Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Reach 3: Aman Chowk to Hayatabad
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Resettlement Plan October 2017 PAK: Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Reach 3: Aman Chowk to Hayatabad Prepared by the Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated section-wise version for Reach 3 of the draft originally posted in April 2017 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/48289-002/documents. Reach 3 RP (i) Oct 2017 This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ii Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Resettlement Plan Reach 3 (Aman Chowk to Hayatabad) October 2017 Reach 3 RP (ii) Oct 2017 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... i 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. vi 1.1 Purpose and Scope the Resettlment Plan ...................................................................................... vi 1.2 Limitations of the Report ................................................................................................................. vi 1.3 Resettlement Plan Related Procedures and Conditionalities .......................................................... vii 1.4 Project Alignment and Division of Civil Construction Packages ...................................................... vii 1.5 Proposed Project Activities and Project Components ..................................................................... ix 1.6 Technical Parameters of the BRT Reach 3 Corridor ...................................................................... 10 1.7 Construction Camps and Work Force ............................................................................................ 11 1.8 Reach 3 Construction Schedule .................................................................................................... 11 1.9 Justification and Need for Project .................................................................................................. 11 1.10 Measures to Minimize Resettlement .............................................................................................. 12 1.10.1 Design Alternatives to Minimize Resettlement Impacts ................................................... 13 1.10.2 Geometrics ...................................................................................................................... 13 1.10.3 Cross-Sections ................................................................................................................ 13 1.10.4 Bus Stations .................................................................................................................... 14 1.10.5 Alternatives for Public Amenities ..................................................................................... 14 2 Scope of Resettlement in Reach 3 .......................................................................................... 15 2.1 Temporary Displacement of Seven Vendors in front of Spin Jamaat ............................................. 19 2.2 Loss of Parking Spaces within the Right of Way ............................................................................ 19 2.3 Relocation and Rehabilitation of Public Utilities ............................................................................. 19 2.4 Mitigation against Loss of Temporary Access ................................................................................ 20 3 Socio-economic Information and Profile ................................................................................ 21 3.1 Methodology of Census and Socio-economic Survey .................................................................... 21 3.2 Number and Household Size of Displaced Persons ...................................................................... 21 3.3 Household Size and Composition .................................................................................................. 21 3.4 Educational Levels of Members of the Affected Households ......................................................... 22 3.5 Main Livelihoods ............................................................................................................................ 23 3.5.1 Characteristics and Locations of Street Venders ............................................................. 23 3.5.2 Average Daily Sales and Monthly Income ....................................................................... 24 3.5.3 Relocation of Informal Vendors ....................................................................................... 24 3.5.4 Businesses operated by Women along the BRT Corridor ............................................... 25 3.5.5 Origin of Displaced Persons ............................................................................................ 25 3.5.6 Housing Locations and Ownership .................................................................................. 25 3.6 Poverty Status ............................................................................................................................... 26 3.7 Vulnerability of Displaced Persons................................................................................................. 26 4 Public Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure ........................................... 28 4.1 Consultation with Affected Vendors ............................................................................................... 28 4.2 Disclosure of RP ............................................................................................................................ 29 4.3 Continued Stakeholders Consultation and Participation during Implementation Stage ................. 29 5 Resettlement Policy and Legal Framework, and Entitlement ............................................... 31 5.1 Policy Framework .......................................................................................................................... 31 5.2 Legal Framework ........................................................................................................................... 31 5.3 ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 ......................................................................................... 31 5.3.1 Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 31 5.3.2 Scope and Triggers ......................................................................................................... 31 5.3.3 ADB SPS Policy Principles .............................................................................................. 32 Reach 3 RP (iii) Oct 2017 5.4 GDPs between Land Acquisition Act 1894 and ADB SPS (2009) .................................................. 33 5.5 Resettlement Principles and Policy adopted for the BRT Project .................................................. 34 5.6 Eligibility ......................................................................................................................................... 35 5.7 Methods used for calculating unit rates for Resettlement support and Allowances ....................... 35 5.8 Entitlements ................................................................................................................................... 35 5.9 Non-Eligible Vendors ..................................................................................................................... 36 6 Income Restoration, Rehabilitation and Relocation .............................................................. 38 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 38 6.2 Short Term Assistance ................................................................................................................... 38 6.2.1 Provision of Subsistence / Transition Allowance ............................................................. 38 6.2.2 Self-Relocation by Permanently Displaced Persons of Formal Businesses and Non- Titleholder Vendors at Alternative Sites ......................................................................................... 38 6.3 Relocation of Vendors and Formal Businesses ............................................................................. 39 6.3.1 Shifting Allowance ........................................................................................................... 39 6.4 Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Severely Affected Households ................................................... 39 6.5 Preparation and Implementation of Detailed Livelihood Restoration Plan ..................................... 39 6.5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 39 6.5.2 Purpose of Livelihood