Revised Draft Resettlement Action Plan Sanehwal Pilkhani Section of Proposed Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Dedicated Freigh
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REVISED DRAFT RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN SANEHWAL PILKHANI SECTION OF PROPOSED EASTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED January 2015 Resettlement Action Plan of Sanehwal-Pilkhani Section of EDFC January, 2015 INDEX ABBREVIATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 3 E.1 THE PROJECT ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 R&R POLICY AND ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................. 4 LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ...................................................................................... 5 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMISE RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ........................................................................ 5 KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................... 5 CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ....................................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER – 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 11 PROJECT BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................. 11 THIS RAP REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR SANEHWAL-PILKHANI SECTION WHICH IS 175.00 KMS. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF APL-3 IS 447 KMS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES KHURJA-DADRI SECTION. THIS RAP FOR PILKHANI- KHURJA KHURJA-DADRI SECTION IS BEING PREPARED SEPARATELY. ........................................................... 11 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT ............................................................................................................................. 11 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................ 13 ALTERNATIVES TO MINIMISE IMPACTS ........................................................................................................... 14 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................................ 14 * S/M/L - SMALL FARMERS/MARGINAL FARMERS/LANDLESS FARMERS. ................................................................... 15 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN .................................................................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER - 2: BASE LINE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF PROJECT AFFECTED PEOPLE ......................................................................................................... 17 GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 THE PROJECT AREA ............................................................................................................................................... 17 *THIS RAP REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR SANEHWAL-PILKHANI SECTION WHICH IS 175.00 KMS. TOTAL LENGTH OF APL-3 IS 447 KMS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES KHURJA-DADRI SECTION. ..................................................... 17 FINDINGS OF THE CENSUS AND BASELINE SURVEY ..................................................................................................... 17 PROJECT IMPACTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PAFS AND PAPS ................................................................................................ 19 IMPORTANT FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PROJECT ARE: ................................................................................ 21 CHAPTER - 3: LEGAL FRAMEWORK..................................................................................... 25 APPLICABLE LAWS ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 ......................................................................................................................... 25 NATIONAL REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT POLICY (NRRP-2007) .................................................................. 26 3.7 RIGHT TO TRANSPARENCY AND FAIR COMPENSATION IN LAND ACQUSITION AND RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ACT, 2013 AND RTFCLARR ORDINANCE, 2014 ............. 27 WORLD BANK GUIDELINES FOR INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ................................................................................ 29 DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 ....................... 30 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FOR DFC PROJECT AND ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ................................................................... 30 ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION/ASSISTANCE / REHABILITATION ............................................................................. 31 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ............................................................................................................................................... 33 CHAPTER – 4: STAKEHOLDER’S CONSULTATIONS ........................................................... 58 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 58 CONSULTATION DURING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY STAGE................................................................................ 58 ACTION PLAN .......................................................................................................................................................... 61 CHAPTER – 5: SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROCESS ...................................................................................................... 63 LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS IN EDFC PROJECT ........................................................................................................ 63 EXTENT OF LAND ACQUISITION .................................................................................................................................. 64 APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR ........................................................................................................................ 64 CHAPTER – 6: INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT....................... 47 I | 1 Resettlement Action Plan of Sanehwal-Pilkhani Section of EDFC January, 2015 R&R INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AT THE HEADQUARTER LEVEL ................................................................... 47 R&R INSTITUTIONS AT THE FIELD LEVEL ................................................................................................................... 49 ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES & FINANCIAL POWERS ............................................................................ 51 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................. 53 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .............................................................................................................................. 55 COMPLAINT HANDLING SYSTEM IN DFC FIELD LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL ........................................................ 57 INCOME RESTORATION ................................................................................................................................................ 57 COORDINATION WITH CIVIL WORK AND CERTIFICATION............................................................................................. 66 COST ESTIMATE .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET ................................................................................................................................ 68 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FOR LAND LOSS AND R&R ASSISTANCE................................................ 68 LIST OF TABLES Table E 1: Key Impacts in Sanehwal Pilkhani Section..................................................................... 4 Table 1.1: Project Area: Salient Feature ........................................................................................ 14 Table 2.1: Project Area: Salient Features ....................................................................................... 17 Table 2.2: Project Area: Loss of Land ........................................................................................... 18 Table 2.3: Parcel of Plot Affected of each PAFs ............................................................................ 18 Table 2.4 Assessment of Impact on Structures ............................................................................. 18 Table 2.5: Identification of Small and marginal farmers ................................................................ 19