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Social Monitoring Report
Semiannual Report (January–June 2018)

April 2019
NEP: SASEC Road Improvement Project
Prepared by Department of Roads, Project Directorate (ADB), for Ministry of Physical

Infrastructure & Transport and the Asian Development Bank.
This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not
necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be
preliminary in nature.
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation
of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian
Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any
territory or area.
J anuary – J une, 2018
S E MI-ANNUAL (S OC IAL MONITOR ING) R E P OR T 2
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

DE P AR T ME NT OF R OA DS
Project Directorate (ADB )

Bishalnagar, K athmandu, Nepal
CONSUL TA NCY SERV ICES FOR CONST RUCTION SUPERV ISION

OF
SA SE C R OA DS IMPR OV E ME NT PR OJ E C T (SR IP)

(A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP)
S E MI-A N N U A L R E P OR T N O. 2
(S OC IA L MON IT OR IN G )
SASEC Roads Improvement Project

Package 1: EWH- NarayanghatButwal Road, Section I (64.425 Km)
Package 2: EWH- NarayanghatButwal Road, Section II (48.535 Km)
Package 3:Bhairahawa —Lumbini- Taulihawa Road, (41.130 Km)
(J a nua ry - J une ) 2 0 1 8
Submitte d by
M/S K orea E ng ineering C onsultants L td. C orp- ME H C onsultant (P) L td., K yong Dong E ng ineering
C o. L td. J V In association with MUL T I – Disciplinary C onsultants (P) L td.& S eoul, K orea.SOIL T est (P)
L td.
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C UR R E NC Y E QUIV AL E NTS
As of 30 J une, 2018
C urrency unit – Nepalese R upee (NR s)
NR s 1.00 = $ 0.0096
US $1.00 = NR s 108.078
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S E MI-ANNUAL (S OC IAL MONITOR ING) R E POR T 2 J anuary – J une, 2018
NOTE S
(i) The fiscal year (F Y ) of the Government of Nepal and its agencies ends on 16 J uly.
F Y before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., F Y
2017/18 ends on 16 J uly 2018.
(ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.
This S ocial R esettlement R eport is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein
do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and
may be preliminary in nature.
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any
designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the
Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other
status of any territory or area.
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AC R ONY MS
ADB Asian Development Bank

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency S yndrome
APs Affected P ersons
BLT Bhairahawa- Lumbini - Taulihawa
BPL Below Poverty Line
C BO C ommunity Based Organization
C BS C entral Bureau of S tatistics
C IPR P C ombined Indigenous Peoples and R esettlement Plan
C oC C onditions of C ontract
CSC C onstruction S upervision C onsultants
C DC C ompensation Determination C ommittee
C DO C hief District Officer
C OI C orridor of Impact
DAO District Administration Office
DC C District C oordination C ommittee
DDR Due-Diligence R eport
DLS O District Land S urvey Office
DLR O District Land R evenue Office
DP Displaced Persons
DOR Department of R oads
CSC C onstruction and S upervision C onsultant
EA E xecuting Agency
EP E ntitled Persons
E WH E ast West Highway
F GD F ocus Group Discussion
GE S I Gender E quality and S ocial Inclusion
GE S U Geo-environment and S ocial Unit
GR C Grievance R edress C ommittee
GON Government of Nepal
HDI Human Development Index
HIV Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus
HPI Human Poverty Index
HHs Households
IA Implementing Agency
INGO International Non-Government Organization
IP Indigenous People
IR Involuntary R esettlement
LC G Local C onsultative Group
MOF Ministry of F inance
MOPIT Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
NGO Non-governmental Organization
PLI Poverty Line Income
PDP(s) Project Affected F amily (F amilies) / Project Affected Peoples
PD Project Director / Project Directorate PID
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PM/PIU Project Implementation Unit/ Project Manager

RM R ural Municipality
R OW R ight of Way
RP R esettlement Plan
R &R R esettlement and R ehabilitation
RS R esettlement S pecialist
S AS E C S outh Asia S ub-R egional E conomic C ooperation
S R IP S outh Asia S ub-R egional E conomic C ooperation R oad Improvement Project
S LC S ubproject Level C ommittee for grievance redress
S PAF S everely Project Affected F amily
S PS S afeguard Policy S tatement (ADB2009)
S q.m S quare meters
VDC Village Development Committee according to Local Level Administrative
Order 2073 (2016) of Nepal, all VDC s have been converted into R ural
Municipality or Municipality
ZOI Zone of Influence
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GL OS S AR Y
Acquis ition: Acquisition of land and other assets for the purpose of development projects
in accordance to prevailing Land Acquisition Act 1977 (2034 BS ).
A ffected Person (A P): Any person including V ulnerable encroachers/squatters,

households, business affected by the project through the acquisition of land or other
assets or disruption in business irrespective of legal or ownership title. This includes
any person whose rights, standard of living, subsistence and income –generating
capacity are adversely affected because of the disruption in the acquisition of assets or
business, whether full / partial, or permanent / temporary.
C ompens ation: The payment in cash or kind for private property acquired by the
government for the project, based on replacement value.
E ntitled Pers on (E P): Any person physically or economically displaced as a result of

(i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on
access to legally designated parks and protected areas.
C orridor of Impact (C oI): Minimum width of land required for the construction of
roads and provision of shoulder, width plus safety zone on either side of the road,
generally within the R oW, except where construction requirements and topography
necessitate the acquisition of wider area.
C ut-off Date: T he date of census survey to count the DPs and their affected business
and assets. T he changes made by the people after the C ut-of-Date is not counted as
DPs until and unless census survey have made mistake in counting or caused by
changes in design.
E xcluded Groups refer to women, Dalit, Indigenous ethnic groups, Madhesi, Muslim,
persons with disabilities, elderly people and people living in remote areas. who have been
structurally excluded over a long-time due to economic, caste, ethnic, gender, disability,
and geographic reasons and include sexual and gender minorities (i.e. Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI). Transgender is an umbrella term for people
whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on
the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual
orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual,
etc.
Gender: Gender refers to the socially constructed roles and identities of men and women
as well as the relationship between them. The definition of gender has now been
expanded to include transgender or third gender categories, that is those individuals who
do not identify with some (or all) of the aspects of gender that are assigned to their
biological sex of being a woman or a man. Gender identity is one's innermost concept of
self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and
what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their
sex assigned at birth.
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Gender E quality refers that all human beings are free to develop their personal abilities
and make choices without the limitations set by strict gender roles. The different behavior,
aspirations, and needs of women and men are considered, valued and favored equally.
Gender E quality and S ocial Inclusion (GE S I) refers to a concept that addresses unequal
power relations between women and men and between different social groups. It focuses
on the need for action to re-balance these power relations and ensures equal rights,
opportunities and respect for all individuals regardless of their social identity.
GE S I Mainstreaming refers to the process whereby barriers and issues of women and
poor and excluded people are identified and addressed in all functional areas of
infrastructure development system: policies, institutional systems, work environment and
culture, program and budget formulation, service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and
research.
GE S I S ensitive: Being GE S I sensitive means that the different needs of women and men
(and people of third gender), unequal power relations and inequalities are addressed to
ensure that women, poor and the excluded have access to sector resources and
opportunities
Indigenous People: Nepal indigenous/nationalities/tribal Act 2001defines E thnic/

Indigenous Peoples as; “people having their own mother tongue, distinct traditional values,
and cultural identities, including social structure and written/non-written history are
indigenous and nationalities population.” The National F oundation of Indigenous
Nationalities (NF IN) has declared 59 groups as ethnic nationalities.
L ocal C ons ultative Groups (L C G): Municipalities / village level committees

established to assist the affected population, legally constituted committees for land
acquisition and project authorities, monitoring of implementation issues and community
reactionsand grievance resolution.
Poverty L ine Income (P L I): The cost of maintaining basic minimum needs. P LIs have
been defined by different organizations and the government departments, using
factors such as per C apita calorie requirements and expenditures on housing and
other non-food items.
R ehabilitation: The measures taken to mitigate social impacts, including

compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation allowances where required.
R eplacement C os t: The calculation of full replacement cost will be based on the

following elements: (i) fair market value; (ii) transaction costs; (iii) interest accrued, (iv)
transitional and restoration costs; and (v) other applicable payments.
R ight of Way (R OW): The legal right to use the land by Department of R oads.
Generally, government declares 50 meters for National highway and 30 meters for feeder
roads.
S everely Project Affec ted F amily: F amily having more than 10 percent loss of total
landholding or income is considered as severely affected family.
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S ocial E xclus ion describes the experience of groups that are historically disadvantaged
because of discrimination based on income, gender, caste, ethnicity or religion or location.
S ocial Inclusion refers to a process that ensures that those at risk of poverty and social
exclusion gain the opportunities and resources they need to participate fully in economic,
social and cultural life and to enjoy a standard of living and wellbeing that is considered
normal in the society in which they live. It ensures that they participate more in decision
making on matters that affect them and on access to resources, opportunities and services
to enjoy their fundamental rights.
S ub project L evel Grievance R edres s C ommittee: V illage Development C ommittee or

municipality level committee established to assist the affected people, legally constituted
committees for land acquisition and project authorities, monitoring of implementation
issues and community reactions and grievance resolution.
Titleholder: The person in whose name the project–affected business, land and / or
building business is legally registered and who is authorized to receive the
compensation granted for the loss of business or acquisition of the land.
Tenant: A person occupying or utilizing buildings of a title holder/ house owner on rent.
Vulnerable persons : They are the disadvantaged persons such as disabled, women
headed households, handicapped, orphans, destitute, independent elderly persons
above 70 years of age, landless laborers, wage earners and people living below the
poverty line.
Vulnerable Groups refer to groups of people whose disadvantage or risk of disadvantage

is situational rather than structural.
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T AB L E OF CONTE NTS
AC R ONY MS .......................................................................................................................... III
GL OS S AR Y ........................................................................................................................... V
E X E C UTIV E S UMMAR Y ........................................................................................................ X
1. INTR ODUC TION ............................................................................................................ 1
1.1 P R OJ E C T D E S C R IPTION ........................................................................................... 1

1.2 P R OJ E C T OB J E C T IV E S ............................................................................................. 4
1.3 OUT PUT , O UT C OME & IMPA C T .................................................................................. 5
1.4 S C OPE OF R E POR T .................................................................................................. 5
2. IMPL E ME NTATION A R R ANGE ME NT ........................................................................... 7
2.1 E X E C UTING AND IMPL E ME NTING A GE NC IE S ............................................................... 7

2.2 S UPE R VIS ION C ONS UL T ANTS ................................................................................... 8
2.3 S OC IAL C OMPONE NTS ........................................................................................... 10
2.4 P R OG R AMMING , S E NS IT IZAT ION & C ONS UL TATION T R A INING W OR K S HOPS .............. 17
3. IMPL E ME NTATION ...................................................................................................... 19
3.1 W AL K OV E R S UR VE Y .............................................................................................. 19
3.2 P UB L IC INF OR MAT ION D IS C L OS UR E & C ONS UL T AT ION ............................................ 19
3.3 PPMS B A S E L INE S UR V E Y W IT H INC L US ION OF DMF INDIC AT OR S & GE S I
C ONS E R NS ..................................................................................................................... 30
3.4 W OME N’S T IME US E & MOB IL ITY S T UDY ................................................................. 31
3.5 R E S E TTL E ME NT P L AN............................................................................................ 32
3.6 G E S I A C T ION P L AN ............................................................................................... 41
4. MONITOR ING ............................................................................................................... 60
5. C HAL L E NGE S & C ONC L US ION ................................................................................. 61
ANNE X E S ........................................................................................................................... 62
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L IS T OF F IGUR E
F IG UR E 1: MAP OF NE P AL S HOWING P R OJ E C T L OC ATIONS ....................................................... 1

F IG UR E 2: L OC AT ION MAP OF B L T R OAD P R OJ E C T .................................................................. 4
L IS T OF T AB L E S
T AB L E 1: S AL IE NT F E AT UR E S & C OMME NC E ME NT S T AT US OF P R OJ E C T P A C K A GE S .................. 2

T AB L E 2: O R G A NIS ATIONA L R E S PONS IB IL IT IE S ......................................................................... 7
T AB L E 3: S UPE R VIS ION C ONS UL T ANT S T E AM MOB IL IZATION S T ATUS ........................................ 9
T AB L E 4: S UMMAR Y OF INF OR MAT ION D IS C L OS UR E AND C ONS UL TATION WIT H L OC AL S ............ 21
T AB L E 5: R C ONS UL TAT IONS , D IS C L OS UR E & D E C IS IONS ......................................................... 25
T AB L E 6: S UMMAR Y OF C OMMUNITY C ONS ULT ATIONS HE L D WITH L OC AL C OMMUNITIE S .......... 28
T AB L E 7: NUMB E R S OF GE S I A C T ION P L AN F OC US S E D C ONS UL T AT ION P AR TIC IP ANT S ........... 29
T AB L E 8: S UMMAR Y OF A F F E C TE D A S S E T S ............................................................................ 34
T AB L E 9: R E C ONS TR UC TION AND R E HA B IL IT AT ION A L L OWANC E P R OVIS ION ............................ 36
T AB L E 10: R E S E TTL E ME NT A S S IS T ANC E TO NTH & F HH ........................................................ 37
T AB L E 11: NUMB E R S OF HOUS E HOL DS P R OC E E DE D F OR A S S E S S ME NT OF L IV E L IHOOD
IMPR OV E ME NT T R AINING ........................................................................................................ 38
T AB L E 12: L IV L IHOOD S K IL L T R A INING P E R C A PITA T R AINING C OS T AS P E R L IV IL IHOOD
T R A INING MA NA GE D B Y S R IP ................................................................................................ 39
T AB L E 13: G R IE V A NC E R E DNE S S ME C HA NIS M ........................................................................ 40
T AB L E 14: S T E PS OF G R IE V ANC E R E DNE S S P R OC E S S ............................................................ 40
T AB L E 15: Q UA NTITIE S OF GE S I-F R IE NDLY S T R UC TUR E S ....................................................... 44
T AB L E 16: NUMB E R S OF P AR TIC IP A NT HOUS E HOL DS ON W OME N’S T IME US E S T UDY ............... 50
T AB L E 17: NUMB E R S OF P AR TIC IP A NTS IN C OMMUNITY C ONS UL T AT ION .................................. 50
T AB L E 18: NUMB E R S OF HOUS E HOL DS W IL LING TO P AR T IC IP AT E T HE L IVL IHOOD S K IL L
T R A INING B Y T R A INING T Y PE S ................................................................................................ 54
T AB L E 19: NON-K E Y S T A F F S & UNS K IL L E D W OR K E R S OF C ONT R AC T OR S ............................... 59
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L IS T OF A NNE X E S :
A NNE X 1 : W OR K P L AN S C HE DUL E OF IMPL E ME NT ING T HE R E S E TT L E ME NT P L ANS

A NNE X 2 : MINUTE S OF ME E TING F OR T HE F OR MAT ION OF GR C L E V E L S , P UB L IC
C ONS UL AT IONS & C DC
A NNE X 3 : R E S E TT L E ME NT P L AN E NT ITL E ME NT MATR IX
A NNE X 4 : L IS T OF S T AK E HOL DE R S C ONS ULT E D
A NNE X 5 : C OMPE NS ATION P AY ME NT TO ME N & W OME N OF HOUS E HOL DS
A NNE X 6 : C OMPE NS AT ION P AY ME NT TO W OME N-HE ADE D HOUS E HOL DS
A NNE X 7 : NAME L IS T OF T HE INTE R E S T E D P AR T IC IP ANT S F R OM A F F E C TE D HOUS E HOL DS
F OR L IV IL IHOOD S K IL L T R A INING
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E X E C UT IV E S UMMAR Y
B AC K GR OUND:
1. The S AS E C R oad Improvement Project is implemented to upgrade the existing

Narayangadh – Butwal (NB) R oad into 4 lanes and Bhairahawa – Limbini – Taulihawa (BLT)
R oad into 4 and 2 lanes. Overall, the project aims to contribute to sustainable development
by increasing economic activities and social facilities.
2. The Achievement of S ocial S afeguard and GE S I Action P lan targets are closely
associated and integrated with other project components including E nvironment, Wildlife,
R oad S afety and P PMS : The S ocial S afeguard has internalized the P PMS S ocio-economic
S urvey F indings to distinguish the level of vulnerability of the P roject Affected People and
determine and implement the entitlement facilities. The P P MS S ocio E conomic S urvey data
have been proceeded to utilize in its continuous process of awareness building and public
consultation activities and that of performance monitoring. All of the following project
components have integrated roles supporting each other. Their roles integrated with each
other are defined in the paragraphs 25, 29, 33, 36, 39 and 45 of main report.
1. Gender and S ocial Inclusion
2. R esettlement
3. E nvironment and Wildlife
4. R oad S afety and
5. Project P erformance Monitoring S ystem
S C OPE OF R E POR T:
3. This is the 2nd S ocial Monitoring R eport covering the period: J anuary - J une 2018. It
details the R esettlement Plan, GE S I Action Plan, road safety, and related parts of
environment, civil construction and PP MS . In the NB road, only preparatory activities were
undertaken and reported due to the requirement of delay in implementing other social
activities caused by the delay in mobilizing the C ivil W orks C ontractors. This second social
semi-annual report is largely the report of BLT R oad. In order to keep the readers with the
flow of the activities, the cumulative update of S MR 1 is given wherever applicable.
PR OGR E S S UPDATE AND MONITOR ING:
MOB IL IZATION
4. All S pecialists including GE S I, E nvironment, R esettlement, Wildlife, R oad S afety,

Transport E conomist and 1 S ocial Mobilizer relating to the S ocial S afeguard and GE S I
Action Plan have been mobilized. The S ocial Development Officer, Human Anti-Trafficking
Officer, 5 S ocial Mobilizers were not mobilized due to the delay in the construction start-up.
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PUBL IC INF OR MATION DIS C L OS UR E AND C ONS UL T ATION
5. The project information disclosure and public consultation activities were carried out
in the course of the road design and civil works construction, preparation of the resettlement
plan, GE S I action plan, road safety, and environment issues. These were done to elicit
information about 1) Non-Title Holder Project-Affected P eople, 2) R oad C orridor People, and
3) other stakeholders. As all of project components are inter-related and integrated, the
integrated disclosure of project information and consultation activities were carried out.
Non-Title Holder Project A ffected People:
6. All of the Non-Title Holder Project Affected People involving the household heads and
spouse, women-headed households, other members of family have been informed and
consulted on and resettlement plan covering the followings:
 R esettlement assistance as given in Annex 5 & 6, and entitled facilities in Annex 3;
 Objectives of resettlement plan, methods used to assess the structure valuation,

process of paying compensation and entitlement facilities, among others.
 GE S I Action Plan activities, willingness to participate, importance of joint bank

account of husband and wife or other men and women in the family as applicable,
importance of receiving resettlement assistance and additional facilities through the
joint bank account of women and men; support of social mobilizer required in
opening the bank account; livelihood, proper and productive use of resettlement
assistance, livelihood training needs, needs and willingness to participate the
trainings, and affordability of time to participate.
R oad C orridor People:

7. The information disclosure and consultation activities with the R oad C orridor People
have been carried out along the BLT road corridors and major settlement areas in NB R oad.
The participants include local leaders, local community people, tourism entrepreneurs,
farmers, business people, excluded community groups, housewife, teachers, social leaders,
political leaders, labors, elderly people / senior citizens, women groups, men groups,
combined men and women groups. The information disclosure and consultation topics
include social safeguard of people affected in the area, GE S I Action P lan activities including
GE S I-friendly design features in the structures of road construction, the site specific
concerns, road safety awareness campaigns, HIV & human trafficking prevention issues,
reconstruction of public structures, traffic management during and after the road
construction, junction improvement, upgrading of culvert and hum pipe at market areas,
compensation, coordination and information sharing among each other’s.
S takeholders:
8. The stakeholders consulted with information disclosed include Government bodies,
Non-government Organizations (NGOs), private sector organizations (PS Os), women groups,
community-based organizations (C BOs), user group organizations (UGOs), tourism
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entrepreneurs, hotel proprietors, and local social and political leaders. The subjects of
information disclosure and consultation include: brief on the road designs and project activities,
safeguard concerns, resettlement assistance to the non-title holder, GE S I action plan activities
including GE S I-friendly design features of road structures, road safety, environmental impact
mitigation measures, and employment of locals in the construction activities; networking,
linkage development.
9. Major Agreement and S uggestions derived from Public Information Disclosure and
C onsultation:
 The dismantling of Lumbini Gate at C hainage 0+070 km is not required.

 C onsultation participants from Buddha C howk to Airport C howk expressed the need of
bicycle lanes in the built-up areas from Buddha C howk to Airport C howk.
 Increased numbers of pedestrian zebra crossings with GE S I-friendly measures are
required.
 The designs need to be reviewed on how adequately the walkways / footpath, service
lanes, bus stops sheds, zebra crossings, pedestrian crossings and related other
structures are designed to make them friendly to pedestrians, women, children, senior
citizens / elderly people, and people with disability.
 The bus stops sheds, zebra / pedestrian crossings locations and designs, walkways /
footpath should be reviewed to make them friendly to women, children, elderly, people
with disability, and all pedestrians.
 S mart traffic management plan and systems need to be developed in built-up areas
along Buddha C howk – Airport R oad with all junction improvement.
 Public awareness and consultation should be adequately carried out on traffic
management, road safety, and proper use of GE S I-friendly structures.
 The Non-title holder households will remove and shift the affected structures after
receiving 50% compensation. The remaining 50% will be provided upon completion.
 R oad safety measures during and after the road construction should be considered.
The road safety awareness trainings and campaigns should be undertaken at a
massive scale involving adult, elderly, children, women, men, people with disability and
visitor pedestrians.
 All the locals will cooperate and participate in the activities of the project
 The rumor that Parsa Lumbini C howk settlement will be demolished and transferred is
not true in the case of the BLT road construction. The locals opined and suggested that
Parsa C howk and areas around Lumbini needs the planned development making it the
organized tourism market for national and international tourists visiting Lumbini.
 Tourism entrepreneurs and hoteliers expressed willingness to invest and contribute to
the cost in the beautification from Buddha C howk to Lumbini.
 The C NP Buffer Zone S takeholders and other NB R oad S takeholders suggested the
followings:
o Awareness trainings of vehicle drivers to let them understand warning and
instructive
signs and signage on speed control, and signage of wildlife crossings in the road.
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o The GE S I-friendly urinals shall be constructed at reasonable distance along the

road. Often the vehicle passengers have been found using the road side forest for
the purpose, where women faced more difficulties.
o The resettlement sites should be surveyed at the sites of wildlife underpass
construction.
o Prior to the design and conduct of training on livelihood, community forest
management, leadership development and team management, needs assessment
and consultation activities should first be carried out.
o Tree plantation and maintenance modalities for engaging women in tree plantation
program should be developed in consultation with the PD (ADB), District F orest
Offices, and local C ommunity F orestry User Groups.
o The locals should be consulted in the selection and design of bus stations, as they
need the features required to be friendly to women, people with disability, elderly
and children.
o The project should facilitate consultation with locals in the dismantling, relocation
and construction of public structures.
o Bigger size hum pipe culvert from Airport C howk to Lumbini including Dohani
bazaar at C hainage 26+450 is required to meet the drainage needs due to flooding
during monsoon seasons.
o Delay in project completion of two bridges is the concerns of locals and respective
municipalities and also the BLT road sub-project. The bridge contractor is pressured
to complete the bridge soonest before completion of BLT road.
o District Public Health Offices agreed to supply free condoms to workers of civil
contractors at the rate of 150 pieces per year per labor.
o R espective Women C hildren and S ocial Welfare Offices in the project districts will
support the awareness training on Human Anti-trafficking at communities along the
road corridor. District C oordination Office supported with the database of the
districts through District Profile. District C oordination Offices expressed willingness
to cooperate and participate the activities of the project.
o C onsultation with government organizations helped develop the understanding to
network and support each-others activities.
o S amples of Information E ducation C ommunications materials on HIV AIDS S TI,
human trafficking, child labor, and GE S I concerns are made available by
government, international / national non-government organizations, agreeing that
all or part of the IE C materials they provided may be reproduced or relevant
pictures and messages may be copied.
R E S E TTL E ME NT PL AN IMPL E ME NTA TION
10. The project is categorized B for involuntary resettlement plan implementation, given
its moderate physical and economic resettlement impacts; and categorized C for indigenous
peoples (IP s) as the IPs have the status equal to other ethnic groups. The R esettlement
team is composed of the following specialists including R esettlement, GE S I, E nvironment,
S ocial Development Officer, S ocial Mobilizers, and C ivil Works C ontractors. The R P
implementation apart from its own independent activities is mainstreamed into the GE S I
Action Plan, E nvironment, C ivil Works C ontractor, and PP MS .
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Detailed Meas urement and Verification S urvey:
11. The R esettlement P lan implementation in NB R oad is postponed due to the delay in
mobilizing the C ivil Works C ontractors. The Detailed Measurement S urvey and field
verification of the R P in BLT R oad have been carried out.
Impact A sses sment:
12. There is no major physical or economic displacement or temporary restrictions to

land use. There is no private land, crops or trees affected by the road except 11 private
structures of informal settlers, 2 petroleum fuel filling stations illegally extended to the
C orridor of Impact of road construction, and the community structures built on the R oW. Two
fuel stations are required to transfer the fuel filling machines behind the C OI. The project is
accordingly classified ”B”for R P implementation as the resettlement impact is insignicant.
The Project-Affected 2 Indigenous Households are assimilated into the mainstream of
society. Of the 11 Project-Affected Households, 7 are vulnerable households including 4
women-headed households,
R es s ettlement A s s istance and A dditional F acilities
13. Asset V aluation S ub-committee consisting of 3 members formed by the C DC

valuated the affected structures. The valuated costs and resettlement assistance paid to the
Affected Households are annexed to this report. The total costs valuated are NR s.
1,268,368.65.
14. Of 11 households, each of 10 has received 50% compensation payment. One is in

the process of submitting proof of ownership of the structure. As affected households are
having only partial impacts on their temporary structures used for mainly business purposes.
The C DC has approved the rehabilitation allowance for the structure and business
allowances equivalent to one month wage rate for restarting their livelihood; and
reconstruction. R elocation allowance is equivalent 10% of replacement cost of the structures
and equivalent to the actual cost of transport expenses.
Grievances R edres s Mechanis m:

15. Three stages of Grievances R edress Mechanism (GR M) has been formed and
mobilized to receive, evaluate, and facilitate the resolution of affected people’s concerns,
complaints, and grievances on social and environmental performance at the project level.
The C ommittees formed for the purpose have also facilitated the compensation distribution
process apart from documenting the grievances through letters and using the register.to
facilitate in addressing grievances. Only one grievance by an affected person was registered
on inadequate amount of compensation claiming that his structure is almost 40 years old
and should get more compensation. This was solved by informing the project-affected
person about the compensation determination process and methods of valuation. Other
grievances are related to the need of drainage, culvert construction, increased capacity,
adequate pedestrian zabra crossings, and safe junction.
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Temporary Use of A s sets :
16. The construction activities are going on in all the roads and contractors are using
both public and private assets. The C ivil Work C ontractor has done the written agreement
with the asset owners to occupy the private assets specifying the period, mode and condition
of occupancy, and measures of protection and rehabilitation. The detail status is presented
in the E nvironmental Monitoring R eport.
GE S I AC TION PL AN (GAP ) IMPL E ME NTATION
17. The project is classified E GM: E ffective Gender Mainstreaming for the GE S I Action
Plan (GAP ) implementation. The GE S I is a cross-cutting intervention integrated in all project
components. The GE S I team led by the Gender Key E xpert is composed of all K ey E xperts
including R oad S afety, R esettlement, E nvironment, W ildlife, Transport E conomist; R esident
E ngineers’ Team, S ocial Development Officer, Human Anti-Trafficking Officer; S ocial
Mobilizers, and F ield S urveyors.
18. The GAP is implemented starting this J anuary - J une 2018 based on the activity and
targets fixed in the GE S I Action P lan & emphasis laid to achieve them including the pre-
requisite activities.
A ctivity 1.1: C ons truction of GE S I-friendly R oad S tructures and R elated Activities :
19. The GE S I-friendly structures in road construction are inadequately designed.
C onsultation with the stakeholders and community people has been carried out on the design
issues. The participants were found confused on the GE S I-friendly design features. The
guidelines as felt needed after preliminary consultation with the stakeholders have been
drafted on GE S I-friendly features in road construction and operation including the suggestions
for alternative designs requiring minor revision. The issue is how far the PD (ADB) / DOR shall
support the revision in design. It is planned to carry out the consultations to discuss and decide
on such issues.
20. The BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor’s Key S taffs have been oriented to prepare the
signs and signage with their meaning and interpretation in Nepali language.
A ctivity 1.2: Women Participation in Training on Income Generation and C ommunity

F ores t Management:
21. The preliminary consultation with the executive members of C hitwan National Park
(C NP) Buffer Zone Management C ouncil has been carried out. Marginal and very minimum
implementation of the trainings conducted in the past has been found implemented. The
participants suggested that the training needs assessment with entrepreneurship orientation
shall be pre-requisite of the training. As felt required, the preparation for the need assessment
of training has been initiated. The needs assessment also includes the affordability and
appropriateness of time of women for participation in the training and the modalities of
implementing the training.
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A ctivity 1.3: Training on L eadership and Team Management for Women:
22. Preliminary consultations with buffer zone user group council members, F orest and
C onservation Officers and other stakeholders have been carried out on the status of women’s
leadership and management roles & performance in community forest management. Based on
findings, the need assessment of training is felt required, the preparation for which has been
initiated. The needs assessment tools shall also include the assessment of implementation
performance of user groups, status of women in the leadership and team management roles;
the affordability and appropriateness of time of women for participation in the training, and the
modalities of implementing the training.
A ctivity 1.4: Participation of Women in Tree Plantation P rogram:

23. There are three tree plantation activities in the project:
 R oadside tree plantation by the C ivil Works C ontractors,

 Plantation of trees & other plants for slope protection bio-engineering works
through the C ivil Works C ontractors, and
 C ompensatory tree plantation @ 1:25 through the DFOs / DOF .
24. The provision of provisional sum of NR s. 5 million has been included in the Bill of
Quantities of BLT C ontractors for tree planting program. The process has been initiated to
develop the plan and modality for the implementation of tree planting program. The contract
document of the BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor provides to draw labor from the area of
influence, also emphasizing to establish a gender balance within the labor force with
employment of 50% female.
25. The compensatory tree plantation is under the jurisdiction of the F orest Offices /
Department of F orest. The alternative mode of compensatory tree plantation with at least 30%
women among tree plantation laborers tasked to undertake the maintenance of planted trees
has been drafted for discussion and consultation with the F orest Offices, PD (ADB), PMOs and
related stakeholders.
A ctivity 1.5: S tudy of Women’s Time Utilization and Mobility:
26. The Baseline S tudy of Women’s Time Use has been carried in both BLT R oad
Package 03 and NB R oad Packages 01 and 02 using the following methodologies:
 In-depth Household S urvey in randomly selected 1071 households including 371 in

BLT R oad and 800 in NB R oad Packages 01 and 02, allocating at least 20% sample
size in each settlement of the road corridor and located within 2km of the road
alignment.
 C onsultation and Group Discussions in 20 areas of BLT &NB roads participated by 359
locals with 130 women & 229 men; engaging women group only, men group only and
combined men and women groups.
 Key Informant Interviews of 77 key informants in the BLT road and 56 in NB road
including local leaders, and stakeholders.
 The dummy table required for data processing has been prepared.
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A ctivity 1.6: Prevention of Human Trafficking, HIV AIDS and S TI:

27. HIV AIDS S TI and Human Trafficking R elated S takeholders engagement activities
have been carried out. The stakeholders shared the samples of IE C materials they have
prepared. The guidelines and IE C materials for awareness trainings and campaigns have been
drafted. The materials include the posters, brochures, booklets, and flex prints. The C ivil
Works C ontractor in BLT R oad has been provided preliminary orientation on the required
conduct of training workshops for all their workers and staff and display of awareness signs in
the work camps and settlement areas. The provisions have been made in the BLT R oad C ivil
Works contract to conduct HIV AIDS awareness program via an approved service provider
during every period of new work force recruit, undertake measures to reduce the risk of the
transfer of HIV virus between and among the C ontractor’s Personnel and local community, and
to promote early diagnosis and assistance to affected individuals.
A ctivity 1.7: R es ettlement As s is tance to Non-Title Holders & F emale-Headed

Hous eholds :
28. The inventory of non-title-holder (NTH) structures and households has been prepared.
Their verification has been done. E leven non-title holders have been recognized as affected
households. Of them, 4 households are Women-Headed Households (WHH). One of them
could not produce the proof or recommendation from local ward committee of VDC /
municipality. The resettlement assistance to NTH and WHH are given in the main report and
Annex 5 and 6.
29. Asset V aluation S ub-committee consisting 3 members representing District

Development / C oordination C ommittee, Office of Building and Urban Development, and PMO
formed by the C DC valuated the affected structures. The total costs valuated are NR s.
1,268,368.65. Of 11 households, each of 10 has received 50% compensation payment
amounting NR s. 609,766.83. One of 11 non-title holder women-headed household is in the
process to submit the proof that the structure belongs to her. As affected households are
having only partial impacts on their temporary structures used mainly for business purpose in
encroached land despite having their own land, the C DC has approved the rehabilitation
allowance of one month wage rate for restarting their livelihood; reconstruction, and shifting
allowance equivalent to 10% of replacement cost of the structures and equivalent to the actual
cost of the transportation. The vulnerable including women-headed households have also
been made aware of additional assistance and benefit from the livelihood improvement
training. The preparation for livelihood training needs assessment has been proceeded.
A ctivity 1.8: E qual Wages of Men and Women and C hild L abor C ontrol:
30. The Project has ensured and caused to ensure through contractual provision in the
contract of the civil works contractors that they will comply with all applicable labor laws and
regulations; non-employment of child labor, equal wages for men and women for work of equal
value. The system of monitoring of C ontractor’s compliance has been established.
A ctivity 2.1: R oad S afety Awarenes s C ampaign:
31. The consultation and information sharing between the R oad S afety S pecialist and
Gender S pecialist has been held. R oad accident survey has been carried out by involving the
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respondents of 1071 households, key informants, transport entrepreneurs and workers, and
traffic offices. R oad safety activity plan has been developed including safety at construction
sites, public awareness training, training of transport entrepreneurs, drivers, workers.
A ctivity 2.2: Participation of Women and Affected Pers ons in Maintenance Activities :
32. The BLT R oad C ivil C ontractor has been oriented and made aware of the performance
target. The performance monitoring system of the BLT R oad C ivil W orks C ontractor has been
established. The contractor has been reporting the numbers of staffs and workers working with
the contractor each month in the monitoring format with payroll, names, sex, work done,
working period, and wages received. The women among non-key staffs and non-skilled
workers during J anuary – J une 2018 was 8.5%.
A ctivity 2.3: Mobilization and Monitoring Arrangement:
33. Performance Monitoring Guidelines with the forms and checklists have been
prepared and implemented. All K ey E xperts including GE S I, R oad S afety, R esettlement,
E nvironment, Transport E conomist, R E s, E ngineering Technical and S ocial S taffs; and
S upport S taffs including S ocial Development and Human Anti-Trafficking Officer, and 6 S ocial
Mobilizers; excluding the S ocial Development Officer, Human Trafficking Officer, and 5 S ocial
Mobilizers to be recruited have been mobilized and working as a team to monitor and support
the activities of each other.
C hallenges and C onclus ion:
34. Overall the project is getting the cooperation from all sectors including the project
affected peoples, project influence communities, and stakeholders. The delay in mobilizing
the NB R oad C ontractors is causing delay in undertaking awareness trainings and
campaigns, and other activities, and mobilization of other 5 S ocial Mobilizers, Human Anti-
Trafficking Officer, and S ocial Development Officer in order to save their time input required
for NB R oad.
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1. INTR ODUC T ION
1.1 P R OJ E C T D E S C R IP T ION
1. The S AS E C R oad Improvement Project (S R IP) involves rehabilitating and upgrading

154 km of one of Nepal’s strategic road networks, which comprises a critical section of the
country’s main E ast–West highway, which includes 115 km in Narayanghat – Butwal section,
and the feeder road 41.13 km in Bhairahawa – Lumbini –Taulihawa road.
F igure 1: Map of Nepal S howing Project L ocations
2. The Project roads are located in the Western R egion of Nepal (shown in the map), and
lie in the Provinces 4 and 5 as per new federal demarcation of the country. The roads and
bridges will be upgraded to comply with applicable standards with the enhanced road safety,
climate resilience, and making friendly to Gender and S ocial Inclusion. The following is the
background information relating to the sub-projects.
Narayangadh – Butwal R oad (NB R oad)
3. The Narayanghat – Butwal road section of the E ast – West Highway is designed to be
widened and improved to an all-weather asphalt concrete 4 lane Asian Highway S tandard,
except the Daunne S ection (chainage 67+822 – 75+000 km) which will have 3 lanes including
a climbing lane from present 2 lane road. This road is a part of National Highway NH01 as per
S S R N/DOR and Asian Highway AH02 as per Asian Highway network. The construction period
for the individual construction contract is envisaged to be 42 months for NB R oad with Defect
Notification Period (DNP) of 12 months. In addition, DoR has provisioned the Performance
Based Maintenance (PBM) works for a period of 48 months for Narayanghat - Butwal (NB)
R oad.
1
4. The R oad starts from Pulchowk in C hitwan District at about km 473+280 of E ast West
Highway and passes through mostly plain and rolling sections of Nawalparasi (demarcated
into two districts Nawalpur and Parasi Districts by the F ederal Government) and
R upandehiDistricts except Daunne hill of Nawalparasi district. The road starts from Pulchowk
in C hitwan and passess through major settlements and market areas Gaindakot, Devchuli,
Kawasoti, Madhyabindu, Baraghat, S unuwal and R ajahar, NayaBelhani, Dumkibas,Parsauni,
Tilakpur and R amnagar and ends at Lakhan C howk, Butwal, at about Km 587+280 of E WH in
R upandehi district.
5. This section of E ast West Highway constructed with UK Assistance in 1972 as

bituminous road runs mostly in plain and rolling sections with various land use pattern: forest,
urban & rural settlements, & cultivated land. 15km of total crosses the S iwalik hill at Daunne.
Table 1: S alient F eatures and C ommencement S tatus of Project Packages

Narayanghat - Narayanghat -
B hairahawa - L umbini
SN Package B utwal R oad, B utwal R oad,
- Taulihawa R oad
S ection – I S ection – II
1 Length (Km) 64.425 48.535 41.130
Project
2 Nawalparasi R upandehi R upandehi / Kapilbastu
Districts
F eeder road
 Town section from
Buddha C howk in
Asian highway Asian highway Bhairahawa
C hainage 0+000 to
- Urban section: 4 - Urban section: 4
18+130 km Parsa
lanes with service lanes with service Lumbini: 4 lanes
road on both side of road on both side of with service road in
3 R oad S tandard
built-up sections built-up sections built-up areas &
- R ural section: 4 - R ural section: 4 village section 4
lanes without service lanes without lanes without service
road service road road
 2 lanes in rural
section from
18+130km to
Taulihawa 41+130
C arriageway
4 14.00 / 10.50 14.00 / 10.50 14.00 / 7.00
width: m
S houlder width
5 2.50 / 1.50 / 0.75 2.50 / 1.50 / 0.75 2.50 / 1.50
(m)
R oadway width
6 37.20/ 21.00/ 12.50 37.00/ 21.00/ 12.50 37.00/ 21.00/ 10.00
(m
Asphalt C oncrete / Asphalt C oncrete / Asphalt C oncrete /
7 S urface Type
DBS T DBS T DBS T
C ross S lab culvert/ Box S lab culvert/ Box S lab culvert/ Box
8
Drainage Type culvert/ HPC culvert/ HPC culvert/ HPC
S ide Drainage R C C covered drain R C C covered drain R C C covered drain in
9
Type in built-up sections in built-up sections built-up sections
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Narayanghat - Narayanghat -
B hairahawa - L umbini
SN Package B utwal R oad, B utwal R oad,
- Taulihawa R oad
S ection – I S ection – II
Gabion stone Gabion stone
10 R etaining Wall Gabion stone masonry
masonry masonry
11 C ontract S tatus Under process Under process C ontract awarded
12 C ontract No. S R C P/IC B/NB/01 S R C P/IC B/NB/02 S R C P/IC B/BLT/01
C ommenced
13 TBD TBD 14 J uly 2017
Date
54 months: 40 54 months (40
C ontract 42 months: 30 months
14 months construction, months construction,
Period construction, 12m DNP
12m DNP 12m DNP
C ompletion TBD TBD 10 J an 2019
15
Date
B hairahawa – L umbini – Taulihawa R oad
6. This R oad was constructed by the Government of Nepal in 1973 as bituminous paved
surface with the width of 7m from Buddha C howk to Parsa C howk in Lumbini and 3 meters
from Parsa to Taulihawa.The S R IP has designed this road as a feeder road No. F 44 to widen
and upgrade to 4 lane road from 2 lanes upto Lumbini (Parsa) junction (C hainage0+000 –
18+130 km). The remaining section from Parsa Lumbini junction to Taulihawa as a feeder
road No. F 45 will have 2 lanes widened from single lane. The road design is differentiated by
dividing the BLT road into 3 sections as follows:
 S ection 1 consisting of 3.68 km is designed to improve to all weather bituminous 4

lanes from current 2 lanes. The design of this section consists the service roads at
both sides of the road. This section starts at 0+000 chainage in Buddha C howk at
Barmeli Tole, passes through Madhawaliya up to Km 0+500, Basadilwaupto km
1+000, Badaliya km 1+500, Mukluwa km 2+000; and ends at Gautam Buddha
International Airport chowk chainage 3+680.
 S ection 2 consisting of 14.42 km is also designed to improve to all weather bituminous

4 lanes from current 2 lanes but without service lanes. This section starts at Gautam
Buddha International Airport C howk C hainage 3+680 and ends at the Lumbini Heritage
Place, the birth place of Gautam Buddha, in Parsa R ani C howk at km 18+050.
 S ection 3 consisting of 23.08 km is designed to improve to all weather bituminous 2

lanes feeder road from the current 1 lane road. This section crosses the small part
1600 meters of forest area of Lumbini Development Trust, goes along mostly through
the plain sections, paddy field and rural settlements namely Tenuhawa, Majidiya,
Hahihawa, Masina, MahagalC hauraha, Mahadewa, J itawapur, Kothi, J aruwa, Tawoni,
Haradewa, Lumbini C hauraha, Titihirirya, Dimiya, Tilaurakot, Bimiya, Manojour,
Pakadi, C hauraha, Dumre, Dharampaniya, Dohani, Mainihawa and ends at Hospital
C howk in Taulihawa of Kapilbastu district at 41+130.

F igure 2: L ocation Map of B L T R oad Project
1.2 P R OJ E C T O B J E C T IV E S
7. Nepal is a landlocked country located in S outh Asia where transport is expected to

play a major role in the economic and social development. Nepal urgently requires expansion
and improvement of road sub-sector, as it has a very low density of roads about 30 km per
100 km² of land area or 0.9 km per 1,000 people, which accounts for almost 90% of the
country’s passenger and freight transport. Government of Nepal has given one of the highest
priorities in the road transport development strategy. With the financial assistance from Asian
Development Bank (ADB), the Department of R oads (DoR ) has taken up the S AS E C R oads
Improvement Project (S R IP), consistent with the Government's transport strategy and
development plans. Nepal's Three Y ear Interim Plan (TY IP) 2013/14-2015/16 emphasizes on
continuous development of S trategic R oad Network (S R N) and strengthening E ast-West
Highway (E WH).
8. The objective of the Project is to get the Project R oads improved and upgraded in
order to address the increased traffic with high quality construction in scheduled time period in
full compliance with the approved engineering designs, technical specifications within the
terms and condition of the contract documents and sound engineering practices.
9. The Project is integral to the international and regional road network system that
connects Nepal to regional countries. The project facilitates closer trade integration among
neighborhood countries and contributes to Nepal’s export competitiveness. The project aims
to have a transformational impact by facilitating national and regional integration in terms of
capacity, quality, safety, ensuring faster and better access to social services, domestic and
international markets, and employment opportunities with enhancing and sustaining of the
overall local and national development impacts.
10. Overall, the project through improvement in road and transport operation aims to
contribute the economic development of impacted communities and the country through the
improved transport system and connectivity, with the increased economic activities and social
facilities.

Narayanghat – B utwal R oad
11. The E ast–West highway is the main arterial road cutting across the entire width of the
country in Terai area. The project influence area is at the center of the E ast–West highway,
which is the most productive region in Nepal. It supports growing industries in agriculture and
related processing, services, trade, and tourism.
12. The Narayanghat – Butwal section of the E ast West Highway (E WH) is an important
segment of S outh Asian Association for R egional C ooperation (S AAR C ) R oad C orridors 7 and
101 and the Asian Highway (R oute A2) Narayanghat and Butwal are the fast-growing cities
where a large number of businesses and trading houses are based. It is the main lifeline of the
central, western and mid-western territories. It links to the S unauli Border, the second largest
trading posts of Nepal through the Bhairahawa dry port. The upgrading of the E WH section
will extend the trade corridor to the less developed areas in the western parts of the country
and support the economic development.
B hairahawa – L umbini – Taulihawa R oad
13. The Bhairahawa – Lumbini - Taulihawa (BLT) road section connects to Lumbini, the
birth place of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and the site of World Heritage
declared by the United Nations E ducation S cientific and C ultural Organization (UNE S C O)
Taulihawa is the birthplace of Queen Maya Devi, the mother of Gautama Buddha. The BLT
road functions as the road infrastructure for the Buddhist pilgrimage of religious tourism
circuits. The road connects to the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa, which
is currently undergoing upgrade to international standards under the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) financing.
14. Bhairahawa is a major trading city located in the country’s first special economic zone
of increasing trade between Nepal & India. The road links to S unauli Border, the second
largest trading post of Nepal through the Bhairahawa dry port. The road serves international
connectivity since the Bhairahawa inland clearance depot is handling the country’s largest
trade volume, and the second largest value of imports and exports with India.
1.3 O UT P UT , O UT C OME A ND IMP A C T
15. The roads will be upgraded to four lanes and two lanes, with bridges, proper median
and shoulders, together with safety features and better climate resilience. The impact of the
Project will be enhanced transport connectivity within Nepal and with neighboring countries.
The outcome will be improved road transport systems. The outputs will be rehabilitated and
upgraded road network, and (ii) improved road safety with road accident emergency response
system and maintenance.
1.4 S C OP E OF R E P OR T
16. This is the second S ocial Monitoring R eport prepared for the project, covering 6
months from J anuary to J une, 2018. The GE S I is cross-cutting intervention and integrated in
all components of the Project. This report details the major social components the

R esettlement Plan, GE S I Action Plan, and partly other components including environment,
road safety, civil construction and PPMS as relevant.
17. The implementation activity of social components in NB road is postponed for the
cause of delay in mobilizing the civil contractors in NB road. This report includes some of the
preparatory activities including consultation works, surveys, and related others carried out in
NB R oad, that could be undertaken prior to the mobilization of the NB R oad C ivil
C ontractors.
18. The implementation of the Project with S ocial C omponents in BLT R oad is ongoing.
This S emi-Annual Monitoring R eport II is largely the report of BLT R oad. In order to keep the
readers with the flow of the activities, the cumulative update of implementation activities of
S emi-Annual J uly – December 2017 is given wherever applicable.

2. IMPL E ME NT ATION AR R ANGE ME NT
2.1 E X E C UT ING A ND IMP L E ME NT ING A G E NC IE S :
19. With the financial assistance from ADB, the Department of R oads (DoR ) with its
Project Directorate (ADB) has taken up the execution and implementation of S AS E C R oads
Improvement Project (S R IP). The Project Directorate (ADB) of the Department of R oad
(DOR ) is the implementing agency under the execution of the Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure and Transport (MOPIT). The arrangement of tasks and responsibilities for this
project has been done so as to deliver the project activities, outputs, outcome and impacts at
its best as follows.
Table 2: Organizational R es ponsibilities
Agency/C omponent R es ponsibilities

A. F unding Agenc y with Monitoring & Technical S upports
 F unding Agency/ F inancial assistance
1. Asian Development
 Performance monitoring
Bank
 Technical support and guidance
B . E xecuting Agency
 E xecuting Agency
2.Ministry of Physical
 Project execution, & support PD (ADB)/DOR for
Infrastructure &
implementation
Transport (MoPIT)
 Interagency coordination
C . Implementing Agenc y
3. Department of  Implementing Agency
R oad (DOR )  Arrangement and support for the implementation
 Project Implementation Unit of DOR
 Day-to-day project management
 C oordination with all including MoPIT, DOR , S upervision
C onsultants and related stakeholders
 Mobilization of consultants, contractors, Project Management
4. Project Directorate Offices (PMO)/Project Implementation Units (PIUs) in the
(ADB) Project sites
 Project progress performance monitoring as to the schedules
 Keeping the ADB informed of significant deviations resulting
variances
 C oordination and communication with the stakeholders
 R eporting to ADB and DOR .
 Day-to-day project management at the sub-project sites
 C oordinate local stakeholders & mobilize cooperation for
5. Project project activities i.e. civil construction, GE S I activities, road
Management Offices safety, E MP process
(PMOs) / Project  Implement & supervise the resettlement activities & coordinate
Implementation Units with the C hief District Officers & other line agencies for
(PIUs) resettlement activities, and mobilizing the supports of S C ’s
resettlement specialist.
 S upport grievances redress process including formation &

Agency/C omponent R es ponsibilities

mobilization of S ub-Project Level C ommittees at local level
 Management support to the C ivil C ontractors for C ivil
C onstruction
 R eport to the PD (ADB)
2.2 S UP E R V IS ION C ONS UL T A NT S
20. The DOR has engaged S upervision C onsultants M/S Korea E ngineering C onsultants
Ltd. C orp. (KE C C ) – Kyong Dong E ngineering C o. Ltd. (KDE C ) J V- Korea, in association
with ME H C onsultants P.Ltd., Multi-Disciplinary C onsultants P. Ltd. and S oil Test P . Ltd. to
expeditiously perform all the supervision, monitoring and related works under the scope of
services outlined in the Terms of R eference. In carrying out the work, the C onsultant is to
fully cooperate with the concerned agencies of the Government of Nepal involved in the
Project and perform their duties in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Objectives
21. Major objective of S upervision C onsultants is to assist the DoR to get the project
roads improved addressing the increased traffic with high quality construction in scheduled
time period, in full compliance with the approved engineering designs, technical
specifications within the terms and condition of the contract documents and sound
engineering practices together with the social resettlement, gender, livelihood, road safety,
environment with the scope of enhancing the development impacts including improved C NP
Buffer Zone C ommunity F orest Management with related intervention through improved
participation and roles of women.
22. Apart from the supervision and technical support to civil construction works; the
S upervision C onsultants undertake the planning, implementation and performance
monitoring activities of the social and environmental components of the project including
R esettlement Plan, Gender Action Plan, E nvironment Management Plan, Wildlife Protection
and Bio-diversity C onservation Plan, R oad S afety, and Project Performance Monitoring
S ystem.
Tas ks
23. The major tasks of S upervision C onsultants include at least the followings:
 Perform all supervision, monitoring & work under scope of services outlined in the
TOR .
 E nsure adherence to all S ocial R esettlement, GE S I-related, R oad S afety and
E nvironmental S afeguard requirements as per GON and ADB Guidelines and Policies.
 R eview detailed design and recommend necessary adjustments as necessary
 Approve contractor’s quality management plan, work program, method statement,
material sources, manpower & equipment deployment etc. & ensure the works in strict
compliance including instructions issued as per contract & non-compliance
notifications.

 Prepare supervision manual with tools of supervision & monitoring.

 Develop and implement Project Performance Monitoring S ystem (PPMS ) during entire
period of project.
 Prepare & issue monthly, quarterly, semi-annual progress in the format acceptable to
the employer DOR and ADB maintaining daily site diaries with all detail records at the
site, and submit the daily diaries on a monthly basis with records, correspondence,
photographs and other documents concerning relevant events and activities;
 Prepare a consolidated Project C ompletion R eport and provide the complete records
to E mployer.
 Provide knowledge transfer, contribute to build the capacity, provide on-site training if
required to DoR field officers/staff on quality assurance, dispute resolution, contract
administration/ management.
Mobilization
24. The mobilization of the S upervision C onsultant took place on 11thJ une, 2017 with the
arrival of Team Leader and S enior C ontract S pecialist on 8thJ une, 2017. The S upervision
C onsultants has established a Team Leader’s office at Gaindakot and R esident E ngineer
office at Bhairahawa for Bhairahawa – Lumbini –Taulihawa R oad, the C ontract Package 3.
The following experts and staff have been fully and intermittently mobilized from 11 J une
2017 as detailed in the Table below.
Table 3: S upervis ion C onsultants Team Mobilization S tatus

Mobilization
Date (F ull/
SN Name Des ignation S taked R es pons ibilities
Intermittent:
F /I)
Mr. Guk Hyun 11 J une Overall coordination,
1 Team Leader
C hoi 2017 (F ) management & technical support
Mr. S hrikantha Deputy Team 03 J uly 2017 C oordination, management &
2
Lacoul Leader (F ) technical support
C ontractual concerns relating to
Mr. Hyoung C hul S r. C ontract 11 J une
3 GAP in the contracts of civil
Ha S pecialist 2017 (I)
contractors &C S C .
F ield implementation,
mobilization, supervision /
Mr. R ajendra S . R esident 11 J une
4 monitoring & reporting supports to
Mauni E ngineer 2017 (F )
the social and environmental
activities.
Lead GAP activity planning,
Mr. Kamal B. Gender 11 J une implementation, monitoring,
5
S hrestha E xpert 2017 (I) reporting, coordination &
mobilizing cooperation.
Mr. S ubash R oad S afety 11 J une R oad safety concerns of GAP
6
Dhungel E xpert 2017 (I) and road construction.

Mobilization
Date (F ull/
SN Name Des ignation S taked R es pons ibilities
Intermittent:
F /I)
Baseline and post-project survey
Mr. Iswor Man Transport 11 J une of women’s time use, mobility,
7
S hrestha E conomist 2017 (I) travel time, time poverty, and use
of road and bus shelters.
Wildlife 11 J une Women’s and locals concerns
8 Dr. J hamak Karki
E xpert 2017 (I) and protection of wildlife.
Gender inclusion in environment
Mr. Deepak E nvironment 23 J une management, safety, hygiene,
9
Amatya E xpert 2017 (I) health, child care, sanitation, work
ethic in work camp of contractor.
R esettlement, compensation,
Mr. C hintamani R esettlement 27 Aug 2017
10 entitlements of women-headed
S harma S pecialist (I)
households, livelihood
27 Aug 2017 J oint land survey with contractors
11 Mr. S uman Thapa S urveyor
(F ) & assess impacts on women.
J oint survey on resettlement
impact, public information
Keshab Bdr. S ocial 27 Aug 2017
12 dissemination, consultation,
Malla Mobilizer (I)
support to the proceedings of R P
and GE S I action plan
2.3 S OC IA L C OMP ONE NT S
25. Although the R esettlement and GE S I Action Plan are major social components; other
components also have integration of social roles. The followings are some of them.
 R oad S afety is integral component of GE S I Action Plan
 Tree cuttings and plantations are integrated and associated with all three
components: GE S I Action Plan, R esettlement Plan and E nvironment Management
Plan
 Livelihood Income Generation S kill Training of C NP Buffer Zone User Group

members engaging at least 35% women is partly associated with wildlife concerns,
provided that agriculture and agro-forestry-based income generation skill training is
selected as a part of livelihood trainings under the GE S I Action Plan Activity 1.2.
 Wildlife concern shall be associated with social safeguard at the sites of underpass
construction for wildlife.

 S ome contents of the core labor standards required to be implemented by the C ivil
Works C ontractors are common concerns of E nvironmental Monitoring and GE S I
Action Plan activities.
 S ome concerns of E nvironment, Wildlife, R oad S afety shall be associated with the
Leadership and Team Management Training of women members of community
forest user groups.
 Although PPMS is a tool to measure project performance, PPMS baseline survey

findings are continuously utilized in the awareness training of the GE S I Action P lan
target groups. PPMS findings are also utilized in establishing the system of
monitoring.
26. Almost all components of the project are partly integrated with each other and
accordingly their roles and activities are defined. The roles and activities of the component of
the project that integrate with other components are given below.
2.3.1 R E S E T T L E ME NT P L A N
27. The project is categorized B for involuntary resettlement plan implementation, given
its moderate physical and economic resettlement impacts. The project is categorized C for
indigenous peoples (IPs) as the IPs have the status equal to other ethnic groups. The
indigenous people’s development plan is not required for this project.
Tas ks
28. The following are the major tasks and arrangement for R P implementation:
 Undertake verification survey of R P during the Detailed Measurement S urvey by

being with the C ivil C ontractors and update the R P as required.
 F acilitate the mobilization of C ompensation Determination C ommittee (C DC ) by
being with the Project Management Office / PD (ADB).
 F acilitate the formation/mobilization of Grievances R edress C ommittees at three
levels as follows as to the Land Acquisition and R esettlement Policy 2071:
F irst F ield level: S ocial Mobilizers & C ontractor’s S ocial &
E nvironment F ocal Point.
S econd Local Level C ommittee: F ormed under the C hair of Project Manager
with representative from local governance body,
S ocial Mobilizer, 1 women and 1 man
designated by local affected community.
Third Project-Level C ommittee: F ormed with DC O/DDC , PMO, R esettlement

and E nvironment E xperts under the C hair of
C DO.
 Undertake information disclosure and public consultation.
 Proceed the resettlement assistance and entitled facilities to vulnerable households
by mobilizing the PMO, C DC & S ocial Mobilizers.

 Help carry out livelihood skill training needs of vulnerable PAPs and assist the GE S I
& Livelihood E xpert to implement the livelihood skill training and resettlement-related
GE S I Action Plan activities.
 E nsure and monitor the proper use of resettlement and entitled facilities by the
PAPs.
Integrated S ocial R ole
29. R esettlement team is composed of R esettlement S pecialist, S ocial Development

Officer, S ocial Mobilizers, GE S I S pecialist, E nvironment S pecialist, and C ivil C ontractors.
 Integrate the concerns of GE S I Action P lan, resettlement plan, environment, road

safety and other project activities during public disclosure and consultation activities.
 C ompensation and additional assistance to non-titleholders, women-headed
households, vulnerable households through the joint payment to household head
with spouse.
 S upport livelihood training needs assessment & training to women-headed &
vulnerable households
 S upport to R P related activities of GAP, E MP, PPMS , wildlife protection.
 S ocio-economic baseline and endline surveys.
 R esettlement related activities of E nvironment Management Plan
 R esettlement requirement if any while constructing wildlife underpass
 Detail measurement survey by being with the C ivil C ontractors and verify and assess
the resettlement requirement, tree cuttings required.
2.3.2 G E S I A C T ION P L A N
30. The GE S I Action Plan (GAP) aims to implement social safeguards requirements and
ensure sustainable development impacts of the road improvements and related activities. It
is a cross-cutting intervention integrated in all project components. The GE S I team led by
the Gender Key E xpert is composed of other Key E xperts including R oad S afety,
R esettlement, E nvironment, and Transport E conomist; E ngineering & Technical staffs;
S ocial Development Officer, Human Anti-Trafficking Officer, S ocial Mobilizers, and F ield
S urveyors.
31. The project is classified “E GM: E ffective Gender Mainstreaming (E GM)”, based on
the needs identified by poverty and social analysis, gender-specific issues, social risks,
needs to enhance GE S I perspective and impacts, and ADB’s criteria of classification for
level of GE S I intervention. The GE S I Action Plan has been developed to address these
issues with proactive gender-mainstreaming and mitigation measures.

Tas ks:
32. The major tasks of GE S I Action Plan intervention is listed below.
 E nsure the road construction with GE S I-friendly features on bus stop shelters, zebra
crossings, pedestrian crossings, walkways, footpaths, service roads, signs, signage
etc.
 F acilitate the capacity building & skill trainings of C NP buffer zone user groups
ensuring participation of women in income generation and community forest
management
 Train and facilitate women members of C FUGs on leadership and team management
 E nsure the participation of women in tree plantation program.
 C onduct gender-sensitive public preventative human trafficking, HIV AIDS & S TI
awareness sessions to communities and labors
 E nsure joint compensation to non-title holder household head & spouse, and that
affected female-headed households receive compensation and benefit from
livelihood training.
 E nsure that construction activities abide by core labor standards, i.e. equal wage of
men & women for work of equal value, child labor prohibition.
 S upport the road safety awareness training campaign
 E nsure participation of women & affected people in road construction activities
 E stablish GE S I-related performance monitoring system
 Prepare, produce IE C materials on GE S I, HIV AIDS S TI, Anti-trafficking & related
others.
 F acilitate the awareness campaigns on GE S I, R oad S afety, HIV AIDS S TI
 Help design and facilitate livelihood skill trainings.
 E nsure employment of locals and women in the construction and maintenance
phases.
 Monitor the contractors’awareness sessions of labors on HIV , S TI, anti-trafficking.
Integrated S upport R ole:
33. GE S I team is composed of S pecialists including Gender, R oad S afety, R esettlement,

E nvironment, Wildlife, and Transport E conomist, S ocial Development Officer, Human
Trafficking Officer, S ocial Mobilizer, S urveyors, and C ontractors. Integrated supporting roles
of team include as follows

GE S I Action Plan activities related to R P, E MP, PP MS and Women’s Time Use
S urveys, R oad S afety, wildlife, civil construction works and related activities.
 E ngagement of teams of C S C and C ivil C ontractors in Performance Monitoring
S ystem of GAP, DMF , E MP, E MOP, R oad S afety, R P.
.
2.3.3 R OA D S A F E T Y
34. R oad safety is integral part of GAP with its own requirements of intervention including
R oad S afety Audit, R oad S afety measures in road construction, technology transfer etc.

Tas ks
35. The major tasks on road safety intervention includes as follows:
 C onduct road safety pre-audit and audit during and after road construction.
 Identify causes of accidents occurred during the project implementation period and
develop road safety counter measures reducing risk of reoccurring.
 Training and technology transfer to counterpart staff.
 R oad safety measures during road construction
 C onduct road safety awareness trainings / campaigns of schools, communities, and
transport workers and entrepreneurs.
Integrated S upport R ole
36. R oad safety team led by R oad S afety E xpert is composed of S pecialists on GE S I,
E nvironment, Wildlife, and Transport E conomist, S ocial Development Officer, Human
Trafficking Officer, S ocial Mobilizers, S urvey Team and the C ivil C ontractors. Integrated
supporting roles of R oad S afety Team include as follows:
 GE S I-friendly road safety design and construction.

 R oad safety sign, signage, IE C materials by being with GE S I S pecialist, C ivil
C ontractor, Wildlife E xpert.
 R oad accident baseline & end line survey by being with GE S I & Transport
E conomist
 R oad safety awareness trainings and campaigns of schools, communities,
transport workers and entrepreneurs by being with GE S I team
2.3.4 E NV IR ONME NT MA NA G E ME NT P L A N W IT H W IL DL IF E A ND B IODIV E R S IT Y C ONS E R V A T ION:

37. The NB R oad Project is classified “A" for the implementation of E MP and E MOP in
accordance with ADB’s S afeguard Policy S tatement (2009) because of 24 km of the NB road
adjacent to C NP buffer zone having vulnerable, endangered, and protected animals crossing
the road at that section. The E MP and E MOP has major role in environmental safeguard &
partly social safeguard. The BLT road is classified “B” for the implementation of E MP and
E MOP.
Tas ks
38. Major tasks of environment safeguard with social safeguard concerns include the
followings:
 Implement the E MP & E MOP based on the E IA report for NB road and IE E for BLT
road.
 C arry out the measures to mitigate anticipated adverse environment impacts during
project construction and operation.
 F acilitate the activities of testing the quality of air, water, & noise and monitoring of
erosion problems, tree plantations, occupational health & safety of all with women labor
and staffs.

 Assist biodiversity conservation activities in NB R oad by being with wildlife & GE S I

teams
 Monitor the environmental safeguards during the construction & maintenance period
and submit semi-annual &annual environmental monitoring reports to P D (ADB).
 S upervise & monitor the implementation of E MP and E MOP undertaken by the
contractor.
 Organize semi-annual stakeholder consultation workshops by being with GE S I &
wildlife experts on concerns of wildlife, biodiversity, and GE S I Action Plan.
 C arry out the capacity building activities on implementation of environment safeguards
including social safeguard for relevant staff of the contractor.
Integrated S upport R oles
39. E nvironment team led by E nvironment S pecialist is composed of the following

S pecialists on Wildlife, GE S I, R esettlement, and S ocial Development Officer, S ocial
Mobilizers and C ivil Works C ontractors. C ontractors Integrated supporting roles of the
E nvironment Team include as follows:
 E MP, E MOP implementation taking also the concerns of GE S I, R oad S afety, &
Wildlife.
 E nvironmental concerns of GE S I action plan
 C oncerns of R P including tree cuttings, compensatory tree plantation, and wildlife
underpass construction
 Protection of Wildlife and Biodiversity conservation
 R elated concerns of resettlement if any from the underpass construction.
40. The Wildlife E xpert is responsible to elaborate and finalize the biodiversity
conservation plan in coordination with the C NP , to liaise with it and other local F orestry
Officials and to monitor implementation of the compensatory afforestation program and
biodiversity conservation activities for C NP and its buffer zone involving GE S I S pecialist in
related activities.
2.3.5 P R OJ E C T P E R F OR MA NC E MONIT OR ING S Y S T E M:

41. Project Performance Monitoring S ystem (PPMS ) assesses the achievements of the
development objectives of the project, compare the physical and socio-economic situations
in the impact and influence areas.
Methodologies and Tas ks:
42. PPMS S urvey together with Women’s Time Use and Mobility Baseline and E nd Line
S urvey are required for implementation phase. The E nd Line S urvey will be carried out at the
end of the project for the Project C ompletion R eport. The E valuation S urvey will take place
after one year of the project completion. Data collected during and after implementation will
be compared with the baseline data and will indicate whether target values were met.

43. The main indicators to be monitored by the PPMS include:
 E conomic development and poverty indicators at the project areas

 Transport costs and time for specific types of vehicles and trips,
 Transport services and charges,
 Accident rates,
 Access to social services, and
 J obs created during the construction and maintenance.
44. F ollowing target values are set:
 Per capita income increased by 10% in the project area.

 Incidence of poverty decreased by 5% in the project area.
 Vehicle Operation C ost (VOC ) of bus and trucks decreased by 30%.
 Average travel time of buses along project roads reduced by 25%.
 Number of bus services increased by 25%.
 Transport fares and freights reduced by 10%.
 R oad accidents reduced by 15%.
 Air quality in the project area improved.
 Access to services such as agricultural inputs, veterinary service, hospital, main
market and banking increased by 25%.
 At least 30% of local unskilled labor for road upgrading provided by women.
 S lope protection work completed with at least 50% women workers.
 At least 30% of local unskilled labor for road upgrading provided by local
disadvantaged people.
Integrated S upport R oles :
45. The PPMS team led by Transport E conomists consists of S pecialists on GE S I,

R esettlement, R oad S afety, and S ocial Development Officer, Ant-trafficking Officer,
S urveyors, & Data P rocessors. The integrated supporting roles of the E nvironment Team
include as follows:
 S urvey tool development by being with GE S I, R esettlement & R oad S afety

S pecialists
 F ield survey, development of dummy tables for data processing, & data
processing & analysis by involving GE S I, R esettlement and R oad S afety teams
 R oad accident baseline &end line surveys by being with GE S I & R oad S afety
teams
 Analysis and report write-up by being with the S pecialists on GE S I, R oad S afety,
R esettlement
 Dissemination and use of data and report.
 E stablishment and operation of P erformance Monitoring S ystem of each project
component

2.4 P R OG R A MMING , S E NS IT IZ A T ION A ND C ONS UL T A T ION T R A INING W OR K S HOP S :

46. Internal workshops, orientation and re-orientation sessions of C S C have been carried
out formally once and informally many times, where the integrated of roles of were discussed
and consulted, and detailed implementation plan of each social and environmental
component by each S pecialist was prepared.
C ons truction S upervis ion C onsultants
47. GE S I Action Plan, R oad S afety, E nvironment Management Plan and S ocial
S afeguard Training Workshop in BLT R oad has been designed. This involves the
Implementing Agency PD (ADB), Project Management Office, S upervision C onsultants
teams, and the BLT R oad C ivil C ontractor has been designed and prepared. The major
target group of the training is the BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor. The trainings scheduled
for the last quarter required to be postponed 3 times on the request of the C ivil C ontractor
caused by the absence of their required staffs including the R oad S afety E ngineer, S ocial
and E nvironmental F ocal Persons and related other staffs at the scheduled time period.
They were not present at this reporting period also. The training has been re-scheduled for
the last week of August 2018. This aims to achieve the following objectives.
 Develop common understanding of implementing and performance monitoring of the

activities of GE S I action plan, road safety, environment management plan, social
safeguard, and construction works.
 R eview the design on GE S I-friendly zebra crossings, pedestrian crossings, bus
stops, walkways, service lanes, and other requirements of construction activities as
to the GE S I Action Plan following the guidelines relating to GE S I-friendly
construction and other requirements, R oad S afety needs, E nvironment Management
Plan and S afeguard concerns.
 Orient, sensitize and train the participants on HIV , AIDS , S TI, human trafficking and
other related GE S I, road safety, environment and safeguard concerns, and related
subjects among these subjects.
 Develop modality for awareness training of contractor’s all field staffs and workers
labors on related subjects of GE S I, R oad S afety, E nvironment, and S afeguards.
 Let the C ivil Works C ontractor better understand and perform as to the contract
agreement, specification and conditions relating to GE S I Action Plan, E nvironment
Management Plan, R oad S afety and other S ocial S afeguard C oncerns.
 E stablish the system of monitoring and that of reporting on GE S I Action Plan,
E nvironment Management Plan, R oad S afety and S ocial S afeguard concerns and
related other related activities.
48. The target participants include the followings:
 PD (ADB): Project Director and/or Deputy Director, S ocial S afeguard E xternal

Monitoring S pecialist, E xternal E nvironmental Monitoring S pecialist
 PMO/PD: Project Manager, C omputer Operator:
 S C TL Office: Team Leader, R oad S afety E xpert, Gender E xpert, E nvironment
S pecialist, R esettlement S pecialist
 S C R E Office of BLT R oad: R E , AR E , S /IOWs, S ocial Mobilizer, C omputer Operator.

 BLT R oad C ivil C ontractor: C ontract Manager, Deputy Manager, S ocial &
E nvironmental F ocal Person, R oad S afety E ngineer, E ngineer S upervisors, Petti-Labor
C ontractors, Labor Group Leaders, Length Workers’ S upervisor, Transport & Heavy
E quipment Operators, S upervisor, Kitchen Head, R epresentative F emale S taff and
Workers
49. The training workshop planned for 2 days has been re-scheduled. The PD (ADB) has
approved the estimated training workshop cost for one day R s. 36175 to be drawn from the
Provisional S um budget of GE S I/R oad S afety.
E xecuting /Implementing Agenc y:
50. The S ensitization and C onsultation Workshop of E xecuting / Implementing Agency

(PD (ADB), DOR , GE S I Action Plan, S ocial S afeguard, R oad S afety, E nvironment
Management Plan, Wildlife and Biodiversity C onservation Plan is designed to be organized
either in PD (ADB) office or other venue after completing the training workshop in the BLT
R oad. This is scheduled after the training workshop in BLT R oad for the reason that there
are issues of discussing first with the C ivil C ontractor on need to redesign and construct the
GE S I-friendly design features inadequately designed by the design consultants, i.e.
 There is no design of Tactile Pavements targeted to the People with Disability in the
footpath/walkways in the built-up areas;
 Access ramp is not designed in the zebra crossings and pedestrian crossing
approaching the walkways also targeted to the PWD and elderly people;
 S imilar flaws in bus stop design and others have been noted.
51. The GE S I S pecialist in consultation with the R oad S afety S pecialist has drafted the
guidelines for GE S I-friendly design features. This is planned to be discussed in both
trainings: the training in the BLT R oad of C ivil C ontractor and also in the Training W orkshop
of E xecuting/Implementing Agency.

3. IMPL E ME NTATION
3.1 W A L K OV E R S UR V E Y
52. The walkover surveys have been carried out for three times. The first walkover
activity took place with ADB Mission from Manila, PD (ADB)/DOR , C S C , PMO, and Locals.
This helped familiarize the project sites through the perspective of the project design.
53. C ontract Manager and S ocial and E nvironmental F ocal P erson of the BLT C ivil
C ontractor. The survey undertook the activities of sketching the patterns of settlements to be
impacted by the Project R oad Improvement, familiarizing the site specific community views,
assessing the sites of road design features friendly to elderly, children, women, people with
disability etc., and consulting with the local including women and men on the road projects,
view about how the project will impact them and how they can participate in the process of
project activities including GE S I, road safety, and other relevant concerns. Informal public
consultation with both men and women in the process of walk over survey was also carried
out.
54. The third walk over survey by GE S I S pecialist and E nvironment S pecialist was
carried out by being with the BLT R oad C ivil C ontractor’s staffs including the C ontract
Manager, S ocial and E nvironmental F ocal Person, S ite E ngineers and S upervisors; and
C S C R E field staffs focusing on contractors’activities relating to E nvironment Management
Plan, GE S I Action Plan, and R oad S afety.
3.2 P UB L IC INF OR MA T ION D IS C L OS UR E A ND C ONS UL T A T ION:
3.2.1 R OA D C OR R IDOR P E OP L E :
55. Project information disclosure and public consultation on the road design and civil
works construction, resettlement plan, GE S I action plan, road safety, environment issues are
taken as an important process of implementation arrangement. It is taken for improving the
efficiency and transparency of the project and improving the public involvement and
contribution for its timely and successful completion and the targeted performance impact,
outcome and output.
56. The following methods are taken for information disclosure and public consultations.
 F ormal and informal meetings

 Open consultative interviews by using checklists
 General and group discussions on the topics
 S haring awareness information & collecting feedback, comments & opinions.
57. As all of project components are inter-related and integrated, the integrated
disclosure of project information and consultation was carried out. The participation of
women and socially excluded groups in consultation meetings was encouraged. The public
information disclosure and consultation covered mainly the following aspects of project
components:

R esettlement P lan
 Impacts of road construction on land, structures, trees, and others.
 Determination, provisions, procedures & other assistance of compensation including
entitlement facilities for different categories of the affected people
 S tatus of resettlement in the BLT road and process carried out to determine.
 S hifting and reconstruction of public structures
 E nsuring non-title holder household heads and spouses to receive joint compensation
through joint account
 E nsuring that affected female-headed households receive compensation through
bank account of women.
GE S I Action Plan
 Public disclosure and information dissemination about the GE S I Action P lan
 GE S I-friendly features in road construction structures and related activities. .
 Participation of both women and in the trainings.
 Participation of women in tree plantation program
 Women’s time use and mobility
 Needs of gender-sensitive HIV, AIDS , S TI, and human trafficking prevention
 Gender-friendly compensation and additional assistance to PAPs
 C hild labor control
 R oad safety concerns
 Participation of women, affected persons and locals in road construction and
maintenance activities
 Participatory performance monitoring
R oad S afety
 R oad safety concerns during road construction and operation
 R oad safety awareness trainings and campaign of schools, communities, transport
workers and entrepreneurs.
 R oad safety rules, norms, and system development and operation
 C oncerns of pedestrians, women, and communities
E nvironment Management Plan

 E ngagement of women, locals in tree plantation, bioengineering works and
maintenance
 Hygiene, sanitation and pollution issues
 Implementation of E nvironment Management Plan by C ivil C ontractors
Performance Monitoring S ys tem and related others

 Baseline, end line, and post construction performance monitoring activities
 Participation of locals in performance monitoring system

Table 4: S ummary of Information Dis clos ure and C onsultation with L ocals
Information Diss emination,

Date L ocations and P articipants C ons ultation, Discus sion, and
Unders tanding
14–18 Location: Along the BLT road corridors Agenda
Dec, and major settlement areas.  C onstruction activities
2017 Participants:  S afeguard measures
 C ontractors’ field staffs including  GE S I action plan activities.
C ontract Manager, S ocial &  R oad S afety
E nvironment F ocal Persons & other field  E nvironment concerns during
staffs construction
 C S C R E team  E mployment of locals
 Local communities of BLT road corridor
 Tourism entrepreneurs in Lumbini area
 No. of participants: 42
Understanding
 The locals will cooperate and participate in the construction activities of the contractors
 Participants suggested and expressed concerns for further details on GE S I-friendly
design features. Both the C S C and the C ivil C ontractor will undertake the in-depth review
of the designs, and discuss and work out during the upcoming training Workshops.
 The locals expressed the needs of in-depth awareness on HIV and human trafficking to
protect the communities from new infection and happening. The local organizations and
women groups will support the training process.
 The BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor will record and submit their performance
monitoring report. . .
19 Dec, Location: Buddha C howk Agenda
2017. of BLT R oad.  Disclosure of project information
 R esettlement impacts and mitigation measures.
Participants: 10 local leaders  Process of compensation and additional
contributed the discussions. assistance
 GE S I action plan activities
Understanding
 The dismantling of beautiful and famous
Lumbini Gate at chainage 0+070 km is
not required. S ufficient place is available
for the construction of service lanes at
both side of the Gate.
 The participants requested to work out
the feasibility for bike lanes in the built-
up areas from Buddha C howk to Airport
C howk.
 Adequate pedestrian crossings and
measures to enhance the walkability in Photo1. L umbini Gate at K m 0+070
the market areas are required.
 Walkways / footpath, service lanes, bus stops, zebra crossings, pedestrian crossings
needs to be friendly to pedestrians, women, children, senior citizens, and people with
disability. The C ivil C ontractors with the S upervision C onsultants and PD (ADB) shall
work out the possibility of improving the design and implement the improvements as
required.


Unders tanding
 Participants expressed that Intelligent and smart traffic system needs to be worked out in
built-up areas along Buddha C howk – Airport R oad involving the traffic office.
20 Locations: Dhohani and Agenda:
Dec, Bangai settlement areas  R oad design features.
2017 Participants: 12 locals  R esettlement and safeguard measures.
contributed the discussions.  GE S I Action Plan activities
Understanding
 The affected people will remove and shift the affected structures.
 R oad safety measures are required during road construction together with the awareness
activities.
 The locals will extend full cooperation in road construction and other activities of the
project.
 There is need to make the pedestrians’ walkways and crossings friendly to women,
children, and people with disability.
 There is need of bus stop in appropriate location/s for which further consultation activity is
required.
 The review of design & improvement possibilities for GE S I-friendly road structure shall be
worked out.
21 Dec, Location: Parsa C howk in Discussions
2017 Lumbini of BLT road  Development of Parsa C howk J unction
 Design features of road
Participants: 8 APs and  C onstruction schedule
Non-APs of Parsa Lumbini  Issues of PAPs and Non-PAPs
C howk  GE S I Action Plan
 R oad S afety
 Traffic management during construction
 Pedestrian walkways, zebra crossings and bus stops
Understanding
 The rumor that P arsa Lumbini C howk settlement will be demolished and shifted is not
true. The locals opined and suggested that Parsa C howk and areas around Lumbini
needs the planned development as the tourism market for Buddhist pilgrimages with
livelihood scope for local communities.
 The locals will fully cooperate and participate in the process of road construction, removal
or shifting of temporary structures, program activities of the project and others as
required.
 Pedestrian crossings, zebra crossings, bus stops and other structures making friendly to
pedestrians, women, children, and people with disability will be included in the
construction works.
9 F eb, Location: Hatibangal Discussions
2018 Bazaar Areas  R oad safety,
 Traffic management during the construction,
Participants: 8 nos.  J unction improvement etc.
Local people, political
leader, housewife,
businessman and workers.
Understanding
 R oad safety designs and awareness campaigns should be included in project.


Unders tanding
14 April, Location: Lumbini S askritik Discussions
2018 NP, Parsa C howk.  Partially affected structures and compensation
issues,
 E ntitlements and project activities,
Participants: 10 nos.  J unction improvement and zebra crossings.
PAF s, Business man, local
leader, newly elected
chairperson, Locals.
Understanding
 R oad safety designs and awareness campaigns should be included in project.
10 May Location: Dohani ward Discussions
2018 C houhara.  Upgrading hum pipe at market areas.
Participants: 6 nos.
S ocial worker, Housewife,
F armers & leaders
Understanding
 Arrange bigger size hum pipe at Dohani Bazaar C h 26+450
11 J une, Location: Discussions
2018 S iddharnathnagar— airport  R oad safety,
chowk  C ompensation issues,
 E ntitlements and project activities.
Participants: 11 nos.
Businessman, Pension
Holder, teachers etc
Understanding
 R oad safety designs and Bigger size drainage
3.2.2 S T A K E HOL DE R S :
58. S takeholder information disclosure, consultations, and meetings on issues of project

implementation have been carried out as follows where discussion on detailed design
features, resettlement impact and proceedings, and construction schedule of the BLT road
corridor, GE S I action plan implementation activities including road safety and other social
and environmental safeguards and development measure were carried out. In NB R oad with
the participants in first consultation Workshop of C hitwan National P ark and Its Buffer Zone
stakeholders individually and in group, which was organized with major focus on the
safeguard issues of wildlife together with GE S I and other social concerns.
C HIT WA N NA T IONA L P A R K B UF F E R Z ONE S T A K E HOL DE R S IN NB R OA D
59. The first consultation workshop of stakeholders of C NP and its buffer zone was
organized in S auraha Green Park Hotel on 11-12 August 2017. A total of 44 participants
from Department of National Parks and Wildlife C onservation (DNPWC ), District F orest
Offices of Project Districts, World W ildlife F und(WWF) Nepal, National Trust for Nature
C onservation (NTNC ), and Biodiversity C onservation C enter, C hitwan National Park Buffer

Zone Management C ommittees (BZMC ), ADB Mission Team, C S C Team, PD (ADB)/DOR

Team attended the workshop.
60. The workshop continued for two days. The participants during first day commented
on the presentations given by:
 Mr. Guk Hyun C hoi, Team Leader on S R IP

 Mr. Deepak Amatya, E nvironment S pecialist, S R IP on E IA, E nvironmental S afeguard
and E nvironment Management Plan;
 Mr. J hamak Karki, Wildlife E xpert, S R IP on Biodiversity and Wildlife Issues;
 Ms. Karma Y onjan, E nvironment S pecialist, ADB Mission on issues of Wildlife S tudy
Plan and Wildlife Issues with sharing of international experience on Wildlife C rossings in
R oads.
 Mr. P. Karmacharya and S antosh Mani, WWF Nepal on E co-friendly Linear
Infrastructure C onstruction;
 Ms. E loise F luet, S ocial R esettlement S pecialist, ADB Mission and Mr. Kamal B.
S hrestha, S ocial S afeguard, GE S I and Livelihood S pecialist on S ocial R esettlement and
GE S I Action Plan
61. The Welcome R emarks was given by the Project Officer and ADB Mission Team
Leader Mr. J ohan Georget and C losing R emarks by the Project Director, Mr. Keshab K.
S harma.
62. The group discussions and consultation took place by dividing the participants into
two groups on second day 12 August 2017. After the group discussions, consultation with
individual stakeholders on the concerns of GE S I Action Plan relating to the C NP buffer zone
area and related issues and past activities of trainings on income generation, community
forest management, performance of women on income generation, leadership and
management roles of women was carried out.
63. The participants discussed and shared the followings:
 Need of awareness training of vehicle drivers together with the use of warning and
instructive signs and signage;
 Assessment for resettlement needs if any in the construction sites for wildlife crossings
in the road.
 The need of implementing the intelligent traffic safety system (ITS S ) to enhance the
level of safety for both wildlife and people.
 Making the road people-friendly and providing the GE S I-friendly restrooms in areas to
be selected in consultation with the locals.
 Need for consultations prior to dismantling and relocation of public structures;
 Provision of safety measures such as rumble strips, bike lanes, footpaths and
pedestrian crossings;
 E ffective Grievance R edress Mechanism,
 E conomic empowerment of women and livelihood training of vulnerable people in the
C NP buffer zone.
 Wildlife baseline survey

 Trees cutting to be done only in the construction width and areas to be affected by the
construction works only and all trees in the R ight of Way not required to be cut.
 Need of women empowerment and leadership development for community forest
management in C NP buffer zone.
B L T R OA D S T A K E HOL DE R S
64. The consultation with the BLT R oad C orridor has been carried out as follows
Table 5: C ons ultations , Dis cus s ion and Decis ions:
Date Place and Participants Dis cus s ion, Understanding, Decis ions
8 Dec Place: C hief District Office / The C ompensation Determination C ommittee is
2017 District Administration Office, activated and mobilized.
R upandehi district Based on the R P verification survey, it is concluded
that there is no need of land acquisition.
It is agreed that the valuation of affected private
structures for compensation determination will be
proceeded.
Letters will be circulated to the concerned
stakeholders including affected municipalities for
their cooperation in the process.
9 Dec Participants: APs and newly Participants expressed that drainage improvement is
2017 elected Mayor, Deputy required from Lumbini gate to Airport C howk.
mayor, and Wards 4, 8, 10 Tree cutting to be done in the construction width and
C hairpersons of S iddharatha areas to be affected by the construction activities
Municipality only, minimizing the adverse impact to trees within
the R oW.
The participants are informed of the construction
schedule for built-up areas by the contractor
10 Participants: C hairpersons, Implementation schedule of resettlement plan was
Dec Deputy C hairperson and discussed. C onstruction schedule was informed by
2017 wards 6, 7 & 4 members of the C ontractor. The participants expressed concerns
the Mayadevi R ural on the delay in two bridges construction of 2 bridges
municipality, R upendehi which is not a part of S R IP. The municipality will
district. inquire and pressurize the concerned agency.
S mart traffic management plan is required to be
prepared. It is required to train and aware locals and
drivers.
The locals need to be consulted for the selection of

the bus stop shed locations, designs making it GE S I-
friendly.
Zebra and pedestrian crossings needs to be

adequate in built-up areas making the designs and
construction friendly to PWD, children, elderly
people, and women especially pregnant women.
J unction improvement should incorporate the needs
to be friendly to pedestrians with smart traffic
management.

11 Participants: Mayor, Deputy Parsa junction should be improved making it friendly
Dec mayor, and wards 7 & 11 to pedestrians, tourists visiting Lumbini, and also
2017 C hairpersons of Lumbini improving the scope for tourism market.
S anskritik municipality of Information on R esettlement, impact, structure
R upendehi district valuation process, and compensation procedure, and
GAP is disseminated.
12 Participants: C hairpersons, The locations and design of zebra crossing and
Dec C hief E xecutive Officer, pedestrian crossing discussed.
2017 Deputy C hair Persons and The participants expressed the need of upgrading
Wards 2 & 6 members of hume pipe at market areas,
Mayadevi R ural Municipality, Traffic management should be well planned
Kapilvastu district,
Mayor, C hief E xecutive
Officer, Deputy Mayor &
Ward chairperson of the
Kapilvastu Municipality of
Kapilvastu district.
13 C ompensation Determination The compensation procedures for structures are
Dec C ommittee at R upendehi determined.
2017 C hief District Office S tructure Valuation S ub-committee consisting of 3
members is formed under the coordination of the
Urban Development and Building Divisional Office
including the members from District Technical Office
of District Development / District C oordination Office,
and the staff of Project Management Office/PD/DOR .
1–32 S takeholder Government and R elated activity contents of Gender Action Plan
Dec Non-Government implementation are disclosed to the participants and
2017 Organization S taffs of the scope of coordination, cooperation and resource
Women C hildren & S ocial sharing discussed.
Welfare Offices, District District Public Health Offices agreed to supply the
C oordination C ommittees, condoms to the construction workers of the C ivil
District Public Health Offices C ontractor free of cost at the rate of 150 condoms
District Public Health Office in per worker a year for HIV and S TI prevention
R upandehi&Kapilbastu together with the first-aid materials.
District C oordination District Women C hildren and S ocial Welfare Offices
C ommittees in R upandehi agreed to cooperate in awareness training on
and Kapilbastu Human Anti-trafficking.
National C ouncil for AIDS and The officials and staffs of District C oordination
S TD C ontrol/Ministry of C ommittee were confused on their roles under the
Health systems of federal government and expressed
National Health E ducation willingness to participate the process of S R IP
Information C ommunication including GE S I Action Plan activities.
C enter (NHE IC C ) of Ministry Linkage development, networking with each other’s,
of Health and supporting the activities of each other’s will be
Maiti Nepal (National NGO continued.
active for Human Anti- The samples of Information E ducation
Trafficking) C ommunication (IE C ) materials on HIV , AIDS , S TI,
ABC Nepal active for human trafficking, child labor, and GE S I concerns
prevention of HIV and human are made available to S R IP by different government
trafficking and non-government organizations including
BLT R oad C ivil C ontractor’s NC AS C , NHE IC C , ILO, Maiti Nepal, ABC Nepal and

S taffs others for reprinting them or re-use the pictures for
improvised production of IE C materials by the
project.
8 J an Lumbini S ansarkati Improvement at Parsa C howk junction and
2018 municipality R upendehi resettlement impact and compensation procedure
district and structures valuation,
13 J an S iddharatha Ward no 8, ward  Drainage improvement from Lumbini gate to
2018 level chairman airport chowk
 R oad site non- usable materials shall be
providing for concern ward
Over pass pedestrian bridge at Buddha chok
21 J an Lumbini S ansarkati  Working under the existing centerline
2018 municipality  E xtra widening at market areas
C onstruction of the Bus stop with passengers waiting
shed
23 J an C DO, Office R upendehi  C ompensation for structures
2018 F ormation of technical sub-committee for structure
valuation
29 J an Mayadevi R ural municipality,  Bus stand & waiting shad
2018 R upendehi district.  Zebra crossing and pedestrian crossing
J unction improvement
13 S udhhanon R ural municipality  Zebra crossing and pedestrian crossing
F eb and kapilvastu municipality  Upgrading hum pipe at market areas,
2018 Taulihawa Traffic management
15 C DO, office R upendehi  Technical subcommittee submitted structures
March valuation report
2018  C DC decided, for collection of the supporting
documents from APs
 Discussed for submission of loan agreement
between ADB and Nepal government
J une C DO, office R upendehi C DC meeting decided for distribution of
2018 C ompensation from project office
Photo 2 & 3: Project

information dis clos ure &
consultation activities with
government, non-
government, private-public
s ector organizations.
65. The extensive consultation with PAPs and related stakeholders was carried out. They
were at 28 spots of NB and BLT roads. The GE S I-friendly R oad Design, R esettlement Plan,
GE S I Action Plan, R oad S afety, E nvironmental concerns are informed and discussed. The
construction schedule is provided to the participants by the BLT R oad C ontractors. S ocial
Mobilizers of C S C are mobilized at the site for person to person contact with affected people
and collect their concerns.

Table 6: S ummary of C ommunity C ons ultations held with L ocal C ommunities
Participants Topics / is s ue discuss ed L ocation Information diss emination
1. F armers, PAF s, R oad safety designs and Hattibangai Loss assessment and
Housewife, awareness campaigns 8 entitlements of compensation
teacher and newly should be included in the R upandehi and additional facilities.
elected members: project. R oad safety programs
10 R elocating and The public structures likely to
reconstruction of public be affected by the project to be
structures located within the relocated during constructions.
formation width
2. Local pe o ple R oad safety, traffic Hatibangai R oad safety designs and
political leader, management during the bazar awareness campaigns should
housewife, construction, junction areas be included in project
businesses, improvement etc.
worker: 5
3. S ocial worker, Upgrading hum pipe at Dohani Arrange bigger size hum pipe at
Housewife, market areas VDC Dohanibazer C h 26+450
F armers & C houhara
Leaders: 9
4. Businessman, R oad safety S iddharth R oad safety designs and
Pension Holder, C ompensation issues, nagar— awareness campaigns
teachers etc.: 13 entitlements and project airport Loss assessment and
activities, chowk entitlements and use of
compensation
5. PAF s, Partially affected structures Lumbini Loss assessment and

Housewife, and compensation issues, S anskrtik entitlements and use of
F armer local entitlements and project NP, Parsa compensation.
leader, newly activities, J unction C howk R oad safety designs and
elected members improvement and zebra awareness campaigns
chairperson etc.: crossing
10
6. S taffs, GE S I Action Plan Along BLT GE S I Action Plan

community people, implementation activities, road, implementation activities,
women: 34 cooperation, coordination, Bhairahaw cooperation, coordination,
information sharing, etc. a, information sharing, etc.
Taulihawa
66. C ommunity C onsultation in NB R oad with focus on GE S I Action Plan, resettlement

concerns, road safety has been carried out in 15 locations in NB R oad and 5 locations in
BLT roads.

Table 7: Numbers of GE S I Action P lan F ocused C onsultation Participants.
S ex
Total
F emale Male
NB R oad
1. C hitaudi, ward 10, Gaindakote Municipality 4 8 12
2. Geladia, W 13, Gaindakote Municipality 28 0 28
3. R ajahar, W 1 & 2, Devchuli Municipality 16 0 16
4. Ganda Bazar, Kawasoti Municipality 16 0 16
5. Beldiya, Ward 12, Gaindakote Municipality 28 0 28
6. Arun K hola, Ward 10, Madhya Bindu 1 29 30
7. Daunne, Ward 2, Tridevi Municipality 3 13 16
8. Bardaghat, Ward 4, Bardaghat Municipality 3 10 13
9. Bardaghat, Ward 9, Bardaghat Municipality 2 11 13
10. Wasahi, Ward 1, S arawal R ural Municipality 12 0 12
11. Bhumahi, Ward 12, S unauli Municipality 0 21 21
12. Khaireni, Ward 4, Devdah Municipality 0 11 11
13. S unwal, Ward 4, S unauli Municipality 2 8 10
14. WachaBasahi, Ward 1, S arawal R Muni. 0 14 14
15. Base C amp, Ward 10, Butwal 4 12 16
S ub-Total 119 137 256
B L T R oad
1. Dumara, Ward 1, Kapilbastu 0 15 15
2. Dohani, Ward 1, Kapilbastu 1 13 14
3. Mahajiya, Ward 6, R upandehi 2 17 19

4. Gundi, Maya Devi, R upandehi 1 19 20
5. Dogara, S idhartha, R upandehi 0 12 12
6. Tenuhawa, Kapilbastu 6 0 6
7. P akadi, K apilbastu 0 16 16
S ub-Total 11 92 103
Total 130 229 359

3.3 P P MS B A S E L INE S UR V E Y WIT H INC L US ION OF DMF INDIC A T OR S & GE S I

C ONC E R NS :
Objective, Indicators and Target Value:
67. Project Performance Monitoring S ystem (PPMS ) assess the achievements of the
development objectives of the project. The objectives of the PPMS are to compare the
physical, social, environmental, economic, and other development status in the project roads
before and during the project implementation, and after the project completion. The main
indicators to be monitored by the PPMS include:
 E conomic development and poverty indicators at each of the project districts,

 Transport costs and time for specific types of vehicles and trips,
 Transport services and charges,
 Accident rates,
 Per capita income in the project districts,
 Access to social services, and
 J obs created during the construction and maintenance.
68. The following target values of the indicators is taken as per the Design Monitoring
F ramework of the Project and related requirements.
 Per capita income will be increased by 10% in the project area.

 Incidence of poverty will be decreased by 5% in the project area.
 Vehicle Operation C ost of bus and trucks will be decreased by 30% in the project roads.
 Average travel time of buses along project roads will be reduced by 25%.
 Number of buss services in the project roads will be increased by 25%.
 Transport fares and freights in the project roads will be reduced by 10%.
 R oad accidents in the project roads will be reduced by 15%.
 Air quality in the project area will be improved.
 Access to services such as agricultural inputs, veterinary service, hospital, main market
and bank will be increased by 25%.
 At least 30% of local unskilled labor for road upgrading will provided by women.
 S lope protection work completed with at least 50% women workers.
 At least 30% unskilled labor for road upgrading provided by local disadvantaged people.
Methodologies :
69. The methodologies used and activities undertaken for the field survey include the
followings:
 C ollection and review of secondary sources;

 In-depth household surveys also covering the concerns of GE S I in
covering at least 20% of households including 371 sample households in
BLT road & 800 in NB road;

 K ey Informant Interviews of 77 key informants

 F ocus group discussions with 5 groups in BLT road and 15 groups in NB
roads.
 Interviews with transport operators, traffic police and other stake holders.
70. The survey tasks, methodologies, and activities include the followings:
 C ollection and review of secondary data and information

 In-depth household surveys in at least 20% sample households along the road
corridor and the settlements settled within 2 km from the road alignment
 Integrate women’s time use and mobility survey under the GE S I Action Plan
integrating with the PPMS S ocio-E conomic Baseline S urvey.
 C onduct Key Informant Interviews along the road corridor.
 C onduct F ocus Group Discussions (F GDs) participated by women groups only,
men groups only, and the mixed group participated by both women and men to
supplement the information collected during the in-depth household survey.
 Use participatory appraisal method for the collection of local required database.
 Interview Transport Operators, Traffics & other stakeholders to find out travel time,
air quality, road accidents, etc. before the project and during follow-up end-line
surveys at project completion, and evaluation survey one year after the project
completion.
 Prepare structure questionnaires for household surveys and checklists and
guidelines for Key Informant Interview and F ocus Group Discussions.
 C arry out road accident survey through sampled households, traffic offices, and
transport workers
 C arry out women’s time use and mobility survey through in-depth household
interviews and focus group discussions.
3.4 W OME N’S T IME U S E A ND MOB IL IT Y S T UDY
71. The survey has been designed to establish baseline database; GE S I activity
planning, programming, implementing and improving; utilization of related database in the
GE S I Action Plan activities; end-line assessment, and impact evaluation.
72. Women’s Time Use and Mobility S tudy together with PPMS S ocio-E conomic
Baseline S urvey and R oad S afety and R oad Accident S urvey has been carried in both BLT
R oad Package 03 and NB R oad Package 01 and 02 involving 1171 sampled households
including 371 in BLT road and 800 in NB road, and 20 F ocus Group Discussions and
C onsultation Participants including 5 groups in BLT road and 15 in NB road.
73. The methodologies & activities carried out include the followings:
 In-depth Household S urvey in 371 samples in BLT R oad and 800 samples in NB R oad
Packages 01 and 02 has been completed.

 Group Discussions in 20areasof BLT R oad and participated by 359 locals with 130
women & 229 men in both BLT and NB roads have been carried out by approaching the
women groups, men groups only and combined groups involving both men and women.
 Key Informant Interviews of 77 key informants including local leaders 21 in the BLT road
& 56 in NB road has been done.
 Traffic police also contributed the discussion on road safety requirements including
GE S I-friendly, social inclusion-friendly, and pedestrian-friendly road structures; public
awareness, and road safety system establishments.
74. Based on the feedbacks received from the enumerators and surveyors,
improvements and addition in the survey tools was improvised for study in NB R oad. The
survey tools include the tools for in-depth household survey, key informant interview, focus
group discussion, and consultation session / meeting. The field surveyors were further re-
oriented and mobilized in the NB road. Together with field survey, public consultation
activities in NB R oad have been undertaken.
75. The surveyed households are 1076 including 376 in BLT R oad and 800 in NB R oad.
The community consultations and group discussions have been carried out in 20 locations
including 5 in BLT R oad and 15 in NB R oad. A total of 332 locals participated, of which 213
are males and 119 females.
76. The sample size has been allocated minimum 20% of the households. The database
on each settlement along the road corridor. The data processing has not proceeded due to
the lack of budget. The dummy tables required for the data processing has been prepared.
3.5 R OAD A C C IDE NT S UR V E Y
77. R oad Accident S urvey has been carried out by involving the R espondents of 1171
S ampled Household S urvey, Key Informants, Transport E ntrepreneurs, Transport Workers,
and Traffic Offices.
78. The survey tools include the traffic accident by vehicle types, cause of accident by
vehicle types, deaths and minor major injuries by types of vehicles, and traffic records of
accidents in traffic offices.
3.5 R E S E TT L E ME NT P L AN
3.5.1 O B J E C TIV E S
79. The R esettlement Plan (R P) is guided by the ADB S afeguard Policy S tatement (S PS )
2009, Land Acquisition Act of Nepal 2034 (1977) and other relevant policies and guidelines.
The main objective of the Plan is to identify impacts and develop measures to mitigate
various losses due to the Project. The Plan aims also to provide effective guidelines to the
Implementing Agency for the implementation management, to address the identified
resettlement impacts as per the R esettlement Plan and to ensure that the households and
people mainly the poor and vulnerable people affected due to the P roject are not adversely
impacted and that they are compensated and safeguarded under the prevailing legal norms
of GoN in keeping with the ADB S PS .

3.5.2 IMPA C T S
NB R oad
80. The Government of Nepal (GoN) has legally fixed the R ight of Way (R oW) of 50
meters (25m on either side of centre line) for the highways. The DoR has already acquired
R oW of 50m width for NB R oad. The centerline of the new design of the road is kept the
same along almost the alignments with minimum exception. There is very minimal impact
and equirement of land acquisition.
81. Detailed surveys on if impacted on land, structures, forest and others including the
socio-economic survey of affected households have been carried out by the design
consultant. The survey identified 21 affected structures, and 1733.5 sq.m. of land to be
acquired. Affected households were 37.
82. The verification survey is required and will be carried out after the mobilization of the
C ivil Works C ontractor in the NB R oad together with the joint survey with the the C ivil
C ontractor. The updated R esettlement Plan will be prepared by the design consultant if
required.
B L T R oad
83. The Government of Nepal (GoN) has legally fixed the R ight of Way (R oW) of 50
meters (25m on either side of centre line) for the highways, 30 meters (15 meters on either
side of the road) for feeder road. The DOR has acquired the R ow of 50m width (25m on
either side of centre line) from Bhairahawa to Airport and 30m width (15m on either side of
centre line) from Airport to Taulihawa. The centre line of the new design of the road is kept
the same along all the alignments from Buddha C howk Bhairahawa to Hospital road,
Taulihawa.
84. R egarding resettlement of affected persons and community structures, a detailed

survey in the field was carried out by the design consultants. The R esettlement survey
identified non-need for land acquisition. The impact is on private structures illegally
encroached, built and installed on the R oW of the R oad, and on the community structures
built on the R oW. There are 25 affected structures and households with no need of land
acquisition.
3.5.3 P R OJ E C T C L A S S IF IC A TION F OR R E S E TTL E ME NT P L A N IMPL E ME NTA TION
85. As required prior to the implementation of civil works, the resettlement impacts in all
the subprojects have been screened and classified by using ADB S PS 2009 classification
system:
C ategory A:
 If the proposed subproject is likely to have significant involuntary resettlement
impacts requiring the physical displacement of 200 or more persons,

 Provided that 200 or more persons lose 10% or more of their productive or
income generating assets or 200 or more persons experience a combination of
both.
C ategory B :
 If the proposed subproject includes involuntary resettlement impact that are not
deemed significant
C ategory C :
 The proposed sub-project has no involuntary resettlement impact.
 In addition, any voluntary donation was verified by an independent third party in
accordance with the project resettlement framework.
86. The S R IP is classified under the category B for the resettlement plan implementation,
as its sub-projects include the involuntary resettlement impacts that are not deemed
significant and that do not require the major physical or economic displacement. Both the
sub-projects Narayangadh – Butwal (NB) road and Bhairahwa – Lumbini - Taulahawa (BLT)
road under the S R IP has no major land acquisition and involuntary resettlement impacts.
The R esettlement Plan of S R IP has been accordingly prepared for the implementation as to
the requirement of category B.
3.5.4 D E T A IL ME A S UR E ME NT A ND V E R IF IC A T ION S UR V E Y :
87. The implementation of R esettlement Plan in NB R oad is postponed for being delayed
in mobilizing the C ivil C ontractors. The implementation of R esettlement P lan in BLT road is
ongoing.
88. The Detailed Measurement S urvey and the field verification of the R P in BLT R oad
has been carried out. As there is no major physical or economic displacement or temporary
restrictions to land use, update report of the R P is not required as to the ADB’s IR and S PS .
The survey confirmed that there is no need of acquiring the private land. There is no private
land, crops or trees affected by the road alignment.
3.5.5 A F F E C T E D P R IV A TE S TR UC T UR E A ND HOUS E HOL DS :
89. Verification survey identified the impacts on a total of 13 structures. Among the
affected structures, 11 are commercial structures and 2 are oil filling station as shown in the
Table 9.
Table 8: S ummary of A ffected As sets
T ype of A s s et A ffected (Within R oW) No of affected HHs
Private business structures in R oW of DOR 11
Petroleum fuel filling stations 2
T otal 13
S ource: F ield Verification S urvey, 2017

3.5.6 V A L UA T ION, B UDG E T A L L OC A T ION A ND C OMP E NS A T ION P R OC E E DING
90. The C DC discussed the safeguard policy of Nepal and ADB regarding the provision
made for the compensation and resettlement assistance to support / compensate the non-
title holders or squatters. It was then agreed to undertake the valuation of structures located
within the C orridor of Impact (C OI) within the R ight of Way (R OW).
91. The Technical S ub-C ommittee consisting of 3 members was formed with the task to
assess and valuate the affected structures and verify the supporting documents / evidences
of the non-title holders that the structures belong to the non-title-holders as claimed. The
S ub-C ommittee further verified 13 private structures. Out of them, two are petroleum fuel
filling stations encroaching in the land of DOR within the C OI by the propritors of the station.
They are required only to shift the fuel filling machine behind the R OW without any loss. The
proprietors of the 2 fuel filling stations and the sub-committee agreed that as they did not
incurr any have no loss they will not require the compensation cost.
92. The S ub-C ommittee then did the valuation of 11 private structures of non-title-holders
and fixed the compensation amount. The S ub-C ommittee submitted the R eport with the
verified supporting documents to the C ompensation Determination C ommittee (C DC ) for the
further action and proposing the budget requirement of NR s. 1.4 million for compensation as
per valuation of structures. The C DC has approved the budget.
3.5.7 A F F E C T E D H OUS E HOL DS
93. The 11 affected households are informal settlers and encroachers without any legal
title to the land. The land occupied by the affected persons are the land of DOR located
within R OW of the existing road. The lists of affected as to the Table 9 were submitted to the
C DC through the PMO for compensation valuation.
Affected Indigenous Peoples
94. Two Indigenous Peoples households (J anajatis) will be affected by the project. The
socio-economic census survey shows that affected IP households have similar cultural traits
as that of mainstream population: They are business people and none of them are under the
below poverty line. It is concluded that the indigenous households are assimilated into the
mainstream society and that no specific indigenous peoples plan is required for this project.
Women in the Affected Hous eholds
95. Women are not disproportionately affected by the project. A total of 32 women
belong to the affected households. F our female-headed households will be affected. Among
the affected female-headed households, none of them will lose land. The survey showed
that 45% of affected women are economically active and engaged in tea and grocery shops,
farming, cattle-raising and household activities.

3.5.7 R E C ONS T R UC T ION A ND R E HA B IL IT A T ION A S S IS T A NC E
96. The reconstruction and rehabilitation allowance covers the structure displacement
and business displacement allowances. All 11 households with PAPs are households with
the displacement of business structures causing displacement of short term displacement of
business. The E ntitlement Matrix E M: B-1 as given in the Annex 4 has provisioned the cash
compensation at replacement cost for the affected portion in the case of marginal impact
with viability to use the unaffected portion and non-requirement of relocation. In the case of
severe impact with non-viability for continued use requiring the acquisition of entire structure,
the affected households have been entitled for cash compensation at replacement cost for
the entire structure with reconstruction and shifting allowance equivalent to 10% of the
replacement cost of the structure or equivalent to the actual cost of repair or allowances and
transportation cost. In both cases, the households are entitled to salvage materials.
Table 9: R econstruction and R ehabilitation Allowance Provision

No. Type of L os s Application E ligible Pers ons E ntitlements
B-1 R esidential Marginal impact Owners of the
 C ash compensation
and i.e. unaffected structures with or
at replacement cost
commercial portion of the house without acceptable
for the affected
structures is viable for use and proof of ownership
portion.
no relocation over the land,
฀฀Affected
required. including squatters
households will be
and encroachers.
able to salvage
materials
S evere impact i.e.,  C ash compensation
house is no longer at replacement cost
viable for continued for the entire
use and the entire structure.
structure is to ฀฀R econstruction
be acquired. and shifting
allowance equivalent
to10% of replacement
cost of the structure,
or equivalent to the
actual cost of repair
or allowances and
transportation cost
฀฀Affected
household will be
notified 2 months in
R enters who have to advance of the date
physically of construction
R elocate. ฀฀Affected
households will be
able to salvage
materials
 E quivalent of 2
months’ rent to find
alternative place to

No. Type of L os s Application E ligible Pers ons E ntitlements

stay
฀฀Affected
households will be
able to salvage
materials
฀฀R ental deposit–if
any - to be
reimbursed to renter
(deducted from
structure owner’s
entitlement)
B-4 Mobile C hange of structure Owners of the One-month notice to
commercial location S tructures with or move structure out of
structures Without acceptable the corridor of impact
proof of ownership
over the land,
including squatters
and encroachers
97. Households whose houses need to be relocated will receive a reconstruction and
shifting transportation allowance equivalent to 10% of replacement cost of structure or
equivalent to the actual cost of the transportation allowances. Owners of commercial
enterprises requiring relocation will receive a business displacement allowance. But all of the
structures in this project road are having partial impact only and reconstruction and
rehabilitation assistance will be accordingly provided.
Table 10: R es ettlement A s sis tance to NTH A nd F HH

SN B eneficiary Types Numbers R esettlement Assistance Types
1 Male-Headed Non-Title Holder 7  C ash compensation at replacement cost
Households for the affected part of structure.
 S hifting allowance equivalent to 10% of
replacement cost of the structures and
equivalent to the actual cost of the
transportation.
 S alvage materials
 E ntitled to take part in income restoration
program.
 F acilitation to open joint account of
spouse or applicable members of men
and women
2 Women-Headed Non-Title 3  C ash compensation at replacement cost
Holder Households for the affected part of structure.
 S hifting allowance equivalent to 10% of
replacement cost of the structures and
equivalent to the actual cost of the
transportation.
 One time assistance allowance of 3
months minimum wage per affected

SN B eneficiary Types Numbers R esettlement Assistance Types

vulnerable person
 E ntitled to take part in income restoration
program.
 F acilitation to open bank account / joint
bank account with applicable members of
women and men
3 Non-eligible Women-Headed 1  E ntitled to take part in income restoration
Household program.
3.5.8 A S S IS T A NC E T O V UL NE R A B L E G R OUP S
98. Based on the census data, there are 7 vulnerable households of different categories.
Apart from the resettlement assistance, the E ntitlement Matrix provides cash compensation
for such vulnerable household equivalent to 3 months minimum wage for restarting their
livelihood. Additional assistance to such vulnerable groups need to be distributed only after
the finalization of resettlement impact and its extent, and confirmation of the vulnerability of
the households in close collaboration with the local communities and CDC . This has been
done in the BLT road through S ocio-E conomic Baseline S urvey. There are 4 Women-
Headed V ulnerable Households. They are entitled 3 months minimum wage and to take part
in income restoration program.
99. F irst installment of compensation payment of total R s. 43,504.88 has been paid to 3
out of 4 women-headed households. F ourth women-headed household has not yet
submitted the required documents including the recommendation from the ward office of the
municipality claiming the resettlement assistance. All of them have been notified that the
second / final installment will be paid after shifting the structure from the R OW.
3.5.9 L IV E L IHOOD R E S T OR A T ION
100. The entitlement matrix has provisions for the loss of income, loss of business
income, loss of wages, loss of crops and loss of fruit trees. According to the survey, 10 shop
owners will lose their income as their commercial structure will be affected. No land
acquisition is required and no crops or private fruit trees have been identified to be affected.
101. The Livelihood Improvement Training will be provided for one member of each of the
vulnerable households. Training courses will be identified during the implementation of the
R P through a needs assessment of the participants. The GE S I and livelihood expert of C S C
has proceeded to conduct the livelihood training needs assessment and facilitate the training
program implementation through coordination with the line agencies.

Table 11: Numbers of Households Proceeded for Ass es sment of Livelihood

Improvement Training:
SN Types Numbers R emarks
1 Male-Headed Households 7 A total of 28 households have
taken interest to participate the
2 Women-Headed Household 3
livelihood skill training. They
Women-Headed Household without
shall be finalized only after the
proof or recommendation from ward
3 1 in-depth livelihood improvement
committee on ownership of affected
needs assessment, genuine
structure
willingness to participate, and
Other Household with mobile review of resource availability for
4 commercial structures requiring 17 livelihood income generation
change of structure location skill trainings in both BLT and
NB roads.
102. As to the initial needs assessment, the affected and vulnerable households preferred
short term training packages of livelihood restoration and skills enhancement. They felt
difficulties in affording time to participate the long term training. The examples of training
courses preferred are high value and off season vegetable farming, poultry farming, cattle
raising, cutting sewing clothes, etc. However, in-depth assessment has been proceeded
including the potential scope of their participation, availability, time affordability, investment,
market intervention, management and profitability. The followings are the per capita cost
estimate of 5 types of livelihood skill training managed by the S AS E C R oad C onnectivity
Project.
Table 12: L ivelihood S kill Training Per C apita Training C ost as Per L ivelihood Training
managed by S R IP
No. Of Participants Transport

Per
Training & Other
S Durati Total C apita
Training Title C ost L iving
N F emal on (NR s.) C ost Per
Total Male (NR s.) C ost
e Training
(NR s.)
Hospitality
1 Business 19 10 9 5 days 173500 45600 219100 11532
Training
High value
2 vegetable 15 9 6 5 days 228500 36000 264500 17633
farming
Building 1.5
3 12 12 0 423300 28400 451700 37642
E lectricians months
Mobile,
3
4 Watch, TV & 11 10 1 720400 26400 746800 67891
months
R adio R epair
Auto 3
5 5 5 0 388000 12000 400000 80000
Mechanic months
16
Total 62 46 - 1933700 148400 2082100 33582
25.8%

103. S tudy on different alternative training types, training cost, and needs and scope
assessment of trainings are going on. The consultation activities for the possibility of
undertaking livelihood skill training in partnership with other donor-funded projects are also
going on. The S kill Training Project E V E NT executed by the C TE VT, implementation
monitoring by the Helvetas, and funded by the World Bank and the Project E NS S UR E
funded by S DC have expressed that they shall take in the participants as to their criteria
from the affected households affected by the road construction under the S R IP.
104. As to the initial needs assessment, the vulnerable households preferred short term
training packages of livelihood restoration and skills enhancement. The examples of training
courses preferred are high value and off-season vegetable farming, poultry farming, cattle
raising, sewing and weaving, etc. However, in-depth assessment will be carried out including
the potential scope of their participation, availability, time affordability, investment, market
intervention, management and profitability. The GE S I S pecialist has carried out the per
capita cost estimate of the livelihood skill development training by the types of livelihood
training prepared.
3.5.10 G R IE V A NC E S R E DR E S S ME C HA NIS M
105. The formation and mobilization of Grievances R edress C ommittee: The project has
conceptualized three stages of grievance redress mechanism (GR M) to receive, evaluate,
and facilitate the resolution of affected people’s concerns, complaints, and grievances on
social and environmental performance at the level of the issues at the project level
Grievance R edress C ommittee (GR C ) in BLT R oad has been established and started
handling the grievances in the field to ease to solve the grievances, and facilitate the
compensation distribution process.
Table 13: Grievance R edres s Mechanis m:
F ield-L evel C ommittee L ocal-L evel C ommittee Project-L evel C ommittee

 S ocial mobilizers  DOR site engineer  PM DOR
 C ontractors’E nvironmental/  Village Development  C hief District Officer
S ocial F ocal Point C ommittee R epresentative  Local Development Officer
 C S C S ocial mobilizer  C S C R esettlement E xpert
 2 representatives designated  C S C E nvironmental E xpert
by affected community
local level (man/woman)
106. In the first level of GR M, the social mobilizer and environment focal person from the
contractor are responsible in documenting the grievances. The responsible persons shall call
a meeting with the DoR representative and affected persons to facilitate the grievances. The
formation of first level GR M is attached in Annex -2.1.

107. If any grievances are unresolved, the responsible person shall forward the
grievances to the second level GR C that will be set up according to newly established local
bodies. The E lection was just completed so the second level GR C will be established soon.
108. Grievances R edress Procedures: Affected persons are free to approach the
grievances redress system legal system at any time or use the following steps of the
grievance redress process.
Table 14: S teps of Grievance R edness Proces s
S tep 1 F irst-level grievances committee formed to undertake and approach the

F ield-level grievances issue.
Grievance
- Approach and submit the complaint to the field level social mobilizers or
C ommittee
officials for clarification, or submits any formal complaints.
- The social mobilizer provides clarification to the affected person and try to
resolve the problem at local level with the involvement of the PIU if necessary.
- The social mobilizer and environment focal point person from the contractor
document the cases, and calls a meeting with the DOR representative, and
affected persons. If this is not resolved within maximum 7 days, the S ocial
Mobilizer recommends that the affected person to submit his/her complaint to
the local-level GR C.
S tep 2 The local level GR C committee formed at each R ural Municipality/Municipality
Local-Level level. In Bhairahawa – Lumbini- Taulihawa road, 6 R ural
GR C Municipalities/Municipalities are involved. The APs submit their concerns or
grievances verbally or in writing to this C ommittee. The committee makes a field-
based assessment to verify/examine the grievances, if necessary. After proper
examination / verification of the grievances, a proposed action/decision will have
to be made and complainant informed orally and in writing within 7 days. All
complaints/grievances will be documented properly by the C S C R esettlement
specialist who is part of this C ommittee.
S tep 3 If the complainant is not satisfied, she/he with the support of the C S C
Project-Level resettlement specialist will forward the grievance to the project-level GR C . The
GR C DoR project manager will play as lead role to settle the complaint.
S tep 4 – A If the grievances cannot be solved by this level, it will be referred to the Home
Ministry. The Ministry of Home Affairs is normally required to make decision on a
complaint within 15 days, unless further information is required, or unless the
complaint has to be solved in a court of law (e.g. ownership disputes). The C S C
resettlement specialist will assist the complainant in filing the claim within
(maximum 7 days).
S tep 4 – B If the complainant does not accept the project-level C ommittee decision, he/she
may want to submit directly (in writing) to the ADB’s R esident Mission on Nepal or
S outh Asian Transport and C ommunication Division (within maximum 7 days).
S tep 4 –C S hould efforts to resolve the issue fail, the affected person may submit their
complaint in writing directly to the ADB Accountability Mechanism:
http://www.adb.org/Accountability-Mechanism/default.asp.

3.5.11 G R IE V A NC E S R E C OR DING S Y S T E M
109. The project has established the grievance recording systems. A register has been
maintained to keep records of grievances received and follow-up action taken to address
them in the project offices. A social mobilizer from C S C has been assigned as coordinator at
the local level redresses committee to solve cases. DoR site engineer has been working as
safeguard focal person to deal with safeguard related activities. No complaints have been
received in this road section as of date.
3.5.12 T E MP OR A R Y U S E OF A S S E T S
110. The contract states that temporary use of private or public assets requires written
agreement between the affected asset owner and contractor specifying period of occupancy,
market value of crops normally produced in the land in case of agricultural land, mode of
compensation payment, land protection and proper rehabilitation measures for all types of
assets. It is necessary to use public or private assets to operate the contractor’s work camp,
crusher yard, tipping site, quarry site, borrow pit, etc. Now construction activities are ongoing
in all the roads, and contractors are using both public and private assets. The detailed status
is presented in the E nvironmental Monitoring R eport.
3.6 G E S I A C T ION P L A N
B A C K G R OUND
111. The project is categorized E GM: effective gender mainstreaming. The social due
diligence identified gender-specific issues and social risks related to the project. To address
these issues, a GE S I Action Plan has been developed with gender-mainstreaming and
mitigation measures.
112. The project performance surveys reported that in a number of road construction,
there is absence of intervention in social issues. These include exclusion treatment of
women, poor, ethnic disadvantaged groups, artisans/dalits, poor and other excluded groups
in the development process. Absence of benefit-sharing is also taken as one of the
contributory factors in the poor performance of the project.
113. Nepal has a diverse social structure. Over the centuries, some social groups have
better opportunities than others due to gender, caste, ethnicity, and poverty-based exclusion
and discrimination practices. These have led some groups to do well and enjoy the benefits
of progress, and others are excluded from mainstream development. In most cases, women,
poor, ethnic caste-based disadvantaged groups, are excluded from development
mainstream. S uch structure and practices have caused imbalance and slow development.
Gender and social inclusion has consequently emerged as a core cross-cutting intervention
in all development sectors in Nepal.
114. The C onstitution of Nepal guarantees the right to equality for all its citizens. Nepal is
signatory to various international conventions and is legally committed to gender equality
and social inclusion (GE S I). V arious initiatives have been taken by the Government of Nepal
(GoN) in addressing GE S I in the area of agriculture, education, forest, health, local

development, urban development, water supply and sanitation. All major sectoral ministries
have already issued and are implementing GE S I policies and guidelines.
115. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) of the Government of
Nepal has been implementing roads, railways and transport management sector programs
throughout the country. In line with this mandate, the Ministry has started incorporating GE S I
mainstreaming and other social development concerns in its programs, projects, services
and institutional arrangements. The GE S I intervention in S R IP is a step in the process.
116. S R IP is ADB-funded. ADB has policy and guidelines relating to GE S I, where it has
four classifications defining the requirements of the level of gender intervention. The
selection of gender classification is done on the ground based on the needs identified in the
poverty and social assessment.
C lassification A: Gender E quity Theme (GE T) requiring explicit project outcome

of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
C lassification B: E ffective Gender Mainstreaming (E GM) with substantial
integration of gender equality and women empowerment but
not requiring explicit outcome.
C lassification C: S ome Gender E lements (S GE ) where gender is partially
integrated and addressed in risk mitigation and awareness of
target groups, and does not require E GM criteria
C lassification D: No Gender E lements(NGE ) where gender is not integrated in
project design.
117. ADB has 18 gender inclusive design features based on which the project
classification is done. The S R IP is under classification “B” requiring “E ffective Gender
Mainstreaming (E GM)” where GE S I Action Plan is developed, integrated, and addressed in
the GE S I mainstreaming activities and performance indicators. GE S I is integrated in the
project for both the safeguard and sustainable development impacts. The Project Design
and Monitoring F ramework (DMF ) is taken into the design of the GE S I activities.
118. The poverty and social analysis done during the project design includes gender
assessment. Based on the socioeconomic characteristics of 2634 women and consultations
with 139 women along with the criteria set by ADB, the S R IP is classified E GM: E ffective
Gender Mainstreaming. Guided by the requirement for E GM, the Gender E quality and S ocial
Inclusion (GE S I) Action Plan (GAP) was prepared, which requires the integration of the
following activities in the project components.
 C onstruction Activities
 Nuclear Activities of Gender E quality and S ocial Inclusion (GE S I)
 Livelihood, E mployment and Income Generation
 S ocial S afeguard for R esettlement
 E nvironmental S afeguard
 R oad S afety
 Human Trafficking Prevention
 Prevention of HIV, AIDS and S TI
 C hild Labor C ontrol

 Project Performance Monitoring and E valuation S ystem
119. The GE S I is integrated in the project for both the safeguards and sustainable
development impacts. The GE S I Action Plan activities and indicators have been developed
to address safeguards, gender equality, social inclusion; livelihood and employment,
resettlement, environment and wildlife conservation, road safety, road design and
construction works; prevention of HIV , AIDS , &S TI; human trafficking prevention, child labor
control, and other gender and social inclusion concerns.
120. The Project Directorate of DOR is responsible for the implementation of the GE S I
Action Plan with the support of the GE S I Team consisting of Gender HIV AIDS & Livelihood
E xpert, R esettlement S pecialist, R oad S afety S pecialist, Transport E conomist, E nvironment
S pecialist, S ocial Development Officer, Human Trafficking Officer, and 6 S ocial Mobilizers,
the team is responsible for conducting the various social and GE S I Action Plan activities.
The mobilization status of GE S I team has been given above under the Implementation
Arrangement Title the Implementation S tatus of GE S I Action Plan is given below:
121. The implementation of GE S I activities is guided by the GE S I Action Plan. The

progress update from J anuary – J une 2018 is shown as follows:
A C T IV IT Y 1.1 G E S I-F R IE NDL Y S T R UC T UR E S IN R OA D C ONS T R UC T ION:

Activities, Implementation Arrangement and Progress Update
Indicators,
R esponsibility
Output 1. R oad network rehabilitated and upgraded
Activity 1.1: Integrate road design features that are friendly to elderly, children, women,
and persons with disabilities.
R esponsibility: DOR , C S C , C ontractor
1.1.1) 11 Background: The GE S I action plan includes the need of road design
zebra features that are friendly to elderly, children, women, and persons with
crossings disabilities (PWD). The followings are the performance target indicators
with ramps as specified in the plan.
and gender
inclusive Table 15. Quantities of GE S I-friendly S tructures
warning signs S N Target Indicator in NB R oad Target Indicator in B L T R oad
in major 11 zebra crossings with ramps and gender inclusive warning
intersections 1.
signs in major intersections.
and 95
1.1 7 crossings 4 crossings
pedestrian
crossings 95 pedestrian crossings with warning signs in minor
2.
with warning intersections.
signs in minor 2.1 56 crossings 39 crossings
intersections 41.7 km of PWD-friendly walkways on both sides of built-up
3
constructed. areas.
3.1 38 km 3.7 km
1.1.2) 41.7 The construction of 60 bus stops and gender inclusive safety
km of PWD- 4. signage and gender and social inclusion-friendly facilities in the
friendly construction of 60 bus stops.
walkways

constructed
on both sides There is confusion among the stakeholders including the implementing
of built-up agency, civil works contractors, supervision consultants, clients, and
areas. design consultants themselves on the GE S I-friendly design features.
1.1.3) Gender As needed, the guidelines on GE S I-friendly design requirements for

inclusive different structures of the road have been drafted to guide the
safety stakeholders including PD (ADB)/DOR , C ivil Works C ontractors,
signage engineers and staffs of C S C for common understanding of activities as to
posted. the GE S I-friendly design requirements. The guidelines have been
prepared using as reference the universal practice and relevant directives
1.1.4) 60 bus of Government of Nepal. It will be finalized after consultation with
stops stakeholders during upcoming training. The guidelines as planned also
constructed include the following.
 S afe pedestrian facilities (e.g. zebras, footpaths, bus stops, etc.);
 C onstruction of accessible pedestrian facilities and bus stops using
universal standards;
 Installation of gender inclusive warning signs, pedestrian facilities,
intersection at appropriate strategic sites.
 The road design features relating to the activities and construction
work to include zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, walk-ability, and
needs of women, children, elderly people, and people with disability.
 The warning and safety signs and signage for major and minor
intersections
Walkover surveys and participant observations have been carried out

noting the locations for zebra crossings with ramps and gender inclusive
warning signs in 4 major intersections and pedestrian crossings requiring
warning signs in 39 minor intersections.
Issue
There is confusion among the stakeholders including the design

consultants, implementing agency, civil works contractors, supervision
consultants, clients themselves on the GE S I-friendly design features.
This needs to be addressed. How GE S I-friendly design features shall be
constructed in absence of BOQ of C ontractors’ contract document is
another issue.
The GE S I-friendly designs in walkways, bus stop shelters, pedestrian

crossings, and others are missing in the given drawings of the design
consultants. The design issue needs to be addressed.
The NB road civil works contractors are in the process of selection. The
condition requiring to follow the GE S I guidelines while constructing the
walkways should be a part of the contract document of NB road C ivil
Works C ontractors.
The BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor Key S taff (C ontract Manager and
S ocial and E nvironmental F ocal Person) has been oriented to prepare

the signs and signage with their meaning and interpretation in Nepali
language. In some cases, they have done and some they are not able to
do it. This needs to be strictly enforced after the training workshop of the
C ivil Works C ontractors.
Photo 4, 5 & 6: Different signs & signage under preparation and placed at the work
s ites obs erved at 15 Dec 2017.
A C T IV IT Y 1.2 W OME N P A R T IC IP A T ION IN T R A INING ON INC OME G E NE R A T ION A ND

C OMMUNIT Y F OR E S T MA NA G E ME NT
Activity 1.2: E nsure the participation of women in the trainings on income generation and
community forest management for communities living in the C hitwan National Park buffer
zone.
R esponsibility: DOR , C S C , National Park S ervices
1.2.1) At The first stakeholder consultation on environment with special focus on
least 35% of wildlife covering the social components was held in 11 - 12 August 2017.
C hitwan The program was participated by PD (PD)/ADB, Department of National
National Park and Wildlife C onservation (DNPWC ), District F orest Offices (DF Os),
Park buffer WWF Nepal, National Trust for Nature C onservation (NTNC ), Biodiversity
zone C onservation C enter, and C hitwan National Park Buffer Zone Management
training C ommittees (BZMC ). The workshop discussed the environment, wildlife,
participants resettlement, road safety and gender.
are women.
After the plenary presentation and discussions in day 1, the group
discussion and consultation were carried out with individuals of C NP buffer
zone stakeholders including C NP buffer zone council members and
organizations engaged in the C NP and its buffer zones during the second
day of the workshop.
As to the consultation participants, the buffer zone communities largely

depend on biodiversity conservation for their livelihood. The households
tend to depend on inputs to their farms systems, forest lands; and on
laboring, artisanal work, NTF P collections, fuel wood, livestock, local
businesses, and so on. Although the operation plan of buffer zone
management is discussed among the buffer zone users’ committees, the
better space for local people with participation of women is not utilized as
required. The conservation of park and buffer zone is undertaken through
the wise and restricted access. of buffer zone communities and women to
livelihood.
As to the consultation findings, there is provision of sharing 30-50% of

C hitwan National Park income for community development proposed by the

user groups to give efficacy to the buffer zone concept. The fund is utilized
also in the income generation skills training.
As to the consultation participants, the needs assessment on income

generation and community forest management for women and buffer zone
communities is required. The required preparation for needs and scope
assessment of training has been initiated to cover the following concerns.
 Affordability and appropriateness of time availability during the day,
numbers of days for women participation in the training,
 Design and modalities of implementing the training. The findings will be
utilized to plan the training program for practical application of
knowledge and skills derived from the training learned.
It is planned and proposed to utilize the inputs of the C ommunity F orestry

S pecialist with the experience in C ommunity F orest Management and
Gender for the needs assessment, scope assessment and training
activities. S /He shall be engaged for short term through the use of the
provisional sum.
A C T IV IT Y 1.3 T R A INING IN L E A DE R S HIP A ND T E A M MA NA G E ME NT F OR W OME N

Activity 1.3 C onduct trainings in leadership and team management for women who are
members of the community forest user groups.
R esponsibility: DOR , C S C , National Park S ervices
1.3.1) At least Preliminary consultations with buffer zone user group council members, the
110 women C ommunity F orest User Group members, and District F orest Offices staffs
who are part on the status of women’s leadership and management roles & performance
of the 34 in community forest management have been carried out. Based on
community findings, the needs assessment of training is felt required; the preparation
forest user for which has been initiated. The development of tools for needs
groups of the assessment has been initiated. The tools include:
National Park
 Assessment of user groups in implementation and leadership
buffer zone
qualities of women
have
participated in  Affordability and appropriateness of time and days for women to
a leadership participate in the training
and team
management  Modalities of designing and implementing the training, and
training  Process after the training.
program. It is planned to utilize the input of the C ommunity F orestry S pecialist with
experience in the field on C ommunity F orestry and Gender for these
activities by utilizing the provisional sum.
The list of 55 C ommunity F orest User Groups of which two are religious
forest user groups in the C NP Buffer Zone Area influenced by the road has
been identified. C onsultation and need assessment activities shall proceed.
As to the consultation participants, community forests in the C NP buffer

zone are implemented according to the F orest Act,1993 and all regulations

relating to the national parks. The user groups are engaged in the
development of community forest management plan and consequently the
protection, management and wise use of forest. The user groups are the
effective managers of the forests, given the right institutional arrangements
and conditions undertaken through the engagement of adequate women in
leadership, management, decision making and action taking roles. As
reported by the buffer zone council member, such scope is inadequately
addressed.
Is sue:
The current update of community forest user groups in project area buffer
zone has noted increased to 55 user groups against the target of 34 user
groups set in GE S I Action Plan. The target indicator of at least 110 women
to be participants and the numbers of trainings to be conducted may vary
accordingly differ from the target indicator.
The work plan of the GE S I Action Plan for leadership and team
management training has been delayed and affected. The delay is caused
by the late mobilization of the NB R oad C ivil Works C ontractors.
A C T IV IT Y 1.4 P A R T IC IP A T ION OF W OME N IN T R E E P L A NT A T ION P R OG R A M
1.4 E nsure the participation of women in tree plantation program.

1.4.1) At There are three modes of tree plantation in three activities of the project:
least 30% of 1. R oadside tree plantation through the C ivil Works C ontractors,
tree 2. Plantation of trees & other plants for slope protection called bio-
plantation
engineering works through by the C ivil C ontractors, and
workers are
women. 3. C ompensatory tree plantation @ 1:25 through the DF Os / DOF .
There is tree plantation by the contractor in the road side tree plantation and
tree plantation for the slope protection bio-engineering works. The provisional
sum of R s. 5 million has been made in the BOQ of BLT R oad C ontractor for
the tree plantation.
As to the F orest Act 2049, amendment 2055 and forest policy 2071, the
compensatory tree plantation is under the jurisdiction of District F orest Office /
Department of F orest. The current practice is that the DOR provides the fund
to the District F orest Office, Department of F orest for the compensatory tree
plantation. The DF O makes the decision of where, how and when to
undertake the plantation activities.
The IE E report of BLT road counted 1890 trees required to be cut. The field
verification after joint survey with the C ivil Work C ontractor identified 2078
trees to be cut. Of them, 2050 trees have been cut with the removal of 985
roots by the end of this reporting period. The numbers of compensatory trees
to be planted @ 1:25 for the 2078 cut trees are 51950 which are huge in

numbers requiring huge space for tree plantation.
The process has been initiated to encourage to engage at least 30% women
among tree plantation laborers to undertake the plantation and maintenance
of planted trees in all 3 modes of tree plantation:
 C ompensatory tree plantation.
 R oadside tree plantation
 S lope protection bioengineering works
It is planned to work out the modality for tree plantation activities and that for
engaging at least 30% women in the activities. The consultation will be done
with the stakeholders including DF Os, PMO, PD (ADB)/DOR , civil works
contractors, and locals.
1.4.2)
Provision in Provision on Participation of Women in C ontractor’s Bidding C ontract
bidding Document: In the contract document of the BLT civil works contractor’s
document “Volume II: C onditions of C ontract; S ection 2: Particular C onditions of
specifying C ontract; Part B – S pecific Provisions”; the following provision specifying
participation participation of women has been included:
of women
included. “To the maximum extent possible, the C ontractor’s unskilled labor shall be
drawn from the area of influence of the road, defined as within 2 hours walk of
the place of work. E very effort shall be made to establish a gender balance
within the local labor force with the employment of 50% female labor.”
Issue: In the case of compensatory tree plantation through F orest Office, the
process shall be initiated to work out the feasibility for undertaking the
commitment of F orest Offices / Department of F orest for engaging at least
30% women in tree plantation activities. The monitoring and reporting
requirement shall be worked out.
A C T IV IT Y 1.5 W OME N’S T IME U S E & MOB IL IT Y S T UDY

1.5 C onduct a time-use study to assess the project’s impact on women’s safety and mobility
including (i) women’s use of the roads/border crossing/walkways, bus shelters, (ii) impact on
women’s travel time and (iii) women’s satisfaction with the project benefits.
R esponsibility: DOR , C S C
1.5.1) Time  The Baseline S tudy of Women’s Time Use has been carried in both BLT
use study R oad Package 03 and NB R oad Packages 01 and 02 using the following
assessing methodologies:
the project’s
 In-depth Household S urvey in randomly selected 1071 households
impact on
including 371 in BLT R oad and 800 in NB R oad Packages 01 and 02.
women’s
 C onsultation and Group Discussions in 20 areas of BLT & NB roads
mobility and
participated by 359 locals with 130 women & 229 men.
agency with
 Key Informant Interviews of 77 key informants in the BLT road and 56 in
project
NB road including local leaders and stakeholders.
baseline and

post-project The S tudy used the following methodologies:

surveys. The o The sample size has been allocated a minimum of 20% of the
post-project households in each settlement of the road corridor covering the area up
survey will to 2km from the road alignment
collect o In-depth Household S urvey has been carried out in randomly selected
qualitative 1071 households including 371 in BLT R oad and 800 in NB R oad
data via Packages 01 and 02.
interviews
and focus
group Table 16: Numbers of Participant Households on Women’s Time Use
discussions S tudy.
for the
project R oad # HHs S urveyed / Interviewed
completion BLT 376
report. NB 800
Total 1076
o The dummy tables required for the data processing has been
prepared. The data processing has been delayed for arrangement of
the budget required for enumerators and data processors missing in
the BOQ of the C S C .
o The community consultation and focus group discussions (F GD) with
the purposive groups of male and female separately and jointly by
involving the organized and non-organized groups were carried out.
The focus group discussion guideline was prepared for the purpose.
The guidelines covered the key steps in conducting F GD including the
selection of team, determining the types and numbers of groups,
preparing for the F GD, conducting F GD; tips for the facilitator,
observer and interpreter; and discussion checklists/questions as to the
different target groups of consultation and group discussions.
Table 17: Numbers of Participants in C ommunity C ons ultation

# Participants
R oad
L ocation Male F emale Total
BLT R oad 5 76 11 87
NB R oad 15 137 108 145
20 213 119 332
332 locals with 110 women & 213 men participated the consultation and
group discussions in 20 areas of BLT & NB roads.
o 77 Key Informant Interviews in the BLT road and 56 in NB road which

include local leaders and stakeholders have been carried out. Other
interviewed include the local social and political leaders, local government
and non-government organizations, private sector organizations, and
women groups, civil society, community-based organizations, transport
entrepreneur, drivers, and tourism entrepreneurs. The checklists and open
questionnaire for key informant interviews were prepared.
A C T IV IT Y 1.6 P R E V E NT ION OF HUMA N T R A F F IC K ING A ND HIV A IDS & S TI

1.6 C onduct gender-sensitive public preventative human trafficking and HIV/AIDS & S TI
awareness-raising sessions to communities and labors workers.
R esponsibility: DOR , C S C , C ontractors
1.6.1) At least  The Guidelines, IE C , and R eference Materials for awareness trainings
500 and awareness campaigns on GE S I, HIV , S TI, human trafficking, and
community child labor have been prepared. The IE C materials prepared include the
members (at followings:
least 40% o F our types of brochures on 1) Human Trafficking, 2) HIV and AIDS , 3)
women) from S TI / S TD, and 4) C ondom Use
all VDC s and o Two types of hanging posters on 1) Human Trafficking and 2) HIV
municipalities and AIDS
crossed by o S ix types of flex prints including 1) Human Trafficking, 2) HIV and
AIDS , 3) S TI / S TD, 4) C ondom Use, 5) Gender, 6) C hild Labor
the o Booklet covering all in one 1) Project Information, 2) Human
alignments Trafficking, 3) HIV and AIDS , 3) S TI/S TD, 4) C ondom Use.
have o F lyer covering the synopsis of the project and component programs
participated in
 S takeholder engagement activities have been carried out. The
HIV /AIDS & stakeholder government and non-government organizations have been
S TI sessions visited, project information disseminated, and scope of sharing of
during the first cooperation and resources including IE C materials have been discussed.
3 years of The organizations visited include the District Women C hildren S ocial
construction Welfare Offices, District Health Offices, District Development C o-
ordination Offices, F amily Health International, National C entre for
Information E ducation C ommunication Division (IE C D), Ministry of Health
(MOH), National C ouncil for AIDS and S TD C ontrol, S ocial Welfare
C ouncil, Maiti Nepal, ABC Nepal, S ahara Nepal and local NGOs.
 The Awareness S essions have been designed according to the target

groups by differentiating as to the target groups i.e. public and private
sectors, community, and project stakeholders, workers, project affected
&influenced people, women, men, youth, children/students, teachers,
transport workers, and so on.
The development of messages to be included in the preventive awareness

1.6.2) At least
signs has been done. The people around the potential strategic sites to be
50 HIV/AIDS placed have been consulted. The people felt the need of awareness raising
&S TI signs to keep the locals aware on preventive measures. The consulted
preventative participants suggested that the awareness signs should be set placed in
awareness built-up settlement areas and work camps of workers.
signs are set
up in strategic
places along
the corridor
prior to the
start of
construction
The following provisions have been made in the BLT R oad C ivil C ontractor’s
1.6.3) All civil
contract document: V olume II: C ondition of C ontract: 6.7 Health and S afety:
works

laborers have
received “The C ontractor shall conduct an HIV AIDS awareness program via an
training on approved service provider, and shall undertake such other measures as are
HIV /AIDS & specified in the C ontract to reduce the risk of the transfer of the HIV virus
S TI between and among the C ontractor’s Personnel and local community, to
prevention promote early diagnosis and to assist affected individuals.”
“Throughout the contract period, the C ontractor shall

(i) C onduct Information E ducation and C ommunication (IE C ) campaigns at
least every other month addressed to all the site staff and labor (including
all the C ontractor’s employees, all S ub-contractors, any other
C ontractor’s or E mployers personnel employees, and all truck drivers and
crew making deliveries to the S ite for construction activities) and to the
immediate local communities, concerning the risk, dangers, and impact
and appropriate avoidance behavior with respect to, of S exually
Transmitted Diseases – or S exually Transmitted Infections (S TI) in
general and HIV AIDS in particular.
(ii) Provide male or female condoms for all S ite staff and labor as
appropriate,
(iii) Provide for S TI and HIV AIDS screening, diagnosis, counseling and
referral to a dedicated national S TI and HIV AIDS program, of all S ite
staff and labor.
(iv) Include when, how and at what cost the contractor plans to satisfy the
requirements of this sub-clause 6.7 Health and S afety for the alleviation
program of S exually Transmitted Infections (S TI), S exually Transmitted
Diseases (S TD), and HIV AIDS . The S TI, S TD and HIV AIDS alleviation
program”
(v) The orientation sessions with the BLT road contractor has been carried
out. The S ocial and E nvironmental F ocal Person has been the focal point
for the training of labors on HIV AIDS S TI prevention.
The project road corridors of Nawalparasi (Now divided into two districts:
1.6.4) At least
Nawalpur and Nawalparasi), R upandehi, and Kapilbastu have been reported
2,000 as human trafficking prone areas. The traffickers have been found using the
community project district R upandehi transit points of trafficking. The S R IP has the stake
members to safeguard the project affected communities from trafficking. Next, it is the
(50% women) policy of Nepal Government and also ADB that HIV, human trafficking
from all V DC s awareness together with the gender issues are requires to be integrated in
and major development projects. The project has accordingly incorporated
measures to counter human trafficking by conducting awareness programs
municipalities
facilitated by the C S C in the corridors of influence. The civil works contractors
crossed by are encouraged to carry out human trafficking awareness sessions for their
the alignment laborers at work sites, monitored by the C S C .
have The following Information E ducation C ommunication (IE C ) materials have
participated in been prepared to use as awareness tools to motivate the awareness
human participants in the prevention of human trafficking, and HIV AIDS S TI
trafficking awareness raising sessions.
o Brochure
awareness o Hanging Posters

sessions. o F lex Prints

o Booklets
Different stakeholder government and non-government organizations

including District Development C oordination Offices, District Women C hildren
S ocial Welfare Offices and NGO Maiti Nepal active in prevention and control
of Maiti Nepal have been visited and consulted in the process of designing
the awareness program and IE C materials.
The stakeholders have shared with the Project the Information E ducation
C ommunication (IE C ) materials including posters, brochures, booklets; which
have been utilized to design the awareness materials for the awareness
activities of the project.
Photo 7 & 8: C onsultation with District Development C ommittee &

Dis trict Women C hildren S ocial Welfare Office in K apilbas tu
.
Issues: Due to the delay in mobilizing the NB R oad C ontractors, the
implementation of project activities in NB road and the mobilization and
recruitment of S ocial Mobilizers and Human Trafficking Officer has been
postponed. The local organizations including women group organizations and
their networks, community-based and civil society organizations, local clubs
and other stakeholder organizations will be provided training achieving the
performance targets. The interest organizations will be encouraged to
snowball the awareness training of their peers in their own organizations and
neighborhood communities. The monitoring and reporting system will be
worked out for verifying the conduct of their awareness activities.
1.7 C OMP E NS A T ION T O NON-T IT L E H OL DE R S A ND F E MA L E -H E A DE D HOUS E HOL DS

1.7) E nsure that non-title holders/heads of households and spouses receive joint
compensation, and affected female-headed households receive compensation and benefit
from livelihood improvement trainings.
1.7.1) 32 non- The inventory of non-title-holder structures and list of households have
title holder been prepared. Their verification and valuation of the assets was done by
households the V aluation S ub-C ommittee consisting of 3 members: including the
receive
representatives from R upandehi Urban Development and Building Office,
resettlement
assistance in District Technical Office/ District Development C oordination C ommittee, and
the names of Project Management Office, formed by the C DC . The C ommittee
head of recognized 11 non-title holders as genuine affected households and

household and valuated their assets.

spouse when
relevant The awareness sessions and consultation with the verified non-title-holder
households were carried out on the resettlement assistance and additional
assistance benefits in the names of household head with spouse, or joint
bank account of authentic men and women of the non-title holder
households. Initially it was difficult to let the men agree to open the joint
bank account of men and women of the family. S ome of them brought the
letter that her wife has no objection if the compensation amount is given to
her husband. They required explanation, the motivation on the benefit of
joint account with spouse. Out of validated 11 couples, the spouses of 10
households have opened the joint bank account of male and female, and
have submitted the joint account numbers to the PMO and C DC .
The total valuated costs valuated is NR s. 1,268,368.65. Of 11 households,

each of 10 have received 50% compensation payment. One is in the
process to submit the proof of ownership of the structure. And further it is
also planned to proceed additional assistance and benefits from the
planned livelihood improvement training.
1.7.2) All The affected female-headed households have been motivated and assisted
affected to have bank account in their names. They have submitted the account
female-headed numbers to the PMO, CDC .
households
have bank
accounts in
their names.
1.7.3) All All affected female-headed households have been provided the information
affected on compensation, entitled facilities. and provision of livelihood training. The
female-headed S ocial Mobilizer has been facilitating to avail the proof that the affected
households
structure belongs to them for the processing of compensation to receive the
receive
compensation, compensation, and additional assistance.
additional
assistance and They have also been informed about their eligibility to participate and
benefit from benefit from the livelihood training. The process has been initiated to carry
livelihood out the assessment of livelihood training needs of female-headed
training. households to identify the trainings appropriate, practically implementable,
and have market scope. The needs assessment also assesses affordability
of time of themselves their availability or their family members to participate
in the training for numbers of days or months required for the training.
Apart from the Women-Headed Households, other Male-Headed

Households receiving the resettlement assistance, as well as households
who are moving their mobile business structures from E OW have also
expressed their willingness to participate the Livelihood Improvement S kill
Trainings. The followings are the status of needs and willingness expressed
by the types of Livelihood S kill Trainings.

Table 18: Numbers of Households willing to participate the L ivelihood

S kill Training by Training Types .
S N Types of Training Numbers of Households
1 Hotel Management with C ooking 3
2 High Value Vegetable F arming 1
3 S ewing C utting / Tailoring 9
4 Poultry F arming 1
5 Animal Husbandry 3
6 Undecided 11
Total 28
.
Name list of the persons of affected households willing to participate the
training has been given in the annex.
A C T IV IT Y 1.8 E QUA L W A G E S OF ME N A ND W OME N A ND C HIL D L A B OR C ONT R OL

1.8) E nsure that construction activities abide by core labor standards, such as equal wages of
men and women for work of equal value, prohibition of child labor, etc.
1.8.1) Bidding The Project has ensured and caused to ensure through contractual
documents provision in the contract of the civil works contractors that the civil
and contracts contractors comply with all applicable labor laws and regulations; non-
contain employment of child labor in construction and other activities, equal wages
provisions on of men and women for work of equal value.
core labor
standards. C ore Labor S tandards: As to the Volume II C ondition of C ontract 6 S taff and
Labor, the contractor is required to comply all the relevant labor laws, which
1.8.2) are spelled out in the C ondition Nos. 6.1 – 6.24; and the V olume III
Incidents of S pecifications 121 Labor S tandards No. 1 - 4.
non- E qual Wages of Men and Women: Labor S tandards required to abide and
compliance comply by the C ontractor is spelled out in the V olume III S pecifications 121
reported Labor S tandards Nos. 1 - 4, where rates of wages of men and women
required to be abide by the C ontractor is specified in Number (1) as follows:
“Men and women shall receive equal rates of pay for the particular grade of
work, trade or skill for which they are employed.”
C hild Labor C ontrol: Nepal is a signatory to the ILO Worst F orms of C hild
Labor C onvention No. 182; ILO Minimum Age C onvention No. 138; ILO
F orced Labor C onvention No. 29; and UN C onvention on the R ights of the
C hild (C R C ). Nepal has a number of acts to prevent and control the child
labor including the C hildren's Act, 1992; the Labor Act, 1992, and Labor
R ules, 1993; the C hild Labor (Prohibition and R egulation) Act, 1999; and
Kamaiya Labor Prohibition Act, 2001. Despite all such provisions, the C hild
Labor R eport, 2011 reported the existence of 3,142,000 child laborers, out
of which 21% did not attempt to go to school to school. The child labor has

immediate and long term adverse impact on development of the family,

society, and country as whole. The practice of child labor by the contractors
in the past road projects have been recorded. Often the contractors have
been pressurized by the poor in the community to employ their children.
BLT R oad C ontractor’s contract document V olume II C ondition of C ontract

6.21 has provision not to employ children in a manner that is
 E conomically exploitative
 Likely to be hazardous
 Interfere with the child’s education
 Harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spirituals, moral or
social development
 Dangerous for the child under the age of 18 years
The project has also designed to address the child labor prevention and
control in all GE S I awareness trainings of all target groups including
stakeholders, labors and project influence people.
The performance monitoring plan has been developed not only to monitor
the compliance of child labor control but also to monitor the performance of
all of GE S I action plan. The standard templates have been developed for
monitoring, verifying and reporting the performance of the C ontractors. It
includes the template and proceeding for reporting the non-compliance.
Photo 9 & 10: GE S I-friendly toilets and was hing places under construction in work
C ontractor camps of BL T R oad, walkover s urvey in December 2017.
A C T IV IT Y 2.1 R OA D S A F E T Y A WA R E NE S S C A MP A IG NS
Output 2: R oad S afety and Maintenance Improved.

2.1) C onduct road safety awareness campaigns to communities along corridor (audience:
pedestrians, and professional bus and truck drivers in consultation with professional drivers’
associations)
2.1.1) At least The consultation and information sharing between the R oad S afety S pecialist
3,000

residents and Gender S pecialist has been held. Baseline survey on road accident has
(with at least been carried out in the BLT road and NB road.
40% women)
from VDC s
The development of R oad S afety Plan has been drafted covering the
and
municipalities activities as outlined in the Gender Action Plan. The plan has outlined the
crossed by compliance to the activities/ outputs for road safety awareness campaign in
the two roadside communities, schools, commercial drivers (bus and truck) with at
alignments least 40% women participation, and 50% school girl’s participation. in each
participated in campaign/ education. F or awareness campaigns in schools, the database of
road safety schools along the road corridor has been prepared.
awareness
sessions
The process of preparing the Information E ducation C ommunication (IE C )
2.1.2) At least materials for the road safety awareness sessions targeted to the followings
50% of and covering the following subjects has been initiated.
students (at
least 50% are S afety at C onstruction S ites
schoolgirls) of  Precaution to be taken in the construction sites
at least 100
kindergartens,  Demarcation of road construction sites
primary and  Things required in the construction sites
secondary  Things required to manage & make safe in construction sites.
schools within  Diversion signage to guide the transport to alternative sites.
1 km of the
 The rules to be followed by the workers in the construction sites
alignment
participated in  Traffic management in construction sites
road safety  Things required to traffic signs operators
awareness  Method of traffic management by temporarily closing the road
sessions.
Public Awareness
2.1.3) At least
 R easons for driving safely in the road
150
professional  Unsafe activities of drivers
bus and truck  R ules to be followed by travelers in public transport
drivers  R ules to be followed by drivers to protect pedestrians
attended a  Walking safe
session on
road safety  S afely crossing the road
measures.  Method of crossing the road
 Precaution to be taken while crossing the road
 Unsafe behavior of pedestrians
 R ules to be followed by motor cyclists
 Things to be considered while travelling by motorcycle
 S afe driving by motorcycles
 S afe drainage
 S afety barriers
 S afety in bridges
 People with Disability (PWD)-friendly and pedestrian-friendly crossing
in R oad structures

 S afety in intersection
 S afety in bus stop shelters
 R oad lines and signs
Drivers and transport entrepreneur

 Understanding traffic
 C auses of accidents and Laws / acts and regulations related to
traffics and accidents
 S afe methods of driving
 Basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance
 Basic rules for drivers
 Things to follow while driving
 Traffic signs – regulatory, warning, and informative / directive
 R oad markings
 Pedestrian crossings/Zebra C rossings
 Traffic rules and disciplines, and
 R elated others
A C T IV IT Y 2.2 P A R T IC IP A T ION OF W OME N & A F F E C T E D P E R S ONS IN C ONS T R UC T ION A ND

MA INT E NA NC E A C T IV IT IE S
2.2) E ncourage participation of women and affected persons in maintenance activities
2.2.1) At least As to the activity and indicator, engaging the women and affected persons is
10% of applicable for the maintenance activities only. After consultation with locals
contractor staff and contractors, the C ivil Works C ontractor has been provided the
and laborers
orientation session on the importance and needs of encouraging women
are women
and PAP s. and if available PAPs at least for non-key staffs and non-skilled workers in
the maintenance works but also in the and construction activities.
The performance monitoring system on the performance of the contractor

has been established. The methods of achieving the target have also been
discussed. The recording and reporting formats have been developed and
provided the contractor to submit the report on a monthly basis.
The C ontractor has been oriented and advised to undertake the consultation
activities in the surrounding settlements of their worksites to find if the
qualified, skilled and unskilled human resource interested to join the
C ontractor’s work force .is available and that the Project give opportunity to
locals, PAPs and women for work on such availability.
The contractor has reported the numbers of staffs and laborer working with
the contractor, where the women among non-key staffs are 6.3% and non-
skilled workers 6.5%, and total average 6.4% adding both non-key staffs
and non-skilled workers.

Table 19: Non-key s taffs & non-s killed workers of contractors

(in J an- J une 2018)
S ex Non-key s taffs Non-skilled workers Total
Male 15 58 73
F emale 1 4 5
Total 16 62 78
F emale % 6.3% 6.5% 6.4%
Issue and C hallenge:

The contractor reported that there is limited scope and possibility of
employing women and PAP s as key staffs, operators, and technicians, and
skilled workers owing to the absence of skilled and qualified locals. as
required to the level of contractors’performance.
2.2.2) Payroll The BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor’s contract document Volume II
with names, C onditions of C ontract 6.22 E mployment R ecords of Workers and the
sex, work Volume III S pecifications include the following clause:
done, working
 “Keep complete and accurate records of the employment of labor at the
period, and
wages site.”
received, are  “Include the names, ages, genders, dates, days, hours worked by every
made available employee and wages and allowances (if any) paid to all workers and
for inspection employee.”
by PIU.  “S ummarize the record on a monthly basis and submit to the E ngineers.”
 “Make the records available at any time of inspection (and reporting).”
In the above condition, the work done by employee is missing. The standard
format for recording and reporting with names, sex, age, work done, working
period, and wages received has been developed. The contractor has been
oriented on the template and has started reporting on monthly basis.
2.2.3) C lause The BLT R oad C ivil Works C ontractor’s C ontract Document Volume II
in bidding C onditions of C ontract 6.1 E ngagement of S taff and Labor include the
document clause as follows:
encouraging
 “The C ontractor shall make arrangement for the engagement of all staff
recruitment of
PAPs, women and labor, local or otherwise, … … … ”
and local This is not adequate clause as per GE S I Action Plan activity 2.2.3 which
community requires to encourage the recruitment of PAPs, women and local community
residents. residents.
Issues and C hallenge:
It is planned to carry out the R apid appraisal of willingness and possibility to
recruitment of PAPs, women and local community residents, during the

upcoming training workshop of civil works contractors.
A C T IV IT Y 3.1 MONIT OR ING & H UMA N R E S OUR C E A R R A NG E ME NT
3) F or all activities under the GE S I

3.1) Implement GE S I activities, monitor progress and collect sex-disaggregated data.
3.1.1 All
activities under The draft GE S I Performance Monitoring Plan with the inclusion of standard
the GAP will templates and formats has been developed. They are planned to be
be supported finalized by undertaking the consultation with the C S C team, contractors’
by the team, and P D (ADB)/DOR . The system of monitoring, recording, reporting,
collection of and verifying with the collection, recording, and reporting with the sex-
sex-
disaggregated data has been started.
disaggregated
data and
reported in the
S ocial and
Gender
Monitoring
R eport.
3.1.2 GE S I
implementation All S pecialists including GE S I & Livelihood S pecialist, E nvironment
includes (all S pecialist, Wildlife E xpert, R oad S afety S pecialist, Transport E conomist,
national and R esettlement S pecialist have been mobilized. .S ocial Development
positions): 1 Officer, Human Trafficking Officer, and 5 S ocial Mobilizers have not been
gender key mobilized. This is due to the confusion that the implementation work load for
expert (24
the officers and social mobilizers shall not be adequate and their time input
months), 1
road safety key shall be wasted for inadequate workload in BLT road, as the C ontractors for
expert (24 packages 1 and 2 for NB road not has been mobilized,
months), 1
social Issue:
development The draft of detail work plan with the budget estimate for implementing the
officer (24 GE S I Action Plan activities in the BLT road has been prepared for the
months), 1 consultation with the C S C team and Project Directorate (ADB) / DOR . The
human mobilization of at least 2 S ocial Mobilizers including 1 male and 1 female are
trafficking proposed to be mobilized in the BLT road for the time.
officer (12 The contractors for packages 1 and 2 for NB road being not mobilized, the
months), 6 work load for the staffs to be recruited is inadequate. The recruitment and
gender and mobilization of S ocial Development Officer, Human Trafficking Officer, and 5
community Gender and C ommunity Awareness S ocial Mobilizers has not yet been
awareness done. One S ocial Mobilizer has been mobilized in BLT road for resettlement
social and GE S I activities.
mobilizers
(total of 180
months).

4. MONIT OR ING
122. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) is the E xecuting Agency (E A).The
Department of R oads is the implementing agency. Project Directorate (ADB)/DOR is the
Project Management Unit (PMU) of DOR . The PD (AD) has established the Project
Management Office in Bhairahawa in the BLT R oad Project site to monitor, manage and help
implement project activities including the implementation of resettlement plan, GE S I action
plan, E nvironment Management Plan and other activities of the project.The PMO/PMU is
assisted by the C onstruction S upervision C onsultants (C S C ) with S afeguard S pecialist, GE S I
S pecialist, E nvironment S pecialist, R oad S afety E xpert, Transport E conomist, R esident
E ngineer and other C S C human resources.
123. PMO is responsible to manage and monitor the implementation of the resettlement
plan ensuring that this is carried out in compliance with the project principles, framework, and
the loan agreement with ADB. The C S C provides assistance in facilitating, capacity-building
support to the PMO, C ivil Works C ontractor and related others.
124. The Project P erformance Monitoring S ystem has been developed and established.
Performance Monitoring Guidelines with the forms, formats and checklists on GE S I Action
Plan, R esettlement P lan, E nvironment Management Plan, and R oad S afety have been
prepared and proceeded for the implementation of performance monitoring activities. All Key
E xperts including GE S I, R oad S afety, R esettlement, E nvironment, Transport E conomist,
R esident E ngineers’E ngineering Technical and S ocial S taffs; and S upport S taffs have been
recruited. The S ocial Development Officer, Human Trafficking Officer, and 5 S ocial Mobilizers
are to be recruited and mobilized.
125. The GE S I Action Plan, R esettlement Plan, E nvironment Management Plan, R oad
S afety Plan and other related plans of the project is provided implementation and
management supports by the Project Directorate (ADB)/DOR . The DOR PD has engaged the
E xternal S ocial S afeguard Monitoring E xpert and E nvironmental Monitoring E xpert to
undertake the performance monitoring activities. The GE S I Action Plan implementation
monitoring activities are supported by the collection of sex-disaggregated data and reported
as guided by the GE S I Action P lan with P erformance Monitoring Plan tools, templates and
formats. Other R P, E MP, and R oad S afety Plan implementation monitoring is also guided by
the P erformance Monitoring P lans, tools, templates and formats.
126. The baseline survey in the beginning of the project, follow-up survey at the end of the
project and evaluation survey after one year of the project completion are undertaken to
assess, monitor and evaluate the project performance.

5. C HAL L E NGE S AND C ONC L US ION
127. Overall the project is getting cooperation from all sectors including the project affected
peoples, project influence communities, stakeholders, and all others. It is expected that the
social resettlement plan, GE S I Action Plan and others will be timely accomplished on time,
provided that the NB road C ivil Works C ontractor is timely mobilized soon. The delay in the
construction of NB R oad is causing the late mobilization of 5 S ocial Mobilizers, 1 S ocial
Development Officer, and 1 Human Anti-trafficking Officer. This also causes the delay in
program implementation of GE S I Action Plan activities.
128. The GE S I Action Plan has heavy and challenging activities requiring the team works of
all S pecialists, S ocial Development Officer, Human Trafficking Officer, and 6 S ocial Mobilizers.
The delay in mobilizing the NB R oad C ontractors is causing challenges to recruit the required
staffs thereby causing delay and challenge in undertaking the awareness trainings and
campaigns on HIV AIDS S TI and human anti-trafficking, road safety and other activities
requiring their inputs.
129. The major challenges in resettlement include the confusion among the C DC members
over how the compensation to non-title-holders shall be legalized, causing the delay in
decision making on the entitlement payment. F inally, the understanding has been developed.
The required budget has been acquired and available. The compensation is in the process.
Otherwise there is no other challenge hampering the project performance.
130. It is recommended that monthly meetings of the S pecialist team of C S C together with
the Team Leader be held to discuss the activities of the month including the progress made,
challenges faced and that of plan for the next month addressing the way out for the challenges
faced.
131. It is recommended to conduct similar monitoring meeting with the client to discuss the
progress so far made, challenges faced and way out for addressing the challenges.

A nnexes

A NNE X 1:
Work Plan S chedule of Implementing the R esettlement Plans
1
Annex -1: Work Plan S chedule of Implementing the R es ettlement Plans
Propos ed Time
S .N. A ctivities Progress R es pons ibility
Period
Mobilization of field
1 S ept 2017 Mobilized, 2017 CSC
safeguards S taff
F ormation of 1st level 1st level GR C formed C S C , C ontractor
2 Oct 2017
GR C on Oct 2017 & DoR
3rd level GR M formed
on J uly, 2018 & 2nd
F ormation of second &
3 Dec 2017 level GR M at major C S C & DoR
third level GR M
settlement formed on
Nov, 2018
Notice publication for site
4 Dec 2017 F eb 2018 DOR
clearance
V erifications of detail Dec 2017- J an
5 J an 2018 CS C
measurement survey 2018
Dec 2017- J an
6 V erification of structures March 2018 C S C & DOR
2018
Dissemination of
information, public
7 J an 2018 J uly 2018 DOR , S C
consultation about
summary of R P
Does not required

DOR , C S C , Land
8 V erification of land J an 2018 still date (working
S urvey Office
under R OW)
9 Train the survey teams March 2018 J une 2018 C S C , C ompleted
C onduct PS A in-depth
household survey
10 March 2018 J uly 2018 C S C , C ompleted
together with PPMS and
GE S I baseline survey
Preparation of DMS DOR , C S C
11 F eb 2018 Aug 2018
summary report completed
Activation of C DC at
12 F eb 2018 J uly 2018 DOR , C DO
R upendehi districts
Determination of F irst installment

compensation of affected distributed J uly 2018
13 F eb 2018 DOR , C S C , C DO
assets in for 11 no of the & 2nd installment
structures ready for distribution
Publication of structure DAO, R upandehi

14 F eb 2018 J une 2018
acquisition notice at

Propos ed Time
S .N. A ctivities Progress R es pons ibility
Period
R upendehi district
Publish notice to collect
15 compensation amount for March 2018 J uly 2018 DOR , DAO
PAF
Distribution of March 2018
16 J uly 2018 DOR , C DC
compensation amount onwards
Payment of rehabilitation Approval taken from
17 allowances to S PAF & March 2018 C DC meeting J uly DOR , C S C
vulnerable groups 2018
E xplore high potential

J une & J uly Need assessment
18 income generation C S C / DOR
2018 C ompleted
activities for PAPs
Within project F eb 2019, C S C .
19 Provide training to PAPs S elected
period DOR ,
Transfer of land already On process

discussion with. Land
acquired but remaining to March 2018 survey & Land DAO, DLR O,
20
deed transfer in the name onwards revenue office for DLS O, DOR
deed transfer of the
of DOR / Government remaining parcels
Hand over necessary
21 document to R oad J une 2021 Preparation DOR
Division offices

A NNE X 2:
Minutes of Meeting for the F ormation of GR C levels, Public
C onsultations and C DC meetings
(Annex 2.1 to Annex 2.9)

Annex 2.1: Minute of the Meeting on F ormation of F irst L evel Grievances

R edres s C ommittee

Annex 2.2: Minutes of C onsultation Meeting with Ward Members and L ocal
L eaders of Ward 8 of S idharthanag ar Municipality In B L T R oad

Annex 2.3: Minutes of Meeting for the F ormation of S econd L evel GR C .


Annex 2.4: Minutes of Meeting of B L T R oad C DC on the F ormation of Project Affected

As s et Valuation S ub-C ommittee

Annex 2.5: Minutes of Meeting of C DC on V aluation R eport of the As s et

V aluation S ub C ommittee at District A dminis tration Offic e, R upandehi

Annex 2.6: Minutes of Meeting of the C ompens ation Determination C ommittee

(C DC ) for Dis tribution of C ompens ation at Distric t A dminis tration Office,
R upendehi


Annex 2.7 Minutes of Meeting for Public C onsultation, Held On 29 J anuary,

2018 At Maya Devi R ural Municipality.


Annex 2.8: Minutes of Meeting of P ublic C onsultation, held on 21 J anuary 2018

at L umbini S ans kritik Municipality.


Annex 2.9: Minute of Meeting of Public C onsultation, held on 13 J an 2018, at

S hidhartha Nag ar Municipality.


A NNE X E S (3 – 7):
Annex 3: R esettlement Plan E ntitlement Matrix
Annex 4: List of S takeholders C onsulted
Annex 5: C ompensation Payment to Men and Women of
Households
Annex 6: C ompensation Payment to Women-Headed Households
Annex 7: Name List of the Interested Participants from Affected
Household for Livelihood S kill T raining

Annex 3: R esettlement Plan E ntitlement Matrix
S. Type of
A pplication E ligible Persons E ntitlements R es ponsibilities
No. L os s
A-1 Permanent land no longer Titleholders  C ash compensation

loss of viable for with land records based on
agricultural / continued use replacement cost
residential / or does not
 If the loss is
commercial meet the
equivalent to 10%or
land expected yield
more of the total
agricultural land of
the household is DOR / C S C
affected, see Item
No. E -1 below.
 Affected household
will be notified 2
months in advance
of the actual date of
acquisition

S. Type of
No. L os s
A-2 Permanent land no longer R enter or share-  F ifty percent cash

loss of viable for cropper of land with compensation to
agricultural/ continued use legal lease the share cropper/
residential/ or does not tenants of the
commercial meet the affected plots as
land expected yield per the prevailing
laws (LA Act
C lause 20)
for loss of net
income from
 subsequent crops DOR / C S C /
that C DC
 cannot be planted
with in
 the remaining
lease/
 assigned period.
 Affected
households and
share cropper will
be notified 2
months in advance
A-3 Temporary Land is Title holders with Payment as per the

loss of land occupied land records R enter contract rental rate for
temporarily temporarily or share cropper of the temporary use of
due to and will be land with legal land as agreed
construction viable after lease between the owner and
activities, construction contractor DOR / C S C /
access roads activities C ontractor
Land should be
and diversions returned to the owner
at the end of use
period, and restored to
its original condition.

S. Type of
No. L os s
R esidential Marginal imp- Owners of the  C ash compensation

B -1 and act (i.e. un structures with or at replacement cost
commercial affected without acceptable for the affected
S tructures portion of the proof of ownership portion.
house is still over the land,
viable for use including squatters
will be notified
and no and encroachers
2months in advance
relocation
of the date of
required)
construction DoR /
 Affected households C DC /
This will be will be able to
confirmed by salvage materials CSC
the
implementing
agency and
concurred
with by the
affected
household
during the
DMS
B -2 R esidential S evere Owners of the  C ash compensation
and impact (i.e., structures with or at replacement cost
commercial house is no without acceptable for the entire
S tructures longer viable proof of ownership structure.
for continued over the land,
 R econstruction and
use and the including squatters
shifting allowance
entire and encroachers
equivalent to10%of
structure is to who have to
replacement cost of
be acquired) physically relocate
the structure, or
equivalent to the DoR /
This will be actual cost of repair C DC /
confirmed by or allowances and
transportation cost CSC
implementing
agency and  Affected household
concurred by will be notified 2
the affected months in advance
household of the date of
during the construction
DMS
 Affected households
will be able to
salvage materials

S. Type of
No. L os s
R enters who have  E quivalent of 2

to physically month’s rents to find
relocate alternative place to
stay
will be notified 2
months in advance
of the date of
construction DoR /
CSC
 Affected households
will be able to
salvage materials
 R ental deposit if any
to be reimbursed to
renter (deducted
from structure owner
‘s entitlement)
B -3 S econdary Loss of, or Owners of the  C ash compensation

structures damage to, structures with or at replacement cost
(kitchen, assets without acceptable DoR /
Latrine, etc.) proof of ownership CSC/
over the land, C DC
including squatters
and encroachers
B -4 Mobile C hange of Owners of the  One-month notice to
commercial structure structures with or move structure out
structures location without acceptable of the corridor of DoR /
proof of ownership impact
over the land, CSC
including squatters
and encroachers

S. Type of
No. L os s
C -1 C rops and Loss of or Owners regardless  C ompensation for

trees damage to of tenure status, crops for one
assets including squatters harvest at current
and encroachers market value
for timber tree at
current market price
 C ompensation for
loss of fruit bearing DOR /C DC /C S C
trees for average
fruit production for
5yearrs at current
market value and
replacement cost for
sapling
 C ompensation for
loss of wood-trees
at current market
value of wood.
D-1 Public Loss of or Owners  Will be rebuilt by the
facilities, project on land DOR /
damage to C ontractor/
common assets provided by the
property community CSC
structures
and facilities
E -1 Loss of Loss of10% or Person(s) with land  One time assistance
Income/ more of total records, renter or allowance of
livelihood due productive land share cropper of 3months minimum
to loss of land with legal wage per affected
agricultural lease person DOR /C S C
land  E ntitled to take part
in income
restoration program.

S. Type of
No. L os s
E -2 Loss of Marginal S hop owners  One time assistance

income/ impact (i.e., (regardless of allowance of 1month
livelihood due disruption of tenure status) and monthly income for
to disruption business employees/ one month
of business or reorganization laborers of
 minimum wage DOR /C S C
employment of the shop on affected assets
the residual
and;
disruption n of
employment
of less than 3
months)
E -3 Loss of S evere S hop owners  One time assistance
income/ impacts (i.e., (regardless of allowance of 3
livelihood due disruption of tenure months monthly
to disruption business due income for shop
of business or to relocation of status owners based on DOR /C S C
employment shop; and who have to nature of business
disruption of physically relocate or three months
employment minimum wage
for more than 3
months)

S. Type of
No. L os s
Affected vulnerable  One time assistance

F -1 Higher risks Loss of land households defined allowance of 3-
of and non-land as: month minimum
improvement assets and Indigenous wage per affected
income households vulnerable person
due to
vulnerability Dalit headed  E ntitled to take part
household in income
F emale-
headed
Male below poverty
level Disabled- DOR /C S C
headed
Orphan-
headed household
Landless1
*Vulnerable
household can only
qualify to one of the
categories
above

Annex 4: L ist of S takeholders C ons ulted.
C ontact
S . No Name of Pers on Addres s Occupation
Numbers
District
1 Mr. Hari Pd Mainali C hief District Officer
Administration Office
Mr. S hyam Pd District
2 Acting C DO
R egmi Administration Office
S iddharatha Lumbini Gate
3 Dhana Gauchan 9847060386
Municipality President
4 Umash Lata Mara S i. Na Pa Ward Member 9857024823
5 Krishna Bdr Gurung Lu Na P a 6 Business Man 9847098871
6 R ajan J ung R ana S i Na Pa Ward C hairman 9857020863
S i Na Pa (Lumbini C hairman Nagarika

7 Omkar Gauchan 9857020168
Gaga) S amaja
E lected Women
8 C handrakala Khanal S i Na Pa, Ward 8 9847088758
Member
9 Bijaya Dhamala S i Na Pa -10 Ward C hairman 9847023853
Dhurba Narayan Maya Devi R ural

10 C hairman/Mayor 9847054757
C houdhary Municipality
Tara Devi Maya Devi R ural
11 Deputy Mayor 9806910561
Maya Devi R ural
12 Padam Bhandari C hairman S ecretary 9851064281
Municipality
Mayadevi Police Office in C harge
13 R upesh Kumar J ha 9857023197
Post Police Post
Maya Devi R ural
14 R am S hankar Y adav C hairman Ward No 7 9857022583
Municipality
Maya Devi R ural
15 R ajendra Y adav C hairman Ward No6 9857024720
Municipality
Man Mohan Lumbini S askarti
16 Mayor 9857024793
17 Naiuemulla Khan Parsha C hok Ward -6 C hairman 9857021919
18 Lila S harma Parsha C hok Police Post 9847058999
19 S anta Kumar Y adav Mayadevi -6 Political Leader 9857010183

C ontact
Numbers
Lumbinisaskarti C hief E xecutive
20 Mohan Poudel 9857083111
Municipality Officer
21 S hiva Pd. R egmi Land R evenue Office S enior Officer 9857015207
22 S ailendra S hrestha S i Na Pa S enior E ngineer 9857020128
Maya Devi R ural

C hief E xecutive
23 S oma Nath Neupane Municipality, 9857016939
Officer
Kapilvastu District
Maya Devi R ural
24 Dhubaraj Bhandari Municipality,
Kapilvastu District
Kedhar Man
25 S i Na Pa -13 Member 9857011713
Bhandari
9819459200
26 Ganesh C hhetri S i Na Pa -12 C itizen
4
Ambika Nibas
27 Kapilbastu -8 R oad S ide House 980698358
S antoshi S ingh
28 Dasaratha Kumar Kapilbastu -8 Business Man 9819415212
29 Kushedaalam Kapilbastu -5 C hairman 9805415110
Gauri S hankar
30 S i Na Pa -8 S ocial Worker 9857010611
Bhattrai
Maya Devi, R ural
R am C handra
31 Municipality CEO 9847061361
Dhakal
Kapilvastu
Maya Devi,
S andip Kumar
32 Municipality C hairman Ward No 6
C houdhary
Kapilvastu
Maya Devi,
Hari Govinda
33 Municipality C hairman Ward No 6
C houdhary
Kapilvastu
S udhodhan R ural
34 Nisar Amahad Khan Mayor 9816486787
Municipality
S udhodhan R ural
35 S udhadevi Pandya Deputy Mayor 9811929094
Municipality
S udhodhan R ural
36 S hiva Pujan P andya C itizen 9815473944
Municipality
37 Prem Pd P audel S udhodhan R ural CEO 9857052101

C ontact
Numbers
Municipality
S udhodhan R ural
38 R ajkumar C haie C itizen
Municipality -4
S udhodhan R ural
39 Gangeshowar C itizen
Municipality -4
S udhodhan R ural
40 Abdul Apil M C itizen
Municipality -5
S udhodhan R ural
41 S ushil Pandya C itizen 9811416238
Municipality -5
42 Babu R am Kc S i Na Pa -8 9857011517
S i Na Pa -8, Lumbini
43 R aju S hrestha 9847032957
Gate
S i Na Pa -8, Lumbini Leader of C ivil
44 Bishanu Gautam 9857021770
Gate S ociety
Bijaya Narayan S i Na Pa -8, Lumbini Leader of C ivil
45 9857021787
S hrestha Gate S ociety
46 S ubarna S hakya 9857012543
Gate S ociety
47 Monaronja S harma 9857062352
Gate S ociety
48 R ajendra S harestha 9847020901
Gate S ociety
E r. R ajesh Pd
49 BLT R oad PM
Paudel
Lumbini S askarti
50 E r. R ajesh Kuwahar E ngineer
Municipality
District Technical C hief District
51 Mr. Hari P audel
Office E ngineer
DUDBC –
52 Mr. Niraj Keshari S enior E ngineer
R upendehi

Annex 5. C ompensation Payment as of J une 2018 Through J oint B ank Account of

Hous ehold Head and S pous e / Men & Women of the F amily
R emar
Total Payment ks
S. Hous e Owner
Addres s A mount of A mount To B e Paid (C DC
N. Name
S tructures (NR s ) S erial.
No)
S iddharthanagar
1 R am Prit Pande 1
-8, Basadilima 135,576.00 67,788.00 67,788.00
S iddharthanagar
2 R ajesh Y adav 2
-8, Banagaie 185,581.81 92,790.91 92,790.91
Birendra Prasad S iddharthanagar

3 3
Y adav -8, Banagaie 446,207.73 223,103.87 223,103.87
Krishna Devi S iddharthanagar

4 5
Gupta -8, Banagaie 63,834.75 31,917.38 31,917.38
Gurbaniya-6,
5 GauriKauwar 10
Gurbaniya 15,450.00 7,725.00 7,725.00
S uresh/Ganesh Lumbini -9,

6 4
Haluwai Parshachok. 186,841.50 93,420.75 93,420.75
Lumbini -9,
7 Pappu J ayaswal 7
Parshachok. 135,752.25 67,876.125 67,876.125
S hree ram Lumbini -9,

8 8
Haluwai Parshachok. 23,104.81 11,552.41 11,552.41
Lumbini -9,
9 S aiyam Asham 9
Parshachok. 19,458.38 9,729.19 9,729.19
Lumbini -9,
10 Kamala Dhikar 11
Parshachok. 7,725.00 3,862.50 3,862.50
Lumbini -9, Under

11 Maya Paudel
Parshachok. 48,835.67 24,417.84 24,417.84 process
Total 1,268,368.65 634,183.83 634,183.83 --

Annex 6. C ompensation Payment to Women-Headed Households as of J une 2018 Paid

through J oint B ank Ac count of Women and Men of the F amily
1st. R ema
Total 2nd
S. House Owner Ins tallment rk
A ddress amount of Ins tallment
N. Name amount (C DC
S tructures to be paid
paid (NR s ) C ode)
Krishna Devi S iddharthanagar
1 63,834.75 31,917.38 31,917.38 5
Gupta -8, Banagaie
Gurbaniya-6,
2 Gauri Kunwar 15,450.00 7,725.00 7,725.00 10
Gurbaniya
Lumbini -9,
3 Kamala Dhikar 7,725.00 3,862.50 3,862.50 11
Parshachok.
Under
Lumbini -9,
4 Maya Paudel/ 48,835.67 NA NA proce
Parshachok.
ss
E xclu
ding
No. 4
Total 135,845.42 43,504.88 43,504.88
ins tall
ment
s

Annex 7. Name L is t of the Interes t P articipants from Affected Households by

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A NNE X 8:
Gender Action Plan: Gender E quality and S ocial Inclusion Action Plan.

S E MI-ANNUAL (S OC IAL MONITOR ING) R E POR T 2
Annex 8. Gender Action Plan: Gender E quality and S ocial Inclus ion Action Plan.
Activity a Performance Targets / Indicators R esponsibility Timeframe

Output 1. R oad network rehabilitated and upgraded
1.1 Integrate road design features that are friendly • 11 zebra crossings with ramps and gender inclusive
to elderly, children, women, and persons with warning signs in major intersections and 95 pedestrian
disabilities crossings with warning signs in minor intersections
constructedb DOR , C S C
• 41.7 km of PWD-friendly walkways constructed on both C ontractor Y ear 2-3
sides of built-up areas c
• Gender inclusive safety signage posted and 60 bus

stops constructed
1.2 E nsure the participation of women in the DOR , C S C Y ear 2-3

trainings on income generation & community forest National Park
• At least 35% of C hitwan National Park buffer zone
management for communities living in the C hitwan services
training participants are womend
National Park buffer zone
1.3 C onduct trainings in leadership and team • At least 110 women who are part of the 34-community Y ear 2-3
management for women who are members of the forest user groups of the National Park buffer zone have
community forest user groups participated in a leadership and team management DOR , C S C
training program National Park
services
1.4 E nsure the participation of women in tree • At least 30% of tree plantation laborers are women DOR , C S C Y ear 2-3
plantation program • Provision in bidding document specifying participation C ontractor
of women included
1.5 C onduct a time-use study to assess the • Time use study assessing the project’s impact on DOR , C S C Y ear 1
project’s impact on women’s safety and mobility women’s mobility and agency with project baseline and (baseline)
including(i) women’s use of the roads/border post-project surveys. The post-project survey will collect Y ear 4
crossing/ walkways, bus shelters, (,(ii) impact on qualitative data via interviews and focus group (post-
women’s travel time and time poverty; and discussions for the project completion report. project
(iii) women’s satisfaction with the project benefits. survey)
35

1.6 C onduct gender-sensitive public preventative • At least 500 community members (at least 40% DOR , C S C Y ear 1-3
human trafficking and HIV /AIDS & S TI awareness- women) from all V DC s and municipalities crossed by the C ontractor
raising sessions to communities and laborers alignments have participated in HIV/AIDS & S TI sessions
during the first 3 years of construction
• At least 50 HIV/AIDS & S TI preventative awareness
signs are set up in strategic places along the corridor prior
to the start of construction
• All civil works laborers have received training on HIV/
AIDS & S TI prevention
• At least 2,000 community members (50% women) from
all VDC s and municipalities crossed by the alignment
have participated in human trafficking awareness
sessions (endnote d)
1.7 E nsure that non-title holders/heads of • 32 non-title holder households receive resettlement DOR , C S C Y ear 1-2
households and spouses receive joint assistance in the names of head of household and
compensation and affected female-headed spouse when relevant
households receive compensation and benefit • All affected female-headed households have bank
from livelihood improvement traininge accounts in their names
• All affected female-headed households receive
compensation, additional assistance and benefit from
livelihood training f
1.8 E nsure that construction activities abide by • Bidding documents and contracts contain provisions on DOR , C S C Y ear 1
core labor standards, such as equal wages of men core labor standards
and women for work of equal value, prohibition of • Incidents of non-compliance reported
child labor, etc.
Output 2: R oad S afety and Maintenance

Improved
2.1 C onduct road safety awareness campaigns to • At least 3,000 residents (with at least 40% women)
communities along corridor (audience: from VDC s and municipalities crossed by the two DOR , C S C Y ear 2-3
A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve ment Proje c t 36


pedestrians, and professional bus and truck alignments participated in road safety awareness
drivers in consultation with professional drivers’ sessions
associations) • At least 50% of students (at least 50% are schoolgirls)
of at least 100 kindergartens, primary and secondary
schools within 1 km of the alignment participated in road
safety awareness sessions
• At least 150 professional bus and truck drivers
attended a session on road safety measures
2.2 E ncourage participation of women and affected • At least 10% of contractor staff and laborers are DOR , C S C Y ear 1-3
persons in maintenance activities women and PAPs C ontractor
• Payroll with names, sex, work done, working period,
and wages received, are made available for inspection by
PIU
• C lause in bidding document encouraging recruitment of
PAPs, women and local community residents
F or all activities under the GE S I

3.1 Implement GE S I activities, monitor progress • All activities mentioned above will be supported by the DOR , C S C Y ear 1-4
and collect sex-disaggregated data collection of sex-disaggregated data and reported in the C ontractor
S ocial and Gender Monitoring R eport.
• GE S I implementation includes (all national positions): 1
gender key expert (24 months), 1 road safety key expert
(24 months), 1 social development officer (24 months), 1
human trafficking officer (12 months), 6 gender and
community awareness social mobilizers (total of 180
months)g

C S C = construction supervision consultant, DOR = Department of R oads, GE S I = gender equality and social inclusion, km =
kilometers, PIU = project implementing unit, PAP= project-affected persons, PWD= persons with disability, S TI = sexually transmitted
infections, VDC = village development communities S ource: Asian Development Bank.
a. The GE S I Action Plan will be implemented by DOR with the support of the GE S I team hired under the supervision consultant. The
team will be composed of a gender, HIV/AIDS and livelihood expert, a human trafficking officer, a road safety expert and 6 field-
based social mobilizers.
b. 7 major crossings and 56 minor crossing for Narayanghat - Butwal road and 4 major crossings and 39 minor crossings for
Bhairahawa – Lumbini - Taulihawa road.
c. 38 km for Narayanghat - Butwal road and 3.7 km for Bhairahawa – Lumbini - Taulihawa road.
d. Here we refer to training for residents in the C hitwan National Park buffer zone and not to trainings related to people affected by
land acquisition and resettlement impacts.
e. This activity is implemented and financed as part of the resettlement plan.
f. Additional assistance is one-time financial assistance equivalent to 3 months district minimum wages (NR 36,000) and eligibility to
participate in livelihood skills enhancement training program.
g. These social mobilizers are in addition to the surveyors and mobilizers required for the implementation of the resettlement plans.

A NNE X 9:
R esponse Matrix on C omments of ADB on S econd S ocial Monitoring
R eport J anuary –J une 2018
39
Annex 9: R es pons e Matrix on C omments of ADB on S econd S ocial Monitoring R eport

J anuary –J une 2018
S ection C omments R es ponse

Par. 1, E xecutive Are E nvironment and Although the R esettlement and GE S I Action
S ummary Wildlife, and PPMS Plan are major social safeguard and
components of S ocial development components, E nvironment and
S afeguards? Isn’t Wildlife have also integral social role. Their
E nvironment having its integral roles are defined in the main report.
own E nvironment S imilarly, the PPMS is utilized in the awareness
Monitoring R eport? PPMS building and consultation activities and
is not a component but a performance regular performance monitoring
tool to measure project activities and integrated as a system of regular
performance. performance monitoring and taken as a project
component.
The R esettlement Plan and GE S I Action Plan

are major social components. Together with
them, social roles are integrated with other
project components including E nvironment and
Wildlife. Although E nvironment has its own
E nvironment Monitoring R eport, the monitoring
and reporting concerns and requirements need
to match with the requirements of GE S I Action
Plan and R esettlement Plan implementation.
 Tree cuttings and plantations are integrated

and associated with all three components of
the project: GE S I Action P lan, R esettlement
Plan, E nvironment Management &
Monitoring Plan
 Income Generation S kill Training of C NP
Buffer Zone User Group members engaging
at least 35% women is partly associated with
wildlife concerns, provided that agriculture
and agro-forestry-based income generation
skill training is selected as a part of income
generation skill trainings under the GE S I
Action Plan.
 Wildlife concern shall be associated with
social safeguard at the sites of underpass
construction for wildlife.
 S ome contents of the core labor standards
required to be implemented by the C ivil
Works C ontractors are common concerns of
E nvironmental Monitoring and GE S I Action
Plan activities.
 S ome concerns of E nvironment, Wildlife shall
be associated with the Leadership and Team
Management Training of women members of
community forest user groups.


Although P PMS is a tool to measure project
performance, PPMS baseline findings are
utilized in the awareness training of the GE S I
Action P lan target groups. P PMS findings are
utilized also to establish the system of regular
and interval monitoring and end line impact
assessment of the project.
Afore-mentioned statements are given in the

paragraph 56 of the report.
Par.5, Please provide Table for Table for R esettlement Assistance as
R esettlement R esettlement Assistance explained in the entitlement matrix of
Assistance as explained. R esettlement Plan is given in the paragraph 5
R esettlement guidelines in E xecutive S ummary
provide 3 months’worth of
wages and not 1 month for C ompensation Determination C ommittee
restoring livelihood. (C DC ) (formed as per Land Acquisition Act of
Nepal Government and chaired by the C hief
District Officer with the members from the Land
R evenue Office, District Development
C ommittee, with representation from Land
S urvey Office, Office of Building and Urban
Development, and Project Management Office)
selected the E -2 one time assistance of 1
months’ worth of wages for restoring the
temporary loss of income / livelihood due to
temporary short term disruption of business.
The decision was based on the confirmation
made through the field verification in
concurrence with and by the affected
households.
The decision was made by the C DC regarding

resettlement assistance is minute and given in
the annex.
Page X III Activity Please provide Table of Table for R esettlement Assistance to NTH and
1.7 and par.99 R esettlement Assistance female headed households is given in the
to NTH and female headed activity 1.7 paragraph in E xecutive S ummary.
households
Beneficiary No E ntitlements
Types s
Men- 7 C ash compensation at
Headed replacement cost for
NTH affected part of structure.
S hifting allowance
equivalent to 10% of
replacement cost of the
structures and equivalent
to the actual cost of the
transportation.

Take salvage materials.
Take part in income

J oint account of spouse

or male female members
through GE S I
perspective.
Women- 3 C ash compensation at
Headed replacement cost for the
NTH affected part of structure.
S hifting allowance
equivalent to 10% of
replacement cost of the
structures and equivalent
to the actual cost of the
transportation.
One time assistance

allowance of 3 months
minimum wage per
affected vulnerable
person
Take part in income

Open bank account
J oint bank account with

applicable members of
women and men.
Non- 1
eligible
Women-
Headed
NTH
Total 11 NA
F irst installment status of compensation
payment is given in the annex 14 and 15. The
provision for other resettlement assistance
including shifting allowance of 10%
replacement cost of the structures,the cost of
transportation, one time assistance allowance
of 1month minimum wage rate and income
restoration program are under the process.


Par.103, Please provide a table for The reconstruction and rehabilitation allowance
Assistance R econstruction and covers the structure displacement and
R ehabilitation Allowance business displacement allowances (E M: B-1-
provisions F -1 b,c).
Marginal Owners of the

C ash
impact structures with
compensatio
i.e. un or
n at
affected without
replacement
portion of acceptable
cost for the
the house proof of
affected and
is viable ownership
entire
for use and over the land,
portion.
no including
relocation squatters and
Take salvage
required. encroachers.
materials
S evere
R econstructi
impact i.e.
on and
house is
shifting
no longer
allowance
viable for
equivalent
continued
to10%
use and
replacement
the entire
cost of the
structure is
structure, or
to
equivalent to
be
the actual
acquired.
cost of repair
or
allowances
andtransport
ation cost
E quivalent of
R enters who
2 month rent
have to
to find
physically
alternative
R elocate.
place to stay
R ental
deposit–if
any - to be
reimbursed
to renter
(deducted
from
structure
owner’s
entitlement)


F ield verification done by the structure
valuation sub-committee verified no household
to be fully relocated but requiring only shifting
of the structures. The C DC has made decision
to provide shifting allowance equivalent to10%
replacement cost of the structure.
Livelihood restoration to 10 shop owners that

will lose income receive one month’s restoring
income restoration assistance or business
Table on Livelihood restoration assistance after shifting the
Par 105 (129),
restoration to 10 shop structures from the R OW.
Livelihood
owners that will lose
R estoration
income. Needs assessment of livelihood improvement
training of 10 households and others as
explained in the paragraph has been
proceeded.
Par 125, Please include S ummary E ach project sub-component resettlement,
Monitoring of Monitoring R esults and GE S I, road safety, environment, civil works
Key F indings construction has their own monitoring formats
and system of monitoring for monthly and
quarterly monitoring and reporting separately. It
is rightly commented the need of summary of
monitoring results and key findings combining
all of them in S MR .
The S pecialists Team is working to establish

the system to share and report the monitoring
results and key findings by each S pecialist on
their subjects of monitoring for upcoming S MR .
Par 130, Y ou may include The S pecialists Team has planned regular
C hallenges and R ecommendations meeting to discuss the plan, preparation,
C onclusion progress, monitoring, challenges and way out
to face the challenges. It is planned to report
the challenges and conclusions accordingly
covering all related sub-projects.
Annex 1, Title of Implementation Title of Annex 1 is Work Plan S chedule for
Implementation S chedule is proposed. Implementing the R esettlement Plan. The title
Arrangement Implementation name has been changed.
arrangement may connote
Institutional Arrangements
Annex 9, Please include when F irst installment of compensation payment of
C ompensation payment will be made so Total R s. 43,504.88 has been paid to 3 out of 4
Payment to we can keep track of women-headed households. F ourth women-


Women progress of compensation. headed household is under process for
submitting the proof that the structure is owned
by her.

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Social Monitoring Report

Semiannual Report (January–June 2018)

NEP: SASEC Road Improvement Project

Prepared by Department of Roads, Project Directorate (ADB), for Ministry of Physical

Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

Project Directorate (ADB )

CONSUL TA NCY SERV ICES FOR CONST RUCTION SUPERV ISION

SA SE C R OA DS IMPR OV E ME NT PR OJ E C T (SR IP)

SASEC Roads Improvement Project

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Imp rove me nt Proje c t

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Imp rove me nt Proje c t

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t ii

ADB Asian Development Bank

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t iii

PM/PIU Project Implementation Unit/ Project Manager

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t iv

A ffected Person (A P): Any person including V ulnerable encroachers/squatters,

E ntitled Pers on (E P): Any person physically or economically displaced as a result of

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t v

Indigenous People: Nepal indigenous/nationalities/tribal Act 2001defines E thnic/

L ocal C ons ultative Groups (L C G): Municipalities / village level committees

R ehabilitation: The measures taken to mitigate social impacts, including

R eplacement C os t: The calculation of full replacement cost will be based on the

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t vi

S ub project L evel Grievance R edres s C ommittee: V illage Development C ommittee or

Vulnerable Groups refer to groups of people whose disadvantage or risk of disadvantage

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t vii

AC R ONY MS .......................................................................................................................... III

E X E C UTIV E S UMMAR Y ........................................................................................................ X

1. INTR ODUC TION ............................................................................................................ 1

1.1 P R OJ E C T D E S C R IPTION ........................................................................................... 1

2. IMPL E ME NTATION A R R ANGE ME NT ........................................................................... 7

2.1 E X E C UTING AND IMPL E ME NTING A GE NC IE S ............................................................... 7

3. IMPL E ME NTATION ...................................................................................................... 19

4. MONITOR ING ............................................................................................................... 60

5. C HAL L E NGE S & C ONC L US ION ................................................................................. 61

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t viii

F IG UR E 1: MAP OF NE P AL S HOWING P R OJ E C T L OC ATIONS ....................................................... 1

T AB L E 1: S AL IE NT F E AT UR E S & C OMME NC E ME NT S T AT US OF P R OJ E C T P A C K A GE S .................. 2

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t ix

A NNE X 1 : W OR K P L AN S C HE DUL E OF IMPL E ME NT ING T HE R E S E TT L E ME NT P L ANS

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t x

1. The S AS E C R oad Improvement Project is implemented to upgrade the existing

PR OGR E S S UPDATE AND MONITOR ING:

4. All S pecialists including GE S I, E nvironment, R esettlement, Wildlife, R oad S afety,

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t xi

PUBL IC INF OR MATION DIS C L OS UR E AND C ONS UL T ATION

 R esettlement assistance as given in Annex 5 & 6, and entitled facilities in Annex 3;

 Objectives of resettlement plan, methods used to assess the structure valuation,

 GE S I Action Plan activities, willingness to participate, importance of joint bank

R oad C orridor People:

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t xii

 The dismantling of Lumbini Gate at C hainage 0+070 km is not required.

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t xiii

o The GE S I-friendly urinals shall be constructed at reasonable distance along the

R E S E TTL E ME NT PL AN IMPL E ME NTA TION

A DB Loa n No.: 3478-NEP, SA SEC Roa d Improve me nt Proje c t xiv