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SUMMARY OF RESETTLEMENT Public Disclosure Authorized ACTION PLAN

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ANNING VALLEY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized A Anning Valley Agricultural Development Project Resettlement Action Plan

1. This annex describes the land acquisition and resettlement requirements under the Manshuiwan and Huangqiao subcomponents of the Water Resources component of Anning Valley ADP. Detailed Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) have been prepared for Manshuiwan by the Daqiao Hydroelectric Development Corporation and for Huangqiao by the Panzhihua Task Group for the Anning Valley ADP to facilitate the mitigation of the adverse impacts of the project. For the Manshuiwan sub-component, 2,076 mu of land (including 320 mu of marginal land) are required and 2,006 people will be affected due to the inundation of the reservoir and construction of headworks and water conveyance systems. For the Huangqiao sub-component, 1,111 mu of land (including 463 mu of marginal land) are required and 632 people will be affected as a result of land acquisition for the reservoir. Following are the details of the resettlement and rehabilitation plan of the two sub-components.

A. The Manshuiwan Subcomponent

General

2. The Manshuiwan Subcomponent, which is located in Mianning and Dechang counties and Xichang City, comprises the construction of a 253 m wide and 22.5 m high weir across the Anning River and trunk, main and branch canal systems. The weir would divert water to irrigate about 14,400 ha on the left bank of the Anning River and to supply 380,000 m3 of raw water per day for domestic and industrial use. Lower level water distribution systems would be constructed with the participation of the benefiting rural communities. An 18 MW hydroelectric power station providing 117,000 MWh per annum would also be constructed under the subcomponent.

Objective and Principle of Resettlement

3. The main objective of land acquisition and resettlement compensation is to ensure that the standards of living and income levels of all project affected persons (PAPs) are improved, or at least restored. To mitigate the adverse impacts DHDC has prepared a comprehensive strategy for implementing land acquisition and resettlement requirements under the Manshuiwan subcomponent. The strategy is based on the principle of "land for land", encouraging introducing diversified economic activities in the rural areas affected.

Census & Socioeconomic Survey

4. The subcomponent is located in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. The total population of the Prefecture is 3.72 million, out of which 1.56 million or 42% are Yi people, who generally live at higher mountain elevations. The Manshuiwan subcomponent affects two of the seventeen counties of the Prefecture and Xichang City. Most of the people affected by and benefiting from the subcomponent are Han people.

5. The weir and the reservoir area are located in the middle reach of the Anning River. Major crops grown in this reach are: paddy, maize, wheat, sugarcane, vegetables and fruits. A good portion of these crops receive some form of irrigation. In a normal year two crops are 2

grown, with an average yield in 1996 of 738 kg of grain per mu: The population largely consists all small farmers, with a 1996 average net income of Yuan 940 per capita.

Adverse Project Impact

6. To allow for the construction of the weir, headworks and canal systems 2,076 mu of land need to be acquired pennanently and 1,239 mu temporarily (see Table 1). The land area to be acquired under the project is insignificant in relation to the land area cultivated in the two affected counties and Xichang City (see Table 2). Of the 2,006 PAPs, 874 will have to be relocated, 991 will loose part or all of their farmland to the construction of the headworks and canal system and 141 people will experience waterlogged conditions of their farmland due to their proximity to the reservoir (see Table 3).

Table 1: Category of Land Acquisition

Items ReservoirArea Headworks& Canals J Sub-total (mu) 1. Permanent land acquisition 468 1,608 2,076 - cultivated land 422 1,234 1,656 - marginal land 31 366 397 - house plots 15 8 23 2. Temrorary land acquisition 0 1,239 1,239 Total 468 2,847 3,315

7. Land acquisition will necessitate the demolition of 41,499 m2 of housing. In addition 101,123 trees, 2.69 km of power transmission lines, 0.6 km of telephone lines, 1.18 km of tractor roads, 1.93 km of irrigation canals and 2.88 km of flood protection walls will be moved or demolished.

Table 2: Impact of Land Acquisition on Cultivated Land Area

County/City Name Total Cultivated Average Land Land Required Reduction of Land per Land per Capita Capita (mu) Mianning County 228,000 1.30 840 0.005 Xichang City 301,000 1.03 1,020 0.003 Dechang County 89,800 1.09 216 0.002 Total 618,800 1.14 2,076 0.003

Table 3: Project Affected People

Category Reservoir Headworks & Canals Sub-total People affected by land acquisition a 696 178 874 bouse demolishing People affected by land acquisition only 991 991 People affected by waterlogged conditions 141 0 141 of farmland Total 837 1,169 2,006 3

Legal Frameworkfor Land Acquisitionand Resettlement

8. The Governmentof China has issued a number of laws, regulationsand guidelines related to resettlement planningand implementation. The ResettlementAction Plan (RAP) has been prepared in accordancewith the stipulationsof the these laws, regulationsand guidelines. The main laws and regulationsare the following:

(a) Land ManagementLaw of the People's Republicof China (1988);

(b) Land ManagementImplementation Act of the People's Republic of China (1991);

(c) The Land ManagementImplementation Act of SichuanProvince;

(d) Regulationson Land Acquisition and ResettlementCompensation for Large and Mid-sizedWater and HydropowerProjects (1991);

(e) The Sichuan ProvincialRegulation on Land Acquisitionand Resettlement Compensationfor the Constructionof Big HydroelectricPower Projects;

(f) The Land ManagementImplementation Act of LiangshanYi Autonomous Prefecture.

BeneficialImpact of Project

9. About 1,281 mu of land are needed for the constructionof the trunk, main and branch canals, which works out about 9.8 mu for each km of the 130 km total length. The villages along the canal will receive irrigationwater and because of that greatly improve agricultural productionand their net incomes. The farming households affected by land acquisitionare at the same time benefiting from the project.

RehabilitationPlan

10. After completion of the weir, the land remaining in the vicinity of the reservoir area will only be able to support 132 people. Consequently 132 people will be relocated to the foot hills of the reservoir area, while the balance 564 (696-132) will have to move out of the reservoir area. The land of the 141 people affected by reservoir water intrusion will be provided with water retaining walls and drainagesystems. They will not need to be relocated. The construction of the water conveyancesystems will require the relocation of 178 people. Another 1,169 people, whose land is affected by canal construction,will receive land through redistributionof cultivated land in the villages they move to. The rehabilitation plan for the above five groups of people is shown in Table 4.

11. As a result of careful investigation,five townships in the XichangCity, downstreamof Manshuiwanweir, have been selectedas relocation areas for the 564 people from the weir/reservoirsite. The 230 YuehuaTownship people will be resettled as a group, while the others will be scattered over existingvillages in the other four townships. The constructionof a new communityat Yuehua Township,A rehabilitation plan is under preparationfor the constructionof facilitiesfor the people of the Yuehua Township, includingelectricity and water 4

supply, access roads and the reclamation of 230 mu of uncultivated lands. Details of the relocation characteristics to these five townships are shown in Table 5.

Table 4: Rehabilitation Plan for All PAPs

Items Activities Cost (YI,000) L. Rehabilitation of production 14,089 facilities (a) 132people to be moved to develop 140 mu of marginalland in the 214 higherup in the reservoirarea reservoirarea and to build 15 water storage ponds (b) 564 people to be moved out to develop 230 mu of marginalland in 2,596 of reservoirarea YuehuaTownship and redistribute313 mu of farmland (c) protectingfarm land of 141 to build retainingwalls and drainage 514 people situatedin the vicinity of systems the reservoir (d) 178people to be resettled same as under (e) below from their canal sites_ (e) 1,169people whoseland will to redistribute 1,170 mu of farmland 6,868 be affected by construction of _canal systems. (f) Temporary land acquisition to provide compensationand return land in 3,897 good order 2. Rehabilitation of livelihood 5,188 facilities (1) All those to be relocated provide houses to them 4,648 (2) ditto to supply electricity and water 203 (3) Yuehuanew village to build village infrastructure 337 Total 19,277

Table 5: Land Production Capacity for Reservoir Oustees

Name of Status in 1996 Rehabilitation Plan Projection for year 2000 Township Land/ Grain Land Number Methodof Land/capita Grain/ capita capita yield/ available of people rehabilitation (mu) (kg) (mu) capita (kg) (mu) moved Yuehua 0.92 547 1,020 230 OW\1 0.88 555 Lizhou 0.82 497 730 100 RIAL \2 0.78 502 Xingsheng 1.07 623 450 80 RIAL 1.02 629 Xixiang 1.03 653 180 90 RIAL 0.98 660 Anning 1.06 574 860 64 RIAL 1.02 581 Total 0.98 577 3,240 564 0.93 584 \1: moved to land in need of reclamation. \2: moved to redistributed and improved available land.

Policy Incentives

12. The preferential resettlement policy consists of: (i) tax exemption on agricultural - products for three years; (ii) no charge for irrigation water and electricity for domestic use for three years; (iii) no fee for timber cultivation and sand handling if used for constructing new 5

houses; (iv) equal treatment in distributingfarmland, house lots, some land for personaluse and job opportunities;(v) no charge for children changing schools;(vi) no charge for training in agriculturalproduction; and (vii) to reduce, suspendor exempt from taxes for 3-5 years for those embarkingon breeding and processingprograms.

Costs and Budget

13. Compensationfor land acquisitionwill be based on an average productionvalue of Yuan 726/mu for the reservoir area and Yuan 823/mu for the canal areas. A productionvalue multiplierof 6.5 is used for land acquisitionand resettlementcompensation of cultivatedland; a multiplier of 5 for house plots; 3.25 for marginal land; and 2 for temporary land use. The cost of land acquisitionand resettlementcompensation amounts to Yuan 19.4 (Items #1, 2, 3 and 6 in Table 6). The total resettlementcost is estimated at Yuan 29.1 million. The breakdownof this cost and an annual investmentplan are shownbelow in Tables 6 and 7 respectively:

Table 6: ResettlementCost Estimate(in Yuan 1,000)

Item Unit Reservoir Area Canal Area Sub-Total Unit Cost Quantity Value Unit Cost Quantity Value ______(Y) (YI,000) (Y) (Y l,000) I. Land acquisition 2,474 11,626 14,100 - cultivated land mu 4,716 382 1,799 5,346 1,280 6,842 8,641 - wasteland mu 2,358 264 621 2,673 320 854 1,475 - house plots mu 3,628 15 54 4,113 8 33 87 - temporary land mu 3,145 1,239 3,897 3,897 2. Houses 3,392 910 4,302 - brick & timber house m 180 257 46 46 - timber house m 130 1,991 259 130 7,000 910 1,169 - timber & earthen house m2 105 29,396 3,087 3,087 3. Other structures 233 36 269 4. Trees 3,372 718 4,090 5. Otherfacilities 281 281 6. Rehabilitation 540 78 618 7. Moving subs. 208 36 244 & Specific items 1,025 1,025 9. Clean res. base 26 26 Base Cost 11,551 13,404 24,995 10. Adm Fee 759 906 1,665 - land acquisition fee 0.3% of 1 7 35 42 - training 0.5% of base-cost 58 67 125 - survey & design 2% of base-cost 231 268 499 - administration 3% of base-cost 347 402 749 -M&E 1% of base-cost 116 134 250 11. Contingencies 10% of base-cost 1,155 1,340 2,495 TOTAL 13,465 15,650 29,115 6

Table 7: AnnualInvestment Plan

unit: Yuan 1,000 Items FirstYear SecondYear ThirdYear Sub-Total 1. Land acquisitionand resettlement 5,498 12,382 6,024 23,904 compensation 2. Specific items 474 551 1,025 3. Cleaningof reservoirbase 26 26 BaseCost 24,995 4. Administrationfee 367 857 441 1,665 5. Contingencies 550 1,285 660 2,495 Total 6,415 14,998 7,702 29,115

Managementand Applicationof ResettlementFunds

14. Funds allocated for the land acquisitionand resettlement programswill be disbursed to the individualresettlers by the followingproject owners:

• Daqiao HydroelectricDevelopment Corporation

* ResettlementBureau of Liangshan Yi AutonomousPrefecture

* ResettlementBureau of Xichang City and Mianning County

* Township Financial Office in the relocation areas

Compensationfor houses, structures,trees, production and village infrastructuresfacilities will be paid to the farmers; the replacementcost for some of the infrastructurewill be contracted for reconstruction;and the administrativefee will be managed by Xichangand Mianning ResettlementBureaus.

ResettlementInstitution and Agencies

15. The Manshuiwan subcomponentis located in the area to be irrigatedfrom releases from the Daqiao Dam. Although3,500 people will move into the downstreamirrigated area in Xichang,only 290 people have been or will settle down in the Manshuiwanproject area. Due to the on-going Daqiao project, the resettlementinstitution has been well developed in the Manshuiwanproject area.

16. The organizationalinstitution showedthat the ProvincialResettlement Office (PRO) leads the PrefectureResettlement Bureau (PRB), and the PRB leads the Xichang City & Mianning County ResettlementBureaus, who further lead the ResettlementGroups (RG) at the townshipand village level in resettlementimplementation. The ProvincialProject Management Office coordinatesthe Daqiao Water& Power DevelopmentCompany & the Provincial Water & Power Survey & Design Institutewho support the local resettlementbureaus in resettlement planning and implementation. 7

Consultation Processes and Participation

17. A general survey was carried out in April 1997 to find out more about the PAPs, in particular their attitude towards the project and their resettlement requirements. The outcome of the survey was positive. Meetings were held in which major issues were discussed, including the selection of the relocation areas, compensation rates and rehabilitation plans. In these meetings representatives of the PAPs were selected to participate in the local resettlement groups.

18. A resettlement pamphlet will be prepared for each of the project affected families. The pamphlet will explain objectives and scope of the project, resettlement policies and regulations, resettlement and relocation plans, compensation rates, grievance channels, and incentive and penalties.

Redressing Grievances and Appeals Process

19. Since the entire resettlement and rehabilitation program is being carried out with active participation of the PAPs, no major grievance issues are expected to arise. However, detailed procedures to redress grievances have been established for the project, which will allow the PAPs to put forward any complaint related to land acquisition, resettlement and other matters. The objective is to respond to possible complaints of the PAPs speedily, effectively and in a transparent manner. The process is designed to be easy, accessible, transparent and fair.

Implementation Schedule

20. It will take five years to complete the entire land acquisition and resettlement process under the project. Details are shown in the attached implementation schedule chart.

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

21. Internal monitoring will be conducted by the Resettlement Bureaus of the local governments. They will submit regular implementation reports to the Project Management Offices at each level. A Semi-Annual Progress Report would be submitted by the local PMOs to the project owner and the World Bank.

22. The external independent monitoring and evaluation will be carried out by the Chengdu Hydroelectric Investigation & Design Institute under the Ministry of Power of the Central Government. They would review progress with the implementation of resettlement twice in year two and at least once a year in the other years of the four year implementation period. Their resulting progress reports will be furnished to the Provincial PMO with copies to the World Bank.

B. Huangqiao Subcomponent

General

1. A 68 m-high dam and water conveyance system would be constructed under the Huangqiao subcomponent. This system would provide water to irrigate 2,680 ha of rather steep land (including 487 ha of uncultivated marginal land) and supply up to 1.35 million m3/year of * treated water to Miyi. All lower level canals, generally those serving 10,000 mu or less, would be constructed with active participation of benefiting communities. Two small hydroelectric 8 power stations with an annual generating capacity of 3.5 GWh would also be constructed under this subcomponent.

Land Acquisition

2. The South & North Branch Canals are built at higher elevations on rather steep mountain slopes. These lands are not cultivated and belong to the Government. Therefore, the construction of the water conveyance system would not require the acquisition of any land from farmers.

Socioeconomic Survey

3. At present 739 farmers live in the reservoir area in two affected villages of Hengshan township. The cultivated land covers 709 mu, averaging 0.96 mu per person. Major crops grown are paddy, wheat, maize and sugarcane. Their net income per capita in 1996 was Yuan 885. In the projected irrigated area, there are 16,791 people in 86 village groups, 14 villages of 5 townships. The total cultivated land is 18,483 mu, averaging 1.1 mu per person. Major crops are paddy, maize, sugar cane and vegetables. The net income was Yl,237 per capita in 1996. In the irrigated area the marginal land area covers about 487 ha, which will be reclaimed under the project and provided with irrigation water.

Project Impact

4. The reservoir will inundate 1,11I mu of land permanently, out of which 605 mu are presently cultivated land, 43 mu are house plots and 463 mu are collectively owned marginal lands. A total of 632 farmers will have to be relocated and their 605 mu of farmland will be submerged by the reservoir. The land acquisition in Hengshan is a significant portion of the total land of the township (see Table 1). The 632 farrners will be relocated to the downstream part of area to be irrigated under the project.

Table 1: Project Impact on Land

Village Name Population Total Average Cultivated Adjusted Average Cultivated Land Per Land Land Per Capita Land Capita Acquisition ______No. (mu) Affected 2 village groups 739 709 0.96 1 605 1 0.82

Legal Framework for Land Acquisition and Resettlement

5. The Government of China has issued a number of laws, regulations and guidelines related to resettlement planning and implementation. The Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) has been prepared in accordance with the stipulations of the these laws, regulations and guidelines. The main laws and regulations are the following:

(a) Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China (1988);

(b) Land Management Implementation Act of the People's Republic of China (1991); 9

(c) The Land ManagementImplementation Act of Sichuan Province;

(d) The water Law of the People's republic of China (1988);

(e) Regulationson Land Acquisitionand ResettlementCompensation for Large and Mid-sized Water and HydropowerProjects (1991);

(f) The Sichuan ProvincialRegulation on Land Acquisitionand Resettlement Compensationfor the Constructionof Large HydroelectricPower Projects;

(g) The Land ManagementImplementation Act of PanzhihuaCity;

(h) Huangqiaoresettlement regulations issued by Miyi county.

ResettlementRehabilitation Plan

6. The objective of the resettlementrehabilitation plan is to improve the living standardof the affected people. The aim is to increase net incomes from Yuan 885 in 1996 to Y1,800 in 2002and Y 2,500 in 2010.

7. The 632 people to be ousted from the reservoir area will be relocated in 5 townshipsin the downstreampart of the area to be irrigatedunder the project. Details of the land absorbing capacity are given in Table 2. Caochang is the first townshipdownstream of the Huangqiaodam. It is located in between the South Canal on the right and the highwayon the left. The net income per person was the second highest in 1996 in Miyi County. About half of the resettlers(300 people) have expresseda preferencefor moving into this township. Before completionof the dam, the people to be relocated will be allocated their new land through redistributionof existing farmlandin the five townships. For a limited period they will be able to grow crops on the new land as well as on the old land in the planned reservoir area. After completion of the dam, 487 ha of marginal land will be reclaimed and provided with irrigation. In addition,the rehabilitation plan providesfor the establishmentof new orchards, access roads and school in villages where the oustees will relocate. The land and houses of the another 107 people living deep on the slopes of the hills surroundingthe reservoir are not affected. However,because the reservoir will submergetheir access roads and power supplylines, the rehabilitationplan would restore those facilities for them. Details are shown in Table 3.

Table2: Land Situation for Relocation

Township Net income Currentland Numberof resettlers Landholding per person per person holdingper person received(No.) afterreceiving resettlers (Y) (mu) (mu) Caochang 1,110 0.96 300 0.93 Shaba 1,049 1.35 150 1.30 Guabang 923 1.21 50 1.17 Panlian 1,345 1.21 82 1.15 Salian 1,080 0.99 50 0.94 Total 1,107 1.10 632 1.06 10

Table 3: Rehabilitation Plan

Activities Costs (YI,O00) 1. Reclaimmarginal land 3,376 2. Completeirrigation system 850 3. Build rural roads 500 4. Expandschool facilities 150 5. Establish orchards __ 100 6. Rebuildroad and power supply infrastructuresin the reservoir 378 area 7. Rebuildthe telecommunicationlines 96 Total 5,450

8. The Huangqiao project is close to the World Bank supported Ertan Hydroelectric project. Although Miyi county had to accommodate 4,479 people ousted from the Ertan project site, only 2 families or 10 people have been relocated in the area to be irrigated under the Huangqiao project. Hence, the Ertan resettlement programs will not have much of an impact on the Huangqiao resettlement efforts.

Cost and Budget

9. An average production value of Y 1,1 82/mu has been applied as a basis for determining the land acquisition compensation levels. A production value multiplier of 6.5 is used for land acquisition and resettlement compensation of cultivated land and 4.5 for house plots. For the collective owned marginal land in the reservoir area, Hengshan township will receive a compensation of Y300/mu. The total cost of land acquisition and resettlement compensation amounts to Yuan 5.49 million (Items # 1, 5 and 7 in Table 4). The cost breakdown and annual investment plan are shown in Tables 4 and 5. Ii

Table 4: Resettlement Cost Estimate

Item Unit Unit Cost Quantity Value(Y1,000) ______(Y) 1. Land acquisition and resettlement 5,017 - cultivatedland mu 7,684 605 4,649 - house plots mu 5,319 43 229 - marginal land mu 300 463 139 2. Houses and other structures 2,971 - brick & timber houses m2 180 142 26 - timber & earthenhouses m2 130 21,359 2,777 - other structures 168 3. Trees 1,212 4. Production Facilities 317 5. Regional tele-communication line km 30,000 3.2 96 6. Movin Subsidies 210 Base Cost 9,823 7. Rehabilitation of reservoir area 378 8. Cleaning of reservoir base 60 - tombs no. 100/200 119/18 16 - cleaningwork km2 50,000 0.88 44 9. Administration Fee 778 - training 50 - land acquisitionmanagement fee 1% of #1 50 - survey & design 3% of base cast 295 - management 3% of base cost 295 - monitoring& evaluation 1% of base cost 98 10. contingencies 10% of base cost 984 TOTAL 12,033

Table 5: Annual Budget Plan

Items 1998 1999 2000 Sub-total (Yl,000) 1. Land acquisition and resettlement 3,893 5,834 9,727 compensation 2. Reconstruction of telecommunication line 96 96 3. Cleaningof reservoirbase 60 60 4. Rehabilitation of reservoir area 227 151 378 S. Administration fee 900 474 398 1,772 Total 4,889 6,535 609 12,033

Management and Application of Resettlement Funds

10. Funds allocated for land acquisition compensation will be disbursed to the Hengshan township in the reservoir area and for the resettlement rehabilitation programs to the five townships absorbing the oustees from the reservoir. The remaining cost is will be managed by the project owner, the Huangqiao Dam Construction Office. Proper accounting procedures will be followed for resettlement expenditures, and the accounts will be subject to independent auditing. 12

Resettlement Institution & Agencies

11. The Resettlement Leading Groups (RLG) of Miyi County is led by the County Government and the Huangqiao Dam Construction Headquarters. There are 19 members in RLG who are from various agencies of agriculture, hydropower, planning, finance, land management, women association, civil affairs, etc. The resettlement institution with a total membership of 561, showed below, is well set up in Mini County.

RLG of Miyi County (19 staff)

RLGs in 6 affected townships (7 staff x 6)

RLGs in 14 affected villages (5 staff x 14)

Villagers Groups in 86 affected village groups (5 staff x 86)

Participation and Consultation

12. In the early 1950s construction of the Huangqiao was planned but plans were shelved in 1958. In anticipation of the construction at that time people were relocated, but returned when construction was deferTed. Hence, some of the people have been associated with those early resettlement plans and are aware of what is involved. The PAPs actively participated in early 1996 in investigating the loss of assets caused by the construction of the dam. Between May 1995 and October 1997, 11 meetings were held with the PAPs on resettlement issues and on the selection of the relocation areas. In July 1997, each household head visited the relocation area and discussed with the host village leaders how to the farmland redistribution would take place.

Redressing Grievances and Appeals Process

13. Since the entire resettlement and rehabilitation program is being carried out with active participation of the PAPs, no major grievance issues are expected to arise. However, detailed procedures to redress grievances have been established for the project, which will allow the PAPs to put forward any complaint related to land acquisition, resettlement and other matters. The objective is to respond to possible complaints of the PAPs speedily, effectively and in a transparent manner. The process is designed to be easy, accessible, transparent and fair.

Implementation Schedule

14. The resettlement implementation plan is shown in the following table: 13

Table 6: ImplementationSchedule

Activities 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1. Dam construction started Jan. 2. Dam completed Dec. 3. Landacquisition April-June 4. Relocation Aug.-Dec. (219 PAP) Jan.-(413 PAP) 5. Redistribution of July farmland 6. Reclaimnew land & Jan...... improve production

Monitoring& Evaluation

15. Internal monitoringand evaluation(M&E) will be carriedout by the Resettlement LeadingGroups at each level of Government. They will submitM&E reports to the Project ManagementOffices (PMO). A semi-annualprogress report will be submittedby the Provincial PMO to the World Bank.

16. The external independentmonitoring and evaluation will be carried out by the Chengdu HydroelectricInvestigation & Design Institute under the Ministry of Power of the Central Government. They would review progress with the implementationof resettlementtwice in year two and at least once a year in the other years of the four year implementationperiod. Their resulting progress reports will be furnishedto the ProvincialPMO with copies to the World Bank.