Social Monitoring Report Pakistan: Jalalpur Irrigation Project
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Social Monitoring Report Semiannual Report Project number: 46528–002 October 2020 Pakistan: Jalalpur Irrigation Project Prepared by the Irrigation Department, Government of the Punjab for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). 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. 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. GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) CANALS Loan No. 3599-PK- Project No. 46528-002-PAK BIANNUAL INTERNAL SOCIAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING REPORT # 02 April – September, 2020 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANTS (PIC) OF JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT (JIP) JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT Bi-Annual IMR # 02 BIANNUAL INTERNAL SOCIAL SAFEGUARDMONITORINGREPORT Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... i 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Design ........................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Preparation and Approval of Final LARPS ................................................................ 1 1.4 Land Acquisition and Resettlement Impacts of LARPs ............................................. 2 1.5 LARP Implementation Plan ....................................................................................... 3 1.6 Tehsil wise Length of Main Canal & Its Distribution System, Area and Number of Villages ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.7 Package Wise Tentative Construction Schedule and Proposed Structures ............. 8 2 INTERNAL MONITORING & EVALUATION ................................................................. 10 2.1 Monitoring Objectives and Scope ........................................................................... 10 2.2 Monitoring Methodology .......................................................................................... 10 2.3 Report Structure ...................................................................................................... 10 3 CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............................................... 10 3.1 Information Campaign and Consultation with DPs ................................................. 10 3.2 Consultation and Information Disclosure ................................................................ 11 4 STATUS OF LARPs IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................................... 13 4.1 LARP Implementation of ICB-P1 ............................................................................ 13 4.1.1 Verification of Structures and other Damage Assessment .............................. 13 4.1.2 Compensation of Lost Assets .......................................................................... 13 4.1.3 Start of Civil Works on Batch-1 of ICB-P1 ....................................................... 13 4.1.4 Efforts made for the Payments of Compensation after Issuance of NOL ........ 14 4.1.5 Compensation of Batch 2 & 3 of ICB-P1 ......................................................... 14 4.2 LARP Implementation of ICB-P2 ............................................................................ 15 4.2.1 Verification of Structures and other Damage Assessmentof ICB-P2 ............... 15 4.2.2 Compensation of Land to the DPs of Batch-4 to 7 of ICB-P2 .......................... 15 4.2.3 Status of Batch-8 to 11 of ICB-P2 .................................................................... 15 4.3 LARP Implementation of ICB-P3 ............................................................................ 15 4.3.1 Preparation of Qabzal Wasool and Noticesof ICB-P3 ..................................... 15 5 RELOCATION PLAN ..................................................................................................... 16 5.1 Relocation of Residential Structures of Batch-1 of ICB-P1 ..................................... 16 5.2 Relocation of Government Boys and Girls Primary Schools ................................... 17 6 SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS MEASURES .......................................................................... 18 6.1 Project Based Grievance Redress Mechanism (PGRM) ........................................ 18 6.1.1 Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) ............................................................ 18 JIPIC ii JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT Bi-Annual IMR # 02 6.1.2 Formation of Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) at Village/Mouza Level .. 20 6.1.3 DPs Concerns Addressed ............................................................................... 22 6.1.4 Court Cases ..................................................................................................... 25 6.2 Employment to the DPs/Locals ............................................................................... 27 7 MEETINGS/FIELD VISITS ............................................................................................. 27 7.1 Meeetings with V-GRC of Batch-4 of ICB-P2 ......................................................... 27 7.2 Meetings Held by the Key Persons ......................................................................... 27 7.3 Field Visits of the Key Persons ............................................................................... 28 List of Tables S- 1: Status of Land Compensation of Batch-1 , Tehsil Jhelum .............................................. i S- 2: Status of Land Compensation of Batch-2 & 3, Tehsil PD Khan ...................................... ii S- 3: Status of Land Compensationof Batch-4, 5, 6 & 7, Tehsil PD Khan ................................ ii Table 1- 1: Distribution of Land Being Acquired for Jalalpur Irrigation Project ........................ 2 Table 1- 2: Summary of Project Impacts as of LARPs 3 Table 1- 3: Package-wise and Batch-wise LARP Implementation Plan .................................. 4 Table 1- 4: Tehsil wise Length of Main Canal, its Distribution System and FCCs .................. 5 Table 1- 5: Packagewise Construction Schedule ………………………………………………..8 Table 1- 6: List of Proposed Structures under ICB-P1 ............................................................ 8 Table 1- 7: List of Proposed Structures under ICB-P2 ............................................................ 8 Table 1- 8: List of Proposed Structures under ICB-P3………………………………………….10 Table 3- 1: List of Mouza/Locations where Pana Flexes were Displayed ............................. 11 Table 4- 1: Status of Compensation of Batch-1 (ICB-P1) ..................................................... 13 Table 4- 2: Status of Compensation of Batch 2 & 3 (ICB-P1) .............................................. 14 Table 4- 3: Summary of the Un-paid Land DPs of Batch-2 (ICB-P1) .................................... 14 Table 4- 4: Status of Land Compensation Batch-4, 5, 6 and 7 (ICB-P2) .............................. 15 Table 4- 5: Preparation of Qabzal Wasool and Notices of Batch- 13 (ICB-P3) ..................... 16 Table 4- 6: Preparation of Qabzal Wasool and Notices of Batch- 16-17 (ICB-P3) ................ 16 Table 5- 1: Information Showing Relocation Status of 11 DPs Losing Residential Structures in ICB-P1 ................................................................................................................................... 16 Table 6- 1: Complaints Received and Status ........................................................................ 19 Table 6- 2: Formation of Village Level Grievance Redressal Committtes of Batch-4 ........... 20 Table 6- 3: Nomination of Village Level Grievance Redressal Committtes of Batch-5 ......... 22 Table 6- 4: List of DPs Visited Consultants Offices to Discuss their Issues Related to Land Measurement and Compensation Payment .......................................................................... 23 Table 6- 5: List of Court Cases and Status ........................................................................... 25 Table 6- 6: Employment Status of ICB-P1 ............................................................................ 27 JIPIC iii JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT Bi-Annual IMR # 02 List of Figures Figure 1: Layout Plan of Package ICB-P1 & P2 ...................................................................... 6 Figure 2: Location Plan of Package ICB-P3 ............................................................................ 7 List of Annexures Annexure- I: Photo Log – Project Activities from April-June 2020 ......................................... 30 Annexure- II: Letter of Assurance- Syed Zafar Abbas-Batch-1 ............................................. 33 Annexure-III: Undertaking from DP Syed Zafar Abbas Shah showing addreesed his Complaint ........................................................................................................