S ocial Monitoring Report
Project Number: 48023-003 April 2020
Period: October 2019 to March 2020
PRC: Ningxia Liupanshan Poverty Reduction Rural Road Development Project
Submitted by Ningxia Project Management Office and Hangzhou Darren Engineer Project Management Co. Ltd.
This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Loan 3444-PRC： ADB Funded Ningxia Liupanshan Poverty Reduction Rural Road Development Project
External Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation Report No.4
(From October 2019 to March 2020)
Hangzhou Darren Engineer Project Management Co. Ltd.
Resettlement External M&E Team
April 2020
ABBREVIATIONS
AAOV – Average Annual Output Value ADB – Asian Development Bank AHs – Affected Households APs – Affected Persons AV – Administrative Village CRO – County Resettlement Office DI – Design Institute DMS – Detailed Measurement Survey CRO – County Resettlement Office FS – Feasibility Study HD – House Demolition LA – Land Acquisition LAB – Land and Resources Bureau LAR – Land Acquisition and Resettlement LEF – Land-Expropriated Farmer L&RO – Land & Resources Office M&E – Monitoring and Evaluation MOU – Memorandum of Understanding NDRC – National Development and Reform Commission PADO – Poverty Alleviation and Development office NDRC – Ningxia Development and Reform Commission PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal PRO – Project Resettlement Office RIB – Resettlement Information Booklet RP – Resettlement Plan SES – Socioeconomic Survey SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement of ADB NHAR TD – Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Transport Department TRO – Town/township Resettlement Office
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – kilometer m² – square meter mu – 666.7 m²
Executive Summary
E1.Scope, Contents and Methods of External M&E
1. According to implementation progress of the Project, the 4rd external resettlement monitoring and evaluation report mainly covers the subprojects in: (1) Tongxin County, Wuzhong City; (2) Haiyuan County, Zhongwei City; (3) Yuanzhou District, Guyuan City; (4) Xiji County, Guyuan City; (5) Pengyang County, Guyuan City; and (6) Jingyuan County, Guyuan City①. A total of 7 rural trunk roads and 1 rural feeder road (see details in table 1-2) are monitored in this report with a period from October 2019 to 31 March 2020.
2. This resettlement M&E report mainly includes changes of LAR impacts, project and resettlement implementation progress, compensation compliance, implementation of livelihood restoration and resettlement measures, institutional capacity-building, complaints and appeals redress, satisfaction levels of affected people, etc.
E2. Changes of LAR Impacts and RPs Updating
3. Tongxin and Haiyuan subprojects have updated their original RPs on basis of final design and DMS in the first half of 2019. Xiji subproject has updated the original RP on basis of final design and DMS in March 2020.The Guyuan-Xiji Road in Yuanzhou District (Guanting-Yuanzhou Section) subproject has updated the original RP on basis of final design and DMS in February 2020, but Wanzhang-Sanying Road hasn’t updated its original RP.
4. According to monitoring, the LAR impacts of the above subprojects has changed to varying degrees, but the principle of avoiding and minimizing the LAR impacts was followed.
5. However, Pengyang and Jingyuan subprojects are still in the stage of design and/or bidding preparation, for which the detailed measurement survey (DMS) hasn’t been carried out by 31March 2020. Therefore, RPs have not been updated and the LAR impacts have no changes in these two subprojects.
E3. LAR Progress and Implementation Monitoring
6. In Tongxin, the local Natural Resources Bureau released the Announcement of Land Acquisition for the Wangtuan to Yuwang Road on 15 April 2019. Then the physical survey and verification of land acquisition and house demolition were started by local Transportation Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau and engaged township governments. As of 31 March 2020, Tongxin subproject has completed the verification of house demolition impacts survey results, and the oral negotiation of 9 HHs, out of all the 12 HHs affected by HD. It is expected that all the 12 HHs affected by HD will sign the compensation and resettlement agreements with local government by April 2020. Tongxin subproject is still in verification of LA impacts survey, and has not yet signed any LA and compensation agreements.
7. In Haiyuan, the LA and compensation agreements and compensation payments have been completed for all affected villager groups and AHs by December 2019. The HD agreements have been signed with all 31 AHs, and the HD compensation and resettlement work has been completed by the end of 2019. So far, Haiyuan County has completed the payment of all resettlement funds.
8. Due to the changes of road design in Jingyuan County, the Dongxia to Digou feeder road no longer involves any LAR impacts, and the civil works have been completed from April to November 2019. However, the trunk road in Jingyuan County has not started construction.
9. The other 3 subprojects in Yuanzhou, Xiji and Pengyang have not started resettlement implementation and construction of civil works.
① The one feeder road in Longde County, which only involved relocation of some ground attachments, was completed in 2017. See details in the 2nd external resettlement monitoring report. I
E4. Readiness and Disbursement of Resettlement Funds
10. Haiyuan subproject has completed the payment of all resettlement funds. Tongxin County is gradually paying the resettlement funds according to the progress of the LA and HD. the resettlement funds in other 4 project counties have not been disbursed and paid for the time being.
E5. Information Disclosure, Pubic Consultation and Grievance Redress
11. The project has carried out extensive information publicity and public consultation in the project preparation stage. To ensure project information is fully public during the phase of project and resettlement implementation, the local transportation bureaus and PMOs will further disclose all kinds of information of the project to the affected persons in a timely and complete manner through various means, such as announcements, newspapers, television news, and the Internet, etc.
12. Channels of GRM are open and smooth, and affected people know that when their rights are violated, there are channels for redress. No complaints or appeals have yet been received.
E6. Main Findings
13. (i) Updating of RPs: as of 31 March 2020, Tongxin and Haiyuan and Xiji subprojects have updated their RPs, and Yuanzhou has updated the RP for one of two roads; however the remaining subprojects in Pengyang and Jingyuan (trunk road) have not carried out detailed measurement surveys (DMSs) of LAR impacts, nor have the original RPs been updated accordingly.
14. (ii) Project and resettlement implementation progress: as of 31 March 2020, Tongxin and Haiyuan subprojects started civil works, and the Dongxia to Digou feeder road in Jingyuan County had been completed in November 2019. The other four subprojects (the remaining trunk road in Jingyuan) are still in the preparatory stage of design and bidding, and have not yet started the construction of civil works. Haiyuan subproject has completed all land acquisition and resettlement activities by the end of 2019. Due to the changes of road design in Jingyuan County, the Dongxia to Digou feeder road no longer involves any LAR impacts, and the civil works have been completed from April to November 2019. However, the trunk road in Jingyuan County has not started construction. As of 31 March 2020, Tongxin subproject has completed the verification of house demolition impacts survey results, and the oral negotiation of 9 HHs, out of all the 12 HHs affected by HD. It is expected that all the 12 HHs affected by HD will sign the compensation and resettlement agreements with local government by April 2020. Tongxin subproject has not yet signed any LA and compensation agreements.
15. (iii) Project implementing institutions and capacity-building: the responsibilities and tasks of relevant institutions at all levels are clear, and staff need to continue to increase their inputs and strengthen the management and reporting system for resettlement implementation.
16. (iv) Grievance Redress Mechanism: the channels for complaints and appeals are open and smooth, and no complaints have been received to date.
E7. Main Recommendations
17. (i) Sub-PMOs in Pengyang and Jingyuan should, on the basis of preliminary design, appoint professional institution or resettlement specialists to carry out detailed measurement survey (DMS) of the LAR impacts of their subproject (trunk roads), and update the original RPs in a timely manner. The updated RPs should be submitted to ADB for review and approval as early as possible. In Yuanzhou District, the RP of Wanzhang to Sanying Road should be updated soon.
18. (ii) Sub-PMOs in Pengyang, Jingyuan (the trunk road), Yuanzhou and Xiji should speed up the preparation progress before the implementation of the project, particularly the application and approval of land acquisition, etc.
II 19. (iii) Tongxin subproject should complete the verification of DMS results of land acquisition as soon as possible, sign LA and HD agreements with the affected villager groups and HHs, and then pay land compensation in accordance with the updated RP; at the same time, the negotiation with remaining 3 AHs should be speeded up to sign the house compensation and settlement agreements as soon as possible, and thus complete the demolition compensation resettlement work.
20. (iv) Except in Haiyuan County, the district/county PMOs should raise the counterpart funds in time and ensure that land acquisition and resettlement expenses can be paid to affected rural collectives and households in full and on time.
21. (v) Except in Haiyuan County, the district/county PMOs need to coordinate the relevant government departments as soon as possible, and to push forward the LA and HD and resettlement activities strictly follow the URP approved by ADB.
22. (vi) The district/county PMOs need to carry out training for the staff of both the project implementing agencies and resettlement implementing agencies, in order to strengthen the institutional and personnel capacity for project and resettlement implementation, and improve internal monitoring and reporting system.
23. (vii) The district/county PMOs need to strengthen the file management during the resettlement implementation to ensure the timely collection, sorting and archiving of relevant information, such as LAR impacts, compensation and resettlement records, etc.
III Table of Contents
Executive Summary ························································································ I 1 Brief Introduction of the Project and Resettlement External M&E ········ 1 1.1 Project background ························································································ 1 1.2 Construction Contents and Scales ······························································· 2 1.3 External Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation ····································· 5 1.3.1 EMA ···································································································································· 5 1.3.2 M&E Scope ························································································································ 5 1.3.3 M&E Contents ··················································································································· 5 2 Monitoring and Evaluation of Resettlement Implementation ················· 6 2.1 Summary of Resettlement Impacts and RPs Updating ······························ 6 2.2 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Tongxin County, Wuzhong Municipality ················································································································· 6 2.2.1 Changes of Resettlement Impacts ················································································· 6 2.2.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures ····················································· 8 2.2.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation ··············································· 9 2.2.4 Main Findings during External M&E ············································································· 10 2.3 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Haiyuan County, Zhongwei Municipality ··············································································································· 10 2.3.1 Changes of Resettlement Impacts ··············································································· 10 2.3.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures ··················································· 11 2.3.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation ············································· 13 2.3.4 Main Findings during External M&E ············································································· 19 2.4 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Yuanzhou District, Guyuan Municipality ··············································································································· 19 2.4.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP ··········································································· 19 2.4.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures ··················································· 21 2.4.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation ············································· 22 2.4.4 Main Findings during External M&E ············································································· 23 2.5 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Xiji County, Guyuan Municipality ·· 23 2.5.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP ··········································································· 23 2.5.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures ··················································· 25 2.5.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation ············································· 26 2.5.4 Main Findings during External M&E ············································································· 26 2.6 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Pengyang County, Guyuan Municipality ··············································································································· 27 2.6.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP ··········································································· 27 2.6.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures ··················································· 28 2.6.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation ············································· 30 2.6.4 Main Findings during External M&E ············································································· 30 2.7 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Jingyuan County, Guyuan Municipality ··············································································································· 31 2.7.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP ··········································································· 31 2.7.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures ··················································· 32 2.7.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation ············································· 33 3 M&E of Resettlement Funds Disbursement ··········································· 35
IV 3.1 Resettlement Budget and Resources ························································· 35 3.1.1 Tongxin County, Wuzhong Municipality (Updated RP) ·············································· 35 3.1.2 Haiyuan County, Zhongwei Municipality (Updated RP) ·········································· 35 3.1.3 Yuanzhou District, Guyuan Municipality (Original RP, only partial updates) ·········· 35 3.1.4 Xiji County, Guyuan Municipality (Updated RP) ························································· 35 3.1.5 Pengyang County, Guyuan Municipality (Original RP) ·············································· 36 3.1.6 Jingyuan County, Guyuan Municipality (Original RP) ················································ 36 3.2 Disbursement Status of Resettlement Funds ··········································· 36 4 M&E of Capacity Building of Implementing Agencies and Staff ········· 38 4.1 Establishment of Implementing Agencies ················································· 38 4.2 Staffing ··········································································································· 38 4.3 Evaluation of Implementing Agencies’ Capacity ······································ 39 5 Information Disclosure, Public Participation and GRM ························ 40 5.1 Information Disclosure on Project and Resettlement ······························ 40 5.2 Public Participation during Implementation Stage ··································· 41 5.3 Status of GRM ······························································································· 42 6 Main Findings and Recommendations ···················································· 43 6.1 Main Findings ································································································ 43 6.2 Recommendations ························································································ 43
V List of Tables
Table 1-1：Basic Information of the Project ...... 1 Table 1-2：Summary of Construction Contents in Project Counties (in original RPs) ...... 3 Table 2-1：LAR Impacts in Original RPs and RPs Preparation/Updating ...... 6 Table 2-2：Permanent Collective Land Acquisition Impacts of Tongxin Subproject ...... 7 Table 2-3： Rural Residential House Demolition Impacts of Tongxin Subproject...... 7 Table 2-4：Affected Population of Tongxin Subproject (Original RP) ...... 7 Table 2-5： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Tongxin Subproject ...... 8 Table 2-6：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Tongxin Subproject ...... 8 Table 2-7：Permanent Collective Land Acquisition Impacts of Haiyuan Subproject ...... 10 Table 2-8： Rural Residential House Demolition Impacts of Haiyuan Subproject ...... 11 Table 2-9：Affected Population of Haiyuan Subproject ...... 11 Table 2-10： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Haiyuan Subproject ...... 11 Table 2-11：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Haiyuan Subproject ...... 12 Table 2-11：Destination Impacts and Resettlement Status of AHs in Haiyuan County ...... 13 Table 2-13：Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Yuanzhou Subproject ...... 19 Table 2-14：Impacts of Rural Residential House demolition of Yuanzhou Subproject ...... 20 Table 2-15：Affected Population of Yuanzhou Subproject（ ...... 20 Table 2-16： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Yuanzhou Subproject ...... 21 Table 2-17：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Yuanzhou Subproject ...... 21 Table 2-18： Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Xiji Subproject ...... 24 Table 2-19：Impacts of Rural Residential House Demolition of Xiji Subproject ...... 24 Table 2-20： Affected Population of Xiji Subproject ...... 24 Table 2-21： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Xiji Subproject ...... 24 Table 2-22：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Xiji Subproject ...... 25 Table 2-23：Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Pengyang County (original plan) ...... 27 Table 2-24：Impacts of Residential House Demolition of Pengyang Subproject (original plan) 27 Table 2-25：Affected Population of Pengyang Subproject (original plan) ...... 28 Table 2-26：Temporal Land Use Impacts of Pengyang Subproject (original plan) ...... 28 Table 2-27： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Pengyang Subproject (original plan) ...... 28 Table 2-28：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Pengyang Subproject ...... 29 Table 2-29： Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan) 31 Table 2-30：Impacts of Rural Residential House Demolition of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan) ...... 31 Table 2-31： Ground Ancillary Facilities to be Affected (original plan) ...... 32 Table 2-32：Affected Population of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan) ...... 32 Table 2-33：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan)...... 33 Table 4-1：Staff of Project and Resettlement Management and Implementing Agencies ...... 38
VI List of Figures
Figure 1-1：Sketch Map of Project Distribution ...... 2 Figure 2-1：Construction Sites in Tongxin County (within the area of unused land) ...... 9 Figure 2-11：Land Pre-examination and permit of site selection of Wanzhang-Sanying Road . 23 Figure 2-12：Land Pre-examination and permit of site selection of Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Road ...... 26 Figure 2-13：Permit of construction land utilization for Chunshucha (Mengyuan) -Yangping (Chengyang) Road ...... 30 Figure 2-13：Permit of site selection of Shatang (Huanghua Town)–Gaodian Road ...... 34 Figure 5-1： Project Commencement announcement released by the Transportation and Finance Departments of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region ...... 40 Figure 5-2：Special report on the project on the official website of the State Commission for Ethnic Affairs ...... 40 Figure 5-3：Special reports on the project by Ningxia Daily, Sina News and NetEase News .... 41 Figure 5-4：Socioeconomic Survey and Public Consultation on sites During RP Updating ...... 41 Figure 5-5：Public Consultation on sites During External Monitoring ...... 42
VII 1 Brief Introduction of the Project and Resettlement External M&E
1.1 Project background 1. The Ningxia Liupanshan Poverty Reduction Rural Road Development Project (hereafter refer as "the Project”) proposed project will support poverty focused rural road development in the Liupanshan area of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) under the nationwide initiative of Outline of Poverty Alleviation and Development Strategy in Rural Areas of China (2011–2020). The rural roads project is expected to increase rural incomes and reduce poverty in the Liupanshan area. The project will align government and development partner support to the national poverty reduction initiative and the NHAR Thirteenth Five-Year Plan (FYP), resulting in poverty-focused improvement of the rural transport network, improved road safety and maintenance practice, and strengthened institutional capacity.
2. The Project’s impact will be increased rural incomes and reduction in the incidence of poverty in the Liupanshan area. The Project’s outcome will be improved rural transport network in Liupanshan, particularly in poor areas.
3. The Project mainly targets at: 1) improving the technical grade for road network project, increasing network capacity, and perfecting regional road network; 2) enhancing the connection between the project area and surrounding area, improving regional traffic condition, and promoting the economic development of the project area and region; 3) constructing 7 trunk roads and 21 feeder roads in Xiji County, Pengyang County, Jingyuan County, and Yuanzhou District in Guyuan City, Hai County in Zhongwei City, and Tongxin County in Wuzhong City. As required by ADB, resettlement plan should be formulated for 7 trunk roads and 2 feeder roads.
Table 1-1：Basic Information of the Project # Indicator Details
1 Country People’s Republic of China (PRC)
2 Loan No. Loan 3444-PRC
3 Project Ningxia Liupanshan Poverty Reduction Rural Road Development Project
4 Borrower Ministry of Finance of the PRC
5 Executing Agency Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government (NHARG)
Transport bureaus of Yuanzhou, Xiji, Tongxin, Pengyang, Haiyuan, Jingyuan, and 6 Implementing Agency Longde counties
7 Total Estimated Cost 265.54 US$ million
8 ADB Loan 100 US$ million
9 IR category B
10 IP category B
11 Approval date 21 Oct 2016
12 Signing Date 10 Apr 2017
13 Effectivity Date 14 Jul 2017
14 Original closing date 30 Jun 2022
Source: ADB website.
4. See the Sketch Map of Project Distribution in Figure 1-1.
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Figure 1-1：Sketch Map of Project Distribution
1.2 Construction Contents and Scales 5. See the construction contents and scales in table 1-2 below.
2 Table 1-2：Summary of Construction Contents in Project Counties (in original RPs)
Project No. construction contents and scales County/District ①Road Construction：The subproject starts from K236+199 (Xiangshui Bridge) of Line G344 (the former Line S101) at Wangtuan Town which is in the north of Tongxin County and 15km away from the county, and ends at K61+510 which joins Line S202 (the former K337+800 of Line S203). The total length is 61.51 km and estimated total money is CNY 387,521,607. ②LA impacts： A total of 1,942.77 mu of land will be acquired, including 403.3 mu of farmland (20.76%), 14.11 mu of residential land (0.73%), 11.35 mu of forest land (0.58%) ，and 1514.01 Tongxin mu of unused land (77.93%). County, 1 ③HD impacts：The subproject will involve 3,888 m2 of house demolition, among which, rural Wuzhong residents’ houses in brick-timber structure (3,685 m2, accounting for 94.78% of the total area of Municipality demolition) and earth-wood structure (203 m2, accounting for 5.22% of the total area of demolition), and involves 25 households with 108 persons. ④Affected Persons：The subproject will affect 149 households with 616 persons, all of which will be affected by LA, and only 25 households with 108 persons will be affected by HD. No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. In addition, scattered trees, poles, wires, tombs, enclosures, water wells and other ground ancillary facilities will be affected. ①Road Construction：The subproject starts from K0+000 of Line G341 being designed at the north of Zhaike Town, passes through Zhengqi village, Satai village, Sabu village, Zhongping village, Matao village ,and Yuantao village, and ends at Line S311, with subgrade/pavement width of 7.5m/ 6.5m. It is constructed based on the standard of tertiary road, with total length of 28.4km and estimated total money of CNY 115.3063 million. The total construction period is 24 months. Haiyuan ②LA impacts：A total of 485mu of land will be acquired, including 209.24mu of farmland County, 2 (43.17%), 1.6mu of residential land (0.33%), 18.45mu of forest land (3.81%), and 255.74mu of Zhongwei unused land (52.7%), which will affect 108 households with 507 persons. Municipality ③HD impacts: The project will involve 240 m2 of house demolition. The houses by demolition are all earth-wood structure, which involves 2 households with 12 persons. ④Affected Persons: The subproject will affect 108 households with 507 persons. At this stage, no temporary land occupation is planned. No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. In addition, scattered trees, poles, wires, tombs, enclosures, water wells and other ground ancillary facilities will be affected. ①Road Construction（A）：Guanting-Guyuan Section of Guyuan-Xiji Road. The road starting point (K0+000) is at the boundary of Yunwu Mountain Nature Reserve on the north of Guanting Village, and the ending point (K26+330) connects with the Eastern Ring Road in Guyuan City, with the total length of 26.33km. The total investment is estimated to be CNY 229,310,500. ②Road Construction（B）：Wanzhang-Sanying Road. The road starts from the intersection of Wanzhang Village in Zhaike Town at the western foot of Yunwu Mountain and Pingle Village of Touying Town in Guyuan City, and ends at K31+700 of Road G344 (K301+900 of former Road Yuanzhou S101), with the total length of about 31.7km. (The total amount is estimated to be CNY District, 168,420,200). 3 Guyuan ③LA impacts： A total of 1,218.2mu of land will be acquired, including 453mu of dry farmland, Municipality 2.5mu of residential land, 738.9mu of unused land, and 23.8mu of forest land. ④HD impacts：The 650m2 of brick-wood residential houses are involved in the house demolition (HD). ⑤Affected Persons：The total number of affected residents is 1,130 of 269 households. ⑥No enterprises, shops, mosques, schools, hospitals, or other sensitive facilities are involved in the acquisition and demolition. In addition, scattered trees, enclosures, electricity and telecommunication facilities will be affected. ①Road Construction：Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Road totally adopt the former road at section K0+000-K0+685.438; reconstruct the former road at section K0+685.438~K5+800; adopt the former road in part and reconstruct the former road in part at section K5+800-K29+080 and K33+340~K73+000; build new road at section K29+080.784~K32+400. Total length is 73km, with the subgrade width of 7.5m and pavement width of 7m. (The total amount is estimated to be CNY 405,165,141). Xiji County , 4 Guyuan ②LA impacts：A total of 1,898.6 mu of rural collective land will be acquired permanently, Municipality including 1,387.4 mu of farmland (73.07%), 2.7 mu of residential land (0.14%), and 3.1 mu of unused land (0.16%). ③HD impacts：Houses of 500m2 which are all in earth-wood structure will be demolished.。 ④Affected Persons： 1,188 households with 5,281 people will be affected by LA and 4 households with 35 people will be affected by HD, totaling 1,188 households with 5,281 people affected.
3 ⑤the project does not involve in temporary land occupation according to the feasibility study report. And no enterprise or shop will be affected by LA and HD. In addition, scattered trees, poles, wires, tombs, enclosures, water wells and other ground ancillary facilities will be affected. ① Road Construction ： Chunshucha (Mengyuan) -Yangping (Chengyang) Road starts at K1784+100 of Line G309 from north to south, passing by Mengyuan Town, Wugou Town, and Chengyang Town, and ends at Yangping Village of Chengyang Town. The ending point (K30+727.08) is at K19+136 of Pengyang-Zhenyuan Road. The project is 30.75km long in total, with the subgrade width of 7.5m and pavement width of 6.5m. The total investment is estimated to be CNY 91.006202 million. ②LA impacts: A total of 506.51 mu of land will be acquired, including 201.06 mu farmland, 2 mu Pengyang residential land, and 296.15 mu unused land. County, ： 5 Guyuan ③HD impacts The project will involve 1,253.8 m² building demolition (369.6 m² brick-wood Municipality buildings and 884.2 m² earth-wood buildings). ④Affected Persons：205 households with 814 persons will be affected by land acquisition, and ten households with 45 persons will be affected both by house demolition and land acquisition. In total 205 households with 814 persons will be affected by LAR.。 ⑤No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. In addition, scattered trees, poles, wires, water wells and other ground ancillary facilities will be affected. ⑥Temporary Land Occupation：So far as designed, 161.9 mu of land will be temporarily occupied, which is all unused land. ①Road Construction：(i) Shatang (Huanghua Town)–Gaodian Road is the rural trunk road and includes main section and branch section. The main section starts from Shatang Village of Huanghua Town in Jingyuan County, intersects road S313 that is newly planned (formal Jingyuanping Road), and ends at Haodian Village in Liupanshan Town, intersects road G312 at the section of K1835+318, with the whole length of 13.443 km, with the designed speed of 30 km/h, width of subgrade of 7.5 m, and width of pavement of 6.5 m. The branch section starts from Tuyao Village, intersects the main section at K3+023.63, and ends at Tuyao Village, intersects the section of K0+856, with the whole length of 1.782 km, with the designed speed of 20 km/h, width of subgrade of 6.5 m, and width of pavement of 6.0 m. The total investment for this trunk road is estimated to be CNY 46,591,274. (ii) Dongxia-Digou road project is the feeder road project, including one main road and three branches. The main road starts from road S101 in Dongxia Town, goes southeastward and then northeastward via Pangdong Village along the old road, and ends at Digou Forest Protection Station of Longtan Forest Farm via the west part of Dongxia Village and Shidi Village, with the stake number of K8+200 (ending point). Branch A starts from Pangdong Village, connects stake K1+242.1 of main road, and ends at the unsurfaced road at the east end of Pangdong Village via Group 3 of Pangdong Village along the Jingyuan old road, with stake number of AK0+661 (ending point); Branch B starts from the intersection of County, the west part of Dongxia Village and main road K4+354.79, goes southward via Dongxia Village, 6 Guyuan and then southward at K0+725, and stops at the end of Shangxia Village along the old road, with Municipality stake number of BK2+162 (ending point); Branch C starts from Shidi Village, and intersects
main road K5+123.81, goes westward along the old road, and ends at the unsurfaced road of the west end of the village. The total distance of construction is 11.717 km and the total investment is estimated to be RMB 24,542,200 Yuan. ②LA impacts：A total of 394.52mu of land will be acquired, including 160.01 mu of Farmland (40.6%), 24.31 mu of Residential land (6.2%), and 210.2 mu of Forest land (53.3%). ③HD impacts：The residential houses involved in the house demolition (HD) are rural houses of 2,169 m2, are brick-wood houses of 624 m2 and earth-wood houses of 1,545 m2. ④Affected Persons：112 households with 432 persons will be affected by LA, of which both LA and HD will affect 38 households with 134 persons. ⑤No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. In addition, scattered trees, poles, wires, tombs, enclosures, water wells and other ground ancillary facilities will be affected. ⑥Temporary Land Occupation：The project will acquire 17 mu of temporary land that is unutilized land. Note: One feeder road (Zhangtian-Jinglin-Yangchuan Road) in Longde County, which only involved relocation of some ground attachments, was completed in 2017. See details in the 2nd external resettlement monitoring report.
Table 1-3：Summary of Rural Roads and LAR Implementation Progresses (up to 31 Mar 2020) Categories LAR implementation # Category Road Name County/district of LAR Remarks progress impacts Oral negotiation of HD agreements 1 Trunk Wangtuan-Yuwang Road Tongxin LA, HD ongoing completed for 9 AHs out of all 12; LA and HD
4 agreements have not been signed all LAR Zhengqi–Jiucai–Sikouzi 2 Trunk Haiyuan LA, HD completed completed by Road December 2019 Shatang (Huanghua 3 Trunk Jingyuan LA, HD Not started RP not updated Town)–Gaodian Road Chunshucha (Mengyuan) 4 Trunk -Yangping (Chengyang) Pengyang LA, HD Not started RP not updated Road Jiangtai–Xitan–Pingfeng RP updated in 5 Trunk Xiji LA, HD DMS completed Road Feb 2020 RP updated in 6 Trunk Guanting–Guyuan Road Yuanzhou LA, HD DMS completed Mar 2020 7 Trunk Wanzhang–Sanying Road Yuanzhou LA, HD Not started RP not updated 8 Feeder Dongxia–Digou Road Jingyuan LA, HD Not started RP not updated
1.3 External Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation 6. In line with the requirements in PRs on external resettlement M&E, the EMA prepared this M&E report on basis of the actual progress of the Project. The period covered by this E&M report is from October 2019 to 31 March 2020.
1.3.1 EMA 7. Recruited by PMOs, Hangzhou Darren Engineer Project Management Co, Ltd., is responsible for the external resettlement M&E of the Project.
1.3.2 M&E Scope 8. External M&E covers all the 7 rural trunk roads in 6 project counties and 1 rural feeder road in Jingyuan County which all involve LAR impacts and external resettlement M&E requirements. Meanwhile, the other 19 rural feeder roads have completed their land compensation activities which were presented in a separate Resettlement Due Diligence Report, which had been submitted to ADB in May 2018.
1.3.3 M&E Contents 9. The external M&E reports will monitor and evaluate the progress and implementation status of RPs in 6 project counties, including changes of LAR impacts, resettlement implementing progress, compliance on compensation for land, houses and other assets, implementation of livelihood restoration and resettlement, the satisfaction levels of affected population, capacity buildings of relevant organizations, GRM, etc.. See details in Table 1-3.
Table 1-4：Main Contents of External Resettlement M&E
No. Project Counties Contents of M&E 1 Tongxin County, Wuzhong Municipality LAR impacts, RP updating and implementation status 2 Haiyuan County, Zhongwei Municipality LAR impacts, RP updating and implementation status 3 Yuanzhou District, Guyuan Municipality LAR impacts, RP updating and implementation status 4 Xiji County , Guyuan Municipality LAR impacts, RP updating and implementation status 5 Pengyang County, Guyuan Municipality LAR impacts, RP updating and implementation status 6 Jingyuan County, Guyuan Municipality LAR impacts, RP updating and implementation status
5 2 Monitoring and Evaluation of Resettlement Implementation
2.1 Summary of Resettlement Impacts and RPs Updating 10. Up to 31 March 2020, the RPs of Tongxin, Haiyuan and Xiji subprojects have been updated. The Guyuan-Xiji Road in Yuanzhou District (Guanting-Yuanzhou Section) has updated the original RP on basis of final design and DMS in February 2020, but Wanzhang-Sanying Road hasn’t updated the original RP. In addition, the draft RPs of Pengyang and Jingyuan subprojects have not been updated on basis of final design and DMS. See details in table 2-1.
Table 2-1：LAR Impacts in Original RPs and RPs Preparation/Updating
Project Draft RP No. LAR impacts in draft RPs RP Updating county/district prepared It plans to reconstruct the Wangtuan-Yuwang Road. RP updated and 1942.77 mu of land will be acquired, and 3888m2 of approved in June Draft Tongxin County, rural residential houses will be demolished. Totally 149 2019 standalone 1 Wuzhong HHs with 616 persons will be affected by LAR, in which RP Municipality 25 HHs with 108 persons will be affected by HD. No Prepared enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. It plans to construct the Zhengqi–Jiucai–Sikouzi Road. RP updated and 485mu of land will be acquired, affecting 108 HHs with approved in April Haiyuan Draft 507 persons; The project will involve 240 m2 of house 2019 County, standalone 2 demolition with earth-wood structure, affecting 1 HHs Zhongwei RP with 12 persons, who will be also affected by LA. No Municipality Prepared enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. .The RP of It plans to construct the Guanting-Guyuan Section of Guyuan-Xiji Road Guyuan-Xiji Road and Wanzhang-Sanying Road. (Guanting-Yuanzhou Draft Yuanzhou 1218.2mu of land will be acquired, and 650 m2 of Section) was standalone 3 District, Guyuan residential houses in brick-wood structure will be updated in February RP Municipality demolished. In total, 269 HHs with 1130 persons will be 2020, but the RP of Prepared affected by the subproject. No enterprises or shops are Wanzhang-Sanying involved in the acquisition and demolition. Road has not yet been updated It plans to construct the Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Road. RP updated and 1898.6mu of land will be acquired, and 500 m2 of approved in March Draft Xiji County , residential houses in earth-wood structure will be 2020 standalone 4 Guyuan demolished. In total, 1188 HHs with 5281 persons will RP Municipality be affected by the subproject, including 4 HHs with 35 Prepared persons affected by HD. No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. It plans to construct Chunshucha (Mengyuan) Pengyang -Yangping (Chengyang) Road. 506.51mu of land will be Draft RPs are not Draft County, acquired, and 1253.8 m2 of residential houses will be yet updated on basis standalone 5 Guyuan demolished. In total, 205 HHs with 814 persons will be of DMS. RP Municipality affected by the subproject, including 10 HHs with 45 Prepared persons affected by HD. No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition. It plans to construct Shatang (Huanghua Jingyuan Town)–Gaodian Road and Dongxia-Digou road. 394.52 Draft County, mu of land will be acquired, and 2169 m2 of residential standalone 6 Guyuan houses will be demolished. In total, 112 HHs with 432 RP Municipality persons will be affected by the subproject, including 38 Prepared HHs with 134 persons affected by HD. No enterprises or shops are involved in the acquisition and demolition.
2.2 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Tongxin County, Wuzhong Municipality
2.2.1 Changes of Resettlement Impacts
(i) Land Acquisition (LA)
6 11. See details of the LA impacts in table 2-2.
Table 2-2：Permanent Collective Land Acquisition Impacts of Tongxin Subproject
Indicators Original Updated Actual impacts during Remarks Road RP RP implementation (not available so far) Wangtuan - LA Area (mu) 1942.77 2057.42 Under DMS results Yuwang Road Farmland 403.3 339.1① summarizing and Residential 14.11 8.59 verification In land which Unused 1514.01 1458.55 (mu) land Forest 11.35 251.18 land AHs 149 188 APs 616 817 Affected towns 2 2 Affected villages 9 9
(ii) House Demolition (HD)
12. See details of HD impacts in table 2-3.
Table 2-3： Rural Residential House Demolition Impacts of Tongxin Subproject
Indicators Original Updated Actual impacts during Remarks Road RP RP implementation (not available so far) Wangtuan - HD Area (m2) 3888 1759.3 Under DMS results Yuwang Road Timber-brick 3685 721 summarizing and In 203 1038.3 verification which Earth-wood (m2)
AHs 25 20 APs 108 101 Affected towns 2 2 Affected villages 3 4
(iii) Affected Persons (APs)
13. See details of APs in table 2-4.
Table 2-4：Affected Population of Tongxin Subproject (Original RP)
Phases Wangtuan Yuwang Subtotal Type Number of Number Number of Number Number of Number households of people households of households of people people Original RP 95 391 54 225 149 616 Updated RP 78 339 110 478 188 817 LA impact Actual implementation (not available so far) Original RP 22 95 3 13 25 108 Updated RP 16 80 4 21 20 101 -HD impact Actual implementation (not available so far) Original RP 95 391 54 225 149 616 Updated RP 78 339 110 478 188 817 Total Actual implementation (not available so far)
① Including 14.92mu Irrigated land and 324.18 mu farmland. 7 (iv) Affected Infrastructure and Ground Ancillary Facilities
14. The project will affect such ground ancillaries as young crops, ground structures, trees and special facilities. See details in table 2-5.
Table 2-5： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Tongxin Subproject
Actual impacts during implementation Item Unit Updated RP (not available so far) Signboards and advertising boards removal piece 41 Milestone pole and stela piece 522 Well piece 17 Brick wall fence M 268 Earth wall fence M 1898 Caves piece 23 Gate piece 1 Cistern piece 98 Trees with φ<10cm piece 7691 Trees with 10<φ<30cm piece 1002 Trees with φ>30cm piece 99 Nursery garden mu 16.46 Fruit trees No. 167 Electric pole (removed) piece 223 Illuminating lines(removed) piece 268 Telecommunication lines(removed) piece 97 Underground iron water pipes(removed) M 4590 Young crops mu 339.1 2.2.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures
(i) Compensation rates of LA and HD
15. See details of LA and compensation rates in the table below.
Table 2-6：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Tongxin Subproject
LA Acrid land/Residential land Unused land Forest land Young crops Original RP 6,400 yuan/mu 1,280 yuan/mu N/A 600 yuan/mu Updated RP 24,840 yuan/mu for irrigated land 4,480 and 6,400 yuan/mu for dryland and 1,280 yuan/mu 600 yuan/mu yuan/mu residential land Actual implementation
(not available so far) Subsidy for relocation Makeshift temporal HD Brick-concrete Brick-timber Earth-wood subsidy(One house resettlement（6 time) months） Original RP 310 100 300 yuan/month 600 yuan/M2 410 yuan/M2 1,000yuan yuan/M2 yuan/M2 per HH Updated RP 310 100 300 yuan/month 600 yuan/M2 410 yuan/M2 1,000yuan yuan/M2 yuan/M2 per HH Actual implementation
(not available so far)
(ii) Compensation rates for Temporary Land Occupation
16. As per the updated RP of Tongxin subproject, the planned temporary land occupation of the project is 170 mu, and the type of land occupation is wasteland. The compensation standard for temporary land occupation of this project is determined to be CNY 600 /mu with the reference to the Notice on the Relevant Issues Concerning the Land Use of the Zhongwei-Guiyang Gas Pipeline Project, (Ning Guo Tu Zi Fa [2011] No. 213), issued by the Office of Land and Resources of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
8 (iii) Planned Livelihood Restoration and Resettlement Measures
17. To minimize the resettlement impacts to APs and restore their living standards, a rehabilitation plan has been developed and included in this RP. The comprehensive compensation package that will be used by the affected peoples, which includes expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, will help offset the losses incurred due to the land acquisition impacts.
18. For households affected by HD (all are house demolition in part), two options are available for them to choose according to their own desire in order to restore their living condition. In both cases, cash compensation for residential land, house structures and attachments based on replacement costs as well as transfer allowances will be provided. The major options include:
1) Cash compensation and self-relocation by displaced household. The compensation standard will be determined in accordance with replacement cost proposed in the resettlement plan. 2) Allocated resettlement and subsidy policy: The villagers committees select and allocate appropriate Residential land to the affected households around their former residential land, and the allocated area shall not be less than the former area. And the villagers committees have promised that they will arrange Residential lands within their village to relocate the APs and the resettlement place will be determined before the project is constructed. 3) Policy on resettlement on site: As there are over 2 mu of residential land per household who will be affected by the project, the AHs can rebuild a house within the scope of their residential land after demolition of buildings. The compensation covers compensation for residential land, compensation for housing. More details will be monitored and reported in next reports.
2.2.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation
(i) Subproject implementation progress
19. Wangtuan-Yuwang road in Tongxin County: The preliminary design was approved by DRC of Wuzhong Municipality on 8 November 2017 with a document named [WuFaGaiShenFa [2017] #207]. Final design was approved on 13 March 2018, the bidding document was advertised on 11 September 2018, and the bidding opening was completed on 18 October 2018. The 4 contracts of civil works were awarded on 1 April 2019 and the construction was commenced on 1 July 2019 within the sections of unused land to be acquired. The civil works are expected to be completed in middle 2021.
Figure 2-1：Construction Sites in Tongxin County (within the area of unused land)
(ii) Resettlement Implementation Progress
20. In Tongxin, the local Natural Resources Bureau released the Announcement of Land
9 Acquisition for the Wangtuan to Yuwang Road on 15 April 2019. Then the physical survey and verification of land acquisition and house demolition impacts were started by local Transportation Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau and engaged township governments.
21. As of 31 March 2020, Tongxin subproject has completed the verification of house demolition impacts survey results, and the oral negotiation of 9 HHs, out of all the 12 HHs affected by HD. It is expected that all the 12 HHs affected by HD will sign the house compensation and resettlement agreements with local government by April 2020.
22. As of 31 March 2020, Tongxin subproject has not yet signed any LA and compensation agreements. Tongxin PMO reported that the detailed LA area and compensation fees are being disclosing in project area. After AHs has no appeals, LA agreements will be signed and land compensation will be paid accordingly.
23. During this monitoring period, Tongxin PMO has not provided data/information and supporting materials for the resettlement funds, which will be tracked and reported in the next monitoring report.
2.2.4 Main Findings during External M&E 24. (i) Tongxin subproject has started its construction form early July 2019 on the unused land sections.
25. (ii) As of 31 March 2020, Tongxin subproject has completed the oral negotiation of HD agreements of 9 HHs. It is expected that all the 12 HHs affected by HD will sign the house compensation and resettlement agreements with local government by April 2020. The detailed LA area and compensation fees are being disclosing in Tongxin County, therefore, no LA agreements have been signed so far.
2.3 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Haiyuan County, Zhongwei Municipality
2.3.1 Changes of Resettlement Impacts
(i) Land Acquisition (LA)
26. See details of the LA impacts in table 2-7.
Table 2-7：Permanent Collective Land Acquisition Impacts of Haiyuan Subproject
Indicators Original Updated Actual impacts during Remarks Road RP RP implementation LA Area (mu) 485 441.41 467.78 Farmland 209.24 427 440.75
Residential 1.6 14.41 20.76 In land completed which Unused 255.71 0 0 Zhengqi-Jiucai-Sikouzi (mu) land Forest 6.27 Road 18.45 0 land AHs 108 378 332 APs 507 1434 1344 Affected towns 3 3 2 Affected villages 6 6 6
(ii) House Demolition (HD)
27. See details in table 2-8.
10 Table 2-8： Rural Residential House Demolition Impacts of Haiyuan Subproject
Indicators Original Updated Actual impacts Remarks Road RP RP during implementation HD Area (m2) 240 2182.14 4080.51 Brick 0 1932.14 2217.7
In which 240 250 1862.81
(m2) Earth-wood Zhengqi-Jiucai-Sikouzi Road completed AHs 2 18 31 APs 12 74 124 Affected towns 2 2 2 Affected villages 2 4 6
(iii) Affected Persons (APs)
28. See details in table 2-9.
Table 2-9：Affected Population of Haiyuan Subproject
Phases Zhengqi Town Jiucai Town Subtotal Type Number of Number Number of Number Number of Number households of people households of households of people people Original RP 57 250 51 257 108 507 LA impact Updated RP 205 782 173 652 378 1434 Actual 175 700 157 664 332 1344 implementation Original RP 1 7 1 5 2 12 -HD impact Updated RP 11 44 7 30 18 74 Actual 17 69 14 55 31 124 implementation Original RP 57 250 51 257 108 507 Updated RP 205 782 173 652 378 1434 Total Actual 192 769 171 699 363 1468 implementation
(iv) Affected Infrastructure and Ground Ancillary Facilities
29. See table 2-10 for details.
Table 2-10： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Haiyuan Subproject
Actual impacts during implementation Updated RP Item Unit Earth wall(h<2m) ㎡ 140 1106.89 Water cell ㎡ 30 204.32 cistern single 8 104 Entrance door ㎡ 145 8 Trees single 137 807 Economic forests single 38 209 cave dwelling single 45 24 Storage room ㎡ 40 18 Courtyard area single - 14.64 lavatory mu - 5
2.3.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures
11 (1) Compensation rates of LA and HD
30. See details of LA and compensation rates in the table below.
Table 2-11：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Haiyuan Subproject
Farmland/ Residential Forest Young LA Unused land land land crops Original RP 5,532.8 500 7,904 Yuan/mu 1,580.8 Yuan/mu Yuan/mu Yuan/mu Updated RP 5,532.8 500 7,904 Yuan/mu N/A Yuan/mu Yuan/mu Actual 5,532.8 600 implementati 7,910 Yuan/mu N/A on Yuan/mu Yuan/mu Subsidy for Brick-concre Brick-timb Brick-Earth-wo Earth-woo Makeshi relocatio temporal HD te er od d ft house n subsidy resettleme nt (6 months) Original RP N/A 300 410 310 100 1,000Yua 600 Yuan/M2 Yuan/mont Yuan/M2 Yuan/M2 Yuan/M2 n h Updated RP N/A 300 640 480 1,000Yua N/A N/A Yuan/mont Yuan/M2 Yuan/M2 n h Actual 150 to 640 to 850 640 to 760 500 to 580 480 1,000Yua implementati 360 N/A Yuan/M2 Yuan/M2 Yuan/M2 Yuan/M2 n on Yuan/M2
(2) Compensation rate for temporary land use
31. As per the updated RP, at this stage, no temporary land occupation is planned.
(3) Planned Livelihood Restoration and Resettlement Measures
32. To minimize the resettlement impacts to APs and restore their living standards, a rehabilitation plan has been developed and included in this RP. The comprehensive compensation package that will be used by the affected peoples, which includes expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, will help offset the losses incurred due to the land acquisition impacts. Additionally, arranged jobs, waged non-farming jobs, off-farming business, and special measures for vulnerable groups will be provided during project implementation stage.
33. For the affected households, the subproject provides a variety of resettlement options. demolition households According to their self conditions, AHs will choose appropriate options to restore their living conditions, including:
(i) Cash compensation and self-resettlement. The compensation standard will be determined in accordance with replacement cost proposed in the resettlement plan. (ii) Housing land and subsidy provided by local government: The villagers committees select and allocate appropriate residential land to the affected households, and the allocated area shall be not less than the formal area. And the villagers committees have promised that they will arrange residential lands within their town to relocate the APs and the resettlement place will be determined before the project is constructed. (iii) Resettlement on remaining housing land: As there are over 2 mu of residential land per household who will be affected by the project, the AHs can rebuild a house within the scope of their residential land after demolition of buildings. The compensation covers compensation for residential land, compensation for housing. More details
12 will be monitored and reported in next reports.
34. So far, Haiyuan County has completed all LAR activities. See the resettlement options and status of HHs affected by HD in Table 2-12.
Table 2-12：Destination Impacts and Resettlement Status of AHs in Haiyuan County
Impact Resettlement Status Resettleme degrees (1) Living in the remaining houses nt status Name of head of (1,Partial on original site;(2) Living in other No. town village (1, moved household（HD） demolition; houses; (3) purchase new house in in; 2, 2, complete other site; (4) construct new houses pending) demolition) on other site) 1 Jiucai Matao Qin Yuhe 2 3 1 2 Jiucai Matao Li Binglin 2 3 1 3 Jiucai Matao Li Cheng 2 3 1 4 Jiucai Matao Ma Jinhai 2 3 1 5 Jiucai Matao Yang Zhichang 2 3 1 6 Jiucai Matao Qin Yucang 2 3 1 7 Jiucai Matao Ma Shenggui 2 3 1 8 Jiucai Matao Li Chengfu 2 3 1 9 Jiucai Matao Ma Jinrong 2 3 1 10 Jiucai Yuantao Ma Zhihai 1 1 1 11 Jiucai Yuantao Hei Shengjun 1 1 1 12 Jiucai Yuantao Yang 1 1 1 Shengaqing 13 Jiucai Yuantao Yang Zhicang 1 1 1 14 Jiucai Yuantao Yang Zhifu 1 1 1 15 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Yanbiao 2 3 1 16 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Yanlin1 2 3 1 17 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Yanlin2 1 1 1 18 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Zhanshan 2 3 1 19 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Zhannong 2 3 1 20 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Zhanyong 2 3 1 21 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Yang Rujun 2 3 1 22 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Yang Rucang 2 3 1 23 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Sa Zhanyun 2 3 1 24 Zhengqi Xiangsabao Yang Wansheng 2 3 1 25 Zhengqi Xiangsatai Li Wanshan 1 1 1 26 Zhengqi Xiangsatai Li Wanlin 1 1 1 27 Zhengqi Xiangsatai Li Guanghai 1 1 1 28 Zhengqi Zhongping Ma Shengbao 1 1 1 29 Zhengqi Zhongping Ma Jinlu 2 3 1 30 Zhengqi Zhongping Ma Zhigui 2 3 1 31 Zhengqi Zhongping Ma Zhicheng 2 3 1
2.3.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation
(i) Subproject implementation progress
35. Zhengqi-Jiucai-Sikouzi Road in Haiyuan County: The land utilization pre-examination has been obtained in August 2017. Final design was approved on 23 March 2018, the bidding document was advertised on 17 August 2018, the bidding opening was completed on 10 October 2018, and the contracts of civil works were awarded on 13 December 2018. The construction was commenced on January 2019. At present, the main civil works of the project
13 have been completed and ancillary works are under construction.
(ii) Resettlement Implementation Progress
36. In Haiyuan, the local Natural Resources Bureau released the Announcement of Land Acquisition for the Zhengqi-Jiucai-Sikouzi Road on 29 December 2018. Then the physical survey and verification of land acquisition and house demolition were started by local Transportation Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau and engaged township governments. From February 2019 to August 2019, the results of house evaluation and land acquisition measurement and the amount of compensation were disclosed to APs. All compensation payment and resettlement works had been completed by December 2019, and all land compensation fees had been paid to AHs, with a total amount of 6,392,820.4 Yuan for land compensation. Of the 31 households affected by HD,10 were partially affected with walls of the yards affected only; the house of remaining 21 AHs were completely demolished. All of the AHs opted cash compensation. So far, house compensation had been fully paid to AHs, with a total amount of 2,581,591 Yuan.
37. Livelihood restoration measures in updated RP are been implemented gradually, such as expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, as well as employment promotion and off-farming business, etc. More details will be followed up and monitored in next EMRs.
Figure 2-2：Announcement of Land Acquisition and Hose Demolition for the
14 Zhengqi-Jiucai-Sikouzi Road
Figure 2-3：Land Acquisition Impacts Summarizing Tables of Haiyuan Subproject (completed)
Figure 2-4：Land Acquisition Agreements Signed with AHs (Sample)
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Figure 2-5: Value Appraisal Results of Houses to be Demolished (Sample)
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Figure 2-6: House Demolition Agreements Signed with AHs (Sample)
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Figure 2-7: Land expropriation compensation roster (sample)
Figure 2-8: Publication of Assessment Results for Collection of Compensation (Sample)
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Figure 2-9: Collection of Compensation Payment Records (Part)
2.3.4 Main Findings during External M&E 38. Haiyuan subproject started its construction form January 2019. At present, the main civil works of the subproject had been completed, and the construction of ancillary works is under(i) way.
39.
(ii) In the process of implementation, compared with the impacts in the URP, the land acquisition area of Haiyuan subproject had increased a bit, however the impacts of house demolition had increased significantly, with the number of HHs affected by HD increased from 18 to 31. 40.
(iii) The LAR works in Haiyuan County had been completed smoothly, following the updated resettlement plan approved by ADB. 2.4 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Yuanzhou District, Guyuan Municipality
2.4.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP
(i) Land Acquisition
41. Details are given in tables 2-13.
Table 2-133：Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Yuanzhou Subproject
Updated RP Actual Original implementation Road Indicators （Only partial Remarks RP (not available updates） so far) Permanent land (mu) 527.9 649.35 1.RP not Guyuan-Xiji Farm land 202.4 334.01 updated of Road Residential land 1.7 2.06 Wanzhang- (Guanting-Yuan Land type Sanying zhou section) (mu) Unused land 323.8 313.28 Forest land 0 0 Road;
19 Number of affected households 94 126 2. RP Affected population 395 62 implementa Town/township 1 1 tion not Villagers committee 4 4 initiated Permanent land (mu) 690.3 Plough 250.6 Land type Residential land 0.8 (mu) Wanzhang-San Unused land 415.1 ying Road Forest land 23.8 Number of affected households 175 Affected population 735 Town/township 3 Villagers committee 6 Total permanent land(mu) 1218.2 Total Number of affected households 269 Affected population 1130
(ii) House Demolition (HD)
42. See details in the table 2-14.
Table 2-144：Impacts of Rural Residential House demolition of Yuanzhou Subproject
Updated RP Actual implementation Road Indicators Original RP （Only partial Remarks (not available updates） so far) HD Area (m2) 350 380 In which Brick 350 270 1.RP not updated of Guyuan-Xiji (m2) Earth-wood 0 110 Wanzhang-Sanying Road Road; (Guanting-Yuan AHs 3 4 2. RP implementation not zhou section) APs 15 10 Affected towns 1 initiated Affected villages 2 HD Area (m2) 300 In which Brick 300 (m2) Earth-wood 0 Under survey, Wanzhang-San summarizing and ying Road AHs 3 APs 15 verification Affected towns 1 Affected villages 1 Total HD Area (m2) 650 Total AHs 6 APs 30
(iii) Affected Persons (APs)
43. See details in the table 2-15.
Table 2-15：Affected Population of Yuanzhou Subproject（
Guanting Touying Sanying Zhaike Subtotal Type Phases AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs AHs APs Original RP 94 395 23 97 112 470 40 168 269 1130 Updated RP（Only partially 126 562 LA impact updated） Actual implementation (not
available so far ) Original RP 3 15 0 0 3 15 0 0 6 30 Updated RP（Only partially 4 20 -HD impact updated） Actual implementation (not
available so far) Original RP 94 395 23 97 112 470 40 168 269 1130 Total Updated RP（Only partially 126 562 20 updated） Actual implementation (not
available so far)
(iv) Affected Infrastructure and Ground Ancillary Facilities
44. See details in the table 2-16. The subproject has no demolition impacts involving enterprises and institutions and schools, hospitals, religious sites and other sensitive facilities.
Table 2-16： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Yuanzhou Subproject
Quantity(Original Quantity(Updated Actual implementation(not Category Item Unit RP) RP) available so far) Brick wall fence ㎡ 660 Iron gate each 6 Ground structure Tomb each 4 Sapling mu 2 Special facility Concrete pole each 78 φ<10cm each 800 Sporadic tree 10cm<φ<30cm each 210 2.4.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures
(i)Compensation Rate for Permanent Land Acquisition and House Demolition
45. See details in the table 2-17.
Table 2-17：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Yuanzhou Subproject
LA Acrid land/Residential land Unused land Young crops Original RP 6400 yuan/mu 1280 yuan/mu 700 yuan/mu Updated RP 8500 yuan/mu 1700 yuan/mu 1000 yuan/mu Actual implementation (not available so far) transition subsidy（6 HD Brick-concrete Brick-timber Earth-wood Makeshift house months） Original RP 310 600 yuan/M2 410 yuan/M2 100 yuan/M2 300 yuan/month. HH yuan/M2 Updated RP 310 600 yuan/M2 410 yuan/M2 100 yuan/M2 300 yuan/month. HH yuan/M2 Actual implementation (not available so far)
(ii) Compensation Rate for Temporary Land Occupation
46. According to the updated RP (Guyuan-Xiji Road (Guanting-Yuanzhou section)), the impacts of temporary land use occupation are avoided.
(iii) Resettlement and livelihood rehabilitation
47. To minimize the resettlement impacts to APs and restore their living standards, a rehabilitation plan has been developed and included in this RP. The comprehensive compensation package that will be used by the affected households, which includes expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, can offset the losses incurred due to the land acquisition impacts. Additionally, arranged jobs, waged non-farming jobs, off-farming business, and special measures for vulnerable groups will be delivered during implementation.
48. For physically displaced households (i.e., house demolition), two options are available for them to choose according to their own desire in order to restore their living condition. In both cases, cash compensation for Residential land, house structures and attachments based on replacement costs as well as transfer allowances will be provided. The major options include:
21 1) Cash compensation and self-resettlement. The compensation standard will be determined in accordance with replacement cost proposed in the resettlement plan. 2) Housing land and subsidy provided by local government: The villagers committees select and allocate appropriate housing land to the affected households, and the allocated area shall be not less than the former area. And the villagers committees have promised that they will arrange housing land within their village to relocate the APs and the resettlement place will be determined before the project is constructed. 3) Resettlement on remaining housing land: As there is over 2 mu of residential land per household, the AHs can rebuild a house within the scope of their residential land after demolition of buildings. The compensation covers compensation for residential land, compensation for housing.
2.4.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation
(i) Subproject implementation progress
49. Guyuan-Xiji Road (Guanting-Yuanzhou section)：This road does not start construction, and the LAR is not yet commenced so far. The land utilization pre-examination has been obtained1) already. The FSR was approved in July 2016, and the construction drawing was approved in April 2019. The subproject has been tendered in 2019. Due to the ecological red line involved, the preliminary procedures for land approval and civil works are slow. Land approval has not been cleared, the civil works have not yet started. The progress will be tracked in next reports.
Figure 2-10：Land Pre-examination and permit of site selection of Guyuan-Xiji Road
22 50. Wanzhang-Sanying Road：This road does not start construction, and the LAR is not yet commenced so far. The land utilization pre-examination has been obtained already. The FSR was 2)approved in July 2016, and the construction drawing was approved in April 2019. The subproject implementation is currently in the tender preparation phase. The progress will be tracked in next reports.
Figure 2-21：Land Pre-examination and permit of site selection of Wanzhang-Sanying Road
(ii) Resettlement Implementation Progress
51. As the subproject has not yet started, resettlement has not been implemented so far. The RP of Guyuan-Xiji Road (Guanting-Yuanzhou section) has been updated on basis of final design and DMS in February 2020, but Wanzhang-Sanying Road hasn’t updated the original RP. The Yuanzhou PMO will accelerate the RP updating for the Wanzhang-Sanying Road and to implement relevant LAR works strictly in accordance with the updated resettlement plan approved by ADB. The progress will be tracked in next reports.
2.4.4 Main Findings during External M&E 52. Yuanzhou subproject has not started its construction and LAR, as it is still in the phase of tendering preparation stage so far. (i) 53. The Guyuan-Xiji Road (Guanting-Yuanzhou section)subproject has updated the original RP on basis of final design and DMS in February 2020, but Wanzhang-Sanying Road hasn’t.(ii)
54. The responsibilities of LAR implementing agencies and staff should be appointed clearly, the capacities of the relevant implementing agencies needs to be strengthened, and the experience(iii) of the implementing agencies and personnel in implementing and managing the resettlement affairs of ADB financed project needs to be strengthened as well.
2.5 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Xiji County, Guyuan Municipality
2.5.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP
(i) Land Acquisition
55. See details in the table 2-18.
23 Table 2-18： Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Xiji Subproject
Actual Road Indicators Original RP Updated RP Remarks implementation Permanent land (mu) 1,898.6 1,815.9 Plough 1,387.4 1,356.4 Land type Residential land 2.7 2.9 Jiangtai-Xitan (mu) Unused land 3.1 0 implementatio -Pingfeng Forest land 505.4 456.6 not initiated Road Number of affected households 1,188 1,171 Affected population 5,281 5,132 Town/township 5 4 Villagers committee 20 19
(ii) House Demolition (HD)
56. See details in the table 2-19.
Table 2-19：Impacts of Rural Residential House Demolition of Xiji Subproject
Actual Road Indicators Original RP Updated RP Remarks implementation HD Area (m2) 574 1343 In which Brick 424 832 (m2) Earth-wood 150 511 implementati Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng AHs 8 10 on not Road APs 35 43 initiated Affected towns 3 3 Affected villages 4 3
(iii) Affected Persons (APs)
57. See details in the table 2-19.
Table 2-20： Affected Population of Xiji Subproject
Subtotal Type Phases AHs APs Original RP 1188 5281 Updated RP 1171 5132 LA impact Actual implementation (not available so
far) Original RP 8 35 -HD impact Updated RP 10 43 Actual implementation (not available so
far) Original RP 1188 5281 Updated RP 1171 5132 Total Actual implementation (not available so
far)
(iv) Affected Infrastructure and Ground Ancillary Facilities
58. The subproject will affect toilets, tombs, trees and other two categories. See the table below for details.
Table 2-21： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Xiji Subproject
Actual Item Unit Original RP Updated RP implementation Cowshed ㎡ 1789 Brick wall m 18 Soil wall m 110 Toilet ㎡ 5 Concrete floor ㎡ 72
24 Brick shed ㎡ 6 Cellar single 1 Cave dwelling ㎡ 82 Grave single 26 Weed tree(φ<10cm) single 6262 Weed tree(10<φ<30cm) single 3510 Weed tree(φ>30cm) single 182 Fruit tree(Early fruiting) single 692 Fruit tree(Not fruiting) single 1083 Pine single 2033 Pole single 120 Buried pipe m 1480
2.5.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures
(i) Compensation rates of LA and HD
59. See details in the table 2-22.
Table 2-22：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Xiji Subproject
Acrid Forest land Forest land LA Young crops land/Residential land （arbor） （bush） Original RP 13472 yuan/mu 9430 yuan/mu 8083 yuan/mu 850 yuan/mu Updated RP 13472 yuan/mu 9430 yuan/mu 8083 yuan/mu 850 yuan/mu Actual implementation (not available so far) transition subsidy HD Brick-timber Earth-wood Moving Subsidy (one-off) （6 months） 300yuan/month. Original RP 600 yuan/M2 310 yuan/M2 1000 yuan HH Updated RP Actual implementation (not available so far)
(ii) Temporary Land Occupation
60. According to the updated RP, the compensation standard for temporary occupation of cultivated land is 850 yuan/mu.
(iii) Resettlement and livelihood rehabilitation
61. To minimize the resettlement impacts to APs and restore their living standards, a rehabilitation plan has been developed and included in this RP. The comprehensive compensation package that will be used by the affected households, which includes expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, can offset the losses incurred due to the land acquisition impacts. Additionally, arranged jobs, waged non-farming jobs, off-farming business, and special measures for vulnerable groups have been put in place.
62. For physically displaced households (i.e., house demolition), two options are available for them to choose according to their own desire in order to restore their living condition. In both cases, cash compensation for Residential land, house structures and attachments based on replacement costs as well as transfer allowances will be provided. The major options include:
1) Cash compensation and self-resettlement. The compensation standard will be determined in accordance with replacement cost proposed in the resettlement plan.
2) Housing land and subsidy provided by local government: The villagers committees
25 select and allocate appropriate housing land to the affected households, and the allocated area shall be not less than the former area. And the village committees have promised that they will arrange housing land within their village to relocate the APs and the resettlement place will be determined before the project is constructed.
2.5.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation
(i) Subproject implementation progress
63. Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Road: this subproject does not start construction, and its LAR is not yet commenced so far. The land utilization pre-examination has been obtained already, and it’s still in the phase of preliminary design and tendering preparation.
64. As per the the latest project progress report (as of May 2019), the FSR of the Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Road in Xiji County was approved in July 2016, and the preliminary design and construction drawing were approved in 2019. Due to the occupation of the basic farmland and ecological red line, the compensation and reclamation schemes of cultivated land have been submitted to the Department of Natural Resources of Ningxia Autonomous Region, who started the on-site survey in August 2019. The section with a length of about 2 km in Gansu Province will be re-paved only, due to difficulties on land use and coordination. Therefore, no land occupation impacts will be involved for this road section. The subproject issued a tender advertisement on 30 September 2019, and opened the tender in the end of October 2019. The signing of two civil work package contracts was completed on 20 January 2020, but construction has not yet started.
Figure 2-32：Land Pre-examination and permit of site selection of Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Road
(ii) Resettlement Implementation Progress
65. This subproject’s RP has been updated in March 2020 on basis of final design and DMS, but LAR has not started. The Xiji PMO committed that the LAR activities will be implemented in compliance with the updated RP approved by ADB.
2.5.4 Main Findings during External M&E 66. Xiji subproject has completed the design, bidding and contract award works, but has not yet started construction. (i) 67. The draft RP has been updated in March 2020 on basis of preliminary design and DMS, but due to the occupation of basic farmland and ecological red line, it is necessary to deal with relevant(ii) review and approval procedures prior to commencement of civil works. The land acquisition and house demolition works have not started so far.
26 68. (iii) The responsibilities of LAR implementing agencies and staff should be appointed clearly, the capacities of the relevant implementing agencies needs to be strengthened, and the experience of the implementing agencies and personnel in implementing and managing the resettlement affairs of ADB financed project needs to be strengthened as well.
2.6 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Pengyang County, Guyuan Municipality
2.6.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP
(i) Land Acquisition
69. The Pengyang subproject will permanently acquire 506.51mu rural collective land, including 201.06mu of farmland (39.7%), 9.3mu of residential land (1.84%), and 296.15mu of unused land (58.47%).
70. As the LA of this subproject does not start implementation, there is no changes on LA impacts so far.
Table 2-23：Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Pengyang County (original plan)
Permanent land acquisition (mu) Affected Affected Road Town Village Residential Unused Farmland Subtotal HH person land land Zhaoshanzhuang 21.85 0 24.58 46.43 23 94 Village Hushanzhuang 3.08 0 20.88 23.96 3 12 Village Shuangshu 18.45 0 21.29 39.74 20 70 Chunshucha Mengyuan Village (Mengyuan) Chunshucha 16.96 0 22.77 39.73 18 76 -Yangping Village (Chengyang) Baiyangzhuang 19.42 0 21.51 40.93 18 61 Road Village Caotan Village 14.14 0 19.61 33.75 19 77 Yangping Village 42.77 6 69.04 117.81 42 170 Chengyang Beiyuan Village 45.81 0 76.34 122.15 39 162 Mengzhuang Wugou 18.58 3.3 20.16 42.04 23 92 Village Total 9 201.06 9.3 296.15 506.51 205 814 Proportion 39.70% 1.84% 58.47% 100% / /
(ii) House Demolition (HD)
71. The residential houses involved in the demolition are rural houses of 1,253.8㎡, including 369.6㎡ brick-wood houses and 884.2㎡ earth-wood houses. Ten households with 45 people are affected in total.
72. As the HD of this subproject does not start implementation, there is no changes on HD impacts so far.
Table 2-24：Impacts of Residential House Demolition of Pengyang Subproject (original plan)
Administrative region Housing demolition (㎡) Affected population Project name Town Village Brick-wood Earth-wood Total Household Population Chunshucha Mengzhuang Wugou (Mengyuan) Village 309.6 50 359.6 4 22 -Yangping (Chengyang) Chengyang Yangping Road Village 60 834.2 894.2 6 23 Total 369.6 884.2 1253.8 10 45
27 (iii) Affected Persons (APs)
73. A total of 205 households with 814 people are affected, including 205 households with 814 people affected by land acquisition, and 10 households with 45 people affected both by land acquisition and house demolition. No enterprise and public institution is affected by the land acquisition and demolition.
74. As of 31 March 2020, the subproject in Pengyang County has obtained the approval of land utilization pre-examination, however the draft RP is not yet updated. So there is no changes of LAR impacts so far.
Table 2-25：Affected Population of Pengyang Subproject (original plan)
Administrative region Affected population Project name Town Village LA APs/AHs HD APs/AHs Zhaoshanzhuang 94/23 0/0 Village Hushanzhuang 12/3 0/0 Village Mengyuan Shuangshu Village 70/20 0/0 Chunshucha Chunshucha Village 76/18 0/0 (Mengyuan) Baiyangzhuang 61/18 0/0 -Yangping Village (Chengyang) Road Caotan Village 77/19 0/0 Total 6 390/101 0/0 Yangping Village 170/42 23/6 Chengyang Beiyuan Village 162/39 0/0 Total 2 332/81 0/0 Wugou Mengzhuang Village 92/23 22/4 Total 9 814/205 45/10
(iv) Affected Infrastructure and Ground Ancillary Facilities
75. The temporal land occupation in project design scheme is 161.9mu of unused land. The subproject will affect crops, other structures, trees and facilities.
76. As this subproject does not start implementation, there is no changes on ground ancillary facilities impacts so far.
Table 2-26：Temporal Land Use Impacts of Pengyang Subproject (original plan)
No. Land category Unit Quantity Current purposes Living quarter, mixing station and precast 1 mu 30 Unused land yard 2 Borrow area mu 45.4 Unused land 3 Spoil ground mu 86.5 Unused land Total mu 161.9
Table 2-27： Ground Ancillary Facilities Affected by Pengyang Subproject (original plan)
Item Unit Quantity Brick wall m 227 Motor-pumped wall single 2 Cowshed ㎡ 45 Water cellar single 5 Poplar(DBH >10cm) single 11,324 Poplar(DBH <10cm) single 586 Pine(DBH >10cm) single 107 Pine(DBH <10cm) single 1,248 Fruit tree(DBH <10cm) single 88 Cypress(DBH <10cm) single 20 Peach tree((DBH <10cm) single 30
2.6.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures
28 (i) Compensation rates of LA and HD
77. According to the Notice of Releasing the Compensation Standard for Land Acquisition in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region by the People’s Government (Ning Zheng Fa [2015] No.101) (see the attachments) issued on January 1, 2016, the project is implemented in Chengyang Town and Mengyuan Town in Pengyang County, subordinated to Area II and Area IV respectively in Pengyang County of Guyuan City according to (NingZhengFa [2015] No.101) document. The compensation standard for Farmland and Residential land is CNY 11,200/mu. Wugou County has executed according to such compensation standards.
78. The acquisition of unused land is executed by the 20% of that of dry farmland of the same area; the compensation standard for unused land is CNY 2240/mu.
79. According to the compensation policy for the same crop by the average annual output value in the first three years for the common crops (inclusive of manual seeding), the compensation standard for young crops is CNY 600 /mu:
Table 2-28：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Pengyang Subproject
LA Farmland/ Residential land Unused land Young crops Pengyang 11,200 yuan/mu 2,240 yuan/mu 600 yuan/mu relocation transition Makeshift HD Brick-concrete Brick-timber Earth-wood subsidy(one subsidy（6 house time) months） 100 300 Pengyang 600 Yuan/M2 410 yuan/M2 310 yuan/M2 1,000 yuan/HH yuan/M2 yuan/month.HH
(ii) Compensation rate for temporary land occupation
80. According to t please refer to the notice of Compensation Standard for Land Acquisition and Demolishing & Resettlement of Additional Construction of Second Line of Ningxia Section, Baotou-Lanzhou Railway (Ningzhengbanfa [2010] No. 43), the compensation standard is determined as CNY 600 per mu. It will be for a maximum of 2 years and the land will be restored to its pre-occupation standards prior to its redistribution to the owners.
(iii) Resettlement and livelihood rehabilitation
81. To minimize the resettlement impacts to APs and restore their living standards, a rehabilitation plan has been developed and included in this RP. The comprehensive compensation package that will be used by the affected peoples, which includes expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, will help offset the losses incurred due to the land acquisition impacts. Additionally, arranged jobs, waged non-farming jobs, off-farming business, and special measures for vulnerable groups have been put in place.
82. For physically displaced households (i.e., house demolition), following options are available for them to choose according to their own desire in order to restore their living condition. In both cases, cash compensation for Residential land, house structures and attachments based on replacement costs as well as transfer allowances will be provided. The major options include:
1) Cash compensation and self-resettlement. The compensation standard will be determined in accordance with replacement cost proposed in the resettlement plan.
2) Housing land and subsidy provided by local government: The villagers committees select and allocate appropriate housing land to the affected households, and the allocated area shall be not less than the former area. And the villagers committees have promised that they will arrange housing land within their village to relocate the APs and the
29 resettlement place will be determined before the project is constructed.
3) Resettlement on remaining housing land: As there is over 2 mu of residential land per household, the AHs can rebuild a house within the scope of their residential land after demolition of buildings. The compensation covers compensation for residential land, compensation for housing.
2.6.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation
(i) Subproject implementation progress
83. Chunshucha (Mengyuan) -Yangping (Chengyang) Road: this subproject does not start construction, and the LAR is not yet commenced so far. The permit note of construction land utilization has been obtained already, and the final design was approved on 30 March 2018. It’s reported by Pengyang PMO that the road involves the occupation of some basic farmland after final design completed, and land use application has been revised and improved as required, which is being submitted to relevant land department for further review and approval. .
84. As of 31 March 2020, the basic farmland reclamation plan and non-avoidance certificate for involving the ecological red line had been approved by the government of Ningxia Autonomous Region, and had been submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources for review and approval. The subproject has issued a tender advertisement on 16 March 2020, and is expected to open bidding in April 2020. The progress will be tracked in next monitoring reports.
Figure 2-43：Permit of construction land utilization for Chunshucha (Mengyuan) -Yangping (Chengyang) Road
(ii) Resettlement Implementation Progress
85. This subproject’s RP hasn’t updated on basis of final design and DMS, yet LAR does not start. The Pengyang PMO committed that the LAR activities will be implemented in compliance with the updated RP to be approved by ADB. It is expected that the construction land application will be approved in June 2020, land requisition and resettlement work will be carried out in the same period and completed by August 2020. The progress will be tracked in next monitoring reports.
2.6.4 Main Findings during External M&E 86. Pengyang subproject has not started construction and LAR yet, as it is still in the phase of tendering preparation stage so far. (i) 87. The draft RP has not been updated on basis of final design and DMS.
(ii) 88. The responsibilities of LAR implementing agencies and staff should be appointed
(iii) 30 clearly, and their capacities on LAR affairs should be further strengthened through training and other manners planned in original RP.
2.7 Resettlement M&E of Subproject in Jingyuan County, Guyuan Municipality
2.7.1 Resettlement Impacts in Original RP
(i) Land Acquisition
89. The subproject will permanently acquire 394.52 mu rural collective land of the above-mentioned areas, including Farmland of 160.01 mu (40.6%), Residential land of 24.31 mu (6.2%), and Forest land of 210.2 mu (53.3%).
90. As the LA of the trunk road does not start, there is no changes on LA impacts so far. As reported by Jingyuan PMO, the feeder road does not involve any LAR impacts after design changes and length shortening, and the civil works of the feeder road had been completed from April to November 2019.
Table 2-29： Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan)
Village Permanent land acquisition (mu) Affected Affected Road Town committee/ Forest Residential Farmland Subtotal HH person community land land Huanghua Shatang 12.97 30.46 0 43.43 11 38 Shatang (Huanghua Town Tuyao 0 91.56 1 92.56 2 9 Town)–Gaodian Trunk Liupanshan Road Nonglin 0 44.18 0 44.18 0 0 Town Subtotal 2 3 12.97 166.2 1 180.17 13 47 Pangdong 22.15 9 9.55 40.7 25 104 Dongxia-Digou Jingheyuan Dongxia 64.92 15 5.43 85.35 33 110 Feeder Road Town Shidi 31.86 10 5.75 47.61 15 46 Digou 28.11 10 2.58 40.69 26 78 Subtotal 1 4 147.04 44 23.31 214.35 99 385 Total 3 7 160.01 210.2 24.31 394.52 112 432 Proportion 40.6% 53.3% 6.2% \ \ \
(ii) House Demolition (HD)
91. The residential houses involved in the demolition are rural houses of 2,169㎡, are brick-wood houses of 624㎡ and earth-wood houses of 1,545㎡. A total of 38 households with 134 people are affected in total.
92. As the HD of this subproject does not start implementation, there is no changes on HD impacts so far.
Table 2-30：Impacts of Rural Residential House Demolition of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan)
Housing demolition (㎡) Affected population Road Town Village Population Brick-wood Earth-wood Subtotal Household (person) Shatang (Huanghua Huanghua Town)–Gaodian Tuyao 144 0 144 2 9 Town Road Pangdong 400 520 920 9 34 Jingheyua Dongxia 0 485 485 11 39 Dongxia-Digou road n Town Shidi 0 400 400 11 34 Digou 80 140 220 5 18 Total 624 1,545 2,169 38 134
(iii) Affected Infrastructure and Ground Ancillary Facilities
31 93. The subproject will affect toilets, tombs, trees and other two categories. The temporary land use in project design scheme is 17 mu, and the land of temporary occupation all belongs to unused land.
94. As this subproject does not start implementation, there is no changes on ground ancillary facilities impacts so far.
Table 2-31： Ground Ancillary Facilities to be Affected (original plan)
Item Unit Quantity Brick wall m 321 Toilet single 2 Pine(DBH <15cm) Single 2,164 Locust tree(DBH <15cm) Single 6,098 Poplar(DBH >15cm) Single 668 Weed tree(DBH >15cm) Single 145 Weed tree(DBH <15cm) Single 815 Fruit tree(Full Fruit Period) Single 15 Nursery mu 20.71 Electric pole Unit 47
(iv) Affected Persons (APs)
95. A total of 112 households with 432 people are affected, including 74 households with 298 people affected by land acquisition only and 38 households with 134 people affected by land acquisition and house demolition, of which, only 4 HHs with 14 person will be demolished completely and need to be relocated, and the remaining will be affected partially. Therefore, 4 households with 14 persons to be affected by HD are regarded as severely affected. No enterprise, store or public institution is affected by the land acquisition and demolition.
96. As of 31 March 2020, the subproject in Jingyuan County has obtained the approval of land utilization pre-examination, however the draft RP is not yet updated. So there is no changes of LAR impacts so far. As the LA of the trunk road in Jingyuan does not start, there is no changes on LA impacts so far. As reported by Jingyuan PMO, the feeder road does not involve any LAR impacts after design changes and length shortening, and the civil works of the feeder road had been completed from April to November 2019.
Table 2-32：Affected Population of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan)
Jingyuan County Huanghua Town Jingheyuan Town Subtotal No. Category (Trunk Road) (Feeder Road) Household Person Household Person Household Person Affected household 13 47 99 385 112 432 Land 1 11 38 63 260 74 298 acquisition only Land acquisition and 2 2 9 36 125 38 134 Demolition impact
2.7.2 Compensation Rates and Resettlement Measures
(i) Compensation rates of LA and HD
97. According to the Notice of Releasing the Compensation Standard for Land Acquisition in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region by the People’s Government (Ning Zheng Fa [2015] No.101) (see the attachments) issued on January 1, 2016, the project is being implemented in Area V in Jingyuan County, Guyuan City, where the compensation standard for mountainous dryland and Residential land is CNY 5,670 /mu.
32 98. The acquisition of Forest land is executed by the 70% of that of dryland and Farmland of the same area, the compensation standard for Forest land of the RP is CNY 3,969 /mu.
99. According to the compensation policy for the same crop by the average annual output value in the first three years for the common crops (inclusive of manual seeding), the compensation standard for young crops is CNY 600 /mu.
Table 2-33：LA and HD Compensation Standards of Jingyuan Subproject (original plan)
LA mountainous dryland / Residential land Forest land Young crops Jingyuan 5,670 Yuan/mu 3,969 Yuan/mu 600 Yuan/mu relocation transition Brick and Makeshift HD brick-concrete Brick-timber Earth-timber subsidy(one subsidy（6 earth-timber house time) months） 100 1,000 300 Jingyuan 1,000 yuan/M2 600 Yuan/M2 410 yuan/M2 310 yuan/M2 yuan/M2 yuan/HH yuan/month.HH
(ii) Compensation for Temporary Land Occupation
100. The compensation standard for temporary land occupation is determined as CNY 600 per mu per year. It will be for a maximum of 2 years and the land will be restored to its pre-occupation standards prior to its redistribution to the owners.
(iii) Resettlement and livelihood rehabilitation
101. To minimize the resettlement impacts to APs and restore their living standards, a rehabilitation plan has been developed and included in this RP. The comprehensive compensation package that will be used by the affected households, which includes expanding cash crop plantation, improving existing low yield cash crops and land rental to expand agricultural plantation, can offset the losses incurred due to the land acquisition impacts. Additionally, arranged jobs, waged non-farming jobs, off-farming business, and special measures for vulnerable groups have been put in place.
102. For physically displaced households (i.e., house demolition), two options are available for them to choose according to their own desire in order to restore their living condition. In both cases, cash compensation for Residential land, house structures and attachments based on replacement costs as well as transfer allowances will be provided. The major options include:
1) Cash compensation and self-relocation by displaced household. The compensation standard will be determined in accordance with replacement cost proposed in the resettlement plan. 2) Allocated resettlement and subsidy policy: The villagers committees select and allocate appropriate Residential land to the affected households, and the allocated area shall be not less than the former area. And the villagers committees have promised that they will arrange Residential lands within their village to relocate the APs and the resettlement place will be determined before the project is constructed.
2.7.3 Progress of Project and Resettlement Implementation
(i) Subproject implementation progress
103. Shatang (Huanghua Town)–Gaodian Road: this subproject does not start construction, and the LAR is not yet commenced so far. The permit note of site selection has been obtained already. The application and approval of land acquisition is still ongoing.
104. The preliminary design of the raod in Jingyuan County was approved on 27 December 2017; and the construction drawing was approved on 10 July 2018. Because of the difficulty of
33 forest land approval processing, Jingyuan County negotiated with the design unit to adjust the route partially, after which the subproject does not involve any forest land, basic farmland and ecological red line. The subproject had issued a tender advertisement on 10 February 2020, due to the impacts of Covid-19 epidemic, the bid openning was postponed to 2 April 2020. The progress will be tracked in next monitoring reports.
105. As reported by Jingyuan PMO, the feeder road in Jingyuan does not involve any LAR impacts after design changes and length shortening, and the civil works of the feeder road had been completed from April to November 2019.
Figure 2-5：Permit of site selection of Shatang (Huanghua Town)–Gaodian Road
(ii) Resettlement Implementation Progress
106. The RP of the trunk road in Jingyuan hasn’t updated on basis of final design and DMS, yet LAR does not start. The Jingyuan PMO committed that the LAR activities will be implemented in compliance with the updated RP to be approved by ADB. The progress will be tracked in next monitoring reports.
34 3 M&E of Resettlement Funds Disbursement
3.1 Resettlement Budget and Resources
3.1.1 Tongxin County, Wuzhong Municipality (Updated RP) 107. Based on the price in 2018, the resettlement costs covered by the updated RP were CNY 13.7650 million, including basic costs of CNY 7.3668 million. Seeing from the influence category, permanent collective land acquisition costs are CNY 5.6917 million, housing demolition costs are CNY 0.8105 million, compensation fees for ground attachments and special facilities are CNY 0.7626 million, and compensation fees for temporal land occupation are CNY 0.1020 million.
108. Other fees include RP formulating fee and monitoring fee of CNY 150,000, supporting fund for vulnerable groups of CNY 69,000, land acquisition fee of CNY 4.7979 million, technical training fee of CNY 130,000, and contingencies of CNY 1.2514 million.
109. The source of resettlement funds is local financial supporting funds and domestic loans.
3.1.2 Haiyuan County, Zhongwei Municipality (Updated RP) 110. Based on the price in 2018, the estimated resettlement costs covered by the updated RP were CNY 11,984,359, including basic costs of CNY 5,271,934. Seeing from the category of influence, permanent collective land acquisition costs are CNY 3,702,405, housing demolition and relocation compensation costs are CNY 1,433,850, compensation fees for ground attachments are CNY 48,680, and compensation fees special facilities are CNY 87,000.
111. The source of resettlement funds is Haiyuan County supporting funds and domestic loans.
3.1.3 Yuanzhou District, Guyuan Municipality (Original RP, only partial updates) 112. The fees incurred during the land acquisition and relocation and resettlement shall be listed in the total budget of the project. Based on the price in 2016, the total relocation and resettlement costs were CNY 12,107,945, including basic costs of CNY 5,038,936. Seeing from the influence category, permanent collective land acquisition costs are CNY 4,284,716, housing demolition costs are CNY 406,800, compensation fees for ground attachments are CNY 113,420. Other fees includes RP formulating fee, implementation & management fee, land acquisition fee, technical training fee, external monitoring evaluation fee and contingencies. See details in the table below.
113. The source of resettlement funds is local financial supporting funds and domestic loans.
114. The sub-project currently only updated the resettlement plan and budget for the Guyuan-Xiji Road (Guanting-Yuanzhou section), and the external monitor will follow up the complete resettlement budget on basis of updated RPs.
3.1.4 Xiji County, Guyuan Municipality (Updated RP) 115. Based on the prices in 2018, the estimated resettlement costs covered by this RP are CNY 46.068 million, including basic costs of CNY 24.418 million. Seen from the category, permanent collective land acquisition costs are CNY 23.771 million, housing demolition and relocation costs are CNY 0.658million, compensation fees for ground attachments are CNY 1.203million, and compensation fees for special facilities are CNY 150000.
116. Other fees include RP formulating fee, implementation & management fee, land acquisition fee, technical training fee, external monitoring evaluation fee and contingencies.
35 117. The source of resettlement funds is local financial supporting funds and domestic loans.
3.1.5 Pengyang County, Guyuan Municipality (Original RP) 118. Based on the price in 2016, the estimated resettlement costs covered by this RP are CNY 8.642 million, including basic costs of CNY 5.049 million. Seeing from the influence category, permanent collective land acquisition costs are CNY 3.14 million, housing demolition costs are CNY 549,000, compensation fees for ground attachments are CNY 954,000, and compensation fees for special facilities are CNY 309,000.
119. Other fees includes RP formulating fee, implementation & management fee, land acquisition fee, technical training fee, external monitoring evaluation fee and contingencies.
120. The source of resettlement funds is Pengyang County financial supporting funds and domestic loans.
3.1.6 Jingyuan County, Guyuan Municipality (Original RP) 121. Based on the prices in 2016, the estimated resettlement costs covered by this RP are CNY 7,265,072, including basic costs of CNY 3,521,916. Seeing from the category, permanent collective land acquisition costs are CNY 1,975,384, housing demolition and relocation costs are CNY 959,750, compensation fees for ground attachments are CNY 403,682, and compensation fees for special facilities are CNY 172,900.
122. Other fees include RP formulating fee, implementation & management fee, land acquisition fee, technical training fee, external monitoring evaluation fee and contingencies
123. The source of resettlement funds is Jingyuan County financial supporting funds and domestic loans.
3.2 Disbursement Status of Resettlement Funds 124. .In Haiyuan County, by the end of 2019, all land acquisition and house demolition agreements had been signed, and the compensation for LA and HD had been fully paid, totaling CNY 6.3928 million. See details in table 3-1.
Table 3-1: Summary of the payment of resettlement funds (actually completed)
Items Zhengqi Town Jiucai Town Subtotal
Compensation for LA(yuan) 1924466.1 1622578.3 3547044.4
Compensation for ground attachements (yuan) 115264 114821 230085
Compensation for HD (yuan) 1352056 1229535 2581591
Other related costs（ Assessment and mapping fees）(yuan) 18700 15400 34100
Total 3410486.1 2982334.3 6392820.4
125. In Tongxin County, resettlement funds will be paid soon according to the progress of LAR, therefore the payment figures will be tracked and presented in the subsequent monitoring reports.
126. Since all the other 4 subprojects in Yuanzhou, Xiji, Pengyang and Jingyuan (trunk road)
36 have not started construction and LAR so far, the subproject counties/districts are still raising the resettlement funds.
37 4 M&E of Capacity Building of Implementing Agencies and Staff
4.1 Establishment of Implementing Agencies 127. In order to organize and lead the project preparation and construction, the Transportation Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region approved the establishment leadership Group and the Project Management Office of the Ningxia Autonomous region Project on October 16, 2017, which is set as the decision-making and administrative organ of the project. The project leadership group, led by the Deputy Director of the Transportation Department of Ningxia Autonomous region, is the decision-making institution of the project who is responsible for the overall deployment of the project and solving major problems, in which there are divisions of Comprehensive Planning and the division of Road Management. The ADB Project Management Office, as the daily and coordinating office of the Project leadership Group, is responsible for applying for the ADB loan and coordinating the preparation and implementation of RPs, and supervising and evaluating the implementation of RPs, including the disbursement of land acquisition compensation and resettlement funds.
128. The county-level transportation bureaus of project counties have also set up leading groups and project management offices to manage, coordinate, supervise, make decisions, ensure project quality, prepare annual plans, supervise the implementation of subprojects in the later stages, and report regularly to the PMO of Transportation Department of Ningxia Autonomous region. Each county PMO is responsible for coordinating the project resettlement works in its administration region, including organizing the daily resettlement works, formulating local policies for resettlement activities, and coordinating with resettlement implementing agencies at all levels. During project preparation and implementation, county PMOs will coordinate with relevant local government departments, and conduct consultations and make decisions on main issues in the process of construction and resettlement implementation. The local township governments shall be responsible for the implementation of the specific resettlement tasks in its administration scope. The agencies involved in land acquisition and resettlement of the project also include the local land bureaus at municipal, district/county levels, land and resources offices and finance and economics offices of local towns/townships, and so on. At the same time, the villages affected by the project are staffed with 1-2 key leaders to assist with resettlement implementation.
4.2 Staffing 129. The organization and coordination of the project leading groups which composed of leaders at all levels is the guarantee of the smooth implementation of resettlement. A strong organization structure ensures the smooth implementation of the specific works of RP implementation. According to the intensity of land acquisition and resettlement activities, resettlement implementing agencies at all levels are adequately staffed, as detailed in Table 4-1. Meanwhile, each resettlement implementing agency has a fixed office space and relevant office equipment.
Table 4-1：Staff of Project and Resettlement Management and Implementing Agencies
No. Project Sites Name of Agencies Staff Contact Number Transportation Foreign Loan Office of the Department Mr. Wang Hui 0951-5069402 Department of of Finance 1 Ningxia Hui Mr. Shi Yuan 0951-6076753 Autonomous PMO Ms. Zhong 0951-6076583 Region Xiaochun 2 Tendering Agent CICC bidding agency company Mr. Ma Di 13995280730 Mr. Yang Yuanzhou Transportation Bureau 18995419151 3 Pengcheng District Finance Bureau Mr. Wang Tao 13995049866 Transportation Bureau Mr. Dou Xinwei 13909543033 4 Xiji County Finance Bureau Mr. Xue Dinglin 18995433758 Mr. Mian Transportation Bureau 13895284678 5 Tongxin County Yanhua Finance Bureau Mr. Yang Ning 15509635999
38 Transportation Bureau Mr. Tian Yanhu 18909550977 6 Haiyuan County Mr. Tian Finance Bureau 15729552348 Fengbao Transportation Bureau Mr. Zhang Hua 13995449215 7 Pengyang County Mr. Ren Finance Bureau 13995047926 Wannian Jingyuan Transportation Bureau Mr. Wu Xiaoping 13995345808 8 County Finance Bureau Mr. Yu Jiandong 13709549845 9 Longde County Finance Bureau Mr. Zhang Jun 18995446299 Guanting – Yuanzhou Road Ms. Yu Xin 13995484535 Mr. Lin Wanzhang-Sanying Road 13995370998 Haicheng Mr. Deng Jiangtai-Xitan-Pingfeng Raod 13909508208 Shuliang 10 Design Institues Wangtuan – Yuwang Road Mr. Liu Xing 13519595663 Zhengqi-Jiucai-Sikouzi Raod Mr. Si Xu 15909505531 Mengyuan Chunshucha-Yangcheng Mr. Gen Enchao 18609588688 Yangping Raod Shatfang, Huanghua –Gaodian Raod Mr. Li Weiqun 13995078255
4.3 Evaluation of Implementing Agencies’ Capacity 130. The capacity evaluations of the resettlement management and implementing agencies are summarized as follows:
(i) The project management and resettlement implementing agencies have been designated as relevant local relevant government departments; their responsibilities and tasks of institutions at all levels have been basically clarified, and relevant staff have been trained in the project preparation phase. (ii) From project preparation to implementation, project management and resettlement implementing agencies have gradually learned about and become familiar with the ADB's involuntary resettlement policies and procedures. (iii) The project management and resettlement implementing agencies have rich domestic capacity and experience in the implementation of land acquisition and resettlement affairs. However, it is necessary for them to be familiar with the relevant requirements of ADB project’s resettlement implementation and management through training, investigation and study, experience exchanges and so on. (iv) The project implementation consulting firm and its resettlement specialist has been mobilized to provide technical guidance and assistance on RP updating and implementation. (v) Staff of project management and resettlement implementing agencies also need to further enhance the sharing and exchange of information and data related to projects and resettlement, and do a better job on documentation, data sharing and archiving. (vi) PMOs should keep the stability of resettlement implementing personnel, if personnel changes, the transfer of documents and materials must be done with a timely and proper manner.
39 5 Information Disclosure, Public Participation and GRM
5.1 Information Disclosure on Project and Resettlement 131. On 16 October, 2017, the ADB Financed Ningxia Liupanshan Poverty Reduction Rural Road Development Project has held a signing ceremony of lending agreement, marking the start of the project. The Transportation Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region released the notice of project kick-off on 20 October, 2017 and then continuously disclosed information related to the project. In addition, the PMO of the Transportation Department of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has led the planning and design institutes for many times to carry out field investigations in the project areas, publicize the basic information of the project, and to investigate and verify the indicators of the project's resettlement impacts, learn the social and economic situation of the affected population, and collect information on the attitudes and needs of the affected population, etc.
Figure 5-1： Project Commencement announcement released by the Transportation and Finance Departments of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region
132. In addition, the State Commission for Ethnic Affairs also posted the project information on its official website and stated that it would strongly support this project. Sina News, NetEase News, Ningxia Daily and other major mainstream media portals have carried out special reports on the project, which has received sustained attention and strong support from residents in the affected areas.
Figure 5-2：Special report on the project on the official website of the State Commission for Ethnic Affairs
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Figure 5-3：Special reports on the project by Ningxia Daily, Sina News and NetEase News
133. At the same time, the resettlement information of the Project has been disclosed during project preparation and implementation phases. The draft RPs had been disclosed to affected communities and peoples after they were approved by ADB.
5.2 Public Participation during Implementation Stage 134. So far, land acquisition and resettlement activities have not started, and the RPs have not been updated. In the subsequent detailed measurement survey (DMS), updating of resettlement plans, and land compensation and resettlement activities, affected population will widely participate in RP implementation and play an important role. The EMA will continue to monitor the public participation of APs during the implementation phase.
Figure 5-4：Socioeconomic Survey and Public Consultation on sites During RP Updating
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Figure 5-5：Public Consultation on sites During External Monitoring
5.3 Status of GRM 135. To ensure rehabilitation and improvement of the affected persons’ production, livelihood and living conditions, the provincial and county PMO closely consulted with the affected persons to reduce complaints. A mechanism was set up to provide APs with opportunities to complain and to solve problems during implementation.
136. There are clear guidelines in the appeals process, the principles of appeals, the contents and manners to response potential complaints, etc., in order to ensure the GRM operate smoothly.
137. During implementation of the RPs, the resettlement implementation units shall properly address and record complaints and appeals received, and report them to the Ningxia PMO in written form timely.
138. As currently land acquisition and resettlement activities has not yet started, no complaints and appeals are received from affected persons during this monitoring period.
42 6 Main Findings and Recommendations
6.1 Main Findings 139. (i) Updating of RPs: as of 31 March 2020, Tongxin and Haiyuan and Xiji subprojects have updated their original RPs, and Yuanzhou has updated the RP for one of two roads; however the remaining two subprojects in Pengyang and Jingyuan (trunk road) have not carried out detailed measurement surveys (DMSs) of LAR impacts, nor have the original RPs been updated accordingly.
140. (ii) Project and resettlement implementation progress: as of 31 March 2020, only Tongxin and Haiyuan subprojects (trunk roads) started civil works. The Dongxia to Digou feeder road had completed the civil work by November 2019. The other four subprojects (the trunk road in Jingyuan )are still in the preparatory stage of design and bidding, and have not yet started the construction of civil works. Haiyuan subproject has completed all land acquisition and resettlement activities by the end of 2019. Due to the changes of road design in Jingyuan County, the Dongxia to Digou feeder road no longer involves any LAR impacts, and the civil works have been completed from April to November 2019. However, the trunk road in Jingyuan County has not started construction. As of 31 March 2020, Tongxin subproject has completed the verification of house demolition impacts survey results, and the oral negotiation of 9 HHs, out of all the 12 HHs affected by HD. It is expected that all the 12 HHs affected by HD will sign the compensation and resettlement agreements with local government by April 2020. Tongxin subproject has not yet signed any LA and compensation agreements.
141. (iii) Project implementing institutions and capacity-building: the responsibilities and tasks of relevant institutions at all levels are clear, and staff need to continue to increase their inputs and strengthen the management and reporting system for resettlement implementation.
142. (iv) Grievance Redress Mechanism: the channels for complaints and appeals are open and smooth, and no complaints have been received to date.
6.2 Recommendations
24. (i) Sub-PMOs in Pengyang and Jingyuan should, on the basis of preliminary design, appoint professional institution or resettlement specialists to carry out detailed measurement survey (DMS) of the LAR impacts of their subproject (trunk roads), and update the original RPs in a timely manner. The updated RPs should be submitted to ADB for review and approval as early as possible. In Yuanzhou District, the RP of Wanzhang to Sanying Road should be updated soon.
25. (ii) Sub-PMOs in Pengyang, Jingyuan (the trunk road), Yuanzhou and Xiji should speed up the preparation progress before the implementation of the project, particularly the application and approval of land acquisition, etc.
26. (iii) Tongxin subproject should complete the verification of DMS results of land acquisition as soon as possible, sign LA and HD agreements with the affected villager groups and HHs, and then pay land compensation in accordance with the updated RP; at the same time, the negotiation with remaining 3 AHs should be speeded up to sign the house compensation and settlement agreements as soon as possible, and thus complete the demolition compensation resettlement work.
43 27. (iv) Except in Haiyuan County, the district/county PMOs should raise the counterpart funds in time and ensure that land acquisition and resettlement expenses can be paid to affected rural collectives and households in full and on time.
28. (v) Except in Haiyuan County, the district/county PMOs need to coordinate the relevant government departments as soon as possible, and to push forward the LA and HD and resettlement activities strictly follow the URP approved by ADB.
29. (vi) The district/county PMOs need to carry out training for the staff of both the project implementing agencies and resettlement implementing agencies, in order to strengthen the institutional and personnel capacity for project and resettlement implementation, and improve internal monitoring and reporting system.
30. (vii) The district/county PMOs need to strengthen the file management during the resettlement implementation to ensure the timely collection, sorting and archiving of relevant information, such as LAR impacts, compensation and resettlement records, etc.
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