Updated Resettlement Plan January 2011 PRC: Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project–Xuming Expressway Prepared by Anhui Provincial Communications Investment Group Company for the Asian Development Bank. 2 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) $1.00 = CNY6.80 ABBREVIATIONS ACTVC - Anhui Communications Vocational & Technical College ADB - Asian Development Bank AHAB - Anhui Highway Administration Bureau APCD - Anhui Provincial Communications Department Anhui Provincial Communications Investment Group ACIG - Company APs Affected Persons AVs Affected Villages APG - Anhui Provincial Government M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PMO - Project Management Office RP - Resettlement Plan PRC - People’s Republic of China NOTE (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars unless otherwise stated. This updated resettlement plan 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. ADB Financed Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project Resettlement Plan for Anhui Xuzhou-Mingguang Expressway Project （updated） Anhui Provincial Communications Investment Group Company January, 2011 Note on the updated RP On November 11, 2009, the Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission gave a reply on the detailed design of the Anhui section of the Xuzhou-Mingguang Expressway with Document APDRC [2009] No.1199. In December 2009, the Anhui Provincial Communications Planning, Survey and Design Institute completed the design of the construction drawings of the project. This update is based on the detailed design, construction drawings, and land surveying and demarcation report of the project, as well as field survey. The scope of this update includes the physical quantities affected by resettlement, the policies on compensation and resettlement, the socioeconomic profile of the affected areas, the implementation budget, and the resettlement implementation programs, involving all chapters of the first draft of the RP. A. Summary of RP update No. Updated item Former RP Updated RP Remarks Route length increased Engineering Route length 136.33 Route length 139.061 1 by 2.731 km, roadbed design km, roadbed width 28 m km, roadbed width 27 m width decreased by 1 m Acquiring 10,655.079 Acquiring 569.221 mu mu of collective land, Acquiring 11,224.3 mu less of collective land, affecting 10,148 of collective land, affecting 1,299 less Impacts of land households with 38,561 2 affecting 11,757 households with 5,012 acquisition persons; occupying households with 43,573 persons; occupying 371.859 mu of persons 371.859 mu more of state-owned land state-owned1 permanently Demolishing 9,084 m2 Demolishing 80,728.2 Demolishing 71,644.23 less of housing, Impacts of m2 of housing, affecting m2 of housing, affecting 3 affecting 107 less demolition 639 households with 532 households with households with 421 2432 persons 2011 persons persons The Uniform Annual Arable land Output Values and 28,050-33,360 Arable land 18,000 Compensation Rates yuan/mu, land for yuan/mu, non-arable for Land Acquisition of Compensation construction and land 12,000 yuan/mu, Anhui Province (APG 4 rates for land unused land young crop [2009] No.132) applies acquisition 13,600-16,280 compensation fees 500 to Feidong County in yuan/mu, young crop yuan/mu the updated RP, and compensation fees the compensation rates 600-850 yuan/mu have increased All counties have promulgated new Masonry concrete Masonry concrete compensation rates, structure 410 yuan/m2, multi-storied houses which are higher than Compensation masonry timber 580-750 yuan/m2, those in the RP, 5 rates for structure 260/m2, earth simple single-storied 170-310 yuan/m2 for demolition timber structure 160 houses 180-380 masonry concrete yuan/m2, simple yuan/m2 structure and 100-300 structure 80 yuan/m2 yuan/m2 for simple single-storied houses Resettlement Self-demolition and Self-demolition and 6 option for self-building self-building demolition 1Although route length was increased by 2.731km, the roadbed width was decreased by 1 m, which led to the decrease of LAR No. Updated item Former RP Updated RP Remarks Financial Budget increased by 7 467.016 million yuan 681,121,900 yuan budget 214,105,900 yuan Land acquisition began Land acquisition began Implementation in December 2009 and 8 in October 2010 and will schedule will end in December end in October 2013 2012 Approval ： Chen Shaojun Review ： Chen Weiping Specialized ： Yin Jianjun Design Check ： Yin Jianjun Wang Changcai Writers ： Yin Jianjun Ge xiaobo Yin Jianjun Ge xiaobo Huang chuan Wanglei Participants ： Penglingling Wu huanhuan Executive Summary 1. Background The Xuzhou-Mingguang Expressway Project, an ADB financed project, has a route length of about 139.061km, and will be built as an expressway with a design speed of 120km/hour and a roadbed width of 27.0 meters. The project will commence in January 2011 and be completed in December 2013, with a construction period of about 3 years. The implementation plan for land acquisition, house demolition, compensation and resettlement will be put into practice in October 2010, and completed by December 2013. The estimated resettlement expenses of the project are 681.121 million yuan (based on prices of 2011), including basic expenses for land acquisition (occupation) and house demolition, relevant taxes and unexpected expenses, accounting for 10.9% of the whole project budget. 2. Resettlement impacts The main impacts of the Xuzhou-Mingguang Expressway Project are acquisition of collective land, allocation of state-owned land ,demolition of rural residential houses and temporary land occupation, and no relocation of entity is involved. The land acquisition and resettlement of the project involves 62 villages in 18 Xiangs/towns of Lingbi County, Sixian County, Wuhe County, Fengtang country and Mingguang City, Anhui Province, affecting 10,458 households with 39,731 persons; 10,655.079 mu of collective land will be acquired, including 9,169.386 mu of arable land and gardens, affecting 10,148 households with 38,561 persons; residential houses of 71,644.23 m2 will be demolished, affecting 532 households with 2,011 persons (in which 222 households with 841 persons are also affected by land acquisition); 9,298.23 mu of land will be occupied temporarily, affecting 10,368 households with 38,963 persons temporarily. In addition, the main resettlement impacts of the extension line of the Xuzhou-Mingguang Expressway (6km, in Jiangsu Province) are acquisition of collective land and temporary land occupation, involving 3 villages in Shuanggou Town, Huining County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, where 407 mu of collective land will be acquired, affecting 1,227 people out of 317 households; 225 mu of collective land will be occupied temporarily, affecting 681 people out of 178 households temporarily. Although it is an associated component of this Project, it will be entirely financed and implemented by Jiangsu Province and the same principles as the indicated in the RP will be followed. 3. Policy framework and entitlements To avoid or minimize the negative impacts of land acquisition, the affected villager teams and displaced persons have been consulted on the selection of the relocation sites at the feasibility study stage, and the optimum option has been chosen through comparative selection. This Resettlement Plan has been formulated in accordance with the Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (2004), the Decision of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Exercising Strict Land Management (Guo Fa [2004] No.28), the applicable policies of Anhui Province (e.g., Notice on the Adjustment of the Compensation Standards for Land for Expressway Construction and House Demolition (Wan Jiao Ji [2007] No.17)), Notice of the Anhui Provincial Government on Promulgating the Compensation Rates for Land Acquisition of Anhui Province (APG [2009] No.132), ADB’s Policy on Involuntary Resettlement and policies on social security. The resettlement principles of the project are as follows based on the above policies and through consultation with the local governments and the affected people: (1) Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible; (2) The affected people are granted compensation and rights that can at least maintain or even improve their livelihoods in the absence of the project; (3) The affected people are given compensation and assistance in resettlement whether legal title is available or not; (4) If the land available to everyone is insufficient to maintain his/her livelihood, replacement in cash or in kind and other income-generating activities are provided for the lost land; (5) The affected people fully understand their entitlements, the method and standard of compensation, the livelihood and income restoration plan, and the project schedule, and participate in the implementation of the Resettlement Plan; (6) No land should be acquired before the affected people are satisfied with the compensation and resettlement (plan); (7) The executing agency and an independent agency / third party should monitor the compensation, relocation and resettlement operations; (8) The vulnerable groups (including women) are provided special assistance or treatment so that they lead a better life, and all affected people should have an opportunity to benefit from the project; (9) The Resettlement Plan is consistent with the master plans of the affected counties and towns; and (10) The resettlement expenses are sufficient to cover all affected aspects. 4. Resettlement compensation and restoration measures For permanent land acquisition, compensation includes land compensation fees, resettlement subsidies and young crop compensation fees. In the project counties, the uniform annual output value for arable land is 1,350-1,480 yuan/mu.