LARP Implementation Completion Report March 2021 Uzbekistan: Northwest Region Power Transmission Line Project Section 5: The power line section between “Khorezm” Substation and 3rd river-crossing of the transmission line with the Amudarya River (Khorezm region) Prepared by the Joint-Stock Company National Electrical Networks of Uzbekistan (NENU) for Asian Development Bank (ADB), Uzbekistan. This social compliance audit 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. LARP Implementation Completion Report March 2021 Uzbekistan: Northwest Region Power Transmission Line Project Section 5: The power line section between “Khorezm” Substation and 3rd river-crossing of the transmission line with the Amudarya River (Khorezm region) Prepared by the State Joint-Stock Company National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan (NEGU) for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Uzbekistan. This social compliance audit report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed here in 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. ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AH – Affected Household AP – Affected Person CoM Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan DMS – Detailed Measurement Survey IA – Implementing Agency EA – Executing Agency EPC – Engineering, procurement, and construction ESMP – Environmental and Social Management Plan FGD – Focus Group Discussion GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism ha – Hectare HH – Household IA – Implementing Agency IEE – Initial Environmental Examination LAA – Land Allocation act LAR – Land Acquisition and Resettlement LARP – Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan NEGU – JSC ”National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan” NWRTLP – Northwest Region Power Transmission Line Project NWMPN – North West Main Power Network O&M – Operation and Maintenance PMU – Project Management Unit PIC – Project Implementation Consultant RoW – Right-Of-Way SAESP – Sredazenergosetproject JSC – Design Institute SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 ToR – Terms of Reference UZS – Uzbek Soum For financial figures an exchange rate UZS 9060/$ is used in this report based on the updated LARP prepared for Section 5. NOTE In this report, “$” refers to United State Dollars (USD) and UZS refers to Uzbekistan Sum. Table of Contents GLOSSARY....................................................................................................................................1 1. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................5 2. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................19 2.1 Project background ......................................................................................................19 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE ..........................................................................21 3.1 Project area ...................................................................................................................21 3.2 Location of Section 5 ...................................................................................................21 3.3 Description of Land Acquisition ..................................................................................22 3.4 Objectives of the audit .................................................................................................22 3.5 Approach and methodology ........................................................................................23 3.6 Desk review and site visits ..........................................................................................24 3.7 Limitations ......................................................................................................................24 4. STATUS OF LARP IMPLEMENTATION ...........................................................................25 4.1 Summary of impacts per updated LARP ....................................................................25 4.1.1 Right of Way .................................................................................................................26 4.2 Status of impacts ..........................................................................................................26 4.2.1 Impact on land .............................................................................................................26 4.2.2 Impact on crops ...........................................................................................................33 4.2.3 Impact on residential land and structures ...............................................................39 4.2.4 Impact on trees ............................................................................................................40 4.3 The legal status of land ownership ............................................................................41 4.4 Summary of Impacts ....................................................................................................41 5. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION, AND PARTICIPATION ..............42 5.1 General ...........................................................................................................................42 6. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ............................................................................42 7. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE, AND BENEFITS ........................................................44 7.1 Independent Valuation Company ...............................................................................44 7.2 Compensation estimation process .............................................................................44 8. VERIFICATION OF PAID COMPENSATION ...................................................................44 8.1 Compensation for land impact ....................................................................................47 8.2 Compensation for crops ..............................................................................................47 8.3 Compensation for affected trees ................................................................................57 8.4 Compensation for Residential structures ..................................................................58 8.5 Relocation, allowance, and additional assistance ...................................................58 8.6 Summary of payments .................................................................................................58 9. LARP IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................................................................59 Annex 1. List of consulted stakeholders ..........................................................................61 Annex 2. Sample of paid compensation by NEGU .........................................................62 Annex 3. Survey form ..........................................................................................................63 Annex 4. Bank transaction evidence of AHs for crop loss ..............................................64 Annex 5. Bank transaction evidence of AHs for crop loss ..............................................65 Annex 6. Bank transaction evidence of AHs .....................................................................66 Annex 7. Bank transaction evidence of AHs .....................................................................67 Annex 8. Bank transaction evidence of AHs .....................................................................68 Annex 9. Bank transaction evidence of AHs for crop loss ..............................................69 Annex 10. Bank transaction evidence of AHs for crop loss ...........................................70 Annex 11. Bank transaction evidence of residential AHs ...............................................71 Annex 12. Bank transaction evidence of residential AHs ...............................................72 Annex 13. Bank transaction evidence of residential AHs ...............................................73 Annex 14. Bank transaction evidence of residential AHs ...............................................74 Annex 15. Photos of allocated land and Decree of Hokim on land compensation ....75 Annex 16. Photos of allocated land and Decree of Hokim on land compensation ....76 Annex 17. Photos of allocated land and Decree of Hokim on land compensation ....77 Annex 18. Photos of allocated land and Decree of Hokim on land compensation ....78 Annex 19. Photos of allocated land and Decree of Hokim on land compensation ....79 Annex 20. Photos of allocated land and Decree of Hokim on land compensation ....80 Annex 21. Letter of Architecture Department on the allocation of land to AHs ..........81