FINAL RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR BHAUPUR - KHURJA SECTION OF PROPOSED EASTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED March, 2011 Resettlement Action Plan for Bhaupur-Khurja Section of Eastern DFC March, 2011 INDEX ABRIVATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CHAPTER – 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 2 BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 2 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT................................................................................................. 5 SALIENT FEATURE OF THE PROJECT................................................................................................. 6 OBJECTIVES OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER - 2: BASE LINE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF PROJECT AFFECTED PEOPLE ............................................................................................................ 8 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 8 THE PROJECT AREA .................................................................................................................. 8 FINDINGS OF THE CENSUS AND BASELINE SURVEY .......................................................................... 8 PROJECT IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................... 9 EXTENT OF LOSS: .......................................................................................................................... 9 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PAFS AND PAPS .................................................................. 12 IMPORTANT FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PROJECT ARE: .................................................... 14 CHAPTER - 3: LEGAL FRAMEWORK...................................................................................... 19 APPLICABLE LAWS ....................................................................................................................... 19 RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 ............................................................................................ 19 NATIONAL REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT POLICY, 2007 ...................................................... 20 WORLD BANK GUIDELINES FOR INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT....................................................... 21 DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 21 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FOR DFC PROJECT AND ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ......................................... 22 ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION/ASSISTANCE / REHABILITATION .................................................... 22 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX .................................................................................................................. 23 CHAPTER – 4: STAKEHOLDER’S CONSULTATIONS ............................................................ 31 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 31 CONSULTATION DURING SIA STAGE ..................................................................................... 31 FOLLOW UP CONSULTATIONS ............................................................................................... 33 ACTION PLAN ........................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER – 5: SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROCESS ....................................................................................................... 37 LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS IN EDFC PROJECT .......................................................................... 37 EXTENT OF LAND ACQUISITION ..................................................................................................... 37 APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR ............................................................................................ 39 CHAPTER – 6: INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT........................ 43 R&R INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL AT THE HEADQUARTER LEVEL .............................................................. 43 R&R INSTITUTIONS AT THE FIELD LEVEL ....................................................................................... 46 ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES & FINANCIAL POWERS .................................................. 47 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ..................................................................................................... 50 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ................................................................................................ 51 COMPLAINT HANDLING SYSTEM IN DFC FIELD LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL ................................ 54 INCOME RESTORATION ................................................................................................................. 55 COORDINATION WITH CIVIL WORK AND CERTIFICATION ................................................................... 61 I | 1 Resettlement Action Plan for Bhaupur-Khurja Section of Eastern DFC March, 2011 COST ESTIMATE .......................................................................................................................... 61 IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET .................................................................................................... 62 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FOR LAND LOSS AND R&R ASSISTANCE ......................... 63 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE: .............................................................................................. 63 LIST OF TABLES Table E 1: Key Features of Entitlement Matrix ............................................................................. 2 Table 1.1: Project Area: Salient Feature...................................................................................... 6 Table 2.1: Project Area: Salient Features ..................................................................................... 8 Table 2.2 A: Project Area: Loss of Land Agriculture .................................................................... 9 Table 2.2 B: Project Area: Loss of Land Residential and Commercial (in Sqm.) .......................... 9 Table 2.3: Parcel of Plot Affected of each PAFs ......................................................................... 10 Table 2.4 Assessment of Impact on Structures ........................................................................ 10 Table 2.5: Identification of Small and marginal farmers .............................................................. 10 Table 2.6: Project Affected Families (PAFs) ............................................................................... 11 Table 2.7: Project Displaced Families ........................................................................................ 11 Table 2.8: Affected Community Properties Resources (CPRs) ................................................... 11 Table 2.9 A: Age-Sex Composition ............................................................................................ 12 Table 2.9 B: Age-Sex Composition in percentage (n=46646) ..................................................... 12 Table 2.10: Total Annual Income................................................................................................ 12 Table 2.11 (a) Vulnerability Status of the PAPs .......................................................................... 13 Table 2.11 (b) Vulnerability Status of the PAFs .......................................................................... 13 Table 2.12: Education Status of PAPs ...................................................................................... 14 Table 2.13: Occupation Profile of PAPs ..................................................................................... 14 Table 2.14 Socio-economic data on affected people .................................................................. 15 Table 2.14: Project Affected Households by Impact Categories ................................................. 15 Table 3.1: Eligibility for Compensation, Assistance, and Rehabilitation ...................................... 22 Table 3.2: Entitlement Matrix ...................................................................................................... 23 Table 4.1: Consultations ............................................................................................................ 31 Table 4.2: Key Outcomes of Consultation and its integration into the Project ............................. 32 Table 4.3: Important Issues/Suggestions and key findings of Consultation ................................ 33 Table 5.1: Land Required for Various Purposes ......................................................................... 38 Table 5.2: Type of Land under Acquisition ................................................................................. 38 Table 5.3