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Power Transmission Investment Program, Tranche 2 – 500Kv Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong Transmission Line (Gia Lai Province) Social Monitoring Report 1st Independent Monitoring Report January 2014 VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program, Tranche 2 – 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong Transmission Line (Gia Lai Province) Prepared by the Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board for the National Power Transmission Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. This social monitoring report 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. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD PLEIKU – MY PHUOC – CAU BONG 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT FIRST MONITORING REPORT INDEPENDENT MONITORING ON RESETTLEMENT AND ETHNIC MINORITY IN GIA LAI PROVINCE Investment Consultancy and Technology Transfer Co., Ltd (InvestConsult Group) For General Director Deputy General Director LE CHI CUONG January - 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 6 1.1. Objective of the Project ................................................................................. 6 1.2. Scale and scope of the Project ....................................................................... 6 1.3. Impacts of resettlement in Gia Lai province ............................................... 8 1.3.1. Impact on land acquisition .......................................................................... 8 1.3.2. The affected trees ........................................................................................ 9 1.3.3. Affected houses and other structures ........................................................ 10 1.3.4. Severely affected households .................................................................... 10 II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND COMPENSATION POLICIES ....................... 11 2.1. Legal framework .......................................................................................... 11 2.1.1. The legal background of Vietnam’s Government ..................................... 11 2.1.2. Policy of Sponsor ...................................................................................... 14 2.2. Gaps between Laws of Vietnam and ADB Policy ...................................... 16 III. INDEPENDENT MONITORING ....................................................................... 22 3.1. Implementing monitoring Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan (REMDP) ............................................................................. 22 3.2. Objective of the work ................................................................................... 22 3.3. Monitoring places ..................................................................................... 22 3.4. Monitoring indicators .............................................................................. 23 3.4.1. Monitoring indicators for RP .................................................................... 23 3.4.2. Supervise the implementation of REMDP .............................................. 24 3.5. Implementation method .......................................................................... 25 3.5.1. Information collection ............................................................................ 25 IV. RESULTS/FINDING DURING REMDPs MONITORING ............................. 27 4.1. Implementation progress ......................................................................... 27 4.2. REMDPs implementation ............................................................................ 29 4.3. Indicators....................................................................................................... 29 4.3.1. Information dissemination ........................................................................ 29 4.3.2. Compensation payment .......................................................................... 30 4.3.3. Recovery of civil infrastructure .............................................................. 32 4.3.4. Site for resettlement ............................................................................... 32 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 2 4.3.5. The communication activities on prevention of HIV/AIDS and human trafficking ............................................................................................................ 32 4.3.6. Implementation of EMDP ......................................................................... 33 4.3.7. Level of satisfaction ............................................................................... 33 4.4. Obstacles arising issues during the implementation ............................. 34 4.4.1. Pleiku city ............................................................................................... 34 4.4.2. Chu Prong district .................................................................................. 34 4.4.3. Chu Puh district ..................................................................................... 34 4.4.4. Ia Grai district........................................................................................ 34 4.5. Complaints and resolving complaint ...................................................... 34 V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................ 36 5.1. Conclusion ................................................................................................. 36 5.2. Recommendations .................................................................................... 36 ANNEX1: LIST OF CONTACTED PEOPLE ......................................................... 37 ANNEX 2: LIST OF INTERVIEWED HOUSEHOLDS ......................................... 38 ANNEX 3: PHOTOS OF FIELD VISITS ................................................................. 42 ANNEX 4: APPRAISAL DECISION/COMPENSATION PLAN .......................... 44 ANNEX 5: RECORD PAPER AND THE PETITION FROM HOUSEHOLDS .. 46 ANNEX 6: SURVEY TOOL ....................................................................................... 51 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 3 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Component of the project ............................................................................... 7 Table 2. Summary of main features of 500kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong Transmission line ............................................................................................................. 8 Table 3. Permanent land acquisition in 500 kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong project ........................................................................................................................ 8 Table 4. Type of affected land ...................................................................................... 9 Table 5. Distribution of affected trees .......................................................................... 9 Table 6. Affected houses and other structures ........................................................... 10 Table 7. Impact of land acquisition on severely affected household ......................... 10 Table 8. Comparison between Decree 197/ND-CP, Decree 69/ND-CP and 2009 SPS of ADB ...................................................................................................................... 17 Table 9. Monitoring places ........................................................................................ 22 Table 10. Number of interviewed APs .......................................................................... 26 Table 11. Construction progress .................................................................................. 28 Table 12. Information dissemination methods ............................................................. 30 Table 13. Completeness in terms of AHs’ Assets ......................................................... 31 Table 14. Satisfaction level .......................................................................................... 33 Table 15. Complaining issues ...................................................................................... 35 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 4 ABREVIATIONS ADB : Asian Development Bank RP : Resettlement Plan REMDP : Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan AHs : Project Affected Households APs : Affected People ROWs : Right of Ways HCMC : Ho Chi Minh City LURC : Land Use Right Certificate IOL : Inventory of Losses PPTA : Project on Preparatory Technical Assistance NPT : National Power Transmission Corporation CPMB : Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board USD : United States Dollars PECC4 : Power Engineering Consulting Company 4 PIC : Project Implementing Consultant DMS : Detailed Measurement Survey MARD : Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development PC : People’s Committee SPS : Safeguard Policy Statement SR2 : ADB’s Safeguard requirement No. 2 in 2009 SR3 : ADB’s Safeguard requirement No. 3 in 2009 CLRD : Center for Land Resource Development INVESTCONSULT GROUP 5 I. INTRODUCTION The Government of Vietnam (GOV) has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide a loan toc onstruct new electricity distribution system including a 436.673 km - long Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong 500kV transmission line from Pleiku to Cau Bong via My
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