Biannual Social Safeguard Monitoring Report (July-December 2013)
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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 40031-023 & 40031-033 August 2014 Period: July 2013 - December 2013 IND: Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program – Tranche 1 & Tranche 2 Submitted by Local Self Government Department, Government of Rajasthan This report has been submitted to ADB by the Local Self Government Department, Government of Rajasthan and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. RAJASTHAN URBAN SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAM ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN ASSISTANCE (LOAN NO. 2366-IND & 2506 IND) BIANNUAL SOCIAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING REPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT RESETTLEMENT PLANS (July - December 2013) Social Safeguard Monitoring Report ABBREVIATION ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Persons BDO Block Development Officer BPL Below Poverty Line CAPP Community Action and Participation Program CBO Community Based Organization CPR Common Property Resources GoI Go vernment of India GoR Government of Rajasthan IP Indigenous Peoples IR Income Restoration ISA Initial Social Assessment LA Land Acquisition LAA Land Acquisition Act LIG Lower Income Group M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NGO Non-Government Organization PAF Project Affected Family PAH Project Affected Household PIU Project Implementation Unit PMU Project Management Unit PRI Panchayat Raj Institution ROR Record of Rights RoW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation RUIDP Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project RUSDIP Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Programme SC Scheduled Caste SES Socio-Economic Survey SHG Self Help Group ST Scheduled Tribe UDD Urban Development Department WHH Women Headed Household TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 A. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 3 B. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 3 C. IMPLEMENTATION OF RESETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES 4 D. OVERVIEW OF IIRM UNDER CAPP ACTIVITIES 4 E. PROJECT IMPACT 5 F. POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK 8 G. VALIDATION AND VERIFICATIONS OF AP’S 9 H. COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE 9 I. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE OF SRPS 10 J. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL 11 K. ISSUES AND ACTION PLAN 11 L. LESSONS LEARNT AND GOOD PRACTICES 14 M. CONCLUDING REMARKS 21 APPENDIX 1: DETAILS OF ACOS MOBILIZATION SCHEDULE 23 APPENDIX 2: STATUS OF SUBPROJECT UNDER IMPLEMENTATION 24 APPENDIX 3 : LIST OF SRPS TO BE PREPARED/REVISED DUE TO CHANGE IN SCOPE OF WORK/ ADDITIONAL WORK IN TRANCHE TRANCHE 1 & 2 31 APPENDIX 4 : STATUS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY ACO FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 2013 33 APPENDIX 5: DETAILS OF COMPENSATION PAID TO APS AS ON DECEMBER 2013 41 APPENDIX 6 : STATUS OF DISBURSEMENT CLAIM PAID TO APS BY ACO FOR SRP IMPLEMENTATION UP TO DECEMBER 2013 62 APPENDIX 7 :STATUS OF CONSULTATION WITH APS BY ACO FOR SRP IMPLEMENTATION UP TO DECEMBER 2013 68 APPENDIX 8 : GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCESS 73 APPENDIX 9 : GRIEVANCE ADDRESS/ RECEIVED (JULY – DECEMBER 2013) 74 APPENDIX 10: TOWN & MONTH WISE GENDER BREAKUP OF PARTICIPANTS IN CAPP ACTIVITIES 87 APPENDIX 11: CASE STUDIES: BARAN ROB: 86 APPENDIX 12: CASE STUDIES: BHARATPUR: 88 APPENDIX 13: APS DOCUMENTATION - MISSING/APS NOT ACCEPT COMPENSATION 89 RAJASTHAN URBAN SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAM BIANNUAL SOCIAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING REPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT RESETTLEMENT PLANS Duration (July - December 2013) Executive Summary 1. The Government of Rajasthan (GoR), with the financial assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) in form of a multi-Tranche financing facility (MFF), decided to strengthen urban management and support for priority investments in urban infrastructure in towns namely Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dhaulpur, Jaisalmer, Jhalawar-Jhalarapatan, Karauli, Nagaur, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur and Sikar under the Rajasthan Urban Sector Development Investment Program (RUSDIP). The total population of these towns was about 1.6 million as per the Census 2001. The Investment Program is designed to cover major urban infrastructure works under water supply, waste water management, solid waste management, urban transport and roads, social infrastructure, support infrastructure for cultural heritage and urban drainage sectors. 2. The Executing Agency (EA) for the Investment Program is Local Self Government Department (LSGD) under the Urban Governance Department of GoR. The program will support overall improvement of urban environment cum living conditions as well as increase in tourism activities. State Cabinet on 5 March 2008 approved RUSDIP, in three Tranches, with loan financing from ADB and corresponding shares of state and ULB. Responsibility for repayment of loan and payment of own contribution is determined with respect to ownership. 3. The Loan Agreement and Project Agreement of Loan 2366-IND Tranche 1 of $75 million, with a loan component of $60 million, were signed on 17 January 2008 and made effective from 28 February 2008 where Tranche 1 consisted of 20 packages of civil works. Under Tranche 2, 25 packages were finalized by GoR costing $219 million. The periodic financing request (PFR) for Tranche 2 was submitted by GOR for $150 million loan component, and was approved by ADB as Loan 2506-IND. The Loan Agreement and Project Agreement for Tranche 2 were signed on 18 February 2009 and made effective from 28 February 2009. The loan processing for Tranche 3 is over and made effective from 16 June 2011. 4. The Investment Program envisaged strengthening urban management and support for priority investments in urban infrastructure in 3 towns of Alwar, Jaisalmer and Jhalawar- Jhalarapattan under Tranche 1 and 12 towns namely Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dhaulpur, Karauli, Nagaur, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur and Sikar, under Tranche 2. The short resettlement plans (SRPs) were prepared for 10 subprojects under Tranche 1 and 25 subprojects under Tranche 2 (a total of 35 SRPs) following ADB’s Involuntary Resettlement Policy, 1995.. All these SRP’s have been approved by ADB and are under various stages of Implementation. It may be noted however, that in some cases, additional or change in scope of work has made revision of SRP mandatory and this process is on going. 5. Few additional subprojects were proposed to be included under Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 during past quarters. Please Note that out of these subprojects all have been approved except 02 new subprojects of Karauli Water Supply and Bharatpur Bridge are still under preparation. A total of 06 additional subproject have been approved by ADB (03 subprojects approved ADB in 2011 and 03 subprojects have been approved by ADB in 2012-2012 and A&F sanction of Sikar Solid Waste Management was withdrawn. During last quarter one project of Sikar Waste Water has been dropped by RUIDP as the work will be taken by UIT resulting into a total of 39 subprojects (See Appendix 2). It is important to notice that few of the additional packages were merged with already approved SRPs as well. The detail of all the packages take-up or merged is provided at Appendix 3. 1 6. As indicated in the past SMRs, after including the initial SRPs and additional/Revised SRPs, in Tranche 1, there are 63 affected persons (APs) while in Tranche 2 there are 675 APs and out of the total 738 APs, 191 belong to the vulnerable groups1.. The implementation of SRPs started in June 2008. The Investment Program Implementation Units (IPIUs) of the RUSDIP under Investment Program Management Unit (IPMU), headed by a Project Director, are implementing the SRPs. 7. Community Action and Participation Program (CAPP) has been undertaken in RUSDIP for mobilization, motivation, participation and community awareness. M/s Indian Institute of Rural Management (IIRM), Jaipur has been engaged as CAPP consultant from August 2008. Community mobilization has been activated through various public meetings, campaign and media means. CAPP has been organizing the public awareness campaigns for appraising the short-term inconveniences and long-term benefits of the project in order to gain full support of the beneficiaries. CAPP has also been helpful to make beneficiaries aware of preventive care to avoid environmental health-related hazards during construction and of their responsibilities to avoid the wastage of water, including issues such as water rates, metering, user charges and property tax reform, etc. for achieving the goals of the Investment Program in totality. In addition, it provides feedback to the IPMU with a view to adjusting the work program based on the impact of the campaign and concerns raised by the beneficiaries/stakeholders. 8. Indian Institute of Rural Management (IIRM), Jaipur was also assigned the responsibility of implementing the social safeguard requirements and to assist the IPIUs in implementing SRPs. The social expert of the Investment Program Management Consultancy (IPMC) was entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring the implementation of these SRPs, and assess its performance and effectiveness, on the basis of review of reports, field observations, consultations with APs, other stakeholders, IPIUs and IPMU. 9. This report covers the 21 and 22nd quarter of the implementation programme till December 2013 According to RF, after initial two years of project implementation, the monitoring reporting schedule changes from quarterly to bi-annually. Accordingly, this report covers Second half of 2013 (July - December 2013). During this time, in addition to the identification and verification process of