GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION INDIA LTD. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan (RRP) For Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western: Wamaj-Iqbalgadh Section) Final Report OCTOBER 2012 NK Consortium Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Japan Railway Technical Service PB Japan Co., Ltd. NK India Pvt. Ltd. MOR/DFCCIL REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN (RRP) FOR THE DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR (WESTERN: WAMAJ–IQBALGADH SECTION) FINAL REPORT OCTOBER 2012 Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd. (A Govt. of India Undertaking under Ministry of Railways) Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project for Phase 1 Package 3 between Wamaj-Iqbalgadh Final Report Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 PROJECT SCOPE ..................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Project Background ....................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Project Objectives ......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.1.3 Project Scope................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT PLAN .............................................. 1-5 1.3 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................. 1-5 1.3.1 Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 ................................................................................. 1-5 1.3.2 National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 ............................................... 1-7 1.3.3 JBIC Guidelines for Confirmation of Environmental and Social Considerations ........... 1-8 CHAPTER 2 SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT .................................................... 2-1 2.1 LAND ACQUISITION ............................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 BASELINE SURVEY AND CENSUS ........................................................................................... 2-1 2.3 CATEGORIES OF LAND & PROPERTIES AFFECTED WITHIN ROW .......................................... 2-2 2.4 NUMBER OF AFFECTED PERSONS ......................................................................................... 2-3 2.5 LAND PLOT OWNERS AS PER 20E NOTIFICATION ................................................................. 2-4 2.6 NUMBER OF AFFECTED NON-TITLEHOLDERS ....................................................................... 2-5 CHAPTER 3 MEASURES TO MINIMIZE LAND ACQUISITION AND LOSSES ......................................... 3-1 3.1 SUMMARY OF ALTERNATIVE EXAMINATION IN PREVIOUS STUDIES ................................... 3-1 3.2 EXAMINATION OF ALTERNATIVES IN THE WAMAJ – IQBALGADH SECTION ........................ 3-3 CHAPTER 4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURE OF THE PROJECT-AFFECTED PERSONS/FAMILIES ........... 4-1 4.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY OF PAFS/PAPS ........................................................................... 4-1 4.2 SOCIAL PROFILE OF PAFS/PAPS ............................................................................................ 4-1 4.2.1 Social Category of PAFs ................................................................................................. 4-1 4.2.2 Religious Categories of the PAFs ................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.3 Vulnerable Families ....................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.4 Average Household Income .......................................................................................... 4-3 4.2.5 Occupation of Surveyed PAPs ....................................................................................... 4-3 4.2.6 Educational Status of PAPs............................................................................................ 4-4 4.2.7 Anticipated Difficulties after Resettlement by PAFs to be Displaced ........................... 4-4 4.2.8 Positive and Negative Impacts Expected during Construction by the PAFs ................. 4-5 4.2.9 Positive and Negative Impacts Expected during Operation by the PAFs ...................... 4-5 4.2.10 Environmental-related Impacts Expected during Construction and Operation Page i by the PAFs .................................................................................................................... 4-6 CHAPTER 5 RESETTLEMENT POLICY AND ENTITLEMENTS ............................................................... 5-1 5.1 OBJECTIVES OF REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ....................................................... 5-1 5.2 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT POLICY .................................................................... 5-2 5.2.1 General Principles ......................................................................................................... 5-2 5.2.2 Minimization of Adverse Impacts ................................................................................. 5-2 5.2.3 Prevention of Influx of New Encroachers and Squatters .............................................. 5-2 5.3 ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION/ASSISTANCE/REHABILITATION ....................................... 5-3 5.4 COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE ...................................................................................... 5-3 5.5 RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ................................................................................. 5-4 5.6 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX.......................................................................................................... 5-5 CHAPTER 6 RESETTLEMENT SITE ...................................................................................................... 6-1 CHAPTER 7 INCOME RESTORATION ................................................................................................. 7-1 7.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 7-1 7.2 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM ON-GOING POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS .................... 7-1 7.3 STEPS IN INCOME RESTORATION ......................................................................................... 7-1 7.3.1 Information on Economic Activity of PAPs ................................................................... 7-1 7.3.2 Categories of Impacts.................................................................................................... 7-2 7.4 ALTERNATIVE INDIVIDUAL INCOME RESTORATION SCHEME ............................................... 7-3 7.5 MONITORING INDIVIDUAL INCOME RESTORATION SCHEME .............................................. 7-3 CHAPTER 8 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................. 8-1 8.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 8-1 8.2 R&R INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL AT THE HEADQUARTER LEVEL .................................................. 8-1 8.3 R&R INSTITUTIONS AT THE FIELD LEVEL ............................................................................... 8-3 8.4 GRIEVANCE REDRESS COMMITTEE (GRC) ............................................................................. 8-4 CHAPTER 9 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ...................................................................................... 9-1 9.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 9-1 9.2 IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE ........................................................................................... 9-1 9.2.1 Project Preparation Phase............................................................................................. 9-1 9.2.2 RRP Implementation Phase ........................................................................................... 9-1 9.2.3 Monitoring and Evaluation Phase ................................................................................. 9-2 9.3 R&R IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ...................................................................................... 9-3 CHAPTER 10 PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION......................................................................... 10-1 10.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 10-1 10.2 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................... 10-1 10.2.1 Approach of PCM ........................................................................................................ 10-1 10.2.2 Methodology of PCM .................................................................................................. 10-2 10.3 IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................................................. 10-4 10.3.1 Schedule of PCM ............................................................................................................. 10-4 10.3.2 Results of PCM for Draft ESIA and RRP ....................................................................... 10-5 10.4 ANALYSIS OF FEEDBACK FORMS