Resettlement Plan Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan for Jarwar Document Stage: Final Project Number: 37192 December 2007 PAK: Power Transmission Enhancement Investment Program – Tranche 2 Prepared by National Transmission and Despatch Company The land acquisition and 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. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN Pakistan - Power Transmission Enhancement Program ADB MFF Tranche 2 Subproject No. 8 Dispersal of Power from Jarwar IPP Jarwar – Sadiqabad 132 kV Double Circuit Transmission Line Short Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN November 2007 Power Transmission Enhancement Program Table of Contents Abbreviations Definition of Terms Executive Summary 1.H INTRODUCTION ............................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.1H Background.....................................................................................................4H 1.2H Description of the Subproject..........................................................................5H 2.H PROJECT COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION FRAMEWORK ....... 6H 2.1H Pakistan’s Law and Regulations on Land Acquisition and Resettlement ....... 6H 2.2H ADB’s Involuntary Resettlement Policy...........................................................7H 2.3H Comparison of Land Acquisition Act and ADB Resettlement Policy............... 7H 2.4H Remedial Measures to Bridge the GAP.......................................................... 8H 2.5H Legislation Relevant to Land Classification .................................................... 8H 2.6H Compensation Eligibility and Entitlements for the Project............................... 8H 2.7H Eligibility........................................................................................................10H 2.8H Compensation Entitlements..........................................................................10H 2.9H Assessment of Compensation Unit Values...................................................12H 3.H ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS......................................................................13H 3.1H Minimization of Impacts ................................................................................13H 3.2 Resettlement Surveys...................................................................................13 3.3 Impacts of the Power Plant and Sub-Station ................................................13 3.4 Impacts of Transmission Line .......................................................................14 3.5 Affected Households.....................................................................................18 4.H SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED PEOPLE ........................... 19H 4.1H Census of Affected Households ...................................................................19H 4.2H Data on Heads of Affected Households........................................................20H 4.3H Data on Affected Households .......................................................................20H 5.H INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS...........................................................24H 5.1H National Transmission and Dispatch Company............................................ 24H 5.2H District Government......................................................................................25H 5.3H Other Agencies and Institutions....................................................................26H 5.4H Responsibility for Internal and External Monitoring....................................... 27H 6.H CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ........................................................28H 6.1H Consultation Undertaken for the LARP......................................................... 28H 6.2H Compensation Options Discussed................................................................29H 7.H GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCESS............................................................30H 8.H BUDGET FOR LAND AND ASSET ACQUISITION..................................... 31H LARP Jarwar–Sadiqabad 132 kV Transmission Line Subproject Final Draft November 2007 Page ii Pakistan Power Transmission Enhancement Program 8.1H Basis for Compensation................................................................................31H 8.2H Determining the Rates for Compensation.....................................................31H 8.3H Budget for Land and Asset Acquisition.........................................................33H 9.H IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.................................................................35H 10.H MONITORING AND EVALUATION .............................................................37H 10.1H Internal Monitoring........................................................................................37H 10.2H External Monitoring.......................................................................................38H 10.3H Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation....................................................... 38H 10.4H Resettlement Databank................................................................................39H 10.5H Reporting Requirements...............................................................................39H APPENDICES Appendix 1 - Working Tables Appendix 2 - List of Participants in Consultation Sessions Appendix 3 - Draft Public Information Brochure Appendix 4 - Terms of Reference for External Monitoring (Consultant/NGO) FIGURES Figure 1.1 Location of Jarwar (Ghotki) - Sadiqabad Transmission Line ..........................5 Figure 5.1 LAR Organogram and Actions......................................................................25 Figure 5.2 Organization of District Land Acquisition Collector Office.............................26 Figure 5.3 Organization of Land Acquisition Steering Committee .................................27 Figure 5.4 Organization of Land Acquisition Co-ordination Committee .........................28 TABLES Table 2.1: Pakistan and ADB Land Acquisition Policies..................................................8 Table 2.2: Entitlement Matrix ...........................................................................................9 Table 3.1: Length of Transmission Line by Type of Land Traversed ............................14 Table 3.2: Resettlement Impacts of Towers on Private Farmlands ...............................15 Table 3.3: Transmission Line Impacts by Type of Land ................................................16 Table 3.4: Resettlement Impacts of Transmission Line Corridor Private Farmlands.....16 Table 3.5: Total Area of Affected Crops by Type of Land..............................................17 Table 3.6: Affected Fruit and Wood Trees by Type of Line ...........................................17 Table 3.7: Percentage of Crop Loss by Affected Households .......................................18 Table 3.8: Affected Households by Towers and Transmission Line Corridor................19 Table 4.1: Affected Households and Population by Location ........................................20 Table 4.2: Social Group of Affected Households...........................................................21 LARP Jarwar–Sadiqabad 132 kV Transmission Line Subproject Final Draft November 2007 Page iii Pakistan Power Transmission Enhancement Program Table 4.3: Affected Household Size ..............................................................................22 Table 4.4: Gender Composition of Affected Households...............................................22 Table 4.5: Age and Gender Composition of AHs...........................................................22 Table 4.6: Farm Size of Affected Households ...............................................................23 Table 4.7: Involvement of AHs by Gender in Income Sectors .......................................23 Table 4.8: Sector-Wise Average Incomes by Gender of Affected Households .............23 Table 4.9: Monthly Per Capita Income of Affected Households ....................................24 Table 4.10: Literacy by Age and Gender of AHs .............................................................24 Table 5.2: Organization of District Land Acquisition Collector Office.............................26 Table 6.1: Participants in Group Discussions and Consultations ..................................29 Table 7.1: Grievance Resolution Process......................................................................31 Table 8.1: Average Rate/Price for Crops in Subproject Area ........................................33 Table 8.2: Area Under Tower and Transmission Line According to the Crop................33 Table 8.3: Average Rate/Price for Trees in Subproject Area.........................................33 Table 8.4: Estimated Resettlement Cost of Jarwar Subproject .....................................34 Table 9.1: Implementation Schedule for Jarwar Subproject ..........................................36 LARP Jarwar–Sadiqabad 132 kV Transmission Line Subproject Final Draft November 2007 Page iv Pakistan Power Transmission Enhancement Program Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AHs Affected households CBC Citizen Community Board CBP Community Based Organization DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DOR District Officer Revenues EMA External Monitoring Agency ft foot / feet (3.28 ft = 1 m) GRC Grievance Redress Committee GSC Grid