Bridge on river Ghaghara at Chahlari Ghat on Sitapur - Bahraich road
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This Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) aims to ensure that all people affected by the project (PAPs) of the Uttar Pradesh States Road Project at least regain their status of living prior to the project implementation or improve upon that. The specific objectives of this RAP are to: when ever possible, displacement will be reduced or avoided altogether by redesign of civil works (e.g. alternative designs or modification to the design); identify the PAPs by the type of loss and extent of damage, categorize entitled persons (EPs) according to the eligibility criteria of the resettlement & rehabilitation (R&R) policy of the project, work out entitlements for each EP based on the criteria laid down in the R&R policy, ensure that all PAPs are aware of their entitlements under the policy and participate actively in the project, identify land resettlement and the preferences of the PAPs for their relocation, develop institutional support for implementation of the R&R process; rehabilitation and assistance will given be to any individual impacted for loss of livelihood; project-affected groups are entitled, but not limited, to restoration and improvement of common property resources; evolve a suitable mechanism for monitoring and evaluation of the R&R process and indicate the parameters for monitoring, and phase the implementation of RAP through nongovernmental organizations; and finally, applicability of India's policy, legal and institutional framework, Uttar Pradesh's environmental legislation, and the World Bank's Operational Directives (OD) 4.30 and 4 20 for resettlement of involuntary displaced persons and indigenous people.
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