Resettlement Plan October 2012 MFF 0021-PAK: Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program – Proposed Tranche 3 Prepared by Gujranwala Electric Power Company for the Asian Development Bank. Asian Development Bank Pakistan-Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program_Multi Tranche Financing Request Conversion of Siranwali Gr. Station from 66kV to 132kV and associated 132kV Double Circuit Transmission Line Tranche–III sub-project Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN October 2012 Pakistan Power Distribution Enhancement Program Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................... II ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ IV DEFINITION OF TERMS ................................................................................................................................ V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. VI 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 8 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBPROJECT ................................................................................................. 8 2. PROJECT COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION FRAMEWORK ............................... 10 2.1 POLICY PROVISIONS, ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS .......... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 2.1.1 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (LAA) ............................................. 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BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 2.8 ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.9 COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENTS ............................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 2.10 ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION UNIT VALUES..................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 3. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS .......................................................................................................... 13 3.1 RESETTLEMENT FIELD SURVEY .................................................................................................... 13 3.2 MINIMISATION OF IMPACTS .......................................................................................................... 13 3.3 IMPACTS OF THE SUBPROJECT ....................................................................................................... 13 3.3.1 General Description ................................................................................................................ 13 3.3.2 Impacts of the Grid Station .................................................................................................... 14 3.3.3 Impacts of Towers ................................................................................................................... 14 3.3.4 Impacts of Transmission Line (TL Corridor) ........................................................................ 15 3.3.5 Other Impacts and Summary ................................................................................................. 15 3.4 AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS .............................................................................................................. 15 3.4.1 General .................................................................................................................................... 15 3.4.2 Significance of Impacts .......................................................................................................... 15 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED PEOPLE ......................................................... 17 4.1 CENSUS OF AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS ............................................................................................ 17 4.1.1 Field Methodology .................................................................................................................. 17 4.1.2 General Information on Affected Households ...................................................................... 17 4.1.3 Indigenous People .................................................................................................................. 17 4.2 DATA ON HEADS OF AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS .............................................................................. 17 4.3 DATA ON AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS ............................................................................................... 18 4.3.1 General .................................................................................................................................... 18 4.3.2 Housing ................................................................................................................................... 18 4.3.3 Livelihood and Incomes ......................................................................................................... 18 4.3.4 Poverty ..................................................................................................................................... 25 4.3.5 Literacy........................................................................................ 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INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................................... 19 5.1 PAKISTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (PEPCO) ....................................................................... 19 5.1.1 Distribution Companies (DISCOs) ........................................................................................ 19 5.1.2 Technical Assistance (Consultants) ....................................................................................... 19 5.2 GUJRANWALA ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (GEPCO) ................................................................ 19 5.2.1 Planning Division ................................................................................................................... 19 5.2.2 Chief Engineer Development ................................................................................................. 20 5.2.3 Grid System Construction (GSC) Division ............................................................................. 20 Final LARP _ GEPCO _ Siranwali 132kV Grid Station and Transmission Line Subproject _ October 2012 Page ii Pakistan Power Distribution Enhancement Program 5.3 DISTRICT GOVERNMENT ............................................................................................................... 20 5.4 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MONITORING .................................................... 21 6. CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ......................................................................................... 22 6.1 CONSULTATION UNDERTAKEN FOR THE LARP ............................................................................ 22 6.2 COMPENSATION OPTIONS DISCUSSED .......................................................................................... 22 6.3 LARP DISCLOSURE ...................................................................................................................... 23 7. GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCESS ............................................................................................... 24 8. BUDGET FOR LAND AND ASSET ACQUISITION .................................................................... 25 8.1 BASIS FOR COMPENSATION ........................................................................................................... 25 8.2 DETERMINING THE RATES FOR COMPENSATION ........................................................................... 25 8.3 BUDGET FOR LAND AND ASSET ACQUISITION .............................................................................. 26 9. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ................................................................................................. 28 10. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ......................................................................................... 29 10.1 INTERNAL MONITORING ............................................................................................................... 29 10.2 EXTERNAL MONITORING ........................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 10.3 INDICATORS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION ....................................................................... 30 10.4 RESETTLEMENT