Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Management Action Plan: 49-Second Management Progress Report (English)

...compensation. In order to comply with Bank safeguards, the Borrower will be undertaking but not be limited to the following: (i) confirmation and adjustment of the compensation amounts as needed for compliance with DCA obligations, (ii) dissemination of information to affected people about compensation for lost assets and eligibility for compensation; (iii) arrangements for payment of compensation; (iv) procedures for recording and processing grievances; (v) me...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Action Plan: Second Progress Report on Management Action Plan

...compensation. At the time of the Bank’s last mission in September 2016, a further 3 families had agreed to compensation packages, and were in the process of formalizing these agreements. Only six families are still in negotiation with THDCIL on resettlement compensation. Out of these six families, four are living in other cities in India and are therefore not dependent on their Hatsari landholding for their livelihoods. The two families that...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Action Plan: Third Progress Report on Management Action Plan

...compensation packages with the property owners, but has not made further progress over the past year. Of the 17 families of Hatsari, 11 have reached an agreement with THDC regarding relocation, and 6 families remain in discussion with THDC on compensation packages. Negotiations remain ongoing with these remaining six families but no agreement on compensation has been reached. The reasons for lack of progress in this area are not entirely clear, but appear due, in part, to the following factors: ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Management Action Plan: 60-Second Management Progress Report (English)

...compensation directly with the developer or the MPP and have left the BKL area. The remaining 78 households have refused offers of cash compensation and continue to demand higher levels of compensation or land titles within the 12.44 hectares. Negotiations between the MPP and these remaining residents are ongoing. 9. Update on former BKL residents who have already been resettled: The Bank has repeatedly offered the RGC technical and financial support to help improve the living conditions an...

Complaint > Electricity Transmission Expansion and Supply Improvement Project

Filing: Complaint

...compensation plan for which is absolutely against the objectives of the donor institute (ADB). As per the approved updated IEE report (article 7.3 rule of Economic, Social cum Cultural Environment), it states that the land will be acquired by the project office "land acquisition rule 2034 B.S cum with the mutual understanding between project and affected families". (See attached updated IEE report in Nepali version). Contrary to this project, the concerning authority has already decided on c...

Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Compliance Report: 24-Investigation Report (English)

...compensation package which ended up setting payment caps to limit exposure to fraud. Can one estimate the number of PAPs who lost compensation because they succumbed to offers of cash by speculators who purchased part or all of their holdings? Can one estimate the number of PAPs who allowed speculators to pose as tenants thereby foregoing the crop compensation they would otherwise have had? ...

Complaint > Proposed Kosovo Power Project and Second Additional Financing Energy Sector Clean-up and Land Reclamation Project

Management Response: 103-Management Response

...cash compensation as the only choice” (p. The basic infrastructure (i.e., main road, water, sewage 35) connections and electricity) for the section of New Shkabaj required for people under the Shala RAP to start house “Under the KRPF, cash compensation has been distributed many ...

Complaint > Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program - Tranche 2

Filing: Complaint

...cash compensation with no other support is in violation of ADB Safeguards Policies. A compensation amount of $35000 is considered a very good deal as a compensation for relinquishing land and a 2-storey house which housed 6 adults and 2 children. A look at the housing market prices reveals that this amount will buy a one-bedroom (2 rooms) apartment in the near center zones and a 2-bedroom apartment outside town. 6. Lack of reliable, meaningful consultation which clearly describes potential r...

Complaint > AD Hydro Power Limited-01/Himachal Pradesh

Agreement: Commitments Register, December 2007

...cash for land compensation has been offered, but the affected compensation or an alternative villagers have rejected the option and have instead land equivalent in size, value, and accepted cash compensation. quality to what they are losing. ¾ Final ESIA, being prepared by M/s ERM and to be The company will seek the ...

Complaint > AD Hydro Power Limited-01/Himachal Pradesh

Timeline: Commitments Register, February 2008

...cash for land compensation has been offered, but the affected compensation or an alternative villagers have rejected the option and have instead land equivalent in size, value, and accepted cash compensation. quality to what they are losing. Ø Final ESIA, being prepared by M/s ERM and to be The company will seek the ...

Complaint > Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Report (English)

...compensation policy such that it 1) meets the ADB standard of full replacement value at current market rates, and 2) provides a compensation “floor” that is sufficient to ensure that displaced households are able to secure adequate housing upon relocation; (ii) Reimbursement for the actual costs of replacing lost assets for each household that have not yet been compensated and retroactive compensation adjustments for those who have already been resettled and compensated at less than the a...

Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...compensation. According to Complainants, the company’s resettlement programme included cash compensation, but not allocation of new land. The company negotiated with individual herders, with no involvement from local authorities. The soum administration was unsure of its role, and individual herders did not have sufficient information to negotiate in an informed and equal manner. 16. According to Complainants, the payment of cash instead of land compen...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Fourth Management Progress Report

...cash compensation, 300 households continued to use the cash to avail of agricultural programs (including inputs and market and group cooperatives); some 214 received, in addition to the cash support, some fishery inputs (fishing gear, boats, fish nets distributed in 2011); and 100 households participated in 2011 in the livelihood training workshops. 23. In terms of health care, BEL facilitated the community outreach programs of the two sub- county health departments (one each on the east and...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, Management of the Petroleum Economy Project, and Petroleum Sector Management Capacity Building Project

Eligibility: 22-Eligibility Report (English)

...compensation with the beneficiaries; • Cash compensation payments; • Post-payment survey of beneficiaries of cash compensation and explanation of grievance procedures; and • In-kind compensation payments. 97. There are two categories of project affected people. The first category comprises those who are affected by land acquisition and require compensation, but cannot be considered as economically displaced and eligible for resettlement (Co...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Registration: 60-Notice of Registration (English)

...compensation options. These options were: cash compensation, relocation in a site many kilometers away, and, finally, onsite housing coupled with temporary relocation while waiting for the construction of the houses to be completed in about four years. According to the Requesters, residents of the community “regard themselves as owners of the land” and have documents that recognize their ownership under customary tenure. The Requesters argue that the Project, which aims at creating a cen...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Compliance Report: 23-Investigation Report (English)

...compensation is open to abuse and raises serious questions, as in the case of compensation for land noted above. 19. In April 2000, Coal India Ltd. made a major change that gives the PAPs an additional option. They may take a one time cash grant of Rs50,000 in lieu of a house plot in the resettlement site. This grant is in addition to the above-noted compensation for loss of homestead land and house. Since then, as Management notes, 82 Project-affected families (PAFs) h...

Complaint > Integrated Citarum Water Resources Management Investment Program 2

Dispute Resolution: Final Report (English)

...compensation for affected persons (APs); (ii) updating and implementation of the Resettlement Plan 2008; (iii) communication, resettlement-related information, and consultations; and (iv) government laws and regulations, and the ADB Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (1995). The complainants have requested cash compensation as soon as possible to improve their living conditions. The RAR found that the complainants are not familiar with the planned resettlement activities, with the Governmen...

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

Filing: Request for Compliance Review (English)

...cash compensation for store demolition. Second, by providing assistance in preparing registration of new store permits and by paying the costs in relation to registration of a new store in accordance with receipts, checks and orders. Third, by including the name of under the said Project. in favorable loan repayment program scheme Earlier we have raised our issues to ADB staff and Special ADB Intermediary under the Project. Further below is the report on past activities: CRPP co...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Management Response: 87-Management Response (English)

...cash compensation for lost assets may be ap- percent of those affected requested cash compensation and propriate in certain limited circumstances. The self-relocation. ARAP claims that, “76 percent of the relocates prefer cash compensation considering that In addition to compensation, the Project includes the fol- such mode of payment will be easy in han- lowi...

Complaint > Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...compensation for involuntary resettlement, Management states that EPM provided a comprehensive compensation and rehabilitation package to minimize the project’s adverse impacts. The solutions offered, which it notes were agreed upon with the affected individuals and communities in a participatory manner, included: (i) resettlement to a similar area; (ii) resettlement to the main towns of the area; and (iii) direct cash compensation. Management also states that support was...