Resettlement Action Plan For Selected Feeder Roads in the District of Karongi in Rwanda - Project ID: P 126498 REPUBLIC OF RWANDA Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL RESOURCES (MINAGRI) RWANDA FEEDER ROADS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (RFRDP) FINAL REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized UPDATED RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR SELECTED FEEDER ROADS OF KARONGI DISTRICT Prepared in November 2013 and Revised in February 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized | P a g e PROJECT BASIC DATA No Description Impacts in Quantity 1 District Karongi 2 Province Western Province Construction/Rehabilitation/upgr ading of Roads, Drainage and 3 Planned Civil works Bridges 4 Cost of Civil works (priority roads for 72.25 km) 6,816,881 million $ 5 Cost by km 92,495 USD 6 Cost of RAP 151,534,305 Frw 7 Number of households to be physically displaced 38 8 Private fences affected in meters 13,094 9 Number of institutional buildings affected fully 1 10 Number of institutional buildings affected partially No 11 Number of institutional fences in meters No Loss of agricultural lands permanently in 22.41 12 hectares* 13 Loss of Crops and trees in hectares 19.99 14 settlements in Hectares 2.42 15 Number of households who lose strips of lands in 1,021 RoW 16 Loss of trees in Number 30,000 17 Loss of telephone line affected in meters No 18 Public water taps 2 19 Cemeteries No 20 Partially affected households 983 21 Total number of project affected households 1,021 22 Project Affected Persons (PAPs) 5,105 2 | P a g e EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Rwanda has four provinces (East, West, North and South) and Kigali City1. The District of Karongi is one of the 7 Districts that make the Western Province and is bordered by Rutsiro and Ngororero to the North, Muhanga and Ruhango districts to the East, Nyamasheke and Nyamagabe districts to the South and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Karongi District stretches over an area of 993 km2with a population of 331,571, composed of 175,684 females and 155,887 males, which represent a Sex Ratio of 89 and distributed into 77000 households. It is among the districts of Rwanda which has a high density of 334 persons per square kilometer and faces to the demographic growth with average annual growth rate of 1.7 %. The majority of the population of Karongi District is young, with 80% of the population aged less than 40 years old. About 54% of the population is aged 19 years or younger. People aged 65 years and above make up 5% of the population. The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources is planning to develop feeder roads in the district as a way of increasing the agricultural production and access to the market. The planned total length under this phase is 75.25 km. The main objective of updating this resettlement Action Plan is to accommodate new changes made during the final design studies and to include compensation for land. The specific objectives are: To review and update the existing RAP by undertaking independent assessment of existing report which was developed based on the feasibility study to accommodate the land acquisition changes after the detailed design. To ensure that the RAP is in line with new laws, guidelines, policies and regulation of the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and the operation policies and safeguards measures of the World Bank (WB). The Project Safeguards Team reviewed the Karongi RAP report prepared and disclosed in November 2013 as well as the Karongi Design Report in July 2015 and carried out census for PAPs assets identification and valuation in October - November 2015.In the Karongi RAP report of November 2013, the actual numbers of people likely to be affected due to the development of the project were not identified. Based on review and census, the missing data was collected, compiled and analyzed during field studies. The participation of stakeholders has also been taken into consideration in formulating the approach and methodology for the study. The study was conducted in such a manner and procedure that it fulfills the requirements of Government of Rwanda, and the World Bank’s safeguard policies (OP 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement). The cost of the implementation of the resettlement management plan and monitoring programs were estimated and budgeted for. The Rwanda National Acts, Legislation and Laws were consulted with a view to ensure compliance with various requirements. Legislation and Laws were consulted with a view to ensure compliance with various requirements. F 1 Geography of Rwanda, Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia 3 | P a g e The cost of the interventions to improve the feeder roads is estimated during the feasibility study. The total estimated cost to improve 75.25 km of feeder roads amounts to US$ 6,816,881 million; the average cost per km amounts to US$ 92,495 USD. The RAP cost is estimated to 194,159,275 Frw, contingency inclusive, including monitoring cost. The details are as follows: Resettlement Action Plan :157,934,275 Frw Resettlement Action Plan Monitoring : 26,979,320 Frw Contingency rate (5%) : 9,245,680 Frw The RAP cost is 3.4% of project costs The widening of ROW will need 22.41 ha of additional land for the road rehabilitation. The loss of houses will be 38 in number, including one institutional building. The project will affect 1,021 households with a total population of 5,105 persons. The loss of various trees species at different growth stages will be 30,000.The resettlement and compensation of crops, trees, houses and other structures will be made as per the law of Rwanda and the safeguard policies of the World Bank (OP 4.12). The land to be acquired is private domain and will also be compensated for. It is worth to note that from 2010 most of the land in the country has been registered and we have observed two categories of landholders being property owners and tenant. No squatters or informal landholders were identified along selected roads. Category Type ENTITLEMENTS of PAP of Compensat Compensation for Loss of Compensation Moving Other Assistance Loss ion for Loss land for Loss of Allowance of Income Structures Property Loss ------ The land acquired for road ------ Disturbance allowances 5%, registration/ transfer Owners of widening will be compensated fees land in cash because none of them move away from his plot Provision of tree seedlings, agricultural inputs, job opportunities and and facilitation for health insurance and other government support, etc. to vulnerable PAPs. Capacity building of severely affected PAPs and vulnerable groups to maintain and/or improve their income generation potential. Job opportunities to all 4 | P a g e PAPs Temp Rental allowances Land will be rehabilitated orary based on annual after laterite extraction and given back to their loss of land output and respective owners land costs associated with land due to preparation and site crop management install ation and borro w pits Loss Compensat For lost rental Coverage of Disturbance of ion at full income, Lump full cost for allowance & right to salvage struct replaceme sum cash total transport materials without ure nt value payment of 6 expenses deduction from not months’ rent per compensation depreciate tenant d, taking Provision of tree seedlings, agricultural into inputs, job opportunities account and facilitation for market health insurance and values for other government support, etc. to structures vulnerable PAPs. and materials Capacity building of or severely affected PAPs possibility and vulnerable groups to maintain and/or improve of their income generation relocating potential. to new settlement If need to relocate, relocation assistance (coverage of costs of transport & assistance to find alternative secured accommodation, preferably in the community of residence through involvement of the project) Loss of Cash Disturbance forest compensation allowances Trees based on type, age and productive Planting of trees in the value of affected buffer zone of the 5 | P a g e trees developed roads to replace for the removed ones and protect rehabilitated roads Loss of Cash Disturbance crops compensation allowance (includ based on the type, ing age and market tree value of the crops) mature crop in the scarce season, whichever is greater. Property Loss of payment of Six Coverage of full Disturbance lease rental months’ rent cost for total allowance holders/T accom transport enant modati expenses on Loss of Cash Disturbance crops compensation allowances (includ based on the type, ing age and market tree value of the crops) mature crop in the scarce season, for the remaining period of the tenancy/lease Squatters Loss Cash Relocation Disturbance / of compensati assistance allowance, informal struct on at full (coverage of dwellers* ure replaceme costs of Right to salvage materials without nt cost not transport & deduction from depreciate assistance to compensation d, taking find alternative into secured Provision of tree account accommodatio seedlings, agricultural market n, preferably in inputs, job opportunities and facilitation for values for the community health insurance and structures of residence other government and through support, etc. to materials. involvement of vulnerable PAPs. the project) Capacity building of severely affected PAPs and vulnerable groups to maintain and/or improve their income 6 | P a g e generation potential. All PAPs Loss Cash For lost rental Coverage of Right to salvage (whether of compensati income, Lump full cost for materials without owner, assets on for any sum cash total transport deduction from tenant or due to assets payment of 6 expenses compensation, informal tempo affected months’ rent per Relocation assistance dweller) rary (e.g. tenant and (coverage of costs of land houses, provision of plot public water taps acquis fences in the selling construction, selling ition demolishe point to be points, etc) d, trees constructed by removed), the Project Assistance of relocation vulnerable poor and people for livelihood constructio reestablishment (ie Provision of tree n of new seedlings, agricultural public inputs, job opportunities water taps, and facilitation for water health insurance and other government tanks, support,, etc).