Resettlement Plan July 2015 IND: Uttar Pradesh Major District Roads Improvement Project Aliganj-Soron Road Prepared by Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department, Government of India for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 19 March 2015) Current unit - Indian rupee (Rs.) Rs1.00 = $0.0181438810 $1.00 = Rs.62.41 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AE – Assistant Engineer ASF -- Assistant Safeguards Focal APs – Affected Persons BPL – below poverty line BSR – Basic Schedule of Rates CPR – common property resources CSC – construction supervision consultant DC – district collector DPR – detailed project report EA – executing agency EE – executive engineer FGD – focus group discussion GOI – Government of India GRC – Grievance Redress Committee IA – implementing agency IP – indigenous peoples IR – involuntary resettlement LAA – Land Acquisition Act LAP – land acquisition plan NGO – nongovernment organization RFCT in – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land LARR Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act RFCT in – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land LARR Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) (Ordinance) Ordinance. 2014 OBC – other backward castes RP – Resettlement Plan PD Resettl – Project Director PAPement Plan – Project Affected Person PAF – Project Affected Family PDF – Project Displaced Family PDP – Project Displaced Person PIU – project implementation unit R&R – resettlement and rehabilitation RF – resettlement framework ROW – right-of-way RP – resettlement plan SC – scheduled caste SPS – ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 ST – scheduled tribe TOR – Terms of Reference UPPWD – Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department VLC – Village Level Committee This resettlement plan 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. i A. Project Description .......................................................................................................... i B. Efforts to Minimize Resettlement Impacts ....................................................................... i C. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ................................................................. ii D. Consultation, Participation and Disclosure ..................................................................... ii E. Policy and Legal Framework ......................................................................................... iii F. Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits .......................................................................... iii G. Relocation of Housing and Settlement .......................................................................... iii H. Income Restoration and Rehabilitation.......................................................................... iii I. Resettlement Budget and Financing Plan ..................................................................... iii J. Grievance Redress Mechanism .................................................................................... iii K. Institutional Arrangement .............................................................................................. iv L. Implementation Schedule.............................................................................................. iv M. Monitoring and Reporting .............................................................................................. iv I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................ 1 A. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 B. Existing Road Description ............................................................................................. 1 C. Proposed improvements ............................................................................................... 2 D. Minimizing Resettlement ............................................................................................... 2 E. Methodology for Impact Assessment ............................................................................ 3 II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ........................................... 5 A. Ownership of Right of Way and Corridor of Impact ....................................................... 5 B. Eligibility Criteria ........................................................................................................... 5 C. Impacts on Structure in the project ................................................................................ 6 D. Impacts on Private Structures ....................................................................................... 6 E. Severity of Impact on Households losing structures ...................................................... 6 F. Type of Construction and Affected Areas of Private Structures ..................................... 7 G. Loss of Livelihoods ....................................................................................................... 7 H. Loss of CPRs and government ..................................................................................... 8 I. Loss of crops and Trees................................................................................................ 8 III. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE ................................................... 9 A. General Socio-economic Profile of Project Districts ...................................................... 9 B. Social Categories of the APs ........................................................................................ 9 C. Number of APs ............................................................................................................. 9 D. Annual Income Level of the Affected Households ......................................................... 9 E. Impact on Indigenous and Vulnerable Households ......................................................10 F. Severely Affected Households .....................................................................................10 G. Educational Status of APs ............................................................................................10 H. Occupational Status of APs .........................................................................................11 IV. STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION .......................................12 A. Key stakeholders consulted .........................................................................................12 B. Scope of Consultation ..................................................................................................12 C. Consultations Findings .................................................................................................13 D. Plan for information disclosure and dissemination and consultation during implementation ............................................................................................................13 V. GENDER ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................15 VI. LEGAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................16 A. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparence in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 .........................................................................................16 B. Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) Direct Land Purchase Policy 2015 ...................16 C. ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 ..........................................................17 D. Comparison of National with ADB Policy ......................................................................17 VII. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS ...................................................19 A. Provisions for Relocation .............................................................................................19 B. Households experiencing physical relocation as a result of the project ........................19 C. Relocation Option by Displaced Persons (DPs) ...........................................................19 D. Compensation Option by Displaced Persons (DPs) .....................................................19 E. Relocation Strategy ......................................................................................................20 VIII. COMPENSATIONS, RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE AND ENTITLEMENT MATRIX 21 A. Eligibility and key principles .........................................................................................21 B. Compensations and resettlement assistance ...............................................................21 C. Livelihood Improvement and Skills Development Program ...........................................22 IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN .................................................27 A. Introduction