RP: Sri Lanka: Kirulapana-Godagama Section of Colombo-Rathnapura
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Resettlement Plan May 2011 Document Stage: Draft SRI: Additional Financing for National Highway Sector Project Kirulapana–Godagama Section of Colombo–Rathnapura–Wellawaya–Batticaloa Road(A004) Prepared by Road Development Authority for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 11 May 2011) Currency unit – Sri Lanka rupee (Rs) Rs1.00 = $0.009113278 $1.00 = Rs109.730000 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank CEA – Central Environmental Authority CSC – Chief Engineer’s Office CSC – Construction Supervision Consultant CV – Chief Valuer DSD – Divisional Secretariat Division DS – Divisional Secretary ESD – Environment and Social Division GN – Grama Niladhari GND – Grama Niladhari Division GOSL – Government of Sri Lanka GRC – Grievance Redress Committee IOL – inventory of losses LAA – Land Acquisition Act LARC – Land Acquisition and Resettlement Committee LARD – Land Acquisition and Resettlement Division LAO – Land Acquisition Officer LARS – land acquisition and resettlement survey MOLLD – Ministry of Land and Land Development NEA – National Environmental Act NGO – nongovernmental organization NIRP – National Involuntary Resettlement Policy PD – project director PMU – project management unit RP – resettlement plan RDA – Road Development Authority ROW – right-of-way SD – Survey Department SES – socioeconomic survey SEW – Southern Expressway STDP – Southern Transport Development Project TOR – terms of reference WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Ha – hectare km – kilometer sq. ft. – square feet sq. m – square meter NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. 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. i CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................... iii CHAPTER 1 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................ 1 1. Project Description ................................................................................. 1 2. Road Project Profile................................................................................ 1 3. SocioeconomicBenefits of the Project .................................................... 3 CHAPTER 2 - LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY FRAMEWORK .................................... 4 1. Legislative Framework ............................................................................ 4 2. Policy Framework ................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER 3 – SCOPE FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND 14 1. Scope of Land Acquisition .....................................................................14 2. Social Background of the DP Households .............................................15 3. Indigenous People .................................................................................16 CHAPTER 4 – INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.................................................................................17 1. Information Dissemination and Consultation ..........................................17 2. Information Disclosure ...........................................................................18 CHAPTER 5 – ENTITLEMENTS .............................................................................20 CHAPTER 6 - GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ...........................................31 CHAPTER 7 - INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION .........................36 CHAPTER 8 - RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ............................................................37 CHAPTER 9 – IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ....................................................39 CHAPTER 10 - INSTITUTIONAL FRAME WORK FOR RESETTLEMENT .............40 1. Project Management Unit ......................................................................40 2. Environmental and Social Division (ESD) and Land Division .................41 3. Divisional Secretariat .............................................................................41 4. Field Office of the PMU .........................................................................41 5. Construction Supervision Consultants (CSC) ........................................42 6. Institutional Arrangement to Attend to Gender Concerns .......................43 CHAPTER 11 - MONITORING AND REPORTING .................................................46 ii LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Legislative GAP Analysis ............................................................................................... 11 Table 1 Distribution of DP Households by DS Divisions ............................................................. 14 Table2 Affected DP Households by DS Divisions and by categories ......................................... 15 Table 2Completed and Planned Public Consultation and Disclosure Activities ......................... 18 Table 3 Estimated Cost of Land Acquisition and Resettlement of Road Project A004 .............. 37 Table 4 Matrix of Roles and Responsibilities of Government Agencies and Other Organizations involved in Resettlement Planning and Implementation ................................................ 44 Table 5 Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators ............................................................................. 48 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Location MAP of A004 (Kirulapana - Godagama) ............................................................ i ANNEXES Annex 1: National Involuntary Resettlement Policy .................................................................... 50 Annex 2: Census Survey Questionnaire ..................................................................................... 57 Annex 3: Sinhala Version of Entitlement Matrix .......................................................................... 65 iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Introduction 1. The resettlement plan (RP) is based on the data collected by census and socioeconomic survey (SES) conducted in the project area after demarcation of the centre line of the ROW after the preliminary design of the planed improvement to the road. The information contained in the RP is tentative until completion of detail engineering designs and the preliminary plan. After which Road Development Authority (RDA) will finalize the RP by completing the census and the inventories of loss of assets. This will be sent to Asian Development Bank (ADB) for review and disclosure to ADB website. 2. The RP has been done for A004 Kirulapana–Godagama highway in 2007 considering 13 km of length from Kirulapona to Kottawa. The present requirement is to update the RP prepared in 2007 to suit the current needs, but considering a reduced length of 5.33 km in two separate sections from 00+130 (8.1 km point of CRWB)– 01+260 (Kirullapana to Nugegoda end) and secondly from 15+500 – 19+700 (Homagama town end to Godagama). These two sections have been undertaken by the National Highway Sector Project (NHSP) Southern Expressway Links of the RDA to be upgraded as four lane and two lane highways from Homagama to Godagama funded by the ADB. Along the road length to be improved, there are no private legal title holders among the would be displaced persons, however there are fifteen families who are encroaching on the land belonging to the state (RDA).The total population among the displaced households amounts to 74. 2. Methodology 3. Consultant in this new exercise carried out a quick count to assess the number and nature of structures needs to be removed for this upgrading of the road sections. The number of structures to be affected is eight, of which five are commercial establishments, three residential, and seven lots of land only. .As the time frame is limited the assistance of two field enumerators who are trained and having experience in similar work were used to count the potential structures to be affected after identifying the proposed right-of-way (ROW) of 25.2m in the first section and 17m in the second section from Homagama to Godagama. In this exercise only potential structures to be affected have been identified. However the RP will be finalized after completing the census and the inventories of losses of assets after completion of the detailed engineering designs and submitted to ADB for review and disclosure to ADB website. 3. Legislative and Policy Framework 4. There are three legislative enactments that are directly related to the resettlement process. These acts are (i) Land Acquisition Act No 9 of 1950 (ii) Road iv Development Authority Act No 73 of 1981 and (iii) National Environment Act No 47 of 1980 and amended in 1988. The LAA sets out the procedure for acquiring land and payment of compensation for acquired lands for public purposes. 4. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement 5. The rapid appraisals carried out in these two sections have revealed that there are 15 displaced households (DHs) comprising 74 persons with partial effects within the second section of the road under Homagama DS Division. It is also observed that there are no fully affected households that need to be relocated. Fifteen displaced persons (DPs) who have no title to the land they occupy at present will be compensated