IND: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2 & 3

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1 Social Monitoring Report Project Number: / October 2015 Period: January 2015 June 2015 IND: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism - Tranche 2 & 3 Submitted by Program Management Unit, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun This report has been submitted to ADB by the Program Management Unit, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB s public communications policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. This social monitoring report 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.

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3 IND: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism, Uttarakhand Asian Development Bank Loan No & 3223-IND Semi-Annual Social Safeguard Monitoring Report (Jan-June 2015) Prepared by Department of Tourism, Government of Uttarakhand for Asian Development Bank September 2015 This social safeguard monitoring report 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.

4 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person BPL Below Poverty Line CBO Community Based Organization CDS Community Development Specialist CLC City Level Committees DSC Design and Supervision Consultants DPs Displaced Persons EMP Environment Management Plan GRC Grievance Redress Committee GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IDIPT Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism IEC Information Education and Communication MTS Marketing and Training Specialist PIU Program Implementation Unit PMC Program Management Consultants PMU Project Management Unit LAA Land Acquisition Act MFF Multi-tranche financing facility NGO Nongovernmental organization NRRP National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy OMC Operations and Maintenance Contractors PAH Project affected household SDS Social Development Specialist SSE Safeguard Specialist Environmeny RP Resettlement Plan GMVN GarhwalMandalVikas Nigam KMVN KumaunMandalVikas Nigam GoI Government of India GoUK Government of Uttarakhand SO Safeguard Officer SMR Social Monitoring Report UTDB Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board

5 TABLE OF CONTENT PREFACE PROJECT FACT SHEET: PROGRAM BACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION:... 3 A-OBJECTIVES... 3 B-IMPACT AND OUTCOME... 3 C-OUTPUTS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: STATUS OF IR & IP IMPACT: IMPLEMENTATION OF RESETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES: KEY FINDINGS OF MONITORING DSC DEHRADUN DSC BHIMTAL DSC KOTDWAR POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THIS PROGRAM: PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS: LESSONS LEARNT AND GOOD PRACTICES: List Of TABLES TABLE 1: DETAILS OF SUBPROJECTS/PACKAGES UNDER TRANCHE-2 AND SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT:... 4 TABLE 2: INSTITUTIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:... 6 TABLE 3: INSTITUTIONAL STATUS READINESS CHECKLIST:... 7 TABLE 4: PROJECT SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS IMPACT CATEGORIZATION:... 8 TABLE 5: SAFEGUARD REQUIREMENTS:... 8 TABLE 6: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING STATUS... 8

6 TABLE 7: PROJECT IR IMPACT- TRANCHE 2 ( CURRENT) AND TRANCHE TABLE 8: RP/ IPP MONITORING CHECKLIST: TABLE 5: PHYSICAL PROGRESS OF SUB-PROJECTS TR 2 ( DSC- DEHRADUN) TABLE 7:DETAILS OF GMVN WORKERS AT ASAN SITE DURING CONSTRUCTION TABLE 9: STATUS OF WORKS AND IR ISSUES TABLE 10: STATUS OF WORKS AND IR ISSUES TABLE 11: DETAILS OF SUB-PROJECTS UNDER DSC, BHIMTAL UNDER TRANCHE II TABLE 12: DETAILS OF KMVN WORKERS AT TRH PARICHAY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION List Of ANNEXURES ANNEXURE I: STATUS OF RESETTLEMENT PLAN/DUE DILIGENCE REPORTS APPROVED BY ADB ANNEXURE II: POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ANNEXURE-III : STATE LEVEL EMPOWERED COMMITTEE ANNEXURE-IV : DSC- DEHRADUN ANNEXURE-V : DSC- BHIMTAL ANNEXURE-VI : DSC- KOTDWAR

7 PREFACE Keeping in view the objective and scope of the SMR, the present report Social Safeguard Monitoring Report covering the period - January to June, 2015 has been prepared. This report has been developed by collecting information from both the sources, i.e. primary as well as secondary. The secondary sources of information were the monthly progress reports already submitted to the PIUs set up under Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism, Government of Uttarakhand at Dehradun, Kotdwar and Bhimtal during the last six months respectively. Similarly, primary sources of information were collected from different stakeholders including the officials of the PIU /PMU and the local masses residing in the project /subproject areas by the 3 DSCs. The local leaders / influentials were also contacted during the field visits undertaken for having the consultation meetings at different locations respectively. For smooth collection of information from primary sources, checklists were used. During consultation meetings, information was collected by using the participatory appraisal (PA) method. This report is an outcome of the qualitative and quantitative information collected from different sources. Simple statistical techniques have been used for analysis of data. The report has been presented in nine sections dealing with the different aspects in different chapters respectively. They are as follows: Project Fact Sheet Program Background & Description Institutional Arrangements Status of IR & IP Impact Implementation of Resettlement Activities Policy and Legal Framework Grievance Redress mechanism has been established in this Program Public Consultations Lessons Learnt and Good Practices 1 Page

8 1. Project Fact Sheet: Loan no IND Project Name Executing Agency Implementing Agency Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism, Uttarakhand Tourism Development Department Government of Uttarakhand is the Executing Agency (EA) for IDIPT. The EA has established the Program Management Units (PMU) to execute, manage and monitor the implementation of the Investment Program, and to provide overall policy directions. PMU has the mandate to closely supervise and monitor every component under the Investment Program. 03 PIUs have been set up at Dehradun, Bhimtal and Kotdwar for implementation of the subprojects and program activities. Monitoring Covered Period January 2014 to June Page

9 2. Program Background & Description: The Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism (IDIPT) targets enhanced economic growth and provision of livelihood opportunities for local communities through tourism infrastructure development with a focus on preservation and development of natural and cultural heritage and incidental services. The Program supports the state of Uttarakhand to develop the tourism sector as a key driver for economic growth. A- Objectives The program objectives are: To enhance economic growth of the region. To provide livelihood opportunities for local communities through tourism infrastructure development, with a focus on preservation and development of natural and cultural heritage and incidental services. B- Impact and Outcome The expected impact of the Program is increased volume of domestic and international tourists to destinations within the state of Uttarakhand. The expected outcome of the Program is enhanced tourism environment in the state of Uttarakhand. C- Outputs The outputs of the Program are: 1. Improved basic urban infrastructure and services at tourist destinations and attractions. 2. Improved connectivity 3. Enhanced quality of natural and cultural attractions 4. Greater participation by local communities in tourism-related economic activities 5. Strengthened capacity of sector agencies and local communities for planning, development, management, and marketing of tourist destinations and attractions This consolidated report outlines monitoring implementation of social safeguard activities between January 2015 and June 2015 in accordance with the ADB Safeguard Policies. 3 Page

10 Table 1: Details of Subprojects/packages under Tranche-2 and Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement: SI. No. Package Referen ce No. 1 UK/IDIP T/DDN/0 1 Project Description Development of Tourism infrastructure facilities at Assan Barrage Dehradun- Lot 1 Contract Signing Date Name of the Contractor * M/S Rajendra Kumar Tripathi, Pratapgarh Contract Scope Value/ of LA project and cost Crore INR Resettle ment 2.61 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 2 UK/IDIPT /DDN/02 3 UK/IDIP T/DDN/0 3 Development of Tourism infrastructure facilities at Assan Barrage Dehradun- Lot 2 Development of Yamuna Circuit (Tiger Falls &Lakhamandal Temple)- Lot M/SAradhya Engineers and Construction & Pvt. Ltd, Rishikesh Dropped 1.73 Lakhama ndal: Category C has No impact Tiger Falls: Category B have Minor Impact on 4 APs/DPs 4 UK/IDIP T/DDN/0 4 5 UK/IDIP T/DDN/0 5 Development of Yamuna Circuit (Deoban)- Lot 2 Development of Yamuna Circuit (Hanol Mahasue& Tree Samdi) - Lot 3 Under Force Accounts. MOU hass been signed with Forest Deptt M/s Dagmo Riba Itanagar Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 8.75 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 6 UK/IDIPT /DDN/06( Lot-1) Development of Adventure Tourist Centre in Uttarakhand (Lot- 1) 1.97 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 4 Page

11 7 UK/IDIP T/DDN/0 6(Lot-2) 8 UK/IDIPT /KOT/01 9 UK/IDIPT /KOT/02 10 UK/IDIPT /KOT/03- Lot-1 11 UK/IDIPT /KOT/03- Lot-2 12 UK/IDIPT /KOT/04 13 UK/IDIPT /KOT/05 14 UK/IDIPT /BHT/01 Development of Adventure Tourist Centre in Uttakhand( Lot-2) Sub- in Signage project Uttarakhand Development of North Entry in Corbett Subproject Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 1 Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 2 Haridwar Ganga Canal (1.83 M US$) Beautification of Jagjit-pur /Silt ejector canal at Haridwar (1.33 M US$) Upgradation of Tourist Facilities at TRH Parichay M/s Dagmo Riba Itanagar M/s Reynober SA, Madrid Spain in JV with M/s Prabhatam Advertising Pvt. Ltd M/s Litmus Marine Innovation Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai M/s Sunil Garg& Co. in JV with M/s Jai Durgey Trading and Construction Co M/SDegmoRiba Itanagar 0.70 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 3.71 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact Kept in abeyance 4.39 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 15 UK/IDIPT /BHT/02 Amelioration of Lake Naukuchiatal M/S Global Aqua Treatment Technology Pvt. Ltd, Rudrapur Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 16 UK/IDIPT /BHT/03 Lot 1 Trek Trail from Pithoragarh to Chandak M/S Soar Valley Construction & JS Matiyani, Pithoragarh 0.89 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 5 Page

12 17 UK/IDIPT /BHT/03 Lot 2 View Point at Mostamanu Temple M/S Soar Valley Construction & JS Matiyani, Pithoragarh 0.81 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 18 UK/IDIPT /BHT/03 Lot 3 19 UK/IDIPT /BHT/04( Lot-1) 20 UK/IDIPT /BHT/04( Lot-2) Conservation of Pithoragarh Fort Development of Adventure Center Baur Jalasaya( Lot-1) Development of Adventure Center Baur Jalasaya( Lot-2) 1.02 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 0.75 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 0.80 Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact 3. Institutional Arrangements: Tourism Development Department Government of Uttarakhand is the Executing Agency (EA) for IDIPT. The EA has established the Program Management Units (PMU) to execute, manage and monitor the implementation of the Investment Program, and to provide overall policy directions. PMU has the mandate to closely supervise and monitor every component under the Investment Program. The PMU is assisted by the Project Management Consultant (PMC) who manages the Program and assures technical quality of the design and construction. 03 PIUs have been set up at Dehradun, Bhimtal and Kotdwar for implementation of the subprojects and program activities. The PIU is headed by an Executive Engineer (EE) and the social safeguards issues are under the purview of Community Development Officer (CDO) posted at each PIU. The PIU Head will report to PMU. The CDO at PIU will report to PIU Head and seek guidance with regard to resettlement plan implementation from Community Development Specialist (CDS) at PMU and will be main link between the RP implementation agency, APs/DPs and PMU. The Design and Supervision Consultants (DSC), who are designing the Infrastructure, managing the tendering of Contractors and supervising construction, support the PIUs. The Safeguard Specialists of the DSC together with the Community/Social Development Officer of PIUs provide guidance for the implementation of Resettlement Plans. Table 2: Institutional Roles and Responsibilities: Activities Sub-project Initiation Stage Finalization of sites/alignments for sub project Disclosure of proposed land acquisition and sub-project details by issuing Public Notice Meetings at community/ household level with APs/DPs of land/property Formation of Valuation Committees Responsible Agency PIU/DSC PIU/DSC 6 Page

13 RP/DDR Preparation Stage Conducting Census of all APs/DPs Conducting FGDs/ meetings / workshops during SIA surveys Computation of Replacement Values of land/properties proposed for acquisition and for associated assets Categorization of APs/DPs for finalizing entitlements Formulating compensation and rehabilitation measures Conducting discussions/ meetings/ workshops with all APs/DPs and other stakeholders. Fixing compensation for land/property with titleholders Finalizing entitlements and rehabilitation packages Disclosure of final entitlements and rehabilitation packages Approval of RP/DDR RP Implementation Stage Implementation of proposed rehabilitation measures Consultations with APs/DPs during rehabilitation activities Grievance Redressal Committee (Both at State level and City level) Internal Monitoring External Monitoring PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PMU/ADB PIU/DSC PIU/DSC PMU/PIU/DSC PMU External Table 3: Institutional Status Readiness Checklist: No Item Status (Ready/Not ready/na) Follow required (Y/N) up Completion Deadline 1 Mobilization of civil works contractor Ready Y 2 Mobilization of Project Supervision Ready Y 3 EA s Safeguards Unit with designated staff Ready Y 4 Recruitment of External Monitoring Agency NA N 4. Status of IR & IP Impact: In Tranche 2 of IDIPT Uttarakhand there is no case of land acquisition in any subproject. In 1 subproject package the minor impact was anticipated in terms of temporary loss of livelihood of 03 APs and permanent loss of a Structure resulted permanent loss of livelihood of 01 DP, in the package no. (UKIDIPT/DDN/03) Development of Yamuna Circuit (Tiger falls) for which a RP was prepared Therefore the project tranche is coming under IR category B due to 01 subproject. There is no indigenous people living in the subproject area having attachment to distinct habitation or territories within the subproject areas resulting in IP category C. In Tranche 3, of IDIPT Uttarakhand there is no case of permanent land acquisition in any subproject. In 2 subproject packages the minor impact was anticipated in terms of temporary loss of livelihood- 7 Page

14 Till date 14 Due Diligence Reports (DDRs) and 03 RPs were prepared for the subprojects, of Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 following SPS These DDRs & RPs have been approved by ADB as per the Annexure Table 4: Project Social Safeguards Impact Categorization: Project Data Name of Project Loan No-2833-IND: Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism, Uttarakhand Project Disbursement Status 0.31 Million $ (Jan-June 2014) Type of contract Regular Design-Build Combined Safeguards Categorization A B C IR B IP C Table 5: Safeguard Requirements: No Item Status (Ready/Not ready/na) Follow up required (Y/N) Completion Deadline 1 Safeguards monitoring included in the project progress report 2 Final/ updated RP/IPP1 prepared and submitted 3 Project s Grievance Redress Mechanism established 4 Recruitment of third independent party for negotiated land acquisition Ready NA Ready NA Y Y 5 Project s ESMS (for FI) established NA Table 6: Design and Engineering Status Item Status (Y/N) Follow up required (Y/N) Type of Required Action (Please tick appropriate box) Final detailed engineering design of the sub project completed Changes in project design/ scope (occurred or envisaged) Y N Updated draft IR/IP New RP/IPP preparation No action N N Project re-categorization (IR/IP) IR/IP Impact assessment New RP/IPP preparation No action 1 Detail checklist for RP/IPP provided in DDR reports. 8 Page

15 Table 7: Project IR Impact- Tranche 2 ( Current) and Tranche 3 (a) Impact as per RP: Tiger Falls- Tranche 2 Type of Impact Number of APs/DPs 1.Permanent Loss Title Holder/Land Owner 01 (It was to be demolished and the DP to be compensated adequately as per RP but during implementation, the structure has been saved by minor engineering adjustments.) Total Loss of land (sq.mts) Loss of trees Total land Holding in that Particular Plot (sq.mts) Occupation Vulnerability Annual Income (INR) NIL NIL Business: Tea Snack NA 1.20 Lacs. 2.Temporary Loss A)Temporary Loss/ Disruption of Business(Nos) 03 B)Temporary Loss/ Disruption of Business Employees of the business enterprises(nos) Nil 3. Encroacher in ROW A) Encroacher in ROW(Nos) 03 Affected CPRs NIL Note: The project will not acquire land under the Indian LAAR 2013, because the displaced persons are non-titled occupants of Government land. However, according to ADB s SPS 2009, there were 4 Displaced Persons (DPs)anticipated to be impacted during RP preparation, permanent loss of livelihood was anticipated for 01 and temporarily loss of income was anticipated for rest of the 3. As per RP, the former was supposed to lose his commercial structure permanently, while the other 3 were supposed to be shifted back from the ROW to the adjacent land privately owned by these 3 DPs, from where they can eventually continue their business activities. This impact was mitigated/ minimized by the engineering team by some minor changes in the drawing without change in scope of work of the contractor and compromising output of the subproject package. Provisions for compensation of livelihood losses have nevertheless been included in the RP in case business interruptions prove to be unavoidable. Furthermore, the sub project will seek to minimize involuntary resettlement impacts by carrying out civil works outside the tourism season. In case of any impact all the non-land losses will be compensated accordance with the RP and RF of the Project. The proposed project does not have any adverse impact on vulnerable, indigenous people or women, so as to widen gender inequality. 9 Page

16 (b) Anticipated Impact as per RP- Kartikeya Swami Temple -Tranche 3 S.No Name Of Components Permanent Temporary Remarks Impact on Land Acquisition Impact and Resettlement A Kartikeya swami Temple 1 The development of the 3km pathway to the main shrine using natural stone paving and provision of railings at places, viewing decks and rest sheds on the route. NO NO 2.5 Kms. Of stretch belongs to forest Dept. and 500 mtrs to Mandir Samittee (Temple Committee). The process for getting NOC from Forest Dept. is under way. See Annexure 10 & 11. No IR impact is envisaged 2 Improvement in the temple complex, including repair works for the roofs and existing Dharamsala..Seating arrangement and stone benches within the temple complex. NO NO All the works will be executed within the premises of the temple / on vacant temple trust land. 3 Signage at strategic places both informative and directional 4 Toilet facilities NO NO NO NO No IR impact is envisaged. 5 Landscaping of the entrance areas. NO NO 6 Site development of camping site NO NO 7 Restoration of Temple premises NO NO 8 Construction of retailing wall and breast wall along with pathway 9 Construction of entrance gate. NO NO NO NO NOC from Forest Dept. is required as temple comes under reserve forest. The correspondence with forest department regarding NOC have been shown in Annexure 10 & Development of Solar lighting and Fire Fighting work 11 Development of Pathway covering shelter. NO NO NO 10 Page

17 12 Capacity building for temple committee members for O&M activities. NO NO B. Durgadhar Temple precinct 13 Upgradation of infrastructure around the approach area of the temple, including drinking water facilities and sanitation 14 Parking facility and vehicular approach along with adjoining retaining walls 15 Solid waste management NO NO 16 Pathway development with railings & protection wall wherever necessary and signage and seating and lighting 17 Temple entrance arch NO NO NO NO NO NO All the works will be constructed within the temple complex / on Temple Trust &Panchayat land NO NO No IR impact envisaged. 18 Improvement of the temple complex in terms of restructuring of the newly added temporary structures and overall landscaping to facilitate better movement and space for gathering of pilgrims and tourists 19 Lodging facilities with rooms and dormitories and toilet block at the rear side of the temple complex and a langar hall 20 Area confinement with edge wall, viewing decks etc NO NO NO NO NO NO 21 Restoration of Temple premises NO NO 22 Construction of C.C road(main road to Temple,400 mtr length with drain 23 Development of Solar lighting and Fire Fighting work. 24 Capacity building for temple committee members for O&M activities. C Tungeshwar temple precinct NO NO NO NO NO NO 25 Entrance area development with appropriate signage 26 Development of the 1.5km long pathway with railing to the main temple, increase in width and edge protection wherever required. NO NO Will be constructed on Temple trust land No IR impact envisaged. NO YES Temporary livelihood impact may be on 7 numbers of DPs as the work will be carried out infront of these shops and 11 Page

18 possibility of blockage of access foreseen. 27 Seating arrangements, viewing decks and toilet facilities 28 Signage along the pathway and Temple premises. NO NO All the works will be executed within the premises of temple No IR impact envisaged. NO NO This particular stretch is almost free and under the jurisdiction of temple trust During upgradation. No IR impact envisaged. 29 Improvement in the temple precinct NO NO Works will be executed within the 30 Construction of entrance gate NO NO premises of temple 31 Lodging facilities and langar hall NO NO 32 Development of Solar lighting and Fire Fighting work No IR impact envisaged. 33 Improvement in the drinking water facility for the approach areas 34 Capacity building for temple committee members for O&M activities. NO NO NO NO Note: The project will not acquire land under the Indian (The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, LARRA, All the works will be undertaken in vacant land owned by government (Temple Trust and Village Panchayat). All necessary noobjection certificates (NOC) have been obtained from Temple Trust and Village Panchayat for Infrastructure development works in Durgadhar and Tungeshwar Precinct. Land records have been verified by Revenue Inspector for Durgadhar and Tungeshwar Temple areas development works. Kartikeya Swami temple and its nearby areas are under the jurisdiction of Forest Department The correspondence with forest department has been made regarding NOC. Interpretation centre at Rudraprayag,which was proposed under SAR is not considered under the DRP due to non-availability of Land. Civil works will not result in any permanent impact to common properties, residences and commercial structures. However, during development of the 1.5km long pathway with railing from main entrance to main temple (Tungeshwar), temporary livelihood impact may be on 7 commercial activities, as the work will be carried out in front of their shops, resulting to possibility of blockage of access for 7 days during construction. The existing width of this particular street is around 3 to 5 mtr. Temporary livelihood impacts will be caused due to blockage of access during works execution. Efforts will be made during execution time to minimize the impact by scheduling civil works at night and in phases. None of these small business structures are to be demolished. Provisions for compensation of temporary livelihood losses have been included in the RP in case business interruptions prove to be unavoidable. No NTH were identified in project areas 12 Page

19 Table 7(C): Acnticipated Impact as per RP -Creation of Pedestrian Routes for Pilgrims and Tourist in Haridwar (5.8KMs)- Tranche 3 Type of Impact Number of APs 1.Impact on title holder(th) Title Holder/Land Owner Total Loss of Private land(sq.mts) NIL NIL(Proposed facilities will be developed in Government Land) 2.Impact on Non Title Holder(NTH) Structures to be demolished- 3 Shops to be shifted 11 Shops to lose access 15 Mobile vendors 32 3.Socio-economic Profile Vulnerability Average Annual income of NTH (INR). 3 Women Headed Households SC-Nil, ST-NIL, Physicallly Challenged-NIL Affected CPRs NIL Gender Composition of DPs Male- 56 Female-5 Religion composition Education Level Hindu-55 Muslim-6 37%- Illiterate. 40%-Upto 5 th Standard. 23%-10 th Standard 13 Page

20 Summary of the Impact and profile of DPs. Type of Impact Number of APs 1.Permanent Loss Title Holder/Land Owner Total Loss of Private land(sq.mts) NIL NIL(Proposed facilities will be developed in Government Land) 2.Temporary Loss A)Temporary Loss/ Disruption of Business(Nos) Vulnerability 23- Squatters 38- Kiosks 3 Women Headed Households SC-Nil, ST-Nil, Physicallly Challenged- Nil N.B.: Temporary shops- would lose access and would be entitled for shifting allowance in addition to livelihood loss which has been computed within R&R budget. Mobile vendors however would be facilitated to move outside ROW. Note: The project will not acquire any land as the land is available with Government to create the facilities. All the proposed infrastructure work will be carried out in land belongs to irrigation department. The 11.3 Kms road improvement work and construction of 2 foot over bridge will be carried out within the limit of existing ROW. Due to any change of proposal which require any additional land from private parties, it will be done under the Indian LAAR 2013 (The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013). All the works will be undertaken in land owned by government (Department of Irrigation, Government of Uttarakhand). The Sub-Project will be located primarily on public owned land (Irrigation Department, Government of Uttarakhand. No other land acquisition and resettlement impact are envisaged in this project. Civil works will not result in any permanent impacts to common properties There may be some impacts on some commercial and residential squatters who are doing business in their temporary structure erected in some junction and either side of the canal side and it is within the impact zone. The improvement work as far as possible will be carried out within the ROW in road shoulders (3.5 mts). However, in certain junctions (near Rishikhal bridge,singhaduar bridge, Jatwara bridge, NH crossing near Manglore crossing etc.) there may be some temporary impacts 2 including likely demolition of non title holders business structures which may disrupt some business activities and livelihood of people. These impacts will be clearly known at the time of drawing up of the construction schedule of the contractor. These impacts will be documented and surely mitigated. The Resettlement impact like demolition of structure and providing cash assistance, shifting of business activities temporarily will be completed before the contractor is deployed as preconstruction activity to hand over the encumbrance free stretch. The temporary impact will be mitigated by shifting of business or providing access to the mobile vendors to support them to run 2 To determine the extent of temporary impact due to the road improvement work, transect walks were undertaken along the proposedcorridors. Representative transects of 200 mts were conducted in 6 locations, namely (near Rishikhal bridge,singhaduar bridge,jatwara bridge,nh crossing near Manglore crossing and Kaliyar Chauraha market). In the absence of detailed designs, inputs were obtained from the engineers to assess the extent of impacts likely due to the proposed improvements. 14 Page

21 uninterrupted livelihood pursuit and mitigated at the time of construction 3 as per the policy provisions on case by case basis. The civil work contractor will assist DPs to transfer their movable stalls and wares temporarily to the other side of the road during construction. In case of disruption of access, the contractor will provide assistance through provision of planks etc. The following types of likely impact has been identified during census survey and transact walk Those are:1]non title holder commercial structures (shops) which needs to be demolished (3 nos) as they are located in the project impact zone needs resettlement assistance for relocation;2] non title holder shops(11 nos) to be shifted temporarily during construction needs assistance;3] non title holders shops(15 nos) who will lose access needs proper uninterrupted access to continue their livelihood activities during construction; and 4] and mobile vendors(32) who needs proper access or needs place to continue their livelihood activities. Of the vulnerable category, Only 3 are Women Headed Household who are running shops. There are no SC, ST or physically challenged persons other than WHH under the vulnerable category. As per entitlement mentioned in RF Vulnerable households will be given priority in project construction employment. The subproject will seek to minimize resettlement impacts by carrying out civil works at night, in phased manner, and during holidays when shops are closed. Provisions for compensation of temporary livelihood losses have been included in this RP in case business interruptions prove to be unavoidable. During detailed design or at execution phase, if any additional impact is noticed, RP will be revised as per SPS(2009) and necessary arrangement will be made for them. The proposed project does not have any impact on indigenous people or women, so as to widen gender inequality 5. Implementation of Resettlement Activities: Table 8: RP/ IPP Monitoring Checklist: Item No. Safeguards Related Requirements Status (Ready/Not ready/ NA) Completion Deadline Progress to Date/ Remarks 1.0 MANAGEMENT Institutional and Financing Arrangements 1.1 Financing and budget : (i) safeguard office and staff; (ii) RP/IPP cost 1.2 Establish Safeguard Unit: (i) resettlement offices (ii) resettlement staff as in RP (iii) safeguards database (iv) facilities (v) safeguards training Updating of DDR/RP/IPP based on Detailed Design Ready Ready NA 3 The excavation etc for the road improvements usually lasts a maximum of 07day duration. The construction will be scheduled in such a way as to minimize disruption. 15 Page

22 Item No. Safeguards Related Requirements Status (Ready/Not ready/ NA) Completion Deadline Progress to Date/ Remarks 1.3 Update DDR/RP/IPP: (i) revise based on DMS (ii) revise implementation schedule (iii) revise budget Ready All subproject packages are Category C for IR and IPP only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B 1.4 Compensation rates: (i) approved by Government; (ii) Adequate as per RP/RF; (iii) APs/DPs informed. Ready Impact Avoided Tiger Falls Category B Disclosure and Grievance Redress Arrangements 1.5 Disclose final/updated RP/IPP: (i) to the APs/DPs in local language; (ii) in ADB website; (iii) in EA s website Ready Completed for Current Tranche All subprojects Category C for IR and IPP only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B Disclose project activities to affected communities: (i) put up a project sign boards; (ii) distribution of project leaflets and GRM to affected communities Grievance redress committees: (i) clear terms of reference; (ii) appointment decree; (iii) publicly disclosed among DPs. Ready Ready Leaflets distributed, Notice Issued to APs/DPs but due to disagreement of Village Panchayat Shall be complied with 1.8 Grievance redress records: (i) list and numbers of grievances received; (ii) numbers of resolved issues; (iii) numbers of cases under GRC review; (iv) outstanding cases (filed to court) Ready Shall be complied with All subprojects Category C for IR and IPP Only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B Monitoring and Reporting Arrangements 1.9 Set up internal monitoring system : (i) assessment on capacity and staff requirements; (ii) criteria of safeguards assessment ; (iii) reporting mechanism Ready 1.10 Appoint external monitoring agency (as relevant): (i) recruitment schedule; (ii) TOR; (iv) baseline survey (v) reporting mechanism (vi) action taken by management on reports. NA* All subprojects Category C for IR and IPP Only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B 16 Page

23 Item No. Safeguards Related Requirements Status (Ready/Not ready/ NA) Completion Deadline Progress to Date/ Remarks 1.11 Reporting: (i) frequency; (ii) timeliness; (iii) identified issues; (iv) action taken and/recommendation. 2.0 RP/IPP IMPLEMENTATION Consultation 2.1 Consultation: (i) responsibility; (ii)stakeholders Identified; (iii) consultation and process; (iv) documentation Mapping and Assets Inventory NA Ready All subprojects Category C for IR and IPP Only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B It was All subprojects successfully done Category C for at local level, PM IR and IPP Only level and finally PD 01 Tiger falls is level and impact IR Category B avoided 2.2 AP/DP Identity cards & affected assets records: (i) issuance and distribution of AP/DP ID cards, (ii) detail measurements survey of affected assets and documentation Ready Shall be complied with Category C for IR and IPP only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B Land acquisition activities: (i) maps of affected and relocation sites; (ii) acquisition & relocation schedule; (iii) coordination with the asset s acquiring, transfer and registration bodies Common property/ public assets: (i) final inventory; (ii) restoration plan and schedule; (iii) funding sources Compensation, Relocation and Rehabilitation NA NA NA Category C for IR and IPP Category C for IR and IPP 2.5 Payment of compensation and entitlements (as stated in the RP): (i) schedule of payment; (ii) records/ receipts of payment Ready Shall be complied with Category C for IR and IPP only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B 2.6 Relocation of process ( relocation site readiness): (i) housing & associated facilities established; (ii) transfer of new land/plot/ house ownerships completed NA Category C for IR and IPP 17 Page

24 Item No. Safeguards Related Requirements Status (Ready/Not ready/ NA) Completion Deadline Progress to Date/ Remarks 2.7 Provision of (a) income restoration, (b) additional assistance for vulnerable APs/DPs, (c) training, etc. (as stated in the RP): (i) per type of activities; (ii) schedule of implementation Ready Shall be complied with Category C for IR and IPP only 01 Tiger falls is IR Category B Monitoring and Reporting Submission of the reports: (i) semiannual monitoring reports; (ii) 2.8 external monitoring and evaluation reports (as required); (iii) completion report 2.9 Transfer of acquired assets to the acquiring agency Ready NA 2 Reports submitted Category C for IR and IPP * External Monitoring not required, Internal Monitoring is sufficient for the project. 6. Key Findings of Monitoring Three DSC centers i.e. Dehradun, Bhimtal and Kotdwar have been setup for designing and supervision of the sub projects. In order to monitor the Impacts, several site visits and consultative inspections has been made during Jan-June,2015 period in the project areas. 6.1 DSC DEHRADUN Table 9: Physical progress of Sub-projects Tr 2 ( DSC- Dehradun) S. No. Sub-Project Name 1 Development of Tourism infrastructure facilities at Assan Barrage Dehradun - Lot 1 UK/IDIPT/DDN/01 Award of contract Contract Awarded LOA date Contract Signing Date: NTP date: Cumulative Progress(%) Development of Yamuna Circuit (Tiger Falls &Lakhamandal Temple)- Lot 1 UK/IDIPT/DDN/03 3 Development of Yamuna Circuit (HanolMahasu& Tree Samadhi)- Lot 3 Contract Awarded LOA date Contract Signing Date: NTP date: Contract Awarded LOA date Contract Signing Date: NTP date: Page

25 Table 15: Sub Projects under Tranche 3 S. Loan no IND No. Sub-Project 1 Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Kartikeya Swami Circuit - Durgadhar and Tungeshwar Temple 2 Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Kartikeya Swami Circuit - Kartikeya Swami Temple 3 Conservation and Development of Rural Tourism sites in District Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi (3 Lots) Resettlement Plan (RP) / DDR Updated RP submitted to ADB on 20/01/2015 Updated RP approved by ADB on 19/06/2015 Updated RP submitted to ADB on 20/01/2015 Updated RP approved by ADB on 19/06/2015 Under process Detailed Project Report (DPR) Administrative & Financially approved. Approval Date: SLEC- 08/11/2014 DPR Approved. Design Development of Tourism Infrastructure facilities at Assan Barrage: The resettlement monitoring review has been done in the project site and it has found that there is no IR impact in the project site. All the works are undertaking in the existing campus of GMVN(See table.as per the commitment of GMVN, most of the casual staffs, who was deployed in the Asan site for providing catering and other works has been shifted to other units of GMVN and no livelihood loss of causal workers has been interrupted so far.gmvn has made a temporary shed infront of the main gate and providing catering service to the tourist. During this reporting period it has been shown that due to influx of tourist from April to July, GMVN have increased their staffs at Asan Site for providing catering service for the tourists. Details are in the below table. Table 10: Status of works and IR issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Providing furnished accommodation facilities (cottages Under progress No impact was and dormitory) for the tourists in place ofold structures shown. Works are (huts) going on in the existing campus of GMVN.NOC obtained from GMVN(SEE ANNEXURE 1) Construction of new jetty for safe and comfortable ride Under progress -DOby boats for visitors who prefers boating Improvement of existing cafeteria Under progress -DO- Improvementof existing walkways Under progress -DO- Construction of public toilets, restaurant, office and Under progress -DOother amenities in place of old ones Construction of parking area, entrance gate and guard Under progress -DOroom at the entrance of site Procurement of research and monitoring equipment Under progress -DO- (e.g., cameras) to monitor habitat quality of the birds and to provide information at the interpretation centre Providing adequate signage to inform/educate people Under progress -DO- Landscaping and restructuring of electrical and water supply Under progress -DO- 19 Page

26 Table 11 :Details of GMVN workers at Asan site during construction S.No Name of Staffs Designation Previous New location where they have Location where been shifted. they have worked 1 AjaypalKandari Manager Asan Site Asan Site 2 Mr.Pramod Kumar Receptionist Asan Site Asan Site 3 Sri Vikram Singh Cook Asan Site Previously shifted DakPathar office now in Asan site 4 Mr.Omprakash Waiter Asan Site Asan Site 5 Mr.Hukam Singh Mali Asan Site Asan Site 6 Geeta Devi Masalchi Asan Site DakPathar 7 Mukesh Kumar Sweeper Asan Site Previously shifted DakPathar office now in Asan site 8 Surendra Singh Room Boy Asan Site Previously shifted DakPathar office now in Asan site 9 Mahendra Singh Room Boy Asan Site DakPathar 10 Arvind Methane Guide Asan Site DakPathar Gender Issues: During this reporting period it has been shown that 5 nos of Women labor has been engaged for Asan site. All female workers from Outsider and living in the camp with their husband,who are also involves in the construction activities. Rest shelters/camps are available for the workers especially for women. Contractor is provided equal wages and benefits to men and women for work of equal value or type. Women labourers at work- Asan Barrage : Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works : Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water, separate toilet is provided by the contractor for the labors. Total 4 nos of toilet are at site : Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction given to the Contractorto maintain Grievances register on site : Public Consultation on site: Near the Asan site, no habitation. No vendor and hawkers are shown nearby site. Consultation and meeting was concentrate to the project labors 20 Page

27 Several meeting and consultation was held with Labors, Contractor and GMVN employee in Asan site. Consultation was also made with the tourists. Contractor informed that presently workers at site. Most of the workers are unskilled and few are skilled engaged in wielding and electricity works. During interaction with labors, they informed that contractor paying Rs.500/day to Skilled labor and 300/day to Unskilled labor. Equal wages are paying to the women workers. Contractor informed that Safety equipments like-glove, gum boot, helmet, jacket etc has been provided for the lobors and female workers are hesitating to wear halmet and other safety tools. During interaction, consultant explain the advantage of wearing safety equipments and requested to mobilize safety officers at site to maintain the safety issues at site. Interaction with GMVN site - Incharge Instruction given to Site Incharge 21 Page

28 Site Photographs(Asan Barage Site) Admin and Kitchen works under progress Cottage works under progress Dormatory works under progress Toilet works under construction Pathway works under progress Project Signboard Development of Yamuna Circuit (Tiger Falls):As per surveyed data based on initial design, total 4 DPs were identified under these sub-project package, impact was anticipated in terms of temporary loss of livelihood of 03 APs/DPs and permanent loss of a Govt. structure resulted permanent loss of livelihood of 01 DP. The exact impact on APs/DPs was analyzed in IIIrd & IV th quarter of 2014 during execution and found avoidable with minor 22 Page

29 change in the drawing on request of Village Panchayat in the open meeting of 03 Villages held on 9th September 2014 and works executed during non- peak season, when three shops along the pathway were not on the site and thus impact has reduced to zero during RP implementation. During vth and vith quarter, site visit were conducted in all the working areas. And it was shown that all the works are running on vacant govt land and there are no expected impacts on private land, private properties like housing, shops, commercial buildings, religious and community infrastructure. Status of works and IR issues are mentioned in table.. Table 12 : Status of works and IR issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Under progress Designed parking lots for the visitors and Design of public toilets for visitors, Design of a visitor kiosk for the interpretation of the history of the tourist destination and its setting, Design of a low impact viewing platform to facilitate viewing the water falls, Relocating the changing room at the base of the water falls to another ideal location identified onsite, Upgrading of the 1.5 km access trail to the bottom of the water fall with strong emphasis on improving visitor safety, Introduction of directional and informative signage on the trail which leads to the water falls, Restoration of existing bridge and construction of new bridge in the site No impact, executing in vacant land. revenue records obtained.(see annexure 2) Design has been changed to minimize the impact on one nos of commercial shops. Under progress No impact constructed in parking areas. Under progress Not started yet Completed Not started yet Under progress No impact No impact No impact. Works were started non-peak season and completed before peak season to avoid impact on 3nos of seasonal petty shop. No impact No impact, construction works are going on in vacant govt land.(see annexure 2) Gender Issues: During this reporting period it has been shown that 3 nos of Women labor has been engaged in site. All female workers from Outsider and living in the rented room with their husband, who are also involves in the construction activities. Contractor is providing equal wages and benefits to men and women for work of equal value or type. Women labourers at Tiger Falls site 23 Page

30 2.2.2: Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works : Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water, separate toilet is provided by the contractor for the labors. Total 4 nos of toilet are at site : Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction given to the Contractor to maintain Grievances register on site : Public Consultation on site: Near the site, no habitation. No vendor and hawkers are shown nearby site. Consultation and meeting was concentrate to the project labors. Several meeting and consultation was held with Labors..Contractor informed that presently 15 workers at site. Most of the workers are unskilled and few are skilled engaged in wielding works. During interaction with labors, they informed that contractor paying Rs.550/day to Skilled labor and 300/day to Unskilled labor. Equal wages are paying to the women workers. Contractor informed that Safety equipments like-glove, gum boot, helmet, jacket etc has been provided for the lobors and female workers are hesitating to wear helmet and other safety tools. During interaction, consultant explain the advantage of wear safety equipments and requested to mobilize safety officers at site to maintain the safety issues at site. Consultant informed that: sign boards should be at different location locations and contact numbers for concerns/ complaints All the emergency number in hindi script should be at site emergency prevention All safety rules at work, and Provision of adequate health and safety measures such as water, food, sanitation, personal protective equipment, workers insurance, and medical facilities. Photographs of Meeting and consultation at Tiger Fall project site Meeting with contractor at Tiger Fall Safety Training to the Laborers at site 24 Page

31 at site Cross checking Job card and attendance register of Labor Consultation with Shop owners near Parking site, Tiger Fall Site Photographs- Tiger Falls Parking work is under progress Construction of Kiosk at Parking site Construction of Toilet block at parking site Construction of Rest Shed work 25 Page

32 Pathway and railing works Project Signboard at site Bridge work at Tiger Fall - under Construction Development of Yamuna Circuit (Development of Tourism Infrastructure Facilities of Lakhamandal Temple}: Lakhamandal is an ancient temple, enshrining Lord Shiva, Lakha Mandal is a prime attraction for both a common man and a pilgrim alike. Old temples of Shiva, the Pandavas and Parsuram are aplenty in this area. Lakhamandal s main attractions are its archaeological and religious assets as well as offering experiences of village life. This spot is rich with ancient temples, sculptures and inscriptions. Lakhamandal temple is under ASI. As per Detailed Project Report and final design, no involuntary resettlement was involved in this sub-project and brief due-diligence report was prepared for the documentary requirement for the ADB. Now civil works has been started and monitoring is going on to identify the Resettlement Impacts, if any, due to the Project implementations.pmu/pmc/piu/dsc team have carried out several site visits and consultative inspections in the project areas after the commencement of civil works and it has been confirmed that the implementation of the project would not have any resettlement impact. Most of the works are executing in the existing premises while parking are constructed in the vacantgovt.noc has been obtained from ASI,Temple Trust and Village Panchayat. Status of works and IR issues are mentioned in table. Table 13: Status of works and IR issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Recreating the parking space with public toilets for Under progress No impact, executing visitors in vacant land. Revenue records has been obtained.(see Construction of an entrance gate at the beginning of the approach road which helps the visitors to locate the traditional ASI protected temple complex from the main road Completed annexure 3) No impact 26 Page

33 Rebuilding the 300mt long approach road Completed No impact road was completely free and vacant. No resident and shops are adjacent to the road. Design of appropriate directional and informational Not started yet No impact Signage that directs the visitors from the parking space and entrance gate to the temple complex Design of appropriate lighting along the pedestrian Not started yet No impact trail that leads to the temple Up gradation of existing public toilet block by the Completed No impact side of the trail in addition to the one at the vehicular parking space Restoration of drinking water fountains at suitable Completed No impact points identified Introducing litterbins at identified spots as part of solid waste management system Not started yet No impact Gender Issues: During this reporting period it has been shown that 3nosof Women labor has been engaged in site. All female workers from Outsider and living in the room hired by the contractor. Contractor is provided equal wages and benefits to men and women for work of equal value or type. Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works. Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water, separate toilet is provided by the contractor for the labors. Total 2nos of toilet are at site. Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction given to the Contractor to maintain Grievances register on site : Public Consultation: Meeting and consultation was held with the contractor, Temple trust members and project labors. During meeting,temple trust members suggested that fencing should be required for the retaining wall for sustainability and all the pedestrians adjoining to the temple should be renovated under this packages. During meeting with contractor and labors few suggestions were given: Provide sign boards at different location locations and contact numbers for concerns/ complaints All safety rules at work, and Provision of adequate health and safety measures such as water, food, sanitation, personal protective equipment, workers insurance, and medical facilities. The Contractor shall consult with members of temple trust, village panchayat as well as local residents before and during execution of works, because they are familiar of the site, conditions etc. Training workers and providing them with appropriate incentives to use and comply with health and safety procedures and protective equipment; Having emergency prevention, preparedness, and response arrangements in place. 27 Page

34 Meeting and consultation at Site:, Lakhamandal Meeting with Contractor Consultation with Laborers at parking site Discussion with site Incharge Consultation with Temple Trust members Sites Photographs - Lakhamandal 28 Page

35 Renovation of Entrance gate, Lakhamandal temple Pathway and railing works completed Renovation work of existing toilets. Tiles works within the toilets Seating slabs under construction in parking Drain works under parking area Pathway and railing works near temple completed ASI signboard near Temple Development of Yamuna Circuit (Hanol Mahasu): This is an ancient temple, enshrining Lord Shiva, is a prime attraction for both a common man and a pilgrim alike. Lord Mahasu is worshipped in the village of Hanol, lying on the eastern bank of the Tons. The temple of the deity constructed in the Huna architectural style elevated at 1429 mts. 29 Page

36 above sea level is 186 kms from Dehradun. This temple is Archaeological survey of India protected monument. As per Detailed Project Report and final design, no involuntary resettlement was involved in this sub-project and brief due-diligence report was prepared for the documentary requirement for the ADB. Now civil works is under progress and monitoring is going on to identify the Resettlement Impacts, if any, due to the Project implementations.pmu/pmc/piu/dsc team have carried out several site visits and consultative inspections in the project areas after the commencement of civil works and it has been confirmed that the implementation of the project would not have any resettlement impact. Work is executing in vacant Govt and Temple trust land for which NOC has been obtained from Temple Trust and Village Panchayat. However, the consultation activities and public meeting is going on regularly for aware the people. Table 14: Status of works and IR issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Improvement of the approach road to the Under progress No impact unforeseen. HanolMahasu Temple Precinct from the main road Improvement of the pathway leading to the Under progress No impact unforeseen. entrance of the temple Construction of an entrance gate at the Under progress No impact unforeseen. beginning of the main approach road Recreating the parking space with public toilets for visitors Under progress Construction works is going on in vacant govt land. Record obtained. (See Design of appropriate directional and informational Signage that directs the visitors from the parking space and entrance gate to the temple complex Design of appropriate lighting along the pedestrian trail that leads to the temple Restoration of drinking water fountains at Not started Not started Not started annexure 4&5). Signages will be installed in the vacant land. Impact will not be arise. Impact will not be arise. suitable points identified Introducing litterbins at identified spots Not started Impact will not be arise. Development of SnanGhat Not started Works will be carried out in the vacant govt land.(see annexure 3). Construction of Dharamshala Under progress Construction works is going on in vacant temple trust land.noc obtained. (See annexure 5) Gender Issues: During this reporting period it has been shown that 3 nos of Women labor has been engaged in site. All female workers from Outsider and living in the room hired by the contractor. Contractor is provided equal wages and benefits to men and women for work of equal value or type. Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works. Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water, separate toilet is provided by the contractor for the labors. Total 4 nos of toilet are at site. 30 Page

37 Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction given to the Contractor to maintain Grievances register on site. Public Consultation : Public Disclosure meeting was held for make people aware about the Subproject components and about the participation of the community during the infrastructure development phase.interaction with the stakeholders is going on regularly for develop the sense of ownership. During interaction and meeting, they informed that this project will be handed over to the Committee for the operation and maintenance of the assets and the support of the temple committee and local villagers needed for making this successful tourist point with the help of local community. Meeting with contractor was held and instruction was given for Increase workforce in front of temple, so works should be completed on time and all safety rules and provision of adequate health and safety measures such as water, food, sanitation, personal protective equipment, workers insurance, and medical facilities should be at site. Instruction also given for continue interaction with committee members and villagers because they are familiar of the site, conditions etc Grievances register must be in a site for register any grievances/complain. On dated 11 th Feb,2015, meeting was held with the stakeholders for developed the sense of ownership among the community towards the sustainability of the projects. A total number of 45 villagers of Hanol and representatives of Youth group, Temple committee members and Women group members participated in the meeting. o The basic objective of this meeting was: Enhanced quality of natural and cultural tourist attractions Livelihood opportunities at local community level Improved basic infrastructure and services at tourist destinations Strengthened capacity of concerned sector agencies and local communities for planning, development, management and marketing of tourist destinations and attractions Enhanced capacity to promote local communities to participate and small businesses at the destination points. During the session a short visit to the village done by a group of villagers and found the sanitation problem in the village. Most of the villagers accepted open defecation problem in the village. Villagers said, Everyday more than 100 visitors used to visit Mahasu temple and there is no Public toilet Facility is available in the village. The biggest challenge is the day by day increased number of visitors to the temple and there are no sufficient basic facilities like Sanitation, Drinking water etc. o Mrs. Nandini Rajguru, Village Pradhan Hanol said, Till April 2015 we are constructing private toilet blocks with the help of different schemes. By the end of the April month most of the houses in the village will own their own toilets. So, the open defecation problem by villagers will be solved. In IDIPT project, facilities like Toilets, Pathway development should be done on priority basis and fixing of Dust bins at different places so that visitors/pilgrims can use facilities and it help to reduce in open defecation problem and proper management of solid waste. She also added that we were trying to develop our Hanol village as Atal Aadarsh Gram. 31 Page

38 o Villagers also discussed the problem of plastic use. after a long discussion on plastic use villagers come up with that we will use paper bages or cloth bages to purchase their daily needs and they also demanded that training on making paper bags will help to reduce this problem. will not throw the household debries. Institutional Mechanism and capacity development Training Discussed the need and the importance of the self-help groups in the sub-project area as there is no SHG in the village only Yuvak Mandal dal which has members of Hanol and Chatra village and working as a cultural group. It was told that IDIPT is working in a convergence model for the development of the area. Our focus is on integrated sustainable tourism development with preservation and conservation of natural and cultural Heritage. The area has potential of increased tourist s inflow and it will increase day by day with better accessibility and promotion. With increased tourist inflow, villagers will have opportunities to provide basic visitor/ tourist services as accommodation, food, guide services etc. as well as there will be increased demand for local products, artifacts etc. which will result in enhanced livelihood opportunities for the locals. Name of the speaker: Ms. Kiranjeet Sandhu, DSC, Dehradun Open discussion between the team and villagers: The villagers, mandir samittee members and other stakeholders welcomed the concept. The program should take initiatives to promote small entrepreneurial activities for the local community. Villagers agreed for the construction of sanitation units at household level. Villagers agreed to avoid the use of plastics in their daily use and villagers said in every month they will help to clean their village and made village free from plastic use. o Strategies adopted for making village action plan: FGD s with groups and committees of Men/Women- for developing village action plan discussion was done with men & women group. Men group was more interested in the trainings of Tomato & Aamla processing because both the raw materials found excessively in the village. Status of SHG s and other groups:- there is no Self Help Group s of male & female in village. Yuvak Mangal Dal exists of Hanol &Chatra villagers. The group is involved in cultural programs of the Mahasu Devta temple trust activities. 32 Page

39 Consultations- Yamuna Circuit (Hanol Mahasu): 33 Page

40 Yamuna Circuit (Hanol Mahasu): Site Photographs Pathway works are under progress parking space with public toilets are under construction Construction of Dharamshala is under progress Pathway works are under progress Construction of Dharamshala is under progress 34 Page

41 6.2 DSC BHIMTAL Under Tranche II, six numbers of projects fall under DSC Bhimtal. Under Tranche III, one sub project is under preparation by DSC Bhimtal. Details are shown in table 1. Table 16: Details of Sub-projects under DSC, Bhimtal under Tranche II SI.No. Package Reference No. 1. UK/IDIPT/BHT/01 2. UK/IDIPT/BHT/ (a) 6. (b) S.No 1 UK/IDIPT/BHT/03 /Lot-1 UK/IDIPT/BHT/03 /Lot-2 UK/IDIPT/BHT/03 /Lot-3 UK/IDIPT/BHT/04 /Lot-1 UK/IDIPT/BHT/04 /Lot-2 Package Reference No UK/IDIPT- III/BHT/01 Sub Project Description Upgradation of Tourist Facilities at TRH Parichay, Bhimtal Amelioration of Lake Naukuchiatal, Bhimtal Trek Trail from Pithoragarh to Chandak, Pithoragarh View Point at Mostamanu Temple, Pithoragarh Conservation of Pithoragarh Fort, Pithoragarh Development of Adventure Tourist Center Baur Jalasay (Lot-1) Development of Adventure Tourist Center Baur Jalasay (Lot-2) Sub Projects under Tranche 3 Project Description Restoration and Adaptive Reuse of Pithoragarh Phase II Under Tranche III Contract Value USD (Millions) Contract Period (Months) Project Costs (USD) Million 2.74 SI. No. 1 Project Impact- IR and IP a. Under Tranche II sub-projects, no land acquisition and no permanent impact including any impact on the IPs were entailed. There are no indigenous people living in the subproject area having attachment to distinct habitats or territories within the subproject area. b. Similarly, under Tranche III sub-projects, no land acquisition and no permanent impact including any impact on the IPs were entailed. There are no indigenous people living in the subproject area having attachment to distinct habitats or territories within the subproject area. Table 17: Details of Sub-Projects under DSC Bhimtal (Tranche II) Package Reference No. UK/IDIPT/BHT/ 01 General Description Goods or Works Up-gradation of Tourist Facilities at TRH Parichay Contract Signing Date Name of the Contractor M/S Degmo Riba Itanagar Physical Progress (%) UK/IDIPT/BHT/ Amelioration of Lake M/S Global Aqua Page

42 (a) 6(b) 02 Naukuchiatal Treatment Technology Pvt. Ltd, Rudrapur UK/IDIPT/BHT/ 03 Lot 1 UK/IDIPT/BHT/ 03 Lot 2 UK/IDIPT/BHT/ 03 Lot 3 UK/IDIPT/BHT/ 04(Lot-1) UK/IDIPT/BHT/ 04(Lot-2) Trek Trail from Pithoragarh to Chandak View Point at Mostamanu Temple Conservation of Pithoragarh Fort Development of Adventure Center Baur Jalasaya( Lot-1) Development of Adventure Center Baur Jalasaya( Lot-2) M/S Soar Valley Construction & JS Matiyani, Pithoragarh M/S Soar Valley Construction & JS Matiyani, Pithoragarh M/S Degmo Riba Itanagar Presently this sub project is being taken care by own employees of PMU, IDIPT, Dehradun Presently this sub project is being taken care by own employees of PMU, IDIPT, Dehradun (Construction Part) Work has just started Upgradation of Tourist Facilities at TRH Parichay As on June, 2015 the physical work progress was 24.92%. A total of63 labourers were engaged of which 33 were skilled and 30 were unskilled labour including 4 Nos of unskilled women from the project area. The project thus, generated direct employment to the local people. The Contract was awarded in the month of May, 2014 but the labourers were mobilized in the month of July 2014.The contractor has provided basic safety equipmentslike boots, jacket and helmet,however, he has been asked to maintain the First Aid Box at the site. The resettlement monitoring review has been done at the project site and it was found that there is no IR impact at the project site. All the works are being carried out in the existing campus of KMVN.As per the commitment of KMVN, most of the casual staff, who were deployed at the TRH Parichay site for providing catering and other works, havebeen shifted to other units of KMVN and no livelihood loss has taken pace to them. Details are shown in the table below. Table 18: Details of KMVN workers at TRH Parichay during the construction. S.No Name of Staffs Designation Previous New locations Location where where, they have they worked been shifted 1 Mr.H.DBhatt Manager TRH Parichay Dhikala, Ramnagar 2 Mr.BholaArya Receptionist TRH Parichay TRH Parichay 3 Mr.ShankarLal Cook TRH Parichay TRH Tallital, Nainital 4 Mr.PitamberDumka Waiter TRH Parichay TRH Naukuchiatal 5 Mr.RanjeetSinghKarki Cook TRH Parichay TRH Mukteshwar 6 Mr.BrijeshKumar Roomcleaner TRH Parichay TRH Parichay 7 Mr.SundarLal Helper(Cook) TRH Parichay TRH Parichay 8 Mr.MohanChandra Gardener TRH Parichay TRH Parichay 36 Page

43 Gender Issues Women labourers are engaged by the contractor at TRH Parichay Site and provided safe drinking water from Government Water Supply Scheme. Existing toilet facilities of TRH Parichay are provided to them. No child labourer is involved in the construction activities. Rest shelters/camps are also available for the workers especially for women labourers. Contractor is paying equal wages / benefits to men and women workers for work of equal value / type. Grievance Redress mechanism No Grievance has been reported so far. Also, the contractor is maintaining the Grievance Register at the site. Public Consultation on site Several meetings and consultations were held with the labourers, Contractor and KMVN employees at TRH Parichay site.contractor informed that they have already engaged women labourers and necessary provisions have been made for their lodging and fooding. Attendance Registeris being maintained regularly. Safety equipments like Shoes, helmet, jacket etc have been provided for the labourers. The contractor isbeing regularly, instructed by the DSC and PIU team for taking care of labourer s safety during construction of works. 37 Page

44 Selected Photographs of Project Site- UP gradation of Tourist facility at TRH Parichay, Naukuchiatal A view of ongoing steps of Amphitheatre Concreting work for water storage tank Compressive strength test of concrete cube Silt test for Sand Debris Removing Work near Main Building Ongoing RR Masonry Work 38 Page

45 6.2.2 Amelioration of Lake Naukuchiatal The Contract was awarded in the month of May, 2014 but the contractor mobilized labourer in the month of July 2014.As on June, 2015 the physical work progress was 100% (Construction Part). A total of18 labours were engaged of which 8 were skilled and 10 were unskilled labour with no women labourer. Most of the labourersare from the project area itself.the Project thus has generated direct employment to the local people. Although the contractor has provided basic safety equipment like boots, jacket and helmet, however, he has been asked to maintain First Aid box at the site. Gender Issues No women labourer has been engaged under theproject. Similarly, no child labourer is involved in the construction activities. Contractor has been instructed for providing equal wages and benefits to men and women workers for work of equal value/ type. Grievance Redress Mechanism No Grievance has been reported so far from the labourers/villagers side. However, contractor is maintaining the Grievance Register also at the site. Public Consultation at site Several meetings and consultations were held with labourers, contractor at project site. Attendance Register is maintained regularly. Safety equipments like Shoes, helmet, jacket etc, have been provided for the labourers and contractor is being regularly instructed by the DSC and PIU team for maintaining labourers safety during construction. Selected Photographs of Project Site- Amelioration of Lake Naukuchiatal Site visit with the PD, APD, PIU staff & contractor Depth measurements for Hydrographical survey 39 Page

46 Water quality testing by the expert from Govind Ballabh Pantnagar University Installation of Aeration Discs and tubing Ongoing fencing work Trek Trail from Pithoragarh to Chandak The Contract was awarded in the month of May, 2014 but the contractor mobilized labour in the month of July 2014.As on June, 2015, the physical work progress was32.65%. A total of21 labourers were engaged of which 9 were skilled and 12 were unskilled labourer with no women labourer. Due to minor civil works, all the labourers were engaged from surrounding villages. The Project thus, has generated direct employment to the local people. Although the contractor has provided basic safety equipments like boots, jacket and helmet,however, he has also been asked to maintain the First Aid Box at site. Gender Issues No women labourer has been engaged under the project. Similarly, no child labourer is involved in the construction work. However, contractor has been instructed for providing equal wages and benefits to men and women for work of equal value / type. Grievance Redress Mechanism No Grievance has been reported so far, from the labourer/ local masses. Contractor is maintaining the Grievance Register at the site. 40 Page

47 Public Consultation at site Several meetings and consultations were held with labourers and Contractor at project site. It was found that Attendance Register is maintained regularly. Safety equipments like Shoes, helmet, jacket, etc have been provided to the labourers and contractor, regularly, is being instructed by the DSC and PIU teams for maintaining labour safety during construction. Selected Photographs of Project Site- Trek trail from Pithoragarh to Chandak A view of Bituminous Trek Path A view of ongoing works of Pilgrim trail House keeping work at Trek Pointing work at viewing shelter Viewing Shelter under construction Starting of works of Nature trail 41 Page

48 6.2.4 View Point at Mostamanu Temple The Contract was awarded in the month of May, 2014 but the contractor mobilized the labour in the month of July 2014.As on June, 2015 the physical work progress was 65.22%. A total of18 labourers were engaged of which 8 were skilled and 10 were unskilled labourer with no women labourer. Due to minor civil works, all the labourers were engaged from surrounding villages. The Project, thus, has generated direct employment to the local persons. Although the contractor has provided basic safety equipment like boots, jacket and helmet,however, he has been instructed to maintain First Aid box at the site. Gender Issues No women labourer has been engaged under the project. Similarly, no child labourer is involved in the construction activities. Contractor has been instructed for providing equal wages and benefits to men and women labourers for work of equal value / type. Grievance Redress Mechanism No Grievance has been received so far; also, contractor is maintaining the Grievance Register at the site. Public Consultation at site Several meetings and consultations were held with Labourers, Contractor at project site. Attendance Register is maintained regularly. Safety equipments like Shoes, helmet, jacket etc, have been provided for the labourers, however, the contractor is being regularly instructed by the DSC and PIU team for taking care of labourers safety during construction. Selected Photographs of Project Site- Work of View point at Mostmanu Temple, Pithoragarh. Flooring work of Viewing shelter A view of Path way work near Temple 42 Page

49 Pointing at Toilet Block Ongoing railing work on Boundary Wall Ongoing Pointing Work at Ongoing Path way work from back site gate Toilet Block 43 Page

50 Table 19: Summary of Stakeholder/Public Consultations and Community Development Activities (January-June 2015)- S. No. Activity /Event 1 Public Consultation Meetings held at Taluka /Village Date Total Participants Male Female Discussion/ Suggestions 01/02/ Discussion on community based rural tourism development for economic growth and livelihood promotion in Takula village. Total Voices women of Development of basic amenities / separate toilets for women and drinking water facility at all the tourist spot. Concerns and issues raised during such FGDs as reported by DSC Bhimtal The team leader visited the Mostamanu temple and Trek trail subprojects along with the SDM, Pithoragarh and PM, PIU Bhimtal. He explained them all aspects including social also, involved in both the projects. During the discussions, emphasis was more on increasing the involvement of local masses at every stage of implementation of the programme. People were found taking much interest during the construction activities. Planning for preparation of micro plan relating to the Rural Tourism was done by studying the relevant literature / reports available. In this regard, reports sent by the Project Management Unit, Dehradun were also consulted and requisite format / checklist was developed for collecting information during the survey at village level. During the course of preparation of micro plan, information from the concerned village/ block etc, were also collected and data analysis was done for preparation of the said micro plan. Similarly, preparations were made for conducting the community consultation meetings. After knowing the current status of the projects, the DPR of Pithoragarh Phase II under Tranche III was modified incorporating the social aspects. During said period, findings relating to the social safeguards were also presented to the Project Director, IDIPT during the review meeting at Dehradun. To resolve the issue of Private path (Rasta) under Naukuchiyatal sub project, again and again visits were undertaken to the sites and held discussions with the local masses of the concerned village. Stakeholders consultation meetings were attended at village/ block level dealing with the social issues and minutes of the meeting s were also finalized. Similarly, existing literature relating to preparation of micro plan on Jageshwar was studied and draft plan was prepared. During this process, PIU was also consulted. 44 Page

51 The Social Safeguard Monitoring report for the period - July to December 2014 after getting reviewed was submitted to the PMU, IDIPT, Dehradun. Similarly, Due Diligence Report on Pithoragarh Phase II project along with the compliance status report on tourism village/ block was also prepared. 6.3 DSC KOTDWAR 1. Under PIU Kotdwar, total 6 sub-projects were finalized. Out of these, 3 numbers of subprojects (includes four contract packages) were decided under tranche 2 and remaining 3 sub projects (includes three contract packages) are under tranche 3. Involuntary Resettlement (IR) documents such as Resettlement Plan (RP), Categorization Check List (CCL) and Due Diligence Report (DDR) have prepared following ADB s Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), 2009 for all sub projects. Under Tranche 2, three numbers of sub projects are under implementation, while implementation of 2 sub projects in tranche 3 is about to start. DPR of one sub project under tranche 3 is under preparation. 2. Under tranche 2, all sub-projects were classified as under Category C. Under tranche 3, 1 sub-project is classified as involuntary resettlement Category B, while 2 numbers sub-project reported under Category C. 3. As far as project impact was concerned no APs/DPs are under tranche 2 packages. Under tranche 3, in 1 package (UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/01), minor impact has been identified in terms of temporary loss of livelihood of 49 DPs. Details are mentioned in Table 1. Table 20: Details of DPs under different Packages under Tranche 2 Sl. No 1. Package no UK/IDIPT/K OT/01. Name of Packages Development of Tourism Infrastructure for North Corbett Entry Point at Kotdwar. Status of Subprojects Works in under progress. DPs Identified as per Final Design NIL Revised DPs NIL 2. UK/IDIPT/K OT/02. Implementation of Tourism Signage throughout Uttarakhand. Works in under progress. NIL NIL 3. UK/IDIPT/K OT/03- Lot- 1. Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 1. Works in under progress. NIL NIL 45 Page

52 4. UK/IDIPT/K OT/03-Lot- 2. Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 2. Works in under progress. NIL NIL Table 2: Details of DPs under different Packages under Tranche 3 Sl. No Package no Name of Packages Status of Subprojects DPs Identified as per Final Design Revised DPs 1. UK/IDIPT/III /KOT/01. Creation of Pedestrian Routes for Pilgrims and Tourist in Haridwar. Contract Awarded UK/IDIPT/III /KOT/02. Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Sem Mukhem (Tehri Garhwal). Contract Awarded. NIL NIL 3. UK/IDIPT/III /KOT/03. Development of Rural Tourism Infrastructure in Pauri and Tehri Garhwal DPR is under Preparation. NIL NIL 4 Under tranche 2, 3 numbers of sub-projects (includes four contract packages) comes under DSC Kotdwar. The loan processing for Tranche 3 has been over. Under tranche 3, three numbers of sub-projects (includes three contract packages) has been finalized for DSC Kotdwar. Tranches 2 projects are under different stages of implementation, while the loan processing for Tranche 3 is over. Details of the sub-projects are stated in table 2. Table 3: Details of Sub-Projects under Tranche 2: SI.No. 1. Package Reference No. UK/IDIPT/KOT/01. Project Description Development of Tourism Infrastructure for North Corbett entry point at Kotdwar. DPR Value INR (Millions) Contract Awarded Value (INR) (Millions) UK/IDIPT/KOT/02. Implementation of Tourism Signage throughout Uttarakhand UK/IDIPT/KOT/03- Lot-1. Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot UK/IDIPT/KOT/03- Lot-2. Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot Page

53 Table 4: Details of Sub-Projects under Tranche 3: Sl. No Package Reference No Project Description DPR Value INR (Millions) Contract Awarded Value (INR) (Millions) 1. UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/01. Creation of Pedestrian Routes for Pilgrims and Tourist in Haridwar UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/02. Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Sem Mukhem (Tehri Garhwal) UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/03. Development of Rural Tourism Infrastructure in Pauri and Tehri Garhwal. - - Status of Involuntary Resettlement (IR) Documentation: 5 Initially, under tranche 2 sub-projects, all are reported under Category C. Under tranche 3, 1 sub-project is classified as involuntary resettlement Category B, while 2 nos sub-project reported under Category C. Tranche 3 sub-projects are not started yet. But, the bidding process is under progress. Table 5: Sub-project details and status of DDR/RP under Tranche 2 and 3 (DSC, Kotdwar) Sl.No. Package No Status of DDR/ RP UK/IDIPT/KOT/01 (Development of Tourism Infrastructure for North Corbett entry point at Kotdwar). UK/IDIPT/KOT/02 (Implementation of Tourism Signage throughout Uttarakhand). UK/IDIPT/KOT/03- Lot-1 (Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 1). As per SPS, this subproject is under category C. Brief due-diligence report (DDR) is made and submitted to ADB and approved by ADB. As per SPS, this subproject is under category C. Brief due-diligence report (DDR) is made and submitted to ADB and approved by ADB. As per SPS, this subproject is under category C. Brief due-diligence report (DDR) is made and submitted to ADB and approved by ADB. Social Safeguard Categorization Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact. Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact. Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact. Remarks 47 Page

54 Sl.No. Package No Status of DDR/ RP UK/IDIPT/KOT/03-Lot-2 (Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 2). UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/01 (Creation of Pedestrian Routes for Pilgrims and Tourist in Haridwar). UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/02 (Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Sem Mukhem (Tehri Garhwal). UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/03 (Development of Rural Tourism Infrastructure in Pauri and Tehri Garhwal). As per SPS, this subproject is under category C. Brief due-diligence report (DDR) is made and submitted to ADB and approved by ADB. This subproject has been categorized as B for Involuntary Resettlement (IR) impact as per the ADB s Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 (SPS). Resettlement Plan has been prepared and submitted to the ADB and approved by ADB. As per SPS, this subproject is under category C. Brief due-diligence report (DDR) is made and submitted to ADB and approved by ADB. As per SPS, this subproject is under category C. Brief due-diligence report (DDR) is made and submitted to ADB and approved by ADB. Social Safeguard Categorization Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact. Category B of ADB (SPS), Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact. Category C of ADB (SPS), No impact. Remarks 6 Project Impacts: In order to identify the Impacts of sub-projects under Tranche 2, several site visits and consultative inspections has been made during Jan-June, 2015 in the project areas and it has been confirmed that the implementation of the above project would not have any resettlement impact.all the works are executed in Government Land, Vacant Panchayat land or Temple Trust Land. (Revenue records have been collected for confirmation). No private land acquisition and resettlement issues are involved in all these projects. All the works are executing in the vacant land of Govt//Temple Trust/Panchayat. Initially, 49 DPs were identified in one Tranche 3 sub-project, (UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/01) - Creation of Pedestrian Routes for Pilgrims and Tourist in Haridwar and the impact was anticipated in terms of temporary loss of livelihood. The overall IR category of IDIPT Uttarakhand is B. The exact impact on APs/DPs will be analyzed during execution. 48 Page

55 7 Grievances Redress Mechanism During this reporting period no Grievances were received. 8 Physical Progress of Sub-Projects: Status of physical progress of the sub-projects is shown in the table below: Table 6: Status of Physical Progress of Sub-projects S. No. Sub-Project Name Award of contract Cumulative Progress (%) 1. UK/IDIPT/KOT/01 (Development of Tourism Infrastructure for North Corbett entry point at Kotdwar). Contract Awarded Contract Signing Date: UK/IDIPT/KOT/02 (Implementation of Tourism Signage throughout Uttarakhand). Contract Awarded Contract Signing Date: UK/IDIPT/KOT/03- Lot-1 (Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 1). Contract Awarded Contract Signing Date: UK/IDIPT/KOT/03-Lot-2 (Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri under PIU Kotdwar - Lot 2). Contract Awarded Contract Signing Date: UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/01 (Creation of Pedestrian Routes for Pilgrims and Tourist in Haridwar) Construction work not yet started. 6. UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/02 (Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Sem Mukhem (Tehri). Construction work not yet started. 7. UK/IDIPT/III/KOT/03 (Development of Rural Tourism Infrastructure in Pauri and Tehri Garhwal). Construction work not yet started : Development of Tourism Infrastructure for North Corbett Entry point at Kotdwar: In order to identify the Impacts, several site visits and consultative inspections has been made during Jan-June, 2015 in the sub project areas and it has been confirmed that the implementation of the 49 Page

56 above project does not have any resettlement impact. All the works either executed in land owned by Department of Tourism, Govt. of Uttarakhand. No private land acquisition and resettlement issues are involved in the sub project. The resettlement monitoring review has been done in the sub project site and it has found that there is no IR impact in the project site. Table 7: Status of Works and IR issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Providing furnished accommodation facilities (cottages and dormitory) for the tourists in place of old structures (huts) Construction of new jetty for safe and comfortable ride by boats for visitors who prefers boating Under progress. Under progress. There is no impact. Works are going on in land owned by Govt. of Uttarakhand. -DO- Improvement of existing cafeteria Under progress. -DO- Improvement of existing walkways Under progress. -DO- Construction of public toilets, restaurant, office and other amenities in place of old ones Construction of parking area, entrance gate and guard room at the entrance of site Procurement of research and monitoring equipment (e.g., cameras) to monitor habitat quality of the birds and to provide information at the interpretation centre Providing adequate signage to inform/educate people Landscaping and restructuring of electrical and water supply Site Clearance Interpretation Centre 1 No. Convention Centre cum Restaurant 1 No. Cottages 8 No. Staff Quarter 1 No. Open air theatre 1 No. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Restoration work is under progress. Under progress. Slab Casting of 3 cottages are done, other 5 cottages are in progress. Under progress. Yet to start. -DO- -DO- -DO- -DO- -DO- Car parking, Internal road, Path-way, Baloon pad etc. Generator Shed Repairing & strengthening of exiting boundary wall, and new construction of boundary wall Work for internal pathway is under progress. Under progress. Under Progress. 50 Page

57 Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Water garden (Up gradation of existing ground level reservoir -1No.) Repair of existing temple Repair of existing guard room Shifting of existing gas-godown and it s new construction 1No. Rehabilitation quarter for existing staff of gasgodown 1 No. Entrance Plaza 1 Work is not started yet. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. Entrance Plaza 2 Septic Tank 50 Users (1 No.), 30 Users (3 No.), 10 Users (2 No.) Drain Sinking of 200mmX100mm Dia, Deep tube well Over head reservoir OHR External & internal plumbing work Landscaping Electrical work including appliances Fencing for electrical works Wall for adventure climbing Baloon for adverting Cost of civil work for water fountain (15 mm) Cost of foundation including pumping, pipe line works and light & music system etc. All complete. Cost of furniture. Work yet not started. Under progress. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Under progress. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Work yet not started. Gender Issues: During this reporting period, it has been found that 10 nos of Women labors have been engaged at the Kotdwar site. All female workers are from outside and living in the camp with their husbands, who are also involved in the construction activities. Rest shelters/camps are available for the workers especially for women. Contractor has provided equal wages and benefits to men and women for work of equal value or type. Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works. Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water, separate toilet is provided by the contractor for the labors. Two numbers of toilets are available at site. 51 Page

58 Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction is given to the Contractor to maintain Grievances register on site. Public Consultation on site: Near the Kotdwar site, there is no habitation. No vendor and hawkers are seen near the site. Therefore, consultations and meetings were concentrated to the project labors. Several meeting and consultation was held with Labors, Contractor and GMVN employee in Kotdwar site. At present 70 workers are engaged at site. Most of the workers are unskilled and few are skilled engaged in civil construction works. During interaction with labors, they informed that contractor paying Rs.450/day to skilled labor and 300/day to unskilled labor. Equal wages are being paid to the men and women workers. Contractor confirmed and it was observed that Safety equipment like-glove, gum boot, helmet, jacket etc has been provided for the all the labors but female workers are hesitating to wear helmet and other safety tools. During interaction, consultants explained the advantage of wearing safety equipment and requested the contractor to mobilize safety officers at site for maintaining the safety issues at site. 52 Page

59 Photographs of Meetings and Consultation at Kotdwar Sub Project Site 6.3.2: Implementation of Tourism Signage throughout Uttarakhand: As per surveyed data based on initial design, there is no DP under the sub-project. During the reporting period, site visits were conducted in all the working areas. It has been found that all the works are executed on the sides of existing roads and there is no impact on private land, private properties like housing, shops, commercial buildings, religious and community infrastructure. Status of works and IR issues are mentioned in table.. 53 Page

60 Table 7: Status of works and IR issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Fabrication and Erection of 15 numbers of welcome road signages (Signage Type 1) at Entry Points to Uttarakhand State. Fabrication and Erection of 1863 numbers of road signages (Signage Type 2, 3 and 4) in 13 districts of Uttarakhand State. Construction of 150 numbers of Special Signages(Signage Type 5) in Uttarakhand State. Under progress. Under progress. Under progress. No impact. No impact. No impact. Gender Issues: No women and child labour found at the construction sites. Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works. Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water is provided by the contractor for the labors at the sites of erection of signages. Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction is given to the Contractor to maintain Grievances register on site. Public Consultation on site: Public consultations were done near the locations of erected signages under the sub project. During public consultations, the benefits of the sub project were explained to people. Also, consultations were held with Labors of the contractor. About 30 labors are engaged by the contractor at different locations of erection of road signages. During interaction 54 Page

61 with labors, they informed that contractor is paying Rs.450/day to skilled labor and 300/day to unskilled labor. Equal wages are paid to the women workers. Contractor informed that Safety equipments like-glove, gum boot, helmet, jacket etc has been provided for the labors. During interaction, consultant explained the advantage of wear safety equipments and requested to mobilize safety officers at site for maintain the safety issues at site : Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri: Under the contract package, an adventure tourist center is being constructed on the bank of Tehri Lake. Water sports facilities will be provided to tourists at the center. Under the sub project, water sports equipments will be procured in a separate contract package. As per Detailed Project Report and final design, no involuntary resettlement was involved in this sub-project and brief due-diligence report was prepared for the documentary requirement for the ADB. Now, civil works has been started and monitoring is going on to identify the Resettlement Impacts, if any, due to project implementation. PMU/PMC/PIU/DSC team have carried out several site visits and consultative inspections in the sub project areas after the commencement of civil works and it has been confirmed that the implementation of the project would not have any resettlement impact. Works under the subproject are executing in Govt. land. Status of works and IR issues are mentioned in table. Table 8: Status of Works and IR Issues Scope of works Present status IR Impacts Earth work and Site preparation work at Site. Under progress. No impact. Construction is taking place in Govt. land. Construction of Raft and Column foundations. Completed. No impact. Construction of plinth beams and columns. Completed. No impact. Construction of retaining wall. Not started yet. No impact. Land development including protection work. Under progress. No impact. Adventure tourist building. Under progress. No impact. Drive way, Approach road & Steps towards Jheel. Under progress. No impact. Septic tank 2 Nos. (Each 30 users). Not started yet. Compound wall. Under progress. No impact. Elevation work. Storm water drain. Generator shed. Landscaping. Plumbing & Sanitary work. Not started yet. Not started yet. Not started yet. Not started yet. Not started yet. 55 Page

62 Electrical work with Electrical Appliance & DG set. Furniture. Safety equipment including CCTV. Not started yet. Not started yet. Not started yet. Gender Issues: During this reporting period, it has been found that 10 nos. of Women labor has been engaged in site. All female workers are from outside and living with their family in the huts constructed by the contractor. Contractor is providing equal wages and benefits to men and women. Child labor: No child labor is involved in the construction works. Provision of Drinking Water and Toilets at Site: Provision of safe drinking water, separate toilet is provided by the contractor for the labors. Total 4 numbers of toilets are available at site. Grievance Redress mechanism; No Grievances received so far. Instruction is given to the contractor to maintain Grievances register on site. : Public Consultation: Meeting and consultation was held with the contractor and project labors. During meeting with contractor and labors, the following aspects were explained: Provide sign boards at different locations of the site and contact numbers for concerns/ complaints. All safety rules at work, and provision of adequate health and safety measures such as water, food, sanitation, personal protective equipment, workers insurance, and medical facilities. The Contractor shall consult with members of village panchayat as well as local residents before and during execution of works, because they are familiar of the site, conditions etc. Training workers and providing them with appropriate incentives to use and comply with health and safety procedures and protective equipment; Having emergency prevention, preparedness, and response arrangements in place. 56 Page

63 Meetings and Consultations at Tehri Adventure Tourist Center Site 57 Page

64 Site Photographs Photographs of UK/ IDIPT/KOT/01 : Development of Tourism Infrastructure for North Corbett Entry Point at Kotdwara Material Storage and Construction in Progress View of Construction Site and Work in Progress View of Construction camp View of Toilet Block at Construction site 58 Page

65 Photographs of UK/ IDIPT/KOT/03 Lot 2 : Development of Development of Adventure Tourist Centre at Tehri Material Storage at Site View of Construction Site ( Retaining Wall Construction Work in Progress) View of Sand Storage at Site View of Construction Camp View of Toilet Block at Construction Camp 59 Page

66 Photographs of UK/ IDIPT/KOT/02 : Implementation of Tourism Signage throughout the State of Uttarakhand Work in Progress for Laying Foundation Type 1 for Signage at Jaspur ( Udham Singh Nagar Dist.) View of Completed Signage Type 3 in Jaspur ( Udham Singh Nagar Dist.) View of Completed Signage Type 3 View of Completed Signage Type 3 Work 60 Page

67 7. Policy and Legal Framework: The policy framework and entitlements for the program as well as for this subproject are now to be based on national laws: The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act , state laws and regulations: ADB s Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 (SPS); and the agreed Resettlement Framework (RF). Based on these, the core involuntary resettlement principles applicable are: (i) land acquisition, and other involuntary resettlement impacts will be avoided or minimized exploring all viable alternative subproject designs; (ii) where unavoidable, time-bound Resettlement Plans will be prepared and APs will be assisted in improving or at least regaining their pre-program standard of living; (iii) consultation with APs on compensation, disclosure of resettlement information to APs, and participation of affected persons in planning and implementing subprojects will be ensured; (iv) vulnerable groups will be provided special assistance; (v) payment of compensation to APs including non-titled persons (e.g., informal dwellers/squatters, and encroachers) for acquired assets at replacement rates; (vi) payment of compensation and resettlement assistance prior to the contractor taking physical acquisition of the land and prior to the commencement of any construction activities; (vii) provision of income restoration and rehabilitation; and (viii) establishment of appropriate grievance redress mechanisms. A detailed policy framework including the comparison of new national law and policies with ADB SPS is given in Annexure- 8. Grievance Redress Mechanism has been established in this Program: GRC has been established. A grievance of the public and, particularly, the DPs is first brought to the notice to the implementing NGO and Safeguard Expert of DSC, which will be forwarded to the PIU. Grievances not redressed by the PIU will referred to the PMU level, who will, based on review of the grievances, address them in consultation with the Community/Social Development Specialist of the PMU. Should the grievance remain unresolved, the Project Director, will refer the issue to the State level empowered committee, which will act as Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) for the Facility. The GRC will resolve the issue within one month from the date of registration of any case in the GRC. 9. Public Consultations: The activities undertaken during the reporting period have been presented along with the Photographs as documentary evidence of public consultations/disclosure Meetings/trainings etc in the report under 3 DSCs. Information is disseminated to APs/DPs through various means. The finalized DDRs/RP were disclosed at ADB s website and is disclosed at UTDB web-site. The DDRs/RP are being translated in local language (Hindi) in a leaflet form and PIUs are distributing them among the local community, tourists, line departments, contractors, labour etc. at each subproject site. The information dissemination and consultation will be continued throughout the program implementation. The Community/Social Development Officer of PIUs and Safeguard Specialist of DSCs are in process of conducting consultations and disseminating information to all APs/DPs. The public disclosure meetings, orientation of labour on safety measures etc. have been organised at Assan Barrage site, Hanol, Lakhamandal, North Entry Corbett,Tehri, and Naukuchiatal - the details have already been covered with photographs. The RPs in the local language have been made available at offices of the: (i) Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ Village Panchayats (ii) relevant local government line agencies (GMVN & KMVN, Forest, Irrigation etc.); and (iii) PMU and PIUs. 4 The policy framework and entitlements for the program as well as for this subproject will now based on new national law(applicability is from January 2014) namely;: The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 and state laws and regulations. ; ADB s Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 (SPS); and the agreed Resettlement Framework (RF). 61 Page

68 DDRs/RP have been kept in the public libraries, accessible to citizens as a means to disclose the document and at the same time creating wider public awareness. The PMU and PIUs provide information on IR policies and features of the DDRs/RP in the disclosure meetings. Basic information such as sub-project location, impact estimates, entitlements, and implementation schedule will be presented in the form of a brochure/ leaflet that is circulated among DPs/APs.(Annexure -IV.copy of hindi leaflet being disseminated in Tiger Falls sub project being in Category B as per IR of ADB. )Posters containing basic DDRs/RP information will also be posted in different localities to increase awareness if the impact is major. 10. Lessons Learnt and Good Practices: 1. All the measures are being taken to minimize the IR impacts at all sites by the design team, although no private land acquisition and resettlement impact is envisaged in any of the subproject where the civil works are in progress. The required measures are being taken as per the RP/DDRs for the temporary disruption of the livelihood of the GMVN/KMVN staff working at the site and the DPs whose livelihood is getting affected due to the civil works. The monitoring of all the site are being done as per the ADB safeguard policy statement 2009, on regular basis by the PIUs and DSCs as mentioned above for all the packages, where implementation is under progress. 2. All the DDRs and RPs are prepared after extensive consultation with stakeholders and DPs under the program (both Tr -2 and Tr-3 ) and have been disclosed on the Program and ADB website. The same have also been disclosed to the stakeholders, local community and DPs by translating the salient features into the local language and distributed the information with the help of leaflets, handbills by hand and by displaying on boards of the local administration, the temple committees and GMVN/KMVN offices. With the help of these IEC the stakeholders have been informed with the level of impacts, entitlement to the Displaced Persons, the eligibility criteria, the principles and procedures of compensation. A notice has also been served to the DPs prior to the commencement of works. 3. Informative signages about the project, its components and their corresponding cost have been placed at the project site for maintaining the transparency. 4. The works are being done with minimum inconvenience to the local community and the tourists. The program team has explained the importance of short term inconveniences and long term benefits of the program to the public and people in general cooperate as they understand that the tourist inflow will be increased as outcome of the subprojects. The visitors will spend more time to see the natural sites and to know importance of cultural and heritage sites, use the facilities and pay for them, which will help in improving economy of the region. It will also be a good income source for Uttaranchal Tourism. 5. All the basic information of Displaced Persons, like location, composition of structure, gender of household head, housing type, occupation and employment pattern, income source & level etc. were covered to know more about the socio-economic status of the DPs. 6. Consultation, informal discussion, awareness generation and information dissemination is the regular practice being adopted by all PIUs and the DSCs. Meeting and FGD have been carried out by community development expert of PMU also in the respective villages, where works are proposed and training has been given to start the livelihood activities through groups near the project areas. 62 Page

69 7. Brochures in vernacular language summarizing the project, impacts, entitlement of Displaced Persons distributed to DPs, so that they aware about the eligibility criteria, entitlement, basis principal and process of compensation. Prior to the commencement of works, notice has also issued to the DPs wherever the case was. 8. Leaflet has been prepared for all the sub-projects and distributed to the stakeholders for their understanding about the sub-projects.review meeting of Project units are held on regular basis for review the works. 9. All the Institutional Arrangements have been well established for compliance of ADB safeguard policy. 10. Safeguard Specialist has been appointed in PMU/PIUs/PMC and DSCs for review and implementation of safeguard procedures. 11. Valuation Committee (VC) has been constituted and is being performed properly at PMU for taking major decision regarding the compensation packages of the DPs by assessing the actual situation in the field after listening the version of DPs and local community. The IR impact has avoided completely by following the Ist principle of SPS The follow up of the committee is so strong that the matter has been resolved by organize ng 02 continuous meetings on 22nd and 30 th Sept, 2014 for Tiger Fall subproject. and suggestion of Villagers and Panchayat by change in the design by GRC was made at the time of implementation. 12. When a request received from Mr.Khajan Singh (whose structure was proposed to be dismantled during development of parking near entrance gate of Tiger Fall) was carefully attended by the program authority and took necessary decision in favour of DP to avoid IR impact from the project, which is a commendable example of the Ist principle of SPS Most of the causal workers of GMVN/KMVN at Asan and TRH Parichay sites have been shifted to the other units of GMVN/KMVN prior to dismantle of existing structures. The livelihood of none of the worker has been impacted due to execution of the subproject packages. 14. Besides the Tiger Falls case, (which has been solved to the satisfaction of DP), no grievances has been reported by the local people till date from any of the site. 15. The Grievance registers have been maintained by the contractors on the sites to register grievances. 16. Review meeting of Project units are held on regular basis for review the works. 17. SLEC meetings are being organized on regular basis to review the progress of the works and its timely completion etc. 18. Village Panchayats and Temple Trusts have given their consent for taking responsibility for the Operation and Maintenance of the project assets at the time of RP/DDR preparation. 19. Few local labourers have also been engaged in the construction activities and all the workers have a job card and the six days working provision as per the GCC 63. Local labours are given priority for the construction activities thus creating livelihood opportunities for the local villagers in the project area. 20. Considering the Gender aspect, women representation are visible in the project units and also construction works. Further, meeting and FGDs have been carried out by the females in the respective villages, where works are proposed and training has been imparted in groups for livelihood activities nearby the project areas. It has been noticed during site visits that approximately 15% female workers are engaged in construction activities covering all 08 sites during the reporting period. 63 Page

70 21. All the basic information of Displaced Persons, like location, composition of structure, gender of household head, housing type, occupation and employment pattern, income source & level etc. were covered to know more about the socio-economic status of the DPs. 22. All the DDRs and RPs are prepared after extensive consultation with stakeholders and DPs under the program (both Tr 2 and Tr 3 ) have been disclosed on the Program and ADB website. The same have also been disclosed to the stakeholders, local community and DPs by translating the salient features into the local language and distributed the information with the help of leaflets, handbills by hand and by displaying on boards of the local administration, the temple committees and GMVN/KMVN offices. With the help of these IEC the stakeholders have been informed with the level of impacts, entitlement to the Displaced Persons, the eligibility criteria, the principles and procedures of compensation. A notice has also been served to the DPs prior to the commencement of works. 23. Informative signages about the project, its components and their corresponding cost have been placed at the project site for maintaining the transparency. 24. All the measures are being taken to minimize the IR impacts at all sites by the design team. Although no private land acquisition and resettlement impact envisaged in any of the subproject, where the civil works are in progress. The required measures are being taken as per the RP/DDRs for the temporary disruption of the livelihood of the GMVN/KMVN staff working at the site and the DPs whose livelihood is getting affected due to the civil works. The monitoring of all the site are being done as per the ADB safeguard policy statement 2009, on regular basis by the PIUs and DSCs as mentioned above for all the packages, where implementation is under progress. 25. When a request received from Mr.Khajan Singh (whose structure was proposed to be dismantled during development of parking near entrance gate of Tiger Fall) was carefully attended by the program authority and took necessary decision in favour of DP to avoid IR impact from the project, which is a commendable example of the Ist principle of SPS Valuation Committee (VC) has been constituted and is being performed properly at PMU for taking major decision regarding the compensation packages of the DPs by assessing the actual situation in the field after listening the version of DPs and local community. The IR impact has avoided completely by following the Ist principle of SPS The follow up of the committee is so strong that the matter has been resolved by organizing 02 continuous meetings on 22nd and 30th Sept, 2014 for Tiger Fall subproject. and suggestion of Villagers and Panchayat by change in the design by GRC was made at the time of implementation. 27. The works are being done with minimum inconvenience to the local community and the tourists. The program team has explained the importance of short term inconveniences and long term benefits of the program to the public and people in general cooperate as they understand that the tourist inflow will be increased as outcome of the subprojects. The visitors will spend more time to see the natural sites and to know importance of cultural and heritage sites, use the facilities and pay for them, which will help in improving economy of the region. It will also be a good income source for Uttaranchal Tourism. 28. Most of the causal workers of GMVN/KMVN at Asan and TRH Parichay sites have been shifted to the other units of GMVN/KMVN prior to dismantle of existing structures. The livelihood of none of the worker has been impacted due to execution of the subproject packages. 29. Besides the Tiger Falls case, (which has been solved to the satisfaction of DP), no grievances has been reported by the local people till date from any of the site. The registers have been maintained by the contractors on the sites to register grievances. 30. It has been noticed during site visits that approximately 15% female workers are engaged in construction activities covering all 08 sites during the reporting period. 64 Page

71 31. Few local loborer have also been engaged in the construction activities and all the workers have a job card and the six days working provision as per the GCC 63. Local labours are given priority for the construction activities thus creating livelihood opportunities for the local villagers in the project area 32. Considering the Gender aspect, women representation are visible in the project units and also construction works. Further, meeting and FGDs have been carried out by the females in the respective villages, where works are proposed and training has been imparted in groups for livelihood activities nearby the project areas. 33. Meeting and FGD have been carried out by community development expert in the respective villages, where works are proposed and training has been given to start the livelihood activities through groups near the project areas. 34. Consultation, informal discussion, awareness generation and information dissemination is the regular practice being adopted by all PIUs and the DSCs. 35. Brouchoures in vernacular language summarizing the project, impacts, entitlement of Displaced Persons distributed to DPs, so that they aware about the eligibility criteria, entitlement, basis principal and process of compensation. Prior to the commencement of works, notice has also issued to the DPs wherever the case was. 36. Leaflet has been prepared for all the sub-projects and distributed to the stakeholders for their understanding about the sub-projects.review meeting of Project units are held on regular basis for review the works. 37. SLEC meetings are being organized on regular basis to review the progress of the works, and its timely completion etc. 38. Review meeting of Project units are held on regular basis for review the works. 39. All the Institutional Arrangements have been well established for compliance of ADB safeguard policy. 40. Safeguard Specialist has been appointed in PMU/PIUs/PMC and DSCs for review and implementation of safeguard procedures. 41. Village Panchayats and Temple Trusts have given their consent for taking responsibility for the Operation and Maintenance of the project assets. 65 Page

72 Annexure I: Status of Resettlement Plan/Due Diligence Reports approved by ADB S.No. RP/DDR Status 1. AsanBarage Lot-1 Approved by ADB on 22 nd April Yamuna Circuit Lot-1 Tiger Falls (RP) Approved by ADB on 1 st May Yamuna Circuit Lot-1 Lakhamandal Approved by ADB on 27 th May Yamuna Circuit Lot -3 Hanol Approved by ADB on 27 th May Yamuna Circuit Lot-2 Deovan MoU finalized by forest deptt. 6. Development of Adventure Sports Centre, Submitted by 25 th August 2014 Uttarakhand 7. North Entry Corbett Approved by ADB on 6 th June Signage Sub-Project Uttarakhand Not Needed 9. Adventure Sports Centre at Tehri Lot- 1 & 2 Approved by ADB on 12 th June TRH Parichay Approved by ADB on 4 th June Amelioration of Lake Naukuchiatal Approved by ADB on 4 th June Trek Trail from Pithoragarh to Chandak Approved by ADB on 5 th June View Point at Mostamanu Temple Approved by ADB on 13 th June Conservation of Pithoragarh Fort Approved by ADB on 20 th June Development of Adventure Centers under PIU Bhimtal Lot-1 & Lot-2 Submitted by 25 th August 2014 Tranche-3 S.No. RP/DDR Status 1 Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Kartikeya Swami Circuit - Durgadhar and Tungeshwar Temple Approved by ADB on 19/06/ Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Kartikeya Swami Circuit - Kartikeya Swami Temple Approved by ADB on 19/06/ Conservation and Development of Rural Tourism sites in DDR under Process District Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi (3 Lots) 4 Creation of Pedestrian route for Pilgrims and Tourists in Haridwar Submitted to ADB on 23/01/ Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Sem-Mukhem (Tehri) Approved by ADB on 25/06/ Development Rural Tourism Infrastructure in Pauri and Tehri Under process (survey) * districts 7 Conservation of Cultural Heritage and urban place making in Submitted Nainital 8 Conservation of Cultural Heritage and urban place making in Under Process Nainital by providing Mechanical Parking 9 Conservation and Development of Jageshwar Sacred Under process Tourism Circuit 10 Restoration and adaptive reuse of Almora Fort (Rani Mahal) Submitted 11 Restoration and adaptive reuse of Almora Fort (Malla Mahal) Submitted 12 Restoration and adaptive reuse of Champawat Submitted Fort.(Rajbhunga) 13 Restoration and adaptive reuse of Champawat Submitted Fort.(Banasur) 14 Restoration and adaptive re-use of Pithoragarh Fort Phase-II Under process 15 Development of Tourism Safety & Management System Submitted 16 Provision of Solar Facilities at Tourist Guest Houses (in Not required. Uttarakhand) 17 Development of traditional medicine and Yoga Training centres Not required 66 Page

73 Annexure II: Policy and Legal Framework The policy framework and entitlements for the Program are based on national laws: The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and ADB S Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 (SPS). The salient features of Government and ADB polices are summarized below. I. Government Policy The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013(The Central Government has notified January 01, 2014 as the effective date of the act,) The act provides for transparent process and fair compensation to land owners and those affected by land acquisition, for land acquired for public purpose. In determining market price, (Sec 26 read with 1st Schedule) the land owner in urban area will get twice, due to the 100% solatium and in rural area, the multiplying factor is 1 to 2 depending on distance from nearest urban center, to be notified by appropriate government, and then 100% solatium. Traditionally R&R has been in the form of a one-time compensation, which was decided using the last registered sale or a similar sale in the vicinity of the land as a base. After the proposed project is set up, the land prices rise owing to the benefits of the development. This creates considerable dissatisfaction amongst the displaced people. To prevent such issues, the entire R&R package stipulates the provision of employment by the project owner in cases where jobs are generated by the project and basic infrastructure including drinking water, individual electric connections, health centre etc for the resettled. Over and above this, delivery of the compensation and the R&R are proposed to be preconditions to the transfer of the land title. The procedure for acquisition and R&R will include a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) which will cover the investigation of public purpose, minimum extent of land required thereof, estimation of displacement and social impact on affected families apart from the overall cost versus benefit analysis for the proposed project. The act restricts the use of emergency clause to defense, national security and natural calamities. Since there is no land acquisition in "legal terms in this subproject, therefore this is not applicable. They are as follows: Transportation cost for displaced families - Each affected family which is displaced shall get a one-time financial assistance of Rs /- as transportation cost for shifting of the family, building materials, belongings and cattle. In this case, commercial structure of one of the DPs will be demolished which will not result in displacement but will involve transportation of building materials salvaged. Each affected family which is displaced from the land acquired shall be given a monthly subsistence allowance equivalent to Rs. 3000/- per month for a period of one year from the date of award. This is applicable to those families whose livelihood is primarily dependent on land acquired. In this sub-project, the livelihood of DPs is not primarily dependent on land to be cleared. As such, assistance for temporary livelihood disruption is provided for six (6) Rs. 3000/- per month. Each affected family having cattle or having a petty shop shall get one-time financial assistance of such amount as the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify subject to a minimum of Rs /- for construction of cattle shed or petty shop as the case may be. In this sub-project, 3 petty shops will be impacted. A minimum of Rs /- each has been provided for these petty shops. 67 Page

74 II. ADB S Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 (SPS) a. Thethree important elements of ADB s involuntary resettlement policy are (i) Compensation to replace lostassets, livelihood, and income; (ii) assistance for relocation, including provision of relocation sites with appropriate facilities and services; and (iii) Assistance for rehabilitation to achieve at least the same level of well-being with the project as without it. b. For any ADB operation requiring involuntary resettlement, resettlement planning is an integral part of project design, to be dealt with from the earliest stages of the project cycle, taking into account the following basic principles: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) Involuntary resettlement will be avoided whenever feasible. Where population displacement is unavoidable, it should be minimized. All lost assets acquired or affected will be compensated. Compensation is based on the principle of replacement cost. Each involuntary resettlement is conceived and executed as part of a development project or program. Affected persons need to be provided with sufficient resources to reestablish their livelihoods and homes with time-bound action in co-ordination with civil works. Affected personsare to be fully informed and closely consulted. Affected personsare to be assisted to integrate economically and socially into host communities so that adverse impacts on the host communities are minimized and social harmony is promoted. The absence of a formal title to land is not a bar to ADB policy entitlements. Affected persons are to be identified and recorded as early as possible to establish their eligibility, through a census which serves as a cut-off date, and prevents subsequent influx of encroachers. Particular attention will be paid to vulnerable groups including those without legal title to land or other assets; households headed by women; the elderly or disabled; and indigenous groups. Assistance must be provided to help them improve their socioeconomic status. The full resettlement costs will be included in the presentation of project costs and benefits. Comparison of Government and ADB Policies A policy comparison between LA Act, New LA Act 2013 and ADB's Safeguards Policy Statement, 2009 is presented in the following table along with measures to bridge the gap. 68 Page

75 Comparison between ADB s Requirements and the Requirements of the Government of India (RFCTLARRA) and Gap Filling Measures S. No. ADB Safeguard Requirements (SPS, 2009) Objectives Provisions in the RFCTLARRA, 2013 Measures to bridge the Gaps 1 Avoid involuntary resettlement wherever feasible 2 If unavoidable, minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives Same Same 3 To enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels The SPS requirements will be followed. 4 To improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups. The SPS requirements will be followed. Policy Principles 5 Screen the project early on to identify past, present, and future involuntary resettlement impacts and risks. While the policy does not specify any requirement for screening of the project at an early stage for resettlement impacts and risks, it requires carrying out social impact assessment before any proposal for land acquisition (Section-16). Screening of all sub-projects in line with the IR checklist of ADB, towards enabling identification of the potential resettlement impacts and associated risks. 6 Determine the scope of resettlement planning through a survey and/or census of displaced persons, including a gender analysis, specifically related to resettlement impacts and risks 7 Carryout consultations with displaced persons, host communities and concerned NGOs. Inform all displaced Carry out census of affected people and their assets to be affected, livelihood loss and common property to be affected; R&R scheme including time line for implementation.(section: 16. (1) and (2)). Consultation with Panchayat, Municipality, to carry out SIA. (Section: 4. (1)) Public hearing for Social Impact persons of their entitlements and Assessment. Section: 5. resettlement options Discussion on and Public hearing for Draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme Section: 16. (4). and (5). The SPS requirements will be followed. 8 Establish a project level grievance redress mechanism Establishment of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority for disposal of disputes relating to land acquisition, compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement. Section: 51. (1). and Section: 64. The Requiring Body or any person aggrieved by the Award passed by an Authority under section 69 may file an appeal to the High Court within sixty days from the date of award. Section: 74. (1). and (2). A project level GRM is included in the RP. 69 Page

76 S.No. ADB Safeguard Requirements (SPS, 2009) 9 Where involuntary resettlement impacts and risks are highly complex and sensitive, compensation and resettlement decisions should be preceded by a social preparation phase. Provisions in the RFCTLARRA, 2013 Social Impact Assessment is must before taking final decision on acquisition of land followed by preparation of R&R Scheme Measures to bridge the Gaps Social Impact Assessment, awareness campaigns, and social preparation phase will be done for any projects with significant impacts. 10 Improve or restore the livelihoods Land for land in case of irrigation of all displaced persons through projects to the land owners losing (i) land-based resettlement agricultural land. Land for land in every strategies project to land owners belong to SC and (ii) prompt replacement of assets ST community up to 2.5 acres of land. with access to assets of equal or Section: 31 and The Second Schedule higher value, Provision of housing units in case of (iii) prompt compensation at full displacement. Offer for developed land. replacement cost for assets that Section: 31 and The Second Schedule cannot be restored, and Recognizes 3 methods and whichever is (iv) additional revenues and services through benefit higher will be considered which will be multiplied by a factor given in The First sharing schemes where Schedule. Compensation given earlier possible. will not be considered; If rates not available floor price can be set; Steps to be taken to update the market value. (Section 26 and The First Schedule)Provision for employment, fishing rights, annuity policy etc. (Section: 31 and The Second Schedule) The SPS requirements will be followed. Structures to be compensated at replacement cost without depreciation 11 If there is relocation, secured tenure to relocation land, better housing at resettlement sites with comparable access to employment and production opportunities, integration of resettled persons economically and socially into their host communities, and extension of project benefits to host communities; provide transitional support and development assistance, such as land development, credit facilities, training, or employment opportunities; and (iii) civic infrastructure and community services, as required. A family as a unit will receive R&R grant over and above the compensation and those who are not entitled to compensation. Section: 31 Homeless entitled to constructed house, land for land in irrigation projects in lieu of compensation, in case of acquisition for urbanization 20% of developed land reserved for owners at a prices equal to compensation jobs or a one-time payment or annuity for 20 years subsistence grant, transportation, land and house registered on joint name husband and wife, etc. Second Schedule Provision for infrastructural amenities in resettlement areas. Section: 32 and Third Schedule Alternative resettlement site is proposed in the framework. 70 Page

77 S.No. ADB Safeguard Requirements (SPS, 2009) Provisions in the RFCTLARRA, 2013 Measures to bridge the Gaps 12 Improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, to at least national minimum standards Landless people are considered and eligible for R&R grants. Section: 16. (2). Widows, divorcees, abandoned women will be considered as separate family and entitled to R&R provisions Section: 3. (m) Homeless entitled to constructed house and landless entitled to land in irrigation project. Second Schedule Special provision for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe; Section: 41. Additional provisions for SC&ST for land for land in irrigation projects, additional sum over and above the subsistence grant. Second Schedule The entitlement matrix includes the requirements of both the SPS and the RFCTLARRA. 13 If land acquisition is through negotiated settlement, ensure that those who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain the same or better income and livelihood status R&R entitlements apply in case of land acquired/purchased for PPP projects and for Private Companies. Section: 2. (2), and 46. Not envisaged. 14 Ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation for loss of nonland assets. The Act recognises: Section: 3. (c) RF mandates that in the case of a family which does not own any land land acquisition, the date of but belong to the family of an publication of preliminary agricultural labourer, tenant, sharecroppers, or artisans or working in Section 11(1) of the RFCTLARRA notification for acquisition under affected area for three years prior to the will be treated as the cut-off date acquisition of the land for title holders, and for nontitleholders, such as, squatters, the the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dweller who have lost start date of the project census any of their forest rights survey. family whose primary source of livelihood for three years prior to the acquisition of the land is dependent on forests or water bodies and includes gatherers of forest produce, hunters, fisher folk and boatmen a family residing or earning livelihoods on any land in the urban areas for preceding three years or more prior to the acquisition of the land 15 Prepare a resettlement plan elaborating on displaced persons entitlements, the income and livelihood restoration strategy, institutional arrangements, monitoring and reporting framework, budget, and time- bound implementation schedule. Preparation of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme including time line for implementation. Section: 16. (1) and (2). Separate development plans to be prepared. Section Page

78 S.No. ADB Safeguard Requirements (SPS, 2009) Provisions in the RFCTLARRA, 2013 Measures to bridge the Gaps 16 Disclose a draft resettlement plan, including documentation of the consultation process in a timely manner, before project appraisal, in an accessible place and a form and language(s) understandable to displaced persons and other stakeholders. Disclose the final resettlement plan and its updates to displaced persons and other stakeholders The draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme prepared shall be made known locally by wide publicity in the affected area and discussed in the concerned Gram Sabhas or Municipalities and in website. Section: 16. (4) The approved Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme to be made available in the local language to the Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation and in website. Section: 18. In addition to the publishing of the approved resettlement plans, the RF includes provision for disclosure of the various documents pertaining to RP implementation, as well as disclosure to the affected persons through public meetings and workshops. 10 Include the full costs of measures proposed in the resettlement plan as part of project s costs and benefits. For a project with significant involuntary resettlement impacts and / or indigenous peoples plan, consider implementing the involuntary resettlement component of the project as a stand-alone operation. The requiring body shall bear the cost of acquisition covering compensation and R&R cost. Section: 19. (2) and Section 95. (1) The SPS requirements will be followed.- 17 Pay compensation and provide other The Collector shall take possession of resettlement entitlements before land after ensuring that full payment of physical or economic displacement. compensation as well as rehabilitation Implement the resettlement plan under and resettlement entitlements are paid close supervision throughout project within three months for the implementation. compensation and a period of six months for the monetary part of rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements. Section: 38. (1) The Collector shall be responsible for ensuring that the rehabilitation and resettlement process is completed in all its aspects before displacing the affected families. Section: 38. (2) The SPS requirements will be followed. 18 Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring. Disclose monitoring reports. The Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee, to monitor and review the progress of implementation of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme and to carry out postimplementation social audits in consultation with the Cram Sabha in rural areas and municipality in urban areas. Section: 45. (1) Set up National and State level Monitoring Committee to review and monitor progress. Section The SPS requirements will be followed. 72 Page

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91 NOC of GMVN for the proposed works in Asan Barrage site To, Addt. Project Director, PMU,IDIPT,Dehradun Dear Sir, GMVN does not have any problems for the proposed works in Asan Barrage site and all the staffs willbe shifted to other office for consideration for their livelihood during the period of construction. General Manager,GMVN 85 Page

92 Office Order of Transfer of Land to Tourism Department for construction of parking and other works for Tiger Fall sub -project Office order 2207/12 A-241/ Dated : Mr. SachinKurve, District Magistrate has transferred the land which was previously under Mona and Bhindaal villages, Tehsil Chakrata is given below: S.No. District Tehsil Village Khasra No. Rakba (in Hectare) 1 Dehradun Chakrata Mona 1818, , Dehradun Chakrata Bhindaal Total Page

93 Transfer order of Land to Tourism Department for construction of parking for Lakhamandalsubproject Khasra no-207 &274,rakwa (0.01 & hec) of village Lakhamandal,Tehsil-Chakrata,Dist- Dehradun,which was previously under the jurisdiction of Gram panchayat,now district administration takes these land in their own possession and transfer to the tourism department for ADB supported infrastructure development at Village Lakhamandal. ` 87 Page

94 Transfer order of Land from village panchayat to Tourism Department for construction of SnanGhat and others works Rakwa no-26(0.053) & 28,(0.100) of village Hanol Tehsil-Tuni,Dist-Dehradun,which was previously under the jurisdiction of Gram panchayat,now district administration takes these land in their own possession and transfer to the tourism department for ADB supported infrastructure development at Village Hanol. 88 Page

95 Consent by the temple trust for construction of Dharamsala in the Temple trust land. Mandir Trust is agreed to construct the Dharamsala through ADB supported IDIPT project in their trust land (Khasra no-51(0.057) & 52(0.061), which is barren and unfertile. 89 Page

96 Annexure-V : DSC- Bhimtal Sl No. Name of Site 1 TRH Parichay, Naukuchiatal 2 Lake, Naukuchiatal 3 Trek Trail, Pithoragarh 4 Mostamanu Temple, Pithoragarh Labour Details of various Sub-Projects Labour Details Total Labour Skilled Unskilled Female Labour Child Labour Nil (unskilled) Nil Nil Nil Total Skilled Labour 62 Unskilled Labour 4 Unskilled Nil 90 Page

97 Summary of Stakeholder/Public Consultations and Community Development Activities (January-June 2015) S. No. Activity /Event 1 Public Consultation Meeting at Takula Village Date Total Participants Male Female Discussion/ Suggestions 01/02/ Discussion on community based rural tourism development for economic growth and livelihood promotion in Takula village. Total Voices women of Development of basic amenities / separate toilets for women and drinking water facility at all the tourist spot. 91 Page

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110 of Project Site- Work of View point at Mostmanu Temple, Pithoragarh Flooring work of Viewing shelter A view of Path way work near Temple Pointing at Toilet Block Boundary Wall Ongoingrailing work on Ongoing Pointing Work at Ongoing Path way work from back site gate Toilet Block 104 Page

111 Selected Photographs of Stakeholder Consultation meeting for Rural Tourism development at Takula Village (Gandhi Gram) A natural view of village Takula and its surrounding A view of Community Meeting at primary school of village Takula A view of Abandoned Gandhi Ashram and Gandhi Mandir in Takula village 105 Page