SFG3045 EASTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF A.P. LTD Public Disclosure Authorized CONVERSION OF EXISTING OVERHEAD POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK TO UNDER GROUND CABLING SYSTEM OF VISAKHAPATNAM CITY UNDER ANDHRA PRADESH DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECT (APDRP) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Final Version : Updated as on January 11, 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized Submitted by Deccan Consulting Engineers Private Limited B-98/5A (3rd Floor), Joshi Colony, Behind BALCO Market, I P Extension, Delhi 110 092 Telefax: 91 11 2224 8945, 2224 8946, Website: www.deccan.org.in Email: [email protected] Sl. Page TABLE OF CONTENTS No Nos. 1. INTRODUCTION 1-5 1.1. Background 1 1.2. About Requirement of ESIA 2 1.3. Objectives of ESIA 2 1.4. Scope of ESIA 3 1.5. Consultant’s Appointment and Mobilization 4 1.6. Data/Documents Review by Consultants 4 1.7. Constraints of Data Base 5 1.8. Structure of ESIA Report 5 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7-20 2.1. Background 7 2.2. The Project- APDRP 7 2.3. Project Benefits 7 2.4. Project Components 8 2.5. Resilient Electrical Network (REN)/ UG Cabling Project (Component 1) 8 2.6. Project Implementing Unit 9 2.7. Resilient Electrical Network (REN)/ UG Cabling Project (Package 1) 10 2.8. REN/UG Cable Route Alignment - Package 1 Area 12 2.9. General Arrangement of REN/UG Cables 12 2.10. Obstacles along Cable Alignment 21 2.11. Removal of the Existing OH System Infrastructure 22 3. SOCIAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 23-30 3.1. Applicable Social Regulations 23 3.2. Applicable Social Regulatory Framework 23-26 3.2.1. General 23 The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition and 3.2.2. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 23 Minimum R&R Entitlements under this Act 3.2.2.1. 25 Special Provisions for SCs and STs 3.2.2.2. 25 Sl. Page TABLE OF CONTENTS No Nos. 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE 31-42 4.1. General 31 4.2. Social and Demographical Profile of the State 32-35 4.2.1. Population 32 4.2.2. Gender Classification 32 4.2.3. Literacy Rate 32 4.2.4. Economy of the State 33 4.2.5. District Visakhapatnam 33 4.2.6. The Visakhapatnam City 34 4.2.6.1. Historical Perspective 34 4.2.6.2. Demographic Profile of Visakhapatnam 35 4.2.6.3. Economic Profile of Visakhapatnam 35 4.3. Corridor of Impact 36 4.4. Socio-Economic Profile of the Affected Households 36 4.5. Limitation of the Corridor of Impact 36 4.6. Findings of the Survey 37 4.7. Community Perception about REN/UG Project 42 5. SOCIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES 44-47 5.1. General 44-45 5.2. Impacts on Land 44 5.3. Impacts on Structures 44 5.4. Impacts on Livelihood 45 5.5. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) 47 6. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 48-49 Sl. Page TABLE OF CONTENTS No Nos. 6.1. General 48 6.2. With or Without Project Scenario 48 6.3. Cable Route Alternatives 49 6.4. 'Operations Area’ Alternatives 49 7. BUDGET ESTIMATES & INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR RAP IMPLEMENTATION 52-60 7.1. General 52 7.2. Budgetary Provision 52 7.2.1. Provision for Cost of structures 52 7.2.2. Provision for R&R Assistance for Loss of Livelihood 52 7.2.3. Provision for Implementation Arrangement 52 7.3. Institutional Arrangements for Implementation Monitoring 54 7.3.1. Over-all Administration Mechanism – APDRP 54 7.3.2. Project Implementation Arrangement – REN/UG Cable Project 54 7.4. Roles & Responsibilities RAP Implementation Monitoring 58-60 7.4.1. Independent Third Party auditor 59 7.4.2. Over-all Project Supervision, Reporting & Monitoring (SRM) 60 7.4.3. Periodic Physical Progress Monitoring 60 7.4.4. Environment & Social Monitoring 60 7.4.5. Regular Quality Supervision & Certification 60 7.4.6. Social Monitoring 60 8. Grievance Redress Mechanism 62-63 8.1. General 62 8.2. Grievance Redress Mechanism 62-63 8.2.1. Legal Options to PAPs 63 8.2.2. Grievance Redress Service of the World Bank 63 Sl LIST OF TABLES Page Nos. No. 2.1 REN/UG Cabling Project Implementation Schedule 10 2.2 Substation Area wise Type and Length of Cable Trenches under Package 1 12 2.3 List of Estimated Obstacles under Package 1 REN/UG Cabling Project 21 2.4 Existing OH System Infrastructure under Package I 22 3.1 Entitlement Matrix for REN/UG Cabling Project 27 4.1 State Andhra Pradesh at A Glance 32 4.2 Demographic Profile of Vishakhapatnam 33 4.3 Demographic Profile of Affected Households under Package-1 37 4.4 Age-wise Distribution of PAPs under Package-1 37 4.5 Social Category of PAHs under Package-1 38 4.6 Marital Status of Affected PAPs 38 4.7 Type & Size of Affected Households under Package-1 39 4.8 Educational Attainment of PAHs under Package-1 39 4.9 Occupational Profile of Surveyed Population under Package-1 40 4.10 Income level of Affected Households under Package-1 40 4.11 Income & Expenditure Pattern of PAHs Respondents under Package-1 41 4.12 Vulnerability Status of Affected Households under Package-1 41 4.13 Project Impacts Perceived by the Community under Package-1 42 4.14 Key Issues raised in Community Consultation 43 5.1 Details of Structures likely to Impacted under Project – Package-1 44 5.2 Category wise Details of Squatter’s Structures Impacted under Package-1 46 5.3 Substation wise Details of Squatter’s Impacted under Package-1 47 7.1 Estimated Cost for Resettlement Action Plan 53 8.1 Grievance Redressal Mechanism 63 Sl LIST OF FIGURES No. 1 REN/UG Cabling Project spread within Vishakhapatnam 1 2.1 Package wise spread of REN/UG Cabling Project within Visakhapatnam 9 2.2 The package 1 area of REN/UG component 11 2.3 REN/UG Cable Route Alignment in all 5 Substation Areas within Package I 13 2.4 REN/UG Cable Route within MVP & Shivaji Park Substation Area 14 2.5 REN/UG Cable Route within LB Colony Substation Area 15 2.6 REN/UG Cable Route within Pedawaltair Substation Area 16 2.7 REN/UG Cable Route within Siripuram Substation Area 17 2.8 REN/UG Cable Route within KGH Substation Area 18 2.9 Configuration of Cable Trenches under Package 1 of REN/UG cable Project 19 4.1 State of Andhra Pradesh (Project State) 31 5.1 Survey of Impacted Ramps 45 6.1 Corridor of Impact/Proposed Operational Area for trench Excavation 50 7.1 The Implementation Arrangements as Included In the ESMF of APDRP 56 7.2 Institutional Arrangements for ESMP implementation (Both at PMU & PIU level) 57 8.1 Grievance Redressal Mechanism under REN/UG Project 64 Sl. LIST OF ANNEXURES Page Nos. No. 1. Questionnaire For Socio-Economic Survey & Enumeration Of Structures Within COI 64 2 List of Eligible Project Affected Households ( PAHs) 70 3 Details of Public Consultation along with list of Participants and Photographs 77 LIST OF ABBREVIATION APDRP Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project APEPDCL Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited BPL Below Poverty Line CBO Community Base Organisation COI Corridor of Impact CPR Common Property Resources DC District Collector EP Entitled/Eligible Person ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework GoAP Government of Andhra Pradesh GOI Government of India GRC Grievance Redressal Cell GVMC Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation NGO Non-Governmental Organisation PAP Project Affected Person PAF Project Affected Family PIU Project Implementation Unit PMU Project Management Unit R& B Roads and Buildings R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation RAP Resettlement Action Plan RFCTLAR&R Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement act, 2013 REN Resilient Electrical Network RoW Right of Way RRO Resettlement and Rehabilitation Officer RTI Right to Information Act SC Schedule Caste ST Schedule Tribe SES Socio-Economic Survey SIA Social Impact Assessment SMF Social Management Framework SOR Schedule of Rates UG Under Ground CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) is the designated project implementation unit (PIU) for implementing Resilient Electrical Network(REN) or Underground(UG) Cabling component under the Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP) with funding assistance of the World Bank. The REN/UG cable project is one of the four components under APDRP and comprises conversion of all existing 33kV, 11 kV and 415 volts overhead (OH) lines into underground cable network within the municipal limits of Visakhapatnam city. The REN or UG cabling project has been divided into four packages for operational requirements. (Ref Figure1) and scheduled for completion by November 2018. Figure 1: REN/UG Cable Project spread within Visakhapatnam Page 1 APEPDCL is responsible for managing sub-transmission, distribution and bulk supply of power in the Operation Circles of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, and Vizianagaram, East and West Godavari districts and 20 Operation Divisions of Coastal Andhra Pradesh. APEPDCL supplies power to over 5.107 million consumers of different categories through a network consisting of 656 Sub-stations of 33/11 KV level, 2704 feeders of 11 KV level and more than 151,447 distribution transformers of different levels. APEPDCL had appointed M/s Power Finance Corporation(PFC) Consulting Limited, New Delhi for the preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR), in order to study the existing OH system and prepare DPR for replacement of existing OH system (2015) with Under Ground cables in entire Visakhapatnam city area, duly carrying out the load flow studies of existing OH system (2015), existing OH system with load condition of year 2022 and proposed UG system with load condition of year 2022.