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Resettlement Planning Document

The resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarilyrepresent those of ADBs Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.

Resettlement PlanDocument Stage: Draft for ConsultationProject Number: 38164December 2009

BAN: Natural Gas Access Improvement Project

Prepared by Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services


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SHORT RESETTLEMENT PLAN FOR SOUTHWEST REGIONGAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK PROJECT


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SHORT RESETTLEMENT PLANTAB LE OF CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations.. 1Executive Summary .. 2

Section A: Description of the Project............... 4

Section B : Scope of Land Acquisition & Impacts . 5

Section C: Measures to minimize impacts... 6

Section D: Objectives of the Short Resettlement Plan.. 6

Section E: Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Households. 7

Section F: Gender Impacts & Mitigative Measures 8

Section G: Resettlement Principles & Policy Framework. 8

Section H: Cut off Date. 9

Section I: Stakeholder Participation & Disclosure of the Resettlement Plan 9

Section J: Implementation Arrangements & Grievance Redressal... 9

Section J: Cost Estimate & Budget . 10

Section K: Implementation Schedule. 11

Section L: Monitoring & Evaluation. 11

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ADB : Asian Development Bank

AH : Affected Household

APs : Affected Persons/People

BBS : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

DC : Deputy Commissioner

DPGBPBU : Dakkhin Paschimanchal Gas Bitoran Prokalpa

Bastabayan Unit

EA : Executing Agency

FGD : Focus Group Discussion

GOB : Government of BangladeshGRC : Grievance Redressal Committee

GTCL : Gas Transmission Co. Ltd.

HDD : Horizontal Directional Drilling

IOL : Inventory of Loss

LA : Land Acquisition

LPG : Liquefied Petroleum Gas

NGO : Non Governmental Organization

PD : Project Director

ROW : Right of Way

RP : Resettlement Plan

R&R : Resettlement and Rehabilitation

Tk : Taka Bangladeshi Currency

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Short Resettlement Plan

1. Description of the Project : Unavailability of natural gas over time has retardedthe normal economic growth of the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It has become an

utmost necessity to distribute transmitted natural gas in this region specially to feed theindustrial, commercial and domestic needs. In order to address this crisis, Bangladesh Oil,Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) has undertaken the Southwest Region GasDistribution Network Project for construction of 165 km 20 dia 1000 psig gas transmissionline to facilitate the flow of natural gas in this region. The pipeline will be laid along the roadside from Bheramara to Khulna covering the 5 districts of Khulna Division Bagerhat,Khulna, Jessore, Jhenaidah, Kushtia. Distribution network of transmission line in theproject can be seen in the table below.

SL No. Name of Towns Length of Pipelines (km)1. Bagerhat 452. Jessore 165

3. Jhenaidaha 244. Kaliganj 65. Khulna 3956. Fatulla 197. Kushtia 1608. Bheramara 129. Mongla 5510. Noapara 20

Total 901

2. Land Acquisition and Displacement : The distribution pipeline along with twofeeder transmission lines will follow the right of way (ROW) of the existing roads belonging,

mainly, to the pourashavas/city corporation. There will be no land acquisition and thereforeno land of private owners will be affected. Although there will be no affected person (AP)losing own land, some small number of squatters/informal settlers encroaching the right ofway (ROW) are likely to suffer temporary displacement .

Nine households comprising of 52 persons, mainly comprising of squatters squatting alongthe road on the right of way (ROW), will suffer temporary displacement as a result of theProject. All the nine affected structures comprise of wooden kiosks and mostlytemporary/kutcha structures located along the road and the impact incurred by them wouldbe in terms of disruption of business for a week during the laying of the pipeline. These aremainly commercial units operating on the side of the road. The commercial unitstemporarily affected by the project include slaughter shops, tea stalls as well as shop

selling pottery. All these kiosks will be temporarily shifted and will be re-shifted back ontheir previous location within a week. Hence there would be no long term impacts on theirasset or income. The only impact experience non-severe impacts likely to arise fromshifting and re-shifting of temporary sheds for short duration.

3. Significance of Impact &Resettlement Plan : It is clear that the project will notrequire any compulsory acquisition of private land and other assets, and the impact onaffected persons (APs) will be non-severe. In accordance with the ADBs policy onInvoluntary Resettlement, the present document therefore has been prepared as a shortResettlement Plan (RP). The RP will be concerned only with procedures for financialcompensation of APs to address those non-severe short duration impacts likely to arisefrom shifting and re-shifting of temporary shops/structures for a week or so. There are noindigenous people (tribal or ethnic minority) with the AP population and there are no

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vulnerable group, women, CPR to suffer any significant impact due to construction of thetransmission line.

4. Affected Households :Census survey identifies (shown in the table below), atotal of 9 shops owned by the squatters in Khulna and Jessore will be affected for the timebeing due to shifting from the right of way of the road alignment.

Sl No Name of City/Town No of HouseholdsAffected

Total Number ofPerson Affected

1 Khulna 5 322 Jessore 4 20

Total 9 52

5. Compensation for APs : Compensation and entitlements have been identifiedbased on impacts and losses under the project. Affected households by location and typecan be seen in the following table along with the level of their compensation.

District : Khulna, Upazila : Batiaghata, Union : JalmaAffected SquattersSL No. Name of APs Fathers Name Location of the

affectType of Damage Compensation

(Tk.)1. Md. Khalil Mia Md. Haque Mia Rupsa Approach

Road (MayouriRiver)

Shop 6,000.00

2. As above Shop 3,000.003. As above Shop 3,000.004. As above Shop 3,000.005. As above Shop 5,500.00

Total 20,500

District : Jessore, Upazila : Jessore (Pourashava)

Affected Squatters6. Sulaiman Ismail Daratana Bridge Shop 5,000.007. Anwar Hossain A. Mannan As above Shop 5,000.008. Jahangir

HossainBara Pahari As above Shop 5,000.00

9. Kalu Mia A. Matin As above Shop 5,000.00

Total 20,000.00Source : HCL Survey in January 2009

6. Consultation, Participation and Disclosure : The project ultimately hasavoided the process of land acquisition. However, the road alignments within the municipalarea of the project towns will be affected for a short span of time. Consultations were carried

out at municipalities, in the vicinity of project locations involving the gas users, PourashavaMayor and Counselors, land owners, commercial and industrial enterprizes etc. Thesuggestions from the community were sought how best the affects could be mitigated.Noresettlement action plan will be required for the project since there will be no land acquisitionimpact. One time payment will be made for nine persons located in some locations.However, consultation will be carried out with the community to resolve any issue that mightcrop up.

7. Eligibility Cut-off Date : As there is no land acquisition impact, it was felt notnecessary to carry out any large scale video recording. However video recording was donein June (4 to 6), 2009 on the proposed roads which will be treated as cut-off date forestablishing eligibility for assistance and compensation.

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8. Cost Estimate and Budget : The total estimated cost for implementation of the RP isTaka 0.541million (US$ 0.007952million). The estimated budget includes the amount ofcompensation for the small number of squatters, cost of road repair and some amount ascontingency to meet the expenses of activities like project disclosure, public consultationsand focus group discussions, and monitoring and evaluation.

9. Implementation and Monitoring : The implementation of the project will mainly dealwith compensation to be paid for cutting of roads. Only nine households will be paid shiftingcost for transfer of the thatched shops during the normal implementation course of theproject works. Day-to-day monitoring of RP implementation and impacts shall be theresponsibility of the respective Project Director. The project, however, does not involve anyrehabilitation. Thus, it is no longer necessary to speak on resettlement and relocation.

1. Description of the Project:

Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) has undertaken the SouthwestRegion Gas Distribution Network Project entailing construction of 165 km 20 dia 1000 psig

gas transmission line from Bheramara to Khulna for facilitating supply of natural gas in thesouthwestern region of Bangladesh. This pipeline will be laid along the road side fromBheramara to Khulna, covering 5 districts of Khulna Division namely Bagerhat, Khulna,Jessore, Jhenaidah, Kushtia.

2. Scope of Land Acquisition & Impacts:

The distribution pipeline along with two feeder transmission lines will follow the right of way(ROW) of the existing roads belonging, mainly to the municipalities/city corporation.Similarly, other project interventions such as construction of office buildings will beundertaken on already acquired land of GTCL and/or in other government land. TheProject will hence entail no land acquisition and no impacts on private owners. Although

there will be no titleholders incurring impacts, nine households comprising of 52 persons,mainly comprising of squatters squatting along the road on the right of way (ROW), willsuffer temporary displacement as a result of the Project.

All the nine affected structures comprise of wooden kiosks and mostly temporary/kutchastructures located along the road and the impact incurred by them would be in terms ofdisruption of business for a week during the laying of the pipeline. These are mainlycommercial units operating on the side of the road. The commercial units temporarilyaffected by the project include slaughter shops, tea stalls as well as shop selling pottery. Allthese kiosks will be temporarily shifted and will be re-shifted back on their previous locationwithin a week. Hence there would be no long term impacts on their asset or income. Theonly impact experience non-severe impacts likely to arise from shifting and re-shifting of

temporary sheds for short duration.

No Common Property Resources (CPR) will be affected as a result of the Project exceptfor the road along which the pipeline would be laid. This road will be temporarily affectedduring the digging. However the Project would ensure that no road stretch will remain dugfor more than 2 days and the same is restored by the Project.

3. Objective of the Short Resettlement Plan (SRP)

Since it is clear that the project will not require any compulsory acquisition of private landand other assets, and the impact on local population will be insignificant, formulation of afull Resettlement Plan (RP) for the project is inappropriate. Given the number of APs andtype of impacts, this project will only cause non-severe losses. Thus, in accordance with

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ADB Policy on Involuntary Resettlement, a Short RP (SRP) has been prepared for theproject, taking into account the magnitude of the impact1.

This Short Resettlement Plan is prepared to deal with the limited aspects of impactresulting from the construction of the gas transmission line. The Plan provides an analysisof the impacts, identifies the nature and types of losses, and establishes an entitlementmatrix as a guide to payments of assistance and resettlement benefits. The primaryobjective of this short RP is to restore the income and living standards of the affectedpersons (APs) within a short period of time without any disruptions in their own economicand social environment. The Plan has been prepared on the basis of findings of censussurvey and consultation with various stakeholders.

4. Gender Impact & Mitigative measures

Attempt was also made to assess the gender impacts of the Project during the censussurvey. The assessment did not bring forth any adverse impacts of the Project on womenin particular. On the contrary, the Project is anticipated to benefit them indirectly by means

of creating a healthier and cleaner environment (through residential gas supply provisions)thereby contributing towards the overall quality of life in their area.

5. Resettlement Principles and Policy Framework

The resettlement principles adopted for this Project recognize the Acquisition andRequisition of Immovable Property Ordinance of 1982 (Ordinance II of 1982), and therelevant Asian Development Banks (ADB) policies and operations manuals, in particular thepolicy on Involuntary Resettlement (1995), and Operations Manual F2 on InvoluntaryResettlement. The resettlement principles adopted for the subproject shall comply with thesocial safeguard requirements of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The RP is based on the general findings of the census survey, field visits, and meetings withvarious project-affected persons in the project area. Taking into account the various losses,the RP provides for resettlement assistance to all affected persons (mainly non-titleholders)in form of a one-time assistance of Tk 5000.

6. Stakeholder Participation and Disclosure of SRP

Local level stakeholders were consulted in the project area during SRP preparation. Theshort RP will be translated into Bangla and will be disclosed to the affected people by theExecuting Agency (EA) prior to loan negotiation. Copies of the short RP will also be madeavailable at the local level public offices to stakeholders for local inputs prior to award of civilwork contract. The final RP will also be disclosed on the ADB Website and Petrobangla/website.

7. Implementation Arrangements, Schedule & Grievance Redressal

The Sunderbangs gas company Ltd (SGCL) of Petrobangla will be the Executing Agency(EA) for the Project. The Resettlement Unit (RU) within the SGCL will have the primaryresponsibility of the RP implementation. The RU will have a full time Resettlement Officer(RO) reporting to Project and will be responsible for RP implementation.

1The Operation Manual of ADB states that the projects incurring significant resettlement require the

preparation of a full RP. Significant is defined as : 200 or more people will experience major impacts, which are

defined as (i) being physically displaced from housing; or (ii) losing 10 per cent or more of their productiveassets (income generation). Given the number of APs and impacts type, this project will only cause non-severelosses [less than 200 AP], and therefore only a short RP has been prepared for the project.

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A Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) will be established at the Project level with theprimary objective of providing a mechanism to mediate conflict and disputes concerningresettlment assistance as well as any Project related grievances. The GRC will beconstituted with the commencement of the Project construction and will provide people, whomight have objections or concerns about their assistance or the Project, a public forum toraise their objections and through conflict resolution, address these issues adequately. Thecommittee, would comprise of City Mayors, of local NGOs, representatives of concerned lineagencies/departments.

8. Cost Estimate and Budget

The total estimated cost for implementation of the RP is Taka 0.541million (US$ 0.007952million). The estimated budget includes the amount of assistance for the squatters, cost ofroad repair and some amount as contingency to meet the expenses of activities like projectdisclosure, public consultations and focus group discussions, and monitoring and evaluation.

9. Monitoring & Evaluation

The RP will have both internal and external monitoring. Internal Monitoring will be a regularactivity for the Resettlement Unit (RU), which will oversee the timely implementation of R&Ractivities. The RU will conduct regular internal monitoring of resettlement implementationand prepare quarterly progress reports for submission to ADB. An independentagency/monitoring expert will be engaged by the EA in agreement with ADB to undertaketwo quarterly external monitoring of the subproject implementation. This expert will submit itsreports two quarterly via EA to ADB.

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Short Resettlement Plan (SRP)

A. Description of the Project

1. Khulna division is one of the most important industrial regions in the country.However, the unavailability of natural gas has retarded the normal economic growth of theregion. Lack of gas supply has affected the optimum development & functioning of theexisting power plants, industries, commercial and domestic end users including transportvehicles. Due to this, it has become an utmost necessity to distribute transmitted naturalgas in this large area to feed the industrial, commercial, and domestic needs.

2. In this background, Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) hasundertaken the Southwest Region Gas Distribution Network Project entailing constructionof 165 km 20 dia 1000 psig gas transmission line from Bheramara to Khulna for facilitatingsupply of natural gas in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. In order to make optimumuse of the distribution system and feeding the needs of the region, the DakshinPashimanchal Gas Bitoron Prokalpa Bastabayan Unit (DPGBPBU) has drawn a plan of

developing distribution network in the region covering important towns and industrial areasin the region. A Project Location Map has been given in Figure 1.1 showing towns to becovered under gas distribution network.

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3. The project area is located in the 5 districts of Khulna Division, covering the town areas ofBheramara, Kushtia, Jhenaidah, Jessore, Kaliganj, Basundia, Noapara, Fultala, GilatolaCantonment, Daulatpur, Khalishpur, Zoragate, Boyra, Khulna Shipyard, Khulna, Bagerhat andMongla. The geographic coverage of the project along with the quantum of work to beundertaken in each town is illustrated in Table 1.2 below.

Table 1.2: Geographic Distribution of Transmission line in the Project Area

S.No. Name of Towns Length of Pipelines (km)1. Bagerhat 45

2. Jessore 165

3. Jhenaidaha 24

4. Kaliganj 65. Khulna 395

6. Fatulla 19

7. Kushtia 160

8. Bheramara 129. Mongla 5510. Noapara 20

Total 901 kms

4. In keeping with ADBs loan procedure; this Short Resettlement Plan (RP) has beenprepared for the construction of the Southwest Region Gas Distribution Network Projectfrom Behramara to Khulna. This short RP, identifies the broad scope of the Project andoutlines the policy, procedures for acquisition of land, compensation and other assistancemeasures for affected persons and institutional requirements for this subproject under theloan

5. The DPGBPBU of Petrobangla will be the Executing Agency (EA) for the Projectand would be responsible for implementation of the Project through its Gas TransmissionCo. Ltd., with financial assistance from ADB.

B. Scope of Land Acquisition & Impacts

6. Development in the southwestern region of Bangladesh has long been impaired forwant of a reliable local source of energy. The fuel for power generation and industrial use ismet by importing fuel from abroad. Many running industries have gone out of operation andmany industries are limping for want of economic source of energy. This developmentintervention will bring bright prospect for the existing and new power plants, industries and

commercial and domestic consumers of the project area, in turn helping in revival of theindustries which became sick out of in availability of reliable power source. This will alsohelp in the growth of new industries creating employment and thereby improving the overallquality of life of the people in the region.

7. The distribution pipeline along with two feeder transmission lines will follow the rightof way (ROW) of the existing roads belonging, mainly to the municipalities/city corporation.Similarly, other project interventions such as construction of office buildings will beundertaken on already acquired land of GTCL and/or in other government land. TheProject will hence entail no land acquisition and no impacts on private owners. Althoughthere will be no titleholders incurring impacts, nine households comprising of 52 persons,mainly comprising of squatters squatting along the road on the right of way (ROW), willsuffer temporary displacement as a result of the Project.

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8. Since it is clear that the project will not require any compulsory acquisition of privateland and other assets, and the impact on local population will be insignificant, formulationof a full Resettlement Plan (RP) for the project is inappropriate. Given the number of APsand impacts type, this project will only cause non-severe losses. Thus, in accordance withADB Policy on Involuntary Resettlement, a Short RP (SRP) has been prepared for theproject, taking into account the magnitude of the impact2. This Short Resettlement Plandeals with assisting the APs in addressing the non-severe short duration impacts of theProject likely to arise from shifting and re-shifting of temporary sheds for short duration.

C. Measures to Minimize the Impact

9. All necessary efforts have been made in order to minimize the Project impacts andto reduce disruption of livelihood. The project site and its various components are designedto the extent possible with an objective to minimize the land acquisition and resettlement byconfining the Project area within the available government land. In keeping with thetechnical design and the census survey undertaken in June 2009, the resettlement impactsin this subproject are insignificant3. Only in Khulna city 9 shops (owned by squatters)

existing on government land/ along the road alignment will be affected. These shops will betemporarily shifted during the laying of the gas pipeline and will be relocated back once theconstruction work is over.

D. Objective of the Short Resettlement Plan (SRP)

10. This Short Resettlement Plan is prepared to deal with the limited aspects of impactresulting from the construction of the gas transmission line. The Plan provides an analysisof the impacts, identifies the nature and types of losses, and establishes an entitlementmatrix as a guide to payments of assistance and resettlement benefits. The primaryobjective of this short RP is to restore the income and living standards of the affectedpersons (APs) within a short period of time without any disruptions in their own economic

and social environment. The Plan has been prepared on the basis of findings of censussurvey and consultation with various stakeholders.

E. Findings of the Census survey

11. A detailed census survey in the form of an inventory of losses (IOL) was carried outin June 2009, covering 100% of the affected households. In addition to the survey,stakeholders consultation and video filming of project right of way was also carried out torestrict policy abuse and influx of outsiders into the project right of way.

12. The census survey data brought forth that while the Project will entail no private landacquisition, a total of 9 structures in Khulna and Jessore, belonging to squatters, will be

affected as a result of the construction. These 9 structures belong to a total of 9 householdsthereby affecting a total of 52 persons as a result of the impact. Table 1.3 & 1.4 providesinformation on the affected households in the subproject area.

2The Operation Manual of ADB states that the projects incurring significant resettlement require the

preparation of a full RP. Significant is defined as : 200 or more people will experience major impacts, which aredefined as (i) being physically displaced from housing; or (ii) losing 10 per cent or more of their productiveassets (income generation). Given the number of APs and impacts type, this project will only cause non-severelosses [less than 200 AP], and therefore only a short RP has been prepared for the project.3 As per the ADBs Handbook on Resettlement Resettlement is defined as insignificant when: (i) less than 200 people aredisplaced from housing; (ii) less than 200 people will lose fewer than 10% of their productive assets (income generation). Whenless than 100 indigenous people/scheduled tribes (individuals) are affected, a full IPDP is not required but impact and mitigationmeasures can be dealt through the resettlement plan. Short RP is required for insignificant resettlement. However, short RPmust (i) summarize the impacts and extent of losses; (ii) the policies and legal framework applicable; (iii) arrangements madefor asset valuation, payments of compensation and relocation; (iv) responsibilities in delivering entitlement, consultation withAPs, grievance resolution; (v) cost estimates; and (vi) monitoring.

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Table 1.3: Distribution of Affected households & Affected Persons (APs)

Name of City/Town No. of AffectedHouseholds (HHs)

Total Number ofAffected Person (AP)

Khulna 5 32

Jessore 4 20

Total 9 AHHs 52 APs

Source: Census Survey 2009

Table 1.4: Districtwise details of the Affected Households


District : Khulna, Upazila :Batiaghata, Union : Jalma

S.No.

Name of APs Father's Name Type of Damage TitleStatus

1. Md. Khalil Mia Md. Haque Mia Shop Squatter

2. Mia Md. Haque Mia Shop Squatter

3. Md. Bappi Mia Md. Chan Mia Shop Squatter

4. Md. Makim Mia Md. Chan Mia Shop Squatter

5. Abubakar Siddique Aftabuddin Shekh Shop Squatter

District : Jessore, Upazila : Jessore (Pourashava)

S.No.

Name of APs Father's Name Type of Damage TitleStatus

6. Sulaiman Ismail Shop Squatter

7. Anwar Hossain A. Mannan Shop Squatter

8. Jahangir Hossain Bara Pahari Shop Squatter

9. Kalu Miah A. Matin Shop Squatter

Table 1.5: Type of Affected Structure

Ownership of Shop Total AHs No. of APs

Pottery Shop 1 7

Butchery 4 25

Tea Stall 4 20

Total 9 52


13. Type & Extent of Impacts: All the nine affected structures comprise of woodenkiosks and mostly temporary/kutcha structures located along the road and the impact

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incurred by them would be in terms of disruption of business for a week during the laying ofthe pipeline. All these kiosks will be temporarily shifted and will be re-shifted back on theirprevious location within a week. Hence there would be no long term impacts on their assetor income. The only impact experience non-severe impacts likely to arise from shifting andre-shifting of temporary sheds for short duration.

14. No Common Property Resources (CPR) will be affected as a result of the Projectexcept for the road along which the pipeline would be laid. This road will be temporarilyaffected during the digging. However the Project would ensure that no road stretch willremain dug for more than 2 days and the same is restored by the Project.

15. In case there is any change in the Project design during project implementation, itwill necessitate updating of the project impact and preparation of the final RP forimplementation purposes by the EA. The final RP will be submitted to ADB prior to awardof civil works contract.

16. During the Census survey attempt was also made to assess the Project impacts n

socio-economically vulnerable groups such as the Poor, Indigenous People, and EthnicMinorities. The assessment did not bring forth any adverse impacts of the Project on thesegroups.

F. Gender Impact & Mitigative measures

17. In addition, attempt was also made to assess the gender impacts of the Projectduring the census survey. Discussions were undertaken with women during theassessments to look into the current status and needs of the women in the subproject areaand the potential impact of the Project on them. The assessment did not bring forth anyadverse impacts of the Project on women in particular. On the contrary, the Project isanticipated to benefit them indirectly by means of creating a healthier and cleaner

environment (through residential gas supply provisions) thereby contributing towards theoverall quality of life in their area.

G. Resettlement Principles and Policy Framework

18. The resettlement principles adopted for this Project recognize the Acquisition andRequisition of Immovable Property Ordinance of 1982 (Ordinance II of 1982), and therelevant Asian Development Banks (ADB) policies and operations manuals, in particular thepolicy on Involuntary Resettlement (1995), and Operations Manual F2 on InvoluntaryResettlement. The resettlement principles adopted for the subproject shall comply with thesocial safeguard requirements of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

19. The primary objective of this short RP is to identify impacts and to plan measures tomitigate various losses due to the implementation of the Project. The RP is based on thegeneral findings of the census survey, field visits, and meetings with various project-affectedpersons in the subproject area. Taking into account the various losses, the EntitlementMatrix (Table 1.6) provides for resettlement assistance to all affected persons in the projectarea.

Table 1.6:- Entitlement Matrix

Sr no Identification ofHouseholds

Entitlements Details

1. Non titleholders mainlysquatters usingGovernment ROW

One time cashgrant

One time cash grant of Tk 5000 toaffected squatters.

All assistance will have to be paidto APs prior displacement or

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dispossession of assets or 6months prior to commencement ofconstruction activities whichevercomes first.

2. Temporary impactduring construction like

disruption of normaltraffic, damage toadjacent parcel ofland/assets due tomovement of machineryand plant site forcontractor etc

Cashcompensation

for loss ofincome potential

The contractor shall bear the cost ofany impact on structure or land due to

movement of machinery duringconstruction or establishment ofconstruction plant.

20. As mentioned earlier, the census survey identified 9 households comprising ofsquatters whose shops are located on the RoW. The Project will only necessitate temporaryshifting (for a week) of these shops, without affecting either their assets or income. As a

result, each squatter will be assisted with a one-time cash grant of Tk 5000 for the temporarydisruption of their income.

21. This SRP will be disclosed to the affected persons and submitted to ADB for reviewand approval. All assistance will have to be paid to APs prior displacement or dispossessionof assets or 6 months prior to commencement of construction activities whichever comesfirst.

G. Cut off Date

22. The cutoff date for those without titles will be the date of the census survey asundertaken on June 2009 and those moving into the Project area after this date will not be

entitled for support. A video filming of project right of way was also carried out to restrictpolicy abuse and influx of outsiders into the project right of way. The cutoff dates in differenttowns are given in the Table 1.7 below:

Table 1.7: Townwise cut off datesS.

No.Name of Town Date

1 Jhenaidaha 4-6-2009

2 Jessore 5-6-2009

3 Noapara 6-6-20094 Khulna 5-6-2009

5 Mongla 5-6-20096 Bagerhat 5-6-2009

H. Stakeholder Participation and Disclosure of RP

23. Due consideration was given for Stakeholder consultations and communityparticipation at different levels during the preparation of the SRP. The key stakeholdersconsulted comprised of the affected households, local community, Municipal bodies andMayors. Some of the major themes of the discussions comprised of - local people'sawareness about the project, perceptions, advantages and disadvantages of the project asperceived by them as well as their suggestions for successful implementation of the project.

Likewise, consultations were also carried out with the affected households about the

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project's activities and likely impact during the course of the census survey. The detailedconsultation report is enclosed as annexure 1.

24. The Resettlement Plan (RP) will be translated into Bangla and will be disclosed tothe affected people by the Executing Agency (EA). Copies of short RP will also be madeavailable at the local level public offices to stakeholders. The final SRP will also be disclosedon the ADB Website.

I. Implementation Arrangements & Grievance Redressal

25. The Sunderbangs gas company Ltd (SGCL) of Petrobangla will be the ExecutingAgency (EA) for the Project. The Resettlement Unit (RU) within SGCL will have the primaryresponsibility of the RP implementation. The RU will have a full time Resettlement Officer(RO) reporting to Project and will be responsible for RP implementation. .

26.The RO would further ensure monitoring any changes to Project design which mayrequire re-evaluation of the need for and adequacy of the SRP.

27. The Resettlement Officer will supervise and undertake internal monitoring of the RPimplementation work. Further, the RU will ensure that resettlement budgets are madeavailable on time for timely SRP implementation.

28. A Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) will be established at the Project level withthe primary objective of providing a mechanism to mediate conflict and disputes concerningresettlement assistance as well as any Project related grievances. The GRC will beconstituted with the commencement of the Project construction and will provide people, whomight have objections or concerns about their assistance or the Project, a public forum toraise their objections and through conflict resolution, address these issues adequately. Thecommittee would comprise of City Mayors, of local NGOs, representatives of concerned line

agencies/departments.

29. All assistance will be paid to all the APs prior to commencement of civil works. Inaddition, the affected households will be notified of a time in which to shift their assets.SGCL has taken a position that all civil works will be undertaken in night to have minimumdisruption to local population.

J. Cost Estimate and Budget

30. Since there is no requirement of land acquisition in the project, this short RPtherefore does not include any cost on compensation for land, structures, other assets,crops, trees, and special assistance. The estimated budget only includes the amount of

compensation for the small number of squatters, cost of road repair and some amount ascontingency to meet the expenses of activities like administration, project disclosure, publicconsultations and focus group discussions, and monitoring and evaluation.

31. The total estimated cost of implementation of the RP is Taka 0.541 million (US$0.007952 million). The summary breakdown of the RP budget is presented in Table 1.8.The detailed estimate of the budget is given at in Table 1.9. It is essential to mention thatthis estimated budget has to be regarded as provisional, given the need for decision makingafter the detailed design and assessment of prices at the implementation level. The priceswill be adjusted for inflation and changes in market rates at the time of the detailedmeasurement survey.

Table 1.8: Summary Resettlement Budget

Project Component Cost

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Million Tk. M US$a) Compensation for land acquisition (nil) 0 0b) Compensation for squatter (9 shops) 0.041 0.000602

c) Others (contingency), lump sum amount 0.50 0.00735

Total 0.541 0.007952

1 USD = Tk.68, February 22, 2009

Table 1.9: Detailed Estimated SRP Budget

Item Area inDec

Units Rate(mTk)

Rate($)

Total Cost(mTk)

TotalCost(m$)

I. Structure of SquattersCommercial Shop, kutcha

I. Sub-Total: 9 - - - 0.041 0.000602

0.50 0.00735II) Contingency (Lumpsum)

Grand Total (1-4) - - 0.541 0.007952

K. Implementation Schedule

32. The timeframe for various activities of RP are given under Table 1.9.

Table 1.9: RP Implementation Schedule

FY 2009 FY 2010Sl.No.

ActivitiesQ1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

1. Resettlement Census Survey

2. Preparation of RP

3. Disclosure of RP

4. Appointment of RU and RO

5. Appointment of GRC

Payment of R&R assistances (one time cashgrant)

6.

IEE/EIA7.

Engineering Design Works8.

Compensation to Road Owning Agency9.

Procurement of Materials10.

Land Development, Building Construction andother Civil Works

11.

Pipeline Construction Work12.

M&R Station Construction Work13.

14. Testing and Commissioning

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15. Cathodic Protection System Installation

16. Service Connection

L. Monitoring & Evaluation

33. The RP will have both internal and external monitoring. Internal Monitoring will be aregular activity for the Resettlement Unit (RU), which will oversee the timely implementationof R&R activities. The RU will conduct regular internal monitoring of resettlementimplementation and prepare quarterly progress reports for submission to ADB. The reportswill contain progress made in RP implementation with particular attention to compliance withthe principles and entitlement matrix set out in the SRP. The report will also documentconsultation activities conducted, provide summary of issues or problems identified andactions taken to resolve the issues, and provide summary of grievances or complaintslodged by households and actions taken to redress such complaints.

34. An independent agency/monitoring expert will be engaged by the EA in agreementwith ADB to undertake two quarterly external monitoring of the subproject implementation.This expert will submit its reports of the two quarterly via EA to ADB.

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