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Public Disclosure Authorized GHANA WATER COMPANY LIMITED (Urban Water Project) Public Disclosure Authorized Assessment of Resettlement Related Issues on the SYIP in Area 2 ASHANTI REGION WESTERN REGION Public Disclosure Authorized EASTERN REGION PHASE 2 (ASHANTI REGION) RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN REVISED Public Disclosure Authorized SAL Consult Limited, P O Box GP20200, Accra August 2011 SAL Consult Ltd GWCL/PMU TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................ III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... IV 1.0 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND IMPACTS .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE ASHANTI REGION PROJECT AND IMPACTS .............................................................. 5 2.1 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND BENEFICIARY TOWNS .................................................................................................. 5 2.1.1 New Edubiase........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.2 Agona-Jamasi........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 PROJECT IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS ...................................................................................................................................... 7 2.4 MINIMISATION OF IMPACTS ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.0 OBJECTIVE OF THE RESETTLEMENT/COMPENSATION PROGRAMME ......................................................... 9 4.0 CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS......................................................................................... 10 4.1 IDENTIFICATION OF PAPS AND AFFECTED PROPERTIES ............................................................................................ 10 4.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PROJECT DISTRICTS /TOWNS ............................................................................... 10 4.2.1 Data Sources .......................................................................................................................................... 10 4.2.2 Adansi South District (New Edubiase) .................................................................................................... 11 4.2.3 Sekyere South (Agona-Jamasi) ............................................................................................................... 12 4.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PAPS .............................................................................................................. 13 5.0 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................. 15 5.1 RELEVANT NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................... 15 5.1.1 The Constitution of Ghana and the Protection of Individual Property ................................................... 15 5.1.2 The State Lands Act, 1962 ...................................................................................................................... 15 5.1.3 The Lands (Statutory Wayleaves) Act, 1963 .......................................................................................... 16 5.1.4 The Lands Commission Act 2008, Act 767 .............................................................................................. 16 5.2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................. 17 5.2.1 Public and Vested Lands Management Division of the Lands Commission ........................................... 17 5.2.2 Land Valuation Division (LVD) ................................................................................................................ 17 5.2.3 Land Registration Division of the Lands Commission ............................................................................. 18 5.2.4 Survey and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission ........................................................................ 18 5.2.5 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ................................................................................................ 18 5.2.6 District/Municipal Assemblies and Town & Country Planning Department .......................................... 19 5.2.7 Town & Country Planning Department .................................................................................................. 19 5.3 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICY ON INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ....................................................................... 19 5.4 GAPS BETWEEN GHANAIAN REGULATIONS AND WORLD BANK POLICIES .................................................................... 20 5.5 PROJECT MEASURES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH WORLD BANK POLICY ................................................................ 21 6.0 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS ............................................................................................................. 22 7.0 VALUATION AND COMPENSATIONS ........................................................................................................ 23 7.1 VALUATION OF ASSETS ..................................................................................................................................... 23 7.1.1 Basis of Valuation .................................................................................................................................. 23 7.1.2 Valuation Method and Rates ................................................................................................................. 24 7.2 COMPENSATION DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 24 7.2.1 Compensation for Affected Land ........................................................................................................... 25 Assessment of Resettlement Related Issues on the SYIP in Area 2: RAP- Phase 2. Ashanti Region Page i Report- August 2011. SAL Consult Ltd GWCL/PMU 7.2.2 Compensation for Affected Crops .......................................................................................................... 25 7.2.3 Compensation for Affected Structures to be Demolished or Relocated ................................................. 25 7.3 VALUATION AND COMPENSATION OPINION .......................................................................................................... 26 7.4 CUT- OFF DATE .............................................................................................................................................. 26 7.5 COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROCEDURE .............................................................................................................. 26 8.0 CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE ........................................................................................................ 28 8.1 CONSULTATIONS WITH PAPS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................ 28 8.1.1 Concerns of PAPs and Other Stakeholders ............................................................................................. 28 8.2 DISCLOSURE ................................................................................................................................................... 29 8.2.1 What has been done .............................................................................................................................. 29 8.2.2 What needs to be done .......................................................................................................................... 29 9.0 ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ...................................................................................................... 31 9.1 KEY INSTITUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 31 9.2 RAP MANAGEMENT TEAMS.............................................................................................................................. 31 10.0 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ......................................................................................................... 34 10.1 OBJECTIVE ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 10.2 THE GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCESS .................................................................................................................... 34 10.2.1 Receipts of Complaints .....................................................................................................................