MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS Public Disclosure Authorized (Government of India) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized GREEN NATIONAL HIGHWAYS CORRIDOR PROJECT Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Bowdara to Vizianagaram Public Disclosure Authorized December 2019 Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Bowdara – Vizianagaram – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report ABBREVIATIONS APRDC – Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation BPL – Below Poverty Line CPR – Common Property Resources DPR – Detailed project report GoAP – Government of Andhra Pradesh GoI – Government of India GRC – Grievance Redressal Committee GVB – Gender Based Violence IAY – Indira Awaas Yojana LARR – Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement LPS – Land Plan Schedules MoRTH – The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NGO – Non-Government Organization NHAI National Highway Authority of India OBC – Other Backward Class PAF's – Project Affected Family PAP's – Project Affected Person's PDF's – Project Displaced Family PDPs – Project Displaced Persons PESA – Panchayats (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act,1996 PIU – Project implementation Unit PMC – Project Management Consultants PRoW – Proposed Right-of-Way R&B – Roads and Building R&R – Rehabilitation and Resettlement RDO – Revenue Divisional Officer Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land RFCTLARR – Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, 2013 Act RoW – Right-of-Way SC – Scheduled Caste SIA – Social Impact Assessment SMU – Social Management Unit SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement SSR – Standard Schedule of Rates ST – Scheduled Tribe TPPD – Tribal People Participation and Development Plan VGC – Violence Against Children WB - World Bank ii Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Bowdara – Vizianagaram – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................ VII LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................ VIII E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................... 1 E1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 E2. PROJECT PURPOSE ...................................................................................... 1 E3. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 1 E4. LAND ACQUISITION AND IMPACTS .................................................................... 1 E5. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................... 2 E6. MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................................ 3 E7. COST ESTIMATION ...................................................................................... 3 E8. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ................................................................... 3 1. DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................... 4 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................ 4 1.2 PROJECT PURPOSE .................................................................................. 4 1.3 THE PROJECT ROAD DESCRIPTION ............................................................ 5 1.4 EXISTING ROAD CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 6 1.5 PROPOSED PROJECT ROAD ............................................................................. 9 1.6 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT .............................................................................. 9 LIST OF APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/GUIDES/CODES ............. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 2. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ........................................................ 16 2.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 16 2.2 CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY .......................................................... 16 2.3 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS .................................................................... 17 Individual Level Consultations ........................................................................... 18 2.4 SOCIAL IMPACTS ...................................................................................... 19 2.5 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ............................................................... 19 3. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT PLAN . 21 3.1 NEED FOR MINIMISATION OF IMPACT .............................................................. 21 3.2 DESIGN CONSIDERATION ............................................................................ 21 3.2.1 Proposed Design Standards for Highways ............................................... 21 3.3 BY-PASSES AND ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS ...................................................... 22 3.4 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE .......................................................................... 23 3.4.1 Bowdara Junction ................................................................................ 23 3.4.2 Thatipudi ............................................................................................ 23 3.4.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................... 24 4. SOCIO- ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ......................... 25 4.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASE LINE ....................................................................... 25 4.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE INFLUENCE ZONE ........................................... 25 4.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES OF VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT .................................... 26 iii Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Bowdara – Vizianagaram – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report 4.3.1 Demographic Profile ............................................................................. 26 4.3.2 Literacy .............................................................................................. 27 4.3.3 Work Participation ................................................................................ 27 4.3.4 Occupation Profile ................................................................................ 28 5. LAND ACQUISITION AND IMPACTS .................................................... 29 5.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 29 5.2 LAND ACQUISITION ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT STRETCH ................................... 29 5.3 IMPACTS ON STRUCTURE ............................................................................. 30 5.4 IMPACT ON STRUCTURE BY TYPOLOGY OF STRUCTURE ........................................... 31 5.5 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT AFFECTED HOUSEHOLD ............................... 31 5.6 ECONOMIC PROFILE ................................................................................... 32 5.7 SAVINGS, INDEBTEDNESS AND LOAN .............................................................. 33 5.8 HEALTH STATUS ....................................................................................... 34 5.9 VULNERABLE GROUP .................................................................................. 34 5.10 IMPACT ON WOMEN ................................................................................... 34 5.11 DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS ............................................................................ 35 6. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ...................... 36 6.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 36 6.2 IMPACTS ................................................................................................ 36 6.2.1 Positive Impacts .................................................................................. 36 6.2.2 Negative Impacts ................................................................................. 36 6.2.3 Mitigation Measures ............................................................................. 37 6.3 IMPACTS ON VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES .......................................................... 37 6.3.1 Mitigation Measures ............................................................................. 37 6.4 IMPACTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE ..................................................... 37 6.4.1 Mitigation Measures ............................................................................. 38 6.5 IMPACTS DURING THE OPERATION STAGE ......................................................... 38 6.5.1 Mitigation Measures ............................................................................. 38 7. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ........................ 41 7.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 41 7.2 SOME IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS TO SAFEGUARD TRIBAL INTERESTS ..................... 41 7.2.1 The Agency Tracts Interest and Land Transfer Act, 1917: Enacted in 1917 41 7.2.2 The Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 ........ 41 7.2.3 The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 ............................................................. 41 7.3 RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION,