ISO9001CERTIFIEDCOMPANY KALPATARUPOWERTRANSMISSIONLIMITED BRANCH OFFICE: PIAZZA GRANDE, AREA 108, V. SARGSYAN STR., YEREVAN, REPUBLICOFARMENIA. PHONE: +37410 741980 Transmission Line Reconstruction Project Hrazdan to Shinuhayr Corridor Resettlement Action Plan Section 1: Noraduz line Contract: Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply and Installation of Noraduz – Lichk – Vardenis –Vyak – Vorotan 1 – 220kV Transmission Lines. Contract No.: HV_W_1/2011 dated 21.11.2012 Prepared by: Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited Date of submission: 27th January 2015 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 5 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Project Background ...................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Project Location ............................................................................................................ 8 1.3 Project Description ....................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Resettlement Action Plan Preparation Rationale .......................................................... 9 1.5 Objective and Scope of the Resettlement Action Plan ............................................... 10 1.6 Project Cut-Off Date ................................................................................................... 11 1.7 Document Disclosure ................................................................................................. 11 2. IMPACT ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 12 2.2 Survey Methodology .................................................................................................. 12 2.3 Impact on Land ........................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Land classification as per RA law .......................................................................... 13 2.3.2 Land losses .............................................................................................................. 13 2.4 Impact on Crops.......................................................................................................... 15 2.5 Census of Affected Households and Impact on Their Livelihood ............................. 16 2.5.1 Socio-economic profile of affected households ...................................................... 16 2.5.2 Affected Households with Severe Impact on Income ............................................. 18 2.5.3 Impact on Poor and Vulnerable Households .......................................................... 19 2.6 Impact Summary......................................................................................................... 20 3. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .............................. 21 3.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 21 3.2 Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan.................................................................... 21 3.3 Public Consultation..................................................................................................... 21 3.3.1 Formal Public Consultations during RAP Preparation ........................................... 22 3.3.2 Informal Consultations ......................................................................................... 23 3.3.3 Public Consultations during RAP Implementation and Construction .................... 23 3.4 Information Disclosure ............................................................................................... 24 4. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM AND PROCEDURES ....................................... 25 4.1. Background ................................................................................................................. 25 4.2. Grievance Redress Mechanism .................................................................................. 25 2 4.2.1 First step .................................................................................................................. 25 4.2.2 Second step ............................................................................................................. 25 4.2.3 Third step ................................................................................................................ 26 4.3 Main Responsible parties............................................................................................ 26 4.4 Process of Registering and Addressing Grievances ................................................... 27 4.4.1 Tracking and documentation................................................................................... 27 4.4.2 Follow up ................................................................................................................ 27 4.5 GRM during Construction Stage ................................................................................ 27 5. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................... 28 5.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 28 5.2 HVEN ......................................................................................................................... 28 5.2.1 General Description ................................................................................................ 28 5.2.2 Main responsibilities ............................................................................................... 29 5.2.3 Resettlement Action Plan Implementation Unit ..................................................... 29 5.3 HVEN Consultants ..................................................................................................... 29 5.3.1 Construction Contractor .......................................................................................... 29 5.3.2 Implementation Support Consultant ....................................................................... 29 5.3.3 Independent Consultant .......................................................................................... 30 5.4 State Governing Organizations ................................................................................... 30 5.5 Marzpetarans (Regional Authorities) ......................................................................... 30 5.6 Local Self-Governing Bodies ..................................................................................... 30 5.7 Grievance Redress Committee ................................................................................... 31 5.8 Non-Governmental Organisations .............................................................................. 31 5.9 World Bank................................................................................................................. 31 6. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................... 32 6.1 Local Legal Framework .............................................................................................. 32 6.2 Comparison of Armenian Laws and the Policy for Involuntary Resettlement of the World Bank ............................................................................................................................... 33 6.3 Gap Analysis............................................................................................................... 34 7. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 35 7.1 Eligibility .................................................................................................................... 35 7.2 Entitlement Framework .............................................................................................. 35 7.2.1 Agricultural land ..................................................................................................... 36 7.2.2 State and Community Lands ................................................................................... 36 7.2.3 Other Compensations and Allowances ................................................................... 36 3 7.3 Entitlement Matrix ...................................................................................................... 37 7.4 Valuation of Affected Assets ...................................................................................... 38 8. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET .............................................................................................. 39 8.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 39 8.2 Sources and Allocation of Funds ................................................................................ 39 8.3 Compensation for Land Losses .................................................................................. 39 8.3.1 Valuation and Compensation Calculation