SSOOCCIIAALL IIMMPPAACCTT AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT SSTTUUDDYY FFIINNAALL RREEPPOORRTT LAND ACQUISITION FOR MOOLAMPILLY-PIZHALA BRIDGE AND APPROACH ROAD GOSHREE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (GIDA) 2Oth December 2017 SIA Unit Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri P.O Kalamassery, Pin: 682 104 Ph: 0484 2911111 - 2555564 www.rajagiri.edu SSOOCCIIAALL IIMMPPAACCTT AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT SSTTUUDDYY ffiinnaall RREEPPOORRTT LAND ACQUISITION FOR MOOLAMPILLY-PIZHALA BRIDGE AND APPROACH ROAD GOSHREE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (GIDA) 2Oth December 2017 SIA Unit Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri P.O Kalamassery, Pin: 682 104 Ph: 0484 2911111 - 2555564 www.rajagiri.edu ABBREVIATIONS CESS Centre for Earth Science Studies CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone DLPC District Level Purchase Committee DPR Detailed Project Report EIA Environment Impact Assessment FGD Focus Group Discussion GCDA Greater Cochin Development Authority GIDA Goshree Islands Development Authority GoI Government of India GoK Government of Kerala ICTT International Container Transshipment Terminal KSHB Kerala State Housing Board LA Land Acquisition LSG Local Self Government MOU Memorandum of Understanding NH National Highway PAF Project Affected Family PAP Project Affected Person PDF Project Displaced Family RAP Resettlement Action Plan RTFCT in LARR Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act SIA Social Impact Assessment SIMP Social Impact Management Plan FORM No.6 [See rule 15(5)] TABLE OF CONTENTS OF SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT AND SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN CHAPTER 1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 Introduction - Project and Public Purpose 1.2 Location 1.3 Size and Attributes of Land Acquisition 1.4 Alternatives Considered 1.5 Social Impacts and Mitigation Measures CHAPTER 2 - DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Background of the Project and Rationale for the Project 2.2 Project –Size, Location, Production Targets and Costs 2.3 Examination of Alternatives 2.4 Phases of the Project Construction 2.5 Details of Environment Impact Assessment and Feasibility Studies Conducted 2.6 Need for ancillary infrastructural facilities 2.7 Work force requirements 2.8 Applicable legislations and policies CHAPTER 3 – TEAM COMPOSITION, STUDY APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 3.1 Background 3.2 SIA and SIMP Preparation Process 3.3 Desk Research 3.4 Reconnaissance 3.5 Data from Secondary Sources 3.6 Site Visits and Information Dissemination 3.7 Socio Economic Survey 3.8 Compilation and Verification of Data 3.9 Data Analysis and Report Writing 3.10 Community and Public Consultation CHAPTER 4 - LAND ASSESSMENT 4.1 Background 4.2 Entire area of impact under the influence of the project 4.3 Land Inventories 4.4 Land requirement for the project 4.5 Use of Public Land 4.6 Land Already Purchased 4.7 Quantity of Land Proposed to be acquired 4.8 Previous transactions in the area CHAPTER 5 - ESTIMATION AND ENUMERATION 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Directly affected 5.3 Indirectly impacted by project 5.4 Affected families 5.5 Inventory of productive assets CHAPTER 6 - SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Demographic details 6.3 Income and poverty level 6.4 Vulnerable group 6.5 Land Use and Livelihood 6.6 Factors that contribute to local livelihoods CHAPTER 7 - SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN 7.1 Approaches to Mitigation 7.2 Measures to avoid mitigate and compensate impact 7.3 Measures those are included in the terms of Rehabilitation and Resettlement 7.4 Measures that the Requiring Body has stated it will introduce in the Project Proposal 7.5 Alterations to project design and additional measures that may be required to address the extend and intensity of impacts across various groups as identified during the Social Impact Assessment process 7.6. Detailed Mitigation Plan CHAPTER 8 - SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 8.1 Institutional Structures and Key Persons CHAPTER 9 - SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING OF MITIGATION PLAN 9.1 Costs of all resettlement and rehabilitation 9.2 Annual budget and plan of action 9.3 Funding sources with breakup CHAPTER 10- SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN MONITORING AND EVALUATION 10.1 Key Monitoring and Evaluative indicators 10.2 Reporting mechanisms and monitoring roles 10.3 Plan of independent evaluation CHAPTER 11 - ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND BENEFITS AND RECOMMENDATION ON ACQUISITION LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Analysis of various possible social impacts and their proposed mitigation measures Table 4.1 Area of Impact Table 4.2 Quantity of Land Acquisition Table 5.3 Duration of Possession/Ownership on Property Table 6.1 Age Group and Gender Table 6.2 Religious Group Table 6.3 Marital Status of the Project Affected Persons Table 6.4 Educational Attainment of the Project Affected Persons Table 6.5 Family Monthly Income Table 6.6 Occupational Pattern and Non Working Status of the Project Affected Persons LIST OF ANNEXURES Annexure 1 (a) : 4 (1) Gazatte Notification Annexure 1 (b) : 4 (1) Notification (Malayalam) Annexure 1 (c) : 4 (1) Notification (English) Annexure 1 (d) : Moolampilly-Pizhala Bridge and Approach Road Alignment Sketch Annexure 2 : Socio Economic Survey Questionnaire Annexure 3 (a) : Public Hearing Notification (Deepika) Annexure 3 (b) : Public Hearing Notification (Deshabhimani) Annexure 3 (c) : Newspaper Notifications (Correction) Annexure 4 : SIA in News Annexure 5 : Notice to the affected families/companies Annexure 6 (a) : List of participants – affected families Annexure 6 (b) : Participants - officials Annexure 7 : Government of Kerala – Revenue Department- State Policy for Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition. Annexure 8 : Details of affected families CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. Introduction - Project and Public Purpose When island villages are in their developmental stages, it is imperative to spurn the isolation of these islands by developing convenient transportation facilities. The construction of roads and bridges will connect the islands to towns and other localities. The movement of the people in the islands will be easiest through the construction of bridges, which will bring social and economical development to the islands. The proposed Moolampilly-Pizhala Bridge and Approach Road Construction is the Phase 1 of Moolampilly Chathanad Road Project. The proposed Moolampilly - Chathanad Road would connect Ezhikkara and Kadamakkudy Panchayaths to the Vallarpadom NH Connectivity road at Moolampilly. The proposed road will have a width of 22 m and a length of 4.345 Km. When completed, this road would connect the isolated small islands in the Vembanad backwater system such as Moolampilly, Pizhala, Kadamakkudy in Kadamakkudy Panchayath and Chathanad in Ezhikkara Panchayath with each other and with the mainland. The people living in the islands depend on the mainland for all their basic requirements like their Medical Needs, Educational facilities, etc. The road is expected to provide the required connectivity to the islands. The proposed connectivity of these Panchayaths to the National Highway is very important in view of their socio-economic development and management of any disaster. Once completed, the road will also enable to develop a direct link between NH 17 at North Paravur to the ICTT link road, which will reduce the travel time between North Paravur and Ernakulam to 30 minutes. It will be the shortest road connectivity from the ICTT road to NH 17 at North Paravur. It also connects the islands such as Pizhala, Cheriyakadamakkudy, Valiyakadamakkudy and Chathanad to the main land. Social Impact Assessment – Land Acquisition for Moolamilly –Pizhala Bridge and Approach Road Page 3 The “Construction of Moolampilly – Pizhala Bridge and its approaches‖ is taken as Phase I of the project. Phase I envisages the construction of Moolampilly – Pizhala Bridge to a length of 608 m, avoiding reclamation of wet land. The project cost comes to Rs. 81.75 crores. Government vide G.O. (Rt.) No. 2539/2014/LSGD dated 27/9/2014 have accorded Administrative and Expenditure sanction for the project. 1.2 Location The affected area belongs to Kadamakudy Village, Kanayannur Taluk in Ernakulum District. The proposed bridge will connect Pizhala island to Moolampilly and to ICTT road. 1.3 Size and Attributes of Land Acquisition The proposed project will involve land acquisition of 0.6087 hectares of land. Out of the total land requirement, 0.5344 hectare is jointly owned by Hexatech Developers (Pvt) Ltd and Nippon Realters (Pvt) Ltd, three families own properties which total to 0.0611 hectares of land, and rest 0.0132 hectare of land is jointly owned by 3 families. Out of the 13 affected properties, ten are wetland, two are Nilam Nikathu Purayidam (land converted by filling paddy field), and the remaining one is dry land. 1.4 Alternatives considered 90% of the construction of Moolampilly-Pizhala Bridge has completed. The proposed project envisages only the construction of approach road to the bridge. Hence, the consideration of alternatives at this stage is not relevant here. 1.5 Social Impacts & Mitigation Measures It appears from the analysis and overview of the act, that the provisions of compensation for land acquisition under RTFCT in LARR Act, 2013 will be sufficient to manage the social impacts due to the project. 80% of the compensation fixed by the DLPC in 2015 was disbursed to the affected families. Since the acquisition is Social Impact Assessment – Land Acquisition for Moolamilly –Pizhala Bridge and Approach Road Page 4 being held now as per RTFCT in LARR Act, 2013,