MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NATIONAL HIGHWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PREPARATORY STUDY FOR NORTH EAST ROAD NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PHASE-2) RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN February 2018 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) PADECO CO. LTD. NIPPON ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. PREPARED BY: ENVIRO INFRA SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD 301, 302, & 305, SHREE RAM BUSINESS CENTRE, PLOT NO. INS-12, SECTOR-9, VASUNDHARA, GHAZIABAD – 201012 i i Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... vii CHAPTER 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ..................................................................................................................1 1.1 Project Background ......................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Proponent .........................................................................................................1 1.3 Description of the Project ............................................................................................1 1.4 Necessity of the RAP ...................................................................................................3 1.5 Project Component and Area .......................................................................................3 1.6 Scope of Work ..............................................................................................................3 1.7 Minimization of Resettlement ......................................................................................4 CHAPTER 2 Policy and Legal Framework ............................................................................. 6 2.1 Legal Framework for Land Acquisition and Resettlement ..........................................6 2.1.1 Acts / Policies / Notifications for Land Acquisition and Resettlement ................6 2.1.2 Main Laws and Provisions Applicable for the Project .........................................7 2.1.3 Applicable Acts and Guidelines .........................................................................10 2.1.4 Key Gap between Indian Acts and JICA Guidelines Applied to This Project ... 11 CHAPTER 3 Baseline Data of the Project Area .................................................................... 17 3.1 Socio-economic Environment ....................................................................................17 3.1.1 Assam State ........................................................................................................17 3.1.2 Meghalaya State .................................................................................................21 CHAPTER 4 Survey Result of the Project Area .................................................................... 24 4.1 Methodology ..............................................................................................................24 4.2 Census Survey ............................................................................................................25 4.3 Asset and Land Survey ..............................................................................................28 4.4 Livelihood Survey ......................................................................................................31 CHAPTER 5 Stakeholders Consultation ............................................................................... 34 5.1 1st Round Consultation ...............................................................................................34 5.2 Community Meeting ..................................................................................................35 5.3 Focus Group Discussion ............................................................................................38 5.4 2nd Round Consultation ..............................................................................................39 CHAPTER 6 Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy .......................................................... 44 6.1 Cut-off-date ................................................................................................................44 6.2 Eligibility ...................................................................................................................44 6.3 Compensation Policy .................................................................................................44 6.4 Income Restoration Program .....................................................................................45 CHAPTER 7 Grievance Redress Mechanism ........................................................................ 49 ii CHAPTER 8 Institutional arrangement ................................................................................ 51 CHAPTER 9 Resettlement Schedule ...................................................................................... 53 9.1 Preparation phase .......................................................................................................53 9.2 Implementation phase ................................................................................................53 9.3 Monitoring phase .......................................................................................................53 CHAPTER 10 Resettlement Budget ................................................................................. 56 CHAPTER 11 Monitoring and Evaluation ...................................................................... 58 11.1 Internal Monitoring ....................................................................................................58 11.2 External Monitoring ...................................................................................................59 11.3 Stakeholder Consultation ...........................................................................................60 ANNEX 61 Annex 1: TOR for RAP Implementation Agency ................................................................61 Annex 2: TOR for External Monitoring Agency .................................................................65 iii Figures Figure 1-1: Photos of Affected Area ........................................................................................... 2 Figure 1-2: Change of Starting Point of Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge Approach Road ........................ 5 Figure 3-1: Map of Assam State .................................................................................................. 17 Figure 3-2: Map of West Garo Hills District................................................................................ 21 Figure 5-1: Starting location mentioned in the meeting............................................................... 37 Figure 5-2: Ending location mentioned in the meeting ................................................................ 37 Figure 5-3: Stakeholders/Community Meetings .......................................................................... 42 Figure 7-1: Grievance Redress Mechanism ................................................................................. 50 Figure 8-1: Institutional Arrangements for RAP Implementation................................................ 52 Figure 8-2: Support Arrangement for RAP Implementation ................................................. 52 Tables Table 1-1: Project Component and Area ........................................................................................ 3 Table 1-2: Alternatives of Initial Design ........................................................................................ 4 Table 2-1: Acts / Policies / Notifications & Their Relevance to the Project .................................. 6 Table 2-2: Land Acquisition Procedure in Assam ........................................................................ 10 Table 2-3: Land Acquisition Procedure in Meghalaya ................................................................. 11 Table 2-4: Key Gap between JICA and Indian Regulations......................................................... 12 Table 3-1: Demographics of Assam State and Districts in the Project Site ................................. 18 Table 3-2: Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe in Assam State ............................................... 18 Table 3-3: Economic Trend in Assam State ................................................................................. 19 Table 3-4: Workers Ratio in Assam State ..................................................................................... 19 Table 3-5: Demographics of Char Area in Dhubri / South Salmara-Mankachar district ............. 20 Table 3-6: Demographic Situation of Meghalaya State ............................................................... 22 Table 3-7: Population Ratio of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes ...................................... 22 Table 3-8: Economic Trend of Meghalaya State .......................................................................... 22 Table 3-9: Workers Composition in Meghalaya State .................................................................. 23 Table 4-1: List of Surveyed Villages and Land Pieces ................................................................. 24 Table 4-2: Summary of the Survey .............................................................................................. 25 Table 4-3: Number of PAH and PAP ...........................................................................................