Draft Land Acquistion and Resettlement Plan Document stage: Draft (2) June 2017 PAK: 48078-002 MFF II Power Transmission Enhancement Program (PTEIP II), Tranche 2 Draft Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan of 220 kV Mirpur Khas Substation with associated Transmission Line, totaling 80 km Prepared by: Environment & Social Impact Cell of National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), WAPDA House, Lahore with Assistance of Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) consultant (Mr. Shaukat Ali Shahid, RS) for Asian Development Bank (ADB). This Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (LARP) 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. NATIONAL TRANSMISSION AND DESPATCH COMPANY, PAKISTAN 2nd POWER TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT INVESTMENT PROGRAM Funded by ADB through MFF 2 (Tranche 2) Draft Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (LARP) of Mirpur Khas Substation and 80km of Associated Transmission Lines, covering the following components: a) Consturciton of New Substation at Mirpur b) In/Out of 220 kV D/C T/L Hala Road-Jamshoro at Mirpur Khas (70 km) c) 220 kV D/C T/L T.M. Khan-Hala Road (10 Km) 9 June 2017 Prepared By Environment & Social Impact Cell of National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), WAPDA House, Lahore with Assistance of Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) consultant (Mr. Shaukat Ali Shahid, RS) for Asian Development Bank (ADB). This draft Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan (LARP) 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. 220 KV Mirpur Khas Substation with associated Transmission Line totalling 80 km, April, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................. i LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... iv LIST OF ANNEXES .................................................................................................................. iv ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................... v DEFINITION OF TERMS .......................................................................................................... vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... vii 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Sub-project Description .............................................................................................. 1 1.3 Sub-project Alignment ................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Alternatives for Minimizing the Sub-project Impacts .................................................. 1 1.5 Project Design ............................................................................................................ 2 1.6 Objectives of the LARP .............................................................................................. 3 2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ............................................... 4 2.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Administrative Setting ................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Profile of the Respondents ......................................................................................... 4 2.4 Demography and Population ...................................................................................... 4 2.5 Household Size .......................................................................................................... 5 2.6 Education Level .......................................................................................................... 5 2.7 Health ......................................................................................................................... 5 2.8 Housing Conditions .................................................................................................... 6 2.9 Household Possessions and Valuation ...................................................................... 6 2.10 Household Income Sources ....................................................................................... 7 2.11 Household Income ...................................................................................................... 7 2.12 Expenditure................................................................................................................. 8 2.13 Land Holding .............................................................................................................. 8 2.14 Land Use .................................................................................................................... 9 2.15 Access to Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 9 2.16 Gender Analysis ....................................................................................................... 10 2.17 Women Participation Level ....................................................................................... 10 3 PROJECT IMPACTS....................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Impact Survey and Cut-off-date ............................................................................... 11 3.2 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement .......................................................... 11 3.2.1 Affected Area by Crop ...................................................................................... 12 3.3 Affected Trees .......................................................................................................... 13 i 220 KV Mirpur Khas Substation with associated Transmission Line totalling 80 km, April, 2017 3.4 No. of DPs ................................................................................................................ 14 3.5 Building/ Structures .................................................................................................. 14 3.6 Public Infrastructure .................................................................................................. 14 3.7 Vulnerable and Indigenous People .......................................................................... 15 3.8 Gender Impacts ........................................................................................................ 15 3.9 Severity of Impacts ................................................................................................... 15 4 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................ 16 4.1 Telegraph Act (TA), 1885 ......................................................................................... 16 4.2 Land Acquisition Act 1894 ........................................................................................ 16 4.3 ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 - Involuntary Resettlement Policy .......... 17 4.4 Legislation relevant to Land Classification ............................................................... 19 4.5 Comparison of Pakistan’s LAA 1894, Telegraph Act 1885 and ADB’s SPS 2009 .. 19 4.6 Reconciliation between Pakistan’s Acts and ADB SPS ........................................... 21 5 CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND DISCLOSURE ............................................ 22 5.1 Stakeholder’s Consultations ..................................................................................... 22 5.2 Public Consultations ................................................................................................. 22 5.3 Concerns Regarding the Sub-project ....................................................................... 24 5.4 Information Brochure ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 6 COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS ............................................... 26 6.1 Eligibility .................................................................................................................... 26 6.2 Entitlement for Compensation .................................................................................. 26 7 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION .................................. 31 7.1 National Transmission and Despatch Company ...................................................... 31 7.2 Local Government .................................................................................................... 33 7.3 ADB .......................................................................................................................... 33 7.4 LAR Coordination Committee ................................................................................... 33 7.5 Displaced Person Committee