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Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Paderu to Araku (Upto Bhalluguda) 49.37 KM Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report GHNCP – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) 49.37 KM 1.1 | P a g e Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report TABLE OF CONTENTS E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................. 1.1 E1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1.1 E2. PROJECT PURPOSE ................................................................................................ 1.1 E3. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................. 1.1 E4. LAND ACQUISITION AND IMPACTS ............................................................................... 1.1 E5. ANTICIPATED SOCIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................ 1.2 E6. MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................................... 1.3 E7. COST ESTIMATION ................................................................................................ 1.3 E8. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .............................................................................. 1.3 1 DETAIL PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................... 1.4 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1.4 1.2 PROJECT (GHNCP) PURPOSE .............................................................................. 1.4 1.3 THE PROJECT ROAD DESCRIPTION ..................................................................... 1.5 1.4 EXISTING ROAD CONDITIONS ........................................................................... 1.6 1.5 PROPOSED PROJECT ROAD ............................................................................... 1.10 1.6 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................ 1.10 2 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ..................................................................... 19 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 19 2.2 CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY ............................................................. 19 2.3 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ......................................................................... 20 2.4 TRIBAL PEOPLE PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT (TPPD) .................................. 22 2.5 SOCIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................... 23 2.6 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK .................................................................. 23 3 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT PLAN.............. 24 3.1 NEED FOR MINIMISATION OF IMPACT ............................................................................ 24 3.2 DESIGN CONSIDERATION .......................................................................................... 24 3.3 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE ........................................................................................ 26 4 SOCIO- ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ...................................... 29 4.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASE LINE ..................................................................................... 29 4.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE INFLUENCE ZONE ......................................................... 29 4.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES OF VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT ................................................. 30 4.4 SOCIO ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT CORRIDOR ........................................... 32 1.2 | P a g e Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report 5 LAND ACQUISITION AND IMPACTS................................................................. 36 5.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 36 5.2 LAND ACQUISITION ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT STRETCH ................................................. 36 5.3 IMPACTS ON STRUCTURES ......................................................................................... 37 5.4 IMPACT ON STRUCTURE BY TYPOLOGY OF STRUCTURE .......................................................... 38 5.5 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT AFFECTED HOUSEHOLD.............................................. 38 6 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................................... 44 6.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 44 6.2 IMPACTS ............................................................................................................. 44 6.3 IMPACTS ON VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ........................................................................ 45 6.4 IMPACTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE ................................................................... 46 6.5 IMPACTS DURING THE OPERATION STAGE ....................................................................... 46 7 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ..................................... 49 7.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 49 7.2 SOME IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS TO SAFEGUARD TRIBAL INTERESTS .................................... 49 7.3 RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT (RFCT IN LARR), 2013 ................................................................. 50 8 ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS ................................................. 58 8.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 58 8.2 CUT-OFF-DATE FOR ENTITLEMENT ............................................................................... 58 8.3 PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS ........................................................................................... 58 8.4 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ............................................................................................. 61 8.5 COMPARISON BETWEEN WORLD BANK POLICY AND RFCT LARR ACT ...................................... 66 9 STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE ..................................... 76 9.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 76 9.2 METHODOLOGY FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION .................................................................... 76 9.3 STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIONS ................................................................................. 77 9.4 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................................................................................ 77 9.5 KEY FINDINGS OF CONSULTATIONS .............................................................................. 77 9.6 OUTCOME OF THE CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................... 79 9.7 PLANS FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ........................................ 86 9.8 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ....................................................................................... 87 9.9 FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUED CONSULTATION .................................................................. 88 10 COST AND BUDGET ......................................................................................... 90 1.3 | P a g e Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report 10.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 90 10.2 CALCULATION PROCESS............................................................................................ 90 10.3 RAP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT COST..................................................................... 91 10.4 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ........................................................................................... 92 11 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR RAP IMPLEMENTATION ........................ 94 11.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 94 11.2 CENTRAL LEVEL ..................................................................................................... 95 11.3 STATE LEVEL/REGIONAL OFFICE ................................................................................. 95 11.4 SUB-PROJECT/PIU LEVEL ......................................................................................... 96 11.5 RAP IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT AGENCY ....................................................................... 97 11.6 REPLACEMENT COST COMMITTEE AT DISTRICT LEVEL .......................................................... 98 11.7 MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RAP, TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING – AT PROJECT AND SUB-PROJECT LEVEL ............................................................................................... 99 12 GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM ........................................................... 100 12.1 GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEE (GRC)
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