Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project – Hongling Road Network Project
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Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Final Project Number: 40642 August 2008 PRC: Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project – Hongling Road Network Project Prepared by Wuzhou Urban and Rural Construction Planning Design Institute 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. ENDORSEMENT LETTER FOR THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN The Wuzhou Dongtai State Assets Invest and Management Corporation, the implementation agency (IA), together with the assistance of the Wuzhou Urban and Rural Construction Planning Design Institute has prepared this Resettlement Plan (RP) for the Hongling Road Network Component as one of the three components under Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project, which is under application for a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The RP fully complies with requirements of the relevant laws, regulations and policies of People’s Republic of China (PRC), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Wuzhou Municipal Government (WMG) as well as complies with ADB’s policy on involuntary resettlement. This RP is based on the feasibility study report (FSR) and measurement and socioeconomic surveys and Wuzhou Project Management Office hereby confirms the content of this RP and will guarantee the land acquisition and resettlement and compensation budget being provided according to the provisions of aforesaid plan. This RP will be revised and approved by ADB before its implementation when the detailed design is completed. LI Ningbo, Vice Mayor, Wuzhou City Chair of Wuzhou City ADB Loan Project Leading Group August 2008 TABLE OF CONTENT 0ENDORSEMENT LETTER FOR THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN 372H 1LISTH OF ACRONYMS AND MEASURES 385H EXECUTIVE SUMMARY………………………………………..……………………………………………………….5 2I.H INTRODUCTION 399H 31.1H Background 409H 41.2H Description of the Project 419H 51.3H LAR Impacts of the Project 4212H 6II.H IMPACT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 4316H 72.1H Measures Taken to Avoid or Minimize LAR Impacts 4416H 82.2H Methods of LAR Impact Assessment 4516H 92.3H Scope of LAR Impacts 4617H III SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED AREA AND POPULATION………………………..31 103.1H Socioeconomic Profile of Wuzhou City 4731H 113.2H Socioeconomic Profile of the Affected Area and APs 4832H 12IV.H PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 4941H 134.1H Public Participation Strategy 5041H 144.2H Methods and Measures of Public Participation 5141H 154.3H Public Participation during RP Preparation 5241H 164.4H Women’s Participation 5342H 174.5H Information Disclosure 5442H 184.6H Public Participation Plan during RP Implementation 5543H 19V.H APPEALS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 5645H 20VI.H LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES 5746H 216.1H Applicable LAR Laws, Regulations and Policies 5846H 226.2H ADB’s Involuntary Resettlement Policies 5946H 236.3H Related Laws and Regulation of PRC 6048H 246.4H Gaps between ADB and Chinese Policies 6153H 256.5H Compensation and Rehabilitation Plan 6263H 26IX.H COST ESTIMATES 6382H 27X.H LAR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 6488H 2810.1H Principles 6588H 2910.2H LAR Implementation Schedule 6688H 30XI.H INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 6792H 3111.1H Project Resettlement Organizational Set-up 6892H 3211.2H Responsibilities 6994H 3311.3H Institutional Capacity Strengthening 7096H XII. MONITORING AND EVALUATION………………………………………………………..…………….98 3412.1H Internal Monitoring 7198H 3512.2H External Monitoring and Evaluation 7299H 3612.3H Reporting Requirements 73101H LIST OF ACRONYMS AND MEASURES ADB Asian Development Bank AF Affected Families AP Affected Person CNY Chinese Yuan CPC Construction and Planning Committee dia. Diameter DI Design Institute DMS Detailed Measurement Survey EA Executing Agency F Females GDP Gross Domestic Product FSR Feasibility Study Report Ha Hectare HHs Households WMG Wuzhou Municipal Government WDSAIMC Wuzhou Dongtai State Assets Investment and Management Corporation IA Implementing Agency IMA Independent Monitoring Agency LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement LRB Land Resources Bureau M Males M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MLG Minimum Living Guarantee MRM Management Review Meeting PLG Project Leading Group PMO Project Management Office PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRC Peoples Republic of China RCs Resident Committees RIB Resettlement Information Booklet RO Resettlement Office ROW Right of Way RP Resettlement Plan ToR Terms of Reference US$ United States Dollar WF Women’s Federation WHDAO Wuzhou House Demolishment Administration Office WPMO Wuzhou Project Management Office WLRB Wuzhou Land Resource Bureau WMG Wuzhou Municipal Government WURCPDI Wuzhou Urban and Rural Construction Planning & Design Institute km2 Square Kilometer % Percentage ≤ Less than or equal to ≥ Greater than or equal to # Number mu Chinese area measure for land, 1mu = 1/15 ha (1 ha = 15 mu) Chinese currency Yuan CNY 1 Yuan = 1/7.3 $US ($US1=CNY 7.3) Executive Summary A. Description of the Project and LAR Impacts Hongling Road Network is one of the three components under Guangxi Wuzhou Urban Development Project, which is located in Hongling Area, Changzhou District of Wuzhou City. Currently, the residents of the Hongling Development Area do not have convenient transportation system, which constraints the economic development in the Area. This is due to the historical reason that the investment for urban construction in Wuzhou City is low and basic infrastructure lags behind, which causes unreasonable layout of the network structure, unclear function of the roads, and the rate of road coverage area and average road area per capita is much lower than the similar urban cities of the advanced countries. With the fast economic development in Wuzhou City, the city is becoming the industrial processing base, import and export warehouse and cargo transit base, and economic and logistics center, with rapid development of service and tertiary industry. However, the urban road network can not meet the development pace of the city. Therefore, it is necessary to enlarge the scale and expand the space of urban development to strengthen the position of urban competition for Wuzhou City. Moreover, the urban development in Wuzhou City is limited by less land and more mountains and over-condensed population in the urban districts. Some streets and residents are constructed at the lower water level sections and suffer from the flooding during the rainy season. Some houses are built at the foot of hill or hillside. When it is raining or having heavy rains, it is easy to involve slope collapse, landslides, mud-rock flow and other geological disasters. It causes severe impacts on the safety of people’s life and property. In order to solve the problems of geohazard disaster and move the residents out of the lower water level areas, over-condensed population issues of the old urban district, and smooth the growing urban traffic congestion, Wuzhou Municipal Government (MWG) has proposed the construction of the Hongling Road Network Project as part of the Wuzhou urban development strategies and also to develop geohazard free land and infrastructure to support long term economic growth of the city. The construction of the Project will acquire 2,104 mu state- and collective-owned land permanently in Hongling Area and Sanlong Area under Xinglong Administration Office of Changzhou District, with two villages and 862 rural households or 3,221 persons to be affected. Of the total acquired land, 272 mu or 11.37% are farmland and 1,832 mu are non-farmland. A total of 289 residential households or 1,374 persons who are affected by permanent land acquisition will also be relocated as a result of the residential structure demolishment for the 1 construction of Hongling Road Network Component0 F . The residential houses to be demolished totals at 57,187.13 m2. Additional 338.05 mu land will be acquired and 5,612.01 m2 of non- residential structure will be demolished with 10 state-owned institutions and 10 private-owned enterprises, or 635 employees to be affected. In addition, associated productive assets, ground attachments, and basic infrastructures and special facilities will be removed due to the Project construction. B. Resettlement Principles and Entitlements The resettlement principles established for the Project are: (i) land acquisition and involuntary resettlement should be avoided or minimized where feasible; (ii) All people residing, or making a 1 The total number of 289 households or 1,374 persons to be relocated is included in the number of households and APs to be affected by permanent land acquisition. living within the areas acquired for the Project prior to a formally recognized cut-off date should be considered as affected people (AP). They should receive compensation for all losses, including assets and livelihoods regardless of land tenure and property right status, and should be entitled to rehabilitation assistance; (iii) compensation and entitlements provided are based on market value or replacement value and must be adequate to allow those affected to at least maintain their pre-project standard of living, with the prospect of improvement; (iv) a preferential policy will be provided to vulnerable groups in such things as compensation, minimum living guarantee (MLG), employment and assistance in relocation, if there any vulnerable groups to be identified during LAR implementation process; (v) all APs are adequately informed on eligibility for compensation, compensation