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Shanxi Urban-Rural Water Source Protection and Environmental Internal Social Monitoring Report # 1 Internal Social Monitoring Report July 2019 People’s Republic of China: Shanxi Urban-Rural Water Source Protection and Environment Demonstration Project Prepared by Zuoquan Project Management office for the Zuoquan County Government and the Asian Development Bank. NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and its agencies ends on 31 December. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2011 ends on 31 December 2011. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. 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. Loan No. 3557-PRC: Shanxi Urban- Rural Water Source Protection and Environmental Demonstration Project Internal Social Monitoring Report (No.1) (Period: June 2018 to March 2019) Prepared by Zuoquan Project Management Office for the Asian Development Bank July 2019 ABBREVIATIONS AAOV - Average Annual Output Value ADB - Asian Development Bank AH - Affected Household AP - Affected Person CNY - Chinese Yuan DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey DRP - Draft resettlement plan HD - House Demolition IA - Implementation Agency JMG - Jinzhong Municipal Government LA - Land Acquisition M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation PIU - Project Implementation Unit PMO - Project Management Office PRC - People’s Republic of China Qingzhang River comprehensive improvement and low QRCILIRI - impact road improvement RIB - Resettlement Information Booklet URP - Resettlement Plan SPG - Shanxi Provincial Government TOR - Terms of Reference URP - Updated resettlement plan WTP - Water Treatment Plant WWTP - Wastewater Treatment Plant WSPQH - Water Source Protection of the Qingzhang Headwaters WSSWPC - Water supply system and water pollution control ZCG - Zuoquan County Government ZCFB Zuoquan County Forestry Bureau Zuoquan County Housing Security and Urban-Rural ZCHSUCMB - Construction Management Bureau ZCSRMD - Zuoquan County Shixia Reservoir Management Division ZCLRB - Zuoquan County Land Resource Bureau ZCWRB - Zuoquan County Water Resources Bureau WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ha hectare km kilometer km2 square kilometer m meter m2 square meter m3 cubic meter m3/d cubic meter per day $(USD) US dollar CNY Chinese Yuan Contents 1 Project Description and Implementation Progress .............................................. 1 1.1 Basic project information ................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Description of project components, scale, scope and location .............................. 1 1.3 Description of project implementation progress ....................................................... 4 1.4 Budget and investment progress ..................................................................................... 4 1.5 Project implementing and management agencies ..................................................... 4 1.6 Changes of project components from preparation stage ........................................ 4 2 Monitoring Arrangement and activities ................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction of monitor and monitoring staff ............................................................ 7 2.2 Monitoring methodology and procedures .................................................................... 7 2.3 Monitoring activities during this period ....................................................................... 8 3 Project Areas and Beneficiaries Analysis during project implementation .. 9 3.1 Introduction of Project Areas ............................................................................................ 9 3.2 Project Beneficiaries Analysis ........................................................................................ 10 4 Social Safeguards Categories Analysis during project implementation ..... 11 4.1 Social Safeguards Categories in preparation stage (IR, IP) ................................. 11 4.2 Involuntary Resettlement Category during implementation stage .................. 11 4.3 Indigenous People Category during implementation stage ................................ 11 5 Monitoring on Land Acquisition and resettlement (LAR) ............................... 12 5.1 General Project Progress and land acquisition ........................................................ 12 5.2 Residential House Demolition and Relocation ........................................................ 13 5.3 Compensation Standards and Payment ...................................................................... 16 5.4 Income restoration of affected people ........................................................................ 17 5.5 Living restoration of affected people ........................................................................... 17 6 Monitoring on LAND USE RIGHTS TRANSFER ...................................................... 18 7 Monitoring on GAP and SDAP implementation ................................................... 19 7.1 Overall Introduction of GAP and SDAP of the project ............................................ 19 7.2 Implementation progress of agreed activities and targets in GAP and SDAP 29 8 Information disclosure, public consultation/participation and Grievance Redress ...................................................................................................................................... 30 8.1 Information disclosure during project implementation ...................................... 30 8.2 Public consultation and participation during project implementation.......... 31 8.3 Grievance Redress Mechanism and records ............................................................. 32 9 Findings and recommendations ............................................................................... 32 9.1 Implementation progresses of RP, GAP and SDAP .................................................. 32 9.2 Recommendations for next steps of project implementation ............................ 33 Appendixes: ........................................................................................................................................ 34 Appendix 1: Details of LAR Impacts of the Project ............................................................... 34 Appendix 2: Photographs .............................................................................................................. 47 1 Project Description and Implementation Progress 1.1 Basic project information 1. The basic project information is listed as table 1-1. Table 1-1 Basic Information of the Project 1 Country People’s Republic of China (PRC) 2 Loan No. 3557-PRC Shanxi Urban-Rural Water Source Protection and Environmental 3 Project Demonstration Project 4 Borrower PRC 5 Executing Agency Shanxi Province Zuoquan County Government Zuoquan Water Resources Bureau Zuoquan Housing and Construction Bureau 6 Implementing Agency Zuoquan County Shixia Reservoir Management Office Zuoquan County Forestry Bureau 7 Total Estimated Cost 152.1 million USD 8 ADB Loan 100 million USD 9 IR category A 10 IP category C 11 Approval date 2017.08.22 12 Signing Date 2017.12.12 13 Effectivity Date 2018.2.28 14 closing date 2023.6.30 Source: ADB website. 1.2 Description of project components, scale, scope and location 2. Shanxi Urban-Rural Water Source Protection and Environmental Demonstration Project (hereinafter referred to as the Project) consists of four components: (1) Water Source Protection of the Qingzhang Headwaters (WSPQH); (2) Qingzhang River comprehensive improvement and low impact facility/road improvement (QRCILIRI); (3) Water supply system and water pollution control (WSSWPC); (4) Capacity Building and Improved Water Resource Management. 3. The scope, scale and key responsible agency of the project is shown in table 1-2. Table 2-2: Project Outputs and Sub-Components No. Output/Component Contents/purposes Remarks PIU Output 1 - WSPQH Revegetation around Shixia ZCFB Planting forest belts in the following Reservoir and planting of 1.1 locations: forest belt along two Total Area: 1.008km2 headwaters 1.2 Improving the reservoir Construction of a sluice with two gates in Downstream farmers ZCSRMD spillway gate and the spillway, and a flood can benefit from flood construction of flood discharge/washout tunnel control discharge and washout tunnel 1.3 Construction hydrological Construction of five (5) Hydrological ZCSRMD monitoring stations around monitoring station with telecommunication Shixia Reservoir system 1 No. Output/Component Contents/purposes Remarks PIU Output 2 - QRCILIRI 2.1 Dredging selected sections Length: 11.6km; Volume: 78,700m3 The sludge will be ZCHSUCMB of the river and tributaries treated in existing which are heavily silted landfill site (state- owned valley), no need to acquire additional land or temporary occupation, no APs. 2.2 River rehabilitation and Construction of river embankment of ZCHSUCMB construction of embankment about 9.07 km to enhance flood control and restore ecology along the river. 2.3 Construction of wetland park Provision of wetland, flood retention
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