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Resettlement Plan

13 January 2020

49001-003 FIJ: Urban Water Supply and Wastewater

Management Investment Program (Tranche 1)

Prepared by Water Authority of Fiji and the Ministry of Economy for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in November 2016 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/49001-002/documents.

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SMEC INTERNAL REF. 5035016

Rewa River Water Supply Scheme – Resettlement

Plan, Volume 2A&B – Updated

Investment Programme Management Unit Institutional

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Important Notice This report is an updated version with confidential details of Affected Persons removed, for the purposes of public

disclosure of the Resettlement Plan for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme. In this version of the report, the

Affected Persons (APs) are referred to as AP-A1, AP-A2, AP-A3, AP-A4 and AP-B1.

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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................ V

1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Report Structure and Project Components .................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Locations of Project Components ................................................................................................................ 1

1.3 Land Boundaries of Components A and B and Ownership .......................................................................... 3

1.4 Component A ............................................................................................................................................... 5

1.5 Component B ............................................................................................................................................... 6

1.6 Initial and Updated Resettlement Plan ........................................................................................................ 7

1.7 RP Volume 2A&B and Objectives ................................................................................................................. 7

1.8 RP-related Conditionality ............................................................................................................................. 7

2 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING .............................................................................................................. 8

2.1 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ............................................................................................... 8

2.1.1 Census and Socioeconomic Survey .................................................................................................. 8

2.1.2 Affected Population ......................................................................................................................... 8

2.1.3 Impact on Land ................................................................................................................................ 8

2.1.4 Impact on Trees ............................................................................................................................... 8

2.1.5 Vulnerable Household ..................................................................................................................... 9

2.1.6 No Additional Impact ....................................................................................................................... 9

2.2 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Households ........................................................................................... 9

2.2.1 Non-availability of Socioeconomic Information of AHs Residing Overseas ..................................... 9

2.2.2 Demographic Information ............................................................................................................. 10

2.2.3 Economic Information ................................................................................................................... 10

2.3 Compensation and Allowance .................................................................................................................... 10

2.3.1 Compensation ................................................................................................................................ 10

2.3.2 Land Acquisition Process ............................................................................................................... 11

2.3.3 Vulnerable Allowance .................................................................................................................... 11

2.3.4 Responsibilities .............................................................................................................................. 11

2.3.5 Resettlement Budget ..................................................................................................................... 11

3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................. 13

3.1 Institutional Arrangements ........................................................................................................................ 13

3.2 RP Implementation Schedule ..................................................................................................................... 13

4 MONITORING AND REPORTING ............................................................................................................................ 14

Appendices

DEATH CERTIFICATE OF AP-A3

VALUATION REPORTS

CROP COMPENSATION CALCULATION FORMS

SALES AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT – AP-A1, AP-A2 & AP-A3

SALES AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT – AP-B1

DEPOSIT PLANS

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List of Tables

Table 1: Population Affected by Component A and Component B .................................................................................... 8

Table 2: Impact of the Subcomponent on Trees ................................................................................................................ 9

Table 3: Demographic Information of the APs ................................................................................................................. 10

Table 4: Economic Information of the Households .......................................................................................................... 10

Table 5: Resettlement Budget .......................................................................................................................................... 12

Table 6: Potential Monitoring Indicators .......................................................................................................................... 14

List of Figures

Figure 1: Locations of the new Structures .......................................................................................................................... 2

Figure 2: Site of the Water Treatment Plant and Intake at Viria ........................................................................................ 2

Figure 3: Title survey plan of AP-B1’s land, referred to as CT 9047 .................................................................................... 3

Figure 4: Title survey plan of AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A3’s land, referred to as CT 9048 ...................................................... 4

Figure 5: Land boundaries of CT 9047 and CT 9048 superimposed on Google maps extract ............................................ 4

Figure 6: Site plan for the Water Treatment Plant and Intake overlaid on land parcels under acquisition ....................... 5

Figure 7: Layout of the Intake site at Viria (extract from Drg No 80509353-01-01-G006) ................................................. 6

Figure 8: Layout of the Water Treatment Plant site at Viria (extract from Drg No 80509353-01-01-G006) ...................... 6

Figure 9: Implementation Schedule .................................................................................................................................. 13

List of Abbreviations

ADB Asian Development Bank

AH affected households

AP Affected Person

CAF Compensation Agreement Form

Ch chainage

CSS Census and Socioeconomic Survey

DMS Detailed Measurement Survey

DN nominal diameter

DoL Department of Lands

Drg No Drawing Number

FJD Fiji dollars

ha hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 m2)

HH household head

IA Implementing Agency

IoL Inventory of Loss

IPMU Investment Programme Management Unit

km kilometres

LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement

m2 square metres

ML megalitre (1 ML = 1,000 m3 = 1,000,000 litres)

mm millimetres

RL reduced level

RP Resettlement Plan

RRWSS Rewa River Water Supply Scheme

SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition

TLTB iTaukei Land Trust Board

TWL top water level

WAF Water Authority of Fiji

WTP Water Treatment Plant

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Executive Summary

1 Introduction

This Resettlement Plan is split into two volumes – Volume 1 and Volume 2, which need to be read together. Volume 1,

dated 1 August 2019, includes the following sections:

Introduction

Update of Resettlement Plan

Land Acquisition Requirements

Socioeconomic Survey

Cut-off-Date

Entitlement Matrix

Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure

Grievance Redress Mechanism

For the purposes of the Resettlement Plan the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme (RRWSS) has been split into 5

components, and Volume 2 is further split into 5 sections covering these components of the RRWSS, as follows:

A. New water intake and raw water pumping station on the Rewa River at Viria Village;

B. New 40 ML/day Water Treatment Plant (WTP) (expandable to 80 ML/day in the future) including treated water

reservoir and pumping station;

C. DN 900 mm steel pumping main:

o within the WTP site from chainage (Ch) 0.0 km to Ch 0.3 km

o in the Viria Road reserve from the WTP at Ch 0.3 km to Ch 0.6 km

o together with construction of a new access road, in private (freehold) land which is under acquisition

from Ch 0.6 to Ch 2.4 km (the so-called “alternate route”) o in iTaukei land adjacent to Viria Road from Ch 2.4 to Ch 3.2 km (junction with Sawani-Serea Road)

D. DN 900 mm steel pumping main in the Sawani-Serea Road reserve from Ch 3.2 to Ch 7.545 km at Waitolu, and

10 ML water reservoir in iTaukei land at Waitolu, which has been leased for 99 years;

E. Laying of 17.731 km of DN900 steel gravity main to connect to the existing distribution system at Waila

o within the reservoir site from Ch 0.0 to 0.05 km

o in the Sawani-Serea Road reserve from Ch 0.05 to Ch 11.4 km

o in the Prince’s Road reserve from Ch 11.4 km to the connection point at the junction with Lal Singh

Road, Waila.

This document covers components A and B of the RRWSS project – the Intake and WTP at Viria.

2 Resettlement Budget and Financing

2.1 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement

A census and socioeconomic survey (CSS) along with a fresh detailed measurement survey (DMS) was conducted during

17-18 September 2019 in order to update the Inventory of Loss (IoL), as well as to establish a baseline of socioeconomic

status of the households likely to suffer from the project intervention under these two components of the project. The

CSS identified 4 households with 8 family members to be affected due to the components A and B.

A total of 116,191.05m2 (11.62 hectares) of land owned by these four households will be affected, along with 1,261

trees of different kinds. One of the household heads is the widow of a recently deceased person for which this RP has

kept the provision of special allowance under vulnerable category. However, survey data suggest that no affected

household (AH) will be relocated or displaced from their dwelling place, none of them will lose any structure, and also

none of the AHs will be affected by disruption of business.

Also, there will be no impact on tenants, sharecroppers and squatters.

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2.2 Compensation and Allowance

The total budget for component A and B has been calculated at 536,000 FJD. Out of this, 487,326.89 FJD has been

estimated as direct compensation cost, and the balance is kept as 10% contingency on the total direct compensation

cost (rounded down) to meet the cost of monitoring, consultation and disclosure, including administrative expenses.

The table below shows the detailed breakdown of the RP budget.

Item Compensation Cost (FJD) Total Budget (FJD)

Compensation for Land under Component A 75,000 485,000

Compensation for Land under Component B 410,000

Compensation for Trees under Component A 16.38 391.89

Compensation for Trees under Component B 375.51

Allowance for 1 Vulnerable Household 2,000 2,000

Total Direct Compensation 487,391.89 487,391.89

Contingency 10% of the total direct cost 48,608.11

Resettlement Budget for Components 2A and 2B 536,000.00

3 Institutional Arrangements and Implementation

The Resettlement Framework specified WAF (Water Authority of Fiji), IPMU (Investment Programme Management

Unit), DoL (Department of Lands) and TLTB (iTaukei Land Trust Board) as key agencies responsible for the project’s land acquisition, resettlement and compensation activities. The responsibilities of these agencies are set out in Volume 1,

Section 5.1.

For the entire component of WTP, a total area of 116,191.05 m2 of private land is under process of acquisition from the

land owner (Agricultural Leasee of iTaukei Land Trust Board), for which WAF is in a state to pay compensation as per

the current market rates. Apart from that, no additional land acquisition was found to be required during the CSS.

There are no informal titleholders or squatters living on the land on which the WTP and the associated infrastructure

will be built. Survey data also suggest that no Affected Persons (APs) will be relocated or displaced from their dwelling

place, none of them will lose any structure, and also none will be affected with disruption of business.

4 Monitoring and Reporting

Internal monitoring of all resettlement and consultation tasks and reporting to ADB will be conducted by the WAF, in

coordination with the supervision consultant. Internal monitoring will include reporting on progress in the activities

envisaged in the implementation schedule with particular focus on public consultations, land acquisition, record of

grievances and status of complaints, financial disbursements, and level of satisfaction among APs.

WAF, supported by the resettlement specialists of the supervision consultant, will supervise the implementation of the

RP and prepare monthly reports on resettlement activities. The supervision consultant will also monitor RP

implementation and submit reports to IPMU. Afterwards, resettlement monitoring reports will be sent to ADB.

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1 Introduction

1.1 Report Structure and Project Components

This Resettlement Plan (RP) is split into two volumes – Volume 1 and Volume 2, which need to be read together. Volume

1, dated 1 August 2019, includes the following sections:

Introduction

Update of Resettlement Plan

Land Acquisition Requirements

Socioeconomic Survey

Cut-off-Date

Entitlement Matrix

Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure

Grievance Redress Mechanism

For the purposes of the Resettlement Plan, the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme (RRWSS) has been split into 5

components. Volume 2 is further split into 5 sections covering these components of the RRWSS, as follows:

A. New water intake and raw water pumping station on the Rewa River at Viria Village;

B. New 40 ML/day Water Treatment Plant (WTP) (expandable to 80 ML/day in the future) including treated water

reservoir and pumping station;

C. DN 900 mm steel pumping main:

o within the WTP site from chainage (Ch) 0.0 km to Ch 0.3 km

o in the Viria Road reserve from the WTP at Ch 0.3 km to Ch 0.6 km

o together with construction of a new access road, in private (freehold) land which is under acquisition

from Ch 0.5 to Ch 2.4 km (the so-called “alternate route”) o in iTaukei land adjacent to Viria Road from Ch 2.4 to Ch 3.2 km (junction with Sawani-Serea Road)

D. DN 900 mm steel pumping main in the Sawani-Serea Road reserve from Ch 3.2 to Ch 7.545 km at Waitolu, and

10 ML water reservoir in iTaukei land at Waitolu, which has been leased for 99 years;

E. Laying of 17.731 km of DN900 steel gravity main to connect to the existing distribution system at Waila

o within the reservoir site from Ch 0.0 to 0.05 km

o in the Sawani-Serea Road reserve from Ch 0.05 to Ch 11.4 km

o in the Prince’s Road reserve from Ch 11.4 km to the connection point at Lalsingh Road, Waila.

This document covers Component A and B of the RRWSS project – the Intake and the WTP in Viria Village. The original

basis for treating these as separate components for the purposes of the RP was the understanding that they were

situated on two completely separate parcels of land. However, one of these land parcels actually includes part of the

WTP site as well as all of the intake site, therefore the rationale for treating the intake separately from the WTP for the

RP was not valid.

Since sections D and E of Volume 2 have already been delivered and approved by WAF and ADB, it does not make sense

to rename the components at this stage. Considering this, sections A and B of Volume 2 of the Resettlement Plan have

been merged into this single document covering both components A and B. For convenience, this combined document

is referred to by the title Resettlement Plan Volume 2A&B.

Each section of Volume 2 covers a specific part of the overall project site, and includes the following sub-sections:

Resettlement Budget and Financing

Institutional Arrangements

RP Implementation Schedule

Monitoring and Reporting

1.2 Locations of Project Components

Figure 1 overleaf shows locations of the new structures and Figure 2 shows the site for the present Stage 1 of the Water

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Treatment Plant and the smaller site for the Intake adjacent to the Rewa River.

Figure 1: Locations of the new Structures

Figure 2: Site of the Water Treatment Plant and Intake at Viria

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The Project components are located in the northern part of Suva, in the Naitasiri Province. The locations of water intake

and water treatment plant are on the southern bank of the Rewa River at Viria, a short distance upstream of the

confluence of the Rewa and Waidina Rivers. From the treatment plant, the water will be pumped to a reservoir to be

built at the highest nearby point, above Waitolu Village. It will then be gravity fed to join the existing distribution system

at the junction of Prince’s Road and Lal Singh Road at Waila. An existing 450 mm pipeline will continue from the

connection point, to feed into the water distribution system for the Greater Suva Area.

1.3 Land Boundaries of Components A and B and Ownership

The land from which the sites for Component A (Water Intake) and Component B (Water Treatment Plant) are being

acquired consists of two parcels of land:

CT 9047, formerly Lot 39 DP 4805 – Registered Proprietor: Affected Person (AP) B1

CT 9048, formerly Lot 1 DP 4583 – Registered Proprietor: AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A3

Figure 3 below shows the title survey plan CT 9047, which is divided into 4 Lots. Lot 1, shown bounded in orange, is

under process of acquisition by WAF. It is split into two parcels, separated by part of the 16 m wide access road reserve,

which is denoted as Lot 4. Lot 2, shown bounded in green, is the remaining portion of the land, which has not been

acquired by WAF. Lot 3 is a small residential property, which is separately owned and is not being acquired. The pink

and yellow boundaries on the plan relate to CT 9048.

The total area being acquired by WAF from AP-B1 is 10.4354 hectares, which is comprised of 9.7067 ha plus 0.7287 ha.

Figure 3: Title survey plan of AP-B1’s land, referred to as CT 9047

Figure 4 overleaf shows the title survey plan CT 9048, which is also divided into 4 Lots. Lot 2, shown bounded in pink,

is under process of acquisition by WAF. It is also split into two parcels, separated by part of the 16 m wide access road

reserve, which is denoted as Lot 3 on this plan. Lot 1, shown bounded in yellow, is the remaining portion of the land,

separated by access roads into 3 parcels, which has not been acquired by WAF. Lot 4 is the access road to the separate

residential property which is denoted as Lot 3 in survey plan CT 9047, and is still labelled as Lot 3 in CT 9048. The orange

boundary shown on the plan relates to CT 9047.

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Figure 4: Title survey plan of AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A3’s land, referred to as CT 9048

Figure 5: Land boundaries of CT 9047 and CT 9048 superimposed on Google maps extract

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The total landholding bounded in yellow and pink (Lots 1 and 2) is owned by AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A3 – although AP-A3

is recently deceased and his share of the land will pass to his widow (AP-A4) through legal process. The total area being

acquired by WAF (Lot 2) is 1.7365 ha, which is comprised of 1.0840 ha plus 0.6525 ha.

Figure 5 on the preceding page shows the boundaries of the land owned by the Affected Persons superimposed on an

extract from Google maps. Figure 6 below shows the site plan for the WTP and Intake superimposed on the land parcels

under acquisition by WAF. Further details are given in Sections 1.4 and 1.5.

Figure 6: Site plan for the Water Treatment Plant and Intake overlaid on land parcels under acquisition

1.4 Component A

The river intake and pump station are combined as a single structure. 3 pumps will be provided at Stage 1 and a further

3 pumps in Stage 2. The proposed arrangement includes submersible pumps and piping within inclined installation

tubes constructed down the bank into the river on a slope of approximately 1 in 3. Intake screening comprises passive

screens within the river with 3 mm slotted openings, fixed onto the inlet ends of the pump installation tubes. Screens

will be cleaned by back-flushing with a packaged ‘air burst’ system. This arrangement was considered the most advantageous and cost effective given the large potential variation in water level of the Rewa River.

Each pump will have a 350 mm nominal inside diameter pipe string inside an outer 500 mm draft tube to carry the flow.

A maintenance structure will be provided on the river bank for extraction of the pipe spools and pumpsets. Access will

be provided by the construction of a fill embankment to RL 17.50 m on the river bank to provide access to the pump

header pipes and automatic control valves during a 1 in 100 year flood event. This platform will extend from the edge

of the Viria road and will be approximately 1,500 m2 in plan.

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Land totalling 1,835 m2 is under acquisition for the intake and pump station site. The site of the proposed river intake

structure is located on a relatively flat mid bench of the southern bank of Rewa River. The upper portion of the bank

generally slopes steeply between 30° and 60° above the intermediate flat bench. The lower bank slopes between about

30° and 40°. Figure 7 indicates the proposed water intake, i.e. component A.

Figure 7: Layout of the Intake site at Viria (extract from Drg No 80509353-01-01-G006)

1.5 Component B

The proposed layout for the Water Treatment Plant is shown in Figure 8 below. The Water Treatment Plant will be sized

for 40 ML/d initially, with the ability to be duplicated to 80 ML/d. The presettling tank and rapid mix coagulation will

be sized for the ultimate capacity. The balance of the process units will initially be sized for 40ML/d.

Figure 8: Layout of the Water Treatment Plant site at Viria (extract from Drg No 80509353-01-01-G006)

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The raw water pumps lift the water up to the pre-settling tank, which has a top water level (TWL) of RL (reduced level)

27.88 m. The flow through the treatment plant is by gravity with the top water level in the Treated Water Tank being

RL 22.00 m and the minimum operating water level being RL 17.00 m. A supervisory control and data acquisition

(SCADA) system will be provided which will enable automated operation of the treatment plant and associated raw and

treated water pumping stations. For the entire component B, including land to be reserved for Stage 2, a total area of

114,256 m2 of private land is under process of acquisition.

1.6 Initial and Updated Resettlement Plan

During the feasibility stage in “Part A” of the Programme, the Government prepared a draft Resettlement Plan (RP) in

August 2016, which was updated in February 2018. However, the existing RP from the feasibility stage did not cover

the full extent and magnitude of social and resettlement impacts.

Hence another round of field surveys and investigation of land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) impacts under the

Project was carried out during June to September 2019. Due to delays in completing some of the land acquisition

procedures, it was decided to prepare the Resettlement Plan split into two volumes as:

Volume 1 of the RP incorporating: introduction; project components; policy and legal framework; project

principles, entitlements and procedures, institutional arrangements; entitlements matrix; grievance redress

mechanism; and overview of consultation and disclosure; and

Volume 2 of the RP, further split into 5 sections, incorporating for each component: a description of the

component, including scope of land and asset acquisition (and relocation if any) and brief outline

of institutional arrangements; socio-economic profile of affected households; inventory of losses; results of

consultation pertaining to the component; resettlement/compensation budget; implementation schedule; and

monitoring and reporting arrangements. As explained in Section 1.1, this section of Volume 2 of the RP for the

Rewa River Water Supply Scheme has been developed as a single document combining component A that

pertains to water intake and pumping station and component B that pertains to the WTP.

1.7 RP Volume 2A&B and Objectives

In preparing the RP in two volumes, the present updated (draft) Resettlement Plan – Volume 2, Sections A & B attempts

to define the practical procedures by which the Implementing Agency (IA) will address potential resettlement impacts

associated with the development of the water intake and WTP, and provides an assessment of entitlements for the

affected households (AHs).

In this process, the primary objectives of the RP are to: (i) identify the project impact on the private landowners; (ii)

outline measures to minimise and mitigate the adverse impact; (iii) outline procedures to ensure meaningful

consultation with affected persons and other key stakeholders; (iv) outline the entitlement matrix for all kinds of impacts

and provide an estimate for budgetary allocation for compensation of loss of assets ; and (v) provide procedure for

monitoring of resettlement implementation.

1.8 RP-related Conditionality

Initiation of construction works for this component of the Project will be contingent on the compliance with the

following conditions, amongst others:

Approval of this section of the RP by the Government of Fiji and the ADB

Disclosure of this section of the RP to the public

Full implementation of the compensation programme described in this section of the RP, i.e., full delivery of

compensation to the AHs

‘No objection letter’ issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for commencement of civil works.


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2 Resettlement Budget and Financing

2.1 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement

2.1.1 Census and Socioeconomic Survey

A census and socioeconomic survey (CSS) along with a fresh Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS) was conducted from

17 to 18 September 2019. The purpose was to update the Inventory of Loss (IoL), as well as to establish a baseline of

socioeconomic status of the households likely to suffer from the project intervention for components A and B of the

project. The impact on land owned by private landowners is detailed in the subsequent sections.

2.1.2 Affected Population

An IoL of the affected households was developed from the CSS. According to the IoL, a total of four households will be

affected. Among these, component A will have impact on three households, namely those headed by AP-A1, AP-A2 and

AP-A3 (three brothers), and component B will have impact on these three plus one additional household, headed by

AP-B1. One of the 3 brothers, AP-A3, died in May 2019 (see Appendix A). His wife (AP-A4) is reasonably expected to

become the owner of the property/compensation through legal process.

Socioeconomic information collected from the households headed by AP-A1 and AP-A4 revealed 8 household members,

of which 4 are male and 4 are female.

However, AP-A2 is staying in New Zealand, and AP-B1 is living in USA. Hence, socio-economic information for these two

households could not be collected. As per email communication from ADB1, socioeconomic information is not required

for these households since they are residing overseas. Table 1 shows the affected population, based on the information

retrieved from field.

Table 1: Population Affected by Component A and Component B

Component Household Head (HH) Gender of HH Head Total HH

Members

No of Affected Persons (APs)

Male Female

Component A

AP-A1 Male 4 2 2

AP-A4 Female 4 2 2

AP-A2 Male Socio-economic information was not collected

since they are residing overseas Component B AP-B1 Male

Totals 8 4 4

2.1.3 Impact on Land

A total of 116,191.05 m2 of land (11.619 hectares) will be affected due to these two components: 1,834.68 m2 (0.183

ha) due to component A; and 114,256.37 m2 (11.426 ha) due to component B.

The impacts will be permanent, i.e. the AHs will lose their land for ever and will not be able to use the land in future.

There are no structures on this land. During the CSS, there was no crop found to be standing, nor any sign of agricultural

activities. No sharecroppers or tenants were found on the lands.

2.1.4 Impact on Trees

A total of 1,261 trees will be affected due to the component A and B activities, as shown in Table 2. The majority of the

trees have no value2. Of those which need to be compensated for, most are immature mahogany trees, although a

substantial number of mature mahogany trees will also be affected. The majority of the trees (88%) will be affected

due to component B, primarily because of the larger area of land to be affected.

1 Advised by email on 21 August 2019 from Ms. Ferila Brown, Safeguards Officer, Project Administration Unit, ADB Project

Subregional Office in Suva, Fiji

2 Or no values are given in the valuation scale in use under the Fiji Sugar Corporation Limited of the Fiji Government’s Ministry of Sugar


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Table 2: Impact of the Components on Trees

Type of Tree Value per

tree (FJD)

Number Affected

by Component A

Value

(FJD)

Number Affected

by Component B

Value

(FJD)

Total No of

Affected Trees

Guava - 83 - 715 - 798

Pasi - 60 - 211 - 271

Bamboo (mature) 3.75 2 7.50 1 3.75 3

Bamboo (immature) - - 1 - 1

Kuluva - 2 - - - 2

Yaqoyaqona - 3 - 3 - 6

Mahogany (mature) 2.96 - - 41 121.36 41

Mahogany

(immature) 1.80 - - 103 185.40 103

Gadoa - - - 6 - 6

Koka - - - 1 - 1

Sa - - - 6 - 6

Star fruit (mature) 13.00 - - 5 65.00 5

Balabala - - - 8 - 8

Kumquat 8.88 1 8.88 - - 1

Others - - 8 - 8

Total 152 $ 16.38 1,109 $ 375.51 1,261

2.1.5 Vulnerable Household

One of the households to be affected by component A is a female-headed household, headed by a widow (AP-A4, the

wife of the late AP-A3) with dependents (3 children presently between 9 and 5 years of age) and could be classified as

a vulnerable3 family. In line with ADB guidelines, this RP has kept the provision of an additional allowance for this

particular household, which will be in addition to other compensation and assistance. Also, this vulnerable household

may receive priority in any suitable employment available under the Project.

2.1.6 No Additional Impact

For the entire WTP and intake components, a total area of 116,191.05 m2 of private freehold land is under process of

acquisition from the landowners, for which WAF is in a state to pay compensation as per the market rate back in 2017.

Apart from that, no additional land acquisition was found required during the CSS. There are no informal titleholders

or squatters living on the land on which the WTP, Intake and associated infrastructure will be built. Survey data also

shows that no Affected Persons (APs) will be relocated or displaced from their dwelling place, none of them will lose

any structure, and also none will be affected with disruption of business.

2.2 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Households

2.2.1 Non-availability of Socioeconomic Information of AHs Residing Overseas

During the CSS, two of the household heads could not be reached since they are residing overseas, and therefore, their

socio-economic information could not be collected. As mentioned before, ADB in a communication on 21 August

advised that socio-economic survey is not necessarily needed for these families since they are residing overseas. Hence,

the socio-economic information presented here are those from households headed by AP-A1 and AP-A4.

3 These are distinct groups of people who might suffer disproportionately or face the risk of being further marginalised

by the effects of resettlement and specifically include: (i) female-headed households with dependents; (ii) disabled

household heads; (iii) households falling under the generally accepted indicator for poverty; (iv) children and the elderly

households who are landless and with no other means of support; (v) landless households; and (vi) indigenous people or

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2.2.2 Demographic Information

The CSS identified 8 APs in the project area, with 4 being male and 4 being female. As shown in Table 3, the highest

proportion of the APs (50%) are in the age group 6 to 17 years, while 37.5% of APs are aged between 18 and 65 years.

The majority of APs are unmarried (62.5%) and in elementary school (50%).

Table 3: Demographic Information of the APs

Age of APs No of APs % of APs Marital Status No of APs % of APs

0 to 5 1 12.5% Unmarried 5 62.5%

6 to 17 4 50% Married 2 25%

18 to 65 3 37.5% Widow/Widower 1 12.5%

65+ 0 0

Total 8 100% Total 8 100%

Education No of APs % of APs Occupation No of APs % of APs

Bachelor 1 12.5% Service 2 25%

High School 2 25% Study 4 50%

Elementary

School

4 50% Housewife 1 12.5%

Illiterate 1 12.5% not applicable 1 12.5%

Total 8 100% Total 8 100%

2.2.3 Economic Information

As shown in Table 4, average income of the households was found to be 20,000 FJD, while average expense was found

to be 11,928 FJD. This means the households have some savings, which one of the households did not mention, while

another household mentioned to be around 7,000 FJD. The majority of the income was found to be from agriculture.

One of the households mentioned occasional involvement in taxi driving, while the other household mentioned income

coming from service.

Table 4: Economic Information of the Households

Income / Expenses of AHs Amount (FJD)

Average Annual Income of Household 20,000

Average Value of Household Asset 24,500

Average Annual Food Expenses of Household 4,728

Average Annual Non-Food Expenses of Household 7,200

Average Annual Total Expenses of Household 11,928

2.3 Compensation and Allowance

2.3.1 Compensation

As noted earlier, improvement of the project components A and B will have land acquisition and resettlement (LAR)

impact on 4 households, affecting a total land area of 116,191.05 m2 land (11.619 hectares), including a total of 1,261

trees. Over time, numerous consultations and discussions have been conducted with these landowners since the

project was first proposed in 2015 to reach agreement on land sale and purchase. The parcels of land were valued in

May 2017 by Professional Valuations Ltd.4, an independent land valuation company engaged by WAF through a

competitive bid process (see Appendix B for valuation reports). All the affected households have willingly entered into

negotiation with WAF to sell their land for the purpose of the project. As per the Sale and Purchase Agreements:

4 Address of the company: GPO Box 17561, Suva, Fiji. Email: [email protected]


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The 3 brothers – AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A3 – will be compensated FJD 75,000 as price for their affected 17,365

m2 of land. Apart from this land compensation, they will get an amount of FJD 16.38 as compensation for

affected trees. Therefore, total compensation for these three households stands at FJD 75,016.38; and

The landowner AP-B1 will be compensated FJD 410,000 as price for his affected 104,354 m2 of land. Apart from

this land compensation, this household will get an amount of FJD 375.51 as compensation for affected trees5.

Therefore, total compensation for AP-B1 stands at FJD 410,375.51.

For the above-mentioned compensation costs for land and trees, WAF has prepared Crop Compensation Calculation

Forms for the affected households stating the respective value of affected land and trees. The forms as given in

Appendix C are signed by WAF but are still to be signed by the landowners. They will first be updated, reflecting recent

advice from the Ministry of Forestry6 that the price paid by sawmillers for mahogany is generally in the range $160 to

$300 per m3 depending on tree form.

2.3.2 Land Acquisition Process

All the landowners have engaged law firms for legal representation of their interest on their transaction with WAF. The

Sales and Purchase Agreements with the Affected Persons are given in Appendices D and E. Final payments were to be

made upon completion of the land registration process, but this has been severely delayed. WAF’s cadastral surveyor suffered a stroke before carrying out the necessary work, and WAF then had to organise a tender for an external

surveyor to prepare the deposit plans for both sites, which further delayed the land registration process.

The deposit plans (Appendix F) have been completed by the external surveyor, and were sent to the owners living

abroad by courier for signature and return. After DoL approval of the signed deposit plans, WAF will apply to the

Registrar of Titles for transfer of the title of the land into WAF’s name.

A 10% deposit was already paid to AP-B1 on 5 April 2019, ahead of the signing of the Sales and Purchase Agreement,

and a copy of the receipt for payment is also given in Appendix E. Further payment of 50% was to be made to AP-B1

upon lodging of the cadastral plan signed by the owner with the Department of Lands (DoL) for approval. The signed

plan was deposited on 15 November 2019, although the payment was still pending at the time of writing. Final payment

to AP-B1 will be made once the transfer of title is completed.

The deposit plan for the AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A3’s land has been signed AP-A2 (who lives in New Zealand) but the

deposition of the signed plan has been further delayed due to the demise of AP-A3, whose widow (AP-A4) has applied

through the courts for probate; she cannot sign the plan until this is granted. Meanwhile AP-A2 and AP-A4 have agreed

to grant WAF early access to the site, but AP-A1 has not agreed, and it is now proposed to make the payment to the

lawyers acting for AP-A1, AP-A2 and AP-A4, who will hold it in trust until the legal and land acquisition processes have

been completed, in order to secure access.

2.3.3 Vulnerable Allowance

As mentioned in foregoing Section 2.1.5, there is one female-headed household affected under component A who is a

widow with 3 dependents, and could be classified as a vulnerable family. In line with ADB guidelines, provision of an

additional allowance of FJD 20007 has been kept as vulnerable allowance for this particular household, which is to be

paid in addition to other compensation and assistance.

2.3.4 Responsibilities

The Government of Fiji will be responsible for land acquisition costs. WAF will be responsible for implementation of the

resettlement plan in accordance with all relevant ADB policies and Government of Fiji laws. Staff of the IPMU, assisted

by the Consultant, will ensure that procedures are correctly followed and detailed records of all relevant discussions

and transactions are maintained.

2.3.5 Resettlement Budget

All funds required for compensating the affected households for loss of their properties, including providing allowances,

will be allocated by the government. WAF will ensure that adequate funds are available for carrying out resettlement

5 Compensation rates for affected mature and immature Mahogani trees are derived from the valuation scale in use under the

Fiji Sugar Corporation Limited of the Fiji Government’s Ministry of Sugar.

6 Letter dated 20/12/2019 from Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Forestry to the Chief Executive of WAF

7 Vulnerable allowance FJD 2000 refers to the provision of such allowance kept in the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan,

January 2015, for the FIJI: Transport Infrastructure Investment Sector Project


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tasks according to the budgets provided in the RP.

The total budget for the components A and B has been calculated at 536,000 FJD. Out of this, 487,392 FJD has been

estimated as direct compensation cost. FJD 48,608 is kept as contingency of 10% (rounded down) on the total direct

compensation cost, to meet the cost of monitoring, consultation and disclosure, including administrative expenses.

Table 6 shows the detailed breakdown of the RP budget.

Table 5: Resettlement Budget

Item Compensation Cost (FJD) Total Budget (FJD)

Compensation for Land under Component A 75,000 485,000

Compensation for Land under Component B 410,000

Compensation for Trees under Component A 16.38 391.89

Compensation for Trees under Component B 375.51

Allowance for 1 Vulnerable Household 2,000 2,000

Total Direct Compensation 487,391.89 487,391.89

Contingency 10% of the total direct cost 48,608.11

Resettlement Budget for Components 2A and 2B 536,000.00

Institutional Arrangements and Implementation

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3 Institutional Arrangements and Implementation

3.1 Institutional Arrangements

The Resettlement Framework specified WAF (Water Authority of Fiji), IPMU (Investment Programme Management

Unit), DoL (Department of Lands) and TLTB (iTaukei Land Trust Board) as key agencies responsible for the project’s land acquisition, resettlement and compensation activities. The responsibilities of these agencies are set out in Volume 1,

Section 5.1.

3.2 RP Implementation Schedule

Figure 6 presents the Implementation Schedule of this RP for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme. The fund for

resettlement aspects of the project has been allocated, and the actual implementation of the RP, particularly delivery

of compensation is now expected to be carried out in January 2020. However, the sequence may change due to

circumstances beyond the control of the project.

Figure 9: Implementation Schedule

Note that internal monitoring and compliance reporting are shown above as far as the end of December 2019, but these

activities will continue throughout the construction period.

Monitoring and Reporting

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4 Monitoring and Reporting Internal monitoring of all resettlement and consultation tasks and reporting to ADB will be conducted by WAF, with

assistance from the supervision consultant. Internal monitoring will include reporting on progress in the activities

envisaged in the implementation schedule, with particular focus on public consultations, land acquisition, record of

grievances and status of complaints, financial disbursement and payment of compensation, and level of satisfaction

among APs. Potential indicators for internal monitoring are briefed in Table 6.

Table 6: Potential Monitoring Indicators

Monitoring Issue Monitoring Indicator

Budget and

Timeframe

Have all safeguards staff under WAF been appointed and mobilised for field and office

work?

Have capacity building and training activities been carried out?

Are resettlement implementation activities being achieved against agreed

implementation plan?

Are funds for resettlement being allocated on time?

Have IPMU received the scheduled funds?

Have funds been disbursed according to RP?

Delivery of AP

Entitlements

Have all APs received entitlements according to numbers and categories of loss set out

in the entitlement matrix?

Consultation,

Grievances and

Special Issues

Have resettlement information brochures / leaflets been prepared and distributed?

Have consultations taken place as scheduled including meetings, groups, community

activities?

Have any APs used the grievance redress procedures? What were the outcomes? Have

conflicts been resolved?

Benefit Monitoring

What changes have occurred in patterns of occupation compared to the pre-project

situation?

What changes have occurred in income and expenditure patterns compared to pre-

project situation?

Have APs income kept pace with these changes?

WAF, supported by the resettlement specialists of the supervision consultant, will supervise the implementation of the

RP and prepare monthly reports on resettlement activities. The supervision consultant will also monitor RP

implementation and submit reports to IPMU. Afterwards, resettlement monitoring reports will be sent to ADB.

Appendix A Death certificate of AP-A3

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Death certificate of AP-A3

A copy of this document may be viewed at WAF’s office subject to prior arrangement with WAF

Appendix B Valuation Reports

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Valuation Reports

Copies of these reports may be viewed at WAF’s office subject to prior arrangement with WAF

Appendix C Crop Compensation Calculation Forms

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Crop Compensation Calculation Forms

Appendix C Crop Compensation Calculation Forms

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Appendix D Sales and Purchase Agreement – AP-A1, AP-A2 & AP-A3

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Sales and Purchase Agreement – AP-A1, AP-A2 &

AP-A3


Appendix E Sales and Purchase Agreement – AP-B1

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Sales and Purchase Agreement – AP-B1


Appendix F Deposit Plans

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Deposit Plans


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