Supplementary Appendix H.2 NORTHWEST IRRIGATION SECTOR PROJECT PO PI DEUM SUBPROJECT RESETTLEMENT PLAN List of Contents Page 1. The Project 2 2. The Project Area and Population. 3 2.1 Land Use 3 2.2 Human Resources 3 2.3 Poverty in the Project Area Population 4 2.4 Socioeconomic Characteristics of APs 4 2.5 Age & Sex of APs: 5 2.6 Poor and Vulnerable AP households 5 2.7 Literacy 6 2.8 School Attendance 7 2.9 Migration and Settlement 7 2.10 Ethnic group & Languages: 7 2.11 Knowledge of and Attitude to the project 8 2.12 Health and Drinking Water 8 3. Impact on Structures and Land Acquisition 9 4. Objectives, Policy Framework and Entitlements 10 5. Mitigating Impact and Ensuring the Restoration of Livelihoods of APS 11 6. Participation, Information and Consultation and Grievance Redress 14 6.1 AP Participation 14 6.2 Informing APs 14 6.3 The Grievance Process 16 7. Management and Organisation 18 8. Resettlement Budget 21 8.1 Incremental Administrative Costs 21 8.2 Estimated Cost of Resettlement Plan Implementation. 22 9. Implementation Schedule 22 10. Monitoring and Evaluation 22 List of Tables Number Title Page No. 2.1 Districts and Villages of Banteay Meanchey 4 2.2 Demographics of subproject Area 4 2.3 Village Demographics 4 2.4 Distribution of the baseline socio-economic survey random sample 5 i Supplementary Appendix H.2 2.5 Age Sex Profile of AP households 5 2.6 Size of AP households 5 2.7 Deficit in rice in last year (2001: months) 6 2.8 Food Deficits in last year (2001: months) 6 2.9 Income Deficits in last year (2001: months) 6 2.10 Female heads of household 6 2.11 Aged (60+) household heads 6 2.12 Disabled household heads 6 2.13 Landless households 7 2.14 Households with less than $10 p.m income 7 2.15 Literacy of household head and spouse 7 2.16 School Attendance of children of primary school age 7 2.17 Reason for non-attendance at primary school 7 2.18 School attendance of children of lower secondary school age 7 2.19 Reason for non-attendance at secondary school 7 2.20 Migrated to the resident location (years) 8 2.21 Knowledge of the project 8 2.22 Knowledge of the Corridor of Impact (COI) 8 2.23 Attitude to the project 8 2.24 Source of Health Treatment 9 2.25 Problems in getting medical treatment 9 3.1 Affected households 10 3.2 Affected Land and Structures 10 8.1 Incremental Administrative Costs for RP Implementation 20 8.2 Estimate of Compensation Costs 22 List of Figures Number Title Follows Page No. 1.1 Location of Po Pi Deum Subproject 2 7.1 Project Management Organisation 19 List of Boxes Number Title Page No. 4.1 Entitlement Matrix of Proposed Compensation and Resettlement: NWISP Po Pi Deum Subproject 3 12 ii Supplementary Appendix H.2 Executive Summary The Government of Cambodia proposes to rehabilitate and upgrade the Po Pi Deum Irrigation Scheme using funds from the Asian Development Bank under North West Irrigation Sector Project. The Po Pi Deum Irrigation Sub-Project involves the rehabilitation of the Headworks taking water from the Mongkol Borey River, rehabilitation of the main canal and the construction of two branch canals, rehabilitation of the existing branch canal and in-field canal and drainage systems. A Corridor of Impact (COI) will be cleared of all structures and agricultural or other activity at the headworks regulator and for the length of the canals, for purposes of the reconstruction of the regulator, embankments, drains and ancillary works. This Resettlement Plan (RP) has been designed to permit implementation under the supervision of the IRC to be conducted by the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Resettlement Sub-Committee, including compensation for loss of land and structures and the creation of a resettlement site for shops and houses displaced by construction of the headworks and on the main canal. The objectives, policy and entitlements, which it entails are those of RGC’s draft national policy, and adhere to ADB Guidelines on Involuntary Resettlement. The RP provides a framework within which the households negatively affected by land acquisition and the displacement of structures have been identified, their location and assets recorded, compensation entitlements defined, and implementation and monitoring mechanisms explained. It has been prepared on the basis of consultation between MOWRAM, the IRC, the Provincial Resettlement Sub-Committee of the Province of Banteay Meanchey and People Affected by the Project (APs). The RP has also been based on the identification and registration of APs and a detailed measurement survey of AP livelihoods and property affected by the project, including a socio- economic survey of AP households and a cadastral survey of land and houses, in the areas of the main canal and the headworks. A further DMS will be undertaken at the design stage in the COI of branch canals when the alignment and COI of the latter are identified. Compensation costs are provisionally calculated on the basis of the expected need to replace a total of 23 houses. Provision is made for the replacement of or compensation for a total of 15.5 ha agricultural land along the main and secondary canals. The total cost of IRP implementation is estimated to be US$63,910. This provides $13,700 for the incremental administrative costs of IRP implementation, including the pro rata costs of an independent External Monitor, who will be contracted for all NWISP sub-project monitoring and evaluation throughout the project duration. The draft Resettlement Plan (IRP) has been prepared for the project in accordance with ADB Guidelines on Involuntary Resettlement, and provides a framework within which the households negatively affected by land acquisition and the displacement of structures are identified, their location and assets recorded, compensation entitlements defined, and implementation and monitoring mechanisms explained. For this purpose a Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) consisting of cadastral survey of affected land and property and a socio-economic survey were carried out of all APs identified as being within the COI of the headworks and canal system. The DMS will be completed at the design stage to provide a more accurate record of APs in the COI of branch and tertiary canals and drains. The purpose of the socio-economic survey was to identiify the social characteristics and livelihood sources of AP households in the COI, including the identification of vulnerable 1 Supplementary Appendix H.2 households, specifically for purpose of calculating entitlements and taking any mitigating measures to maintain and restore livelihoods and assets. These studies have been further assisted by two other surveys conducted as part of the feasibility studies: social and agricultural surveys reported in Annex A of the Final Report, which have provided detailed data on households in the wider project village and commune areas; and a detailed socio-economic survey of 20% of households in the COI to provide a baseline for monitoring and evaluation. Specifically for the feasibility study of Po Pi Deum and the other three core subprojects, this baseline survey has been conducted by an independent local consultant team with experience of external monitoring of resettlement plan implementation with a view both to supplementing socio-economic and land use data on APs and to provide for rapid implementation of external monitoring. The terms of reference and work programme of the External Monitor provide for independent monitoring and evaluation to be carried out by the appointed contractor, which will be an independent non-governmental organisation or research agency appointed for all subprojects under NWISP for the six-year period of the Project (Appendix J.2.3). 1. The Project The Po Pi Deum subproject is one of four core subprojects selected for feasibility level study as a basis for the preparation of the Northwest Irrigation Sector Project proposed for financing by ADB. The subproject site is about 15 km south of Sisophon the provincial capital of Banteay Meanchey province and is located near the crossing of river Mongkol Borey under National Road (RN) RN 5. The selected subproject forms part of a larger Po Pi Deum scheme and is that portion that is served by the Ekkapheap Secondary Canal (ESC). The subproject is bounded by RN 5 and the railway to the east, to the south by the Po Pi Deum Main Canal and to the west and north by the river. The area is located at approximately 13 30 N and 103 E, as shown on Figure 1.1. Irrigation infrastructure in the area was built during the Khmer Rouge regime in the period 1976 to 1979 and includes a barrage on the river, the 8 km long Po Pi Deum Main Canal with related structures and the 6 km long ESC that takes off from the Main Canal about 1.0 km from its head. Beneficiaries organized by PDWRAM (formerly Department of Hydrology under PDAFF) undertook some maintenance in 1985/6. Parts of the basic infrastructure, including control structures were upgraded under the UNDP CARERE/SEILA programme in 1995 and 2000. The primary problem facing the subproject area is lack of water control leading to flooding and absence of an effective farmer organization. These issues were brought out in the discussions at all levels. The barrage cannot at present be fully controlled and there are no water regulating structures at heads of either the Main Canal or ESC. The scheme thus receives unregulated amounts of water from the river and flooding is a serious problem. At the present time, lack of drainage is a deficiency.