Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III)
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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 36433 December 2009 PRC: Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III) Prepared by: Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction & Utilization of Southwest Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China For Ministry of Railways This report has been submitted to ADB by the Ministry of Railways and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Construction Project Aided by Asian Development Bank (ADB) External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III) Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction & Utilization of Southwest Jiaotong University December 2009 ADB Loan Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III) Contents Report Summary ..................................................................................................................................4 1. Basic Information of the Project ...................................................................................................8 2. Progress of Project Construction and Resettlement....................................................................10 2.1. Progress of Project Construction..........................................................................................10 2.2. Progress of Land Acquisition, Relocation, and Resettlement..............................................10 3. Working Situation of Monitoring & Evaluation .........................................................................20 4. Working Situation of the Resettlement Agencies .......................................................................20 5. Monitoring of Land Acquisition and Relocation for the Project ................................................21 5.1. Monitoring on Land Acquisition..........................................................................................21 5.1.1. NHAR ...........................................................................................................................21 5.1.2. Shaanxi Province...........................................................................................................22 5.1.3. Shanxi Province............................................................................................................22 5.2. Monitoring on House Demolition ........................................................................................22 5.2.1. NHAR ...........................................................................................................................23 5.2.2. Shaanxi Province...........................................................................................................23 5.2.3. Shanxi Province............................................................................................................24 6. Monitoring on Surface Structures and Plants and Infrastructures ..............................................25 6.1. Monitoring on Surface Structures and Plants ......................................................................25 6.2. Monitoring on the Affected Infrastructure...........................................................................25 7. Monitoring on the Compensation Standard for Land Acquisition and Relocation and on the Compensation.....................................................................................................................................27 7.1. Compensation Policies of Land Acquisition and Relocation...............................................27 7.1.1. Monitoring on the Compensation Standard of Land Acquisition and Relocation........27 7.1.2. Monitoring on the Compensation Standard of Land Acquisition and House Demolition 30 8. Monitoring on the Resettlement of the People Affected by Land Acquisition and Relocation..41 8.1. Resettlement of the People Affected by Land Acquisition..................................................41 8.2. Resettlement of the People Affected by House Demolition ................................................42 8.3. Impact of Construction of Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway to Society and Economy of Areas along the Railway Line ................................................................................................................................44 8.4. Typical Survey Interview by External Monitoring & Evaluation Team .............................46 8.4.1. NHAR ...........................................................................................................................46 8.4.2. Shaanxi Province...........................................................................................................53 8.4.3. Shanxi Province............................................................................................................59 9. Conclusions, Problems and Suggestions.....................................................................................74 9.1. Conclusions of Monitoring & Evaluation............................................................................74 9.2. Problems and Suggestions ...................................................................................................75 1 ADB Loan Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III) 9.3. Next Work Arrangements of External Monitoring Agency.................................................76 10. Annexes ...................................................................................................................................77 10.1. List of Villages Affected by Land Acquisition and Demolition for Construction of Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway Project.........................................................................................................77 10.2. List of Enterprises, Public Institutions and Schools Relocated ...........................................91 10.3. Pictures of Field Investigation .............................................................................................95 2 ADB Loan Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III) PREFACE The external resettlement monitoring agency of Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway (“Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway”) Construction Project shall submit the Phase III External Resettlement Monitoring Report of Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway Construction Project to Asian Development Bank (“ADB”) in December 2008 as per the loan agreement between the Ministry of Railways and ADB. In November and December 2008, two monitoring, investigation & evaluation teams organized by the external resettlement monitoring agency carried out monitoring and investigation along the Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway Project in Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) in concordance with the specified monitoring and investigation outline and monitoring and evaluation indicators. As the monitoring, investigation & evaluation teams encountered the severe snow storm that swept north China of that year during field investigation, the teams had no access to the affected villages. Thus, macroscopic data of the affected counties (districts) were collected instead of field investigation, and representative towns and counties were selected for typical investigation. The investigation involves the data and information in relation to the resettlement report, as well as the investigation on participation of women in the construction of the Project and the role of the Project in local social development and lifting the people out of poverty. This is the phase III of the external monitoring, investigating & evaluation, basing on the information and data collected by the end of November 2009Data and information collected in the monitoring and evaluation with regard to land acquisition, house demolition, and resettlement were mainly based on those provided by the resettlement sectors of local governments along the Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway, with reference to the macroscopic data and information provided by Taizhongyin Railway Co., Ltd.. Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction & Utilization of Southwest Jiaotong University (RIFCIU-SWJTU) hereby expresses the sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Railways, Taizhongyin Railway Co., Ltd., the Employer of the Project, railway construction units, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and NHAR, and local governments along the railway for their cooperation and support during the performance of the external monitoring and evaluation on land acquisition and resettlement. 3 ADB Loan Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (Phase III) Report Summary 1. Tai-Zhong-Yin Railway Project is 942km long in total and a total of RMB 32.1 billion will be invested. Land acquisition and relocation for the Project involves 359 villages in 88 towns and townships in 22 counties (districts) in Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and NHAR, Including two counties (districts) of Xiaodian District and Qingxu County in Taiyuan, Shanxi, two districts of Yuci District and Jinzhong Development Zone in Jinzhong, Shanxi, five counties (districts) of Jiaocheng County, Wenshui County, Fenyang City, Lishi District, and Liulin County in Lvliang, Shanxi, six counties of Wubu County, Suide County, Zizhou County, Hengshan County, Jingbian County, and Dingbian County of Yulin, Shaanxi, two counties (districts) of Yanchi County and Hongsibu Development Zone in Wuzhong,