Government of Nepal Ministry of Physical Planning and Works DEPARTMENT OF ROADS Foreign Cooperation Branch Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Public Disclosure Authorized ROAD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Phase I: Detailed Survey and Design Phase (IDA Loan : P 095977) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Satbanj h-Jhulaghat Road (September 2007) Submitted by: Public Disclosure Authorized Intercontinental Consultants and Full Bright Consultancy (Pvt.) Ltd., Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. in association Soil Test (P) Ltd and A-8, Green Park, New Delhi-110016, India with Himal Integrated Consultzlncy (P) Ltd. JV Tel. 91-11-26863000. 26523036,26565290 Fax. 91-11-26855252 45320 Kalika Mag, Kalikasthan,Kathmandu. Nepal GPO Box 4970, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: [email protected] Tel: 977 01 6226386,4240528; Fax: 977 01 4440528 E-mail: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................1 1.1 Background .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Proposed Road Sector Development Project ........................................................... 1 1.3 Present Road Sector Program ............................................................i..................... 1 1.4 Impact and Losses .................................................................... ;............................... 2 1.5 Aims of the Resettlement Action Plan ..................................................................... 2 1.6 Methods of RAP ...................................................................................................... 3 1.6. 1 Social Impact Assessment ................................................................................. 3 1.6.2 Census and Asset Verzj7cation ........................................................................ 3 1.6.3 Land Acquisition Survey ...................................................................................... 3 1.6.4 Assets Inventory Survey ....................................................................................... 3 1.6.5 Socio-economic Survey ........................................................................................ 4 1.7 Scope of RAP........................................................................................................... 4 1.8 Road Length Covered by the Project ....................................................................... 4 2. APPROACH AND OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK.................................................. 6 2.1 Approach .................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Operational Framework ........................................................................................... 6 2.3 Definitions ................................................................................................................ 7 3. SOCIAL IMPACT ............................................................................................................. 9 3.1 Project Area ............................................................................................................. 9 3.2 Socio-economic Profile............................................................................................ 9 3.2.1 Demography......................................................................................................... 9 3.2.2 Household Head by Sex ..................................................................................... 10 3.2.3 Ethnic Composition............................................................................................ 10 3.2.4 Occupational Status ........................................................................................... 10 3.3 Land Holding ......................................................................................................... 11 3.4 Types of Project Impact ......................................................................................... 11 3.4.1 Loss of Building and Structures ......................................................................... 11 3.4.2 LossofLand ..................................................................................................... 12 3.4.3 Loss of Trees ...................................................................................................... 12 3.4.4 Severely Project Affected Families .................................................................... 13 3.4.5 Preference of Compensation .............................................................................. 13 3.4.6 Expectation of Affected Household from Project............................................... 14 3.5 Loss of Community Resources .............................................................................. 14 4. VULNERABLE C OMMSJNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.............................. 15 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 15 4.2 Suggested Program for Vulnerable Community .................................................... 17 5. PUBLIC CONSULTATION........................................................................................... 18 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 18 5.2 Methods of Public Consultation .........................................................................18 5.3 Scope of Consultation ............................................................................................ 19 5.4 Issues Raised in Public Consultation ..................................................................... 19 6. POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK. ......................................................................20 6.1 Domestic Legislation ............................................................................................. 20 6.2 Policy Guidelines ................................................................................................... 21 7. ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK .................................................................................22 7.1 Unit of Entitlement ................................................................................ ~ ................22 7.2 Houses and Other Structures.................................................................. ' ................ 22 7.3 Land .......................................................................................................................23 7.4 Crops and Other Natural Resources ........................................................................24 7.5 Displacement Allowance ........................................................................................ 25 7.6 Rehabilitation Measures ..........................................................................................26 7.7 Government Property.............................................................................................. 26 8. SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT ............................................................~ ................ 31 8.1 Organizational Framework ..................................................................................1 8.1. 1 Central Level Arrangement ...............................................................................31 8.1.2 Project Level Arrangement ................................................................................. 31 8.2 Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................... ................! 33 9. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF RAP .................................................. 1............... 34 9.1 Identification of Project Affected Persons and Assets ............................................ 34 9.2 Assets Recording and Valuation ............................................................ I ................ 34 9.3 Formation of CDC ................................................................................. , ................ 34 9.4 Notification of Acquisition and Payment of Compensation .................. ) ................ 34 9.5 Grievance Redress Committee (GRC).................................................................... I 35 10. COST ESTIMATION...................................................................................... ~ ................36 Compensation for Buildings .................................................................. :............... -36 Compensation for Land Acquisition...................................................................... -36 Compensation for Timber and Fuel Wood ............................................................ 37 Compensation for Fodder Tree .............................................................................. 37 Compensation for Fruit Tree................................................................ ..i.. ............. -37 Displacement and Rehabilitation Allowance......................................... ~ ................ 38 Income Generation and Life Skills Support ....................................... ....I.. .............. 38 Total Cost Estimate .......................................................................... ......-............... 38 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The Government of Nepal has given high importance to the expansion of the country's road transport facility to remote areas. In this context the Ministry of Physical Planning