Name of the Assignment: Implementation of Resettlement Action Plan and Support to Low Income Community
Project Location: Dhaka City Corporation
Project Authority: Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
Financier: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Project Background: The project will provide more reliable and improved security of water supply in Dhaka by developing a new surface water supply scheme for supply augmentation, which includes the development of a water intake at Meghna River, a raw water transmission pipeline, a water treatment plant (WTP) at Gandharbpur with capacity of 500 million liters per day (MLD), a treated water transmission pipeline to the existing water supply network, and distribution reinforcements. The project will also include distribution network improvements to reduce nonrevenue water (NRW); and will improve the quality of water supply services, including support to low-income communities.
Objectives of the Assignment: The primary objective of is to carry out activities for preparation and implementation of the RAP and strengthening of delivery capacity of the employer at the field level. The main object of the project is to implementation of resettlement and livelihood restoration plan.
Actual Services provided by SAMAHAR:
- Conduct census, inventory of lost assets, baseline socio-economic survey and support to JVC and PVAC
- Preparation and finalizing resettlement action plan including livelihood restoration plan
- Develop and Implement user friendly menu-driven MIS for monitoring progress and generate report
- Support in disbursement of compensation and resettlement benefit
- Conduct information and communication campaigns, regular public meetings, FGDs with APs
- Identification of entitled persons, preparation/updating of EP file and entitlement card
- Information dissemination and feedback and preparation of resettlement budget
- Prepare an operational manual for resettlement management and finalize entitlement packages for all EPs and PAPs and prepare/updating of payment statement
- Support authority in the establishment of the grievance redress mechanism and disbursement of cash for resettlement assistance and assist APs in relocation process
- Participation in grievance redress process and assist to EPs in the process of resettlement
- Support in the implementation of gender related activities
- Preparation and distribution of brochures and booklets/leaflets
- Developed resettlement MIS system and resettlement progress monitoring tools for internal monitoring of resettlement activities
- Preparation of progress reports and RAP implementation reports.