JAELA TO PUTTALAM SECTION i SFG1856 Public Disclosure Authorized Social Impact Assessment For TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized JaEla to Puttalam Section of Peliyagoda - Puttalam Road (A03) Public Disclosure Authorized Road Development Authority Public Disclosure Authorized MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND HIGHWAYS 2016 Resources Development Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. JAELA TO PUTTALAM SECTION ii TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ ii TABLE OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................. v TABLES .................................................................................................................................... v ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................................... vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 01: PROJECT BACKGROUND ........................................................................ 3 1.1 The Project ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Description of the project ................................................................................................. 3 CHAPTER 02: OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY.................................................... 7 2.1 Objectives of the Social Assessment ................................................................................ 7 2.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Secondary Data and Information (1 & 2 Above) .............................................................. 8 2.2.2 Reconnaissance Visit ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2.3 Social Survey and the Sample ........................................................................................... 8 2.2.4 Stakeholder meetings ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2.5 Consultation, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Discussions with Key Informants . 9 2.2.6 Focus Group Discussions .................................................................................................. 9 2.2.7 Interviews with Key Informants ....................................................................................... 9 2.2.8 Road Users Survey ............................................................................................................ 9 2.2.9 Field Observations .......................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS ....................................................... 12 3.1 Population Distributions ................................................................................................. 12 3.2 Urban Rural Population .................................................................................................. 17 3.3 Health ............................................................................................................................. 18 3.4 Education ........................................................................................................................ 20 3.5 Economic Status ............................................................................................................. 21 3.6 Poverty ........................................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER 04: LEGAL FRAME WORK AND POLICIES ............................................. 24 4.1 Legal and Regulatory Frame Work in Sri Lanka ........................................................... 24 Resources Development Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. JAELA TO PUTTALAM SECTION iii 4.2 Land Acquisition Act No 9 of 1950 and Land Acquisition Regulation of 2008 ........... 24 4.3 National Environment Act No 47 of 1980 ..................................................................... 25 4.4 Road Development Authority Act of 1981 .................................................................... 26 4.5 State Lands Act No 13 of 1949 ...................................................................................... 26 4.6 State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act No 7 of 1979 .............................................. 26 4.7 Urban Development Authority Law No 41 of 1978 ...................................................... 26 4.8 Other Legislative enactments related to Social safeguards ............................................ 26 4.9 National Involuntary Resettlement Policy (NIRP) ........................................................ 27 4.10 World Bank Social Safeguard Policies ........................................................................ 28 5. Consultation and Social Survey ........................................................................................ 30 5.1 The Outcome of the Consultation Programme ............................................................... 30 5.1.1 Awareness Programme ................................................................................................... 30 5.1.2 Focus Group Discussions ................................................................................................ 30 5.1.3 Discussions with Key Informants ................................................................................... 33 5.2 The Outcome of the Social Survey of the Project Area ................................................. 34 5.3 Outcomes of the Road User Surveys.............................................................................. 42 6. SOCIAL IMPACTS ........................................................................................................... 45 6.1 Pre Project Impacts......................................................................................................... 45 6.2 Potential Social Impacts ................................................................................................. 46 6.2.1 Negative Potential Impacts ............................................................................................. 47 6.2.2 Positive Potential Impacts ............................................................................................... 48 7. Mitigation Measures, Conclusion and Recommendations ............................................. 50 7.1 Mitigation Measures ....................................................................................................... 50 7.2 Conclusions and Recommendations............................................................................... 51 8. Gender Action Plan............................................................................................................ 53 8.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 53 8.2 Gender Status ................................................................................................................. 53 8.3 Gender Status of the Sample Project Area ..................................................................... 53 Resources Development Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. JAELA TO PUTTALAM SECTION iv 8.4 Legal Protection ............................................................................................................. 55 8.5 Objectives of the GAP ................................................................................................... 55 8.6 Components of the GAP ................................................................................................ 56 8.7 Implementation of the GAP ........................................................................................... 56 Gender Action Plan .............................................................................................................. 56 Annexes ................................................................................................................................... 59 Resources Development Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. JAELA TO PUTTALAM SECTION v TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Map of the project area ............................................................................................. 6 Figure 3.1 Ethnicity of Project area -2012 ............................................................................... 13 Figure 3.3 Percentage of the population by religious groups in the eight DSDs in Puttalam District...................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 3.4 Percentages of the population by religious groups- Gampaha District .................. 15 Figure 5.1 Stakeholders Meeting at Puttalam .......................................................................... 30 Figure 5.2 Focus Group Discussion Madampe ........................................................................ 30 Figure 5.3 FGD at Madampe ................................................................................................... 31 Figure 5.4 FGD with Three Wheel drivers .............................................................................. 31 Figure 5.5 FGD with