Social Monitoring Report Project Number 42459-014 Loan 3431 Semestral Report January to June 2020 August 2020 Sri Lanka: Local Government Enhancement Sector Project Additional Financing (LGESP-AF) Prepared by LGESP (Pura Neguma) Project Management Unit for the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government (Formerly named as “Ministry of Provincial Councils, and Local Government and Sports”), Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank. This social monitoring 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. 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 judgements as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Government of Sri Lanka Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Semi-Annual Social Safeguards Monitoring Report (01 January to 30 June 2020) June 2020 Local Government Enhancement Sector Project - (Additional Financing) ADB Loan Number: Loan 3431-SRI Project Management Unit Local Government Enhancement Sector Project 191 A - J R Jayawardane Centre, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka LGESP AF SASSMR – HY1 2020 ADB Loan Number: Loan 3431-SRI Page | 0 Table of Content ABBREVIATIONS 1 1) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2) BACKGROUND OF THE REPORT AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3 2.1 Objective of the report 3 2.2 Project Description 3 3) SUMMARY OF SUBPROJECT STATUS 5 4) INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 13 5) SCOPE OF IMPACTS 13 6) COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION 14 7) STATUS OF COMPLIANCE, APPROVAL, DISCLOSURE OF SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTS (SOCIAL) INCLUDING SOCIAL SAFEGUARD CATEGORIZATION AND PROGRESS ON GENDER ACTION PLAN AND RELETED ISSUES 14 7.1 Project-based Documents 14 7.2 Subproject-based Documents 14 8) IMPLEMENTATION OF GENDER ACTION PLAN (GAP) 15 9) GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM (GRM) 15 10) MONITORING RESULTS – FINDINGS 15 11) SOCIAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING CHECKLIST 15 A Design and Engineering Status 16 B Safeguards Requirements 17 C RP/ IPP Monitoring Checklist 17 12) COMPLIANCE STATUS 19 A Social Safeguard Loan Covenants 20 13) MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COVID 19 22 14) FOLLOW UP ACTIONS, RECOMMENDATION, AND DISCLOSURE 22 15) ATTACHMENTS 23 Attachment 1: Status of completion, approval, and disclosure of safeguard documents and compliance (Social Safeguard) 23 Attachment 2: Detailed Social Safeguard Categorization 30 Attachment 3: Grievance Redressal Details Status Summary 37 Attachment 4: Gender Action Plan Progress Update January to June 2020 40 Attachment 5 – Gender Related Aspects relevant to GAP 50 Attachment 6 – Status report on COVID 19 mitigation as at 30th June 2020 68 LGESP AF SASSMR – HY1 2020 ADB Loan Number: Loan 3431-SRI Page | i ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AF Additional Financing AP Affected people CKD Chronic Kidney Disease DDR Due Diligence Reports CP Central Province EGM Effective Gender Mainstreaming FGD Focus Group Discussion GAP Gender Action Plan GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HH Household IR Involuntary Resettlement IP Indigenous Peoples IPPF Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework LA Local Authority LAA Land Acquisition Act LGESP Local Government Enhancement Sector Project NCP North Central Province NWP North Western Province MPCLG Ministry of Provincial Council and Local Government NIRP National Involuntary Resettlement Policy NWS&DB National Water Supply and Drainage Board PS Pradeshiya Sabhas PMU Project Management Unit PRDA Provincial Road Development Authority RF Resettlement Framework RDA Road Development Authority RoW Right of Way SPCU Subproject Coordination Units SPS Safeguard Policy Statement SP Southern Province UP Uva Province WP Western Province WS Water Supply LGESP AF SASSMR – HY1 2020 ADB Loan Number: Loan 3431-SRI Page | 1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENHANCEMENT SECTOR PROJECT – Additional Financing (ADB Loan No. 3431 SRI) 1) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Semi-Annual Social Safeguards Monitoring Report for the Local Government Enhancement Sector Project - (Additional Financing) of Sri Lanka covers the period from January to June 2020. The results of the resettlement screening and the Due Diligence Reports (Social Safeguard) prepared for the proposed subprojects concluded that, as per ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, the sub projects are categorized as ‘C’ for both Involuntary Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples. There will be no either resettlement impacts or temporary disruption of livelihood of any household or group of community in the project area during design and construction periods. Hence, it can be concluded that sub-projects of the Project do not have significant social safeguard issues. All the subprojects comply with the concerned laws and regulations of Sri Lanka. The screening of the sub projects and the preparation of DDR-Social were based on the Government’s Land Acquisition Act (LAA) of 1950, National Involuntary Resettlement Policy (NIRP) 2001 and ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). The gender category of the sub projects is categorized as ‘Effective Gender Mainstreaming”. The sub project output indirectly contributes to gender equality and women's empowerment. Public consultations have been carried out during the design phase as well as implementation phase of the project. The views raised at the consultation were incorporated in the design. Issues raised are being addressed during the implementation phase to ensure that the stakeholders are not affected adversely on implementation of the subprojects. A three tier GRM for the project is developed and approved by ADB and disclosed on project website. The activities conducted during the reporting period has not caused any changes to the IR and IP categorization of the project. The reporting period saw the emergence of a pandemic (Covid 19) and the government and the project has taken enough safety and precautionary measures to prevent spread of this pandemic as briefed in the main report. Necessary guidelines of safety and social distancing were issued. Awareness programs on Covid 19 were conducted on project worksite before the restart of work including arrangements made at sites to prevent spread of the said pandemic. The site activities were considerably reduced during mid-March, April and early half of May 2020 due to the lockdown measures of the Government to control the spread of Covid 19 and hence the report will relate to the activities in the balance period during which it was possible to work on project sites. Local Government Enhancement Sector Project- Additional Financing SASSMR – HY1 2020 ADB Loan Number: Loan 3431-SRI Page | 2 2) BACKGROUND OF THE REPORT AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Objective of the report 1. This Semi-Annual Social Safeguards Monitoring Report for the Local Government Enhancement Sector Project - (Additional Financing) of Sri Lanka covers the period from )1 January to 30 June 2020. The objective of the report is to provide an overview of the progress made in the implementation of the Social Safeguard activities in the first half of 2020. It provides information on social safeguards activities related DDR, GAP implementation and social as well as safeguards issues raised during the design and construction periods, as needed as well as social impact mitigation measures. It describes the project’s performance in dealing with community consultation and stakeholders’ participation and grievances received and redressed. Lessons learned and the recommendations for the implementation of safeguards component of the project in the next stage of the program are summarized at the end of the report. 2.2 Project Description 2. The Local Government Enhancement Sector Project (LGESP) is a key infrastructure and reforms initiative of the Government of Sri Lanka, and aims to improve local infrastructure, and services delivered effectively by local authorities in less developed areas in Sri Lanka. Participating local authorities implement subprojects in the areas of roads and bridges, water supply and sanitation, drainage, solid waste management, and other basic facilities including health centers and public markets. Funds for these subprojects will be obtained as grants from the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government. To continue the support to the initiatives of the Government through the current project and on solving the problems in areas affected by Chronic Kidney Diseases and further the support in service delivery improvement and capacity building in local authorities, ADB and government have agreed on an additional financing component which will (i) support implementation of water supply schemes in areas affected by chronic kidney diseases and enable the availability of safe drinking water to the vulnerable section of these areas; (ii) Support infrastructure delivery in 29 additional Pradeshiya Sabhas; and (iii) extending the support for capacity building initiatives under the project. 3. The project is designed with three outputs with different sub-projects as below: I) Output 1: Water supply systems in CKD affected areas improved - This component will provide support to improve water supply systems in areas affected by Chronic Kidney Diseases. II) Output 2: Local infrastructure and basic service delivery improved -This component will provide financing to Local