Resettlement Planning Document Short Resettlement Plan – Kodiyampalayam Bridge Document Stage: Final Project Number: 39114 March 2007 INDIA: Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project Prepared by Public Works Department, Government of Kerala for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) The short resettlement plan 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. INDIA: TSUNAMI EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROJECT (TAMIL NADU) SHORT RESETTLMENT PLAN for Kodiyampalayam Bridge Prepared by HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT Government of Tamil Nadu India March 2007 Short Resettlement Plan Construction of High Level Bridges Under TEAP Kodiyampalayam Bridge Contents List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................3 Executive Summary of the Short Resettlement Plan ........................................4 Section A. Description of the Project .............................................................8 Section B. Definitions and Terminologies .......................................................9 Section C. Scope of Land acquisition and Resettlement.................................. 11 Section Section D. Objectives of the Short Resettlement Plan ......................... 13 Section E. Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Household ............................ 14 Section F. Gender Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...................................... 19 Section G. Resettlement Principles and Policy Framework .............................. 19 Section H. Stakeholder Participation and Disclosure of RP .............................. 24 Section I. Istitutional Responsibility ............................................................ 25 Section J. Implementation Arrangements .................................................... 27 Section K. Grievance Redressal .................................................................. 28 Section L. Compensation and Livelihood Restoration ..................................... 28 Section M. Budget.................................................................................... 29 Section N. Implementation Schedule........................................................... 31 Section O. Monitoring & Evaluation ............................................................. 31 Appendices I. Summary of Affected Persons ............................................................... 33 II. Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan.................................................. 35 III. TOR for NGO / Agency......................................................................... 37 IV. TOR for an External Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant/Agency ................ 42 V. Livelihood Support Programme.............................................................. 45 VI. List of Participants in Consultation ......................................................... 49 2 Short Resettlement Plan Construction of High Level Bridges Under TEAP Kodiyampalayam Bridge List of Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected Household AP Affected Person BPL Below Poverty Line EA Executing Agency GoTN Government of Tamil Nadu GRC Grievance Redressal Committee HLB High Level Bridge IA Implementing Agency IAY Indira Awaas Yojana IR Involuntary Resettlement IRC Indian Road congress IRP Involuntary Resettlement Policy LA Land Acquisition LVAC Land Value Assessment Committee NGO Non Governmental Organization NPRR National Policy on Resettlement and Rehabilitation PMU Project Management Unit RADMMD Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation Department RF Resettlement Framework (Tamil Nadu) RoW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan SC Scheduled Caste SHGs Self Help Groups ST Scheduled Tribe TEAP Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project WHH Women Headed Household 3 Short Resettlement Plan Construction of High Level Bridges Under TEAP Kodiyampalayam Bridge Executive Summary of the Short Resettlement Plan A. Description of the Project Government of Tamil Nadu has proposed to construct 5 high level bridges (HLB) under the Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project (TEAP) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Kodiyampalayam HLB is one among the 5 HLBs and is being proposed across ‘Uppanar’ between Kaattur Village and Kodiyampalayam Island Village. In line with ADBs operational manual on involuntary resettlement and resettlement framework for TEAP, the Highways Department of Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN), the Implementing Agency (IA), has prepared this Short Resettlement Plan (RP). This short RP identifies the broad scope of the project and outlines the policy, procedures for acquisition of land, magnitude of impact, compensation and other support measures for affected persons and institutional requirements for the implementation. B. Scope of Land Acquisition & Impacts The project involves the construction of a high level bridge across Uppanar river connecting the eastern side Kodiyampalayam island village with the western side main land, Kaattur village. The construction of the bridge does not involve any land acquisition as it is being built across the Uppanar and the land for approaches proposed with embankment will also not involve any land acquisition as it is ‘river poramboke’. The project also involves strengthening the approach roads on both sides. While the strengthening of the approach road on the western side is along the existing road and does not involve any land acquisition, 445 metres of the approach road on the eastern side will involve land acquisition. The census survey undertaken during the 2nd week of August 2006 has identified 15 families as project affected families involving 69 persons (project affected persons). Further, the project causes indirect impact to 4 families operating ferry service (5 boats i.e two boats operated by members of same family) involving 20 persons and the boats employ 29 persons on daily wages for loading and unloading. Therefore, this project will be categorized as Category-B as the involuntary resettlement impact is ‘not significant’1. The summary of project affected families is given vide Appendix-I. The magnitude of impact is given in the following table. 1 “Not significant” means less than 200 people will be (i) physically displaced from housing, or (ii) losing 10% or more of their productive assets (income generating). 4 Short Resettlement Plan Construction of High Level Bridges Under TEAP Kodiyampalayam Bridge Magnitude of Impact Details of Affected Population Type of Loss Details of Affected Asset No. of No. of Affected Affected Households Persons (HH) (APs) These households comprise of those losing their agricultural land. 13 HH losing agricultural land are losing more than 10% of their total 1. Agricultural land holding and 15 69 land 2 HH losing agricultural land are losing less than 10% of their total land holding - Entire land being acquired is dry land. These households comprise of those losing their income from the boat ferry service operation. 3 HH operating ferryboat service losing their income (includes the boat operated by wife of a boat 2. Indirect impact 4 20 operator) 1 HH operating ferryboat service losing their income (operated by a woman) Loss of wages for 29 persons working as load man in the boats Total 19 89 Source: Census Survey, August 2006 C. Objectives of the Short Resettlement Plan This Short Resettlement Plan is prepared in accordance with ADBs policy on involuntary resettlement that aims at (i) avoiding involuntary resettlement wherever feasible; (ii) minimizing resettlement where population displacement is unavoidable by choosing alternative viable project options; and (iii) where involuntary resettlement is unavoidable, to ensure that affected people receive assistance, preferably under the project, so that they will be at least as well off as they would have been in the absence of the project. D. Gender Impacts & Mitigative Measures The women will directly benefit by the proposed bridge as it would provide them easy approach to the main land from their homes. It will also benefit school going female children who can avoid the unsafe boat ride and in case of emergency this bridge will provide easy access to health care. During Tsunami, majority of the dead were women and children who were caught in the tidal waves and to these vulnerable category this bridge will be a boon. However, the construction of the bridge will have indirect impact on 1 Woman Headed Household (WHH). There will be loss of income to the 4 member family due to the construction of the bridge, as the woman boat operator will lose her income 5 Short Resettlement Plan Construction of High Level Bridges Under TEAP Kodiyampalayam Bridge from boat operated by her for ferrying men and material. This AP will be adequately supported in this RP so as to restore her earlier standard of living. E. Resettlement Principles and Policy Framework The resettlement principles adopted for this subproject recognize the Land Acquisition (LA) Act 1894 and the entitlement benefits as listed in the National Policy on R&R, (Govt of India) as notified in February 2004 and the relevant Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) policies and operations manuals, in particular the policy on Involuntary Resettlement (1995), and Operations Manual F2 on involuntary Resettlement (2003), and agreed Resettlement Framework. The RP is based on the general findings of the census survey, field visits, and meetings with various project-affected