Resettlement Plan May 2015 PAK: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Regional Improving Border Services Project —Wagha Border Prepared by the Federal Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan for the Asian Development Bank. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................... i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................... iv SECTION 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................... 2 1.3 NEED FOR LARP ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED ................................................................................. 4 1.5 SCREENING OF IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE ........................................................................................ 6 1.6 PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT ............................................................................................................ 6 1.7 ECONOMICAL DISPLACEMENT ...................................................................................................... 6 1.8 RESETTLEMENT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS........................................................................... 7 SECTION 2 SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ................................................ 8 2.1 OBJECTIVES OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN ................................................. 8 2.2 SCOPE OF LARP ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.3 SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION ...................................................................................................... 8 2.4 LOSS OF CROPPED AREA.............................................................................................................. 9 2.5 LOSS OF TREES ............................................................................................................................. 9 2.6 LOSS OF STRUCTURES ............................................................................................................... 10 2.7 IMPACT ON INCOME / LIVELIHOOD .............................................................................................. 10 2.8 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE .................................................................................................................. 10 2.9 ARCHEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS SITES .............................................................. 10 2.10 IMPACT ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE .............................................................................................. 10 SECTION 3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT DISPLACED PERSONS ......................... 12 3.1 DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................... 12 3.2 CENSUS OF APS/ AND THEIR ASSETS ......................................................................................... 12 3.3 SOCIO–ECONOMIC BASELINE SURVEY ....................................................................................... 13 3.4 RESULTS OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC BASELINE SURVEY ............................................................ 13 SECTION 4 PUBLIC CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND DISCLOSURE................................. 23 4.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 23 4.2 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS .......................................................................... 23 4.3 CONSULTATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS ............................................................................... 23 4.4 INFORMATION DISSEMINATED .................................................................................................... 24 4.5 OUTCOMES OF FGDs WITH VILLAGE ELDERS AND DISPLACED PERSONS ................................. 26 4.6 GENDER INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONSULTATION PROCESS ....................................................... 27 4.7 FUTURE CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION ........................................................................... 29 4.8 DISCLOSURE OF LARP ................................................................................................................ 29 SECTION 5 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS ......................................................................... 31 5.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 31 5.2 FIRST LEVEL OF GRM .................................................................................................................. 31 5.3 SECOND LEVEL OF GRM.............................................................................................................. 32 5.4 CONSTITUTION AND FUNCTION OF THE GRC ............................................................................. 33 5.5 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH ................................................... 34 5.6 TITLE DISPUTES AND COURT REFERENCES AGAINST AWARD ................................................... 34 SECTION 6 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK .............................................................................. 36 6.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 36 6.2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................... 36 6.3 ADB’s SAFEGUARD POLICY UPDATE 2009 ................................................................................... 38 6.4 COMPARISON OF KEY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF PAKISTAN’S LAA AND ADB’S IR SAFEGUARDS-SPS 2009 .............................................................................................................. 39 6.5 REMEDIAL MEASURES TO BRIDGE THE GAP............................................................................... 42 6.6 COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS ..................................................................... 43 6.7 LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS in Punjab under LAA 1894 .............................................................. 45 SECTION 7 ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS .......................................................... 48 7.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 48 7.2 COMPENSATION ELIGIBILITY ....................................................................................................... 48 7.3 CUT-OFF DATE ............................................................................................................................. 48 7.4 COMPENSATION ENTITLEMENTS ................................................................................................ 48 SECTION 8 RELOCATION, REHABILITATION AND INCOME RESTORATION ............................... 56 8.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 56 8.2 RELOCATION OF APS .................................................................................................................. 56 8.3 REHABILITATION OF AFs/ APs ...................................................................................................... 56 8.4 APs INCOME RESTORATION ........................................................................................................ 57 SECTION 9 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ............................................................................................. 59 9.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................................... 59 9.2 COMPONENTS OF THE COST ESTIMATES ................................................................................... 59 9.3 SOURCE OF FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 61 9.4 LARP IMPLIMENTATION BUDGET ESTIMATES ............................................................................. 62 SECTION 10 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................... 64 10.1 FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE (FBR) ......................................................................................... 64 10.2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION UNITS. ............................................................ 64 10.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS .................................................................................... 68 10.4 COORDINATION INITIATIVES ........................................................................................................ 70 SECTION 11 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ..................................................................................... 71 11.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................