External Social Safeguard Monitoring Fifth Progress Report

Project No. 45203-006 Semestral Report July 2020

Bangladesh: Natural Gas Infrastructure and Efficiency Improvement Project (Component 2 – -Bakhrabad Gas Transmission Pipeline)

Prepared by Md. Abdus Samad for the Gas Transmission Company Limited, Government of and the Asian Development Bank.

This external social safeguard monitoring fifth progress 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.

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Construction of Chattogram-Feni-Bakhrabad Gas Transmission Parallel Pipeline Project

ADB Loan No: 3461/3462 BAN

AIIB Loan No: LN 000015-1-B4D Gas Transmission Company Limited

(A Company of Petrobangla)

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources

Energy & Mineral Resources Division

SEMI-ANNUAL SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT NO. 5

JANUARY- JUNE 2020

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ABBREVIATIONS

AB Acquiring Body

AC Assistant Commissioner (Land)

ADB Asian Development Bank

AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

ADC Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue)

AH Affected Household

AM Area Manager

AP Affected Person

BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

BDT Bangladesh Taka

BGFCL Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited

CBE Commercial and Business Enterprises

CCL Cash Compensation under Law

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CMP Current Market Price

CPR Common Property Resources

DAE Department of Agriculture Extension

DC Deputy Commissioner

DORP Development Organization of the Rural Poor

DoF Department of Forest

DoF Department of Fisheries

EA Executing Agency

EP Entitlement Person

EME External Monitoring Expert

ERD Economic Relations Division 3

FGD Focus Group Discussion

GoB Government of Bangladesh

GRC Grievance Redress Committee

GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism

GTCL Gas Transmission Company Limited

Ha Hector

HH Household

ID Identity Card

IR Involuntary Resettlement

JVS Joint Verification Survey

JVC Joint Verification Committee

Km Kilometer

LA Land Acquisition

LAP Land Acquisition Plan

LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement

LRP Livelihood Restoration Program

LMS Land Market Survey

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

NGO Non-Government Organization

PAH Project Affected Households

PAP Project Affected Person

PAU Project Affected Unit

PCU Project Coordination Unit

PD Project Director

PIU Project Implementation Unit

PMU Project Management Unit 4

PVAC Property Valuation Advisory Committee

PWD Public Works Department

R&R Resettlement & Rehabilitation

RP Resettlement Plan

RB Requiring Body/Resettlement Benefit

RC Resettlement Cost

RG Resettlement Grant

RoW Right of Way

STG Structure Transfer Grant

ToR Terms of Reference

USD United States Dollar

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION 12 A. Description of the Project 12 B. Compliance to ADB Safeguard Policy on Involuntary Resettlement 13 C. Compliance to AIIB policy on the project implementation 14 D. Compliance to Bangladesh Government’s Legal and Policy Framework 14 E. Compliance to Loan Conditionalities 15 II. PROJECT PROGRESS STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 15 A. Location of the Project 15 B. Scope of Works 17 C. Indicators of Verification 17 D. Work Plan of The Monitoring Report 18 E. Preparation of Resettlement Plan and Information Disclosure 21 F. Minimizing Land Acquisition Impacts 22 III. RESETTLEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT 23 A. Project Implementation 23 B. Employer’s Staff and their Roles 23 C. RP Implementing INGO 23 D. Formation of JVC, PVAC AND GRC 24 IV. DETAIL STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN 24 A. Land Acquisition Status 24 B. Status of Cash Compensation Under Law (CCL) 26 C. Socio-Economic Survey to Identify the Number of Affected Person 29 D. Disclosure, Consultation and Participation 32 E. Grievance Redress Mechanism 33 F. Property Valuation Advisory Committee 35 G. Income and Livelihood Restoration Program (ILRP) 35 H. Conclusions and Recommendations 42

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Summary of the Project Impact 22 Table 2: The Status of Land Acquisition 24 Table 3: Status of Financial and Physical Progress of CCL Payment 26 Table 4: Payment Status of CCL, Additional Grant and RB 28 Table 5: Non-Titled Eps of Chattogram District 29 Table 6: Status of Compensation Payment to Vulnerable/CPR/Business 30 Table 7: Entitlement Matrix 31 Table 8: Number of Complaints Submitted Under Grievance Redress 34 Table 9: Livelihood Restoration Programs (LRP) 36

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Map of Location of the Project 16 Figure 2: Work Plan for Monitoring the Total Components Performed By INGO 18 Figure 3: The EME visited the affected families in Perul Mouza in Laksam of Cumilla district 37 Figure 4: The EME is taking statements from the affected Hhs of Shihrail Mouzaof in Laksam 38 Figure 5: The EME is taking oral statement from the affected persons of Mazlishpur Mouza of of Cumilla district those received CCL payment with additional grant. 38 Figure 6: EME is talking with the vulnerable affected persons of Shital pur Mouza of under Chattogram district 39 Figure 7: Mr. Md. Abdus Samad, EME is taking oral statement from affected people of Jahanabad Mouza of Sitakonda Upazila of Chattogram district about the CCL and additional grant received by them. 39 Figure 8: Mr. Md. Abdus Samad talking with the vulnerable affected families of Shitalpur Mouza of Chattogram about their livelihood conditions who received resettlement benefits. 40 Figure 9: Mr. Md. Abdus Samad talking statement from the affected peoples of Shitalpur Mouza in an another place 40 Figure 10: The EME is taking statement about their livelihood restorations in Jahanabad Mouza of Sitakunda Upazila of Chattogram district 41 Figure 11: The EME is taking statement about the livelihood restorations after property acquisition by the project in Chattogram area 41 Figure 12: The EME is talking about the livelihood conditions of the affected persons who lost land and structures in this project in Chattogram district 42

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GLOSSARY

Affected persons (APs) includes any person, affected households (Ahs), firms, or private institution who, on account of changes that result from the Project will have their (i) standard of living adversely affected; (ii) right, title, or interest in any house, land (including residential, commercial, agriculture, forest, and/or grazing land), water resources, or any other moveable or fixed assets acquired, possessed, restricted, or otherwise adversely affected, in full or part, permanently or temporarily; (iii) business, occupation, place of work or residence, or habitat adversely affected, with or without displacement.

Assistance means support, rehabilitation and restoration measures extended in cash and/or kind over and above the compensation for lost assets.

Awardees refers to person with interests in land to be acquired by the Project after their ownership of said land has been confirmed by the office of the respective Deputy Commissioner as well as person with interests in other assets to be acquired by the Project. Compensation for acquired assets is provided to awardees through notification under Section 7 of Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 and under section 8 of Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017.

Compensation includes payments in cash or kind for assets acquired by the Project at replacement cost or current market price.

Cut-off date refers to the date after which eligibility for compensation or resettlement assistance will not be considered. Date of service of notice under section 3 of Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 or section 4(1) of Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017 is considered to be the cut-off date for recognition of legal compensation and the start date of carrying out the census/inventory of losses is considered as the cut-off date for eligibility of resettlement benefits.

Displaced persons refers to those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restriction on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas.

Eminent domains refers to regulatory authority of the government to obtain land for public purpose/interest or use of as described in the 1982 Ordinance and Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017.

Encroachers include those people who extend attached private land into public land or who extend their use of titled land into adjacent non-titled land before the cut-off date. Encroachers will not be eligible for claiming compensation for land assets for the affected area which is an extension to their existing titled land.

Entitlements include the range of measures comprising cash or kind compensation, relocation cost, income restoration assistance, transfer assistance, income substitution, and business 8

restoration which are due to AHs, depending on the type and degree/nature of their losses, to restore their social and economic condition.

Household includes all persons living and eating together (sharing the same kitchen and cooking food together as a single family unit.

Inventory of losses refers to the assets listed during the survey/census as a preliminary record of affected or lost assets.

Khas land includes to the state-owned land which the government is entitled to both lease out and give away to citizens of the country who do not own land. Khas land is considered as an important livelihood source for the extreme poor and can generate and protect them achieving livelihood, particularly for those with low quality, under-sized and flood prone land.

Non-titled persons refers to those who have no means of recognizable rights or claims to the land they are occupying and include peoples using private or public land on permission, grant or without permission, i.e., of people without legal right and title to land and/or structures occupied or used by them within the right of way (RoW).

ADB Policy explicitly states that people cannot be denied resettlement assistance those are involved in any way with the land acquired for the development of the Project.

Parcha/RoR is a record of right of a land owner.

Project Affected Families include residential households and commercial and business enterprises except CPRs.

Project Affected Unit combines residential households (HHs), commercial and business enterprises (CBEs), common property resources (CPRs) and other affected entitles as a whole.

Project means Chittagong-Feni-Bakhrabad Gas Transmission Parallel Pipeline Project of Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL).

Relocation means displacement or physical moving of APs from the affected area to a new area/site and rebuilding homes, structures, provision of assets, including productive land/employment and reestablishing income, livelihoods, living and social systems.

Replacement cost refers to the value of assets to replace the loss at current market price, or its nearest equivalent, and is the amount of cash or kind needed to replace an asset in its existing condition, without deduction of transaction costs or for any material salvaged. The calculation of full replacement cost will consider; (i) transaction costs; (ii) interest accrued; (iii) transitional and restoration costs; and (iv) other applicable costs, if any.

Replacement land refers to land acquired by the Project that is compensated through provision of alternative land, rather than cash, of the same size and/or productive capacity as the land lost and is acceptable to the AP. In this Project, there is no provision for replacement land but to compensation. However, additional project assistance is allowed in the form CMP as grant to the affected persons to buy land lost to the Project. 9

Resettlement refers to mitigation of all the impacts associated with land acquisition including restriction of access to, or use of land, acquisition of assets, or impacts on income generation as a result of land acquisition. Squatters includes non-titled and other households, business and common establishments on land owned by the government. Under this Project it includes GTCL acquired land or government land on which people have their structures or income earning sources. Structure includes all buildings, including primary and secondary structures including houses and ancillary buildings, commercial enterprises, living quarters, community facilities and infrastruc- tures, shops, businesses, fences and walls. Vulnerable Households include households that are (i) headed by women with dependents (ii) Households with disabilities, (iii) households falling under the generally accepted indicator for poverty, (iv) elderly households who are landless and with no other means of support, indigenous people or ethnic minority households and ( v) landless households or severely affected house- holds. No households of indigenous people or eth

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh is the Executive Agency of Chattogram-Feni-Bakhrabad Gas Transmission Parallel Pipeline Project. Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL), a company of Petrobangla, under the Implementing Agency of this project. ii. A non-government NGO, DORP is nominated by GTCL to implement the resettlement and rehabilitation plan (RAP) of this project. iii. On 9th August, 2018, a contract agreement was signed between the EA and Md. Abdus Samad (me) to prepare social monitoring report after monitoring the total activities performed by DORP up to December, 2019 and time to time assist the EA for effective RAP implementation. The monitoring contract period was extended two times and the last time will be ended on 31. 12. 2020. This document is the 5th semi-annual social monitoring report (SMR) for this project from January to June, 2020.

iv. Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), a non-government organization was engaged by GTCL to prepare the resettlement plan (RP) of the project. The purpose of the engagement of CEGIS was to carried out the actual present status of the affected persons/households within the project alignment (RoW) to be enlisted as the entitled persons both titled and non-titled living before cut-off date of the concern three districts. CEGIS completed the RP finalization and handed over the complete document to the project PMU. CEGIS completed the total tasks. v. The whole project works to be implemented will be following appointing some important committees approved by the Ministry of Land. The Joint Verification Committee (JVC) will be engaged for property assessment of the affected persons, the Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) will be engaged for assessing the property lost due to acquisition based on the present market value to provide additional compensation in addition of land and property compensation, and the Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) to receive and dispose of complaints of APs regarding land and property assessment/compensation etc. vi. The External Monitoring Expert (EME) will submit independent monitoring and appraisal report on the resettlement plan implementation for every defined time period. The external monitor shall document the good practices as well as the difficulties encountered in resettlement plan implementation. The period for submission of 5th monitoring report is assigned from January to June, 2020. In this period, the major resettlement action plan implementation is the payment of cash compensation under law (CCL) by the Deputy Commissioners of Cumilla, Feni 11

and Chattogram to the affected people of titled and non-titled APs. In addition to these, the project EA will provide top up (additional grant for land, structures etc.) to the APs those are titled and non-titled holders getting CCL payment. vii. Grievance Redress Mechanism is an effective tool to judge the grievance of the affected persons in the field level and there is are strong GRM committees which will look after the total complaint or grievances raised by the aggrieved affected persons. The GRC were provided training about how grievance redress mechanism should be resolved locally or the central project PIU level. The following grievance status of the project is presented below:

Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Outstanding grievances grievance grievances grievances grievances of the brought instituted this disposed up sent to sent for number of forward (July- reporting period this reporting Court of accountability grievances Dec, 2019) (January-June, period law mechanism 2020 (Cumilla)-09 - 12 0 0 0 Chattogram-03 = 12 viii. Livelihood Restoration programs for the affected persons is an another major target under the rehabilitation process. There is a great impact to the whole of the population involved for land and different types of structures (residence, educational institutes, shops, businesses etc.) and the affected peoples are permanent residence, squatters, businesses, shopkeepers, CPR, and other types of non-titled persons. The livelihood restorations are noticeable in this monitoring period whether the PIU will be able to implement the guideline of ADB for the people of permanently acquired landed and the non-titled APs who are displaced from the RoW. ADB is always targeted to restore previous status or status increased during the rehabilitation process of the project. ix. The report of monitoring will also follow the necessary training programs to be organized for the vulnerable affected persons and as well as the people of vulnerable non-titled APs who have lost their businesses, shops, jobs of fishing, jobs of agriculture, etc and the jobs other establishments. Training for the livelihood restorations is an important tasks for the PIU and will be implemented by the engaged INGO.

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Description of the Project

1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has imported LNG to ease the country’s energy crisis and accelerate economic growth and address the current and future challenges of psig demand. A 36" ODx181.0 kmxl000 psig Gas Transmission Parallel Pipeline from Fouzdarhat of Chattogram district to Bakhrabad of Cumilla district via Feni is under implementation of construction for supplying surplus re-gasified imported LNG to national gas grid to meet the overall gas demand of the country after meeting the demand of Chattogram areas. 2. Construction of Chattogram-Feni-Bakhrabad Gas Transmission Parallel Pipeline Project includes construction of gas transmission pipeline (181 km) from Selimpur, Fouzdarhat of Chattogram to Bakhrabad of Cumilla with associated 9 (nine) Mainline Valve Stations (MLV), one (1) Metering Station and two (2) Town Bordering Stations (TBS) located in three districts; Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram and comprises 11 upazila and 186 mauza/revenue villages of these three districts. The width of the project alignment is 23 meter of which 8 meter land will be required for permanent acquisition and the remaining 15 meter land will be required for temporary requisition. This 15 meter will be used for two sides of permanent 8 meter and will be returned to the original land owners after completing the construction works.

3. DORP will provide services for the implementation of Resettlement Action Plan at the time of construction around 181 km (8 meter width for acquisition and 15 meter width for requisition). It will also provide services for construction of 9 Mainline Valve Stations (25mX35m), 2 TBS (100mX100m), 1 Metering Station (100mX100m), Feni psig Trap & Propose Compressor Station (100mX100m). The pipeline will cross four rivers including associated above ground installations along the RoW. The project has been prepared with the approval of a resettlement action plan (RAP) with the help of consultant having a compensation package to address the needs of various group of peoples affected by the gas transmission line construction.

4. The project will primarily follow the existing parallel RoW, an estimated 368.1491 acres of land to acquisition and 663.10 acres of land to requisition of agricultural land, homesteads and commercial plots to construct the pipeline. A socio-economic survey was conducted by the feasibility study consultant as per ADB’s guideline to assess the overall project impact, collect baseline data survey on land acquisition, requisition, loss of assets and livelihoods; and for the resettlement planning. The feasibility study consultant had submitted a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) that was approved by the ADB and AIIB. In the RAP, there was broadly stated mitigation of losses and restoration of socio-economic status of the PAPs.

5. The External Monitoring Expert will review and verify the executing agencies' monitoring information and the progress of resettlement as stipulated in the latest resettlement plan. Assess the effectiveness of the executing agency and implementing NGO in updating the 13

resettlement plan and implementing its requirements, and advise the Executing Agency. Monitor and advise the executing agency on carrying out full and meaningful consultation on the latest resettlement plan. Assess whether the updated restoration and enhancement of living standards of the displaced persons, have been achieved. Take measures to mitigate all vulnerable and non-vulnerable titled and non-titled displaced persons have been implemented in accordance with the requirements of the latest resettlement plan. Advise on any social safeguards compliance issues and design corrective actions in cooperation with the executing agency and consultation with the affected persons. Monitor and assess the implementation of these corrective actions.

B. Compliance to ADB Safeguard Policy on Involuntary Resettlement

6. For any ADB operation requiring involuntary resettlement, resettlement planning is an integral part of project design and from the early stages of the project cycle, this operation will be taken into account following the basic principles:

• Involuntary resettlement (IR) will be avoided or minimized as much as possible and where IR is unavoidable, displaced persons (DPs) will be compensated in full replacement cost, close for their losses; • Improve, or at least restore the livelihoods of all DPs and provide physically and economically displaced persons with needed assistance; • Carry out meaningful consultations with affected persons, host communities, and concerned nongovernment organizations. Inform all displaced persons of their entitlements and resettlement options; • Develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and equitable manner if land acquisition is through involuntary acquisition to ensure that those people who enter into acquisition will maintain the same or better income and livelihood status. (i) Ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation for loss of non-land assets. • Prepare and disclosure a resettlement plan elaborating on displaced person’s entitlements, the income and livelihood restoration strategy, institutional arrangements, monitoring and reporting framework, budget and time-bound implementation schedule. • Conceive and execute involuntary resettlement as part of a development project or program. Include the full costs of resettlement in the presentation of project’s costs and benefits. Pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement. • Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring. Disclose monitoring reports. 14

C. Compliance to AIIB policy on the project implementation

7. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s objective is to improve economic and social development in Asia by investing in high quality, financially viable and environmental friendly infrastructure projects. Environmental and social sustainability is a fundamental aspect of the Bank’s support for infrastructure development and enhanced interconnectivity in Asia.

D. Compliance to Bangladesh Government’s Legal and Policy Framework

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8. The legal and policy framework of the government of Bangladesh for land acquisition and requisition underwent reforms over the years. The key legal instrument for Land Acquisition and Requisition is the ‘Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance (ARIPO), 1982’ and the latest and recent Act ‘The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017’. The 1982 Ordinance is considered as a stride towards conceding the fact that government continues to reaffirm its commitment towards creating an enabling policy environment so that the compensation covers;

• land and assets permanently acquired (including standing structures, crops, trees, houses); and • any other damages caused by such acquisition.

9. The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017 has come into operation on September, 2017. Through this Act, Government declared a great deal of opportunities to the affected people where they will get more financial benefits to cover their loss of properties and restore livelihoods in the pre-project level or more.

10. The Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 of ADB requires full compensation at the rate of full replacement cost and livelihood restoration. The Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) builds upon the three previous safeguard policies on the Environment Policy of 2002, Involuntary Resettlement Policy of 1995, and Indigenous Peoples Policy of 1998, and brings them into a consolidated policy frame work. The SPS applies to all ADB-supported projects reviewed by ADB's management after 20 January 2010.

11. According to 1982 Ordinance or 2017 Act, Deputy Commissioner of the district is the absolute authority to acquire both movable and immovable properties in accordance with the law. Land acquisition is accomplished through administrative instructions. The GOB established District Land Allocation Committee (DLAC) and a Central Land Allocation Committee (CLAC) in 1976. DLAC is responsible for land allocation at the district level, while CLAC deals with land allocation in City. However, CLAC has the authority to review all land acquisition cases before final decision is made at the different levels.

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E. Compliance to Loan Conditionalities

12. As of 30.06.2020 the project has complied with most of the conditions on the Loan Agreement related to Resettlement and Gender. The conditions that had already been completed by GTCL include: • Engaged an INGO named CEGIS for implementation of Resettlement Plan (RP); • Engagement of an INGO for Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Implementation Consultant named Development Organization of the Rural Poor (DORP) well in advance to facilitate acquisition and requisition of land as well as implementation of the RP agreed by ADB and the Government of Bangladesh; • Establishment of Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) to determine the Additional Grant (top up) payment for land and replacement value of affected Titled and Non-titled person’s land, structures, common resources property loses; • Establishment of grievance redress mechanism (GRM) to look after the grievance of the affected persons and take necessary measures to reduce or resolve the complaints and grievances as per established system; • Appointment of External Monitoring Expert to monitor the functions of consulting INGO whether they are performing their jobs as per contract agreement with GTCL; • The Executing Agency provided the RoW clearence of resettlement issues before commencement of civil works; • All land acquisition and resettlement works complied with the laws of the Borrower on land acquisition and resettlement; • The EA complied ADB’s involuntary resettlement safeguards; No physical and or economic displacement takes place in connection with the project until compensation had been made following RP based on CCL and additional grant according to the Entitlement Matrix

II. PROJECT PROGRESS STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

A. Location of the Project

13. The project will follow the corridor of existing gas pipeline starting from Selimpur of Chattogram district via and cross Dhaka–ChattogramHighWay at Chandinaupazila of Cumilla and will be ended at Bakhrabad, of Cumilla district, a total length of 181km. This project is a linear type project positioning north-south direction. Almost the total length will follow parallel to the existing Gas Pipeline of Bakhrabad to Chattogram town.

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Figure 1: Map of Location of the Project

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B. Scope of Works

14. The following scopes would be followed at the time of monitoring the whole activities of INGO: • Review and verify the executing agencies' monitoring information and the progress of resettlement as stipulated in the latest resettlement plan; • Assess the effectiveness of the executing agency and implementing NGO in updating the resettlement plan and implementing its requirements, and advise the executing agency about required improvements; • Monitor the INGO’s implementation on Socio- economic Survey; • Monitoring on the consultation meeting, personal contact, focus group discussion, distribution of leaflets, brochures etc to the affected persons by the INGO; • Monitoring on the property valuation assessment based on current market price; • Monitoring on the active participation to assist APs/DPs to prepare their all land and property documents submitting to the DCs office by the INGO; • Monitor the cash compensation under law and additional benefits provided to the APs; • Monitoring on the livelihood restoration programs provided to the affected persons; • Monitor and advise the executing agency on carrying out full and meaningful consultation on the latest resettlement plan; • Advise the executing agency on any social safeguards compliance issues and design corrective actions consulted with the affected persons; • Prepare quarterly, semi-annual/half yearly external social monitoring reports, and submit these to the executing agency and ADB.

C. Indicators of Verification

• Basic information on displaced person’s households; • Composition and structure, ages, education, and skill levels of the affected persons; • Gender of household heads; • Ethnic group; • Access to health, education, utilities, and other social services; • Housing type; • Occupations and employment patterns; • Income sources and levels; • Agricultural production data (for rural households); 18

• Participation in neighborhood or community groups; • Access to cultural sites and events; • Valuation of all assets.

D. Work Plan of The Monitoring Report

Figure 2: Work Plan for Monitoring the Total Components Performed By INGO

Sl. Tasks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 No First Phase

1 Staff recruited

2 Establishment of offices

3 Verify Inventory of Loss and progressing updating of RAP

4 Verify Collection of Award

5 Examine updating of EP files

6 Examine updating of EC

7 Information Campaign

8 Personal contact with APs , DPs and Stakeholders

9 Community meetings with APs and Stakeholders

10 Consultation meeting with APs and stakeholders

11 Verification of distribution of leaflets to APs and stakeholder

12 Verification of distribution of Brochures to APs and stakeholders

13 Verification of Public Announcement for APs and stakeholders 19

14 Examination of Land Acquisition Plan

15 Information Dissemination

16 Examine formation of Team (JVC, PVAC,GRC)

17 Check whether all JVC members fully aware of their functions

18 Check whether all PVAC members fully aware of their function

19 Check whether all GRC members fully aware of their functions Implementation Stage

20 Verify whether INGO assist PMU for finalization of Alignment

21 Verify submission of LA Plans to DCs

22 Examine notices u/s 3,6,7 were fully served on behalf of DC to APs

23 Verify joint verification and valuation of properties

24 Quantify loss of properties

25 Verify the value of affected properties 26 Comparison properties with the draft data

27 Verify Cost estimation and budget 20

28 Examine ID Card issue

29 Monitoring on the payment of CCL

30 Monitoring on the additional grants to EPs

31 Verify types of resettlement benefits

32 Verify how APs are aware of resettlement processes

33 Knowledge of APs to relocating themselves

34 Verify the satisfactory relocation of APs

35 Full knowledge of livelihood restoration programs to APs

36 How training was provided to them for LRP

37 Verify how APs were assisted in GRM process

38 Whether APs are full aware of GRM process

39 Participatory approach in GRM

40 Preparation / updating payment statement to APs

41 Disbursement of resettlement benefit 42 Monitoring and Evaluation stage

43 Monitoring tools for implementation progress

44 Monitoring and supervision 21

45 Information management

46 Coordination

47 Inception report

48 Monthly Progress report

49 Midterm report

50 Draft final report

51 Final report

Submission of Progress Report (From January to June, 2019)

Items Ja F M A M Ju Ju Au Se O N De Ja F M A M J n e ar p ay n l g p ct ov c n e ar pr ay u b r b n

Inception Report

1st progress report

2nd Progress report

3rd progress Report

Draft final Report

Final Report

The above progress report schedule is only for the original contract period (January 2018 to June, 2019) and two amendments were done extending the period up to December 2020.

E. Preparation of Resettlement Plan and Information Disclosure

15. Information about the project should be disseminated through disclosure of resettlement planning documents like leaflets containing information on alignment subprojects details, compensation, assistance, entitlement, grievance redress mechanism, implementation schedule 22

etc. All about this should be disclosed to the affected area in local language and massive distribution to the local affected people and stakeholders by the implementing NGO. 16. The Resettlement Plan of Chattogram-Feni -Bakhrabad Gas Transmission Parallel Pipeline Project was first prepared by the RP Consultant, Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) in the year 2015 following the feasibility study. The draft RP was focused on the key activities of the project likely to cause involuntary resettlement impacts according to the definition of ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS, 2009) on involuntary resettlement. 17. The final RP was based on the detailed census survey of the potential displaced persons during the feasibility study in 2016. It was prepared in accordance with the GoB under the ‘Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance (ARIPO), 1982’ and ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS, 2009) on involuntary resettlement. The draft RP was however, revised at the design level and updated in June, 2016. The tools and techniques used were i) Census and Socio-economic Survey ii) Property Valuation Assessment iii) Stakeholders Consultation Meetings iv) Focus Group Discussion. The revision and updates were done following the terms and conditions designed approach integrity of GTCL and also in view of reducing resettlement impacts.

F. Minimizing Land Acquisition Impacts

18. Land acquisition causes various impacts on private land, loss of trees, structures of residential and others, secondary structures, loss of business, loss of livelihoods and so on. The project considered many technical options to reduce land acquisition and minimize possible adverse impacts. The technical and safeguard team worked closely to minimize acquisition and resettlement impacts. The following impacts are noticeable at the time of RP preparation and impacts changes at the time of up dated RP.

[ Table 1: Summary of the Project Impact Sl. Project Impacts Final RP 2016 Updated RP 2019 No. 1 Amount of land to be acquired 370.92 368.1491 2 Total number of affected persons 5693 (3074+2619) 16373 (8350+8023) 3 Total number of HHs affected 1382 3411 4 Affected HHs requiring physical 792 808 23

relocation 5 Household physically affected (Titled) 708 717 6 No. of affected non-titled HHs 84 91 7 No. of affected vendors 21 58 8 Total no. of vulnerable HHs 419 522 9 Total RP budget 6198.08m 9525.50m (DORP Estimated)

19. As it is observed from the above table that the total land acquisition has been reduced though the affected households numbers have been increased due to detailed survey made by the INGO DORP.

III. RESETTLEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT

A. Project Implementation

20. Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division is the only project Executing Agency (EA), a Company of Petrobangla. GTCL will implement the Project employing experienced personnel and employees.

B. Employer’s Staff and their Roles

21. A Project Management Unit (PMU) established within GTCL self-organization, headed by its project Coordinator will look after the operations of the individual Project Implementation Unit (PIU) within GTCL and which is responsible for its assigned functions. The PIU is headed by a Project Director. One deputy project director, two managers (pipeline), one manager (engineering), three deputy managers (technical), two deputy managers (administration and estate) and one assistant manager (administration and estate) are working to implement the project and are the key personnel attached with the project. The PIU established three full pleged project implementation complexes in three districts for close supervision of the project construction works and internal monitoring of the project by themselves and by the INGO.

C. RP Implementing INGO

22. In the year, 2017 GTCL processed notifying Terms of Reference and Request for Proposal to appointment of an INGO in two national daily newspapers for RP implementation. Development Organization of the Rural Poor (DORP), a non-government organization was 24

selected by GTCL and made contract on 13.12.2017 as the Consultant to implement the RP prepared by CEGIS and approved by GTCL. The contract would be valid for 24 (twenty four months) and the INGO will perform all responsibilities as per scope of services from page no. 70-83 of the contract document. Subsequently, the contract period was extended up to June, 2020 to complete internal monitoring of the unfinished works.

D. Formation of JVC, PVAC AND GRC

23. The Joint Verification Committee (JVC), Property Valuation Advisory Committee (PVAC) and the Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) were formed on 18.12.2018 by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the concern Ministry, following the approval of the RP.

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IV. DETAIL STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN

A. Land Acquisition Status

24. Land Acquisition Plan was approved by CLAC and then sent it to the DCs of Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram for the commencement of Land Acquisition process. The three Deputy Commissioners of Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram handed over acquired land to the EA for implementation of the construction works under 12 LA cases (7 LA cases under Cumilla, 3 LA cases under Feni and 2 LA cases under Chattogram district). Joint Surveys were made by the DCs of Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram in conjunction with GTCL staffs. The status of LA cases as of 30. 06.2020 are summarized bellow of the Table 2;

Table 2: The Status of Land Acquisition LA Case No. Area of Area of Date of Date of Date of Target Notices under private Governm notice notice notice no. of ARIPO, 1982 land ent Land under under under EPs acquired (acre) section 3 section 6 section 7 (acre) Cumilla/Nangolkot 32.0800 1.1050 12.07.201 20.11.201 17.2.201 3100 08/2016-2017 7 9 9

Cumilla/Barura 28.4483 0.5150 28.5.2017 25.4.2018 6.1.2019 09/2016-2017 Cumilla/Chandina 28.7775 0.5525 17.8.2017 11.11.201 1.4.2019 25

10/2016-2017 9 Cumilla/Debidwar 7.3001 0.1400 12.06.201 12.3.2018 1.4.2019 11/2016-2017 7 Cumilla/Muradnag 23.6530 0.5400 02.11.201 3.9.2018 9.12.201 ar 12/2016-2017 7 8 Cumilla/Laksam 33.6719 0.6650 05.09.201 13.1.2019 14.2.201 14/2016-2017 7 9 Cumilla/Choudda 14.6167 0.1700 09.1.2018 18.10.201 18.2.201 gram13/2016- under 8 under 9 under 2017 under Act, section 4 section 7 section 8 2017 Cumilla Total 168.5475 3.6875 Feni/Feni Sadar 27.2344 0.9589 16.10.201 30.9.2018 12.5.201 1525 01/2017-2018 7 9 Feni/Feni Sadar 16.2871 0.5999 10.11.201 30.9.2018 23.1.201 01(ka)/2017-2018 7 9 Feni/Chagalnayia 23.4300 1.9650 27.22.201 30.9.2018 19.3.201 01(kha)/2017- 7 9 2018 Feni Total 66.9515 3.5238 Chattogram/Sitak 66.8920 1.4135 19.8.2018 5.3.2019 24.6.201 4600 unda 07/2017- 9 2018 Chattogram/Sita 0.8445 0.0100 26.11.201 kunda 9 supplementary 01/2019-2020 Chattogram/Mirsa 53.5506 1.2300 22.5.2018 27.1.2019 2.5.2019 rai 08/2017-2018 Chattogram/Mirs 3.7195 0.2200 04.09.201 - - arai 9 supplementary 23/2018-2019 26

Chattogram Total 125.0061 2.8735 Total Grand (acre) 356.8181 10.0848 9225

25. Notice service under section 3 of Ordinance, 1982 of land acquisition and notice service under section 4 of Act, 2017 of land acquisition will ensure that nobody can enter into the RoW for erecting any houses or construction or changes of any shape of the land after promulgation of notices under section 3 of Ordinance, 1982 or under section 4 of the Act, 2017. The cut-off dates declared by the three DCs will help GTCL and the implementing NGO to identify actual APs/DPs within the alignment or RoW. 26. Identification of Titled EPs through notice service was carried out under section 3 of ‘Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 to the provable affected persons in Cumilla district except Chouddagram Upazila. This identification was the prime responsibilities of INGO through using socio-economic survey forms. In the same procedure, identification was done by the same INGO for Feni and Chattogram districts including Chouddagram Upazila of Cumilla through notice service under the Act, 2017. The next responsibilities of INGO were performing campaign from house to house of the affected persons to prepare their land documents in favor of receiving compensation from the respective three DCs office.

B. Status of Cash Compensation Under Law (CCL)

27. In the following section, progress in compensating category-wise losses in Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram are shown against the number of awardees prepared on the valid document of the respective APs and their co-sharers of the table-3 as on 30.6.2020.

Table 3: Status of Financial and Physical Progress of CCL Payment

Distr LA Land Approved CCL paid Financi Target NO. of Physical ict ca acquired estimate in al No. of CCL progress se in acres including amount progre TEPs paid to in % No Private+G (LA cost to date ss in % (Title date . ovt.) of DC) 30.6.2020 EP) (mill) Cumi 07 168.54 75 BDT1181. 955.40m 80.85% 3100 2255 72.74% lla 67m Feni 03 70.4753 BDT1479. 927.48m 62.70% 1525 637 41.77% 32.0m 27

Chat 02 127.8796 BDT 3305.67m 60.72% 4600 2208 48.00% togra 5443.85m m Total 12 366.9024 8014.84m 5188.55m 64.73% 9225 5100 55.28%

Comments: • Under 12 LA cases, the land acquisition were first started from Cumilla district and payment status is larger than the two districts; • The construction of pipeline was started from Cumilla and payment was started before starting of the works. • Work under Feni was started second and next Chattogram and payment less than Cumilla; • CCL payment of land in Cumilla (except Chouddagram upazila) was made under Ordinance, 1982 and the payment was less in compared to the present market price that is why, additional grant required urgently to make up the loss; • In Feni and Cumilla, CCL payment of land was made under LA Act, 2017 and the payment was very satisfactory in compared to the present market price. No additional grant was required to make the adjustment to market price; • Affected people of Cumilla is very satisfied getting large amount of additional grant and it is verified by the EME in the field level examining a satisfactory number of APs; • Affected people of Feni and Chattogram districts are very satisfied getting large amount of CCL payment (without additional grant) for land and it is verified by the EME in the field level examining a satisfactory number of APs;

28. Additional compensation (top up) and resettlement benefits (RB) is associated with CCL payment, made for land, trees and structures. Additional payment is provided for land structures and RB is provided for TG, STG, relocation, vulnerability, prescribed in ‘Entitlement Matrix’. The following table (Table no.04) will show the CCL value, additional payment (top up), and resettlement benefits (RB) paid to the APs from the beginning of the project up to 30.6.2020:

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Table 4: Payment Status of CCL, Additional Grant and RB

Sl Name of Categor Target No. of Target Amount % of % of . district y of APs no. of AP Budget paid in progres progress APs paid as (million (million s of of on BDT) BDT) APs compens 30.6.20 with ation with 20 target target

1. Cumilla a. CCL 3100 2255 1181.67m 940.0946 72.74% 79.55%

b.Top up 2500 1029 704.30m 345.19m 41.16% 49.01%

c. RB 300 09 73.64m 1.6965 0.9% 3.00%

2. Feni a. CCL 1525 637 1479.32m 927.48 62.70% 62.69% b.Top up 70 - - - - - c. RB 50 - - - - -

3. Chattogram a. CCL 4600 2208 5443.85m 3305.67 48.00% 60.72% b.Top up 600 102 56.15m 9.88m 17.00% 17.60% c. RB 500 291 21.42m 12.27m 58.20% 57.28%

Comments: • Additional grant (Top up) for APs of Feni and Chattogram is less than Cumilla because due to LA Act, 2017, Chattogram and Feni will get maximum CCL compensation and APs of Cumilla will be provided maximum top up due to loss of compensation under LA Ordinance, 1982; • RB payment is 3.00% in Cumilla according to target and informed that due to COVID- 19, the payment was not possible but the full payment will be starting from July, 2020 and target will be completed very soon; • Feni district area has no progress for additional payment and RB payment by 30.6.2020 than that of target and informed that the payment will be starting in full swing from July, 2020 and will be completed very soon ; • Additional payment (top up) in Chattogram area is less than the target and informed that the payment will be completed very soon. 29

C. Socio-Economic Survey to Identify the Number of Affected Person

29. Promulgation of cut-off date for defining the entitled persons (APs) was determined by the three DCs. The cut-off date for Cumilla district was 28.5.2017 starting from according to section 3 of Ordinance, 1982, the cut-off date for Feni was 16.10.2017 according to notice service under section 4(1) of Act, 2017 starting from Feni Sadar upazila, and the cut-off date for Chattogram was 22.5.2018 according to notice service under section(1) of Act, 2017. As a result, it was helpful to work smoothly by the DC staffs and as well as GTCL and INGO to identify the actual affected persons.

30. Identification of Non-titled persons EPs were carried out for the whole alignment 181km. But the INGO working area of Chattogram has identified 91 Non-titled APs. But in Cumilla and Feni district area, there were no non-titled persons identified as on 30.6.2020. The status of Non-titled APs in Chattogram would show in the following table:

Table 5: Non-Titled Eps of Chattogram District

Sl. Category of Non-titled No. of Amount paid ID card No. EPs in joint survey EPs as on issued Remarks 30.6.2020 to Non-titled - EPs

1. Lived in private lands of 62 23,41, 778.00 58 other land owners (called ( 56 EPs) utholi in local language) 2 Squatter (lived in govt. 17 5,22,799.00 14 land) ( 14 EPs) Total 79 28,64,577.00 72

Comments: • No non-titled APs were identified in Cumilla and Feni district by JVC ; • Some non-titled persons resettled themselves again in the same private land (out of the RoW) found at the time of inspection, where from they were displaced; • The above mentioned non-titled APs have been provided CCL, RB and other benefits as per Entitled Matrix;

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31. Vulnerable Hhs, CPR, Woman headed Hhs and small business APs are identified throughout the whole alignment. In the table below, the total number of these APs are presented as follows as of 30.6.2020:

Table 6: Status of Compensation Payment to Vulnerable/CPR/Business

Name of CPR Vulnerable (male Vulnerable Business Remarks the headed) (woman headed) (small) AP AP district

No. Com No. Compensat No. Compens No. Compen pens ion ation sation ation (BDT) BDT) (BDT) (BDT ) Cumilla - - 34 - 16 - 10 - Total vulnerable- 50 Feni - - 20 - 03 - - - Total vulnerable- 23 Chattogr 02 - 330 26,00,000. 37 2,30,000.0 48 9,31,58 Total vulnerable am 00 (260 0 (23 AP) 0.00 367; Vulnerable AP) allowance is 10,000/per AP Total 02 - 384 2.6m 56 2.3m 58 9,31,58 0.00

Comments: • All the vulnerable families of three districts received CCL payment according to their land and structures; • Cumilla and Feni vulnerable families (50+23) had not been provided vulnerable allowance within 30.6.2020 (per family Taka 10,000.00) but informed that every vulnerable AP will get their all types of allowances; • Chattogram vulnerable families received (283-male+female) vulnerable allowance among 367 families per family Taka 10,000.00; 31

• Small business provided taka 15000.00 as per Entitlement Matrix due to loss of business in Chattogram and informed that Cumilla area small businesses will get their RB very soon; • Chattogram 02 CPR had not been provided compensation and informed that they will get compensation soon. 32. Entitlement Matrix is a table of small type of financial benefits given at the time of transferring structures of different categories, loss of small or large type of business enterprise, fruits for fruit bearing trees, loss of temporary jobs in the project area, vulnerable families for one time small grant etc. The following approved Entitlement Matrix will show the resettlement benefits provided to the affected persons for one time:

Table 7: Entitlement Matrix

Sl. Types of loss of structures/jobs Rate for Total grant Remarks No compensation 1. Loss for transferable structure 10.00 per sq. ft Applicable in this project 2. Loss for Non-transferable structure 30.00 per sq. ft Do 3. Small business shop transfer 10.00 taka per sq. Do ft 4. Shifting grant for residential of 5000.00 taka 5000.00 taka Do commercial premises 5. Rental Allowance of vested 3000.00 taka 3000.00 taka property in home stead land 6. Rental allowance of tenants of 3000.00 Taka 3000.00 taka Do residential or commercial premises 7. Assistance for loss of income from 1000.00 taka per 30000.00 taka large scale business day for 30 days 8. Assistance for loss of income from 500.00 taka per 15000.00 taka Do small and medium businesses day for 30 days 9. Rental assistance to the owners of 3000.00 per month 6000.00 taka Do rented out premises on private land 10. Grant for temporary loss of income Per day 300.00 9000.00 taka Do of wage earners taka 32

11. Loss of fruits for fruit bearing tress 30% allowance of the timber value approved rate 12. Structure transfer grant for 30.00 per sq. ft Do community structure 13. Assistance for new/reconnection of 1200.00 Taka 12000.00 taka Do utility service for gas supply 14. Assistance for new/reconnection of 7000.00t aka 7000.00 taka Do utility service for electricity service 15. Assistance for new/reconnection of 6000.00 taka 6000.00 taka Do utility ser for water supply 16. Assistance for new/reconnection of 6000.00 taka 6000.00 taka Do utility service for sewage discharge 17. Assistance to vulnerable Hhs (in 10000.00 taka 10000.00 taka Do addition to CCL+ Top up)

Comments: • The EME examined so many affected persons Chattogram area in door to door and informed that they received RB in together with structural compensations like, TG of structures, tube well, gas, electricity as per applicable in individual cases; • The affected persons were happy to get sufficient compensation for land and structures as CCL and additional grant (top up); • The project done well providing compensation under the LA Act in Feni and Chattogram, 2017 and sufficient additional grant in Cumilla district as the land acquisition was under LA Ordinance, 1982.

D. Disclosure, Consultation and Participation

33. Information about the project should be disseminated through disclosure of resettlement planning documents like leaflets containing information on alignment subprojects details, compensation, assistance, entitlement, grievance redress mechanism, implementation schedule etc. All about this should be disclosed to the affected area in local language and massive distribution to the local affected people and stakeholders by the implementing NGO. 34. The engaged INGO organized consultation with affected persons and key stakeholders. Formal meetings were held in each area determined by INGO where project affected persons 33

(PAPs) and stakeholders attended. Teachers, Religious leaders, Social elites, local community people were also attended. Consultation with PAPs is an integral part of project management and implementation. The INGO staffs consulted with the affected people informing aim, compensation and all kinds of benefits of the project. The INGO also tried to motivate the PAPs assisting to furnish land documents, rent receipts, NID(National Identification) card and other related documents for compensations and resettlement benefits. 35. Personal contact with the affected persons, focus group discussions, leaflet distributions, and stakeholders meetings have been carried out to inform the APs remembering project impacts, their entitlements, compensation payment procedures, and grievance redress mechanism. 36. During the implementation of Resettlement, 5100 leaflet distribution, 17 consultation meetings and 28 FGD meetings were held in the project area in which 541 affected persons were attended. INGO staffs explained ADB and Resettlement Plan Matrix provided for the APs where different kind of resettlement benefits like relocation cost of structures, structure transfer grants, additional compensation grants, different kinds of resettlement benefits etc. will received by the APs.

E. Grievance Redress Mechanism

37. The project grievance redress mechanism comprises project level GRC. The project GRC was formed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on 18-12-2017 for the three districts of the project. The formation of the GRC is: a. GTCL/Representative of the Project (Not bellow the Project Director or DGM) Convener b. Representative of the concern DC Member c. Representative of Local Government/Union/Municipality Member d. Woman Member of concern Upazila Parishad Member e. Local Representative of Affected Persons Member f. Representative of INGO-DORP Member-Secretary 38. The aim of the GRC is to: • receive complaints and hearing of the affected persons; • receive complaints based on the subject of LA Ordinance,1982/ LA Act, 2017 • or if not under those Ordinance/Act, they will dispose of the complaints according to the project rehabilitation systems; 34

• decision on the land less affected persons on their complaints. 39. Grievance or submission of complaints by the affected persons are very common in an involuntary resettlement project. Satisfactorily disposal of these complaints are expected by ADB in time. According to ADB guideline, table-08 will show the nature of grievances/complaints and the system that makes the disposal of complaints/grievances:

Table 8: Number of Complaints Submitted Under Grievance Redress

Name of the Number of Reason of complaints Resolving the complaints district complaints submitted Chattogram 03 a. One structure was not included 1. Sl. No a&b cases were in the field book disposed up after satisfying b. Better type of land but identified the aggrieved APs. as inferior quality by JVC 2. Sl. No c was filed wrongly c. Name of an AP was not included in and dismissed after hearing the compensation list by the local GTCL authorized person satisfying the AP

Feni - - No complaint recorded Cumilla 09 09 (Nine) applicants submitted 2.1145 acres of land was applications for correction of presented to the DC of lands of different Mouzas of Cumilla for acquisition and Muradnagar, Chandina, Barura, DC has taken for new land Nangalkot, Laksam and acquisition and grievances Chouddaagram Upazila of were resolved. Cumilla district falls within the RoW and the authority after proper verification, taken 2.1145 acres of land for further acquisition.

Comments: • CCL payment should be made fast, so, there will happen no general grievances among the APs; 35

• Clear video filming and field book preparation should be done to reduce some types of grievance redress; • Due to land litigation among the local people or the co-sharer of APs, general grievances prevail. So, this situation should be resolved by the EA/DC in the preliminary stage.

F. Property Valuation Advisory Committee

40. The property valuation advisory committee comprises project level PVAC. The PVAC was formed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on 18-12-2017 for the three districts of the project. The formation of the PVAC is: a. GTCL/Representative of the Project ( Not bellow the Project Director or DGM) Convener b. Representative of the concern DC Member c. Representative of PWD of the district Member d. Representative of of concern Union/Municipality Member e. Representative of INGO-DORP Member-Secretary

41. The aim of the PVAC is to: • determination of values of affected lands and other properties due to acquisition of the said lands and properties according to the current market price; • determination of exchange values of land and properties belonging to GTCL and other government lands where encroachers or squatters resides; • assistance to justification on determination of values of compensation cheques; • determination of compensation values of land/structures/trees/crops etc; • Submission of reports to the Project Director completing the above responsibilities based on the project time.

G. Income and Livelihood Restoration Program (ILRP)

42. According to the RP of the project, the project PIU has undertaken as per the Project Entitlement Matrix for the affected persons those are mostly affected due to project land acquisition and lost their livelihoods. In three districts, livelihood restoration programs will be implemented as per census prepared by the INGO. Meanwhile, DORP has provided this training 36

on animal rearing for restoration of the APs as per requirements for 50 vulnerable APs in Cumilla, 10 vulnerable APs in Feni and 20 vulnerable APs in Chattogram district. In the last six months from January to June, 2020, DORP provided livelihood restoration program for the vulnerable APs shown in Table 09:

Table 9: Livelihood Restoration Programs (LRP)

Name of the Number of Category Entertainment Remarks district trainees of cost provided Training Cumilla 50 Cow Taka 500.00 per Taka 10,000.00 for rearing day as vulnerable allowance entertainment per AP would be Cost (Two days) provided as per Entitlement Matrix Feni 10 Poultry and Taka 500.00 per Taka 10,000.00 for vegetable trainee per day vulnerable allowance for two days per AP would be provided as per Entitlement Matrix Chattogram 20 Poultry and Taka 500.00 per Taka 10,000.00 for vegetable trainee per day vulnerable allowance for two days per AP would be provided as per Entitlement Matrix Total 80 APs

Comments: • Provided livelihood trainings 80 APs for vulnerable PAPs as per project provision; • Vulnerable allowance should be provided according to Entitlement Matrix i.e. Taka 10000.00 per PAP; • The fishermen vulnerable APs (62 non-titled) in Chattogram may be provided need based training (if possible) during the remaining period of the project time.

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43. In compared to the total project affected persons, the number of vulnerable non-titled persons are not so significant. So, the project should provide to everybody the livelihood restorations programs and to restore the conditions of the affected vulnerable non-titled/titled persons in the previous status or better. 44. The EME visited field level INGO offices and the affected persons to examine the status of affected persons. The following figures show the discussions and interviews with the APs:

Figure 3: The EME visited the affected families in Perul Mouza in Laksam Upazila of Cumilla district those received CCL payment including additional grant.

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Figure 4: The EME is taking statements from the affected Hhs of Shihrail Mouzaof in Laksam Upazila who received CCL and additional grant

Figure 5: The EME is taking oral statement from the affected persons of Mazlishpur Mouza of Laksam Upazila of Cumilla district those received CCL payment with additional grant.

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Figure 6: EME is talking with the vulnerable affected persons of Shital pur Mouza of Sitakunda upazila under Chattogram district

Figure 7: Mr. Md. Abdus Samad, EME is taking oral statement from affected people of Jahanabad Mouza of Sitakonda Upazila of Chattogram district about the CCL and additional grant received by them.

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Figure 8: Mr. Md. Abdus Samad talking with the vulnerable affected families of Shitalpur Mouza of Chattogram about their livelihood conditions who received resettlement benefits.

Figure 9: Mr. Md. Abdus Samad talking statement from the affected peoples of Shitalpur Mouza in an another place

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Figure 10: The EME is taking statement about their livelihood restorations in Jahanabad Mouza of Sitakunda Upazila of Chattogram district

Figure 11: The EME is taking statement about the livelihood restorations after property acquisition by the project in Chattogram area

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Figure 12: The EME is talking about the livelihood conditions of the affected persons who lost land and structures in this project in Chattogram district

H. Conclusions and Recommendations

45. Land acquisition preliminarily causes grievances and adverse impacts to the different types of affected persons living in the RoW; but it creates employment generations for the local community people during the construction and post maintenance works. To minimize these step by step, land related notices served by the DCs should be effective and acceptable manner to the affected persons, so that every concern affected person get notice live in the RoW. Implementing INGO has great role for the affected persons providing regular consultation and different group discussions.

46. Socio-economic survey by the INGO should be done with cautiously, so that every genuine affected person can be enlisted. Compensation benefits provided to the APs/DPs should be meaningful through effective communications by the INGO. Livelihood restoration programs for the vulnerable and non-titled DPs cannot be taken lightly by the INGO but to give great emphasis and to complete successfully according to ADB guidelines. EA will increase internal monitoring to the functions of INGO as per contract agreement on different components maintained in the monthly statement. 43

47. Livelihood restorations for the overall affected persons impacted less. Because, except, non-titled persons, the land and structure’s owners were highly benefited getting a rich compensation for land and structures. The EME examined so many APs about their livelihoods prior to the project level and after implementation of the project. They informed that they are very happy to get compensation under the LA Act, 2017. 48. Cumilla APs are highly satisfied getting a satisfactory additional grant for land compensation. They would victimised under LA Ordinance, 1982. The loss has been filled up providing maximum additional grant. 50. INGO offered livelihood training for 80 persons. But this training should be provided for all of the vulnerable HHs.

Prepared and submitted by: Md. Abdus Samad EME of CFB Gas project