Rwanda - Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 4) : Final report (English)

The objective of the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project for Rwanda is to enhance economic and social development in the region through productive multipurpose use of electricity through a project area development program which will support investments... See More + The objective of the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project for Rwanda is to enhance economic and social development in the region through productive multipurpose use of electricity through a project area development program which will support investments in sustainable livelihoods. Negative impacts include: loss of residential structure and residential land, loss of business structure, loss of income due to loss of employment, loss of other immovable structures, loss of agricultural land, loss of access to agricultural land (sharecropper, tenant), and loss of permanent crops. Mitigation measures include: cash compensation at replacement value for loss of residential house; cash compensation at replacement value for permanent crops in home garden; allocation of residential plot an agreed resettlement site, with secure tenure; reconstruction of a resettlement house of at least the same quality as the affected house; compensation at full replacement value for immovable assets (including commercial land associated to the structure); transition allowance to cover the period until the business is fully operational again after moving (typically 3 month income, with a maximum of 1 year income); compensation for lost income for employees of displaced business is the responsibility of the business owner (salaries of employees are part of the compensation amount for lost income); compensation at full replacement value for any other immovable structures; compensation at full replacement value or allocation of a land plot in an acceptable distance to residence of at least equivalent productivity; compensation for loss of perennial crops and trees and full replacement value; compensation for loss of seasonal crops at market value; compensation at full replacement value for improvements on land to the documented owner of the improvement; and compensation at full replacement value of the lost crop.  See Less -