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Resettlement Plan

1 August 2019

49001-003 FIJ: Urban Water Supply and Wastewater

Management Investment Program (Tranche 1)

Prepared by Water Authority of Fiji and the Ministry of Economy for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in November 2016 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/49001-002/documents.

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SMEC INTERNAL REF. 5035016

Rewa River Water Supply Scheme –

Resettlement Plan, Volume 1 – Updated

Investment Programme Management Unit Institutional

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REWA RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME –

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Important Notice This report is confidential and is provided solely for the purposes of providing Water Authority of Fiji with updated

details of the Resettlement Plan for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme. This report is provided pursuant to a

Consultancy Agreement between SMEC International Pty Limited (“SMEC”) and Water Authority of Fiji (“WAF”), under

which SMEC undertook to perform a specific and limited task for Water Authority of Fiji. This report is strictly limited

to the matters stated in it and subject to the various assumptions, qualifications and limitations in it and does not

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be read in conjunction with this report.

The report supersedes all previous draft or interim reports, whether written or presented orally, before the date of

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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................... VII

1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Project Components ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Locations of Project Components ................................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Initial Resettlement Plan .............................................................................................................................. 3

2 UPDATED RESETTLEMENT PLAN .............................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 RP Volume 1 and Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 4 2.2 RP-related Conditionality ............................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Land Acquisition Requirements ................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Households ........................................................................................... 5

3 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................................................ 6 3.1 Fiji Laws on Land Tenure and Ownership ..................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Fiji Laws on Land Acquisition and Compensation ........................................................................................ 6 3.3 ADB Policy Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 6 3.4 Comparison of ADB Requirements and Fiji Laws on Land Acquisition ......................................................... 7

4 PROJECT PRINCIPLES, ENTITLEMENTS AND PROCEDURES .................................................................................... 11 4.1 Procedures for Land Acquisition and Compensation ................................................................................. 11 4.2 Methodology for Valuation of Compensation ........................................................................................... 11 4.3 Eligibility for Entitlements and types of Displaced Persons ....................................................................... 12 4.4 Cut-off Date ................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.5 Project Policy Framework and Entitlements .............................................................................................. 13 4.6 Entitlement Matrix ..................................................................................................................................... 13

5 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................. 15 5.1 Institutional Responsibilities ...................................................................................................................... 15 5.2 Disbursement and Payment of Compensation .......................................................................................... 15 5.3 Capacity Development Support ................................................................................................................. 15 5.4 Other Organisations: Civil Society and Women’s Groups .......................................................................... 16

6 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ....................................................................................................................... 17 6.1 General Principle ........................................................................................................................................ 17 6.2 Objective of GRM ....................................................................................................................................... 17 6.3 Composition and Functions of GRC ............................................................................................................ 17 6.4 Functioning of GRC ..................................................................................................................................... 18 6.5 Likely Grievances ........................................................................................................................................ 18 6.6 Proposed Steps of Grievance Redress Process........................................................................................... 19

7 CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .................................................................... 20 7.1 Consultation ............................................................................................................................................... 20 7.2 Further Meetings during Construction Period ........................................................................................... 21 7.3 Disclosure ................................................................................................................................................... 22

Appendices

CUT-OFF DATE CIRCULATION

GRIEVANCE RECORDING FORM

WAF CONSULTATION PROGRAMME DURING AUGUST 2018

WAF CONSULTATION PROGRAMME IN JUNE-JULY 2019

WAF MEDIA RELEASE

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List of Tables

Table 1: Gaps and Gap-filling Measures ............................................................................................................................. 7

Table 2: Entitlement Matrix .............................................................................................................................................. 13

Table 3: Composition of GRC ............................................................................................................................................ 18

Table 4: Likely Types of Grievances .................................................................................................................................. 18

Table 5: Grievance Redress Process ................................................................................................................................. 19

Table 6: Summary of Consultation Meetings held from 13 August 2018 to 8 July 2019 .................................................. 21

List of Figures

Figure 1: Locations of the new Structures .......................................................................................................................... 2

Figure 2: Alternate Route in Viria Village ............................................................................................................................ 2

Figure 3: Community Consultation in Viria Village on 5 June (morning) .......................................................................... 21

Figure 4: Community Consultation in Naqali Village on 5 June 2019 (afternoon). ........................................................... 21

List of Abbreviations

ADB Asian Development Bank

AH Affected Household

AP Affected Person

Ch chainage

CSS Census and Socioeconomic Survey

DMS Detailed Measurement Survey

DoL Department of Lands

DP Displaced Person

EA Executing Agency

EIB European Investment Bank

GCF Green Climate Fund

GMSP General Manager, Special Projects

GRC Grievance Redress Committee

GRF Grievance Recording Form

GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism

GSA Greater Suva Area

IA Implementing Agency

IoL Inventory of Loss

IPMU Investment Programme Management Unit

LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement

LARF Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework

m3 cubic metres (1 m3 = 1,000 litres)

ML megalitre (1 ML = 1,000 m3 = 1,000,000 litres)

NOL No objection letter

RF Resettlement Framework

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RP Resettlement Plan

RRWSS Rewa River Water Supply Scheme

SALA State Acquisition of Land Act

TLTB iTaukei Land Trust Board

UWSWMP Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Programme

WAF Water Authority of Fiji

WTP Water Treatment Plant

Glossary

Affected Person (AP): Any person, households (AHs), firms, or private institutions who, on account of changes that

result from the project will have their (i) standard of living adversely affected; (ii) right, title, or interest in any house,

land (including residential, commercial, agricultural, forest, and/or grazing land), water resources, or any other

moveable or fixed assets acquired, possessed, restricted, or otherwise adversely affected, in full or in part, permanently

or temporarily; and/or (iii) business, occupation, place of work or residence, or habitat adversely affected, with or

without displacement

Compensation: Payment made in cash to the project-affected persons/households for the assets to be acquired or

affected for the project at replacement cost at current market value

Cut-off Date: The date after which people will NOT be considered eligible for compensation, i.e., they are not included

in the list of APs/DPs as defined by the census. Normally, the cut-off date is the date of the detailed measurement

survey. However, this Date can be established from the date of conducting consultation and information sharing

Displaced Person (DP): In the context of this document, displaced persons are those who are physically displaced

(relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to

assets, income sources or means of livelihoods) as a result of involuntary acquisition of land involuntary restrictions on

land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. This project is not expected to create any physical

displacement

Encroachers: The people who move into the project area after the cut-off date and are therefore not eligible for

compensation or other rehabilitation measures provided by the project. The term also refers to those extending

attached private land into public land

Entitlement: Means the range of measures, comprising cash or kind compensation, relocation cost, income

rehabilitation assistance, transfer assistance, income substitution, and relocation due to business restoration that are

due to affected people, depending on the type and degree of their losses, to restore their social and economic base

Household: A household includes all persons living and eating together (sharing the same kitchen and cooking food

together as a single-family unit)

Income Restoration: Refers to re-building the capacity of the project affected households to re-establish income sources

at least to restore their living standards to the pre-acquisition levels

Indigenous Peoples: Unless they are already recognised, the Indigenous Peoples are identified in particular geographic

areas based on these four characteristics: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and

recognition of this identity by others; (ii) collective attachment to geographically distinct habitats for ancestral territories

in the project are and to the natural resources in these habitats and territories; (iii) customary cultural, economic, social,

or political institutions that are separate from those of the dominant society and culture; and (iv) an indigenous

language, often different from the official language of the country or region.

Inventory of Losses (IoL): Means the pre-appraisal inventory of assets as a preliminary record of affected or lost assets.

Also referred to as the detailed measurement survey (DMS)

Involuntary Land Acquisition: The process whereby a person is compelled by a public agency to alienate all or part of

the land s/he owns or possesses to the ownership and possession of that agency, for public purposes, in return for fair

compensation

iTaukei: Indigenous Fijian people. ITaukei land is customarily owned

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Meaningful Consultation: A process that (i) begins early in the project preparation stage and is carried out on an ongoing

basis throughout the project cycle; (ii) provides timely disclosure of relevant and adequate information that is

understandable and readily accessible to APs; (iii) is undertaken in an atmosphere free of intimidation or coercion; (iv)

is gender inclusive and responsive, and tailored to the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; and (v) enables

the incorporation of all relevant views of affected people and other stakeholders into decision making, such as

project design, mitigation measures, the sharing of development benefits and opportunities, and implementation

issues

Non-titled: Those who have no recognisable rights or claims to the land that they are occupying and includes people

using private or state land without permission, permit or grant i.e. those people without legal lease/title to land and/or

structures occupied or used by them. ADB’s policy explicitly states that such people cannot be denied resettlement assistance/compensation

Physical Displacement: Relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of

land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. This project

is not expected to create any physical displacement

Poor: The poverty line established is F$4,000 per capita per year. It is estimated that 26% of Fijian households received

incomes below that line, meaning that they experienced periodic difficulties in meeting their daily costs of living for

food and other essential expenditures

Replacement Cost: The method of valuing assets to replace the loss at current market value, or its nearest equivalent,

and is the amount of cash or kind needed to replace an asset in its existing condition, without deduction of transaction

costs or for any material salvaged

Significant impact: For the purpose of this document, defined as: acquisition of more than 10% of household land;

acquisition of any other household assets, such as buildings or businesses; and/or physically displacing a household

Vulnerable: Any people who might suffer disproportionately or face the risk of being marginalised from the effects of

resettlement and includes (i) female-headed households with dependents, (ii) disabled household heads, (iii) poor

households (within the meaning given previously), (iv) landless, (v) elderly households with no means of support, (vi)

households without security of tenure, (vii) ethnic minorities, and (viii) marginal farmers (with landholdings of 2.023 ha

or less)

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Executive Summary

1 Introduction

The Water Authority of Fiji (WAF) is implementing the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme (RRWSS) (the Project) under

the Republic of Fiji: Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Investment Programme (the Programme). The

Project aims to significantly upgrade water supply and wastewater infrastructure and services in the Greater Suva Area

(GSA), and improve WAF’s management and service delivery capacity. The Programme is being implemented by the

Government of Fiji with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), with co-financing from the

European Investment Bank (EIB), a grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and counterpart financing from the

Government of Fiji.

Implementation of improvement works under the RRWSS will increase the water supply to the GSA by 40 ML/day by

constructing a new supply intake on the Rewa River, including associated water treatment plant (WTP), pumping station,

reservoir and transmission main, to connect the new water supply to the WAF’s existing distribution system.

2 Update of Resettlement Plan

For implementation of the RRWSS, WAF prepared a draft Resettlement Plan (RP) in August 2016 which was revised in

February 2018. Now, during the course of final updating of the RP, a key development and evolution of thinking has

taken place, to split the Resettlement Plan into two volumes – Volume 1 and Volume 2.

This document is presented as the updated (draft) Resettlement Plan, Volume 1 for the Rewa River Water Supply

Scheme, which covers: introduction; project components; policy and legal framework; project principles, entitlements

and procedures, institutional arrangements; entitlements matrix; grievance redress mechanism (GRM); and overview

of consultation and disclosure.

3 Land Acquisition Requirements

Project physical works comprise a wide range of infrastructure components, involving compulsory acquisition of a

substantial amount of land and other assets. Although the project social safeguards strategy is to avoid and minimise

land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) impact to the extent possible, survey data suggest that the project requirements

will trigger an inevitable necessity to acquire about 456 hectares of land, affecting a total of 13 landowners. However,

the survey data suggest that no affected person (AP) will be relocated or displaced from their dwelling place, none of

them will lose any structure, and none of the APs will be affected by disruption of business.

4 Socioeconomic Survey

A socio-economic survey has been conducted during the same time as carrying out the census survey in June 2019, using

a structured questionnaire. This socioeconomic survey covers 100% information of all the affected households,

including detailed demographic, social and economic information. This field exercise has provided the basis to make a

revised inventory of losses, and to develop a baseline of socioeconomic status of the households that may suffer from

the project intervention. Drawing on the collected data, the work of preparing a Database including defining of

compensation costs for the affected assets is in progress. A socioeconomic profile of the households affected under the

Project will be presented in Volume 2 of the RP.

5 Cut-off-Date

Compensation eligibility is limited by an approved cut-off-date established by WAF just before starting of the census

and socioeconomic survey (CSS). The established cut-off-date is 5 June 2019. People moving into the construction

boundary of the project after this cut-off date will not be entitled to any kind of compensation or assistance as per

provision made herein. WAF in the meantime has conducted a series of community level consultation meetings to share

the message of cut-off date, followed by distribution of a letter on cut-off-date for the Project which will serve to “seal off” the area from future encroachers.

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6 Entitlement Matrix

The following table presents a matrix of entitlements developed for the project taking account of the potential impacts:

Type of Loss Entitled Persons Compensation Entitlements

Permanent loss of

agricultural,

commercial and

homestead land

Legal Owner(s) of

Land

• Replacement value of land at market price.

• Refund of registration cost incurred for replacement land purchase at the

replacement value

Loss of Trees and Crops Landowner(s) • Replacement value at current market rates

Loss of Fence Owner(s) of Fence • Replacement value at current market prices

Temporary impact

during construction

Community /

Individual

• The contractor shall bear the cost of any impact on structure or land due to

movement of machinery and in connection with collection and transportation

of burrow materials

• All temporary use of lands outside proposed RoW/construction boundary to

be through written agreement between the landowner and contractor.

• Land will be returned to owner rehabilitated to original preferably better

standard

Unforeseen Impact Concerned

Impacted People

• Unforeseen impacts will be documented and mitigated based on the

principles agreed upon in the RP

7 Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure

The consultation process was initiated at the very start of the project preparation during the Phase 1 feasibility stage of

the Programme, while the initial draft RP was prepared in August 2016 and then revised in February 2018. From 13 to

22 August 2018, and again through June-July 2019, the WAF team carried out a series of consultation meetings as part

of the process of sharing information on the purpose of the project, the project scope, social safeguards awareness,

resettlement and compensation benefits and other impact mitigation measures adopted by the project. As an on-going

process, more consultation with the APs will be carried out throughout the project cycle so that their needs and

preferences can be further incorporated into the project implementation.

8 Grievance Redress Mechanism

A simple and acceptable, transparent and effective grievance redress mechanism (GRM) for the Project will be

established by framing one or more Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs) to deal effectively with LAR issues of APs,

particularly on any aspects of compensation and resettlement benefits, delays in payment or on any other related

grievance. Two Grievance Redress Committees are proposed to be set up under the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme,

based on the local/village administrative units, which in turn will facilitate easy accessibility for the APs.

9 Volume 2

Volume 2 of the RP is split into 5 sections, covering specific parts of the overall project site, and will include the following

sections:

• Resettlement Budget and Financing

• Institutional Arrangements

• RP Implementation Schedule

• Monitoring and Reporting

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1 Introduction

1.1 Background

The Government of Fiji (the Government) has undertaken the Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management

Programme (the Programme) with loan financing from the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank

(EIB), a grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and counterpart funding from the Government.

The Programme is primarily concerned to assist the Government, through Water Authority of Fiji (WAF), to significantly

upgrade water supply and wastewater infrastructure and services in the Greater Suva Area (GSA) covering Suva, Lami,

Nasinu and Nausori, and to improve WAF’s management and service delivery capacity. The Executing Agency (EA) of

the Programme is the Ministry of Economy and the WAF is the Implementing Agency (IA). WAF is responsible to

implement the Programme through its Investment Programme Management Unit (IPMU), supported by an international

consulting firm, SMEC International Pty Ltd. of Australia. The IPMU is headed by a Project Manager who reports to

WAF’s General Manager, Planning, Design & Construction.

1.2 Project Components

The Programme is structured over two phases. Phase 1 of the Programme includes the construction of Rewa River

Water Supply Scheme (the Project), which aims to increase water supply to the GSA by 40,000 m3 per day by

constructing a new supply intake on the Rewa River, including associated water treatment plant, pumping station,

reservoir, and transmission main to connect the new water supply to the WAF’s existing distribution system. Implementation of physical works for improvement of water supply services under the Project comprises:

• Construction of a new water intake and associated raw water pumping station on the Rewa River at Viria

Village;

• Construction of a new 40 ML/day Water Treatment Plant (WTP) (expandable to 80 ML/day in the future)

including treated water reservoir and pumping station;

• Laying of 7.545 km of DN 900 mm steel pumping main:

in the Viria Road reserve from the WTP at chainage (Ch) 0.0 to Ch 0.5 km

together with construction of a new access road, in private (freehold) land which is under acquisition

from Ch 0.5 to Ch 2.4 km (the so-called “alternate route”) in iTaukei land adjacent to Viria Road from Ch 2.4 to Ch 3.2 km

in the Sawani-Serea Road reserve from Ch 3.2 to Ch 7.545 km

• Construction of a 10 ML water reservoir in iTaukei land at Waitolu, which has been leased for 99 years;

• Laying of 17.731 km of DN900 steel gravity main to connect to the existing distribution system at Waila

within the reservoir site from Ch 0.0 to 0.05 km

in the Sawani-Serea Road reserve from Ch 0.05 to Ch 11.4 km

in the Prince’s Road reserve from Ch 11.4 km to the connection point at Lalsingh Road, Waila.

1.3 Locations of Project Components

The Project components (Figure 1) are located in the north part of Suva, spreading over the two villages of Viria and

Waitolu in the Naitasiri Province.

The locations of water intake and water treatment plant are on the southern bank of the Rewa River at Viria, a short

distance upstream of the confluence of the Rewa and Waidina Rivers. From the treatment plant, the water will be piped

to a reservoir to be built at the highest nearby point, above Waitolu Village. From the reservoir, the water will be gravity

fed through a pipeline along the Sawani-Serea Road to Sawani. An existing pipeline at Sawani will connect to Waila, to

feed into the water distribution system for the Greater Suva Area.

The treated water pipeline for the Project comprises a 7.5 km long pumped pipeline from the water treatment plant

(WTP) on Viria Road to Waitolu Reservoir; a 17.8 km long gravity pipeline from Waitolu Reservoir along Sawani-Serea

and Prince’s Road to the existing Raralevu Supply main, which feeds the existing Raralevu Reservoir. The proposed

location for the storage reservoir is at the high point along the Sawani-Serea Road.

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Figure 1: Locations of the new Structures

Figure 2: Alternate Route in Viria Village

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A new access road along a 1.9 km long stretch (Figure 2) will be constructed across private land in Viria Village as an

alternative to the original route along a minor local road, to facilitate the movement of heavy vehicles that will be used

for transportation of construction equipment and materials, thus ensuring safe movement of the people along the

existing village road.

1.4 Initial Resettlement Plan

During the feasibility stage in “Part A” of the Programme, the Government prepared a draft Resettlement Framework

(RF) for the Programme in August 2016. A draft Resettlement Plan (RP) was also prepared in August 2016, to address

the adverse resettlement impacts due to construction of the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme, and updated in February

2018. However, the existing RP from the feasibility stage did not cover the full extent and magnitude of social and

resettlement impacts. Rather, this draft RP of February 2018 states1:

• The RP will be finalised when the detailed engineering design is completed. A final census and socio-economic

survey of residents will be conducted in all affected neighbourhoods and information about the project, the

grievance mechanism, and other important information [will be] disseminated to men and women in all

affected households

• The Inventory of Loss (IoL) study will be updated to determine precisely what land must be acquired and which

households, if any, will need to be relocated; the value of crops and quality of cultivated land; which trees (or

their roots) will be cut, what fences will be broken, what outbuildings and driveways will be damaged; and what

temporary economic displacement, including loss of productivity will occur. These losses will be valuated and

the necessary amount of compensation calculated

• If necessary to clarify any issues and to verify data from the IoL, a Detailed Measurement Study (DMS) will

subsequently be conducted. In conjunction with all of these data gathering exercises, information will be

disseminated about the project, including procedures for connecting to sewers, tariffs, proper use of

infrastructure, demand management, and the project grievance redress mechanism.

1 Draft RP of February 2018, Page 24, Section C. RP Preparation

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2 Updated Resettlement Plan The above description in the RP from the feasibility phase has prompted the need for preparation of a further updated

RP. Hence another round of field surveys and investigation of land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) impacts under

the Project was carried out during June 2019, including the following activities:

• conducting of another round of community consultation

• a final census and socioeconomic survey (CSS) with simultaneous exercise of DMS to update the IoL

• in parallel, development of a baseline of socioeconomic status of the households likely to suffer from the

project intervention

• collection of data as the basis for defining the necessary compensation amount for the affected households,

followed by preparation of an updated RP for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme

Drawing on the LAR impact data being collected through the CSS, WAF has initiated the preparation of the updated

Resettlement Plan (RP) for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme, complying with the State Acquisition of Lands Act2

(SALA) of Fiji and the ADB’s safeguard requirements on involuntary resettlement under the Safeguard Policy Statement

(2009), adhering to the principles and procedures outlined in the Resettlement Framework adopted for the Programme.

This RP attempts to define, among others, the practical procedures by which WAF as the Implementing Agency (IA) will

mitigate the adverse involuntary resettlement impacts associated with the Project. The RP will also provide an

assessment of compensation entitlements for the affected households (AHs).

Data derived from the survey suggest that a total of 13 households are under impact. Survey data also suggest that no

AP will be relocated or displaced from their dwelling place, none of them will lose any structure, and also none of the

APs will be affected with disruption of business. Only their agricultural land will be affected, with negligible loss of

income. Hence, the effects on the APs can be termed as small. The Project therefore can be classified as Category B as

per ADB safeguard policy on involuntary resettlement, which is also mentioned in the ADB Report and Recommendation

of the President to the Board of Directors3, as well as in the Facility Administration Manual4.

During the course of initiating the preparation of updated RP, a key development and evolution of thinking have taken

place to simplify the preparation of the document. It has been decided to prepare the Resettlement Plan split into two

volumes as:

• Volume 1 of the RP incorporating: introduction; project components; policy and legal framework; project

principles, entitlements and procedures, institutional arrangements; entitlements matrix; grievance redress

mechanism (GRM); and overview of consultation and disclosure; and

• Volume 2 of the RP, further split into 5 sections, incorporating for each component: a description of the

component, including scope of land and asset acquisition (and relocation if any) and brief outline

of institutional arrangements; socio-economic profile of affected households; inventory of losses; results of

consultation pertaining to the component; resettlement/compensation budget; implementation schedule; and

monitoring and reporting arrangements.

The reason for splitting the RP into 2 volumes, and further sub-dividing Volume 2 by components, is to enable

construction to start at the earliest for those components of the Project for which land acquisition and/or payment of

compensation is completed or not required.

2.1 RP Volume 1 and Objectives

In preparing the RP in two volumes, the present report is presented as an updated (draft) Resettlement Plan – Volume

1 for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme. This Plan defines the practical procedures by which the Implementing

Agency will address the potential resettlement impacts under the Project, in line with the applicable policy and legal

framework of the Government, and ensuring that the principles of the ADB’s safeguard requirements on involuntary

2 Originally the Crown Acquisition of Lands Act, 1940, subsequently amended: by Ordnance numbers 24 of 1940, 11 of 1942, 15

of 1943, 9 of 1955; Orders of Jan 1967 and Oct 1970 and Act of Parliament (Act No 1 of 1998)

3 Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors, Project Number: 49001-002, November 2016,

Proposed Multitranche Financing Facility Republic of Fiji: Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Investment

Program (Page 9, E. Safeguards)

4 Facility Administration Manual, Project Number: 49001-002, November 2016, Republic of Fiji: Urban Water Supply and

Wastewater Management Investment Program (Page 31, VII SAFEGUARDS)

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resettlement under the Safeguard Policy Statement are complied with.

2.2 RP-related Conditionality

Initiation of construction works for the Project will be contingent on the compliance to the following conditions,

amongst others:

• Approval of this RP by the Government of Fiji and the ADB

• Disclosure of this RP to the public

• ‘No objection letter’ (NOL) issued by ADB for commencement of civil works.

2.3 Land Acquisition Requirements

Project physical works comprise a wide range of infrastructure components involving compulsory acquisition of a

substantial amount of land and other assets. Although the project social safeguards strategy is to avoid and minimise

land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) impact to the extent possible, survey data suggest that the project requirements

will trigger an inevitable necessity to acquire about 456 hectares of land, affecting a total of 13 landowners.

However, survey data suggest that no affected person (AP) will be relocated or displaced from their dwelling place, none

of them will lose any structure, and also none of the APs will be affected by disruption of business. Thorough

information on the aspect of LAR is to be presented in Volume 2 of the RP.

2.4 Socioeconomic Profile of Affected Households

A socio-economic survey has been conducted during the same time as carrying out the census survey in June 2019, using

a structured questionnaire. This socioeconomic survey covers 100% information of all the affected households,

including detailed demographic, social and economic information. This field exercise has provided the basis to make a

revised inventory of losses, and to develop a baseline of socioeconomic status of the households that may suffer from

the project intervention.

Drawing on the collected data, the work of preparing a Database including defining of compensation costs for the

affected assets is in progress. A socioeconomic profile of the households affected under the Project will be presented

in Volume 2 of the RP.

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3 Legal Framework

3.1 Fiji Laws on Land Tenure and Ownership

Around 90 percent of land in Fiji is owned by indigenous Fijians through their mataqali (clan), and is termed native or

iTaukei land. Of the remainder, about 8% is freehold and 2% government owned.

Native land is communally owned and cannot be bought or sold except to the state for public purpose. The iTaukei Land

Trust Board (TLTB) is a statutory body with responsibility to administer, develop and manage this land on behalf of its

owners and for their benefit according to the Native Land Trust Board Act. The TLTB identifies the land required for use

by traditional Fijian communities and makes the remainder available for leasing. The TLTB, not the actual owners, issues

legally binding leases or agreements over land that can be for agricultural, commercial, industrial or other uses.

All farmers on native land are either landowners or tenants farming with the permission of the landowning clan. Some

of these may have formalised their status by leasing the land legally through the TLTB. Other tenants will have arranged

informal (vakavanua) agreements with the landowning mataqali.

The Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act (ALTA) governs all agricultural leases of more than 1 ha and the relations

between landlords and agricultural tenants. Minimum 30-year and maximum 99-year leases are allowed with no right

of renewal. In practice, most leases are for 30 years. In the event of non-renewal, the tenant must vacate the land after

a grace period.

The maximum annual rental is 6% of the unimproved capital value. In theory, the rental rate is reviewed every five

years. The tenant can claim compensation for all development and improvements of the property with claims

determined by the Agricultural Tribunal. Tenants can, however, only be compensated for improvements if the TLTB has

granted prior approval to these improvements. In practice, there is a fixed schedule of lease rental rates under the

ALTA, which has not been updated since 1997. The TLTB, however, has introduced a lump sum payment to induce

landowners to lease their land for an additional 30-year period, but this “new lease consideration” has been applied mostly only to Indo-Fijian tenants, less often to iTaukei farmers.

The ALTA was supplemented by the 2009 Land Use Decree No.36 (2010) in recognition that the requirement for tenants

to vacate land once the fixed lease and grace period have expired causes both social and economic hardship.

Government therefore amended the land laws to increase the flexibility of leases and to facilitate leasing of lands, which

are currently idle or unutilised, under terms and conditions intended to be attractive to both the landowners and

tenants. The decree provides for longer tenure leases (up to 99 years) for agricultural and commercial development.

Reserve land is not leased, but reserved by mataqali or Government for future use.

3.2 Fiji Laws on Land Acquisition and Compensation

The Constitution of Fiji provides for protection of private property against arbitrary expropriation. The Constitution

states that native (iTaukei) land cannot be permanently alienated except for the public purpose. It requires just

compensation for all land or rights acquired by the government.

Land acquisition in Fiji is governed under the State Acquisition of Lands Act2 (SALA). Under the Act, all types of land can

be acquired for public purposes. The law provides that in cases of land acquired for public purposes, legal titleholders

have a right to compensation. The law also provides for the right of landowners to legal proceedings for solving disputes

and grievances. The customary rights of indigenous peoples without formal title are also protected.

The SALA guarantees compensation to those with recognised legal rights or interests in land. Compensation is paid at

market values effective from the date at which notice of the State’s intention to acquire the land is given. Structures, however, are compensated only at book/depreciated values. Compensation includes for land, crops and trees, damage

to portions of land not acquired (if any), changes in use and restrictions on use of any non-acquired portions, and any

reasonable expenses associated with necessary changes of residence or places of business.

3.3 ADB Policy Requirements

ADB policies on resettlement address both: (i) social and economic impacts, permanent or temporary, caused by

acquisition of land and other fixed assets; and (ii) changes in the use of land or restrictions imposed on land as a result

of a Bank operation. An affected or displaced person (AP/DP) is one who experiences such impacts. The objectives of

the policy are to:

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• Avoid resettlement impacts wherever feasible;

• Minimise resettlement impacts by choosing alternative viable project options; and

• Ensure that affected people receive assistance, so that they will be at least as well off as they would have been

in the absence of the project.

ADB has the following policy principles on involuntary resettlement:

i. Screen projects early on to identify past, present, and future involuntary resettlement impacts and risks.

ii. Carry out meaningful consultations with affected persons, host communities, and concerned non-

governmental organisations. Inform all displaced persons of their entitlements and resettlement options.

Ensure their participation in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of resettlement

programmes. Pay particular attention to the needs of vulnerable groups, especially those living below the

poverty line, the landless, elderly, women and children, Indigenous Peoples, and those without legal title to

land, and ensure their participation in consultations. Establish a grievance redress mechanism to receive and

facilitate resolution of the affected persons’ concerns.

iii. Improve, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons through: (a) land-based resettlement

strategies where possible when affected livelihoods are land based, or cash compensation at replacement

value for land when the loss of land does not undermine livelihoods; (b) prompt replacement of assets with

access to assets of equal or higher value; (c) prompt compensation at full replacement cost for assets that

cannot be restored; and (d) additional revenues and services through benefit sharing schemes where possible.

iv. Provide physically displaced persons with necessary assistance, including the following: (a) secure land tenure

on land identified for new sites; and (b) if necessary transitional support and development assistance such as

land development, credit facilities, training, or employment opportunities.

v. Improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, to at least

national minimum standards and provide access to land and other resources that is both legal and affordable.

vi. Develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and equitable manner, if land acquisition is through

negotiated settlement, to ensure that those people who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain the

same or better income and livelihood status.

vii. Ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognisable legal rights to land are eligible for

resettlement assistance and compensation of loss of non-land assets.

viii. Prepare and disclose a draft resettlement plan elaborating on displaced persons’ entitlements, the income and livelihood restoration strategy, institutional arrangements, monitoring and reporting framework, budget, and

time-bound implementation schedule, to be part of the project activities.

ix. Pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before any physical or economic displacement

and implement the resettlement plan under close supervision throughout project implementation.

x. Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and

whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved, by taking into account the baseline

conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring, and disclose these monitoring results.

3.4 Comparison of ADB Requirements and Fiji Laws on Land Acquisition

Table 1 provides an analysis of gaps between ADB requirements and Fiji Laws and gap filling measures on land

acquisition and resettlement.

Table 1: Gaps and Gap-filling Measures

ADB Requirements on Involuntary

Resettlement

Fiji Laws on Land

Acquisition/

Resettlement

Gaps Gap-filling Measures

Avoid and/or minimise involuntary

resettlement wherever possible by

The Constitution

and the SALA set

out the conditions

under which land

No explicit reference to

the need for minimising

The RP includes measures on

avoiding/minimising land

acquisition and resettlement

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Resettlement

Fiji Laws on Land

Acquisition/

Resettlement


exploring project and design

alternatives

may be compulsory

acquired. The

property can only

be acquired for the

public good, and

with the payment

of reasonable

compensation

resettlement impacts by

exploring alternatives

impacts. It provides principles on

compensation and entitlements

Enhance, or at least restore, the

livelihoods of all displaced persons in

real terms relative to pre-project

levels.

Particular attention to be paid to the

needs of vulnerable groups among

those displaced who may not be

protected through national land

compensation legislation

General principles

of compensation

for land and assets

are set out in the

Constitution and

SALA

Fiji Laws do not prescribe

measures to restore/

improve standard of

living


compensation at replacement

cost for affected land/assets and

to minimise and mitigate adverse

social and economic impacts. It

is recommended for the

Government to undertake a

social assessment of the impacts,

particularly for the poor and

vulnerable groups

Screen the project early on to identify

past, present, and future involuntary

resettlement impacts and risks.

Determine the scope of resettlement

planning through a survey and/or

census of displaced persons, including

a gender analysis, specifically related to

resettlement impacts and risks

SALA sets out the

process for land

investigation which

includes

identification of

affected

landowners and

their assets

No specific requirements

for census, cut-off date,

impact assessment and

scoping of resettlement

planning


survey/census, cut-off-date,

assessment of impacts and

resettlement planning

Carry out meaningful consultations

with APs, host communities, and

concerned NGOs. Inform all displaced

persons of their entitlements and

resettlement options. Ensure their

participation in planning,

implementation, and monitoring and

evaluation of resettlement

programmes. Pay particular attention

to the needs of vulnerable groups,

especially those below the poverty line,

the landless, the elderly, women and

children, and Indigenous Peoples, and

those without legal title to land, and

ensure their participation in

consultations

SALA sets out the

process of

notification of the

land acquisition

No specific provision for

preparing and

implementing RP based

on

meaningful consultations

with APs, including the

poor, the landless,

elderly, women, and

other vulnerable groups


consultations with APs, including

vulnerable groups, during

preparation and implementation

of RP. The concerns of women

will be identified based on sex-

disaggregated socio-economic

data, separate discussions on

women’s concerns. The RP will ensure adequate measures and

budgetary allocations in the

resettlement plan to compensate

and resettle them in a manner

that does not disadvantage them.

In this effort the assistance of

national NGOs currently engaged

in women’s welfare will be sought

Establish a grievance redress

mechanism to receive and facilitate

resolution of the affected persons’ concerns. Support the social and

cultural institutions of displaced

persons and their host population

SALA provides for

appeal against a

declaration of

public purpose for

compulsory

acquisition and

amount of

compensation

No requirements for a

project-specific grievance

redress mechanism

The RP includes measures on the

grievance redress mechanism

Improve, or at least restore, the

livelihoods of all displaced persons

through: (i) land-based resettlement

strategies when affected livelihoods

are land-based where possible or cash

compensation at replacement value for

SALA sets out the

process that any

person who claims

to be entitled to an

interest in

compulsory

No specific requirement

for land-based

resettlement,

replacement of assets,

compensation at

The RP includes measures on on-

site relocation, replacement of

affected structures,


cost and priority of project

employment to APs

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Resettlement

Fiji Laws on Land

Acquisition/

Resettlement


land when the loss of land does not

undermine livelihoods; (ii) prompt

replacement of assets with access to

assets of equal or higher value; (iii)

prompt compensation at full

replacement cost for assets that

cannot be restored; and (iv) additional

revenues and services through benefit

sharing schemes where possible

acquired land may

make a claim for

compensation

(within 3 months).

SALA also sets out

the requirements

for payment and

the provisions for

assessing

compensation

replacement cost, and

benefit sharing

Provide physically and economically

displaced persons with needed

assistance, including the following: (i) if

there is relocation, secured tenure to

relocation land, better housing at

resettlement sites with comparable

access to employment and production

opportunities, integration of resettled

persons economically and socially into

their host communities, and extension

of project benefits to host

communities; (ii) transitional support

and development assistance, such as

land development, credit facilities,

training, or employment opportunities;

and (iii) civic infrastructure and

community services, as required

No equivalent

provision

Fiji laws have no specific

provisions on relocation,

transitional support and

civic infrastructure and

services

The RP includes measures on-site

relocation of affected structures,

transitional allowances and

restoration of civic infrastructure

Develop procedures in a transparent,

consistent, and equitable manner if

land acquisition is through negotiated

settlement to ensure that those people

who enter into negotiated settlements

will maintain the same or better

income and livelihood status

DoL has Procedures

for Land Acquisition

through negotiated

settlement or

purchase

No provision of

maintaining the same or

better income and

livelihood status for APs

The RP describes measures on

maintaining or improving

livelihoods of APs through paying


cost and other assistance

Ensure that displaced persons without

titles to land or any recognisable legal

rights to land are eligible for

resettlement assistance and

compensation for loss of non-land

assets

Customary rights

for Fijian

people/Indigenous

People stipulate

that individuals

without formal title

are also protected

There is nothing in the Fiji

Laws to address the issue

of displaced persons

without land title or legal

land rights

The entitlement matrix for the

project provides for resettlement

assistance and compensation for

non-land assets to non-titled APs

as well

Prepare a resettlement plan

elaborating on displaced persons’ entitlements, the income and

livelihood restoration strategy,

institutional arrangements, monitoring

and reporting framework, budget, and

time-bound implementation schedule

– Fiji Laws have no

provision of preparing RP

The RP includes measures for

land acquisition and resettlement

impacts

Disclose a draft resettlement plan,

including documentation of the

consultation process in a timely

manner, before project appraisal, in an

accessible place and a form and

language(s) understandable to affected

persons and other stakeholders.

Disclose the final resettlement plan

and its updates to affected persons and

other stakeholders

SALA sets

procedures in

notification of

landowners at

different stages of

land acquisition

steps

No requirements on

disclosure of an RP

The RP includes disclosure

measures, including posting of

documents on website as well as

providing information to APs

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Resettlement

Fiji Laws on Land

Acquisition/

Resettlement


Conceive and execute involuntary

resettlement as part of a development

project or programme. Include the full

costs of resettlement in the

presentation of project’s costs and benefits. For a project with significant

involuntary resettlement impacts,

consider implementing the involuntary

resettlement component of the project

as a stand-alone operation

No explicit

provision

– Land acquisition/resettlement

costs will be included and

financed out of the project cost

Pay compensation and provide other

resettlement entitlements before

physical or economic displacement.

Implement the resettlement plan

under close supervision throughout

project implementation

SALA sets timing for

payment of

compensation

SALA states within 30

days of notification, but

does not specifically state

before displacement.

DoL Procedure provides

for 75% before

construction and 25%

after construction

The RP includes measures on full

payment of compensation for

affected assets before start of

civil works on affected land

Monitor and assess resettlement

outcomes, their impacts on the

standards of living of displaced

persons, and whether the objectives of

the resettlement plan have been

achieved by taking into account the

baseline conditions and the results of

resettlement monitoring. Disclose

monitoring reports

No equivalent

provision

– The RP includes monitoring

measures, including

requirements of semi-annual

safeguard monitoring report.

Arrangements for monitoring of

resettlement activities will be

done by implementing agency,

supplemented by independent

consultant if any component is

considered high risk

In terms of major gaps, the Fiji SALA and its regulations do not require compensation payments to affected persons who

have no recognised legal right or interest in the land, and only require compensation on a depreciated/book value basis

for structures. Informal sharecroppers and squatters (non-titled) are, therefore, not entitled to any kind of

compensation for the land they use. However, to comply fully with ADB resettlement requirements, any non-titled

people affected by the Project will be entitled to compensation for loss of structures, crops, trees, or incomes they

derive from land, regardless of whether they have formal title to the land or not. All compensation including for

structures will be at replacement cost without any deduction of depreciation.

The SALA does not provide relocation sites (in the case of resettlement) and there is no provision for assistance for the

rehabilitation of adversely affected people. An express objective of the project is to avoid the need for physical

relocation and therefore there is no need for development of resettlement sites under the project.

The Fijian law does not provide for any special assistance for vulnerable groups or the poorest section of those adversely

affected, but it does not prevent Government from providing assistance to adversely project affected people including

vulnerable groups. The Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework (LARF) includes provisions to ensure that

affected people, particularly those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged, are assisted to improve their living standards.

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4 Project Principles, Entitlements and Procedures

4.1 Procedures for Land Acquisition and Compensation

Land acquisition procedures will be initiated once land surveys are completed, the engineered design is finalised, and

the alignment plan is agreed and approved by WAF. WAF will forward outline plans to the DoL, showing the estimated

land-take, and request them to acquire the land. The DoL, on receiving the request, will pass the alignment plan to the

statutory section to prepare acquisition diagrams and carry out a search of landowners affected. The plans will then be

forwarded to the Valuation Division, which will assess compensation requirements and obtain all land clearances. After

the Valuation Division has received landowners’ consent, field inspections will be conducted and a valuation report

prepared, based on an inventory of losses and taking into account relevant data and sales analysis. WAF Lands and

Valuation Officers will work with DoL and relevant agencies in this process, including the valuation of compensation. As

stated in the previous section, at the outset of this process WAF will also inform landowners of the available service of

a private valuator.

Where iTaukei lands are involved, WAF (usually the Lands Liaison Officer), with assistance from the Provincial Council,

will arrange a meeting with members of the identified mataqali, to negotiate agreed values. WAF will send the proposal

to the TLTB, which will negotiate on behalf of the landowners. The mataqali owning the land will have the final say as

to whether to accept the TLTB recommendations.

A Sale and Purchase Agreement will then be entered into between the TLTB on behalf of the mataqali, and DoL. The

Sale and Purchase Agreement will be forwarded to the TLTB for its Board’s consent, accompanied by the relevant fees. Cheques will then be processed and paid to the TLTB Board, based on the estimated area, a figure that will be adjusted

after the final survey and completion of works.

Leasehold native land will follow a similar process, where a field inspection will be conducted, a Valuation Report

prepared, and a Price Agreement executed. The Agreement will be sent to the TLTB with relevant consent fees for the

Board to approve. If the lease is registered, a caveat will be lodged in the Titles Office, as an interim arrangement to

prevent changes before the Sale and Purchase agreement can be finalised. The price paid for land may need to be

divided between lessees and owners. Crown or state leases will follow a similar process but will not require consent

from the Director of Lands.

In the case of freehold lands, after discussion with the DoL, the Valuation Division will prepare a Sale and Purchase

Agreement and negotiate the purchase.

When compensation has been paid, a Certificate of Transfer will be prepared and sent for execution. WAF will then be

able to begin construction.

After construction work is completed, a final survey plan will be done. After it is approved, it will be viewed against the

original acquisition diagrams. If the land used is found to be more than the original estimate, compensation will be

adjusted to the exact size of the land used. In the case of leasehold land, after final surveys have been approved,

compensation will be adjusted in case of any excess land and surrender documents prepared. The lessee will be asked

to provide lease documents for registration for surrender at the Titles Office, and surrender documents will be

forwarded to the TLTB prior to registration. The caveat will then be withdrawn, and the title retuned to the owners.

WAF’s Social Impact Manager will work closely with the DoL and the TLTB to ensure safeguards are implemented as set

out in the Resettlement Framework.

4.2 Methodology for Valuation of Compensation

WAF prepares initial valuations using local market prices, data that is obtained from the Valuation Division of the

Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources. WAF may also involve the Department of Fisheries in assessing compensation

requirements, if any, regarding traditional fishing rights in river areas where bridges are expanded or altered. Finally

determined prices, nonetheless, are reached through negotiation with affected persons, because often market

conditions for the replacement of land and assets are absent.

The current practice is to undertake valuation by WAF valuators and provide a private valuator for affected landowners

in case of any disagreements. WAF will continue providing a private valuator under the project, as a regular practice.

WAF will inform affected landowners at the beginning of the negotiation process about the availability of a private

valuator and pay the valuator’s fee if landowners decide to use this service.


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Compensation to be offered will be at replacement cost based on actual market price of the affected land and asset. If

the government policy does not provide for full replacement costs (e.g. for transaction costs), the project’s compensation will include top-up payments or assistance to cover the full replacement cost.

Full replacement cost is the cost of replacing an expropriated asset of the same or better quality in the current land

and/or asset. Full replacement cost includes the following elements:

a. Fair market value: Where markets function, fair market value can be assessed by examining land sales records

in the last 3 or 4 years for similar properties. In parts of Fiji, land values differ widely because of factors such

as proximity to the coast (for tourist developments), or fertility and flatness of agricultural land (for market

gardening). In such cases, the market value is the going price of an asset in the open market, but where markets

do not exist (as in much of rural Fiji), field investigations are needed to collect baseline data to value assets,

and to ensure that the valuation is realistic.

b. Transaction costs: These may include the legal and documentation expenses associated with updating land

records to reflect sales, transfers, inheritances and leases, as well as the legal expenses associated with

registering property titles for replacement lands and houses. Transport costs may also be included. These

costs will be paid by the project and are counted as part of the replacement cost.

c. Interest accrued: When there is a gap of time between the agreed schedule and the actual payment of

compensation, the interest that accrues over that period must be included in the replacement costs.

d. Transitional and restoration costs: Transitional cost involves a short-term subsistence allowance to support

the displaced persons through a period of income loss due to the project. Restoration cost refers to necessary

improvements on land or to housing to achieve the objectives of enhancing or at least restoring, livelihoods,

compared with pre-project levels.

e. Depreciation will not be considered when valuing compensation for affected structures.

4.3 Eligibility for Entitlements and types of Displaced Persons

The date of the land survey will be the “cut-off-date” for eligibility for compensation and rehabilitation assistance. Landowners and/or users who have documented claims to affected land, crops, and trees at the cut-off date will be

eligible for compensation and/or rehabilitation assistance as per the project policy. The main categories of displaced

persons eligible for compensation are:

a. Type 1: APs with formal legal rights. These are generally the customary owners of iTaukei lands or people with

individual freehold titles recorded in the title registry and cadastral records in Fiji. This category includes

leaseholders with formal legal rights as tenants.

b. Type 2: Persons whose rights are not formal or legal but whose claims on land or assets are recognised under

national laws, such as those having informal leases on iTaukei land. Customary land tenure systems in Fiji are

based on usufruct rights to land, and although no titles may exist, in practice some mataqali or individual

households are granted use of land by owners, without formal title or leases. Where land records cannot be

legalised, documentation and testimony from village chiefs and community leaders may determine eligibility

for compensation, replacement land, or other resettlement assistance.

c. Type 3: Persons with no legal rights to land or assets at the time of assessment or census. These may include

sharecroppers, squatters, or wage labourers who depend upon the land acquired by the project. Despite

having neither legal rights nor recognisable ownership claims, if land acquisition by the project destroys their

livelihoods, they are considered displaced persons and are entitled to receive resettlement assistance.

4.4 Cut-off Date

Compensation eligibility is limited by an approved cut-off date established just before starting of the census and

socioeconomic survey (CSS). WAF has established 5 June 2019 as the cut-off date. People moving into the construction

boundary of the project after this cut-off date will not be entitled to any kind of compensation or assistance as per

provision made herein. Nevertheless, prior to the commencement of civil work, all APs will be given reasonable advance

notice to vacate the land by removing their assets likely to be affected. The APs will be encouraged to remove all

affected assets free of charge.

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off date, followed by distribution of a letter establishing the cut-off date for the Project, which will serve to “seal off” the area from future encroachers. People who move into the area after this date will NOT be entitled to any

compensation. A copy of the cut-off letter is given in Appendix A.

4.5 Project Policy Framework and Entitlements

The Project’s RF has adopted a set of resettlement policy principles for the Project that apply to all subprojects, as relevant. These principles are:

• Land acquisition will be avoided or minimised through careful engineering design during detailed design. There

will be no or minimal physical displacement of people

• Land acquisition and resettlement impacts will be assessed on time and an RP prepared based on a social

assessment. The Draft RP will be disclosed to affected persons before any subproject appraisal

• APs will be consulted during the project cycle5. Consultations will follow the Stakeholder Consultation Strategy

prepared for this project. The RP will be prepared or updated with full participation of the DPs/APs. Effective

mechanisms will be established for hearing and resolving grievances

• APs will receive compensation at replacement cost from WAF for their loss of land and assets and this should

ensure they will be as well off or better off as without the Project. Compensation for vulnerable households

will aim to improve their livelihood and will be carried out with respect for their cultural values and specific

needs

• Additional compensation and assistance will be provided, as required, to restore or improve living standards of

all APs (as per ADB requirements), including: (i) compensation to non-title holders such as squatters and

sharecroppers recorded as resident by the cut-off date; (ii) compensation for any loss of livelihoods or income;

(iii) compensation at full replacement cost for structures without deduction of depreciation and inclusive of

transaction costs; (iv) compensation for transaction costs such as administrative charges, taxation and

registration and titling costs; and (v) income-restoration measures

• All compensation will be fully paid to APs prior to the commencement of site clearance at each project site

• Absence of formal title is not a bar to compensation and assistance, and particular attention will be paid to

women and other vulnerable groups, as well as to sharecroppers or tenants without legal rights

• Land acquisition will be conceived as part of the Project and costs related to the land acquisition/resettlement

will be included and financed out of the Project cost as part of the Fiji Government contribution to the Project

cost

• The impact of the project activities, including unforeseen losses and damages that may occur during either

construction or operation, will be carefully monitored and remedial steps taken as required.

4.6 Entitlement Matrix

A matrix of entitlements has been developed for the project taking account of potential impacts of the project. Table 2

sets out the potential categories of impacts and entitlements emanating from project activities.

Table 2: Entitlement Matrix


Permanent loss of

agricultural,

commercial and

homestead land

Legal Owner(s) of

Land

• Replacement value of land at market price.

• Refund of registration cost incurred for replacement land purchase at the

replacement value

Loss of Trees and Crops Landowner(s) • Replacement value at current market rates

Loss of Fence Owner(s) of Fence • Replacement value at current market prices

5 As the process is contingent upon clear boundary demarcations, successful negotiation and consensus amongst sellers, WAF

and TLTB are required to conduct the negotiation process through continuous dialogue with landowners. This is seen as the

most expeditious manner to minimise delays


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Temporary impact

during construction

Community /

Individual

• The contractor shall bear the cost of any impact on structure or land due to

movement of machinery and in connection with collection and transportation

of burrow materials

• All temporary use of lands outside proposed RoW/construction boundary to

be through written agreement between the landowner and contractor.

• Land will be returned to owner rehabilitated to original preferably better

standard

Unforeseen Impact Concerned

Impacted People

• Unforeseen impacts will be documented and mitigated based on the

principles agreed upon in the RP

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5 Institutional Arrangements and Implementation

5.1 Institutional Responsibilities

Key agencies responsible for the project’s land acquisition, resettlement and compensation activities are WAF, IPMU, DoL, and TLTB.

WAF is responsible for overseeing and managing project execution, including compliance with project requirements

including safeguards. It will appoint a counterpart to work with the IPMU for the project. WAF’s counterpart and their

consultants’ resettlement specialists will ensure that the procedures and processes established in the RF are followed

for the project.

IPMU will be supported by international and national specialists to help implement the safeguard tasks as required by

the RF, as noted above. This will include:

• (i) a senior resettlement specialist (international) and (ii) a community outreach specialist (national) in the

CS01B consultant’s team supporting the IPMU; as well as

• (iii) a social safeguards and gender specialist (international) and (iv) a safeguards specialist (national) in the

CS02B consultant’s team supervising the construction.

Safeguards responsibilities of the IPMU, supported by the consultants, include:

• Ensuring that safeguards are implemented as set out in the RF and other safeguard documents so as to meet

intended requirements

• Supervising conduct of the census, socio-economic survey, and IoL, managing the grievance redress process,

monitoring all resettlement-related activities, and reporting regularly on its activities for inclusion in project

reports

• Supervising the safeguards implementation, including implementation of relevant RP activities.

The DoL will be responsible for (a) attending village consultation meetings; (b) initial valuations; (c) identification of

owners and leaseholders; (d) negotiations with land owners; (e) preparation of Sale and Purchase Agreements and

sending to the TLTB for Board endorsement; (f) approval of final land surveys on completion of Project, and adjustment

of land compensation required; (g) preparation of land transfer, lease surrender, or freehold dedication documents;

and (h) registration of titles.

The TLTB, which represents and negotiates on behalf of landowning mataqali, signs agreements on their behalf and is

responsible for securing the consent of mataqali members prior to making such agreements. The TLTB Board must

endorse and approve the Sales and Purchase Agreements, and transfer documents.

5.2 Disbursement and Payment of Compensation

WAF will coordinate with DoL, TLTB, Provincial Councils and District Administrations to disburse compensation to APs

in accordance with the Entitlement Matrix as described in preceding sections. Compensation will be paid and affected

structures, if any, will be relocated before taking possession of land/properties, and prior to the start of civil works.

Local authorities will help identify entitled persons and deliver the compensation amounts.

5.3 Capacity Development Support

The still weak capacity of WAF and government agencies involved in land acquisition in regard to safeguards will be

strengthened under the project. WAF’s counterpart and the IPMU resettlement staff will provide training to staff of

WAF and relevant government agencies such as DoL and TLTB, mainly in the form of on-the-job training, but also through

special workshops to improve their institutional capacity and safeguard practices in Fiji. Based on the experience of

training together, working groups can be established to ensure interdepartmental coordination. An initial workshop

will be held for all staff involved in land acquisition and compensation for economic displacement in the early stages of

the project, followed by mentoring and on-the-job training. Further workshops on specific topics will be organised, as

needed, once implementation is underway, particularly to ensure that monitoring activities are undertaken as specified

in the RP.

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5.4 Other Organisations: Civil Society and Women’s Groups

There are few local NGOs or women’s groups involved in the planning and management of any land acquisition or resettlement activities, except for groups of the landowning mataqali. Local groups and leaders will be consulted to

help identify particularly vulnerable people. Other NGOs, if available, will be consulted about land, property, and

livelihoods issues. They will also be consulted during monitoring of relevant RPs and its outcomes, as required.

These groups may assist with community or local group meetings to disseminate information about the project, water

demand management, proper use of sewers, how to report leaks or overflows, tariff and connection fees etc. They

might also be engaged in sustained outreach to schools and other local organisations and provide training to women on

tap and small leak repair and maintenance.

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6 Grievance Redress Mechanism

6.1 General Principle

It is important to deal effectively with APs’ concerns pertaining to LAR issues, particularly on any aspects of compensation and resettlement benefits, delays in payment or on any other related grievance. In view of this, a simple

and acceptable, transparent and effective grievance redress mechanism (GRM) will be established by framing one or

more Grievance Redress Committees (GRCs).

The GRM procedure will ensure that the compensation and resettlement programmes have been implemented

accurately and fairly, and will mediate conflict and avoid lengthy litigation that is inconvenient to APs. It will provide a

simple process for the APs to raise their objections and get them resolved in a timely and satisfactory manner. Through

public consultations and distribution of the public information booklet, APs will be informed that they have a right to

file complaints to the GRC. The GRM will operate transparently throughout the project cycle and be available to all

affected persons, and the GRC will be free to act independently and ensure equitable treatment of women and men in

all decision making.

Mention should be made that a GRC does not possess any legal mandate or authority to resolve land issues, rather acts

as an advisory body or facilitator to try to resolve issues between the affected household/person and the IPMU/WAF.

Any complaints of ownership or other suits, to be resolved by judicial system, will not be resolved in GRC. The AP always

has final recourse through Fiji’s legal channels. However, every effort will be made to avoid this by applying traditional

conflict resolution procedures in negotiating resolutions to complaints. Should the APs want to pursue legal recourse,

IPMU/WAF will ensure that the support is given to the AP to prepare a case. No fees will be charged on the AP for such

assistance. All such costs will be borne by the Project.

6.2 Objective of GRM

The primary responsibility to address all complaints and grievances lies with project. The Project Manager of the IPMU,

supported by the social safeguards official(s) in the IPMU, will be the focal point to receive, review and resolve any

grievances of APs. The IPMU initially will employ all possible efforts to resolve the grievances by adopting traditional or

generally accepted conflict resolution procedures in negotiating resolutions to complaints and resolve problems quickly,

before difficulties expand. The primary objectives of establishing a GRM are to:

• ensure that disputes related to preparation and implementation of Resettlement Plan of this specific Rewa

River Water Supply Scheme are treated separately and on priority;

• help project proponents to ensure that project implementation timelines are not compromised due to delays

in resolution of grievances; and

• help cut down on lengthy and expensive litigation that APs might otherwise have to indulge in.

6.3 Composition and Functions of GRC

Two Grievance Redress Committees are proposed to be set up under the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme, based on

the local/village administrative units, which in turn will facilitate easy accessibility for the APs. GRCs will be established

through a gazette notification by WAF. A GRC is proposed to be a 7-member body formed at the project area in order

to facilitate the resolution of affected peoples’ concerns, complaints, and grievances about the project’s LAR performance.

The committee may at any time co-opt any member to help in resolving grievances if it deems necessary. GRC will

function at three levels or tiers to handle grievances – the first level will be in the community at the level of concerned

Village Headman/Traditional Chief, while the second level will be at the Province/District level, and finally, before going

to the judicial system, the third level will be at the WAF.

If the aggrieved person is a female, then the GRC must include at least one female member (ideally a representative

from local women’s group/association) to participate in the hearings. In case of the absence of any of the members during the decision-making process, an appropriate candidate will be nominated by the original representative.

However, at least 5 members should execute a session for grievance resolution. The composition of a GRC is given in

Table 3, and the key functions are as follows:

• Record, categorise and prioritise any grievances


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• Settle grievances in consultation with complainant(s) and other stakeholders

• Inform the aggrieved parties about the solutions; and

• Forward any unresolved cases to higher authorities.

The GRC will engage with appropriate officials in WAF and IPMU staff as required.

Table 3: Composition of GRC

Type of member Number “Constituency” represented

Chairperson 1 Representative from IPMU / WAF

Member 1 Concerned Village Headman / Traditional Chief

Member 1 Representative from Department of Lands

Member 1 Representative from iTaukei Land Trust Board

Member 1 Representative from the Construction Supervision Consultant

Member 1 Women’s Representative (from local women group/association)

Member 1 Representative of Affected Persons

6.4 Functioning of GRC

At the initial stages, prior and post compensation payments, it is anticipated that the APs would have issues to seek

clarification on and also report any grievances. APs with grievances will not always be expected to attend the meetings

but will be called upon to attend when the Committee deems it necessary. The GRCs will:

• meet twice in a month for the first three months (or more frequently if the situation so demands);

• meet once a month, after first three months depending on review and internal monitoring of grievances – type

and nature; and

• may decide on frequency of meetings as deemed appropriate upon commencement of construction works,

which may lead to additional disturbance and damages to and thereby grievances.

6.5 Likely Grievances

Types of grievances that could occur/have already occurred during the preconstruction i.e. survey stage and those likely

to occur during the RP implementation, followed by construction stage, are listed in Table 4.

Table 4: Likely Types of Grievances

Stage Types of Grievances (indicative)

Planning / Pre-

construction

• Lack of awareness of the project interventions/corridor/Right of Way

• Missing of parcel, error in identification and/or incorrect measurement (or perceptions over incorrect

measurement) of affected assets

• Disagreement regarding inheritance or ownership of assets and fearing loss of compensation

• Lack of adequate communication on the project developments, not enough consultation/ sensitisation

• Not satisfied with compensation amount, disagreement over the rates utilised for valuation of affected

assets

• Mistakes in the formulation of compensation agreement documents

• Change of ownership

RP Implementation

followed by

Construction

• Non-payment of compensation prior to construction

• Delay in payment of compensation

• Not enough work during construction stage/dissatisfaction over wages given

• Increased cases of HIV/AIDS due to in-migration

• Loss of access not addressed

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6.6 Proposed Steps of Grievance Redress Process

The GRC would be the tool to ensure proper presentation of grievances, impartial hearings and transparent decisions

on any resettlement benefits and issues. In the process of redressing the grievance the following steps are proposed:

➢ Step 0: Lodging and Recording of Grievance: At any time, any aggrieved AP can submit a grievance/complaint

in writing to the WAF IPMU or site office or to the Village Head/Traditional Chief, using the Grievance Recording

Form. At the time of registering the complaint, a copy will be given to the person making the complaint for

their record. For recoding of grievances, a Grievance Recording Form (GRF) is developed for the Project and is

given in Appendix B. The IPMU will make sure that sufficient GRFs are available in the site office and in the

office of the concerned Village Head/Traditional Chief. Some cases may just require provision of required

information or clarification and may thereafter not be required to be referred to Step 1.

➢ Step 1: Upon receipt of complaint(s), the chairperson of GRC who is WAF’s representative dealing with social safeguards will log the details in a grievance register, recording the date, name of AP, contact address and /or

phone number if available. The chairperson, with the involvement of GRC members and the concerned Village

Head or Traditional Chief, will organise a hearing session at the local level within 10 days for resolution of the

grievance(s). The GRC chairperson will preserve all related records, proceedings, decision and

recommendations. The verdicts will be conveyed by the GRC chairperson to the concerned AP/Village Head or

Traditional Chief within 7 days’ time.

➢ Step 2: If grievances are not resolved at the local level GRC, then the AP/village head or traditional chief can

take grievance to the Provincial Administrator of Naitasiri, where resolution will be attempted within 14 days,

with the involvement of the GRC members.

➢ Step 3: If grievances are not resolved at the Provincial Administrator of Naitasiri, then the AP can take the

grievance to the Project Manager of IPMU WAF. The IPMU Project Manager, in coordination with relevant

agencies, with the involvement of the GRC members, will attempt to resolve the grievance within 14 days, and

reports back to the APs/DPs or Village Head/Traditional Chief about outcome.

If the grievance is still not settled within 14 days, the APs can then submit their case to the appropriate court of law

in Fiji for resolution under the judicial system.

Table 5 sets out the process to resolve any project related grievances, with timescales:

Table 5: Grievance Redress Process

Steps Process Duration

0 Affected Person (AP)/Village Head or Traditional Chief will submit the grievance to

WAF/ IPMU the focal point responsible for this work Any time

1 WAF/ IPMU reviews and finds solution to the problem in consultation with village head

or traditional chief, with the involvement of the GRC members 10 days

WAF/IPMU reports back an outcome to Village/Traditional Chief/AP 7 days

If unresolved or the AP not satisfied with the outcome/decision

2 AP//village head or traditional chief can take grievance to the Provincial Administrator

in Naitasiri and find solution, with the involvement of the GRC members 14 days

If unresolved or the AP not satisfied with the outcome/decision

3 Aggrieved AP can take the grievance to the Project Director of IPMU WAF in Suva 14 days

Project Director of IPMU WAF will report back the solution/decision to AP/village head

or traditional chief 7 days

If unresolved or at any stage if the AP not satisfied

AP/village head or chief can take the matter to appropriate court in Fiji As per judicial

system

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7 Consultation, Participation and Information Disclosure

7.1 Consultation

This RP has been revised and updated in consultation with the communities and key local and national stakeholders.

This consultation process had already started with the very start of the project during the Phase 1 feasibility stage of

the Programme, while the initial draft RP was prepared in August 2016, and then revised in February 2018.

WAF conducted the first public consultation meeting for the Rewa River Water Supply Scheme on 13 May 2015, followed

by the second meeting on 24 August 2016, both at the Commissioner Central’s Office in Nausori. Most attendees were civil servants, representing the various Government ministries and other agencies who are stakeholders in the Project.

As an on-going process throughout the project cycle, these activities of consultative meetings, interaction and sharing

the update on project plans were carried out during 2016 and 2017 with the people living in the villages along the

Sawani-Serea Road, including the people living in the vicinity of project sites. A handout sheet containing maps and

details about the project was distributed.

Meetings were held with the head-teachers and other staff members of the two primary schools at Viria; with the

turaga-ni-koro and a representative of the Naitasiri Provincial Council; with landowners at the project site and along the

pipeline route; and with the management of the Goodman-Fielder poultry farm. TLTB, together with WAF staff,

conducted negotiations and other consultations with Waitolu village regarding the leasehold of the area adjacent to the

village for construction of the water reservoir.

From 13 to 22 August 2018, WAF’s team6 again carried out a series of consultation meetings as part of the process of

sharing information on the purpose of the project, benefits, project scope, social safeguard awareness, resettlement

and compensation benefits and other impact mitigation measures adopted by the project. Particular importance was

given to hearing the voice of the APs and communities that are likely to be directly impacted during the implementation

of this project. This round of consultation meetings was carried out:

• on 13/08/2018 in Nawaqabena and Naqali Villages

• on 14/08/2018 in Namuamua Village

• on 15/08/2018 in Gusuisavu and Waitolu Villages

• on 16/08/2018 in Nacokaika and Navatuvula Village

• on 20/08/2018 in Viria Settlement 1 & 2

• on 21/08/2018 in Muanaweni Nasi 1, Baulevu and Muanaweni 2 Settlements

• on 22/08/2018 in Sawani Hill 1, 2 & 3 (Lal Singh Rd 1) and Waila Feeder Rd (Lal Singh Rd 2) Settlements

These consultations were organised in coordination with the Commissioner Central Office and the Naitasiri District and

Provincial office, and it shows that these community consultations involved a substantial number of villages and

settlements. A total of 214 participants attended these consultation meetings. A report is given in Appendix C.

Another round of community consultation meetings was conducted in June 2019, during the course of updating the RP.

This activity has been carried out as part of an on-going process to share information on the project interventions and

likely LAR impacts. In doing so, particular importance was given to informing the households likely to be affected for

construction of the Alternate Route in Viria Village and to make them aware of the project policy of mitigating the

adverse impacts. Information on the Cut-off Date and its implication was shared in the meetings. Table 6 presents a

summary of the consultation meetings showing that 23 meetings involving 498 participants were conducted up to 8 July

2019. Minutes of the recent consultation meetings together with the participants lists are given in Appendix D. A media

release on these consultation meetings is given in Appendix E.

6 The team was composed of Alisi Senikuta (Community Engagement Officer), Amelia Soso (Senior Customer Services

Representative), Vara (Lands Officer), Iliesa Maqanatagane (Lands Officer), Asaeli Tabuavula (Environment Officer), Nani

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Table 6: Summary of Consultation Meetings held from 13 August 2018 to 8 July 2019

Sl

No Date Time Location

No of participants

Male Female Total

1-

12

13/08/2018

–

22/08/2018

Nawaqabena, Naqali, Namuamua,

Gusuisavu, Waitolu, Nacokaika and

Navatuvula Villages;

Viria 1 & 2, Muanaweni Nasi 1 &

Baulevu, Muanaweni 2, Sawani Hill 1,

2 & 3 (Lal Singh Rd 1) and Waila

Feeder Rd (Lal Singh Rd 2) Settlements

156 58 214

13 05/06/2019 10:00 Viria Village Hall 26 21 47

14 05/06/2019 16:00 Naqali Village Hall 22 0 22

15 10/06/2019 10:00 Waitolu Village 22 7 29

16 10/06/2019 11:30 Naqali Village 9 33 42

17 10/06/2019 14:00 Nawaqabena Village 10 11 21

18 13/06/2019 10:00 Navatuvula Village 18 11 29

19 13/06/2019 12:00 Namuamua Village 9 8 17

20 14/06/2019 12:00 Guisusuva Village 21 11 32

21 20/06/2019 14:00 NacoKaika Village 17 7 24

22 01/07/2019 10:00 Vuniniudrovu Village 16 5 21

23 08/07/2019 12:00 Sawani Village

Totals 326 172 498

Figures 3 and 4 below show some of the meetings in progress.

Figure 3: Community Consultation in Viria Village on 5

June (morning)

Figure 4: Community Consultation in Naqali Village on 5

June 2019 (afternoon).

7.2 Further Meetings during Construction Period

Consultation with the APs will be carried out throughout the project cycle as part of on-going process so that their needs

and preferences can be further addressed, and any grievances discussed and settled. Further local meetings will be

arranged during construction period with community and women’s groups to ensure their complete understanding of the planned work and provide opportunities for project staff to respond to all stakeholder questions. During the

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• Providing public information on the progress of construction

• Minimising inconvenience to the community

• Allowing contractors to have a conducive environment for construction work

• Providing sources of up-to-date local information, such as possible traffic disruptions

• Providing contact points for grievance redress.

7.3 Disclosure

Key features of this RP will be disclosed to the APs through community level meetings, and informal interaction between

the APs, IPMU personnel and consultants. After its approval by ADB, the following RP disclosure plan will be followed:

• The RP as an official public document will be made available in the EA/IA offices at national, provincial and

district level. The final version of the RP will be posted on the websites of WAF and ADB

• A summary of the RP containing the entitlement matrix, including the list of APs will be translated into local

language as a Public Information Booklet. The Booklet will be developed and included in Vol. 2 of the RP. Upon

request, IPMU will be responsible for distribution of the Booklet to the respective Village Headman/Traditional

Chiefs/ iTaukei Land Trust Board and to the AHs/APs in order to enable them to read it by themselves and be

aware of the benefit/compensation available in the RP.

In all discussions, Viria residents have expressed enthusiasm about the project, their principal interest being the

likelihood that they will also get a clean, reliable water supply. People in the district rely on rainwater tanks, most of

which are inadequate to deal with frequent dry spells. In the past year, WAF regularly sent a water tanker to fill tanks.

Some people also occasionally use the river water for both domestic and farming use.

Appendix - Cut-off Date Circulation

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Cut-off Date Circulation

Appendix - Grievance Recording Form

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Grievance Recording Form

Water Authority of Fiji

Rewa River Water Supply Scheme

Fiji Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Programme

SL GRIEVANCE RECORDING FORM

1. Date of Grievance Reporting

2. Full Name of AP / Complainant

3.

Gender of AP/ Complainant

Male | Female

4. ID of AP (voters ID / passport number / driving licence / any other ID

5. Address of AP / Complainant

6. Contact Information Phone:

Email:

7. Mode of communicating grievance (circle the number below)

8. Oral Oral (but not AP) Written Written (by other)

1 2 3 4

9.

Mode of Contact (circle the number below)

Phone Email Village Head /

Traditional Chief Others (specify)

1 2 3 4

10. Type of Grievance (circle as many reported)

Unaware of project component boundary (WTP / water intake / reservoir / pump station / other)

1 Safety of women 7

Parcel missed in measurement 2 Damage to crops due to construction 8

Parcel measurement error 3 Inappropriate livelihood restoration scheme

9

Disagreement over rates used for valuation 4 Loss of access 10

Mistakes in compensation agreement / ID reference

5 Others (Specify) 11

Delay in compensation payment 6

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11.

Description of Grievance:

12.

Frequency of Grievance (circle the number):

• One time incident 1

• Happened more than once 2

• On-going 3

13.

Expected resolution to stated grievance:

14.

Signature/Thumb impression of AP/Complainant

Date:

15. Name and Signature of the Official recording grievance

Date:

16. Has AP been handed a copy of the grievance form Yes No

Status of Resolution

17. By GRC Date:

Resolution details:

Has AP / Complainant been notified? Yes No

Is Grievance resolved / closed? Yes

Not resolved. Referred to Provincial

Administrator

If case is closed, then Signature of AP / Complainant to show agreement

Date:

Name and signature of the Official:

Date:

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18 By Provincial Administrator Date:

Resolution details:


Is Grievance resolved / closed Yes Not resolved. Referred to

IPMU / WAF


Date:

Name and signature of the Official

Date:

19. BY IPMU / WAF Date:

Resolution details:


Is Grievance resolved/closed? Yes Not resolved. Referred to

Court


Date:


Date:

20. By Court Date:

Resolution details:

Is Grievance resolved / closed? Yes No


Date:

DECISION OF THE COURT IS FINAL

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Appendix - WAF Consultation Programme in June-July 2019

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WAF Consultation Programme in June-July 2019


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Attendance List – Viria Village, 5 June 2019, 10 am


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Attendance List – Naqali Village, 5 June 2019, 4 pm

Attendance List – Waitolu Village, 10 June 2019, 10 am


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Attendance List – Naqali Village, 10 June 2019, 11:30 am


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Attendance List – Nawaqabena Village, 10 June 2019, 2 pm

Attendance List – Navatuvula Village, 14 June 2019, 10 am


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Attendance List – Namuamua Village, 14 June 2019, 12 pm

Attendance List – Gusuisavu Village, 14 June 2019, 3 pm


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Attendance List – NacoKaika Village, 20 June 2019, 2 pm

Attendance List – Vuniudrovo Village, 1 July 2019, 10 am


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Attendance List – Sawani Village, 8 July 2019, 12 pm

Appendix -

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