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Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Plan for Nugegoda to Homagama Section of Colombo−Ratnapura−Wellawaya –Batticaloa (A004) Road Document Stage: Final Project Number: 38357 July 2011 Sri Lanka: National Highways Sector Project Prepared by Road Development Authority, Ministry of Port and Highways This 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. ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AHH Affected Head of Household AI Agricultural Instructor DPs Affected Persons CEA Central Environmental Authority CEO Chief Engineer’s Office CRWB Colombo – Ratnapura – Wellawaya – Batticaloa Road CSC Construction Supervision Consultant CV Chief Valuer DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DSD Divisional Secretariat Division DS Divisional Secretary ESD Environment and Social Division GN GramaNiladhari GND GramaNiladhari Division GOSL Government of Sri Lanka GRC Grievance Redress Committee Ha / ha Hectare IOL Inventory of Losses KM / km Kilometre LA Local Authority LAA Land Acquisition Act LARC Land Acquisition and Resettlement Committee LARD Land Acquisition and Resettlement Division LAO Land Acquisition Officers LARS Land Acquisition and Resettlement Survey MOPH Ministry of Ports and Highways MOL Ministry of Land and Land Development NEA National Environmental Act NGO Non-governmental organization ii NIRP National Involuntary Resettlement Policy PD Project Director PEA Project Executing Agency PIB Public Information Booklet PIU Project Implementation Unit PMU Project Management Unit RP Resettlement Plan RDA Road Development Authority ROW Right-of-way Rs. Sri Lankan Rupees SD Survey Department SES Socio Economic Survey SEW Southern Expressway TA Technical Assistance TL Team Leader TOR Terms of Reference iii TABLE OF CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ vii 1. Introduction............................................................................................ vii 2. Legislative and Policy Framework ......................................................... vii 3. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement......................................... vii 4. Socioeconomic Background .................................................................. vii 5. Information Dissemination, Consultation and Participation and Disclosure ............................................................................................ viii 6. Grievance Redress Mechanism ............................................................ viii 7. Entitlements.......................................................................................... viii 8. Resettlement Budget ............................................................................ viii 9. Implementation Schedule ....................................................................... ix 10. Institutional Framework for Resettlement ................................................ ix 11. Monitoring and Evaluation ...................................................................... ix PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................... 1 1. Project Description ................................................................................. 1 2. Road Project Profile................................................................................ 1 3. Socioeconomic Benefits of the Project.................................................... 4 CHAPTER 2 - LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY FRAMEWORK .................................... 5 1. Legislative Framework ............................................................................ 5 1.1. The Land Acquisition Act of 1950 (LAA) and Subsequent Amendments and Regulations ...................................................... 5 1.2. Land Acquisition and Resettlement Committee (LARC) Process .. 6 1.3. Land Development Ordinance (1935) ........................................... 7 1.4. Road Development Authority Act No. 73 of 1981 .......................... 7 1.5. State Land Ordinance No 8 of 1947 ............................................. 8 1.6. Prescriptive Ordinance No 22 (1871) ............................................ 8 1.7. National Environmental Act No 47 of 1980 (NEA) ......................... 8 2. Policy Framework ................................................................................... 9 2.1. NIRP, 2001 ................................................................................... 9 2.2. SPS, 2009 .................................................................................. 10 CHAPTER 3 – SCOPE FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND 15 1. Scope of Land Acquisition .................................................................... 15 2. Social Background along the road section ............................................ 15 3. Indigenous People ................................................................................ 15 CHAPTER 4 – INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS ................................................................................ 16 Information Dissemination and Consultation............................................... 16 CHAPTER 5 – ENTITLEMENTS ............................................................................ 17 Replacement Cost ................................................................................ 17 Loss of Buildings .................................................................................. 17 Temporary Loss of Private Land ........................................................... 17 Determination of Rates for Properties Acquired .................................... 17 Special Needs of Vulnerable Households ............................................. 18 Table 2: Project Entitlement Matrix ............................................................. 18 CHAPTER 6 - GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .......................................... 28 iv The proposed composition of the GRC....................................................... 29 Other agencies that the People in the project area could forward their grievances ............................................................................................ 30 Samatha Mandalaya – SM (Board of Mediation)................................... 30 Human Rights Commission (HRC) ....................................................... 30 Parliamentary Ombudsman .................................................................. 31 Parliament Petition Committee (PPC) ................................................... 31 Parliament Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Ports and Highways.................................................................................... 31 Litigation ............................................................................................... 31 Legal Aid Commission .......................................................................... 31 CHAPTER 7 - INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION ........................ 32 CHAPTER 8 - A Budgetary Provision .................................................................... 33 CHAPTER 9 – IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ................................................... 34 CHAPTER 10 - INSTITUTIONAL FRAME WORK FOR RESETTLEMENT ............ 35 1. Project Management Unit ..................................................................... 35 2. Environmental and Social Division (ESD) and Land Division ................ 36 3. Divisional Secretariat ............................................................................ 36 4. Field Office of the PMU ........................................................................ 37 5. Construction Supervision Consultants (CSC) ....................................... 37 6. Institutional Arrangement to Attend to Gender Concerns ...................... 38 CHAPTER 11 - MONITORING AND REPORTING ................................................ 40 1. Internal Monitoring ................................................................................ 40 2. External Monitoring............................................................................... 40 3. Computerized Management Information System (MIS) ........................ 41 v LIST OF TABLES Table 2 Legislative GAP Analysis 12 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Location map of Nugegoda – Homagama section of A004 highway 3 ANNEXES Annex 1: National Involuntary Resettlement Policy 44 Annex 2: TOR for the External Monitoring and Reporting Consultant / Agency 50 Annex 3: Census Survey Questionnaire 50 Annex 4: Sinhala Version of Entitlement Matrix 51 vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Introduction 1. Nugegoda (chainage 1+400) to Homagama (chainage 15+500) section of Colombo – Ratnapura – Wellawaya – Batticaloa (A004) Highway is proposed to be improved by the National Highway Sector Project (NHSP) under the Road Development Authority (RDA). Taking in to consideration of the land availability for road widening, improvements and impacts to the people living both side of this road section, and the urgency to improve this road section the Highway Design Division of the RDA in year 2010 completed a design with two (2) traffic lanes using the available Right of Way (ROW). As a principle this design avoided the need of land acquisition and impacts (relocation) on any encroacher on to the road reservation which is clearly demarcated in the Final Village Plans (FVPs). 2. The section