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46452-003: SASEC Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 Social Monitoring Report Semiannual Report (July to December 2018) March 2019 BAN: SASEC Chittagong Cox’s Bazar Railway Project Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’ Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum near Myanmar Border Prepared by Bangladesh Railway, for the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank. 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. 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. GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS BANGLADESH RAILWAY Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar Railway Project Construction of Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu and Ramu to Gundum near Myanmar Border Social Monitoring Report (SMR) (July 2018 to December 2018) January 2019 Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) ABBREVIATIONS ADB : Asian Development Bank AH : Affected Household AP : Affected Person APD : Additional Project Director BR : Bangladesh Railway COI : Corridor of Impact CPR : Common Property Resources CCL : Cash Compensation under Law CSC : Construction Supervision Consultant DC : Deputy Commissioner DD : Deputy Director DPP : Development Project Proposal EA : Executing Agency EC : Entitlement Card EP : Entitle Person FGD : Focus Group Discussion GOB : Government of Bangladesh GRC : Grievance Redress Committee GRM : Grievance Redress Mechanism ILRP : Income and Livelihood Restoration Program INGO : Implementing Non-Government Organization IOL : Inventory of Losses JVC : Joint Verification Committee LA : Land Acquisition LAP : Land Acquisition Plan/Proposal NTH : Non-Titled Holder MFF : Multi-trench Financial Facility PAPs : Project Affected Persons PD : Project Director PVAC : Property Valuation Advisory Committee RB : Resettlement Benefit RP : Resettlement Plan ROW : Right of Way SASEC : South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation TH : Titled Holder U/S : Under Section Page 2 of 36 Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 I. INTRODUCTION, PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES 6 A. Introduction 6 B. Project description 6 C. Project Objectives 6 D. Project Scope 7 E. Project Location Map 8 II. METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARING THE SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT 9 (SMR) A. Documents Reviewed 9 B. Field Visit 9 III. RESETTLEMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION 9 A. Resettlement Plan Preparation and Objectives 9 B. The Elements of the RP 10 C. Objectives of RP 10-11 D. Revision of Alignment Revised of Land Acquisition 11 E. Resettlement Plan Implementation Arrangements 11 - 16 F. Land Acquisition 17-18 F.1 Payments of Resettlement Benefit (RB) to THs & NTHs 19-21 F.2 Identification and assistance of vulnerable households 22 G. Common Property Resources 22 H. Income & Livelihood Restoration Program (ILRP) 22 I. Consultation, Information Campaign and Participatory Process 22-23 J. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) 23 IV. GENERAL COMMENTS 23-24 24 V. CONCLUSION Page 3 of 36 Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) LIST OF TABLES: Table 1: The Districts, Upazilla & Mouza of Dohazari Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) Table 2: Project Impacts Summary Table 3: Composition of INGO Key staff Table 4: Composition of CSC Resettlement Team Table -5. Institutional Arrangements/Functions: Table- 5.1 LA process in Bangladesh Table 6: Status of notice u/s of Chittagong and Cox’sbazar District up to December, 2018 Table-7: Status of land handover to BR, and CCL payment up to December 2018 Table-8: Payment status of the Resettlement Benefits and ID Card Distribution for Title Holders (TH) up to December 2018 Table-9: Payment status of Resettlement Benefits and ID Card Distribution for Non-Title Holders (NTH) Table-10: Category wise Vulnerable Payment: Table-11: Status of Information Campaign Table-12: status of GRC Table-13: General comments on Specific implementing issues ANNEXURES: Page Annexure 1: Information Sharing and Dissemination of Idea with PAPs 25- 30 Annexure 2: Affected Common Property Resources of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar 31 - 32 Annexure 3: Abstract of some Focus Group Discussions/Consultation Meetings 33 - 34 Annexure 4: Attendance of Consultation Meeting 35 - 36 Page 4 of 36 Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Social Monitoring Report represents the status of the activities of the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (RP) of Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Railway Project, Phase 1 (Dohazari Cox’s Bazar Railway Project) in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar District of Bangladesh. The project’s target is to construct 103.477 KM of new Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu, to establish connectivity with the famous Tourist spot of Cox’s Bazar and provide access to the proposed expected Trans-Asian Railway Corridor. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh with the financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched Dohazari - Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP). The project requires new acquired land to construct a railway line and other structures which are shown in the report details. The resettlement impacts include, but are not limited to (i) permanent loss of residential, social and commercial structures, (ii) loss of income and livelihood, (iii) displacement of people and (iv) loss of land. The salient features of ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS 2009) and Resettlement Plan have been discussed in this report. At present, all the 10 (Ten) Land Acquisition (LA) cases are finalized and already taken over by the Bangladesh Railway from DC’s office. Compensation payment of CCL is going on. A Resettlement Plan (RP) was prepared in accordance with ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance 1982 (ARIPO) of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB), detail engineering design and Census survey. The RP was approved by the Ministry of Railway on 17 August 2016 as per concurrence of ADB. In accordance with ADB Safeguards requirements, the government of Bangladesh agreed to implement “The ADB safeguard Policy” for the purpose of avoiding involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups. Bangladesh Railway engaged an NGO for the Implementation of the project's Resettlement Plan. Accordingly, the Implementing NGO (INGO) commenced their activities effective 8 February 2017. This Social Monitoring Report covers the status of Land Acquisition and Resettlement activities from July 2018 to December 2018, including an action plan to speed up the compensation payment so that the civil works are not delayed. BR, CSC and INGO are working to address the Affected Persons (APs). As of December, 2018, BR has taken over all land (1367.3664 acres) from the DC office for acquisition. CCL payments were made to 2895 awardees out of 9597 identified awardees. Resettlement compensation was paid to 236 NTH EPs out of 633 EPS following the recommendation of JVC. 424 for NTH and 111 of THs ID Cards, 8130 leaflets and 4175 booklets were distributed in the project area. Page 5 of 36 Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project (DCRP) I. INTRODUCTION, PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: A. Introduction: The report represents the present status of the Land Acquisition, Implementation of Resettlement Plan (RP) and progress of the Dohazari – Cox’s Bazar Railway Project, in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh represented by the Ministry of Railways is the Project Sponsoring Agency while Bangladesh Railway (BR) is the Project Implementing Agency. The Development Partner of the project is the Asian Development Bank (ADB). For this project two loan agreements have been signed between Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on December 21, 2017. The scope of the report is to provide a progress status of the land acquisition and resettlement activities and to assess their compliance with ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS 2009), and to account for the implementation of resettlement activities at the field level. The first report covered the period of October 2016 to March 20171, the second covered April 2017 to November 20172 and third report covered December 2017 to June 2018. Both (first and second) reports are disclosed on ADB website. Now, this fourth semi-annual report is covering the period from July 2018 to December 2018. During the first, second and third SMR, the land acquisition process was at its primary stage. During this reporting period, substantial progress has been achieved and reflected in this report. B. Project description: Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Railway Project, phase 1, involves new construction of 103.477 km Single Line Dual Gauge Railway Track from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar. The Project components include: New Construction of 103.477 km Single Line Dual Gauge
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