1 Social Impact Assessment The Draft Report of Social Impact Assessment Study for Muziris Heritage Project Land Acquisition for Misra Bhojan Memorial construction at Pallippuram village, Block No.2 Resurvey No. 95/15 Submitted to The District Collector, Ernakulam. 04.02.2019 SIA Unit De Paul Extension Services (DES) Reg. No. (Reg. No.1901/IV/SRO/EKM/2006) De Paul Institute of Science & Technology, Angamaly South, De Paul Nagar - 683573 Village - Pallippuram Taluk - Kochi District: Ernakulam State: Kerala 2 Declaration 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. 4 CHAPTER -1 ......................................................................................................................................... 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 7 1.1. Preface: The Project and its public goals ........................................................................... 7 1.2. Proposed Area For Project ................................................................................................. 8 1.3. Size and Attributes of Land Acquired ................................................................................ 9 1.4. Alternative Proposed .......................................................................................................... 9 1.5. Social Impact ...................................................................................................................... 9 1.6. Impact reducing measures ................................................................................................ 10 CHAPTER – 2 THE PROJECT DETAILS .................................................................................. 11 2.1 The background and rationale of the Project ......................................................................... 11 2.2 Details such as the area, its dimension, goals and cost of the Project. ................................... 12 2.3 Consideration of alternative alignments ................................................................................ 12 2.4 Project implementation phases .............................................................................................. 12 2.5. Workforce requirements ....................................................................................................... 13 2.7 Applicable Rules and Statutes ............................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER – 3 METHODOLOGY & APPROACH , TEAM COMPOSITION, STUDY FOCUS, AND PROJECT SCHEDULE ............................................................................................ 14 3.1. Background ........................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 The Process of impact assessment and project implementation preparations ........................ 14 3.3 The Methodology of the Assessment ..................................................................................... 16 3.4 Desk Research ........................................................................................................................ 16 3.5 Details of Study – Team ........................................................................................................ 16 3.6 Data from Secondary Sources ................................................................................................ 17 3.7 Visit to the Project-area and the Project Propaganda ............................................................. 18 3.8 Sampling and Socio economic survey ................................................................................... 18 3.9 Process and Schedule of Activities ........................................................................................ 18 3.10 Community and Public Consultation ................................................................................... 18 3.11 General concerns .................................................................................................................. 18 CHAPTER 4 LAND ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................ 19 4.1. Background ........................................................................................................................... 19 4.2. Entire area of impact under the influence of the project ....................................................... 19 4.3 Area need to be acquired........................................................................................................ 20 4.3.1. Size of holdings & Ownerships patterns ............................................................................ 20 4 4.3.2. Land Distribution ............................................................................................................... 20 4.3.3. Type of use ......................................................................................................................... 20 4.3.4. Number of residential houses ............................................................................................. 20 4.4. Land purchased for the project ............................................................................................. 20 4.5. Previous transaction in the project area for the last 3 years .................................................. 20 4.6. Present use of public land in the vicinity of the project area ................................................ 20 CHAPTER – 5 ..................................................................................................................................... 21 ESTIMATION AND ENUMERATION ........................................................................................... 21 5. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 21 5.1 Directly Affected by the Project ............................................................................................ 21 5.2 Indirectly Affected by the Project .......................................................................................... 21 5.3 Major source of income for the affected families .................................................................. 21 5.4 Crops & Trees that will be affected ....................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER – 6 ..................................................................................................................................... 22 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE & DIRECT SOCIAL IMPACT .................................................. 22 6.1 Socioeconomic profile ........................................................................................................... 22 6.1.1 Gender category .................................................................................................................. 22 6.1.2 Religion ............................................................................................................................... 22 6.1.3 Family Pattern ..................................................................................................................... 22 6.1.4 Vulnerable groups in the affected area ............................................................................... 22 6.1.6 Ration Card status ............................................................................................................... 22 6.2 Land Use and Livelihood ....................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER – 7 MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MITIGATION OF SOCIAL IMPACT 23 7.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 23 7.2. Approach to Impact Mitigation ............................................................................................. 23 7.3. Proposed re-establishment – rehabilitation Package by the people ...................................... 23 7.4 Analysis of the merits ............................................................................................................ 24 7.5 Analysis of the De merits ....................................................................................................... 25 7.6. Findings ................................................................................................................................ 25 The SIA team found out some facts that: ..................................................................................... 25 7.7. Recommendation .................................................................................................................. 25 CHAPTER – 8 ..................................................................................................................................... 27 SOCIAL IMPACT ACTION PLAN DIRECTORATE ................................................................... 27 8.1 Directorate and Responsible Officials ................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER 9 SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING OF MITIGATION PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 28 9.1. Costs