Social Monitoring Report
Semi-Annual Report August 2019
PRC: Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project
Prepared by Shaanxi Kexin Consultant Company for the People’s Republic of China and the Asian Development Bank.
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Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project (Loan No. 3924-PRC)
External Monitoring Report for Resettlement
(Hanbin District)
(Report No.5)
Monitoring period: September 2018 to February 2019
Prepared for: Foreign Capital Utilization Center of SPTD By: Shaanxi Kexin Consultant Company
August 2019
Executive Summary
In February 2019, External Monitoring Unit of Hanbin District Subproject under Shaanxi Mountainous Road Safety Demonstration Project (the monitor) carried out external monitoring of Phase V in project affected area. The monitoring period was from September 2018 to February 2019. This external monitoring scope involved 3 towns and 10 administrative villages/communities that were affected by the Subproject. Hanbing Subproject is consisted of 1) G316 Hanbin section, 2) Yandong road, and 3) two village roads. By February 28, 2019, the Ankang-Xunyang Highway (G316 Hanbin Section) and Yandong Road are being implemented. The village roads have not been started yet. This monitoring survey was conducted with the well-developed global participatory monitoring method in recent years, namely, establishing the project monitoring and consulting group, and in combination with the conventional monitoring methods, including field exploration, in-home survey and dictation record, arrangement of villagers discussion, visit of related authorities, consultation and collection of statistical materials, local chronicles and statutes documents, etc. By February 28, 2019, for G316 (Hanbin Section), 1190 persons in 280 affected households have signed the agreement on relocation, in which, 90 persons in 20 households are both affected by land acquisition and house demolition. The compensation fund has been paid to the affected persons who have signed the agreement on relocation. Actual compensation standard was formulated based on the principles in RP and shall not be less than that in RP. By February 28, 2019, G316 (Hanbin Section) totally involved acquisition of collective land of 161.47mu without state-owned land. A compensation fund of CNY 7.5 million for land acquisition and ground attachments has been paid. Yandong Road only needs to compensate for young crops and ground attachments because the ownership of land occupation was not changed which was detailed in Section 2.4.4. No temporary land acquisition was involved. By February 28, 2019, G316 (Hanbin section) involved relocation buildings of 3760.43m2 accumulatively, including 2011.03m2 of Brick-concrete houses, 1407.13m2 of Brick-wood houses, 204.54m2 of Earth-wood houses and 137.73m2 of Make-shift houses. The relocation agreement has been signed with 20 households with compensation amount of CNY 4.1 million which had been paid to the affected persons totally. 19 affected
households chose local settlement and one household chose resettlement in Qingshuiwan Community. So far, there are still two households who didn’t sign the demolition agreement are still in negotiation. The agreement is expected to be signed in April 2019. Yandong Road involved house demolition of 1123.2 m2 and 49 persons of 12 households were affected. Currently, two households (489 m2) signed the House Demolition Agreement and the other 10 affected households are still negotiating with Hanbin PMO. In this monitoring, there was no major adjustment in the institutional setting and personnel in the PMO of Hanbin District (HDPMO), and the work are carried out orderly. In this monitoring, HDPMO did not receive any writing or systematic complaints. According to public consultation and on-site investigation, some local residents hoped that the influence of the construction on their daily life could be reduced. The progress of LA&R, payment status, complaint and the solution status will also be monitored in next monitoring.
Contents 1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ...... 1
1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW ...... 1 1.1.1 Hanbin District Subproject ...... 1 1.1.2 Project implementation process ...... 3 1.1.3 Executing and implementing agencies...... 4
1.2 AFFECTED AREA ...... 7
2 MONITORING ON PROJECT LA AND HD ...... 8
2.1 MONITORING PROCEDURE...... 8
2.2 INVESTIGATION METHODS ...... 8
2.3 SURVEY ON GEOLOGICAL DISASTER INFLUENCE ...... 8
2.4 LA AND HD STATUS ...... 9 2.4.1 Land Acquisition ...... 9 2.4.2 House Demolition ...... 12 2.4.3 LAR Impact status ...... 12 2.4.4 Compensation standard of LA & HD ...... 13
2.5 TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ...... 17
2.6 GROUND ATTACHMENTS ...... 17
2.7 AFFECTED VULNERABLE GROUPS ...... 17
2.8 SURVEY OF SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE PROJECT AFFECTED AREA ...... 18
3 LAND ACQUISITION, HOUSE DEMOLITION AND RESETTLEMENT ...... 22
3.1 IMPACTS AND COST OF LA & HD ...... 22
3.2 RESETTLEMENT PLAN AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY MEASURE ...... 24
3.3 RECOVERY PLAN OF SPECIAL FACILITIES ...... 29
3.4 STATUS OF CENTRALIZED RESETTLEMENT SITE ...... 29
4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ...... 30
4.1 PUBLIC CONSULTATION RESULTS ...... 30
4.2 COMPLAINTS AND HANDLING ...... 32
5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ...... 33
5.1 ASSESSMENT ON PROJECT ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ...... 33
5.2 PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS ...... 34
APPENDIX 1 CONSULTING LIST OF AFFECTED PEOPLE IN EXTERNAL MONITORING AT THIS STAGE ...... 35
APPENDIX 2 SCENE PHOTOS OF THIS PHASE OF EXTERNAL MONITORING ...... 36
APPENDIX 3 RESETTLEMENT POLICIES OF SOUTHERN SHAANXI AREA ...... 37
List of Tables
TABLE 1-1 BASIC INFORMATION OF HANBIN SUBPROJECT ...... 3
TABLE 1-2 LIST OF TOWNS AND ADMINISTRATIVE VILLAGES AFFECTED BY ROAD COMPONENTS ...... 7
TABLE 2-1 DATA OF ACQUIRED LAND ...... 9
TABLE 2-2 STATISTICAL TABLE FOR HOUSE DEMOLITION...... 12
TABLE 2-3 HOUSEHOLD AFFECTED BY LA&R ...... 12
TABLE 2-4 STATISTICS OF LA&R COMPENSATION STANDARD...... 15
TABLE 2-6 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF ANKANG CITY IN 2018 ...... 19
TABLE 2-7 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF HANBIN IN 2018 ...... 19
TABLE 2-8 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE AFFECTED TOWNS IN 2017 ...... 20
TABLE 2-9 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE AFFECTED VILLAGES IN 2018 ...... 20
TABLE 2-10 CORRELATION TABLE ON PREVALENCE SITUATION OF POVERTY IN PROJECT AREAS ...... 21
TABLE 3-1 COMPENSATION ON LAND ACQUISITION AND HOUSE DEMOLITION ...... 23
TABLE 4-1 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATING ACTIVITY ...... 30
List of Figures
FIGURE 1-1 ENGINEERING DISTRIBUTION MAP ...... 2
FIGURE 1-2 FIGURE FOR ORGANIZATION ...... 7
FIGURE 2-1 COMMENT LETTER OF DONGQIAO VILLAGE ON THE LAND USE FOR THE PROJECT OF YANDONG HIGHWAY ...... 11
FIGURE 2-2 COMMENT LETTER OF CENTRAL COMMUNITY ON THE LAND USE OF THE PROJECT OF YANDONG HIGHWAY ...... 12
FIGURE 3-1 THE SCENE OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION SKILL TRAINING...... 26
1 Project introduction and implementation progress 1.1 Project Overview
1. The primary objectives of the road rehabilitation components are : 1) to upgrade network capacity for an expanding transport volume in the area, 2) to provide all-weather access to the village and county roads that connect to the trunk roads, and 3) to improve the road safety condition of these rehabilitated roads and an additional 660 km of rural roads. 2. The Project comprises four components. 1) Component 1: Rehabilitation of 193km arterial highways, including 60.25 km of S102 Xunyang – Xiaohe Highway, 34.39 of G316 section from Xunyang – Ankang City Center Highway and 92.41 km S224 Shangnan County Chengguan Town – boundary of Shaanxi and Hubei provinces. 2) Component 2: Upgrade of 8 rural roads with the total distance of 139.656km, including three township roads in Xunyang County, Hanbin District and Shangnan County and five village roads in Xunyang County and Hanbin District. 3) Component 3: Improvement of the road safety of Component 1 and 2 and other road sections of about 660 km. 4) Component 4: Capability building and agency development, with the focus on the systematic capability of Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department related to road safety. 3. The project will benefit 1.7 million local people from the 3 project counties and districts (Xuyang County, Shangnan County and Hanbin District), and many more from the neighboring provinces and counties. Among the 1.7 million beneficiaries, rural and urban residents account for 78% and 22% respectively.
1.1.1 Hanbin District Subproject
4. Hanbin District Highway Road Subproject (the Subproject) includes four highways – (1) reconstruction of G316 between the Xunyang County border to Hanbin District in Ankang City (hereinafter called G316 Hanbing section); (2) rehabilitation of Yanba Town to Dongqiao Village highway (hereinafter referred to as Yandong Road); (3) rehabilitation of two village roads, Zaobao to Yousheng road (hereinafter called Zaobao-Yousheng road) and Zaobao to Wujiashan road (Zaobao-Wujiashan road), with total construction length of 34.886km.
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Figure 1-1 Engineering Distribution Map 5. G316 (Hanbin Section) is a reconstruction project for secondary road. It starts from Lvhe Town in Xunyang County, enters Hanbin District via Lijiazhuang Village, Xuejiawan Village, Duanjiahe Village, Gaobiliang Village, and Bei’an Village in Xunyang County, and leads to the end of Hanjiang River Bridge in Jinxing Village via Longquan Village, Zaoyang Village and Dongwan Village in the west. 6. Yandong Road is a reconstruction project for a grade-4 highway from the central community of Yanba Town in Hanbin District to Dongqiao Village. It starts from Yanba Town, is connected to Jihe-Yanba Highway, and ends at Dongqiao Village of Yinghu Town via Heihu Village, Tangtai Village and Guiping Village, forming a T-shaped intersection with S207. Its total length is 10.699km. 7. Zaobao-Yousheng Road is a reconstruction project for village road from Zaobao in Hanbin District to Yousheng Village. With the starting point of K0+000 (K13+020 of Gaoju-Zaobao Highway), it goes around the mountain and ends at K4+156.675 in Yousheng Village. The total length is 4.157km. This project is an extension highway, with design speed of 15km/h and 10km/h for special section. 8. Zaobao-Wujiashan Road is a reconstruction project for village road. With the starting point of K0+000 (K12+360 of Gaoju-Zaobao Highway), it goes around the mountain and ends at K4+318.737 in Wujiashan, with the length of 4.319km; the branch starts from K1+525 of main line, goes around the existing village road, and ends at K5+016.138 across the bealock at K3+700, with the length of 5.016km; the whole 2 length is 9.335km. The project is an extension highway, with design speed of 15km/h and 10km/h for special section. Table 1-1 Basic Information of Hanbin Subproject Construction Scope of Project Category Project construction content grade project’s impact Affect one town (Zaoyang Town), It starts from Lvhe Town in Xunyang three villages County and stops at the end of Construction (Zaoyang, Road Hanjiang River Bridge via Duanjiahe standard for Dongwan, G316 Section reconstruction Town, Zaoyang Town, and Guanmiao secondary Longquan), with Town, with the total length of national road 227AHs,1183 APs 34.386km. by LA,19 AHs,95APs by HD and LA Affect two towns It starts from Yanba Town, is (Yinghu, Yanba), connected to Jihe-Yanba Highway, four villages Technical and ends at Dongqiao Village of (Dongqiao, Yandong road Road standard for Yinghu Town via Heihu Village, Zhongxin (township road) reconstruction grade-4 Tangtai Village and Guiping Village, Community1), with highway forming a T-shaped intersection with 97AHs,407 APs by S207. Its total length is 10.699km. LA,18 AHs,95APs by HD and LA Zaobao-Yousheng Highway is a reconstruction project for the highway Affect one town from Zaobao in Hanbin District to Technical (Zaoyang), one Zaobao-Yousheng Yousheng Village. With the starting Road standard for villages (Gaoju2), Highway (village point of K0+000 (K13+020 of reconstruction extension with 97AHs,407 road) Gaoju-Zaobao Highway), it goes highway APs by LA,and Not around the mountain and ends at involving HD K4+156.675 in Yousheng Village. The total length is 4.157km. Zaobao-Wujiashan Highway is a Affect one town reconstruction project. With the (Zaoyang), one Technical starting point of K0+000 (K12+360 of villages (Gaoju), Zaobao-Wujiashan Road standard for Gaoju-Zaobao Highway), it goes with 32AHs,128 (village road) reconstruction extension around the mountain and ends at APs by LA,2 highway K4+318.737 in Wujiashan, with the AHs,8APs by HD total length of 9.335km. and LA
1.1.2 Project implementation process
9. As of February 28, 2019, acquisition and demolition for G316 Hanbin section is being implemented; and Yandong road started to implementation during this monitoring period. The other subprojects are still in the process of waiting for the approval of bidding procedure and acquisition and demolition have not been implemented yet.
1 Because of the adjustment of administrative division in Yanba Town, the original affected villages including Heihu, Tangtai and Guiping village are combined into Zhongxin Community. 2 Because of Zaoyang Town’s adjustment of administrative division, the original affected villages Yousheng Village and Maliu Village have been integrated into Gaoju Village. 3 1.1.3 Executing and implementing agencies
(i) Shaanxi Provincial Project Leading Group (SPPLG) and Its Office (SPPO)
10. SPPLG is the leading agency responsible comprehensively for the overall deployment of the Project and solving major issues. The group will include Comprehensive Planning Division and Road Management Division lead by a deputy director of Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department. 11. SPPMO in Foreign Funds Financed Project Office (FFPO) is the working body of SPPLG as coordinating agency in charge of applying for ADB loan, coordinating the formulation and implementation of RP, monitoring and evaluation of the RP implementation, including funds flow of compensation of LA and HD.
(ii) Hanbin District Project Management Office (HDPMO)
12. Hanbin District People’s Government is the implementing agency of this Subproject, and the project leading group consists of heads from relevant bureaus, including transport bureau, land and resources bureau, resettlement bureau, development and reform bureau, etc. Hanbin District Project management Office (HDPMO) set up under the project implementing agency that is located at Hanbin District Traffic Transport Bureau is responsible for the project management, coordination, supervision, direction, quality assurance and annual planning, and the follow-up monitoring of the implementation, reporting to Shaanxi Provincial Project Leading Group regularly. The main responsibilities in resettlement include organizing the resettlement work of the project, developing the local policy on resettlement activities, coordinating relations among resettlement agencies at all levels, coordinating the work of the bureaus concerned at the preparation and implementation stages, and making decisions and consultation on major issues arising from construction and resettlement.
(iii) Hanbin District Project Resettlement Office (HDPRO)
13. The HDPRO, consisting of 4 persons, responsible for identifying and confirming the quantity of land acquisition and house demolition, special facilities and ground attachments, conducting the DMS and saving data; assisting in preparing the RP and implementing RP; selecting resettlement officials for operational training; organizing public consultation, and communicating resettlement policies; directing, coordinating and supervising LA and resettlement activities and progress; disbursing resettlement costs according to the agreement and handling grievances of APs; assisting and supervising the affected villages carry out economic rehabilitation plans and ensuring the income restoration of the affected people; carrying out internal monitoring, preparing internal monitoring reports and reporting to HDPMO.
(iv) Town/township Government 4 14. The town/township resettlement offices, headed by each Town/township leader are comprised of key officials of the land and resources office, police office, civil affairs office and village committees. The main responsibilities are: Participating in the survey of the project and assisting in the preparation of the RP. Organizing public participation, and communicating the resettlement policies; Implementing, inspecting, monitoring and recording all resettlement activities within the town; Settling the house demolition and reconstruction; Responsible for the disbursement and management of land compensation fees; Supervision of LA, HD and house restoration; Reporting LA, HD and resettlement information to the HDPMO; Coordinating and handling conflicts and issues arising from its work. (v) Village committees and village groups
15. The resettlement working team of a village committee or village group comprises its key community leaders and representatives of APs and with authorization of villagers’ convention. Its main responsibilities are: Participating in the socioeconomic survey and DMS; Assisting in preparing the Relocation and Resettlement Plan; Organizing public consultation, and communicating the policies on LA and HD; Organizing village meetings in discussing the proportion of compensation distribution to APs and supervision of the use of reserved funds in a village if any, To choose resettlement sites and distribute housing land for relocated families; Helping APs to get house construction approvals, Organizing the implementation of agricultural (including reserved land distribution) and nonagricultural resettlement activities; Reporting the APs’ opinions and suggestions to the relevant authorities; Providing assistance to relocated households with difficulties, particularly the vulnerable families Supervising land acquisition, housing and ancillary facilities demolition and reconstruction; Reporting the progress in land acquisition and resettlement; Preparing clearance letter to confirm the facility and infrastructure restored and meet their requirement.
(Vii) Internal supervision agency
16. HDPMO set up an internal supervision office for land acquisition and resettlement, consisting of 2 persons. The duty of the office is to guarantee all the land acquisition
5 and resettlement officers can fulfill their tasks, carry out the requirements of the RP, and guarantee all the affected people can get their rights and interests.
(viii) Designing Institute
17. During project planning and design period, designing institute shall accurately investigate land acquisition, house demolition, environment carrying capacity, available resources and other physical index, assist the government where the project locates in preparing RP, preparing budget investment estimation scheme for compensation of land acquisition and house demolition, and preparing relevant drawings. 18. During project implementation period, designing institute shall provide designing document, technical specification and drawings and notifications to owners and disclose designing situation to project offices at all levels.
(vii) External independent monitoring and evaluation agency
19. HDPMO (Shaanxi Hanbin Transportation Bureau) entrusted Shaanxi Kexin Consulting Company (the monitor) as the external monitoring and evaluation institution of the subproject. The main responsibilities of the monitor includes: Monitoring all aspects of resettlement planning and implementation, as an independent M&E agency, conducting base-line surveys, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of resettlement and the social adaptability of the APs, including women and vulnerable APs, and submitting M&E reports to HBPMO, SPPMO and ADB semi-annually; Providing technical advice to HBPMO and related agencies in resettlement implementation, data collection and processing, and so on.
6 Leading Group of Shaanxi ADB Loan Mountainous Road Safety Demonstration Project and Its Office
Hanbin District PMO with ADB Loan Design Agency
Hanbin District Project Resettlement Office Internal External monitoring monitoring unit
Project town resettlement office (TRO) under Town Government (TG)
Community and village committee
Affected people
AH by HD AH by LA Infrastructure
Figure 1-2 Figure for organization 1.2 Affected area
20. The impact of land acquisition and demolition of the subproject involves 3 towns and 8 administrative villages/communities. See Table 1-2 for reference. Table 1-2 List of Towns and Administrative Villages affected by Road Components
Name of town Name of village/ neighborhood committee Road Components affected affected G316 Hanbin section Zaoyang Zaoyang, Dongwan, Longquan Yandong road Yanba, Yinghu Dongqiao, Zhongxin community (township road) Zaobao-Yousheng Zaoyang Gaoju road (village road) Zaobao-Wujiashan Zaoyang Gaoju road (village road) Total 3 6
7 2 Monitoring on project LA and HD 2.1 Monitoring procedure
21. The external monitoring was conducted by Shaanxi Kexin Consulting Company (the monitor) that was engaged by Shaanxi Hanbin Transportation Bureau. From August to September 2016, the monitor prepared the baseline report for impacts, payment and compensation of land acquisition and house demolition, and the procedure of contract signing at each step. In February 2017, external monitoring unit carried out the external monitoring of Phase I for the affected area with monitoring period from July 2016 to January 2017. In February 2019, the monitor carried out the external monitoring of Phase V from September 2018 to February 2019, focusing on the investigation of affected degree, compensation standard, payment, working progress as well as appeal and processing results of the land acquisition and house demolition of affected villages and households. Meanwhile, the monitor systematically investigated the economic profile and development level of affected area and held the discussions with relevant departments of local government in certain area. 6 administrative villages/communities in 3 towns affected by the subproject were totally involved in the scope of this external monitoring. 2.2 Investigation methods
22. The following methods were adopted to conduct this monitoring: review of records, such as LA and HD agreement, project documents, and the like, site visits and observations made that were substantiated with photos, Interview and consultation with affected people consulted; based on the above analyze the RP implementation progress and effectiveness by using both quantitative and qualitative evidences. 2.3 Survey on geological disaster influence
23. From September to October in 2017, infrequent autumn rainy weather appeared in Hanbin. The continuous rainstorm brings about geological disasters, such as landslide and collapse in large area. Landslide sites included Qianling village in Zaoyang Town, Zhoujiahe, Longquan 4th Group and 5th Group. 24. According to statistics, 10 affected households in Qianling landslide point need a sloping land acquisition of 8mu, three in Zhoujiahe landslide point need a forest land acquisition of 7mu, three in Longquan 4th Group need a forest land acquisition of 8mu, three in Longquan 5th Group need a forest land acquisition of 3mu. 25. Up to February 28, 2019, the disaster sites were still in treatment, and the way of treatments consist of reconstruction side slope and land leveling etc. The area of land acquisition for compensation has not been confirmed finally. After the preliminary treatment, the treatment condition of the land in disaster sites will be further evaluated, 8 if the potential safety hazard has been eliminated, then there is no need for land acquisition; otherwise the land would be acquired. Therefore, the agreements of land acquisition have not been signed with the affected persons. 2.4 LA and HD Status
26. The subproject refers to road construction, and the layout is characterized by linear distribution. Therefore, the project land appears as vast affected area and sporadic land occupation. The affect of LA&R is relatively scattered, and the quantity of LA&R is not huge. The LA&R started to be implemented in August 2016. Relocation agency of project LA&R counted and registered the affected quantity and varieties of the project, and it has been confirmed in baseline report of resettlement for subproject. In February 2019, the monitor monitored the impact of acquisition and demolition of project for fifth time and updated and confirmed the quantity of land acquisition and demolition made so far. 27. Because only G316 Hanbin section and Yandong Road are being implemented in Hanbin District and two village roads have not been started; hence, this report only reflected the implementation of land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement for G316 Hanbin section and Yandong road. 2.4.1 Land Acquisition
28. By February 28,2019, the accumulative collective land acquisition of the G316 (Hanbin section) was 161.547 mu, including 6.709 mu homestead, 45.035 mu dry flat land, 62.404 mu dry slope land, and 47.399 mu forest land. See details in Table 2-1. Table 2-1 Data of acquired land As of Feb 2019 Completed completed in completed in Land Type RP Updated RP in current last period total period Collective Land 89.55 97.788 161.547 0 161.547 House plot 6.99 14.93 6.709 0 6.709 Dry flat land 45.56 51.7 45.035 0 45.035 Farmland Dry sloping 0 0 62.404 0 62.404 land Forestland 37 30.858 47.399 0 47.399 State owned land 0 0 0 0 0
29. The land acquisition and house demolition of Yandong Road involved and affected Dongqiao Village and Central Community occupying 145.61 mu of collectively owned land, including 84.4 mu of dry-land and 57.21 mu of forest-land with 91 affected households in total. After a negotiation with the cadres and villagers' representatives from the two affected villages/communities, the final decision was that the ownership of the land occupation for the road construction would not change and still belongs to the village collective, the young crops and ground attachments on the land would be 9 compensated according to the compensation standards in updated resettlement plan. The following picture is the scanning copy of the comment letter of Dongqiao Village and Central Community on the land use for Yandong Road, which was signed or stamped to affirm by village committee, village cadres, villagers’ representatives, women representatives, representatives of low income households and functional departments. Comment Letter of Dongqiao Village on the Land Use for the Project of Yandong Highway Yandong Road Sub-project in Hanbin District of Shaanxi Mountainous Area Road Safety Demonstration Project involves the use of some land in our village. In order to speed up the construction of the project, the village committee of our village and the villagers' representatives jointly discussed and decided to hand over the land involved in the project to the project construction for free. The original land ownership of the land involved in the project remains unchanged, but the ground appendages involved in the land shall be compensated by the project after consultation with the affected people. The neighborhood committee of Dongqiao village in Yinghu town July 2018
Village Director (Signature):
Deputy Village Director (Signature): Villager’s Representative (Signature):
Village Women's Representative (Signature):
Representatives of Poor Households in the Village
(Signature): Comment of Hanbin District Land Bureau:
10 Comment of Yinghu Town Government:
Figure 2-1 Comment Letter of Dongqiao Village on the Land Use for the Project of Yandong Highway
Comment Letter of Central Community on the Land Use of the Project of Yandong Highway
Yandong Road Sub-project in Hanbin District of Shaanxi Mountainous Area Road Safety Demonstration Project involves the use of some land in our community. The implementation of the project is convenient for people in our community to travel. In order to speed up the construction of the project, the neighborhood committee of our community and the community representatives jointly discussed and decided to hand over the land involved in the project to the project construction for free. The original land ownership of the land involved in the project remains unchanged, but the ground appendages involved in the land shall be compensated by the project after consultation with the affected people. Yanba Town Central Community Neighborhood Committee
July 2018
Community Director (Signature): Deputy Community Director (Signature):
Community Representatives (Signature):
Community Women's Representative (Signature):
Representatives of Poor Households in the
Community (Signature): Comment of Hanbin District Land Bureau:
Comment of Yanba Town Government:
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Figure 2-2 Comment Letter of Central Community on the Land Use of the Project of Yandong Highway 2.4.2 House Demolition
30. By February 28, 2019, accumulative demolished buildings by Hanbin section of G316 was 3760.43m2, including 2011.03m2 of Brick-concrete houses, 1407.13m2 of Brick-wood houses, 204.54m2 of Earth-wood houses and 137.73m2 of Make-shift houses. Yandong Road involved the housing demolition area of 1123.2 m2, 489 m2 of housing demolition has been finished to date, in which, the area of brick-concrete-structured house is 348.3 m2, and the brick -wood-structured house is 140.7m2. See details in Table 2-2. Table 2-2 Statistical table for house demolition By Feb 2019 Completed in Updated completed in current completed in Structure Unit RP RP last period monitoring total period Brick-concrete m2 5026 5026 1710.09 649.24 2359.33 Brick-wood m2 80 80 1119.31 428.52 1547.83 Earth-wood m2 770 770 127.5 77.04 204.54 Makeshift house m2 0 0 137.73 0 137.73 Total m2 5876 5876 3094.63 1154.8 4249.43
2.4.3 LAR Impact status
31. By February 28, 2019, for G316 Hanbin section, 1190 persons of 280 households have signed the LA agreement and obtained the compensation funds; 90 persons of 20 households affected by house demolition have signed agreement and obtained the compensation funds. Among 20 households affected by house demolition, 19 households selected local settlement and one household selected the resettlement in Qingshuiwan Community. To dated, 15 households have moved into their new houses, five households are still living in rented houses for transition who are expected to move into the new houses in August 2019. 32. Yandong Road will affect 49 persons of 12 households due to house demolition. To date, two households have signed the house demolition agreement, one chose the centralized settlement and has moved into the new house, the other one chose local settlement and now is living in rented house for transition. 33. See detailed in Table 2-3.
Table 2-3 Household affected by LA&R
12 By Feb 2019 completed in Completed in complete RP Updated RP Impacts last period current period d in total AHs AHs AHs AHs AHs Loss of Cultivated land 315 239 277 0 277 Loss of forestland 101 77 65 0 65 Loss of Homestead 35 37 18 4 22 Total - Affected by land loss 315 239 278 4 282 Collective Loss of 14 16 1 1 2 resettlement house/structure Local s 21 21 17 3 20 resettlement Total without overlapping 315 239 278 0 282 Households losing 10% or Severely more of their 0 0 0 0 0 Affected productive assets Poor, Vulnerable disabled, 31 20 39 0 39 category women headed etc
2.4.4 Compensation standard of LA & HD
34. A. The compensation for all Land Acquisition will follow these principles: 35. In order to make affected persons gain the interests, the compensation standard in Supplementary Notice on Land Acquisition and House Demolition of Central City Construction and Relevant Endowment Insurance Problems for and House Demolition Affected Households in Ankang City (An Zheng Fa [2009] No.15) is taken in resettlement plan as basis of resettlement policy. The following contents are added for compensation standard of homestead in the resettlement plan. 36. B. The compensation for all houses demolished will follow these principles: i. Compensation will be given in the principle of compensation for demolished houses and compensation for relocation household with same structure, same area and same location regulated in RP. The affected persons shall receive full replacement cost without depreciation for the original house. Meanwhile, the affected persons can use the building materials of the original house free of charge/cost. ii. Villagers who lose houses will get homestead from their villages, centralized settlement, requesting for the construction arranged by town/township or village, and scattered settlement or settlement by using compensation expense and moving cost themselves will be the choice. Relocation households will obtain temporary transitional expense before moving into the new houses. They can also arrange themselves or ask the village or PMO to assist in rental houses for them. 13 iii. Affected houses cannot be demolished before new houses are prepared or agreement is signed with new homestead/apartment unit: before new houses are constructed or transitional houses are provided, original houses cannot be demolished. Transitional period is calculated as 10 months, and it can be automatically postponed to the date of delivery for placement houses. The affected households will obtain transitional expense before moving into the new houses. If some families have troubles when moving, the village committee and the PMO will offer assistance in transportation. For families who have difficulties in searching transitional houses, the village committee and the PMO will provide assistance in leasing. 37. The implemented compensation standard for LA&R shall not be less than that in RP. See details in Table 2-4.
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Table 2-4 Statistics of LA&R Compensation Standard
Type of loss Rates in RP Rates in updated RP implemented rates remark Land Loss irrigable land CNY'0000/mu 6 6 6 Dry flat land CNY'0000/mu 5.4 5.4 5.4 Dry sloping land CNY'0000/mu 4.5 4.5 4.5 House plot CNY'0000/mu 4.86 4.86 4.86 Forest land CNY'0000/mu 2.25 2.25 2.25 Loss of House/structure Brick-concrete CNY/m2 1000 1000 1000 Brick-wood CNY/m2 520 520 520 Earth-wood CNY/m2 400 400 400 Makeshift house CNY/m2 \ 200 200 CNY250 for a household A subsidy for a year is CNY250 for a household with with three or below granted in a lump. The part Resettlement three or below members monthly; members monthly; CNY300 that exceeded one year will subsidy for each CNY300 for a household with for a household with 4-6 be granted the subsidy household: CNY 4-6 members monthly; and members monthly; and continuously until the Transitional 4,000 for 3 people or CNY/person/month CNY400 for a household with 7 or CNY400 for a household affected people move into subsidy more; CNY 4,500 for above members monthly. with 7 or above members new home if the unified 4-6 people; CNY Transitional period is six month. In monthly. Transitional period resettlement houses are not 5,000 for 7 people or case of time exceeding, the actual is six month. In case of time completed or there is no more. time will be counted. exceeding, the actual time homestead founded to build will be counted. houses. Water and electricity and CNY /HH 1,000 1,000 1,000 moving subsidy An award of CNY 4000 for 10,000~45,000. An award of CNY 4000 for those those who sign the (the removal who sign the agreement and agreement and deliver the reward is deliver the house within 20 days; house within 20 days; an merged into this Removal an award of CNY 2000 for those award of CNY 2000 for item. The reward and CNY who sign the agreement and those who sign the removal reward policy incentive deliver the house within 30 days; agreement and deliver the and the policy compensation an award of CNY 1000 for those house within 30 days; an incentive who sign the agreement and award of CNY 1000 for compensation deliver the house within 40 days. those who sign the are based on agreement and deliver the resettlement
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Type of loss Rates in RP Rates in updated RP implemented rates remark house within 40 days. distance, location, the time to deliver house, transitional period and so on.) Aid fund is arranged based on the uniform 1% of basic costs as aid Vulnerable category people 1% of basic costs as aid fund poverty alleviation fund plan of local government. There were no affected households with losses more riously Affected (losing 10% or more of \ \ \ than 10% in the draft RP, the the productive assets) updated RP and during the implementation.
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2.5 Temporary land occupation
38. As of February 28, 2019, G316 Hanbin section and Yandong road had no temporary occupation land involved. 2.6 Ground attachments
39. During implementation, after detailed verification and confirmation with affected person, the ground attachments have been compensated based on market valuation according to the principles in the RP. 40. According to the actual situation on site, SDPMO first confirmed the species and quantity of land attachments with the affected people, then affected people confirmed by signing their name on the confirmation sheet. After the compensation fund is in place, the affected people can get the compensation by signing their name to confirm according to the quantity confirmed. 41. Compensation for ground attachments has been included in the land acquisition compensation agreement.
2.7 Affected vulnerable groups
42. The vulnerable groups affected by G316 Hanbin section mainly include the elderly with no other supporting family members, single-mother families, orphans, family under MLSS, the disabled, poverty families, etc. According to poverty standard that annual income is less than CNY 3,070 in Hanbin District, 39 households belonging to vulnerable groups are poor households. 43. According to the survey, poverty is caused by: (1) Harsh living and production conditions due to geographical location, such as high mountain, poor soil, cold and dry weather; (2) low value-added grain dominated production model due to remote geographical location and poor road condition; (3) Lack of skill – limiting access as migrant labor seeking outside non-farming waged jobs; (4) lack of information; and (5) illness or disability or too senior.(6) Because the kids attend school, tuition fees and living expenses cause a huge burden to the families. 44. Hanbin District People’s Government implements the support policy for vulnerable groups. Based on the investigation, the project affected households affirmed as poverty households by Hanbin District Peoples’ Government will be included in the scope of poverty alleviation policy and can enjoy the assistance policy below: 1) Credit loan for poverty alleviation. The poverty household can enjoy a loan below CNY 50 thousand within 3 years without guarantee and mortgage, with full interest discount. The poverty households enjoying soft loan can settle the interest as scheduled and the interest discount fund is distributed to the household with “”one-card; and the loan interest discount support for another three years will be 17
continued to the households out of poverty through industry development. Loan interest will be directly subsided and deducted from poverty alleviation fund by financial department as quarters. 2) Medical subsidy policy. Poverty household can enjoy outpatient coordination subsidy, outpatient chronic disease allowance, hospitalization subsidy, insurance subsidies for major diseases and poverty family-planning family entrepreneurship subsidy and rural medical assistance, etc. 3) Education subsidy. School children of poverty households can enjoy pre-school education grants, subsistence allowance for poor boarders during compulsory cycle, students subsidy for the students in ordinary high school with economic difficulties, poverty alleviation assistance for vocational students in poverty households, poverty alleviation support for higher vocational students with economic difficulties, university grants, students loan and other subsidy policy. 4) Resettlement. The project will give priority to the resettlement intention of poverty households. 5) Training. Poverty households can participate in industrial skill training and obtain crop seeds and livestock cub for free. 45. On the whole, the support policy for vulnerable groups carried out by the project can provide the poor households with the support in health care and assistance, subsidized loan, resettlement and skill training, etc. for children of poverty households. In the long term, the aid fund enjoyed by affected poor households is far more than 1% of basic charge specified in RP.
2.8 Survey of socioeconomic situation of the project affected area 1) Socioeconomic Profile of AnkangCity in 2018
46. Ankang City is located in the southeast of Shaanxi Province, adjacent to Qinling Mountain to the north and Bashan Mountain to the south. East-west Hanjiang River crosses it and a basin valley is in the center. Ankang City administers 1 district and 9 counties such as Hanbin District, Xunyang County, Baihe County, Shiquan County, Pingli County, Ziyang County, Langao County, Ningshan County, Zhenping County and Hanyin County as well as 161 towns/townships, with an area of 23,529 km2 and a population of 2.661million. 47. In 2017, Ankang City achieved the regional GDP of CNY 1133.77 billion, increased by 10.5%. Of which, added value of primary industry is CNY 123.25 billion, increasing by 3.8%; that of secondary industry is CNY 620.8 billion, increasing by 13.5%; that of tertiary industry is CNY 383.72 billion, increasing by 7.2%. Urban per capita disposable income is CNY 24,977, increasing by 8.3%; and rural per capita net
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income is CNY 9,504, increasing by 9.4%. See Table 2-5 for details.
Table 2-5 Social and Economic Status of Ankang City in 2018
No. Item Unit 2018 1 Land area km2 23529 1.1 Cultivated land area 10,000mu 513.24 2 Population 10000Persons 266.89 2.1 Non-agricultural population 10000Persons 129.76 2.2 Agricultural population 10000Perdons 137.23 3 GDP CNY billion 1133.77 3.1 Primary industry CNY billion 123.25 3.2 Secondary industry CNY billion 620.8 3.3 Tertiary industry CNY billion 383.72 3.4 Per capita GDP CNY/person 42544 4 Urban per capita disposable income CNY/person 24977 5 Rural per capita net income CNY/person 9504 Source: 2018 statistical bulletin and yearbook of Shaanxi province and Ankang City.
2）Socioeconomic profile of Hanbin District in 2018
48. Hanbin District is the center of politics, economy, culture, and traffic information in Ankang City of Shaanxi province. Located in the southeast of Shaanxi Province and central region in Ankang City of upstream of Hanjiang River, it is adjacent to Xunyang County to the east, Ziyang County and Hanyin County to the west, Zhen’an County in Shangluo City and Ningshan County in Ankang City to the north, and Pingli County and Langao County to the south. With the area of 3,652 km2, Hanbin District administers 30 towns, 4 subordinate offices, 876 administrative villages, and 69 neighborhood committees, with a total population of 1,008,400, including 880,400 permanent population. 49. In 2018, it achieved GDP of CNY 342.36 billion, increasing by 8.8% compared to 2017. Of which, GDP of primary industry is CNY 31.33 billion, increasing by 3.5%; that of secondary industry is CNY 155.36 billion, increasing by 12.3%; that of tertiary industry is CNY 155.67 billion, increasing by 6.6%.The urban per capita annual disposable income was expected to reach CNY 25,318, and the rural per capita net income reached CNY 9,455, increasing by 8.3% and 9.4% respectively. See Table 2-7 for details. Table 2-6 Social and Economic Status of Hanbin in 2018
No. Item Unit 2018 1 Land area km2 3463 1.1 Cultivated land area 10,000mu 203.25 2 Population (Changzhurenkou) 10000Persons 101.15 2.1 Agricultural population 10000Persons 54.54 2.2 Non-agricultural population 10000Perdons 46.61
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No. Item Unit 2018 3 GDP CNY billion 342.36 3.1 Primary industry CNY billion 31.33 3.2 Secondary industry CNY billion 155.36 3.3 Tertiary industry CNY billion 155.67 3.4 Per capita GDP CNY/person 38,812 4 Urban per capita disposable income CNY/person 25,318 5 Rural per capita net income CNY/person 9,455
Source: 2018 statistical bulletin and yearbook of Shaanxi province and Hanbin District.
3) Socioeconomic profile of affected townships in 2018
50. The project LA & HD affects 3 towns in Hanbin District, including Zaoyang, Yinghu and Yanba Town. There are 23767 households with 89847 people, and 54391 rural labor forces in the 3 towns. See Table 2-8 for details. Table 2-7 Social and Economic Status of the Affected Towns in 2017
Rural Per capita Rural per Populatio actual Cultivated HH cultivate capita annual Town HHs n labor land (mu) Size land net income (persons) (person) (mu/person) (CNY) Zaoyang 8552 30954 20131 43548 3.6 1.41 9552 Town Yanba 4113 15298 9379 16931 3.7 1.11 8762 Town Yinghu 11102 43595 24881 119437 3.9 2.74 10573 Town 23767 89847 54391 179485 3.8 2.00 9913 Total Data source: Survey on impacts on socioeconomics and LAR In February 2019.
4）Socioeconomic profile of affected villages in 2018
51. The project road traverses 6 administrative villages/communities of the 3 affected townships. As shown in Table 2-9, the average household size in affected village is 4.1 people, per capita cultivated land is 1.6 mu, per capita annual income is CNY 9,437. According to the survey, the affected villages are mainly distributed along the existing roads which need to be improved. Benefiting from the economic development in Ankang City and Hanbin District, non-agricultural economy realizes rapid development and agriculture is not the main industry any longer. Hence, the income source of villagers in the project area mainly comes from working outside. Table 2-8 Social and Economic Status of the Affected villages in 2018
Rural net Cultivat Per capita Populatio HH income Town Village HH Labor ed land cultivated n size (CNY/person/ (mu) land year) Zaoyang Dongwan 596 2218 1215 2048 3.7 0.9 9832
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Rural net Cultivat Per capita Populatio HH income Town Village HH Labor ed land cultivated n size (CNY/person/ (mu) land year) Zaoyang 490 1954 1047 1963 4.0 1.0 9859 Longquan 368 1310 809 1494 3.6 1.1 9664 Gaoju 437 1608 927 2540 3.7 1.6 8091 Yanba Zhongxin 675 2641 1469 5882 3.9 2.2 8681 Yinghu Dongqiao 485 2031 1126 4887 4.2 2.4 10500 Total 6 3051 11762 6593 18814 4.1 1.6 9437 Data source: Survey on impacts on socioeconomics and LAR In February 2019. 5)Poverty in project areas in 2018
52. In 2018, the total population of 6 affected villages was 11762 and the total population of poor person was 1220, poverty population was reduced by 637 than that in 2017, and the poverty incidence in 6 affected villages reduces in certain extent, in which, Zaoyang Village in Zaoyang Town had the lowest poverty incidence (4.2%), and Tangtai Village in Yanba Town had the highest poverty incidence (15.7%). Overall poverty incidence in affected villages in 2018 reduced by 4.8% than that of 15.17% in 2017. But the poverty incidence still was higher than national average poverty incidence; even the incidence in Zaoyang Village with the lowest poverty incidence was still 2.5% higher than the national average poverty incidence. Therefore, the poverty incidence situation of project implementation area in 2018 was slightly improved than that in 2017, while the affected area still belongs to the area with relatively backward economy. See details in Table 2-10. Table 2-9 Correlation Table on Prevalence Situation of Poverty in Project Areas
2018 2018 poverty Poor Village Total Poverty national incidence in Town population /community population incidence poverty Shaanxi (person) incidence Province Dongwan 2218 236 10.64% Zaoyang Zaoyang 1954 82 4.20% Town Longquan 1310 109 8.32% Gaoju 1608 201 12.50% Yinghu 1.70% 3.20% Dongqiao 2641 415 15.71% Town Yanba Zhongxin 2031 177 8.71% Town 6 villages in 3 towns 11762 1220 10.37%
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3 Land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement 3.1 Impacts and cost of LA & HD
53. As of February 28, 2019, 161.547mu land has been acquired by G316 (Hanbin section), 280 households 1190 persons has signed the agreement and has obtained the compensation fund. The agreement with 20 households on house demolition has been signed and the compensation fund has been paid. Among 20 households affected by house demolition, 19 households selected local settlement and one household selected the resettlement in Qingshuiwan Community. The HDPMO is consulting actively with the remaining 1 affected household who has not signed the agreements, and the agreement is estimated to be signed by the end of April 2019. The total expenditure incurred in G316 Hanbin section was about CNY 10.857 million, among which, CNY 7.5 million was paid as land acquisition and ground attachments, and about CNY 4.1 million was compensation for house demolition and CNY 365,300 for special structures. 54. By February 28, 2019, two households affected by Yandong road have signed the HD agreement and have obtained the compensation fund, one chose the centralized settlement and has moved into new house, the other one chose local settlement and now are living in the rented house for transition. The expenditure incurred in Yandong road was about CNY 790,800 was compensation for HD, see details in Table 3-1. 55. Collective land acquisition was carried out based on the agreement of land acquisition and house demolition agency, the affected village (group) and the affected person; the house demolition was carried out through negotiation of land acquisition and house demolition agency and affected person.
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Table 3-1 Compensation on land acquisition and house demolition As of Feb 2019 Compensation and Disbursement Disbursed in Disbursed in Category Unit updated compensation disbursed in RP the last the current remark RP signed total period period Compensation for Collective CNY’0000 1,556.10 1,597.90 750 750 0 750 land and Ground Land attachments State-owned CNY’0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 land Subtotal CNY’0000 1,556.10 1,597.90 750 750 0 750 Monetary House compensation for CNY’0000 1,058.20 902 299.17 299.17 189.91 489.08 demolition house demolition Special structure CNY’0000 \ \ 36.53 36.53 0 36.53 Total CNY’0000 2,614.30 2,499.90 1,085.70 1,085.70 189.91 1,275.61
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3.2 Resettlement plan and economic recovery measure
56. Field surveys revealed that most of the affected houses have potential safety hazards and are out of repair, and have worse water, electricity supplies and road accessibility, and poor surrounding area sanitation. According to the principles of replacement cost and no depreciation, most affected persons think that the compensation based on the standards in the RP is reasonable. The subproject also provides several options for APs to choose based on their own conditions, which will positively facilitate to restore or improve their living condition smoothly. The major options include:
(1) Cash Compensation without housing plot allocation a) Cash compensation for new house purchased voluntarily
57. For those households with alternative houses in the city or nearby places or who plan to buy commercial residential house in town and then to give up reconstructing new houses, a written application is required. In addition to cash compensation of housing lot and replacement price of house structure including annex buildings paid in cash to AH directly, an additional resettlement subsidy of CNY 10,000~45,000 per person will be granted once the written application is approved. b) Cash compensation with existing house expanding or rehabilitation
58. Households with an existing house have potential to add more floors, or where the housing plot is big enough to add an annex building, the AP does not need another housing plot. If APs choose this option, a written application is required. In addition to cash compensation of housing lot and house structure including annex buildings, an additional resettlement subsidy of CNY 10,000 ~ 45,000 per person will be granted once the written application is approved.
(2) Centralized relocation in “Village development planning of new village”
59. For those who are willing to purchase new houses on residence zone based on village development planning of new village, cash compensation for homestead and replacement price will be paid to AH directly. In addition, discount has been negotiated completely and corresponding commitment has been made. On the whole, both location and quality of house are better than that of planned demolition house. House price committed is CNY 1,000-1800/m2, which is only construction cost and meets demolition compensation standard confirmed in the resettlement scheme as well as is far below the price of congeneric commercial housing residential. AF accepted survey believed that such arrangement is quite reasonable and acceptable.
(3) Individual reconstruction on the government allocated housing site
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60. If the households have difficulties finding a housing plot, but still want to reconstruct their new houses, the town government has committed to provide the AHs with housing plots acceptable to them. The price will not exceed the compensation standard regardless of actual costs (no matter how much the cost is). There will be no additional cost to the AHs. 61. The provided housing plot can either be in a concentrated area or a single housing plot. In any case, water, electricity supply and road facility will be made available, and the land leveling will be done by the project. The design fee also will be covered by the project. (4) Economic recovery and development plan
62. For households affected by land acquisition, all affected villages implemented economic recovery plan, which provided effective support for economic recovery of people affected by land acquisition; for example, after implementation of the project, small amounts of land were acquired, economic recovery was intensively carried out in affected villages. Currently, each village has formulated economic recovery plan, striving project implementing agency to provide support for recovery and development of the local economy. Economic recovery and development plan mainly included: a) Strengthen agricultural science & technology education, improve labor productivity skill and labor quality. The measure has been put into implementation. b) Actively organize surplus labor and participate in labor service export of project construction to increase income. As of February 28, 2019, there were 1710 local labors participating in the project construction, including 161 affected persons, 266 persons from poor households, 265 women and 1018 local farmers. It was roughly calculated that each person can get CNY 50 to 120 per day as remuneration, thus bringing an extra income for their families, and the income is much higher than that gained from agricultural production. c) Assist relocation households in engaging in tertiary industry and increase approach of economic sources. The measure has been put into implementation. If needed, the affected households can apply for government assistance. d) Reform surplus land and increase output value of unit land. The measure is being carried out by District Government in a unified way. e) Promote the circulation of agricultural and sideline products and increase the income of agricultural and sideline products. The measure is being carried out by District Government in a unified way. (5) Training
63. In September 2018, HDPMO cooperated with related government departments to
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carry out employment and poverty alleviation skill training at the central community government of Yanba Town, 90 persons attended the training, including 55 affected persons, 25 persons in low income families and 32 women. The main contents were employability skills training and careers guidance etc.
Figure 3-1 The Scene of Poverty Alleviation Skill Training
64. Since the implementation of the project, totally 9 times of training were carried out at the affected villages and towns by the subproject, the main contents include planting technology, cultivation technique and employability skills, and so on. The accumulative number of women who attended the training is over 300, and that of low income families is over 200. (6) Economy recovery plan for vulnerable groups
65. The main affected vulnerable groups all are the poor, including single parent family and women-led family, Wubao (five-guarantee households), households affected by disability and illness. A series of additional measures have been put in place to help them in livelihood restoration and relocation restoration. A. Including eligible vulnerable groups in MLSS as a priority 66. According to the Minimum Living Standard Scheme (MLSS) policy of Hanbin District for rural residence, eligible vulnerable groups affected by the subproject have been included in the MLSS in time and received MLSS benefits so as to ensure that the per capita net income of each rural AH is not less than CNY 3,070 a year. B. Providing rural medical assistance to eligible vulnerable groups 67. Rural medical assistance will be provided by Hanbin District Government to eligible vulnerable groups to solve the problems that they have difficulty in receiving medical treatment. Due to low income or no income, with the addition of suffering from serious illness, children’ educational problems, etc. as well as local backward economy and unfulfillment of medical security, farmers in mountain area go to hospital only when
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physical problems are very serious, and they have missed the best treatment time of disease at that time. It is a problem that vulnerable groups have difficulty in receiving medical treatment. The household medical assistance measures for the affected vulnerable group in this project shall be arranged by the district government uniformly, including incorporating into NCMS, enjoying the serious illness subsidy and other medical subsidy and assistance. C. Giving priority to vulnerable groups in resettlement measures Land acquisition affected households: 68. For vulnerable groups, the following measures were specified to assist them. Priorities will be given in obtaining replacement land through allocation of reserved land, or through land transfer if the vulnerable AH chooses to restore their income through agricultural measures. The measure has been executed. The households with a labor force will be given priority in skill training, public welfare positions in government and reserved positions in the project and local government. In case of meeting the condition, small sum guaranteed loan will be given in priority; the measure has been executed. If needed, the affected vulnerable group can apply for assistance and have the priority to obtain help. Priorities will be given in LEF endowment insurance and new rural endowment insurance to eligible AH. The measure has been carried out by District Government in a unified way. If necessary, provide preference loan to the significantly affected households in developing non-farming business, such as purchasing vehicles for transport business, operating repair shops, developing other income generating business, detailed plan will be discussed during implementation. The affected households can apply for help according to their own actual demand and obtain the assistance of the measure. Apply for special recovery funds established by the project to restore production and living subsidy. HDPMO, town and village committee where affected person is located determined to provide additional CNY 3,000-5,000 for the vulnerable households to assist in their production restoration and life improvement. As presented in Section 2.7, the vulnerable groups have been covered by the transformation of government’s unified poverty alleviation policy from the special funds. House demolition affected households: 69. For vulnerable groups, the following measures were specified to assist them. Priorities have been given to vulnerable group to choose resettlement locations, floors, size, and etc.
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They can apply for special recovery funds established in the project for production recovery and living subsidy. HDPMO, town and village committee where affected person is located determined that CNY 5,000 has been provided for affected vulnerable groups families, which was used for living allowances and resettlement subsidy in transitional period. Economic housing has been provided for the poor. 70. The measures above have been implemented at the time of the resettlement of low-income families. The low-income families which were willing to move in the centralized settlement buildings could acquire the policy subsidy, they can spend only a few money to get a set of apartment for their resettlement, and most of the compensation for the house demolition can be saved. The total compensation (including policy subsidy) that the low-income families who rebuilt their houses can acquire was higher than the standard of RP.
(7) Women’s Development Measures
71. During the resettlement process, women’s rights and interests be fully protected, and women will play an important role in socioeconomic and resettlement activities. To ensure women’s rights and interests, the following relevant measures will be adopted: A. Provide and assist women in applying for job opportunities related to the project: 72. For those who are interested in participating in project job opportunities, Women’s Federation staff at the township and village levels will be responsible for informing them of job opportunities in advance and facilitate women to apply for the employment. Basic skill on landscaping and other relevant skill training will be provided prior to recruitment. 73. After project implementation started, 265 local women have participated in, and all work contents were available to them, including: traffic safety officer, carrying, tidying the engineering objects and chores. They also got the corresponding return, which was far higher than agricultural production revenue calculated with the daily average revenue. The remuneration is helpful for their daily life at home; meanwhile, women will play a more important role in family. B. Enhance the women’s ability to use media: 74. Provide conditions and opportunities for rural women to contact, study and use mass media; support and promote rural women to enhance the ability to use media and communication technology; encourage non-government institutions and enterprises to use various information communication technologies to help women gain information and service. C.Provide preferential training method and contents for women:
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75. As women have relatively lower education levels and experience generated in migrant jobs, they have less available employment and income generation choices than men. Training is particularly crucial to them in developing new income sources becoming available through industrialization and urbanization development. They hope to have not only agricultural skill training on horticulture, fruit tree caring, but also non-farming skills with handicraft, urban employment skills such as hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, and garment factories in factories e.g. Women’s training needs has also been covered in RP, and training budget are reserved at the same time. The project will ensure that 40%~60% training opportunities are provided for the affected females. The Women’s Federation representatives together with the employer agencies will further consult with women to develop the training design on methods and contents.
3.3 Recovery Plan of Special Facilities
76. The special facilities affected by the project are mainly power lines, telecommunication lines, etc. To minimize disruption to residents, detailed surveys have been done and the budget has been included in the RP budget. The relevant line agencies will be responsible for detailed relocation planning and rebuilding electric power and communication facilities.
3.4 Status of centralized resettlement site
77. By February 28, 2019, the Gongjin Central Community (Phase II) in Zaoyang Town has been completed, and the affected persons can move in the house at any time. There are 192 sets of resettlement houses in the project of phase II. 78. Currently, 17 households selected local settlement and one household selected the resettlement in Qingshuiwan Community because they don’t want to change their living habits and environment. They don’t like to live in the apartment and think it is more convenient to live in the self-built houses. To date, two households have moved into new apartments, and the others are still in transition.
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4 Public Participation 4.1 Public consultation results
79. During project preparation, the meaningful public consultations and participation activities have been carried out. From February 1 to 28, 2019, the fifth phase of external monitoring activity and public consultation activities has been conducted. See details in Table 4-1. Table 4-1 Public consultation and participating activity Participants Time Organizer Objective Issues, comments and number Monitor the measurement of impacting quantity of project, each link of payment and Shaanxi Kexin compensation for land consulting Company Baseline Affected towns, acquisition and house September Co., Ltd, project investigation, villages and demolition of project, and 1~30, 2016 office, township, and public villagers signing process of agreement village cadres of consultation between parties, Hanbin District socio-economic surveys for affected area, sampling survey for affected households Shaanxi Kexin External Consultant Monitor the implementation Affected towns, monitoring February 6, Company, project situation of RP, and conduct villages and (Phase I) ~March1, 2017 office, town and public consultation in impacted villagers and public cadres of Hanbin areas. consultation District Kexin Consulting External Track and monitor various Company, PMO of The affected monitoring contents in RP and previous From August 1 Hanbin District, towns, villages (Phase II) external monitoring reports, to 31, 2017 cadres of town and and villagers and public conduct public consultation in village consultation Zaoyang Town. Kexin Consulting External Track and monitor various Company, PMO of The affected monitoring contents in RP and previous From February Hanbin District, towns, villages (Phase III) external monitoring reports, 1 to 28, 2018 cadres of town and and villagers and public conduct public consultation in village consultation Zaoyang Town. Kexin Consulting The affected External Track and monitor various From August 1 Company, PMO of towns, villages monitoring contents in RP and previous to 31, 2018 Hanbin District, and villagers , (Phase IV) external monitoring reports,
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Participants Time Organizer Objective Issues, comments and number cadres of town and including 33 and public conduct public consultation in village women，6 HHS consultation Zaoyang Town. of poverty. The affected Track and monitor various Kexin Consulting towns, villages External contents in RP and previous Company, PMO of and villagers , monitoring external monitoring reports, From February Hanbin District, including 42 (Phase V) conduct public consultation in 1 to 28, 2019 cadres of town and women，10 and public Zaoyang Town. Held 2 small village HHS of consultation consulting meeting and poverty. interviewed for 30 times.
80. In February 2019, HBPMO, local government and external monitoring organization convoked centralized public consultations for affected persons. Meanwhile, the monitor also conducted in-home investigation and public consultation in Zaoyang Town (See Appendix 2), the results of the main consultations were as follow: 1) The compensation paid to the affected persons who attended the consulting activities were all not lower than the compensation standard of the RP. 2) 11 affected persons who attended the consulting activities participated in the construction of the project. Among them, two persons were women who were responsible for chores and cooking. They all expressed that the remuneration they paid was more than that of planting. 3) 15 low-income families who attended the consulting activities participated in the free training, which included planting technology, cultivation technique and poverty alleviation skill training. The 15 persons from low-income families expressed their welcome to the free training. 81. In this monitoring period, the monitor had an interview and investigation on the affected households. Mr. Tang Yinchang were interviewed. There are five persons in his family. He expressed that the income from planting is very low, and even might lose money. So, the family now only plants corn, which is mainly consumed by themselves or taken as fodder, their income mainly comes from migrant labor. The eldest son is sick and recuperating in home, the younger son is always working in the city and his three family members do not live in the village. A storage room of over 80 m2 which is not for living is going to be dismantled for the project, the agreement has been signed. Tang Yinchang expressed that this road is long overdue for repairing and he badly supported to repair the road and hoped that the repairing of this road can be finished early.
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4.2 Complaints and handling
82. HDPMO did not receive any writing or systematic complaints in this external monitoring. A designated person in HDPMO is specially responsible for receiving and addressing the complaint of people, and the governments above town level also have special complaint receiving office. If people complain about something, the complaints will be recorded on files and will be timely informed to relevant personnel to cope with, the response on a complaint commonly will be answered to the complainant in five workdays. Resettlement Information Manuals have been delivered to villages in 2015, in which, there was a description on people have the right to complain, the complaint channel and procedure. 83. The written complaints have not been received since the project started. However, some villagers complained to HDPMO by phone, and all these problems were about the living inconvenience caused by project implementation including the broken water pump, electricity power off and travelling barrier etc. After receiving the complaints HDPMO contacted with the project implementation unit in time to deal with them. All the problems have been solved.
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5 Conclusions and Suggestions 5.1 Assessment on project acquisition and resettlement
84. (1) Up to February 28, 2019, It was founded in this phase of external monitoring survey that land acquisition agreement for totaling 161.547mu of land was signed in Hanbin Section of G316, including 1.726mu of paddy field (irrigable land), 6.709mu of homestead ,43.309 mu of dry plain ground, 62.404mu of dry sloping dryland, and 18.37mu of forestland (including farmland returning to forest). Meanwhile, CNY 7.5 million of compensation for land acquisition and land attachments has already been paid. 85. The land acquisition and house demolition for the project of Yandong Road affected and involved Dongqiao Village and Central Community. After a negotiation with the village cadres and villagers’ representatives from the two villages/communities, and an approval of the town government and land department, the ownership of the land occupation involved in road construction was not changed and still belongs to the village collective, but the young crops and ground attachments on the land have been compensated according to the compensation standard stated in the resettlement plan. 86. It can be seen from monitoring condition that land acquisition implementation scheme was based on the original road track basically, and did not affect the life quality of affected person. The masses showed great expectation for the project. 87. (2)Until February 28, 2019, House demolition in Hanbin Section of G316 Project has been completed for 20 households, which involved 90 persons, total demolition area of 3760.43m2, including 2011.03m2 of Brick-concrete houses, 1407.13m2 of Brick-wood houses, 204.54m2 of Earth-wood houses and 137.73m2 of Make-shift houses, with a total of CNY 4.1 million of house demolition compensation were paid. Payment for compensation of other special structures was CNY 365, 300. 88. HDPMO has signed demolition agreement with 2 households who were affected by Yandong Road. House demolition acreage was 489m2. So far, HDPMO is actively negotiating with other 10 affected households to be demolished. CNY 790,800 of house demolition compensation have been paid to affected households by HD. 89. By end of Feb 2019, the total compensation incurred in Hanbin subproject was about CNY 12.7561 million by HD and LA. 90. (3) As per this external monitoring, the actual implementation of compensation
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standards for land acquisition and house demolition were slightly higher than compensation standards stipulated in resettlement plan. Some reasonable opinions and requirements proposed by the masses were actively taken in effect of project acquisition and demolition and preparation work, thus ensuring the smooth transition of masses in implementation of the project. 91. (4) No writing or systematic complaints were found in this external monitoring. 5.2 Problems and suggestions
92. Our supervision and consulting work have been supported by Foreign Funds Project Office of Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department (Shaanxi Provincial PMO), HDPMO, thus went smoothly. Besides expressing thanks to various relevant organizations, we proposed the following suggestions for later land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement: 93. 1) Currently, because Hanbin Road Transport Bureau is short of personnel, and has assigned a large number of works. Therefore, the personnel arranged to HDPMO was insufficient, which caused to a high work pressure of the personnel and some works cannot be dealt with in a timely manner. The related units and organizations were suggested to pay close attention to the personnel problem and actively promote the progress of the land acquisition and house demolition. 94. 2) There are still some disasters like landslide occurred at some road sections. This part of the road should be done in advance to remove risks, safety protection and other measures, as far as possible to reduce the inconvenience to local people's lives. 95. This resettlement external monitoring report was prepared from March 2019, and various problems in this report will be followed up in the next external monitoring report, especially pay high attention to the problems of those relocated households who cannot find a proper homestead to build a new house and of the compensation for land acquisition of the affected households in disaster areas.
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Appendix 1 Consulting List of Affected People in External Monitoring at This Stage
Ai Chuanhong Wu Changhong Tian Xiaohong Wang Jianying
Ai Jiajing Mei Fanman Yu Zhuanqin Wang Lanying
Zhou Gaoxue Mei Fanxin Chen Jiqin Huang Kaifeng
Chen Kaizhong Mei Jinyu Chen Yan Yu Tongqin
Zhou Yunhe Wu Changyu Wu Changhui Zhu Sixia
Ding Jun Tang Zaixing Xie Yunlin Li Zhicui
Ding Lirui Qiu Jiaquan Chen Xiao’e Hu Yuanjiang
Ding Lining Chen Shengqiang Tian Zhongfeng Zhou Qin
Chen Kaihong Tang Kunjin Ai Qi Li Youlian
Chen Lin Shi Mingfeng Ai Shiye Cheng Tongju
Wang Pengwen Peng Zuhui Chen Xianbing Wang Jinqin
Tian Yunli Chen Dafeng Yang Hengjun Tang Yinchang
Chen Shouqun Tang Puchang Wang Lanxia Cheng Tonglin
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Appendix 2 Scene photos of this phase of external monitoring
Interview in Tang Puchang’s home in the Yanba Central Community
Interview with the affected person Tang Yinchang at Yandong Road
On-site picture of current external monitoring
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Appendix 3 Resettlement policies of Southern Shaanxi area About Opinions on Further Strengthening and Standardizing resettlement Work of Southern Shaanxi Area, General Office of People’s Government of Shaanxi Province, Shaan Zheng Ban Fa [2014] No.47
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