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Social Safeguard Monitoring Report Project No. 43281-013 Semestral Report January 2021 Nepal: Tanahu Hydropower Project Prepared by Tanahu Hydropower Limited for the Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank. This social safeguard 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. Social Safeguard Monitoring Report July – December 2020 Project No. 43281-013 Semi Annual Report July- December 2020 Nepal: Tanahu Hydropower Project Prepared by Tanahu Hydropower Limited for the Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank This social safeguard 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.2990/2991-Nepal Social Safeguard Monitoring Report Semi-Annual Progress Report: July – December 2020 Nepal: Tanahu Hydropower Project Prepared by: Tanahu Hydropower Limited - Environment and Social Management Unit (ESMU) for Asian Development Bank Supported by: ELC Electro Consult SPA. Italy, in association with GEOCE Consultants (P.) Ltd, Kathmandu, Consulting Services for Environment and Social Management Service Provider This social safeguard monitoring report is a document of the borrower and made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Public Communications Policy 2011 and the Safeguard Policy Statement 2009. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff. Tanahu Hydropower Project Social Safeguard Monitoring Report January – June 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................................... I LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................. I LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................... II LIST OF ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................. II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 2 PROJECT STATUS ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PHASES ............................................................................................................... 1 2.2 NATIONAL LOCKDOWN IN CONNECTION WITH COVID-19 ................................................................................. 2 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................... 3 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROVIDER ACTIVITIES (ESMSP) .......................................... 3 3 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................................................................................ 3 3.1 MONITORING ............................................................................................................................................ 3 3.2 DATABASE PREPARATION ............................................................................................................................. 4 4 CLEARANCE OF MAJOR CONSTRUCTION WORKS ..................................................................................... 4 4.1 FOREST AREA CLEARANCE/ USE OF FOREST AREA: .......................................................................................... 4 4.2 REPLACEMENT OF STRUCTURES ..................................................................................................................... 5 4.3 LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION STATUS ............................................................................................. 5 5 REHABILITATION & INDIGENOUS PEOPLE PLAN ....................................................................................... 9 5.1 INCOME RESTORATION & REHABILITATION ...................................................................................................... 9 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ....................................................................................................... 10 7 GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION .......................................................................................... 14 8 ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GRM ............................................................................... 15 8.1 GRIEVANCE ADDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................................................... 15 8.2 IMPLEMENTATION OF GRIEVANCES .............................................................................................................. 16 9 STATUS OF COMPLAINT TO OSPF (ADB) & CM (EIB) .............................................................................. 17 10 PUBLIC CONSULTATION, AWARENESS, MEETING & DISCLOSURE .......................................................... 17 11 OTHER ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................. 22 11.1 VIRTUAL REVIEW MISSION OF ADB ................................................................................................... 22 12 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................................... 22 LIST OF TABLES Table 4-1 Hydropower Component: Summary of the AHs and Related Compensation Status .............................. 5 Table 4-2: Hydropower Component: Summary of Compensation Amount ......................................................... 6 Table 4-3: Summary of Transmission Line Alignment ............................................................................................ 8 Table 4-4: Compensation Budget for Transmission Line ........................................................................................ 8 Table 6-1: CDS Target Municipalities .................................................................................................................... 11 Table 6-2: CDP Target Villages and Status of Survey ............................................................................................ 12 Table 7-1 Participants to LCFs Meeting - Gender Breakdown (July- December 2020) ......................................... 14 Table 7-2 :Participants to Community Meetings - Gender Breakdown (July- December 2020) ........................... 14 Table 7-3: Participants to Community Consultation Transmission line Components - Gender Breakdown (July- December 2020) ................................................................................................................................................... 15 i Tanahu Hydropower Project Social Safeguard Monitoring Report January – June 2020 Table 8-1: Summary of Complaints as of December, 2020–Hydropower Component ........................................ 16 Table 10-1: Summary of the Minutes of Meeting of LCFs (Hydropower Component) ......................................... 18 Table 10-2: Summary of the Minutes of Meeting of CDC (Transmission Line Component) ................................. 20 Table 10-3: Summary of the Minutes of Meeting of Community Consultation (Transmission Line Component) 21 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2-1: Route Alignment of the 220 kV Transmission Line Project .................................................................. 2 Figure 5-1: Preferences of Female Applicants ........................................................................................................ 9 Figure 5-2: Preferences of Male Applicants .......................................................................................................... 10 Figure 6-1 :Community Survey Map ..................................................................................................................... 11 LIST OF ANNEXES Annex 1: Project Implementation Schedule Annex 2: Social Questionnaires Annex 3: GIS Map Annex 4: Trainings Interests Annex 5: Tailoring Training – Progress sheet Annex 6: list of APs Employed in the Project as of December 2020 Annex 7: Proposal for the Scholarship Program Annex 8: Progress of the Community Development Works Annex 9: A list of 35 Demands of Jhaputar and Their Status Annex 10: Minutes of Meetings of Consultation Meetings-Hydropower Component Annex 11: Minutes of CDC/Sub-Committee Meetings- TL Component Annex 12: Minutes of Meetings