Woreta-Woldiya Road Project
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RP1 36 Volume 8 THE FEDERAL DEMUCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA Ethiopian Roads Authority Public Disclosure Authorized Preparation of Resettlement Action Plan for Woreta-WoWdiya road ..' Public Disclosure Authorized ~r $ L _ _ _ _ Public Disclosure Authorized *rt f '6b2i :f 4 8USv:2376?I 1. A hb Public Disclosure Authorized RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report Table of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................... 3 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................... 3 2. DESCRIPTIONS OF PROJECT ROAD . ....................................................11 2.1 Background ....................................................... 11 2.2 Socio-economic Benefit ...................................................... 12 3. LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ................... 12 3.1 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement .................................................. 12 Properties to be affected ...................................................... 14 4. SOCIO ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS . ..................................................... 20 4.1 Demography ...................................................... 20 4.2 Human and Natural Resources of the Project Areas ........................ ................ 20 4.3 Economic Activity ...................................................... 21 4.4 Implications for the project ................. ...................................... 21 5. POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .. 22 5.1 Policy Framework ....................................................... 22 5.2 Legal Framework ....................................................... 23 5.3 Institutional Setting ....................................................... 24 6. PROJECT RESETTLEMENT POLICY ...................................... 25 6.1 General Approach ...................................................... 25 6.2 Principles of Compensation ....................................................... 25 7. RELOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTION ...................................................... 29 7.1 Relocation and Resettlement of Private Households ..................... .................. 30 7.2 Reconstruction of Physical Infrastructure ...................................................... 31 8. COST ESTIMATE AND BUDGET .......................................... 32 9. INCOME RESTORATION ....................................................... 35 10. PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION ...................................................... 37 10.1 The Public Consultation Process .......................... ............................. 37 10.2 Public Participation, Consultation and commitments .................... ................. 37 11. GRIEVANCES AND APPEAL ...................................................... 38 12. INSTITUTIONAL ORGANISATION ........................................ 39 12.1 Organizations to be involved in the RAP Implementation ............................... 39 12.2 Responsibilities ...................................................... 40 13. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ....................... ............................... 40 14. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTING . ......................................43 14.1 General ...................................................... 43 14.2 Internal Monitoring ...................................................... 43 14.3 Extemal Monitoring and Evaluation ....................................................... 44 Abay Engineering 1 RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report ANNEX: Annex 1 - Structures & Public Utilities Annex 2 - Method of Valuation Annex 3 - Maps Annex 4 - Impact Considerations, Woldiya Town Annex 5 - Names of Affected house owners Annex 6 - Affected Agricultural, grazing land &Trees Annex 7 - Compensations for Affected houses Annex 8 - Commitments of the Officials (Minutes of meeting -in Amharic) Annex 9 - Minutes of meeting - PAPs Annex 10- Photo Album Abay Engineering 2 RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1. AAOV - Average Annual Output Value 2. ADLI - Agricultural Development Led Industrialization 3. PAP - Project Affected Person 4. CoR - Center of Road 5. DMS - Detail Measurement survey 6. EMB - Environnemental Management Branch 7. EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment 8. ERA - Ethiopian Roads Authority 9. ha - Hectare 10. NGO - Non Governmental Organization 11. RAP - Resettlement Action Plan 12. RoW - Right of Way 13. RoWB - Right of Way Branch 14. RRA - Rural Roads Authority 15. RSDP - Road Sector Development Program 16. SAF - Social Assistance Fund 17. SIA - Social Impact Assessment 1 8.WRC - Woreda Resettlement Committee Abay Engineering 3 RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report Woreta-Woldiya Road Project Figure 1: Location Map l ,/ WORETA Debre Tabor G---,O- ~Agreet WODY Nefas WOLDIYA Bahir Dar Mewcha Dessie Addis Ababa Abay Engineering RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report Figure 2: Major Towns Affected; Woreta-Woldiya Debre WORETA Nefas Agreet °F\lakit *WOLDIYA Scale 20 Km Abay Engineering 2 RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This resettlement action plan is prepared for affected people by the Woreta - Woldiya road rehabilitation and upgrading project. The owner of the projects and the implementing agency of the resettlement action plan is Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA). The plan is prepared through a consultative process with key stakeholders; ERA and the affected people in a short period of time. The report identifies people to be affected due to the project , cost estimate for the properties affected, implementation schedule, possible resettlement sites where necessary etc. Project Description and Justification Woreta - Woldiya road extends approximately 300 km due east from Woreta town to the town of Woldiya. It is currently a gravel surfaced road. The road is sub-divided into 2 contracts; Contract -1 (Woreta- Agreet), Contract-2 (Agreet-Woldiya). Refer fig. 1 and fig. 2 for location of the road. The road links the three major roads taking from the centre to the north of the country .It is also the shortest route to the ports on the eastern side for the Amhara and Tigray Regions. The road serves agricultural centres of the South Gonder & North Wollo Zones The road currently is badly corrugated in areas and rutted in isolated stretches. Blowing dust has always been a health hazard to the local people and damage to crops. The upgrading of the road to asphalt standard has socio- economic benefit, will alleviate the dust problem and enhance safety aspects along the route. Traveling time will be less and safety will be improved markedly. Description of Project Area & Social Aspects There are 17 small towns along the project road. However, there are only five towns with populations of more than 5,000 including Woreta and Woldiya that are the beginning and the terminating points of the project road respectively along the road shown in the map. The small village of Agreet is also included in the map, as it is the end of Contract- 1 and beginning of Contract -2. The project area is density is about 100 people per sq. km. The terrain is comprised of flat (96 km), rolling to hilly (60 km), mountainous (114 km). The remaining 30 km are in urban centers. The Economy In the Project area, the predominant economic activity is agriculture. The project area grows subsistence crops mainly cereals, pulses and trees. Livestock is also an important Abay Engineering 3 RAP; Woreta - Woldiya Final Report economic activity. Cattle, sheep and goats are the main livestock. The areas is weak economically and food deficit occurs from time to time. There are no big industries, but some cottage industries in weaving activities exists in the Woldiya town and the vicinity Human resource Labor is plentiful. The average household size is five. 50% of the population is under 40 years old, indicating a high birth rate. Employment is almost exclusively agriculture in the project area with limited opportunity in petty trades. Other occupations include shops, transportation, town laborers. Land tenure: All land belongs to the state. Each household have their own private land holding (use right) and uses it privately. In addition households in common use grazing lands. Land can not be sold or bought. It can be redistributed by the local government / kebele farmers association in some cases. However, redistribution is not encouraged these days due to limited size. In practice descendents inherit the land use right. Given the fact that population is increasing land per capita is decreasing. At present the average land holding is about 0.5 hectare per household. Land re-allocation is possible but without enough land it is difficult to achieve any goal. Agricultural land The land is generally degraded and poor, with an average cereal yield of 10 quintals per/ hectare. But there are limited fertile areas and irrigated lands. All arable land is cultivated and there is a shortage of agricultural land. Grazing Land Grazing lands are usually not cultivated and are used in communally for grazing. Livestock is the second important economic activity after agriculture. Housings and other structures Houses in the project area are owned privately or by the Kebele Administration. Kebele Administration is the governmental structure at the lowest level. The majority of the houses are mud houses with wood walls. There are some hollow block, brick houses and stone houses. Leizal Framework The Ethiopian Roads Authority has been re-established by Proclamation 80/1997. In the powers