Social Monitoring Report PRC: Hunan Roads
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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 35338 July 2004 PRC: Hunan Roads Development II Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (I) Prepared by: Social Investigation Centre of Politics and Public Administration College in Hunan University, People’s Republic of China For Hunan Changji Expressway Construction and Development Corporation This report has been submitted to ADB by Hunan Provincial Transportation Department and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. External Monitoring Report for Resettlement of Changde-Jishou Expressway Project Social Survey Center, Politics and Public Administration College, Hunan University July, 2004 External Monitoring Report of Resettlement for Changde-Jishou Expressway Project Content 1 PREFACE ............................................................................................................5 1.1 Origin of the Monitoring.............................................................................5 1.2 Work basis and Purpose...........................................................................5 1.3 Methodology and Approach......................................................................5 1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION .....................................................................6 2.2 Basic Data of Resettlement ......................................................................7 2 BASIC INFORMATION OF SAMPLED VILLAGE AND HOUSEHOLDS........................................................................................................7 3.1 Basic Information of Sampled Village .....................................................7 3.2 Basic Information of Sampled Households ............................................8 3 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE................................................................8 4.1 Results from village interview...................................................................8 4.2 Results from household interview............................................................8 5 BUILDING RECONSTRUCTION ............................................................8 5.1 Houses affected and Progress of reconstruction...................................8 5.2 Comparison of the living conditions before and after removal.............9 5.3 Compensation for Building......................................................................10 5.4 Cost of House Reconstruction ...............................................................11 5.5 Housing plot..............................................................................................13 5.6 Transition ..................................................................................................13 5.7 Complaint and Evaluation.......................................................................14 6 LAND ACQUISITION...................................................................................16 6.1 Impact on the land ...................................................................................16 6.2 Compensation of land ............................................................................16 6.3 Land redistribution ..................................................................................17 7 GRIEVANCE AND REDRESS................................................................17 7.1 Procedure .................................................................................................17 7.2 Implementation.........................................................................................17 8 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION 18 8.1 Training .....................................................................................................18 8.2 Employment during Construction...........................................................19 9 INCOME AND POVERTY .........................................................................19 9.1 Status of income ......................................................................................19 9.2 Poor population ........................................................................................20 10 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION..............................................20 3 External Monitoring Report of Resettlement for Changde-Jishou Expressway Project 10.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................20 10.2 Suggestions..............................................................................................22 4 External Monitoring Report of Resettlement for Changde-Jishou Expressway Project External Monitoring Report for Resettlement of Changde-Jishou Expressway Project 1 PREFACE B. 1.1 Origin of the Monitoring In order to ensure that the implementation of the land acquisition and resettlement plan in accordance with the requirements specified in related laws and policies, the mechanism of external monitoring was introduced in the Changde-Jishou Expressway Project (the Project). Entrusted by Hunan Provincial Expressway Construction and Development Corp (HPEC) with the External Monitoring Agreement for Resettlement of the Project signed on December 17, 2003, Politics and Public Administration College (PAC), Hunan University was selected as the external monitor for the monitoring and evaluation of the resettlement in the Project. C. 1.2 Work basis and Purpose The external monitoring of the resettlement is to be carried out in accordance with the related laws and regulation in PRC and ADB’s policy to monitor and evaluate the progress and effects of the resettlement. The objectives of the external monitoring and evaluation are to: (i) establish whether, after the land acquisition and resettlement activity is completed, the welfare levels of those affected were restored and sustained; if not, identify both policy and implementation constraints; and (ii) assess the overall efficiency, effectiveness, impact (including behavioral responses) and sustainability of land acquisition and resettlement. If problems are identified, causes should be analyzed and possible solutions should be recommended to HPEC. This report is to summarize the status of monitoring made before June 15, 2004. D. 1.3 Methodology and Approach The methods used for the external monitoring of the resettlement include both quantitative and qualitative. During May 10-12, Mr. Zhao Chenxi from PAC, Hunan Univeristy made an investigation on the resettlement site with Mr Scot Fugerson from ADB and Mr. Xiao Ling from HPEC. The works carried out during the investigation consists of: (i) interview with the officials from the local government responsible for the resettlement of the Project to understand the progress of the resettlement; (ii) visiting two affected village heads to understand the implementation status of the resettlement in the village; (iii) interviewing two affected families to understand 5 External Monitoring Report of Resettlement for Changde-Jishou Expressway Project whether the compensation is made in the stipulated standards and the status of building reconstruction; and (iv) visiting the demolition sites and reconstruction sites along the route with emphasis on three affected villages. On May 12, 2004, further requirements were made by Mr. Fugerson for the external monitoring to make an investigation with designed questionnaires covering the information disclosure, building reconstruction, land compensation, grievance and redress, etc. Based on the outline proposed by Mr. Fugerson, two questionnaires of village and household were designed. The questionnaires covers the basis information of the village/household, information disclosure, building reconstruction, land compensation, grievance and redress, training, etc. The interview were made during June 2-12 with the designed questionnaires on the resettlement sites. The interviewees of the affected village are the village heads, and of the affected household, household head or other adults. The interview was successfully carried out in 89 households in 25 villages of the three counties. The data collected from the interview were input and analyzed in Excel. On June 29, 2004, the final Resettlement Plan and Internal Monitoring/ Progress Report of Resettlement were obtained from Mr. Xiao Ling of HPEC. This report is based on the above-mentioned work, especially the data collected from the interview with designed questionnaires. The data in the report are from the interview with designed questionnaires if not specified. 1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION 2.1 Introduction The Changde-Huaihua section of the proposed Chang-Ji Expressway constitutes a 173 km section of the Changsha-Chongqing corridor, one of the eight western corridors , belonging to the National Key Highway System (NKHS) defined by MOC in December 2001, as a sub-trunk system to complement the NTHS. It is a vital link in the expressway network of Hunan Province, as well as an arterial corridor from the provincial capital Changsha to four western prefectures in the province, i.e, Changde, Huaihua, Xiangxi and Zhangjiajie prefectures, of which, Xiangxi Prefecture has been included in the “State Western Development Strategy”. The proposed expressway is located in Changde and Huaihua cities of Hunan Province. The project runs through Dingcheng District and Taolyuan County of Changde City and Yuanling County in Huaihua prefecture. The alignment starts at the Doumuhu (where connecting Chang-Zhang Expressway) of Changde City, traverses