Resettlement External Monitoring Report Project number: 46528–002 June 2020 PAK: Jalalpur Irrigation Project Prepared by the Irrigation Department, Government of the Punjab for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This resettlement external 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) FOR CANALS Loan No. 3599-PK- Project No. 46528-002-PAK JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT (JIP) EXTERNAL MONITORING OF LARP IMPLEMENTATION REPORT NO. EMC-03 LARP for JIP/WORKS/ICB- P1 BATCH 1 RD 5+000 to RD 33+750 OF MAIN CANAL (UPDATED) M. ASLAM MALIK EXTERNAL MONITORING CONSULTANT (EMC) JUNE 2020 JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT (JIP) EMC-03 EXTERNAL MONITORING REPORT OF LARP IMPLEMENTATION - REPORT NO. EMC-03 STATUS OF DELIVERABLE Title of Report: External Monitoring Report # EMC-03 (RD 5+000-RD 33+750) P-1 Publication #: JIP/EMC-03 Prepared by: M. Aslam Malik, External Monitoring Consultant Submitted Draft version: 27th March 2020 Comments received from ADB 1st time: 6th April 2020 Comments incorporated and Submitted the document: 19th April 2020 Comments received from ADB 2nd time: 26th April 2020 Comments incorporated and re-submitted the document: 5th May 2020 Comments incorporated and re-submitted the document: 21st May 2020 Comments incorporated and re-submitted the document: 10th June 2020 Comments incorporated and re-submitted the document: 12th June 2020 ii JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT (JIP) EMC-03 EXTERNAL MONITORING OF LARP IMPLEMENTATION REPORT NO. EMC-03 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... VI 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Project Description .................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Project Packages .................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Length of Main Canal and Its Distribution System .................................................................. 4 1.5 Land Acquisition for the Project .............................................................................................. 4 1.6 Design Level Details of Construction Activities of ICB-P1 ...................................................... 4 2 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ........................................................................................ 5 3 PROJECT IMPACTS ....................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Impact on Land ....................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Project Components and its Impacts in P1 ............................................................................. 5 3.3 Summary of Project Impacts ................................................................................................... 6 3.4 Synchronization of Land Acquisition Process with Construction Activities ............................. 6 4 STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF LARP (RD 5+000 TO RD 33+750) ..................... 7 4.1 Assessment of Land Valuation ............................................................................................... 7 4.2 Assessment of Structures and other Damages ...................................................................... 8 4.3 Payment of Compensation for Affected Land, Structures and Other Assets .......................... 8 4.4 Payment Against Loss of Income ........................................................................................... 8 4.5 Payment to Vulnerable DPs .................................................................................................... 8 4.6 Income Restoration Activities ................................................................................................. 9 4.7 Employment to the DPs .......................................................................................................... 9 4.8 Preparation of Qabzal-Wasool Registers and Notices to DPs ................................................ 9 4.9 Notifications of Section 9, 10 & 11 under Land Acquisition Act 1894 ................................... 10 4.10 Disbursement of Land Compensation .................................................................................. 10 4.11 Payment of Compensation of Other Affected Non-Land Assets ........................................... 10 4.12 Relocation of Residential Structures ..................................................................................... 11 4.13 Status of Payments of Allowances ....................................................................................... 12 4.14 Relocation of Govt. Boys and Girls Primary Schools ............................................................ 12 5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................................................................................ 13 5.1 Information Campaign and Consultation with DPs ............................................................... 13 5.2 General Response from the DPs/ Provision of Bridge .......................................................... 14 5.3 DPs Perception about Land Values ...................................................................................... 15 6 SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS MEASURES .......................................................................... 15 6.1 Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) ................................................................................ 15 6.2 Formation of Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs) ........................................................ 15 6.3 Complaint Registers ............................................................................................................. 16 7 EXTERNAL MONITORING ........................................................................................... 16 7.1 Verification by External Monitoring Consultant ..................................................................... 17 7.1.1 Telephonic Confirmation ............................................................................................... 18 7.1.2 Acceleration of the Compensation Payment Processing .............................................. 18 7.1.3 Consultation to Address DPs Concerns ........................................................................ 19 8 FINDINGS ...................................................................................................................... 19 8.1 Payment of Allowances to Entitled DPs ................................................................................ 19 8.2 Prepared Data Regarding Non-Disbursement of Land Compensation ................................. 19 8.3 Provision of Field Staffing and Resources ............................................................................ 20 9 WAY FORWARD ........................................................................................................... 20 iii JALALPUR IRRIGATION PROJECT (JIP) EMC-03 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Tehsil wise Length of Main Canal and its Distribution System (in Kilometers) ......... 4 Table 2: Distribution of Land being Acquired for Jalalpur Irrigation Project (in Acres) ............ 4 Table 3: Proposed Structures of Jalalpur Irrigation Project under ICB-P1 (in Nos.) ............... 4 Table 4: Distribution of Land being Acquired for P1 ( Acres) .................................................. 6 Table 5: Summary of Project Impacts under P1 ..................................................................... 6 Table 6: Package-wise, Segment-wise and Batch-wise Land Acquisition under JIP .............. 7 Table 7: Non-Land Impacts ..................................................................................................... 8 Table 8: Report of Disbursement Cheques of Allowances Upto RD: 33+750 Till 08-06-2020 8 Table 9: Laboure Employed by the Construction Contractor .................................................. 9 Table 10: Preparation of Revenue Record – Tehsil Jhelum ................................................. 10 Table 11: Status of Disbursement of Land Compensation in Tehsil Jhelum ......................... 10 Table 12: Status on Disbursement of Compensation of Non-Land Assets ........................... 11 Table 13: Public Schools in ROW of ICB-P1 ........................................................................ 12 Table 14: GRC Member compositions .................................................................................. 15 Table 15: Verification of Compensation Paid to the DPs Against Land, Structures, Fixtures, Trees and Crops of Tehsil Jhelum from RD 5+000 to RD 33+750 DPs Contacted and Confirmed .............................................................................................................................