Social Safeguard Monitoring Report SRI: National Highway Sector … · 2015-08-07 · Social Safeguard Monitoring Report June – December 2014 SRI: National Highway Sector Project

Social Safeguard Monitoring Report June – December 2014

SRI: National Highway Sector Project – Additional

Financing

Prepared by the Road Development Authority, Ministry of Highways and Investment Promotion for the Asian Development Bank.

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IIII.. IImmppaacctt aanndd OOuuttccoommee .............................................................................................. 2

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VVII.. SSccooppee ooff SSoocciiaall SSaaffeegguuaarrddss.................................................................................... 4

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22..11 IInnssttiittuuttiioonnaall AArrrraannggeemmeenntt aanndd CCaappaacciittyy .................................................................. 6

3. Scope of Impacts ......................................................................................................................... 10

33..22 CCpp--0022 HHiikkkkaadduuwwaa ((00++000000)) -- BBaaddddeeggaammaa -- NNiillhheennaa ((1144++334400)) RRooaadd ...................... 12

3.3. Cp-03 Aluthgama (53+480) - Southern Expressway (42+640) Road .................... 17

3.4. Cp-04 Katukurunda (0+000) - Nagoda (2+720) Road ......................................... 21

33..55 CCpp--0055 KKiirruullaappaannee ((00++000000)) -- HHoommaaggaammaa ((1155++550000)) RRooaadd ...................................... 23

33..66 CCpp--0077 PPaammaannkkaaddaa ((00++552200)) -- KKeessbbeewwaa ((1133++440000)) RRooaadd ........................................ 24

4 INCOME RESTORATION PROGRAMS (IRP) ................................................................................ 29

01. Ariyawithi Aluthge-Katuwawala, Piliyandala. ............................................. 31

55.. CCoommpplliiaannccee ssttaattuuss ....................................................................................................................... 33

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II.. IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN

Road density in Sri Lanka is higher than that in many developing countries. However, road

network standards and conditions are inadequate to meet the rapidly growing freight and

passenger traffic. This situation limits the contribution of roads to national development, economic growth, and poverty reduction. To ensure sustainable and regionally balanced

economic growth within the country, the existing road infrastructure must be improved and

upgraded.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has supported the reform program and finances the

improvements & upgrading of national highways (NHs). On 15 December 2005, ADB Board

of Directors approved a loan of $150 million from its ordinary capital resources to help

finance the National Highways Sector Project. The Project is the first sector loan in Sri Lanka. The Loan was signed in Colombo on 14 December 2006 and became effective on 20

February 2007.

A major change of project scope was approved on 9 November 2010 to meet the highway-

upgrading cost increase and included (i) cancelling the component to finance land

acquisition and resettlement along Colombo links and (ii) reducing the pilot performance-

based maintenance component to 300 km from the 1,500 km originally envisaged.

With a minor scope change in February 2011, the road improvement component under the

original loan consists of a total of 238 km national highway sections as shown in table below,

and performance-based maintenance support for 108 km of national highway, which component was completed by the end of December 2012.

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Package Section Name length

(km)

Completion

Date

ICB01

A012: Puttalam Nochchiyagama to Anuradahapura 50.0

31.08.2012 A012: Sevice and Villu road 19.1

Additional 3 small sections 13.0

ICB02 A026: Udatenna Mahiyangana 41.0 29.02.2012

ICB03 A005: Nuwara Eliya Badulla 57.5 31.07.2012

ICB04 A006: Habarana Kanthale 43.5 28.08.2010

ICB05 A004: Nugegoda Homagama 13.5 26.02.2013

Total 237.6 -

On 4 October 2010, the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) agreed to provide

a US$8 million loan and ADB agreed to administer the loan as co-financing under the

project. This was targeted to upgrade about a 14 km section of a Colombo link from

Nugegoda to Homagama (A004) to improve the linkage from Colombo to the Southern

Highway.

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TThhee FFiirrsstt AAddddiittiioonnaall FFiinnaanncciinngg PPrroojjeecctt -- of US$85 million from ADB’s ordinary capital

resources for the NHSP’s original loan was approved on 5 August 2011, signed on 14

December 2011, and became effective on 23 February 2012. The first additional financing includes rehabilitating and upgrading an additional 62 km of national highways.

IIII.. IIMMPPAACCTT AANNDD OOUUTTCCOOMMEE

The main impact of the additional financing loan is sustainable and regionally balanced

economic growth contributing to reduction of poverty. The outcome is improved accessibility

and connecting through an upgraded and maintained national highway that lowers transport

cost and travel time.

The project will contribute significantly to the urban/semi-urban/rural communities who have been suffering from unbearable traffic congestion created by bad and narrow condition of

roads with lack of road behavioral pattern and accident prone traffic environment. The six

road roads have been made a links with southern expressway and the main cities in western

and southern provinces.

The interviews revealed that men and women like poor employees in beneficiary area could

reach their work place early after the proposed road development. They will have more time

to engage with extra earnings or spend time with family members. Inhabitants are certainly ready to increase their mobility. In this context, improved road will contribute and motivate

these people to convert their impoverished houses in to semi-permanent or permanent

conditions; pit latrines to sanitary toilets; access to safe drinking water sources and

electricity. The cost of land will be increased rapidly with the development, and resulting economic surplus through high cost of land will be invested in economic ventures generating

accelerated economic growth.

It is anticipated to achieve 10% increase of traffic volume, 25% reduction in travel time, 15%

reduction in maintenance cost per Km, reduction of staff per Km and 15% reduction in

vehicle operating cost. Other than that, the project will contribute to increase the usage of

southern expressway and it may effect to development of the tourism.

IIIIII.. OOUUTTPPUUTTSS

The National Highways Sector Project(NHSP) first additional financing has been improved

about 49.4 kilometers of National highways comprising 31.60 km in the Western Province and 17.80 km in Southern Province. The benefit of the road development project is gone to

western and southern provinces.

The main output of the project is rehabilitation and upgrading of six road section and these

selected roads about 49.4 Km is shown in table of selected road sections of first additional

financing of NHSP.

SSeelleecctteedd RRooaadd SSeeccttiioonnss ooff FFiirrsstt AAddddiittiioonnaall FFiinnaanncciinngg ooff NNHHSSPP

No. Sections Length (km)

CP1 A024: Matara - Akuressa Road 3.4

CP2 B153: Hikkaduwa - Southern Expressway Road 14.4

CP3 B157: Aluthgama - Southern Expressway Road 10.9

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No. Sections Length (km)

CP4 B207: Katukurunda - Neboda Road 2.7

CP5 A004: Kirulapona - Godagama Road 5.3

CP6 B157: Southern Highway - Madurugoda Road 12.6

CP7 B084: Pamankada - Kesbewa Road including Piliyandala Bypass 12.7

Total 62.0

The road has been widened, upgraded and realigned as necessary to meet the projected

traffic demand for the next 20 years. The pavement is designed for life up to 10 years that

could be extended to 15-20 years with proper maintenance and axle load control. Bridges,

drainage structures and culverts have been improved and replaced as necessary. Along the

project highways, the need for axle load measurement has been identified and weight station

will be provided accordingly as part of the civil works contracts. Road safety audit will be built

into the engineering designs and followed through during construction.

IIVV.. PPRROOJJEECCTT BBEENNEEFFIITTSS AANNDD BBEENNEEFFIICCIIAARRIIEESS

The Project will contribute to the improvement of the overall performance of the road sector by improving transport efficiency and widening access to economic opportunities. The

beneficiaries will be people, companies, and government and nongovernment agencies in

Sri Lanka that use road transport services directly and indirectly. Communities served by the

project roads will benefit from improved, lower cost, and faster transport services, and thereby obtain improved access to economic opportunities and social services. Transport

operators carrying both passengers and freight will benefit from improved roads in terms of

lower vehicle operating cost, time savings, improved road safety, and thereby, increase

productivity.

Government and nongovernment agencies served by the project roads will improve their

service delivery due to improved transport efficiency. The main quantifiable benefits of the

highways improvement will be savings in transport operating costs.

VV.. RRIISSKKSS AANNDD AASSSSUUMMPPTTIIOONNSS

The benefits and positive impacts of the Project will materialize, assuming that complementary external assistance and the Government’s commitment in developing the

national road network and economic infrastructure will continue. The major risks for the

Project are (i) risk of flooding and the avoidance of further property acquisition; (ii)

inadequate post project road maintenance; and (iii) delays in land acquisition and resettlement due to inadequate counterpart funding. The risks have been mitigated in (i) the

provision of additional cross drainage in these areas was also compromised by the limited

availability of suitable lead-away possibilities, (ii) the establishment of a dedicated road

maintenance trust fund, and (iii) government commitment to include the Project in its core projects starting in FY2006 to ensure that budget allocations for it will be provided and

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sustained. The Project will also finance land acquisition and resettlement expenditures of the

Colombo links.

VVII.. SSCCOOPPEE OOFF SSOOCCIIAALL SSAAFFEEGGUUAARRDDSS

The six sub projects have been classified as category A with respect to the Safeguard Policy

Statement, 2009. There are six separate resettlement plans have been prepared for all the sub projects to mitigate and address the resettlement impacts of sub projects and associated

losses. The resettlement plans have been prepared based on the Government’s Land

Acquisition Act (LAA) of 1950, ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and National

Involuntary Resettlement Policy (NIRP) 2001.

The Economic and social assessment found no indigenous people residing in the project

influence area or affected by the project. Most project communities are Singhalese, the rest

being majority Muslim or Tamil. The project will support the equal treatment of all groups,

particularly when land acquisition is required for road widening.

Men and women engaged in construction during subproject implementation will be paid equally for equal work, which will be monitored by construction supervision consultants.

Although the proposed additional financing will not directly empower women, it will provide

opportunities to ensure benefits to women through improved public transport services and

better access to education, health care, markets, etc.

The project has been introduced Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) associated with

ADB’s safeguard policy. The GRM is support genuine claimants to resolve their problems

through mutual understanding and consensus reaching process with relevant parties.

VVIIII.. PPUURRPPOOSSEE OOFF SSEEMMII AANNNNUUAALL MMOONNIITTOORRIINNGG RREEPPOORRTT

The monitoring process of the social safeguards compliance of the project is entrusted to Project Management Unit and Environmental & Social Management Unit of RDA. This semi

Annual report is prepared by Project Management Unit to present the situation of social

safeguard of the project and the monitoring results to ADB.

VVIIIIII.. MMEETTHHOODDOOLLOOGGYY

Conduct of Socio-Economic Surveys and Preparation of Resettlement Plans for the A024,

B153, B157, B207, B084 and A004 Highways under ADB Loan 2767-SRI. Socio economic

surveys were conducted for the above highways to ascertain the degree of socio-economic impact on the affected population as a result of acquisition of properties for the improvement

and widening of the relevant highways

Methodology Adopted

Two sets of questionnaires were used to gather information

Land Acquisition (Census)Questionnaire

Socio Economic Questionnaire

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While total affected population was subjected to the land acquisition survey, a sample of

20% was surveyed to collect information on social issues.

During the land acquisition surveys the data was collected on all assets to be lost including

plants and trees. Socio economic survey was conducted to gather information on house hold

income and expenditure patterns, health status, indebted nests, communication networks, community participation, health parameters, gender issues and migration patterns.

Two local universities were hired to conduct the surveys assisted by the Resettlement

Assistants and supervised by the Resettlement Consultant attached to the project. Data was analyzed electronically by the two universities and the Environmental and Social Division of

the RDA, and required information for the preparation of resettlement plans were generated.

IIXX.. PPRREEPPAARRAATTIIOONN OOFF RREESSEETTTTLLEEMMEENNTT PPLLAANNSS

Resettlement plans were prepared and updated by the Resettlement Consultant hired by the

PMU and Resettlement Experts hired by the PMU, with some inputs at the later stage from External Consultants employed by the ADB which have been already dealt by the

consultants hired by the PMU. The resettlement plans were reviewed by the ESD before

they were submitted to ADB for approval.

XX.. MMEEAASSUURREESS TTAAKKEENN TTOO MMIINNIIMMIIZZEE AANNDD MMIITTIIGGAATTEE IIMMPPAACCTTSS

In keeping with the national policy of minimizing impact on the affected and the social

safeguard policies of the ADB where it categorically states that where possible acquisition should be avoided, action was taken by the PMU to revise the design of the highways

without compromising the utility value of the highways to realize the intended purposes for

which the project had been conceived. The strategies adopted were to reduce the platform

width of the highways where buildings are located in order to avoid demolition of parts of buildings .and in certain instances to avoid buildings completely by adjusting the center lines

towards the land owned by state organizations. The final land surveys are at the completion

stage to accommodate the subsequent changes made to the design. This measure has

resulted in the number of affected coming down drastically.

XXII.. EESSTTAABBLLIISSHHMMEENNTT OOFF FFIIEELLDD OOFFFFIICCEESS

In order to ensure easy access to the affected on services and information field offices had

been established in each of the roads manned by resettlement staff they will interact with the

affected and maintain a continuous dialogue with them.

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22.. SSTTAATTUUSS OOFF RREESSEETTTTLLMMEENNTT PPLLAANN IIMMPPLLEEMMEENNTTAATTIIOONN

22..11 IINNSSTTIITTUUTTIIOONNAALL AARRRRAANNGGEEMMEENNTT AANNDD CCAAPPAACCIITTYY

Road Development Authority being the execution agency for road development has

administrative responsibility for implementation of the project under general supervision of

the Ministry of Ports and Highways (MoPH). MoPH has established Project Management

Units (PMU) for execution of special projects due to their importance, priority, magnitude of investment and external collaboration etc. PMUs have to accomplish a time-bound

programme through a planned set of interventions agreed upon by concerned authorities.

PMUs work under the general supervision of RDA, but have direct linkages and access to

MoPH to expedite their work. Thus, PMU is the focal institution responsible for RP’s implementation at operational level. PMUs have been strengthened with certain degree of

financial autonomy and administrative flexibility subject to the guidance and supervision

of the Ministry of Ports and Highways and directives of the General Treasury.

Opening of a new road or improving and widening existing roads involve

accomplishments of several legal and social requirements in addition to their construction

related work. In this regard, several agencies have direct involvements with these activities

and early identification of them has several advantages for project implementation. Following are the key state agencies that will have direct involvement with resettlement interventions;

• Ministry of Ports and Highways

• Ministry of Land and Land Development

• Divisional Secretary and his staff including Grama Niladaris

• Survey Department

• Valuation Department

• Government Printer

• Central Environmental Authority

• Urban Councils

• Ceylon Electricity Board

• Water Supply and Drainage Board

• Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd.

Contractors and consultants employed by the PMU, Community Based Organizations of DPs, NGOs and other civic organizations also play a significant role in the implementation

process of the road project.

i. Project Management Unit

The Project Management Unit is headed by Project Director, whose staff consisted of

engineers, technical officers, consultants, land acquisition & resettlement staff and the

administrative staff.

ii. PMU performs following major activities;

Conduct awareness meetings with stake holders to disseminate information in respect of the

project and make continuous efforts to update information with necessary feedback and

support two-way communication regarding information collection and dissemination

• Distribute informative bulletins to ensure transparency

• Conduct Land Acquisition and Resettlement (LARS) and Social and Economic (SES)

surveys to collect necessary data for resettlement planning

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• Coordinate and assist the land acquisition process with the DS, Survey and Valuation

departments and other relevant government agencies and DPs

• Prepare Resettlement Plans and implement them with the aim of restoring/improving the

lives of the Displaced Persons at least to the pre project level.

• Support execution of reasonable compensation package to realize the objectives of the

NIRP.

• Assist/ and coordinate with relevant agencies to restore/improve the income of the DPs

• Coordinate with the community based organizations to assist the DPs in resettlement

activities.

• Identify resettlement sites in consultation with the DPs and host communities when

necessary

• Assist DPs on resettlement in new sites selected jointly

• Expedite the payment of compensation by assisting the DS and the DPs

• Coordinate/monitor the activities of GRCs.

• Assist vulnerable; including women and poor.

• Monitor the resettlement plan with identifiable indicators.

• Develop a plan to address gender concerns.

• Implement the construction programme through contractors and supervision consultants.

• Monitor the construction programme.

• Prepare/submit required periodic reports to the relevant state agencies and ADB.

• Ensure flow of funds to maintain a healthy cash flow

• Maintain MIS for the project with networking to MoPH and RDA

iii. ESD & Land Division

ESD & Land Division are the focal divisions of RDA for safeguard compliances. ESD assists

PMU in conducting the Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Social and Economic

surveys including training of survey enumerators and data analysts. Reviewing of RPs is a

major function of ESD before they are submitted to the external authorities, including ADB.

ADB has assisted to establish and improve ESD with its technical assistance support in

2006/2007.

iv. Divisional Secretariat

Divisional Secretary is responsible for civil administration of the division and hence land

acquisition comes under his/her purview within the division. He/ She have coordinating

responsibilities of all development work, in addition to planning and implementation of its own development projects/ programmes in the division. DS is empowered with statutory

provisions to acquire land and vest them with the agencies that required land under LAA.

Similarly, before commencement of construction, RDA has to wait till DS vest land in RDA

after going through LAA process. Although, formally all land acquisition work has to be done

by the DS office, now for acceleration of the process, PMU assists DS for various activities

of the acquisition, including arranging meetings with DPs and other stakeholders, preparation of paper work and gazette announcements for DS signature, and distribution of

DS office notices to public. DSs are happy with this arrangement as it helps him to overcome

DS office resource constraints with regard to land acquisition.

v. Field Office of the PMU

A field office will be established to facilitate the land acquisition and resettlement inclusive of

income restoration activity. This office will be located within the project area. A Resettlement Assistant will be stationed at this office with supportive staff to attend to the problems of DPs

and take necessary actions to solve them under the guidance of Project Director/ NHSP. It

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will help DPs to have better solutions by way of coordinating DPs and relevant authorities

that are functioning in the areas where DPs need attention. Especially, this field office will be

an attractive resource center for DPs who need income restoration support. It will be equipped with information required for various types of livelihood development

opportunities and post product situations, including marketing. This office will help DPs to

identify feasible income generating ventures and implement them successfully with the

support of PMU.

vi. Disclosure and Public Consultation

Twelve public meetings were conducted among the primary stake holders to disseminate

information in respect of the above projects in addition to 28 meetings conducted with the

affected people of other 07 projects which are implementing under the National Highways

Sector Project Additional Finance to engage in a continuous dialogue with the affected and

interested people. The continuous telephone message which we receive daily from the

public on the status of the roads where land acquisition has been temporarily suspended is

an indication of the impact of consultations meetings PMU had with them. Sinhala version of

the entitlement matrix and the information flyer in both Tamil and Sinhala languages were distributed among the affected people.

In addition that, the consultation has been continuing in different stages of the land

acquisition process. The land acquisition process has different gazette notification like Section 02, Section 38(a) and Section 7. Those gazette notification has been distributed

among the displaced persons. Moreover, the Resettlement Assistants are appointed by the

project to each and every sub project. Those officers always work with displaced persons to

solve their problems and assisted to DP’s livelihood restoration.

vii. Grievance Redress Mechanism

Grievance Redress Committees were established at each sub project to attend to the socio

and environmental impacts that may be experienced by the affected during the construction

period. Workshops have been conducted to apprise the GRC members on their role and

systems and procedures to follow. An instruction manual was distributed among the GRC members to facilitate their activities. Resettlement Assistant attached to relevant DS division

will function as the Secretary of the GRC. The following table shows present status of the

GRC meetings of the project.

Table 2.1 A summary of held GRC meetings

Package name

Project Name Divisional Secretariat

No of GRC meetings

Number of complains

considered solved pending

CP1

Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Matara – Akuressa Road (A024)

Matara Four Gravets

3 8 8

CP2

Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Hikkaduawa - Baddegama Road (B153)

Hikkaduwa

Not held Not received

- -

Gonapinuwala

To be held on 28 07 2015

2

Baddegama

To be held on 29 07 2015

4

9

CP3

Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Lewwanduwa – Aluthgama Road (B157)

Mathugama

2 2 2

Beruwala 3 60 54 6

CP4

Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Nagoda – Katukurunda Road (B207)

Kaluthara 2 11 11 -

CP7

Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Pamankada - Kesbewa Road (A084)

Thibirigasyaya Construction work not started yet Dehiwala Not received

Kesbewa 2 20 20

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3. SCOPE OF IMPACTS

3.1 . CP01 - Matara (0+100) Godagama (4+.360) Road (A024)

Information of Resettlement Plan

The project road, Nupe - Godagama section of A 024 road runs through a highly populated

area, and hence the influence area of the project is rich in housing stock and commercial

establishments. As per the information available with the preliminary plans prepared by the Dept. of Survey for this road section, 473 lots 2 have to be acquired. The total extent of 473

lots is 2324.8 perches of which 2162.7 perches are of private lands, 157.6 perches of

common lands and 3.8 perches are government lands. This entire land extent is located

within Matara Four Gravets DS division of Matara district. Table below shows administrative distribution of the land area under acquisition.

Table 3.1 Distribution of affected land lots among DSDs

District DSD No. of

Affected Lots

Affected Area

( perches)

Matara Matara Four Gravets 473 2324.8

SSoouurrccee:: PPrreelliimmiinnaarryy PPllaannss ooff SSuurrvveeyy DDeepptt.. 22001111

IImmppaacctt ttoo PPrriivvaattee llaanndd aanndd SSttrruuccttuurreess

The impacts of acquiring private lands have far more effect on DPs compared to acquiring

public/ common property land. Thus the RP made special focus on private lands affected by the acquisition in view of taking appropriate measures to mitigate negative impacts falling on

private individuals. These land lots were identified with the type of their use to make

remedial resettlement interventions.

Table 3.2 Number of households and lots acquired disaggregated by type of use - Private lands

Type of use No. of

Lots %

No. of

DHs %

Affected

Area

(perches)

%

Residential 161 35.1 150 36.8 744.8 34.4

Commercial 194 42.3 160 39.3 837.6 38.7

Agricultural 18 3.9 17 4.1 108.0 4.9

Non Agricultural 43 9.3 42 10.3 297.1 13.7

Marshy lands, Access

Roads and Storm

Water Drains

42 9.1 38 9.3 175.2 8.1

Total 458 100 407 100 2162.7 100

Source: Field Survey June, 2011 (RP updation)

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A great majority of land lots to be acquired are commercial and residential properties

amounting to 77 percent of the land lots under private ownership. These lots represent 73

per cent of the area in extent earmarked for acquisition from private individuals. The resettlement implication with these land lots are that their values are high and mostly owned

by economically and socially better off group of people whose expectations and aspirations

are also high with increased demand for restoration of their lives. The land use for

agricultural purpose accounts for 3.9 per cent of the lots required to be acquired with 4.9 per cent area representation, accounting for 108 perches. This shows relative insignificance of

agricultural land use in the area along the road side, and the predominance land use in

commercial and residential activities. Similarly, land use for non-agriculture purposes looks

meager in the project area showing only 9.3 per cent of land lots for the said purpose. The non-agriculture lot covers an area without a house or any other structure, but may have trees

or bare land portions without generating any income.

Table.3.3 Summary of Land Acquisition/Resettlement Impacts

Impact Extent

Affected Unit No of DHs

Permanent loss of private Residential/Commercial land

10% or less of land affected 93.9

Perch

63

11-50% of land affected 602.3 94

50% -100%of land affected 721.5 116

100% of land affected 164.7 39

Permanent loss of Agricultural/Non Agricultural land


Perch

33




Loss of Structures

Shops 118

No of

Structures

96

Houses 95 90

Shop Houses 38 38

Other secondary structures

(Parapet walls, toilets, wells,

huts…etc.)

243 158

Relocation

Shops 26 No of 23

Houses 8 Structures

8

Shop Houses 8 8

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Permanent loss of Livelihood

Owners of displaced shops 34 Persons

34

Workers from displaced shops 27 27

Loss of crops/trees 737 Trees/crop

Plants 102

Loss of rental accommodation 42 Persons 42

SSoouurrccee:: FFiieelldd SSuurrvveeyy JJuunnee,, 22001111 ((RRPP uuppddaattiioonn))

The above table shows that there are 39 DHs, owing 164.7 perches have 100 % impact while 116 DHs, owing 721.5 perches have more than 50% impact with regard to loss of

residential or commercial land. In altogether, 249 DHs, owing 1488.5 perches are facing with

more than 10% impact level and only 63 DHs, owing 93.9 perches have impact less than

10%. The land area related to more than 10% impact level accounts for 69% of the total extent of private land acquired for the project; requiring adequate interventions to mitigate

adverse effects falling on DHs.

Present Status of Land Acquisition

This project road existing with the highly commercialized and densely populated residential

areas close to the Matara town, which is the highest populated township of the Matara

District of the Southern Province The land acquisition for the sub project started sending the acquisition application to Ministry of Land and Land Development on 06th of August 2007.

The land acquisition process has been fully completed and the summary of the Land

Acquisition process of Matara – Godagama Road is given below.

Table 3.4. Summary of Land Acquisition detail of Matara-Godagama(A024)raod

Road Name Chainage Total

Length

No. of

Total

Lots

No of Gov.

Lots

No. of

APs

Comp-

ensati-

on Paid

Lots

Paid

amount

(Rs/Mn)

Rehabilitation and

Upgrading of

Matara – Akuressa

Road (A024)

0+100 –

3+500 Km 3.400 Km 431 14 407 431 746.6

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The project road, Hikkaduwa-Baddegama-Nilhena road (B 153) runs through agricultural and

semi-urbanized areas, hence the influence area is reasonably rich in human settlements and

commercial establishments. As per the information available with the preliminary plans

prepared by the Dept. of Survey for this road section, 1202 lots2 have to be acquired. The total area extent of 1202 lots is 3864.3 perches; consisting of private individuals owned 1041

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lots with 3176.2 perches, commonly owned 24 lots with 132.4 perches and government

agencies owned 137 lots with 555.7 perches.

This entire land extent of this road section is located within Hikkaduwa, Gonapinuwela and

Baddegama DS divisions of Galle district.

Table.3. 5 Distribution of affected land lots among DSDs

District DSD No. of Affected

Lots

Affected Area

( perches)

Galle

Hikkaduwa 258 671.7

Gonapinuwala 455 1339.7

Baddegama 489 1852.9

Total 1202 3864.3

SSoouurrccee:: PPrreelliimmiinnaarryy PPllaannss pprreeppaarreedd oonn tthhee rreeqquueesstt ooff rreessppeeccttiivvee aaccqquuiissiittiioonn ooffffiicceerrss bbyy tthhee DDeepptt.. ooff SSuurrvveeyy

((22001111))

IImmppaacctt ttoo PPrriivvaattee LLaanndd && SSttrruuccttuurreess


public/ common property land. Thus the RP made special focus on private lands affected by the acquisition in view of taking appropriate measures to mitigate negative impacts falling on

private individuals.


Type of use No. of

Lots %

No. of

DHs %

Affected

Area

(perches)

%

Hikkaduwa

Residential 80 7.6 78 8.2 172.7 5.4

Commercial 94 9.0 91 9.6 183.9 5.7

Agricultural 10 0.9 10 1.0 38.7 1.2


Access Roads 1 0.09 1 0.1 0.2 0.0

Sub Total 230 21.89 222 23.3 549.6 17.3

Gonapinuwala

Residential 129 12.3 126 13.3 312.8 9.8

Commercial 203 19.5 181 19.1 464.5 14.6

Agricultural 43 4.1 39 4.1 224 7.0


Access Roads 1 0.0 1 0.1 0.47 0.01

Sub Total 435 41.5 400 42.2 1230.8 38.6

Baddegama

Residential 196 18.8 164 17.3 641.4 20.1

Commercial 104 9.9 93 9.8 440.6 13.8

Agricultural 52 4.9 45 4.7 277.3 8.7


Access Roads 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sub Total 376 35.9 323 34.0 1395.7 43.7

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Grand Total 1041 100 945 100 3176.2 100

Source: Field Survey September, 2011 (RP updation)

A majority of land lots to be acquired are commercial and residential properties amounting to

around 77.4 percent of the land lots and 70 percent in area extent under private ownership.

The resettlement implications with these land lots are that their values are high and mostly

owned by economically and socially better off group of people whose expectations and

aspirations are also high with regard to restoration of their lives. The next highest land use is

seen with non-agriculture activities with the use of 12.2% of lots with an extent of 13.2% of lands in extent to be acquired, amounting to 419.7 perches. The non- agriculture lots cover

an area without a house or any other structure, but may have trees or bare land portions

without generating any income. In a sense, they are potential land lots for future residential

and commercial uses. As land use for agriculture purposes are not very prominent along public roads running through human settlements, only 9.9% of land lots are recorded being

used for agricultural purposes with 16.9% of the total land extent, representing 540 perches.

Table 3.7 Summary of Land Acquisition/Resettlement Impacts

Impact Extent




Perch

330






Perch

83




Loss of Structures

Shops 169

No of

Structures

154

Houses 132 122

Shop Houses 151 109



huts…etc.)

415 342

Relocation

Shops 6 No of

Structures

6

Houses 2 2

Shop Houses 3 3

15



9



Plants 578


SSoouurrccee:: FFiieelldd SSuurrvveeyy SSeepptteemmbbeerr,, 22001111 ((RRPP uuppddaattiioonn))

The above table shows that there are 39 DHs, owing 516.1 perches have 100 % impact

while 128 DHs, owing 691.1 perches have fallen between 50% -100% impact levels with

regard to loss of residential or commercial land. In altogether, 407 DHs (43% of DHs), owing 1886.5 perches are facing with more than 10% impact level and only 330 DHs, owing 349.4

perches have impact less than 10%. The land area related to more than 10% impact level

accounts for 58.7% of the total extent of 3176.2 perches belong to private individuals;

requiring adequate interventions to mitigate adverse effects falling on DHs.

Present status of land acquisition

The land acquisition for the sub project started sending the acquisition application to Ministry

of Land and Land Development on 10th of October 2007. The land acquisition process has

been preceded up to Section 9. Now Section 9 inquiry and LARC meetings are is in

progress. Payment of compensation is also ongoing. Summary of the Land Acquisition process of Hikkaduwa – Baddgegama - Nilhena Road is given below.

Table 3.8 Summary of present Land Acquisition progress of CP 02


Length

No. of

Total

Lots

No of Gov.

Lots

No. of

HHs

Compe

nsation

Paid

Lots

Paid

amount

(Rs/Mn)

Rehabilitation and

Upgrading of

Hikkaduawa -

Baddegama Road

(B153)

0+000 –

14+340 Km

14.340

Km 1219 121 945 1069 679

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Figure: 3.1 The re-constructed properties that are situated within the ROW of CP 02

Before and after construction the front area’s view of Mahamaya Girls School at Hikkaduwa

Before and after construction the front area’s view of Government Hospital at Arachchikanda,

Hikkaduwa

Before and after construction the front area’s view of Nigrodarama Temple at Gonapinuwala, in

Hikkaduwa

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3.3. CP-03 ALUTHGAMA (53+480) - SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY (42+640) ROAD

Information of Resettlement plan

The project road section of, Horana-Anguruwatota-Aluthgama road (B 157) runs through a

semi-urban and agricultural area, and hence the influence area is reasonably rich in

human settlements and commercial establishments. As per the information available with the ATs and PPS prepared by the Dept. of Survey for this road, portions of land within 632 lots

have to be acquired. The total area extent of 632 lots is 3026.0 perches. The entire land

extent of this road section is located within Beruwala and Mathugama DS divisions of

Kalutara district.



Lots

Affected Area

( perches)

Kalutara Beruwala 282 789.6

Mathugama 350 2236.4

Total 632 3026.0

Source: ATs and PPs prepared on the request of respective acquisition officers by the Dept. of Survey (2011)


The impacts of acquiring private lands have far more effect on DPs compared to acquiring public/ common property land. Thus the RP made special focus on private lands affected by

the acquisition in view of taking appropriate measures to mitigate negative impacts falling on

private individuals.


Type of use No. of

Lots %

No. of

DHs %

Affected

Area

(perches)

%

Beruwala

Residential 131 21.37 122 22.34 318.6 10.86

Commercial 101 16.48 94 17.22 237.2 8.09

Agricultural 24 3.92 16 2.93 115.9 3.95

Non Agricultural 15 2.45 15 2.75 68 2.32

Access Roads 3 0.49 3 0.55 5.4 0.18

Sub Total 274 44.70 250 45.79 745.1 25.41

Mathugama

Residential 183 29.85 154 28.21 801 27.31

Commercial 86 14.03 81 14.84 345.3 11.77

Agricultural 42 6.85 33 6.04 457.6 15.60


Access Roads 1 0.16 1 0.18 1.8 0.06

Sub Total 339 55.30 296 54.21 2187.5 74.59

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Type of use No. of

Lots %

No. of

DHs %

Affected

Area

(perches)

%

Grand Total 613 100 546 100 2932.6 100

Source: ATs and PPs prepared on the request of respective acquisition officers by the Dept. of Survey (2011)

A majority of land lots to be acquired are commercial and residential properties amounting to

around 81.73 percent of the land lots and 60 percent in area extent under private ownership. The resettlement implications with these land lots are that their values are high and mostly

owned by economically and socially wealthier group of people whose expectations and

aspirations are also high with regard to restoration of their lives. The next highest land use is

seen with agriculture activities with the use of 10.77% of lots with an extent of 19.55% of lands in extent to be acquired, amounting to 573.5 perches. The agricultural lands are mainly

paddy and rubber. The land use for non-agriculture is not very prominent along this road as

its only 6.85% with 22.16% of the total land extent, representing 649.8 perches. The non-

agriculture lots cover an area without a house or any other structure, but may have trees or bare land portions without generating any income. In a sense, they are potential

land lots for future residential and commercial uses.


Impact Extent



10% or less of land affected 303

Perch

300



100% of land affected 815 20

Permanent loss of Agricultural/Non Agricultural/Access Road land


Perch

20


50% -99%of land affected 321 28


Loss of Structures

Shops 80

No of

Structures

67

Houses 69 6

Shop Houses 39 36


(Parapet walls, toilets, tombs, wells,

huts…etc.)

117 71

Relocation

19

Impact Extent


Shops 3 No of

Structures

3

Houses 1 1

Shop Houses 0 0



11


Loss of crops/trees 3028 Trees/crop plants 188


Source: Field Survey January, 2012 (RP updation)

The above table shows that there are 20 DHs, owing 815 perches have 100 % impact while

80 DHs, owing 316.3 perches have fallen between 50% -99% impact levels with regard to

loss of residential or commercial land. Altogether, 2013 DHs owing 1399.0 perches are facing with more than 10% impact level and only 300 DHs, owing 303 perches have impact

less than 10%. The land area related to more than 10% impact level accounts for 37.03%

of the total extent of 1120.7 perches belongs to private individuals.


The land acquisition for the sub project started sending the acquisition application to Ministry

of Land and Land Development on 03rd of October 2007. The land acquisition process has

been preceded up to Section 9. Now Section 9 inquiry and LARC meetings are is in progress. Payment of compensation is also ongoing. Summary of the Land Acquisition

process of Aluthgama – Southern Expressway Road is given below.

Table 3.12 Summary of the present Land Acquisition


Length

No. of

Total Lots

No of Gov.

Lots

No. of

HHs

Compe

nsation

Paid

Lots

Paid

amount

(Rs/Mn)

Rehabilitation

and Upgrading

of Aluthgama

Southern

Expressway

Road (B157)

42+100 –

53+680 Km

11.580

Km 692 66 486 495 325.3

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Figure: 3:2 the reconstructed properties that are situated within the ROW in CP 03

The canteen, parapet wall and shrine room have been reconstructed In Sangamiththa School

Parapet wall reconstructed at Sangamiththa Parapet wall reconstructed at Gnanissara Royal

Primary School College

Clock tower of Mosque has been relocated and Retaining wall is being constructed at

parapet wall reconstructed Galmaththa Maha VIdyalaya

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3.4. CP-04 KATUKURUNDA (0+000) - NAGODA (2+720) ROAD

Information of Resettlement plan

The information available with the primary plans prepared by the Dept. of Survey for this road section indicates that 263 lots2 spreading over 429 perches will be acquired for this

road development project. This total land area is consisted of 386 perches of private lands, 9

perches of common land and 34 perches of government owned lands. Sections of structures

within the acquired portion of land will also be demolished for road improvement works. This entire land extent is located within Kalutara DS division of Kalutara district.


DDiissttrriicctt DDSSDD NNoo.. ooff AAffffeecctteedd

LLoottss AAffffeecctteedd AArreeaa

(( ppeerrcchheess))

KKaalluuttaarraa KKaalluuttaarraa 226633 442299

Source: Preliminary Plans of Survey Dept. 2011


Compared to acquiring public/ common property land, impacts of acquiring private lands

have a far more effect on the DPs. Thus the RP made special focus on private lands

affected by the acquisition in view of taking appropriate measures to mitigate negative

impact falling on private individuals. Thus table below is given the distribution of private

lands on different uses.


Type No. of

Lots %

No. of

HHs %

Affected

Area

(perches)

%

Residential 77 32.6 75 33.3 142.2 36.8

Commercial 137 58.0 128 56.8 193.9 50.2

Agricultural 4 1.6 4 1.7 15.6 4.0

Non Agricultural 18 7.6 18 8 34.0 8.8

Total 236 100 225 100 385.8 100


A great majority of land lots to be acquired are commercial and residential properties

amounting to 90.6 percent of the land lots under private ownership. These lots represent

87.0 per cent of the area in extent earmarked for acquisition. The resettlement implication

with these land lots are that their values are high and mostly owned by economically and

socially better off group of people whose expectations and aspirations are also high with

increased demand for restoration of their lives. The land use for agricultural purpose accounts for 1.6 per cent of the lots with 4.0 per cent area representation, accounting for 1.6

perches. This shows relative insignificance of agricultural land use in the area, being its

predominance in commercial activities. Similarly, land use for non-agriculture purposes looks

meager in the project area showing only 7.6 per cent of land lots for the said purpose. The non-agriculture lot covers an area without a house or any other structure, but may have trees

or bare land portions without generating any income.

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Impact Extent

Affected Unit No of DPs



Perch

104

11-50% of land affected 197 94





Perch

7

11-50% of land affected 41 15



Loss of Structures

Shops 28

No of

Structures

25

Houses 17 16

Shop Houses 11 11



huts…etc.)

121 117

Relocation

Shops 5 No of 5

Houses 0 Structures

0

Shop Houses 3 3



8



Plants



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The above table shows that there are no DPs with 100 % impact with regard to loss of

residential or commercial land, and 104 DPs, owing 57 perches have less significant impact

affecting less than 10% loss to their land in this category. However, still 99 DPs owing 279 perches are fallen over 10% impact level with regard to the losses incurred to their

residential and commercial land. The land affected over 10% impact level (279 perches)

accounts for 72.2% of the total land area (385.8 perches) under residential and commercial

category. This is a significant loss for a large number of DPs and they need resettlement support to re-establish their affected lives.

Displaced Persons amounting to 52 have lost 56 primary structures in the categories of

shops, houses and shop cum houses while 117 DPs have lost secondary structures like

parapet walls, toilets and wells etc. Five (5) shops and three (3) shop-houses belonged to

eight (8) DPs need relocation. 20 DPs (12 paid workers and 8 shop owners) have lost their

livelihood permanently due to displacing of their shops. 18 DPs loose rental accommodation.

Present status of Land acquisition

The land acquisition for the sub project started sending the acquisition application to Ministry of Land and Land Development on 16th of August 2007. The land acquisition process has

been completed. The LARC meetings and payment of compensation are almost all

completed. Summary of the Land Acquisition process of Nagoda - Katukurunda Road is

given below.



Length

No. of

Total Lots

No of Gov.

Lots

No. of

HHs

Compen

sation

Paid

Lots

Paid

amount

(Rs/Mn)

Rehabilitation

and Upgrading

of Nagoda –

Katukurunda

Road (B207)

0+000 –

2+720 Km 2.720 Km 263 20 225 243 211.2

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Kirulapona – Homagama section of A 004 road runs through a densly populated and

urbanized area, and hence the influence area of the project is rich in housing stock and commercial establishments. Considering the impact to the society (economic and social

impacts) and the urgency of developing the road section, the designs were completed in

such a way that four operational lanes could be accommodated within the available Right of

Way (ROW).

This road section is located within the DS divisions of Timbirigasyaya, Dehiwala, Kotte,

Maharagama and Homagama. Although land acquisition was not required few impacts to the

public occurred during construction. These issues were resolved through GRC.

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Information of resettlement plan

The project road, i.e the section from Pamankada to Kesbewa of Colombo-Horana (B 084) road runs through densely populated urban and semi urban areas, and hence the influence

area is reasonably rich in human settlements and commercial establishments. As per the

information available with the ATS and PPs prepared by the Dept. of Survey for this road

section, 1532 lots have to be acquired. The total area extent of 1532 lots is 7337.4 perches; consisting of private individuals owned 1404 lots with 6822.3 perches, corporately owned 27

lots with 99.2 perches, commonly owned 24 lots with 132.5 perches and government

agencies owned 77 lots with 283.5 perches.

This entire land extent of this road section is located within Thimbirigasyaya, Dehiwala and

Kesbewa DS divisions of Colombo district.



Lots

Affected Area

( perches)

Colombo

Thimbirigasyaya 90 278.5

Dehiwala 341 875.4

Kesbewa 1101 6183.6

Total 1532 7337.5

Source: Advance Tracing/Preliminary Plans prepared on the request of respective acquisition officers by The Dept. of Survey (2011)

IImmppaacctt ttoo PPrriivvaattee LLaanndd aanndd SSttrruuccttuurreess


public/ common property land. Thus the RP made special focus on private lands affected by

the acquisition in view of taking appropriate measures to mitigate negative impacts falling on

private individuals. Thus table below is gives the distribution of private lands on different

uses.

Table 3.18 Number of households and lots acquired disaggregated by type of use - Private owned

lands

Type of use No. of

Lots %

No. of

DHs %

Affected

Area

(perches)

%

Thibirigasyaya

Residential 24 1.7 23 1.8 107.3 1.6

Commercial 49 3.5 46 3.4 124.8 1.8

Agricultural 0 0 0 0 0 0

Non Agricultural 0 0 0 0 0 0

Access Roads 10 0.7 10 0.7 10.6 0.1

Sub Total 83 5.9 79 5.9 242.7 3.5

Dehiwala

Residential 47 3.3 46 3.4 119.3 1.8

Commercial 228 16.2 210 15.6 633.4 9.2

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Agricultural 0 0 0 0 0 0


Access Roads 44 3.1 44 3.2 51.6 0.7

Sub Total 324 23.0 305 22.7 819.6 12.0

Kesbewa

Residential 222 15.8 216 16.1 1152.5 16.9

Commercial 636 45.3 610 45.6 1843.5 27.0

Agricultural 83 5.9 75 5.6 2207.6 32.4


Access Roads 24 1.7 22 1.6 239.8 3.5

Sub Total 997 71.0 954 71.3 5760.0 84.4

Grand Total 1404 100 1338 100 6822.3 100

Source: Advance Tracing/Preliminary Plans prepared for B084 road and Field Survey October, 2011

A large number of land lots to be acquired are commercial and residential properties

amounting to around 85.9 percent of the land lots and 58.3 percent in area extent under

private ownership. The higher percentage value in land lots (85.9%) and comparatively less percentage value in area extent (58.3%) represent smallness of area extent of individual lots

located in urban and semi-urban areas. Land is the most scare resource in the affected area.

The average size of an individual land lot in project area spread over three DSDs is small as

4.8 perches. The resettlement implications with these land lots are that their values are high and mostly owned by economically and socially better off group of people whose

expectations and aspirations are also high with regard to restoration of their lives. The next

land uses such as agriculture, non-agriculture and access roads play a comparatively low

role occupying 5.9%, 2.6% and 5.5% respectively. The non-agriculture lots cover an area

without a house or any other structure, but may have trees or bare land portions without

generating any income. In a sense, they are potential land lots for future residential and

commercial uses. As land use for agriculture purposes are not very prominent along public

roads running through human settlements, only 5.9% of land lots are recorded being used for agricultural purposes with 32.3% of the total land extent, representing 2207.6 perches.

Unlike to residential and commercial lots, the size of agriculture lots is comparatively larger

showing an average extent of 26.5 perches. The agriculture (paddy) land use is seen only in

Kesbewa DS division which is the end section of the road towards Horana away from Colombo, approaching country side gradually.


Impact Extent




Perch

444


50% -100%of land affected 1131.4 221


Permanent losses of Agricultural/Non Agricultural land

10% or less of land affected 60.3 Perch 66

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Impact Extent





Loss of Structures

Shops 488

No of

Structures

456

Houses 180 168

Shop Houses 120 103



huts…etc.)

878 807

Relocation

Shops 67 No of

Structures

65

Houses 28 27

Shop Houses 15 13



78


Loss of crops/trees 275 Trees/crops 57


Source: Advance Tracing/Preliminary Plans prepared for B084 road and Field Survey October,2011

The above table shows that there are 65 DHs, owing 1154.8 perches have 100 % impact

while 647 DHs, owing 2213 perches have fallen between 11% -100% impact levels with

regard to loss of residential or commercial land. In altogether, 712 DHs (53.2% of DHs), owing 3467.8 perches are facing with more than 10% impact level, and only 444 DHs, owing

513 perches have impact less than 10%. The land area related to more than 10% impact

level accounts for 51.0% of the total extent of 6822.3 perches belong to private individuals;

requiring adequate interventions to mitigate adverse effects falling on DHs.

PPeerrmmaanneenntt lloosssseess ooccccuurrrriinngg ttoo aaggrriiccuullttuurraall//nnoonn aaggrriiccuullttuurraall llaannddss,,

2781.2 perches owing to 122 DHs will have more than 10% impact level while only 60.3 perches owing to 66 DHs will have impact less than 10%. The land area under

agricultural/non agricultural use having more than 10% impact level accounts for 40.7% of

the total private land to be acquired. Although agricultural and non agricultural lands contain

sizable portion (40.7%) of the total extent of private land, this portion is owned by only 8.5% of the total DHs units (1404). This disproportional relationship between the extent of land

and the number of owners reminds us the smallness of land available for residential and

commercial purposes and the use of more land per unit of agricultural production. Agriculture

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being a land base production system, it needs more land for a production unit than for non-

farm activity.

Displaced Households amounting to 727 have lost 788 primary structures in the categories

of shops, houses and shop cum houses while 807 DHs have lost 878 units of secondary

structures like parapet walls, toilets and wells etc. As revealed in the survey, 67 shops belong to 65 DHs, 28 houses belong to 27 DHs, and 15 shops cum houses belong to 13

DHs need relocation. Permanent displacement will occur to 78 shops belong to 78 DHs and

54 workers belong to 54 DHs. Rental accommodation is lost for 384 DHs. The loss of trees

is around 275 belong to 57 DHs. Apparently, PMU has taken precautionary measures to

minimize adverse effect of the project, and therefore need for relocation elsewhere has been

reduced to 110 units of houses, shops and shop cum houses (all primary structures) belong

to 105 DHs, out of 1338 total DH units, representing a small fraction as 7.8% of the total DHs

units.


The land acquisition for the sub project started sending the acquisition application to Ministry of Land and Land Development on 30th of January 2008. The land acquisition process has

been preceded up to Section 9. Now Section 9 inquiry and LARC meetings are is in

progress. Payment of compensation is also ongoing. Summary of the Land Acquisition

process of Pamankada - Kesbewa Road is given below.


RRooaadd NNaammee CChhaaiinnaagg

ee TToottaall

LLeennggtthh NNoo.. ooff

TToottaall LLoottss NNoo ooff GGoovv..

LLoottss NNoo.. ooff HHHHss

CCoommppeennss

aattiioonn PPaaiidd LLoottss

PPaaiidd aammoouunntt ((RRss//MMnn))

RReehhaabbiilliittaattiioonn aanndd UUppggrraaddiinngg ooff

PPaammaannkkaaddaa -- KKeessbbeewwaa RRooaadd

((AA000044))

00++552200 –– 1133++880000

KKmm

1133..228800 KKmm

11887799 445522 11333388 11225577 11773366..77

Figure 3:3 the reconstructed properties that are situated within the ROW in CP 07

Re-Constructed wall at Duwewatta Temple at Kottawa Interchange in Pilyandala by-pass

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Construction works are being progressed at 8+050 RHS due to removal of old structure situated

within the ROW

Re-Construction works due to demolishing inside the ROW are being progressed along the road side

at Bokundara and Katuwawala area in Boralesgamuwa.

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4 INCOME RESTORATION PROGRAMS (IRP)

Main purpose of IRP is to mitigate the impact on the livelihoods of the displaced families

(DFs) caused by the road development projects. During this programs the IRP team (Income Restoration and Monitoring Specialists, Social Mobilizer, Business Development Officer and

other vocational trainers) has given priority for the women because they have identified

women and children as the mostly affected group by the road development project.

The activity of restoring income of displaced families is a time consuming process. The

training can be either business development or vocational training. Relevant member is

mostly unemployed female member of DF and therefore women participation was more for

IRP (According to Sri Lanka Labour force survey Female employment rate is higher than male unemployment population.)

The IRP mainly serves the low income earning DFs. When alleviating poverty of DFs microfinance programs play a significant role, which is also common for this program.

Therefore IRP team has included micro –finance component in to the program and all the

micro finance facilities available in Sri Lanka uses Bangladesh’s “Grameen” model with slight

modifications.

i. Income Restoration Programme of Pamankada-Kesbewa Road

The Income Restoration Programme for Pamankada – Kesbewa Road has been started on 2nd of September 2013. The programme is being conducted by the consultant hired by the

project. The progress of work is mentioned below;

ii. Completed tasks

The Consultant has conducted pilot and Social, Economic Survey. They have collected

details from the 1196 land owners and 161 families were given their consent for livelihood

trainings.

The Consultant has conducted further discussion with the selected 161 families to obtain

their expectation form for the livelihood trainings.

Business Development officer and social development officer have met needy families

regularly and discussed their social and business problems.

A programme office has been setup at Katuwawala and a training center at Papiliyana

Samurdhi Bank premises

According to the training plan prepared by the Income Restoration team, the livelihoods development training programme has commenced.

Table 4:1 the summary of the progresses of the trainings are as follows

S.N Theme of the training Number of seasons

Expected participations

Average participation

1 Saree Jackets sewing 08 20 18

2 Mobile phone repairing and LED bulb production

05 10 09

30

3 Ladies shoe production 03 20 18

4 Mosquito net production 02 15 29

5 English language for livelihoods 16 15 19

6 Tailoring 24 20 18

7 Information Technology 48 05 05

8 Beauty culture 48 15 01

9 School bag production 03 15 10

iii. Linkage building with displaced families

Following links have been built by the Income Restoration team during past few months

• 15 families linked to the Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka (Samurdhi Bank ) for Micro Finance. Samurdhi bank has taken steps to issue Rs 25,000/= as a livelihood development loan under low interest and group collateral

• 30 families linked to the whole sale dealers for purchase of raw materials for shoe production, mosquito net production and LED bulb production.

• 3 displaced family members were linked to technicians to repair their sewing machines.

• 6 displaced families directed to the Resettlement unit of National Highway Sector project to solve their land problems

• A vulnerable family linked to the government poverty alleviation programme (Samurdhi) and the manager of the relevant Samurdhi bank has given his consent to help this family

• The Income Restoration Team has discussed to make a linkage about Tissue Culture with Department of Botanical Gardens.

iv. Future Plans

1. Following livelihood training programme are expect to conduct

S.N. Theme of the training Potential participation of Af

members 1 Light vehicle driving 20 2 Orchid cultivation 15 3 Screen printing 10 4 Beauty Culture 12 5 Food technology 10

2. To revise the training plan according to the displaced family members livelihoods training needs and to be implemented from month of May.

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3. To start a process for making awareness about the Income Restoration programme for displaced families, those who have not participated in the livelihood trainings via the participated neighbor displaced families.

v. Success Stories

01. ARIYAWITHI ALUTHGE-KATUWAWALA, PILIYANDALA.

Ms. Ariyawathi is a housewife of a displaced family from Pamankada-Kesbewa Road

development project. She is an old woman and the widower. The compensation for her land

has been deposited in District Court due to dispute on the ownership of the land. Hence she

was faced with financial difficulties and could not restore her old house. She was met at the

Social and Economic Survey conducted by the Income Restoration Program(IRP) team and

she has given her consent for a tailoring training course and join a Self Help Group (SHG) to

join Micro Finance program.

After that she successfully completed the training course on sewing school uniforms of girls.

The project granted a sewing machine to her which was worth 23000 rupees. The sum of

Rs.20000 has been granted by PMU.

02. Sagarika Rathnakumari

Ms.Sagarika is a housewife of a displaced family (DF). She has two children and her

husband is a salon owner. Their main income comes from her husband’s business. Owing to

the Pamankada-Horana Road Development project, her husband’s business place had been

partially demolished and consequently their income has dropped considerably. In addition,

they are living in a rented home and they have to send their two children to school too. When

she met the IRP team, she was struggling with her husband’s income due to her family’s

high expenditure. Therefore she needed additional income and she explained her difficulties

to the IRP members. She agreed to form a Self Help Group (SHG) to join Micro Finance

program.

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Subsequently she had successfully completed several training courses on sewing ‘girls’

school uniforms and bags. Now she earns an additional income through sewing school bags

and uniforms. Further, she had been selected by Divisional Secretariat office to represent

as a self employed woman in the Piliyandala area due to her keen interest and skill in this

field which was conducted by the Urban Development Authority in Colombo

03 Ms. S. J. Dissanayake

She worked in a printing shop that had been affected and partly demolished due to the road

widening works. Because of that the work place has been shifted due to inadequate space.

After that she gave-up her job and stay at home. Then IRP team found her that time and

took her to their awareness programs. She has been directed to have a Horticulture training

course. Then she has started the improving her small scale plant nursery with guidelines and

financial support of the IRP. Then her plant nursery gradually improved and it becomes a

well-known ornamental flower selling place in the area. The plant nursery has been

registered in DS office and made a link with other ornamental flower selling personals and

organizations in the area. Now she is looking forward with the financial supports, workshops

arrangements and flower selling activities with other organizations and authorities.

Additionally her future hope is constructing a green-house in her land for better growth of her

plants.

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55.. CCOOMMPPLLIIAANNCCEE SSTTAATTUUSS

The status of compliance with loan covenants with regard to social safeguards as at 30th

June to 31st December of 2014 is summarized as below in table 5.1

Table 5.1 Compliance status with loan convents

Reference Description Status as at 31st December

2014 Schedule 5, Para 2 Environment:

Environment The borrower shall ensure and cause RDA to ensure that the preparation, design, construction, implementation and operation of the Project and the all project facilities comply with (a) applicable laws and regulations of the Borrower related to environment, health and safety; (b) the environment Safeguards; and (c) all measures and requirements set forth in the IEE, the EMP and any corrective or preventive actions set forth in a Safeguards Monitoring Report

Environmental Method Statements and Safety Management Plans based on the provided EMPs had been submitted to the client by the contractors (CP01, CP-02, CP 03, CP04 and CP07). Observation of selected environmental parameters (ambient Air quality, Noise quality and, Water) for baseline data/Construction stage have been done by ongoing projects. Tree planting programs were conducted with participation of School children/community by CP-02 and CP 07 sub- projects. Road side tree planting program was implemented by CP 07 sub-project for the completion section of Piliyandala by-pass area. Around 600 saplings were planted under this activity including green island formation at junction areas.

Shedule 5, Para 3

Land Acquisition and involuntary resettlements The activities are conducting according to the ADB guideline such as (a) all applicable laws and regulations of the Borrower relating to land acquisition and involuntary resettlements; (b) the involuntary resettlements Safeguard; and (c) all Resettlements plan and any corrective or preventive actions set forth in the safeguards Monitoring Report.

The land acquisition and resettlement works of proposed seven (06) projects are being implemented including all ongoing projects.

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2014 Shedule 5, Para 4

Land Acquisition and involuntary resettlements Without limiting the application of the Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards or the RP, No physical or economic displacement in connection with project acquisition works (a) Compensation and other entitlements have been provided to affected people in accordance with project RP; and (b) a comprehensive income and livelihood restoration program has been established in accordance with project RP

No physical or economic displacement due to land acquisition works; only a loss of land plots or a partial of structures. The compensations are being paid to the land plots which including building structures and other land use of all sub-projects. The land acqusitions works are fully completed on CP 01, and CP 04 projects. There were 95% of payments are completed in CP 02, and CP 03, projects while land plots are to be completed in CP-07 sub-project.

Schedule 5, Para 08 Safeguard Monitoring and Reporting: (a)Submit semi-annual safeguard Monitoring Reports to ADB and disclose relevant information from such reports to affected persons promptly upon submission (b) if any unanticipated environmental and/or social risks and impacts arise during the construction, implementation of operation of the Project that were not considered in the IEE, the EMP and the RP.

Semiannual Progress Report on environmental monitoring for the month of August-December 2014 was submitted to the ADB. The environmental meetings and field visits conduct on monthly basis to observe the project activities.

Shedule 5, Para 10 Labour stand and bid documents: All works contract documents negotiated under the project incorporate provisions and budget to the effect that contractors (i) comply with all applicable labour laws and related international treaty obligations of the Borrower and do not employ child labour, as defined under Sri Lanka law; (ii)Provide safe working conditions for male and female workers; (ii) carry out HIV/AIDS and human trafficking prevention and awareness campaigns in the campsites and corridors of influence; (iv) engage women workers as wage labores depending on their skills; and (v)

Scheduled all programs on HIV/AIDS were conducted during the reporting period by cp-01, CP 02, CP-03, and CP 04 Only one program will be held on CP 07 sub-projects. It would be conducted after handing over the Papiliyana section from 4+00 to 6+000

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2014 provide equal wages for equal work between men and women

Documents

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