Social Monitoring Report Semestral Report February 2011 PRC: Central Yunnan Roads Development Project Prepared by WINLOT Consulting Ltd for Yunnan Wukun Expressway Company and the Asian Development Bank. 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. The Development Project of Highway in the Middle of Yunnan Province External Monitoring Report on Resettlement Issue I (Exposure draft) Kunming, China February, 2011 3 Contents 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 5 2 DESCRIPTION OF EXTERNAL MONITORING ............................................. 5 3 IMPLEMENTATION RANGE OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN .................... 7 4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK................................................................................... 7 5 COMPENSATION STANDARD AND PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION ..... 11 6 IMPLEMENTATION OF RESETTLEMENT AND RECOVERY MEASURES 13 7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND COMPLAINT PROCEDURE ..................... 15 8 INSTITUTION ARRANGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS ............................ 16 9 INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF LAND REQUISITION & RELOCATION ON PRODUCTION AND LIVING OF AFFECTED FAMILIES .................................. 17 10 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ....................................................... 21 4 I. 1 SUMMARY 1.1 Background 1. As the main highway in the Development Project of Highway in the Middle of Yunnan Province loaned by the Asian Development Bank, the Wuding-Kunming Expressway (hereinafter referred to as the Expressway) is not only one section of Lanzhou-Mohan Highway (a planned western thoroughfare) in Yunnan Province but also an important part of Beijing-Kunming Expressway planned in the national expressway network. The Expressway, which is 63.58km long (including 14.62km in Chuxiong Yi Nationality Autonomous Prefecture and 48.96km in Kunming City), starts from Wuding County of Chuxiong Prefecture, connects with the terminal of Yongren – Yuanmou – Wuding Expressway, passes through Fumin County and Wuhua District of Kunming City, and then links with the northwestern section of Kunming Ring Road (an trunk line of national highway to be built) or extends into the downtown of Kunming City. The county-level administrative regions, through which the Expressway passes, involve Wuding County of Chuxiong Prefecture as well as Fumin County and Wuhua District of Kunming City. The access road for the construction is 20.606km, which is located in Chuxiong Prefecture. 2. The Expressway is of two ways and four lays, of which the section from Wuding to Fumin is about 37.5km long, with the designed speed of 80km/h and subgrade width of 24.5m, while the section from Fumin to Kunming is about 26.1km, with the designed speed of 100km/h and subgrade width of 26m. Along the Expressway, there are totally 4 grand bridges, 69 large and medium bridges, 4 small bridges (as per twin decks), 95 culverts (including pipe culvert), and 4 interchanges and 4 channels, all of which occupy 41.95% of the whole line. Due to the complex geology along the line, it is difficult for the construction. It is estimated that the total investment in this project is to be about RMB 5.1 billion Yuan. 1.2 Schedule of land requisition & relocation 3. Up to now, land requisition & relocation within the red line of the Expressway have been completed basically; detailed data of each household are being summarized, typed into the computer and verified, for which the statistics are to be completed by the end of April 2011. According to the land detailed measurement survey, for the Project, the total land to be requisitioned is 5,400.73mu (1mu ≈ 667m2) and the area of houses to be demolished is 253,170m2, as listed in the following table: Table 1.1 Schedule of land requisition & relocation Wuding Fumin Wuhua Type Unit Total County County District Land mu 1,121.5 2,540.56 1,738.67 5,400.73 requisition Relocation M2 17,973 120,000 115,197 253,170 Note: the land requisition and relocation area in Wuding County include the access road. II. 2 DESCRIPTION OF EXTERNAL MONITORING 4. According to the resettlement plan, external monitoring covers all land requisition and relocation in this project. Since undertaking the task, the external 5 monitoring institution has cooperated with local professional institutions, and has made field investigation for many times and held meetings with the governments at all levels and the project implementation organization, so as to understand the resettlement progress, and compensation and resettlement of the affected households. 5. For external monitoring, various methods including consulting, field visit and group discussion are adopted. The following activities are mainly monitored during implementation of the resettlement plan: a) Land requisition b) House demolishing c) Payment of compensation d) Construction or purchase of new houses e) Recovery or reconstruction of infrastructure f) Skill training g) Support for vulnerable group h) Schedule i) Efficiency of the resettlement institution j) Living standard of the affected families 6. With the aim of understanding in detail the impacts of land requisition & relocation on production and life of the affected families, the external monitoring institution, in January 2011, made sampling investigation on over 200 households in 10 administrative villages of 3 districts and counties along the line. The investigation results are detailed in Chapter 9 of this report. 7. Moreover, the external monitoring institution also made sampling investigation on social and economic conditions and social level of the affected families, including collection of social level samples before land requisition and relocation of the affected persons. The samples are taken randomly. Sample size meets the requirements of the resettlement plan, i.e. 10-20% (including 10% vulnerable group) and 25% affected villages by land requisition. Upon resettlement, living standard of the sampled household is to be investigated to monitor change of their living standard. In addition, periodic investigation, random interview and field visit will be adopted in order to understand in detail the overall social and economic conditions of the affected families. 8. After the above investigation, a database about the affected households sampled is to be established, and independent assessment tables are to be formulated, including both collected information and classified statistical data of all sampled households. Main information will include the number of family members, the area of land and area and quality of houses owned by them before and after resettlement, level and source of income, employment status, and social development indices before and after resettlement. The investigation results in different years will be used for tracking the changes of income and expenses and living standard of the affected persons, and an independent sampling investigation report on the affected families will be submitted to the owner and the ADB. 6 III. 3 IMPLEMENTATION RANGE OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLAN 9. Compared with that in the resettlement plan, the area of land requisitioned reduces by 9.9% from 5,995mu to 5,400.73mu, with little changes. The main reason for great changes in districts and counties is that land boundary is not explicit when the resettlement plan is formulated. Detailed comparison of the planned land quantity with the actual land quantity is shown in the following table: Table 3.1 Detailed comparison of the planned land quantity with the actual land quantity Uni Wuding Fumin Wuhua Type Total t County County District Planned land mu 1,448 2,979 1,568 5,995 requisition 5,400.7 Actual land requisition mu 1,121.5 2,540.56 1,738.67 3 Change % -22.5% -14.7% 10.9% -9.9% 10. Compared with that in the resettlement plan, the area of houses demolished increases by 38.0% from 183,445㎡ to 253,170㎡, with great changes. The main reason is variation of the design plan, especially that Zhebei Interchange is constructed in Luomian Township and this results in an overall relocation of Caoxishao, Zhebei Village and a considerable increase of the demolished area in Fumin County. Detailed comparison of the planned demolition quantity with the actual demolition quantity is shown in the following table: Table 3.2 Detailed comparison of the planned demolition quantity with the actual demolition quantity Type Unit Wuding County Fumin County Wuhua District Total Planned land M2 727 1735 180983 183445 requisition Actual land requisition M2 17,973 120,000 115,197 253,170 Change % 2372.2% 6816.4% -36.3% 38.0% 11. In the light of the resettlement plan (May 2007), 1,524 and 1,319 persons (excluding the repeated) are impacted by loss of cultivated land and demolition respectively, thus 2,843 persons in total are impacted by land requisition and relocation. As the actual data about households affected are being collected, the comparison will be made after relative data is available. IV. 4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK 12. According to the resettlement plan, the resettlement is implemented in this project mainly in accordance with the following