2 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Electricity & Renewable Energy Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company 500kV, Electrical Interconnection between Zahraa El Maadi Substation and Helwan South Power Plant Retroactive Review For Already Constructed Towers And Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) For One Tower JULY, 2018 Prepared by: Mohsen E. El-Banna Independent Consultant MOHSEN EL-BANNA 2 3 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) 500 kV, Electrical Interconnection between Zahraa El Maadi Substation and Helwan South Power Plant Retroactive Review & Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS No. Item Page List of Acronyms and Abbreviation 4 1. Introduction 5 2. Project Description 5 2.1. Components Funded through WB (P100047 - Sokhna Savings) 5 2.2. Overview 6 2.3. Current Implementation and Compensation Status 6 Part One: Retroactive Review of Compensation Status of 7 Towers Completed 7 3. Review Background 7 3.1 Land Type and Use 7 3.2 Potential Impacts on the Use of Land 7 3.3 Type of Settlement and Compensation 8 Part Two: Compensation Plan for the One Remaining Tower 9 4. Action Plan and Entitlement Matrix for the One Remaining Tower 9 5. Grievance Redress and Consultation 9 Annex 1: List of Affected Persons 10 Annex 2: Minutes of Land Transfer to an Association Member & Translation 11 Annex 3: Land Type and Use 13 Annex 4: Minutes of Assessment and Valuation 14 Annex 5: Documents Related to Remaining Tower & Actions Taken with Landowner 22 Annex 6: GRM Leaflet 29 MOHSEN EL-BANNA 3 4 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATION ARAP Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan EETC Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company NGO Non-Governmental Organization OHTL Overhead Transmission Line PAP Project Affected Persons WB World Bank MOHSEN EL-BANNA 4 5 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) 1. Introduction: This document is a combined Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) for one tower and a Retroactive Review for seven towers for the 500-kV overhead transmission line (OHTL) connecting between Zahraa El Maadi substation and Helwan South power plant. Due to savings from the Ain Sokhna Power Project (P100047), the project’s restructuring allocated funding for the construction of the OHTL connecting Zahraa El Maadi substation and Helwan South power plant. This 500kV electrical interconnection is an integral part of the Egyptian Electricity Sector's on-going program to enhance transmission capacity for meeting the ever-increasing demand for electricity generation. 2. Project Description: 2.1. Components Funded through WB (P100047 – Ain Sokhna Savings) A 2x750 MVA, 500/220 kV Zahraa El-Maadi Substation; Two 165 MVAR, 500kV switchable line shunt reactors each to be installed at Assuit and Helwan South substations; A 100 km, 500 kV double circuit OHTL connecting Zahraa El-Maadi substation and Helwan South power plant; MOHSEN EL-BANNA 5 6 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) 2.2. Overview: Construction of the Zahraa El-Maadi substation and two reactors does not involve any land acquisition as they are on vacant state-owned land and within the existing power plant respectively. Majority section of 100 km of 500 kV double circuit OHTL Zahraa El- Maadi/Helwan South (with 212 towers in total) passes through state owned desert land. Only 12 towers are built on private land, of which: 4 towers fall within land designated to the Friends of the Earth Association for Agricultural Development of Al-Azhar University. The legal transfer of ownership from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Association is still not finalized, however the land is currently under the direction of the Association. 8 towers fall within private land owned by 6 owners (Please see Annex 1 for the list of owners). In fact, the land was transferred by the Association to these individuals in 2010 for reclamation purposes (Please see Annex 2 for Minutes of Land Transfer). The World Banks’s OP 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement has been triggered and a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) was prepared in 2012 to establish resettlement objectives, organizational arrangements and funding mechanisms for any resettlement activities that may be necessary during project implementation. 2.3. Current Implementation and Compensation Status: The construction of 2x750 MVA, 500/220 kV Zahraa El-Maadi Substation and two 165 MVAR, 500kV line shunt reactors is still on going. The civil work has been completed about 75%. For 100 km of 500 KV OHTL, 205 out of 212 towers have been erected. The wire stringing has been completed for 35km. EETC is the entity responsible for land acquisition and compensation. A committee formed from EETC staff (electricity systems engineers, measurements’ engineers and lawyers) are responsible for identifying plots of lands needed for the construction of towers and the ROW. The Zone Officer is the focal point between EETC and the project affected persons (PAPs), coordinating the access to the towers site with the PAPs, discussing compensations and receiving any complaints. The Zone Officer also coordinates with the Agricultural Directorate to receive an estimate of the compensation needed for crop damages. EETC is responsible for paying the compensation. The crop compensation assessment was done by the Agricultural Directorate of Atfih for 5 of the affected land owners. Two land owners have already received their compensation as one payment, the others were informed to go to EETC to receive their bank checks with the compensation. MOHSEN EL-BANNA 6 7 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) Part One: Retroactive Review of Compensation Status of 7 Towers Completed 3. Review Background Since the erection of 7 towers has been completed without the preparation of the ARAP in accordance with the RPF, this section summarizes the impacts and compensation status to the landowners of these 7 towers. In the preparation phase of the project, a survey of the project affected persons, local community representatives and NGOs showed that the route of the OHTL passed through state-owned desert lands with 12 towers falling on land allocated for agricultural reclamation. This agricultural reclamation land was allocated to the Friends of the Earth Association for Agricultural Development of Al-Azhar University for their members. Of the 12 towers, 4 are under the direction of the Association and no reclamation works have started on this land, and 8 towers are on land that is privately owned by 6 landowners. These 6 landowners are either members of the Association (4 landowners) or have bought the land from members of the Association (2 landowners). With the transfer of ownership from the Association to the individuals occurring in 2010 (Annex 2). The landowners are not dependent on agriculture as their main source of livelihood, but rather view these lands as additional investments whether in terms of agricultural cultivation later or sold in the future after increasing land values in this region. 3.1. Land Type and Use The land owned by these 6 owners is currently desert land with potential to be reclaimed for agricultural purposes. As mentioned in section 2.2, the land was allocated to the individuals in 2010 for reclamation purposes. However, there has been very limited reclamation activities since the land was transferred. It is still in desert condition without any crops cultivated on the land. Even when the land is reclaimed, there are limitations to the land use (please see Annex 3 for Land Type and Use). For the land designated to the Association, it is still desert land without any current plans for reclamation. 3.2. Potential Impacts on the Use of Land After the towers are erected, the land remains owned by the Association and the private owners. EETC will not take over the ownership of the land. The private owners can continue to reclaim the land for cultivation purposes and the towers will not affect the potential use of the land for these purposes (Annex 3). The main impact incurred by the landowners is the inconvenience of having to delay reclamation activities during the construction period of the towers as well as the inconvenience of having the towers on the land for future reclamation and cultivation activities. However, since the land owners consider this land as a long-term investment, this impact is quite minimal. In addition, all of them currently live in the Greater Cairo area and none of the landowners currently rely on this land for their income and livelihood. Thus, the impacts on landowners and the Association are very limited. MOHSEN EL-BANNA 7 8 500kV, Interconnection of Helwan South Power Plant - Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (ARAP) 3.3. Type of Settlement and Compensation: - Type of Settlement For the 8 towers on the private land owned by six landowners: Since very few reclamation activities have started on the land, the construction does not cause any damages to crops and trees. For the impacts on the inconvenience for the future reclamation and cultivation, EETC offered the landowners a compensation package. Considering there are no other reclamation lands in the project area and no production on the land, five owners agreed to use the production value of potential crops as reference. The size of the footage of one tower is about 400 square meters. It was agreed that the compensation of the impacts will be based on the production value of one acre of land, i.e. 10 times of the actual size of the land occupied by the tower, since the land is still owned by the owners and can still be reclaimed and cultivated.