have any homestead land and who have to relocate. f One time subsistence allowance of Rs.36,000/- for affected households who require to relocate due to the project g Shifting assistance of Rs.50,000/- for who have to relocate h One time Resettlement Allowance of Rs.50,000/- for those who have to relocate 3 Loss of Commercial structure a In addition to Compensation for land and Assistances listed above under S.No.1 Cash Compensation at PWD plinth area for structure without depreciation with 100% solatium If the affected structure is not viable for continuing business, DP has the option to offer the entire structure for acquisition b Right to salvage affected materials c One time of Rs.25,000/- for loss of trade/self employment for the business owner If the business is different from the structure owner, the one time grant for loss of trade/self employment, will be paid to the business owner. d One time subsistence allowance of Rs.36,000/- for affected households who require to relocate due to the project e Shifting assistance of Rs.50,000/- for those who have to relocate f One time Resettlement Allowance of Rs.50,000/- for who have to relocate 4 Impact to tenants (residential / commercial /agricultural) 4.1 a Residential notice to vacate the rental premises b Rental allowance at Rs.3,000/- per in rural areas and Rs.4,000/- per month in urban areas, for six months c Shifting assistance of Rs.10,000/- 4.2 a Commercial notice to vacate the rental premises
c House construction grant of Rs.70,000 for all those who have to relocate. Additional house site grant of Rs.50,000 to those who do not have a house site, d One time subsistence allowance of Rs.18,000/- e Shifting assistance of Rs.10,000/- 7.2 a Loss of shop Compensation at PWD plinth area without depreciation for structure b Right to salvage the affected materials c One time rehabilitation grant of Rs.20,000 for reconstruction of affected shop d One time subsistence allowance of Rs.18,000/- e Shifting assistance of Rs.10,000/- 7.3 a Cultivation 2-month notice to harvest standing crops or market value of compensation for standing crops 8 Impact to Encroachers 8.1 a Cultivation 2-month notice to harvest standing crops or market value of compensation for standing crops, if notice is not given. Market value for the loss of standing crops will be decided by the Spl. DRO in consultation with the Agriculture or Horticulture Department. 8.2 a Structure 1-month notice to demolish the encroached structure b Compensation at PWD plinth area rates without depreciation for the affected portion of the structure Section IV. Loss of Livelihood Opportunities 9 Loss of employment in non-agricultural activities or daily agricultural wages or other wage workers a Subsistence allowance equivalent to minimum agricultural for 3 months Only agricultural labourers who are in fulltime / permanent employment of the land owner, or those affected full time employees of the business, will be eligible for this assistance. Seasonal agricultural labourers will not be entitled for this assistance. Section V. Impact to Vulnerable DPs 10 Vulnerable Households a Training for skill development. This assistance includes cost of training and financial assistance for travel/conveyance and food.
14 who have no recognizable legal right or claim to the land they are occupying. x x In para 27(iii) of the RPF, under eligibility criteria, this is addressed. 15 Persons who encroach on the area after the cut-off date are not entitled to compensation or any other form of resettlement assistance. x x In para 28 of the RPF, the cut-off date has been defined. Require Measures 16 Ensure DPs are informed about their options and rights pertaining to resettlement x Whenever a SIA is required, the appropriate Government shall ensure that a public hearing is held at the affected area, after giving adequate publicity about the date, time and venue for the public hearing, to ascertain the views of the affected families to be recorded and included in the SIA Report. [Ref: Section 5] 17 Ensure DPs are consulted on, offered choices among, and provided with technically and economically feasible resettlement alternatives x Same as above 18 Ensure DPs are provided prompt and effective compensation at full replacement cost for losses of assets attributable directly to the project. x x Not explicitly stated In Para 23(ii), the principles of TNRSP RPF addresses this requirement. 19 If there is physical relocation, provide DPs with (i) assistance (such as moving allowances) during relocation; and (ii) residential housing, or housing sites, or, as required, agricultural sites for which x The Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award shall include all of the following:.......... (c) particulars of house site and house to be allotted, in case of displaced families; (d) particulars of land allotted to the
and uploaded on the website of the appropriate Government. [Ref: Section 6 sub-section 1] 24 Appropriate and accessible grievance mechanisms are established for these groups. x For the purpose of providing speedy disposal of disputes relating to land acquisition. compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement, establish, by notification. one or more Authorities to be known as "the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority" [Ref: Section 51 sub-section 1] The RPF of TNRSP provides for a project level GRC to resolve grievances as one step internal dispute resolution mechanism prior to referring/approaching the LARR authority. 25 In new resettlement sites or host communities, infrastructure and public services are provided as necessary to improve, restore, or maintain accessibility and levels of service for the displaced persons and host communities. x In every resettlement area as defined under this Act, the Collector shall ensure the provision of all infrastructural facilities and basic minimum amenities specified in the Third Schedule of the RFCTLARR Act. [Ref: Section 32]
Site selection, site preparation, and relocation Housing, infrastructure, and social services Environmental protection and management Community participation Integration with host populations Grievance procedures Organizational responsibilities Implementation schedule and budget Monitoring and evaluation Note: For detail documentation requirement, refer World Bank OP 4.12 – Annex A Appendix-VI Summary of Stakeholder Consultations 1. Further to the web disclosure of the Draft RPF in TNRSP website on September 16, 2014 and wide publicity given through newspaper advertisements Dinamani for Tamil and The New Indian Express for English) about the disclosure and seeking views and suggestions, consultations were held amongst stakeholders in Tirunelveli, Namakkal and Chennai during December 9, 11 and 13, 2014 respectively. Prior to the consultations, TNRSP held series of detailed discussions with official of Land Administration Department, Revenue Department and Highways Department. Gist of the RPF translated in Tamil was distributed to the stakeholders and their views and suggestions were discussed and incorporated in finalisation of the RPF. 2. Invitation to the meetings was sent to officials from other government departments, local body representatives, non-governmental organisations, industrial/manufacturers associations, transport operators/owners association and press/media. About 251 participants attended the workshops held in the three laces and all participants were given the gist of the Draft RPF in Tamil and their suggestion and views were recorded. 3. The views and suggestions made are summarised and presented below with the response given and the corresponding changes carried out in the RPF. S.No Views / Suggestions Response / Changes incorporated in the Draft RPF 1 Market value of land based on guideline value will not reflect the true value as documents are registered at lower value and hence compensation for land should be determine accordingly. The RFCTLARR Act provides for the process to be adopted for valuation of land and land owners will be paid along with the multiplying factor, as determined by the GoTN, and 100% solatium 2 The PWD rate will not reflect the true value of the building due to high input cost The valuation of building will be done as per PWD rates without depreciation and 100& solatium in line with the RFCTLARR Act will be paid. 3 There are many houses built in grama natham land and compensation should be paid for land and structure As per act in grama natham with patta will be entitled for compensation for land and structure.
However, without patta will be treated as squatters. Changes made in RPF The policy has been amended to include housing and house site grant to address the concerns of residential squatters. 4 Employment opportunity should be provided to affected people. The contract documents have a clause to provide employment on preferential basis to affected people as unskilled employees. Further, one person from amongst the vulnerable households are being provided with training for skill development and cash assistance of Rs.5,000 5 Local level compliant cell and the contact numbers should be made available to public through newspaper advertisement. The Draft RPF has provision for Grievance Cells and names of officers designated, their contact numbers and the process of lodging a complaint will be disclosed through handouts to all affected people and local body representatives as a first step in RP implementation. 6 The entitlement matrix should have provisions for assistance to artisans Changes made in Draft RPF The EM amended to include this provision (ref S.No.2.4) 7 Assistances such as subsistence allowance and shifting assistance may be shifted loss of residence and commercial, as those losing only land will not entail relocation in linear projects such as this Changes made in Draft RPF The EM amended to include this provision (ref 2.6, 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5) 8 Restrict assistance to squatters only among the vulnerable No change is being made in the policy regarding this as TNRSP in consultation with GoTN has taken this decision after series of discussion. 9 The compensation for structure should be as per PWD rates and there are no separate rates for rural/urban and residential/commercial Changes made in Draft RPF Suitable edited para 2.18 10 The rental allowance for tenants may be revised considering the high rental in urban areas. It was suggested to reduce the allocation for rural and increase the same for urban areas. No change is being made in the policy regarding this as TNRSP in consultation with GoTN has taken this decision after series of discussion. 11 BSNL requested that they also be paid for utility shifting like other line departments such as electricity and water lines there is a policy decision at government level, that BSNL and other private telecom operators will have of shift the utility lines at their cost The same may be taken up by BSNL with GoTN 12 Structure owners in RoW should be eligible for structure compensation Such cases will be dealt by GRC on a case to case basis.