THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN     
                    RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN  
                                          
            Dushanbe to Uzbek Border Road Improvement Project: 
                  M41 Road from Avicenna Monument to West Gate 
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
              Financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
                                 Project ID 42232-TAJ 
                                          
                                          
          Prepared by  
          Detailed Design & Construction Supervision Consultant: 
          SAI Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd, India 
           
          For  
          Ministry of Transport, the Republic of Tajikistan 
           
                              DUSHANBE, MARCH 2018 
                                          
           
           
           
          Resettlement Action Plan (Draft), Dushanbe to Uzbek Border Road Improvement Project, Ministry 
          of Transport, Republic of Tajikistan, March 2018              
           
                                      ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 
                                                          
              AH:           Affected Household 
              AP:           Affected Person 
              CEDAW:        Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations against Women 
              CSC:          Construction Supervision Consultants 
              DMS:          Detailed Measurement Survey        
              EBRD:         European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
              EA:           Implementing Agency 
              GoT:          Government of Tajikistan 
              GRM:          Grievance Redress Mechanism 
              GRC:          Grievance Redress Committee 
              LAP:          Local Authorized Person 
              LAR:          Land Acquisition and Resettlement  
              MoF:          Ministry of Finance 
              MoT:          Ministry of Transport 
              PAP:          Project Affected Person 
              PIU:          Project Implementation Unit 
              PIU,RR:       Project Implementation Unit, Road Rehabilitation  
              PR:           Performance Requirements 
              RAP:          Resettlement Action Plan 
              R&R:          Resettlement and Rehabilitation 
              RT:           Republic of Tajikistan 
              SCLMG:        State Committee for Land Management and Geodesy 
              SEP:          Stakeholders Engagement Plan  
              SES:          Socio Economic Survey 
              SUE:          State Unitary Enterprise for Valuation  
              TJS:          Tajikistani Somoni (Currency) 
              USD:          United States Dollar 
               
               
               
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                                                           Table of Contents 
                  ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS                                                                    i 
                  ANNEXES                                                                                       iii 
                  Definition of Terms                                                                           iv 
                  Executive Summary                                                                              
                  A.      Project Background                                                                    1 
                  B.      Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Impact Summary                         1 
                  C.      Socioeconomic Information and Profile of the Affected Population                      3 
                  D.      Information Disclosure, Consultations and Participation                               4 
                  E.      Grievance Redress Mechanism                                                           4 
                  F.      Legal Framework of the Republic of Tajikistan                                         4 
                  G.      Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits                                                 5 
                  H.      Institutional Arrangements                                                            5 
                  I.      Resettlement Budget                                                                   5 
                  J.      Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Implementation Process                                 5 
                  K.      Monitoring and Reporting                                                              6 
                  1       Introduction                                                                           
                  1.1     Project Background                                                                    7 
                  1.2     Description of the Project                                                            7 
                  1.3     Main Technical Characteristics of the Designed Route                                  8 
                  1.4     Impact on Utilities and Services                                                      8 
                  1.5     Project Benefits                                                                      9 
                  1.6     Objective and Scope of the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan.                    9 
                  1.7     The objectives of this RAP are to                                                     9 
                  1.8     Scope of this Document                                                                10 
                  2       Legal and Policy Framework                                                             
                  2.1     Types of land ownership and land use rights allocation                                11 
                  2.2     Tajikistan Constitution, Law/regulation on Land Acquisition, Resettlement and  13 
                          Compensation 
                  2.3     Provisions regulated by the Land Code                                                 13 
                  2.4     Applicable EBRD Policy                                                                15 
                  2.5     Scope of Application of PR 5                                                          16 
                  2.6     Loss of Public Amenities                                                              17 
                  2.7     Gap Analyses - Legal Framework for Expropriation and the EBRD‟s PR5.                  18 
                  2.8     Project Specific Entitlements.                                                        22 
                  2.9     Income Restoration and Relocation Strategy                                            29 
                  3       Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement                                             
                  3.1     Introduction                                                                          31 
                  3.2     Summary of Impacts                                                                    32 
                  3.3     Impact on Land                                                                        33 
                  3.4     Impact on Fruit Trees                                                                 33 
                  3.5     Impact on Residential Buildings and Structures                                        34 
                  3.6     Impact on Residential cum Commercial (Non-residential) Structures                     35 
                  3.7     Impact on Commercial Structures                                                       35 
                  3.8     Impact on Government Land, Buildings and Structures                                   36 
                  3.9     Impact on Businesses and Income                                                       37 
                  3.10    Significantly Affected Households (Income Loss)                                       37 
                  3.11    Impact on Poor and Vulnerable Households                                              39 
                  4       Income Restoration and Resettlement                                                    
                  4.1     Loss of Livelihoods in the Project                                                    40 
                  4.2     Provisions of Loss of Livelihoods                                                     40 
                  4.3     Income Restoration Measures                                                           41 
                  4.4     Additional Support from On-going Programs                                             41 
                  5       Socio Economic Profile of the Affected Population                                      
                  5.1     Background                                                                            42 
                  5.2     About Republic of Tajikistan                                                          42 
                  5.3     About Dushanbe                                                                        42 
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                  5.4     Socioeconomic Survey Methodology                                                       43 
                  5.5     Socioeconomic Profile of Surveyed Households                                           43 
                  5.6     Key Facilities in the Surveyed Households                                              43 
                  5.7     Gender, Ethnicity and Religion                                                         44 
                  5.8     Age and Marital Status                                                                 44 
                  5.9     Education                                                                              45 
                  5.10    Employment, Income Sources and Expenses                                                46 
                  5.11    Women in Project Area                                                                  47 
                  6       Information Disclosure and Stakeholders Engagement                                      
                  6.1     Overview                                                                               49 
                  6.2     Stakeholders Engagement Strategy                                                       49 
                  6.3     Consultations with Stakeholders and Project Communities                                50 
                  6.4     Information Disclosure                                                                 53 
                  7       Grievance Redress Mechanism                                                             
                  7.1     Overview                                                                               55 
                  7.2     Grievance Resolution Process                                                           56 
                  7.3     Functioning of the GRC within the Grievance Redress Mechanism                          57 
                  7.4     Duties of GRC Members                                                                  58 
                  7.5     GRC Complaint Register, Records and Documentation                                      59 
                  8       Institutional Arrangements                                                              
                  8.1     General                                                                                61 
                  8.2     Core Agencies and Organizations                                                        61 
                  9       RAP Principals: Valuation Method in Tajikistan                                          
                  9.1     Background                                                                             67 
                  10      Resettlement Plan Budget                                                                
                  10.1    Background                                                                             71 
                  10.2    Compensation for Land and Trees                                                        71 
                  10.3    Compensation for Residential Land, Residential cum Commercial Lands and  71 
                          Commercial Lands 
                  10.4    Compensation for Buildings, Structures and Improvements                                72 
                  10.5    Assets Registration Cost                                                               74 
                  10.6    Compensation for Business and Income Losses                                            74 
                  10.7    Allowances                                                                             75 
                  10.8    Budget Summary                                                                         76 
                  11      Resettlement Action Plan Implementation Schedule                                        
                  11.1    Introduction                                                                           77 
                  11.2    Income Restoration Measures                                                            77 
                  11.3    RAP Implementation Schedule                                                            77 
                  11.4    Project Preparation Phase                                                              77 
                  11.5    RAP Implementation Phase                                                               78 
                  11.6    Monitoring and Reporting Phase                                                         78 
                  11.7    Resettlement and Rehabilitation Implementation Schedule                                78 
                  12      Monitoring and Reporting                                                                
                  12.1    Monitoring and Reporting Requirement                                                   83 
                  12.2    Internal Monitoring                                                                    83 
                   
                                                                 ANNEXES 
                  Annex 1-1      List of PAPs (Owners and Tenants)                                               87 
                  Annex 2-2      Socioeconomic Survey Questionnaire                                              95 
                  Annex 3-3      Stakeholders Engagement (List of Participants + Photographs)                    103 
                  Annex 4-4      Cut-Off-Date Declaration (copy of newspaper - Russian)                          114 
                  Annex 5-5      Decision on GRC Establishment                                                   115 
                  Annex 6-6      Internal Monitoring Templates                                                   116 
                  Annex 7-7      Grievance Redress Reporting Formats                                             119 
                  Annex 8-8      Flowchart of Grievance Redress Mechanism                                        123 
                   
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