Social Safeguards Due Diligence Report November 2017 IND: Madhya Pradesh District Roads II Sector Project Prepared by Madhya Pradesh Roads Development Corporation, Government of India for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 17 October 2017) Currency unit – Indian Rupee (Rs) INR 1.00 = $ 0.01545 $ 1.00 = 64.71 ABBREVIATION ADB Asian Development Bank AP Project Affected Persons CSC Construction Supervision Consultant DPR Detailed project report EA Executing agency FGD Focus Group Discussion GOI Government of India GoMP Government of Madhya Pradesh GRC Grievance redress committee GRM Grievance redress mechanism IA Implementing Agency IP Indigenous People IPPF Indigenous People’s Planning Framework IR Involuntary Resettlement MDR Major District Road MPRDC Madhya Pradesh Roads Development Corporation PIU Project Implementation Unit PWD Public Works Departments R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation RF Resettlement Framework RoW Right of Way SDDR Social Safeguard Due Diligence Report SPS Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 TCS Typical Cross Section This social safeguards due diligence 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. 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS A. PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................. 1 B. SUBPROJECT COMPONENTS AND DESIGN CRITERIA ................................................. 2 C. SUBPROJECT SCREENING AND CATEGORIZATION ..................................................... 2 D. CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION ........................................................................... 5 E. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT ..................................................................................... 6 F. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .............................................................................. 7 G. GENDER ISSUE UNDER THE PROJECT .......................................................................... 8 H. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................... 9 APPENDICES Appendix 1: List of Proposed Road Sections and Packages .....................................................10 Appendix 2: Involuntary Resettlement Impact Categorization Checklist ....................................12 Appendix 3: Indigenous Peoples Impact Categorization Checklist ............................................13 Appendix 4: Record of Public Consultations ..............................................................................14 Appendix 5: GRM Document Shared with DPS during consultation ..........................................19 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Selected New Road Subproject under Phase -V .......................................................... 1 Table 2: Summary of Issues Discussed during Consultations and Measures Taken to address these Issues ............................................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Typical Cross Section ................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2: Grievance Redress Mechanism .................................................................................. 8 1 A. PROJECT BACKGROUND 1. The Government of Madhya Pradesh (GOMP) has been using a combination of budgetary, PPP, and ADB financing, to improve road network in Madhya Pradesh. ADB has supported numerous state highways and rural roads. However, the intermediate tiers, major district roads (MDRs), have not been specifically targeted for improvement resulting in overall poor road network connectivity. MDRs form the key linkage between rural, peri-urban and urban areas, and have to be essentially developed to complete state road connectivity. GoMP has now proposed to improve the MDRs through the Madhya Pradesh District Connectivity Sector Project (the Project) financed by ADB1. The Project will improve transport connectivity in the state by rehabilitating and upgrading major district roads (MDRs). The Project constitutes (i) rehabilitating and upgrading about 1720 km of MDRs; (ii) improving road maintenance and asset management; and (iii) developing an efficient accident response system. MPRDC specifically, targeting MDRs to form key linkage between rural, semi-urban and urban areas and complete state road connectivity. The Executing Agency (EA) will be the GoMP acting through the Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC) and the IAs will be the 10 Project Implementation Units (PIUs). 2. Since the project will follow a sector loan modality, thirty nine non- sample MDRs totalling about 1040.47 km road length were initially selected to screen significance of potential social safeguard issues and determine the scope of mitigation measures to address these issues. A DDR has already submitted for these 39 roads. Now, this DDR deals with 8 more new road subprojects totalling about 189.06 km road length (Table 1) identified and selected under phase- V. The construction period for all roads under the project will include a 12 – 24 month construction period and a 5 years performance based maintenance period. Table 1: Selected New Road Subproject under Phase -V Division Length S.N. Road Name District MPRDC (Kms) 1 Jigna-New Ramnagar- Gorsari Road Satna Rewa 24.2 2 Govindgarh -Tikar-laxmanpur Road Rewa Rewa 17.71 3 Beohari-Manpur Road Umaria Rewa 16.83 4 Deotalab to Garh Road Rewa Rewa 14.79 5 Sohagi -Teothar-Panwar-Daboura Road Rewa Rewa 9.52 6 Chakghat-Sonari Road Rewa Rewa 27.76 7 Latiyar-Hanumana Road Rewa Rewa 26.04 8 Rajendragram-Kotma Road Anuppur Rewa 52.21 Source: Detailed Project Report (DPR), MPRDC 3. As a part of project preparation, detailed social impact assessment has been carried out for all eight non-sample subprojects. This Social Due Diligence Report (SDDR) is based on the review of final detailed design report and social assessment of individual subprojects carried out during the project preparation. A Resettlement Framework (RF) and an Indigenous People’s Planning Framework (IPPF) is already prepared for the entire project under Madhya Pradesh District Roads I Sector Project to guide the preparation of non-sample subprojects. The RF and IPPF are prepared in compliance with relevant policies and regulations of the Government of India, GoMP, and the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS). 1 The loan is 3189-IND: Madhya Pradesh District Connectivity Sector Project. 2 B. SUBPROJECT COMPONENTS AND DESIGN CRITERIA 4. The subproject activities involve improvement of existing major district roads within available RoW. The road widening activities primarily will comprise of raising the embankment at certain locations and its stabilization including construction of retaining wall if required, especially near water bodies overlay on the existing carriageway, junction improvement, and construction of minor bridges, culvert and RCC drain in built-up section. 5. The existing Right of Way (RoW) of the subproject roads varies from 12 to 20 meters, which is not properly demarcated on ground. Keeping in view the unavailability of the uniform RoW and existing ribbon development along the subproject roads, multiple design criteria are adopted to ensure avoidance of any adverse impacts to the roadside settlers. It is confirmed that no additional land will be acquired under any of the subproject and therefore the standard design criteria adopted for the subproject roads are the following: Proposed carriageway for the open area will be from 5.5 meter to 7.0 meter depending on the availability of the land. Proposed carriageway for the built-up area will be from 3.75 meter to 5.5 meter depending on the availability of land. Proposed pavements will be concrete one and width of shoulders and provision of drains will be accommodated within the existing RoW. 6. The typical cross sections (TCS) in built-up area, rural areas, and overlay locations are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Typical Cross Section C. SUBPROJECT SCREENING AND CATEGORIZATION 7. Based on the review of detailed design report and social assessment report for individual subprojects, summary findings of these eight subprojects are presented below: 3 8. Jigna-New Ramnagar- Gorsari Road: The subproject road is an MDR falls under Satna district of Madhya Pradesh and connects old SH-9 with SH-13. It starts at Km. 36/4 of Govindgarh- Beohari-Shahdol Road (Old SH-9) in Jigna village and terminates at Km 15/6 of Amarpatan- Badera Road (SH-13) by making a Y intersection in Dhodh village. 9. The project road in the entire stretch traverses through plain terrain. The proposed length of the road for improvement is 24.200 kms. Land use pattern is predominantly agricultural and habitation. The existing road is a single-lane road having carriageway width 3.50 m to 3.75 m along 1.00m to 1.50 m earthen shoulder on either side. The formation width varies from 5 to 7.30 and available ROW is 10-45m. Proposed subproject widening proposal is limited within the existing formation width in the settlement