Resettlement Plan June 2018 IND: Bihar State Highways III Project SH-85 (Akbarnagar -Amarpur) Road Project Prepared by Bihar State Roads Development Corporation Limited, Government of Bihar for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 30 April 2018) Currency Unit – Indian Rupee (INR) INR 1.00 = 0.0156 USD USD 1.00 = INR 66.62 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank BSR – Basic Schedule of Rates DC – District Collector DP – Displaced person EA – Executing Agency GOI – Government of India GRC – Grievance Redressal Committee IA – Implementing Agency IAY – Indira Awaas Yojana IPP – Indigenous Peoples Plan LA – Land acquisition DLAO – District Land Acquisition Officer RFCT in – The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land LARR Act Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - 2013 LVC – Land Valuation Committee MORTH – Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NGO – Nongovernment organization NRRP – National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 PD – Project Director PIU – Project implementation unit R&R – Resettlement and rehabilitation RO – Resettlement Officer ROW – Right-of-way RP – Resettlement plan SC – Scheduled caste SH – State highway SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement ST – Scheduled tribe This resettlement plan 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. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 A. Introduction 1 B. Project Description 1 C. General Profile of the Project Area 3 D. Project Impacts and Benefits 4 E. Minimizing Resettlement 5 F. Scope and Objective of Resettlement Plan (RP) 6 G. Methodology for Resettlement Plan 6 II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 8 A. Land Acquisition Requirement 8 B. Resettlement Impacts 8 C. Loss of Private Land in the Project 9 D. Intensity of Impact on Land Owners 9 E. Loss of Private Structures in the Project 9 F. Type of Private Structure in the Project 10 G. Use of Private Structures affected by the Project 10 H. Type of Construction of Affected Structures 11 I. Loss of Livelihoods in the Project 11 J. Loss of Community Property Resources 12 III. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 13 A. General Socioeconomic Profile of DPs 13 B. Social Categories of the DPs 13 C. Number of DPs 13 D. Vulnerable Households being Affected in the Project 13 E. Annual Income Level of the Affected Households 14 F. Number of DPs considered as Separate family as per LA Act 14 G. Educational Status of DPs 14 H. Occupational Status of DPs 15 I. Project Impact on Indigenous People 15 J. Project Impact on Women 15 IV. STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 17 A. Stakeholders in the Project 17 B. Public Consultation in the Project 17 C. Methods of Public Consultation 17 D. Scope of Consultation and Issues 17 E. Findings of Focused Group Discussions 18 F. Consultation with Officials and Other Stakeholders 19 G. Plan for further Consultation in the Project 19 H. Information Disclosure 20 V. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 22 A. Introduction 22 B. Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCT in LARR), 2013 22 C. Legal and Policy Frameworks of Bihar State 23 D. ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 23 E. Comparison of Government and ADB Policies 24 F. R&R Policy Framework for the Project 28 G. Valuation of Assets 29 H. Procedure for Land Acquisition under the Project 31 VI. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 33 A. Introduction 33 B. Cut-off-Date for Entitlement 33 C. Project Entitlement 33 D. Entitlement Matrix 35 VII. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS 46 A. Basic Provision for Relocation 46 B. Need for Relocation 46 C. Relocation and Compensation Option by DPs 46 D. Relocation Strategy 46 E. Relocation Strategy for CPR 47 VIII. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION 48 A. Loss of Livelihoods in the Project 48 B. Provisions for Loss of Livelihood 48 C. Income Restoration Measures 49 D. Additional Support from Ongoing Poverty Reduction Programs 49 IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN 50 A. Introduction 50 B. Compensation 50 C. Assistance 50 D. Compensation for Community and Government Property 51 E. RP Implementation and Support Cost 51 F. R&R Budget 51 G. Source of Funding and Fund Flow Management 52 X. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 53 A. Introduction 53 B. Grievance Redress Mechanism 53 C. Constitution and Function of the GRC 53 XI. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 55 A. Institutional Requirement 55 B. Executing Agency 55 C. Resettlement Management at PIU 55 D. Nongovernment Organization (NGO) 55 E. Capacity Building on RP in the EA 57 XII. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 59 A. Introduction 59 B. Schedule for Project Implementation 59 C. Project Preparation Phase 59 D. RP Implementation Phase 59 E. Monitoring and Reporting Period 59 F. R&R Implementation Schedule 60 XIII. MONITORING AND REPORTING 61 A. Need for Monitoring and Reporting 61 B. Monitoring in the Project 61 C. Monitoring by PIU 61 D. External Monitoring 61 E. Stages of Monitoring 62 F. Preparatory Stage 62 G. Relocation Stage 63 H. Rehabilitation Stage 63 I. Monitoring Indicators 63 J. Reporting Requirements 65 APPENDIXES Appendix 1: Census Survey Questionnaire ...............................................................................67 Appendix 2: List of Displaced Persons ......................................................................................72 Appendix 3: List of CPR ............................................................................................................92 Appendix 4: Findings of Consultations ......................................................................................95 Appendix 5: Photographs and List of Participants in FGD along the Road ................................98 Appendix 6: Terms of Reference (TOR) for the NGO to Implement the Resettlement Plan (RP) for two-Lane SH-85 Road Project ........................................................................................... 108 Appendix 7: Terms of Reference for an External Monitoring Agency/Expert for 2-Lane SH-85 Road Project ........................................................................................................................... 116 LIST OF TABLES: Table 1: Summary Project Impacts .............................................................................................. i Table 2: List of Project Affected Villages .................................................................................... 2 Table 3: Land Acquisition Requirements under the Project ....................................................... 8 Table 4: Number of Displaced Households ................................................................................ 8 Table 5: Loss of Private Land ..................................................................................................... 9 Table 6: Intensity of Land Impact ............................................................................................... 9 Table 7: Loss of Private Structures in the Project ......................................................................10 Table 8: Magnitude of Impacts on Structures ............................................................................10 Table 9: Type of Private Structure affected by the Project .........................................................10 Table 10: Use of Private Structure affected by the Project ........................................................10 Table 11: Type of Construction of Affected Structure ................................................................11 Table 12: Loss of Livelihoods in the Project ..............................................................................11 Table 13 :Type of affected CPR ................................................................................................12 Table 14: Social Categories of the DPs .....................................................................................13 Table 15: Number of DPs ..........................................................................................................13 Table 16: Vulnerable Households being affected ......................................................................14 Table 17: Annual Income Level of the Affected Households......................................................14 Table 18: Number of DPs considered as Separate family as per LA Act ...................................14 Table 19: Educational Status of DPs .........................................................................................15 Table 20 : Occupational Status of DPs ......................................................................................15 Table 21: Methods of Public Consultations ...............................................................................17 Table 22: Summary findings of Consultation .............................................................................18 Table 23: Details of Consultation with Officials and Other Stakeholders....................................19 Table 24 :Format for Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan ..................................................20 Table 25 : Comparison of