Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND Public Disclosure Authorized HIGHWAYS (Government of India) Public Disclosure Authorized GREEN NATIONAL HIGHWAYS CORRIDOR PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan for NH 516 E Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) Public Disclosure Authorized 1.1 | P a g e Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report TABLE OF CONTENTS E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................. 1.1 E1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1.1 E2. PROJECT PURPOSE ................................................................................................ 1.1 E3. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................. 1.1 E4. LAND ACQUISITION AND IMPACTS ............................................................................... 1.1 E5. ANTICIPATED SOCIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................ 1.2 E6. MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................................... 1.3 E7. COST ESTIMATION ................................................................................................ 1.3 E8. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .............................................................................. 1.3 1 DETAIL PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................... 1.4 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1.4 1.2 PROJECT (GHNCP) PURPOSE .............................................................................. 1.4 1.3 THE PROJECT ROAD DESCRIPTION ..................................................................... 1.5 1.4 EXISTING ROAD CONDITIONS ........................................................................... 1.6 1.5 PROPOSED PROJECT ROAD ............................................................................... 1.10 1.6 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................ 1.10 2 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ..................................................................... 19 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 19 2.2 CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY ............................................................. 19 2.3 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ......................................................................... 20 2.4 TRIBAL PEOPLE PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT (TPPD) .................................. 22 2.5 SOCIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................... 23 2.6 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK .................................................................. 23 3 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT PLAN.............. 24 3.1 NEED FOR MINIMISATION OF IMPACT ............................................................................ 24 3.2 DESIGN CONSIDERATION .......................................................................................... 24 3.3 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE ........................................................................................ 26 4 SOCIO- ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ...................................... 29 4.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASE LINE ..................................................................................... 29 4.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE INFLUENCE ZONE ......................................................... 29 4.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES OF VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT ................................................. 30 4.4 SOCIO ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT CORRIDOR ........................................... 32 1.2 | P a g e Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report 5 LAND ACQUISITION AND IMPACTS................................................................. 36 5.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 36 5.2 LAND ACQUISITION ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT STRETCH ................................................. 36 5.3 IMPACTS ON STRUCTURES ......................................................................................... 37 5.4 IMPACT ON STRUCTURE BY TYPOLOGY OF STRUCTURE .......................................................... 38 5.5 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT AFFECTED HOUSEHOLD.............................................. 38 6 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................................... 44 6.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 44 6.2 IMPACTS ............................................................................................................. 44 6.3 IMPACTS ON VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ........................................................................ 45 6.4 IMPACTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE ................................................................... 46 6.5 IMPACTS DURING THE OPERATION STAGE ....................................................................... 46 7 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ..................................... 49 7.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 49 7.2 SOME IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS TO SAFEGUARD TRIBAL INTERESTS .................................... 49 7.3 RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT (RFCT IN LARR), 2013 ................................................................. 50 8 ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS ................................................. 58 8.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 58 8.2 CUT-OFF-DATE FOR ENTITLEMENT ............................................................................... 58 8.3 PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS ........................................................................................... 58 8.4 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ............................................................................................. 61 8.5 COMPARISON BETWEEN WORLD BANK POLICY AND RFCT LARR ACT ...................................... 66 9 STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE ..................................... 78 9.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 78 9.2 METHODOLOGY FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION .................................................................... 78 9.3 STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIONS ................................................................................. 79 9.4 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................................................................................ 79 9.5 KEY FINDINGS OF CONSULTATIONS .............................................................................. 79 9.6 OUTCOME OF THE CONSULTATIONS ..................................................................... 81 9.7 PLANS FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ........................................ 88 9.8 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ....................................................................................... 89 9.9 FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUED CONSULTATION .................................................................. 90 10 COST AND BUDGET ......................................................................................... 92 1.3 | P a g e Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of NH-516E from Paderu to Araku (upto Bhalluguda) – Social Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Report 10.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 92 10.2 CALCULATION PROCESS............................................................................................ 92 10.3 RAP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT COST..................................................................... 93 10.4 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ........................................................................................... 94 11 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR RAP IMPLEMENTATION ........................ 96 11.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 96 11.2 CENTRAL LEVEL ..................................................................................................... 97 11.3 STATE LEVEL/REGIONAL OFFICE ................................................................................. 97 11.4 SUB-PROJECT/PIU LEVEL ......................................................................................... 98 11.5 RAP IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT AGENCY ....................................................................... 99 11.6 REPLACEMENT COST COMMITTEE AT DISTRICT LEVEL ......................................................... 100 11.7 MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RAP, TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING – AT PROJECT AND SUB-PROJECT LEVEL .............................................................................................