External Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation Report Project Number: 40683 July 2015 PRC: Risk Mitigation and Strengthening of Endangered Reservoirs in Shandong Province Prepared by Shandong Construction Development Research Institute for the Shandong Provincial Government and the Asian Development Bank. This external resettlement monitoring and evaluation 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. Project financed by ADB Risk Mitigation of Endangered Reservoir Project in Shandong Resettlement External Monitor and Assessment No7 Completion Report July, 2015 Person in charge Shi Xiaohao Monitor and assessment Liu Yuanbin staff Reproter Shi Xiaohao Monitor and assessment Shandong Construction Development Research unit Institute Address No. 17, Sanlizhuang, Jingliu Rd., Jinan city Post code 250001 Tel. 0531-83180911, 83180915 Fax 0531-83180915, 83180911 E-mail [email protected] QQ 424248080 Foreword Entrusted by PMO of Shandong Provincial Bureau of Water Resources and the reservoir sub-projects, SCDRI will monitor and assess the resettlement work and prepare report of this project as an independent external monitoring and evaluation agency. In the July of 2015, SCDRI made the 7rd survey and prepared Resettlement External Monitor and Assessment of Endangered Reservoir Project (7thÿ according to the requirements of the relevant policy guidelines of ADB. The conclusions of this report are shown below. (1) All immigration mechanisms are clear in responsibility and good in operation effects, capable to fulfill their duties and tasks. The new Management Committee has understood the immigration policy from ADB, and starts related work. (2) All the resettlement work has been completed except Huanku Road construction in Songshan Reservoir. The new immigration affects from Songshan project has been dealt with by both new adjustment of resettlement plan and developed condition, i.e. the Huanku Road construction which is from local governmental fund. (3) Related policies of Shandong and the Asian Development Bank were implemented in resettlement, with legal and normalized programs and correct methods. The compensation funds were settled timely, meeting the needs for land requisition and immigrant resettlement. (4) The level and range of resettlement compensation are as the same as the RAP. The affected households are satisfied with the resettlement compensation. (5) The grievance and appeal channels are smooth. All affected households were aware of the appeal channels whenever they feel their rights are infringed. (6) According to the ADB’s requirement, the implementation institutions have provided the “internal monitor and assessment report”. Shandong Construction Development Research Institute July, 2015 1 Contents 1 Project summary.......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Progress of project............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Object of the assessment .................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Work steps......................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Survey methodology ......................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Work contents ................................................................................................................... 2 2 Resettlement implementation agencies...................................................................................... 4 2.1 Resettlement implementation agency.............................................................................. 4 2.2 The capacity of Resettlement Implementing Agency..................................................... 4 2.3 Assessment......................................................................................................................... 5 3 Monitor and assessment of resettlement policies.................................................................................. 6 and compensation standards................................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Resettlement policy........................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Compensation policy of temporary land occupation..................................................... 7 3.3 Compensation policies of affected infrastructure & above-ground attachments........ 8 3.4 Permanent land requisition compensation standard monitoring................................. 8 3.5 Temporary land compensation standard monitoring.................................................... 8 3.6 Affected infrastructure & above-ground attachments standards mornitoring........... 9 3.7 Monitor of compensation standards of polices and requisition.................................. 10 4 Monitor and assessment of land requisition and resettlement implementation progress.......... 11 4.1 land requisition and affection situation ........................................................................ 11 4.2 Temporary land requisition and the impact................................................................. 11 4.3 Monitor of land requisition and residence resettlement implementation progress... 11 4.4 Assessment of land requisition and residence resettlement implementation progress ................................................................................................................................................ 13 5 Monitor and assessment of fund settlement and use .............................................................. 14 5.1 Procedure of migration fund transfer........................................................................... 14 5.2 Survey of fund settlement and use ................................................................................ 14 5.3 Assessment of compensation fund settlement and use................................................. 14 6 Monitor and assessment of income and living standards restoration.................................................. 16 6.1 Follow-up survey on houses of habitants to be resettled ............................................. 16 6.1.1 Family population age, and occupational structure ............................................... 16 6.1.2 Family yearly income ............................................................................................ 16 6.1.3 Family yearly expenditure ..................................................................................... 17 6.2 Assessment of income restoration of the affected families .......................................... 18 1 6.3 Investigation on degree of satisfaction of resettled households .................................. 18 6.4 Assessment of AP’s income and living restoration....................................................... 19 7 Monitor and assessment of complaints and appeals............................................................... 20 7.1 Procedures of appeals..................................................................................................... 20 7.2 Approach of Complaint and appealing......................................................................... 20 7.3 Assessment of complaints and appeals.......................................................................... 21 8 Monitor and assessment of public participation and information open................................................. 22 9 Conclusion and Assessment............................................................................................................. 23 9.1 Conclusion....................................................................................................................... 23 9.2 Assessment....................................................................................................................... 23 2 1 Project summary Entrusted by PMO of Shandong Provincial Bureau of Water Resources and the reservoir sub-projects, SCDRI wrote this report. This report can be seen as the completion report for the 5 subprojects except Songshan. The report actual data until now prevail. 1.1 Progress of project There are a total of 9 sub-projects in the ADB loans t project includes which include Renhe Reservoir, Songshan reservoir, Qiangkuang reservoir in Weifang City, Muyu reservoir in Laiyang County of Yantai city, Shizuizi reservoir in Shanting District of Zaozhuang city, Huacun reservoir and Longwantao reservoir in Sishui County of Jining city, Anjing reservoir and Yangzhuang reservoir in Pingyi County of Linyi city. Reservoirs are used to control flood, irrigate, power generation, fish farming and urban water supply. There is no land requisition and house demolition in Shizuizi reservoir in Shanting District of Zaozhuang city, and the other 8 sub-projects made RAP and were approved by ADB. During design period, Yangzhuang reservoir and Anjing