Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project

(Aided by World Bank)

CONSULTANCY SERVICES OF NGO TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL

AND COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLOSURE AND

CONTAINMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

DUMP SITE (MSW), UKKAYAPPALLI, KADAPPA DISTRICT,

ANDHRA PRADESH INDIA

Annual Report of Activities

(April 2015 to April 2017)

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Contents

Sl. No Contents Number of Pages

Annual Report of Activities 29 pages

Annexure-I : Minutes of Kick-off Meeting 04 pages

Annexure-II : Socio-Economic Survey Report 27 pages

Annexure-III : Development of IEC Materials 26 pages

Annexure-IV : Training Needs Assessment Report 12 pages

Annexure-V : Trainings on Safe, Controlled, Healthy and Sustainable

Pig/Animal Husbandry

19 pages

Annexure-VI : Co-ordinate with Contractor for providing On the Job

Training

16 pages

Annexure-VII : Counselling Services to PAPs 42 pages

Annexure-VIII : Grievance Redressal Committee Meeting 53 pages

Annexure-IX : Solid Waste Management Awareness Programme 60 pages

Annexure-X : Organisation of Mass Campaign on SWM 12 pages

Annexure-XI : On-site-Consultations with PAPs 42 pages

Annexure-XII : Promotion of Education 9 pages

Annexure-XIII : Coordination with the KMC & PCB to provide ID cards to the

Eligible PAPs.

15 pages

Annexure-XIV : Support to PCB to Transfer Transition Allowance to the

Eligible PAPs

25 pages

Annexure-XV : Training on Sanitation, Health and Hygiene and Safety

Measures

12 pages

Annexure-XVI : Vocational Training Programmes 38 pages

Annexure-XVII : Formation and Institutionalization of PAP Groups 8 pages

Annexure-XVIII : Social Security Support Activities 12 pages

Annexure-XIX : Support for Alternate Employment to PAPs 8 pages

Annexure-XX : Stakeholder Consultation Meeting 11 pages

Annexure-XXIa : Monthly Progress Reports (Task-1 & Task-2) 110 pages

Annexure-XXIb : Monthly Progress Reports (Task-3) 66 pages

656 pages

Introduction The rapid pace of urbanization in India has led to the generation of large quantities of solid and

hazardous waste in many cities in India. A particularly serious problem is associated with

hazardous wastes related to the unknown quantities of hazardous substances from the

households and industries. Hence the management of municipal solid waste has become one of

the key challenges for urban local bodies.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India (MoEF) is implementing a project on

Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management (CBIPMP) with financial and technical

support from the World Bank. The project has been taken up for implementation in the State of

Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and West Bengal as pilot project for its likely replication in other

states. Four polluted sites – of which one is in Andhra Pradesh (Ukkayapalli Municipal Solid

Waste Dumpsite in Kadapa) – have been identified for remediation on pilot basis. Andhra

Pradesh Pollution Control Board is the implementing agency for the Project for the State of

Andhra Pradesh. One major activity before and after implementation of this project is to carry

out the Environmental and Social Management Plan in the project area in co-ordination with

various stakeholders and affected groups. The APPCB engaged the service of a NGO to

implement the social and communication activities and they awarded the contract to the

Centre for Environment and Development and the contract was signed on 22nd April 2015. Due

to various reasons the Year-1 project activities has been extended twice till 30th April 2017. The

current report is the annual report of activities undertaken under the assignment of the Year-1

contract.

The Project Area The present project will be implemented at the Solid Waste Dumpsite, Ukkayapalli, in Kadapa.

Kadapa islocated within the co-ordinates 14°28’ 51.96” N and 78° 50’ 38.60” E. It has an

average elevation of 138metres. The District of Kadapa has an area of 8723 sq.km. Kadapa is

one of the oldest municipalities in Rayalaseema region and the district headquarters of Y.S.R,

Kadapa district. It was constituted as a municipality in the year 1868,with an area of 6.84 sq.

km. It was upgraded as Municipal Corporation in 2004 with an area of 91.05 sq. km.

Subsequently in 2006 the area of the Corporation was increased to 164.08 sq. km by merging

surrounding grampanchayats. The city is situated 8 km south of the Penna River.

The project area is considered to be an area

within a radius of 10 km from the centre of the

dumpsite. The total Project Affected People

(PAPs) due to the proposed closure and

containment of dumpsite have been identified

irrespective of the distance. The area in the

vicinity of the dumpsite is designated as a

residential zone according to the 2031 KMC

planning maps. The dumpsite at Ukkayapalli in

Kadapa contains large quantities of organic waste along with other fractions from household

and business waste. In the project area 55 families are depending on the dumpsite for their

livelihood on account of rag picking and pig rearing. The rag picker families mostly collect

plastics and metals. Out of the 55 families 22 families with a population of 68 persons are

directly involved in rag picking and another 33 families who hails from Scheduled Tribe

(Yerukala) community with a population of 131 persons involved in pig rearing. The pigs feed on

organic waste. Another 8 persons are also depended on the dumpsite who are settled in the

town at a different location and regularly visit the site for waste collection.

Mobilization and Positioning Project Personnel The Centre for Environment and Development has positioned the following personnel for the

implementation of the project.

1. Dr. Manmath K. Mohanty, Project Coordinator

2. Mr. Shivaprasad, Field Coordinator

3. Mr. M. Anant Padmnabham, Field Coordinator

Preparatory meeting

After signing the contract the Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project

(CBIPMP) of APPCB convened a meeting of the representatives of the Consultant organization

on 6th May 2015 and discussed various issues connected with the implementation of the

project. It was decided to conduct a Kick Off

meeting at Kadapa Municipal Corporation on

27th May 2015. The representative s of the

Centre for Environment and Development

(CED) suggested to include representatives of

the line departments like Health (National

Urban Health Mission), Education, ICDS (W&C

Department), Town Mission Coordinator of

MEPMA etc in addition to already listed stakeholders so that the programme can be

implemented on a convergence mode and help its sustainability after CED exit from the project.

Kick Off Meeting

The Kick off meeting of the project was scheduled on 27th May 2015 at Kadapa Municipal

Corporation and attended by all the Stakeholders including the representatives of the line

departments as decided in the

Preparatory meeting held on 6th May

2015. The minutes of the meeting is

attached as Annexure-1.

The important decisions arrived after

the presentations and discussions are

listed below:

Representative from MEPMA

expressed that they will extend

their support for forming Project Affected Persons as SHGs under the project.

The Contractor, M/s Ramky informed that they provide trainings to the PAPs on

Personal Protective Equipment during the execution of works at the site.

Head Mistress, Urdu Girls High School assured that they will support the project team

and will give admissions in their school for PAPs children age between 6 to 14 years.

One of the participant suggested

for involving the nearby

government school teachers in the

project as the Urdu Girls High

School is far away from the project

site.

Member of Grievance Redressal

Committee (GRC) requested the

Kadapa Municipal Corporation and

Pollution Control Board to support the PAPs to improve their standard of living.

Representatives of PAPs requested for alternate livelihood support on daily wage basis

at the dumpsite.

Activities Undertaken during Year-1

As per the contract the activities were grouped under 3 task periods i.e. Task-1 (from 1st to 3rd

month of works execution), Task-2 (from 4th to 8 month of work execution) and Task-3 (from 9th

to 12th month of work execution). Some of the activities are specific to some Task periods and

there are certain common activities undertaken in each of the task periods as per the contract.

The common activities included onsite consultations (once in each week), counseling services

(once in a month), grievance redressal committee meeting (once in a month), SWM awareness

programmes (once in every fortnight in the neighbourhood community), support to ensure

proper education of the children of PAPs and preparation of progress reports (on a monthly

basis). The activities such as production of IEC materials, training needs assessment (TNA),

Training programme on safe, controlled, healthy and sustainable pig/animal husbandry, training

on use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in co-ordination with contractor, co-ordination

with the KMC & PCB to provide ID cards to eligible PAPs, support to Client to transfer transition

allowance to the eligible PAPs are specific to Task-1. Trainings on personal health and hygiene,

mass campaign are specific to Task-2. Co-coordination with contractor for alternate livelihood

support and Formation and institutionalization of PAP groups are common to Task-2 & Task-3.

Support for realization of social security entitlements for eligible PAPs, vocational training and

stakeholders’ consultation meeting are specific to Task-3. Besides, a socio-economic survey was

conducted during the Task-1 reporting period. The list of activities, programmes, reports and

deliverables to be organized in Task-3 and its status of completion is mentioned in Table-1.

Table-1: list of activities, programmes, reports and deliverables and status of completion under Year-I Activities Frequency/

Units Reports and Deliverables Details Status of

Completion

Task-1 Task-2 Task-3 Total

IEC materials Once Development of

Brochures,

posters, flyers,

training resource

material,

flipcharts etc.

Development of IEC materials

Two sets of IEC materials were development in English and Telegu language and approved by the APPCB

Completed

Training Needs

Assessment

Once One TNA report One TNA report TNA report prepared and approved by APPCB

Completed

Training

programme on

safe, controlled,

healthy and

sustainable

pig/animal

husbandry

Three

batches

Three trainings

and training

reports

Three trainings

and training

reports

Conducted three

batches of Training

programme on safe,

controlled, healthy and

sustainable pig/animal

husbandry for PAPs

Completed

Training on use of

Personal Protective

Equipment (PPE) in

co-ordination with

contractor

Once Training

programmes for

PAPs and its

report

Training

programmes for

PAPs and its

report

One training programmes for PAPs completed

Completed

Counselling One session Two counseling Five counseling Four counseling Eleven counseling Eleven counseling Completed

Activities Frequency/Units

Reports and Deliverables Details Status of Completion

Task-1 Task-2 Task-3 Total

services to the

PAPs

every month reports reports reports reports sessions were

organized

Grievance

Redressal

Committee

Meeting

One in a

month till

11th

month

Two GRC

meetings & its

minutes

Five GRC

meetings & its

minutes

Three GRC

meetings & its

minutes

Ten GRC meetings

& its minutes

Eleven GRC meetings

were organized

including one public

grievance meeting

specially for SC & ST at

district level and its

minutes were attached

Completed

Solid Waste

Management

Awareness

Programmes

one in every

fortnight in

the

neighbourh

ood

community

Six awareness

programmes and

its reports

Ten awareness

programmes and

its reports

Eight awareness

programmes and

its reports

Twenty four

awareness

programmes and

its reports

Twenty Four SWM

awareness meetings &

three mass campaigns

were conducted till

April 2017 and its

reports were attached

Completed

Mass Campaign on

Solid Waste

Management

Once One Mass

Campaign and its

report

One Mass

Campaign and its

report

Three mass campaigns

were conducted till

April 2017 and its

reports were attached

Completed

Onsite consultation

meeting with the

PAPs

Weekly

once

Twelve

consultations

and its reports

Twenty

consultations and

its reports

Sixteen

consultations and

its reports

Forty Eight

consultations and

its reports

Compiled report on

117 onsite

consultation meetings

is attached.

Completed

Activities Frequency/Units

Reports and Deliverables Details Status of Completion

Task-1 Task-2 Task-3 Total

Ensure that all

children of

relocated PAPs

have access to

proper education

Regularly Report on PAPs

children attending

school

Report on PAPs

children attending

school attached

Completed

Co-ordination with

the KMC & PCB to

provide ID cards to

eligible PAPs

Once Records of ID

cards provided

Records of ID

cards provided

ID card issued to 178 PAPs (including 3 PAPs who expired after receiving ID cards)

Completed

Support to Client to

transfer transition

allowance to the

eligible PAPs

Once Report/Docume

nt on Transition

Allowance

Provided to PAPs

Report/Document

on Transition

Allowance

Provided to PAPs

100 eligible PAPs were distributed transitional allowance in 3 installments (total Rs. 20, 625 per PAPs)

Completed

Trainings on

personal health

and hygiene

Once Organisation of

trainings and its

reports

Organisation of

trainings and its

reports

Two traing programme organized and reports are attached

Completed

Mass campaign on

SWM

One Mass Campaign & its report

One Mass Campaign & its report

Three Mass campaigns were organized and reports were attached

Completed

Vocational

trainings

Seven

batches

Seven trainings

and its reports

Seven trainings and its reports

Seven vocational

trainings based on the

need assessment

including trainings on

Light Motor Vehicle,

Tailoring, Candle

Completed

training for

79 PAPs in 7

batches and

7 vocations.

Activities Frequency/Units

Reports and Deliverables Details Status of Completion

Task-1 Task-2 Task-3 Total

Making, Phenyl &

detergent powder

making, Agarbathi

making, Broomstick

preparation, Poultry,

Goatery and sheep

rearing

Consultation

Meeting

One

meeting

with the

stakeholder

s

One consultation

meeting & report

One consultation

meeting & report

One consultation

meeting of with the

stakeholders was

undertaken at the end

of Year-1 to inform

about the progress and

achievements on 26th

April 2017

Completed

Formation and

institutionalization

of PAPs group

Regularly Formation of

Three formal

groups

Institutionalizatio

n of three groups

of PAPs

Formation and

institutionalizatio

n of 3 PAPs group

Report on activities

undertaken for

formation of three

SHG groups in Vidyut

Nagar ST colony area is

attached

Completed

Social Security

entitlements to the

PAPs

Report on PAPs

benefited through

Public schemes.

Report on PAPs

benefited through

Public schemes.

Report on PAPs

benefited through

public schemes or

social entitlements are

Completed

Activities Frequency/Units

Reports and Deliverables Details Status of Completion

Task-1 Task-2 Task-3 Total

attached.

Provide alternate

employment to

Eligible PAPs

Report on

alternate

livelihood

opportunity

availed by eligible

PAPs

Report on

alternate

livelihood

opportunity

availed by eligible

PAPs

Report on

alternate

livelihood

opportunity

availed by eligible

PAPs

Compiled report on

alternate livelihood

opportunity availed by

the PAPs is attached.

Completed

Progress reports Monthly

once

Three months

progress reports,

process

documentation

of project

progress

Five months

progress reports,

process

documentation of

project progress

Four months

progress reports,

process

documentation of

project progress

Twelve months

progress reports,

process

documentation of

project progress

Progress reports for

twenty four months

from May 2015 to April

2017 is attached along

with the photo

documentation

Completed

Socio Economic Survey

A socio-economic survey was undertaken during May 2015 to December 2015 to collect

information pertaining to the profile of the

PAP households, main sources of income for

the household, their entitlements and their

aspirations. The aim was baased on

information emanating from each household

profile, the corresponding linkages to the

schemes/interventions of the line

departments will be identified and facilitated

so that the PAPs get the benefits of the schemes. A checklist/questionnaire was developed in

consultation with APPCB comprising different set of questions to collect information on

Members profile, Family Profile, Identification details, history of migration, livelihood pattern of

family, income and expenditure pattern of family, social entitlements, available skill set,

knowledge on waste management and aspirations from the project. The questionnaire was

field tested and adopted to collect required information.

All available PAP households were covered under the survey. The information was collected

during the onsite consultations along with the physical verification of PAPs as a part of the

outlined activities under the contract. The report on Socio Economic Survey is appended at

Annexure-II.

Development of IEC Materials

According to the ToR and the agreement conditions the production of IEC materials is one of

the key activities that have to be carried out by the Consultant NGO. The IEC materials are

required to be developed primarily to be used in awareness camps to be undertaken under the

project. CED identified a content developer for this purpose and collected available IEC

materials from the APCB. On scrutiny of the IEC materials received from the Client it seems to

be developed for other purpose and were not matching

with the current requirement. Also the scope of the

theme for developing IEC materials on Solid waste

management has little relevance with the PAPs. Hence a

new set of IEC materials were developed.

The IEC materials included messages and pictures on

Clean, green, healthy environment, Solid Waste Issues in

Kadapa, Sources of solid wastes, Types of solid wastes,

Steps for solid waste management of degradable and

non-degradable wastes, Tips on how to manage

degradable wastes and non-degradable wastes, messages on 4-R strategy (Reduce, Reuse,

Recycle and Recover), What can I do and What can we do

for effective solid waste management.

The draft IEC materials submitted in April, 2016, 25th May

2016 & in September, 2016. Held detailed discussion with

Hon’ble Chairman, APPCB on 26th June 2016. Base

document prepared in English got translated to Telugu

and the final Telugu version submitted on 7th October

2016 (Soft Copy) and final hard copy on 4th November

2016 for approval of Client. The set of approved IEC

materials is enclosed at Annexure-III.

Training Needs Assessment

Capacity building and vocational training of the Project Affected Peoples (PAPs) are prioritized

to make them fit to take up a

vocation other than the one they are

engaged.It is one of the main

activities to find a solution to the

problem of loss of livelihood due to

the implementation of the project. It

is planned to provide hands on

training to PAPs to involve in

alternate livelihood options based

on a Training Needs Assement.

As per the contract a need assessment of

the PAPs was undertaken to get an

insight into the possible areas for

upgradation of skills required. As the

PAPs are from different backgrounds and

the vocational training has to be planned

based on their educational background

and other capabilities. Keeping these

things in mind a Training Needs Assessment (TNA) has been Undertaken for the PAPs. The TNA

report was shared with and apprved by APPCB. The report on Training Needs Assessment (TNA)

is enclosed at Annexure-IV.

Trainings on Safe, Controlled, Healthy and Sustainable Pig/Animal

Husbandry

Since majority of the PAP families were into pig rearing activity it was planned to undertake

three training programmes on safe, controlled,

healthy and sustainable pig/animal husbandry.

Hence three batches of training programmes

were conducted during the Year-1. The first

such training programmes was organised on

22nd December, 2015 - At Vidyuth Nagar,

Ukkayapalli, subsequent training programmes

were organized at 21st Jan 2016 - At

Maddimadugu, 26th Feb 2016 - At Vidyuth Nagar ST colony. The report on safe, controlled,

healthy and sustainable pig/animal husbandry is appended at Annexure-V.

Co-ordinate with Contractor for providing On the Job Training

As per the contract the consultant NGO has to

Co-ordinate with the Contractor for on the job

training for the use of PPE. A few of the PAP

members will be engaged in rag picking as their

full time job on the dumpsite and the compost

yard and it was planned to provide training to

these PAPs for using the Personal Protective

Equipment (PPE) for safer handling of wastes.

Hence a batch of training programme was organized focusing on the health and safety. The

Contractor –RAMKY supplied the PPE kits and the CED facilitated the training program at the

dumpsite. Although the training was planned to be undertaken during the Task-1 of Year-1

activity, the activity could only took place

after initiation of the execution of the civil

works at dumpsite by the contractor 13th

March 2016. The training programme for 12

PAPs was organized on 29th May 2016.

Further the interested PAPs were planned to

be imparted with the on the job training on

safe and effective use of mechanical equipment for waste sorting. CED Co-ordinated with the

Contractor RAMKY for on the job training for

the use of Mechanical Equipment and 13 PAPs

were given training on the use of mechanical

equipment for waste sorting. The Contractor

implemented the training with the support

from CED. The on-the job training programme

was organized for 13 PAPs for 5 days during the

month of May 2016. The report of training

programme on PPE and safe use of mechanical equipment for sorting is enclosed at Annexure-

VI.

Counselling Services to the PAPs

Counselling plays a most important role for

the Project Affected Peoples (PAPs). To

bring PAPs into the mainstream of polity

and economic conditions under the project

emphasis has been given to change the

mindset of PAPs to another extreme level

through individual and group counselling

by professional counselors. The first counseling session was held on 27th October 2015 at Vidyut

Nagar ST Colony. During the Year-I eleven counseling sessions were undertaken as per the plan

including one counselling cum health care camp at Ukkayapalli. The details of counseling

activities and the reports are enclosed at Annexure-VII.

Grievance Redressal Committee Meeting

In order to provide support for the PAPs on problems arising out of loss of livelihoods and to

resolve the grievances of eligible persons within a stipulated time a GRC has been established.

The GRC meeting organized once in a month.

This has established a mechanism to collect

public grievances and to follow up with PIU

and other stakeholder departments for

redressal of the same on a regular basis.

Awareness on Grievance Redressal Cell

created among the PAPs and grievance box

were fixed at different location for getting

written complaints from them. The first GRC

meeting was started on 27th January 2016. During the Year-1 reporting period against a target

of ten GRCs a total of eleven GRC meetings were held including one pubic grievance meeting

especially for SC/ST at district level where PAPs were mobilized to put their grievances. The

details of GRCs and the reports are enclosed at Annexure-VIII.

Solid Waste Management Awareness Programme

The indiscriminate dumping of solid wastes in the streets, gutters open spaces and flood during

rains leads to the spread of diseases and pollution of the environment. The ESMP Report

prepared for the closure and containment of MSW at Ukkayapalli, Kadapa suggested massive

awareness programs to different stakeholders. As per the contract the awareness generation

activities are to be organized once in a

fortnight every month for the general

community in the neighborhood of the project

area on the importance of solid waste

management and to expand community

outreach activities to change community

behavior and prevent further pollution in the

project area.

The first SWM awareness programme was

held on 10th November 2015. During the

Year-1 reporting period against a target of

twenty SWM awareness programmes a

total of twenty four such awareness

programmes were organized in the

neighborhood community. The details of

SWM awareness programmes and the

reports are enclosed at Annexure-IX.

Organisation of Mass Campaign

The ESMP Report prepared for the

closure and containment of MSW at

Ukkayapalli, Kadapa suggested massive

awareness programs to different

stakeholders. As per the contract the one

mass campaign to be organized in Year-I as a part of Solid Waste Management awareness

generation programme.

A Mass Rally was organized on 5th June 2016 on the occasion of World Environment Day at

Kadapa in association with APPCB and KMC and Local School Children. 15 PAPs participated in

the Mass Rally up to 3 Kms Walk up to Government Girls High School, Kadapa. A Rally on

Swatch Bharath : Swatch Kadapa -

Promotion and Construction of Individual

Sanitary Latrines – was organized on 19th

September 2016 in association with Kadapa

Municipal Corporation & MEPMA staff.

School Children of Konayapalli Vidyuth

Nagar was involved in the Rally along with

our PAPs children. Further a Mass Rally on

Health Promotion at Sarojini Devi Nagar, Jyothi Chemical Area – on Dengue and Malaria – was

also organized on 25th September 2016 in association with Kadapa Municipal Corporation &

MEPMA staff. PAPs involved in the Mass Rally on the day.

During the Year-1 reporting period against a target of one such mass campaign three mass

campaigns were organized. The details of mass campaign and the reports are enclosed at

Annexure-X.

Onsite Consultation meeting with the PAPs The success of dump site closure depends

on the participation and engagement of the

project affected peoples (PAPs). There is a

need to increase participation of PAPs in

the project activities. The on site

consultation process for PAPs involves

formal or informal meetings with PAPs at

their habitations. The conduct of on-site

consultation meetings were undertaken regularly with PAPs to provide all necessary

information related to their entitlements, necessary legal documentation, and disbursement of

transition allowance, explaining them procedures of payments and estimated payment

schedules, also assist them in receiving payments and other many such activities meant for

benefiting the PAPs. As per the contract the on-site consultations are to be made once in a

week every month. During Year-1 reporting period against a target of 48 onsite consultation

meetings a total of 117 onsite meetings were conducted. The details of Onsite consultations

and the reports are enclosed at Annexure-XI.

Ensuring Access to Proper Education by the Children of PAPs Illiteracy and lack of education results in the exploitation of children those do not go to school

and work as rag-pickers on the dumpsite.

They are exploited by middlemen from the

recycling business. Their parents can’t get

better jobs which in turn affects the health of

the children and the quality of their

upbringing. Under the project it was

expected that as the parents of the PAPs

have the chance to improve their livelihoods

through alternate livelihood options, their children’s conditions will also improve and parents

could be motivated to send their children to

schools. Efforts will be made by the project

management that no children below the age

of 14 years were out of school. The CED

team enlisted all eligible children and

evaluated their schooling needs. A plan for

their children’s education was developed in

consultation with KMC and local education

department and schools. The attitude of the parents is very important in sending the children

to schools. Hence regular counseling program were undertaken and the parents were

motivated to send their children to schools. Monitoring visits to the schools were made and

regular attendance of the children was facilitated. Seven New School children got admission FY

2016-17 in MPP Primary School, Kondayapalli, Kadapa. Six school dropouts of PAP children

were sent back to school. The details of support provided to ensure that children of reallocated

PAPs having access to education and the reports are appended at Annexure-XII.

Coordinate with the KMC & PCB to provide ID cards to the Eligible PAPs.

It is obvious that after the closure of dumpsite some of the rag pickers and pig rearers

dependent on it might have migrated to different places in search of livelihood. Moreover, few

PAPs might have expired and new members joined to the families through marriage and birth.

The project is intended to extend benefits to

the 207 PAPs enlisted in ESMP. The process

included collection of draft ID cards from PCB

followed by physical verification of the PAPs

were done by the CED team. The verified list

along with the photographs of PAPs collected

from site was deposited with KMC/PCB. The

PCB issued the ID proof to the PAPs which

were collected by CED tem and distributed to the PAPs in subsequent onsite meeting. During

the on-site consultation meetings 207 PAPs contained in the ESMP, were identified from

different locations and their credentials verified. Interactive meeting organized with the

identified PAPs on every week. In the interactive meetings with PAPs, the draft ID cards details

issued by KMC were verified. During the Year-1, 175 PAPs were identified to be eligible for

different benefits under the project through physical verification process. It was found that out

of 207 PAPs 21 are not available and 11 were expired. The ID cards were distributed to 178

PAPs including 3 who expired after receiving ID cards. Records on distribution of ID cards to PAP

are enclosed at Annexure-XIII.

Support to PCB to Transfer Transition Allowance to the Eligible PAPs

To enable the PAPs to receive the transition allowance, bank account details were collected. In

this process the PAPs were facilitated to open 77 new accounts (State Bank of India, DCB, KDCC

Bank, APGB etc.).

The transition Allowances for PAPs were disbursed in two installments. The first installment

was distributed to 91 PAPs on 31st March 2016 and by the APPCB @ Rs 6875/- per person. The

second installment of Transition Allowance was distributed to 100 PAPs on 31st March 2017.

The 9 PAPs who did not receive the 1st installment during the 31st March 2016 disbursement

got all three installments at a time on 31st March 2017.

The CED team facilitated opening of bank account of PAPs

to ensure transfer of funds to their accounts and verifying

the utilisation pattern as well. The accounts which were

inoperative or dormant also facilitated making it

operational. The details on compensation received as on

31st March 2017 and report on the utilization of 1st

installment of Transition Allowance by the PAPs are

enclosed at Annexure-XIV.

Training on Sanitation, Health and Hygiene and Safety Measures

Health concerns of waste pickers are of prime importance because these workers are

constantly handling different types of waste. Training to the rag pickers should be imparted on

Personal behaviour and hygiene which can further have an important effect on the risk posed.

Hence under Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project (CBIMP) training on

sanitation, health and hygiene and safety measures prioritised for the Project Affected Peoples

(PAPs) for the closure and Containment of Municipal Solid Waste Dump site (MSW),

Ukkayappalli, Kadappa district, Andhra Pradesh. As per the contract a total of 2 batches of

training programme on sanitation, health and hygiene and safety measures covering all PAPs

are to be conducted. The training cum

counseling sessions on sanitation, health

and hygiene and safety measures for the

PAPs were organized on 26th February

2016 and 16th December 2016. The detail

report of the training programme on

sanitation, health and hygiene and safety

measures is appended at Annexure-XV.

Organising Vocational Trainings

It was planned to provide vocational training to the PAPs to make them fit to take up a vocation

other than the one they are engaged, so that it will be helpful in finding a solution to the

problem of loss of livelihood due to the

implementation of the project. The PAPs

were given hands on training to be involved

in alternate livelihood options in seven

different areas for three days to two

months duration based on the approved

training need assessment report prepared

by CED. These training programmes

included trainings on Light Motor Vehicle,

Tailoring, Candle Making, Phenyl & detergent powder making, Agarbathi making, Broomstick

preparation, Poultry, Goatery and improved pig rearing. A total of 79 PAPs trained in 7 batches

and 7 vocations. The report on vocational training programmes are appended at Annexure-VI.

Formation and Institutionalization of PAPs Groups

In order to mitigate the negative impacts of affecting the livelihood of the PAPs depended on

the dumpsite due to loss of income due to closure the ESMP emphasized the Project Affected

People to be organized into Self Help Groups (SHGs) followed by institutionalization to cater

different needs like enhancement of skills for

operation and maintenance, finance

management, market linkages, opening of

bank accounts, etc. The PAPs families who live

in extreme poverty are being mobilized in to

SHGs which will help them to bring in to the

mainstream gradually. CED team with the

support of MEPMA has been undertaken

series of counseling session on SHG formation explaining the benefits of forming groups and

the processes with the PAPs. As a result of which three groups are formed. The details on

formation and institutionalization of PAP groups and the reports are enclosed at Annexure-

XVII.

Social security entitlements to the PAPs A number of social security and public schemes initiated by both the national government and

also the Government of Andhra Pradesh, to

support the poor and marginalized

community to ensure livelihood security as

well as education, health, women and child

social security and so on. It is essential to

ensure the proper mobilization of relevant

social security entitlements from the

Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kadapa

Municipal Corporation to benefit the Project Affected People. CED team facilitated the eligible

PAPs in availing the benefits under different Government Schemes. So far New white ration

cards were issued to 5 PAPs and 5 PAPs received AADHAR Card, 3 Applications submitted for

old age pension, 6 for sanction of land(House Patta), 5 applications were made for sanction of

housing through TRICOR scheme under ST Corporations, applications were also made for

availing one widow and one disabled pension scheme. CED team mobilized PAPs to place their

applications in the special progammes such as Janmabhoomi programme, Special Grievance

Redressal Meet for SC/ST before Collector of Kadapa etc. The details on facilitation support

extended for availing social security entitlements of PAPs and the reports are enclosed at

Annexure-XVIII.

Support for Providing Alternate Employment to the Eligible PAPs

The PAP members engaged in rag picking were provided

training using the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for

safer handling of wastes by the Contractor with the help

of CED engineers. They were also given training on the

use of mechanical equipment for waste sorting. The CED

team co-ordinated with the contractor to provide

temporary employment to the PAPs and engaged them in

waste sorting using the equipment. The report on

alternate employment provided to PAPs through contract

is enclosed at Annexure-XIX.

Consultation Meeting

A stakeholder’s consultation meeting was held at the end of Year-I activities involving key

stakeholders such as officials of KMC,

MEPMA, APPCB, Site engineers, trainers,

PAPs, CED team to inform about the

progress made under different acuities

and support received from agencies by the

PAPs during its implementation. The

stakeholder’s consultation meeting was

held on 26th April 2017 under the

Chairmanship of KMC Commissioner at

KMC Conference Hall. The minutes of the stakeholder’s consultation meeting is enclosed at

Annexure-XX.

Preparation of Progress Reports

There are different activities under the project as described above. In order to facilitate periodic

review and access the achievements against the milestones and the benefits accruing out of the

project progress reports were prepared once in every month. The reports were shared during

the monthly review meeting with the PCB team and internal meetings. Since the Year-1

activities were extended beyond twelve months, during the reporting period 24 monthly

reports against twelve reports were prepared. The detail progress reports along with photo

documentation are attached at Annexure-XXIa, XXIb & XXIc.

Conclusion

The Year-1 activities took more than to complete due to some of the deliverables are linked to

other activities such as initiation of activities by contractors which were beyond the control of

the Consultant NGO. Hence the year-1 time period was extended twice till April 2017. Although

all deliverables are completed, some of the significant achievements of the Year-1 reporting

period are identification of 175 PAPs, completion of all 7 types of vocational training

programmes, completion of disbursement of Transitional Allowance to the eligible PAPs, some

of the PAPs are engaged with contractors and could able to find alternate employment, process

of formation of SHGs are almost on the verse of completion. More so some of the PAPs could

be able to build new house and renovate their houses utilizing transitional allowance received

by their family members. There are possibilities that in the coming days Waste Management

Plant will be established at new dump yard by the KMC and the trained PAPs could be engaged

which will give them alternate livelihood. At the same time there are lots of challenges to make

follow up of the training programmes and link them to the different social security schemes and

assist the PAPs in finding alternate livelihood on a sustainable basis. The institutionalization of

SHG groups formed by PAPs and linking them to bank could be the immediate activity and

continued counseling and other activities for sustained behavior change for improved Solid

Waste Management practices.

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