Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 41626-013 June 2019 Period: January 2015 – November 2018 IND: Bihar Power System Improvement Project Submitted by Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited, Patna This 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. Social Monitoring Report Loan 2681-IND Period: January 2015 – November 2018 IND: BIHAR POWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (BPSIP) Prepared by: Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited for Asian Development Bank Implementing Agencies: Bihar State Power Transmission Company Limited, North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited Executing Agency: Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person BPSIP Bihar Power System Improvement Project BSEB Bihar State Electricity Board BSPTCL Bihar State Power Transmission Co. Ltd BSPHCL Bihar State Power Holding Co. Ltd ESMU Environment & Social Management Unit GoB Government of Bihar GoI Government of India GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism NBPDCL North Bihar Power Distribution Co. Ltd PD Project Director PMU Program Management Unit RF Resettlement Framework ROW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan SBPDCL South Bihar Power Distribution Co. Ltd Project Fact Sheet Loan LOAN NO. 2681 Bihar Power System Improvement Project (BPSIP). Project The Executing Agency (EA) for the Bihar State Power Holding Executing Agency Company Limited. The Bihar State Power Transmission Company Limited, North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, and South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited are the implementation of the project. The Implementation Agency (IA) has established the Implementation Program Management Unit (PMU) to execute, manage and Agency monitor the implementation of the Investment Program, and provide overall policy directions. PMU has the mandate to closely supervise and monitor every component under the Program. Monitoring Period January 2015 to November 2018. Covered A. Introduction 1.1 Overall project description – 1. Bihar Power System Improvement Project (BPSIP) is improvement of electricity supply through the relief of generation and network capacity constraints and the reduction of technical and commercial losses in the state of Bihar. The project is being funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB has sanctioned a loan of USD million 132.2 under its loan no. 2681-IND towards improvement of Bihar’s power transmission and distribution sector. All contract packages for distribution and transmission works have been awarded. The original scope of work under the different component is – (a) Transmission component – (i) construction of new 132 kV sub-stations at Gangwara & Dhanaha and erection of additional 132 kV bays at the existing sub- stations (ii) construction of new 220 kV substation at Pusauli and erection of additional 220 kV bays; (iii) construction of 128.674 KM of 132 kV lines from new 132 kV sub-stations; (iv) construction of 87.9 KM of 33 kV lines from new 132 kV sub-stations; (v) construction of 55.986 KM of 220 kV lines; (vi) Augmentation of 02 nos. 220/132/33 KV & 05 nos. 132/33 KV existing Grid sub-stations; (vii) Re- conduct ring of 1011.30 KM of existing 220 kV & 132 KV transmission lines; (viii) Supply and installation of enterprises resources program (ERP) software including supporting hardware at BSPTCL HQ, 14 nos. of field offices and about 106 nos. GSS with project management support; (ix) Construction of 33 KV line bays in form of indoor VCB/GIS panel at 83 nos. of 220/132/33 KV & 132/33 KV AIS substations. (b) Distribution component: (1) NBPDCL - Reconstruction & Modernization of distribution system at four towns covers four works- (i) Construction of new PSS at Motihari, Betiiah, Samastipur and Begusarai (ii) Installation of 195 nos. of 200 KVA & 116 nos. of 100 KVA distribution transformer at Motihari, Betiiah, Samastipur and Begusarai (iii) Re-conductoring work of 267 Kms of 33KV, 885 Kms of 11KV and 1244 Kms of LT line at Motihari, Betiiah, Samastipur and Begusarai (iv) Replacement / Installation of 35614 nos. of Meter at Motihari, Betiiah, Samastipur and Begusarai, and (2) SBPDCL - Reconstruction & Modernization of distribution system at three towns covers three works- (i) Construction of new PSS at Biharsarif, Arah and Buxar (ii) Installation of 208 nos. of 200 KVA & 75 nos. of 100 KVA distribution transformer at Biharsarif, Arah and Buxar (iii) Reconductoring work of 72.5 Kms of 33KV, 277 Kms of 11KV & 314 Kms of LT line at Biharsarif, Arah and Buxar (iv) Replacement/Installation of 52993 nos. of Meter at Biharsarif, Arah and Buxar. B. Purpose of the Report 2. The purpose of semi-annual social monitoring report (SMR) is to analyze periodically over the total implementation period of the project to comply with the approved safeguard documents 3. This report covers resettlement and social safeguard monitoring results to comply with the spirit of ADB policy to ‘enhance stakeholders’ trust ‘in and ability to engage with ADB, and thereby increase the development impact (of projects) in which disclosure of safeguard monitoring is a prominent aspect. This report covers status of resettlement implementation and addressing all the issues related with social safeguards, with reference to the progress achieved and current status of reporting period. C. Duration of the Report 4. This consolidated report outlines monitoring implementation of social safeguard activities during January 2015 to November 2018 in accordance with the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009. D. Social Safeguards Categorization 5. The sub-projects under Loan 2681-IND do not have any significant involuntary resettlement impacts and the project overall has been categorized as ‘B’ for involuntary resettlement and ‘C’ for Indigenous People (IP) in accordance with the ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009, which applies to this project. E. Institutional Arrangement: 6. As per Norms, ESMU is established in NBPDCL, SBPDCL & BSPTCL. NBPDCL has nominated Mr. Aditya Kumar, SBPDCL has nominated Mr. Md. Pravej aalam and BSPTCL was nominated Mr. Chaitanya Kumar. Now, BSPTCL has been changed the nominated person into Mr. Vineet Kumar Bageria and Mr. Kumar Anand. Mr. Radha Mohan, Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) has been nominated as the Resettlement Officer (RO) for the project. F. Project progress, agreed milestones and implementation schedules 7. The Project of comprises of 21 sub-projects (02 substations and 10 transmission lines 272.47 km long) The list of the sub-projects along with their scope, agreed milestones, progress, implementation schedule and physical progress is presented below in Table 1 Table No.- 1 Details of Package's Awarded, progress and their Completion Target BSPTCL Award Concerned Project Value in Completion Progress Transmissio Likely to Work Agency INR & Zero Date as per Bar-in Percent n/ be Contract chart Distribution completed Sl. No. Package Date Circle 132/33KV GSS M/S Techno 07.01.2013 (Gangwara) Electric & (As per 100 % 06.07.2014 Completed with Engineering availability of Dehri on associated Co. ltd land) 49.14 Sone, 1 bays G Crore Muzaffarpur 132/33KV and GSS – 02 M/S Techno 05.01.2013 Biharsharif (Dhanaha) Electric & (As per 04.07.2014 Completed with Engineering availability of 100 % associated Co. ltd land) bays 220/132KV 07.03.2013 GSS 47.97 (As per Dehri on H Pusauli with M/S BHEL 06.09.2014 Completed Crore availability of Sone 2 associated 100 % land) bays JV of ECI Dehri on 29 Nov 2012 Associated ECC & Sone, 3 58.23 (Date of 89 % I 132 & 33 Shanghai 28 May 2014 Dec2018 Muzaffarpur Crore Advance KV Lines Power and Payment) China Biharsharif JV of ECI 29 Nov 2012 Associated ECC & 41.52 (Date of Dehri on J 220 KV Shanghai 28 May 2014 Dec2018 4 Crore Advance 60 % Sone Lines Power Payment) China Externally Added projects under BSPTCL Capacity Purnea/ M/s KPM- augmentatio 48.13 Muzaffarpur/ DPR-1 Shyama 31.10.2016 30.01.2018 Dec2018 5 n of 07 nos. crores 86 % Patna/ Dehri- Consortium GSS on-sone 6 DPR-2 Package – (Re- K-1 – condu Re- ctoring conductoring M/s 43.99 Purnea/ 31.10.2016 30.01.2018 Dec2018 of of 06 nos. KRRTPPL crores 92% Muzaffarpur remain 132KV ing all Transmission old lines -451.77 BSPT KM CL transm ission line) 7 Package – L-1 – Re- conductoring of 05 nos. Patna/ Gaya/ M/s 35.45 220KV & 31.10.2016 30.01.2018 Dec2018 Dehri-on- KRRTPPL crores 94 % 132KV sone Transmission lines -- 254.99 Ckm 8 Package – M-1 – Re- conductoring Dehri-on- of 06 nos. M/s 40.86 sone/ 31.10.2016 30.01.2018 86 % Dec2018 132KV KRRTPPL crores Biharsharif/ Transmission Bhagalpur lines -- 304.54 Ckm 9 DPR-3 Package – Supply O-1- & Supply & installa installation of M/s Yash tion of and 21.5 Technologi 31.05.2018 30.05.2019 30% Dec2018. All circles and Enterprises Crores es Enterp Resource rises Planning Resou (ERP) in rce BSPTCL 10 Planni ng (ERP) Package – in P-1 – M/s 2.74 BSPT Supply & Graphic 24.01.2018 23.02.2018 100% Completed All circles Crores CL installation of Trade with computers. hardw are 11 Package – D-1 – Construction of 43 nos. of M/s KPM- 18.91 76 % Indoor 33 kV Siemens 29.10.2016 28.10.2017 Dec2018 Bhagalpur crores Line Bays at Consortium 06 nos. of GSS under Bhagalpur Circle 12 Package – E-1 – Construction of 60 nos.