Livelihood Assistance Plan (LAP)
of Bholaganj Land Port
Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project-1
Credit Number 6002-BD
Executing Agency
Bangladesh Land Port Authority
Ministry of Shipping
January 2024
Table of Contents
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................................ iii
List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................................... iii
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 The Project..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Purpose of the LAP ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 Applicable Legal and Policy Framework .......................................................................................................... 3
1.5 Methodology of LAP preparation ......................................................................................................................... 4
2. Socio-economic Profile of the Project-Affected People ..................................................................... 5
2.1 Demography.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 Livelihoods .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Land control/holding ................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.4 Education........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.5 Household income ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.6 Social facilities .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.7 Social Organization .................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Stakeholder Consultation and Information Disclosure .................................................................... 8
3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
3.2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
3.3 Consultation Findings and feedbacks ................................................................................................................ 8
4. Implementation Arrangement and Grievance Redress Mechanism ......................................... 10
4.1 Implementation Arrangement ........................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)............................................................................................................ 10
5. Project Impacts, Assistance and Benefits ............................................................................................ 12
5.1 Project Impacts ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.2 Livelihood Assistance and Benefits.................................................................................................................. 13
6. Resettlement costs and budget ............................................................................................................... 16
6.1 Calculation/valuation of estimated costs ...................................................................................................... 16
6.2 Summary of Resettlement Budget .................................................................................................................... 16
6.3 Description of item-wise assistances .............................................................................................................. 16
6.3.1 Structures ............................................................................................................................................................... 16
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6.3.2 Trees ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
6.4 Other Benefits............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Annex-I: Participant list of consultation....................................................................................................... 18
List of Tables
Table 2.1: Distribution of household member by age category............................................................................... 5
Table 2.2: Distribution of household members by marital status .......................................................................... 5
Table 2.3: Distribution of household members by main occupations .................................................................. 6
Table 2.4: Distribution of household members by edcuational status ................................................................. 6
Table 2.5: Distribution of household by income range ............................................................................................... 7
Table 5.1: PAP-wise List of Affected Structure ............................................................................................................ 12
Table 5.2: PAP-wise List of Affected Trees .................................................................................................................... 13
Table 5.3: List of Affected Business Operators ............................................................................................................ 13
Table 6.1: Eligibility and Entitlement Matrix ............................................................................................................... 13
Table 6.1: Summary of the budget .................................................................................................................................... 16
Table 6.2: PAP-wise compensation budget of affected structures of households ........................................ 16
Table 6.3: PAP-wise compensation budget of affected trees of households ................................................... 17
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Map of the Bholaganj Land Port (red colored) ........................................................................................ 2
Figure 1.2: Proposed land acquisition plan for Bholaganj land port ..................................................................... 3
Figure 3.1: Photos of consultations ..................................................................................................................................... 9
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1. Introduction
1.1 Background
The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received credit from the International
Development Association (IDA) – a member of the World Bank Group – for financing the cost of the
Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project 1(BRCP-1), being jointly implemented by the Bangladesh
Land Port Authority (BLPA), National Board of Revenue (NBR) and Ministry of Commerce (MoC). The
Project Development Objective is to improve conditions for trade through improving connectivity,
reducing logistics bottlenecks, and supporting the adoption of modern approaches to border
management and trade facilitation.
The Project consists of three (3) major components, of which the component-1 will be implemented
by BLPA. Under this component, the implementation procedure has been started for 4 land ports at
Sheola, Ramgarh, Bhomra and upgradation of Security System at Benapole. As of this reporting period
implementation works are going on in Sheola, Ramgarh and Benapole land ports. No works has yet
been implemented at Bhomra land port and dropped from BRCP-1. Development of Bhora land port
included under the upcoming project ACCESS. The unused money from Bhomra transferred to the
development of Bholaganj land port. Bholaganj was declared as the country’s 24th land port in July
2019. BLPA proposed for development land port 52.30 acres of khash (Government owned) barren
non-agricultural land near the zero line and left side of the existing Sylhet Bholaganj highway.
However, there are some unauthorized homesteads and small shops inhabited and operated by
landless locals. In addition, there are a few movable stone crushing structures (including machines and
office). Since the land is khash (Government owned) and people have movable properties, the project
at least needs to have a grant allocation for them. This Livelihood Assistance Plan (LAP) is prepped in
this context.
1.2 The Project
The proposed Bholaganj land port currently has no infrastructure rather than a small temporary Tin-
shade structure customs station for NBR since 2009. This customs station handled around 500 loaded
import trucks from India per day without providing any weighing mechanism. The main import
material is limestone (more than 50 percent) with the remaining being stone, boulders, and other
materials. The lack of infrastructure facilities and the absence of banking facilities is hindering the
trade activities.
On the west of Bholaganj there is Gobrakura land port. It has a distance of 272 kilometer from
Gobrakura land port. On the east of Bholaganj it has Tamabil land port which is 69.1 kilometer away
from Bholaganj. To reach Bholaganj two roadways can be used either-Umtyngar State Highway no 5
(SH5) of the district Khashi Pahar of the Meghalaya State or Pynursla Major District Road no 27
(MDR27) of the Khashi Pahar districts of the Meghalaya state of India. Distance from Umtyngar &
Pynursl are 58.1 & 49.1 kilometers respectively.
The port currently had an annual goods handling capacity of 0.5 million metric tons per year. 100% of
the commodity is construction materials (used in other places of the country), including Bolder stone
& limestone. It is forecasted that the overall import/export freight demand will be approximately 5
million metric tons by the year 2055. This will require to increase the throughput capacity of the port
to approximately 1500 tons/hour by the year 2055.
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The proposed land port includes the following development:
i) Administrative Facilities: Typical items include but are not limited to civil infrastructure
facilities to support port stakeholders such as Port Authority, Immigration, Customs, Banks,
Labor Union, Labor Contractor, C&F Agents, Health Inspectors and Truck Drivers.
ii) Port Functions (Import & Export Facilities): Typical civil and non-civil infrastructure items that
are warehouse with or without climate control, transhipment yard with or without a shed,
open stockyard, passenger, and truck parking yard, weighing bridge, passenger terminal,
detailed custom Inspection and or scanning, intra/internet, CCTV, emergency power, drainage
system capable of handling flash flood during the monsoon.
iii) Port Supporting Facilities: Security post, port emergency responds facilities, border barrack,
driver service facilities/rest areas, restaurant, guest house, emergency medical centre, truck
washing, or general maintenance area (emergency breakdown).
iv) Recreation Facilities: Open green space as gardens, walkways, sitting, water body as an excess
flash flood water retention pond as well as aesthetic element. The sites will be landscaped
with particular attention to environmental protection and climate change mitigation features.
v) Green and Environmentally Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: During the architectural design
phase, consideration is given to adding items that will ensure the development of Green and
Environmentally sustainable civil infrastructures.
vi) Equipment includes weighbridges and loading/unloading, warehouse operation accessories,
and office equipment required for modern border management.
Figure 1.1: Map of the Bholaganj Land Port (red colored)
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1.3 Purpose of the LAP
BLPA applied to the concerned Ministry of the Government for long term leasing for 52.30 acres of
khash land (Owned by Government) where nobody has property rights near the zero point/line for
development of the proposed land port. This land is inhabited by landless people, some of them also
operate small shops. Furthermore, several stone crushing business operators run their stone crushing
activities. There is similar type of more vacant khash land available around the proposed land. Since
the land is state-owned and most of the structures are movable, BLPA intends to provide livelihood
assistance to the PAPs, especially to the landless people.
Figure 1.2: Proposed land acquisition plan for Bholaganj land port
1.4 Applicable Legal and Policy Framework
The legal and policy framework for land acquisition and involuntary resettlement in this proposed
project will be based on: (i) Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act (ARIPA) 2017 (ii)
WB’s OP 4.12. However, since the inhabited people or land controllers have no legal entitlement on
the proposed land, ARIPA-2017 does not allow any compensation for them. In this contrast, the OP
4.12 Involuntary Resettlement” allows any displaced/affected persons —regardless of titled and non-
titled— to be compensated and/or provide livelihood assistance. The project activities will have
impacts on the environmental and socio-economic issues, so World Bank Safeguard Policy Guideline
OP/BP 4.01 Environmental Assessment will be triggered for this project. In addition, the project
activity will also trigger OP/BP 4.12 Involuntary Resettlement/Compensation as some temporarily
living households and shops will be relocated. However, there will be no land acquisition, as the land
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is owned by the Government (khash land)". Thus, the requirement of OP 4.12 and its objectives are as
follows:
Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible, or minimized, exploring all viable
alternative project designs.
Where it is not feasible to avoid resettlement, resettlement activities should be conceived and
executed as sustainable development programs, providing sufficient investment resources to
enable the persons displaced by the project to share in project benefits. Displaced persons
should be meaningfully consulted and should have opportunities to participate in planning
and implementing resettlement programs.
Displaced persons should be assisted in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and
standards of living or at least to restore them, in real terms, to pre- displacement levels or to
levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher.
1.5 Methodology of LAP preparation
The preparation of Livelihood Assistance Plan (LAP) is based on census survey among the Project
Affected Persons (PAPs), Inventory of Losses (IoL), and consultation with the PAPs. A trained and
dedicated team of BLPA carried out field census survey to collect relevant data along with
consultations with the PAPs. The survey and consultation were carried out with the PAPs who will lose
their homesteads and businesses.
Before the team mobilization, a census and survey questionnaire were prepared by the social
consultant of the World Bank, based on which a rigorous training on the questionnaire was provided.
The field enumerators started the survey on 06 June 2023 with PAPs in the presence of social
consultant of the world Bank and the consultant of BLPA. A filled-up questionnaire was discussed and
corrected in the case of issues raised in the field. The field team and consultants also participated in
the stakeholder consultation. The collected data was entered into MS Excel and analyzed, based on
which this LAP report was prepared.
This LAP has been prepared using the RPF already been prepared by Bangladesh Land Ports Authority.
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2. Socio-economic Profile of the Project-Affected People
2.1 Demography
There are 15 households will be affected by the proposed land acquisition, of them 13 are male-
headed and the remaining two are female-headed. These households have 82 people, of which 43 are
male and 39 are females. The average household size is 5.5. The sex ratio is 110.2 referring to that
more than 110 males per 100 females.
The age composition-wise distribution of household members shows that most of them (39%) belong
to the 15-29 age group. About 4.9% are elderly people.
Table 2.1: Distribution of household member by age category
Male Female Total
Age category
No. % No. % No. %
Under 15 15 18 14 17 29 35.4
15-29 17 21 15 18 32 39.0
30-44 4 5 5 6 9 11.0
45-59 4 5 4 5 8 9.8
Above 60 3 4 1 1 4 4.9
Total 43 52 39 48 82 100.0
The distribution of household members according to the martial status shows that 49% are married
and equally 49% are unmarried. Females are more married than males. One female member was
found widowed.
Table 2.2: Distribution of household members by marital status
Male Female Total
Marital status No. % No. % No. %
Married 16 23 19 27 35 49
Unmarried 22 31 13 18 35 49
Widowed 0 0 1 1 1 1
Total 38 54 33 46 71 100
2.2 Livelihoods
The following table shows the distribution of household members according to their main occupation.
Most of them are involved in day laboring activities such as working in stone crushing. A very few of
them are involved in service and business. On the other hand, women are mostly housewives. About
7.9% work in stone crushing as daily workers.
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Socio-economic profile of PAPs
Table 2.3: Distribution of household members by main occupations
Type of main Male Female Total
occupation No. % No. % No. %
Agriculture - - 1 2.6 1 1.3
Teacher - - 1 2.6 1 1.3
Service 3 7.1 - - - -
Housewife - - 14 36.8 14 17.5
Business 5 11.9 - - 5 6.3
Day labourers 11 26.2 3 7.9 14 17.5
Unemployed 1 2.4 5 13.2 6 7.5
Tailor - - 1 2.6 1 1.3
Local Pharmacist 1 2.4 - - 1 1.3
Students 16 38.1 7 18.4 23 28.8
Children 5 11.9 6 15.8 11 13.8
Total 42 100 38 100 80 100
2.3 Land control/holding
These people are absolute landless and have neither operated nor homestead land. The proposed
land under their control, therefore, is state-owned khash land, although they have been living here
for a couple of decades. Thus, these people do not have legal rights/entitlement on the land they are
living in.
2.4 Education
The educational status shows that most of the household members are in the education level between
class 6 to 10. Primary level students were found 17.2%, and undergraduate level students were found
19%. Of household members, about 5.2% are presently pursuing their postgraduate degrees. The
tendency to education was found growing because of their landless and poor socio-economic
condition.
Table 2.4: Distribution of household members by edcuational status
Male Female Total
Education level No. % No. % No. %
Primary 5 17.2 5 17.2 10 17.2
Class 6 to 10 8 27.6 7 24.1 15 25.9
SSC equivalent 5 17.2 2 6.9 7 12.1
HSC and equivalent 3 10.3 1 3.4 4 6.9
Undergraduate/BA 3 10.3 8 27.6 11 19.0
Postgraduate/Masters 1 3.4 2 6.9 3 5.2
Hafez (memorization of Quran) 2 6.9 2 6.9 4 6.9
Literate (can sign only) - - 1 3.4 1 1.7
Illiterate 2 6.9 1 3.4 3 5.2
Total 29 100.0 29 100 58 100.0
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Socio-economic profile of PAPs
2.5 Household income
According to the following table, 27% household have monthly income of less than BDT 10,000.
Household income of 47% household is between BDT 10,000 to 20,000.
Table 2.5: Distribution of household by income range
Household income
Income Range
Nos. %
<10000 4 27
10000-20000 7 47
20000-30000 4 27
Total 15 100
2.6 Social facilities
These households have grid electricity connection and solar electricity. Each household uses a ring-
slab for sanitation. They collect drinking water from tubewells.
2.7 Social Organization
The landless group shows their unity in the context of getting khash land (Government Owned)
allocation from the government and thus, formed a local shomity (association) called “Bholaganj
Adarshagram Sarbeek Gram Unnoyan Shomity”. This association helped them to approach the local
political bosses and local administrative body (such as UNO) in dealing with the khash (Government
Owned) land allocation. However, the land allocation is still in the process.
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3. Stakeholder Consultation and Information Disclosure
3.1 Introduction
A consultation with the project affected people was conducted intending to discuss the land leasing
issue, their views toward the project, resettlement/relocation option, etc. PAPs attended the
consultation meeting and discussed their concerns about the land leasing for the project and
expressed their expectation.
3.2 Methodology
A group consultation was conducted in one of the houses of PAPs. Since the number of PAPs is small,
the team arranged and conducted the meeting instantly while visiting the PAPs. The team showed the
proposed layout and the proposed land area for leasing and discussed a couple issues following the
standard procedure of consultation. Thus, consultation was conducted on June 06, 2023, at 11:00.
3.3 Consultation Findings and feedbacks
The project affected people who discussed issues related to the land leasing, their settlement on this
land, consequences driven by the proposed land leasing, and their expectations to the project
authority. They key discussed points and feedback from BLPA are presented in the following:
Sl. Discussed points/comments Feedback from BLPA
As PAPs are living on the khash (Government
1. BLPA will provide them livelihood
Owned) land and do not have legal entitlements,
assistance grant
they were always ready to give their occupied land.
But as the landless people and citizens of the
country, they expect at least some compensation.
A considerable portion of their neighboring village The khash (Government Owned) land
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is khash (Government Owned). There is a cluster allocation process is a complicated
village for landless people allocated during the process. On top of that the RPF allows
1980s in the opposite side of the road, this gives a for a cluster village if the number
hope to them that it would be better if the project relocated homestead is more than 20.
authority (BLPA) tries to arrange or facilitate khash But BLPA would discuss the issue with
land allocation for them. the DC & UNO and will support them in
khash land allocation
The landless people organized association
3 Same as above
(shomity) for defending their rights on khash land,
particularly in getting allocation from the
government. In this regard, the members of this
shomity had several campaigns, demonstrations,
and meetings with the local influential and
administrative body (UNO). However,
unfortunately the allocation of khash land to them
was still in the process. If BLPA facilitates or
negotiates with the local administrative body for
them would be better for them to be settled.
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Stakeholder consultation & disclosure
The PAPs have very limited options for livelihood BLPA would engage PAPs to the project
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activities except agricultural production. People activities based of its requirement and
expected their potential involvement in the project skill of PAPs.
activities
There are a couple of small shops that will be BLPA will provide a grant to these
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affected by the land leasing process. These affected business operators.
structures, although are moveable, their income
will be temporarily affected.
The attendance list of participants is given in Annex-I. Photos of consultation meeting is presented
below:
Figure 3.1: Photos of consultations
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4. Implementation Arrangement and Grievance Redress Mechanism
4.1 Implementation Arrangement
BLPA will arrange for LAP implementation and monitoring mechanism. The Project Implementation
Unit (PIU) will have an Environmental and Social Cell in the PIU, who will be directly involved in the
implementation of the LAP. At the top, BLPA will oversee the entire implementation mechanism. The
implementation timeline is given below:
Timeline
Activities 2023 2024
Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Reporting Phase
Data collection (Inventory of Losses, Socio-economic
Surveys, market survey, etc.) for RAP
Draft LAP Report preparation
Review by the World Bank
Finalization of LAP report and Approval
Implementation Phase
Submission to the WB
Formation & functioning of Committees: LAP and GRC
Finalization of PAP list
Preparation of ID cards
Grant disbursement
4.2 Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)
GRM is a management and governance-related process used to safeguard compliance. Efficient GRM
is required to assist in project implantation and to resolve any issues and complaints from the PAPs
and/or local community. Aiming to this objective a Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) will be formed
and functioned.
The proposed GRC will be as follows:
Representative of the BLPA: Chairman
Supervision Engineer from CSC: Member Secretary
Elected Chairperson of the Union: Member
Elected Women UP Member: Member
A person from affected family: Member
A respectable person of the business community: Member
Besides, an apex tier of GRC will be formed headed by the Project Director, Deputy Project Director
will be general member, the Environmental and Social Specialist will be the Member.
All complaints and suggestions will be received formally at the site level GRC committee by the GRC
Member Secretary as a written form. The complaints will largely be channeled through the GRC
Member Secretary, but aggrieved persons can also lodge the complaints and provide suggestions
directly to the consultant office which is locally situated beside the project. Complaints could be sent
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Grievance redress mechanism
through email or by post or could be written directly in the register book. But the complaint must be
specific and related to the project.
The local level office has a provision of maintaining a complaint box with contract no. for all
stakeholders intending to receive suggestive mechanism or lodge complaints. Within seven days the
complainant needs to be informed by a written document about the receiving and recorded status of
the complaint.
Complaints may also be received directly at the head quarter of GRC, if the issues are not resolved by
the initial tier. Complaints received in head quarter if any, will be resolved in one month.
An intake register will be maintained at the local level Consultant Office. The Consultant Office
representative or on behalf of member secretary will be assisted by an assigned general member in
recording the details of the grievances in the intake register for documentation and ensuring
impartiality, fairness, and transparency.
The intake registration will have data/information columns including (i) Case no., (ii) date of receipt,
(iii) name/type of complaint/grievance, (iv) sex, (v) father’s name/husband’s name, (vi) complete
address of the person raises the complaint/grievance, (vii) main objection (loss of land, if any/property
or entitlement), (viii) detailed case history, (ix) expectation with documentary evidence and previous
records of similar grievances will be documented in the intake register.
A resolution register will be maintained at the GRC secretariat. Resolution register will contain (i)
serial no., (ii) case no., (iii) name of complainant, (iv) Case history, (v) date of hearing, (vi) date of field
investigation (if any), (vii) results of hearing and field investigation, (viii) decision of GRC, (ix) progress
(pending, solved) and (x) agreement or commitments. Besides, closing registers will also be
maintained. Closing register will keep records, such as, (i) serial no., (ii) case no., (iii) name of
complainant, (iv) decision and response to the complaints, (v) date of settlement, (vi) confirmation of
complainant’s satisfaction and (vii) management actions to avoid recurrence.
Based on consensus, the procedure will help to resolve issues/conflicts amicably and quickly, saving
the aggrieved persons from having to resort to expensive, time-consuming legal action. The procedure
will, however, not pre-empt a person’s right to go to the courts of law. No anonymous grievance will
be acceptable in GRM.
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5. Project Impacts, Assistance and Benefits
5.1 Project Impacts
The proposed land leasing process at the Bholaganj site will not affect private land as the land is owned
by the state. Rather, it will affect 15 landless households located in the proposed project area, whose
members are working in the stone crushing machineries. The land leasing process will also affect 6
business operators, who run small movable shops. Of the affected 15 households, there also two
female-headed households. Besides, several business operators - precisely stone crushing machineries
owners will also be affected. Movable properties including crushing machines of them will be affected
mainly. A list of affected households is given below:
Table 5.1: PAP-wise List of Affected Structure
HH headedness No. of Affected Type of Structure
Sl. Name PAPs
Structures
1 Md. Samsun Nur Female-headed 3 Residential, Chicken house etc.
2 Noyan Moni Female-headed 1 Residential
3 Md. Muklas Male-headed 3 Residential, Chicken house etc.
4 Mrs Ripa Begum Male-headed 1 Residential
5 Md. Kala Mia Male-headed 4 Residential, Chicken house etc.
6 Mst Majada Begum Male-headed 1 Residential
Male-headed Residential, Chicken house,
Md. Aklis Miah
7 8 storeroom, etc.
8 Md. Sohel Mia Male-headed 1 Residential
Male-headed Residential, Chicken house,
Md. Shafiqul Islam storeroom, kitchen, cowshed,
9 15 etc.
10 Rakib Male-headed 3 Residential, Chicken house etc.
Male-headed Residential, Chicken house,
Abdul Nur
11 8 storeroom, etc.
12 Md. Abdul Mutalab Male-headed 4 Residential, Chicken house etc.
13 Razib Male-headed 3 Residential, Chicken house etc.
Male-headed Residential, Chicken house,
Md. Majib Mia
14 6 storeroom, etc.
15 Md. Abdul Monaf Male-headed 1 Residential
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These affected households will also lose their trees. A list of affected trees by PAPs is given below:
Table 5.2: PAP-wise List of Affected Trees
Affected Trees by Size
Sl. Name of PAPs
Large Medium No. of trees
1 Md. Muklas 2 Papaya 2
2 Mrs Ripa Begum 1 Papaya 1
3 Md. Kala Mia 1 Raintree 1
4 Md. Aklis Miah 1 Raintree 1
5 Md. Shafiqul Islam 1 Boroi 1
1 Black Berry, 1 Palm,
6 Abdul Nur 4
1 Arjun, 1 Guava
6 Raintree, 1 Chalta, 5
7 Md. Abdul Mutalab Akashi, 4 Mahogony, 3 Neem 20
1 Mango
8 Md. Majib Mia 10 Mango, 1 Raintree 5 Jackfruit, 1 Neem 17
Also, a list of business operators (small shops) is presented below:
Table 5.3: List of Affected Business Operators
Name of small business Type of
Sl. Father's name/business name
operators Business
1 Md. Kala Mia Md. Sorot Ali Tea Stall
2 Md. Shafiqul Islam Late Md. Abdur Rakib Tea Stall
3 Md. Saroar Ahmed Saroar Hotel Hotel
4 Md. Fakhruddin Fokhruddin Store Hotel
5 Md. Khaled Ahmed Bhai Bhai Engineering Workshop & Parts Shop
6 Md. Kayej Ahmed Kayej Oil Store Shop
5.2 Livelihood Assistance and Benefits
This section presents an entitlement matrix that provides for compensation and other assistance for
different losses of the affected persons. The Entitlement Matrix (Table 6.1) follows the previously
prepared Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF). All affected persons will be entitled to receive
livelihood assistance and other applicable benefits.
Table 5.4: Eligibility and Entitlement Matrix
A.1: Loss of Houses /Structures Used for Living and Commercial Activities
Adjustment/modificatio
Entitled Person Entitlement Application Guidelines
n made
Non-titled Replacement cost of Persons without title to As most of the
persons and structures determined the land will be paid properties are
Persons without by PAVC. compensation movable, a lump-sum
title to the land Structure transfer (replacement cost) for all assistance grant for
grants (STG) andHouse structures built on public structure is
those own
construction grant lands. proposed based on
houses/structure
(HCG) for houses/ Shiftable Structure - the degree of
s built on public
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Institutional arrangement
Adjustment/modificatio
Entitled Person Entitlement Application Guidelines
n made
lands/BLPA’s structures. Structure transfer grant affectedness.
lands (shops and Eligible for plot of 4.00 (STG) for shiftable No modification is
residences) decimal at CUL value in structures will be @ 10% made for women-
the RS if they desire so. (ten percent) of the headed households
Homestead Development replacement cost of
Allowance ( HDA) for land structures and House
development construction grant (HCG)
Vulnerable and female @ 10% (ten percent) of
headed households will the replacement cost of
get special cash structures.
assistance. Non-Shiftable Structure -
All house/structure STG only for non-
owners are permitted to shiftable structures @
retain the salvageable 10% of replacement cost
building materials. of the structure.
Vulnerable households:
One-time cash assistance
@ BDT 5,000 (five
thousand).
Women headed
vulnerable households
without adult male
members to shoulder
household
responsibilities will get
additionalone-time cash
assistance of BDT 5,000
(five thousand).
Small mobile structures
on wooden or bamboo
legs (poles not fixed on
ground) which can be
shifted without
dismantling (structures
on legs)are not eligible
for compensation (small
pan- bidi shops,
groceries, tea stalls, etc.)
but will beassisted in
finding alternative
location and given
Structure Transfer
Grant (STG) to cover
any damage and cost of
shifting @ 10% (ten
percent) of the
replacement cost of
structures.
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A.2: Loss of Trees, Bamboo and Banana Groves
Adjustment/modification
Entitled Person Entitlement Application Guidelines
made
Compensation Top a lump-sum assistance is
up (if any) on DC’s proposed based on the
CCL for timber trees, number of trees affected
bamboo, fruit by households
bearing trees (with Estimated market value
timber), etc. and of different species of
30% of timber value trees, based on
in case of fruit categorization as per
bearing trees. Divisional Forest Office.
Value of fruits for
Socially Banana groves: the grown up (big
recognized Compensation Top and medium) trees
owners, such as up on DC’s CCL will be calculated
Persons without estimated for one- as 30% of timber
title to the land time crop of each value for one year.
grown-up tree on Where ownership is in
private land or group, compensation
current market value will not be paid to any
planted on individual or the
government land sponsoring agency.
(not covered by DC).
Trees grown under
public/NGO
sponsored program
B: Other Resettlement Benefits
B1: Loss of Business Income from Displaced Commercial Premises
Entitled Adjustment/modification
Entitlement Application Guidelines
Person made
Compensation for loss of No modification is
Compensation for
Business permanent loss of business made
loss of business/
operators in income for small and
trading income.
the affected medium business premises
Cash assistance for
permanent based on average daily net
60 (sixty) days net
premises n
i comebut not over BDT 500
income for
(non-title (five hundred) per day for 60
Permanently
holders) (sixty) days as determined
relocated business
by PAVC.
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6. Resettlement costs and budget
6.1 Calculation/valuation of estimated costs
As most of the structures are movable, the LAP suggests paying an assistance based on their degree
of affectedness in a lump-sum manner rather than a precise calculation.
6.2 Summary of Resettlement Budget
The summary of the total compensation and livelihood assistance budget is presented in the following
table:
Table 6.1: Summary of the budget
Quantity Estimated Estimated cost in BDT in
Sl. Head of Budget
(nos.) cost in BDT million
A Compensation for structures 62 3,326,250 3.33
B Compensation for trees 47 403,750 0.40
Sub-total (A & B) 3,730,000 3.73
Loss of business income @ average daily
C net income but not over BDT 500 (five 6 180,000 0.18
hundred) per day for 60 (sixty) days
One-time cash assistance to women
D 2 10,000 0.01
headed HH @BDT 5000
E Contingency @ 5% of the total (A to H) 196,000 0.20
Overall (in BDT) 4,116,000 4.12
Overall (in USD) (@112, Bangladesh Bank Rate on
36,750 0.04
30/10/2023)
6.3 Description of item-wise assistances
6.3.1 Structures
The following table presents PAP-wise affected structures and assistance budget for affected
households.:
Table 6.2: PAP-wise compensation budget of affected structures of households
Sl. Name of PAPs No. of assets affected Grant in BDT
1 Md. Samsun Nur 3 95,097
2 Noyan Moni 1 20,424
3 Md. Muklas 3 48,629
4 Mrs Ripa Begum 1 43,685
5 Md. Kala Mia 4 61,273
6 Mst Majada Begum 1 141,835
7 Md. Aklis Miah 8 190,464
8 Md. Sohel Mia 1 93,206
9 Md. Shafiqul Islam 15 885,696
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Resettlement budget & cost
Sl. Name of PAPs No. of assets affected Grant in BDT
10 Rakib 3 48,629
11 Abdul Nur 8 920,061
12 Md. Abdul Mutalab 4 330,947
13 Razib 3 27,556
14 Md. Majib Mia 6 347,832
15 Md. Abdul Monaf 1 70,917
Total 3,326,250
6.3.2 Trees
The table below presents PAP-wise assistance budget of affected trees of households:
Table 6.3: PAP-wise compensation budget of affected trees of households
Sl. Name of PAPs No. of trees Grant in BDT
1 Md. Muklas 2 3,700
2 Mrs Ripa Begum 1 550
3 Md. Kala Mia 1 20,200
4 Md. Aklis Miah 1 20,000
5 Md. Shafiqul Islam 1 3,700
6 Abdul Nur 4 8,800
7 Md. Abdul Mutalab 20 243,800
8 Md. Majib Mia 17 103,000
Total 403,750
6.4 Other Benefits
Business operators will lose their income, a grant of BDT 500 per day for 60 days to each business
operator will be provided. Also, one-time cash grant @BDT 5000 to two female – headed households
will be provided. Furthermore, these people will be given preference while recruiting labor for the
project.
Following the RPF, there is a provision of 20 affected households to be resettled in a cluster village.
However, as the number of affected households is 15, this provision does not apply. However, the
BLPA can help them in the negotiation process of getting khash land allocation from the DC office.
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Annex-I: Participant list of consultation
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Annexure
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