GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS PRC: Yichang–Wanzhou Railway Project RESETTLEMENT PLAN Jointly prepared by Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center of the Ministry of Railways, Railway Construction Support Office of Yichang City, Railway Construction Support Office of Enshi Prefecture, and Railway Construction Support Office of Wanzhou District 15 August 2003 THIS IS NOT AN ADB BOARD APPROVED DOCUMENT. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATION iv I. INTRODUCTION 5 II. SUMMARY OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN 5 A. Introduction 5 B. Socioeconomic Analysis 6 C. Resettlement Plan 7 D. Cost Estimates 8 E. Organization, Implementation, and Monitoring 8 III. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 10 A. Scope and Necessity of Land Acquisition 10 B. Alignment Design 12 C. Summary of Key Effects 14 D. Primary Responsibilities for Land Acquisition and Resettlement 19 E. Station Access Roads 20 IV. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION 21 A. Affected People 21 B. Socioeconomic Survey of Affected Villages and Households 22 C. Property Ownership and Compensation Structure 29 D. Likely Impact of Land Acquisition on Affected Persons 31 E. Losses for People Affected by Land Acquisition 33 F. Impact on the Poor, Indigenous People, Ethnic Minorities, and Other Vulnerable Groups 34 G. The Da-Wan Railway Experience 34 V. OBJECTIVES, POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND ENTITLEMENTS 36 A. Purpose and Objectives of Land Acquisition and Resettlement 36 B. Applicable Land Policies, Laws, and Guidelines 36 C. Principles, Legal and Policy Commitments from MOR and Local Government 41 D. Entitlements and Compensation Standards 42 E. Eligibility and Rights of Affected Persons 49 F. Disbursement of Compensation Funds 50 G. Eligibility Policy and Entitlements Matrix 50 VI. CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS 54 A. Project Stakeholders 54 B. Mechanisms for Stakeholder Participation 54 C. Local Institutions or Organizations 58 D. Potential Role of Nongovernment Organizations and Community-Based Organizations 59 E. Procedures for Redress of Grievances 59 VII. RELOCATION OF BUILDINGS AND SETTLEMENTS 61 A. Options for Relocation of Buildings and Other Structures 61 B. Measures to Assist with Transfer and Establishment at New Sites 65 C. Options for Developing Relocation Sites 76 D. Infrastructure for Clusters of Households 76 E. Relocation of Schools 76 F. Relocation of Enterprises 77 G. Relocation of Other Infrastructure 78 H. Measures for Safeguarding Income and Livelihoods 78 I. Measures for Planned Integration with Host Communities 79 ii J. Special Measures for Addressing Gender Issues and those Related to Vulnerable Groups 79 K. Management of Environmental Risks 80 VIII. INCOME RESTORATION STRATEGY 81 A. Livelihoods at Risk 81 B. Income Restoration Strategy during the Construction Period 82 C. Income Restoration Strategy 83 D. Job Creation Plan 86 E. Enterprises Relocation and Restoration Plan 87 IX. VILLAGE REHABILITATION PLANS 89 A. Background 89 B. Fengxiangping Village(Enshi Station Site) Rehabilitation Plan 90 C. Anlejing Village (Jianshi Station Site) 94 D. Zhamu Village (Lichuan Station Site) 98 E. Rehabilitation Plan for Infrastructure 101 F. Implementation Arrangement 101 G. Poverty Alleviation 101 H. Potential Risks and Measures 102 I. Actions for Consideration during the Project Implementation 103 X. VULNERABLE GROUPS DEVELOPMENT PLAN 105 A. Objectives and Methodology 105 B. Social Vulnerable Groups Affected by the Project 106 C. Minorities Affected by the Project 106 D. The Poverty Population Affected by the YWR 110 E. Women Affected by the Project 115 F. The Young and Old Population Affected by the YWR 118 G. The Influences of the YWR on the Vulnerable Groups 119 H. Rehabilitation Plans for the Vulnerable Groups Affected by the YWR 125 I. Policy for Long-Term Poverty Alleviation 135 J. Resettlement and Gender Development Plan 136 K. Social Development Plan 139 XI. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND ARRANGEMENTS 144 A. Main Tasks and Responsibilities in Land Acquisition and Resettlement 144 B. Capacity to Plan and Manage Land Acquisition and Resettlement 148 C. Capacity Building and Technical Assistance 149 D. Role of Non Governmental Organizations 150 XII. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING 151 A. Land Acquisition and Resettlement Costs 151 B. Annual Budget and Timing for Release of Funds 153 C. Sources of Financing 154 XIII. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 155 A. Time Schedule 155 B. Preparatory Stage of Land Acquisition and Resettlement 156 C. Implementation Stage for Resettlement 156 D. Provisions for Affected People before Demolition 157 XIV. MONITORING AND EVALUATION 159 A. Objectives and Scope 159 B. Baseline Data 159 C. Internal Monitoring of Resettlement Targets 160 D. External Independent Evaluation 162 E. Monitoring Reports 166 iii Annex A Detail of Land to be Acquired, and Buildings to be Demolished Annex B Information on Townships and Villages Along the Alignment Annex C Resettlement Regulations of PRC and Chongqing Municipality and Hubei Province Annex D Recommendations from Relevant Local Departments Annex E Agreements between MOR and Hubei and Chongqing iv ABBREVIATIONS AAOV average annual output value ACWF All China Women’s Federation ADB Asian Development Bank AP affected person CBO community-based organization CK Preliminary Design Kilometer Stationing County includes county self-governed county, county-level city, county-level district DRP draft resettlement plan EIA environmental impact assessment Enshi Prefecture Enshi Tujia and Miao people’s autonomic state FSDI Fourth Survey and Design Institute FCTIC Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center of MOR GDP gross domestic product GLR Ganzhou–Longyan Railway HXR Hefei-Xi’an Railway MOR Ministry of Railways NGO NonGovernment organization PRC People’s Republic of China RCMC Railway Construction Management Center RCSO railway construction support office ROW right-of-way RP Resettlement Plan RRA Regional Railway Administration SEIA summary environmental impact assessment SWJU Southwest Jiaotong University TA technical assistance TERA Transportation and Economic Research Associates, Inc. YWR Yichang-Wanzhou Railway WEIGHTS AND MEASURES g gram ha hectare kg kilogram km kilometer km2 square kilometer m meter m2 square meter m3 cubic meter mu mu (667 square meters) mu/km mu per kilometer t/a tonnes per annum m3 cubic meters 5 I. INTRODUCTION 1. This Resettlement Plan (RP) is based on the RP for the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway (YWR)1 Project prepared by Transportation and Economic Research Associates, Inc. (TERA) in October 2002. TERA conducted investigations between August and September 2002 along YWR to check the information collected by the Fourth Survey and Design Institute (FSDI) for the preparation of the Initial Draft of Resettlement Plan for the YWR. FSDI again conducted investigations in December 2002 according to the progress of the YWR feasibility study, and then integrated the major points of village rehabilitation plan and vulnerable people’s development plan made by the Resettlement Research Center of Hehai University into this report to improve and complete the RP. Afterwards, it was confirmed by Yichang City, Enshi Prefecture, and Wanzhou District and reviewed by the Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center (FCTIC) of the YWR, and then modified and edited by FSDI. 2. The RP follows the Asian Development Bank (ADB) format. After the summary in the next Section, Sections 3 through 14 cover specific topics in accordance with the ADB guidelines for preparing RPs.2 Annexes include supportive background and statistical data. II. SUMMARY OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN A. Introduction 3. This RP was prepared for land acquisition, house demolition, and resettlement of persons affected by the YWR Project. MOR is the Project Owner and Project Executing Agency. Some 1,087 hectares (has) of land will be acquired for the YWR right-of-way, yards, stations, and other associated facilities, or 2.77 ha per route kilometer. An additional 203 ha of land will be acquired for temporary use during construction. Around 39.4% of the permanently acquired land is agricultural land. About 449,169 square meters (m2) of buildings will be removed along the railway alignment for construction purposes, or 1,149 m2 per route km. Most of the demolished buildings are farmers’ houses and outbuildings. An estimated 7,423 persons will be affected by loss of land and 17,752 by loss of housing. Generally, many will be affected by both loss of land and loss of housing and when this double-counting is removed the total impact is estimated at 20,142 persons, or 52 persons per route km. While this is a large number, the affected persons (APs) constitute less than five tenths of 1% of the total population of 3.85 million in the eight county level units of local government along the alignment. The proposed alignment was selected to generally minimize resettlement effects. The alignment avoids urban areas, even in more urbanized counties. 1 ADB. 2002. Technical Assistance to the People’s Republic of China for the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway. Manila. 2 Handbook on Resettlement, A Guide to Good Practice. Manila. 6 B. Socioeconomic Analysis 4. As part of the Project preparation, a socioeconomic analysis was carried out. Data was gathered from official statistical sources at the national, provincial, prefecture, and county levels. Meetings were held with local officials and other interested parties along the alignment. A survey of affected villages and households was begun by FSDI in late 2001 and organized by FCTIC of MOR in August 2002. 5. APs were also interviewed for their views and concerns several times between late 2001 and September 2002. Six of the eight counties are nationally designated poverty counties, where per capita rural income is below the average for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Over 1.6 million people (42% of the population of these counties) are poor.3 6. While over 35% of the populations of the eight counties are members of minority nationalities, they are economically and socially integrated and not disadvantaged in comparison with the Han (majority) Chinese. Four of the on-line counties are part of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Nationalities Autonomous Prefecture.