Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 41603-023 September 2019 Period: July 2018 – December 2018 IND: Bihar Urban Development Investment Program - Tranche 1 Submitted by Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Patna 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 judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (BUIDCo) SEMI-ANNUAL SOCIAL MONITORING REPORT (July to December 2018) Bihar Urban Development Investment Program (BUDIP) Loan 2861- IND (Tranche 1) August 2019 Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1 A. Project Description ............................................................................................................ 2 B. Scope of this Monitoring Report .................................................................................... 5 C. Social Safeguards Categorisation ................................................................................. 5 D. Institutional Arrangement ................................................................................................ 5 E. Resettlement Scope ........................................................................................................... 6 F. Status of Implementation: BWSP 1 ................................................................................ 9 G. Project Information Disclosure, Public Participation, and Consultation ........... 13 H. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) ....................................................................... 13 J. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 15 Appendix 1: Proposed Components of Bhagalpur Water Supply Subproject ................ 16 Appendix 1.1: List of proposed Over Head Service Reservoirs (OHSRs) ........................ 17 1.1.1. Status of NOC of new OHSRs under BWSP-1 ........................................................... 17 1.1.2. Status of NOC for Refurbishment of existing OHSRs under BWSP-1 ................ 17 1.1.3. NoC for OHSR proposed at Kawali Maidan, Hussainabad .................................... 18 1.1.3.1. Translation of NoC for OHSR proposed at Kawali Maidan, Hussainabad ......... 19 Appendix 2: Photographs of Civil Implementation Works .................................................... 20 Appendix 3: Summary of Community Consultations ............................................................. 24 Appendix 4: Photographs of Community Consultations and Training ............................ 25 Appendix 5: Monitoring Template (July– December 2018) ................................................... 27 Appendix 6: Status on Compliances with Loan Covenants ................................................. 28 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person BMC Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation BUDIP Bihar Urban Development Investment Program BUIDCo Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation CLC City Level Committee CSC Customer Service Center DBO Design-Build-Operate DMS Detailed Measurement Survey DSC Design and Supervision Consultant ESMC Environment and Social Management Coordinator FFA Framework Financing Agreement GAP Gender Action Plan GoB Government of Bihar GOI Government of India GRC Grievance Redress Cell GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism MFF Multi-tranche Financing Facility NGO Non-Governmental Organization NOC Non-objection Certificate O&M Operation and Maintenance OHSR Over Head Service Reservoir PIU Project Implementation Unit PMC Program Management Consultant PMU Program Management Unit PSC Project Steering Committee ROW Right of Way RF Resettlement Framework TC Town Committee UDHD Urban Development and Housing Department ULB Urban Local Body WTP Water Treatment Plant Page | i Project Fact Sheet Loan LOAN NO. 2861 Bihar Urban Development Investment Program (BUDIP) Project (Tranche 1) The Executing Agency (EA) for the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (BUIDCo). The EA has established the Program Management Unit (PMU) to execute, manage and monitor the implementation of the Investment Executing Agency Program, and provide overall policy directions. PMU has the mandate to closely supervise and monitor every component under the Program. For the execution of work, Project Implementation Unit has been established at Bhagalpur. Monitoring Period July to December 2018 Covered Page | ii Semi-annual Social Monitoring Report Executive Summary 1. Bihar Urban Development Investment Program (BUDIP) is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through a multi-tranche financing facility (MFF). Each tranche constitutes a separate loan. BUDIP will also assist the urban local bodies (ULB) of the two towns - Bhagalpur and Gaya in bringing about operational discipline and structure which will ensure sustainable operation and maintenance(O&M). 2. The overall BUDIP undertaking is scheduled over a nine-year. The first loan 2861- IND is for a 5 year period. The initial loan closing date was 30 June 2017 which has been extended up to December 31; 2021. The total value of BUDIP is $286 million. The MFF is for a loan amount not exceeding $ 200 million. Loan 2861-IND is for an amount of $ 65 million. 3. The objective of BUDIP is to contribute to the “sustainable economic growth through improved quality of urban life”. It is to improve the urban environment and living conditions in targeted urban areas in Bihar by (i) improving and expanding urban infrastructure and services in four towns; and (ii) strengthening urban institutional, management and financial capacity of the urban local bodies (ULBs). The investment program will improve and expand the water infrastructure in Bhagalpur and Gaya as well as the development of the sewerage system in Gaya. 4. Tranche I of BUDIP- (Loan 2861– IND) is under implementation. The proposed sub-project components for Bhagalpur Water Supply Project -1 (BWSP1) includes (i) rehabilitation of the Barari Water Works and refurbishment of water treatment plant (WTP); (ii) construction of 19 overhead service reservoir (OHSR); (iii) rehabilitation of four existing OHSR; (iv) laying of 460 kilometers (km) of clear water distribution mains; (v) metered household service connections (HSC) (approximately 68,000 connections until 2019) covering all the District Metering Areas (DMA) and customer care centre (one centre for every 10,000 connections including a central control centre)1. The design-build-operate (DBO) contract has been awarded to PIRH - Ranhill India consortium and contractor has been mobilized since October 2014. 5. The social safeguard categorization for this subproject is B for Involuntary resettlement (IR) and C for Indigenous People (IP). The Safeguards Policy Statement (SPS) 2009 is applicable to the project. 6. Till the end of the monitoring period,the Detailed Measurement Survey(DMS) has been conducted for 19 OHSRs sites and 386.72 km of pipeline.The DMS has confirmed that there would be no land acquisition as 15 sites belong to Government of Bihar (GoB) and Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) while four belong to trust / Samiti / committee or religious institution and no-objection certificate (NOC) / undertaking has been obtained. It would, however, be pertinent to note that one OHSR was earlier proposed at Kawali Maidan, Hussainabad, Mughalpura site belonging to Urs committee. The NOC for the construction of OHSR was also obtained from the said committee but later on, the committee denied the permission to construct the OHSR. The site has now been moved to a nearby place and NOC has been obtained from GoB vide Memo No.- 3549, dated- 03.11.2018. 7. However, one site belonging to the Housing Board had had permanent resettlement impact on two squatter households. The two affected households have been compensated as per the agreed resettlement plan and already reported in previous SMRs.The DMS has also confirmed that no impact on land, structure and livelihood is expected due to the laying of the distribution pipeline measuring 386.72 km. 8. The scope of land acquisition and resettlement was further ascertained through field visits to the identified subproject sites and alignments. Sincere efforts have been made during finalization of the detailed design of the project components to avoid or minimize resettlement impact through careful design of the major portion of pipe alignments for water supply distribution through available government land and existing public road right of way (RoW), avoidance of land acquisition and selection of sites and alignment alternatives with none or minimal resettlement impact. 1Prior to approval of SIP, the number of OHSRs to be constructed was 16 whereas 326 km of distribution mains were to be laid and approximately 52,000 new houses were to be equipped with metered service connections. Page | 1 A. Project Description 1. Introduction 1. Bihar Urban Development Investment Program (BUDIP) is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through a multi-tranche financing facility