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Semi-Annual Social Monitoring Report Project number: 42486-016 Period: February – July 2018 Submission Date: March 2019 IND: Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Program This report was prepared by Project Management Consultants, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for the Asian Development Bank. This document is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy and does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. MADHYA PRADESH URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED MADHYA PRADESH URBAN SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN ASSISTANCE (LOAN NO. 3528-IND) SEMI ANNUAL SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT (SSMR) ON SOCIALSAFEGUARDS (Tranche 1) Period: February 2018 to July 2018 Submitted by: PROJECT MANAGEMENT COUNSULTANTS, BHOPAL (TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED J/V JPS ASSOCAITES PVT. LTD) i ABBREVIATION ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected Household AP Affected Person BPL Below Poverty Line CAPP Community Action and Participation Program CPR Common Property Resources EA Executing Agency GoI Government of India GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IP Indigenous Peoples IR Income Restoration IR Involuntary Resettlement ISA Initial Social Assessment LA Land Acquisition LAA Land Acquisition Act LIG Lower Income Group M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PAF Project Affected Family PAH Project Affected Household PIU Project Implementation Unit PMU Project Management Unit MPUDCL Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited MPUSIP Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project ROR Record of Rights RoW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation SAQMR Semi Annual Quaterly Monitoring Report SC Scheduled Caste ST Scheduled Tribe TH Titleholder UDED Urban Development and Environment Department WHH Women Headed Household ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Heading Chapter Page No. A Executive Summary 1 B Background of the Report and Project Description 3 C Scope of Social Safeguard Impacts 5 D Compensation and Rehabilitation 21 E Public Participation and Consultation 26 F Grievance Redressal Mechanism 28 G Institutional Arrangements 33 H Monitoring results - Findings 36 I Compliance OF Safeguard Loan Covenants 36 J Follow up Action, Recommendation and Disclosure 41 Tables Table 1 Status of Involuntary Resettlement (IR) and Indigenous 7 People (IP) Reports of Subprojects under Tranche 1 Table 2 List of Awarded Packages & Name of DBO Contractor along 12 with Progress (in %) of Design Submitted Table 3 Safeguard issues and Mitigation measures 15 Table 4 Town-wise Progress of the Household Survey 16 Table 5 Town-wise Land Related Issues 17 Table 6 Status of compensation payment during reporting period 25 (February 2018 – July 2018) Table 7 Status of GRC Formation 27 Table 8 Detail of Grievances during the Reporting Period (February 31 2018 – July 2018) Table 9 Deployment of Social Safeguards officials during Reporting 32 Period (February 2018 – July 2018) Table 10 Status of Compliance of ADB’s Loan Covenants related to 34 Social Safeguard Issues Table 11 Status of Compliance of Resettlement & Social Safeguard 37 Issues Table 12 Status of Compliance of Resettlement & Social Safeguard 41 Issues Figure Figure 1 Map Showing Sub-Project Towns of MPUSIP 42 Figure 2 Structure and process of GRM 30 Appendix Appendix 1 Package-wise and Town-wise Progress of Drawing Design 43 and Physical Progress Appendix 2 Photographs of Disclosure of IR & IP Report in Hindi 69 Language at respective ULBS Appendix 3 Copy of the Household Survey 74 Appendix 4 Details of Consultations during Subproject Implementation 76 (February 2018 – July 2018) Appendix 5 Office Order of EA to Establish GRC at subproject town 102 level Appendix 6 List of the Towns Package-wise (Both Tr. 1 and Tr. 2) 106 iii Appendix 7 Detail of Land Ownership and Transfer of proposed 109 land/site Appendix 8 NoC Issued by PWD and Letter Written to Tehsildar for 124 Demarkation of the Proposed Site of Sump Well iv A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Urban Development and Environment Department (UDED) of Government of Madhya Pradesh launched Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project (MPUSIP) with the loan assistance from Asian Development Bank (LOAN NO. 3528-IND). The Urban Development and Environment Department (UDED) is an executing agency for the Project. Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited (MPUDC) is the nodal implementing agency (IA) through a central Project Management Unit (PMU) for implementation of the Project with further supported by Program Implementation Units (PIUs). The PMU has been assisted by Project Management Consultant (PMC) namely M/S TATA Consulting Engineers Limited in association with JPS Associates Private Limited, New Delhi. The Project intends to ensure: a) Continuous, pressurized, safe and sustainable drinking water through private household metered connections in 128 towns; and b) Sewage and storm water collection Major Achievements and treatment systems are proposed in • Compliance of the ADB observations on IR 12 identified towns including national DDR and IP DDR, heritage towns Sanchi and Khajuraho & • Summary of IR and IP reports in Hindi were Rajnagar. prepared for 44 towns under 15 packages to display at respective ULBs and PIUs, c) The Project also includes component • All IR and IP reports were reviewed, of non -physical investment (GIS, MIS, • Visited towns for land verifications and other M&E and Social Safeguards) for system social issues, strengthening. • RP was prepared for subproject towns 2. The entire project is planned to be Khajuraho & Rajnagar under sewerage implemented in three periods i.e (i) management plan. preparatory and procurement; (ii) • IR DDR and IP DDR were prepared for 3 construction and (iii) operations and towns namely Anjad, Barwaha, Sanavad maintenance. Prior to implementation of under sewerage management plan, the project, design Consultants were • Compensation paid to four APs of WSS town hired by IA to develop Detailed Project Sohagpur under Package 1C Report (DPR) of each subproject town. In • Order issued for formation of GRC, regard to social safeguard, subprojects nomination of CDO at ULB and Nomination of are classified as category ‘B’ for GRC person in each town involuntary resettlement (IR) and • Community Action and Participation Plan indigenous peoples (IP) as per ADB was developed, Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). • Conducted consultations with ULBs and Each subproject has been screened to other stakeholders including local inhabitatnt assess the social impacts likely to be • State Gender Action Plan was developed and occurred due to project interventions. facilitated to 15 towns for development of These projects come under either town level Gender Action Plan. ‘Category B’ or ‘Category C’. Although Resettlement Plan (RP) is also prepared to address the negative impacts. A resettlement plan is developed using approved Resettlement Framework (RF) and Indigenous People Planning Framework (IPPF). It is presumed that a significant number of subprojects will not make any IR impact, so Involuntary Resettlement (IR) Due Diligence Report (DDR) has been prepared in avoiding resettlement impacts. 3. Project interventions have been managed by the Executing Agency (MPUDCL) with the technical support of PMC at Bhopal and five PIUs located at regional levels i.e. Bhopal, Indore, Sagar, Jabalpur and Gwalior. Apart from technical (engineering) and managerial 1 (procurement and contract management) components, social safeguard issues are also important component. It includes activities of (i) Resettlement, (ii) Environment and (iii) social and gender. The key experts/officials are deployed at PMC to assist PMU and PIUs in compliance with the environment, social and gender requirements of the Program Safeguards System (PSS). 4. Semi-annual Social Monitoring Report (SSMR) on social safeguards is required to be submitted under Safeguard component of MPUSIP. This is the second semi-annual report which present progress of the subprojects (69 towns of water supply scheme and 4 towns of sewerage) under Tranche 1 of MPUSIP from February 2018 to July 2018. 5. Social safeguard reports such as IR Due Diligence Report (DDR) & resettlement plan (RP) and IP DDR are prepared for the subproject towns under packages having nil or insignificant temporary IR and IP impacts. Altogether, 69 subproject towns of water supply scheme (WSS) and 4 subproject towns of sewerage under Tranche 1 are considered under category ‘B’ because of insignificant involuntary resettlement impact. It is confirmed that none of the sub project is identified up to now, which will make the negative impact on Indigenous People (IP). No issue of private land acquisition emerged till date where the livelihood of the people would get impacted. A Resettlement Plan (RP) is prepared for subproject water supply town i.e Khajuraho & Rajnagar, although significant impact is not expected. 6. Summary of IR and IP reports were prepared in vernacular