GABRAL KALAM HYDROPOWER PROJECT DECEMBER 2019 i | Page Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization GABRAL KALAM HYDROPOWER PROJECT Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. PROGRAM BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA HYDROPOWER AND RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM .................................. 2 1.3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4. SALIENT FEATURES OF PROJECT ..................................................................................................................... 7 1.5. OBJECTIVES AND NEED OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ................................................................................... 8 1.6. PROJECT COMPONENTS INVOLVING LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ......................................................... 8 1.7. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES TO AVOID AND/OR MINIMIZE IMPACTS AND ENHANCE PROJECT BENEFITS ...................... 9 1.7.1 Project Development Alternatives during Inception Stage ............................................................... 9 1.7.2 Alternatives to Minimize Impact of each Sub-Structure of Selected Layout ................................... 11 1.8. PROJECT COST AND IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE ............................................................................................ 14 2. SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ......................................................... 15 2.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.1 Community Participation ................................................................................................................ 15 2.1.2 Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) ................................................................................................ 15 2.1.3 Stakeholder Mapping ...................................................................................................................... 16 2.1.4 Data from Secondary Sources ......................................................................................................... 16 2.2 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................................... 16 2.2.1 The Census ...................................................................................................................................... 16 2.2.2 Household Socio-Economic Survey .................................................................................................. 17 2.2.3 Detailed Measurement Survey ........................................................................................................ 17 2.3 RESETTLEMENT DATABANK ........................................................................................................................ 17 2.4 DEVELOP COMPENSATION AND LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION INTERVENTIONS......................................................... 17 2.5 REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND ARRANGEMENTS .................................................................................. 17 2.6 CONDUCTING THE STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION ............................................................... 18 2.7 PREPARING THE COST ESTIMATE AND BUDGET ............................................................................................... 18 3. LAND ACQUSITION AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ............................................................................. 19 3.1 PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY LAND RELATED IMPACTS .................................................................................. 19 3.1.1 Component Wise Project Impacts Related to Permanent Land Acquisition ................................... 26 3.1.2 Project Component Wise Temporary Land Needed on Lease Basis ................................................ 27 3.2 IMPACT ON CROPPED LAND ........................................................................................................................ 28 3.3 IMPACT ON TREES .................................................................................................................................... 29 3.3.1 Impact on Privately-Owned Timber Trees ....................................................................................... 29 3.3.2 Impact on Privately-owned Fruit Trees ........................................................................................... 30 3.3.3 Impact on Wood/Timber Trees owned by Forest Department ....................................................... 30 3.4 IMPACTS ON RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ........................................................................................................ 31 3.5 IMPACT ON COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................... 31 3.6 IMPACT ON PUBLIC UTILITIES ...................................................................................................................... 32 3.7 IMPACTS ON LIVELIHOODS AND SEVERELY AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS .................................................................... 32 3.8 VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS ........................................................................................................................ 32 3.9 IMPACT OF WATER DIVERSION IN UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM ..................................................................... 33 3.10 IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ................................................................................................................. 34 3.11 GENDER IMPACT ...................................................................................................................................... 34 3.12 SUMMARY OF RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ........................................................................................................ 35 4. BASELINE SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE .................................................................................................. 38 4.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................... 38 i Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization 4.3 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF AHS ................................................................................................................. 38 4.3.1 Family Size and Gender Composition .............................................................................................. 38 4.3.2 Age Distribution of Sample Households .......................................................................................... 39 4.3.3 Family Composition......................................................................................................................... 39 4.3.4 Settlement Pattern .......................................................................................................................... 39 4.4 PREVALENCE OF CONFLICT AND COHESION IN THE PROJECT AREA ...................................................................... 39 4.5 DECISION MAKING FORUMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ............................................................................... 40 4.6 EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................. 40 4.6.1 Access to Educational Institutions .................................................................................................. 40 4.7 AGRICULTURE .......................................................................................................................................... 41 4.7.1 Distribution of Land Holdings ......................................................................................................... 41 4.7.2 Land Tenure, Land Use and Natural Resources .............................................................................. 41 4.8 EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LOCALS IN THE PROJECT AREA .......................................... 42 4.8.1 Cropping Pattern ............................................................................................................................. 42 4.8.2 Livestock Inventory ......................................................................................................................... 42 4.8.3 Income Analysis of Sample Households .......................................................................................... 43 4.8.4 Source of Income/Livelihood ........................................................................................................... 43 4.8.5 Household Income .......................................................................................................................... 43 4.8.6 Household Expenditure ................................................................................................................... 44 4.8.7 Meals per Day ................................................................................................................................