Semi-annual Indigenous People Social Monitoring Report Project No. 42248-013 June 2020 Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP II) This Semi-annual Indigenous People Social Monitoring 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. 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. CHTRDP-II IP SOCIAL Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Final Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Chittagong Hill Indigenous Peoples Tracts Affairs (MoCHTA) Safeguards Monitoring Report Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP-II) Project No.42248-013 Loan No-2763 10th Semestral Report, January – June 2020 Prepared by Project Management Office, CHTRDP-II, with the assistance from Euroconsult Mott MacDonald BV & ADSL Ltd for the Asian Development Bank Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Mott MacDonald | CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft Issue and Revision Record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description 1st Draft 23 June Rambadu Ben Witjes PMO Draft IP Safeguards Monitoring 2020 Tripura, Report Reetesh Roy Final 8 July Rambadu Ben Witjes PMO Final 10th IP Safeguards 2020 Tripura, Monitoring Report Reetesh Roy Document reference: |300161/IPP #10 | Information class: Standard This document is issued for the party which commissioned it and for specific purposes connected with the above- captioned project only. 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W e acc ept no duty of care, res ponsi bility or liability to any other r eci pient of thi s doc ument. T his r eport is confi denti al and contains pr opri etary intell ectual property. | | | | 8 July 2020 Mott MacDonald | CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft Disclaimer: The report uses ADB terminology ‘indigenous peoples’ for which usually alternate terminology is used by the Government of Bangladesh; such as ‘tribes’, ‘tribal peoples’, ethnic minority’, ‘small ethnic groups’, etc. Regardless of this different nomenclature, these are meant to be understood as ‘indigenous people as defined and accepted in the Safeguards Policy Statement (SPS) of ADB, as adopted in June 2009. Note: In this report, “$” refers to US Dollars. This indigenous people’s safeguards monitoring 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. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any report, or by making any designation of or reference to a 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. | | | | 8 July 2020 Mott MacDonald | CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft Glossary ADB : Asian Development Bank ADRF : Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum AP : Affected Person BDT : Bangladesh Taka CC : Circle Chief CCL : Cash Compensation under Law CHT : Chittagong Hill Tracts CHTRC : Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council CHTRDP-II : Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CI : Community Infrastructure DC : Deputy Commissioner DMF : Design and Monitoring Framework DPD : Deputy Project Director DPMO : District Project Management Committee EP : Entitled Person FGD : Focus Group Discussion FPIC : Free, Prior, Informed Consent FSR : Feasibility Study Report GoB : Government of Bangladesh GPS : Global Positioning System GRC : Grievance Redress Committee HDC : Hill District Council HH : Household IGA : Income Generation Activities IP : Indigenous Peoples IPP : Indigenous People’s Plan LARP : Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan LCS : Labour Contracting Society LGED : Local Government & Engineering Department | | | | 8 July 2020 Mott MacDonald | CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft LIA : Lead Implementation Agency MAD : Micro Agribusiness Development MOCHTA : Ministry of CHT Affairs NGO : Non-Government Organization NIP : Non-Indigenous People NOC : No Objection Certificate PCR : Project Completion Report PDC : Para Development Committee PIC : Project Implementation Consultants PJSS : Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti PMO : Project Management Office PVM : Participatory Village Mapping RAC : Regional Advisory Council Committee R-NGO : Resettlement NGO RR : Rural Roads SAP : Severely Affected Person SEIS : Social and Economic Impact Survey SES : Socio-economic Survey SPS : Safeguards Policy Statement SQMC : Safeguards Quality Monitoring Cell SSWR : Small-scale water resources VAR : Village Access Roads VLDC : Voluntarily Land Donation Certificate | | | | 8 July 2020 Mott MacDonald | CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft Contents Glossary vii Executive summary 1 1 Background and context of the Project 9 1.1 Background 9 1.2 Context of the Project 9 1.3 Purpose of the Report 10 1.4 Methodology 10 1.5 ADB Policy of IP Safeguards 11 1.6 IP Safeguards Policy in CHTRDP-II 11 1.7 Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts 11 2 Institutional Arrangement of the Project 13 3 Compliance with the IPP of the Project 14 3.1 Main elements of Indigenous People Plan 14 3.2 Land Acquisition 14 3.2.1 Land acquisition for Road Construction under RR component 14 3.2.1.1 Assessment of benefits of compensation payments 17 3.2.2 Land acquisition under the Community Infrastructure Component 18 3.2.3 Land acquisition in Micro Agribusiness Development Component 20 3.3 Participatory Village Mapping and Grievance Redressal 20 3.3.1 Participatory Village Mapping 20 3.3.1.1 PVM for the Rural Roads Component 20 3.3.1.2 PVM for the Community Infrastructure Component 21 3.3.2 Consultation and Grievance Redressal 23 3.3.2.1 Community Consultation and Information Disclosure 23 3.3.2.2 Grievance Redressal 24 3.4 Prioritization of IPs and smaller IP groups in the Project 26 3.4.1 Prioritization of IPs in the Rural Road Component 27 3.4.2 Prioritization of IPs in the Community Infrastructure Component 29 3.4.3 Prioritization of IPs under the Micro-Agribusiness Development Component 32 3.5 Awareness Raising among Government of Bangladesh officials 32 4 Compliance status with ADB IP Policy Specific to Loan Covenant 34 5 Conclusion 36 | | | | 8 July 2020 Mott MacDonald | CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft A. No Objection Certificated for Market sheds 38 Tables Table 1.1: IP and None-IP (NIP) population in CHT by district, 2011 12 Table 3.1: Status of IP & NIP household and Land Acquisition in Project areas 15 Table 3.2: Number of APs and Topics of Income Restoration trainings received 17 Table 3.3: CI Interventions – achievements at Project completion 18 Table 3.4: Type of land donation for Community Infrastructure subprojects 19 Table 3.5: Land Donation for CI interventions in three districts 19 Table 3.6: Number of APs, SAPs and Community Consultations for RR LARPs 24 Table 3.7: Number of ADRFs Committees formed 25 Table 3.8: Project beneficiaries - large and small IP, and Non-IPs (in %) 27 Table 3.9: IP beneficiaries under 15 approved subprojects under the RR Component 28 Table 3.10: Beneficiaries of Rural Road Subcomponent – IP and non-IP 29 Table 3.11: Community Infrastructure Component - IP and Non-IP beneficiary communities 31 Table 3.12: Micro-Agribusiness Development - IP and Non-IP beneficiaries 32 Table 3.13: Trainings on IP Orientation 33 Table 4.1: Compliance status with IP specific items to Loan Covenant 34 Figures Map 0.1: Map of Khagrachari Hill District showing locations of CHTRDP-II subprojects 6 Map 0.2: Map of Rangamati Hill District showing locations of CHTRDP-II subprojects 7 Map 0.3: Map of Bandarban Hill District showing locations of CHTRDP-II subprojects 8 Figure 1.1: IP & NIP population (%) of CHT, 2011 12 Figure 2.1: Project Implementation Arrangements 13 Figure 3.1: Sketch Map Pan Bazar – Chokhyong Tripura para Road 21 Figure 3.2: Village Map of Village Map of Gunguru Madyam Para 22 | | | | 8 July 2020 CHTRDP-II IP Safeguards Monitoring Report January - June 2020 Draft 1 Executive summary 1. The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), located in the most eastern part of Bangladesh, is geographically isolated and ethno-culturally distinct from plain land Bangladesh. Its land area covers 13,000 square km, of which 90% are sloping lands. After a 20-year insurgency, the CHT Accord was signed in December 1997 and immediately following the signing of the Accord, ADB initiated activities under a $30 million loan. After successfully completion the first phase of CHTRDP, a Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP-II) was designed with a total budget of $70.80 million.