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Brief Report

On

Public Consultation meeting held at Boisar Station for

Quadrupling of Virar - Dahanu Corridor of MUTP III

projects

On 15th

June 2019

Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd.

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Report on Public Consultation held at Boisar Station for Quadrupling of Virar –

Dahanu corridor of MUTP III projects.

Introduction:

Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has planned to implement MUTP-III project in

Western and Central Railway corridors. MRVC has sought loan assistance from AIIB (Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank) for implementation of the following projects of MUTP-III.

a. Quadrupling of Virar - Dahanu corridor (63 RKms)

b. Panvel-Karjat – Double Line Suburban corridor (30 RKm)

c. Mid-Section Trespass Control Measure on Mumbai Suburban Section of Central and

Western Railway.

The Quadrupling of Virar - Dahanu section of Western Railway will include laying of 3rd

and 4th line parallel to existing railway lines. It is 63 Kms in length and will pass through

seven intermediate stations. It will not only ease overcrowding in Suburban trains bound for

Dahanu Road and back to Churchgate but also ensure hassle free journey and greater comfort

to the commuters. Panvel and Karjat Double Line Suburban Corridor (30 RKm) on Central

Railways is a long-standing demand of the people living in the area, which will effect faster

and easy railway movement in the stretch.

A general public consultation on social and environmental issues and safeguards with all the

stakeholders has been conducted by MRVC during each phase of project implementation.

The consultation primarily helped in disclosing technical information about the project, social

and environmental safeguards with the people centric approach. The MRVC has conducted

consultation and participation of the people likely to be affected or displaced due to the

MUTP III projects both in formal and informal way. During the consultation with PAP’s

various issues has been addressed regarding Land Acquisition, compensation, GRM,

structures likely to be affected, social risk, Common Property Resources (CPR), issues

related to land acquisition, values of affected assets and role of administration. Various

methodologies has been adopted by MRVC for Public consultation like informal and formal

group consultation, FGD, in-depth interviews etc. The consultations were also conducted

with different homogeneous group such as traders, women, vulnerable group etc.

During the pre-appraisal meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which was

held in May 2019 at MRVC office at Mumbai, the AIIB has said to keep one more Public

Consultation before Land Acquisition process starts. Accordingly, on AIIB requirement

MRVC has planned to conduct Public Consultation at two locations Saphale Station and

Boisar Station of Virar - Dahanu corridor.

Date : 15th

June, 2019

Location : Boisar Station

Starting time : 11.00 am

End time : 03.00 pm

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MRVC officials present:

1. Shri. Anand Kulkarni- Dy.CPM IV

2. Shri.Ravinder Guleria – Dy.CE

4 Shri. Iyer – Dy.CE

5 Shri. Vinay Kumar – Project engineer

6 Shri. Anuraag Mishra – Project Engineer

7 Shri. U.B. Sonawane – LA field staff

8 Dhanalaxmi Bhosale, Environmental Specialist

9 Vikas Tambe. – Social Scientist

10 Support staff of MRVC

Objective of the meeting:

The main objective of this public consultation was to inform and gather opinion of common

public on the Environmental and Social Impact and its mitigation measures as proposed in the

Environment and Social management plan (ESMP) of Virar - Dahanu corridor Social &

Environment Assessment Report as published on MRVC website. Also to make aware about

the current situation, benefits, method and process of Land acquisition of project.

The issues discussed during consultation are as follows:

o Environmental and Social issues

o Impact on Environment and social aspects due to project

o Proposed ESMP as given in Environment Assessment Report for the project

o Expectation of the people from the project.

Opening Remark:

Shri. Anand Kulkarni, Dy. CPM IV, MRVC, opened the meeting by welcoming the

participants and explained briefly about the aim of meeting and describes the project.

Public Consultation at Boisar station:

The Public Consultation planning has started one month before, starting from

selection of location, making banner, preparing information broacher, notice publication in

local newspapers, creating awareness among the nearby catchment area for better attendance.

The concern Stakeholders were invited by sending official letters and publishing consultation

notice of various reputed newspapers (Times of India, Loksatta, Samana, Maharashtra Times,

Navbharat Times and Dahanu Times) dated on 9th

June, 2019. The local community and

project affected people were also informed by MRVC field level staff. Over 40 people

participated in the meeting including local residents, project affected people, etc.

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Public Consultation meeting start with welcoming of all people and introduction of MRVC

staff and local attendees. The people are well aware about Quadrupling of Virar – Dahanu

corridor of MUTP III project. The team has explained the current situation, silent features

passenger’s amenities and benefits of the project. People were also informed about the method

and process of Land acquisition i.e. direct purchase through negotiation. It was informed that

the process includes

The Government Decision No. SANKIRNA-03/2015/Para. Kra. 34/A-2 dated 12th

May 2015, Revenue & Forest Department, Govt. of Maharashtra.

a notice (number 3) will be published in local newspaper giving details of land being

acquired i.e. survey/Gut number, area being acquired and nae of the land owners with

request to submit consent form to respective SDO.

In addition, formal notice will be issued to all PAPs for requesting them to give

consent for purchase of land for the project with proposed rates.

Village wise rates will be finalised by District Level Committee headed by District

Collector and as per Procedure given in the provision of Article No. 26 to 30 of Land

Acquisition Act 2013 & Schedule I, including other related features, then 25% will be

added to the above-calculated compensation.

Assets attached to the land i.e. structures, trees etc. will be paid as per valuation of

these assets by respective departments of Govt of Maharashtra with 100% Solatium.

In case, PAP does not agree sale of land by Direct Purchase Method for the project,

land will be acquired under Land Acquisition Act 2013 and compensation will be paid

accordingly. PAPs are not entitled for additional 25% compensation in such cases.

Initially, people were listening about project then some of them started raising questions on

Land rates and compensation issues. It was informed that rates are finalised as per provision

given in Article No. 26 to 30 of Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and Schedule I, including other

related features. It was also told to provide any details available for increase in rates. If, there

is any omission in deciding rates by District Level Committee, it will be considered, and rates

wil be revised. Team has requested to all PAP’s that this is not meeting which emphasize land

rates; rather this meeting focuses on any concern in Social and Environmental aspect which

can affect due to proposed Quadrupling of Virar – Dahanu corridor. But people were keep

asking question again on land rates.

Some of the people were not satisfied with the land rates, and stated that they will give their

land only once they get fair land rates. Couple of people had query on surveys and Joint

Measurement not having their names in survey number and their actual land acquisition is

more and showing less on joint measurement sheet. The MRVC team has given answer to all

such kind of question arises and people were satisfied with answers.

Overall, the Boisar Station Public Consultation was done in positive way as people were

happy with the project and the compensation.

Participants: There were around 36-40 Participants present for names and more details See

Annexure I. (Attached participant attendance list).

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Annexure I.

Attendance sheet of Public consultation held at Boisar station 15/06/2019:-

Quadrupling between Virar–Dahanu Road Section” under Mumbai Urban

Transport Project-III (MUTP-III)

Public Consultation on Environment Assessment and Social Impact

Assessment

एमयूटीपी – III अंतर्गत विरार -डहाणू रोड रेल्िे मार्ागच ेचौपदरीकरण

प्रकल्पाचा पयागिरण ि सामाजिक प्रभाि मूल्यांकन – सािगिननक सल्लामसलत

S. No. Name of Participant Occupation Place/Vil

lage

Contact Details

अणु. व्यक्तीचे नाि व्यािसाय ठिकाण / र्ााँि संपकागची माठहती 1 Ravindra pandey Retired/ Self-

employed

Boisar 9561153893

2 Nandkumar Pandey Self-employed Boisar 9561517109

3 Bhagvati Pathak Self-employed Boisar 9158905499

4 Prakash Pathak Self-employed Umroli 8806880644

5 Raman S. Patil Self-employed Umroli 9209423788

6 Rambhau K. Thakur Self-employed Umroli 9209423788

7 Malati G. Patil Self-employed Umroli 9209423788

8 Sagar Gharat Self-employed Umroli 9225827555

9 Vijay Shetty Self-employed Boisar 9890060444

10 Hemant R. Patil Self-employed Umroli 9049896275

11 Chandrashekhar R. Patil Teacher Umroli 9588407480

12 Komal R. Borle Self-employed Kelve Rd 9820580021

13 Avinash K. Gavit Self-employed Boisar 9637568440

14 Jitendra Gandhi Self-employed Palghar 9890879270

15 Yatin Patil Service Palghar 9226919172

16 Vasant B. Dhaut Service Umroli 9923440947

17 Kunal Shyrma Self-employed Palghar 8551835359

18 Vijay R. Self-employed Boisar 9890461089

19 Anant Patil Retired Birwadi 9765284399

20 Rajesh Hari Patil Self-employed Birwadi 9270005450

21 Jitendra B. Self-employed Vangaon 9987754899

22 Shiva R. Farmer Vangaon 9975686695

23 Jitrandra Farmer Vangaon 9730150775

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24 Rampratap Yadav Farmer Vangaon 9975664316

25 Amit A. Choube Farmer Vangaon 9881271217

26 Chandrakant Thakur Farmer Vangaon 9730165371

27 Mahendra Prajapati Service Vangaon 7038286989

28 Ashok R. Pathak Self-employed Vangaon 9665891737

29 Ajit Samarjit Ahir Self-employed Vangaon 9975526526

30 Rambhau Vittal Tare Farmer Birwadi 9225149132

31 Usuf Shaikh Self-employed Bhandarwada 9665444674

32 Jubair S. Self-employed Bhandarwada 9730237879

33 Vaibhav Jaideo Raul Farmer Vangaon 9545111714

34 Ravindra Vittal Raul Farmer Vangaon 9823739548

35 Jaideo Vittal Raul Farmer Vangaon 9923837188

36 Vasudeo U. Farmer Umroli 9867350407

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Annexure II

Points of Discussion: Public Consultation held at Boisar station on 15/06/2019

Quadrupling between Virar-Dahanu Road Section under

Mumbai Urban Transport Project – III (MUTP – III)

Public Consultation on Environmental Assessment and Social Impact Assessment

एम.य.ूटी.पी. – III अतंर्गत विरार – डहाणू रोड रेल्िे मार्ागच ेचौपदरीकरण

प्रकल्पाचा पयागिरण ि सामाजिक प्रभाि मूल्यांकन – सािगिननक सल्लामसलत

चचचे ेमुद्दे

Sr.no

Name of Person

Shri/Smt

Points of Discussion MRVC reply,

1.

Kunal N.

Shaparia

9172271999

Survey of my property was

done but there are some

mistakes, hence wanted to

know when is again survey

will done for the same

property.

Remeasurement is being

arranged in consultation with

Taluka Land Record office as

per availability of date with

them.

2.

Komal R. Borle

9820580021

Will Mangroves in my land

be compensated?

How long for the formalities

to be done?

How will we be notified?

As per order of Hon’ble High

Court, Bombay all mangroves

are deemed forest. It will be

dealt accordingly. However, if

it is your own land

compensation will be paid as

per rule.

We are in on the job to

complete all formalities at the

earliest. It depends upon PAPs

cooperation.

Notice No. 3 will be published

in leading newspaper and also

it will be circulated to

Panchayat office of the

Village. You will also

personally contacted.

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Bhagwatiprasad

H. Pathak

9158905499

Does Boisar village come in

Urban or Rural jurisdiction?

The Boisar village comes in

Rural jurisdiction.

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Raman S. Patil

9209423788

Umroli, Birwadi and

Panchali villages come

under Rural jurisdiction and

theses all land is nearby

station, hence the Land rate

of Umroli should get the

same Land rates that

Birwadi & Panchali have.

Why there is disparity is

Land Rates as they are

adjacent

Village wise rates has been

finalised by District Level

Committee headed by District

Collector and as per Procedure

given in the provision of

Article No. 26 to 30 of Land

Acquisition Act 2013 &

Schedule I, including other

related features, then 25% will

be added to the above-

calculated compensation.

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Sr.no

Name of Person

Shri/Smt


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Jitendra

Bhandarkar

9987754894

We Should get another

alternate land for land

looser farmer.

There is no provision for

getting alternate land.

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Shvisingh

Thakur

9975686695

Land Rate should get as

N.A. Land rate.












7

Jitendra B.

9730150775

Land rate should be given

maximum.












9.

Chandrashekhar

Rajaram Patil

9588407480

We are having land at near

Umroli station hence we

should get more land rate as

other private rate.












10.

Hemant Rajaram

Patil

9049896275

Either I want Job in

Railway or I should get land

rate 25 Lakhs per guntha for

my land.












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Sr.no

Name of Person

Shri/Smt


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Rajesh Hari Patil

9270005450

I am having land at Umroli (

west), I want rate as you are

giving for Umroli village.












12.

Vijay kumar

Ram H Singh

Thakur

9987754885

I am having land at

Vangaon (survey no. 23/2),

I want alternate N.A. plot

nearby Vangaon Station.

There is no provision for

getting alternate land.

13.

Rajendra

Chandrama

Yadav

I am having land at

Vangaon station, I want

land rate as per market rate.












14.

Rambhau Kalya

Thakur

Aruna Anant

Patil

9765244399

We are having land adjacent

to railway track at Umroli.

We want rate as per Market

Rate value. We are farmers

and our land is ancestral

and our livelihood depend

upon land hence it is our

humble request for all

farmers fair and equal land

rate should be given in

India.












15.

Vasudeo K.

9867336967

For the quadrupling of

Virar- Dahanu railway

corridor western railway,

before one year back there

was sudden meeting held at

Palghar taluka without

giving us notice, when I

came to know about this

meeting from relative and

went to meeting.

The Joint measurement of

my land is not proper hence

it needs to do again.

If PAPs are satisfied with Joint

measurement, they can apply,

Joint measurement will be

arranged again.

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Sr.no

Name of Person

Shri/Smt


16.

Jaideo Vittal

Raul

Ravindra Vittal

Raul

Deepak Vittal

Raul

9923837188

98233739548

9545111714

We are having total land

about 125 gunthe & we

unaware out of this how

much land is being acquire

by MRVC?

And about remaining land,

if we wish to develop our

remaining land then there

should not be any trouble to

us kindly takes care of this

as a statutory body.

Our land is nearby station

hence we should get fair

land rate and compensation.

Details of land being acquired

are available in SDO, Palghar

office as well as MRVC

office. You may approach this

office to know exact area of

land being acquired.

You can develop your balance

land as per development rules

of the State Government.

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Attendance sheet:-

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Points of Discussion:-

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Photos of Public consultation at Boisar :

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Public Consultation Notice in Local newspaper:-

Times of India, dated 9th

June, 2019

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Loksatta Marathi News daily newspaper, dated 9th

June, 2019

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