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Social Monitoring Report India: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Social Monitoring Report Semestral Report: January 2020 – June 2020 May 2021 India: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 3 Prepared by Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (HPPTCL) 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 of any territory or area. Recd. 29.4.21 SFG Log: 4616 January 2020 to June 2020 Social Monitoring Report HIMACHAL PRADESH POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD. (A STATE GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKING) Semi-annual Social Monitoring Report Loan: 3733 IND April 2021 IND: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 3 Reporting Period: January 2020 to June 2020 Prepared by: Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (A State Government Undertaking) for Asian Development Bank. Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Project Description ................................................................................................................ 1 2. Project Components ........................................................................................................................................... 2 3. Purpose of the Report ......................................................................................................................................... 3 4. Social Safeguards Categorization ..................................................................................................................... 3 5. Sub-projects under HPCETIP (Loan 3733- IND) Tranche-3 .............................................................................. 4 6. Sub-projects implementation (Land Acquisition, Resettlement, and Rehabilitation) ................................... 9 7. Institutional Arrangements ............................................................................................................................... 17 8. Grievances Redress Mechanism ..................................................................................................................... 17 9. Consultation with Stakeholders and Disclosure ............................................................................................ 18 10. Capacity Building Initiatives ............................................................................................................................. 18 11. Loan Convents .................................................................................................................................................. 18 12. Next Steps: ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 13. Conclusion: ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 TABLE Table 1: Subprojects being implemented under Loan 3733 (Tranche-3) ................................................................ 5 Table 2: Subprojects being implemented under Loan 3733 (Tranche-3)-Additional Works .................................. 7 Table 3: Land requirement for substation................................................................................................................. 9 Table 4: Details of lands yet to be acquired ............................................................................................................ 10 Table 5: Details of Substations and Compensation disbursed .............................................................................. 11 Table 6: Payment status tower wise ......................................................................................................................... 14 Table 7: Detail of compensation for land under transmission lines ...................................................................... 15 Table 8: Detail of compensation for the impact of loss .......................................................................................... 16 Table 9: Staffing for Land Acquisition ..................................................................................................................... 17 Table 10: Composition of the Grievance Redress Committee at PMU Level ........................................................ 18 Table 11: Composition of the Grievance Redress Committee at PIU level ........................................................... 18 Table 12 Status of compliance to loan convents .................................................................................................... 18 ANNEXURE Annexure 1: Result of due diligence visit of additional works proposed under tranche -3 ............................... 22 Annexure 2: Location of proposed 220/132kV Kangoo Substation ....................................................................... 25 Annexure 3: Location of 220kV S/C Line from Dehar Power House of BBMB to Kangoo Substation ............... 25 Annexure 4: Location of project Site of 2 No. AIS Bays in the existing 220/66kV Baddi Substation ................. 26 Annexure 5: Location for Loop-In and Loop-out (LILO) 2nd Circuit of 220kV Kunihar to Panchkula transmission line at Baddi Sub-Station ................................................................................................................... 26 Annexure 6: Location of project Site of 66/220kV 80/100MVA Transformer in 400/220kV Gumma Sub-Station27 Annexure 7:Location of project Site of Joint Control and Operation centre for transmission line assets. ...... 27 Annexure 8: Location marked for LILO of 132 kV D/C Kurthala-Bathri line (3.5 Kms) at Mazra sub-station. .... 28 Annexure 9: Copy of Land Transfer for Hatkoti Substation ................................................................................... 29 Annexure 10: Land Compensation Details-66/22 kV GIS Nirmand(Bagipul) Sub-Station .................................... 30 Annexure 11: Land Compensation Details- 33/132/220 kV GIS Majra Substation ................................................ 30 Annexure 12: Land Compensation Details- 33/132 KV Sub-Station at Barsaini ................................................... 30 Annexure 13: Payment status tower wise upto this reporting period ................................................................... 31 Annexure 14: Land Compensation Details- Nirmand to Kotla Transmission Line .............................................. 33 Annexure 15: Land Compensation Details- Barsaini to Charor. ............................................................................ 33 Annexure 16: Land Compensation Details – Transmission Line from Majra-Karian. .......................................... 33 Annexure 17: Land Compensation Details – Holi-Bajoli to Lahal SS .................................................................... 35 Annexure 18: Land Compensation details - Transmission Line Lahal to Chamera ............................................. 37 Annexure 19: Details of Compensation paid for Fruit & Non- Fruit Bearing Trees .............................................. 41 Annexure 20: Constitution of the Environmental and Social Monitoring Cell (ESC) ........................................... 43 Annexure 21: Grievances Redress Committee Order ............................................................................................. 44 Annexure 22: Photographs of stakeholders consultation ...................................................................................... 45 Annexure 23: Site Progress Photographs ............................................................................................................... 46 Jan 2020 to June 2020 Page | i List of abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected Households AP Affected Persons GIS Gas Insulated Switchgear GOI Government of India GoHP Government of Himachal Pradesh GRC Grievance Redress Committee Ha. Hectare (10,000 sq. m. land) HPPTCL Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited. RP Resettlement Plan INR Indian Rupee NPV Net Present Value PIU Project Implementing Unit PMU Project Management Unit RRRCP Resettlement, Relief, Rehabilitation and Compensation Policy of HPPTCL RoW Right of Way Jan 2020 to June 2020 Page | ii GLOSSARY Affected – Means affected household by the Project, consisting of such Household persons, his or her spouse, minor sons, unmarried daughters, minor brothers or unmarried sister, father, mother and other members residing with him/her and dependent on him/her for their livelihood. Displaced – In the context of involuntary resettlement, displaced persons Person (DP) are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Compensation – Payment in cash or kind of the replacement value of the acquired property. Grievance – The committee established under the subproject
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