Social Monitoring Report

Semiannual Report (January–June 2020) L3438 and L3780 July 2020

BAN: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 - Tranche 1 and 2 Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum Near Myanmar

Prepared by Bangladesh Railway, for the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 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 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

BANGLADESH RAILWAY

SASEC: Chittagong - Cox’s Bazar Railway Project, Phase-1

Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum Near Myanmar

Social Monitoring Report (SMR)

(January 2020 to June 2020)

July 2020

SASEC: Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Railway Project, Phase-1

Abbreviation

ADB : Asian Development Bank AH : Affected Household AP : Affected Person APD : Additional Project Director BR : Bangladesh Railway COI : Corridor of Impact CPR : Common Property Resources CCL : Cash Compensation under Law CSC : Construction Supervision Consultant DC : Deputy Commissioner DD : Deputy Director DLAC : District Land Allocation Committee DPP : Development Project Proposal EA : Executing Agency EC : Entitlement Card EP : Entitled Person FGD : Focus Group Discussion GOB : Government of Bangladesh GM : General Manager GRC : Grievance Redress Committee GRM : Grievance Redress Mechanism ILRP : Income and Livelihood Restoration Program INGO : Implementing Non-Government Organization IOL : Inventory of Losses JVC : Joint Verification Committee LA : Land Acquisition LAP : Land Acquisition Plan/Proposal NTH : Non-Titled Holder MFF : Multi-trench Financial Facility PAPs : Project Affected Persons PD : Project Director PVAC : Property Valuation Advisory Committee RB : Resettlement Benefit RP : Resettlement Plan ROW : Right of Way SASEC : South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation TH : Titled Holder U/S : Under Section

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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 I. INTRODUCTION, PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES 7 A. Introduction 7 B. Project Description 7 C. Project Objectives 7 D. Project Scope 7 E. Project Location Map 9 II. METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARING THE SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT (SMR) 10 A. Documents Reviewed 10 B. Field Visits 10 III. RESETTLEMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION 11 A. Resettlement Plan Preparation and Objectives 11 B. The Elements of the RP 11 C. Objectives of Resettlement Plan( RP) 12 D. Shift in Alignment and Its Impact on Land Acquisition 13 E. Resettlement Plan Implementation Arrangements 13 E.1 Bangladesh Railway (BR) & Project Implementation Unit-PIU 13 E.2 Resettlement Plan Implementing Non-Government Organization (INGO) 13 E.3 Establishment of Resettlement Unit in Construction Supervision 14 Consultancy (CSC) E 3.1 Establishment of Resettlement Unit in Project Management Consultant 14 (PMC) E.4 Asian Development Bank (ADB) 14 E.5 Formation of Committees (JVC, PVAC and GRC) 15 E.5.1 Composition of the Joint Committee 15 E.5.1.1 The ToR of the JVC Committee 15 E.5.2 Composition of the Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) 16 E.5.2.1 The ToR of the Committee 16 E.5.3 Composition of Local and Project Level GRC 16 E.5.3.1 The ToR of the GRC 16 E.6 INGO‟s Assistance for JVC,PVAC and GRC 16 E.7 LA Process in Bangladesh & Role of DC 16 F. Land Acquisition 19 F.1 New Land Acquisition Proposals (LAPs) 20 G. Land Handover and CCL Payments up to June 2019 21 H.1 Payments of Resettlement Benefit (RB) to TH affected persons 21 H.2 Payments of Resettlement Benefit (RB) to NTH affected persons 21 I. Identification and Assistance of Vulnerable Households 25 J. Common Property Resources 25 K. Income and Livelihood Restoration and Livelihood Improvement Program 25 L. Consultation, Information Campaign and Participatory Process 26 M. Grievance Redress Mechanism(GRM) 27 IV. SUCCESS STORIES 28 V. COMPARISON OF PREVIOUS AND PRESENT STRUCTURES 31 VI. CONCLUSION 38

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LIST OF TABLES:

Page Table 1 : District, Upazila & Mouza of the Project 8 Table 2 : Summary of Project Impacts 11 Table 3 : Composition of Resettlement Team of BR 13 Table 4 : Composition of INGO Key Staff 13 Table 5 A : Composition of CSC Resettlement Team 14 Table 5 B : Composition of PMC Resettlement Team 14 Table 6 : Institutional Arrangements/Functions 14 Table 7.1 : LA Process in Bangladesh (as per Ordinance II 0f 1982) 17 Table 7.2 : LA Process in Bangladesh (as per ARIPA [September 21, 2017]) 18 Table 8.1 : Status of Service of Notices under Sections 3; 6 & 7 of Chittagong and Cox‟s 20 Bazar District up to June, 2019 Table 8.2 : Submission of LAP following ARIPA 2017 under Chattogram District 20 Table 9 : Land handover to BR, estimated cost for acquisition and compensation payment 22 up to June 2019 Table 10 : Payment status of the Resettlement Benefits and ID Card Distribution for Title 23 Holders (TH) up to June 2019 Table 11 : Status of Resettlement Benefits (RB) Payments to NTH affected persons and ID 24 Card Distribution among NTH affected persons Table 12 : Category Wise Payments of Resettlement Benefits to Vulnerable Households 25 up to June 2020 Table 13 : Status of Information Campaign 26 Table 13.1 : Subject matters of FGDs 26 Table 14 : GRCs formation (at union level) and grievances received & redressed 28

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Social Monitoring Report- SMR (January 2020 – June 2020) has been prepared to present (i) status of land acquisition, (ii) land handover to Bangladesh Railway (BR) from Deputy Commissioner (DC) Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar and (iii) status of implementation of Resettlement Plan (RP) of SASEC: Chittagong - Cox‟s Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1. The Project is situated in Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts under Chattogram Division of Bangladesh. Target of this Project is to construct 103.477 Km of new Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox‟s Bazar via Ramu. As expected that this new Greenfield alignment would connect Cox‟s Bazar, a tourist region with developing industries, with the capital Dhaka as well as other important cities including Chattogram. Besides, it will establish connectivity to the proposed expected Trans - Asian Railway Corridor. The Government of the People‟s Republic of Bangladesh with the financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched SASEC: Chittagong - Cox‟s Bazar Railway Project, Phase-1.

It was estimated at initial stage that a total of 562.83 hectors (1,390.19 acres) of lands would be required for implementation of the Project. A total of 1,367.3664 acres of lands had been acquired under the 10 (ten) land acquisition (LA) cases following the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance (ARIPO) (Ordinance II of 1982) and its subsequent amendments in 1993 and 1994. BR required a total of 2.6794 acres of additional land under Satkania Upazila of Chattogram District for smooth implementation of the Project in 2019. Firstly, one new land acquisition proposal (LAP) for acquisition of 0.6250 acre of land following the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act 2017 (September 21, 2017) was submitted to DC Office, Chattogram on 7th March 2019. Secondly, the Project Authority noticed that there was a requirement for acquisition of some additional land (2.0544 acres) under Satkania Upazila of Chattogram District. As a result, another LAP was submitted to DC Office, Chattogram on 4th December 2019 for acquisition of 2.0544 acres of additional land. At present, DC Office, Chattogram has opted and preferred for combining and synchronizing the above-mentioned two new LAPs into one LAP for their convenience in executing land acquisition. In this regard the necessary activities are being done by DC Office and BR during this reporting period.

The above-mentioned land acquisition has caused resettlement impacts, which include (a) permanent loss of structures, (b) loss of income and livelihoods, (c) displacement of people and (d) loss of lands and other properties. All these identified impacts entailed appropriate mitigation measures to resettle and rehabilitate the affected persons. A Resettlement Plan (RP) was prepared in accordance with ADB‟s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance – ARIPO, 1982 (Ordinance II of 1982) and its subsequent amendments in 1993 and 1994 of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB), detailed engineering design, census survey and inventory of losses (IOL) and assets. The original RP was approved by the Ministry of Railways on 17th August 2016 as per concurrence of ADB. In accordance with ADB Safeguard requirements, the GOB agreed to implement the RP/the updated RP of the Project ensuring the followings:

1. Avoiding involuntary resettlement wherever possible; 2. Minimizing involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; 3. To enhance or at least restore the livelihoods of displaced persons in real term compared to pre-project/pre-displacement levels; and 4. Improving the standards of living of the vulnerable and severely affected households & groups.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) engaged NGOs (DORP – PATHMARK Joint Venture) as Implementing NGO (INGO) for assisting BR to implement the RP under the Project. The scope of INGO‟s work is presented in detailed under subsection E.2. This Social Monitoring Report (SMR) covers progress of land acquisition and implementation of the RP as of June 2020 with more focus on progress of the same achieved between January 2020 and June 2020. CSC, PMC and INGO have been working as per ToR to address any problems and issues of the Affected Persons (APs) related to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement.

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A total of 19,179 leaflets and 8,953 resettlement information booklets (Punorbason Pustika) on land acquisition and resettlement matters were distributed to the affected people in the Project area up to June 2020. Public announcement with mike (loud speaker) had been made for 453 hours in the Project area up to June 2020 to campaign necessary information related to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement. Until now a total of 204 focus group discussions (FGDs) with the affected people were conducted and the 47 consultation meetings with the affected people and other relevant stakeholders were also held to inform them about the Project and provision of compensation against affected land, structures, tress, etc.

Acquired lands under the 10 (ten) LA cases had been officially handed over to the BR by DC Offices (Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar) between 19th December 2017 and 22nd December 2018. DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar had determined the 3,752 and 6,366 awards respectively. About 50 persons will be affected for acquisition of 2.6794 acres of additional land under Satkania Upazila of Chattogram District. DC Offices have been disbursing Cash Compensation under Law (CCL) since December 2017. Number of CCL cheques (payments) is 7,204, which had been paid by DC Offices, Chattogram (2,268 CCL cheques/payments) and Cox‟s Bazar (4,936 CCL cheques/payments) as of June 2020. DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar had paid CCL total BDT 15,464.74 million (BDT 5,615.49 million [81.78%] and BDT 9,849.25 million [65.07%] paid by DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar respectively) as of June 2020.

EP ID cards were issued and distributed to a total of 1,789 TH affected persons as of June 2020. EP ID cards were issued and distributed to a total of 450 TH affected persons between January 2020 and June 2020. Joint Verification Committees (JVCs) had identified a total of 998 non-title holder (NTH) affected persons as of June 2020. EP ID cards had been issued for and distributed to the 979 NTH affected persons (98.10%) as of June 2020. A total of 900 NTH affected persons (91.93%) out of 979 NTHs with ID cards had received compensation as of June 2020.

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I. INTRODUCTION, PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES:

A. Introduction:

This Social Monitoring Report (SMR) (January 2020 – June 2020) presents the status of land acquisition and implementation of the Resettlement Plan (RP) up to June 2020 of SASEC: Chittagong – Cox‟s Bazar Railway Project, Phase-1 in Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts under Chattogram Division of Bangladesh. The Government of the People‟s Republic of Bangladesh has been represented by the Ministry of Railways for undertaking and implementing the Project. The Ministry of Railways is the Project Sponsoring Agency while Bangladesh Railway (BR) is the Project Implementing Agency. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the Development Partner for the Project. For this project loan agreements have been signed between Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) for Tranche-1 on June 21, 2017 and Tranche-2 on May 23, 2019.

The scope of the report is to provide a progress status of the land acquisition and resettlement activities and to assess their compliance with ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS 2009), and to account for implementation of resettlement activities at field level. A total of 6 SMRs have been submitted. These SMRs were disclosed on ADB website. Now, the 7th social monitoring report (SMR) covers the period of time from January 2020 to June 2020. This SMR presents progress of land acquisition and resettlement implementation achieved up to June 2020 including progress of land acquisition and resettlement activities achieved during this B. Project description:

SASEC: Chittagong – Cox‟s Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1, involves new construction of 103.477 km Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox‟s Bazar. The Project components include the followings: a) New Construction of 103.477 km Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track (Dohazari to Cox‟s Bazar); b) Construction of 9 (nine) railway stations, namely Dohazari, Satkania, Lohagara, Harbang, Chakaria, Dulahazra, Islamabad, Ramu and Cox‟s Bazar c) Construction of 4 large bridges (over 100 m), 35 major bridges (15 m to 100 m) and 145 culverts; d) Construction of Elephant Crossings (underpass and overpass). e) Construction of Modern Computer Based Inter Locking (CBI) signaling system in 9 stations.; f) Construction of an ICONIC station building at Cox‟s Bazar.

C. Project Objectives:

The objectives of the Project are to promote the economic development and conversely reduce poverty through a new connectivity of railways in the southeastern part of Bangladesh, specifically Cox‟s Bazar where the largest natural sea beach is situated. This Project will link the Capital City (Dhaka) and other integrated railway networks of Bangladesh. The Project will directly contribute to earning foreign exchange through the development of the tourism industry and the export of garments and agro based products, including an internal carriage of imported and local goods.

D. Project Scope:

The name of the Project is “Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox‟s Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum near Myanmar” under Chattogram Division of Bangladesh. The Project area is shown in Table 1 in the next page:

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Table 1: The District, Upazila & Mouza of the Project

District Upazila Mouza 1 2 3 Zamirjuri & Dohazari Chandanaish

Kathgar, Kaliaish, Temohoni, Janarkewchia, Uttar Dhemsa, Chattogram Satkania Dakkhin Dhemsa, Paschim Dhemsa, Rupkania, Bardona Amirabad, Lohagara, Adunagar, Amtali, Chunoti and Jungle Lohagara Chunoti.

Harbang, Reserve Harbang, Paharchanda, Veola Manikchar, Bethua, Purba Baro Veola, Kahariaghona, Rampur, Chakaria Koraiyaghona, PalaKata, Ringvong, Dulahazra, Medhakacchapia, Khutakhali,Phulchari.

Dhalirchara, Nandakhali, Joarianala, Nonachari, Uttar Cox‟s Bazar Ramu Mithachari, Meronglowa, Fatehkharkul, Razarkul, Umkhali, Dakkhin Mitachari, Chainda, and Varuakhali.

Zilongja, Chowfaldandi, Machuakhali, Napitkhali, Bowalkhali Cox‟s Bazar and Eidgaon

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E. PROJECT LOCATION MAP:

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II. METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARING THE SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT (SMR):

Field survey, 9 (nine) consultation meetings had been conducted from January 2020 to June 2020 for preparing this SMR (January 2020 – June 2020). All the relevant necessary documents on land acquisition and resettlement under the Project area were reviewed for preparing this SMR.

Relevant information and data on land acquisition and resettlement activities were collected from the respective fields under the Project for preparing this SMR. Baseline information on land acquisition, and resettlement impacts and risks were also consulted as and when required for preparing this SMR. More specifically, information and data on resettlement activities done during January 2020 through June 2020 had been collected by the INGO through need based monitoring surveys and consultation with the affected persons (PAPs). The Project Office (Project Implementation Unit - PIU) frequently coordinates the entire resettlement work and also processes the data on land acquisition and resettlement activities for facilitating the smooth implementation of the RP.

A. Documents Reviewed:

In preparing this Social Monitoring Report (SMR), the following documents have been consulted and reviewed:

1) The previous SMRs;

2) The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance-ARIPO 1982 (Ordinance II of 1982) and its subsequent amendments up to 1994; and the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017 (September 21, of 2017);

3) ADB‟s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS 2009);

4) Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards: A Planning and Implementation Good Practice Sourcebook-Draft Working Document (November 2012)

5) ADB‟s Residence Mission Aide Memoire;

6) Resettlement Plan

7) Contract Agreement for Implementation of RP between BR and Implementing NGO (DORP - PATHMARK);

8) Allied documents related to the Land Acquisition Plan & Proposal (LAP);

9) Six (6) monthly progress reports (from January 2020 to June 2020) submitted to BR by INGO;

10) EP files of title holders and non-title holders;

11) Activities of various committees [Joint Verification Committee (JVC), Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) & Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC)];

12) Documents prepared based on focus group discussions (FGDs); and

13) Documents prepared on consultation meetings with the project affected persons and different Stakeholders.

B. Field Visits:

The project site is being regularly visited by Project Director, Additional Project Director, DD/Resettlement/BR, PMC, CSC and INGO resettlement teams. Meetings were held with ADB Mission at Conference Room of the PD‟s Office on March 03-04, 2020. The DD, Resettlement presented progress of land acquisition and resettlement to the ADB Mission on March 03-04, 2020. Mr. Mofazzal Hossain, the Secretary of the Ministry of Railways visited project sites at Cox‟s Bazar Sadar and Ramu Upazilas of Cox‟s Bazar District on March 07, 2020.

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III. RESETTLEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION:

A. Resettlement Plan Preparation and Objectives:

A detailed Resettlement Plan (RP) [May 2016] for SASEC: Chittagong – Cox‟s Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 was prepared by the Design Consultant in accordance with the ADB‟s Involuntary Resettlement Guidelines. The RP contains the development strategy and package, which aims at improving or at least restoring the economic bases of the project affected persons. The Resettlement Plan (RP) was approved by the Ministry of Railways vide memo No. 54.00.0000.006.014.2016-86 dated 17 August 2016. The approved RP was disclosed on ADB‟s website‟s link (https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-document/184412/46452-002-rp- 01.pdf) and Bangladesh Railway‟s website (www.railway.portal.gov.bd/RP). The RP has been under the process of updating during this reporting period based on any changes in alignment and/or identification of genuine additional number of affected persons including under the two new LAPs and also those who might be missed earlier census and inventory of losses & assets.

B. The Elements of the RP:  Legal Framework. The RP/the Updated RP of the Project was prepared/has been updated based on two legal frameworks, such as, (i) ARIPO 1982 & ARIPA 2017 and (ii) ADB‟s SPS 2009. The RP contains the principles and guidelines which will be used to acquire lands and other assets from private ownership, as well as to take over public lands from authorized and/or unauthorized private uses.

 Entitlement Matrix. A detailed Entitlement Matrix (EM) presents definitions of the entitlements, entitled persons, application guidelines and implementation, and the institutional responsibility to make payments of compensation, assistance and resettlement benefits.

 Grievance Redress Mechanism. A grievance redress mechanism has been established under DCRP to redress grievances, disputes and complaints related to land acquisition, resettlement planning and implementation of the resettlement plan of the Project.

 Monitoring and Evaluation. An internal monitoring system has been established by Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and INGO with the guidance and support of Construction Supervision Consultants (CSC). Scope and requirements of monitoring report are as follows: a. To describe the concrete steps necessary to implement the internal and external monitoring activities, b. To define organizational resources and logistical requirements for internal and external monitoring

 Planning Process. A planning process for land acquisition and resettlement activities includes (i) carrying out pre-land acquisition activities (searching and collecting necessary papers, deeds, khatian, Porcha, mouza maps and documents), (ii) preparing location-specific land acquisition plans and proposals (LAPs), (iii) identifying impacts and recording impacts in details, (iv) reviewing policy, (v) preparing budgets and task scheduling, etc. for smooth implementation of land acquisition and resettlement activities.

The Updated RP (June 2020) of the Project presents documentation of impacts of involuntary land acquisition and resettlement. Table 2 represents summary of project impacts:

Table 2: Summary of Project Impacts as of June 2020

Project Impacts Number

SL No. 1 2 1) Land to be acquired (Acre) 1,390.1901 2) Total number of Project Affected Persons 33,565 3) Total Affected number of Common Property Resources 48

4) Total Number of Affected Private Households 6,713

5) Total number of Affected Household requiring physical relocation 2,680 6) Total number of Affected Household economically displaced 4,033

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Project Impacts Number

SL No. 1 2 7) Total Number of Affected Title-holders (TH) 1,764 8) Total Affected Non-title-holders (NTH) 916 9) Total Affected number of encroachers 12

10) Total number of Affected Renters 43 11) Total number of Affected Vulnerable Households 1,100

Sources: Approved RP (page-5), May 2016 and census & IoL conducted up to December 2019.

Two land acquisition proposals (LAPs) for acquisition of 0.6250 and 2.0544 acres of additional land had been submitted to DC Office, Chattogram on 7th March 2019 and 4th December 2019 respectively. A total of 1,370.0458 acres of lands had been acquired and/or proposed for acquisition up to December 2019. A total of 998 non-title holder households (NTHs)/units had been identified as of December 2019. A total of 808 vulnerable and severely affected households had been identified as of June 2020.

C. Objective of Resettlement Plan (RP) (Updated RP):

The objectives of the Resettlement Plan (RP) May 2016/the Updated RP June 2020 are to assess and document impacts of land acquisition and involuntary resettlement, to develop mitigation measures, to pay compensation, resettlement benefits and assistance to implement the RP/the Updated RP and also rehabilitation measures to restore income, assets and livelihoods of all the affected persons. The RP (the Updated RP) covers provisions for compensation and resettlement benefits to both the title holder (TH) & the non-title holder (NTH) affected persons. It complies with national regulations for land acquisition (ARIPO, Ordinance II of 1982 and its subsequent amendments in 1993 and 1994 & ARIPA September 21, 2017), and ADB‟s Involuntary Resettlement outlined in the Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). It also includes income and livelihood restoration programme and poverty reduction assistance to vulnerable project affected households under the Project area.

The RP (the updated RP) complies with the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) 2009 Principles as Follows:

Objectives:

 To avoid Involuntary Resettlement wherever possible;  To minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives;  To enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups;

Policy Principles:

o Determine the scope of resettlement planning through a survey and/or census of displaced persons, including a gender analysis, especially related to resettlement impacts and risks. o Consultation, participation and grievance mechanism set up. o Develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and equitable manner to improve or at least restore livelihoods and standard of living. o Provide transitional and relocation assistance. o Improve standards of living of vulnerable and poor affected persons. o Consulting with the affected people in project planning and implementation. o Disclosure of the project and safeguard documents to PAPs and their community. o Payments of compensation for acquiring assets at replacement cost. o Ensuring that no one is worse off as a result of resettlement and would maintain, at least, their original standard of living; o Resettlement benefits to affected persons, including non-titled persons; and o Special attention to vulnerable affected persons.

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D. Shift in Alignment and Its Impact on Land Acquisition:

Original RP was approved on August 17, 2016. The RP has been under updating process during this reporting period. Minimum additional land was required in some areas for smooth construction work of the Project. As a result, two new land acquisition proposals (LAPs) following the ARIPA 2017 (September 21, 2017) were submitted to DC Office, Chattogram. One LAP was submitted to DC Office, Chattogram for 0.6250 acre of additional land on 7th March 2019 while another LAP was submitted to DC Office, Chattogram for 2.0544 acres of additional land on 4th December 2019. Some additional land will be acquired using the ARIPA 2017 in near future.

E. Resettlement Plan Implementation Arrangements:

E.1 Bangladesh Railway (BR) & Project Implementation Unit – PIU:

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is the Executing Agency (EA) for implementing the resettlement plan under the provisions of SASEC: Chittagong – Cox‟s Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1. The Project Management Unit (PMU) is run by a Project Director and includes BR Officials, namely the Deputy Director (Resettlement) and the Sub Assistant Engineer (Resettlement) to implement the approved RP. The Deputy Director (Resettlement) is the convener of the three important committees, such as, the Joint Verification Committee (JVC), Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) and Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) for implementation of the RP. The DD (Resettlement) is assisted by the Senior Sub Assistant Engineer – SSAE (Resettlement) for the implementation of the RP at the field level (see Table 3).

Table 3: Composition of Resettlement Team of BR Sl No. Position No. Remarks 1. Deputy Director (Resettlement) 1 Deployed 2. Sub Assistant Engineer (Resettlement) 1 Deployed Total 2

E.2 Resettlement Plan Implementing Non-Government Organization (INGO):

Bangladesh Railway had recruited Implementing NGO (INGO)-Development Organization of the Rural Poor (DORP) - PATHMARK JV in February 2017 to assist BR in land acquisition & implement the Resettlement Plan (RP). Initially DORP – PATHMARK JV had set up two field offices in Lohagara of Chattogram District and Ramu of Cox‟s Bazar District in the project area and Project Office in Chattogram. At present INGO has three field offices at Lohagara, Ramu and Chakaria to implement the RP. Table 4 shows composition of key staff below as per the Contract Agreement between BR and DORP – PATHMARK.

Table 4: Composition of INGO key staff Sl. No. Position No. Remarks 1. Team Leader (LA and Resettlement Specialist) 1 Recruited & deployed 2. Resettlement Expert Manager (Up to March 2 Recruited & deployed 2020) 2.1 Resettlement Expert Manager (March 2020 1 onward) 3. Land Acquisition Manager 1 Recruited & deployed 4. Social Development Specialist 1 Recruited & deployed 5. Women in Development/Gender Specialist 1 Not mobilized 6. Finance Management Specialist 1 Vacant 7. MIS Specialist/Database Manager 1 Recruited & deployed 8. Area Manager 2 Recruited & deployed Total 10

The key responsibilities of the INGO are to support BR in implementing the RP effectively, timely and efficiently. In addition, INGO had been updating the detailed surveys of the affected persons (APs) i.e., inventory of losses (IOL) and assets, businesses, Common Property Resources (CPRs) and resettlement benefits. The scope of work of INGO as mentioned in the RP is as follows:

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1. Conduct census, inventory of lost assets and support to JVC and PVAC; 2. Assist in the land acquisition process; 3. Support in the compensation/assistance distribution process; 4. Resettlement and land acquisition consultation and participation activities; 5. Resettlement activities data management and monitoring; 6. Assistance in finding an alternative place/plot to rent in/buy; 7. Assistance and participation to Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) and 8. Coordinate with and support DORP-PATHMARK JV in conducting the Livelihood Improvement Training Program (LITP); 9. Conduct/Liaise HIV/AIDS and Anti-Trafficking Awareness Campaign, 10. Support in the implementation of gender-related activities as per the Gender Action Plan (GAP); 11. Support the implementation of the Railway Safety Awareness Campaign to the communities. 12. Carrying out assistance in Land Acquisition and identification of titled and Non-titled holders.

E.3. Establishment of Resettlement Unit in Construction Supervision Consultancy (CSC):

Bangladesh Railway had recruited the Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC), SMEC international in JV with CANARAIL, SYSTRA and ACE under Contract No. PD/DHZ-COX/CSC1 Loan No.3439 (SF) - BAN dated 14 September, 2017. Table 5A shows composition of the CSC Resettlement Team below.

Table 5 A: Composition of CSC Resettlement Team

Sl. No. Position No. Remarks 1. Social/Resettlement Specialist (International) 1 Recruited & deployed 2. Senior Resettlement Specialist (National) 1 Recruited & deployed 3. Mid-Level Resettlement & Gender Specialist (National) 1 Recruited & deployed 4. Junior Resettlement & Gender Specialist (National) 2 Recruited & deployed Total 5

E.3.1 Establishment of Resettlement Unit in Project Management Consultant (PMC):

Bangladesh Railway had recruited the Project Management Consultant (PMC) ( Development Design Consultant Ltd (DDC) )under Contract No. PD/DHZ-COX/PMC dated 30 January 2019. Table 5B shows composition of the PMC Resettlement Team below.

Table 5 B Composition of PMC Resettlement Team

Sl. No. Position No. Remarks 1. Resettlement Specialist 1 Recruited & deployed 2. Junior Resettlement Specialist 2 Recruited & deployed Total 3

E.4 Asian Development Bank (ADB):

The ADB Mission Team conducted site visits and review meetings on a regular basis. Detailed information on institutional arrangement/functions is given in Table 6.

Table 6. Institutional Arrangements/Functions

Organization Activity 1 2 ADB – Mission  Provides guidance, monitoring, review of report, etc.  BR, the executing agency implementing the project activities Bangladesh Railway- PIU through the assistance of CSC, INGO, PMC and Construction Contractor.

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Organization Activity 1 2  Prepare budget and report to concern Ministry & ADB.

 PMC is to ensure that the PMU-BR able to administer the monitoring surveys by the CSC, INGO and external Project Management monitoring team. Consultant (PMC)  Covering all safeguard steps including institutional and implementation arrangements for the affected persons (APs) with the construction Right of Way (RoW).   Provide support to the engineering team during construction in minimizing social and resettlement impacts of the Project.  Monitor the INGO activities, site visit, conduct training SMEC International (CSC) programs and prepared reports for BR. -Construction Supervision  Reviews and verifies inventory of losses & assets for the Consultant titled and non-titled APs. Submit the IOL report jointly with INGO to JVC committee for further action.  Determines the current market price/replacement cost of affected assets i.e. land, various types of structure etc.  Identification of affected persons, valuation of losses;

 prepares resettlement budget, IOL survey, provides support

INGO (DORP-Pathmark) to JVC, PVAC and GRC.

 Determines the current market price/replacement cost of

affected assets i.e. land, various types of structure etc.

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Joint Verification  Reviews and verifies inventory of losses & assets for the Committee (JVC) titled and non-titled APs.  Submits filled in Joint Verification Form to the PD for approval. Property Valuation  Determines the current market price/replacement cost of Advisory Committee affected assets and submits to the ministry for approval. (PVAC)  Rectify compensation not as per entitlement matrix;

Grievance Redress  Mediate in land disputes about ownership; Committee (GRC)  Facilitate payment of compensation/assistance;  Assist in ensuring proper distribution of compensation in case of joint ownership.

E.5 Formation of Committees (JVC, PVAC and GRC):

The government constituted the Joint Verification Committee (JVC), the Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) and the Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) for the Project to ascertain the quantum of losses and valuation of affected assets through an administrative order No. 54.00.0000.006.014.11.2016-555 dated 02 November 2017. Subsequently, BR had formed all the above-mentioned committees. These committees have been functioning accordingly.

E.5.1 Composition of the Joint Verification Committee (JVC): (I) Deputy Director-Resettlement, BR - Convener (II) Representative of the concerned Deputy Commissioner - Member (III) Area Manager of INGO - Member-Secretary

E.5.1.1 The ToR of the JVC Committee:

INGO is conducting the inventory of losses (IOL) surveys (i.e., various physical and non-physical losses of affected people with identity of person). The Resettlement Expert Managers and Team Leader along with the Area Manager jointly verify the IOL surveys. The CSC Resettlement Team is

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E.5.2 Composition of the Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC):

1. Deputy Director-Resettlement, BR Convener 2. Representative of the concerned Deputy Commissioner Member 3. Upazila Chairman or his authorized Representative Member 4. Executive Engineer, PWD or his Representative, Concerned District Member 5. Area Manager of INGO Member Secretary

E.5.2.1 The ToR of the Committee:

INGO team conducted the market survey to determine current market price of affected assets. This market price is verified by the CSC Resettlement Team as well. Finally, the Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) determines the current market price/replacement cost of affected assets based on determined current market price of affected assets by INGO Team checked and verified by the CSC Resettlement Team.

E.5.3 Composition of Local and Project Level GRC:

Local level:

(i) Deputy Director-Resettlement, BR or his nominated Representative - Convener (ii) Representative of the Local Government Institution - Member (v) Woman Representative of Local Government Institution/UP - Member (vi) Representative of the Affected Persons - Member (v) Area Manager of INGO - Member Secretary

Project Level:

(i) Project Director or his nominated representative -Convener (ii) Resettlement Expert (Specialist), CSC -Member (iii) Team Leader of INGO -Member Secretary

E.5.3.1 The ToR of the GRC:

The major functions of the GRCs will be, but not limited to, a) Further determination of losses which were identified incorrectly earlier, b) Rectify compensation/assistance not determined as per entitlement matrix, c) Mediate in redressing disputes on ownership of affected properties and assets, d) Facilitate delay in disbursement of compensation/assistance, e) Assist in proper distribution of compensation/assistance in case of joint ownership and f) Valuation of affected assets.

E.6 INGO’s assistance for JVC, PVAC and GRC:

The INGO is collecting data as per approved questionnaires; verifying, tabulating, and valuating the losses. The INGO then prepares the compensation estimates, including necessary support to the JVC, PVAC and GRC.

E.7 LA Process in Bangladesh & Role of Deputy Commissioner (DC):

Legal Frameworks for Land Acquisition in Bangladesh Context:

Constitutional obligation: For development works, the acquisition of lands and payment of compensation for acquired lands and other properties is a constitutional obligation under Article 42 of the Constitution of the People‟s Republic of Bangladesh, quoted below:

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“42. (1) Subject to any restrictions imposed by law, every citizen shall have the right to acquire, hold, transfer or otherwise dispose of property, and no property shall be compulsorily acquired, nationalized or requisitioned save by authority of law.”

1(2) A law made under clause (1) of this article shall provide for the acquisition, nationalization or requisition with compensation and shall fix the amount of compensation of specify the principles on which, and the manner in which, the compensation is to be assessed and paid; but no such law shall be called in question in any court on the ground that any provision of the law in respect of such compensation is not adequate)

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has followed the procedures and principles laid down in the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance – ARIPO, 1982 (Ordinance II of 1982) as promulgated on April 13, 1982 by the then the Chief Martial Law Administrator and subsequent amendments of the Ordinance II (1982) in 1993 and 1994 & also the Acquisition and Requisition Immovable Property Act – ARIPA, 2017 (September 21, 2017) for acquisition of land and other properties for undertaking and implementing the Project.

The Deputy Commissioners (DCs), Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts (project influence zones) are exercising the Regulatory Authority as „Acquiring Body (AB)‟ some important sections of the Ordinance-1982 and the ARIPA (September 21, 2017) highlighted in Tables 7.1 & 7.2 below:

Table- 7.1 LA process in Bangladesh (as per Ordinance II of 1982)

Under Section Topic Procedure The Ordinance II of 1982 and its Subsequent Amendments in 1993 & 1994 Under Section 3 Publication of Whenever it appears to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) preliminary that any property in any locality is needed or is likely to be notice of needed for any public purpose or in the public interest, he acquisition of shall cause a notice to be published at convenient places on property or near the property in the prescribed form and manner stating that the property is proposed to be acquired:

Provided, that no property used by the public for the purpose of religious worship, graveyard and cremation ground shall be acquired. Under Section 4 Objection Any person interested in any property which has been against notified under section 3 as being needed or likely to be acquisition needed for a public purpose or in the public interest may, within 15 (fifteen days after the publication of the notice, object to the acquisition of the property. Under Section 5 Final decision The Government, or as the case may be, the Divisional regarding Commissioner, after considering the report submitted by the acquisition Deputy Commissioner under section 4 (3) shall make a decision about the acquisition of the property and such decision shall be final. Under Section 6 Notice to When the Government, the Divisional Commissioner or the person Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, has made a interested. decision for acquisition of any property under section 5 or the proviso to section 4 (3) (b), as the case may be, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause public notice to be given in the prescribed manner at convenient places on or near such property stating that decision has been taken to acquire the property and intends to take possession thereof and that claims to compensation for all interests in such property may be made to him.

1 Substituted for the former clause (2) and (3) by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act XIV of 2011), section 17.

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Under Section Topic Procedure The Ordinance II of 1982 and its Subsequent Amendments in 1993 & 1994 Under Section 8 Matters to be (1) In determining the amount of compensation to be considered in awarded for any property to be acquired under this part, the determining Deputy Commissioner shall take into consideration- compensation (a) The market value of the property at the date of publication of the notice under section 3;

Provided that in determining such market value, the Deputy Commissioner shall take into account the average value, to be calculated in the prescribed manner, of the properties of similar description and with similar advantages in the vicinity during the twelve months preceding the date of publication of the notice under section3;

(2) In addition to the market value of the property as provided in sub-section (1), the Deputy Commissioner shall in every case award a sum of “fifty percent” on such market value in consideration of the compulsory nature of the acquisition (Amended by ord. VIII of 1993).

Table- 7.2 LA process in Bangladesh (as per ARIPA, 2017 [September 21, 2017])

Under Section Topic Procedure The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act 2017 (September 21, 2017) Under Section-4 Publication of Whenever it appears to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) preliminary that any property in any locality is needed or is likely to be notice of needed for any public purpose or in the public interest, he acquisition of shall cause a notice to be published at convenient places property on or near the property in the prescribed form and manner stating that the property is proposed to be acquired:

Generally religious places, graveyard, cemetery, crematorium/cremation ground, cannot be taken into acquisition.

Provided that, if it is essential for public purpose or public interest, by relocating and rebuilding, in the own money of the Requiring Persons or Organizations, it may be taken into acquisition. Under Section-5 Objection Any person interested in any property which has been against notified under section 4 as being needed or likely to be acquisition needed for a public purpose or in the public interest may, within 15 (fifteen) days after the publication of the notice under Section 4, object to the acquisition of the property. Under Section 6 Final decision The Government, or as the case may be, the Divisional regarding Commissioner, after considering the report submitted by acquisition the Deputy Commissioner under section 5 (3) shall make a decision about the acquisition of the property and such decision shall be final. Under Section 7 Notice to When the Government, the Divisional Commissioner or the person Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, has made a interested. decision for acquisition of any property under section 5 or the proviso to section 6, as the case may be, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause public notice to be given in the prescribed manner at convenient places on or near such property stating that decision has been taken to acquire the

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Under Section Topic Procedure The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act 2017 (September 21, 2017) property and intends to take possession thereof.

(2) Such notice shall state the particulars of the property to be acquired and taken possession of, and shall require all persons interested in the property to appear personally or by agent before the Deputy Commissioner at a time, fifteen days after the date of publication of the notice or in case of a nationally important project after 7 days, and such notice shall also contain the time and place to be present and state the nature of their respective interests in the property and the amount and particulars of their claims to compensation for such interests. Under Section 9 Matters to be (1) In determining the amount of compensation to be considered in awarded for any property to be acquired under this part, determining the Deputy Commissioner shall take into consideration- compensation (a) The market value of the property at the date of publication of the notice under section 4;

Provided that in determining such market value, the Deputy Commissioner shall take into account the average value, to be calculated in the prescribed manner, of the properties of similar description and with similar advantages in the vicinity during the twelve months preceding the date of publication of the notice under section 4;

(2) While the government is acquiring land, it shall provide the persons interested with compensation a sum of “two hundred percent” on such market value as defined in sub- section 1(a).

F. Land Acquisition (LA)

According to initial estimate presented in the RP May 2016, a total of 562.83 hectors (1,390.19 acres) of land would be required for acquisition to implement the Project. The Design Consultant prepared the Land Acquisition Proposals (LAPs) under Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts following the ARIPO, Ordinance II of 1982 and its subsequent amendments in 1993 and 1994. The Design Consultant submitted these LAPs to Bangladesh Railway (BR). BR had reviewed, verified, corrected and revised these LAPs for submitting the final LAPs to DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar. BR submitted Upazila wise LAPs to DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar (Table 8.1). Then Land Acquisition (LA) Section of DC Office, Chattogram segregated the LAP submitted under Satkania Upazila into the four LAPs while the LAP submitted under Lohagara Upazila was segregated into the two LAPs for convenience of the LA Section to implement land acquisition. However, the LAP submitted under Chandanaish Upazila had been remained undivided. Similarly, the three LAPs submitted under Cox‟s Bazar Sadar, Ramu and Chakaria Upazilas had also been remained undivided. Finally, a total of 1367.3664 acres of lands had been acquired under the above-mentioned 10 (ten) LAPs (Table 8.1). The respective District Land Allocation Committees (DLACs), Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar had approved land allocation for acquisition under the ten LAPs in Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts. Land acquisition under the above-mentioned 10 (ten) LA cases had been executed by the LA Section of DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar. Table 8.1 shows (i) LA case wise date of submission of LAPs, (ii) LA case wise distribution of required amount of lands (acre) for implementing the Project, and (iii) service of notices under sections 3, 6 & 7.

Table 8.1: Submission date of LA Proposals and service of notices under sections 3, 6 & 7 under Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar District

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SI. Service of notices U/S 3, 6 & 7(Date) Submission of Land No. LA Case No. LA Proposal Required U/S-3 U/S-6 U/S-7 (Date) (Acre)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 09/2016-17 30.08.2016 10.1725 11.12.2016 09.08.2017 30.11.2017 2 31/2016-17 20.11.2016 55.0935 30.04.2017 13.02.2018 10.06.2018 3 32/2016-17 20.11.2016 27.6325 30.04.2017 20.12.2017 14.03.2018 4 33/2016-17 20.11.2016 51.1150 23.05.2017 20.12.2017 05.06.2018 5 34/2016-17 20.11.2016 42.5105 11.06.2017 20.12.2017 06.05.2018 6 35/2016-17 05.12.2016 85.0401 13.06.2017 22.02.2018 03.07.2018 7 36/2016-17 05.12.2016 92.8764 17.07.2017 22.03.2018 18.11.2018 Sub Total 364.4405 1 02/2016-17 15.12.2015 514.0091 19.09.2016 15.07.2018 27.11.2018 2 03/2016-17 15.12.2015 278.4908 20.09.2016 01.02.2018 25.06.2018 3 04/2016-17 15.12.2015 210.426 20.09.2016 12.10.2017 26.12.2017 Sub Total 1002.9259 Grand Total 1367.3664

[U/S-3 (Preliminary notice to people): Publication of Preliminary Notice of Acquisition of Property saying that proposal sent to government for acquiring the land for public interest. The interested people can lodge objection against the acquisition within 15 days, if any.

U/S-6 (notice to interested person): Government has decided to acquire the land. The affected persons entitled to claim compensation as against his/her losses, according to the legal framework.

U/S-7 (notice to respective people saying to come at DC office with papers for compensation): Deputy Commissioner office declared and ensure the compensation payment for affected persons against the loss of land and assets. This notice includes amount of money with necessary identity of affected people. This notice also notifies the affected people to come at DC office with necessary documents for submitting applications for receiving compensation under law.

Table 8.2 shows date of submission of two LAPs under Satkania Upazila of Chattogram District following the ARIPA (September 21, 2017) for acquisition of 2.6794 acres of additional land (0.6250 acre and 2.0544 acres under two LAPs). The two LAPs were submitted to DC Office, Chattogram on 7th March 2019 and 4th December 2019 respectively.

Table 8.2: Submission of LAPs following ARIPA 2017 under Chattogram District

Sl District Upazila Submission of LAP Amount of land (Date) proposed (Acre) 1. Chattogram Satkania 7th March 2019 0.6250 2. Chattogram Satkania 4th December 2019 2.0544 Total 2.6794

F 1. New Land Acquisition Proposals (LAPs)

LA Section of DC Office, Chattogram had reviewed submitted two new LAPs under Satkania Upazila of Chattogram District. They also preliminarily visited the proposed areas under the two LAPs. Based on the findings of review of the LAPs and preliminary field visits, they made decision to combine and synchronize two LAPs into one LAP for their convenience in doing all the necessary land acquisition activities taking into consideration of required additional land for acquisition under one particular Upazila (Satkania). At present, activities opted for the above- mentioned combination and synchronization of the two LAPs into one LAP is under process at LA Section, DC Office Chattogram with the assistance of BR.

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G. Land Handover and CCL Payments up to June 2020

Table 9 shows that a total of 1,367.3664 acres of lands had been handed over to the BR by DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar between 19th December 2017 and 22nd December 2018. Two DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar had determined a total of 10,118 awards under the Project. Estimated amount of cost for land acquisition is BDT 22,002.98 million. The DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar started payment of cash compensation under law (CCL) in December 2017 and have been disbursing CCL to the titled holder affected persons continuously. A total of BDT 15,464.74 million (70.28%) have been disbursed to the TH affected persons by two DC Offices up to June 2020. Amount of BDT 5,615.49 million (81.78%) and BDT 9,849.25 million (65.07%) have been disbursed to the TH affected persons by DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar respectively up to June 2020.

H.1. Payments of Resettlement Benefits (RB) to TH affected persons:

Table 10 shows that a total of 7,204 payments of cash compensation under law (CCL) had been made for the 4,819 awardees by DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar up to June 2020. EP ID cards have been issued and distributed to the 1,789 title holder EPs up to June 2020. Of 1,789 title holder EPs, 1,494 EPs (83.51%) received Top Up and resettlement benefits from BR up to June 2020. A total of BDT 232.41 million (BDT 131.68 million & BDT 100.73 million under Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts respectively) had been determined up to June 2020. Of determined valuation and budget BDT 232.41 million, BDT 191.11 million (82.23%) had been paid to the 1,494 title holder EPs (BDT 99.20 million and BDT 91.91 million had been paid to 722 TH EPs and 772 TH EPs under Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts respectively) as of June 2020. The title holder affected persons had improved their structures at relocation places/sites. Some of them purchased land by expending received compensation and resettlement benefits.

H.2. Payments of Resettlement Benefits (RB) to NTH affected persons:

Table 11 shows that a total of 998 NTH affected persons had been identified as of June 2020. EP ID cards had been distributed to the 979 NTH (98.10%) affected persons. A total of 900 NTHs (91.93%) had received compensation and resettlement benefits BDT 324.75 million as of June 2020. A total of 900 NTHs had received compensation amounting BDT 324.75 million under the Project from BR as of June 2020. One hundred twenty-two (122) NTH EPs (97.60%) and 778 NTH EPs (91.10%) under Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar Districts respectively receded BDT 37.14 million (92.83%) and BDT 287.61 million (90.78%) respectively as of June 2020.

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Table 9: Land handover to BR, estimated cost for acquisition and compensation payment up to June 2020

Land Handover to BR Chainage Compensation of TH affected persons Estimated cost (BDT Million) Total Valuation No. of CCL LA Case awards no. completed by DCs cheques/ Area (acre) From To Estimated Paid compensation Number Area (acre) Date determined for the awards no. payments Upazilla KM KM by DCs by DCs* cost No. No. (%) No. Amount % a B c d e f g h i j k l Ix100/k A. Chattogram District Chandanais 09/2016-17 10.1725 10.1725 19.12.17 -2 +000 +0.500 147 147 100 93 179.39 147.45 82.20 h Satkania 31/2016-17 55.0935 55.0935 14.06.18 +.500 +6.000 613 613 100 390 1084.99 775.34 71.46 32/2016-17 27.6325 27.6325 10.04.18 +6.000 +8.100 393 393 100 269 775.60 605.51 78.07 33/2016-17 51.1150 51.1150 12.06.18 +8.100 +11.600 522 522 100 276 723.65 455.81 62.99 34/2016-17 42.5105 42.5105 31.05.18 +11.600 +15.400 624 624 100 452 914.67 896.31 97.99 Lohagara 35/2016-17 85.0401 85.0401 02.08.18 +15.400 +22.200 905 905 100 597 2018.66 1645.20 81.50 36/2016-17 92.8764 92.8764 28.11.18 +22.200 29.000 548 548 100 191 1169.47 1089.87 93.19 Sub-Total 364.4405 364.4405 – – – 3752 3752 100 2,268 6866.43 5615.49 81.78 B. Cox’s Bazar District Chakaria 02/2016-17 514.0091 514.0091 22.12.18 +29.000 +68.351 2640 2640 100 1,454 3241.01 1785.94 55.10 Ramu 03/2016-17 278.4908 278.4908 19.07.18 +77.658 +98.100 2062 2062 100 1,483 3047.02 2183.20 71.65 +68.351 +77.658 Cox‟s Bazar 04/2016-17 210.4260 210.4260 08.01.18 Sadar +98.100 +101.477 1664 1664 100 1999 8848.52 5880.11 66.45 Sub-Total 1,002.9259 1002.9259 – – – 6366 6366 100 4,936 15136.55 9849.25 65.07 Grand Total 1,367.3664 1,367.3664 – – – 10118 10118 100 7,204 22002.98 15464.74 70.28

* Note: One award may contain more than one awardee while one awardee may also receive more than one CCL cheque (payment) from DC Office. As a result, it is happening that, number of awardees is higher than the number of awards and number of CCL cheques (payments) is also be higher than the number of awardees (i.e., no. of CCL payments > no. of awardees > no. of awards) under all LA cases.

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Table 10: Payment status of the Resettlement Benefits (RBs) and ID Card Distribution for Title Holders (TH) up to June 2020

No. of CCL Titled Holders (No. & %) Amount ( million) Remarks cheques Valuation ID card Received % of THs Valuation Paid % (payments) Completed Upazila Issued RBs received (Budget) amount (gx100/f) from DC by JVC RBs Office (dx100/c) a b c d e f g h i A. Chattogram District Chandanaish 93 194 160 158 98.75 23.61 23.05 97.63 Remaining payment ongoing Satkania 1,387 932 526 370 70.34 60.27 41.77 69.30 Remaining payment ongoing Lohagara 788 685 200 194 97.00 47.80 34.38 71.92 Remaining payment ongoing Sub total 2,268 1,811 886 722 81.49 131.68 99.20 75.33 - B. Cox’s Bazar District Chakaria 1,454 903 300 294 98.00 43.80 41.81 95.46 Remaining payment ongoing Ramu 1,483 1,058 353 246 69.69 24.93 21.26 85.28 Remaining payment ongoing Cox‟s Bazar 92.80 90.12 Remaining payment ongoing Sadar 1,999 1,047 250 232 32.00 28.84 Sub-total 4,936 3,008 903 772 85.49 100.73 91.91 91.24 - Grand Total 7,204 4,819 1,789 1,494 83.51 232.41 191.11 82.23 -

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Table 11: Status of Resettlement Benefits (RB) Payments to NTH affected persons and ID Card Distribution among NTH affected persons up to June 2020

Upazila Completed Valuation of Lost Structures and Assets, Issuance of EP ID Cards Amount of BDT (million) Remarks and Payment of RB (NTH affected persons) Valuation ID card issuance NTHs received RB Valuation Paid % Completed (NTH (Budget) amount (fx100/e) Identified by JVC) No of NTHs % (bx100/a) No % (dx100/b)

a b c d e f g A. Chattogram District Chandanaish 92 85 92.39 84 98.82 16.45 14.07 85.53 Payment on going Satkania 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lohagara 46 40 86.96 38 95.00 23.56 23.07 97.92 Payment on going Sub total 139 125 89.93 122 97.60 40.01 37.14 92.83 B. Cox’s Bazar District Chakaria 501 497 99.20 448 90.14 177.86 159.18 89.50 Payment on going Ramu 166 165 99.40 143 86.67 61.32 53.38 87.05 Payment on going Cox‟s Bazar Sadar 192 192 100.00 187 97.40 77.62 75.05 96.69 Payment on going Sub-total 859 854 99.42 778 91.10 316.8 287.61 90.78 Grand Total 998 979 98.10 900 91.93 356.81 324.75 91.01

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I. Identification of and Assistance to Vulnerable Households:

In accordance with ADB‟s SPS 2009, assistance measures have been provisioned in the RP to support the vulnerable households (including households headed by female, elderly/disabled persons without adequate means of support, households below the nationally defined poverty line, etc.). The RP contains provision for the physically displaced vulnerable households for special measures to mitigate their vulnerability during implementation of the RP. The Joint Verification Committee (JVC) had identified a total of 808 vulnerable households as of June 2020. BDT 96,00,000 had been determined as estimated amount of budget for the 808 vulnerable households up to June 2020. A total of BDT 86,25,000 (89.84%) had been disbursed to the 727 vulnerable households (89.98%) up to June 2020. Payment of resettlement benefits for assisting the vulnerable households by BR will be continued for the remaining identified vulnerable households. Detailed information on payments of resettlement benefits to vulnerable households is given in Table 12.

Table 12: Category Wise Payments of Resettlement Benefits to Vulnerable Households up to June 2020

Vulnerability Estimated No. of EP Assistance to Disbursement (BDT) Category Amount Identified Vulnerable HHs (BDT) No. % Amount % BPL 4590000 459 416 90.63 4160000 90.63 Elderly 400000 40 35 87.5 350000 87.50 Disabled 1,10,000 9 9 100.00 110,000 100.00 Female-headed 45,00,000 300 267 89.00 4005000 89.00 Total 96,00,000 808 727 89.98 8625000 89.84

J. Common Property Resources:

A total of 48 CPRs (12 and 36 CPRs under Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar respectively) were identified under the project. The JVCs had approved CPRs by checking and validating relevant documents while the PVAC determined Replacement Value for the approved CPRs. The INGO and the CSC had consulted with affected persons regarding acquisition of the CPRs and compensation and resettlement benefits against acquired CPRs as per the RP/the Updated RP.

K. Income and Livelihood Restoration and Livelihood Improvement Programme:

All the persons losing their livelihood resources or places of generating income due to the Project will be supported with cash grants and allowances as per the policy entitlement of the RP/the Updated RP. The RP has provision of special assistance measures for vulnerable and severely affected households. Income generation and Livelihood Restoration Programme (ILRP) aims to rehabilitate the affected persons who lost their livelihoods due to the Project. The Livelihood Improvement Training will be provided to one designated member of each vulnerable and severely affected household. The particular vulnerable and/or severely affected household is to designate an eligible member as trainee for the above-mentioned training programme. That is, selection of trainee will depend on the vulnerable household/severely affected household. Training courses will be developed and prepared through training needs assessment of the affected persons/participants. Each participant of the training will also receive a seed grant upon completion of the training course. Entitlement Matrix (EM) contains provision to provide higher seed grant (BDT 35,000) to woman compared to seed grant to man (BDT 25,000) to encourage families to send female members to participate in the training. Recruitment of a separate NGO specialized in skills development has been under process. The following specific steps have been completed and/or in progress up to June 2020:

 The Project Authority of Bangladesh Railway had published circular/advertisement in the two Daily Newspapers, namely (i) The Daily Kalerkanta dated 17th and 18th July 2019 and (ii) The Financial Express dated 17th and 18th July 2019 for Expression of Interest (EoI) of NGO specialized in skill development.

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 Twelve NGOs submitted EoIs to the Project Director, DCRP on 21st August 2019.  Six NGOs had been short listed by BR and accordingly RFP issued to them.  Pre-Proposal Submission Meeting for Income & Livelihood Restoration Programme with the selected Six NGO s on March 01, 2020.  Six selected NGOs submitted their “Technical & Financial Proposals for “Income & Livelihood Restoration Programme” on March 16, 2020.  Evaluation of the submitted RFPs is under process at the BR.

L. Consultation, Information Campaign and Participatory Process:

At the onset of the RP implementation, the INGO started distribution of leaflets and resettlement information booklets (Punorbason Pustika) on land acquisition and resettlement among the project affected people under the Project. A total of 19,179 leaflets and 8,953 resettlement information booklets (Punorbason Pustika) on land acquisition and resettlement matters and issues were distributed among the project affected people in the Project area as of June 2020. A total of 453 hours of public announcement had been made with mike (loud speaker) in the Project area to disseminate/campaign necessary information related to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement up to June 2020. Independent monitoring entity of ADB jointly with staff members of BR, CSC and INGO went for field visit time to time. They also attended FGDs with the affected persons & relevant stakeholders during their field visit. Focus group discussion method had been used to inform the affected people about (i) the Project, (ii) compensation and resettlement benefits against affected land, structures and other assets, and (iii) listened to concerns discussed by the participants of FGDs. The participants of the FGDs also described positive aspects of resettlement implementation during focus group discussions. Detailed information on consultation and information campaign is presented in the Table 13 below:

Table 13: Status of Information Campaign (to be updated as of June 2020)

Sl Achieved up to Activities Unit No. June 2020 1 2 3 4 1. Public Announcement Hour 453 2 Distribution of Leaflet No. 19,179 3 Distribution of documentary booklet No. 8,953 4 Personal contact EP/AP 7,940 5 Meetings/workshops/presentations/Discussions/Trainings 5.1 Consultation Meeting No. 47 5.2 Focus Group Discussion No. 204 5.3 Awareness Sessions No. 42 5.4 Workshops No. 12 5.6 Training No. 2

Table 13.1 presents detailed checklist of focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted with the project affected persons. Relevant information on the following subject matters related to land acquisition and resettlement were given to the affected people during focus group discussions. The participants of focus group discussions (FGDs) had provided their views and perspectives on the discussed subject matters.

Table 13.1: Subject matters of FGDs

Sl No. Subject matters of FGDs 1. Project and project line/area 2. Impact of land acquisition on assets, income and livelihoods 3. Compensation under law (CCL) as per ARIPO, Ordinance II of 1982 & ARIPA 2017 4. Resettlement benefits and assistance for resettlement of project affected people 5. Required records of right including deeds, khatian/parcha, mutation

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Sl No. Subject matters of FGDs documents and other papers for producing application for receiving CCL from DC Office. 6. Income and livelihood restoration programme and assistance 7. Compensation payment process 8. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) 9 Impact of project implementation on environment

Entitlement Matrix (EM) of the RP was discussed and disclosed to the participants of focus groups discussions (FGDs). The following points were discussed in focus group discussions:  Affected persons (APs) will get compensation as per Entitlement Matrix,  The APs will have to submit necessary documents including deeds, khatian/parcha, mutation documents to LA Section of DC Office for getting compensation under law (CCL) and then they will get other entitlements as per the entitlement matrix from the Project,  The APs had been briefed on the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and function of Grievance Redress Committee (GRC),  The participants had expressed their expectation of getting fair compensation, resettlement benefits and financial assistance from DC Office and the Project,  INGO representatives had briefed the participants about entitlements of vulnerable and severely affected households including income and livelihood improvement training and cash grants,  Entitlement against lost common property resource (CPR)

M. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM (GRM):

The Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) had been established for ensuring two important matters. Firstly, Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) facilitates the affected people and their communities to raise their voice regarding grievances, complaints and concerns regarding land acquisition and resettlement linked to the Project. Secondly, the GRM ensures accountability towards the affected persons through redressing their grievances, complaints and concerns.

This mechanism (GRM) has been readily accessible to all project affected persons and other concerned people as per the RP. The 32 (thirty-two) Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs) had been formed at local level (municipality and/or Union Parishad [local administration level]). In addition, one project-level Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) had been formed that is based at Chattogram. Preferably grievance cases are resolved by local level GRC. If any grievances are not resolved by local level GRC, then the grievance will be onward transmitted to the project level GRC.

The contact information regarding focal person of the local level committee will be posted on sign boards in different relevant locations along the alignment for creating scope of getting effective information about GRM and roles of GRC. BR had formed and established GRCs to resolve grievances and complaints during the project intervention. Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs) resolve grievances and complaints amicably. The GRCs, however, will not provide legal advice to the contestants. Upazila wise distribution of the 32 (thirty-two) GRCs formed by the Project Authority is presented in Table 14. GRM related activities including (i) receiving grievances, complaints and concerns of the affected people, (ii) registering received grievances and complaints, (iii) determining eligible grievances and complaints for GRM, (iv) holding GRC meetings, etc. have been going on regularly since March 2019 up to June 2020.

A total of 138 grievance/complaint cases had been received up to June 2020. Of received grievance/complaint cases, 137 cases (99.28%) had been resolved as of June 2020. More specifically, a total of 20 GRC cases had been received between January 2020 and June 2020. Of 20 received cases, 20 cases (100%) had been resolved between January 2020 and June 2020.

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Table 14: GRCs formation (at union level) and grievances received & redressed as of June 2020

Sl. Name Of No.of Grievance/complaint Remarks Upazila GRC Received Resolved formed (No.) (No.) 1 2 3 4 5 01. Chandanaish 1 15 15 Grievances/complaints and concerns are being 02. Sathkania 5 1 0 received at project site for redressing them. Of 138 03. Lohagara 5 11 11 grievances received, 137 (99.28%) have been redressed as of June 2020. A total of 20 (twenty) 04. Chakaria 10 69 69 grievance/complaint cases received between January 05. Ramu 5 17 17 2020 and June 2020, 20 (100%) grievance/complaint 06. Cox,s Bazar 6 25 25 cases had been resolved. Only one grievance case Sadar has been remained pending as of June 2020. At present that very unresolved case under Satkania Upazila is under litigation at court of law. Total 32 138 137

IV. SUCCESS STORIES

The non-title holder (NTH) affected persons received compensation and resettlement benefits for their affected structures from BR. They were allowed to take away salvageable housing materials free of cost. They had used these salvageable materials along with necessary newly purchased construction materials for reconstructing their houses at self-relocation places/sites. As a result, they could manage to reconstruct better structures and houses compared to their structures and houses at pre-displacement places. Moreover, a considerable number of NTH affected persons had purchased land using their received compensation. A total of 47 NTH affected persons (40 NTHs & 7 NTHs under Cox‟s Bazar and Chattogram Districts respectively) had purchased 6.03 acres of land (5.17 acres and 0.86 acres under Cox‟s Bazar and Chattogram Districts respectively) as of June 2020.

Some of these NTH affected persons who were landless before project had invested/used portions of their received compensation and resettlement benefits for purchasing land. It is worth mentioning that their present structures/houses are in better condition at self-relocation places/sites compared to their pre-displacement housing conditions. Some success stories with contrast scenarios between previous and present structures of the resettled persons, which demonstrate significant improvement of their housing conditions under the Project area, are presented below.

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Success Stories of Non-Title Holder Affected Persons (Landless People Got the Status of Owners of Land)

Success Story -1:

Mr. Abdul Jalil (55 years), a non- title holder affected person. His EP ID no. is 2514#0258. His occupation was agriculture before displacement from their affected residence built on public land in Chainda mouza under Ramu Upazila of Cox‟s Bazar District. His present occupation is business. No. of his family members is 18. He lost his structure(s) built on public land located on the right of way (RoW). He purchased 40 decimals of land at Chainda mouza after getting the Previous structure (without land ownership) resettlement benefits (RBs) from BR.

Purchased 40 decimals of agricultural land (has land ownership)

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Success Story -2:

Mr. Faridul Alam (55 years), a non- title holder affected person. His EP ID no. is 2514#0169. His occupation was agriculture before displacement from their affected residence built on public land in Dhalirchara mouza under Ramu Upazila of Cox‟s Bazar District. His present occupation is business. No. of his family members is 6. He lost his structure built on public land located on the right of way (RoW) of the Project. He purchased 34 Previous structure decimals of land at Dhalirchara mouza after receiving resettlement benefits (RB) from BR.

Present under construction structure Faridul Alam, ID no. is 2414#0169

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V. COMPARISON OF PREVIOUS AND PRESENT STRUCTURES

In most of the cases, relocation houses of the resettled people are in better condition compared to their previous houses. In this regard, pictures of some previous and relocated houses of the resettled persons (NTHs and THs) are shown below.

Comparrison of Non-Ttitle Holder Affected Persons’ Previous and Present Structures

Previous Structure Present Structure Abdul Karim, EP ID 2414#1121 Abdul Karim, EP ID 2414#1121 Reserve Harbang Mouza Reseve Harbang Mouza

Previous Structure Present Structure Kamal Uddin, EP ID 2414#2479 Kamal Uddin, EP ID 2414#2479 Phorchanda Mouza Phorchanda Mouza

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Previous Structure Present Structure Ziaul Karim, EP ID 2414#2460 Ziaul Karim, EP ID 2414#2460 Dulahazra Mouza Dulahazra Mouza

Previous Structure Present Structure Shamsun Nahar, EP ID 2424#0458 Shamsun Nahar, EP ID 2424#0458 Dulahazra Mouza Dulahazra Mouza

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Previous Structure Present Structure Bashir Ahamad, EP ID 2414#1176 Bashir Ahamad, EP ID 2414#1176 Dulahazra Mouza Dulahazra Mouza

Previous Structure Present Structure Jamal Uddin, EP ID 2414#0300 Jamal Uddin, EP ID 2414#0300 Phorchanda Mouza Phorchanda Mouza

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Previous Structure Present Structure Kamal Uddin, EP ID 2414#2479 Kamal Uddin, EP ID 2414#2479 Phorchanda Mouza Phorchanda Mouza

Previous Structure Present Structure Ringvong Natun Pahad Ayesha Abdullah Jame Ringvong Natun Pahad Ayesha Abdullah Jame Mosjid, EP ID 2404# 2536 Mosjid, EP ID 2404# 2536 Ring Vong Mouza Ring Vong Mouza

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Comparrison of Title Holder Affected Persons’ Previous and Present Structures

Previous Structure Present Structure Ali Hosen, EP ID 2411#2544 Ali Hosen, EP ID 2411#2544 Dulahazra Mouza Dulahazra Mouza

Previous Structure Present Structure Nazam Uddin, EP ID 2411#2014 Nazam Uddin, EP ID 2411#2014 Dulahazra Mouza Dulahazra Mouza

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Previous Structure Present Structure Mostafizur Rahman, EP ID 2411#2067 Mostafizur Rahman, EP ID 2411#2067 Koriyagona Mouza Koriyagona Mouza

Previous Structure Present Structure Abdur Rahman, EP ID 2411#2042 Abdur Rahman, EP ID 2411#2042 Dulahazra Mouza Dulahazra Mouza

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Previous Structure Present Structure Zamal Uddin, EP ID 2411#2032 Zamal Uddin, EP ID 2411#2032 Koriagona Mouza Koriagona Mouza

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VI. CONCLUSION:

ADB‟s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) 2009 contains principles on involuntary resettlement to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible, and if avoidance is not possible, then to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives. Amount of acquired land was 1,367.3664 acres as of December 2018. Subsequently, 2.6794 acres of additional land under Satkania Upazila of Chattogram District were proposed for acquisition. Two LAPs were submitted to DC Office, Chattogram on 7th March 2019 and 4th December 2019 respectively. Now, amount of total acquired land is 1,370.0458 acres. A total of 1,367.3664 acres of lands had already been handed over to the BR by the respective DC Offices..At present, activities opted for combining and synchronizing the two new LAPs submitted for acquisition of 2.6794 acres of additional land into one LAP are being done by DC Office, Chattogram and BR.

One of significant policy principles in SPS 2009 is to improve or at least restoration of livelihood and living standards of affected persons at pre-project standard. A total of 7,204 payments of cash compensation under law (CCL) had been made by DC Offices, Chattogram and Cox‟s Bazar up to June 2020. A total of 998 non-title holder affected households (NTH affected persons) identified for paying them resettlement benefits against affected non-land assets and structures. EP ID cards had been issued and distributed to the 979 NTH affected persons (98.10%) as of June 2020. Out of 979 NTHs, the 900 NTH affected persons (91.93%) had received compensation and benefits as of June 2020. They had self-relocated at nearby their kinspersons, lineage people and communities as of June 2020. Each of the forty-seven landless persons had gotten an identity of “owner of land” after getting the compensation and guidance from BR to purchase new land. Other NTH persons also built new houses which is better compare to previous structure. The TH also built new better houses. Many of them bought new land.

The Resettlement Plan (RP) of the Project is being implemented by BR with the assistance of the INGO (DORP-PATHMARK JV), CSC and PMC. The BR had made adequate efforts to mitigate adverse impacts, risks and situations up to June 2020. The BR has explored all possible ways to mitigate adverse impacts and situations. Social safeguard issues are being addressed properly by the BR during the implementation of the Project following the approved RP and ADB‟s SPS 2009.

Annexure-1

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The Secretary of the Ministry of Railways, the PD, the DD, Resettlement and CSC Consultants Visited Project Site at Cox‟s Bazar Station on March 07, 2020.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Railways, the PD, the DD, Resettlement and CSC Consultants Visited Eidgaon Rubber Dam Cox‟s Bazar Sadar Upazila, Cox‟s Bazar District on March 07, 2020.

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The Secretary of the Ministry of Railways, the PD, the DD, Resettlement and CSC Consultants Visited Eidgaon Rubber Dam Cox‟s Bazar Sadar Upazila, Cox‟s Bazar District on March 07, 2020.

A meeting for presentation on progress of land acquisition and resettlement was held at Conference Room of the PD Office with ADB Mission on March 03, 2020.

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Annexure-2: Focus Group Discussion and Consultation Meetings

Focus Group Discussion with Vulnerable Persons Held at Focus Group Discussion with Affected Persons at Uttar Mithachari Mouza, Ramu Upazila, Cox’s Bazar Uttar Mithachari Mouza, Ramu Upazila, Cox’s Bazar District on 18.01.2020 District on 15.03.2020

Focus Group Discussion with affected women Held at Uttar Mithachari mouza, Ramu Upazila, Cox’s Bazar District on 12.02.2020

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Consultation Meeting with Affected Persons at Reserve Consultation Meeting with Vulnerable Persons Held Harbang Mouza, Chakaria Upazila, Cox’s Bazar District at Reserve Harbang Mouza, Chakaria Upazila, Cox’s on 18.02.2020 Bazar District on 12.01.2020

ICONIC STATION BUILDING AT COX'S BAZAR

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