Bi-Annual Social Monitoring Report # 6 Bi-Annual Social Report (July–December 2013) Loan 2562-KAZ March 2014 KAZ: Multitranche Financing Facility CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) [Western Europe–Western People’s Republic of China International Transit Corridor] Investment Program, Tranche 2 Prepared by DOHWA Engineering Co. Ltd. for the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank. Dohwa Engineering Co., Ltd TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. 4 DEFINITION OF SELECTED TERMS .......................................................................................... 5-7 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ...................................................................................... 8 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. ……8 1.2 Project Background ....................................................................................................... ..8-9 1.3 Project Location ............................................................................................................ 9-10 1.4 Physical progress of project activities .......................................................................... 10-11 2: COMPENSATION PAYMENT FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ................... 12 2.1 Process of land Acquisition .............................................................................................. 12 2.2 Summary Impacts of the project .................................................................................. 12-13 2.3 Status of Land Acquisition .......................................................................................... 13-21 2.4 Other impacts .............................................................................................................. 22-26 3. MONITORING DATA COLLECTION ......................................................................................... 27 3.1 Scope of Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Methodologies adopted during monitoring ........................................................................ 28 3.3 Monitoring indicators as per LARP .............................................................................. 28-30 3.4 Effectiveness of Resettlement Planning ....................................................................... 30-31 3.5 People’s complaints .......................................................................................................... 31 4: REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES .................................................................................................. 32 4.1 Grievance Redress Mechanism ....................................................................................... 32 4.2 Observation on grievance resolution ................................................................................ 33 5. HEALTH AND SAFETY ............................................................................................................ 34 5.1 Accidents occurred in the project ................................................................................ 34-35 6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ............................................................................. 36 6.1 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 36 6.2 Recommendation ............................................................................................................. 37 International Transport Corridor CAREC 1, Taraz-Korday Section in Zhambyl oblast (Project Two) Loan 2562-Kaz Bi-Annual Social Monitoring Report Page 2 Dohwa Engineering Co., Ltd TABLES Table 1.1: Scheduled and actual date of completion of civil works by KCC and KDS.………….....10 Table 2.1: Summary Impact of LARPs.......……………………………………………………………...13 Table 2.2: Loss of land by category in three LARPs.……………………….………………………….14 Table 2.3: Temporary Land use by Kazakhdorstroy LLP.................................………………….15-16 Table 2.4: Temporary Land use by KCC E&C............................................................................17-18 Table 2.5: List of owners with land parcels including additional land acquisition…………….....20-21 Table 2.6: Summary progress of payment of compensation and other assistance...................25-26 Table 3.1: LARP Implementation Monitoring Indicators…..………..…..………………………….28-30 Table 4.1: Steps of redressing grievances ………………………………………………………..........32 Table 4.2: LARP wise number of grievances received and resolved …………………………..........33 FIGURES Figure-1.1: Location Map of the project ……………….…………………………………………….….09 Annexes Annex I Monitoring Survey Questionnaire …………………………………………………………..38-39 Annex II Temporary land handover certificates of KDS ............................................................40-45 Annex III Work Acceptance certificate of KDS...........................................................................46-50 Annex IV Summary report on grievance resolution ………………………………………………..51-70 Annex V Minutes of the meeting about relocation of Honey Vendors........................................71-73 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of February 2014) Currency unit – Kazakhstan Tenge (KZT) $1.00 = KZT 184 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1ha (Hectare) = 10000sq.m (square meter) 1 km (kilometer) = 1000 m (Meter) 1 Metric Ton = 1000 kg (kilogram) NOTE In this report $ refers to US Dollar International Transport Corridor CAREC 1, Taraz-Korday Section in Zhambyl oblast (Project Two) Loan 2562-Kaz Bi-Annual Social Monitoring Report Page 3 Dohwa Engineering Co., Ltd ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome APs Affected Persons CAREC Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation CoR Committee of Roads EA Environmental Assessment EMA External Monitoring Agency FS Feasibility Study GosNPTsZem Zhambyl Land State Scientific and Production Center for Land Management GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IFIs International Financial Institutions LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement LARF Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework LARP Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan LARU Land Acquisition and Resettlement Unit LE Legal Entity LLP Limited Liability Partnership MFF Multi-Tranche Financing Facility MIS Management Information System MOTC Ministry of Transportation and Communication PFR Periodic Financing Request PMC Project Management Consultants RCM Road Construction Material RD Road Department, Zhambyl oblast Branch “Kazavtozhol” JSC RK Republic of Kazakhstan ROW Right of Way TSA Targeted Social Assistance TSL Top Soil Layer International Transport Corridor CAREC 1, Taraz-Korday Section in Zhambyl oblast (Project Two) Loan 2562-Kaz Bi-Annual Social Monitoring Report Page 4 Dohwa Engineering Co., Ltd DEFINITION OF SELECTED TERMS Compensation: Payment made in cash or kind to the project affected persons/households at replacement cost for the assets acquired for the project, which includes the compensation provided under the Land Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK Code No. 442-II of 20 June 2003 and amended on 6 July 2007, Article 87.1 that refers stipulated in the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (LARP). Cut-off Dates: These are the dates on which censuses of the project affected persons and their assets to be affected are commenced in a particular area. Assets like houses/structures and others which are created after the cut-off dates, and the persons or groups claiming to be affected, become ineligible for compensation and assistance. This is defined as the date of approval of the Feasibility Study by the Government of Kazakhstan for upgrading the Western Europe - Western China Transit Corridor on 31st March 2008. Entitlement: Refers to mitigation measures, which includes cash payments at replacement cost or through replacement land equal in value/productivity to the plot lost and at location acceptable to APs where feasible as stipulated in the LARP. Entitlements include compensation for structure (permanent & temporary), crops, trees, business, wage, etc. (allowing the project affected persons to keep felled trees, salvageable building materials, etc.), for which compensation is already paid. Household: A household is a group of persons who commonly live together with common incomes and take their meals from a common kitchen. Income Restoration: Refers to re-building the capacity of the project affected households to re- establish income sources at least to restore their living standards to the pre-acquisition levels. Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Peoples are those who are identified in particular geographic areas based on these four characteristics: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by others; (ii) collective attachment to geographically distinct habitats or ancestral territories in the project area and to the natural resources in these habitats and territories; (iii) customary cultural, economic, social, or political institutions that are separate from those of the dominant society and culture; and (iv) an indigenous language, often different from the official language of the country or region. Involuntary Resettlement: The situation arises where