DRAFT RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN KHURJA-LUDHIANA SECTION OF PROPOSED EASTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED MARCH, 2012 Resettlement Action Plan of Ludhiana-Khurja Section of EDFC March, 2012 INDEX ABRIVATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 3 THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 R&R POLICY AND ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................. 3 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMISE RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ........................................................................ 4 LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ...................................................................................... 4 KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................... 5 CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ....................................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER – 1: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 7 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................ 7 THIS RAP REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR KHURJA –LUDHIANA SECTION WHICH IS 408 KMS. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF APL-3 IS 447 KMS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES KHURJA-DADRI SECTION. THIS RAP FOR KHURJA-DADRI SECTION IS BEING PREPARED SEPARATELY. ................................................................................................................... 7 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT ............................................................................................................................... 7 OBJECTIVES OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ............................................................................................................. 8 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 10 SALIENT FEATURE OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................................................. 11 CHAPTER - 2: BASE LINE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF PROJECT AFFECTED PEOPLE ......................................................................................................... 13 GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 THE PROJECT AREA ............................................................................................................................................... 13 *THIS RAP REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR KHURJA –LUDHIANA SECTION WHICH IS 404 KMS. TOTAL LENGTH OF APL-3 IS 447 KMS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES KHURJA-DADRI SECTION. .......................................................... 13 FINDINGS OF THE CENSUS AND BASELINE SURVEY ..................................................................................................... 13 PROJECT IMPACTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PAFS AND PAPS ................................................................................................ 16 IMPORTANT FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PROJECT ARE: ................................................................................ 18 CHAPTER - 3: LEGAL FRAMEWORK..................................................................................... 21 APPLICABLE LAWS ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 ......................................................................................................................... 21 NATIONAL REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT POLICY (NRRP-2007) .................................................................. 22 WORLD BANK GUIDELINES FOR INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ................................................................................ 23 DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 ....................... 24 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FOR DFC PROJECT AND ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ................................................................... 24 ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION/ASSISTANCE / REHABILITATION ............................................................................. 25 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ............................................................................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER – 4: STAKEHOLDER’S CONSULTATIONS ........................................................... 36 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 CONSULTATION DURING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY STAGE................................................................................ 36 ACTION PLAN .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 CHAPTER – 5: SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROCESS ...................................................................................................... 40 LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS IN EDFC PROJECT ........................................................................................................ 40 EXTENT OF LAND ACQUISITION .................................................................................................................................. 40 APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR ........................................................................................................................ 41 CHAPTER – 6: INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT....................... 46 R&R INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AT THE HEADQUARTER LEVEL ................................................................... 46 I | 1 Resettlement Action Plan of Ludhiana-Khurja Section of EDFC March, 2012 R&R INSTITUTIONS AT THE FIELD LEVEL ................................................................................................................... 49 ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES & FINANCIAL POWERS ............................................................................ 51 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................. 53 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .............................................................................................................................. 55 COMPLAINT HANDLING SYSTEM IN DFC FIELD LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL ........................................................ 57 INCOME RESTORATION ................................................................................................................................................ 58 COORDINATION WITH CIVIL WORK AND CERTIFICATION............................................................................................. 65 COST ESTIMATE .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET ................................................................................................................................ 67 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FOR LAND LOSS AND R&R ASSISTANCE................................................ 67 LIST OF TABLES Table E 1: Key Impacts in Mughalsarai-Bhaupur – Khurja Section .................................. 4 Table 1.1: Project Area: Salient Feature ....................................................................... 12 Table 2.1: Project Area: Salient Features ....................................................................... 13 Table 2.2: Project Area: Loss of Land ........................................................................... 14 Table 2.3: Parcel of Plot Affected of each PAFs ............................................................ 14 Table 2.4 Assessment of Impact on Structures ............................................................ 14 Table 2.5: Identification of Small and marginal farmers.................................................. 15 Table 2.6: Project Affected Families (PAFs) ................................................................... 15 Table 2.7: Project Displaced Families ............................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 2.8: Affected Community Properties Resources (CPRs) ...................................... 15 Table 2.9 A: Age-Sex Composition ................................................................................ 16 Table 2.10: Total Annual Income ..................................................................................