Public Disclosure Authorized GHANA WATER COMPANY LIMITED (Urban Water Project) Assessment of Resettlement Related Issues on the SYIP in Area 2 Public Disclosure Authorized ASHANTI REGION WESTERN REGION EASTERN REGION PHASE 2 Public Disclosure Authorized (WESTERN REGION) RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN REVISED Public Disclosure Authorized SAL Consult Limited, P O Box GP20200, Accra August 2011 SAL Consult Ltd GWCL/PMU TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................ III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................... IV 1.0 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND IMPACTS .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN REGION PROJECT AND IMPACTS ............................................................. 5 2.1 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND BENEFICIARY TOWNS .................................................................................................. 5 2.1.1 Axim ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.2 Elubo ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1.3 Aboso ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.4 Bogoso ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.5 Prestea ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 PROJECT IMPACTS ............................................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.4 MINIMISATION OF IMPACTS .............................................................................................................................. 12 3.0 OBJECTIVE OF THE RESETTLEMENT/COMPENSATION PROGRAMME ....................................................... 13 4.0 CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS......................................................................................... 14 4.1 IDENTIFICATION OF PAPS AND AFFECTED PROPERTIES ............................................................................................ 14 4.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PROJECT DISTRICTS /TOWNS ............................................................................... 14 4.2.1 Data Sources .......................................................................................................................................... 14 4.2.2 Prestea Huni Valley District Assembly .................................................................................................... 15 4.2.3 Nzema East Municipal Assembly ........................................................................................................... 16 4.2.4 Jomoro District Assembly ....................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PAPS .............................................................................................................. 18 5.0 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................. 21 5.1 RELEVANT NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................... 21 5.1.1 The Constitution of Ghana and the Protection of Individual Property ................................................... 21 5.1.2 The State Lands Act, 1962 ...................................................................................................................... 21 5.1.3 The Lands (Statutory Wayleaves) Act, 1963 .......................................................................................... 22 5.1.4 The Lands Commission Act 2008, Act 767 .............................................................................................. 22 5.2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................. 22 5.2.1 Public and Vested Lands Management Division of the Lands Commission ........................................... 23 5.2.2 Land Valuation Division (LVD) ................................................................................................................ 23 5.2.3 Land Registration Division of the Lands Commission ............................................................................. 24 5.2.4 Survey and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission ........................................................................ 24 5.2.5 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ................................................................................................ 24 5.2.6 District/Municipal Assemblies and Town & Country Planning Department .......................................... 25 5.2.7 Town & Country Planning Department .................................................................................................. 25 5.3 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICY ON INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ....................................................................... 25 5.4 GAPS BETWEEN GHANAIAN REGULATIONS AND WORLD BANK POLICIES .................................................................... 26 5.5 PROJECT MEASURES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH WORLD BANK POLICY ................................................................ 27 6.0 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS ............................................................................................................. 28 7.0 VALUATION AND COMPENSATIONS ........................................................................................................ 29 7.1 VALUATION OF ASSETS ..................................................................................................................................... 29 7.1.1 Basis of Valuation .................................................................................................................................. 29 7.1.2 Valuation Method and Rates ................................................................................................................. 30 7.2 COMPENSATION DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 30 7.2.1 Compensation for Affected Land ........................................................................................................... 31 Assessment of Resettlement Related Issues on the SYIP in Area 2: RAP- Phase 2. 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SAL Consult Ltd GWCL/PMU 7.2.2 Compensation for Affected Crops .......................................................................................................... 31 7.2.3 Compensation for Affected Structures to be Demolished or Relocated ................................................. 31 7.3 VALUATION AND COMPENSATION OPINION .......................................................................................................... 32 7.4 CUT- OFF DATE .............................................................................................................................................. 32 7.5 COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROCEDURE .............................................................................................................. 32 8.0 CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE ........................................................................................................ 34 8.1 CONSULTATIONS WITH PAPS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................ 34 8.1.1 Concerns of PAPs and Other Stakeholders ............................................................................................. 34 8.2 DISCLOSURE ................................................................................................................................................... 35 8.2.1 What has been done .............................................................................................................................. 35 8.2.2 What needs to be done .......................................................................................................................... 35 9.0 ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ...................................................................................................... 37 9.1 KEY INSTITUTIONS ..........................................................................................................................................