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Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project Social Monitoring Report – Involuntary Resettlement Project Number: 40515-013 Semi-Annual Report January 2018 2696-BAN(COL): Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project Prepared by Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank. This social monitoring report (involuntary resettlement) 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 Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Local Government Division Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (SRIIP) ADB Loan No. 2696-BAN (SF) KfW Ref. No. 201065374 MONITORING REPORT ON LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT (Revised) Design and Supervision Consultant January 2018 Local Government Engineering Department Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project __________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………. i Abbreviations……………………………………………………………………………… iii Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………. iv 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………… 1 1.1 Project Background…………………………………………………………... 1 1.2 Location of Project Area and Geographic Coverage………………………. 1 1.3 Project Components………………………………………………………….. 2 1.4 Land Acquisition Strategy of the Project……………………………………. 4 1.5 Land Acquisition Requirement………………………………………...…….. 4 1.6 Resettlement Plan………………………………………………...………….. 6 1.7 Monitoring Reports on Involuntary Resettlement………………………….. 6 1.8 The Present Monitoring Report……………………………………………… 6 2. METHODOLOGY FOR THE MONITORING REPORT.. …………….……………. 7 2.1 Implementation Arrangement………………………………………..……... 7 2.2 Methodology Followed for Developing the Report…………………………. 7 3. LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ISSUES IN PROJECT AREAS…. 10 3.1 Appraisal of Present Situation 10 3.1.1 Mitigation Measure Adopted……………………………………...… 10 3.1.2 The Progress of Land Acquisition and Compensation.…………… 11 3.1.3 Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits Set Out in SRIIP…………. 13 4. PLANNING ASPECTS OF RESETTLEMENT AND RELEVANT ISSUES………. 14 4.1 Policy, Framework and Resettlement Plans……………………………….. 14 4.2 Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits Setout in SRIIP…………………… 14 4.3 Process of Information Disclosure and Community Consultation in SRIIP 15 4.4 Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of RPs……………………. 16 4.5 Grievances Redress Mechanism in SRIIP…………………………………. 17 4.6 Monitoring Mechanisms Set out in the Project ……………………………. 17 5. DELIVERY OF ENTITLEMENTS OF AFFECTED PERSONS IN SRIIP………… 18 5.1 Status of Compensation Payment ………………………………………….. 18 5.2 Feedback of APs on Entitlement Allocation and Disbursement…………. 18 5.3 Feedback of APs on other Aspects of RP Implementation ………………. 20 5.3.1 Community Consultations and Information Disclosure ………..… 20 5.4 Grievances Redress Mechanism of SRIIP…………………………………. 21 6. APs RESPONSES ON PROJECT IMPACTS………………………………………. 22 6.1 Experiences of the APs during Project’s Physical Implementation………. 22 6.2 APs’ Perception of the Project Outcomes ………………………………….. 22 7. CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………… 24 List of Figures Figure 1: Location Map of SRIIP ……….……………………………………………….. 2 Figure 2: Project Districts with Land Acquisition Impacts……………………………… 5 _________________________________________________________________________________ Page | i Design and Supervision Consultant Local Government Engineering Department Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project __________________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 3: Methodology Followed in Developing the Monitoring Report……………… 7 Figure 4: AP Knowledge about the Entitlements………………………………………… 18 Figure 5: Satisfaction of APs on Entitlement…………………………………………….. 19 Figure 6: Status of the Time in Which APs Received the Compensation for Land Acquisition…………………………………………………………….. 19 Figure 7: Awareness of the APs regarding Community Consultations……………….. 20 Figure 8: Participation of APs in Community Consultation……………………………… 20 Figure 9: APs' Awareness regarding GRM of SRIIP…………………………………….. 21 Figure 10: APs' perception regarding the effectiveness of SRIIP GRM……………….. 21 Figure 11: APs' Perception about the Benefits of Project Outcomes………………….. 23 List of Tables Table 1: Major Components under SRIIP………………………………………………… 2 Table 2: Physical Activities under SRIIP ……….………………………………………… 3 Table 3: Location-wise Project Subcomponents………………………………………… 3 Table 4: Submission of Semi-Annual Monitoring Report on Involuntary Resettlement 6 Table 5: Comparison of Project's Planned LAR Impact vis-a-vis Actual Impact……… 10 Table 6: Land Acquisition and Compensation by District and Contract……………… 12 Table 7: Type of Resettlement Impacts of the SRIIP Projects…………………………. 13 Table 8: Compensations and Assistances Allocated in SRIIP…………………………. 13 Table 9: Type of Resettlement Impacts of the SRIIP Projects…………………………. 14 Table 10: Compensations and Assistances Allocated in SRIIP………………………... 15 Table 11: Details of Community Consultants……………………………………………. 16 Table 12: Status of Compensation Payment…………………………………………….. 18 Table 13: Impacts of Project's Construction and Civil Works on APs…………………. 22 Annexes Annex 1: Checklist for Land Acquisition & Resettlement Monitoring………….……… 25 Annex 2: Sample of Notice from DC Office for Land Acquisition………………………. 27 Annex 3: List of APs & Proof of Satisfactory Receipt of Compensation……………… 28 Annex 4: Reply of ADB Comments……………………………………………………….. 49 _________________________________________________________________________________ Page | ii Design and Supervision Consultant Local Government Engineering Department Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project __________________________________________________________________________________________ ABBREVIATIONS ADB : Asian Development Bank AH : Affected Household AP : Affected Person CCL : Cash Compensation by law DC : Deputy Commissioner D&SC : Design and Supervision Consultants GCM : Growth Centre Market GoB : Government of Bangladesh GRM : Grievance Redress Mechanism IR : Involuntary Resettlement KfW : Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau LAR : Land Acquisition and Resettlement LGD : Local Government Division LGED : Local Government Engineering Department MLGRDC : Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives MMC : Market Management Committee PD : Project Director PMO : Project Management Office RF : Resettlement Framework RP : Resettlement Plan ROW : Right of Way SRIIP : Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project XEN : Executive Engineer _________________________________________________________________________________ Page | iii Design and Supervision Consultant Local Government Engineering Department Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project __________________________________________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project Background The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under the Local Government Division (LGD) of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (MLGRDC) is implementing the Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (SRIIP - the Project), with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) of Germany. The Project is primarily concerned with enhancing the access to economic opportunities and social services for poor people in the project districts in general and women in particular, and thus to contribute in reducing poverty in the intervention areas. SRIIP commenced in January 2011, now is in the final stage of completion and is scheduled to close in December 2017. Geographic Coverage of SRIIP Geographic coverage of the Project is 21 districts spreading over three divisions in the northwest and southwest of Bangladesh - Khulna Division, Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. Of the 21 districts, 7 districts are in Khulna Division (Kushtia, Chuadanga, Meherpur, Jessore, Jhenidah, Narail and Magura); 6 districts are in Rajshahi Division (Rajshahi, Natore, Joypurhat, Bogra, Naogaon and Chapai Nawabgonj; and the rest 8 districts are in Rangpur Division (Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, and Lalmonirhat). Project Components The major components of SRIIP comprise improvement and rehabilitation of 678.00 km Upazila roads, 173.00 km Union roads; construction of 4500 meters of structures (bridges/culverts) on the selected roads; and improvement of 88 nos Growth Centre Markets. Land Acquisition Requirement Physical implementation of improvement works for different subprojects under the Project has required very small amounts of land involving the acquisition of 8.7332 acres of private land under absolute necessity. This has caused involuntary
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