City Region Development Project (RRP BAN 39298) Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Draft for Consultation Project Number: 39298 July 2010 BAN: City Region Development Project—Ashulia Industrial and Residential Clusters Subproject Prepared By: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Government of Bangladesh This 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. ABBREVIATIONS ADB — Asian Development Bank ARIPO — Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance CRDP — City Road Development Project DCC — Dhaka City Corporation DOE — Department of Environment DPHE — Department of Public Health Engineering GRC — Grievance Redress Committee GRM — Grievance Redress Mechanism IRS — International Resettlement Specialist LGED — Local Government Engineering Department MDSC — Management, Design and Supervision Consultant MOL — Ministry of Land NRS — National Resettlement Specialist PIU — Project Implementation Unit PMCU — Project Management Coordination Unit ROW — right of way RSS — resettlement support staff SPS — Safeguard Policy Statement TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 A. Overview 1 B. Subproject Components 1 II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 3 III. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 6 IV. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE, CONSULTATION, AND PARTICIPATION 8 A. Public Consultation 8 B. Information Disclosure 9 C. Continued Consultation and Participation 9 V. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS 10 VI. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 11 VII. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 12 A. Eligibility 12 B. Entitlements 12 C. Assessment of Compensation Unit Values 12 VIII. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION 15 A. Basic Provision for Relocation 15 B. Income and Livelihood Rehabilitiation 16 IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN 17 X. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 18 A. Project Management Coordination Unit 18 B. Project Implementation Unit 18 C. Management, Design and Supervision Consultants 18 XI. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 20 XII. MONITORING AND REPORTING 21 Appendixes 1. Census Questionnaire for Permanent Land Acquisition and Resettlement 23 2. Census Questionnaire Inventory of Temporary Loss 28 3. Summary of Public Consultation and Focus Group Discussions 30 4. Future Consultation and Disclosure Roles and Responsibilities 36 5. Monitoring Indicators and Sample for Status Report 37 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The City Region Development Project (CRDP, the Project) will be financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and is being formulated as a project loan using the sector approach to be implemented over a six-year period (January 2011 to December 2016). This document is a draft Resettlement Plan prepared for the Ashulia Industrial and Residential Clusters subproject. It is based on a feasibility level study and preliminary engineering design and will be updated at the final detailed engineering stage. The Resettlement Plan is prepared in accordance with the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 (SPS), Government of Bangladesh’s (the Government) policy, i.e., the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 (ARIPO), and the Resettlement Framework adopted for CRDP. It is classified as Category B according to ADB’s SPS as minimal land acquisition and resettlement is required for this subproject. 2. The Ashulia subproject consists of three components including (i) water supply and sanitation (five production tube wells and 30 km distribution pipeline); (ii) improvement of two access roads (7.15 km); and (iii) road side drainage system (6 km). Design measures were adopted to minimize involuntary resettlement taking into consideration available Right of Way (ROW) for roads, drainage, and pipelines. 3. Summary of Resettlement Impacts. A total of 11 households are affected by the subproject. The five proposed production tube wells will be constructed on private land amounting to 182 square meters (sq.m.) and affecting 5 households with 11 fruit bearing mango trees. There are no buildings/structures affected. These five households are considered to be economically displaced households. A total of six hawkers and squatters will also be affected and the impacts are limited to temporary economic displacement and relocation. Of the 11 affected households, five are considered vulnerable as they earn incomes below the poverty line. The five vulnerable households are hawkers. The resettlement cost estimate includes eligible compensation, resettlement assistance, as outlined in the entitlement matrix, and support cost for Resettlement Plan implementation. 4. Public Consultations. Consultations were carried out during Resettlement Plan preparation and will continue throughout the subproject cycle. A grievance redress mechanism (GRM) will be made available as explained in this Resettlement Plan. 5. Implementation Arrangements. The subproject will be managed and implemented through a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) based in Savar Upazila Parishad with the overall support and guidance of the Project Management Coordination Unit (PMCU) based at the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Headquarters in Dhaka. The detailed design, preparation and implementation of the capital investments will be supported by (i) consultancy support (both international and national); and (ii) technical support from LGED and the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE). The PIU will implement the Resettlement Plan with support from the PMCU and consultants. The PIU will provide adequate and appropriate replacement structures or cash compensation at full replacement cost, adequate compensation for partially damaged structures, and relocation assistance, as per the entitlement matrix within this Resettlement Plan. Income restoration assistance to the affected persons includes both short and medium term strategies. The Government will provide all funds for land and resettlement in a timely manner. 6. Resettlement Plan Implementation and Monitoring. All compensation is to be paid prior to displacement (both physical and economic) however, ongoing income rehabilitation activities will continue after construction begins. Written confirmation of full compensation to ii displaced persons must be made to ADB prior to commencement of civil works in sections ready for construction. The estimated total period of the implementation of the Resettlement Plan is 13 months. Monthly monitoring reports will be submitted by PIU to PMCU. PMCU will consolidate monthly reports into semi-annual monitoring reports or as part of the regular project reporting and will submit to ADB. I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Overview 1. The City Region Development Project (CRDP, the Project) emphasizes economic growth in Dhaka and Khulna city regions of Bangladesh through (i) creation of an enabling environment towards improved governance and capacity building of the local governments; and (ii) prioritized investments in infrastructure sectors in the two regions. The objectives of CRDP are (i) to improve the regional economic and social context through long-term development plans and investment programs, set within an institutional and regulatory context that will ensure implementation and review; (ii) to improve the capacity and mandate of local government to govern and to invest in improved economic activity at local level; (iii) to improve the economic context for sustainable commercial and industrial growth; and (iv) to improve the economic and social needs of the urban population, as an inclusive aspect of the CRDP. The subprojects are largely built around ‘integrated area planning’ principles which enhance economic activity in the regional context and provide opportunities for investment. The vision of the Ashulia subproject is to optimize the economic potential of the Ashulia Industrial and Residential Cluster in a way that is sustainable and to the benefit of industrialists, traders, local businesses, residents and workers in the Clusters and the neighboring area. B. Subproject Components 2. The subproject identifies targeted capital investments in the Ashulia Industrial and Residential Cluster located in Savar Upazila referred to here as the Ashulia Cluster. The Cluster consists of three urban centers formed from the Ashulia, Yearpur and Damsona Unions. Ashulia is located next to Uttara (a residential model town) within Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) boundary near Yearpur and Damsona. The subproject components aim at priority upgrading and expansion of urban services, including (i) water supply and sanitation; (ii) drainage and flood protection; and (iii) roads and highways. The proposals are entirely concerned with activities which address the most acute needs for better urban services. 1. Water Supply and Sanitation 3. Based on the results of preliminary design, it is proposed to install five production/tube wells as a priority, together with 30 km of distribution pipelines serving a population of approximately 80,000 persons, with the assumption that one production well will serve about 15,000 or more people. In selecting the sites for the five priority production wells, cluster communities with low-income residents living in sub-standard and informal housing were given highest priority. The five proposed productions tube wells are situated at Basaid Bazar (Ashulia), Khejur Bagan (Ashulia), Modhupur/Faruk Nagar (Dhamsona), Vadail (Dhamsona) and Montos (Yearpur). A brief description of the proposed five