West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Project

Land Acquisition and Resettlement Due Diligence Report Document Stage: Updated Draft

Project Number: 49107-006 May 2020

IND: West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Project – Bulk Water Supply Scheme in Mejia and Gangajalghati Blocks Package No: WW/BK/03 Prepared by Public Health Engineering Department, Government of West Bengal for the Asian Development Bank. This land acquisition and resettlement due diligence 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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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ABBREVIATIONS

ADB - Asian Development Bank WBDWSIP - West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Project PIU - Project Implementation Unit DSISC - Design Supervision and Institutional Support Consultant DMS detailed measurement survey DDR - Due Diligence Report NOC - no objection certificate PHED - Public Health Engineering Department PWD - Public Works Department ROW - right-of-way IandWD - Irrigation and Waterways Department DVRRC - Damodar Valley River Regulation Committee WBHDCL - West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited PUP - Paschimanchal Unnayan Parshad PWSS - Piped Water Supply Scheme WTP - Water Treatment Plant MLD - Million Litter a Day PMGSY - Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana INR - Indian National Rupees

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CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 4

A. Project Description: ......................................................................................................... 4

B. Scope of this Report: ....................................................................................................... 4

II. SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 5

A. About the subproject area:............................................................................................... 5

B. Subproject Description: ................................................................................................... 6

III. FIELD WORK AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION ............................................................... 7

A. Outline of field work: ........................................................................................................ 7

IV. LAND AVAILABILITY AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ................................................ 8

A. Raw water intake: ............................................................................................................ 9

B. Raw water transmission mains: ....................................................................................... 9

C. Water Treatment Plant (WTP): .......................................................................................11

D. Clear Water Transmission mains: ...................................................................................12

V. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................16

A. Summary and conclusion: ..............................................................................................16

B. Next steps: .....................................................................................................................16

APPENDIX- 1 ...........................................................................................................................18

APPENDIX- 2 ...........................................................................................................................40

APPENDIX- 3 ...........................................................................................................................41

APPENDIX- 4 ...........................................................................................................................43

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. Project Description:

1. The West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Project (WBDWSIP or the Project) aims to provide safe, reliable and continuous drinking water as per Government of India’s standard to about 6 million people in the arsenic, fluoride, and salinity-affected selected areas of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, East Medinipur and Bankura districts in accordance with the Vision 2020 of Government of West Bengal and Government of India Strategy for Drinking Water Supply. The Project will ensure drinking water security through 24/7 piped water supply schemes in the areas covered. The Project will have the following key outputs: (i) Drinking water infrastructure expanded and upgraded in North 24 and South 24 Parganas, East Medinipur and Bankura; and (ii) Smart water management, capacity building for operational sustainability and sanitation planning achieved. 2. The project, WBDWSIP, has been divided into subprojects that will undertake Bulk Water Supply and distribution in selected blocks of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Bankura and East Medinipur. The subprojects are further sub-divided into packages.

3. The district of Bankura has high concentration of fluoride and iron in groundwater, including the blocks of Mejia and Gangajalghati. The blocks are reported to have recurrence of Fluoride contamination in groundwater. The subproject (package WW/BK/03) is for bulk water supply components in the community development blocks of Mejia and Gangajalghati. The package includes the following civil works components: (i) construction of 36 MLD raw water intake point, (ii) 16.4 km raw water transmission mains, (iii) water treatment plant (WTP) of 36 MLD capacity, (iv) 146.56 km of clear water transmission mains.

B. Scope of this Report:

4. This land acquisition and resettlement due diligence report (DDR) for the Package No. WW/BK/03 is prepared for bulk water supply in Mejia and Gangajalghati Block. This report is prepared based on the latest available design and information for the package as on February 2020 from Design Supervision and Institutional Support Consultant (DSISC) and approved by Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and. A due diligence process has been conducted to examine the land acquisition and resettlement issues in detail. This report describes the findings and provides copies of relevant documents, community consultations and photographs. This land acquisition and resettlement DDR needs to be considered along with the Resettlement Framework prepared for this project. This updated (draft) Due Diligence Report (DDR) will be further updated and reconfirmed for final Involuntary Resettlement impacts after completion of Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) in sections ready for implementation.1

1 Detailed measurement survey will be jointly conducted by Assistant Safeguards Officer (Social) at the

Environmental and Social Safeguards unit of the PIU, consultants and contractors prior to implementation at each

site/stretch of alignment. Design Supervision and Institutional Support Consultant (DSISC) and contractor will be

responsible for conducting DMS and DSISC Social Safeguard Specialist will update the social safeguards document

for this packagebased on the results of DMS, prior to implementation of civil works. This can be undertaken for the

package as a whole, or, using a sectional approach. ADB’s clearace on the updated report based on DMS will be

sought prior to start of civil works for each section.

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5. During detailed measurement survey, Involuntary Resettlement impacts will be further assessed and if required, a Resettlement Plan prepared and submitted to ADB for approval. The final document will be reviewed and disclosed on Implementing Agency (IA) and ADB websites. No civil works should be awarded before the completion of final document (DDR or resettlement plan implementation) in accordance with the loan agreement. The Implementing Agency is responsible to hand over the project land/site to the contractor free of encumbrance.

II. SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. About the subproject area:

6. As per information available in the subproject appraisal report, a population of 32902 out of total 86,188 population in Mejia Community Development Block and a population of 36081 out of 180,974 population in Gangajalghati has existing piped water supply coverage. Piped water supply is based on ground / sub-surface water source. The source of raw water for the Mejia and Bharah piped water supply scheme is the sub-surface water of Damodar river. The raw water source for Gangajalghati PWSS is the Gangdua dam on Sali river, whereas the same for Charadihi PWSS is the river bed of Sali river. Both the schemes are based on per capita supply levels of 40 lpcd.

7. The raw water is pumped from the intake to the water treatment plant. The capacity of the WTP is 1.45 MLD. The WTP is an existing one and is situated at Keshiara village of Gangajalghati Block. The WTP consists of an intake well, raw water channel, horizontal baffled flocculator, tube settler and 4 pressure filters. Treated water is proposed to be pumped to a 350 Kl overhead tank for further distribution. 8. The impact of ground water abstraction and the associated risks of fluoride contamination in the block of Mejia and Gangajalghati can not be undermined. In effect, a comprehensive piped water supply scheme (PWSS) is essential to be drawn up with respect to sustainable water source to effectively mitigate the risks and impact of fluoride contamination. 9. The following section presents details of the existing piped water supply schemes that are commissioned or ongoing in Mejia and Gangajalghati Blocks, as listed in the PHED website.

Table 1: Details of Existing Piped Water Supply – Mejia Block

Sl.

No Scheme Name

Year

Sanctioned

Design

Year

Villages

served

Habitation

served

Population

served

Mejia

1 PWSS Mejia 2000-01 2036 5 11 24,526

2 PWSS Mejia 2000-01 2022 4 7 16,367

3 PWSS Bharah 2011-12 2036 6 10 8,376

Total 11 21 32,902

Gangajalghati

1 Gangajalghati 2000-01 2023 6 26 27,927

2 Charadihi 1966-67 2022 10 13 8,154

Total 16 39 36,081

Source: PHED website, November, 2019

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B. Subproject Description: 10. The subproject bulk water supply components in the blocks of Mejia and Gangajalghati under the package WW/BK/03, include: i) construction of intake at Nutangram mouza of Barjora block. ii) laying of raw water transmission mains of 16.4 km of dia 800 mm andand 900 mm from intake to proposed WTP at Basudebpur mouza of Gangajalghati block. iii) construction of 36 MLD capacity WTP at Basudebpur mouza of Gangajalghati block, iv) construction of 1430 KVA electrical substation at Barjora; and v) clear water transmission mains of various diameters ranging from 150 mm dia to 800 mm dia proposed to be laid from WTP to 34 OHRs of Mejia and Gangajaghati blocks.

11. Summary of project components in provided in Table- 2.

Table-2: Subproject Components under package WW/BK/03

Sl. No. Project Component Details

1 Raw water intake Raw water intake of 36 MLD capacity is proposed at

Natungram mouza of Barjora Block

2 Raw water transmission main

800 and 900 dia DI pipe of raw water of 16.4 km will

be laid from intake to WTP proposed at Basudebpur

mouza of Gangajalghati Block.

3 Water Treatment Plant (WTP) WTP of 36 MLD capacity to be constructed at

Basudebpur mouza of Gangajalghati Block.

4 Clear water transmission mains

Clear water transmission main of 146.56 km of various

diameters ranging from 150 to 800 mm are proposed

to be laid from WTP to 34 OHRs of Mejia and

Gangajalghti Block.

Source: DSISC, Bankura

12. Since Mejia and Gangajalghati are adjoining blocks, the design population of the blocks is

derived on a cluster-wide basis to assess the overall water demand. The water demand

based on population of each block (2020 onwards, at an interval of 15 years) is worked out

in Table 3.

Table- 3: Assessment of water demand

Sl.

No. Block

Net water demand (in MLD) Gross water demand (in MLD)

Yr.- 2020 Yr.- 2035 Yr.- 2050 Yr.- 2020 Yr.- 2035 Yr.- 2050

1 Mejia 7.1 8.5 10.3 8.3 10.0 12.0

2 Gangajalghati 14.7 17.4 20.5 17.2 20.3 24.0

Total 21.8 25.9 30.8 25.5 30.27 36.0

Source: Government of West Bengal, Public health Engineering Directorate, Project Implementation Unit, Bankura, September, 2018

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III. FIELD WORK AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION

A. Outline of field work:

13. ln November 2019, field visits were carried out at the subproject site locations for the bulk water supply project that includes the locations of the intake and WTP. Field assessments were carried out along the entire stretch of raw water transmission pipelines, especially in the congested areas of Maliara and Srichandrapur (kalgora) bazar; and clear water transmission lines in Srichandrapur (kalgora) bazar, Desuria more, Mejia bazar under the blocks. In Barjora - Durlavpur road both raw and clear water transmission line will pass through a 1.32 kilometer stretch from Radhamadhabpur to Kalgora market. The existing width of the road is ten metres, however, it is proposed to lay (raw andand clear water transmission line) the pipelines one at a time and after business hours to avoid pedestrians access disruption andand impacts to businesses. Pipeline will be laid using open cut method. It is likely to take 28 days to lay raw water pipeline on one side of the road and clear water transmission mains on the other side of the road (it is assumed that laying of pipeline will take 14 days on each side of the road) along with backfilling. There will be provision of planks by the Contractor to avoid any access disruption and to reduce impact. The entire land requirement for laying of the raw water and clear water transmission network will be fulfilled by government road rights of way (RoW) - particularly within the RoW of village roads and West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited (WBHDCL) roads (the road is currently maintained by PWD) and PWD roads. The site of WTP is a vested government land and PHED has received possession of the land.

14. Consultations are going on throughout the subproject Blocks. These consultations are mainly focused on project benefits, features, developmental interventions, perceived impacts and mitigation measures and public participation during implementation. Community members informed about insufficiency or lack of availability of potable water for drinking and domestic use, presence of high percentage of iron content in water used by them at present. Household level water connection at doorstep will be a great relief for the village women as it will reduce their loss of productive time. it was mentioned to the community members that there will be a grievance redress mechanism which will help in mitigating any grievances or complaints during the construction period. Affordability of water charge has been a pertinent question raised both by Gram Panchayat members and community people. Participants agreed that the proposed subproject will help in reducing time taken for water collection as well health expenditures. List of public consultations held is given in Table- 4. Summary of public consultations are provided in Appendix- 1.

Table- 4: Public Consultations held in Mejia and Gangajalghati Blocks

Sl.

No. Date Location

Gram

Panchayat Water Works

Total No. of

Participants

No. of

Female

Participants

1.

12th

September

2019

Gangajalghati

Gram

Panchayat

office

Gangajalgha

ti

OHR and

distribution

network

41 11

2.

13th

September

2019

Barshal Gram

Panchayat

office

Barshal

WTP, OHR and

distribution

network

14 6

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Sl.

No. Date Location

Gram

Panchayat Water Works

Total No. of

Participants

No. of

Female

Participants

3.

25th

September

2019

Madhabpur Kapistha

OHR and

distribution

network

56 16

4.

27th

September

2019

Banjora Banjora

OHR and

distribution

network

60 50

5. 21st October

2019

Lachmanpur

Gram

Panchayat

office

Lachmanpur

OHR and

distribution

network

19 4

6. 25th October

2019 Ranipur

Ramchandr

apur

OHR and

distribution

network

31 0

Total 221 87

IV. LAND AVAILABILITY AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS

15. The scope of land acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement impacts is identified based on the field visits to each of the subproject component locations and the entire stretch of proposed raw water and clear water transmission pipeline alignment in Mejia and Gangajalghati blocks under the subproject. No involuntary acquisition of private land is anticipated: construction work of raw water intake is proposed in Durgapur Barrage and land is under ownership of Irrigation and Waterways Department (IandWD), Government of West Bengal; and WTP is located in a Government vested land, for which PHED has received possession. All civil works under the subproject for the for transmission mains are proposed within the boundaries or RoW of Government roads [Panchayat roads, Public Works Department (PWD) roads, State Highways etc.]. No significant impacts (temporary or permanent) to structures along the government Right of the Way or temporary loss of income to shops/ businesses is anticipated. Both raw and clear water transmission main will pass through Kalgora bus stand market area in Srichandrapur. The existing road width is 10 m and impact avoidance and mitigation measures specified in this DDR and in the EMP will be adopted to avoid any impacts. Pipeline will be laid using open cut method. It is likely to take 28 days to lay raw water pipeline on one side of the road and clear water transmission mains on the other side of the road (it is assumed that laying of pipeline will take 14 days on each side of the road) along with backfilling. Visit to the field (market place), discussion with PIU and DSISC engineers revealed the fact that, impact avoidance and mitigaton measures will be adopted during construction phase to avoid any resettlement impacts, e.g. laying of one pipeline at a time when two pipelines (raw andclear water transmission line) are to be laid within the same road RoW; working at night etc; in addition to other measures like, proper traffic management, careful timing of implementation to avoid peak sale hours/days or school timings and provision of planks to avoided access disruption of pedestrian and impacts to businesses; advance notice to businesses prior to start of work; and by minimizing construction period to the extent possible. No impact (temporary or permanent) to structures along the government right-of-way or temporary loss of income to shops/businesses is anticipated. However, impacts will be reassessed and reconfirmed after finalization of detailed design and finalization of exact pipe alignment through detailed measurement surveys.

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A. Raw water intake: 16. Under the package WW/BK/03, raw water intake of 36 MLD capacity will be constructed at Nutangram mouza of Barjora Block. Raw water will be drawn from Durgapur barrage which is under Damodar Valley River Regulation Committee (DVRRC). An additional 0.40 acre land in Plot No.- 432/2373 in Natungram Mouza, JL No.- 14, Barjora block will be acquired through inter departmental land transfer for construction of 1430 KVA electrical substation building under the subproject. The proposed plot is free of any encumbrances, vacant and not in use, hence, does not have any involuntary resettlement impact. DVRRC has already issued no objection certificate (NOC) and; Additional District Magistrate (ADM) and District Land and Land Reforms officer, Bankura has directed Block Land and Land Reforms officer, Barjora to submit 8 points report in connection with inter departmental transfer of the said land. The letter is given in Appendix- 2.

Figure-1: Google earth map showing location of Intake, WTP and other subproject

components


B. Raw water transmission mains:

17. Raw water transmission mains of 16.4 km are proposed to be laid from intake location to the Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The pipeline will traverse a Zilla Parishad road constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Scheme (approximately 7.89 km) and further through a road which was constructed by West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited (WBHDCL) and currently maintained by Public Works Department (PWD) (8.546 km). The diameter of the pipe will be 800 and 900 mm. Raw water transmission main will pass through Kalgora bus stand market area in Srichandrapur. The pipeline is proposed to be

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laid using open cut method. Walk through along the raw water transmission mains and field visit indicated that beyond the blacktop, the shoulder of the road is adequately wide, and the width of the existing road is sufficiently wide (10 Mts). There are no roadside vendors or kiosks along the road where raw water transmission mains are proposed to be laid, except Kalgora market area where pipeline will be laid in 20-30 meters of stretch at a time with same day backfilling, therefore, no pedestrian access disruption or impact to businesses is anticipated. Hence, no Involuntary Resettlement impact is anticipated. Care will be taken to avoid/mitigate economic impacts through the following measures: (i) announcement of civil works in advance (to enable shop owners to stock up and remain unaffected if goods vehicles are unable to reach them during construction);(ii) provision of planks to ensure pedestrian access; (iii) careful timing of implementation to avoid peak sale hours/days or school timings; (iv) night work in commercial areas, where possible; (v) minimizing construction period to the extent possible; (vi) assistance to mobile vendors if any present during construction, to shift nearby; (vii) signage with project details and contact details for grievance redress; and (viii) proper traffic management. These measures are part of the contract and will be implemented through it, with careful monitoring by PIU. However, after finalization of detailed design and alignment of the pipeline and during detailed measurement survey, impacts will be reassessed and reconfirmed. PHED needs to obtain NOC from the concerned Zilla parishad office for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) road and from respective PWD division for undertaking construction work on PWD roads. PHED has already requested PWD for providing RoW drawing of the concerned roads where raw water transmission main pipeline will be laid. Letter is provided in Appendix- 3. Details of the raw water pipeline laying is given in Table- 5.

Table- 5: Details of proposed raw water transmission mains

Name of the road Name of

the gram

panchayat

Total length

of the

pipeline

(km)

Width

of the

road

(m) BT

Dia of

pipe to

be laid

(mm)

Trench width

for laying of

pipeline

(mm)

Ownership

(NOC required

from)

Durgapur-Metali

village-Maliara-road Maliara 7.89 3 900 1500 PMGSY

Barjora-Durlavpur

road Barshal 8.546 10.5

900

and

800

1500 and

1400 PWD


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Figure-2: Google Earth Map showing Raw Water Transmission Main Alignment


C. Water Treatment Plant (WTP):

18. The WTP will be constructed on a 10 acre land parcel which was a vested2 Government land in Basudebpur Mouza under Barshal Gram Panchayat. PHED has already received possession of the land. The land parcel has no encroachers, it is free of any encumbrance, is vacant and not in use. Impact related to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement, including livelihood impact is not anticipated for construction of WTP. Possession certificate of the land is provided in Appendix- 4. Table- 6 provides details of land parcel identified for WTP for the subproject.

2As per provision of West Bengal Estate Act, 1953, no raiyat (landholder recognized by Government under State

Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950) can hold land beyond the ceiling limit, while as per West Bengal Land Reforms

Act, 1955, ceiling is imposed upon the family – unit of the Raiyat. The ceiling surplus lands are to be vested to the

State by drawing up proceedings as per the provision of law..

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Table- 6: Land details of Water Treatment Plant

Water

supply

compon

ent

Name of

Mouza

Name of

Gram

Panchayat

Ownership

(private/G

ovt) No. of

owners (if

private)

Availability

of land

record/ Plot

no., JL no.

Present

land

use of

the plot

NOC (for

private land)

/ Handover

letter for

Govt. land

Total

area

of

the

plot

WTP Basudebpur Barshal Land

transferred

to PHED

Plot no.- 851

and JL no.-

13

Baid Land

possession

certificate

received

10

acre

s

Source: PHED, Bankura.

D. Clear Water Transmission mains:

19. A total length of 146.56 km clear water transmission mains proposed to be laid to convey clear water from WTP to the proposed 34 Over Head Reservoirs in two blocks. The construction of OHRs has been considered in a separate package (BK/04). The clear water transmission mains pipelines will be laid within the RoW of government roads (NHAI, WBHDCL, Zilla Parishad, PMGSY roads and PWD roads). Clear water transmission main along with raw water water transmission main will pass through Kalgora bus stand market area in Srichandrapur. The pipelines will be laid using open cut method. The diameter of the transmission mains pipe ranges between 150 - 800 mm depending on the road widths, that vary between 3.5 -10.5 m (black top portion). Walk-through along the transmission mains and field visit indicated that beyond the black top portion, the shoulder of the road is quite wide and the shops are located beyond the shoulder of the road (in the market places). There are no road side vendors or kiosks along the road where the transmission mains are proposed. Impacts due to pipelaying activity will be reassessed and reconfirmed after finalization of detailed design and finalization of alignment of the transmission mains pipelines through detailed measurement surveys. PHED needs to obtain no objection certificate (NOC) from respective PWD division, Zilla Parishad, NHAI and Paschimanchal Unnayan Parshad (PUP) for undertaking the pipelaying work. PHED has already requested PWD for providing RoW drawing of the concerned roads where clear water transmission main pipeline will be laid. Copy of letter seeking permission is appended in Appendix- 3. Table- 7 below explains the measures adopted for reducing impacts for transmission mains. No Involuntary Resettlement impact is anticipated due to laying of the clear water transmission mains.

Table- 7: Details of Clear Water Transmission Main

Name of the road

Gram Panchayat

Width of

road (m) BT

Dia of pipe to be laid (mm)

Trench width for laying of

pipeline (mm)

Ownership

NOC required

for laying of

pipeline

Barjora Durlavpur

road Barshal 10.5

600, 800

1200, 1400

PWD Yes

Bankura-Mejia Raniganj road

Ramchandrapur, Mejia

10.5 600, 500, 400,

1200, 1100,

700, 600, NHAI

Yes

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Name of the road

Gram Panchayat

Width of

road (m) BT



pipeline (mm)

Ownership

NOC required

for laying of

pipeline

300, 150

450

Nandanpur Maliara road

Ramchandrapur, Banjora

3.75 300, 200

600, 500 PWD Yes

Ranipur-Benabaid-

pariasol road Ramchandrapur 3.5

300, 200, 250

600, 500, 550

PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Mejia Saltora road

Mejia, Ardhagram

5.5 300, 200

600, 500 PWD Yes

Kalidaspur more to bharah

Ardhagram 3.5 200, 150

500, 450 PWD Yes

Chayanpur more to arbat

Gobindadham 3.5 150 450 PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Chayanpur more to

lakhyara-ranganathpur

Lakhyara 3.5 250, 200, 150

550, 500, 450

PMGSY

Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Gangajalghati college more to keshiara

Gangajalghati 3.5 200 500 PUP

Yes; from

Paschimanchal

Unnayan

Parishad

Desuria-Fulberia road

Kapistha 3.75

300, 250, 200, 150

600, 550, 500, 450

PWD Yes

Ramkanali-pirraboni road

Gangajalghati, Pirraboni

3.75 150, 200

450, 500 PWD Yes

Suaara-kallapur road

Kapistha 3.5 200 500 PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Deuli more to Banasuria

more Banasuria 5.5

250, 200

550, 500 PWD Yes

Gangajalghati-Rajamela-

Lachmanpur road

Gangajalghati, Lachmanpur

3.5 400, 300

700, 600 PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Lachmanpur to Garjuria

road Lachmanpur 3.5 200 500 PMGSY

Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Lachmanpur to Choto

Nabagram

Lachmanpur, Banasuria

3.5 and 5.5

250 550 PMGSY and

PWD

Yes; (from Zilla

Parishad and

PWD

respectively)

Deuli more to Bankadaha

Nityanandapur 3.5 700 1300 PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

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Name of the road

Gram Panchayat

Width of

road (m) BT



pipeline (mm)

Ownership

NOC required

for laying of

pipeline

road

Kalgora to Bankadaha

and Sarangpur

road

Nityanandapur 3.5 800 and 150

1400 and 450

PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Kalgora to Barshal

Srirampur Barshal 3.5 200 500 PMGSY

Yes; from Zilla

Parishad

Kalgora more to subiara

Nityanandapur 3.5 150 450 PMGSY Yes; from Zilla

Parishad


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Figure-3: Google Earth Map Showing Clear Water Transmission Main Alignment


20. The civil works contract under the WBDWSIP has specific provisions related to impact avoidance for pipeline laying activities as well as construction work near common property resources. The works contractor will be required to maintain access to shops and residences or other buildings along pipe alignments and to institutions located close to proposed sites, and ensure safety through hard barricading of excavated alignments/sites. Care will be taken to avoid/mitigate economic impacts through the following measures: (a) announcement of proposed civil works in advance (to enable shop owners to stock up and remain unaffected if goods vehicles are unable to reach them during construction). (b) provision of planks to ensure pedestrian access; (c) careful timing of implementation to avoid peak sale hours/days or school timings; (d) night work in commercial areas, where possible; (e) minimizing construction period to the extent possible; (f) assistance to mobile vendors if any present during construction, to shift nearby; (g) signage with project details and contact details for grievance redress. These measures are part of the contract and will be implemented through it, with careful monitoring by the concerned PIU.

21. A final assessment of impacts will be undertaken along each site/road section based on the detailed engineering design, when exact pipe alignments are known. A detailed measurement survey (DMS) will be conducted to update or finalize the Land Acquisition and Due Diligence Report. If impacts are assessed based on the final design and DMS, resettlement plan will be prepared.

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V. CONCLUSIONS A. Summary and conclusion:

22. No Involuntary Resettlement impacts are anticipated due to the subproject components based on the latest available design and information received from PHED, DSISC and contractor up to 30th November, 2019. The proposed land parcel (for intake and substation) are under the Government ownership and are free of any encumbrances or encroachments and sites are vacant and not used. PHED has already received possession of land for WTP and the land is free of any encumbrances or encroachments. Raw water and clear water transmission mains are proposed within the RoW of government roads. No impact (temporary or permanent) is anticipated due to laying of raw or clear water transmission main. The water works infrastructure will be handed over to the respective Gram Panchayats after commissioning, letters will be required for laying of the transmission pipeline within RoW of Panchayat roads, stating that the concerned Gram Panchayats have no-objection to it. PHED has requested PWD for providing RoW drawing of the concerned roads where raw and clear water transmission main pipeline will be laid. Laying of the pipelines may potentially cause temporary disruption to road users, pedestrians and community members, this will be avoided by using proper mitigation measures. Such civil work disruptions will be mitigated during construction by the contractor through simple measures such as provisions of planks for pedestrian access to shops and proper traffic management.

23. A budgetary provision is made for costs likely to be incurred by PHED for completion of all formalities related to updating of this due diligence report. This includes provisions towards DDR updating cost (` 100,000), consultation, communication and grievance redress (` 100,000)

and 5% percent contingencies (` 10,000), i.e., a total of ` 210,000.3

B. Next steps:

24. The Due Diligence Report needs to be further updated with the following information:

• The DDR needs to be further updated again on finalization of the detailed design and based on the detailed measurement survey (DMS), During the DMS, if any Involuntary Resettlement impact is identified, a Resettlement Plan may need to be prepared.

• The updated version of this due diligence report will include the land possession certificate of intake land near at Nutangram mouza.

• PHED needs to obtain No Objection Certificate (NOC) before start of physical work from concerned Zila Parishad Office for the PMGSY road and from respective PWD division for undertaking construction work on PWD roads and from other respective department for concerned roads and the same should be appended to this report.

• The Due Diligence Report to be further updated, initiation and completion of due procedures reported and ADB approval obtained prior to start of construction work.

3 Land transfer costs to be borne by PHED, are not included in the estimated budget.

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PHOTO GALLERY OF BULK WATER SUPPLY AT MEJIA AND GANGAJALGHATI BLOCK

Intake at Durgapur Barrage

Water Treatment Plant (Basudebpur)

Maliara (Raw water transmission main)

Srichandrapur (Kalgora bus stand) (Raw water

transmission main)

Desuria more (clear water transmission main)

Nabagram bus stand (clear water transmission main)

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APPENDIX- 1 Summary of pubic consultation

Sl.

N

o.

Block

Date

and

Place

Zone

No of

Particip

ants

Concerns/ Issues Discussed Photographs

1 Gang

ajalgh

ati

12th

Septe

mber

2019

and

Gangaj

alghati

GP

office

6 Female:

11

Male: 30

Total

participa

nts: 41

Discussions:

• Consultation started with discussion regarding project facilities, features grievance

redressal mechanism, Gender and livelihood aspect etc.

• Main goal of the project is to provide safe and reliable drinking water to every

household in salinity, arsenic and fluoride affected rural areas.

• The project covers Indpur, Taldangra, Mejia and Gangajalghati block in Bankura

district.

• The project will provide 24x7 water supply connection to each household. They

will get 70 litter per capita per day drinking water through metered connection.

• All Residential, Commercial, Educational Religious, Health institutions will get

potable water from this project.

• Project will reduce women’s time and effort in collection of water. It’s a women

centric project, there is employment opportunity in operation and maintenance of

the system. Proper trainings will be provided to build capacity.

• This project will strengthen the VWSC because finally PHED will hand over the

Operation and Maintenance part of the entire asset created to the concerned

Gram Panchayats and VWSCs will act on behalf of the GPs.

• People may face some access disruption during construction work. Proper

measures will be taken to avoid or minimize any disruption. People’s cooperation

will be needed for successful implementation of the project.

• There will be a grievance registration and redressal system. People can raise any

relevant project related grievances or suggestions and the same will be

addressed within stipulated time frame.

Concerns of the Participants:

• People informed about their problem due to unavailability of good quality drinking

water.

• They also informed that there is piped water supply in some parts of panchayat,

but it cannot be used for drinking purposes. They were very happy for the project

as it will benefit them in many ways.

• People present were concerned about charges for the facility.

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Sl.

N

o.

Block

Date

andPla

ce

Zone

No of

Particip

ants


2 Gang

ajalgh

ati

13th

Sept.

2019

Barshal

GP

office

5 Female:

6

Male: 8

Total

participa

nts: 14

Discussions:

• Discussion during consultation carried out on project facilities, features grievance


• The project aims to provide safe, reliable and sustainable drinking water to every

household in salinity, arsenic and fluoride affected rural areas of project blocks.


district.








• This project will strengthen the VWSC and after completion PHED will hand over

the Operation and Maintenance part of the entire asset created to the concerned

Gram Panchayats and VWSCs will be responsible for Oand of the facility on

behalf of GPs.

• People may encounter problems, like access disruption during construction work.

Proper measures will be taken to avoid or minimize any disruption. People’s

cooperation will be needed for successful implementation of the project.





• People informed about their problem due to scarcity of drinking water, due to this

many had to drink bad quality water.

• People present were afraid that they may not be able to take the facility if

charged. Most are willing to pay and are more concerned of its affordability

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Sl.

N

o.

Block

Date

and

Place

Zone

No of

Particip

ants


3 Gang

ajalgh

ati

25th

Sept.

2019

and

Madha

bpur

hari

mandir

4 Female:

16

Male: 40

Total

participa

nts: 56

Discussions:

• Discussions mainly carried out on project facilities, features, grievance redressal

mechanism, Gender and livelihood aspect etc.


household in salinity, arsenic and fluoride affected areas of project district.


district.

• The project will provide 24x7 water supply connection to each household. Every

household will get 70 litter per capita per day drinking water through metered

connection.









• People may face some access disruption during construction work. Suitable






Concern of the Participants:

• People were concerned about affordability of charges for the facility. Most are

willing to pay but were concerned about its affordability.

• SHG members present at consultation were very much interested in taking

training on OandM of infrastructure, as it will benefit them economically.

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Sl.

No. Block

Date

and

Place

Zone

No of

Partici

pants


4 Mejia 27th

Septe

mber

2019

and

Banjor

a hari

mandir

5 Female

: 50

Male:

10

Total

particip

ants:

60

Discussions:

• Discussion during consultation carried out on project facilities, features grievance



household in salinity, arsenic and fluoride affected rural areas of project blocks.


district.










Gram Panchayats and VWSCs will be responsible for OandM of the facility on

behalf of GPs.








• People informed about their problem due to scarcity of drinking and domestic

purpose water. Only one tube wells water is drinkable.

• People wanted to know about time will take for facility to start.

• People present wanted to know about charges for the facility and are more

concerned about its affordability.

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Sl.

No. Block

Date

and

Place

Zone

No of

Partici

pants


5 Gang

ajalgh

ati

21st

Octobe

r 2019

and

Lachm

anpur

GP

office

3 Female

: 4

Male:

15

Total

particip

ants:

19

Discussions:

• Discussion during consultation mainly focused on project facilities, features,

grievance redressal mechanism, Gender and livelihood aspect etc.


household in salinity, arsenic and fluoride affected areas of project district.


district.

• The project will provide 24x7 water supply connection to each household. Every

household will get 70 litter per capita per day drinking water through metered

connection.

• The project will provide portable drinking water to Residential, Commercial,

Educational Religious, Health institutions.

• Project will ease women’s life by reducing women’s time and effort in collection of

water. There will be employment opportunity in operation and maintenance of the

system. Proper trainings will be provided to build capacity.




• People may face issues like, access disruption during construction work. Suitable






Concern of the Participants:

• People were concerned about charges for the facility. Most are willing to pay but

were concerned about its affordability.

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Sl.

No. Block

Date

and

Place

Zone

No of

Partici

pants


6 Mejia 25th

October

2019

and

Ranipur

hari

mandir

7 Female

: 0

Male:

31

Total

particip

ants:

31

Discussions:

• Discussion were carried out on project facilities, features grievance redressal

mechanism, Gender and livelihood aspect etc.


household in salinity, arsenic and fluoride affected areas of project blocks.

• The project will provide drinking water in Indpur, Taldangra, Mejia and

Gangajalghati block of Bankura district.










Gram Panchayats and VWSCs will be responsible for OandM of the facility on

behalf of GPs.








• People informed about their problem due to unavailability of good quality drinking

water.

• People wanted to know about time will take for facility to start.

• People present wanted to know about charges for the facility and concerned

about its affordability.

Signature sheet of public consultation

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APPENDIX- 2

Letter of Additional District Magistrate andand Land and Land reforms officer, Bankura to

Land and Land Reforms Officer, Barjora for submission of 8 points report in connection

with inter departmental transfer of intake land at Nutangram mouza

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APPENDIX- 3

Letter of Executive Engineer to PWD requesting RoW drawing of concerned roads for

laying of raw and clear water transmission mains

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APPENDIX- 4

Land possession certificate of WTP land at Basudebpur mouza of Gangajalghati Block

Documents

West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Project