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Social Due Diligence Report July 2016 SRI: Southern Road Connectivity Project Ambatale to Cinec Junction Prepared by Ministry of Higher Education and Highways, Road Development Authority for the Government of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 26 July 2016) Currency unit – Sri Lankan rupees SLR1.00 = $ 0.006854 $1.00 = SLR 145.90 ABBREVIATIONS CINEC - Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College HCBT - Horizon College of Business and Technology DSD - Divisional Secretary Division GND - Grama Niladhari Divisions MIT - Millenium Information Technologies NFTII - Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital SAITM - South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine SLIIT - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology This social due diligence 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. CONTENTS I. SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION .................................................................................... 1 A. Socioeconomic Situation in Colombo District ........................................................ 1 B. Socioeconomic situations in Kolonnawa Divisional Secretary Division ................. 4 II. PUBLIC CONSULTATION WITH RESIDENTS LIVING CLOSED TO THE PROPOSED ROAD SECTION ............................................................................................................ 9 III. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF NEIGHBOURING AREA ........................................... 13 A. Horizon College of Business and Technology (HCBT) ...................................... 14 B. Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College (CINEC) ................... 14 C. Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) ........................................ 15 D. South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) and Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTII) ................................................................. 15 E. Millenium Information Technologies (MIT) ......................................................... 16 IV. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ................................................................................................ 17 V. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................. 17 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Population distribution of Colombo district by sex ......................................................... 1 Table 2: Economically active population in Colombo District ...................................................... 1 Table 3: Distribution of employment among economic sectors in Colombo District .................... 2 Table 4: Household income and expenditure in Colombo District ............................................... 2 Table 5: Population distribution by ethnic groups in Colombo District ......................................... 3 Table 6: Populations (5 years and over) by educational attainments .......................................... 3 Table 7: Household by tenure .................................................................................................... 4 Table 8: Administrative divisions traversed by Project road ........................................................ 5 Table 9: Population of Kolonnawa Divisional Secretary Division and affected Grama Niladari Divisions .................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 10: Employment status of the population of Kolonnawa DSD and the affected Grama Niladari Divisions - Over 15 years .............................................................................................. 6 Table 11: Population by educational attainments over 5 years of age Kolonnawa DSD and Affected GNDS .......................................................................................................................... 7 Table 12: Housing Unit by type of Structure of Kolonnawa DS division and GNDs ..................... 7 Table 13: Households by tenure by DSD and GNDs .................................................................. 7 Table 14: Kolonnawa DSD population by ethnic distribution....................................................... 8 Table 15: Distribution of ethnic communities in affected three GNDs ......................................... 9 1 I. SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION 1. The objective of this Project is to improve the transport efficiency of the road network in the eastern area of Colombo city, mainly within Kolonnawa and Kaduwela Divisional Secretary Divisions, connecting New Colombo-Kandy Road (B263) and Colombo-Hanwella Road (AB10), otherwise known as the former low-line road from Colombo to Ratnapura through an available shortest distance link. The expected traffic efficiency reduces present traffic congestion along the above two roads, and thereby assists economic and social development, particularly in the Project affected area first, and subsequently in the whole country. There are two access points (one at Kaduwela on Colombo-Hanwella Road (AB 010), and the other at Kotalawapura on New Kandy road) connecting to Outer Circular Expressway located nearby, within 2 Km distance for each access point. In addition to improving traffic efficiency in the Project area, the proposed road from Ambatale (Ch.0+000) to end of the existing gravel road (at Ch.1+883) leading to CINEC Junction (at Ch.4+233) enhances the accessibility of Project area traffic to the country’s expressway network. A. Socioeconomic Situation in Colombo District Table 1: Population distribution of Colombo district by sex District Total population Males Females Sri Lanka 20,359,439 9,856,634 10,502,805 Colombo district 2,324,349 1,140,472 1,183,877 Source: Census of Population and Housing-2012 2. Out of the Sri Lankan total population of 20,359,439, Colombo District population consists of 2,324,349 persons with 1,140,472 males and 1,183,877 females. At National level and Colombo District level, the female population slightly exceeds their counterpart male population, with 93 and 96 sex ratios (number of males for 100 females) respectively at National and Colombo District levels. Colombo District accounts for 11.42% of the total population of the country. 3. Below Table presents the economically active population in Colombo District with corresponding information at National level. Table 2: Economically active population in Colombo District (Population over 15 years of age) District Total Employed Unemployed Economically not active Sri Lanka 15,227,773 7,335,432 521,938 7,370,403 Colombo District 1,820,445 904,028 44,665 871,752 Source: Census of Population and Housing-2012 4. As per above information, while rate of unemployment at national level stands at 3.4%, Colombo district unemployment rate has become 2.5%, representing less unemployment in the district. Economically inactive population includes, children under 15 years of age, adult population over 60 years of age, and voluntary unemployed populations, including housewives and similar categories. As per this information, while 36.2% of the Sri Lankan population is economically dependent, Colombo district has 37.5% economically dependent population, showing a greater similarity with regard to economic dependency between the two sets of population. 2 5. The sector composition of economies represents the level of economic development and socioeconomic dynamics of the concerned economies. One of the indicators commonly used to show comparative significance of economic sectors is to measure the size of labor force employed in different sectors. As reported by Labor Force Survey, Annual Bulletin 2014 (Dept. of Census and Statistics), the distribution of employment among key economic sectors in Colombo District is presented below showing the Sri Lankan country situation for a comparison with the situation of Colombo District in the following Table 3. Table 3: Distribution of employment among economic sectors in Colombo District District Agriculture sector (%) Industrial sector (%) Service sector (%) Sri Lanka 28.5 26.5 45.0 Colombo 1.6 30.3 68.2 Source: Labor Force Survey, Annual Bulletin, 2014 (Dept. of Census and Statistics) 6. The above table confirms the general understanding that when a particular economy advances, the relative importance of agriculture sector decreases (especially when agriculture sector has a strong subsistence agriculture base) and the contribution of industrial and service sectors increase. This view is represented with a small agriculture sector employment amounting to 1.6% share in Colombo District total employment while the same sector employment contributes for 28.5% share in the overall employment at National level. Similarly, Colombo District has an industrial sector with 30.3% employment of the total employment in the district, while industrial sector at National level accounts for 26.5% of the total national labor force, showing a relative downfall of the industrial sector in comparison to Colombo District. 7. Like many other middle level developing countries and also developed countries, Sri Lanka is experiencing a growing service
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