Semi-Annual Social Monitoring Report Project number: 42486-016 Period: August 2018 – January 2019 Submission Date: April 2019 IND: Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Program This report was prepared by Project Management Consultants, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for the Asian Development Bank. This document is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy and does not necessarily reflect the views of 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. MADHYA PRADESH URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED MADHYA PRADESH URBAN SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN ASSISTANCE (LOAN NO. 3528-IND) SEMI ANNUAL SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT (SSMR) ON SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS (Phase 1) Period: August 2018 to January 2019 Submitted by: PROJECT MANAGEMENT COUNSULTANTS, BHOPAL (TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED J/V JPS ASSOCAITES PVT. LTD) i ABBREVIATION ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected Household AP Affected Person BPL Below Poverty Line CAPP Community Action and Participation Program CPR Common Property Resources EA Executing Agency GoI Government of India GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IP Indigenous Peoples IR Income Restoration IR Involuntary Resettlement ISA Initial Social Assessment LA Land Acquisition LAA Land Acquisition Act LIG Lower Income Group M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PAF Project Affected Family PAH Project Affected Household PIU Project Implementation Unit PMU Project Management Unit MPUDCL Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited MPUSIP Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project ROR Record of Rights RoW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation SSMR Semi Annual Social Monitoring Report SC Scheduled Caste ST Scheduled Tribe TH Titleholder UDHD Urban Development and Housing Department WHH Women Headed Household ii TABLE OF CONTENTS A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 1 B. BACKGROUND OF REPORT AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................... 3 C. SCOPE OF SOCIAL SAFEGUARD IMPACTS .............................................................. 5 D. COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ................................................................ 35 E. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND DISCLOUSRE .......................................... 36 F. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM (GRM) ........................................................... 40 G. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS .......................................................................... 46 H. MONITORING RESULTS/FINDING ............................................................................ 48 I. COMPLIANCE OF SAFEGUARD LOAN COVENANTS ............................................. 49 J. FOLLOW UP, ACTION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISCLOUSRE ........................ 54 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: structure and process of GRM ........................................................................................ 42 Figure 2: Map Showing Sub-Project Towns ................................................................................... 55 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Status of Involuntary Resettlement (IR) and Indigenous People (IP) Reports of Subprojects under Phase 1 ................................................................................................................ 7 Table 2: List of Awarded Packages and Name of DBO Contractor along with Progress of design Submitted (in %) .................................................................................................................... 12 Table 3: Safeguard issues and Mitigation Measures .................................................................... 16 Table 4: Town-wise Progress of the Household Survey (up to January 2019) ........................ 17 Table 5: Social Issues Town-wise & Package-wise ...................................................................... 19 Table 6: Details of APs and Status of compensation payment during reporting period (August 2017 to January 2018 ........................................................................................................................ 35 Table 7: Record of Awareness Raising Events/Consultations .................................................... 38 Table 8: Status of GRC Formation .................................................................................................. 42 Table 9: Detail of Grievances during the Reporting Period (Aug 2018 to Jan 2019) .............. 44 iii Table 10: Deployment of Social Safeguards officials during Reporting Period (August 2018 – January 2019) ..................................................................................................................................... 47 Table 11: Status of Compliance of ADB’s Loan Covenants related to Safeguard Issues ...... 50 Table 12: Status of Compliance of Resettlement & Social Safeguard Issues .......................... 54 LIST OF APPENDIX Appendix 1:Package-wise and Town-wise Progress of Drawing Design and Physical Progress up to January 2019 ............................................................................................................................ 56 Appendix 2: Photographs of Disclosure of IR & IP Report in Hindi Language at respective urban local body (ULBs) office ......................................................................................................... 67 Appendix 3:Copy of the Household Survey ................................................................................... 69 Appendix 4: Details of Consultations during Subproject Implementation (August 2018 to January 2019) ..................................................................................................................................... 71 Appendix 5: Office Order of EA to Establish GRC at subproject town level ............................. 95 Appendix 6: List of the Towns Package-wise (Both Phase 1 and Phase 2) ............................. 99 Appendix 7: Details about Land Ownership, Status of Land and Transfer of proposed land/site ............................................................................................................................................................ 102 Appendix 8: Corrigendum Appendix.............................................................................................. 245 iv A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Urban Development and Housing Department (UDHD) of Government of Madhya Pradesh launched Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project (MPUSIP) with the loan assistance from Asian Development Bank (LOAN NO. 3528-IND). The Urban Development and Housing Department is an executing agency for the Project. Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company Limited (MPUDC) is the nodal implementing agency (IA) through a central Project Management Unit (PMU) for implementation of the Project with further supported by Project Implementation Units (PIUs). The PMU has been assisted by Project Management Consultant (PMC) namely M/S TATA Consulting Engineers Limited in association with JPS Associates Private Limited, New Delhi. The Project intends to ensure: a) Continuous, pressurized, safe and sustainable drinking water through private household metered connections in 128 towns; and b) Sewage and storm water collection and treatment systems are proposed in 12 identified towns including national heritage towns Major Achievements Sanchi and Khajuraho & Rajnagar. • Compliance of the ADB observations on IR c) The Project also includes component DDR and IP DDR, of non -physical investment (GIS, MIS, • Summary of IR and IP reports in Hindi were M&E and Social Safeguards) for system prepared for 67 towns under 25 packages to strengthening. display at respective ULBs and PIUs, • All IR and IP reports were reviewed, 2. List of the towns is depicted in • Visited towns for land verifications and other Appendix 6. The entire project is planned social issues, to be implemented in three periods i.e (i) • RP was prepared for subproject towns preparatory and procurement; (ii) Khajuraho & Rajnagar under sewerage construction and (iii) operations and management plan. maintenance. Prior to implementation of • IR DDR and IP DDR were prepared for 4 the project, design Consultants were towns namely Anjad, Barwaha, Sanavad and hired by IA to develop Detailed Project Saikheda under sewerage management Report (DPR) of each subproject town. plan, In regard to social safeguard, • Compensation paid to all five APs of WSS subprojects are classified as category ‘B’ town Sohagpur under Package 1C for involuntary resettlement (IR) and • Order issued for formation of GRC, indigenous peoples (IP) as per ADB nomination of CDO at ULB and Nomination of Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). GRC person in each town Each subproject has been screened to • Community Action and Participation Plan has assess the social impacts likely to be been developed, occurred due to project interventions. • Conducted consultations with