Technical Assistance Consultant's Report NEPAL: Kathmandu

Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report

This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. (For project preparatory technical assistance: All the views expressed herein may not be incorporated into the proposed project’s design.

Project Number: 34304 December 2006

NEPAL: Kathmandu Valley Water Distribution, Sewerage, and Urban Development Project (Financed by: Technical Assistance Special Fund, Government of Denmark and the Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector)

Prepared by:

GHD Pty Ltd., Australia in assn with Integrated Consultants Nepal (ICON) Pvt. Lt. Nepal

For the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works

TA 4893-NEP

Project Feasibility Study

APPENDIX 8

SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS

A. Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy

B. Management Plan for Temporary Business Impacts during Pipeline construction

C. Implementation Progress of Resettlement Action Plan Under L1820

D. Gender Action Plan

TA 4893 –NEP: Kathmandu Valley Water Supply & Wastewater System Improvement Project Feasibility Study

Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section A Page 1

Section A - Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy A. Linkage to the Country Poverty Analysis

Is the sector identified as a national priority in country poverty analysis?

√ Yes □ No

Is the sector identified as a national priority in country poverty partnership agreement?

√Yes □ No

Contribution of the sector to reduce poverty: About one-third population of the urban population is poor (Willingness to pay survey, 2001). The incidence of poverty is higher in the rural areas, but degree of poverty of the urban poor in Kathmandu urban areas is greater. The number of poor population is growing at a high rate due to rapid rural urban migration. The increasing number of population in the Kathmandu urban areas causes further stress on the already inadequate basic urban services and facilities. Squatters living in the Kathmandu Metro area do not have water service connection. Only 5% of the households (HHs) have a water service connection. In slum areas, few HHs have water source connections. According to LICSU, KUKL June 2008, about 66% of the HHs of squatters and slums have access to a water supply connection of KUKL (Bhaktapur Municipality-32 %; Madhyapur Thimi Municipality- 85%; Lalitpur Municipality- 62%; Kathmandu Metro – 58% and Kirtipur Municipality- 64%). The rest of the poor collect water from vendors, hand tube wells, tap stands, government water tankers etc. Generally, there is no proper drainage system in the areas where the urban poor live. The majority of households are forced to use unsanitary defecation systems. Due to lack of drainage and sanitation, unhygienic conditions and bad smell prevails in these areas. According to the Ministry of Health, the most commonly top ten diseases found in Kathmandu valley are skin disease, diarrhoea, acute respiratory disease, pyrexia, gastro- enteritis, ear infection, bronchitis, abdominal pain and anaemia. Most of these diseases and health problems are caused due to un-safe water, hygiene and sanitation. The Government of Nepal has given emphasis on supplying safe water and providing sanitation services in different plans, policies, acts and strategies. In the project, it is expected all the slums and squatters are expected to receive a greatly improved water supply service. It is expected that the project will significantly reduce the water collection time for women, water costs, health care cost, morbidity, malnutrition and improve hygienic condition of the localities where poor people live. Therefore this project will contribute significantly toward poverty reduction.

B. Poverty Analysis

What type of poverty analysis is needed? The project targets the poor in terms of the following: improvements to the water distribution network, community water taps, shared standpipes on payment basis, construction of water storage tanks etc. Before starting the project a baseline survey needs to be conducted to identify the local issues related to access of water supply, drainage, sanitation etc. in order to access the benchmark situation of the poor. After the project, an impact survey will be conducted to examine the outcome of the project on the poor particularly on women. To support urban poor, the government has established “A low Income Consumer Support Unit (LICSU)” at KUKL in March 2008. It has already initiated the construction of storage tanks, new tap stands and rehabilitation of tap stands. ADB TA 4776 (NEP) “Enabling the Private Sector to Undertake Poverty-Focused Water Distribution and Strengthening of Institutional Reforms in Kathmandu Valley Project” worked extensively in devising policies and approaches for providing / extending services to the low income groups or urban poor. The policy recommendations made are very relevant and its adoption and consolidation in the overall operational strategy of KUKL is essential.



C. Participation Process

Is there a stakeholder analysis? Yes √ No A considerable number of stakeholders meeting have been conducted with the policy makers of the MPPW and Departments, KUKL personnel, KUKL Board of Directors, NGOs, INGOs. The consultations with different stakeholders were done to ensure their involvement as part of the project development and design. Different workshops were conducted with the stakeholders to share the finding of the study. Is there a participation strategy? Yes √ No During the socio-economic household survey in a representative water supply distribution network improvement (DNI) area, the households were informed about the project activities in coming days. The communities and businesses were fully informed about the likely negative impacts during project implementation activities and benefit outcomes from the project. Future participatory activities will be done through NGOs and community based organizations. Formation of Local Community groups and water user groups will inform the local people and monitor the project activities. The NGO and LCG will assist in identification of disadvantaged groups and households including women headed households.

D. Gender and Development

It is evident that the lack of access to piped water, particularly in the low income areas of Kathmandu valley, makes women’s live miserable. It is also evident that women are the main collectors, transporters, users and mangers of domestic water use. It has been found that women were very enthusiastic about the project activities e.g. distribution modality, access and quality of water. While forming the local community groups, their participation should be ensured. Their involvement will assist in identifying the vulnerable groups, including women headed households. It is suggested that they should be made responsible in locating construction of water points and water related issues. The disaggregated gender data generated under the monitoring and evaluation system will identify and record the project impacts on gender. Has an output been prepared? √ Yes □ No A draft gender strategy and gender action plan has been prepared to address the gender issues and to ensure women benefit equally from the project. Special attention is given during resettlement and compensation, employment, decision making process, and creation of enabling environment e.g. formation of women water user groups.

E. Social Safeguards and other Social Risks

Item Significant/Not Significant/None

Strategy to address Issues Plan Required

Resettlement □Significant √□Not Significant □None

The laying of transmission mains and sewerage will be within public / government land. It is expected that local businesses and the hawkers might be temporarily disrupted due to the project. A management plan for temporary business impacts during pipeline construction has been prepared to compensate those losses occurring during construction.

□Full √Short □None

Affordability □Significant √ Not Significant □None

The improvements in water availability and wastewater management will reduce public health risks as well as time saving which can be used in other productive activities, though some increase in the tariff is likely.

□Yes √ No



Labor □Significant □ Not Significant √None

There will be no job losses due to the project. Instead the project will generate employment opportunities for the local communities and poor people during laying and rehabilitation of pipelines and construction of water reservoirs. The project will ensure that there will be equal work for equal pay irrespective of gender, and not use child labor.

□Yes √ No

Indigenous peoples

□Significant □ Not Significant √None

Indigenous people are living in the urban areas of Kathmandu valley. They maintain no distinctive customs or practices and share similar characteristics as other groups. However, they will not be impacted differently with similar characteristics of other groups and will benefit equally from the project.

□Yes √ No

Other Risks and /or Vulnerabilities

□Significant □ Not Significant √None

No other risks or vulnerabilities have been identified in this project.

□Yes √ No


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Page i

SECTION B

Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Wastewater System Improvement.

MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TEMPORARY BUSINESS IMPACTS DURING PIPELINE

CONSTRUCTION

Contents

List of Abbreviations iv Definition v Contents Page 1.0 Project Description 1

1.1 Project description 1 1.2 Project components 1 1.3 Land acquisition and compensation under the Project 3 1.4 Methods of Study 3

1.4.1 Research methods 3 1.4.2 Hiring of enumerators 4

2.0 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement 5 2.1 Scope of land acquisition 5 2.2 Project impacts 5 2.3 Mitigation measures 5 2.3.1 Avoiding resettlement impacts 5

3.0 Socioeconomic Information and Profile 7 3.1 Socio-economic Profile of the Project area 7 3.1.1 Social Profile 7 3.1.2 Economic Profile 8 3.2 Slums and Squatters Settlements 9 3.3 Socio-economic Profile of DNI pilot area 10 3.3.1 Social profile 11 3.3.2 Economic profile 14

3.3.3 Gender status 15 3.3.4 Household opinion on water supply 16 3.3.5 Sewerage and sanitation 17

4.0 Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation 18 4.1 Information disclosure 18 4.1.1 Squatters and encroachers 18 4.1.2 Households of DNI area 18 4.1.3 Business/shops of DNI area 18 4.2 Consultations 18 4.2.1 Community 18 4.2.2 Project Stakeholders 20


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Page ii

5.0 Grievance Redress Mechanisms 22

5.1 Government policy for grievance redress 22 5.2 Proposed grievance redress mechanism 22

5.2.1 Grievance redress 22 5.2.2 Grievance redress procedure 22

5.2.3 Local Consultative Group 23

6.0 Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits 25 6.1 Entitlement policy 25 6.2 Entitlement matrix 25 7.0 Resettlement Budget and Financing Plan 29 7.1 Business disruption allowance 28 7.2 Implementation and management 28 7.3 Monitoring 28 7.4 Contingencies 29 7.5 Total cost estimate 29 8.0 Institutional Arrangements 30

8.1 Organizational framework 30 8.2 Role of compensation unit 32 8.3 Role of local consultative groups/committee 32 8.3.1 During planning & management 32 8.3.2 During implementation 32 8.4 Role of community awareness and participation consultant 32 8.5 Design supervision consultant 33

8.6 Procedure for resettlement planning 34

9.0 Implementation Schedule 36 9.1 Implementation schedule 36 10.0 Monitoring and Reporting 37 10.1 Monitoring 37 10.2 Reporting 37 REFERENCES 38


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Page iii

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Involuntary Impacts on the Project Components 2 Table 2: Household Profile in Kathmandu Valley 7 Table 3: Households in Non-Farm Economic Activities in Kathmandu Valley 9 Table 4: Kathmandu valley Development Indicators 9 Table 5: Slums and Squatters Settlements in Kathmandu Valley 10 Table 6: Demographic Features of the Sampled Households 12 Table 7: Economic Activities of the Household’s Members 12 Table 8: Reported Source of Income of the Households 15 Table 9: Reported Expenditure by Type of the Households 15 Table 10: Households Opinion Regarding the Water Supply of KUKL 17 Table 11: Summary of Household Water use Survey in Kathmandu Valley 19 Table 12: Community Consultation related to MWSP Sub-Project -2 20 Table 13: Meeting, Workshops and Focus Group Discussion Held 21 Table 14: Entitlement Matrix 26 Table 15: Summary of Compensation Costs 29 Table 16: Recommended Table Format for the Record of Affected Business 33 Table 17: Procedure for resettlement planning 34 Table 18: Implementation Schedule of the Resettlement Plan (RP) 36

LIST OF ANNEX

Annex 1: Questionnaire for Socio-Economic Household Survey A1-1 Annex 2: Sample Questionnaire for Business Survey A2-1 Annex 3: Socioeconomic Profile of DNI Pilot Area A3-1 Annex 4: Daily Average Profit of the Business Shops by Categories in DNI Pilot Area A4-1 Annex 5: Photographs of Shops and Business Complex in DNI Pilot Area A5-1 Annex 6: Receipt of Compensation Payment A6-1

LIST OF MAPS

Map 1: Proposed Water Supply System in the Valley 2 Map 2: Proposed Interceptors and Centralized WWTP Works 3 Map 3: General View of the DNI Pilot area 11

LIST OF FIGURES Fig. 1: Grievance Redress Mechanism 24 Fig. 2: Organizational Framework for Resettlement Activities 31


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Page iv

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP(S) Affected Person (Persons) BDS Bulk Distribution System CAPC Community Awareness and Participation Consultant CBS Central Bureau of Statistics CDC Compensation Determination Committee CDO Chief District Officer CIRT Community Issues Resolution Team DAO District Administration Office DDC District Development Council DNI Distribution Network Improvement DSC Design and Supervising Consultant EA Executing Agency GoN Government of Nepal HHs Households IA Implementing Agency INGO International Non- governmental Organization KUKL Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited KVWSMB Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board LPCD Liter per Capita per Day MPPW Ministry of Physical Planning and Works MWSP Melamchi Water Supply Project MWSDB Melamchi Water Supply Development Board NA Not Available/Not Answered NGO Non-governmental Organization NO. Number PAP(s) Project Affected Family (Families) PD Project Director, PID PID Project Implementation Directorate PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance RP Resettlement Plan RS Resettlement Specialist R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation SAPI Special Assistance for Project Implementation SPAF Severely Project Affected Family SU Safeguard Unit VDC Village Development Council


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Page v

DEFINITIONS Compensation: The payment in cash or kind, which affected person is entitled to in order to replace in assets, resources or income lost due to the project. All compensations are based on the replacement cost. Project: Project means Kathmandu Valley Water Supply & Wastewater System Improvement. Entitled Person (EP): Any person physically or economically displaced as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. In this project, any person who loses the business due to the project is entitled to compensation under the Entitlement Framework. Cut-off Date: The date of census survey to count the APs and their affected business and assets. Project Affected Person (PAP): Any person including encroachers/squatters, households, business affected by the project through the acquisition of land or other assets or disruption in business irrespective of legal or ownership title. This includes any person whose rights, standard of living, subsistence and income-generating capacity are adversely affected because of the disruption in the business or acquisition of assets, whether full/partial, or permanent/temporary. Rehabilitation: The measures taken to mitigate social impacts, including compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation allowances where required. Titleholder: The person in whose name the project-affected business, land and/or building business is registered and who is authorized to receive the compensation granted for the loss of business or acquisition of the land. Tenant: A person occupying or utilizing buildings of a titleholder/house owner on rent.


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Page 1

MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TEMPORARY BUSINESS IMPACTS DURING PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 1: PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 Project Background 1. Water supply and wastewater management in the Kathmandu Valley have become great problems. Political un-rest and insurgence in the country in the past 15 years has caused a high rate of immigration of people into the valley from other regions. With the limited availability of water resources within the valley, the water supply system has not been able to meet the demand resulting from the rapid urbanization and expansion of settlements. In parallel, the existing wastewater network has not been maintained or expanded to serve the spreading urban areas and increased population. This has resulted in untreated sewage being discharged directly into local watercourses. The rivers have become open sewers presenting severe public health risks, in particular to the urban poor. In order to assist the Government of Nepal (GoN) to solve these problems, ADB provided 3 loans for the Melamchi Water Supply Project and Kathmandu Valley Water Service Sector Development Programs for infrastructure investment and institutional reforms. The PPTA 4893-NEP has prepared a project loan to continue the GoN urban infrastructure development endeavours and to supplement the on-going Loan 1820-NEP: Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP).

1.2 Project Components (See Map 1 &2) 2. The proposed project includes i) Water Supply Bulk Distribution System (BDS), ii) Distribution Network Improvement (DNI), and iii) Wastewater System Improvement (WSI).

(i) Bulk Distribution System (BDS): The BDS includes the installation of about 35 km water mains ranging in diameter from 600mm to 1500 mm diameter along the Kathmandu Ring Road and along major city road corridors. These water mains will feed 5 existing service reservoirs and 5 new service reservoirs; the latter to be constructed under the project at Arubari, Mahankal Chaur II, Bansbari, Balaju and Khumaltar. The service reservoirs provide water to the distribution network. The outcome at end of the project, in 2016, will be an estimated 720,000 population of the Kathmandu Valley receiving a greatly improved water supply service, either directly or indirectly. These outcomes assume the successful implementation of the MWSP and the diversion of water from the Melamchi Valley.

(ii) Distribution Network Improvement (DNI): Under the project, improvement of the water supply distribution network is planned for 10 sub-zone service areas in Kathmandu and Patan. The DNI work will improve the water supply service by ensuring an adequate supply of potable water in compliance with the KUKL operator license. The DNI covers an area of about 1,820 hectares and will directly benefit approximately 470,000 people. The project includes the installation of over 400 km of water distribution pipes ranging in diameter from 50 mm to 600 mm.

(iii) Wastewater System Improvement (WSI): This component includes the rehabilitation of the existing wastewater system and expansion of the wastewater collection network in un-served areas. The component also includes treatment process upgrading of existing wastewater treatment plants to cater for increased drainage catchments and respective populations.



3. Table 1 shows the involuntary impacts on the components of the proposed project:

Table 1: Involuntary Impacts on the Project Components

Components Public / Private Land Involuntary Impacts (Y/N)

Bulk Distribution System (BDS)

Public land No (private land acquired under L1820)

Distribution Network Improvement (DNI)

Public land No

Wastewater System Improvement (WSI)

Public land and existing wastewater system

No

4. The proposed water supply and wastewater capital investments under the project are indicated in Maps 1 and 2.

Map1: Proposed Water Supply System Improvements



Map 2: Proposed Interceptors and Centralized Wastewater Treatment Plants

1.3 Land Acquisition and Compensation under L1820- NEP (SF) 5. The proposed Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Wastewater System Improvement project includes 5 new reservoirs at Arubari, Mahankal Chaur II, Balaju, Bansbari and Khumaltar to be fed by the water supply transmission main from Sundarijal to Gokarna to be constructed under Loan 1820-NEP Subproject-2. The land for the service reservoirs and pipeline has been acquired under Loan 1820 NEP, although some compensation payments are still to be paid. About 22 owners (30 parcels) of the reservoirs site and pipelines routes have not yet collected their compensation (See Section C). The Project, however, will only result in temporary disruption to businesses and hawkers during construction in the congested city areas, for whom appropriate compensation has been allowed for.

1.4 Methods of Study 5. To obtain an understanding of the types of assistance or compensation for temporary disruption to businesses and hawkers that would be required for the project, community and business surveys were undertaken. The sample areas chosen included the pilot DNI area being designed under TA 4893 which represented a typical city zone integrating both residential and business properties.



1.4.1 Research Methods 6. For carrying out the community and business surveys two questionnaires (Annexes B-1 and B-2) were used at household level which contained structured questions for the generation of the desired data. The survey was conducted from 18 to 25 November 2009.

1.4.2 Hiring of Enumerators 7. Four enumerators (2 male, 2 female) were recruited who had previously worked in conducting the Water Use Survey in Kathmandu Valley, with the University of Tokyo (also under TA 4893-NEP). The objective of the second survey was different to the water-use survey, so the enumerators were given one full day orientation about the project objectives and the information required from the surveys. Further, a role play was organized between the enumerators to check the questionnaire accuracy. Some contents and sequence in the questionnaire was changed as a result of the role play.

Sample size of the survey

(a) Household / Community Survey

8. A list of the water supply customers with their identification numbers were collected from the KUKL branch office at Mahankal Chaur. A total of 167 households were randomly selected from the list of 2,000 households with water meters and 52 households selected randomly from those who did not; a total of 219 households. Survey households were also selected from different settlements of varying socio-economic status to provide a good representation of the whole area.

9. The household water meter data included the consumer numbers, area numbers and the name of the settlement. In order to identify the sampled household for interview, two water meter readers, who knew the area well, also assisted with the survey. When the selected house was locked or the occupier not available to answer the questionnaire, the enumerator and the meter reader tried the next adjoining house.

(b) Business / Shops Survey

10. A survey of businesses was undertaken in December 2009. There were about 900 different categories of shops and 60 hawkers in the DNI sample area. Most shops were concentrated in the main road areas, whereas the hawkers were found mostly around busy road junctions. A total of 55 shops of 33 different types and 12 hawkers of 6 different types were randomly interviewed. In selecting the shops to be interviewed, different types of shops such as general stores, groceries, tea shops were chosen. However, the shop keepers were usually hesitant in providing information on daily turn-over or profit from their business. The questionnaire used for interviewing the shopkeepers and hawkers is provided in Annex B-2. The basic objective of the survey was to determine the daily income from different types of business and hawkers. This information was then used to estimate the compensation cost in case of disruption to business caused by road closures during laying pipes in the DoR and Municipality roads of the project area.



CHAPTER 2: SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 2.1 Scope of Land Acquisition 11. In the Project, there will be no acquisition of land. However, the laying of pipes for the BDS, DNI and WSI will have social impacts like temporary disruption to businesses and hawkers, for which appropriate mitigation measures have been developed. The socio-economic survey of the households in DNI pilot area clearly indicates the socio-economic status of the project area and the business survey has identified the type of merchandise and their average daily profit from businesses.

2.2 Project Impacts 12. There will be no displacement of people, other than temporary relocation of hawkers and mobile vendors during construction. The Project falls under Category C, as approved by ADB. However, during the construction phase there will be temporary inconveniences such as increased vehicle movements resulting in dust, noise, waste disposal, particularly to residents and the pedestrians of the immediate vicinity of the work. About 900 shops and 60 hawkers were counted in DNI pilot area. It is estimated that about 30% of shops and hawkers could be temporarily disrupted in one way or another during the construction period. On this basis it is estimated for the whole of the project area of nearly 1,800 Ha. up to 5,000 small to medium sized businesses or shops and over 300 street hawkers or vendors could be temporarily affected.

2.2 Mitigation Measures 13. Identification of the individual businesses and hawkers that might be temporarily affected by the proposed work cannot be determined until the detail design of the components has been completed. Detail design will minimize the likely temporary disruption by using the wider streets for the larger pipelines and through the use of no-dig technology where practical. Temporary impacts to businesses are to be avoided and/or mitigated by adhering to the Environmental Management Plans which provides for good construction practices including continued access for customers (e.g., planks, safe pedestrian environment, etc.), increasing the number workers to expedite works in these areas, temporarily shifting mobile vendors across the street (or to suitable alternative location) for the duration of construction, etc. Hawkers will be allowed to return to their previous sites after the construction period. Contractors will be required to assist hawkers and mobile vendors in physically shifting to new locations, including providing them the use of project trucks. These costs are to be included as part of the civil works contract. During construction, signs will be posted at the construction site indicating contact numbers for any grievances or for information on the project. Businesses on fully closed roads will be surveyed and compensated for the amount of loss before work commences. As full closure of business is not expected, and business operations will not be entirely impact with continued pedestrian access, the compensation will be calculated at the percent of expected business loss due to project (this could be 10%, 20%, 50%, etc.).

2.3.1 Avoiding Resettlement Impact 14. The project has avoided involuntary resettlement and the acquisition of private land, residential and business houses and other private assets. All proposed for BDS, DNI and WSI pipelines as well for the construction of service reservoirs and wastewater treatment plants will be in existing roads or on secure government land.



CHAPTER 3: SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 3.1 Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area 3.1.1 Social Profile Demography

15. The Kathmandu Valley includes the 3 districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. These include 1 Metropolitan city and 4 Municipalities and 38 VDCs. Kathmandu Metropolitan area has the highest population and households followed by Lalitpur and Bhaktapur municipalities. Table 2 summarizes the distribution of gender and households and the literacy rate of these urban areas in the Kathmandu Valley.

Table 2: Household Profile in Kathmandu Valley

Metro/Sub-metro/ Municipality & VDCs covered

Population Total HHs

Average size of HHs

Literacy rate Male Female Total

Kathmandu Metro & VDCs

470,433 416,301 836,734 197,280 4.5 82.6

Kirtipur Municipality &VDCs

34,158 31,359 65,517 14,646 4.5 73.7

Bhaktapur Municipality & VDCs

59,312 58,012 117,324 20,703 5.7 69.2

Madhyapur Thimi Municipality

24,747 23,004 47,751 9,551 5.0 72.7

Lalitpur Sub- Metro & VDCs

116,829 111,003 227,832 47,823 4.8 80.9

Source: Compiled from Census 2001, CBS

Social Classification

16. According to Census 2001, the majority of the people living in the Valley are Hindus (76%) followed by Buddhist (21%). The percentage of other religions living in the valley is minimal. The households are divided into different ethnic groups such as Newar, Brahmin, Chettri, Tamang, Magar. Newar are the prominent inhabitants followed by Brahmin, Chettri, Tamang, and Magar. These ethnic groups are not at the same level of socio-economic development. In the Kathmandu Valley, Newar are termed as an advanced indigenous people group. This group comprise about 41% of the valley population. Besides Newar, Brahmin (18%), and Chhetri (15%) are the major ethnic groups. Similarly, Tamang constitute about 6% and Magar hold 3% of the total population of the valley.

Age.

17. The age group between 15 to 44 years (economically active) constitute about 56% of the valley population. The other main age group is between 5 to 14 years. Only about 5% of the population are over 60 years old. There are no significant differences in the percentage of age wise distribution in KUKL service areas.

Health.

18. The number of health facilities owned by the government or provided by NGOs / INGOs and the private sector is relatively better in Kathmandu than in other districts. More health institutions are available in Kathmandu than in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur district. However, the population served by the number of health institutions in Kathmandu is less



(1:9,574) than in Bhaktapur (1:5,637) or Lalitpur (1:4,119). It shows that the number of health institutions is low in comparison to the size of population in Kathmandu.

Education

19. The Kathmandu Valley has long been considered the centre for higher education in Nepal. In 2007, there were 6,106 high school level and 474 higher secondary, college and university level education institutions. The number of students enrolled during the period at high school level and higher education level were 573,779 and 156,828 respectively.

3.1.2 Economic Profile Employment

20. The economy of the Kathmandu Valley is based on trade, commerce and manufacturing industries like carpets and garments. Other economic sectors are agriculture, education, transport, hotels and restaurants. Tourism is also a key component of the valley’s economy. However, in the rural areas, the economy is still based on agriculture.

Trade and Commerce

21. Kathmandu Valley has developed as a centre of trade links with India and Tibet (China). According to the Economic Survey 2008/09, in the fiscal year 2007/08, Nepal exported 65% of its goods to India and 35% to third countries like USA, U.K, Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan. The main export commodities are ready made garments, woollen carpets, woollen and pashmina goods, handicrafts of which most of them are manufactured in the Kathmandu Valley. The majority of goods imported from third countries are also handled through the Kathmandu Valley. The Kathmandu Valley is also the entry point for the majority of foreign tourists. In 2008/09, a total of 409,100 tourists (excluding Indians) arrived in Nepal, of which, more than 90% enter through Kathmandu international airport.

Industries

22. Kathmandu valley has a number of traditional cottage industries like textile (handlooms), brick and tiles, pottery, handicrafts, wooden furniture and carving, bamboo crafts, leather crafts, herbal medicines, traditional art and paintings. The major carpet industries are concentrated in Kathmandu, whereas handicrafts especially metal crafts are established in Lalitpur district.

Economically Active Population

23. About 53% of the total population aged 16 years and above in the valley are economically active (Census 2001). Majority of the population of the Kathmandu Valley are engaged in agriculture and forestry (36%). The other major industries are manufacturing (17%), commerce (16%), construction (4%), and transportation / communication (3%).

24. Table 3 summarizes the economic activities in the urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley. About 34% of households are engaged in small-scale non–farm activities. Lalitpur Municipality has the highest percentage (50%), whereas Kirtipur Municipality has the lowest (13%). Among the households engaged in non-farm activities, nearly 45% of the households are engaged in trade and business followed by services (32%) and manufacturing (9%). Nearly 50% of the households of Kirtipur and Kathmandu are engaged in trade and business.



Table 3: Household in Non-Farm Economic Activities in Kathmandu Valley

Municipalities % of HHs engaged in non-farm activities

Type of activities Manufacturing Trade/

Business Transport Services Others

Lalitpur 50.18 13.25 33.22 4.29 42.37 6.86 Bhaktapur 40.83 13.24 38.55 4.26 26.54 17.40 Madhyapur Thimi

35.02 11.39 41.88 4.48 23.26 18.98

Kathmandu 31.57 6.86 49.49 3.49 30.26 9.90 Kirtipur 13.34 9.72 51.42 2.84 22.83 13.19 Total 34.43 9.02 44.66 3.76 32.41 10.14

Source: Population census 2001 (selected urban tables), CBS 2003

Crops

25. In the rural areas of the Valley, rice paddy is the main crop of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur district, whereas maize is the prominent cereal crops of Lalitpur district. The other cereal crops in the local districts are millet, wheat and barley. Other agricultural produce such as lentil, soya bean, pea, black gram are the main pulses grown, as well as pulses, potato and oil seed.

Livestock

26. Livestock rearing is the second most important activity after cropping. Most of the households in the rural areas have some connection with animal husbandry for income, food or draft power. Goat represents the highest number in Kathmandu Valley followed by cattle and buffaloes; the produce of which has a ready market in the local city areas.

Poverty

27. According to the 2001 census and Nepal Human Development Report 2004, the poverty status of the Kathmandu Valley is lower than the national level. Table 4 indicates the human development index in the Kathmandu Valley compared with the national values.

Table 4: Kathmandu Valley Development Indicators

Districts Human Development Index (HDI)

Human Poverty Index (HPI)

Gender-related Development Index (GDI)

All Nepal 0.471 39.6 0.452 Kathmandu 0.652 25.8 0.635 Lalitpur 0.588 25.0 0.569 Bhakltapur 0.595 29.9 0.578 Source: Census 2001, Nepal Human Development report by UNDP 2004

3.2 Slums and Squatter Settlements 28. The rapid population growth has created a number of slums and squatter settlements in the Kathmandu Valley. Table 5 summarizes the findings of a survey conducted by LICSU, KUKL during 2008. There were 39 squatter settlements and 137 slums in the Kathmandu Valley on which 40,237 population live in 8,846 households. Of these, 22% had no access to piped water supply and none had adequate sanitation.



Table 5: Slums and Squatter Settlements in Kathmandu Valley

Type of Residence No. of Households

(HHs)

Total Population

Average Household

size

% of HHs without piped water supply

Slums Bhaktapur Municipality 754 3274 4.34 32 Madhyapur Thimi Municipality

382 1981 5.19 85

Lalitpur Sub - Metropolitan 391 1,866 4.77 62 Kathmandu Metropolitan 3,784 16,575 4.38 58 Kirtipur Municipality 1,674 7,767 4.64 64 Squatters Kathmandu Metropolitan 1,861 8,774 4.71 95 Total 8,846 40,237 4.5 21.98 Source: Mapping of Slums, Squatters and Stand Posts in Kathmandu valley updated by LICSU, KUKL, June 2008, AVIYAAN Consulting (P) Ltd.

29. Due to constraints in supply, KUKL is unable to supply the required quantity water to these un-regulated settlements. To help manage the water supply and sanitation problem in these areas, the government established the Low Income Consumer Support Unit (LICSU) in KUKL in 2008. The basic objective of LICSU is to serve the drinking water to the urban poor. It has started to construct water tanks, stand posts and rehabilitate broken stand posts. In 2008, it was found that 395 (38%) public stand posts were not working in the valley. However, KUKL has managed to distribute drinking water on these settlements through its own water tankers.

30. Because, KUKL is unable to provide adequate drinking water and sanitation services to the increasing slum and squatter settlements the participation of NGOs and the private sector has been encouraged for operation and management. The government has adopted a policy of handing over completed schemes to the user groups for operation and management. For this, user groups are required to share at least 20% of the total cost of the scheme. As a result, there is a significant number of Water User Groups in Kathmandu Valley who are involved in operation and management of drinking water system and sanitation in different locations.

31. There are also various NGOs/INGOs working in the water and sanitation sector in the valley. These organizations have focused mostly in slums and squatter settlements and rural areas of Kathmandu Valley. They have constructed water tanks of 5m3 capacity and a number of latrines/toilets with drains in these communities.

3.3 Socioeconomic Profile of the Kalopul DNI Pilot Area 32. The DNI pilot area designed under TA 4893-NEP is located in the ward No.7 and some part of ward No.8 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The present population of this area is estimated to be 20,000 with 4,000 households. It comprises of about 100 hectares. The major settlement names are Sifal, Chabel, Gagahiti, Bulbule, Jayabageshowri, Mitrapark, Kalopul, Binayak Tole, Katubahal, Panika Tole, Ganeshthan, Lamapokhari, Mirmire Tole, Adarsha Basti. Further details are provided in Annex 3.

33. The business survey in the DNI pilot area found the existence of about 900 business/shops of different categories like groceries, general stores, clothes, vegetables,



readymade garments, small hotels / restaurants, hardware, stationeries, medicine, sweets, utensils etc.. During the business survey, it was observed that there were about 60 hawkers in total located at different road junctions. They were selling fruits, seasonal vegetables and readymade clothes. Some of them had small tea shops or hot food stalls.

34. The hawkers were concentrated mainly in the Jayabageshowri and Chabel junction areas. Map 3 gives an aerial view of the Kalopul DNI Pilot study area.

Map 3: General View of the DNI Pilot area

3.3.1 Social Profile Demographic

35. The average family size of the DNI area is about 5.6 per family. The average family size of the Kathmandu Municipality is 4.4 where as the national average is 5.45. Table 6 shows that the major population group of the households lies between the ages of 16 to 45 (55%) followed by the ages between 46 to 65 (18%). The percentage of children below 15 years is about 18%.



Table 6: Demographic Features of the Sampled Households Study area

No. of Households

Population HH size

Population by Age Groups (in %) Male Female Total NA 0-15 16-45 46-65 65 &

over Total

DNI pilot area

219 609 615 1,224 5.6 0.2 17.7 55.1 18.2 8.8 100

Source: Field Survey, November 2009

Social Classification

36. Brahmin, Newar, Chettri are the major ethnic group residing in the DNI pilot area. The population structures of the sampled households shows that Brahmin, Newar, Chettri occupied 41%, 34% and 11% of the total household of the project area respectively. Other prominent ethnic groups are Gurung (5%), and Rai (3%).

37. The study on “Kathmandu Valley Water Distribution, Sewerage and Urban Development” 2009 made by Kanako Kishi found the Newar (48%) were the main ethnic group followed by chettry/Thakur/Brahmin (42%) in their study area.

Education

38. Literacy rate is one of the significant indicators of economic and social development status. Out of 219 households which were interviewed, about 93% family members are literate.

39. The survey conducted during 2009 by Kanako Kishi revealed that 62% of the HHs have higher education or college level education, where as 18% of the HHs in the municipalities have had no formal educations.

Economic Activities

40. The sampled household survey reveals that most of the household members are engaged in services (18.4%) followed by trade and business (9.9%). About 32% of the economically active population are students. Other major activities are laborers within and outside the country. Similarly, 17% of family members were engaged in household work. Details of the economic activities of the sampled household members are given in Table 7.

Table 7: Economic Activities of Household Members

DN

I Pilo

t ar

ea

Serv

ice

(Pub

lic)

Serv

ice

(Priv

ate)

Trad

e &

bu

sine

ss

Labo

r

Labo

r ab

road

Stud

ent

Dep

ende

nt

(chi

ldre

n)

Hou

se

Hol

d w

ork

Non

e

Male 48 (3.9)

104 (8.5)

77 (6.3)

17 (1.4)

24 (2)

208 (17)

15 (1.2)

2 (0.2)

113 (9.2)

Female 20 (1.6)

51 (4.2)

44 (3.6)

4 (0.3)

11 (0.9)

182 (14.9)

10 (0.8)

207 (17)

84 (13.6)

Total 68 (5.6)

156 (12.8)

121 (9.9)

21 (1.7)

35 (2.9)

390 (31.9)

25 (2.1)

209 (17)

197 (16)

Note: Figures in the parenthesis indicates the percentage Source: Field Survey, November 2009.



Facilities possessed by the Household

41. The households were also asked the type of facilities that they possessed in their residence. The survey found that almost all households have television, mobile-phone, gas stove, pressure cooker and rice cooker. More than 70% of the households had a micro-oven, radio/transistor and electric fans. Similarly, more than 60% possessed a computer, VCD/DVD/VCR and refrigerator. Nearly 10% of the households have a washing machine and car/jeep.

Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

42. The piped water is being supplied to different communities and residential areas by KUKL mostly through GI pipe from the Mahankal Chaur reservoir. It has been reported that the water supplied by KUKL is not sufficient to meet the household demands. But, only 32% of the respondents reported to having another source of water within their house compound like wells, hand pumps etc. About 23% of the HHs did not give any response in this regards.

43. It has been reported that almost all households have toilet facilities. But some households (15%) still lack sewerage connection. Some households reported that they had suffered from water borne disease like typhoid, skin disease, fever, jaundice due to the supply of unsafe drinking water by KUKL.

Water Consumption

44. It was found that the total household consumption of water excluding tenants is about 480 liters per day in wet season while it decreased to 380 liters per day in dry season. The per capita consumption is 86 liter in wet seasons and 68 liters in dry seasons.

Water Pressure

45. Nearly 50% of the sampled households suck water from the KUKL water mains by using electric pumps. They argue that they could not get the water, if they did not suck using the electric pump. This indicates that water delivered to 50% of households in the sample DNI area has inadequate pressure.

Willingness to pay

46. It was found that about 50% of the households were not willing to pay more than NRs.200 for minimum supply of 10,000 liters per month. About 18% of the households were willing to pay more than NRs.500 for the hygienic and regular supply of 10,000 liters per month.

Type of House and Number of Rooms

47. Around 92% of the sampled families have pakki/ or pillar system house (brick walls, cement floor, RBC/RCC roof), where as 8% have semi-pakki (made of stone/brick with mud mortar). About 38% of the houses have 2 floors, 37% have 3 floors and 13% have more than 3 floors.

48. It has been found that more than 30% of the houses had 7 to 9 rooms while 10% of the households have more than 15 rooms in their buildings. The study revealed that more than 90% of the sampled households had provided their rooms for rent.



3.3.2 Economic Profile Income Sources

49. The field survey findings revealed that the majority of the households depended on more than one source of income for their livelihood. Income from private and public services was identified as the main source of income of the interviewed households followed by house rent and trade and business. Other major sources of income of the household were pension and sale of agriculture and livestock products.

50. Out of the total 1,222 household members of the DNI area, 424 (35%) people are actively engaged in the above income generating activities. Among the total economically engaged population, the number of female is 136 (32%) in comparison to male 288 (68%).

Poverty Status

51. While conducting interview, the respondents were asked about their total income in the households for their livelihood. The survey found the mean annual income of the households was NRs.370, 144. The average per capita annual income was NRs.68, 545. According to the government national poverty line, the per capita to secure the above poverty level in most of the districts is NRs.10, 0001 and the household size in the DNI area is 5.6. On the basis of the family size and the minimum income to secure poverty level, the minimum household income was fixed to be NRs.56, 000. Based on this calculation, about 4 households in DNI area were identified as being below the poverty line. Their household income falling below NRs.60,000 per annum.

Household Income and Expenditure

52. It has been reported that the household income of the surveyed area derives mainly from services (government and private), house rent and trade and business which constitute about 29%, 28% and 22% respectively of the total income. The income from remittances, labor / wages, local farm/livestock income-generating opportunities are limited. Pension is also one of the main sources of income of the households which constitute about 9% of the total source of income of the surveyed households.

53. The main features of the reported sources of income and expenditure recorded in the survey are detailed in Tables 8 and 9 and are summarized as follows:2

The annual average per capita income of the surveyed DNI area range from a minimum of NRs.38, 571 to a maximum of NRs.162, 000 where as the annual average per capita expenditure ranged from NRs.32, 760 to NRs.92, 000.

The major source of income is government and private services (29%), house rent (28%), trade & business (22%). Other sources of income included pension, remittances and income from labor (e.g. skilled and un skilled) within the country and outside the country.

Maximum expenditure was for food including daily consumption items (47.9%) followed by education and health (28.9%).

1 which is based on a food consumption basket of 2,124 calories and an allowance for nonfood items of about two thirds of the

cost of the basket 2 It should be noted that the measurement of income and expenditure by means of questionnaire surveys is limited. Questions

on income may be seen as an invasion of household privacy, and the data collected is entirely dependent on respondent recall and integrity.



54. The study made by Kanako Kishi in 2009, found that the mean expenditure on food of the household was Rs. 8,174 resulting the per capita expenditure was Rs 2,019.

Table 8: Reported Sources of Income of the Households

S.N. Income Source % of total annual income 1 Agricultural /Livestock 4.05 2 House rent 27.86 3 Trade/ business 21.59 4 Self employed/ industries 0.35 5 Labor/Wages 2.23 6 Services (government/private) 28.91 7 Pension 8.57 8 Remittances (Labor abroad) 2.62 9 Others 3.83 Total 100

Source: Field Survey, November 2009.

Table 9: Reported Expenditure by Type of the Households

S.N. Expenditure Item % of total annual expenditure 1 Food & daily consuming items 47.9 2 Education /health 28.9 3 Electricity bill 6.2 4 Water tariff 1.5 5 Others 15.5 Total 100


3.3.3 Gender Status Women Headed Households

55. According to 2001 census, about 15% of households have been reported as women headed. In the urban areas it was s little bit more than the country as a whole i.e. 17% in 2001. The survey in the DNI area indicated that about 36% were women headed households. Of the total female headed households, about 20% were widows.

Literacy

56. There is still some difference in the literacy between male and female. It was found that about 88% of females were literate in comparison to 97% of the male population.

Economic Activity

57. About 17% of the women are housewife in the study area. Only11% women of the total household members are involved in the income earning activities compared to 22% of the male members. They are involved particularly in the service sector, trade and business and labor inside and outside the country. It has been reported that in addition to the economic activities outside the home, women are extensively involved in household’s activities like cooking and cleaning, washing clothes, child care, care of elderly etc.

Decision Making

58. The respondents were also asked about the involvement of women in decision making of household matters like finance, education, health care, purchase of assets, day to



day household matters, etc. It was found that women were involved in the decision making of almost all household matters.

Ownership

59. In most of the developing countries, the family land and household assets have been owned by male population. In some cases, both the male and female own land and assets through inheritance. However, in recent years, land ownership of women has increased in Nepal due to the government policy of 20% rebate/concession on land registration fees while purchasing land. Almost half of the households’ women in the survey own assets like land, houses and other structures. Majority of them also keep money separately in the bank or elsewhere.

Participation

60. The participation of women in social, political, religious, community gatherings in Nepal has increased in recent years. During the survey, the respondents were also asked about the gender participation in community meetings. The percentage of female alone in social / religious gatherings was slightly more than the men, whereas the men alone participation in the community gatherings is much higher than females. However, around 50% of both male and female together participate in social/religious work.

3.3.4 Household’s Opinion on Water Supply 61. The surveyed households were asked about their perception regarding the water supply of KUKL. Out of 219 households interviewed, 53.4% indicated irregular supply of water. About 51% of the households were not satisfied with the quantity of water supplied. Similarly, 26% complained about the water pressure. The other complaints of the respondents were about the quality, supply hour, and the water supply schedule (Table 10).

Table 10: Household’s Opinions regarding KUKL Water Supply

S.N. Opinions No. of respondents Percentage (%) 1 Nothing to say 27 12.3 2 Supply hour 50 22.8 3 Available quantity of water 111 50.7 4 Pressure 56 25.6 5 Regularity 117 53.4 6 Maintenance in the Leakage 44 20.1 7 Schedule 26 11.9 8 Quality 62 28.3 9 Others 44 20.1 10 Equal Distribution 3 1.4 Source: Field Survey, November 2009

62. The study on “Kathmandu Valley Water Distribution, Sewerage and Urban Development” made by Kanako Kishi during 2008, found that about 50%, 39% and 44% of households were satisfied with the quantity available, regularity and water pressure.

3.3.5 Sewerage and Sanitation 63. When asked about the existence of sewer system in the surveyed area only 12 (5%) households reported that there was a sewerage system. None of them reported the existence of combined sewer system in the area. About the problem of sewerage, only 35 (16%) households reported the clogging of sewerage pipes from time to time. The



household members were also asked their willingness to pay for the improved sewerage system in the area. About 46% informed that they want to pay as usual i.e. 50% of the water tariff or less than NRs.200, where as 11.4% reported that they are willing to pay up to NRs.250. About 16% were willing to pay more than NRs.500 for the hygienic and regular supply of 10,000 liters of water. Other households did not want to comment on this question.

64. It has been found that different agencies have constructed sewer lines in the study area. It was also reported that about 57% of the households used water sealed toilet with flush, whereas 42% used water sealed toilet without flush. Households were also asked about their house connection to the wastewater system, majority were unaware of the wastewater system about who constructed the system, who operates or maintains the system etc. About 28% of the household still dispose their solid waste into the septic tank and majority of them cleaned the tank within a 2 to 5 years period mostly by private persons.



CHAPTER 4: Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation 4.1 Information Disclosure 65. During the preparation of Resettlement Plan, the following activities were undertaken to disseminate the project information:

4.1.1 Squatters and Encroachers 66. The Resettlement Specialist informed the squatters and encroachers living in the future reservoir sites and pipeline routes - Mahankal Chaur II, Bansbari, Khumaltar, Sundarijal – Gokarna pipeline and to the house owner of Arubari reservoir. They have been informed that they have to resettle to other places before the project activities begin. They were also informed that they would be compensated by the government under the Resettlement Policy and Framework prepared earlier for Melamchi Water Supply Project Subproject-2.

4.1.2 Households of DNI Area 67. The enumerators, during socio-economic household’s survey, have informed all the 219 households about the project activities like rehabilitation of old pipes and laying of new pipelines in the main roads and inner roads of the DNI area. They were informed about the possible impacts such as disruption to the local inhabitants and pedestrians during construction. During the topographical survey, the local people were also informed about the future project activities.

4.1.3 Business/ shops of DNI Area 68. A total of 55 shops/business owners of 33 different types and 12 hawkers of 6 different types were purposively selected for interview. The business survey was conducted from 27 to 31 December 2009. During the business survey, the business owners and the shop keepers were informed about the possibility of disruption to the business. They were informed that the survey was a preliminary activity to determine possible profit losses if full closure of the road was required during construction. They were also informed that future public consultations and disclosures would be held regarding possible disruption to businesses and issues of compensation modality would be discussed.

4.2 Consultation 4.2.1 Community 69. A number of household surveys and community consultations have been undertaken in the Kathmandu Valley as part of the preparation and design of the Melamchi Water Supply Project to determine water sector priorities and needs of the public in general and specific communities. Table 11 provides a summary the findings.

70. A baseline survey was also recently completed in 2009 by the University of Tokyo, as part of TA4893-NEP supported by PPIAF, which studied the KUKL services to customers in the Kathmandu Valley to provide guidance on present water use and future demands.

71. Prior to the PPTA, the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) (ADB Loan 1820-NEP) conducted a large number of consultations and meetings in the Kathmandu Valley. For example, more than 75 people from Sundarijal, Nayapati, Bhadrabas, Gagalphedi VDCs attended a public hearing/consultation meeting held on 10 August 1999.



72. The Project Affected People of Kathmandu Valley have been informed from time to time about the construction of reservoirs, water transmission lines, the water treatment plant and land acquisition together with the project’s resettlement, rehabilitation and compensation modalities. MWSP had formed a NGO committee comprising of donors, MWSDB, and NGOs, which held monthly meetings in Kathmandu.

Table 11: Summary of Household Water Use Surveys in Kathmandu Valley

A. Household water use survey (December 2003) Sample Size 300 households in urban areas 86% of the population satisfied with the quality of water supplied by KUKL 94% were not satisfied with the quantity of water supplied 78% were discharging wastewater into municipal drain directly 15% discharged their wastewater into a septic tank 9% discharged septic tank effluent into municipal drains B. TA. 6219 –REG: Survey of Water Demand in the DNI Demonstration Area, University of

Tokyo, February 2008 Survey done during May 2005 (dry), July – August 2005 (wet) and March 2006 (winter). Sample Sizes Min Bhawan (Demo-Scheme area) = 422 HHs

Anam Nagar & Chabahhil (Control groups) (256+259) = 515 HHs General Comment: Low quality service of KUKL (low pressure, intermittent and irregular

supply, haphazard meter reading etc.). Due to the low pressure of water, people use electric pump for sucking water from mains. The following are the extent of water sucking from the pump in different sample area:

Study area Dry season Wet season Winter season Min Bhawan 74.2 % 50.4 % 67.2 % Anam Nagar 69.2 % 68.5 % 71.6 % Chabahhil 26.3 % 20.3 % 32.3 % 17.6% HHs had insufficient water from KUKL or just enough for drinking and cooking purposes

in the wet season, which jumped to 86.2% in the dry season. 80.3% and 12.4% HHs were satisfied with the quantity of water of KUKL during wet and dry

season respectively. 60% of the HHs were satisfied with its quality of water throughout the year

73. MWSP staff attend regular discussion forums organized by NGOs;(e.g. Sunday Forum of WAFED, discussion forum held by NGO for Urban Water and Sanitation, Nepal Vasa Misha Khala, Society of Business and Professional Women, Society of Public Health Engineers-Nepal, Nepal Engineering Council, Nepal Engineering Association, Melamchi Concern Group, FM radio etc). Table 12 provides a summary of MWSP Community Issues Resolution Team (CIRT) involvement in addressing community grievances.

Table 12: Community Consultations related to MWSP Sub-Project 2

Date Location Topic Details Sept. 2004 Sundarijal Land acquisition,

maintenance of existing government school etc.

Information dissemination and discussion regarding land acquisition and maintenance

Sept. 2006 Jorpati Employment, work progress

Employment for the youth and the construction of reservoir to start early

Nov 2007 Sundarijal Land acquisition Compensation of remaining land parcels of Adit Access Road and Water Treatment Plant

Sept. 2008 Demo area Project and objectives Information dissemination regarding demonstration project and its objectives



4.2.2 Project Stakeholders 74. During the Project scoping exercise considerable consultation was had with different stakeholders:

PPTA / KUKL weekly progress meetings. The PPTA met KUKL PID every week during the PPTA, except during national holidays, to review TA progress and resolve any outstanding issues. The meetings were chaired by the Project Director, PID. Participants included PID Deputy Director, KUKL Technical Manager, ADB institutional consultant, TA Team Leader and TA Deputy Team Leader. Other specialists or consultants attended for specific discussion issues.

PPTA / MPPW meetings. The PPTA met with the MPPW TA coordinator at least once a month to discus various progress issues. In addition, a presentation on TA progress was made to the Project Steering Committee every 2 or 3 months.

Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Meetings. FGD were held periodically during the TA to discus specific technical or reporting issues to obtain stakeholder views and clarifications. These related specifically to the development of the Capital Investment and Asset Management Program, the selection of a water supply distribution network improvement pilot area for detail design and the Feasibility Study for preparing the Project loan for ADB.

Public Consultation Workshops. Workshops were arranged during the PPTA to present the TA finding to a wider stakeholder and public audience. These were related in particular to the Project Feasibility Study for the proposed Project loan.

Several meetings, workshops, and focus group discussions (Table 13) were held with the stakeholders, mainly technical persons to keep them abreast of the TA and to get feedback for project design.



Table 13: Meetings, Workshops, and Focus Group Discussions Held

S.N Date No. of participants

Venue Type of people attended Topics Discussed

1 8 July 2009 47 Malla Hotel, Lainchaur

Secretary, Joint secretary, DG, KUKL Senior officials, ADB staff & consultants, JICA, UN Habitat, UNCEF, KVWSMB, PPTA

Inception consultative workshop

2 17 July 2009

27 NTNC Conference Room, Jawalakhel

Senior officials- PMU, KUKL, rep. from different NGOs working on water supply, sanitation and sewerage, PPTA consultants

Focus Group Discussion on wastewater management in Kathmandu Valley

3 23 July 2009

15 KUKL, PMU Meeting Hall, Anamnagar

DGM, Managers-KUKL, PID senior officials, ADB consultants, PPTA consultants

Focus Group Discussion on population projections and water demand

4 14 August 2009

18 KUKL, PMU Meeting Hall, Anamnagar

PID senior officials, Managers, Dep. Managers, Ast. Managers -KUKL, ADB consultants, PPTA consultants

Focus Group Discussion on asset condition survey and water supply zoning

5 30 August 2009

21 Meeting Hall, MPPW, Singha Durbar

Secretary, Joint Secretaries, Executive officers from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur Municipality, senior officials from HPCIDBC, PPTA consultants.

Steering Committee meeting

6 16 September 2009

19 NTNC Conference Room, Jawalakhel

PID senior officials, Managers, Technical. Managers, Ast. Managers -KUKL, rep. from different NGOs, INGOs, Project Officer from ADB/NRM, ADB HQ, PPTA consultants

Focus Group Discussion on conceptual wastewater master plan options

7 22 October 2009

18 KUKL Mahankal Chaur Branch office

Managers, Technical manages, Dept. managers, Asst. managers – KUKL, PPTA consultants

Focus Group Discussion on selected DNI pilot area

8 29 October 2009

54 Shanker Hotel, Lazimpat

Secretary, Joint secretary, DG, KUKL Senior officials, ADB consultants, Rep. from HPCICBC, MWSDB, DUDBC, KVWSMB, PPTA consultants

Focus group discussion on draft CIAMP

9 5 November 2009

16 KUKL Office, Tripureshowr

KUKL senior officials, ADB consultant, PPTA consultants

Meeting on CIAMP

10 13 January 2010

15 KUKL Meeting Hall, Tripureshowr

KUKL Board members, KUKL managers, PPTA consultants

PPTA progress, draft CIAMP and interim feasibility reports

11 13 January 2010

15 KUKL Meeting Hall, Tripureshowr

KUKL Board members, KUKL managers, PPTA consultants

Focus group discussion on wastewater

12 21 April 2010

41 The Orchid Hotel

KUKL management and branch managers and PID

Project Loan Feasibility Study

13 13 May 2010

75 Shanker Hotel, Lazimpat

Secretary, Joint secretary, DG, KUKL Senior officials, ADB consultants, Rep. from HPCICBC, DUDBC, PPTA consultants

Project Loan Feasibility Study



CHAPTER 5: GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 5.1 Government Policy for Grievance Redress 75. There are provisions of compensation for losses or any damages during land acquisition under the Land acquisition act of Nepal 1977. The Act allows for interested persons (i.e. APs) during a land acquisition process to file or represent their cases to the Chief District Officer (CDO) and raise objection against acquisition by a notice to the Ministry of Home and to get redressed under the LA Act clause 11 Section 1, 2 and 3. But, there are no provisions in any government acts to redress the grievances for the partial impact to the community or businesses during the civil works construction on government owned land. Various complaints and problems that are likely to rise during and before the implementation of a project include the following:

Project affected businesses not listed in the compensation list; Business losses not identified correctly; Inadequate compensation; Delay in distribution of compensation; and Delay in rehabilitation of community/government infrastructure.

5.2 Proposed Grievance Redress Mechanism 5.2.1 Grievances Redress 76. The Project Implementation Directorate (PID) Safeguard Unit will be responsible to address the issues, problems raised by the local communities regarding the loss or disturbance of assets, water and sanitation etc. during the implementation of the project. In this regards, PID Safeguard Unit shall ask the Resettlement/ Social Development and Environment Specialist of the design and supervision consultants (DSC) to assist in handling those grievances. At this stage, the community level stakeholders should be encouraged to participate in the handling of grievances at the project work site.

5.2.2 Grievance Resolution Procedure 77. Figure 5-1 shows the affected persons / community who will submit the grievances / complaints to the Local Consultative Group (LCG). The LCG will try to solve the grievances at the project site level. If the grievances cannot be solved at project site level, it will submit to the Safeguard Unit / PID. With the assistance of Resettlement, Environment Specialist, DSC the grievance will be redressed. If the grievances cannot be solved by the PID Safeguard Unit, it will be referred to the Project Director. If the grievances cannot be solved by the Project Director, it will be referred to KUKL, Board of Directors. Further, if the grievances cannot be resolved, it will refer to the concerned ministry/court. The proposed grievance resolution procedure will be as below:

LCG will resolve the grievances at project site level, if it cannot, it will be referred to PID for resolution;

The PID Safeguard Unit and DSC RS will make field visits to verify the grievances. The grievances will be assessed and if required solutions will be recommended. If the grievances are not resolved, they will be referred to the PD, PID;

PD will assess the grievances and try to resolve with discussing with PID SU and DSC RS. If it cannot, it will be referred to the Board of Directors, KUKL;



The Board of Directors will assess the complaints/grievances and if required solutions will be recommended. Even If the grievances still cannot be resolved, BoD will refer them to the concerned ministry or to the court.

5.2.3 Local Consultative Group (LCG) 78. A Local Consultative Group (LCG) will be formed representing the whole project area. The LCG will be represented by persons from the Kathmandu Metropolis, the KUKL branch office, PID, women’s groups, local water user’s committee/group, etc. The LCG will be a voluntary group. They will be paid meeting allowances only when they participate in the LCG meeting.

79. The LCG will be formed by PID with the assistance of DSC RS in each affected city ward before the compensation payment begin to APs. The LCG’s role will be very crucial during the planning and implementation of project activities. The group will review the following matters:

During Planning and Management

80. The LCG will be consulted during construction works and informed about the modality of project implementation. Their views will be considered at every stage of project implementation.

During Implementation

81. LCG will:

observe / monitor the works carried out by the contractor;. participate in the workshops / consultations organized by PID before and during

project implementation; and. participate in grievance resolution procedures.



Figure 5-1: Grievance Redress Mechanism

KUKL Board of Directors

Project Implementation Directorate (PID)

Grievances/Complaints Redress grievances

Local Consultative Group

AFFECTED PERSONS/ COMMUNITIES

Technical Division

Safeguards Unit Resettlement/, Environment

Specialists, Legal Officer

Design Supervision Consultant (Resettlement/

Environment Specialist)

Ministry/Court



CHAPTER 6: ENTILTMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 6.1 Entitlement Policy 82. For the Project, the following entitlements are proposed based on the principles of ADB’s new safeguard policy, June 2009. The entitlements have been proposed to mitigate the potential impacts of the Project. It describes the following:

Unit of entitlements Entitlements for the damages caused during construction Entitlements for the loss of community facilities and resources Entitlements for the temporary loss of business

6.2 Entitlement Matrix 83. All affected persons will be compensated at full replacement costs. For the business / incomes or employment, cash compensation will be made for the loss of business, income and wages based on the average daily revenues for the number of days that the normal business activity is disrupted. For the loss of drinking water to the community/households, alternative sources of water should be made available during the construction period. Affected businesses and the hawkers will be given 30 days advance notice about any expected customer access restrictions during construction of the project works. They will also be informed that the impact will be temporary for few days only. If the business and hawkers need to relocate, the project will assist in finding an alternative site for their business so that their livelihoods would not be affected adversely. The PID will request the EA (MPPW) and obtain written endorsement of the Entitlement matrix. This will be one of the conditions of the loan negotiation. Table 14 presents a detailed Entitlement Matrix:



Table 14: Entitlement Matrix

Type of Loss Entitlement Unit Description of Entitlement and Implementation Procedures

Remarks Responsible Institution

1.Temporary loss of business (Fully Closed Streets)

1.1 Temporary or full loss of business, income, jobs or livelihoods

Titleholder unregistered shop

owners Tenant Permanent/

temporary business Mobile street

vendor/ hawkers

30 days advance notice Maintained access as per EMP (e.g.,

planks, safe pedestrian environment etc.) Shops/business losing income due to full

street closure will be entitled to a business disruption allowance (see remarks)

Street vendors/hawkers will receive assistance to physically shift to suitable alternative location and receive a one-time financial assistance to cover the losses for the displacement/ move based on the amount of income loss determined during shifting time.

Compensation for lost income is calculated on the percent of expected business loss due to the Project using the average daily revenues for the number of days that business activity is disrupted.

DSC Resettlement Specialist will conduct detailed census of affected business on fully closed streets during detailed design to calculate compensation amounts.

Final compensation will be determined by PID.

Compensation will be paid before construction works begin.

PID/KUKL

2.Temporary loss of business (Partially Closed Streets)

2.1 Temporary or full loss of business, income, jobs or livelihoods

Titleholder unregistered shop

owners Tenant Permanent/

temporary business Mobile street

vendors/ hawkers

30 days advance notice Maintained access as per EMP (e.g.,

planks, safe pedestrian environment etc.)

If shops/business loses income due to inhibited access, then they are entitled to a business disruption allowances.

Street vendors/hawkers will receive assistance to physically shift to suitable alternative location and receive one-time financial assistance to cover the losses for the displacement/ move based on the amount of income loss determined during shifting time.

Income loss on temporary closure less likely than full closure streets

If losses occur during construction, the business would file a grievance with the LCG or PID Safeguards Unit for compensation. Compensation is calculated on the percent of expected business loss due to project using the average daily revenues for the number of days that business on fully closed streets during detailed design.

The Project will assist for new opportunities.

Compensation Unit, PID/KUKL



Type of Loss Entitlement Unit Description of Entitlement and Implementation Procedures

Remarks Responsible Institution

3. Damages Caused During Construction

3.1 Government and private structures, infrastructures

Titleholder Tenant Landless squatter/

encroachers on government land

Extreme care should be taken by the contractors to avoid government and private property unnecessarily

Where damages do occur to private and government property as a result of construction works, the cost of restoring to at least their former condition will be the responsibility of the contractor as part of their contract.

Compensation at replacement cost for the losses will be borne by the contractor.

Replacement cost will be determined by PID/AP

Contractor/PID

4. Community Facilities and Resources

4.1 Loss of Community structures

Local community Restoration of affected community buildings and structures to at least previous condition, or replacement in areas identified in consultation with affected communities and relevant authorities

Community structures include service roads, inner roads, temples, footpaths/ trails, culverts, water points.

PID/KUKL

4.2 Loss of drinking water and sanitation

Private and community that owns the water points and sanitation

Replacement and restoration of the water points before construction damage and management of solid and wastewater disposal.

The time gap between the construction of new system and transfer from the old system should be minimized.

Alternative sources of water should be made available during the construction period.

PID/KUKL



CHAPTER 7: RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN

84. This chapter provides cost estimate for the Resettlement Plan (RP) activities under the proposed project. The project will not require the acquisition of private land or the relocation of houses, business or community facilities. Any project related adverse impacts will only be temporary during construction of the works. Such impacts are likely to be experienced only by local businesses and street hawkers due to anticipated local road closures. The estimated compensation cost for these temporary disruptions are tentative and calculated for the budget purposes. The value of compensation for the loss of normal business profit will be determined by the PID on the basis of the recommendations made by DSC RS.

7.1. Business Disruption Allowances (a) Shops 85. It has been assumed that there will be no full closure of the shops during construction, although road closures restricting vehicle access is expected in some places. Pedestrian access should be maintained at all times. As a result, only partial disruption to some businesses is expected. There should be no need to close shops and retail outlets. However, the RP makes provision for compensation for business losses during construction.

(b) Hawkers 86. The business of hawkers is very small and generally can easily be moved from one location to another. Usually, there are several alternative areas along the existing roads where they could be relocated. The hawkers’ losses are therefore considered as minimal. However, if the hawkers have to be displaced permanently, they will be provided for the loss of business and displacement allowances.

87. It is not possible to indicate at this stage the exact number and type of business that will be actually affected severally during the project construction work. Detailed survey and collection of the data of the affected business and hawkers will be done during the detail design of the project components.

88. For budget purposes, based on the detail survey undertaken in the DNI pilot area, it has been estimated that the daily business of about 30% the shops and hawkers could be disrupted partially during construction. With about 900 shops and 60 hawkers in DNI pilot area it is estimated for the whole of the project area of nearly 1,800 Ha. up to 5,000 small to medium sized businesses or shops and over 300 street hawkers or vendors could be temporarily affected.

89. Using data from the DNI pilot area survey the average daily profit per business is estimated as NRs.1,130 and for hawkers NRs.250. Annex 5 provides details of the business survey. For the estimation and calculation of cost of compensation, it is assumed that the maximum period of business disruption would be 7 days. The cost of compensation for temporary disruption to business on fully closed streets is estimated at NRs.40, 000,000 ($540,000).

7.2 Implementation and Management 90. It includes information dissemination campaigns, awareness and participation of stakeholders on project related issues, costs for formation and several meetings with the LCG/C. About NRs 3,500,000 is estimated for community awareness and participation of



stakeholder and information dissemination campaign and NRs.3,00,000 for the establishment and support to the groups / committees. A total of 900 meetings (Bi-monthly meetings over a period of 5 years) have been budgeted for, at a cost of NRs. 10,000 per meeting. Total cost estimate for implementation and management is NRs 12,500,000

($169,000)

7.3 Contingencies 91. A contingency amount of 10% of the total compensation and rehabilitation costs has been added.

7.4 Total Cost Estimate 92. The total cost estimate for the compensation, rehabilitation and the implementation and management for the resettlement activities for the proposed project is as follows:

Table 15: Summary of Compensation Costs

Item Total cost (NRs)

Business disruption allowances 40,000,000

Establishment and support to the LCGs 3,000,000

Bi-monthly meetings over a period of 5 years

9,000,000

Community awareness/ participation 3,500,000

Contingencies (10% of the cost of compensation and rehabilitation)

5,550,000

Total (Equivalent $825,000 approx.) 61,050,000

93. The KUKL PID will be responsible for managing the cost of RP implementation. PID shall confirm that there is sufficient fund in the project to compensate the APs on time i.e. before the award of civil works contract.



CHAPTER 8: INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 8.1 Organizational Framework 94. Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW) will be the executing agency (EA) and Project Implementation Directorate will be the implementing agency (IA) of the project. The IA has already been established which is headed by the Project Director. The PID Management Division will have a safeguard Unit, which will perform all the resettlement activities with the help of Resettlement/Social Expert of DSC. DSC RS will conduct a detailed census on all fully closed streets during detailed design.

95. As the project implementing agency, PID will assume the following responsibility for RP implementation:

Implementation of procedures to minimize adverse social impacts (disruption to local inhabitants, traffic flow, disruption to businesses and hawkers, inconveniences to pedestrians etc.) throughout the planning, design and implementation phase;

Recording of all project affected persons e.g. businesses, hawkers by means of census and verification of losses;

Establishment of a compensation unit within PID; Recruitment of a domestic Community Awareness and Participation Consultant

(CAPC); Establishment of Local Consultative Groups at project/ward level; Establishment of the procedures for the resettlement and compensation activities

for the project areas; Implementation of information dissemination campaigns;

Coordination with, women’s group, water user’s group / committee, local community, Kathmandu Metro, Lalitpur Sub-Metro Office etc.

96. The organizational framework for resettlement activities is illustrated in Figure 9-1.



Figure 9-1: Organizational Framework for Resettlement Activities

KUKL Board of Directors GM/MD, KUKL Project Implementation Asian Development Directorate (PID) Bank (ADB)

Technical Division Management Design Supervision Division Consultant (DSC)

(Social/Resettlement Specialist)

Local Consultative Group Safeguards Unit Compensation Unit (PID) * Rep. from Kath. Metro * PD/DPD * Rep from KUKL/PID (Resettlement Specialist * Chief, Management Division * Rep. from APs Environmentalist, * Chief, Technical Division * Rep. from Women group Legal Officer) * Chief, Account Section * Rep. from Local NGOs * RS, DSC * Rep from local Water Users group/committee

Functions Functions * Consultation * Confirm entitled persons * Grievance redress * Finalize compensation amount * Participatory monitoring * Compensation distribution * Record keeping * Inform contractor

AFFECTED PERSONS



8.2 Role of Compensation Unit 97. The compensation unit established within PID will determined the final compensation amount based on detailed census data conducted by DSC RS. The unit will comprise of the following personnel from PID:

PD/DPD, PID;

Chief, Management Division

Chief, Technical Division

Chief, Account section

RS, DSC

8.3 Role of Local Consultative Groups / Committees 98. Local consultative groups (LCG) will be formed representing each project component construction area. The LCGs will be represented by the persons from the Kathmandu Metro, Lalitpur Sub-metro, from the KUKL branch office, PID, from the women’s groups, local water user’s committee / group, etc. The LCG role will be very crucial while planning and implementation of project activities. The group will look into the following matters:

8.3.1 During Planning and Management 99. The LCGs will be consulted for laying the water supply and wastewater pipelines and will be informed about the project implementation modality. Further their view will be considered in every stage of implementation.

8.3.2 During Implementation 100. The group/committee members will:

a) observe/ monitor the work carried out by the contractor;

b) participate in the workshops, consultations organized by PID before and during project implementation;

c) participate in grievance resolution procedures.

8.4 Role of Community Awareness and Participation Consultants (CAPC) 101. The CAPC will be responsible for the project messages delivery and maintain good rapport with the stakeholders and the public. In summary, the CAPC will:

a) education and awareness materials such as posters, billboards and steamers for community display;

b) leaflets and stickers;

c) television and radio spots/messages of about 30 second education;

d) setting and maintaining project websites;

e) videos;

f) newspaper advertisements and features; and

g) any other suitable or appropriate techniques.



8.5 Design Supervision Consultant (DSC) 102. The Resettlement Specialist from the DSC will be responsible for assisting the PID Safeguard Unit (SU). The Social/Resettlement Specialist will also assists SU in resolution of grievances at project level and updating the data and keeping records of resettlement and compensation activities.

103. More specifically, DSC RS will perform the following activities (in sequence): Coordinate with contractor who will identify fully closed roads and period of

closure. At this time, the CAPC recruited for awareness raising should be informed.

Identify affected business and record the data through survey. The date of survey is the cut-off date. DSC RS will use the following table format while recording the data:

Table 16: Recommended Table Format for the Record of Affected Business

Identification (location address)

Name of the Affected persons

Type of business

Size of business

Number of persons employed

Daily net profit

Remarks (if any)

Identify compensation rates using business survey table at the time of survey. Inform affected persons of entitled compensation and method of receiving

payments. CAPC will assist APs in receiving compensation payments. Provide list of affected persons and their compensation to the PID. APs to collect payment of compensation. PID to record payments made. PID to notify DSC RS, contractor, and ADB

when all payments made. Civil works to commence when all APs are paid exception to those who are out

of town/country. However, they would be able to collect on return. If the payment to the APs who are out of country takes time, the contractor would need to work on another road until all payments made.

If the period of construction is delayed further than originally planned, the DS RS would recommend to provide additional compensation to the APs for the period of delay.

8.6 Procedure for Resettlement Planning 104. The following table shows the procedure of resettlement planning and flow of funds to temporarily affected persons during preliminary design, detailed design, pre-construction and construction:



Table 17: Procedures for Resettlement Planning

Stage Activity Resources Responsibility Preliminary Design

Conduct project-wide business survey to determine average incomes of businesses (including hawkers) likely to be impacted.

Business survey questionnaire (Annex 2 of Management Plan for Temporary Business Impacts during Pipeline Construction)

PPTA RS

Detailed Design

The scope of resettlement impact should be limited to small-scale temporary reductions in business income if customer access is impeded. Identify the following: (i) roads that will experience full closure during construction. (ii) estimated duration of full closure.

Detailed designs prepared by the contractor

Contractor (checked by DSC RS)

(iii)Conduct baseline data and census of the affected business on roads to be fully closed. (iv) Maintain organized database of socio-economic information of affected persons.

Census survey format (Table 16 & Annex 1 of Management Plan for Temporary Business Impacts during Pipeline Construction)

DSC RS (with the help from hired enumerators)

(v)Based on the baseline data and census of affected business, prepare a list of affected persons and calculate their compensation. This is the basis for the Resettlement plan budget. (vi)validate and /or update business survey results for income.

DSC RS

(vii) Prepare f Management Plan for Temporary Business Impacts during Pipeline Construction.

Use the Management Plan prepared for Kathmandu Valley

DSC RS

(viii) Submit Management Plan for Kathmandu Valley based on the baseline and census of affected business.

(ix) Conduct public consultation of the management Plan….. and approved entitlements.

DSC Rs (with the help of PID, CAPC, LCG)

Pre- construction

Provide advanced notice (30 days) to affected persons.

Contractor (checked by DSC RS/CAPC/PID)

Pay compensation to affected persons based on the Entitled Matrix before loss occurs (i.e. before construction begins).

PID/ compensation unit (supported by DSC RS)

Ensure receipt of payments. Use compensation payment receipt form (Annex 6)

PID/ compensation unit (supported by DSC RS)

PID compensation unit to record the payments in their own accounts register.

Compensation unit, PID



Construction Ensure all mitigation measures from IEE (i.e. providing planks and boards across trenches, etc) are incorporated into construction contract documents.

See IEE DSC/PID

Implement all mitigation measures during construction including required safety and access measures (i.e. planks and boards across trenches).

Construction contractor

Monitor construction activities and ensure contractors are implementing all safety, mitigation measures, and maintaining access to business.

See IEE DSC/PID



CHAPTER 9: IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 105. The project is expected to be implemented from the first quarter of 2012. Advance action such as formation of local consultative groups, census of affected businesses and hawkers, agreements on compensation payment modality for the loss of business will be completed before construction work commences in any particular affected location.

9.1 Implementation Schedule 106. The civil works for the water supply bulk distribution system (BDS) and wastewater system improvement under new ADB Loan (2012-2016) are scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2012. Construction for water supply distribution network improvement (DNI) will commence in the fourth quarter of 2013. Table 18 provides the implementation schedule of project resettlement activities.

Table 18: Implementation Schedule of the Resettlement Plan (RP)

S.N. Activities Time Period Responsibility 1. Compensation to the unpaid

land and house owner of reservoirs and pipelines

To be completed by the end of December 2010.

Loan 1820-NEP: KVWSMB

2. Compensation to the squatters/encroachers residing on the land already acquired for reservoirs and pipelines

To be completed by the end of December 2010.


3. Relocation for squatters / encroachers

To be completed by the end of January 2011.


4. Security of project land (fencing and posting sign board)

Immediately Loan 1820-NEP: KVWSMB

5. Formation of User Groups To be completed by the end of December 2011.

Safeguard Unit, PID, DSC, PID

6. Formation of Local Consultative Groups

To be completed by the end of January 2012.


7. Identification of affected business shops and hawkers

During detailed design Safeguard Unit, PID, DSC, PID

8. Fixation of the compensation cost for the business of fully closed streets

During detailed design /before construction


9. Distribution of compensation and other allowances to the affected business persons and hawkers

Before civil works Safeguard Unit, PID, DSC, PID

10. Monitoring the status of business of fully closed roads

During detailed design /before construction

DSC/PID, LCG



CHAPTER 10: MONITORING AND REPORTING 10.1 Monitoring 107. The DSC Resettlement/Social Specialist will be responsible for internal monitoring of the implementation of the RP. DSC will also provide feedback and suggestions for the effective implementation of the RP. The monitoring of resettlement activities such as the compensation for the loss of business to the businesses / shops, hawkers, displacement allowances to the business and the hawkers, if required, will be made during the implementation of the project.

10.2 Reporting 108. The DSC RS will be responsible to prepare monthly report and submit to the PID Safeguard Unit. The PID SU will reports monthly to PD, PID. PD, PID will reports bi-annually to ADB.



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Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B Annex B-1: Page 1

ANNEX B-1

Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Wastewater System Improvement

Questionnaire for Socio-Economic HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

1. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

1.1 Questionnaire No. 1.2 Name of the Settlement (i) House no. (ii) Customer no. (iii) Area no. 1.3 Name of the Street (newly

established)

1.4 Name of Enumerator 1.5 Date and time of interview

2. HOUSEHOLD INTRODUCTION

2.1 Name of Respondents 2.2 Relation with the Head of

Household (HoHH)

2.3 Name of the Head of Household 2.4 Sex of (HoHH): 1-Male, 2- Female 2.5 Age of HoHH 2.6 Marital Status: 1- Married

2- Unmarried, 3- Widow/widower, 4- Divorced

2.7 Educational Level of HoHH 2.8 Main Occupation of HoHH 2.9 Secondary Occupation of HoHH 2.10 Religion: 1- Hindu, 2-Buddhist 3-

Others (specify)

2.11 Ethnicity:1- Brahmin, 2- Chhetri, 3- Newar, 4- Others………….

2.12 Type of House: 1) Pakki/ pillar system (concrete roof, brick wall, cement floor) 2). Semi Pakki (concrete roof, brick wall) 3) Others (specify):………

2.13 No. of floors in the house: 1) one floor 2) two floor 3) three floors 4) more than three floors (Specify……………..)



3. FAMILY DETAILS

3.1 Please provide the following information of your family members (Start from the Head of the Household):

S. N.

1

Name of person 2

Relationship with HoHH (see code)

3

Sex (see code)

4

Age

5

Education (see code)

6

Economic activity

(see code) 7

CODES 3) Relationship with the HoHH: 1= Household head, 2= Wife, 3= Husband, 4= Son, 5= Daughter, 6= Brother, 7= Sister, 8= Grandchild, 9= Daughter in law, 10= Sister in law, 11= Cousin, 12= Parents, 13= others (specify)

4) Sex: 1= Male, 2= Female 6) Education: 1= Illiterate, 2= Literate but no schooling, 3= Grade I-V, 4= Grade VI-X, 5= Grade 12 completed, 6= Graduate and above, 7= Infant, 8=Not attending the school until the school time 7) Economic Activity: 1= Public service, 2= Private Service, 3= business 4= labor, 5= Abroad labor, 6= Student, 7= None 8= Dependent (children), 9= Housewives 10. Others (specify) . . . . . . . . .

4. ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 4.1. Access

S.N. Access 1- Yes; 2- No

1 Piped drinking water supply 2 Other source of water supply

(specify)……………….

3 Toilet 4 Sewerage and sanitation

5. WATER RESOURSE MANAGEMENT 5.1 Present consumption of water per day in Monsoon seasons, (with constraints of

shortage of supply including tenant, if any) Liters ( ) 5.2 Present consumption of water per day in Monsoon seasons, (abundant supply of

water including tenant, if any) Liters ( ) 5.3 Present consumption of water per day in Dry seasons, (with constraints of shortage

of supply including tenant, if any) Liters ( )



5.4 Present consumption of water per day in Dry seasons, (abundant supply of water including tenant, if any) Liters ( )

5.5 How many people are living with you in your house including any tenants? House members ( ) Persons on rent ( ) 5.6 Total number of rooms in the house: ( ) rooms 5.7 Water requirement for different purposes (Average liters per day)

Water requirement Quantity Source of water 1. Cooking and drinking …………./……………..(day) 2. Shower, bathroom, toilet …………./……………..(day) 3. Kitchen …………./……………..(day) 4. Washing the clothes/ machine

…………./……………..(day)

5. Gardening …………./……………..(day) 6. Others………………….. …………./……………..(day) 6.0 Source of water supply and expenses incurred for it 6.1 Water source 6.1.1 Is the present piped water is sufficient for HH use? Yes ( ) No ( ), 6.1.2 Capacity of gagri or vessel? ………………..liters 6.2 Source of water and expenses occurred (if piped water is not sufficient)

Source Inside the house-1

Outside the house -2

Engaged Hours / day

Quantity Expenses per month

(Rs.)

1. Piped water supply by Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL)

2. Well /Kuwa 3. Hand water pump/ tube well

4.Rainwater harvesting 5. Buying from Tanker 6. Mineral water Jar 7. Others (specify)

6.3 Expenses for water treatment Water Treatment Expenses per month (i) Boiling water for drinking (ii) Use filter (iii) Euro guard (iv) Chlorine/Alum/Potash (v) Other…………………………



6.4 If you have installed KUKL piped water system in your house 6.4.1 Is the water come from the KUKL pipe connection?

Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 6.4.3 6.4.2 If yes, how many days a week and how many hours a day water is supplied?

( ) days per week hours per week ( )

6.4.3 If no, are you paying the bill? Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 6.4.5 6.4.4 If yes, how much are you paying for one month? Rs……………... 6.4.5 Is there ground tank in your house? Yes ( ) No ( )

If yes, what is the capacity? ……………… liters

6.4.6 Whether the tank is fitted with stop float valve? Yes ( ) No ( ) 6.4.7 Do you have the overhead tank? Yes ( ) No ( )

(i) If yes, what is the capacity? ……………….liters

(ii) Whether the tank is fitted with stop float valve? Yes ( ) No ( )

6.4.8 Do you pump the water from the connection? Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 6.4.9 If yes, how is it pressure? Good ( ) Bad ( ) O.k. ( )

6.4.9 How much time will be required to fill (500/1000/2000/3000/4000/…… liters tank)?

……………minutes/hours

6.4.10 If you do not pump the water how much time will be required to fill a bucket from the water tap (-----------liters bucket)? ( ) Minutes/hours

6.4.11 How much did you pay the water tariff last month? Rs…………. 6.4.12 Who pays the bill?

(i) Self ( ) (ii) Have not paid for several months ( ) (iii) Others……………….. ( )

6.5 Do you collect rainwater for use? Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 6.6 6.5.1 How do you collect?

(i) From roof ( ) (ii) Other…………………………………… ( )

6.5.2 Where do you store? (i) ……liters bucket ( ) (ii) 500 liters tank ( ) (iii) 1,000 liters tank ( )



(iv) Into ground tank ( ) (v) Other…………………………………………..…………. 6.5.3 What do you use the water for? (i) Drinking ( ) (ii) Cooking ( ) (iii) Washing ( ) (iv) Gardening ( ) (v) Others…………………………………… ( ) 6.5.4 Do you treat the water before use? Yes ( ) No ( )

6.6 Do you need the water supply system of the KUKL to be improved?

Yes ( ) No ( ) O. K. ( )

6.7 How much do you willing to pay for sufficient, regular, and hygienic water supply from

KUKL for 10,000 liters per month? 6.7.1 Less than Rs. 200 ( ) 6.7.2 Up to Rs. 250 ( ) 6.7.3 Up to Rs 350 ( ) 6.7.4 Up to Rs. 450 6.7.5 More than Rs. 500 6.8 Problems in water supply system

Problems/Issues Yes No Comments 1. Shortage of water 2. Low pressure of water supplied 3. Contamination/ low water quality in water supply

4. Other …………………………….…

6.9 Is there leakage in KUKL water supply system in your area? Yes ( ) No ( ) 6.9.1 If yes, how long has it been leaking? Hours/day ( ), Leakage but I don’t now ( ) 6.9.2 How much wastage of water through leakage? Yes ( ), yes, but I don’t know ( )

…………….…….. (Such as water pouring out into road, damp patch on road)

6.10 Do you have a water meter? Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 6.10.2 6.10.1 If Yes,

(i) Yes, it works ( ) (ii) Yes, but not working ( ), so how much are you paying Rs……………..(month) (iii) Yes, I had a meter, but do not want to install because it was stolen from time to time

( ) (iv) I do not want to install the meter because the water pressure will be very low ( )

6.10.2 If not how much are you paying per month? ........................Rs.

6.10.3 Would you like to install the meter in your house? Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 7.0



6.10.4 If yes, how much amount would you like to pay for meter connection? (i) Rs. 1,500 ( ) (ii) Rs. 2,000 ( ) (iii) Rs. 2,500 ( ) (iv) Rs.3,000 ( ) (v) More than Rs 3,000 ( ) (vi)Others…………………….( ) 7.0 SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND SANITATION 7.1 Do you have separate system to dispose wastewater from toilets and kitchens and

others? Yes ( ) No ( ) 7.2 What type of sewer system do you have in your area? 7.2.1 Sewerage system ( ) 7.2.2 Storm water drain ( ) 7.2.3 Combined ( ) 7.2.4 Others ……………………………………………………..…….. ( ) 7.3 Who has built this system? 7.3.1. KUKL ( ) 7.3.2. Municipality ( ) 7.3.3. Ward Committee ( ) 7.3.4. Users’ Committee ( ) 7.3.5 Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee ( ) 7.3.6. Department of Roads ( ) 7.3.7. Department of Urban Development and Building Construction ( )

7.3.8. Private ( ) 7.3.9 Others …………………………. ( ) 7.4 When this system was built? Year………….. ( ) Don’t know ( ) 7.5 If no, what type of system do you prefer to have? i). Separate ( ) ii). Combined ( ) iii). Decentralised ( constructed by local community, group etc.) ( )

7.6 Do you have septic tank Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 7.9 7.7 If you have septic tank, how often do you clean it? 7.7.1 Yearly ( ) Rs……………………... 7.7.2 In between 2-5 years ( ) Rs……………………... 7.7.3 In between 5-10 years ( ) Rs……………………... 7.7.4More than 10 years ( ) Rs……………………... 7.7.5 Others……………… ( ) Rs……………………... 7.8 If you have cleaned your septic tank, who did it?

7.8.1Municipality ( ) 7.8.2 KUKL ( ) 7.8.3 Private operators ( ) 7.8.4 Others (specify)…………………… ( )



7.9 Do you have any problems related with sewerage? Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 7.12 7.10 If yes, what are the problems? 7.10.1 Clogging of pipes ( ) 7.10. 2 Flooding in the area ( ) 7.10.3 Foul smell ( ) 7.10.4 Others …………………….………………… ( ) 7.11 How long does it take to solve your problems? 7.11.1 within 3 days ( ) 7.11.2 within a week ( ) 7.11.3 within two weeks ( ) 7.11.4 A year ( ) 7.11.5 More than a year ( ) 7.11.6 Others…………………………………… ( ) 7.12 Do you or any of your neighbors dispose your solid waste into drains? Yes ( ) No ( ) 7.13 Do you want drainage or a sewerage system improved? What maximum amount would you like to pay for the improvement of the sewerage system (At present 50 % of the water bill is charged)? i) 50 % of the water bill as usual ( ) ii) 60 % of the water bill ( ) iii) 70 % of the water bill ( ) iv) Others……………………………………………. ( ) 7.14 What type of toilet does your family use?

Type of toilet used Please Tick(√) 1. Water-sealed toilet with flush 2. Water-sealed toilet without flush 3. Pit latrine 4. Public latrine 5. Neighbours toilet 6. Open space toilet 7. Other ………………………………..



8. HEALTH STATUS

8.1. Was any member of your family ill/sick in last year?

Yes ( ) No ( ) → Q. no. 9.0 8.2 If yes, what was the cause? ………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..…………………………..……………………… 8.3 Please indicate the details: Type of disease No. of cases Treatment taken Total expenses per year 1. Stomach problems (dysentery, diarrhea, cholera, worms)

2. Fever 3. Hepatitis (Jaundice) 4. Typhoid 5. Malaria 6. Skin disease 7. Cold (common cold) 8. Others………………….… 9. DIVISION OF LABOR (GENDER) 9.1 Who does the following tasks mostly? Tick (√) Households Activities Men Women Boys Girls Time spend

(hours/day) 1. Fetching drinking water 2. Cooking and cleaning 3. Washing clothes 4. Child care 5. Care of elderly 6. Others ………………………… 9.2 Do women members of the house have any say in decision making of the following

household matters? S.N Issues Yes (√) No (√) 1. Financial matters 2. Education of children 3. Health care of children 4. Purchase of assets (land and building) 5. Day to day activities 6. Decision on social function and marriages 7. Others…………………………………….. 9.3 Do women members of the house have the ownership in the following things?

S.N. Ownership If yes, please Tick(√) 1. Land 2. House and other structures 3. Keeping money 4. Others…………………………..



10. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 10.1 Does any member of the household belong to a community group?

( ) Yes ( ) No→ Q. no. 10.3 10.2 If yes, who belongs to which ones? S.N. Membership Sex General

member Executive member

Position

1 Saving &Credit Male Female

2 Women/Mother group Male Female

3 Water User’s Committee

Male Female

4 Others……………….. Male Female

10.3 If there are User Groups in the Community/Wards, please list 1………………………………………………………….. 2…………………………………………………………. 10.4 Does anyone in your household participate in community meetings? S.N. Social activities Sex If yes, please Tick(√) 1 Social/Religious work Male

Female 2 Community gatherings/meetings Male

Female 3 Political gathering/meetings Male

Female 4 Charity/club Male

Female 5 Others…………………….. Male

Female 11. FACILITIES, INCOME & EXPENDITURE

11.1 Facilities (house owner only) S.N. Items Tick(√) S.N. Items Tick(√) 1 Radio/Transistor 11 Electric stove 2 Television 12 Gas stove 3 Computer 13 Washing machine 4 VCD/VCR/DVD 14 Rice cooker 5 Bicycle 15 Pressure cooker 6 Motorcycle 16 Electric fans 7 Car/jeep 17 Air conditioner 8 Refrigerator 18 Micro wave oven 9 Mobile Phone 19 Other………………….. 10 Kerosene stove



11.2 Expenditure Pattern (Monthly Expenditure) S.N. Items Monthly Expenditure

(in Rs.) 1 Food (Food and other daily consuming items) 2 Education, health (medicine, doctor’s fees, hospital

expenses etc.)

3 Electricity bill 4 Water tariff 5 Other ……………………………………………….. 6 Total 11.3 Source of Income (Monthly Income) S.N. Items Monthly Income

(in Rs.) 1 Agriculture/livestock rearing 2 House rent 3 Trade/business 4 Small scale industry/industries 5 Labor/daily wages 6 Service (Government/private) 7 Pension 8 Remittances (Foreign employment) 9 Other……………………………………………. Total

11.4 In your opinion, what should be done by the government for the better water resource management in the country, particularly in the Kathmandu Valley? 1 Nothing to say 2 Supply hour 3 Available quantity of water 4 Pressure 5 Regularity 6 Maintenance in the Leakage 7 Schedule 8 Quality 9 Others………………………….. 12. ENUMERATOR’S OBSERVATION/COMMENTS ………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….………………………………………….……………………



ANNEX B-2

SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BUSINESS SURVEY Part A: Identification Name of AP

Surveyed by

Name of Road

Nature of business Mobile/permanent

Location address

Type of road Minor/major

Date of Survey

Data edited by

Part B: Business General store

Vegetables fruits Restaurants Vehicle repair

Mobile shops

Newspaper sellers

Grocery Any other

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Is the business operator the owner or a tenant Owner? Tenant How many people are employed in the business?___________________ If the operator is a tenant, how much rent does he pay per month?_____________ What is the average profit from the business per day (before payment of rent)?__________ Part C: Hawkers: Location of hawker: ______________________Type of Merchandise (tick) Fruit Vegetables Fish Hot food Books &

Stationery Clothes Shoe

repair Other (state type)

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Is the hawker mobile or permanent? Mobile = 1; Permanent = 2 How often does the hawker occupy this site? Every day Most days 1-2 days p/w < 1 day p/w Full day Half day 01 02 03 04 05 06 Does the hawker pay anyone to allow him to use this site? Yes = 1; No = 2 How much does he pay per day?______Who does he pay?_______________________________ What is the hawker’s average profit per day (total, before paying for use of the site)?__________ Part D: Vulnerability: Should the business operator or hawker be considered as vulnerable? Yes/No Reason for vulnerability (give details of income, physical vulnerability, etc): Gender Disabled Poverty Minority Other (state) 01 02 03 04 05



ANNEX B-3

Socio-Economic Profile of Distribution Network Improvement (DNI) Pilot Area

The DNI Area The DNI pilot area lays in the ward no 7 and some part of ward no 8 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The present population of this area is estimated about 20,000 with the households of 4,000. It covers an area about 100 hectares of ward no 7 & 8 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The major settlements in this pilot area are Sifal, Chabel, Gagahiti, Bulbule, Jayabageshowri, Mitrapark, Kalopul, Binayak Tole, Katubahal and Panika Tole. Household Survey A total of 219 households were randomly selected for the survey in DNI area from the list of households with meter and without meter provided by the KUKL branch office at Mahankal Chaur. Socio-Demographic Profile of the households The average family size of the DNI area is about 5.6 per family. It is slightly higher than the national average (table 1). The average family size of the Kathmandu Municipality is 4.4 where as the national average is 5.45.


No. of Households

Population HH size

Population by Age Groups (in %) Male Female Total NA 0-15 16-45 46-65 65 &

over Total

DNI pilot area

219 609 615 1,224 5.6 0.2 17.7 55.1 18.2 8.8 100

Source: Field Survey, November 2009 The above table shows that the major population groups of the households lies between the ages of 16 to 45 (55.1%) followed by the ages between 46 to 65 (18.2%). The percentage share of the children below 15 years is about 18%. Out of 219 households interviewed for the survey, 36.1 % were female headed households. Of the total female headed households, about 20.3 % were widow.

Social Classification Brahmin, Newar, Chettri are the major ethnic group residing in the DNI pilot area. The population structure of the sampled households shows that Brahmin, Newar, Chettri occupied 41 %, 34 % and 11 % of the total household of the project area respectively. Other prominent ethnic groups are Gurung (5%), and Rai (3%).



Table 2: Ethnic composition of the households

Ethnicity No. Percentage (%) Brahmin 90 41.10 Newar 75 34.25 Chettri 24 10.96 Gurung 11 5.02 Rai 6 2.74 Lama 3 1.37 Others 10 4.56 Total 219 100.00


Education Literacy rate is one of the significant indicators of economic and social development status. Out of 219 households which were interviewed, about 93% family members are literate. Table 3 shows the educational level of the household members in the DNI area.

Table 3: Education Status of the households

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Male 15 27 61 142 91 246 12 3 11 Female 71 68 62 154 111 127 11 1 6 Total 86 95 123 296 202 373 23 4 17


Economic activities The sampled household survey reveals that most of the household members are engaged in services (18.4%) followed by trade and business (9.9%). About 32 % of the economically active population are student. Other major activities are labor within and outside the country. Similarly, 17% family members are engaged in household works. Details of the economic activities of the sampled household members are given in table 4.

Table 4: Economic Activities of the Household Members

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Male 48 (3.9)

104 (8.5)

77 (6.3)

17 (1.4)

24 (2)

208 (17)

15 (1.2)

2 (0.2)

113 (9.2)

Female 20 (1.6)

51 (4.2)

44 (3.6)

4 (0.3)

11 (0.9)

182 (14.9)

10 (0.8)

207 (17)

84 (13.6)

Total 68 (5.6)

156 (12.8)

121 (9.9)

21 (1.7)

35 (2.9)

390 (31.9)

25 (2.1)

209 (17)

197 (16)




Facilities possessed by the household The households were also asked the type of facilities they have possessed in their residence. The survey found that almost all households have television, mobile, gas stove, pressure cooker and rice cooker. More than 70 % of the households have micro oven, radio/transistor and electric fans. More than 60 % possess computer, VCD/DVD/VCR, refrigerator. Nearly 10 % of the households have the washing machine and car/jeeps. The following table shows the household assets of the project area:

Table 5: Facilities posses by the sampled households S.N. Facilities Total

households No. of HHs possess

Percentage

1 Radio/Transistor 219 171 78.08 2 Television 219 214 97.72 3 Computer 219 149 68.04 4 VCD/VCR/DVD 219 136 62.10 5 Bicycle 219 64 29.22 6 Motorcycle 219 115 52.51 7 Car/jeep 219 30 13.70 8 Refrigerator 219 148 67.58 9 Mobile Phone 219 212 96.80 10 Kerosene stove 219 145 66.21 11 Electric stove 219 42 19.18 12 Gas stove 219 216 98.63 13 Washing machine 219 22 10.05 14 Rice cooker 219 184 84.02 15 Pressure cooker 219 216 98.63 16 Electric fans 219 168 76.71 17 Air conditioner 219 4 1.83 18 Micro wave oven 219 49 78.08

Source: Field Survey, November 2009 Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation The piped water is being supplied to different communities, residential areas in the area by KUKL through GI pipe from the Mahankal Chaur reservoir. But the water supplied by KUKL is not sufficient to meet the household demand. Hence, most of the households have another source of water within their house compound like wells, hand pumps etc. It has been reported that almost all households have toilet facilities. But some households (15 %) still lack the sewerage and sanitation facilities. Some households reported that they are suffering from the water borne disease like typhoid, skin disease, fever, jaundice due to the supply of unsafe drinking water by KUKL. The following table 6 provides the status of drinking water supply and sanitation facilities.

Table 6: Access to drinking Water and Sanitation Access Yes No Don’t

know No response

Total

Piped drinking water supply

217 2 0 0 219

Hand pump/tube well/well/ boring (other source)

69 96 0 54 219

Toilet 218 0 0 1 219 Sewerage & sanitation 205 12 1 1 219




Type of House and number of rooms Around 92 % of the sampled families have pakki/ or pillar system house (brick walls, cement floor, RBC/RCC roof), where as 8 % have semi-pakki (made of stone/brick with mud mortar). About 38% of the houses have 2 floors, 37 % have 3 floors and 13 % have more than 3 floors. It has been found that more than 30 % of the houses have 7 to 9 rooms while 10 % of the households have more than 15 rooms in their buildings. This shows that majority of the house owners have provided their rooms for rent. The study revealed that more than 90 % of the sampled households have provided their rooms on rent. The following table7 shows the average number of rooms in the sampled households.

Table 7: Average rooms in the sampled households

Average no. of rooms No. of Households

Percentage

Below 4 12 5.5 4-6 55 25.1 7-9 68 31.1 10-12 42 19.2 Percentage13-15 20 9.1 More than 15 22 10.0 Total 219 100.0


Water Consumption It has been found that the total consumption of water excluding tenants is about 480 liters per day in wet seasons while it decreased to 380 liters per day in dry seasons. The per capita consumption is 86 liter in wet seasons and 68 liters in dry seasons.

Sucking of water from the main connection Nearly 50 % of the sampled households suck by using electric pump from the main connection of KUKL pipelines. They argue that they could not get the water, if they did not suck using the electric pump.

Willingness to pay It has been found that about 50 % of the households were not willing to pay more than NRs 200 for minimum charge for 10,000 liters. About 18 % of the households were willing to pay more than NRs. 500 for the hygienic and regular supply of 10,000 liters per month. The following table 8 shows the number of household willingness to pay different amount for the improved water supply from the KUKL.

Table 8: Willingness to Pay for Hygienic and Regular Supply of Minimum Charge of

10,000 Litres of Water Willingness to pay for the minimum charge of 10,000 litres

Less than Rs. 200

Up to Rs. 250

Up to Rs. 350

Up to Rs. 450

More than Rs. 500

Don’t Know

NA

No. of Households 100 24 13 18 36 5 23 Source: Field Survey, November 2009



Economic profile

The field survey findings revealed that the majority of the households depend on more than one source of income for their livelihood. House rent was identified as the main source of income (27.9%) of the interviewed households followed by trade and business in the surveyed area (21.6%). Other major sources of income of the household were service (18.4%), followed by pension (8.6%) and sale of agriculture and livestock products (4.1%). It has been found that more than 90 % of the house had tenant. Out of the total 1,222 household members of the DNI area, 424 (35%) people are actively engaged in the above income generating activities. Among the total economically engaged population, the number of female is 136 (32%) in comparison to male 288 (68%).

Poverty status While interview, the respondents were asked about their different income source for their livelihood. It was found that the average annual income of the households was NRs. 370, 144. The average per capita annual income was NRs. 68,545. According to the government national poverty line, the per capita to secure the above poverty level in most of the districts is NRs. 10,0003 and the household size in the DNI area is 5.6. On the basis of the family size and the minimum income to secure poverty level, the minimum household income was fixed to be NRs. 56,000. Based on this calculation, about 4 household in DNI area were identified as to below poverty line. Their yearly household income falls below NRs. 60,000. Table 9 provided the number of households with the range of average monthly income.

Table 9: Average monthly income of the households (in NRs)

Income range No. of HHs percent Below NRs. 5,000 4 1.83 5001-10,000 9 4.11 10,001- 15,000 22 10.05 15,001-20,000 30 13.70 20,001- 30,000 68 31.05 30,001 -40,000 35 15.97 40,001-50,000 17 7.76 More than 50,000 27 12.33 NA 7 3.20 Total 219 100.00 Source: Field Survey, November 2009

Household Income and Expenditure It has been reported that the household income of the surveyed area derives mainly from services (govt. & private), house rent and trade & business which constitute about 29 %, 28 % and 22 % respectively of the total income. The income from remittances, labor/wages, local farm/livestock income-generating opportunities are limited. Pension is also one of the main sources of income of the households which constitute about 9 % of the total source of income of the surveyed households.

3 which is based on a food consumption basket of 2,124 calories and an allowance for nonfood items of about two thirds of the

cost of the basket



The main features of the reported sources of income and expenditure recorded in the survey (Tables 10 and 11) are as follows:4 The annual average per capita income of the surveyed DNI area range from a minimum

of NRs. 38,571 to a maximum of NRs. 162,000 where as the yearly average per capita expenditure range from NRs. 32,760 to NRs. 92,000.

As mentioned above that the major source of income is government and private services (28.9%), house rent (27.9%), trade & business (21.6%). The other source of income mostly listed were pension, remittances and income from labor (e.g. skilled & un skilled labor) within the country and outside the country.

With regards to expenditure, it was most frequently reported for food including daily consumption items (47.9%) followed by education and health (28.9%).

Table 10: 1 Reported Sources of Income of the Households

S.N. Income Source % of total annual income

1 Agricultural /Livestock 4.05 2 House rent 27.86 3 Trade/ business 21.59 4 Self employed/ industries 0.35 5 Labor/Wages 2.23 6 Services (government/private) 28.91 7 Pension 8.57 8 Remittances (Labor abroad) 2.62 9 Others 3.83 Total 100


Table 11: Reported Expenditure by Type of the Households

S.N. Expenditure Item % of total annual expenditure

1 Food & daily consuming items 47.9 2 Education /health 28.9 3 Electricity bill 6.2 4 Water tariff 1.5 5 Others 15.5 Total 100

Source: Field Survey, November 2009 Gender Status

According to 2001 census, about 14 % households have been reported as women headed household. In Kathmandu valley, it was little bit more than the country as a whole i.e. 17% in 2001. The current survey in DNI area indicates that about 36.1 % of the households were women headed households. Of the total female headed households, about 20.3 % were widow.

4 It should be noted that the measurement of income and expenditure by means of questionnaire surveys is

limited. Questions on income may be seen as an invasion of household privacy, and the data collected is entirely

dependent on respondent recall and integrity.



There is still some difference in the literacy between male and female. It has been found that about 88 % of the female were literate in comparison to 97 % of male population.

About 17 % of the women are housewife in the study area. Only 11 % women of the total household’s members are involved in the income earning activities compared to 22 % of the male members. They are involved particularly in the service sector, trade and business and labor inside and outside the country. It has been reported that in addition to the economic activities out side the home, women are extensively involved in the households activities like cooking and cleaning, washing clothes, child care, care of elderly etc. The following table 12 shows the household’s activities by gender.

Table 12: Household’s Activities by Gender (%) Households activities

Men

Women

Boys

Girls

Women & Girls

Men, Women, Boys & Girls

Men & Women

NA

Fetching drinking water

2.7 17.8 - 0.5 2.7 5.5 12.8 58

Cooking & cleaning 0.9 67.1 0.5 1.8 5.0 6.4 17.4 0.9 Washing clothes 0.5 68.5 0.5 3.2 5.5 3.7 16.4 1.8 Child care 0.5 21 - 1.8 0.9 3.2 9.6 63 Care of elderly 0.5 12.8 - 0.5 0.9 3.7 3.2 78.5

Source: Field Survey, November 2009 Besides, the respondents were also asked about the involvement of women in decision making of the household matters like in finance, education , health care, purchase of assets, day to day households matters etc. It has been found that women are involved in the decision making of all most all household matters. The following table 13 provides the status of women in decision making process.

Table 13: Involvement of women in decision making of the household matters (%)

Household matters Yes No NA Finance 88.6 10 1.4 Education 76.3 16.9 6.8 Health care of children 75.8 16 8.2 Purchase of assets ( land and buildings) 74 18.7 7.3 Day to day activities 95 1.4 3.6 Decision on social function and marriage 69.4 10.5 20.1


In most of the developing countries, the family land and household assets have been owned by male population. In some cases both the male and female owns through inheritance the land and assets. However, from last few years, the ownership of women on land has increased in Nepal due to the government policy of 20 % rebate/concession on the land registration fees while purchasing land from other. It is clear from the table below that almost half of the household’s women own the assets like land, house and other structures. Majority of them are also allowed to keep money separately in the bank or elsewhere.



Table 14: Women ownership of assets (%)

Ownership Yes No NA Land 48.9 28.3 22.8 House & other structures 50.7 27.4 21.9 Keeping money 65.3 15.5 19.2 Others 1.0 2.7 96.3


The participation of women in social, political, religious, community gatherings has increased recent years in Nepal. During the survey in the sampled households, the respondents were also asked about the gender participation in community meetings. The percentage of female alone in social/religious gatherings was slightly more than the men, where as the men alone participation in the community gatherings is much more higher than the female. However, around 50 % of both male and female together participate in the social/religious work. The following table 15 shows the participation status of both male and female in different social activities.

Table 15: Participation in the social activities by sex (%)

Social activities Male

Female

Both Male & Female

NA

Social/Religious work 10 12.3 49.3 28.4 Community gatherings/meetings 17.8 6.8 23.7 51.3 Political gatherings/meetings 11 0.9 8.7 79.4 Charity/club 7.3 1.8 8.2 82.7 Others 3.2 0.9 4.1 95.8


Household’s Opinion on water supply The surveyed households were asked about their perception regarding the water supply of KUKL. Out of 219 households interviewed, 53.4% households indicated irregular supply of water. About 51 % of the households were not satisfied with the quantity of water supply. Similarly, 26 % were complaining about the water pressure (Tab 16).

Table 16: Household’s opinion regarding the water supply of KUKL (Multiple answers)

S.N. Opinions No. of respondents

Percentage (%)

1 Nothing to say 27 12.3 2 Supply hour 50 22.8 3 Available quantity of water 111 50.7 4 Pressure 56 25.6 5 Regularity 117 53.4 6 Maintenance in the Leakage 44 20.1 7 Schedule 26 11.9 8 Quality 62 28.3 9 Others 44 20.1 10 Equal Distribution 3 1.4




The study on “Kathmandu Valley Water Distribution, Sewerage and Urban Development” made by Kanako Kishi during 2008, found that about 50 %, 39 % and 44 % households of Kathmandu Valley were satisfied with the quantity available, regularity and water pressure respectively. Sewerage and Sanitation When asked about the existence of sewer system in the surveyed area only 12 households reported that there exists sewerage system. None of them reported the existence of combined sewer system in the area. About the problem of sewerage, only 35 (16%) households reported the clogging of sewerage pipes from time to time. The household members were also asked their willingness to pay for the improved sewerage system in the area. About 46 % informed that they want to pay as usual i.e. 50 % of the water tariff or less than Rs 200, where as 11.4 % reported that they are willing to pay up to Rs.250. About 16 % were willing to pay more than Rs. 500 for the hygienic & regular supply of 10,000 liters of water. Other households did not want to comment on this question. It has been found that different agencies have constructed sewer line in the study area. It has been reported that about 57 % of the households used water sealed toilet with flush, where as 42 % used water sealed toilet without flush. Households were also asked about their house connection to the waste water system, majority were unaware of the waste water system about who constructed the system, who operate and maintain the system etc.. About 28 % of the household still dispose their solid waste into the septic tank and majority of them cleaned the tank within 2 to 5 years of period mostly from private persons.



ANNEX B-4

(A) Daily Average Profit of the Business Shops by Categories in DNI Pilot Area

S.N. Location Address Name of AP Nature of Business #

Type of business ##

Owner/ Tenant

No. of persons employed

Rent/month NRs

Average daily profit after deducting rent

Vulnerability

1 Mitra Plaza, Jay Bageshowri,Khadya Bhandar, Mitra park

Jitesh Dugar 2 8 Tenant 2 10,000 1,200 No

2 Mitra Plaza, Mitra park Sanjaya Agrawal 2 8 Tenant 1 4,000 1,250 No

3 Mitra Park, Mitra plaza, Bishnu Kirana Bishnu 2 8 Tenant 1 6000 500 No 4 Mitra Park, Mitra plaza Upendra jaishawal 2 8 Tenant 1 14,000 1,500 No 5 Kalakar Marga, Mitra park Muna Dangi 2 1 Tenant 0 6,000 1,500 No 6 Hira Cold Store, Mitra Park Budhha khadgi 2 1 Owner 0 0 1,000 No 7 Dharma Bhakta Marga 521, Pani

Tanki Marga Man Kaji Shrestha 2 1 Tenant 0 4,500 1,000 No

8 Jaya Bageshowri, Rosina Store Tej Bahadur Bhandari 2 1 Tenant 0 5,000 1,000 No 9 Chandra Binayak Marga 550, House

no -45, Block no -5 ka Surya prasad Joshi 2 1 Owner 0 0 1,000 No

10 Chabel Junction, Chandra Binayak Marga, House no. 42, Block No. 5 ka

Ram Kumar manandhar

2 1 Owner 0 0 1,100 No

11 Chabel Junction, Chakra Path Ms. Ambika Gautam 2 9 Tenant 0 2,000 500 No 12 Chandra Binayak Marga Chabel Prabir Kumar Yogi 2 10 Tenant 0 15,000 1,250 No 13 Chandra Binayak Marga, Tayari

Poshak, Chabel Rohan Shrestha 2 9 Tenant 0 10,000 1,250 No

14 Chakra Path, Chabel Sabin Shrestha 2 9 Tenant 3 15,000 2,000 No 15 Chandra Binayak Marga, New Ambika

Fancy Store, Chabel Bishworaj Lamichane 2 9 Tenant 0 10,000 1,250 No

16 Chandra Binayak Marga, Bhimsen Mandir, Chabel

Ms. Jhuma Devi Bista 2 10 Tenant 0 9,000 850 No

17 Chandra Binayak Marga- 286, Block 5 ka, House no. 160, Chabel

Santosh kumar shah 2 2 Tenant 0 2,500 500 No

18 Dharma Bhakta Marga, Sifal Ms. Puni Maya Dural 2 2 & 3 Tenant 0 3,000 700 No 19 Mitra Park, Chakra Path Ajaya Kumar 2 11 Tenant 5 4,000 1,300 No




Type of business ##

Owner/ Tenant


Rent/month NRs


Vulnerability

20 Kutubahal, Lamapokhari-7 Hiralal tamang 2 12 Tenant 0 4,500 800 No 21 Chandra Binayak Marga, Ganesh

than, Narayani Restaurant Ganesh lama 2 4 Tenant 3 7,500 1,350 No

22 Chandra Binayak Marga, Chabahil Medical

Tulsi Joshi 2 13 Tenant 7 5,000 1,500 No

23 Dharma Bhakta Marga, Sifal Junction Ms. Indira maskey 2 13 Tenant 2 5,500 1,500 No 24 Budhanga Marga, Mitra Park Surendra Mohan das 2 13 owner 0 0 750 No

25 Dharma Bhakta Marga, Sifal Junction Shiva prasad nepal 2 7 Tenant 0 4,000 500 No 26 Chandra Binayak Marga, Ganeshthan

Sindhu Books Bishnu Sharma 2 14 Tenant 2 17,000 1,500 No

27 Kutubahal, H. N. 142, B.N. 5 Kha, Kutubahal Marga

Babu Lal Shrestha 2 14 Tenant 0 4,000 500 No

28 Chabel Junction, Chabel Chakra Path Arun Shrestha 2 14 Tenant 2 10,000 650 No 29 Budhanga Marga, Mitra Park Sagar Gautam 2 15 Tenant 1 10,000 1,250 No 30 Jaya Bageshowri, Chakra path (4),

5367, Jya bageshowri Everest Jean Tailoring Center

Ratnaman darshandhari

2 16 Owner 3 0 550 No

31 Dharma Bhkta marga, Lama Pokhari Dhanman Darji 2 16 Tenant 0 2,500 250 yes 32 Chabel Junction, Chabel Chakra path D.B.Thapa 2 6 Tenant 2 9,000 1,100 No 33 Mitra Park, Mitra Park Marga Bhairav Niraula 2 17 Tenant 1 3,000 2,500 No 34 Dharma Bhkta marga, Sifal Deepak Ligai 2 18 Owner 10 0 5,000 No 35 Chabel, Chakra path Shankar Thakur 2 19 Tenant 1 4,000 300 No 36 Dharma Bhkta Marga, Lama Pokhari,

Kutubhahal Amiri thakur 2 19 Tenant 0 3,000 250 yes (9

persons dependent)

37 Jaya bageshowri Marga Sushil sangat 2 20 Owner 2 0 1,000 No 38 Chandra Binayak Marga, Ganesthan ,

Chabel Kisun Dev Shah 2 20 Tenant 10 25,000 1,300 No

39 Bhandarkhal Marga, Sifal, Jaya Shree Metal workshop

Prakash Gurung 2 21 Tenant 0 2,000 800 No

40 Budhanga Marga -85, Mitra park Ujwal Shrestha 2 22 Tenant 3 20,000 1,500 No




Type of business ##

Owner/ Tenant


Rent/month NRs


Vulnerability

41 Chabel junction, Shree Pashupati Madhyamik Vidyalaya

Jitendra Raj Bhandari 2 23 Tenant 4 10,000 2,000 No

42 Jaya bageshowri Marga, Gol Dhunga Saru Shrestha 2 23 Owner 0 0 500 No 43 Pani Tanki Marga, Sifal Shree bahadur Khadgi 2 24 Tenant 0 4,000 500 No 44 Chandra Binayak Marga, Chabel

Ganeshthan Nabin Sekh 2 24 Tenant 2 7,500 600 No

45 Jaya bageshowri Marga- 213 Shree Ram ramtee 2 25 Tenant 3 5,000 500 yes (Minority) 46 Chandra Binayak Marga, Chabel

Ganeshthan - 7 Arjun Prasad Shah 2 26 Tenant 4 12,000 800 No

47 Chabel, Chakrapath Ms. Gyanu Shakya 2 27 Tenant 0 9,000 800 No 48 Chabel, Mitra Park Deepak Kumar

Shrestha 2 28 Tenant 4 20,000 2,000 No

49 Chabel, Chabel chakra path Ram Giri 2 29 Tenant 0 12,000 550 No 50 Mitra Park, Chakra path Biren Shahi 2 30 Owner 1 0 800 No 51 Chandra Binayak Marga,

Ganeshthan,Chabel Dipen Bhattarai 2 31 Tenant 0 9,000 800 No

52 Chandra binayak Marga, lama Pokhari, Chandra Binayak Cosmetics

Shovakar Pokharel 2 32 Tenant 0 4,200 600 No

53 Chandra Binayak Marga, Lama Pokhari

Bijaya Nepal 2 33 Tenant 4 10,000 700 No

54 Dharma Bhakta Marga, Sifal Dhruba dahal 2 34 Owner 8 0 6,000 No 55 Chabel Stupa, Chabel Kalpana Shrestha 2 6 Tenant 0 9,000 800 No

Note: # 1= Mobile 2= Permanent ## 1- General store 2- Vegetables 3- Fruits 5- Vehicle

repair 6- Mobile shops

7- Newspaper seller

8- Grocery 9-Readymade clothes

10- Clothes

11- Hotel & sweets 12-Small hotel 13- Medicine

15- Cyber 16- Tailoring

17- Mobile repair

18- Motor cycle repairing

19- Barber 20- Sweets

21- Metals 22- Cement 23- Utensils

25- Shoe repair

26- Bangles

27-Ornament

28-Bathroom fittings

29- Tea 30-Motorcycle reconditioning

31- Electrical 32- Cosmetics 33-Gas depot



(B) Daily Average Profit of Hawkers by Categories in DNI Pilot Area

S.N. Location Type of Merchandise

1)

Site Occupy Permanent/ Temporary/ Mobile 4)

Restriction to use the

site 5)

Rent/day NRs

To whom to pay

Profit/day NRs

Means of selling the

product Frequency 2) Full/Half day 3)

1 Jaya Bageshowri 1 1 5 3 1 5 Jaya bageshowri Yuba Club

400 4 wheel cart

2 Jaya Bageshowri 1 2 7 1 2 x x 250 cycle 3 Jaya Bageshowri 2 1 5 3 1 10 Jaya

bageshowri Yuba Club

900 temporary shops


500 temporary shops


300 temporary shops


300 4 wheel cart

7 Chabel chowk 1 1 5 1 2 x x 400 4 wheel cart 8 Chabel chowk 1 1 5 1 2 x x 500 4 wheel cart 9 Chabel bus stop 4 1 5 3 2 x x 300 4 wheel cart

10 Chabel bus stop 4 1 5 3 2 x x 800 4 wheel cart 11 Chabel junction 6 1 5 2 2 x x 500 Foot path 12 Chabel 6 1 5 3 2 x x 450 Foot path

Note: 1) Fruit (01);

Peanut (10)

Vegetables (02) Fish (03) Hot Food (04) Books & Stationary (05)

Clothes (06) Shoe repair (07)

Shoes (08) Tailoring (09)

2) Everyday (01) Most days (02) 1-2 days p/w (03)

< 1 day p/w

3) Full day (05) Half day (06) less than 2 hr (07)

4) Mobile (1) Permanent (2) Temporary (3) 5) Yes (1) No (2)


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section B : Annex B-5: Page 1

ANNEX B-5

Photographs of Shops, Business and Hawkers in DNI Pilot Area

Photo 1: Vegetable sellers in Jayabageshowri area Photo 2: Hot food shops of hawkers at Chabel buspark

Photo 3: Hawkers selling readymade clothes at Photo 4: Hawkers in Jayabageshowri area Chabel Junction, Chakrapath

Photo 6: Hawkers at Jayabageshowri Mandir Photo 5: Hawkers selling readymade clothes in Chabel Buspark



Photo 7: Shops in inner road of Mitra park, Chabel. Photo 8: Shops near Boudha Stupa, Chabel , Chakrapath

Photo 9: Shops at Chabel Chakrapath Photo 10: Shops at Inner road to Ganeshthan Temple

Photo 12: Shops at Chabel Chakrapath

Photo 11: Shops at Inner road of Chabel



ANNEX B-6

Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) Project Implementation Directorate

RECEIPT OF COMPENSATION PAYMENT

Name of the Affected person

Type of shops/ business

Address of the AP

Shops/ business registered no.

Citizenship No.

Total amount of compensation (in NRs.)

Check No.

Approved by Recommended by Written by ___________ __________________ ___________ PD/PID DSC RS A/C section I have received the above compensation for the permanent disclosure/temporary disclosure of my shops due to construction of roads for….days. Compensation recipient Mr/Ms Signature Date: _____________________ ___________________ _____________


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards - Section C : Page 1

SECTION C Implementation Progress of Resettlement Action Plan under Loan 1820-NEP

1.1 Current Status of Land Acquisition 1. The proposed Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Wastewater System Improvement includes work in the 3 districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. It includes the water supply feeder mains and the construction of 5 new reservoirs at Arubari, Mahankal Chaur II, Balaju, Bansbari and Khumaltar. The land for the service reservoirs and pipeline routes has been acquired under Loan 1820-NEP Subproject-2, although some compensation payments are still outstanding. About 22 owners (30 parcels) of the reservoirs sites and pipeline routes have not yet collected their compensation due to various reasons. Table 1 shows the status of unpaid parcels and the amount to be compensated. The pipelines in the table are to be constructed under Loan 1820 MWSP Subproject-2 and the reservoirs under the proposed project. Additional details are provided in Annex C-1.

Table 1: Status of Unpaid Parcels and Amounts (December 2009)

S.N. Component Total private parcels

Unpaid Parcels

Total amount (NRs)

Remaining amount (NRs)

% remaining compensation

(NRs) 1 Pipeline

1.1 Sundarijal 26 2 8,700,062 609,367 7.0 1.2 Gokarna 65 5 25,548,254 3,857,034 15.1 1.3 Nayapati 144 7 40,064,414 2,383,086 5.9 1.4 Baluwa

Suntakhana 4 1 780,782 2,969 0.4

Sub Total 239 15 75,093,512 6,852,456 9.1 2 Reservoirs

2.1 Sunakothi 36 11 14,314,237 2,321,620 16.2 2.2 Balaju 2 0 4,824,800 - 0.0 2.3 Arubari 12 3 16,354,300 2,242,100 13.7 2.4 Bansbari 6 0 13,747,240 - 0.0 2.5 Mahankal Chaur 51 1 23,374,840 117,188 0.5 Sub Total 107 15 72,615,417 4,680,908 6.4 Grand Total 346 30 147,708,929 11,533,364 7.8

Source: Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board

2. Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board (KVWSMB) is responsible for compensating the unpaid land owners of different pipeline routes and reservoirs sites. Similarly, the squatters and encroachers presently living on the different reservoirs sites need to be compensated according to Resettlement Framework prepared for Loan 1820-NEP: MWSP Subproject-2 under. It is the responsibility of KVWSMB to clear and secure the reservoirs site. The squatters should be relocated to other sites or compensated before implementation of new project.



1.2 Land Acquisition History of Melamchi Water Supply Project 3. The Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) is designed to divert water from the snow-fed Melamchi River in Sindhupalchowk District in order to overcome current chronic water supply shortage in the Kathmandu Valley. In the first phase 170 MLD will be diverted to Kathmandu from the Melamchi River. Similarly, in the second and third phase there is a provision to increase the flow by an additional 170 MLD each from Yangri and Larke rivers bringing the total additional supply to the Kathmandu Valley to 510 MLD.

4. The original loan 1820 (SF) for MWSP was approved by the ADB on 28 November 2000 and became effective from December 2000.

5. In December 2000, a Resettlement Plan was prepared which was updated in August 2001 by NIPPON KOEI Co. Ltd. in association with TAEC Consult P. Ltd. and NESS (P) Ltd. for the Melamchi Water Supply Development Board (MWSB). The Board received the approval letter to initiate the land acquisition process for Melamchi Water Supply Project from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works on 18 December 2000 (2057/09/03).

6. The Resettlement Action Plan for Melamchi River Water Diversion, (Subproject-1) was updated by the MWSDB Project Management Unit (PMU) in June 2008. Similarly, the Resettlement Action Plan for Kathmandu Valley Water Supply and Sanitation, (Subproject-2) was updated by Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL), PMU, in May 2009.

7. The major land acquisition notices and collection of compensation notices for the water supply reservoirs and pipelines under MWSP Subproject-2 in the Kathmandu Valley were published on different dates in the government newspaper as below:-

8. Publication of land acquisition notice for reservoirs and pipelines: - 2058/09/13 (2001/12/28); 2059/02/31 (2002/06/14); 2059/06/19 (2002/10/05); 2060/07/13 (2003/10/30).

9. Publication notice for collection of compensation: - 2059/01/15 (2002/04/28); 2059/03/19 (2002/07/03);); 2059/03/31 (2002/07/15); 2060/03/10 (2003/06/24); 2060/03/28 (2003/07/12); 2061/03/09 (2004/06/23).

10. MWSB started to distribute compensation for land acquired on 13th March 2002. Compensation for residential, businesses, structures and trees/ plants plus damages caused during construction continued until April 2009. The amount of compensation was determined by the respected District Administration Office, Compensation Determination Committee. From May 2009, the MWSB handed-over all resettlement and compensation related work for MWSP Subproject-2, which included BDS pipelines and reservoirs in the Kathmandu Valley, to the Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board (KVWSMB).

11. The Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board (KVWSMB) is the regulator and asset owner for the water supply and wastewater system in the Kathmandu Valley and is responsible for acquiring private land and other properties for the project. KVWSMB is also responsible for the management of already acquired land and facilitates The concerned District Administration Offices (DAO) is responsible for the payment of compensation to the original land / property owners of the different reservoirs sites and transmission line routes from Sundarijal to Gokarna, Arubari, Mahankal Chaur. In addition, KVWSMB is also responsible for providing reasonable compensation package to squatters or encroachers living on different reservoir sites and pipeline routes. The number of affected structures belonging to the squatters and encroachers and tentative budget for resettlement and



rehabilitation has been presented in (Annex C-2), their socio-economic profile (Annex C-3), photographs has been presented in (Annex C-4).

12. The compensation for the squatters has been estimated on the basis of the Resettlement Framework approved by the cabinet for MWSP in 2000. Compensation payments to these encroachers should be completed under Loan 1820-NEP before commencement of the proposed project.

1.3 Legal Framework 1.3.1 Legislation 13. Prior to 1990, the government had no constitutional obligation to pay compensation for the acquisition of private assets. There was no right to receive compensation for private property. The Constitution of Nepal (1990), Article 17 established the right to property. In addition, the fundamental rights of a citizen were strengthened by the Interim Constitution of Nepal (2007), Article 19.

1.3.2 The Constitution 14. The Interim Constitution of Nepal (2007), Article 19 (1) guarantees the fundamental right of a citizen, i.e. right to acquire, own, sell and dispose of the property. Article 19 (2) describe that the state cannot acquire the property of any person except in case of public interest. Article 19 (3) also states that compensation shall be provided for any loss of individual property for public interest.

1.3.3 Land Acquisition Act 15. The Land Acquisition Act (1977) specifies the procedures for land acquisition and compensation. The Act empowers the government to acquire any land for public interest or for the execution of any development works. There is a provision of Compensation Determination Committee (CDC) under the chairmanship of Chief District officer which will fix the rate of compensation for the affected property. The other members in the committee are the Chief of Land Revenue Officer, representative from District Development Committee (DDC), concerned Project Director/Manager. The committee can also invite representatives from among the affected persons, representative from affected VDC/Municipality.

16. The basic function of the CDC is to review the verification of lands to be acquired, review and determine the compensation rate, identify the proper owners, distribution of compensation and address the issues related to land acquisition and compensation distribution. District Administrative Office (DAO) is also responsible to notify the public regarding the details of the land area, structure affected and other assets affected in the concerned VDC/Municipality for project purposes.

17. The Land Reform Act (1964) is relevant in the compensation distribution modality. It specifies the compensation entitlements for the registered tenant. Where the tenancy right is legally established, the owner and tenant each will be entitled to 50% of the total compensation amount.

18. The Section 42 of the Land Reform Act states that Guthi (religious/trust) land acquired for development work must be replaced with another land.



1.4 ADB Resettlement Policy

16. According to the ADB new safeguard policy statement (June 2009), the basic objectives of the safeguards requirements are to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups. ADB’s main policy guidelines are:

In voluntary Resettlement (IR) should be avoided wherever possible; Where IR is unavoidable, minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project

and design alternatives; Enhance or at least restore the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms

relative to pre-project levels; Improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable

groups; Gender analysis is required to identify related resettlement impacts and risks; Resettlement Plans (RP) should be prepared in full consultation with affected

persons (APs), host communities, and concerned non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including disclosure of the RP and project related information;

Preference will be given to land-based resettlement for displaced persons whose livelihoods are land-based. However, if the land is not the preferred option or the land is not available at reasonable price, the APs will be provided opportunities for employment, or self employment, in addition to the reasonable cash compensation for land and other assets lost;

Cash compensations for the loss of structures, other assets and incomes should be based on full replacement cost;

Absence of formal legal title to land or non-recognized or recognizable claims to such land by the affected persons should not be a bar to compensation;

The rate of compensation for land, structures and other assets should be calculated at full replacement cost on the basis of fair market value; transaction cost; interest accrued; transitional and restoration cost, and other applicable payments, if any.

All compensation payments and related activities must be completed prior to the commencement of the civil work;

Special attention to be paid to the needs of vulnerable groups especially those below the poverty line, the landless, the elderly, women and children and indigenous people and those without legal title to land;

1.5 Bridging the Difference between Government and ADB Policies 17. In most cases, the legal framework of the Government of Nepal and ADB policy on resettlement aim at achieving the same overall goals such as avoiding involuntary resettlement as far as possible. Where displacement is unavoidable, the living status of the affected people shall be improved at pre-project condition at no cost to themselves. However,



the resettlement principles adopted in this project to bridge the gap between ADB Policy and GoN policy, are as follows:

Ensure resettlement at replacement cost; Compensation and resettlement assistance to all affected persons irrespective of

titles; Compensation for the lost business, disruption of business enterprise; and Avoid private land, house / structures and other assets;


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section C : Annex C-1 :Page 1

ANNEX C-1 Status of Land Acquisition for Melamchi Water Supply Project (Subproject – 2) (January 2010)

S.N. Component Total

acquired area

(ropani)

Compensated area

(ropani)

Remaining area to

compensate (ropani)

% of Compensate

d area

Ownership

certificate

Total amount

NRs

Compensated amount

NRs.

Remaining amount

NRs.

% compensa

ted NRs

Paid plot

s

Remaining

Total

plots

Remarks

1 Reservoirs 1.1 Sunakothi 16.290 13.8 2.49 84.71 12.19141 14314237 11992617 2321620 83.78 25 11 36 1.2 Katunje 16.680 5.028 11.652 30.14 7.50391 7412942 3028037 4384905 40.85 15 22 37 1.3 Balaju 3.0156 3.0156 0 100.00 3.01567 4824800 4824800 0 100 2 0 2 1.4 Thaiba 12.4062 12.375 0.0312 99.75 6.17188 8723260 8704540 18720 99.79 8 1 9 1 govt 1.5 Tigne 12.2891 9.91 2.3791 80.64 9.71094 3572632 2919507 653125 81.72 20 5 25 1.6 Arubari 16.375 14.1328 2.2422 86.31 16354300 14112200 2242100 86.29 9 3 12 1.7 Bansbari 7.0781 7.0781 0 100.00 5.51563 13747240 13747240 0 100 6 1 7 1 govt 1.8 Mahankal

Chaur 22.2381 22.1211 0.117 99.47

37.40625 23374840 23257652 117188 99.5 50 1 51 Sub Total 106.3721 87.4606 18.9115 82.22 81.51569 92324251 82586593 9737658 89.45 135 44 179 2 Pipeline

2.1 Sundarijal 15.434 14.2148 1.2192 92.10 39.39063 8700062 8090695 609367 93 24 4 28 2 govt 2.2 Gokarna 39.457 32.082 7.375 81.31 24.8125 25548254 21691220 3857034 84.9 60 5 65 2.3 Nayapati 66.100 62.297 3.803 94.25 50.29688 40064414 37681328 2383086 94.05 137 9 146 2 govt 2.4 Baluwa

Suntakhana 1.027 1.023 0.004 99.61

780782 777813 2969 99.62 3 1 4 2.5 Katunje 9.1406 5.0781 4.0625 55.56 6566755 3996685 2570070 60.86 32 25 57 Sub Total 131.1586 114.6949 16.4637 87.45 114.50001 81660267 72237741 9422526 88.46 256 44 300 Grand Total 237.5307 202.1555 35.3752 85.11 196.0157 173984518 154824334 19160184 88.89 391 88 479

Note: 1)Total of 247 land parcels of Nilbarahi VDC had been released by MWSP dated 2064/2/16 2) Total of 67 land parcels of Dhapakhel VDC had been released by MWSP dated 2064/2/16 3) Land required for Tigne reservoir comes from land acquired from Nilbarahi VDC. Similarly, land for Bansbari reservoirs comes from Khadka Bhadrakali 4) *Total land compensated for katunje reservoir and pipelines is 10.1061 (5.2028 for reservoir and 5.0781 for pipelines) whereas land ownership certificate is obtaine only for 7.50403 Ropani 5) #Land required for Arubari and Mahankal Chaur II reservoirs and Baluwa Suntakhana pipeline come from the land required from Jorpati VDC (37.40625 ropani) 6) Land Ownership certificate obtained for Sundarijal and Nayapati include the pipeline and Adit Access road also


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section C Annex C-2-Page 1

ANNEX C-2 (A) Affected Structures in Pipeline Routes and Reservoirs Sites with Cost Estimate

1. Affected Buildings / Structures

The following is the list of affected buildings/structures and the number of families living in the reservoirs:

Table 1: Affected Buildings and Structures in reservoirs and pipelines

Reservoirs/ Pipeline Buildings/Structures (no.)

Remarks

Arubari reservoir One (1) 2 and ½ storey semi permanent structures. The owner has collected 50 % compensation for the house.

Mahankal Chaur II reservoir

Nine (9) # one permanent structures where cattle’s are kept by the land owner # Other 8 structures are shed type where 11 families are living.

Basbari reservoir Five (5) 3 families are living in 5 temporary sheds Khumaltar reservoir One (1) 1 permanent structure has been constructed

recently WTP, Sundarijal to Gokarna pipeline

0ne (1) 1 family living in the temporary structure

2. Tentative budget estimate 2.1 Compensation for Privately-Owned Buildings

The cost of structures are based here on the discussion with the affected persons. However, the rates will be determined by Compensation Determination Committees. The following replacement value are very tentative for the budget purposes:

Table 2 shows the various cost estimates for acquisition of private buildings / structures. These are summarized as follows:

Table 2: Compensation Estimates for Privately-Owned Structures Reservoirs/ Pipelines

Number of structure

No. of family

Total Cost (NRs.)

Remarks

Reservoirs 16 19 2,650,000 2 permanent, 1 semi -permanent structures and other 13 sheds

Pipeline 1 1 150,000 Temporary structure Total 17 20 2,800,000

Cost estimate for compensation of privately-owned buildings is NRs.2,800,000.

2.2. Rehabilitation Support

This cost item covers two support measures for the affected individuals and households:

displacement allowances; and

support with alternative income generation and training in occupational/life skills.

2.3 Rehabilitation Allowances

The Entitlement Framework (MWSP, 2000) provides for two types of allowances (housing and business displacement allowances), as well as rental stipends for displaced occupants of rented accommodation.


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section C Annex C-2-Page 2

Housing and business displacement allowances are based on nine month's local wage rate. The cost estimated here for budget purpose is the current year wage rate (Rs 275). It is recommended that 10% annual escalation should be adjusted while calculating displacement allowances in future. Displacement allowances therefore amount to NRs 1,262,250.

(270 days x 275 = NRs 74,250 x 17 families = NRs.1, 262,250)

Cost estimates for these allowances for the affected households in the reservoir and pipelines are shown below.

Table 3: Rehabilitation Allowances

Allowance NRs.

Housing 1,262,250

Cost estimate for displacement allowances for the squatters/encroachers living in

reservoirs amounts to NRs. 1,262,250.

2.4 Income Generation and Life Skills

This item covers support to severely affected persons with the reestablishment of their livelihoods, the development of new income-generating opportunities and training in life skills. It is envisaged that the work will be undertaken by suitably qualified local NGOs, with support from PID and other government line agencies.

The cost is based on the number of households severely affected (14 household/encroachers) by the project at an average of NRs.20, 000 per Household. Total costs amount to NRs. 280,000.

2.5 Total Cost Estimate

The total cost estimate for the structures, rehabilitation and the income generation and life skills activities for the on –going ADB 1820 loan made up as follows:

Table 4: Summary of Compensation Costs

Item Total cost (NRs)

Privately owned structures 2,800,000

Rehabilitation allowances 1,262,250

Income Generation and life skills 280,000

Contingencies (10 %) 434,225

Total Cost 4,776,475


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section C : Annex C-3: Page 1

ANNEX C-3 Socio-Economic Survey of the Squatters and Encroachers in the Pipelines Routes and Reservoirs Sites Household Socio-economic Characteristics of Encroacher S.N

Location/ Name of the HHs head (Squatters /Encroachers/APs)

Living in the govt. land

HH size/ gender Age-group Occupation/Income Source Annual Income (NRs) Total M F 0-15 16-65 65+ Main Allied Cash Per

capita A. Mahankal Chaur II, Reservoir 1 Mr. Kami Chiring (squatter) 9 yrs. 4 3 1 2 2 Painting, labor x 48,000 12,000 2 Mr. Arjun Rai (squatter) 6 yrs 4 1 3 2 2 Painting, labor 50,000 12,500 3 Mr. Tenzing Sherpa (squatter) 10 yrs 5 3 2 1 4 Mason, labor (both

husband & wife) 90,000 18,000

4 Mr. Lal Bdr. Ranamagar (squatter)

10 yrs. 4 3 1 1 3 Labor (both husband & wife)

90,000 22,500

5 Mr. Rabi Lama (squatter) 5 yrs. 3 2 1 1 2 Husband- peon in Medical College Wife- working as labor occasionally

60,000 20,000

6 Ms Urmila Rai (squatter) 4 yrs 2 0 2 0 2 Labor 60,000 30,000 7 Mr. Pokharel Magar (squatter) 6 4 2 3 3 Labor in wollen carpet

industry Anyhow

manage to feed the family

8 Mrs. Kusum Pulami Magar (squatter)

3 2 1 1 2 Labor in house construction

60,000 20,000

9 Mrs Chatramaya Shrestha (squatter)

9 yrs. 1 0 1 0 1 Agriculture in govt. land , labor

Anyhow manage to feed

10 Mrs. Pancha Kumari Lama (Divorced) (squatter)

2 yrs 3 1 2 2 1 Labor 50,000 16,667

11 Mrs Khadka Maya Shrestha (squatter)

9 yrs 7 3 4 4 4 Vegetable shops Labor 100,000 14,286

B. Bansbari Reservoir 1 Mrs. Sabitri Pariyar (squatter) 10 5 5 1 8 1 Some male and female

member of the household work as Labor occasionally

Very difficult to survive

2 Mr. Mangal Pariyar (squatter) 5 2 3 3 2 Some male members of the household work as Labor occasionally

Very difficult to survive

3 Mr. Rabi Pariyar (squatter) 5 2 3 3 2 Some male members of Very difficult to



S.N

Location/ Name of the HHs head (Squatters /Encroachers/APs)

Living in the govt. land

HH size/ gender Age-group Occupation/Income Source Annual Income (NRs) Total M F 0-15 16-65 65+ Main Allied Cash Per

capita the household work as Labor occasionally

survive

C. Khumaltar Reservoir 1 Mrs. Krishna K. Shrestha

(Encroacher) Mrs Shrestha own one permanent house costing Rs12,000,000 and 0-9-2-0 land which is already acquired by the government (melamchi) for reservoir purpose. However, Mr. Kedar Man Limbu (husband of the land owner) informed that they have not collected the compensation. He is not satisfied with the rate of Rs. 800,000 per ropani determined by CDC almost 7 yrs ago.

House constructed last year. The land has been acquired by the government through land acquisition notice (though the land owner has not collected compensation)

4 3 1 4 Retired 150,000 37,500

D. Sundarijal- Nayapati pipeline 1 Santosh Lama Constructed

a temporary house in the government land (land owned by Melamchi)

4 2 2 2 2 Poultry farming Agriculture

Do not want to mention the income



ANNEX C-4

Photographs of Buildings/Structures constructed in the reservoirs and Pipeline corridor

Photo 1: Semi-permanent house located in Arubari Photo 2: Newly build house in Khumaltar Reservoir, i Reservoir, Jorpati VDC Sunakothi VDC, Lalitpur District

Photo3: Newly build house in Khumaltar Reservoir, Photo 4: Shed constructed recently on the Sundarijal – Sunakothi VDC, Lalitpur District Nayapati pipeline corridor

Photo 5: Semi permanent structure lie in the Photo 6: Squatters living in the Mahankal Chaur II Reservoir site Mahankal Chaur II Reservoir



Photo 7: Squatters house in Mahankal Photo 8: Squatters house in Mahankal Chaur II Reservoir, Jorpati Chaur II Reservoir, Jorpati

Photo 9: Vegetables farming by the squatters in Mahankal Photo 10: Agriculture farming by Squatters Mahankal Chaur II Reservoir Chaur II, Reservoir

Photo 11: Squatters settlement in Bansbari Reservoir Photo 12: Squatters settlement in Bansbari Reservoir


Appendix 8 - Social Safeguards – Section D : Gender Action Plan Page 1

SECTION D - GENDER ACTION PLAN

1. Background 1. Due to the rapid growth of population and urbanization, the government is not able to meet the growing demand of basic urban services like water supply and wastewater management in the Kathmandu valley. This has led to environmental degradation in the valley. The poor environmental conditions severely affect the poor, especially women and children. The purpose of TA 4893-NEP is to provide support to the GoN in preparing a project to continue urban infrastructure development in the Kathmandu Valley subsequent to three ongoing ADB loans. The focus of the TA is to prepare a project loan to improve the water supply and sanitation situation in the Kathmandu valley in line with the Melamchi Water Supply Project.

2. The project will improve the drinking water supply and waste water management which will bring substantial benefits to the people living in Kathmandu valley in terms of their health and livelihood. Since women are the main collectors, transporters, users and managers of water resources, they are the primary recipients of benefit of the water supply and wastewater management in the valley. It is expected that it will raise the disposable income of the households due to time saved from carrying water. The best example we can draw from the Punjab Rural Water & Sanitation Project, Pakistan funded by ADB where the average income of household increased by 24% as time saved by 45% from carrying water. It also decreased the water borne disease by 90% and increased the enrolment of school children by 80% in some communities (Quoted from water and poverty: fighting poverty through water management by John Soussan, ADB 2004).

3. This paper has incorporated some views from the Gender Strategy and Gender Action Plan submitted earlier to Melamchi Water Supply Development Board for both Melamchi and Kathmandu valley.

2. Impact on Gender 4. Since women have the main responsibility for fetching, storing, and using water for cooking and washing the clothes, the water supply component will reduce their household work and no additional storage of water will be required. The supply of safe drinking water will lead to improvement in the health of entire family. So the burden of caring of the sick family and especially the children will reduce the women work. Reduction in the work load and saving of time can be spend in other activities like income generating and educational activities.

5. Sanitation and sewerage are the most critical aspects especially in the slums and squatters settlements. The construction of sewerage and improvement of sanitation will bring direct benefits of improved individual and family health especially to the poor women. Caring of elderly, small children and sick people will become easier if toilet facilities available inside the house.

6. Improvement in drainage system and removal of waste from drains will ensure the health benefits for all the family and thus will have additional benefits for women.



3. Gender Analysis 7. During the PPTA, a socio-economic household survey was undertaken during November 2009 to know the status of gender in the project area. The sample areas chosen included the pilot DNI area being designed under TA 4893 which represented a typical city zone integrating both residential and business properties. A gender disaggregated analysis was conducted through:

Analysis of available secondary data; Quantitative primary survey

8. Secondary data, especially gender-disaggregated data, is limited for the Kathmandu Valley. However, the Census 2001 data were used for the analysis.

9. In addition to secondary data, an (219 households) household survey was undertaken in the DNI pilot area. This survey examined the household socio-economic status (including ownership of assets, role in decision making, participation in social activities), access to urban infrastructure water, sanitation, drainage, solid waste disposable), current consumption and expenditure.

3.1 Demography 10. In Nepal, there is almost equal sex ratio of male to female living in urban areas of the country. However, in rural areas, the sex ratio is marginally higher than the urban areas. The 2001 census shows that the average life expectancy at birth of female is 60.7 years in comparison to 60.1 years of male population. There has been considerable decline in the maternal mortality rates in Nepal. It has been reduced to 281 per 100,000 live births in 2006 from 539 during 1996-2006. The demographic data indicates that there is almost an equal proportion (sex ratio) of women to men living in the survey area (Table 1).


No. of Households

Population HH size

Population by Age Groups (in %) Male Female Total NA 0-15 16-45 46-65 65 & over Total

DNI pilot area

219 609 615 1,224 5.6 0.2 17.7 55.1 18.2 8.8 100


3.2 Education 11. In terms of education, literacy rates have been improved significantly over the last decade. The female literacy rate was around 65 % in 2001, where as in the sample area, male and female literacy rate of 6 years of age and more accounts for 93 % and 85 % respectively (Table 2). There is still some difference in the literacy between male and female.

Table 2: Education Status of the households

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Lit

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Male 15 27 61 142 91 246 12 3 11 608 93 Female 71 68 62 154 111 127 11 1 6 611 85 Total 86 95 123 296 202 373 23 4 17 1,219 89




3.3 Economic Profile 12. About 17% of the women are housewife in the study area. Only 11 % women of the total household’s members are involved in the income earning activities compared to 22 % of the male members. They are involved particularly in the service sector, trade and business and labor inside and outside the country (Table 3).

Table 3: Economic Activities of Household Members

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Serv

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(Pub

lic)

Serv

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(Priv

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Trad

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se

Hol

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Non

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Male 48 (3.9)

104 (8.5)

77 (6.3)

17 (1.4)

24 (2)

208 (17)

15 (1.2)

2 (0.2)

113 (9.2)

Female 20 (1.6)

51 (4.2)

44 (3.6)

4 (0.3)

11 (0.9)

182 (14.9)

10 (0.8)

207 (17)

84 (13.6)

Total 68 (5.6)

156 (12.8)

121 (9.9)

21 (1.7)

35 (2.9)

390 (31.9)

25 (2.1)

209 (17)

197 (16)


3.4 Household Activities 13. According to 2001 census, about 17% households have been reported as women headed household in the Kathmandu Valley. It was little bit more than the country as a whole i. e. 14% in 2001. The current survey in DNI area indicates that about 36 % of the households were women headed households. The survey questionnaires also show that some women are acting as household heads even when her spouse is present in the household. Of the total female headed households, about 20.3 % were widow.

14. In addition to the economic activities out side the home, women are extensively involved in the household’s activities like cooking and cleaning, washing clothes, child care, care of elderly etc. The following Table 4 shows the household’s activities by gender.

Table 4: Household’s Activities by Gender (%) Households activities

Men

Women

Boys

Girls

Women & Girls

Men, Women, Boys & Girls

Men & Women

NA

Fetching drinking water

2.7 17.8 - 0.5 2.7 5.5 12.8 58

Cooking & cleaning 0.9 67.1 0.5 1.8 5.0 6.4 17.4 0.9 Washing clothes 0.5 68.5 0.5 3.2 5.5 3.7 16.4 1.8 Child care 0.5 21 - 1.8 0.9 3.2 9.6 63 Care of elderly 0.5 12.8 - 0.5 0.9 3.7 3.2 78.5


3.5 Involvement in Decision Making 15. Besides, the respondents were also asked about the involvement of women in decision making of the household matters like in finance, education, health care, purchase of assets, day to day households matters etc. It has been found that women are involved in the



decision making of all most all household matters. The following table 5 provides the status of women in decision making process.

Table 5: Involvement of women in decision making of the household matters (%)

Household matters Yes No NA Finance 88.6 10 1.4 Education 76.3 16.9 6.8 Health care of children 75.8 16 8.2 Purchase of assets ( land and buildings) 74 18.7 7.3 Day to day activities 95 1.4 3.6 Decision on social function and marriage 69.4 10.5 20.1


3.6 Assets Ownership 16. In almost all communities, land is inherited universally from the father to the son and women lag far behind men in access of these resources. In some cases both the male and female owns through inheritance the land and assets. However, from last few years, the ownership of women on land and other assets has increased substantially in Nepal. The government has introduced a 20 % rebate/concession in the costs of land registered in the name of women. The following Table 6 shows that almost half of the household’s women own the assets like land, house and other structures in the sampled area. Majority of them are also allowed to keep money separately in the bank or elsewhere.

Table 6: Women ownership of assets (%)

Ownership Yes No NA Land 48.9 28.3 22.8 House & other structures 50.7 27.4 21.9 Keeping money 65.3 15.5 19.2 Others 1.0 2.7 96.3

Source: Field Survey, November 2009 3.7 Participation in Social Activities 17. The participation of women in social, political, religious, community gatherings has increased recent years in Nepal. During the survey in the sampled households, the respondents were also asked about the gender participation in community meetings. The percentage of female alone in social/religious gatherings was slightly more than the men, where as the men alone participation in the community gatherings is much higher than the female. However, around 50 % of both male and female together participate in the social/religious work. The following table 7 shows the participation status of both male and female in different social activities.

Table 7: Participation in the social activities by sex (%)

Social activities Male

Female

Both Male & Female

NA

Social/Religious work 10 12.3 49.3 28.4 Community gatherings/meetings 17.8 6.8 23.7 51.3 Political gatherings/meetings 11 0.9 8.7 79.4 Charity/club 7.3 1.8 8.2 82.7 Others 3.2 0.9 4.1 95.8




4. Gender Action Plan 18. To address gender impacts and promote women’s involvement in the project and direct access to project benefits, the following gender action plan (GAP) has been proposed in view that the project will bring substantial benefits to the people living in Kathmandu valley in terms of their health and livelihood. The purpose of this gender action plan is to provide a basis for the GoN in preparing a project to continue urban infrastructure development in the Kathmandu valley. The GAP is based on the gender analysis and government strategy and on the basis of ADB’s policy on gender and development.

Table 8: Proposed Gender Action Plan (GAP)

S.N Activity Indicators/ target Responsibility A. Sharing the project benefits 1 Ensure that project benefits have

positive impact on women and equally distributed

Impact assessment report/ project affected families, community, women’s water user groups

Safeguard Unit / PID and Resettlement Expert, DSC

B. Resettlement and Compensation 2 Request to open joint husband

and wife account, if applicable Local Consultative Group / Women’s Users committee / Compensation unit, PID


3 Prepare guidelines for preference of employment to the families severely affected and living in slums and squatters. settlements

Census survey of the APs and survey in the families at slums and squatters settlements.


4 Prepare specific income restoration program/training to the vulnerable women living in low income group area (i.e. slums and squatters settlements)

Progress report/ survey of vulnerable women


C. Project Related Employment 5 Prepare clause to be included in

civil work contract documents to prevent discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, caste, religion and ethnicity.

Contract documents with clauses to prevent discrimination in employment by contractors

KUKL, PID, engineers/ Technical Team

6 Ensure that at least 30 % of the unskilled workforce shall be women, if available

Contract documents with suitable clauses for 30% employment to women for unskilled labor / contractors


7 Insert specific clause in the bidding documents to ensure that there will no discrimination in the gender wages for equal work

Contract documents with clauses for equal wages for equal work/Contractors


8 Review policies to ensure that at least 15% of the employee shall be women in PID/KUKL (The amended Civil Service Act 2007 installed a time bound reservation system to allocate 33% to women (out of the reservation system to allocate 45 % of total posts in the public service)

Employment policy/progress report

KUKL, PID



S.N Activity Indicators/ target Responsibility D. Involvement in Decision Making Process 9 Prepare guidelines that there

should be representation of women in the local consultative forum /local grievance resolution committee

Review reports, interview with the affected women/ affected women and beneficiaries from the project


10 Prepare guidelines to ensure representation of 33% women in the meetings and discussions in project activities

Review reports, interview with the affected women/ affected women and beneficiaries from the project


11 Ensure that local females are given preference for the dissemination of project activities

Review reports, interview with the affected women/ and beneficiaries from the project

Safeguard Unit / PID, Resettlement Expert, DSC, Community Awareness and Participation Consultants (CAPC)

E. Sharing of the Responsibility 12 Create awareness for equal

participation in households and non-household activities

Review reports, interview with the women employed in the project activities/ affected women


F. Creation of an Enabling Environment 13 Request government for adult

literacy classes, education campaign for female, child care services

Progress report /women’s user committee/ affected community


14 Initiate formation of women water user groups in affected community

Progress report/women’s user committees/ affected community


G. Sensitizing stakeholders 15 Develop a strategy to sensitize

the issues related gender balance and women’s participation in project activities.

Number of female participation in the meetings, trainings, workshops, seminar/ beneficiaries and representation from community

Safeguard Unit / PID and Resettlement Expert, DSC/ Women’s group, NGO

H. Monitoring of gender sensitivity 16 Establish a monitoring and

evaluation system in PID Progress report, impact assessment/project beneficiaries, affected community

Safeguard Unit / PID and Resettlement Expert, DSC/, NGO

Note: GAP= Gender Action Plan; PID = Project Implementation Directorate; DSC= Design and Supervision Consultant; LCG = Local Consultative Group; CAPC = Community Awareness and Participation Consultant

Documents

Technical Assistance Consultant's Report NEPAL: Kathmandu