Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 43464-023 May 2019 Period: July 2018 – December 2018 IND: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program - Tranche 1 Submitted by Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (HPPTCL) 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. July 2018 to December 2018 Social Monitoring Report HIMACHAL PRADESH POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD. (A STATE GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKING) Semi-Annual Social Monitoring Report Loan: 2794-IND May, 2019 IND: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program (Tranche 1) Reporting Period: July 2018 to December 2018 Prepared by: Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (A State Government Undertaking) for Asian Development Bank. Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Project Description .................................................................................. 1 2. Purpose of the Report ......................................................................................................... 3 3. Social Safeguards Categorization ....................................................................................... 3 4. Sub-projects under HPCETIP (Loan 2794- IND) Tranche I ................................................... 3 5. Sub-projects implementation (Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation) ......... 5 5.1. Scope of Land acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation. ................................................ 5 5.2. Status of Implementation of resettlement activities: ............................................................. 6 6. Institutional Arrangements................................................................................................. 9 7. Grievances Redress Mechanism ....................................................................................... 10 8. Consultation with Stakeholders ........................................................................................ 10 9. Capacity Building Initiatives ............................................................................................. 11 10. Loan convents ............................................................................................................... 12 i LIST OF TABLE Table 1: Sub-projects being implemented under Loan 2794 (Tranche 1)............................................... 3 Table 2: Detail of towers in transmission line of Tranche 1. .................................................................. 7 Table 3: Detail of compensation for land ................................................................................................ 8 Table 4: Detail of compensation for loss of Structure. ........................................................................... 8 Table 5: Detail of compensation for crop loss. ....................................................................................... 8 Table 6 : Detail of compensation for impact of loss ............................................................................... 9 Table 7: Staffing for Land Acquisition ................................................................................................. 10 Table 8: Composition of Grievance Redress Committee at PMU level................................................. 10 Table 9: Composition of Grievance Redress Committee at PIU level .................................................. 10 Table 10: Status of compliance to loan convents .................................................................................. 12 LIST OF FIGURE Figure 1: Index Map ................................................................................................................................ 2 List of Annexure Annexure 1: Details of land acquisition for Tower footings ................................................................. 16 Annexure 2: Land Compensation Details – 220/400 kV sub-station at Pragati Nagar ......................... 23 Annexure 3: Compensation details of land acquired of 132 kV sub-station at Chambi ....................... 23 Annexure 4: Details of Land Compensation for Transmission Line .................................................... 23 Annexure 5: Calculation Sheet of Compensation for Structure ............................................................ 29 Annexure 6: Agreement copy with structure holders ........................................................................... 30 Annexure 7: Details of Structure Compensation .................................................................................. 32 Annexure 8: Details of Crop loss .......................................................................................................... 32 Annexure 9: Details of Tree Compensation for Transmission Line ..................................................... 33 Annexure 10: Compensation to Vulnarable Household ....................................................................... 49 Annexure 11: Constitution of the Environmental and Social Monitoring Cell (ESC) .......................... 51 ii Annexure 12: Grievances Redress Committee Order ........................................................................... 52 Annexure 13: Details of Grievances Received During Reporting Period ............................................. 53 Annexure 14: Sample copy of Translated Executive summary ............................................................ 60 Annexure 15: Details of Public Consultation ....................................................................................... 61 Annexure 16: Details of Capacity Building Initatives .......................................................................... 62 Annexure 17: Photographs of Consultation .......................................................................................... 63 Annexure 18: Photographs of Capacity Building Initatives ................................................................... 64 Annexure 19: Attendance copy of the consultation ............................................................................. 65 Annexure 20: Attendance Sheet of Capacity Building Initatives .......................................................... 67 iii List of abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected Household AP Affected Persons GIS Gas Insulated Sub-Station GOI Govt of India GoHP Government of Himachal Pradesh GRC Grievance Redress Committee RP Resettlement Plans INR Indian rupee Ha. Hectare (10,000 sq. m. land) HPPTCL Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. INR Indian Rupee NPV Net Present Value Pvt. Land Private Land PIU Project Implementing Unit PMU Project Management Unit RRRCP Resettlement, Relief, Rehabilitation and Compensation Policy of HPPTCL RoW. Right of Way iv GLOSSARY Affected – Means project affected household consisting of such persons, his Household or her spouse, minor sons, unmarried daughters, minor brothers or unmarried sister, father, mother and other members residing with him/her and dependent on him/her for their livelihood. Displaced Person – In the context of involuntary resettlement, displaced persons are (DP) those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Compensation – Payment in cash or in kind of the replacement value of the acquired property. Grievance – The committee established under the subproject to resolve the Redressal local grievances. Committee Involuntary – Addresses social and economic impacts that are permanent or Resettlement temporary and are (i) caused by the acquisition of land and other fixed assets, (ii) by change in the use of land, or (iii) restrictions imposed on land as a result of a project. Land Acquisition – The process whereby land and properties are acquired for the purpose of the project construction Rehabilitation – The measures provided under the resettlement plan other than payment of the compensation of acquired property. Replacement Cost – The method of valuing assets to replace the loss at market value before the project or dispossession, or its nearest equivalent, plus any transaction costs such as administrative charges, taxes, registration, and titling costs. Replacement cost is based on the market value before the project or dispossession, whichever is higher. Resettlement – All the measures taken to mitigate all or any adverse impacts of the project on the DPs property and/or livelihoods including compensation, relocation (where relevant), and rehabilitation v Project Fact Sheet Loan LOAN NO. 2794 IND Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program Project (HPCETIP) - Tranche 1 The Executing Agency (EA) for the Himachal Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (HPPTCL) The EA has established the Program Management units (PMU) to execute, manage and monitor Executing Agency