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World Bank Document RP- 37 VOL. 1 Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Action Plan For Sewage Treatment Project of Shijiazhuang City Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................................................ 1 1.I Brief Descriptionof Project.................................. ...... ........... i 1.2 Areas Affectedby and benefit fromthe Project .2 1.3 SocioeconomicBackground of the ProjectArea .4 1.4 Efforts to MinimizeResettlement and its Impact.................................... , . 5 1.5 Technicaland EconomicFeasibility Research .6 1.6 Project Ownershipand Organizations .7 1.7 SocioeconomicSurvey .8 1.8 Preparationsmade for the RAP .8 1.9 Contract Signing,Construction and ImplementationSchedule of the Project . 9 1.10 Laws and Regulationson Compensationand Relocation .9 2. Project Impacts..................................... : 10 2.1 SocioeconomicSurvey Procedure .10 2.2 Affected Population.11 2.3 Land Use.. 12 2.4 Affected Shops.13 2.5 Affected GroundAccessories .24 2.6 Land Use Systemand LandTransfer System.................................... 24 2.7 Social and Culture Featuresof the Organizationsof the ResettledPeople 24 2.8 Impact Analysis.25 3. Legal Framework.27 3.1 Laws and Regulations............................... 27 3.2 Policies on Relocationand Compensation.34 3.3 Standardsof Relocationand Compensation.35 4. ImplementationPlan for Resettlementand Rehabilitation......................................... 39 4.1 Land Acquisition......................................... 39 4.2 TemporaryLand Use......................................... 41 4.3 Affected Shops ......................................... 41 4.4 Measuresto Alleviatethe Impactof Pipe Network Constructionon Environment. 42 5. Budget for Compensation.45 5.1 Fund Flow.45 5.2 Basic Costs.46 5.3 Cost of Surveyand Design.46 5.4 Monitoringand EvaluationCosts .46 5.5 Managementfee .46 5.6 Contingencies.47 5.7 Total Costs.47 5.8 Annual InvestmentPlan .48 11 6. Implementation Scheduleof ResettlementActivities ......................................................... .... 50 6.1 Join of Resettlement Implementationand Project Construction................................. .50... 50 6.2 Principles of making ImplementationSchedule of Resettlement .. 51 6.3 Schedule of Land Acquisition,House Demolitionand Resettlement. .................. 52 7. Organizations. .................... 3 7.1 OrganizationalFramework .53 7.2 Responsibilities.54 7.3 Staffing...... 57 7.4 OrganizationChart .59 7.5 Measures to StrengthenOrganizational Capacity ........................................ 60 7.6 WorkingRoutine of Land Acquisition.60 8. Participation and Consultation.62 9. Grievances and Appeals.68 10. Monitoring.70 10.1 Internal Monitoringand Supervision.71 10.2 IndependentMonitoring ........................................ 73 11.Report.77 11.1 Internal Report.77 11.2 Report Responsibilitiesof Project Offices.78 11.3 Report Responsibilitiesof IndependentMonitoring Organization .79 12. EntitlementMatrix .81 Annex A The General Outline of the Independent Monitoring and Evalualion on Sewage Treatment Project of ShijiazhuangCity .82 Annex B Sketch Map of Sewage Pipe Network of Sewage Treatment Project of Shijiazhuang City..89 1. Introduction 1.1 Brief Description of Project Hebei Urban Environment Project consists of three sub-projects, namely Sewage Treatment Project of Shijiazhuang City, Urban Environment Project of Tangshan City and Urban Environment Project of Handan City. Sewage Treatment Project of Shijiazhuang City is very important for protecting underground water resource, improving surface water environment quality and investment climate and accelerating the sustainable economic development of Shijiazhuang City. Shijiazhuang Sewage Treatment Project contains two parts, construction of Qiaodong Sewage Treatment Plant, and construction and reform of part of urban drainage pipe network. Shijiazhuang urban sewage pipe network project is to build 34069m of 8 sewage pipelines. The designed treatment capacity of Qiaodong Sewage Treatment Plant Project is 5OO,OOOm3/d, and the capacity in the long run is 780,000m3/d. The plant, lying on the east bank of arterial escape canal, is located in Loudi Village beyond Third Circular Road in the south of the urban and covers 466.25 mu of land space (the area is 500 mu including the land requisitioned for roads planned). The general investment is about 900 million yuan, which includes the World Bank loan of 60 million USD. 1.2 Areas Affected by and benefit from tiie Project Altogether, the length of drainage pipes in the city is about 637.89 km, including rain network 194.89km, sewage pipelines 225km, collecting pipes 218km, open canals 37km and flood prevention embankment 32km. Before the establishment of P.R.C, all the sewage and rain flowed into collecting pipes. After P.R.C was established, dividing system was adopted in New District(that is Chang' an District). Since the early of 1980's, all the pipelines built or rebuilt have been designed to adopt dividing system, which lays a foundation for dividing system. There is one sewage pump station and 19 rain pump stations in Shijiazhuang. Every day, about 950,000 tons of sewage is drained away. There are more than ten sewage treatment facilities for industrial enterprises(including pharmacy enterprises, textile enterprises and chemical enterprises) and one urban sewage treatment plant, that is Qiaodong Treatment Plant,with its treatment capacity of 160,000 tons per day. The rate of urban sewage treated is about 17%. Each day, about 950000 tons of sewage in Shijiazhuang flows to the rural area through pipes, and is drained away into Jiao River through an open canal of 37 km in length. Jiao River has been a polluted river in Shijiazhuang. It flows through Luancheng county, Zhao County, Ning county and Xinhe county, winds for hundreds of miles, enters into Kuiyang River, and finally merges into Ziya River at Xian County of Hebei Province. Underground water pollution and decline of underground water level is one of the major environment problems in Shijiazhuang City and becomes an important limiting factor of the socioeconomic development of Shijiazhuang City. Moreover, as pollution of surface water is growing in intensity, quality of water environment is bound to worsen. Water pollution and deficit of water resource have become two main chief obstacles to sustainable water resource utilization and economic development of Shijianzhuang City. Water 2 resource is not a substitutable natural resource but a recoverable resource. Since urban wastewater control and resource recoverv can not only abate water pollution but also alleviate water shortage, it is one of important *vays and necessarv conditions of sustainable development of Shijiazhuang City. Shijiazhuang City is one of main pollution sources in Hai River system, so the construction of Sewage Treatment Project is very important for protection of Hai River system environment quality. In a word, the construction of Sewage Treatment Project can abate underground water pollution effectively, create favorable condition for water resource reuse and alleviation of water shortage. It will also raise living standard of urban residents, improve the investment environment of the city, prettify the imagines of the city and Hebei province, attract foreign capital, and accelerate economic development of Hebei Province. Moreover, the project is of great importance to developing quality of agricultural water, keeping healthy, maintaining social stability and implementing sustainable economic development. Therefore, the project is a strategy decision that will benefit contemporary people as well as coming generations and imperative under the circumstances. The land use of the project involves the city proper of Shijiazhuang City and Luancheng County. 499 people including 264 labors will be affected by land acquisition for the project, and 375 shop employees will be affected by temporary land use of the project. In addition, 500 mu of collective lands in rural area are to be requisitioned, and 319.88 mu of urban state-owned lands are needed for temporary use of the project. Moreover, the project will also affect 5 types of ground attachments. 3 1.3 Socioeconomic Backlround of the Project Area Shijiazhuang Citv, the capital citv of Hebei Province that was set up in 1925, was named as Shimen City at first and changed its name in 1948.The city, a former larger citv having a certain basis of industry, now has become a important industry base in North China after developing over several decades. In addition, the city is one of national centers of textile, chemical, pharmaceutical and electronic industry, and it is also the political, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of Hebei Province. At present, Shijiazhuang City includes 6 districts (Qiaoxi District, Qiaodong District, Xinhua District, Chang'an District, Jiao District and Kuang District) and 16 counties (cities) and covers 14,077 square kilometer of land space. The total number of population in the city is 8,672,700including1,571,700 in the city proper (6 districts), and the number of population in the chief city proper, which includes 4 districts in city proper and part of suburbs, is 1,300,000. In 1998, the GNP of the city is 84.35 billion yuan and it ranks the city fifteenth in cities above capital level. The city ranks twenty-fifth in 50 cities of the country that have greatest comprehensive strength.
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