DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED METRO DEPOT AT BADLI, DELHI NOVEMBER 2013 Centre for Environment Research and Development LGCS-27A, Sector 3, Vaishali, Ghaziabad- 201010 B-605, Designers Park, Sector 62, Noida- 201307 [email protected]; [email protected] 01204265543; 4280277;09953243498 Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro CONTENTS NO TITLE PAGE NO 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 Background 1 1.2.1 The Project 1 1.3.1 Planning and Design Parameters 1 1.4 Maintenance Depots 1 1.5 Objective and Scope of the Study 3 1.6 Land Acquisition and Resettlement 3 1.7 Minimizing Resettlement 4 1.8 Objective of Resettlement Action Plan 4 1.9 JICA Requirement 4 1.10 Approach and Methodology for Socio-Economic Studies 4 2 POTENTIAL RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS 2.1 Socio-Economic Survey 7 2.2 Project Impacts 7 2.2.1 Land Requirement and Acquisition 8 2.2.2 Impact on Structures and its Magnitude 9 2.2.3 Impact on Families 10 2.2.4 Loss of Livelihoods 10 2.2.5 Loss of Common Property Resources 10 2.3 Relocation 10 3 BASELINE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY 3.1 Profile of Project Affected Families 11 3.2.1 Demographic and Social Conditions 11 3.2.1.1 Gender & Sex Ratio 11 3.2.1.2 Age Structure 12 3.2.1.3 Religious and Social Group 12 3.2.1.4 Family Size and Type 13 3.2.1.5 Educational Attainment 14 3.2.2 Economic conditions of PAFs 14 3.2.2.1 Economic Status of PAPs 15 3.2.2.2 Occupational Pattern 15 3.2.2.3 Family Monthly Income 16 3.2.2.4 Assets of Families 16 3.2.3 Vulnerable Families 17 3.2.4 Awareness about HIV/AIDS 17 3.3 Awareness and Opinion about the project 17 3.4 Resettlement and Rehabilitation Options 17 3.5 Common Property Resources/Public Utilities 18 i Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro NO TITLE PAGE NO 4 POLICY,LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 4.1 Policy Framework 19 4.2 Land Acquisition Act,1894 19 4.3 National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy,2007 20 4.4 Relocation & Rehabilitation of PAPs for Delhi MRTS Projects 21 4.5 JICA’s Guidelines on Involuntary Resettlement 22 4.6 Eligibility and Entitlements 22 5 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 5.1 Institutional Arrangement 24 5.1.1 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation 25 5.1.2 Land and Building Department 25 5.1.3 Office of the District Commissioner 25 5.1.4 Social Management Unit (SMU) 26 5.2 Grievance Redress Committee 26 5.3 Role of Stakeholders in RAP 27 5.4 Implementation Schedule 28 5.4.1 Project Preparatory Stage 29 5.4.2 RAP Implementation Stage 29 5.4.3 RAP Implementation Schedule 29 6 PUBLIC CONSULTATION 6.1 Background 30 6.2 Approach and Methods of Consultation 30 6.3 Key Findings of Consultations 31 6.4 Information Disclosure and Consultation 31 6.5 Community Participation during Project Implementation 32 7 RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN 7.1 Background 33 7.2 Eligibility for Entitlement 33 7.3 Valuation of and Compensation for losses 34 7.3.1 Loss of and land and replacement value 34 7.3.2 Loss of Structure and Replacement value 34 7.3.3 Assistance for squatters and encroachers 35 7.3.4 Shifting allowance 35 7.3.5 Training for upgradation of skills 35 7.3.6 Other structures 35 7.4 Income restoration 35 7.5 Cost Estimate 36 8 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 8.1 Background 38 ii Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro NO TITLE PAGE NO 8.2 Internal Monitoring 38 8.3 Independent Evaluation 40 8.4 Reporting Requirements 41 LIST OF TABLES TABLE TITLE PAGE NO NO 2.1 Land Requirement And Acquisition 9 2.2 Impact on Structures 9 2.3 Magnitude of Impacts 9 2.4 Impact on Affected Families 10 3.1 Project Affected Families & People 11 3.2 Gender and Sex Ratio 11 3.3 Age Structure of PAPs 12 3.4 Religious and Social Distribution of PAP Families 13 3.5 Family Size and Type of PAPs 13 3.6 Educational wise Distribution of PAPs 14 3.7 Economic Status of PAPs 15 3.8 Distribution of PAPs as per Earners/ Dependents 15 3.9 Occupational Pattern of PAP Workers 15 3.10 Distribution of Family Income of PAPs 16 3.11 Family Assets 16 3.12 Awareness and Opinion About the Project 17 4.1 Entitlement Matrix 23 5.1 Role of Stakeholders For Implementation of RAP 28 5.2 RAP Implementation Schedule 29 6.1 Stakeholder Consultation 31 7.1 Cost for R & R 37 8.1 Indicators for Monitoring of RAP Progress 39 8.2 Indicators for Project Outcome Evaluation 40 iii Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE PAGE NO NO 1.1 Lay- out of Proposed Badli Depot 2 1.2 Location of Proposed Badli Depot 2 1.3 Approach for Social Assessment 6 2.1 Khasra Map of Proposed Depot Area 8 5.1 Institutional Chart for RAP Implementation 24 5.2 Stages of Grievance Redressal 27 LIST OF ANNEXURES NO TITLE 1.1 Format for Survey 4.1 Circular, Land & Building Department, Government of NCT Delhi 6.1 Minutes of Public Consultation 8.1 Monitoring of RAP Implementation 8.2 Term of Reference for Independent Evaluation Agency iv Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro ABBREVIATIONS ATPS : Automatic Train Protection System AIDS : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome BPL : Below Poverty Line CRRI : Central Road Research Institute CATC : Continuous Automatic Train Control CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility CPR : Corporate Social Responsibility DMRC : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DTC : Delhi Transport Corporation DMRS : Delhi Metro Rail System DPR : Detailed Project Report DAMEPL : Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd. DDA : Delhi Development Authority DSIIDC : Delhi State Industrial & Infrastructure Development DC : District Collector DUSIB : Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board ESMD : Environmental & Social Management Division FIRR : Financial Internal Rate of Return FGD : Focus Group Discussion GNCTD : Government Of National Capital Territory Of Delhi GRC : Grievance Redress Committee HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus ICCP : Information and Community Consultation Program JICA : Japan International Cooperation Agency LAC : Land Acquisition Commissioner L&B : Land And Building Department LAA : Land Acquisition Act LIG : Low Income Group MRTS : Mass Rapid Transit System MOUD : Ministry of Urban Development MIG : Middle Income Group MCD : Municipal Corporation of Delhi NCT : National Capital Region NTH : Non-Title Holder NRRP : National Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policy NGO : Non-Governmental Organization PIU : Project Implementation Unit PAF : Project Affected Family PAP : Project Affected People RAP : Resettlement Action Plan ROW : Right Of Way v Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro SC : Scheduled Castes ST : Scheduled Tribes STD : Sexually Transmitted Disease SMU : Social Management Unit SLAO : Special Land Acquisition Officer SBE : Small Business Enterprise SJSRY : Suvarna Jayanti Sahkari Rojghar Yojana TBM : Tunnel Boring Machine TOR : Term of Reference TH : Title Holder vi Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro CHAPTER – 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has proposed to develop the Badli Depot in continuation of Jahangirpuri- Badli Corridor of Phase-III of Delhi Metro. The project description in this chapter is based on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Badli Depot. 1.2.1 The Project BAdli Depot is proposed to be developed in an area of 22 ha in village Siraspur of North West Delhi. 1.3.1 Planning and Design Parameters DMRC has already commissioned the Line 3 of Delhi Metro. Since this is further extension of existing Metro line, the planning and design parameters will be the same as adopted for Indraprastha- Dwarka line of Delhi Metro. 1.4 MAINTENANCE DEPOT The Badli maintenance depot along with full workshop facilities has been proposed near Badli Metro Station. The area of Depot lies mainly in the village Siraspur of North – West Delhi. The layout of the Badli Depot is shown in Figure 2.1. Depot construction includes Civil works for construction of badli depot cum workshop buildings including elevated ramp, plumbing, drainage, external development works etc and road works for badli depot. The Depot include 8 coach stabling lines – 12 Nos, Covered stabling lines 185m liong suitable for 8 coach trains – 6 Nos. Inspection Bay for 8 coach train, Workshop bay, Repair section, DCO Stores, ETU with inspection pit at ground level and stores and offices above it, Test track of 870m, P. way offices and stores, Pit wheel lathe, Ground storage and Filtration plant, OH Tank, DG sets, Feeding post, Automatic car washing plant, ETP, STP and water treatment plant etc. The location of proposed Badli Metro Depot has been shown on Google map in Figure 2.2. It shows the proximity of the Depot area to Raja Vihar, Village Siraspur and Kanakar Kheda village in addition to Badli. 1 Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro Figure 1.1 Layout of Proposed Badli Depot Fig 1.2 Location of Proposed Badli Depot 1.5 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY 2 Social Impact Assessment for Badli Depot of Delhi Metro In order to enable DMRC to implement appropriate social measures by making clear its procedures and criteria for decision making and for meeting the requirements of funding agency, the main objective of the social assessment is to ensure transparency, predictability and accountability in the present study. The study shall have following objectives: To assess the socio-economic conditions of the families/people likely to be affected due to the proposed Badli Depot of Delhi Metro, To examine potential positive and negative impacts on the socio-economic condition of people in the project area, To develop appropriate measures to minimise the negative socio-economic impacts, To prepare Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) based on the existing policies, laws and guidelines of the government for the loss caused to the project affected people.