BANGLADESH LAND PORT AUTHORITY
          Consultancy   Services   for   Performing  Feasibility   Study   of
          Ramgarh and Detail Design of Bhomra and Ramgarh Land
          Ports  
              RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN
                  BHOMRA LAND PORT
                       FINAL REPORT
                        October, 2020
          Consultants:
                  Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company
                  BETS Consulting Services Ltd 
                  Shahidul Consultant
                          Consultancy Services for Performing Feasibility Study of Ramgarh        Resettlement 
                          and Detail Design of Bhomra and Ramgarh Land Ports                      Action Plan
                         Consultancy Services for Performing
                         Feasibility Study of Ramgarh and Detail Design of 
                         Bhomra and Ramgarh Land Ports
                         Resettlement Action Plan
                         Bhomra Land Port
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                          Consultancy Services for Performing Feasibility Study of Ramgarh        Resettlement 
                          and Detail Design of Bhomra and Ramgarh Land Ports                      Action Plan
                         Contents
                         EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................XI
                           1     INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................1
                              1.1     Background..........................................................................................................1
                              1.2     Purpose of the Resettlement Action Plan.............................................................1
                              1.3     Resettlement Policy Framework for the Project...................................................2
                              1.4     Location of Bhomra Land Port..............................................................................3
                              1.5     Infrastructure/Land Requirements of Land Ports.................................................5
                              1.6     Methodology for Preparation of Resettlement Action Plan.................................6
                           2     SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE......................................................................................9
                              2.1     Description of the Project Area............................................................................9
                              2.2     Baseline Population and Demography...............................................................10
                              2.3     Sex Distribution of Affected Population.............................................................10
                              2.4     Age Distribution of Affected Population.............................................................10
                              2.5     Marital Status of Affected Population................................................................11
                              2.6     Education...........................................................................................................12
                              2.7     Occupational Patterns........................................................................................12
                              2.8     Monthly Income and Poverty Level....................................................................13
                              2.9     Access to Formal Sources of Loan......................................................................14
                              2.10    Land Holding Pattern and Tenure System...........................................................14
                              2.11    Reasons for Living in the Project Area................................................................15
                              2.12    Years of Living in the Project Area......................................................................16
                              2.13    Access to Health Facilities..................................................................................16
                              2.14    Water and Sanitation Facilities...........................................................................17
                              2.15    Type of Housing Structure..................................................................................18
                              2.16    Religion..............................................................................................................19
                              2.17    Indigenous Peoples............................................................................................19
                              2.18    Vulnerable Women-Headed Households...........................................................19
                              2.19    Women’s Mobility and Empowerment...............................................................19
                              2.20    Utility Connection in the Project Area................................................................20
                              2.21    Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Sites......................................................20
                              2.22    Land Price...........................................................................................................21
                           3     MEASURES TO MINIMIZE RESETTLEMENT..................................................................23
                              3.1     Rationality of Site Selection................................................................................23
                              3.2     Potential Economic and Social Impacts..............................................................23
                           4     CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEYS.................................................................26
                              4.1     The Affected Persons Losing Land......................................................................26
                              4.2     Loss of Structures...............................................................................................26
                              4.3     Losses of Trees...................................................................................................26
                              4.4     Losses of Crops...................................................................................................27
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                              4.5     Livelihood Restoration........................................................................................27
                              4.6     Impact on Vulnerable Households.....................................................................27
                              4.7     Impact on Indigenous and Ethnic Minority Groups............................................27
                              4.8     Analysis of Data..................................................................................................28
                           5     CONSULTATION AND INVOLVEMENT OF PAPS.............................................................29
                              5.1     Consultations.....................................................................................................29
                              5.2     Methodology of Consultations...........................................................................29
                           6     ENTITLEMENT FRAMEWORK...................................................................................41
                              6.1     Land Acquisition and Compensation Policy Matrix............................................41
                              6.2     Compensation Mechanism.................................................................................41
                              6.3     Entitlement Matrix.............................................................................................42
                           7     INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE................................46
                              7.1     The BLPA Set Up.................................................................................................46
                              7.2     Institutional Set-Up............................................................................................48
                              7.3     Capacity Building for BLPA Officials....................................................................51
                              7.4     Monitoring and Evaluation.................................................................................51
                              7.5     Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)...............................................................52
                              7.6     Grievance Redress Service (GRS)........................................................................58
                           8     IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE OF RESETTLEMENT PLAN.................................................59
                           9     COSTS AND BUDGETS...........................................................................................61
                              9.1     Budget................................................................................................................61
                              9.2     Information Campaign.......................................................................................61
                              9.3     Information Disclosure.......................................................................................62
                              9.4     Disclosure...........................................................................................................62
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