Complaint > CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 1

Timeline: Terms of Reference (English)

...compensation. In summer of 2010 we have built a new store at the back of existing one that was to be demolished. Demolished store cost we are estimating at 130 000 (one hundred and thirty thousand) Som plus 10 000 (ten thousand) Som for the labor. We would like that ADB will cover the losses as follows: First, by paying the cash compensation for store demolition. Second, by providing assistance in preparing registration of new store permits and by paying the costs in relation to registrati...

Complaint > Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project - Additional Financing

Closing Report: Closure Report

...compensation payments for land acquisition and resettlement (paras. 11 and 19). 25 According to the loan agreement, all participating districts should provide 10% of subproject cost in cash. However, most project districts encountered difficulty in providing counterpart funds due to their limited revenue generation. While the Ministry of Finance agreed to provide conditional grants to meet the districts’ financial obligations, this took time, and was reported by review missions each year fr...

Complaint > Southern Transport Development Project (STDP)

Compliance Report: CRP Final Report [PDF] (Management Response and Requester Response to CRP Draft Report are attached)

...compensation start with their concern that some farmers had not received land-for-land compensation. ADB's Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice dated 1998 is clear on this issue: "Cash for land acquisition has never been a satisfactory mode of compensation if it is not paid at replacement values. There is also the risk that the APs might spend their cash quickly and become impoverished, or that women’s and children’s subsistence needs might not be met if cash compensation is p...

Complaint > Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Investment Program 2

Monitoring: Final Monitoring Report (English)

...compensation entitlements and did not ensure a firm commitment to the cash compensation mechanism in Bekasi district. The resettlement plan could have provided stronger assurances that the provisions of ADB’s resettlement policy would be complied with. (iii) The ADB-approved 2008 resettlement plan did not ensure adequate compensation for lost assets at replacement cost and appropriate livelihood restoration measures to prevent impoverishment. It did not include a thorough analysis of viab...

Complaint > Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Project

Dispute Resolution: Review and Assessment & Problem-Solving Report (English)

...compensation of the project GRM were successfully resolved and the affected households received their compensation payments. The unresolved complaint was from a group of 18 households who refused to accept the enhanced compensation offer based on the additional IVS study and subsequently reached out to OSPF. 20. The 18 households explained that the compensation amount determined was insufficient to purchase land of similar quality and size in the same locality. In addition, the complainant...

Complaint > Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Project

Dispute Resolution: Review and Assessment & Problem-Solving Report (English)

...compensation of the project GRM were successfully resolved and the affected households received their compensation payments. The unresolved complaint was from a group of 18 households who refused to accept the enhanced compensation offer based on the additional IVS study and subsequently reached out to OSPF. 20. The 18 households explained that the compensation amount determined was insufficient to purchase land of similar quality and size in the same locality. In addition, the complainant...

Complaint > Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Investment Program 2

Monitoring: 1st Annual Monitoring Report (English)

...compensation entitlements and did not ensure a firm commitment to the cash compensation mechanism in Bekasi district. The resettlement plan could have provided stronger assurances that the provisions of ADB’s resettlement policy would be complied with. (iii) The ADB-approved 2008 resettlement plan did not ensure adequate compensation for lost assets at replacement cost and appropriate livelihood restoration measures to prevent impoverishment. It did not include a thorough analysis of viab...

Complaint > Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia Project

Filing: Request for compliance review

...compensation and rehabilitation measures.”9 ADB has failed to ensure that: “In preparing the resettlement planning documents,…the borrower… take into account the views of affected groups and civil society groups where relevant, including nongovernment organizations.”10 The ADB has failed to ensure “a revised resettlement plan resulting from a detailed technical design or change in scope of the project” has been made available to AHs11 and/or it has failed to assist in the preparation of re...

Complaint > Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia Project

Filing: Request for compliance review

...compensation for their lost or partly lost structures and/or assets based on the Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS). According to the RPs totally affected households required to relocate were to be provided with three options: (1) relocation to project-sponsored sites with security of tenure, (2) re-organization onsite in the ROW with a guarantee of being able to remain there for at least the next 5 years, and (3) cash compensation for lost assets and self-arranged relocation. Vulnerable hou...

Complaint > Pehur High Level Canal Extension Project

Closing Report: Final Report (English)

...compensation determined for land and nonland assets by the PMO fell short of the replacement cost principles as required under the Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 requirements, the OSPF carried out discussions with the PMO and the ADB project team. The PMO explained to the OSPF that the compensation would cover land and crop income losses consistent with Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 requirements and would include: i. cash compensation at replacement cost plus 15% compulsory acquisition ...

Complaint > Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program

Filing: Complaint

...cash income for Effected People) number of people and on the environment. The EIA does not assess such impacts and how they will be mitigated. 8. Due to the induction of large number of outsiders in the villages, we, particularly the women among us are feeling that their security and privacy would be seriously affected. Women regularly go into the forest to collect herbs, grass, and fodder and for cattle grazing and other purposes. Many of them also stay for long periods of time in the fo...

Complaint > Southern Transport Development Project (STDP)

Monitoring: Annual Monitoring Report [PDF]Report sent to Requesters

...compensation payment; delays in providing new land titles; lack of information to invest the compensation proceeds wisely; the refusal to recognize specific claims on items such as trees and other crops; and invidious comparisons of compensation rates for apparently same plots of land. Affectees are unclear as to what constitutes "full compensation"; basic compensation; the additional compensation awarded at Land Acq...

Complaint > National Highway Development Sector Investment Program

Dispute Resolution: Review and Assessment report (RAR)

...cash compensation and rehabilitation assistance, irrespective of their land ownership status, to ensure that those affected by the Project shall be at least as well off, if not better off, than they would have been without the Project; (iii) The compensation packages shall reflect replacement costs for all losses (such as land, crops, trees, structures, businesses, incomes, etc.); (iv) Compensation and resettlement will be satisfactorily completed before a NoObjection Certificate can be pr...

Complaint > North-South Corridor (Kvesheti-Kobi) Road Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Report (English)

...compensation is not an option in this project because of the limited availability of land in the area. 107. The CRP has reviewed the project-specific Entitlements Matrix provided in the LARPs. On loss of income and livelihood, the CRP notes that the entitlements provide only for cash compensation for affected crops. For severely affected AHs, an additional crop compensation or allowance is also specified. 30 Livelihood restoration is only provided for severely affected AHs, and only in th...

Complaint > Southern Punjab Basic Urban Services Project

Dispute Resolution: Review and Assessment Report (RAR) (English)

...Compensation, and Livelihood 29. Land Acquisition and Compensation. Land acquisition is done according to the Land Acquisition Act of Pakistan, which has provisions for grievance redress that both BoR and the SPBUSP must follow. The initial compensation rate awarded to APs was PRs500,000 per acre of land. Everyone agreed that this assessment did not reflect market rates and "was on the low side." Upon request from the APs, the government made a reassessment. The District Price Assessment C...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Monitoring: CRP 3nd Annual Monitoring Report (English)

...cash compensation component. A technical expert has been hired to support the Village Development Advisory Committee, which is charged with the implementation of the plan. In its supervision efforts, ADB staff has also emphasized the urgency and importance of a medium-term program for pagadiyas to earn additional income and provided assistance in further advancing the planning of the shrimp farm investments. ADB staff is also engaged in reviewing together with CGPL alternative options for a...

Complaint > Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia Project

Compliance Report: CRP’s Final Report (English)

...compensation deficits. 10. Different approaches are available for computing average compensation deficits. We provide three such examples below. Computing Average Compensation Deficit for Loss of Property 11. In suggesting average lump sum levels for compensation payments for loss of property the following factors may be taken into consideration: Appendix 5 131 a. The average compensation paid to a re-settling AH was $751. Details of the average compensation paid to AHs at each resettlem...

Complaint > CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Bishkek-Torugart Road) Project 1

Compliance Report: CRP Final Report (English)

...compensation. Instead, ADB accepted an MOTC compensation agreement involving compensation in construction materials that the affected persons did not find useful and that were worth considerably less than the assets lost. Furthermore, this proposal did not consider loss of income and other assets, such as trees. This response to the complaint did not comply with the Involuntary Resettlement Policy requirements on unanticipated resettlement impact (para. 53), including the requirement to pre...

Complaint > Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP)

Dispute Resolution: Final Report, 22 Dec 2004

...compensation and resettlement The land acquisition, compensation and resettlement process and related activities have been grossly arbitrary. There was and still is the lack of minimum standards to be made applicable to all the affected persons and the families when making decisions about who to displace, how and where. The displaced families have not been given adequate time to move and resettle and there has been no reasonable offer for resettlement. The payment of cash compensation in a...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Monitoring: CRP 2nd Annual Monitoring Report (English)

...compensation, the VDACs and NGO charged with the implementation of the program. All parties confirmed that the full compensation has been paid, partly in cash and partly as equipment (fishing nets) as agreed upon by the pagadiyas. In addition, two payments have been made to families from the health fund. The CRP notes the timely implementation of the compensation payments under the Livelihood Improvement Plan for the period 2012 to 2016 and appreciates the attention given to the careful imp...