GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL MINISTRY OF PHYSICAL PLANNING & WORKS DEPARTMENT OF ROADS PROJECT DIRECTORATE (ADB) FINAL REPORT (Updated: January 2007) Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan for Bhairahawa – Bhumahi Road Upgrading Sub- Project Public consultation in Jamuwad, Nawalparasi Public consultation in Sidharthanagar Chamber of Public consultation Commerce and Industry Hall, Rupandehi in Basantapur VDC, Rupandehi SUBREGIONAL TRANSPORT FACILITATION PROJECT LOAN No. 2097-NEP (SF) Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan Project Directorate (ADB)/Department of Roads/MPPW Bhairahawa - Bhumahi Road Sub-Project Table of Contents Chapter I: PROJECT BACKGROUND AND SCOPE.............................................................................. I- 1 1.1 Project Description ...................................................................................................................... I-1 1.2 The Project Region ..................................................................................................................... I-4 1.3 Scope and Rationale for Land Acquisition.................................................................................. I-5 1.4 Alternative Options and Measures Considered to Minimize Resettlement Impacts................... I-5 1.5 Primary Responsibility for Land Acquisition and Resettlement .................................................. I-6 1.6 Objectives of the Resettlement Plan........................................................................................... I-6 1.7 Resettlement Policy, Principles and Guidelines ......................................................................... I-7 1.8 Community Response................................................................................................................. I-8 Chapter II: APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY..................................................................................... II-1 2.1 Objectives .................................................................................................................................. II-1 2.2 Legal and Policy Requirement ................................................................................................... II-1 2.3 Approach and Methodology ....................................................................................................... II-1 Chapter III: PROJECT IMPACTS AND RESETTLEMENT .................................................................... III-1 3.1 Land Acquisition........................................................................................................................ III-1 3.2 Types of Losses ........................................................................................................................ III-2 3.3 Impacts on Land........................................................................................................................ III-2 3.4 Loss of Structures ..................................................................................................................... III-5 3.5 Traffic Impact ............................................................................................................................ III-7 3.6 Affect on Households/ People................................................................................................... III-8 3.7 Gender, HIV/AIDS, Health Risks and Human Trafficking....................................................... III-14 3.8 Design Benefits ....................................................................................................................... III-16 3.9 Other Benefits ......................................................................................................................... III-16 3.10 Entitlement of Compensation.................................................................................................. III-17 3.11 Compensation on Loss of Businesses / Income..................................................................... III-17 Chapter IV: RESETTLEMENT PRINCIPLES, POLICY FRAMEWORK AND GUIDELINES.................IV-1 4.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................IV-1 4.2 Resettlement Policy, Principles and Guidelines .......................................................................IV-1 4.3 Government Laws and ADB Policy Requirement .....................................................................IV-3 4.4 Community Consensus Valuation.............................................................................................IV-5 4.5 Compensation Valuation...........................................................................................................IV-5 4.6 Resettlement Principles and Entitlement .................................................................................IV-6 4.7 Entitlement Matrix .....................................................................................................................IV-8 Chapter V: PUBLIC CONSULTATION, COMMUNITY RESPONSE & PARTICIPATION......................V-1 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................V-1 5.2 Methods of Public Consultation .................................................................................................V-1 5.3 Findings......................................................................................................................................V-4 5.4 Continuation of Public Consultation, Participation and Disclosure ............................................V-6 5.5 Mechanism for Continuous Participation ...................................................................................V-7 5.6 Information Campaign and Future Plans ...................................................................................V-8 Chapter VI: IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK....................................................................................VI-1 6.1 Institutional Arrangement ..........................................................................................................VI-1 6.1.1 Department of Road / Project Directorate (ADB) / Project Implementation Unit / Sub-Project Implementation Unit ..................................................................................................................VI-2 6.1.2 Non-Government Organizations (NGO/s):................................................................................VI-3 6.1.3 Subproject Level Committee / Grievances Redress Committee and Grievances Redress Mechanism................................................................................................................................VI-7 6.2 Support to DOR in Resettlement ............................................................................................VI-11 6.3 Staff Training in Resettlement Implementation.......................................................................VI-11 6.4 Resettlement Databank...........................................................................................................VI-11 6.5 Disclosures and Consultation .................................................................................................VI-12 Subregional Transport Facilitation Project i Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan Project Directorate (ADB)/Department of Roads/MPPW Bhairahawa - Bhumahi Road Sub-Project 6.6 The Resettlement Plan Implementation Process....................................................................VI-12 6.7 Training ...................................................................................................................................VI-13 6.7.1 Training for NGO Personnel ...................................................................................................VI-13 6.7.2 Training of Aps ........................................................................................................................VI-13 6.7.3 Training Mechanism................................................................................................................VI-14 6.8 Implementation Schedule........................................................................................................VI-14 6.9 Income Restoration Measures ................................................................................................VI-16 6.10 Resettlement Budget and Cost Estimates ..............................................................................VI-19 6.11 Compensation Valuation for Land...........................................................................................VI-20 Chapter VII: MONITORING AND EVALUATION...................................................................................VII-1 7.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................VII-1 7.2 Internal and External Monitoring ..............................................................................................VII-2 7.3 External Monitoring and Evaluation .........................................................................................VII-3 7.4 Methodology for Monitoring .....................................................................................................VII-4 7.5 Monitoring Project Input and Outputs ......................................................................................VII-4 7.6 Set of Key Monitors