The walkway at bus stop and bus bay requires the ramp with the tactile pavement for PWD to get down and ride the bus or get up the walkway from the bus bay. In other case, the bus should have provision of hydraulic or manual platform to let the PWD get in the bus or get down from the bus. These requirements are not designed in the design document.

• The bus shed design needs the seats to address the requirement for pregnant and lactating women, persons with disability, women or men with baby, pregnant women, lactating women, elderly and ill people with walking difficulties, sightless or partially sighted people. The consultation participants

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe suggested the seats as designed shall not be adequate to address these needs.

• The consultation participants opined that the length breadth of roof is inadequate for protection from hot sun during summer and heavy rain during rainy season.

3.2.4 Cycle Lane

• The design document has no design for cycle lane. It is also not a part of GESI Action Plan activity. It is the demand of public consultation participants, and bicycle riders including those who regularly and everyday requires to ride the bi-cycle to reach their destination of workplace and get back, and a large number of girls and boys students who every school day use the bicycles to reach the schools and get back from the school. As observed, a large numbers of regular bicycle riders have been noted in BLT road followed by the NB road. They suggested that bicycle lane shall be demarcated at least using road marks.

3.2.4 Gender-Inclusive and GESI-friendly Safety Signage

• Drivers and road users were randomly tested if they understand the signs including warning signs, prohibitory signs, mandatory signs, priority signs, and informative signs. They were confused on meaning of signs. The participants suggested that the meaning of signs should be displayed under each sign in Nepali or other language as to the target group.

• The consultation participants expressed that the GESI-inclusive and friendly sign and signage will promote the inclusion message with ownership for behavioral adoption of the message.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe • The suggested design of gender inclusive and GESI-friendly safety signage has been drafted. They will be finalized by being with the Road Safety Specialist in the consultation workshop designed to be participated by the relevant stakeholder’s PD (ADB), Project Management Offices, CSC, and Civil Work Contractors.

3.3 Sensitization

• The sensitization has been ongoing through the formal reporting and informal reminders during the formal and informal occasions.

• Thanks to the Deputy Team Leader (DTL) agreeing on the need of road features making friendly to women, children, elderly and PWD, and has been supporting the proceeding for the implementation of the activity.

3.4 Sensitization and Consultation Workshop

• One Day Sensitization and Consultation Workshop of Stakeholders with the following objectives focusing on the performance targets to be achieved by the Civil Work Contractors has been designed. The budgets and workshop presentation tools have been drafted.

• Objective: o Sensitize the participants on GESI Action Plan. • Assess and agree on needs of integrating road design features that are friendly to elderly, children, women, and PWD. • Review, analyze, and finalize GESI-friendly design guidance. o Help the civil contractor better understand the contract documents, agreement, specification and conditions

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe relating to GESI Action Plan, Environment Management Plan, Road Safety Concerns and others as to the design documents and Contractor’s contract documents. • Develop and agree on modalities of: Ø Awareness training of civil work contractor's staffs and labors / workers on HIV AIDS STI and that of availing the prevention tools. Ø Ensuring participation of women in tree plantation program. Ø Ensuring participation of women and affected persons in labor works of contractors in construction and maintenance activities or as staff. Ø Ensuring that construction activities abide by core labor standards such as equal wages of men and women for work of equal value, prohibition of child labor, etc. Ø Monitoring, supervision, recording, reporting on performance and action in the case of non-compliance. Ø Establish the focal points of contractors and CSC for each task and role. It is planned to organize CSC TL Office Gaindakot. Date will be finalized through mutual discussion after approval of program and budget by PD (ADB). Activity 1.2: Ensure the participation of 2. GESI Action Plan Activity 1.2: Income Generation and women in the trainings on income Community Forest Management Training generation and community forest management for communities living in 2.1 Cumulative Progress the Chitwan National Park buffer zone 2.1.1 Consultation Performance Targets / Indicators: • At least 35% of Chitwan National • The consultation with the authorities of Chitwan National Park Park buffer zone training (CNP), women and men members of Community Forest User participants are women. Groups in CNP buffer zone, Buffer Zone Management Council, Divisional Forest Offices, NTNC Biodiversity Conservation Center, and Nature Trust for Nature Conservation has been carried out.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe • As to the consultation participant, the buffer zone communities largely depend on biodiversity conservation for their livelihood.

• The households tend to depend on the inputs to their farming systems from forest lands; and on laboring, artisanal work, NTFP collections, fuel wood, livestock, and local businesses.

• Human and wildlife conflict is often caused by the dependency of the users on forests as the users are required to enter the forests to collect their livelihood needs.

• The income generation and community forest management training should include the training subjects focusing on diverting the dependency of buffer zone user groups on forest and biodiversity conservation-oriented forest management.

• Although the operation plan of buffer zone management is discussed among the buffer zone users’ committees, the better space for participation of women in community forest management and income generation is not utilized as required.

• The conservation of buffer zone through the wise access of women is restricted. The women's capacity and role in income generation and community forest management is not adequately utilized. There should be adequate space for women participation in the training on the income generation and community forest management.

• To give efficacy to the buffer zone concept, there is provision of sharing 30-50% of Chitwan National Park income for community development to fund proposals submitted by buffer zone user groups through buffer zone user group council. The fund is utilized in income generation skill training together with

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe the wildlife-friendly and biodiversity conservation-oriented activities and community development types of activities.

• The work of the council on income generation activities will be assessed and the scope for improved intervention needs to be worked out during the training needs assessment activities.

• The entrepreneurship training in association with the income generation skill is required to enable the participants to practically undertake the business scheme in association with the income generation scheme,

2.1.2 Training Needs Assessment

• The training needs assessment tools for assessing the needs and scopes of the income generation and community forest management has been developed.

• Preliminary scope and ideas for inclusion in the training to match the training with the needs of Biodiversity Conservation Plan has been developed.

• As to the primary assessment, the basic aim of the biodiversity conservation plan is to: o Help enhance the activities focusing on biodiversity conservation improving the wildlife habitat in the forest patches; o Help reduce the direct pressure of people in these forest patches through alternative income generation options and community forest management.

• The consultation meeting with the Nature Trust for Nature Conservation has been carried out to proceed the further activities. The meeting was participated by the CNP NTNC Chief, Wildlife Research Officer of Biodiversity Conservation

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Center/NTNC, Conservation Officer of NTNC, Admin Staff of NTNC together with CSC GESI Specialist and Environment Specialist.

• The Nature Trust for Nature Conservation with Biodiversity Conservation Center will work with the SRIP for the Training on Income Generation and Community Forest Management for CNP Buffer Zone user groups.

• The discussion on budget estimate based on the experience of the trainings conducted by the NTNC in the past concluded that overall training costs shall be Rs. 2500 per person per day.

• In the process of concluding the needs assessment, one day workshop shall be carried out, where the findings of the structured assessment of needs and scope of income generation and community forest management will be presented for plenary discussion followed by the group discussions. Accordingly, selecting the training subjects and criteria for selecting the participants. The estimated numbers of participants involving both men and women from the stakeholder organizations are 70. The cost for workshop is estimated Rs. 150,000.

2,2 Progress in the Quarter January - March 2020

• Buffer zones around Chitwan National Parks are designed to maintain ecological integrity and ensure community participation in biodiversity conservation. Buffer zone user groups are formulated aiming to enhance stewardship by buffer zone communities on biodiversity conservation by increasing awareness, minimizing human-wildlife conflicts and improving livelihood of people.

• The Chitwan National Park invests a large amount. The annual budget of all buffer zone user committees amounts more than

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe US$1.2 million, which is a large amount. The budget is derived from the daily entry fee for foreign visitors, which is Rs. 1500 at present. In addition to park revenue, each community forest user groups in the buffer zone also earn approximately US$0.5 million annually from ecotourism activities.

• Major programs implemented from available budgets are anti- poaching operations and surveillance, grassland and wetland management, basic physical infrastructure construction, eco- tourism promotion, community development, public awareness, monitoring, research & institutional strengthening.

• The income generation trainings carried out with the support of available budget for buffer zone committees are the followings.

Income Generation Trainings conducted in the past for buffer zone communities Agriculture & vegetable Agriculture & veterinary farming Livestock Painting

House wiring Mobile phone repair

Repair & maintenance of Materials production from motorcycles bamboo

Cook and waiter Sheep farming

Driving Alternative energy

Weaving Sewing cutting

Woodwork Mason

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Gas cooker repair Poultry farming

Swine farming Bee farming & honey

Fish farming Nursery management

Improved cooker Plumbing

Incense sticks Hotel management

Mechanical technician Beauty parlor

Radio Banana farming

Artist Vegetable seed

Mushroom farming Nature guide

Nature guide Organic farming

Self-employment Hybrid livestock

Silk worm farming Paper production from elephant excreta

Handicraft market Herbs farming

Rope production Veterinary vaccine

Internet Grill production

Turmeric production Fruit production

• The income generation trainings conducted in the past will be reviewed if they are implemented by the trainees and the

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe results achieved if implemented. Case study of successful and unsuccessful cases will be carried out. This will guide the training design and selection of training subjects.

• Buffer zone communities during initial consultation suggested that the income generation and community forest management training to be supported by the project should be conducted not for the sake of formality but to enable the trainees to practically implement, sustain and benefit the participants with impact on CNP buffer zone management. The Chitwan National Park and NTNC authorities suggested to focus the training design accordingly.

• The training will accordingly aim to reduce the dependency of local people in park resources, in the same time to uplift their standard of living, income generation and skill development activities targeted towards marginalized communities.

• The training subjects, participant selection criteria, selection procedure will be specified during training needs assessment and concluded by the one day workshop of the stakeholders.

• The understanding among the SRIP, CNP, and CNP Buffer Zone User Group Council will be made that the SRIP will invest for the training, and CNP Buffer Zone Council will support the implementation of the knowledge and skill developed by the participants.

Activity 1.3: Conduct trainings in Activity 1.3: Training in Leadership and Team Management for The women group suggested the leadership and team management for women members of the community forest user groups. need of sensitization training of women who are members of the men in leadership roles in order to community forest user groups. 1. Cumulative Progress help promote the women in leadership and team Performance Targets / Indicators: The consultation activities on the needs of training in leadership and management role. The GESI AP • At least 110 women who are part of team management for women members of community forest user do not have this provision. the 34 community forest user groups have been carried out with the CNP buffer zone offices,

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe groups of the National Park buffer community forest user groups including women groups, and zone have participated in a executive members of community forest user groups. leadership and team management training program. 1.1 Review of Women in Leadership and Team Management for Community Forest Management

• Review was carried out to help design the training in leadership and team management for women members of the community forest user groups.

• The community forest user group organizations are operated as guided by the constitution of the user group organizations and CNP buffer zone community forest management plan. The constitution of the CFUGs has provisioned 33% women representatives in executive body. As to the current status, The CFUG has practice of electing 11 persons including at least 3 women for the Executive Committee. Except one community forest user group, none of other CFUGs possesses the woman in executive role as chair-person, vice-chair person, member secretary. As to the women consultation participants, the women are often marginalized in the decision-making process.

The community forest user groups in project area buffer zone of Chitwan National Park are 34. The GESI AP has targeted to train at least 110 women from 34 community forest user groups.

The women participants of consultation activities suggested that male executive members need the orientation and sensitization on the needs and importance with modality for women in leadership and team management role in community forest management.

• The user groups are the effective managers of the forests, given the appropriate decision-making roles. There are a large number of proven cases in many parts of the country. As reported by the consultation participants, women in leadership and team management role is inadequately addressed.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe

• The needs and scope assessment of training on leadership and team management will be simultaneously carried out during the needs assessment activities for income generation and community forest management to define the contents of the training through the perspective of community forest management by engaging women in leadership role.

• This shall be followed by the training design and conducts with monitoring and enforcement system.

Progress in the Quarter January - March 2020

• Contents and modality for training on women in leadership and team management is drafted, based on the review of cases on women in leadership and team management role, and impacts so far could be achieved by the leadership role of women in community forest management. The training design will be finalized during the process of needs assessment activities.

Activity 1.4: Ensure the participation of Activity 1.4: Participation of women in tree plantation program The Civil Work Contractor has women in tree plantation program. informed about the difficulties in 1. Cumulative Progress finding the local labor, in which • At least 30% of tree plantation case they asked if they shall laborers are women. BLT Road: mobilize the labor from other areas, where they shall collect • Provision in bidding document Tree Cutting and Handover: All 2078 trees have been cut down the labor involving the petti labor specifying participation of women along the road within the construction width of the right of way contractor. The GESI/CSC has included. (ROW) of the road. Handing over of all tree logs, wood & timber has proposed that the CSC shall been accomplished. Handover documents have been received from support the Lumbini both Kapilbastu and Rupendehi Divisional Forest Offices. Development Trust in mobilizing the neighborhood communities of Legal Provision for Compensatory Tree Plantation: As to the Lumbini Garden for engaging requirement of forest act and regulation, the compensatory tree them including 30% women in plantation requires the plantation of 1:25. The numbers of trees to compensatory tree plantation be planted as per this requirement is 51,950. After the meetings with process. . the Divisional Forest Offices in Rupandehi and Kapilbastu, BLT road

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Project Management Office, Civil Work Contractor, and CSC, the understanding has been made that about 5000 trees shall be planted along the road side as a part of compensatory plantation.

The remaining required numbers of compensatory trees are 46,950. There are two provisions in forest regulation to undertake such large numbers of compensatory tree plantation.

Provision 1: The project pays the required costs to the respective Forest Office to undertake all the proceedings of compensatory tree plantation.

Provision 2: The Forest Office helps the project to locate the land for compensatory tree plantation. The project undertake all the proceeding of the compensatory tree plantation and handover the required numbers of grown-up trees to the Forest Office after the 5th years of plantation.

As to the past practices, the DOR prefer the provision 1 where it has no responsibility except handing over the costs to the Forest Offices for the plantation activities. As experienced in the past, there is little scope that the Forest Offices undertake the responsibility of implementing the GESI performance target of engaging 30% women labor. Although the authorities in the Forest Offices verbally agree, there is no provision of enforcing them on the condition. There is no practice of reporting to the DOR by the Forest Offices on where, when and how do they undertake the compensatory tree plantation and if they perform the agreed conditions.

Orientation of BLT Road Contractor: The Civil Work Contractor is responsible for compensatory tree plantation in road sides. The contractor has been oriented on the needs of engagement of at least 30% women in plantation activities. The Contractor has agreed and expressed the commitment that although it is difficult to find the local labor including women labor, they will try their level best to employ the targeted minimum 30% women by engaging the petti-labor

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe contractor who shall bring the labor including women from other areas of project districts or out of project districts in case of non- availability of locals.

In the process of consultation by the GESI Specialist and Environment with the Lumbini Development Trust, the Trust requested to undertake the Compensatory Tree Plantation in the Lumbini Garden. As to requirement of the Master Plan of Lumbini, there is adequate space available for planting over 46,950 trees.

After discussing the issue with all concerned authorities in CSC, BLT Road Project Management Office, and Rupandehi Divisional Forest Office, it was agreed to proceed the compensatory tree plantation in Lumbini Garden. GESI Specialist with Environment Specialist in consultation with the BLT Road Project Management Office, Lumbini Trust, and Rupandehi Divisional Forest Office, the Memo of Understanding (MOU) including the condition of engaging at least 30% women was prepared.

The MOU was signed by the Chief of Rupandehi Divisional Forest Office, Vice Chairperson and Member Secretary of Lumbini Development Trust (LDT), and BLT Road Project Manager, with the witness signs done by the GESI Specialist, Environment Specialist, Safeguard Specialist, and other staffs of LDT, PMO, and CSC.

Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) has formally submitted the Request Letter to the BLT Road Project Management Office to carry out the compensatory tree plantation as required by the BLT road in the Lumbini Garden. The detail budget estimate with breakdown including the costs for nursery plants, land preparation, plantation activities, taking care of plants, plant maintenance and protection activities including labor costs. GESI Specialist with Environment Specialist have carried out further meeting with the Trust in 19 December 2019 to discuss the modality for the whole process of compensatory plantation.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe The Lumbini Trust has agreed to engage the neighborhood communities of Lumbini Garden including women and has requested the project to facilitate the meeting with the communities encouraging the community people and women to participate the compensatory tree plantation and protection activities.

The majority numbers of trees planned to planted are fruit trees with some decorative and biodiversity conservation-oriented trees. On request of the project, the trust has agreed that the local communities shall have access to 10% fruits productions free of cost on being engaged in tree plantation, taking care and protecting the planted trees.

It has been agreed to proceed the meeting with the stakeholders including local communities before proceeding the land preparation in Lumbini Garden.

2. Progress during the quarter January - March 2020

As planned and agreed with the Lumbini Development Trust, GESI Specialist with Social and Environment External Monitoring Expert (PD (ADB)), CSC Environment Specialist, Tree Plantation Expert, and Social Mobiliser visited the Lumbini Garden, assessed the land for cleaning the and undertaking the layout design, visited the neighborhood communities of Lumbini Garden, and exchanged information for tree plantation.

The team approached the surrounding communities of Lumbini Garden, built the rapport with them, disseminated the information about the compensatory tree plantation plan and on how the local communities shall benefit by participating in tree plantation and protection proceedings.

The community participants expressed their willingness to join the tree plantation and protection activities. They informed that being Muslim community, women in their communities shall be restricted to participate in social gatherings' If they are organized they shall

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe participate in tree plantation. They requested to help women from Muslim Communities to organize in groups and train them enabling them to participate in tree plantation and protection activities.

The preparation has been proceeded for orientation training of women groups.

Activity 1.5: Conduct a time-use study Activity 1.5: Women's time use study to assess the project’s impact on women’s safety and mobility including 1. Cumulative Progress (i) women’s use of the roads/border crossing/walkways, bus shelters, (ii) Time use study has been proceeded at two phases. Phase I has impact on women’s travel time and time been accomplished by undertaking the following activities: poverty; and (iii) women’s satisfaction with the project benefits. Phase I: Phase I study has been carried out in association with the PPMS baseline survey using the following tools and • Time use study assessing the methods. project’s impact on women’s mobility and agency with project • In-depth-questionnaire covering women’s safety and mobility baseline and post-project surveys. including women’s use of roads, border crossings, walkways, The post-project survey will collect bus shelters, travel time, time poverty, and concerns of project qualitative data via interviews and benefits. focus group discussions for the project completion report. • Focus group discussions using guidelines and checklists with the purposive groups of male and female groups separately and jointly involving the organized and non-organized groups.

• Key Informant Interviews covering the local social and political leaders and local government, non-government, private sector organizations, women groups, civil society and community-based organizations.

Phase II: Phase II is scheduled to be carried out with the women and men participants of the in association with the following activities. • Trainings of project influenced people in BLT and NB road corridors on HIV AIDS and Human Trafficking

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe • Training of women groups / community groups on road safety • Training of CNP buffer zone user groups on income generation and community forest management training • Training of CNP buffer zone women members of community forest user groups on leadership and team management training.

2. Progress in the Quarter January - March 2020

The preparation of tools for women's time use study to be carried out with the participants of trainings as listed above has been proceeded.

Activity 1.6: Conduct gender-sensitive Activity 1.6: HIV AIDS STI and human trafficking awareness public preventative human trafficking training. and HIV/AIDS & STI awareness-raising sessions to communities and labors. 1. Cumulative Progress

• At least 500 community members Improvised Information Education Communication (IEC) materials (at least 40% women) from all for awareness sessions have been prepared by integrating the VDCs and municipalities crossed appropriate materials of the government and non-government by the alignments have organizations taking approval for integration: participated in HIV/AIDS & STI sessions during the first 3 years of o Stakeholder government and non-government organizations construction. were visited exploring the scope of cooperation:

o • At least 50 HIV/AIDS & STI National Council for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) o preventative awareness signs are Health Education Information and Communication Center set up in strategic places along the / Ministry of Health o corridor prior to the start of Women Children and Social Welfare Offices o construction. District Coordination Offices o District Health Offices o NGO Maiti Nepal • All civil works laborers have o NGO ABC Nepal received training on HIV/AIDS &

STI prevention. • The IEC materials designed include the followings

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe • At least 2,000 community o Hanging posters on HIV AIDS STI and Human Anti- members (50% women) from all trafficking VDCs and municipalities crossed o Brochures/leaflets on HIV AIDS STI & Human Anti- by the alignment have participated trafficking in human trafficking awareness o Booklet on HIV AIDS STI & Human Anti-trafficking sessions. o Flex prints on HIV AIDS STI & Human Anti-trafficking

The copies of the materials prepared by different organizations including National Center for AIDS and STI Control (NCASC), Health Education Information and Communication Center of Ministry of Health and different non-government organizations have been collected. The collected materials have been reviewed. The improvement needs of the materials have been assessed. The improvised materials will be printed and utilized in awareness training of local communities, local organizations, and stakeholder organizations and disseminating the prevention message involving the snowballing approach.

Snowballing training approach involving the following stages has been developed:

1. “Trainer’s Training” of Social Mobilizers of all 3 road packages: NB01, NB02, and BLT03. 2. Pre-test of IEC materials 3. Improvements by involving the trained Social Mobilizers based on the pre-test findings. 4. Printing / publishing of the IEC materials. 5. Finalization of training materials for Trainers 6. Demonstration training by the GESI Specialist and Resource Expert in NB01, NB02, and BLT03 7. Training by Social Mobilizers in NB01, NB02, BL03 under the Supervision of GESI Specialist and Resource Expert 8. Continuation of independent training by Social Mobilizers covering all rural municipalities and municipalities.

The database of potential participant local organizations covering all rural municipalities (called VDC before operation of federal and

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe provincial government) and municipalities, based on which the numbers of training to be organized have been worked out and estimated budget have been prepared for each road packages NB01, NB02, and BLT03.

Different stakeholder government, non-government organizations have been visited. Information has been shared with them on the SRIP concerns and approach of intervening HIV, AIDS, and STI awareness sessions. The stakeholders shared on their use of IEC materials including posters, brochures, booklets and others prepared by them. The copies of the materials prepared by different organizations including National Center for AIDS and STI Control, Health Education Information and Communication Center of Ministry of Health and different non-government organizations have been collected. The collected materials have been reviewed. The improvement needs of the materials have been assessed in the context of road project and needs of communities. The improvised materials will be printed and utilized for awareness training of local communities, local organizations, and stakeholder organizations for their own use and for disseminating the prevention message involving the snowballing approach.

Preparing Social Mobilizers and Peer Trainers: The Social Mobilizers will be provided the Training of Trainers enabling them to conduct and facilitate HIV, AIDS, STI sessions. The local organizations including women group organizations and their networks, community-based and civil society organizations, local clubs and other stakeholder organizations will be provided training achieving the performance targets. The interest organizations will be encouraged to snowball the awareness training of their peers in their own organizations and neighborhood communities. The monitoring and reporting system will be worked out for verifying the conduct of their awareness activities.

Arrangement for Awareness Signs: It is planned to undertake the walkover survey during PPMS baseline survey in next quarter during when the sites for setting up awareness signs in strategic places will

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe be identified. The public around the potential strategic sites will be informed and consulted. The messages to be included in the preventive awareness sites have been drafted. They shall be improved through the consultations with the stakeholders.

Arrangement for Training of Civil Work Laborers on HIV, AIDS & STI: The training workshop of BLT road civil contractors has been scheduled for next quarter, where the plan, monitoring and reporting system will be worked out to provide training of all civil work laborers.

Arrangement for Awareness Sessions on Human Trafficking: Stakeholder government and non-government organizations have been visited. Information has been shared with them on the SRIP concerns and approach of intervening human trafficking prevention awareness sessions in the road projects. The stakeholders shared about their program activities and on their use of IEC materials. The copies of the materials prepared by different organizations including Maiti Nepal, ABC Nepal, and other national and international organizations have been collected and reviewed. The improvement needs of the materials have been assessed in the context of using them in road project. The improvised materials will be printed and utilized for awareness training of local communities, local organizations, and stakeholder organizations for their own use and for disseminating the prevention message involving the snowballing approach.

The Social Mobilizers will be provided the Training of Trainers enabling them to conduct and facilitate human anti-trafficking sessions. The local organizations including women group organizations and their networks, community-based and civil society organizations, local clubs and other stakeholder organizations will be provided training achieving the performance targets. The interest organizations will be encouraged to snowball the awareness training of their peers in their own organizations and neighborhood communities. The monitoring and reporting system will be worked out for verifying the conduct of their awareness activities.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Progress during the quarter January - March 2020:

Budget Preparation: The quotation for printing of IEC materials have been collected from 3 printing presses. The budget has been prepared for printing of the materials. The preparation has been done to proceed for approval.

Activity 1.7: Ensure that non-title Activity 1.7: Joint Compensation and Livelihood Training The PAPs mainly women holder heads of households and expressed difficulties to attend spouses receive joint compensation 1. Cumulative Progress the training in the venue far and affected female-headed away from their residences. households receive compensation and In BLT road, total 11 non-title holder households were affected by benefit from livelihood improvement the structure acquisition. Of them, 10 households have received trainings. both 1st and 2nd installments of compensation amounts. One household delayed the dismantling of affected part of structure, and • 32 non-title holder households compensation payment was delayed. Total amount NRs receive resettlement assistance in 1,200,579.65 has been distributed for project affected families. the names of head of household Project affected people will be receive skill development training. and spouse when relevant. Selection of the trainees and their need assessment has been also completed. • All affected female-headed households have bank accounts in 2. Progress in the quarter January - March 2020 their names. The budget has been prepared for livelihood training in BLT road. The interested participants expressed difficulties to attend the • All affected female-headed training in the venue far away from their residences. The households receive compensation, arrangement has been done to organize training in Parsa chowk, additional assistance and benefits near Lumbini Garden. from livelihood training.

The verification process is ongoing in NB road, based on which the affected households will be finalized, and budget approval process will be undertaken..

Activity 1.8: Ensure that construction Activity 1.8: Abiding core labor standards activities abide by core labor standards, such as equal wages of 1. Cumulative Progress

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe men and women for work of equal 1,1 Orientation training of civil work contractor value, prohibition of child labor, etc. • It is common practice of civil work contractors to use the petti- Ø Bidding documents and labor contractors to recruit and mobilize the construction contracts contain provisions on workers. Petti labor contractor pay inconsistent lesser wage to core labor standards. women workers against men labor with erroneous logic that the work quantity and quality is different. Similarly, they use child Ø Incidents of non-compliance labor. In both cases, the intention of petti-labor contractor is reported. profit.

• The BLT road civil work contractor's management, engineering, and field staffs were oriented on the performance requirement for activity of abiding core labor standards including equal wages of men and women for work of equal value, prohibition of child labor, personal protection equipment, and safety measures in work camps, workplaces, at very initial stage of mobilization of BLT road contractor.

1.2 Monitoring and Supervision

Monitoring and supervision templates were prepared. Two types of templates were developed:

1) The contractor requiring to report every month on labor engaged by contractor every month including name, sex, age, caste, ethnicity, home district, work type, wage rate 2) Verification template to be used by CSC team. 3) Non-compliance template to be used by CSC

Output 2: Road Safety and Maintenance Improved. Activity 2.1: Conduct road safety Activity 2.1: Road Safety Awareness Campaign awareness campaigns to communities along corridor (audience: pedestrians, 1. Cumulative Progress and professional bus and truck drivers in consultation with professional drivers’ associations):

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Baseline survey on road accident has been carried out in the BLT • At least 3,000 residents (with at and NB road. The road safety awareness training/ session/ least 40% women) from VDCs and outreach plan targeted to communities, pedestrians, bus and truck municipalities crossed by the road drivers, school teachers and students have been prepared. The alignments participated in road Information Education Communication (IEC) materials including safety awareness sessions. videos for the road safety awareness sessions have been prepared. The Road Safety Awareness Campaign Plan as to the • At least 50% of students (at least performance target of GESI action plan targeting communities, 50% are schoolgirls) of at least 100 schools, vehicle drivers, transport workers, pedestrians have been kindergartens, primary and prepared. A total of 60 drivers and students of 4 schools have secondary schools within 1 km of been provided basic road safety training in Taulihawa. the alignment participated in road safety awareness sessions.

• At least 150 professional bus and truck drivers attended a session on road safety measure.

Activity 2.2: Encourage participation The standard format for recording and reporting with names, sex, of women and affected persons in age, work done, working period, and wages received has been maintenance activities. developed, this will have finalized during the training workshop of the civil contractors. The reporting and inspection system will be • At least 10% of contractor staff and agreed and proceeded for monthly and quarterly reporting. laborers are women and PAPs. The inclusion of at least 10% local unskilled workers as women. • Payroll with names, sex, work Total cumulative person days of unskilled labor employment by this done, working period, and wages quarter July – September 2019 are 444,768, where the employment received, are made available for person days of men are 372,271 (83.8 %) and women 72,052 (16.2 inspection by PIU. %). The update of the profile of workers including name segregated by sex has been ongoing Thus, the remaining target is also on track of being achieved. Clause in bidding document encouraging recruitment of PAPs, women and local community residents.

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Activities/ Measures, Indicators / Targets, Responsibility & Progress to Date Issues and Challenges Timeframe Activity 3.1 Implement GESI activities, The standard formats have been developed. They will be finalized monitor progress and collect sex- during second quarter of the project by undertaking the consultation disaggregated data. with the CSC team, contractors’ management team, and PD (ADB)/ DOR. • All activities mentioned above will be supported by the collection of All Specialists including GESI & Livelihood Specialist, Environment sex-disaggregated data and Specialist, Wildlife Expert, Road Safety Specialist, Transport reported in the Social and Gender Economist, and Resettlement Specialist have been mobilized. The Monitoring Report. recruitment and mobilization of Social Development Officer, and 6 Social Mobilizers has been done. . • GESI implementation includes (all national positions): 1 gender key expert (24 months), 1 road safety key expert (24 months), 1 social development officer (24 months), 1 human trafficking officer (12 months), 6 gender and community awareness social mobilizers (total of 180 months) •

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