Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan for the Power Transmission Line
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National Solar Park Project (RRP CAM 51182) Resettlement Plan: Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan for the Power Transmission Line March 2019 Cambodia: National Solar Park Project Prepared by Electricité Du Cambodge for the Asian Development Bank. This draft Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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 of any territory or area. Table of Contents A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 1 B PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 2 1. Project Outputs ................................................................................................................ 2 2. Analysis of Alternatives .................................................................................................... 3 C SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ............................................... 4 1. Impact on Land ................................................................................................................ 4 2. Affected Persons .............................................................................................................. 5 3. Impact on Structures ........................................................................................................ 8 4. Impact on Crops and Trees .............................................................................................. 8 5. Severely Affected AHs ..................................................................................................... 8 6. Vulnerable AHs ................................................................................................................ 9 7. Temporary Impact ............................................................................................................ 9 D SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE ....................................................... 9 E INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION .....................14 1. Public consultations.........................................................................................................14 2. Focus Group Discussions ...............................................................................................15 3. Stakeholder concerns ......................................................................................................16 F GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ..........................................................................18 G LEGAL FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................................20 1. Cambodian Laws and Regulations ..............................................................................20 2. ADB Safeguard Policy 2009 ........................................................................................22 3. Gap Analysis ...............................................................................................................24 H ENTITLEMENTS .............................................................................................................26 I LARP BUDGET ...............................................................................................................32 J INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS...............................................................................34 K IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ....................................................................................39 L MONITORING AND REPORTING ..................................................................................39 ii Tables Table 1. Comparison of three alternative solar park sites based on social criteria ...................... 3 Table 2. Number of affected households per commune ............................................................. 6 Table 3. Affected land, affected households and affected persons, 110 power tower poles (m2) 6 Table 4. Land area (m2) per vegetation type identified within 30 m ROW in each commune, 33 km .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Table 5. Structures identified within 30 m ROW ......................................................................... 7 Table 6. Number of trees by type affected by 110 power towers ................................................ 8 Table 7. Number of identified trees by type within 30 m ROW .................................................... 8 Table 8. Severely affected households ...................................................................................... 9 Table 9. Total number of Affected Households, 110 tower poles ...............................................10 Table 10. Household size of AHs ..............................................................................................10 Table 11. Age of AH members ..................................................................................................11 Table 12. Educational level of AH heads and all APs ................................................................11 Table 13. Employment status of AH members ..........................................................................13 Table 14. Annual income level of AHs .......................................................................................13 Table 15. Annual expenditure level of AHs ................................................................................13 Table 16. Public consultation meetings undertaken 25–31 May 2018 .......................................14 Table 17. Focus Group Discussions undertaken 25–31 May 2018 ............................................15 Table 18. Summary of Consultations ........................................................................................16 Table 19. Activity outline for a Project Consultation Plan ...........................................................18 Table 20. Gaps and gap filling between Cambodian legislation and the ADB SPS ....................24 Table 21. Entitlement Matrix ......................................................................................................27 Table 22. Cost estimate of land required for identified 110 power tower poles ..........................32 Table 23. Identification of the land affected within 30 m ROW x 33 km* ....................................33 Table 24. Trees affected – 110 power tower poles and land affected within 30 m ROW x 33 km* .................................................................................................................................................33 Table 25. Total estimated LARP budget calculated for 40 km transmission line ........................34 Table 26. Indicative LARP implementation schedule .................................................................39 Table 27. LARP Internal Monitoring Indicators ..........................................................................39 Figures Figure 1. EDC Organizational Structure ....................................................................................37 Figure 2. SEPRO Organizational Structure ...............................................................................38 Annexes ANNEX A: MAPS Map 1. Solar park location alternatives site 5, 6 and 7 Map 2. Location of solar park site 6 and the transmission line to GS6 Map 3. The 33 km of the transmission line assessed during the Draft LARP preparation Map 4. Administrative areas along the upper part of the transmission line Map 5. Administrative areas along the transmission line down to GS6 ANNEX B: Data record form for vegetation field survey along the transmission line ANNEC C: Census of the affected households and Inventory of Loss Questionnaire iii ANNEX D: Public consultations and Focus Group Discussions 25-31 May 2018 1. Agenda for public consultations 2. Project information leaflet 3. Guide Questionnaire for FGDs with women 4. Guide Questionnaire for FGDs with men 5. Picture report from consultations 6. Attendance sheets with participant signatures ANNEX E: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Strategy iv Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank CAO Cadastral Administration Office DMS Detailed Measurement Survey EDC Electricité du Cambodge GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism GS6 Grid Substation 6 ha hectare IDPoor Identification of Poor Households Project IOL Inventory of Loss km kilometer kV kilovolt LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan m2 square meter MW megawatt NGO non-governmental organization PIC Project Implementation Consultant PV photovoltaic ROW right-of-way SEPRO Social, Environment and Public Relations Office SPS ADB Safeguard Policy Statement v A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working with Cambodia’s national electric utility, Electricité du Cambodge (EDC), to develop a National Solar Park Project, where power of up to 100 megawatts (MW) is to be procured from solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants from the private