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World Bank Document THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Public Disclosure Authorized 500KV YANCHENG-HUAIYIN TRANSMISSION PROJECT RESETTLEMENT Public Disclosure Authorized ACTION PLAN E- 13/ Public Disclosure Authorized VoL. / JIANGSUPROVINCIAL POWER COMPANY OCTOBER1997 Public Disclosure Authorized TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. P JE ''T BACK __-1GROUND -----------------------------1 2. PROJECT IMPACT ------------------------------------------------------10 3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK --------------------------------------------------14 4. COMPENSATION COST ESTIMATE AND BUDGET -------------32 5. RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------38 6. INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION ----------------------------------52 7. PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION -------------------------60 8. GRIEVANCE AND APPEALS ----------------------------------63 9. MONITORING ----------------------------------------------------64 10. REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------70 11. ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ------------------------------------------72 LIST OF ANNEXES Annex 1 Affected Villages Annex 2 Social and Economic Information of Affected Counties Annexc3.1 Distribution of Permanent Land Acquisition Annex 3.2 Social and Economic Information of Affected Villages Annex 3.3 Social and Economic Situation of Affected Townships Annex 3.4 Distribution of Affected Enterprises Annex 4.1 Distribution of Affected Housing Annex 4.2 Distribution of Attached Structures To Be Demolished Annex 5 Distribution Of PAPs for House Acquisition Annex 6 P-APs' Information Booklet Annex 7 Outline of Monitoring on 500KV Yangcheng--Huaiyin Transmission Project Annex 8 Brief Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation Institution and Its Staff ha: hectare 1 ha= 15 mu M': square meter 1 mu = 667 MI km: kilometer 1 kmr= 1000 M RMB: Ren Min Bi I $ = 8.2--8.3 RMB SPC: The State Planning Commission GPPDI: General Power Planning and Design Institute PRO: Project Resettlement Office PPRO: Provincial Project Resettlement Office CLMB: County Land Management Bureau RAP: Resettlement Action Plan PAP: Project Affected Person NRCR: National Research Centre for Resettlement 500KVYancheng-Huaiyin Transmission Project RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN Definition of Resettlement Terminology Definition of PAPs: In this RAP, PAPs are defined as those persons whose incomes, living standards or entitlements are or will be adversely affected by the project. PAPs include the following categories: (I)Persons who are affected by land acquisition, that is, those persons whose land holdings are or will be decreasing (2)Persons who are affected by house acquisition (including due to the acquired land for relocation) (3)Persons who are affected by public structure acquisition. The definition of the PAPs is linked directly to the adverse effect of the project, regardless of legal rights title or interest. 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND A) Brief Description of the Project and Its Main Purpose Jiangsu Province is well developed in economy, and meanwhile, the contradictions between power supply and demand in the region become more acute. Shanxi Province is one of the major energy resource bases of China whose coal reserves are plentiful. But its transportation capacity is very limited. The project will transmit power from Yangcheng Power Plant (Shanxi) to Jiangsu Province, instead of transporting coal. This will make up for the power shortage in Jiangsu Province, while actuating the development of coal resources in Shanxi and easing off the pressure of coal transportation. The project will be good for the development of both Jiangsu Province and Shanxi Province. The length of the transmission line is 770.6KM. The route of the line is from the substation of Yangcheng Power Plant in Shanxi Province to Huaiyin substation in Jiangsu Province. The project consists of the sub-projects as follows. * Three 500KV circuits from Yangcheng Power Plant to Dongming Switch Station, * The Yellow River crossing, * Two 500KV circuits from Dongming Switch Station to Sanpu Switch Station, * A 500KV circuit from Sanpu Switch Station to Renzhuang Substation * Two 500KV circuits from Sanpu Switch Station to Huaiyin Substation, * Two 500KV switch stations (Dongming Switch Station in Shandong Province and Sanpu Switch Station in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province) * Two substations extension projects (Renzhuang Substation and Huaiyin Substation). Renzhuang Substation has operated for years. Huaiyin Substation is an auxiliary project of Yangzhou No.2 Power Plant that is financed by World Bank. There will be 2397 transmission towers in the project. The line is planned to end at the entrance of Huaiyin Substation, via Yangcheng I County, Zezhou County in Shanxi Province, Xiuwu County, Huixian County, Beizhan County of Xinxiang Municipality, Weihui County, Yanjin County, Hua County, Changyuan County in Henan Province, the Yellow River, Dongming County, Heze County, Dingtao County, Cao County, Chengwu County, Shan County in Shandong Province, Xiao County, Lingbi County in Anhui Province, Feng County, Tongshan County, Suining County, Suyu County, Sihong County, Siyang County, Huaiyin County, Qingpu County of Huaiyin Municipality, Huaian County in Jiangsu Province. The dynamic investment of the project is 5.02 billion RMB. The project is planned to start in January 1998 and to be put into use in February 2000. B) Areas Affected and Served by the Project When the project is put into operation and transmits power to Jiangsu Province, it will ease the power shortage of Jiangsu Province. After the completion of the project, it will lighten the transportation pressure of coal so as to promote the development of coal resources and the economy of Shanxi Province. The project affects directly 27 villages of two counties(cities) in Shanxi Province, 98 villages of seven counties(cities) in Henan Province, 142 villages of six counties(cities) in Shandong Province, 18 villages of two counties(cities) in Anhui Province and 279 villages of nine counties(cities) in Jiangsu Province. The administrative regions affected by the project are listed in Annex 1. C) Social and Economic Background of the Project Area 26 counties in five provinces involve in the project. By the end of 1996, the gross population of these 26 counties was 21.39 million and the agriculture population was 18.38 million. The counties achieved an industrial and agricultural output value of 129.79 billion RMB in 1996. The industrial and agricultural output value per capita was 6713 RMB. Six of these counties have achieved their industrial and agricultural output value per capita over 10,000 RMB. These counties had 9.42653 million rural laborers and a gross cultivated land of 1802120.3ha. The 2 cultivated area per capita was 0.08ha, and in rural area it was 0.O9ha. The cultivated land per rural laborer was 0.19ha. The net income one farmer was 1876 RMB, and in 12 of these counties it was over 2,000 RMB. Socia1 and economic background of these counties is listed in Annex 2. Since launching of reform and opening policies ,the economy in Jiangsu Province has been rapidly developed. The annual growth of GDP (gross domestic product) and the industrial and agricultural output value are kept in high growth. The high growth of economy raises a high growth of electric requirement. Therefore, the project will serve this area greatly. D) Measures Taken to Minimize Resettlement 1) Minimize the Scope of Land Acquisition The needed width of corridor of each circuit is 65M. The transmission line with two or three two or circuits will affect seriously the demolition scale and the environment nearby. In the preliminary design period, the project used long-distance double circuits with one tower so as to minimize the number of the acquired lands and the demolished houses. 2) Minimize the Scope of Demolition and House Demolition Area In order to minimize the demolition area as much as possible, in the process of the final selection of the line, some changes have been made on the sites of some towers to avoid some villages with large population and some important structures. For example, the project avoided to acquire the residence lands of the villagers in Xiaogou Village, Beiliu Township, Yangcheng County and Zhongzhifang Village, Wuqiu Township, Changhuan County, and also avoided to resettle the primary school of Zhongzhifang Village. The towers are heightened to alleviate impacts on the important infrastructures. These measures minimized the demolition area. In final the demolition area of the project is reduced from 83,823 square meters to 28,798 square meters. 3) Minimize the Impacts on Cultivated Lands 3 In the process of final selection of the line, some changes have been made on the route of the line. Towers are placed in uncultivated land as possible, avoiding orchards and some high output farm lands. Some tower's are self-supported towers. The project uses double circuits with, one tower in 464.4KM long (60% of the whole length). Although the cost of the project itself has risen great ly, it gains the supports of the communities along the line. E) Technical and Economic Feasibilitv Study Some documents were issued approve the project. They are listed as follows. (I) Document JNY( 1993) No.311 "Reply to the Proposal of Yangcheng-Huaiyin Transmission Project " issued by The State Planning Co6nmission(SPC); (2) Document DDG( 1997) No.481 "Reply to the Preliminary Design of 500KV Yangcheng--Huaiyin Transmission Project " issued by The Ministry of Power; (3) Docunent DDG(1997) No.520
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