Final Report SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FINAL LAND ACQUISITION FOR PARASUVAKKAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT KERALA WATER AUTHORITY SIA UNIT RESMI S K VIJADI KUZHIYAMVILA KALLIYOOR P O, TRIVANDRUM Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Final Report TABLE OF CONTENTS OF SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT AND SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN Page No. CHAPTER 1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1.1 Introduction - Project and Public Purpose 1.2 Location 1.3 Size and Attributes of Land Acquisition 1.4 Alternatives Considered 1.5 Social Impacts and Mitigation Measures CHAPTER 2 - DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION 4 2.1 Background of the Project 2.2 How the Project fit for Public purpose 2.3 Project –Size, Location and built up 2.4 Examination of alternatives 2.5 Details of the Project 2.6 Details of Environment Impact Assessment and Feasibility Studies Conducted 2.7 Infrastructural needs 2.8 Applicable legislation and policies CHAPTER 3-TEAM COMPOSITION, STUDY APPROACH, AND METHODOLOGY 7 3.1 Background 3.2 SIA and SIMP Preparation Process 3.3 SIA Team 3.4 Data from Secondary Sources 3.5 Site Visits and Information Dissemination 3.6 Socio Economic Survey Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Final Report 3.7 Compilation and Verification of Data 3.8 Data Analysis and Report Writing 3.9 Public Consultation 3.10 First Public Hearing 3.11 Main Public Hearing CHAPTER 4 - LAND ASSESSMENT 17 4.1 Background 4.2 Entire area of impact under the influence of the project 4.3 Land Inventories 4.4 Land requirement for the project 4.5 Quantity of Land Proposed to be acquired 4.6 Nature of Land and classification 4.7 Previous transactions in the area CHAPTER 5 - ESTIMATION AND ENUMERATION 19 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Directly affected by the project 5.3 Indirectly impacted by project 5.4 Affected families 5.5 Land Use and Livelihood CHAPTER 6 – SOCIO ECONOMIC & CULTURAL PROFILE 21 CHAPTER 7 - SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN 22 7.1 Approaches to Alleviate impact 7.2 Measures to avoid mitigate and compensate impact 7.3 Measures those are included in the terms of Rehabilitation and Resettlement 7.4. Measures that the Requiring Body has stated it will introduce in the Project Proposal Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Final Report 7.5. Alterations to project design and additional measures 7.6. Detailed Mitigation Plan 7.7. Social Impact Management Plan. CHAPTER 8 – SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN - INSTITUTIONAL FRAME WORK 25 8.1 Indicative list of impacts CHAPTER 9 – SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN – BUDGETING AND FINANCING OF MITIGATION PLAN 26 CHAPTER 10 – SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT PLAN – MONITORING AND EVALUATION 27 CHAPTER 11 - ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND BENEFITS AND RECOMMENDATION ON ACQUISITION 28 11.1 Major findings 11.2 Recommendations by SIA Annexure 1 - Initial sketch of acquiring land by KWA 30 Annexure 2 - Final sketch of acquiring land by KWA 31 Annexure 3 - Sketch of acquiring land proposed by one land owner and his request 32 Annexure 4 - Request and willingness given by Samraj along with his tax receipt (landowner at the topmost portion of the hill) 35 Annexure 5 - Request and willingness given by Balu along with this tax receipt (landowner at the top most portion of the hill) 38 Annexure 6 - Notice of Main Public hearing 42 Annexure 7 - News published on Desabhimani 44 Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Final Report Annexure 8 - News published on Chandrika 44 Annexure 9 - Details of affected land owners given by KWA 45 Annexure 10 - Details of affected land owners found out by SIA in the marked place 46 Annexure 11 - Questionnaire filled by public for data collection 47 Annexure 12 - Questionnaire filled by authorities for data collection 49 Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Final Report ABBREVIATIONS KWA Kerala Water Authority MLD Million Liters per Day DPR Detailed Project Report EIA Environment Impact Assessment KSRTC Kerala State Road Transport Corporation MLA Member of Legislative Assembly FGD Focus Group Discussion GoI Government of India GoK Government of Kerala LA Land Acquisition LSG Local Self Government MOU Memorandum of Understanding RAP Resettlement Action Plan RTFCT in LARR Right to Fair Co mpensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act SIA Social Impact Assessment SIMP Social Impact Management Plan Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Final Report CHAPTER - 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. Introduction - Project and Public Purpose Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant is proposed by Kerala Water Authority to provide drinking water for Parassala, Kulathur, Chenkal and Karodu village which faces acute shortage of water during summer. With the implementation of this project, the residents in these villages get piped potable water. By this project the water draws from Neyyar to the 36 Million Litre capacity treatment plant at Kaalippara, from there a part of water will reach Parasuvakkal Water Treatment Plant through distribution networks by means of gravity. Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it more acceptable for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, including being safely returned to the environment. Water treatment removes contaminants and undesirable components, or reduces their concentration so that the water becomes fit for its desired end-use. Water treatment plants produce drinking water for public consumption. Treatment often involves some combinations of: Filtering out sediment and disease-causing organisms. Chemical treatment to remove excess minerals and other contaminants. So KWA can provide purified drinking water for Parassala, Kulathur, Karodu and Chenkal villages by implementing this project Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Page 1 Final Report 1.2 Location The affected area belongs to Parassala Panchayath - 22nd (Melekonam) ward Parasuvakal Village, Neyyattinkara Taluk in Trivandrum District. 1.3 Size and Attributes of Land Acquisition The proposed project will involve land acquisition of 0.81 hectares of land. Out of the total land requirement, the major portion is owned by three families and all are inherited properties. Out of the 8 affected properties, all are dry land and majority area have Rubber and Cashew nut plantation and some other trees. 1.4 Alternatives considered There was an alternative land owned by KSRTC near Anjalikonam but is not a suitable area than the present acquiring area with required height needs for overhead water tank. 1.5 Social Impacts & Mitigation Measures The social impact of the proposed project is loss of land to the 8 land owners. This will not make much impact on the land owners. The only mitigation measure which can be taken is to provide the compensation to the land owner as par with market value. The provisions of compensation for land acquisition under RTFCT in LARR Act, 2013 will be sufficient to manage the social impacts due to the project. Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Page 2 Final Report Table 1.1. Analysis of the various possible social impacts and their proposed mitigation measures Sl. Type of Impact Status Proposed Mitigation No Measure 1 Loss of Land 8 Land holdings would be Compensation as per affected – Direct Impact RTFCT in LARR Act, 2013 2 Loss of building Nil 3 Loss of Productive Rubber and cashew plantation Compensation as per Assets and some other trees will be RTFCT in LARR Act, destroyed 2013 4 Loss of Livelihood Nil - 5 Loss of utilities A water tank which used for - irrigation purpose 6 Loss of Nil - Common property Presently, no families are residing in the project area so there is no direct impact on their housing. Apart from rubber, cashew plantation and some other trees, no other loss will occur. Since there is no economic activities are being undertaken in the area, as such livelihood of families is not affected. Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Page 3 Final Report CHAPTER - 2 DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1. Background of the Project The Project was put forward by KWA on 2012 and done the initial works. It was blocked by land owners and given a suggestion to acquire land from the KSRTC property nearby. The experts from water authority verified and reported that the place was not suitable for this project. They also reported that there is no suitable alternative for this project. So they put forward the same proposal. The SIA Team also reports that it is the best place for the proposed KWA project and recommends to shift the place a little as same as the MLA suggested during the first public hearing to reduce the burden of land owners. But that shouldn’t cause delay in the acquisition process. 2.2 How the project fit for Public Purpose Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant will provide drinking water for Parassala, Kulathur, Chenkal and Karodu village which faces acute shortage of water during summer season so the project is fit for public purpose 2.3. Project size, location, and built up The affected area belongs to Parasuvakal Village, Neyyattinkara Taluk in Trivandrum District. The actual location of the project is at Anjalikonam which is approximately 800 meters from Idichakaplamoodu. The water is taking from Neyyar Dam for this project. The proposed project is a part of Kaalippara project. Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant Page 4 Final Report 2.4. Examination of alternatives Alternatives are considered, but this is the best place for the project. The only way to reduce the impact of land owners is to shift the project a little at the top (10 to 15 Meters). But if it makes the project delay, better to avoid that and acquire the marked place considering the benefits of the project. 2.5 Details of Project Parasuvaikkal Water Treatment Plant is proposed by Kerala Water Authority to provide drinking water for Parassala, Kulathur, Chenkal and Karodu village which faces acute shortage of water during summer.