STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY Punjabi University, Patiala
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STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY Punjabi University, Patiala Social Impact Assessment Report & Social Impact Management Plan of Land Acquisition for widening and construction of Approach Road to the Proposed STP at Faridkot December 2019 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA Contents Topic Page No. Executive Summary 1-6 Project and Public Purpose 1 Justification of Public Purpose 2 Location 2 Size and attributes of land acquisition 3 Alternatives Considered 3 Social Impacts 3 Mitigation measures 4 Assessment of Social costs and benefits 5 Recommendations on Acquisition 6 Determination of Compensation 6 Introduction 7-17 Project Area 7 Background of the Project 9 Developers Background 11 Social Impact Assessment 13 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA Topic Page No. Justification of Public Purpose 15 Key Benefits of the Project 16 Detail of Project size and location 16 Examination of Alternatives 16 Applicable Legislation and Policies 17 Team Composition, Approach, Methodology and Schedule of 18-23 SIA Team Composition 18 Methodology 18 Schedule of Consultations 21 Schedule of SIA 23 Land Assessment 24-29 Information regarding acquisition of Proposed Land and Project 24 Specific Area Project Specific Area 25 Total Land Requirement 26 Quantity of Land Proposed to be Acquired 26 Land Use Pattern 26 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA Topic Page No. Type of Land 27 Classification of Land 27 Cropping Pattern 28 Irrigation 28 Land Prices 29 Socio-Economic and Cultural Profile of Affected Area 30-32 The Project Area 30 Socio -Economic Characteristics of the Project Area 31 Socio-Economic Details of the Stakeholders 32 Female Participation 32 Social Impacts 33-36 Process of Identifying Social Impacts 33 Findings of Impacts 34 Details of Impacts during Different Phases 35 Indicative list of Social Impacts 36 Analysis of Costs and Benefits 37-39 Assessment of Public Purpose 37 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA Topic Page No. Alternatives 37 Benefits from the Project 38 Recommendations on Acquisition 39 Determination of Compensation 39 Social Impact Management Plan 40-42 Approach to Mitigation 40 Major Findings of SIA Study 40 Measures to Avoid, Mitigate and Compensate Impacts 41 Details of SIA Team 43 Annexure I (Project Pictures) 44-47 Questionnaire 48-61 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA List of Tables Table No. Topic Page No. Table 1.1 Impacts on different parameters 3 Table 1.2 Analysis of Mitigation Measures 4 Comparative Analysis of Positive Table 1.3 5 and Negative Impacts Details of Land Proposed to be Table 2.1 16 Acquired Regulations and Legislations Table 2.2 17 relevant to this Project Table 3.1 Social Impact Assessment Team 18 Indicative Methodology of Table 3.2 20 Conducting SIA Table 3.3 Schedule of SIA Study 23 Details of Land Proposed to be Table 4.1 26 Acquired Table 4.2 Project Area: Loss of Land 27 Table 4.3 Classification of Area 27 Cropping Pattern of the Project Table 4.4 28 Specific Area (Hectares) STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA Table No. Topic Page No. No. of Tube wells and Pumping Table 4.5 28 Sets Rate of the land at village Faridkot Table 4.6 29 for the Year 2019-20 Demographics of the Project Table 5.1 31 Specific Area Social and Economic Indicators of Table 5.2 31 the Project Area Demographic details of direct Table 5.3 32 stakeholders Table 6.1 Important Issues of Consultation 35 Impacts during different phases of Table 6.2 35 the project Table 6.3 Indicative list of Social Impacts 36 Comparative Analysis of Positive Table 7.1 38 and Negative Impacts Analysis of Social Impact of Land Table 8.1 41 Acquisition STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA List of Figures Figure Topic Page No. Figure 1.1 View of the Project Specific Area 2 Figure 2.1 Map of District Faridkot 8 Figure 2.2 Measurements of proposed land 10 Figure 2.3 Detailed map of proposed Land Acquisition 11 Consultations and dissemination of information during Figure 3.1 22 Baseline Survey Figure 4.1 Map of proposed Land Acquisition 24 Figure 4.2 View of the Project Specific Area 25 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA Executive Summary I. Project and Public Purpose At present the sewage system covers only a part of Faridkot city. This system too caters to only the sullage water from the city. This sullage water is collected in a small collecting tank from where it is pumped out through sullage water pumps installed at temporary disposal works. It has been a long standing demand of the residents of the city for laying of a sewage system across the entire city. Government of Punjab has also been planning to connect the entire city with the sewage system for disposal and treatment of sewage from the city. As a result the government has initiated a number of steps in this direction and 75 percent main sewer of the size 760 mm i/d on ring road of the city has already been laid at the site and 1070 meters sewer of size 900 mm i/d towards the site for new disposal works/ treatment plant has also been laid at the site. Branch sewer has been laid in the internal area of this ring road against the estimate of Providing Branch Sewer in various streets of Faridkot and providing sewerage scheme in Mohalla Sethian, Faridkot. The main aim of this project is to provide 100 percent underground sewerage facility to the residents of Faridkot. The office of Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Division (PWSSD), Moga is acquiring 2.5 acres of land in Khasra number 4369 to 4373 on Arian Wala road in Faridkot. This land belongs to owners Smt. Manjit Kaur w/o Late S. Ranjit Singh and sons Arunjit Singh and Arshdeep Singh. The owners are ready to give their land to government for construction of a 14 Mld Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) through negotiation itself. This suggested land is about 264 feet away from the main road. There is 11 feet wide government kacha rasta to access this land from main road. But to construct a sewage treatment plant and maintaining it for coming many years, it is necessary to have a sufficiently wide permanent access. Hence, PWSSD needs to acquire around 16.5 feet wide path along with existing 11 feet path making it a total wide stretch of 27.5 feet path for accessing the proposed site for STP from the main road. This 16.5 feet wide and 264 feet long strip belongs to other farmers named Darshan Singh s/o S. Kashmir Singh and Tarsem Singh s/o Darshan Singh. These landowners are not ready to give their land strip for making permanent access to proposed STP land. Hence Sub Divisional Magistrate proposed to acquire this strip of land through LARR, 2013. 1 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA II. Justification of Public Purpose One of the key objectives of the Social Impact Assessment is to examine whether the proposed project serves as a public purpose project. The proposed land acquisition for making a total of 27.5 feet wide permanent access from the present 11 feet wide access to the proposed STP is required for the following reasons: The residents of Faridkot have been facing a lot of problems due to absence of sewage system in the city, especially during the monsoon season. At present the sewage system covers only a part of the Faridkot city and the sullage water is collected in a small collecting tank from where it is pumped out through sullage water pumps installed at temporary disposal works. Hence the city urgently needs a STP to solve the long standing sewage disposal problem. The present 11 feet wide approach road from the main road to the proposed STP is not sufficiently wide for the smooth movement of vehicles plying to and from the STP. Above all, it falls under the list of projects classified in section 2 (I-e) i.e. project for planned development according to the RFCTLARR Act, 2013. III.Location The land for the proposed acquisition for widening and construction of approach road to STP is located at Faridkot city. The total land required for the widening of approach road to the STP measures 0.10 acre. Figure 1.1: View of the Project Specific Area Source: Google Earth. 2 STATE SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA IV. Size and attributes of land acquisition The government of Punjab has proposed to acquire land for widening and construction of approach road to the proposed STP at Faridkot. Total land required for this project is 0.10 acre. This land is presently used for agriculture activities. V. Alternatives Considered While conducting Social Impact Assessment study, alternatives have to be considered before finalising the best suitable alternative for the respective project. According to the documents provided by the acquiring body there are no other alternatives suitable for the proposed acquisition as it pertains to widening of an already existing 11 feet wide road. As per the acquiring body the land proposed for acquisition is also bare minimum required for the project. Keeping these factors in mind and verifying the claims of the acquiring body during Transect Walk, the SIA study also confirms the fact that the land proposed for acquisition is the most suitable option. VI. Social Impacts After consultation with stakeholders, field visits and desk review, nature of impacts on different parameters have been identified. (Table 1.1) Table 1.1: Showing Impacts on different parameters Impact Nature of Impact Reasons Loss of agricultural Land Negative land Increased Livelihood and Positive opportunities for Income jobs Physical resources N.A.