IPP325 v3 DRAFT FINAL REPORT (lSrYEAR PACKAGES) ON INTEGRATED SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY FOR COMPLETE REHABILITATIONAND MODERNIZATION OF NAGARJUNASAGARPROJECT SUBMITTED TO PROJECT DIRECTOR, PPMU, APWSIP JALASOUDHA, ERRAMANZIL,HYDERABAD 4 EPTRI ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE 9114, Gachibowli, Hyderabad -500032. Phone Nos: 23001241,23001242,23000489 Fax: +40-23000361 CONTENTS Package I: LC NLG . 1................................................................................................ 2 Package 11: LC NLG. 2 ............................................................................................ 10 Package 111: LC NLG & KMM - 3............................................................................20 Package IV: LC KMM - 4.........................................................................................24 Package V: LC KMM - 5 .......................................................................................... 33 Package VI: LC KMM - 6.........................................................................................41 Package VII: LC KRI 7........................................................................................... 52 - Package VIII: RC GNT - 8........................................................................................63 Package IX: RC GNT - 9 ..........................................................................................-71 Package X: RC GNT - 10.......................................................................................... 77 Package XI: RC GNT - 11....................................................................................... 86 Package XII: RC GNT - 12....................................................................................... 94 Package XIII: RC PRA - 13.................................................................................... 103 Package XIV: RC PRA - 14....................................................................................110 Social Management Plan Package I: LC NLG 1 - Rehabilitation of NS Main Canal from km 0.00 to km 29.291 The Package No. LC NLG - 1 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 29 kms of the main canal from km 0.00 to km 29.291. This package is mainly in Nalgonda district and passes through 10villages from three mandals as given below in Table PI.1. The map showing Package 1 villages is also shown below: Table PI.l: List of Villages in Package I District Mandal - Name of Village Naleonda Nidamanur Vutkur* e Anumula Ibrahim peta )Konerpur* Peddavoora Nellikal* I IChalakurthy* I I 1Sreerampur* I Study Districts - D 0 4 8 1 I?., EQM ~ivision,EPTRI Canal Alighnment Map showing Package 1activities covered Villages *Of these 10 villages, six villages (Vukur, Mupparam, Konerpur, Nellikal, Chalkurthy and Sreerampur) fall within the canal which goes through a tunnel and as such are neither affected by the proposed project activities nor are they benefitted by the project. Therefore, these villages have not been covered under ISEA and other social surveys. Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the four villages is 24,824 of which males account for 51% of the total population and the rest 49% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 957 females for every 1,000males. There are a total of 5,375 households and average family size works out to about 4.6. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. 1 Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages 1 S1 Name of Population, Total Family Sex No Village Households Size Ratio IMales Females Total 1 Nidamanur 3461 3234 6695 11409 4.8 934 1 2 Alwala 1304 1288 2592 610 4.2 988 1 3 Ibrahimpeta 1 1115 1108 2223 470 4.7 994 4 Anumula 16801 6513 13314 2886 4.6 958 (Total (12681 1 12143 (24824 1 5375 14.6 1957 ( Literacy Level: Table 111indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 57%, it is lower among females (46.3%) as compared to their male members (67.4%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages I Name of Village Literacy rate(O/O) Males Females Total Nidamanur 79.0 56.2 68.1 Alwala 41.4 23.6 32.7 Ibrahim peta 67.7 45.1 56.4 Anumula 81.6 60.5 71.3 Average 67.4 46.3 57.1 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 9701 (Table IV) which works out to around 39.1 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 1.6. The total non workers number 15,123 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers (Name of Distribution of Workers (Non )Village Workers 7 Total -- )Labours Wo I INidamanur 292 1224 930 2446 4249 (Anumula ) 858 1407 25684833 8481 1 - Total 1 1714 4140 13847 9701 15123 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 1,714 and the agriculture labour is 4,140 which together constitute 60.3% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernizationof existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by two local families being used for residential and agriculture purposes. These two families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected - one family will get displaced and will need support in relocation while for the other family, the economic livelihood will be affected. In addition, a temple built on the project land in Anumala village will also need to be relocated to undertake the proposed civil works. Socio-economic Profile: A socio-economic profile of the two Project Affected Families (PAF) is presented in Table V Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs SI.No Village Name of Social Occupation No o r l r b u , a t i o n Annual Head of Group of the HH Family level of the Income the PAF Members Head of the (Rs) PAF 1. Alwala P.Sadasiva OC Farmer 6 Illiterate Reddy 1 ~ 2. Ibrahimpeta Pulakatla 1 SC Driver 6 Saidulu 1 Temple (a small Hanuman idol kept in open space with , enclosure/wall and roof) As can be seen from the above Table, the potential displaced family belongs to SC group while economically affected family is from OC social group. The educational level of the PAFs is lothstandard and illiterate respectively. In terms of the income level, both the families are above the poverty level. Expected Losses: The details of the expected losses are presented in Table VI below. As can be seen, the physically displaced family is expected to lose 101.04 sq.mtrs of house constructed on project land while the loss to the economic affected family is around 202.08 sq. mtrs which is about 100%of the total area operated by the family. Table VI: Details of the Losses SI.No Village Name of Total Extent of % of Usage of the Head operational encroachment loss encroached of the PAF holding (sq mts) of land (sq mts) land 1. Alwala P.Sadasiva 202.08 202.08 100 Agriculture Reddy 2. Ibrahimpeta Pulakatla 101.04 101.04 100 Housing Saidulu Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs' record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their optionslagreement Plan shifting of temple in discussion/consultation with the local community at a suitable site. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Arrange training in need based skills. Permission to take salvaged materials. Assistance to avail benefits from other Government schemes for STs, marginal and small farmers. One time financial assistance equivalent to 750 days minimum agriculture wages, if PAFs loosing the agriculture land. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with WUA and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the two PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented below (Table VII). Table VII -Details of R&R Entitlements to PAFs I Type 1 of PAF Number Entitlements Training Transport ERG (750 days Amount Assistance allowance per men-75000, (Rs) (@ (Rs 5000 per women - 1000per person) per unit) 60000) 1 - 5000 - Agriculture 11 1000 - 175000 176,000 1 One temple for relocation (lump sum will be re-estimated during - 20,000 1 1 construction) 1 1 1 Total 1 Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with WUA. Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package I is Rs.1,01,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is around 30%. Though there are 2 women members in each WUA Committees, their participation in the WUA meetings is almost nil and the women representatives are inactive in managing WUA activities. Significantly, there are almost 50% of households in all the three package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women WUA members (3 members) in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development7 (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 40 women farmers)) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women WUA members attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 40 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women WUA members are included in the WUA purchase committee -at least one women member. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs ) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 4) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Development Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 1,28,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VIII). Table VIII: Budget for Gender Development Plan 1 S1No I Activity 1 Unit (Budget Amount / 1. Leadership 10 women from each village Development 1from 4 villages- @ Rs 1000 per Training (woman 2. Skill development ( 10 women from each village 40,000 I IIon technical issues from 4 villages- @ Rs ZOO0 per and account woman I I keeping I 2 agriculture technologies I Total 1,28,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 3% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues - The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population-in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are five Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 5753 farming households. Table IX gives the details of the W A S : Table IX: Details of the WUAS Name of WUAs No. of WUA Households Venieandla 1207 Shakapur Raiawaram 1395 1 Perur 1 707 1 The key Issues related to WUAs in the Package I villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by cotton and green gram. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 8 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 60 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for -the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 5 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 5 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village- a total of 80 farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, tanMcana1bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticides/fertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package II: LC NLG - 2 Rehabilitation of NS Main Canal from km 29.291 to km 59.466 The Package No. LC NLG -2 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 30.175 km of the main canal from km 29.291 to krn 59.466. This package is mainly in Nalgonda district and passes through 29 villages from six mandals as given below in Table P2.1: The map showing Package 2 villages is also shown below: ~ Table P2.1: List of Villages in Package 2 1 1 Mandal Village INidamanur Vem~ahad 1 1 Dugge Palle 1 1 1 Narlakantiguda I Pedda Devula Palle Gajalapur Marvalaguda Nandi Pahad 4 Tadkamalla 'Vemula alle ' Annapareddiguda k - a a d i h , I - Vemula Palle i Ravula Penta ' 1 Neredcherla Kallur Medaram 1 1Dacharam 1 Penpahad 1N.Annaram 1Anatharam 1 Potla Pahad Map showing Package 2 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of these villages is 66,193 of which males account for 51.1% of the total population and the rest 48.9% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males -960 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 15,110 households and average family size works out to about 4.3. Compared to the average family size of 4.3 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages S1. Name of Village Population Total Family Sex No Households Size Ratio Males 1 Females 1 Total 1 1 Vempahad 935 828 1763 406 4.3 886 2 Mupparam 1766 1760 3526 779 4.5 997 3 Kampa Sagar 1096 1020 2116 465 4.6 931 4 Babasahebpet 892 896 1788 385 4.6 1004 5 Dugge Palle 754 754 1508 348 4.3a 6 Brundanvanpur 54 48 102 28 3.6 889 7 Narlakantiguda 230 234 464 111 , 4.2 1017 1;o 1 Gajalapur 502 ( 514 1016 242 4.2 1 1024 Nandi Pahad 1 26711 2335 5006 1031 4.9 1 874 11 Ilapuram 928 821) 1749) 378 4.6 885 12 Goguvanigudem 674 644 1 1318 1 285 4.6 955 1 1Narsimhulaguda 2 - 4.5 13 14 Chillamram 678 290 4.5 -- 17 Mundla Pahad 25 ( 19 44 12 3.7 760 18 Vemula Palle I 2345 2092 4437 981 4.5 892 119 Ravula Penta 1804 1850 3654 831 4.4 1025 20 Molka Patnam 1033 1012 2045 497 4.1 980 21 ,Salkunur I 14731 1405 2878 624 4.6 954 -22 Settlpalem 686 675 1361 311 ) 4.4 984 ( 23 Kallur 1909 1835 3744 874 1 4.3 961 1 24 Medaram 1264 1180 2444 582 4.2 1 934 25 Dacharam i 875 826 1701 418 4.1 i 944 26 N.Annaram 2053 1926 3979 ) 945 4.2 938 27 Anatharam 1491 1533 3024 1 743 4.1 1028 28 Dosapahad 817 881 1698 387 4.4 1078 -29 Potla Pahad 1 933 1005 ---- 1938 512 3.8 1077 Total , 33768 , 32421 66193 15110 4.3 960 Literacy Level: Table 111 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 52.6%, it is lower among females (40.6%) as compared to their male members (64%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages I Name of Village Literacy Rate (%) Males Females 1 Total - Vemoahad 69.0 1 41.9 1 56.1 ( Babasahebpet 1 74.6 ( 50.2 1 62.5 ( Narlakantiguda ) 63.9 1 37.4 ) I Pedda Devula Palle 75.2 i 48.6 1 1Nandi Pahad 1 75.2 44.5 1 61.0 1 ---54.1 Ilapuram 23.8 2' +w IGoguvanigudem 70.2 44.4 57.7 ! ) Narsimhulaguda ( 58.2 1 38.1 ( 4 4 L~hilla~uram I Tadkamalla 57.3 I 37.9 47.7 Mundla Pahad 16.7 21.1 Vemula Palle 1 74.3 1 52.7 64.1 Ravula Penta 59.2 1 37.7 48.3 1 Molka Patnam 71.2 1 46.6 59.1 1 Salkunur Kallur 72.1 47.8 60.2 1 Medaram 63.4 41.O 1 1 52.4 I Dacharam 71.9 48.3 1 60.3 1N.Annaram 60.2 38.5 1 49.7 #, i Anatharam 72.2 44.0 57.9 ADosapahad 45.4 Potla Pahad 65.8 42.4 53.7 Average 64.0 40.6 52.6 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 34,062 (Table IV) which works out to around 51.4% of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the Package village is 1.0. The total non-workers number 31,771 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers I Name of Village Distribution of Workers I Non 1 I I Cultivators (Agri. 1 Other I Total I Workers ( Labours Workers Vem~ahad 207 651 143 1001 Mupparam 375 1210 347 1 1932 1594 1 K a m ~ aSagar 253 708 168) 1129 1 Babasahebpet 326 552 1 106 Dueee Palle 247 415 143 805 Brundanvanpur 26 18 8 ) 52 1 50 Narlakantieuda 82 148 39 1 269 1 195 Pedda Devula Palle 2 5 9 1148 529 Gajalapur 116 357 65 Nandi Pahad 260 1160 740 Narsimhulaguda 1 20 168 1 604 I Chillapuram 215 360 / 139 714 1 4 Tadkamalla 919 1930 375 3224 1 Annapareddinuda 115 261 131 507 i Mundla Pahad 1 1 1 30 / 0 1 31 1 13 1 1 4 Vemula Palle 840 586 1842 1Ravula Penta 1091 329 1940 1Molka Patnam 708 142 1032 1013 1 , 1 I I Settipalem 65 / 461 ( 198 1 724 1 637 - - 1Kallur 1 403) 1167) 355 1 1925 1 1819 1 Dacharam 178 501 100 1 779 1 922 IN.Annaram 507 1333 290 1 2130 1 1849 Potla Pahad 278 597 213 1 1088 850 I 1Total 8026 19453 6343 1 34062 31771 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 8,026 and the agriculture labours is 19,453which together constitute 80.6% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernizationof existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachments on the canal banks by local families being used for residential and agriculture purposes. These families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected - thirty nine families will get displaced and will need support in relocation while for three other families, the economic livelihood will be affected to undertake the proposed civil works. In addition, one commercial structure and two grave yards on the project land will also need to be relocated to undertake the proposed civil works. Socioeconomic Profile: The socio-economic profile of Project Affected Families (PAFs) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs / Total No.of ( No.of Type of Loss No.of SC ST House Agri. I Mandal PAFs PAFs PAFs land Others 1Thripuraram Babasahebpet 2 0 0 2 0 0 - Pedda Devula Palle 3 0 0 0 3 0 Vemulapalle Vemula Palle 0 0 0 0 0 Grave yard lyeredcherla Kallur 10 10 0 10 0 0 ------0 Dacharam 9 0 9 Pen~ahad N.Annaram 11 2 0 11 Dosapahad 7 7 0 7 0 0 ~otal( 42 19 0 39 3 , 2 Graveyards 1 P As can be seen from the above table out of the 42 PAFs 19 belong to Scheduled Caste category and none belong to Scheduled Tribes. Out of these 42, 39 families are loosing 100% of their houses (1 family is also utilizing the house commercial purpose) and 3 are loosing their agriculture land varying from 33 to 100%. Out of 42 PAFs 14 PAFs are above poverty level and remaining belongs to below poverty level. The details of the potential displaced family's caste, educational level and the poverty level are annexed. Expected Losses: As per the results of the survey can be seen, the physically displaced families are expected to lose 4208.77 (sq.mtrs) of house constructed on project land while the loss to the economic affected families are around 2832.8 sq. mtrs. The details of the expected losses are presented in Annexure. Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs' record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their optionslagreement Plan shifting of graveyards in discussion/consultation with the local community at a suitable site. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Arrange training in need based skills. Permission to take salvaged materials. Assistance to avail benefits from other Government schemes for STs, marginal and small farmers. One time financial assistance equivalent to 750 days minimum agriculture wages, if PAFs loosing the agriculture land. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with WUA and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented in Table VI and details of the each PAF are presented in the Annexure. Table VI: Budget for RAP Implementation Type of PAF Number Entitlements Total Training I Transport I ERG (750 days Amount I 1 IAssistance / allowance 1per men-75000, / (Rs.) I 1 I I(Rs) (@ ( (Rs 5000 1per women - 1 I 1000per person) per unit) 60000) I Residential 25 - 5000 - 1,25,000 (BPL) 14 5000 170,000 Re$;"?tial Agriculture 3 3000 225000 2,28,000 ' Relocation cost for 2 grave yards (Rs 10,000 lump sum per each) 20,000 Total 4.43.000 Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with WUA. Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 2 is Rs. 4,43,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation in WUAs Management Committee (MC) is nil. There are almost 10% of households in all the package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in microfinance, inter loaning, dairy and anganwadi centers but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers (at least one women from each village) on improved agricultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers7fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village a total of 290 women farmers) in the implementation phase - Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 290 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least two women members. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase a Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 29) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. a Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the W A and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 7,54,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VII). Table VII: Budget for Gender Development Plan S1 No Activity Unit Budget Amount (Rs) 1. Orientationworkshop 10 women from each 2,90,000 1 ( for women farmers on I villagefrom 29 villages- I I / planning, O&M @ Rs 1000per woman 2. ( Leadership development 10 women from each 2,90,000 1 1 Training village from 29 villages- ( 1 @ Rs 1000per woman 3. Exposure visits for 2 woman from each 1,74,000 women farmers on village from 29 villages- , improved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman 1technologies Total 7,54,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 8% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are 11 Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 5237 farm households. Table VIII gives the details of the W A S . Table VIII: Details of the WUAs 1 1 1 1 Total 1 Farm 1 Mandal Village WUA Name population Households Nidamanur Vem~adu Shaka~ur 19 4 --Turnmadam 949 180 pp Thnpuraram Kampa Sagar Tungapadu 1358 400 Babasaheb~et Tuneavadu 818 129 - Chillapur 970 18fl Pedda Devula Palle Tungapadu 4597 553 1 Maryalaguda Narsimhulaguda Tadkamalla 1529 432 Tadkamalla Tadkamalla 3568 589 Kamepally 542 116 Vemulavalle Annavareddiguda Nandi~adu 987 161 ~ u n d l paha: a Mundlapahad 2820 566 Vemula Palle Nandi~adu 5609 356 ( Settipalem Mundlapahad 307 62 Neredcherla 1 Kallur Somaram 1538 554 Neredcherla 395 198 Medaram Somaram 2444 5 ---- Dacharam Dasaram 2064 A Pen~ahad N.Annaram Dasaram 1580 227 The key Issues related to WUAs in the Package 2 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently paddy is predominant. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 8 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 132 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 11 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 11 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modern agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village- a total of 300 farmers) during the implementation phase. Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the W A Sfor Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of WUAs) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, taucanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activitieslimpacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package Ill: LC NLG & KMM - 3 Rehabilitation of NS Main Canal from km 59.466 to km 90.540 The Package No. LC NLG -3 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 31.074 krn of the main canal from krn 59.466 to krn 90.540. This package is mainly in Nalgonda district and passes through 15 villages from four mandals as given below in Table P3.1. The map showing Package 3 villages is also shown below: Table P3.1: List of Villages in Package 3 1Mandal ( Village Maryalaguda Narsirnhulaguda Tadkamalla I -- Vemulapalle Mundla Pahad Vemula Palle Ravula Penta w - Medaram Dacharam /Penpahad I N.Annaram I Anatharam J Dosapahad Potla Pahad Map showing Package 3 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiarjt Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of these villages is 39,399 of which males account for 50.6% of the total population and the rest 49.4% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males-964 females for every 1,000males. There are a total of 9,223 households and average family size works out to about 4.2. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, the family size in .the package villages is observed to be less than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages I S1. 1 Name of Village ( Population (Total I Family ( Sex I Households Size Ratio Males / Females 1 Total 1 1 1 :::1 Narsimhulaguda 425 388 813 182 1 2 Tadkamalla 1 2830 2809 5639 1324 3 Mundla Pahad 25 19 44 12 -3.7 760 1 4 Vemula Palle 2345 2092 4437 981 4.5 892 5 Ravula Penta 1804 1850 3654 831 4.4 1025 , 6 Molka Patnam 1033 1012 2045 497 4.1 980 1 7 Salkunur 1473 1405 2878 624 4.6 954 1 8 Settipalem 686 1 675 1361 1 311 4.4 984 ' 9 Kallur 19091 1835 3744 1 874 4.3 961 10 Medaram ( 1264 1180 ( 2444 582 4.2 934 11 Dacharam 875 826 ( 1701 418 4.1 944 14 1Dosapahad 817 8811 1698 387 1 4.4 1078 1 I15 1Potla Pahad 933 1005 1 1938 512 1 3.8 Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 51%, it is lower among females (40%) as compared to their male members (61.8%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages 1 Name ofvillage 1- Literacy Rate (%) 1 Females U M a l e " 5 8 . 2 - 38.1 T o t a l 8 1I I Tadkamalla 47.7 I Ravula Penta IMolka Patnam 1 1Salkunur I 61.1 1 38.4 1 49.9 1 c I Kallur '77:; I 47.8 1 60.2 ' IMedaram 41.0 1 52.4 I--71.9 1Dacharam 48.3 1 60.3 N.Annaram 60.2 v 1Anatharam 1 72.2 1 44.0 1 57.9 1 IDosapahad 59.3 Potla Pahad 65.8 IAverage 61.86 1 39.90 ( 5 d Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 9701 (Table IV) which works out to around 39.1 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 1.6. The total non workers number 15,123 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers 1 Name of Village Distribution of Workers ~ I Cultivators Agri. Total Workers Labours Other Workers , Narsimhulaguda 20 ( -- 224 349 Tadkamalla 919 1 1930 375 3224 2415 1 Mundla Pahad 1 30 / 0 1 1 31 Vemula Palle 416 840 ! 586 18421 1 1 1714 I 1 ) j I Ravula Penta 520 1091 329 1940 ~ettlpalem 65 1 461 198 724 637 Kallur 1 403 1167 355 I 1925 4 I Medaram 244 743 280 1267 1177 1 I Dacharam --- 178 501 100 779 922 N.Annaram 507 1333 ---ST Anatharam 354 922 1411 I 1 Potla Pahad 278 1 597 213 1088 ( 850 I Total 4768 i 11817 3637 i 20222 I 18937 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 4,768 and agriculture labour is 11,817which together constitute 51.3%of the total workers. The villages of Package 2 and Package 3 are the same, hence, no separate GDP is proposed. Since no persons are losing any property or livelihood, this Package has no requirement of RAP. There is no tribal population in the Package villages, hence, no Tribal Development Plan is required as is the case with Package 2. Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religiouskistorical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, DM, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package IV: LC KMM - 4 Rehabilitation of NS Main Canal from 90.540 km to km 123.45 The Package No. LC KMM -4 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 32.91km of the main canal from km 90.540 to km 123.45. This package is mainly in Nalgonda district and passes through 13 villages from five mandals as given below in Table P4.1. The map showing Package 4 villages is also shown below: Table P4.1: List of Villages in Package 4 Village Nadigudem Ramapuram Chakirala 1 Kokkireni Chilukur Bethavole (Garidepalli I Velidanda Neredcherla Medaram 1 I Fathevuram I I Study Districts 1 I Prepared at 0 1 2 5 2 5 5 7 5 "m EQM Division, EF'TRI Canal Alighnment P Map showing Package 4 activities covered Villages 24 Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11),the total population of theses villages is 55433 of which males account for 50.5% of the total population and the rest 49.5% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males -979 females for every 1,000males. There are a total of 13,227households and average family size works out to 4.1. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be less than the district average. Table I1:Demography Details of the Package Villages I 1/ ( I Sl ( Name of Village 11 Population Total ( Family 1Sex ~ouseholds s h e - Ratio Males Females Total 2 Ramapuram 1 1102 1 - 1016 8 2118 922 3 Chakirala 1004 962 1966 497 4.0 958 1 1 4 Munagala 4600 4300 8900 2075 4.3 935 1 1 1 5 Barakathguda 1850 1942 3792 900 4.2 1050 ' 6 Ganapavaram 773 1 744 1517 412 3.7 962 7 Kokkireni 11691 1096 2265 539 4.2 938 8 Bethavole 7694 7647 15341 3690 4.2 994 9 Velidanda 2458 2386 4844 1173 4.1 971 10 Kuthubshapuram 1083 1070 2153 519 4.1 988 11 , Gaddioalli 1993 1812 3805 920 4.1 909 12 Medaram 1264 1180 2444 582 I13 Fatheouram 912 919 1831 456 1 1Total 28012 1 27421 / 55433 1 13227 1 4.1 1 979 ( Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 57.4%, it is lower among females (45.2%) as compared to their male members (69.2%). 1 Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages Name of Village Literacy Rate (%) Males Females -- Total 1Nadi~udem 79.0 63.3 70.6 I I Ramapuram 73.8 Chakirala 63.4 Munagala 75.3 ) 52.3 64.1 Barakathguda 64.0 1 40.7 52.2 Gana~avaram 72.2 1 45.6 59.2 Kokkireni 68.3 IBethavole 68.5 46.7 1Velidanda 58.8 36.4 47.9 ' 1Kuthubsha~uram 66.9 36.4 51.8 Gaddipalli 72.7 45.3 59.6 Medaram 63.4 41.O 52.4 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 29506 (Table IV) which works out to around 53.2% of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.8. The total non workers number 25,927 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers Name of Village Distribution of Workers Cultivators Agri. Other Total Workers Labours Workers Nadigudem 286 741 754 1781 2676 Rama~uram 368 684 179 1231 887 Chakirala 203 841 90 1134 832 Munagala 809 2495 1023 4327 4573 1 1 Barakathguda 357 1360 324 Gana~avaram 289 438 141 2CMi 1::; ) Kokkireni 407 664 ) 1 Bethavole 2206 4759 1 1397 1 1 I Velidanda 631 1813 ( 3131 2757) 2087 1 Kuthubshapuram 376 850 ) 1041 1330 823 1 Gaddloalli- 566 976 1 5 7 5 2117 1688 1 i I Medaram 244 1 743 ( 280 1267 11771 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 7027, and the agriculture labour is 17,005which together constitute 53.2% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitatiordmodernization of existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by fourteen local families being used for residential purposes. The fourteen families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected and will be get displaced and need support in relocation. In addition, two temples and one bus shelter built on the project land in Gaddipalli village will also need to be relocated to undertake the proposed civil works. Socio-economic Profile: A socio-economic profile of the Project Affected Families (PAFs) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs Total No.of No.of Type of Loss No.of SC ST House Agri. Mandal Village PAFs PAFs PAFs land Others 14 5 0 14 0 Two Temples and Garidepalli Gaddipalli One Bus Shelter 14 5 0 14 0 Two Temples and One :BusShelter As can be seen from the above table out of the 14 PAFs, 5 belong to Scheduled Caste category and none belong to Scheduled Tribes. Total 14 families are loosing 100% of their houses (1 family is also utilizing the house commercial purpose). The potential displaced family's are below the poverty limit and their caste, educational level etc are annexed. Expected Losses: As per the results of the survey can be seen, the physically displaced families are expected to lose 2630.2 (sq.mtrs) of house constructed on project land. The details of the expected losses are presented in Annexure. Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs' record attested by the W A in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their optionslagreement. The agreement shall also involve their consent on the relocation site or monitory entitlements. The RAP shall also cover selection of suitable sites for relocation. Efforts should be made that these sites are as close as possible to the present habitations of the PAFs. The RAP shall also involve taking consent of the host villages where the relocation is proposed and other appropriate authoritative sanctions. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Permission to take salvaged materials. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with W A and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented in Table VI and details of the each PAF are presented in the Annexure. Table VI: Budget for RAP Implementation Type of PAF Number Total Assistance 1 ------ 1000per person) per unit) 60000) Residential 14 - 5000 - 70,000 (BPL) L Two temple and one bus shelter for relocation (lump sum @Rs 20,000 per 50,000 unit for temple and Rs.10,000per unit for bus shelter- will be re-estimated during construction) Total Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with W A . Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 4 is Rs.1,20,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation in WUAs Management Committee (MC) is nil. There are almost 5% of households in all the package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 2-3 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock related activities but not in the imgation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for .theproject, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory imgation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers (at least one women from each village) on improved agricultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village a total of 130 women farmers) in the implementation phase - Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10women - a total of 130women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least two women members. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 13) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 3,38,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VII). Table VII: Budget for Gender Development Plan I I Activity Unit Budget IAmount (Rs) 1 I 1. Orientation workshop 110 women from each for women farmers on village from 13 villages- -- 1 planning, O&M - 2. Leadershipdevelopment 10 women from each 1,30,000 ' Training village from 13 villages- 1 @ Rs 1000per woman 3. Exposure visits for 2 woman from each village 78,000 women farmers on from 13 villages- @ Rs improved agriculture 3000 per woman technologies / Total 13,38,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 4% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are 4 Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 1953 farm households. Table VIII gives the details of the WUAs. Table VIII: Details of the WUAs 11 1 i 1 1 I Total Farm Mandal Village WUA Name ) population Households Nadigudem Ramapuram Tellabally -- 4000 117 Munagala Munagala Bethavole - 1500 7 Barakathguda Bethavole 1800 Gana~avaram Ganaoavaram 1500 1 Chilukur 1 Bethavole Bethavole 1 5550 / 11781 I Neredcherla Medaram Somaram 2444 ) 5 1 Total 16794 1 1953 1 The key Issues related to WUAs in the Package 2 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently paddy is predominant. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 8 krns away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 48 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 4 WUAs) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 4 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village -a total of 260 farmers) during the implementation phase. Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of WUAs) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religiouslhistorica1places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package V: LC KMM - 5 Rehabilitation of NS Main Canal from km 123.45 to km 180 The Package No. LC KMM - 5 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 56.55 krn of the main canal from km 123.45 to krn 180. This package is mainly in Khammam district and passes through 4 villages from two mandals as given below in Table P5.1: The map showing Package 5 villages is also shown below: Table P5.1: List of Villages in Package 5 District Mandal Name of Village Khamrnam Khammam (Rural) Pallegudem Danavairrudem Map showing Package 5 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the four villages is 10,616 of which males account for 51% of the total population and the rest 49% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 974 females for every 1,000males. There are a total of 2,569 households and average family size works out to about 4.2. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, the family size in the package - villages is observed to be less than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages Name of Village Population Total Family Sex Males Females Total Households Size Ratio Pallegudem 659 638 1297 291 4.5 968 m pppp 471 436 907 226 1573 1519 3092 738 4.2 966 ~~~~~~ Velugumatla 2672 2642 5320 1314 4.0 987 ITotal 5 5375 4.2 [ 974 1 Literacy Level: Table 111 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 55%, it is lower among females (44.6%) as compared to their male members (65.3%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages /I Rate (%) Males Females Total Pallegudem 57.8 38.3 48.4 Danavaigudem Khanapuram (Haveli) Velugumatla 72.6 51.5 62.1 Averaee 65.3 44.65 55.2 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 5,052 (Table IV) which works out to around 47.6% of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 1.l. The total non workers number 5,564 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers I Name of Village Distribution of Workers Cultivators 1Agri. / Other ~abours Workers Pallegudem 79 304 227 610 687 Danavaigudem 35 185 191 411 496 Khanavuram (Haveli) 110 475 753 1338 1754 (Total 496- -52(] As can be seen from the Table IV, the tofal number of cultivators is 496 and the agriculture labour is 2,410 which together constitute 57.5% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernizationof existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by 35 local families being used for residential purposes. These 35 families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected - they will get displaced and will need support in relocation. Socio-economic Profile: A socio-economic profile of these 35 Project Affected Families (PAF) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs - - - Total No.of No.of Type of loss No.of SC ST House Agri. District Mandal Village PAFs PAFs PAFs Land Khammam Khammarn Khanapuram 35 22 0 35 0 Urban (Haveli) As can be seen from the above table out of the 35 PAFs 22 belong to Scheduled Caste category and none belong to Scheduled Tribes. All the 35 families are loosing 100% of their houses. The potential displaced family's are below the poverty level and their caste, educational level etc are annexed. Expected Losses: As per the results of the survey can be seen, the physically displaced families are expected to lose 2104.44 sq.mtrs of house constructed on project land. The details of the expected losses are presented in Annexure. Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs' record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their options/agreement. The agreement shall also involve their consent on the relocation site or monitory entitlements. The RAP shall also cover selection of suitable sites for relocation. Efforts should be made that these sites are as close as possible to the present habitations of the PAFs so as not to have adverse impact on their livelihood options. The RAP shall also involve taking consent of the host villages where the relocation is proposed and other appropriate authoritative sanctions. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Permission to take salvaged materials. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with WUA and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented in Table VI and details of the each PAF are presented in the Annexure. Table VI: Budget for RAP Implementation Type of PAF Number Training Assistance 1000per person) per unit) 60000) pppp Residential 35 - 5000 - 1,75,000 Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with WUA. Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 5 is Rs.1,75,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is negligible. There are almost 5% of households in all the package villages headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of imgation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the imgation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour. Each village has 2-3 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory imgation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers (at least one women from each village) on improved agricultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 40 women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women WUA members attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIV/AIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10women - a total of 40 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women farmer. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and 0 & M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 4) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly fiom various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs.128000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VII). Table VII: Budget for Gender Development Plan ' 1 Sl No 1 1 1 I Activity Unit Budget I I I )Amount / (Rs) 1. Orientation workshop for 10 women from each 40,000 I I women farmers on ( village from 4 villages- 1 I 1 @ R: 1000per woman 2. 1 Skill development on 10 women from each 40,000 1 / technical issues and 1 village from 4 villages- 1 1 account keeping 1@ R; 1000per woman 1 I; Exposure visits for 4 woman from each 48,000 women farmers on village from 4 villages- I improved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman , technologies Total 1.28.000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute almost 8% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are two Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages. Table VIII gives the details of the W A S : Table VIII: Details of the WUAs 1 Name of Village 1Name of I WUAs Pallegudem - 1Danavaigudem I - 1 Khanapuram (Haveli) 1 E a tla The key Issues related to WUAs in the Package 5 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring In adequate infrastructure for WUA office. Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern -presently it is paddy dominated followed by sugarcane. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 5-6 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 24 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 2 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 2 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village a total of 80 farmers) during the implementation phase - Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the W A Sfor Package 5 shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S )and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engmeer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activitieslimpacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. PackageVI: LC KMM 6 - Rehabilitation of NS 21" Main Branch Canal from km 0.00 to km 52.3 The Package No. LC KMM -6 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 52.3 krn of the 21" Main Branch Canal from km 0.00 to km 52.3. This package is mainly in Khammam district and passes through 14 villages from four mandals as given below in TableP6.1: The map showing Package 6 villages is also shown below: Table P 6.1: List of Villages in Package 6 Mandal 1Village Khammam KJrban) 1 Khanavuram (Haveli) I Enkuru 1Enkuru 1 Jannaram Mede~alli I /Nacharam 1Thimrnarao~eta 1Arikayalapadu Tallada Gopalapeta Konijerla Gubbagurthy Thummalapalli ITanikella Map showing Package 6 activities covered Villages 41 Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table II), the total population of the four villages is 49,526 of which males account for 52% of the total population and the rest 48% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 940 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 11,700 households and average family size works out to about 4.2. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be less than the district average. Table I1:Demography Details of the Package Villages 1Name of Village Population Total Family Sex Males Females Total Households Size Ratio IKhanapuram (Haveli) 1573 1519 3092 738 4.2 966 V.Venkatayapalem 2021 1853 3874 857 4.5 917 Velugumatla - -26422678 5320 1314 4.0 987 IEnkuru 3203 2652 5855 1360 4.3 828 I Nacharam 2625 / 2632 ( 5257 ( 1274 ( 4.1 ) 1003 / - Thimmaraopeta 14.3 591 881 Arikavala~adu 817 213 3.8 964 I 416 1 401 1 Gopalapeta 494 462 956 1 268 3.6 1 935 - Gubbagurthy 4159 3847 8006 1 1869 4.3 1 925 1 ' Tanikella 2717 2638 5 3 5 5 1269 4.2 - 971 1 Total ( 25535 23991 49526 11700 4.2 940 Literacy Level: Table 111 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 50%, it is lower among females (39.3%) as compared to their male members (60.7%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages 1 Name of Village I Literacy Rate / b Males Females - Total lHaveli) 72.7 54.9 64.0 1 VVenkatayapas 68.4 45.4 57.5 1Velugumatla 72.6 51.5 62.1 1 Jannaram 59.5 1 36.5 ( 48.2 1 I Thimmaraopeta 64.1 1 39.1 52.5 1 Arikayalapadu 59.4 1 39.9 ) 49.7 Go~ala~eta 62.9 1 46.3 1 54.9 Thummalapalli 47.6 27.3 37.5 Mallupalli 45.8 25.9 36.4 Tanikella 57.4 36.5 47.0 Average 60.7 39.3 50.4 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 26,466 (Table IV) which works out to around 53.4% of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.8. The total non-workers number 23,060 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 6701 and the agriculture labour is 14,968 which together constitute 82% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modemizationof existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by 6 local families being used for residential purposes. These 6 families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected and will need support in relocation. Socioeconomic Profile: A socio-economic profile of these six Project Affected Families (PAF) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs 1 7 Name of Head SO-? of Education Annual of the PAF Group of the HH Family level of the Income Members Head of (R,'"" the PAF 1. Enkuru ( L ) D.Anand( L ) ST Labour 4 Illiterate 9,000 2. ( L ) B.Krishna( L ) ST Labour 5 Illiterate 9,000 3. ( L ) B. Muthayya (L ST Labour 3 1 Illiterate I 9,000 - 4. (R) P.Chenam ( R) BC Labour 3 Illiterate 15,000 5. ( L ) S.K.Mirarnbi( L) , BC Labour 4 Illiterate 9,000 1 6. i ( L ) 1B.Chandram (L) ST I Labour /4 1- 9,000 ( As can be seen from the above Table, out of the six potential displaced families four belong to Scheduled tribes group and two belong to other backward castes. The PAFs are illiterate in these package villages. In terms of the income level, the families are below the poverty level. Expected losses: The details of the expected losses are presented in Table VI below. As can be seen, all the six physically displaced families are expected to lose 890.28 sq.mtrs of house constructed on project land which is about 100%of the total area operated by the family. Table VI: Details of the Losses SI.No Village Name of the Total Extent of % of Usage of Head of the PAF operational encroachment loss of encroached holding (sq mts) land land '. (sq mts) House Enkuru(L) D.Anand( L ) 202.34 202.34 2. 161.87 161.87 House ( L ) B.Krishna( L) 3. ( L ) B.Muthayya(L) 1 121.40 4. 161.87 161.87 House (R) P.Chenam ( R) 1 1 House 6. 1 ( L ) 121.40 'F i Total 890.28 890.28 Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs' record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their optionslagreement. The agreement shall also involve their consent on the relocation site or monitory entitlements. The RAP shall also cover selection of suitable sites for relocation. Efforts should be made that these sites are as close as possible to the present habitations of the PAFs. The RAP shall also involve taking consent of the host villages where the relocation is proposed and other appropriate authoritative sanctions. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Permission to take salvaged materials. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with WUA and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the six PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented below (Table VII). Table VII: Details of R&R Entitlements to PAFs Type of PAF Number Entitlements Total Training Transport ERG (750 days Amount Assistance allowance per men-75000, (Rs.) (Rs) (@ (Rs 5000 per women - 1000per person) per unit) 60000) Residential - 1 5000 - 30,000 1 Total 130,000 1 Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with WUA. Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 6 is Rs.30,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation in WUAs Management Committee (MC) is nil. There are almost 3% of households in all the package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 2-3 SHGs which are mostly engaged in microfinance, inter loaning, dairy and anganwadi centers but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package (Two villages namely Khanapuram (Haveli) and Velugumatla are also a part of Package 5 therefore the Gender development activities for these villages have been covered under the Package 5) . Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers (at least one women from each village) on improved agricultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 120women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 120women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least two women members. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 12) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs.3,64,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VIII). Table VIII: Budget for Gender Development Plan S1No Activity Unit Amount (Rs) 1. Orientation workshop 10 women from each village 1,40,000 for women farmers from 14 villages- @ Rs 1000 on planning, O&M per woman 2. Skill development on 10 women from each village 1,40,000 1 1technical issues and (from 12 villages- @ Rs 1000 I I account keeping per woman 3. Exposure visits for 2 woman from each village 84,000 women farmers on from 14 villages- @ Rs 3000 improved agriculture per woman technologies I /Total 13,64,000 1 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute almost 27% of the total population. The details of the population are presented in the table IX. Table IX: Tribal Population I 7 - Name of Village Total Population % of SCs % of STs Khanapuram (Haveli) 3092 9.77 2.43 V.Venkatavapalem 3874 11.59 33.51 1Enkuru 5855 14.77 18.21 ( Jannaram 2829 4.17 12.65 1 Medepalli 460 3.48 77.61 1 Nacharam 5257 11.26 61.61 I Thimmaraopeta 2569 1 12.49 1 Arikavalavadu - . 817 1 15.55 i 1 I Gopalapeta 956 1 28.97 1 0.94 I Gubbagurthy 8006 11.52 Thummala~alli 3952 6.17 Mallupalli 1184 1.86 ITanikella 5355 5.94 ( Total 49526 1 10.62 1 27.00 1 The key issues related to tribal groups in the Package 6 villages are presented below: Tribal participation in WUAs Management Committee (MC) is nil. Only 50% of tribals have land holdings and the remaining are agricultural labourers Low awareness level on WUA and water management Low income levels due to subsistence farming and pursuits of agriculture labour. Low awareness levels on dedicated Government programmes for tribals Though the tribals are interested in other non agriculture business pursuits but complain about no access to finances Community interaction is mainly limited to their respective habitations (thandas). Poor social status of women and poor participation in decision making Low literacy level Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Tribal Development Plan agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Meetings with tribal groups present in the village and their traditional leaders to orient them Agriculture Demo in tribal farmer's fields at village level (one in each village) Encouraging the tribals to participate in the WUA activities Including 50% participation of the total number of tribals farmers in all meetings to complete the quorum Organizing motivational sessions initially with traditional tribal leaders and later with the tribal youth for developing leadership (One session in each village having 5 tribals from each village) Training of tribal youth in different aspects of O&M works (training two youth per village) Skill development training for tribals in income generation activities (one program per village having 10tribals) Organizing trainings in improved agriculture methodologies (one program per village having 10tribals ) Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Organizing Bank-fmers workshops to promote credit availability (one in each village) Engaging the local tribals labours in the project work Involving the tribal women in all the activities Promoting formation of SHGs for tribal women (at least one in each village targeting 10 women) Implementation: The implementation of the TDP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Tribal Development Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 3,08,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table X). , Table VIII: Budget for Tribal Development Plan Activity Unit Budget s1 Amount (Rs) 1. Orientation workshop for 10 tribal farmerslyouth 1,40,000 tribal farmerslyouth on from each village from 14 project villages- @ Rs 1000 per woman Skill development training 10tribal from each village for tribals in income from 14 villages- @ Rs ( generation activities 1000per woman 3. I Agriculture Demo in tribal One in each village of 14 28,000 farmer's fields at village villages- @ Rs 2000 per level (one in each village) village ( Total 13,08,000 ) Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are 8 Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages. Table XI gives the details of the W A S . Table XI: Details of the WUAs I 1 1 (Farm 1 Mandal Village ) WUA Name Households I I Khammam (Urban) Khanamram (Haveli) / Khammam - 1 Velugumatla 1 Khammam 1 - I Khammam - 2 Enkuru ' Jannaram Jannaram 306 1 Thimmaraopeta -175- - 1 Arikayalapadu Arikayalapadu 78 Tallada Gopalapeta Annarugudem 211 Konijerla I Gubbagurthy Gubbagurthy 709 1 Thummalapalli Mallupalli 321 3 I Tanikella Mallupalli Mallupalli 321-1 Tanikella Tanikella 2121 I 1 1 Total 12442 1 The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 6 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by sugarcane. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 5-6 krns away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: (Two WUAs namely Khammam - 1 and Khamrnam - 2 are also a part of Package 5 therefore the WUA Capacity Building activities for these W A Shave been covered under the Package 5) Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 72 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 6 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 6 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village -a total of 240 farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S )and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religiouslhistorical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activitieslimpacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package VII: LC KRI - 7 Rehabilitation of 21" Main Branch Canal from km 52.3 to km 117.00 (end of 21" MBC) The Package No. LC KRI - 7 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 64.7 km of the 21StMain Branch Canal from km 52.3 to km 117.00 (end of 21StMBC). This package is mainly in Khammam and Krishna districts and passes through 29 villages from seven mandals as given below in Table P7.1. The map showing Package 7 villages is also shown below: Table P7.1: List of Villages in Package 7 Map showing Package 7 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of these villages is 1,17,191 of which males account for 52% of the total population and the rest 48% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 956 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 27,814 households and average family size works out to about 4.2. Compared to the average family size of 4.3 and 4.1 of Khamrnam and Krishna district respectively, the family size in the package villages is observed to be almost similar to the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages 1S1. /Name of Village 1 Population I Total IFamily ( Sex ( 1 Households Size 1 Ratio 1 Males 1 Females 1 Total 1 1 I 4 q 4 1 Kondrupadu 1352 1255 2607 604 2 Karaigudem 1931 1857 3788 871 4.3 3 Kuppenakuntla 1 1334 1252 2586 574 4.5 939 1 4 Adavimallela 508 482 990 237 4.2 949 5 Penuballi 4095 3867 7962 1795 4.4 944 , 6 Thallapenta I 1776 1705 3481 798 4.4 960 ( 1 8 Tekulapalli 2234 2186 ) 4420 998 4.4 979 19 Kalluru 7846 7413 1 15259 3474 4.4 i 945 1 I I12 Bathulapally I 854 862 1716 391 4.4 13 Lakshmivuram 442 425 867 186 1 4.7 14 Annargudem 3113 2918 6031 1514 4.0 937 15 Billupadu 1981 1874 3855 944 4.1 946 16 Vengannapeta 814 800 1614 383 4.2 983 17 Guduru 379 352 731 183 4.0 929 , 118 Chowdaram 872 904 1776 407 4.4 1037 1 19 1,Adsarlapadu 2270 2089 4359 1 , 1 920 20 Kallumgudem 831 776 1607 934 1 " 25 Tella Devarapalle 1589 1602 3191 I26 Narasapuram 2600 2434 5034 27 Vemireddipalle 2374 2200 4574 28 Chatrai 2329 2183 4 5 1 2 1091 , 4.1 937 29 Chanubanda 4514 4388 8902 2154 4.1 972 Total 59938 57289 117191 27814 4.2 956 Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 53%, it is lower among females (43.6%) as compared to their male members (62.2%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages 1 Name of Village Literacy Rate ('10) I /Males 1 Females 1 Total i i0 1 1 Kondruaadu 46.8 Karaigudem 1 58.1 ( 45.1 I Kua~enakuntla 1 62.2 1 45.O 1 Adavimallela 50.7 1 35.1 43.1 Penuballl 71.2 i 51.7 61.7 I Thallaaenta 1 57.6 1 40.1 i 49.0 1 IChandrupatla 1 61.6 1 43.9 53.0 , Lokavaram I 63.2 40.3 52.1 Bathulapally 57.9 35.0 - 46.6 1 Lakshmipuram 68.0 56.8 1 ~ Vengannapeta 39.8 ) 50.7 48.7 I 60.3 i I Chowdaram 1 56.6 ) 40.9 48.6 Adsarlavadu 1 61.2 1 42.6 52.2 , Kallurugudem 65.3 1 46.5 56.2 1 Kuncha~arthi 64.9 1 50.1 57.5 1 1Mallela 1 53.5) 39.2 1 46.3 i Putrela 68.4 50.6 59.7 I IKalaeara 60.6 43.8 52.3 1Tella Devarapalle 1 63.6 1 42.6 / 53.1 1 Vemireddipalle 61.3 42.2 52.1 ' Chatrai 71.7 57.2 64.7 1Chanubanda 67.4 55.0 61.3 Average I 62.2 43.6 53.0 Work Participation:The total workers in the Package villages are 59981 (Table N)which works out to around 51.1% of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the Package village is 1.O. The total non-workers number 57,246 most of whom are children, school going- children and - aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers / Name of Village Distribution of Workers 1Non I Workers Cultivators Agri. Other Total I Labours Workers , Kondruvadu 305 987 133 1425 1182 Adavimallela 57 382 91 1 530 1 460 ) Penuballi 622 1417 1330 1 3369 i 4593 1 1 Thallapenta 475 1285 175 ' 1935 1546 1 Thummalapalli 94 238 80 412 427 ygy] Tekula~alli 616 1378 497 2491 1929 Kalluru 933 3410 2825 1 6671 1 DChandruvatla 285 i 2290 1 1 Lokavaram 267 522 1 91 1 Bathulapallv I 156 508 1 258 922 Lakshmipuram 260 248 13 I Annargudem 946 1971 444 3361 Billuvadu 567 1605 / 189 2061 1794 - Vengannapeta I 192 597 ) 92 881 733 Guduru 78 263 1 49 390 341 I I Chowdaram 1 323 1 583 1 87 1 993 i 783 1 ( 1 Adsarla adu 308 ) 2282 2077 )mKallurugudem 128 ( 757 850 l 1 I 1 Mallela 123 / 1141 1 399 1 1663 1 1392 1 Tella Devarapalle 1 220 1 1077 256 1 1553 ) 1638 I Narasavuram 2211 1654 801 1 2676 1 2358 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 12,283 and agriculture labour is 35,817 which together constitute 80% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernization of existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachments on the canal banks by local families being used for residential and agriculture purposes. These families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected. The PAFs losing agriculture land above 50% is 148 and the PAFs losing residential structures completely is 26. The total PAFs to be assisted is therefore 174. Socioeconomic Profile: The socio-economic profile of Project Affected Families (PAF) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic profile of PAFs (Total No.of No.of - Type of Loss No.of SC ST House Agri. land District Mandal Village PAFs PAFs PAFs Khammam Penuballi Kondrupadu 61 2 10 0 61 Karaigudem 38 0 1 3 35 ------- Penuballi 18 0 7 4 14 I Thummalapalli 10 2 0 2 7 Kalluru ------ Kalluru 26 6 0 0 26 Lokavaram 28 0 0 0 28 Vemsoor Guduru 4 0 0 0 4 I IKrishna Tiruvuru Mallela 16 11 0 0 16 -------- Vissanapet Puttrela 16 2 0 0 16 Kalagara 6 6 0 6 0 Vemireddipalle 11 I11 0 11 0 234 i40 18 26 208 I 1 L L Total As can be seen from the above table out of the 234 PAFs 40 belong to Scheduled Caste category and 18 belong to Scheduled Tribes. The details of the potential displaced family's caste, educational level and the poverty level are annexed. Expected Losses: The details of the expected losses are presented in Annexure. Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs7 record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their optionslagreement. The agreement shall also involve their consent on the relocation site or monitory entitlements. The RAP shall also cover selection of suitable sites for relocation. Efforts should be made that these sites are as close as possible to the present habitations of the PAFs. The RAP shall also involve taking consent of the host villages where the relocation is proposed and other appropriate authoritative sanctions. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Arrange training for one member from each PAF on skill development to take up income generation activities. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with W A and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented in the Annexure. Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with WUA. Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 7 is Rs. 1,65,75,000. Table VI: Budget for RAP Implementation Type of PAF Number 1 Entitlements 1Total Training Transport ERG (750 days Amount Assistance allowance per men-75,000, (Rs.1 @ Rs.1000per (Rs.5000 per women - person) per unit) 60,000) 500 man days if the affected is ST- per men 50,000, per women 60,000 Residential - (BPL) Agriculture (non ST) Agriculture (ST) Total Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation in WUAs Management Committee (MC) is nil. There are almost 10% of households in all the package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in microfinance, inter loaning, dairy and anganwadi centers but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10 women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers (at least one women from each village) on improved agncultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers7fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 290 women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 290 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least two women members. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 29) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Development Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 9,57,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VIII). Table VIII: Budget for Gender Development Plan ---+ Activity Unit Budget Amount (Rs) 1. I Orientation workshop for 10 women from each 290000 women farmers on village from 29 villages- planning, O&M @ Rs 1000per woman 2. Skill development on 10 women from each 290000 1 technical issues and village from 12 villages- women farmers on village from 29 villages- improved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman 1 technologies / Total 1232000 1 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 5% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are 13 Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 9667 farm households. Table IX gives the details of the W A S . Table IX: Details of the WUAs 1 Mandal I Village IWUA Name 1 Farm Households 1 Penuballi Kuppenakuntla Chintagudem 290 Tekulapalli Korlagudem 378 Kalluru Kalluru Vengannapeta 5034 Kalluru 282 Peruvanda 78 Venrrannaveta 81 Mittapally 27 Annargudem Annargudem 321 Tallada 435 Billupadu 163 Annargudem 50 Tallada 270 Billupadu Vengannapeta Billupadu r Vengannapeta 595 I Vemsoor ! Kunchavarthi Putrela 87 TlruvuruI I Mallela 1 1 1Putrela 1 129 1 Putrela ( 113 1 249 I 1 Vemireddi~alle Putrela 188 1 Chatrai Chatrai Chatrai (V.M.1) 125 9667 The key Issues related to WUAs in the Package 7 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern -presently it is paddy dominated followed by mango. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 5-8 krns away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 156 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 13 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 13 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village -a total of 580 farmers) during the implementation phase. Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historica1places, tank/canal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package VIII: RC GNT 8 - Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 0.00 to km 15.545 The Package No. RC GNT -8 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 15.545 km of the Jawahar main canal from km 0.00 to km 15.545. This package is mainly in Guntur district and passes through 3 villages from Macherla mandal as given below in Table P8.1: The map showing Package 8 villages is also shown below: Table P8.1: List of Villages in Package 8 0 0 . 5 1 2 3 4 Canal Alighnment I Map showing Package 8 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the three villages is 16,471 of which males account for 52% of the total population and the rest 48% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 927 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 3,612 households and average family size works out to about 4.5. Compared to the average family size of 4.1 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages Name of Population Total Family ~ e q Village Total 1Males Females Households Size Ratio Vijayapuri I South(U)T.S. 1 8 1 2 4 4334, 3790 1 1643 1 4.9 874 1 , , Pasuvemula 1 4066 2009 1 2057 / 1000 / 4.1 1 1024 1 - - Thallapalli 4281 --- 2203 2078 ( 969 4.4 ai 16471 8546 7925 1 3612 4.5 927 Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 53%, it is lower among females (41%) as compared to their male members (65%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages I Name of Village Literacy Rate Males Females Total Vijayapuri ISouth(U)T.S. 86.2 65.8 , 76.7 Pasuvemula 45.2 22.5 33.7 h a j a o a l l i 64.0 34.4 49.7 Average 65.1 1 40.9 ( 53.4 1 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 7,644 (Table IV) which works out to around 46.4 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 1.2. The total non workers number 8,827 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers Distribution of Workers 1 Non Workers I Village Cultivators Agri. Labours Workers Other 63 221 3 2 5 7 4 , 5550 543 1711 301 2555 1511 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 896 and the agriculture labour is 3,763 which together constitute 61% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitatiodmodernization of existing canal system. Also during the PAFs survey no encroachments were found in the Nagarjuna Sagar Project land. Therefore as of now there are no Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) issues related to this package. However if during project implementation such issues do come-up then they may be taken into consideration as per the procedures and entitlements already discussed in the report Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is around 25%. Though, their participation in the WUA meetings is almost nil The women representatives are inactive in managing WUA activities. Significantly, there are almost 25% of households in all the three package villages are headed by women where they also hold.land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices (at least 10 women farmers from each village) Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields(at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 30 women farmers)) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 30 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women member. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 3) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start income generating activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 96,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table V). Table V: Budget for Gender Development Plan Activity Unit women farmers on (village from 3 villages- I I planning, O&M )@ Rs 1000per woman 1 Skill development on 110 women from each 30,000 1 technical issues and 1village from 3 villages- 1 1 \ - - 3. Exposure visits for 4 woman from each 36,000 1 women farmers on village from 3 villages- imiroved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman , technologies 2, - Total (96,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute almost 16% of the total population. The details of the population are presented in the Table VI. Table VI: Tribal Population (Name of Village I Total I% of 1% of STs I ~ I Iscs I I ~ 24.96 9.11 Pasuvemula 4066 5.90 29.96 The key issues related to tribal groups in the Package 8 villages are presented below: Tribal participation in WUAs Management Committee (MC) is nil. Only 10% of tribals have land holdings and the remaining are agricultural labourers Low awareness level on WUA and water management Low income levels due to subsistence farming and pursuits of agriculture labour. Low awareness levels on dedicated Government programmes for tribals Though the tribals are interested in other non agriculture business pursuits but complain about no access to finances Community interaction is mainly limited to their respective habitations (thandas). Poor social status of women and poor participation in decision making Low literacy level Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Tribal Development Plan agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Meetings with tribal groups present in the village and their traditional leaders to orient them. Orientation workshops for tribal farmers on the project phases (at least 10tribals from each village - a total of 30 tribals) Agriculture Demo in tribal farmer's fields at village level (one in each village) Encouraging the tribals to participate in the WUA activities Including 50% participation of the total number of tribals farmers in all meetings to complete the quorum Organizing motivational sessions initially with traditional tribal leaders and later with the tribal youth for developing leadership (One session in each village having 5 tribals from each village) Training of tribal youth in different aspects of O&M works (training two youth per village) Skill development training for tribals in income generation activities (one program per village having 10tribals) Organizing trainings in improved agnculture methodologies (one program per village having 10tribals ) Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Organizing Bank-fanners workshops to promote credit availability (one in each village) Engaging the local tribals labours in the project work Involving the tribal women in all the activities Promoting formation of SHGs for tribal women (at least one in each village targeting 10 women) Conducting training programs for tribal women in value additions skills and other income generation activities (one program per village having 10tribals a total of 30 tribals) - Implementation: The implementation of the TDP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Tribal Development Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 66,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table X). Table X: Budget for Tribal Development Plan Activity Unit I Budget Amount (Rs) 1. Orientation workshop for 10 tribal farmerslyouth from tribal farmerslyouth on project each village from 3 villages- @ Rs 1000per woman 2 Skill development training for 10 tribal from each village tribals in income generation from 3 villages- @ Rs 1000 activities per woman 3. Agriculture Demo in tribal One in each village of 3 farmer's fields at village level villages- @ Rs 2000 per (one in each village) village I 1 I 1 I I Total 166,000 Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population-in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There is one Water User Association (WUA) in the package villages. Table VIII gives the details of the WUAs: Table VIII: Details of the WUAs Mandal Village -WUAName Macherla Pasuvemula Tallapalli 215 Thallapalli Tallapalli 665 880 1Total 1760 ( The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 8 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by chillies and pulses. There are no nearby marketing facilities farmers have to - go to markets which are approximately4-6 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 12 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase a Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 1 WUA) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 1 WUA member) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WLJA members from each village -a total of 60 farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the W A S at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected IVGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the W A Sfor Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S )and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographs/video will be taken through out the project to document the activitieslimpacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package IX: RC GNT -9 Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 15.589 to km 27.455 The Package No. RC GNT - 9 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 11.866 km of the Jawahar main canal from km 15.589 to km 27.455. This package is mainly in Guntur district and passes through 3 villages from Macherla mandal as given below in Table P9.1: The map showing Package 9 villages is also shown below: Table P9.1: List of Villages in Package 9 Map showing Package 9 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the three villages is 12,822 of which males account for 51% of the total population and the rest 49% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 967 females for every 1,000males. There are a total of 2,983 households and average family size works out to about 4.2. Compared to the average family size of 4.1 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages Name of Village Population Total Family Sex Total Males Females households Size Ratio Thallapalli 4281 2203 2078 969 4.4 943 Kambharnpadu 8241 4167 4074 1936 4.3 978 Macherla (R) 300 147 153 78 3.8 1041 ~~~~~~ 12822 6517 6305 2983 4.2 Literacy Level: Table 111 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 44.6%, it is lower among females (28.7%) as compared to their male members (60.6%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages Name of Village Literacy Rate Males 1 Females 1 Total Kambhampadu 62.2 36.2 49.2 Macherla (R) 55.5 15.6 34.8 1Average 60.6 1 28.7 1 44.6 1 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 7,654 (Table 1V)which works out to around 59.7% of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.7. The total non workers number 5,168 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers Name of Distribution of Workers Non Village Cultivators 1 Agri. (Other I Total Workers Labours Workers Thallapalli 290 1831 394 2515 1766 pppp-- Kambham~adu 1749 2526 670 4945 3296 Macherla (R) 44 115 35 194 106 Total 2083 , 4472 1099 7654 5168 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 2,083 and the agriculture labour is 4,472 which together constitute 85.6% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modemizationof existing canal system. Also during the PAFs survey no encroachments were found in the Nagajuna Sagar Project land. Therefore as of now there are no Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) issues related to this package. However if during project implementation such issues do come-up then they may be taken into consideration as per the procedures and entitlements already discussed in the report Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is around 25%. Though there are 5 women members in each WUA Committees, their participation in the WUA meetings is almost nil The women representatives are inactive in managing WUA activities. Significantly, there are almost 25% of households in all the three package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in microfinance, inter loaning, dairy and anganwadi centers but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package (One village namely Thallapalli is also a part of Package 8 therefore the Gender development activities for this village has been covered under the Package 8). Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project (at least 10women farmers from each village) Arrange exposure visits for women farmers (at least one women from each village) on improved agricultural practices Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 20 women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10women - a total of 20 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least two women members. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 2) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 64,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table V). Table V: Budget for Gender Development Plan / SlNo 1 Activity 1 Unit / Budget ] Amount (Rs) women from each 20,000 I for I women farmers i n village from 2 villages- @ 2. ( Skill development on 10 women from each 20,000 1 1 technical issues and ( village from 2 villages- @ ( 1 Rs 1000per woman 4 woman from each village 24,000 I I woken farmers on ) from 2 villages- @ Rs 3000 1 1 ! I improved 1 agriculture I per woman ! 1 technologies 1 Total -- 64,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute almost 8% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population-in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are four Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages. Table VI gives the details of the W A S : Table VI: Details of the WUAs WUA Name Macherla (R) Kambhampadu - I L Kambharnpadu - I1 796 ITotal 558a The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 9 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by chillies, groundnut, cotton and pulses. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 8-10 krns away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: (One WUA namely Thallapalli is also a part of Package 8 therefore the WUA Capacity Building activities for this WUA has been covered under the Package 8) Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 36 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to WUAs participating in the project (a total of 3 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 3 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village a total of 40 farmers) during the implementation phase - Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package X: RC GNT - 10 Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 27.455 to km 55.320 The Package No. RC GNT - 10 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 27.865 km of the Jawahar main canal from krn 27.455 to km 55.320 (at change of sectioning). This package is mainly in Guntur district and passes through 9 villages from four mandals as given below in Table P1O.l: The map showing Package 10villages is also shown below: Table PIO.I: List of Villages in Package 10 IMandal ( Village -Macherla Kambhamgadu Karemvudi Narmala~adu Voppicherla Karem~udi Petasannigandla ' Chinta~alli 1Gurazala I Madu~ula 1 1Durgi Darivemula I 1 Map showing Package 10 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the nine villages is 56,312 of which males account for 52% of the total population and the rest 48% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 946 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 12,991 households and average family size works out to about 4.3. Compared to the average family size of 4.1 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages I / 1 1 Name of Village population Total 1Family Sex 1 1 1 IMales IFemales Households 1 Size Ratio Kambhampadu 8241 4167 4074 1936 4.3 978 1 12 Narmalapadu 2283 1147 1136 --572 , 4.0 3466 1642 4.3 975 1Karempudi 12049 6430 5619 2568 IPetasanni~andla 4996 2544 2452 1157 4.3 Chintapalli 4579 2321 1075 I IMadurzula 7279 1 3720 4.4 1Darivemula - 810 1649 3' 455 3.6 965 - Adigoppula 8216 4222 3994 1921 4.3 946 Total 56312, 28944 27368 12991 / 946 -. 4.3 Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 50.3%, it is lower among females (37.8%) as compared to their male members (62.3%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages Name of Village Literacy Rate Males Females Total Kambham~adu I 62.2 36.2 49.2 1Narmalapadu 1 57.1 32.4 ( 44.8 I Vo~vicherla 53.3 28.0 1 40.8 1 I Petasannigandla / 69.0 ( 42.0 55.9 Chinta~alli 1 61.9) 38.9 50.5 ( Madugula 56.8 1 34.1 / 4 5 3 / Average 62.3 ( 3 7 . 8 3 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 30,942 (Table IV) which works out to around 55 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.8. The total non workers number 25,370 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 9,483 and the agriculture labour is 15,937 which together constitute 82% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernization of existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by four local families being used for residential purposes. These four families will lose their entire land and thus will be adversely affected, will get displaced and will need support in relocation. In addition, a graveyard built on the project land in Petasannigandla village will also be lost due to the proposed civil works. Socioeconomic Profile: A socio-economic profile of these four Project Affected Families (PAFs) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs S.No Village Name of Head of Social Occupation No of Education Annual the PAF Group of the HH Family level of Income Members the Head (Rs) of the PAF 1. Karempudi R.Mangaiah 1 ST Labour 4 Illiterate 10,000 2. Ankamma Rao ST Labour 3 llliterate 10,000 3. R.Venkateswamlu ST Labour 4 Illiterate 10,000 4. P Venkateswarulu ST Labour 6 Illiterate 10,000 3 Petasennigandla One graveyard (encroaching 0.25 acres of NSP land shall be lost 100%) As can be seen from the above Table, all the four potentially displaced families belong to ST group. The PAFs in the package villages are illiterate. In terms of the income level, the families are below the poverty level. Expected Losses: The details of the expected losses are presented in Table VI below. As can be seen, the physically displaced families are expected to lose 238.74 sq.mtrs of house constructed on project land which is about 100% of the total area operated by the family. Table VI: Details of the Losses SI.No Village Name of the Total Extent of % Usage of Head of the PAF operational encroachment of encroached holding (sq mts) loss land (sq mts) of ---- 1. Karempudi R.Mangaiah 36.42 36.42 100 Kutcha House 2. Ankarnrna Rao 80.93 8593 100 Kutcha House 3. R.Venkateswarulu 80.93 80.93 100 Kutcha House 1P Venkateswarulu 1 40.46 1 40.46 ( 100 Kutcha House 1 Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Permission to take salvaged materials. Plan another site for the graveyard in discussion/consultation with the local community at a suitable site. Present the RAP details in the WUA level meeting Get the PAFs' record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their options/agreement Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with WUA and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the four PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented below (Table VII). Table VII: Details of R&R Entitlements to PAFs Type of PAF Number 7 1 Entitlements Training Transport ERG (750 days Amount Assistance allowance per men-75000, (Rs) (@ (Rs 5000 per women - 1000per person) per unit) 60000) 500 man days if the affected is ST-50000) Residential 4 - 5000 - 20,000 (BPL) One grave yard for relocation ( 10,000 Total 30,000 Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with W A . Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 10 is Rs.30,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is around 11%. Though, their participation in the WUA meetings is almost nil The women representatives are inactive in managing WUA activities. Significantly, there are almost 15% of households in all the three package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 4-5 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package (one village namely Kambhampadu is also a part of the package 9 therefore the Gender Action Plan for this village has already been discussed in Package 9 and is not discussed here). Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers (at least 10 women farmers from each village) in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices (at least two women from each village) Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 80 women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 80 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women farmer. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 8) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 2,82,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VIII). Table VIII: Budget for Gender Development Plan S1 No / Activity Unit / Budget I Amount 1. Orientation workshop 10 women from each village 90,000 for women farmers on from 9 villages- @ Rs 1000 planning, O&M 1per woman 2. Skill development on 10 women from each village 90,000 technical issues and from 9 villages- @ Rs 1000 account keeping per woman 3. Exposure visits for women 3 woman from each village 1,02,000 I farmers on improved from 9 villages- @ Rs 3000 agriculture technologies per woman Total 2,82,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was camed out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 7% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are eight Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 11,604 farming households. Table IX gives the details of the W A S . Table IX: Details of the WUAs Farm Mandal -- WUA Name Households P Macherla Kambham~adu Karnbham~aduI 1681 - - Kambhampadu I1 796 Paluvai 3105 --- Karempudi Narmalapadu O~~icherla Omicherla 2542 I Petasannigandla I Gurazala Durgi Darivemula Adigo~~ula Mirivala I 953 Miriyala 11 722 Total 11.604 The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 10 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by mango. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 5-8 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 96 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 8 WUAs) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 8 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modern agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village- a total of 180farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the W A Swith agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the W A Sat the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the W A Sfor Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religiouskistorical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, M, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to hlly understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. PackageXI: RC GNT - 11 Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 55.32 to km 100.986 The Package No. RC GNT - 11 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 45.666 krn of the Jawahar main canal from krn 55.32 to km 100.986. This package is mainly in Guntur district and passes through 14 villages from six mandals as given below in Table P11. I: The map showing Package 11 villages is also shown below: Table P1l.I: List of Villages in Package 11 District Mandal Village Guntur Karempudi Chintapalli 1 ~idu~uralla/ Julakallu I I Guthikonda Rompicherla Vipparla I 1 Bollapalli 1 Bollapalli I Kunkalagunta pp Chejerla I I Ipuru ( Ipuru I Inumella Bomrnarajupalli I Agnigundala I Study Districts - - r Prepared at 0 3 6 12 18 24 -Canal K m EQM Division, EPTRI -- Map showing Package 11 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the nine villages is 85,600 of which males account for 51% of the total population and the rest 49% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 980 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 19,514 households and average family size works out to about 4.4. Compared to the average family size of 4.1 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages 1 I 1 ~I Name of Village Population Total I 1 I Total 1 Males Females Households Size Ratio Sex Chintapalli 4579 ( 2321 2258 1075 Julakallu 3368 3269 1593 / 6637 / 1 I Guthikonda 1 8290 1 4173 1 4.117 / 1907 1 4.3 / 987 Vipparla 11681 / 5863 5818 ( 2622 / 4.5 1 992 1 Bolla~alli 5072 1 2636 2436 1 1196 1 4.2 1 924 1 Challagundla 6468 3236 3232 1455 4.4 999 ,Kunkalagunta - 8816 4489 4327 2004 4.4 964 Chejerla 3823 1904 1919 915 4.2 1008 Ipuru 5262 2730 2532 1199 4.4 927 1Inumella 4575 2299 2276 1053 4.3 990 659 683 306 ) 4.4 1036 / 1 pp Agnigundala 4188 2090 2098 915 4.6 1004 1Total 185600 1 43226 / 42374 1 19514 1 4.4 1 980 1 Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 46%, it is lower among females (33.3%) as compared to their male members (58.6%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages Name of Village Literacy Rate I Males / Females 1Total )Chintapalli 61.9 / 38.9 ( 50.5 1 1Vaddemgunta 24.1 32.4 24.6 37.0 1 1Challagundla 64.3 1 37.6 ) 51.1 ( - - Kunkalagunta I 65.9 40.1 532 I Chejerla 54.2 32.7 43.4 Ipuru 55.7 31.3 44.1 1Inumella 1 59.8 1 35.6 1 47.9 1 [ Average 58.6 1 33.3 1 46.0 1 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 47,066 (Table N)which works out to around 55 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.8. The total non workers number 38,534 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers - Distribution of Workers Village Total (Workers Workers -Labours 1377 207 27001879 i:K?z 1 1 Julakallu 1175 2182 469 Guthikonda 1311 2601 484 i:U: Bollapalli 293 1141 718 2152 2920 Vaddemgunta 949 1008 243 2200 1647 Gundlapalli 3 4208 796 6078 4942 - P Challagundla 1122 1972 505 3599 2869 ------. Kunkalagunta 1819 2771 488 5078 3738 Chejerla 393 1792 186 2371 1452 IDUIU 654 1467 490 2611 2651 -- Inumella 994 1204 229 2427 2148 Bommaraiuvalli 176 537 63 776 566 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 14,403and the agriculture labour is 26,886 which together constitute 88% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernizationof existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package); the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by graveyard in Agnigundala village. Proposed Measures: At the time of implementation, verify the details about the extent of encroachment by the graveyard. Plan another site for the graveyard in discussion/consultation with the local community at a suitable site. All discussions will be documented appropriately. Entitlements: As can be seen from above, one graveyard for relocation. The estimated cost to implement is Rs.10,000 (lump sum will be re-estimated during construction). - Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with W A . Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: a Women participation, both as members of W A Sand the Management Committee (MC) is nil. a There are almost 5% of households in all the three package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. a The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. a The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. a Each village has 10-12 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock and other income generating related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package (one village namely Kambhampadu is also a part of the package 9 therefore the Gender Action Plan for this village has already been discussed in Package 9 and is not discussed here.) Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory imgation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers (at least 10 women farmers from each village) in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices (at least two women from each village) Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 80 women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 80 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women farmer. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 8) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start IGA activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the W A and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc fiom Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 4,06,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table V). Table V: Budget for Gender Development Plan 1 SlNo 1 Activity Unit 1 Budget Amount (Rs) 1 1. Orientation workshop 10women from each 1,40,000 for women farmers on village from 14 planning, O&M villages- @ Rs 1000 per woman ,Skill development on 10women fiom each technical issues and village from 14 account keeping villages- @ Rs 1000 per woman Exposure visits for 3 woman from each women farmers on village from 14 1improved agriculture villages- @ Rs 3000 technologies per woman Total 1 4,06,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social asscssment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 7% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are nine Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 12,857. Table VI gives the details of the W A S : Table VI: Details of the WUAs Farm ) 1Mandal 1 Village WUA Name Households 1 1Karemvudi 1 Chintavalli 1 1 1 I~idukralla ~ulakailu / 1 Chintavalli 1 Guttikonda JanapaJu- 1406 Romvicherla Vi~varla Viv~arla 1923 I Kunkalakunta-I 1185 Bollavalli 1Bollavalli Vaddemgunta Vellaturu Nakarikallu Gundla~alli I I Challagundla I Kunkalagunta Kunkalakunta-I 1 Kunkalakunta-I1 1210 Santhagudipadu-I Machavaram Ipuru Ipuru J Inumella A.Muppalla-I ( 394 , Bommarajupalli 1Total 12,85a The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 11 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve imgation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by mango. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 5-8 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 108 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 9 W A S ) a Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. a Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 9 WUA members) during the implementation phase a Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village -a total of 280 farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the W A Swith agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package XII: RC GNT - 12 Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 100.986 to km 137.40 (Near Cross Regulator) The Package No. RC GNT - 12 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 36.414 km of the Jawahar main canal from km 100.986 to km 137.40. This package is mainly in Guntur and Prakasam districts and passes through 10 villages from three mandals as given below in Table P12. I: The map showing Package 12villages is also shown below: Table P12.1: List of Villages in Packa e 12 I District I Mandal I Villa~e __gl --- Guntur Bollapalle Gutlapalli Vellaturu Vaddemgunta Pullalacheruvu Isukatri~uravaram I Manepalli Prakasam Tri~uranthakamI Gana~avararn - Tripuranthakam Kankanalapalli Raiuvalem 1 Narasingapuram 1 Map showing Package 12 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11),the total population of the ten villages is 49,117 of which males account for 51.2 % of the total population and the rest 48.8% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 965 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 10,267 households and average family size works out to about 4.8. Compared to the average family size of 4.1 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages Name of Village Population Total Family Sex Total ( Males 1Females Households Size Ratio ~ d a ~ a l l i 5401 2730 2671 1064 5.1 / 978 Vellaturu 7839 4014 3825 1680 4.7 953 Vaddemgunta 3847 1888 1959 874 4.4 1038 Isukatriuuravaram 5054 2601 2453 998 5.1 943 Manepalli 1781 916 865 390 4.6 944 Ganauavaram 5895 3161 2734 1158 5.1 865 Tripuranthakam 7738 4042 3696 1676 4.6 914 Kankanala palli 7150 3640 3510 1512 4.7 964 Rajupalem 2831 1418 1413 591 4.8 996 Narasingapurarn 1 1581 1 769 1 812 324 1 4.9 1 1056 Total 149,117 1 25.179 1 23.938 10.267 1 4.8 1 965 Literacy Level: Table 111 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 34.3%, it is lower among females (21.3%) as compared to their male members (46.9%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages 1Name of Villa~e I Literacv Rate Males Females Total Gutlapalli 36.6 13.6 25.3 Vellaturu 53.8 27.9 41.3 Vaddemgunta 43.6 24.1 32.4 Isukatri~uravaram 40.8 13.2 27.5 Manepalli 30.9 12.1 21.7 Ganapavaram 53.7 20.2 38.4 Tripuranthakam 68.7 38.2 54.2 , Kankanala palli 46.9 19.5 33.4 Raiu~alem 52.2 28.2 40.3 Narasingapuram 42.4 16.8 29.4 Average 46.9 21.3 34.3 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 27,650 (Table IV) which works out to around 56.2 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.7. The total non workers number 21,467 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers Name of Village Distribution of Workers Non Cultivators Agri. Other Total Workers Labours Workers Gutlapalli -- -- 1245 1866 136 3247 2154 Vellaturu 1174 2824 566 4564 3275 1Vaddemrrunta I 949 1 1008 1 243 1 2200 1 1647 1 Isukatripuravaram 1284 1556 300 Mane~alli 358 522 115 995 Ganapavaram 823 1610 454 2887 3008 Tri~uranthakam 864 1720 1252 3836 3902 L Kankanala palli 1194 2837 423 ( 4454 2696 IRaiupalem 242 1046 2531 1541 1290 1Total 8,267 1 15,511 1 3,872 1 27,650 1 21,467 1 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 8,267 and the agriculture labour is 15311which together constitute 56% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The Issue: The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernizationof existing canal system. However during walk though survey all along the canal length (proposed under the Package), the field team observed encroachment of canal banks by eighteen local families being used for agriculture purposes. The eighteen families will lose their entire land, thus the economic livelihood will be affected to undertake the proposed civil works. Socioeconomic Profile: A socio-economic profile of the Project Affected Families (PAFs) is presented in Table V. Table V: Socio-economic Profile of PAFs Total No.of No.of Type of Loss No.of SC ST House Agri. Mandal Village PAFs PAFs PAFs land Others Thripuranthakam Ganapavaram ----4 4 1 0 0 0 P P K a n k a n a l a p a l l l l 0 0 0 1 0 Rajupalem 12 2 2 0 12 0 ------- Thripuranthakam 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 18 7 I Total 18- 3 0 As can be seen from the above table out of the 18 PAFs, 3 belong to Scheduled Caste category and 2 belong to Scheduled Tribes. Total 18 families are loosing of their agriculture land. The details of the potential displaced family's caste, educational level and the poverty level are annexed. Expected Losses: As per .theresults of the survey can be seen, the physically displaced families are expected to lose 5.17 acres of land on project land. The details of the expected losses are presented in Annexure. Proposed Measures: Based on the extent of impact and the R&R entitlement framework agreed for the project, the following steps are listed to help those affected in receiving their R&R entitlements and restore their livelihood. At the time of implementation, verify the details about the PAFs Present the RAP details in the W A level meeting Get the PAFs7 record attested by the WUA in the presence of Gram Panchayt, NGO (if available) and Package level staff Discuss the proposed R&R entitlements with PAFs and get their optionslagreement. The agreement shall also involve their consent on the relocation site or monitory entitlements. The RAP shall also cover selection of suitable sites for relocation. Efforts should be made that these sites are as close as possible to the present habitations of the PAFs. The RAP shall also involve taking consent of the host villages where the relocation is proposed and other appropriate authoritative sanctions. Distribute R&R entitlements to PAFs before the commencement of civil works Training in need based skills. Assistance to avail benefits for STs, marginal and small farmers. All discussions on RAP will be documented appropriately. This draft RAP shall be revised by the Package Unit taking into account the updated information and further consultations held with WUA and PAFs. The revised RAP will be approved by the competent authority at the PPMU. Entitlements to PAFs: Based on the agreed R&R entitlement framework for the project, the entitlements to the PAFs (based on their eligibility criteria) are presented in Table VI and details of the each PAF are presented in the Annexure. Table VI: Budget for RAP Implementation -- Type of PAF Number Entitlements Total Training Transport ERG (750 days Amount Assistance allowance per men-75000, (Rs.) (Rs) (@ (Rs 5000 per women - 1000per person) per unit) 60000) 500 man days if the affected is ST-50000) Agriculture 116 1 16,000 1 - 112,00000 112,16,000 (Non STs) Agriculture 2 2,000 - 2,50,000 2,52,000 0, I Total 14,68,000 Implementation: The implementation and monitoring of the RAP is the responsibility of the Package Manager in close working with W A . Budget: The total estimated cost to implement the RAP for the Package 12 is Rs. 14,68,000. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of W A Sand the Management Committee (MC) is nil. There are almost 2% of households in all the package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of inigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock and other income generating related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management 0 Organize orientation workshop for women farmers (at least 10 women farmers from each village - a total of 100 ) in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices (at least two women fiom each village -a total of 20) Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village - a total of 20) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village - a total of 100women farmers) in the implementation phase Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 100women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women farmer. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 10) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start income generating activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly fiom various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 2,90,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table VII). Table VII: Budget for Gender Development Plan ( Sl No ( Activity 1 Unit ( Budget 1 Amount (Rs) pp P 1. Orientation workshop for 10 women from each 1,00,000 I I women farmers on I village from 10 villages- 1 I planning, O&M @ R; 1000per woman 2. Skill development on 10 women from each 1,00,000 1 1 technical issues and 1 1 I I village from 10 villages- account keeping @ R; 1000per woman 3. Exposure visits for 3 woman from each 90,000 women farmers on village from 10 villages- improved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman technologies ( Total ( 2,90,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 9% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are eight Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 8,919. Table VIII gives the details of the WUAs: Table VIII: Details of the WUAs Farm Mandal Village WUA Name Households Bollapalle ~utla) -- Gutlapalli 285 Vellaturu 1Vellaturu 1900 1Perurupadu 900 Thripuranthakam Manepalli Ganapavaram pp -- - Tripuranthakarn Kankanala~alli Bhimavaram 2021 Pakalapadu 454 Raiuualem Gunllaualli 1069 , Narasingapuram 1 Total 8.919 The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 12 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by mango. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 5-8 kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the W A S and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 96 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 8 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train W A accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 8 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village -a total of 200 farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the W A S at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historical places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographs/video will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticidesifertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package XIII: RC PRA - 13 Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 137.40to km 172.7 The Package No. RC PRA - 13 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 35.3 km of the Jawahar main canal from km 137.40 to krn 172.7. This package is mainly in Prakasam district and passes through 6 villages from two mandals as given below in Table P13. I: The map showing Package 13villages is also shown below: Table P13.1: List of villages in Package 13 2 Study Districts --- 7 0 1 5 3 6 9 Canal Aliahnment - - Map showing Package 13 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11),the total population of the six villages is 19,386 of which males account for 51.2 % of the total population and the rest 48.8% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 970 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 4,177 households and average family size works out to about 4.7. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, the family size in the package villages is observed to be more than the district average. Table 11:Demography Details of the Package Villages Name of Village Population ITotal Family Sex Total ( Males (Females Households Size Ratio ----996 1413 591 4.8 Avulamanda 1451 663 4.5 936 1 1 I I Kallur 1 2746 1 1359 1 1387 1 577 4.8 1021 West Naidupalem ------ 2270 1155 1115 482 4.7 965 Kurichedu 8092 4229 3863 1770 4.6 913 Perambotla Palem 445 223 222 94 4.7 996 Total 19,386 9,,935 9,451 4,177 4.7 970 Literacy Level: Table 111 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 37.7%, it is lower among females (25.3%) as compared to their male members (49.3%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages 1 Name of Village ( Literacy Rate -- - Males Total Raiu~alem 52.2 28.2 40.3 Avulamanda Kallur West Naidu~alem 33.7 Kurichedu 75.7 45.6 61.4 Perambotla (Average 1 49.3 1 25.3 ( 37.7 ( Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 9,964 (Table IV) which works out to around 51.3 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.9. The total non workers number 9,422 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers Name of Village Distribution of Workers Non Cultivators Agri. Other Total Workers Labours Workers Rajupalem 242 1046 253 1541 1290 Avulamanda 464 1151 162 1777 1225 - pKallur 151 1528 1218 West Naidu~alem 411 786 172 1369 901 1 /Kurichedu 624 1341 1 1502 1 3467 1 4625 1 Perambotla Palem 268 1 / 13 1 282 1 1631 Total 2,810 1 4,901 1 2,253 1 9,964 1 9,422 1 As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 2,810 and the agriculture labour is 4,901which together constitute 51.3%of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitatiodmodernization of existing canal system. Also during the PAFs survey no encroachments were found in the Nagarjuna Sagar Project land. Therefore as of now there are no Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) issues related to this package. However if during project implementation such issues do come-up then they may be taken into consideration as per the procedures and entitlements already discussed in the report. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is around 25%. Though there are 2 women members in each WUA Committees, their participation in the WUA meetings is almost nil. The women representatives are inactive in managing WUA activities. There are almost 4% of households in all the three package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on -theirname but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock and other income generating related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women WUA members (2 members) in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices (at least two women from each village -a total of 12) Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village -atotalof 12) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village a total of 60 women farmers) in the implementation phase - Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIV/AIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 60 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women farmer. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 6) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start income generating activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the WUA and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 1,92,000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table V). Table V: Budget for Gender Development Plan 1S1 No I Activity 1 Unit 1 Budget I Amount (Rs) 1. Orientation workshop 10women from each 60,000 for women farmers on village from 6 villages- planning, O&M @ Rs 1000per woman 2. Skill development on 10women from each 60,000 technical issues and village from 6 villages- account keeping @ Rs 1000per woman Exposure visits for 4 woman from each 72,000 women farmers on village from 6 villages- improved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman I Itechnologies I I I 1Total 1 1,92,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory imgation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 4% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are two Water User Associations (WUAs) in the package villages covering 1376. Table VI gives the details of the W A S : Table VI: Details of the WUAs 1 I I 1 Farm 1 Mandal Village WUA Name Households Thriuuranthakam Raiuualem Gunllaualli 1069 1Kurichedu I Kurichedu I Veerava~alemI 307 1 I Total 13761 The key Issues related to WUAs in the Package 13 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by mango. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 8-10kms away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the WUAs and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 24 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to W A Sparticipating in the project (a total of 2 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 2 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village- a total of 120 farmers) during the implementation phase Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 5. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 6. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 7. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historicalplaces, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 8. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activitieslimpacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, INM,dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system. Package XIV: RC PRA - 14 Rehabilitation of NS Jawahar Main Canal from km 172.7 to km 202.78 The Package No. RC PRA - 14 envisages rehabilitation and modernization of the 30.08 km of the Jawahar main canal from km 172.7 to km 202.78. This package is mainly in Prakasarn district and passes through 4 villages from one mandals as given below in Table P14. I: The map showing Package 14villages is also shown below: Table P13.1: List of Villages in Package 14 District Mandal Village Prakasam Kurichedu West Veerayapalem Bayyavaram Dekanakonda Peddavaram Study Districts I - - --- I ip> 2 --7 1 Z RRAKISI; , 1 DISTRICT -I- t3- .- - *,- Prepared a t - 0 1 2 4 6 d y m EQM Division, EPTRI -Canal Alighnment Map showing Package 14 activities covered Villages Socio-economic Condition of the Beneficiary Villages Demography: According to 2001 Census (Table 11), the total population of the four villages is 8,455 of which males account for 51% of the total population and the rest 49% are females. Evidently, the sex ratio in these villages is in favour of males - 953 females for every 1,000 males. There are a total of 1,918 households and average family size works out to about 4.3. Compared to the average family size of 4.5 at the district level, -the family size in the package villages is observed to be less than the district average. Table 11: Demography Details of the Package Villages 1Name of Village Population Total I Total I Males / Females Households West Veerayapalem 4010 2061 1949 918 4.4 946 ' Bayyavaram 738 389 349 178 4.1 897 Dekanakonda 2508 1256 1252 550 1 4.6 997 Peddavaram 1199 608 ) 591 272 4.4 972 ' ,Total 8,455 4,314 1 4,141 1,918 4.3 953 Literacy Level: Table I11 indicates that while overall literacy percentage in Package villages is around 39.2%, it is lower among females (24.9%) as compared to their male members (52.7%). Table 111: Literacy Levels in the Package Villages I Name of Village I Literacv Rate I West Veerayapalem 66.2 ( 36.5 51.8 1 Bawavaram 57.5 I 29.0 44.1 1 Peddavaram ( Average 1 52.7 ) 24.9 / 39.2 1 Work Participation: The total workers in the Package villages are 4,883 (Table IV) which works out to around 57.7 % of the total population. Thus the dependency ratio in the package villages is 0.7. The total non workers number 3,572 most of whom are children, school going children and aged population. Table IV: Distribution of Workers Name of Village Distribution of workers Non Cultivators I Agri. IOther (Total Workers As can be seen from the Table IV, the total number of cultivators is 2,142 and the agriculture labour is 2,141 which together constitute 57.7% of the total workers. Resettlement Action Plan The design of the project does not envisage any new land acquisition since the civil works proposed are mainly rehabilitation/modernizationof existing canal system. Also during the PAFs survey no encroachments were found in the Nagarjuna Sagar Project land. Therefore as of now there are no Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) issues related to this package. However if during project implementation such issues do come-up then they may be taken into consideration as per the procedures and entitlements already discussed in the report. Gender Development Plan In order to assess the issues related to gender in the Package villages, a social assessment was undertaken which included beneficiary survey and consultations in the villages. The status of women in Package villages and the issue in relation to the project revealed from the social assessment is presented below: Women participation, both as members of WUAs and the Management Committee (MC) is nil. There are almost 2% of households in all the package villages are headed by women where they also hold land on their name but the decision making is done by male members. The participation of women in the management of irrigation and decision making is poor and they are unaware about the irrigation sector acts. The income generation by women is low and is mostly through agriculture labour and livestock. Each village has 3-4 SHGs which are mostly engaged in livestock and other income generating related activities but not in the irrigation activities. Proposed Measures: Based on the issues identified in the social assessment and the Gender Development Strategy agreed for the project, following measures are proposed for this Package. Continue community level discussions on issues relating to women, particularly those related to the project and participatory irrigation management Organize orientation workshop for women farmers (at least 10 women farmers from each village - a total of 40 ) in planning, implementation and O&M phase of the project Arrange exposure visits for women farmers on improved agricultural practices (at least two women from each village -a total of 8) Organize agriculture demonstrations in women farmers' fields (at least two in each village - a total of 8) Train women members in 'Leadership development' (One session in each village having 10women from each village a total of 40 women farmers) in the implementation phase - Ensure that a minimum of 50% of the women farmers attend WUA meetings. Undertake awareness generation, through folk media including plays, songs, puppet shows etc, on issues like women education, health, representation, empowerment, HIVIAIDS, Child labour, their involvement in project implementation and O&M, etc.. Support women members in their skill development on technical issues related to the project and record keeping (at least one group in each village targeting 10 women - a total of 40 women) and refresher program in O&M. Encourage and ensure that women farmers are included in the WUA contract committee - at least one women farmer. Strengthen existing SHGs (in activities like documentation and accounting of SHG accounts, income generation activity trainings etc depending on the need of the SHGs) and encourage them to participate in project construction activities and O&M activities. For this purpose, training could be organized for SHG members on handling petty contracts. The Package Manager could facilitate SHGs in getting small contracts, particularly during O&M phase Organize Loan Melas (at least one in each village - a total of 4) through Banks to facilitate credit availability for women to start income generating activities. Ensure that interested women workers are involved in wage employment under the project. This requires close working with the civil contractors. Implementation: The implementation of the GAP at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager and will be supported by NGO, if available. WUA will be closely associated in the implementation of gender development plan of this package. The monitoring shall be done by the W A and Package Manager in addition to the Project level M&E arrangement. Budget: The budgetary requirement of implementing Gender Action Plan will come mainly from various components and sub-components of the project: (i) Capacity Building including training from Sub Component B3; (ii) Agriculture Support Services from Sub Component B5; (iii) Awareness generation, etc from Sub Component D3; (iv) specific measures from Sub Component B6. The details of the specific measures (and a budgetary requirement of Rs 128000) proposed for this Package is given below (Table V). Table V: Budget for Gender Development Plan I Sl No 1 Activity I Unit 1 Budget ( AmountlRs) pp 1. Orientation workshop 10women from each 40,000 1 for women farmers (village from 4 villages- I I on planning, O&M @ Rs 1000per woman 1 ( Skill development on 10women from each 140,000 1 technical issues and (village from 4 villages- ( account keeping @ R; 1000per woman 3. Exposure visits for 4 woman from each v 48,000 women farmers on village from 4 villages- improved agriculture @ Rs 3000 per woman technologies Total 1,28,000 Tribal Status In order to assess the status of tribals, referred as Scheduled Tribes, and their concerns in relation to the proposed project and participatory irrigation management, a social assessment was carried out in the Package villages. The assessment revealed that the tribals constitute a little less than 5% of the total population. This tribal population is well merged with the main population and as such there are no specific issues faced by them and therefore there is no need to prepare a separate tribal development for this package. Other Social Issues The social assessment also focused on social issues other than those discussed above. Most of these issues are related to the involvement of various sections of the project population - in terms of their membership, representation in WUA, involvement in WUA functioning, accessing project benefits, etc. There are two Water User Associations ( W A S )in the package villages covering 3,470. Table VI gives the details of the W A S : Table VI: Details of the WUAs 1 11 I I Farm 1 Maodal WUA Name Households 1 Kurichedu Bayyavaram Mukkellapadu 2446 West Veerava~alem Chintalacheruvu-I1 1024 I Total 3,470 1 The key Issues related to W A Sin the Package 13 villages are: Poor awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the WUA Management Committee No regular WUA management committee meetings Poor clarity on the role of WUA in project planning, implementation and monitoring No office space for WUAs Non involvement of WUA in other community development activities Poor awareness on the scope and components of the project Lack of technical knowledge of the works proposed to improve irrigation service delivery Weak record keeping and no accounting abilities Lack of market for diversifying cropping pattern - presently it is paddy dominated followed by mango. There are no nearby marketing facilities - farmers have to go to markets which are approximately 8-10 krns away. Traditional agricultural practices are in still in use. Machines are used only in the harvesting stage. Proposed Measures: Organize orientation workshops for WUA Managing Committee Members on the objective and function of the W A S and also on implementation and O&M of works (a total of 24 WUA MC Members) during the planning phase Arrange exposure visits for the WUA members in batches during the planning and implementation phase Provide infrastructure support to WUAs participating in the project (a total of 2 W A S ) Ensure inclusion of WUA representative in the contract committee at the package level. Train WUA accountant in accounts management and record keeping (a total of 2 WUA members) during the implementation phase Train WUA members in modem agricultural practices (at least 20 WUA members from each village a total of 80 farmers) during the implementation phase - Provide interaction to the WUAs with agriculture and marketing departments on marketing issues and facilities. Implementation: The implementation of the capacity building of the WUAs at the package level shall be taken care of by the Package Manager with the assistance of selected NGOs. The PPMU shall monitor the activities of the capacity building. Budget: The total budget for the Capacity Building of the WUAs for Package I shall be accounted for in the Sub Component B3 (Capacity Building of W A S ) and Sub Component B5 (Agriculture Support Services). Clauses in the Contractor Form: The following clauses should be made in the contract for: 1. Effective disposal of excavated silt and debris 2. Effective rehabilitation of barrow areas under the supervision of concerned engineer. 3. Identify any sensitive cultural sites (religious/historica1places, tanklcanal bunds etc) which may be effected and make effective alternative site under the supervision of concerned engineer. 4. Photographslvideo will be taken through out the project to document the activities/impacts. Other environmental related activities such as water conservation, IPM, DM, dam safety, conjunctive use of surface and ground water, fisheries and other sustainable agriculture practices should be budgeted for each package and implement by the relevant implementing agencies. Consultations will be made with the community to fully understand the scope of the work during different phases of the project to obtain the views. Collect feedback of current pesticideslfertilizer consumption and also evaluate the water entitlements for each canal system.