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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 46378-002 Semestral Report (July–December 2020) April 2021 Pakistan: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Regional Improving Border Services Project Prepared by the Federal Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan for 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 or any territory or area. Federal Board of Revenue Government of Pakistan PAK: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation - Regional Improving Border Services (CAREC – RIBS) Project – Chaman Border 2ND SEMIANNUAL EXTERNAL MONITORING REPORT July – December 2020 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN OF CHAMN BORDER CROSSING POINT Prepared by the Project Management Unit of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Government of Pakistan with the assistance of External Monitoring Consultant 2nd External Monitoring for the Implementation of LARP of Chaman BCP, Jul – Dec 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................... 1 LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (ES) ................................................................................................ 6 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................ 10 1.2 Subproject Description ............................................................................................... 10 1.3. Objectives of the Assignment .................................................................................... 12 2. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ........................................................................ 14 2.1 General ...................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Consultative Meetings ................................................................................................ 14 2.3 Review of Existing Available Data ............................................................................. 15 3. STATUS OF LARP IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................. 16 3.1 LAR Impact Data ........................................................................................................ 16 3.1.1 Land Acquisition/Possession ..................................................................................... 16 3.1.2 Affected Structures .................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3 Livelihood Assistance/Allowance ............................................................................... 17 3.2 Status of LARP Implementation ................................................................................. 17 3.2.1 Status of Payment of Compensation of affected Assets ............................................ 17 3.3 Status of Compensation for Affected Structures ........................................................ 18 3.4 Livelihood Assistance/Allowances ............................................................................. 18 3.5 Implementation Status of Addendum to LARP .......................................................... 19 3.6 Alternate Site to Reinstall Business Structures .......................................................... 19 4. VALIDATION OF SOCIAL DDR OF PR & NHA LAND ............................................ 21 4.1 Background ................................................................................................................ 21 1 2nd External Monitoring for the Implementation of LARP of Chaman BCP, Jul – Dec 2020 4.2 Validation of Social DDR (PR & NHA Land) .............................................................. 22 4. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............. 25 4.1 Consultative Meetings with APs/Locals ..................................................................... 25 5. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .................................................................... 27 5.1 Project Grievance Redress Mechanism ..................................................................... 27 5.2 To date Status of Redress of Complaints .................................................................. 27 6. DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES .......................................................................... 28 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................... 29 7.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 29 7.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................... 29 ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................. 32 2 2nd External Monitoring for the Implementation of LARP of Chaman BCP, Jul – Dec 2020 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: List of Participants during the Consultative Discussions ......................................... 14 Table 2: Existing Land Details and Status of Ownership ...................................................... 16 Table 3: LAR Impacts as per LARP and Addendum to LARP .............................................. 17 Table 4: Livelihood Assistance/Allowances as per LARP & Addendum ............................... 17 Table 5: Status of Payment of Compensation for affected Assets at Chaman BCP ............. 18 Table 6: Livelihood Assistance/Allowances Paid to APs as per LARP & Addendum ........... 19 Table 8: List of Participants/APs during the Consultations/Discussion ................................. 25 Table 8: APs/Local People Concerns/Feedback and their Redress ..................................... 25 Table 10: Deliverables and Timelines ................................................................................... 28 Table 11: Proposed Action Plan for LARP & Addendum Implementation ............................. 31 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location Map of the Project Area .......................................................................... 10 Figure 2: Revised Master Plan of the Chaman BCP Including PR and NHA Land ............... 12 Figure 3: Location Map showing the Pakistan Railway and NHA Land ................................ 21 Figure 4: Revised Master Plan Showing the Railway ROW .................................................. 24 LIST OF ANNEXES Annex A: Key works included in the PR Land as per Revised Master Plan --------------------33 Annex B: Notification of GRC and Local Jirga at Chaman BCP Subproject --------------------34 Annex C: Newspaper & Social Media Advertisements -----------------------------------------------35 Annex D: DC Chaman Letter and Revenue Record of PR and NHA Land ----------------------36 3 2nd External Monitoring for the Implementation of LARP of Chaman BCP, Jul – Dec 2020 ABBREVIATIONS AP Affected Person ADB Asian Development Bank BCP Border Crossing Point CAREC Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation CCMR Community Complaint Management Register CSC Construction and Supervision Consultant EA Executing Agency EGM Export General Manifest EMA External Monitoring Agency EMR External Monitoring Report ES Executive Summary FFR Fact-Finding Report GOP Government of Pakistan GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HQ Head Quarter ICT Information and Communications Technology IGM Import General Manifest IMR Internal Monitoring Report ITTMS Integrated Transit Trade Management System LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan LPA Land Port Authority M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NHA National Highway Authority NLC National Logistics Cell PAK Pakistan 4 2nd External Monitoring for the Implementation of LARP of Chaman BCP, Jul – Dec 2020 PIU Project Implementation Unit PLPA Pakistan Land Port Authority PMSC Project Management Support Cell PMU Project Management Unit RIBS Regional Improving Border Services SC Southern Command ROW Right of Way SPS Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 SWS Single Window System TA Technical Assistance TOR Terms of Reference 5 2nd External Monitoring for the Implementation of LARP of Chaman BCP, Jul – Dec 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (ES) ES 1: Introduction 1. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) – Regional Improving Border Services (RIBS) Project is being implemented by the Government of Pakistan with financial assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB). The objective of CAREC-RIBS is to modernize Pakistan’s border point infrastructures at three border-crossing points (BCPs-the subprojects1 of CAREC-RIBS) of Torkham, Chaman and Wagha, establishment of Pakistan Land Port Authority (PLPA) and improved knowledge and skills of BCP operating agencies. 2. The draft LARP of Chaman BCP was prepared in May 2015; updated