8SGDWHGLand Acquisition and Resettlement Plan Project Number: 47929-001 July 2015 Document Stage: Final Gulpur Hydropower Project (Pakistan) Prepared by Mira Power Limited for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the originally posted in November 2014 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/gulpur-hydropower-project-rp. The final 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. ESIAof102MWGulpurHydropowerProject(GHPP) Kotli,AzadJammuandKashmir UpdatedLand Acquisitionand ResettlementPlan (LARP) 102MWGulpurHydropowerProjectKotli, AzadJammuandKashmir,Pakistan SustainableSolutions(Pvt)|Ltd.Page July2015 102MWGulpurHydropowerProject(GHPP) Kotli,AzadJammuandKashmir 102MWGulpurHydropowerProject Kotli,AzadJammuandKashmir,Pakistan UpdatedLandAcquisitionandResettlementPlan (LARP) July2015 ESIA of 102MW Gulpur Hydropower Project (GHPP) Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures ................................................................................................................ v List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................................... v List of Figures..................................................................................................................................................... vi Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... vii Glossary of Terms .......................................................................................................................... ix Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... xiii 1 Project Description .............................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Project Description ............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Project Components Involving Land Acquisition and Resettlement .................................................. 1-2 1.4 Analysis of Alternatives ...................................................................................................................... 1-3 1.4.1 Option 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.4.2 Option 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.4.3 Option 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.5 LARP Update....................................................................................................................................... 1-6 2 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ....................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Project Impacts on Land ..................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.3 Impact on Cropped Land .................................................................................................................... 2-5 2.4 Impact on Trees .................................................................................................................................. 2-5 2.5 Impact on Structures .......................................................................................................................... 2-6 2.6 Impact on the Residential Structures ................................................................................................. 2-6 2.7 Impact on Other Structures ............................................................................................................... 2-7 2.8 Impact on the Commercial Structures/Private Businesses ................................................................ 2-7 2.9 Impact on Communal Structures ....................................................................................................... 2-8 2.10 Impact on Utilities .............................................................................................................................. 2-9 2.11 Cut -Off Date ...................................................................................................................................... 2-9 3 Socioeconomic Information and Profile ............................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Survey Methodology .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Identification of APs ........................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.3 Description of the Project Area .......................................................................................................... 3-2 3.4 Administrative Setting ........................................................................................................................ 3-2 3.5 Religion ............................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.6 Family Life .......................................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.7 Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................................................ 3-2 3.8 Household Characteristics .................................................................................................................. 3-2 3.9 Social Organization ............................................................................................................................. 3-3 3.10 Transportation and Accessibility ........................................................................................................ 3-3 3.11 Demographic Composition ................................................................................................................. 3-3 3.11.1 Family Size and Gender Composition ........................................................................................ 3-4 3.12 Occupations ....................................................................................................................................... 3-4 i 102MW Gulpur Hydropower Project (GHPP) Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 3.12.1 Household Incomes .................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.13 Status of Agriculture .......................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.13.1 Cropping Pattern ....................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.14 Literacy Level and Schooling of Children:........................................................................................... 3-6 3.15 Health Facilities .................................................................................................................................. 3-6 3.16 Water Supply and Sanitation ............................................................................................................. 3-7 3.17 Source of Energy ................................................................................................................................ 3-7 3.18 Socio-Economic Profile of Affected Persons ...................................................................................... 3-7 3.18.1 Land Holding .............................................................................................................................. 3-7 3.18.2 Occupations ............................................................................................................................... 3-8 3.18.3 Income ....................................................................................................................................... 3-8 4 Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation ....................................................... 4-1 4.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Identification of Project Stakeholders ...............................................................................................