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Updated Resettlement Plan December 2017 People’s Republic of China: Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project Prepared by Qi County Government (QCG), Xun County Government (XCG) and Qi County Project Management Office (PMO) and Xun County PMO for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 15 December 2017) Currency unit – Chinese Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $6.6031 $1.00 = CNY0.1514 ABBREVIATIONS AAOV – Average Annual Output Value ADB – Asian Development Bank AH – Affected Households AP – Affected Person DMS – Detailed Measurement Survey FGD – Focus Group Discussion GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism HD – House Demolition HCG – Hebi City Government HPRSAD – Hebi Project Resettlement and Social Affairs Department IOL – Inventory of Loss LA – Land Acquisition LEF – Land Expropriated Farmer M & E – Monitoring and Evaluation MLS – Minimum Living Security MSW – City Solid Waste PMO – Project Management Office QCG – Qi County Government QCAO – Qi County Administration Office QCLRMB – Qi County Land Resource Management Bureau QCNCO – Qi County New Community Office RRC – People’s Republic of China RIB – Resettlement Information Booklet ROW – Right-of-way RP – Resettlement Plan SES – Socio-economic Survey TA – Technical Assistance XCG – Xun County Government XCAO – Xun County Administration Office XCLRMB – Xun County Land Resource Management Bureau WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 hectare – 15 mu hectare – Ha kilometer – Km meter – m kilogram – Kg NOTES (i) The fiscal year of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and its agencies ends on 31 December. 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Updated Resettlement Plan ______________________________________________ Loan 3401-PRC: Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project ——Qihe River Mainstream Watercourse Improvement Subproject in Qi County Prepared by Qi County Government (QCG), Xun County Government (XCG) and Qi County Project Management Office (PMO) and Xun County PMO for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Financed Project December 2017 Introduction of RP Updating 1. Background The Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project consists of 8 components in 4 categories, which are (i) Qi River Upstream Ecological Protection, (ii) Qi River Wetland Reservation and Restoration, (iii) Qi River main stream Watercourse Improvement in Qi County, (iv) Four tributary watercourse improvement in Qi County, (v) Five Canal watercourse improvement in Qibin District, (vi) Qibin District wastewater management, (vii) Qi County wastewater and solid waste management, (viii) institutional capacity building. The Project has an implementation period of 5 years, from 2017 to 2021. Through preliminary identification, the Project belongs to Category A in involuntary resettlement. Therefore, HCG has prepared resettlement plan (RP) for each subproject that complies with ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009), and the applicable laws, regulations and policies of the PRC, Henan Province and Hebi City with the assistance of the ADB technical assistance experts. This RP is for the 3rd subproject, namely the Qihe River Mainstream Watercourse Improvement Subproject in Qi County. PMOs of Qi County and Xun County organized the detailed measurement survey (DMS) based on preliminary design report (PDR) and updated this RP with the assistance of consultants. 2. Resettlement Impacts changes Because of adjustments on construction contents of the subproject, i.e. the protection length of dangerous section increases 1209 m compared with that in FSR, the embankment top flood-control road is designed with optimization after widening the embankments on both sides, where the embankment protection area is 3m wide outside slope toe of upriver face and 5 m wide outside slope toe of downriver face, so the LAR impacts changes to some extent during DMS. Besides, physical quantity is measured more meticulously during DMS. In the preliminary design phase, for the project scope and scale are adjusted, the impacts of land acquisition have been updated correspondingly. In September and October 2017, the PIUs, local government departments and LDI established a DMS group, reexamined and disclosed the end results of DMS, and corrected minor errors of DMS. Xun County Water Resources Bureau and Qi County Water Resources Bureau both confirmed the results of DMS based on PDR. See details in table 1. Table 1: Table of Impacts of LAR and Affected persons in FSR and PDR Item FSR PDR D-ValuePDR - FSR Total 712.8 426.84 -285.96 Permanent land occupation Collective Land 166.7 230.64 63.94 mu State-owned Land 546.1 196.2 -349.9 1. Permanently Permanently affected AHs 25 246 221 affected population APs 123 1136 1013 Significantly affected AHs 1 16 15 population APs 5 74 69 2. Temporary Temporary land usemu Collective Land 90.36 385 294.64 impacts Temporarily affected AHs 64 109 45 population APs 278 521 243 land occupationmu Total 803.16 811.84 8.68 3. Total AHs 89 355 266 Affected affected population APs 401 1657 1256 Note: AH=affected household, AP=affected person 3. Compensation rates adjustments In 2016, Henan Provincial Government issued the Notification of The People`s Government of Henan Province on Adjustment of Comprehensive Land Price Standard of Land Acquisition Areas in Henan Province (Henan Government (2016) No.48), then the compensation rates of land acquisition in project area have been increased to a higher level. It will bring more benefits to the livelihood rehabilitation of households and persons affected by the land acquisition of the Project. Table 2 shows the difference between original and latest compensation rates of LA in project area. Table 2: Compensation rates comparison of land acquisition in Original RP and Updated RP Original RP Updated RP Location-based Location-based Town Village land price County Town Village land price County (yuan/mu) (yuan/mu) Nanzhifang, Peiying, Nanzhifang, Weilizhuang, 31500 Jun 38000 Weixian Weilizhuang Weixian Qiangongtang, County Xun County Hougongtang Weixian 33000 Weixian 39000 Xinzhen Qianfangcheng 30000 / / / / Woluan, Dalizhuang, Doujie, Huangwangmiao, Songjie, Fangzhai, Mawan, Huojie, Yan Kangzhuang, Qinjie, village, 31000 37500 Woluan, Xigang, Nandalizhuang, Huangwangmiao, Qi Shinainaimiao, Xigang Xigang Qi County Hekou, Huojie County Kangzhuang, Zangkou Yancun, Zangkou Fangzhai, Hekou, and Shinainaimiao 30000 37500 Doujie, Qinjie Villages Sanjiaotun 33000 Xigang, Sanjiaotun 39500 4. Improvement of resettlement measures and updating of resettlement budget In the updated RP, the number of job and skill training opportunities for APs have been increased, the life care and subsidies for urban and rural vulnerable groups have been strengthened, and the Minimum Living Standards and basic pension standards for urban and rural residents have been renewed. In the resettlement budget section, the compensation standards of land acquisition has been updated,the temporary land occupation compensation and reclamation costs have been refined, and the forest vegetation recovery fee has been incorporated in, etc.. However, no entitlement standard has been lowered in updated RP. All these compensation and resettlement measures have been disclosed and consulted with affected villages and households, who stated their satisfactions with these changes during the DMS and updating of this RP. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency unit = Yuan (CNY) CNY 1 = $ 0.1613 $ 1 = CNY 6.2 1 hectare = 15 mu WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Km = kilometer Kg = kilogram Ha = hectare m = meter Abbreviations AAOV - Average Annual Output Value ADB - Asian Development Bank AH - Affected Households AP - Affected Person DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey FGD - Focus Group Discussion GRM - Grievance Redress Mechanism HD - House Demolition HCG - Hebi City Government HPRSAD - Hebi Project Resettlement and Social Affairs Department IOL - Inventory of Loss LA - Land Acquisition LEF - Land Expropriated Farmer M & E - Monitoring and Evaluation MLS - Minimum Living Security MSW - City Solid Waste PMO - Project Management Office QCG - Qi County Government QCAO - Qi County Administration Office QCLRMB - Qi County Land Resource Management Bureau QCNCO - Qi County New Community Office RRC - People’s Republic of China RIB - Resettlement Information Booklet ROW - Right-of-way RP - Resettlement Plan SES - Socio-economic Survey TA - Technical Assistance XCG - Xun County Government XCAO - Xun County Administration Office XCLRMB - Xun County Land Resource Management Bureau DEFINITION OF TERMS Affected persons -Those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, Households or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected