Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Draft for Consultation Project Number: 42018 July 2009 PRC: Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project Prepared by Anhui Highway Administration Bureau. The resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. ADB Financed Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project Resettlement Plan for S105 Longtang-Chaohu Section (Draft) Anhui, China May 2009 Letter of Commitment Through the Ministry of Finance, Anhui Provincial Government (hereinafter called as APG) has applied for a loan from ADB to finance this subproject. Therefore, it must be implemented in compliance with the guidelines and policies of ADB on social security. This Resettlement Plan is in line with a key requirement of ADB and will constitute the basis for land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement of this subproject. The Plan also complies with the laws of the People’s Republic of China and local regulations, as well as with some additional measures and the arrangements for implementation and monitoring for the purpose of achieving better resettlement results. APG hereby approves the contents of this Resettlement Plan and guarantees that funds will be made available as stipulated in the budget. APG has discussed the draft Resettlement Plan with relevant units that have confirmed their acceptance via Anhui Highway Administration Bureau and affected counties, and authorizes the Anhui Project Management Office for ADB Financed Projects as the responsible agency to generally manage the implementation of this subproject and relevant resettlement activities, and the local governments of the affected areas to be responsible for the implementation of this subproject and related resettlement activities within the respective jurisdictions. Agencies Signature date Anhui Highway Administration Bureau Feidong Government Juchao Government Executive Summary 1. Background The S105 Longtang-Chaohu Section Reconstruction Project is one of the subprojects of the ADB financed project—Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project. The subproject will promote the construction of the provincial capital economic circle with Hefei being the center and Lu’an and Chaohu being the wings, and drive the integrated development of Hefei, Lu’an and Chaohu Cities. It will have great significance in the construction of the provincial capital economic circle. Meanwhile, it will change the traffic conditions of the affected areas, reduce transport and resource development costs, strengthen the development of natural and tourist resources in the nearby areas, and promote economic development. The land acquisition and resettlement of the subproject involves 13 villages in 2 Xiangs/towns of Feidong County, Hefei City and 13 Villages in 3 Xiangs/towns of Juchao District, Chaohu City. The subproject will commence in 2009 and be completed in 2011, and the implementation plan for land acquisition, house demolition, compensation and resettlement will be put into practice in May 2009, and completed by January 2011. The estimated resettlement expenses of the subproject are 52.072 million yuan (based on prices of 2008), including basic expenses for land acquisition (occupation) and house demolition, relevant taxes and unexpected expenses, accounting for5.8% of the whole project budget. 2. Resettlement Impacts The main impacts of the S105 Longtang-Chaohu Section Reconstruction Project are permanent land acquisition, temporary land occupation and demolition of residential houses. In the subproject, 1,417.8 mu of collective land will be acquired, including 110 mu of paddy field (7.8%), 869.1 mu of dry land (61.3%), 17.9 mu of housing sites (1.3%) and 420.8 mu of other land (29.7%), affecting 6,472 people of 1,616 households directly. 472.2 mu of land will be occupied temporarily, including 212.5 mu of land for borrow pits (45%) and 259.7 mu of other land (55%); in terms of land type, this includes 35 mu of paddy field (7.4%) and 437.2 mu of dry land (92.6%), affecting 1,712 people of 428 households temporarily. In the subproject, 12,607m2 of residential houses will be demolished, including 10,508m2 (90.2%) in the masonry concrete structure, 204m2 (1.8%) in the masonry timber structure and 1,895m2 (15%) in the simple structure, affecting 538 people of 140 households. In addition, the subproject will also affect 7 types of ground annexes, such as tombs, trees and telegraph poles. 3. Policy framework and entitlements To avoid or minimize the negative impacts of land acquisition, the affected villager teams and displaced persons have been consulted on the selection of the relocation sites at the feasibility study stage, and the optimum option has been chosen through comparative selection. This Resettlement Plan has been formulated in accordance with the Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (2004), the Decision of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Exercising Strict Land Management (Guo Fa [2004] No.28), the applicable policies of Anhui Province, ADB’s Involuntary Resettlement and policies on social security. The resettlement principles of the subproject are as follows based on the above policies and through consultation with the local governments and the affected people: (1) Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible; (2) The affected people are granted compensation and rights that can at least maintain or even improve their livelihoods in the absence of the project; (3) The affected people are given compensation and assistance in resettlement whether legal title is available or not; (4) If the land available to everyone is insufficient to maintain his/her livelihood, replacement in cash or in kind and other income-generating activities are provided for the lost land; (5) The affected people fully understand their entitlements, the method and standard of compensation, the livelihood and income restoration plan, and the project schedule, and participate in the implementation of the Resettlement Plan; (6) No land should be acquired before the affected people are satisfied with the compensation and resettlement (plan); (7) The executing agency and an independent agency / third party should monitor the compensation, relocation and resettlement operations; (8) The vulnerable groups (including women) are provided special assistance or treatment so that they lead a better life, and all affected people should have an opportunity to benefit from the project; (9) The Resettlement Plan is consistent with the master plans of the affected counties and towns; and (10) The resettlement expenses are sufficient to cover all affected aspects. 4. Resettlement strategy The compensation for permanent land acquisition includes land compensation, resettlement subsidy and crop compensation. The average annual output value of paddy field and dry land of Feidong County, Hefei and Juchao District, Chaohu—the areas affected by land acquisition—n the past 3 years was 1,125 yuan/mu, and that of housing sites and other land 750 yuan/mu; the compensation multiple for land acquisition is 16, in which the multiple of land compensation is 10, and that of resettlement subsidy 6. Temporary land occupation includes that for borrow pits and other purposes. The compensation standards for temporary land occupation are: single compensation for borrow pits: 12,000 yuan/mu; other land 4,000 yuan/mu· year. The occupation period will be 2 years. After expiry of the occupation period, the land will be restored by the implementing agencies, with a land reclamation fee of 4,000 yuan/mu. Occupation of arable land should be avoided in the temporary land occupation for borrow pits. If this is unavoidable, low-lying land and derelict land with lower output value and likely to be affected by inland inundation should be occupied where possible. The compensation standards for the demolition of residential houses are: masonry concrete structure: 410 yuan/m2, masonry timber structure: 260 yuan/m2, simple structure: 80 yuan/m2, moving subsidy: 500 yuan/person, and transition fee: 21 yuan/m2 month. The measures for income restoration of the affected people include cash compensation, provision of technical training and priority in employment, etc. Since permanent land acquisition is caused by road construction mainly, the impacts of the subproject are in a linear form. Based on statistical analysis, though the amount of land acquisition is relatively large, it is scattered and has very moderate impact on the regular agricultural production of rural households. According to the different socioeconomic backgrounds of AVs, the use and relocation of land acquisition fees 1 It will be compensated based on the factual transitional period, which will not be beyond 18 months. including land compensation and resettlement subsidy which will be determined by village meeting is also different. In general, land compensation and resettlement could be disbursed to affected households directly, collective villagers or invested by the collectives. The crop compensation will be paid to affected households directly. When they get the compensation, the affected households will use the compensation fees for land improvement and the expanded reproduction of household sidelines. Borrow pits can be restored by turning them into fishponds, irrigation ponds or garbage landfills. Demolished houses can be restored by property