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PAK: Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program – Tranche 2 Resettlement Plan Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan for Rohri Document Stage: Final Project Number: 37192 November 2007 PAK: Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program – Tranche 2 Prepared by National Transmission and Despatch Company The land acquisition and 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. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN Pakistan: Power Transmission Enhancement Program (ADB TA No. 4665-PAK and Loan No. 2178) TRANCHE 2 Subproject No. 7 New Rohri 220kV Sub-Station and Associated Transmission Lines Short Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan November 30, 2007 NATIONAL TRANSMISSION AND DESPACH COMPANY (NTDC) GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN Pakistan Power Transmission Enhancement Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ii Power Transmission Enhancement Program Table of Contents Abbreviations Definition of Terms Executive Summary 1.H INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................1H 1.1H BACKGROUND......................................................................................................................................... 1H 2.H PROJECT COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION FRAMEWORK................... 3H 2.1H PAKISTAN’S LAW AND REGULATIONS ON LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT.............................. 3H 2.2H COMPARISON OF PAKISTAN LAND ACQUISITION ACT AND ADB RESETTLEMENT POLICY ..................... 4H 2.3H REMEDIAL MEASURES TO BRIDGE THE GAP ........................................................................................... 5H 2.4H 2.5 LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO LAND CLASSIFICATION ........................................................................ 5H 2.7H ELIGIBILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 7H 2.8H STRATEGY FOR COMPENSATION OF LAND AFFECTED BY TOWERS ......................................................... 7H 2.9H COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENTS ............................................................................................................. 8H 2.10H ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION UNIT VALUES..................................................................................... 9H 3.H ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS .................................................................................10H 3.1H INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 10H 3.1.1H Resettlement Field Survey ............................................................................................................... 10H 3.1.2H Minimistaion of Impacts.................................................................................................................. 10H 3.2H IMPACTS OF POWER PLANTS AND SUB-STATION ................................................................................... 10H 3.3H IMPACTS OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE .................................................................................................. 11H 3.4H IMPACTS ON AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS .................................................................................................. 15H 3.4.1H General............................................................................................................................................ 15H 4.H SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED PEOPLE....................................... 17H 4.1H CENSUS OF AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS .................................................................................................... 17H 4.2H DATA ON HEADS OF AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS ...................................................................................... 18H 4.3H DATA ON AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS AND POPULATION .......................................................................... 18H 5.H INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................................21H 5.1H NATIONAL TRANSMISSION AND DISPATCH COMPANY .......................................................................... 21H 5.2H DISTRICT GOVERNMENT ....................................................................................................................... 22H 5.3H OTHER AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS................................................................................................... 23H 5.4H RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MONITORING ............................................................ 24H 6.H CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE....................................................................25H 6.1H CONSULTATION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE LARP..................................................................................... 25H 6.2H COMPENSATION OPTIONS DISCUSSED................................................................................................... 26H 7.H GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCESS ....................................................................... 27H 8.H BUDGET FOR LAND AND ASSET ACQUISITION ................................................ 28H 8.1H BASIS FOR COMPENSATION................................................................................................................... 28H 8.2H DETERMINING THE RATES FOR COMPENSATION ................................................................................... 28H 8.3H BUDGET FOR LAND AND ASSET ACQUISITION ...................................................................................... 31H 9.H IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ............................................................................33H 10.H MONITORING AND EVALUATION......................................................................... 34H 10.1H INTERNAL MONITORING ....................................................................................................................... 34H 10.2H EXTERNAL MONITORING ...................................................................................................................... 35H 10.3H INDICATORS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION................................................................................ 35H 10.4H RESETTLEMENT DATABASE .................................................................................................................. 35H 10.5H REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................. 36H LARP New Rohri 220kV Subproject_ Final Draft_ November 2007 Page i Power Transmission Enhancement Program Appendices Appendix 1 – Summary of Resettlement Field Survey Appendix 2 – List of People Consulted Appendix 3 – Draft Public Information Brochure LARP New Rohri 220kV Subproject_ Final Draft_ November 2007 Page ii Power Transmission Enhancement Program Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AHs Affected households AHs Affected people CBO Community Based Organization CCPP Combined Cycle Power Plant DOR District Officer Revenues EMA External Monitoring Agency GRC Grievance Redress Committee GSC Grid System Construction (department of NTDC) IOL Inventory of Losses IPDF Indigenous Peoples Development Framework IPDP Indigenous Peoples Development Plan IPP Independent Power Producer (Private Sector Power Producer) kanal unit of land measurement: 1 kanal = 20 marlas (8 kanal = 1 acre) kV kilo-Volt (Unit of Power) LAA Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (amended) LAC Land Acquisition Collector LARF Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan LARU Land Acquisition and Resettlement Unit (NTDC) marla smallest unit of land measurement: 1 marla = 272.25 ft2 (= 25.31 m2) MOWP Ministry of Power and Water MRM Management Review Meeting NGO Non-governmental organization NTDC National Transmission and Dispatch Company PD Project Director of NTDC PIB Public Information Booklet PMU Project Management Unit PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance RFS Resettlement Field Surveys ROW Right-of-way Rs. Pakistani Rupees (currency): Rs. 60.90 = US$1.00 SLARP Short Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan SST Site Selection Board TL Transmission Line TOR Terms of Reference WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority LARP New Rohri 220kV Subproject_ Final Draft_ November 2007 Page iii Power Transmission Enhancement Program Definition of Terms Affected persons/households (APs/AHs) mean all the people affected by land acquisition, relocation, or loss of incomes and includes any person, household (referred to as project affected family or affected household [AH]), firms, or public or private institutions. APs therefore include; i) persons affected directly by the safety corridor, right-of-way, tower or pole foundations or construction work area; (ii) persons whose agricultural land or other productive assets such as trees or crops are affected; (iii) persons whose businesses are affected and who might experience loss of income due to the project impact; (iv) persons who lose work/employment as a result of project impact; and (v) people who lose access to community resources/property as a result of the project. Compensation means payment in cash or kind for an asset to be acquired or affected by a project at replacement cost at current market value. Cut-off-date means the date after which people will NOT be considered eligible
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