3333 STATE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, NCRMP II, RELIEF AND REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Conversion of Existing Overhead Distribution Network to under Ground Cabling System for Alibag & nearby Villages of coastal belt at Tal-Alibag, Dist.-Raigad INRRD-RRD-MAH-2620-CW-RFB DRAFT FINAL Social Impact Assessment Report October 2018 Doc.No: EQMS-NCRMP-SIA-UG-ALIBAGH/01 Issue 01 R 0 EQMS India Pvt. Ltd. 304-305, Rishabh Corporate Tower, Plot No. 16, Community Center, Karkardooma, Delhi – 110092, Phone: 011-30003200; E-mail :[email protected]; Website : www.eqmsindia.com Draft Final SIA and RAP for Project “Conversion of Existing Overhead Distribution Network to UG Cabling System for Alibag, Dist.-Raigad Maharashtra under NCRMP-II Project” Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 8 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 11 1.1 BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 REGARDING REQUIREMENT OF SIA ...................................................................................................... 11 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF SIA ............................................................................................................................. 11 1.4 SCOPE OF SIA ...................................................................................................................................... 12 1.5 METHODOLOGY AND KEY TASKS ........................................................................................................ 12 1.6 FINE TUNING OF METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 13 1.7 CONSULTANT APPOINTMENT AND MOBILIZATION ................................................................................ 14 1.8 DATA / DOCUMENTS REVIEW BY CONSULTANTS ................................................................................... 15 1.9 CONSTRAINTS OF DATA BASE IN DPR ................................................................................................. 15 1.10 STRUCTURE OF SIA REPORT ................................................................................................................ 15 2 APPLICABLE SOCIAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................................... 17 2.1 BACKGROUND: .................................................................................................................................... 17 2.2 THE LAND ACQUISITION ACT 1894 AND 1989 .................................................................................... 17 2.3 THE LAND ACQUISITION ACT 1894 AND 1989 .................................................................................... 17 2.4 THE RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT 2013 ........................................................................................................................ 17 2.5 MINIMUM R&R ENTITLEMENTS UNDER THIS ACT ............................................................................... 19 2.6 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SCS AND STS .............................................................................................. 19 2.7 DUE DILIGENCE ON WB OPERATIONAL POLICIES AND RFCTLAR&R ACT 2013 ............................... 19 2.8 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX FOR UNDERGROUND CABLING PROJECT ......................................................... 20 2.9 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ..................................................................................................... 22 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................. 23 3.1 BACKGROUND: .................................................................................................................................... 23 3.2 NCRMP: MAHARASHTRA STATE PROJECT ELEMENTS ........................................................................ 23 3.3 THE UGC ALIBAG PROJECT:................................................................................................................ 24 3.4 BENEFITS OF THE SUB-PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 26 4 SOCIO - ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA (ALIBAG TOWN AND CHENDHARE VILLAGE) ................................................................................................................. 27 4.1 THE DISTRICT AT A GLANCE ................................................................................................................ 27 4.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................ 27 4.3 AREA AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF RAIGAD DISTRICT AND PROJECT AREA ......................... 27 4.4 DEMOGRAPHY...................................................................................................................................... 29 4.5 SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULE TRIBE POPULATION: .................................................................... 29 4.6 LITERACY: ........................................................................................................................................... 30 4.7 ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA: ........................................................................................ 30 4.8 INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES IN PROJECT AREA ................................................................................. 32 4.9 EDUCATION FACILITIES ....................................................................................................................... 32 4.10 MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES .............................................................................................. 33 4.11 DRINKING WATER FACILITIES ............................................................................................................. 33 4.12 DRAINAGE SYSTEM .............................................................................................................................. 33 4.13 SEWERAGE SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................. 33 4.14 ELECTRIFICATION ................................................................................................................................ 33 5 UNDERGROUND CABLING PROJECT, ALIBAG.......................................................................... 35 5.1 SCOPE OF CONVERSION OF HT /LT LINES UNDER THE PROJECT ........................................................... 35 EQMS Document No: EQMS-NCRMP-SIAUGALIBAG/01 Issue 01 R 05 2 Draft Final SIA and RAP for Project “Conversion of Existing Overhead Distribution Network to UG Cabling System for Alibag, Dist.-Raigad Maharashtra under NCRMP-II Project” 5.2 CORRIDOR OF IMPACT OF PROJECT ...................................................................................................... 37 5.3 LIMITATIONS OF THE CORRIDOR OF IMPACT: ....................................................................................... 38 6 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, MITIGATION MEASURES AND MANAGEMENT PLAN ... 39 6.1 INTRODUCTION: ................................................................................................................................... 39 6.2 METHODOLOGY ADOPTED ................................................................................................................... 39 6.3 RECONNAISSANCE VISIT ...................................................................................................................... 40 6.4 LIST OF SENSITIVE LOCATIONS ............................................................................................................. 41 6.5 IMPACTS ASSESSED .............................................................................................................................. 42 6.6 FINDINGS OF THE RAPID FIELD APPRAISAL AND COI SURVEY TRANSECT WALK: ............................... 43 6.7 COMMUNITY PROPERTY RESOURCES / PUBLIC UTILITIES .................................................................... 44 6.8 IMPACTS ON LAND ............................................................................................................................... 45 6.9 IMPACT ON UTILITIES AND STRUCTURES AND INVENTORY .................................................................. 45 6.10 TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 46 6.11 IMPACTS ON BUILDING STRUCTURES: ................................................................................................... 46 6.12 IMPACTS ON LIVELIHOOD .................................................................................................................... 47 6.13 SUMMARY OF POSSIBLE IMPACTS, MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES ................................ 48 6.14 SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ..............................................................................................................