Short Resettlement Plan for Bhatapara - Urkura 3rd Line Project in ...

Short Resettlement Plan for Bhatapara - Urkura 3rd Line Project in the State of Chattisgarh1. Description Of ProjectBhatapara -Urkura is an important Broad Gauge (BG) section connecting Bilaspur and Raipur/Nagpur on the Howrah –Mumbai trunk route of the South Eastern Railway (SER). SER hasproposed for providing a third line between Bhatapara and Urkura, which is about 60 km inlength. The entire alignment is in Raipur District of Chhattisgarh State. This line is part of therailway line between Jharsuguda and Durg that passes through major industrial area havingcoalfields, limestone and Dolomite lines, cement plants, and steel plants. The existing traffic inthe form of either raw material finished products moves both ways.This is an important route where bulk of traffic is moving from Bilaspur, Katni, in addition to theEast-West traffic. This route also deals with the North-South traffic and their transfer form oneroute to other route. Since, this section is heavily saturated, a 3rd line in the section has beenconsidered necessary to augment the line capacity for moving additional coal trains to thermalpower plants. The nearest important junction is Bilaspur, which serves for the busy route to andfrom Katni. The 3rd line from Bilaspur to Bhatapara is already under construction. Five cementplants are located at various stations of this section. Also, there are sponge iron plants that areunder construction. In the project region rail and roads are the main transportation needs forthe passengers and goods traffic. National Highway 200 (NH-200) connects Raipur to Bilaspur.The location of existing railway line along with the proposed line in the project region is shownin Figure 1.2. Land Acquisition and ImpactsOut of 99.15 ha (Table 1) land requirement, about 0.086 ha is to be acquired from Governmentland and 1.86 ha from Private land. On the Government land no activity is being carried out.There is no habitation or settlement on this land. The remaining 97.2 ha are within the existingROW, in the form of strip and are already in the jurisdiction of SER free from any encumbrances.The private lands to be acquired are agricultural land and belongs to 22 households(Annexure1). The average loss of agricultural land per family is less than 20% of their totalholdings. As a result of this land acquisition, the impact on the project-affected people will belimited.TABLE 1LAND REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROJECTSr. No Land use Area (Ha)

1. Railway land 97.202. Forest land NIL3. Government land 0.0864. Private land 1.86Total 99.15The construction of the 3rd line does not involve any displacement of human settlements. No publicproperties and intuitional buildings will be affected along the alignment. The proposed line will not haveany bearing on the economic/ trade activities carried out by the population in the project corridor,during the construction of the project. There are no indigenous/-scheduled tribes amongst the affectedpeople.3. Resettlement Plan-Objectives and Policy FrameworkThis short RP is designed to deal with limited impacts of the Bhatapara-Urkura 3rd Project. Theonly type off loss in this project is agriculture land. The SER has taken the appropriate measuresto minimize the amount of land acquisition, taking into account the need of the project. Theproposed track is parallel to the existing down the line track. Close vicinity of the existing downlines has reduced linear disruption in the form of land acquisition and loss of structures.Boundary stones are located along the alignment demarcating the jurisdiction of railway land oneither side of the existing double track.

In India the current legislation governing land acquisition for public purposes is the LandAcquisition Act of 1894. In accordance with the Act, the legal process for land acquisition hasbeen initiated by ECOR with the District Collector (DC) of the Raipur district with a detailed mapof the proposed area. In determining the amount of compensation, the DC takes intoconsideration the “circle value” for payment of compensation, which is equivalent to market/replacement value. The circle rate indexed every two years to reflect the current or marketvalue. In addition to the LA Act (1984), the compensation for the subprojects will be determinedin accordance with the ADB policy on involuntary Resettlement (1995). The RP subprojects willprovide compensation as per the following:i)Compensation for land will be paid as per the circle/ replacement value;ii)Owners / beneficiaries/ tenants affected, if any, will be paid for loss of trees and crops by DCat the rate estimated by a) the Forest Department for timber trees (b) State AgriculturalExtension Department for crops and(iii) Horticulture Department for perennial trees.4. Constructions and Stakeholder ParticipationDuring the social assessment, the consultants, assisted by the EA officials, conducted villagelevel consultative meetings with the affected agricultural plot owners. The policy framework andthe compensation principles defined earlier are based on the feedback from consultationmeetings. This interactive approach and processes will continue during the implementation ofthe subprojects. The affected plot owners have been informed of their entitlements andbenefits and implementation schedule. For project the Short RPs shall be made available to theaffected people and NGOs/ community groups after the sanctioning of loan, if any matter of thistype comes into light.5. Implementation Framework and Cost EastimatesMOR will be responsible for implementing the RPs through local officials in the subproject area.A senior Rail staff at the rank of executive engineer will be appointed as the ResettlementCoordinator for the subprojects to supervise the implementation work. Grievances RedressCommittee (GRC) will be established at the subproject level with representation from the EA,APs, local Government officials and NGOs. The Resettlements Coordinator will chair the GRC.Other than disputes relating to ownership rights under the of law, GRC will review grievancesinvolving compensation payments for land and crops/ trees. Any grievances submitted to theGRC shall be resolved with in a period of 2 to 4 weeks.The estimate budget for land compensation and implementation of he project RP is about Rs.7,88,912 which has been deposited with the State Government. The rate is based on year 2001price as per revenue records. MOR ensures that resettlements budgets are delivered on time tothe DC Office and the implanting officers for timely RP implementation. The affected landdowners will receive compensation prior to the start of the construction work.6. Monitoring and EvaluationDuring project implementation, MOR will establish a monitoring system and prepare progress

ANNEXURE – 1reports on land acquisition and payments of compensation. The reports shall progress reportson land acquisition and compensation payments and consultation process, grievances resolutionand budget. The EA will report to ADB on land acquisition and compensation in the progressreports.List Of Private Land To be AcquiredOwner, Name ofS.No.Father/HusbandVillage Plot No.Total Area of Area of land to beland in Hec. acquired in Hec.1. Taapsingh s/o Budhram Puthri 824/2 0.196 0.0732. Tekeram s/o Budhram Puthri 824/16 0.196 0.0733. Raj Kumar s/o Budhram Puthri 824/17 0.195 0.0744. Ramuram s/o Budhram Puthri 824/4 0.825 0.0805. Ramuram s/o Budhram Puthri 824/5 0.182 0.0966. Balaram s/o Khemuram Puthri 824/3 0.361 0.0527. Dropdi w/o Jettoo Puthri 824/10 0.599 0.0048. Balaram s/o Khemuram Puthri 824/13 0.154 0.0529. Mehtar s/o Keju Puthri 828/2,829 1.680 0.23610. Kartik s/o Rama Puthri 830 0.372 0.12411. Bisnu s/o Bishoba Puthri 831/2 0.243 0.08012. Bhaghirathi s/o Balaram Puthri 837 0.397 0.14013. Bhagat s/o Balaram Puthri 839 0.198 0.10514. Rikhiram s/o Firtu Puthri 842 0.704 0.04215. Bhagatram s/o Balram Puthri 844 0.591 0.11816. Sukhiabai w/o Udavarm Puthri 871,872 0.146 0.05317. Vishal s/o Ganpat Puthri 873/1 1.169 0.048

18. Bhaghirathi s/o Balaram Puthri 841/1 0.280 0.09319. Ramsingh s/o Bhagha Puthri 841/2 0.328 0.05720. Jitendra s/o Rohit Puthri 873/2 0.749 0.17621. Keju s/o Ramprasad Puthri 891/4 0.494 0.01222. Latel s/o Ladenga Puthri 824/12 0.227 0.07223. State Govt. Land Puthri 845 0.101 0.03224. State Govt. Land Puthri 825 0.202 0.054TOTAL 10.589 1.946