Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Regional Improving Border Services Project (RRP PAK 46378) Resettlement Plan May 2015 PAK: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Regional Improving Border Services Project —Torkham Border Prepared by the Federal Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan for the Asian Development Bank. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................... i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... iv SECTION 1: PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................ 2 1.3 NEED FOR LARP ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED ......................................................................................... 5 1.5 SCREENING OF IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE................................................................................................. 6 1.6 PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.7 ECONOMICAL DISPLACEMENT ................................................................................................................ 7 1.8 RESETTLEMENT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 7 SECTION 2 SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ............................................... 9 2.1 OBJECTIVES OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN ..................................................... 9 2.2 SCOPE OF LARP ........................................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION ............................................................................................................... 9 2.4 LOSS OF CROPPED AREA .......................................................................................................................10 2.5 LOSS OF TREES .......................................................................................................................................10 2.6 LOSS OF STRUCTURES ...........................................................................................................................10 2.7 IMPACT ON INCOME/LIVELIHOOD ..........................................................................................................11 2.8 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ..............................................................................................................................11 2.9 ARCHEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS SITES .....................................................................13 2.10 IMPACT ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE ........................................................................................................13 SECTION 3 THE FATA AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS .........................................................................................................................14 A. HISTORIC BACKGROUND, ADMINISTRATIVE & SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN FATA ................................14 3.1. THE FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL AREA (FATA) ......................................................................14 3.2. DEMOGRAPHIC SPREAD OF PASHTUNS IN AND AROUND FATA REGION. .......................................15 3.3. PASHTUN TRIBAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIETY IN FATA ......................................................................16 3.4. LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION IN FATA ......................................................................................17 3.5. LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN FATA AND JUSTICE SYSTEM. ........................................................................18 3.6. POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP. ............................................................................................18 3.7. LAND MANAGEMENT IN FATA. ................................................................................................................19 3.8. PROJECT LOCATION WITH AFFECTED PEOPLE. .................................................................................19 3.9. CONCLUSION ..........................................................................................................................................21 B. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT DISPLACED PERSONS ....................................................22 3.10. DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY .....................................................................................................22 3.11. CENSUS OF APs/ AND THEIR ASSETS ...................................................................................................22 3.12. SOCIO–ECONOMIC BASELINE SURVEY ................................................................................................23 3.13. RESULTS OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC BASELINE SURVEY ...................................................................23 SECTION 4 PUBLIC CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND DISCLOSURE .................................31 4.1. GENERAL ..........................................................................................................................................31 4.2. IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS ..................................................................................31 4.3. CONSULTATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS .......................................................................................31 4.4. INFORMATION DISSEMINATED ...............................................................................................................32 4.5. FINDINGS OF FGDs WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ......................................................33 4.6. FINDINGS OF FGD WITH AFFECTED LANDOWNERS............................................................................34 4.7. GENDER INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONSULTATION PROCESS ..............................................................37 4.8. FUTURE CONSULTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION .................................................................................38 4.9. DISCLOSURE OF LARP ............................................................................................................................38 SECTION 5 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................40 5.1 GENERAL ..........................................................................................................................................40 5.2 JIRGA LEVEL ..........................................................................................................................................41 5.3 GRIEVANCE REDRESS COMMITTEE ......................................................................................................41 5.4 OFFICE OF THE POLITICAL AGENT, KHYBER AGENCY .......................................................................42 5.5 CONSTITUTION AND FUNCTION OF THE GRC ......................................................................................42 5.6 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH .........................................................42 SECTION 6 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ..............................................................................44 6.1 LEGAL AND POLICY BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................44 6.2 CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR FATA & TRIBAL PEOPLE ....................................44 6.3 LAND ACQUISITION & RESETTLEMENT BACKGROUND (PRACTICES IN FATA) ................................45 6.4 ADB’s SAFEGUARDS REQUIREMENTS UNDER SPS 2009 ....................................................................46 6.5 COMPARISON OF KEY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF PAKISTAN’s FCR 1901 AND ADB’s IR SAFEGUARDS-SPS 2009. ....................................................................................................................47 6.6 REMEDIAL MEASURES TO BRIDGE THE GAPS .....................................................................................49 6.7 PROJECT LAR POLICY .............................................................................................................................49 6.8 COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS .............................................................................50 SECTION 7 ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS ..........................................................53 7.1 GENERAL ..........................................................................................................................................53 7.2 COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY ..................................................................................................................53 7.3 CUT-OFF DATE .........................................................................................................................................53 7.4 COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENTS ..........................................................................................................54