RP: PRC: Hefei City Binhu New District Beilaowei Environment Improvement Subproject, Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitatio
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Resettlement Plan June 2012 PRC: Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Prepared by the Project Working Group of the Hefei Municipal Government for the Asian Development Bank 1 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 31 May 2012) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.15749 $1.00 = CNY6.3495 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AAOV – average annual output value AH – affected household BNDCI – Hefei Binhu New District Construction & Investment Co., Ltd. CLMA – Chao Lake Management Authority HECS – Hefei Engineering Consulting Services Co., Ltd. mu – a Chinese unit of measurement (15 mu = 1 ha) PMO – project management office PRC – People’s Republic of China RP – resettlement plan NOTES (i) The fiscal year (FY) of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and its agencies ends on 31 December. FY before a calendar year denotes the year in which the fiscal year ends, e.g., FY2012 ends on 31 December 2012. (ii) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This resettlement plan 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. ADB-financed Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Resettlement Plan for the Hefei City Binhu New District Beilaowei Environment Improvement Project ADB-financed Project Working Group of the Hefei Municipal Government May 2012 Abbreviations AAOV - Average Annual Output Value ADB - Asian Development Bank AH - Affected Household AP - Affected Person DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey FGD - Focus Group Discussion CLMA Chao Lake Management Authority Hefei Binhu New District Construction & BNDCI - Investment Co., Ltd. Hefei Engineering Consulting Service Co., HECS - Ltd. LEF - Land-expropriated Farmer M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation MLS - Minimum Living Security NRCR - National Research Center for Resettlement PMO - Project Management Office PRC - People’s Republic of China RIB - Resettlement Information Booklet RP - Resettlement Plan Units Currency unit = Yuan (CNY) 1.00 yuan = $0.15 1 hectare = 15 mu Executive Summary 1. Resettlement planning The Subproject is one of the subprojects of the ADB-financed Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project. The Subproject will play a significant role in benefiting residents living and working beside Chao Lake in health, welfare and economy, and promoting the improvement of the water quality of the Chao Lake basin through sustainable engineering and non-engineering measures, and be an integral part of the process of realizing the Five-year Environmental Protection Plan of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the Subproject, the Beilaowei Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) will occupy 30 mu of rural collective land permanently, affecting 3 village groups of Nanhe Village, Yandun Sub-district. The Subproject will break ground in 2013 and be completed in 2014, and land acquisition, house demolition, compensation and resettlement will be started in December 2012 and end in April 2013. The estimated resettlement costs of the Subproject are 3.294 million yuan, accounting for 0.73% of the Subproject’s budget, all from domestic counterpart funds. 2. Land acquisition and resettlement In the Subproject, the WWTP will involve land acquisition, affecting 3 village groups of Nanhe Village. 30 mu of collective land will be acquired, including 29.2 mu of irrigated land (97.3%) and 0.8 mu of woodland (2.7%), affecting 19 households with 75 persons. 157 mu of land will be occupied temporarily, all being wasteland or waste pond, and no farmland will be affected. The period of occupation will be two years. In addition, the Subproject will affect some ground attachments, such as tombs, trees and telegraph poles. The Subproject will not involve in house demolition. The main resettlement impacts are summarized in the table below. Item Unit Quantity Collective land mu 30 Permanent Collective including: cultivated land acquisition mu 29.2 land Temporary land occupation mu 157 Household 19 affected by LA only Person 75 Household 0 affected by HD only Person 0 Directly affected persons Household 0 affected by LA & HD Person 0 Household 19 Total Person 75 3. Policy framework and entitlements In order to avoid or reduce negative impacts of land acquisition, adequate consultation was conducted on the potential site of the Subproject, the affected village groups and persons at the feasibility study stage. An optimum option was selected through comparison. This Resettlement Plan (RP) is based on the Land Administration Law of the PRC (2004), the Decision of the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Rigidly Enforcing Land Administration (SC [2004] No.28), the applicable policies of Anhui Province, and ADB’s SPS (2009) SR-2. According to the above policy, and in consultation with local governments and affected persons (APs), the resettlement requirements of the Subproject are: 1) Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible, 2) The APs are granted compensation and rights that can at least maintain or even improve their livelihoods in the absence of the project, 3) The APs are given compensation and assistance in resettlement whether legal title is available or not, 4)If the land available to everyone is insufficient to maintain his/her livelihood, replacement in cash or in kind and other income-generating activities are provided for the lost land, 5) The APs fully understand their entitlements, the method and standard of compensation, the livelihood and income restoration plan, and the project schedule, and participate in the implementation of the Resettlement Plan, 6) The executing agency and an independent agency / third party should monitor the compensation, relocation and resettlement operations, 7) Vulnerable groups are provided special assistance or treatment so that they lead a better life, and all APs should have an opportunity to benefit from the project, At least two members of each AH receive skills training, including at least one woman, 8) The RP is consistent with the master plans of the affected city (district/county) and township, 9)The resettlement expenses are sufficient to cover all affected aspects. 4. Resettlement strategy Compensation for permanent land acquisition includes land compensation fees, resettlement subsidies and young crop compensation fees. In Nanhu Village, Yandun Sub-district, Binhu New District, location-based integrated land prices apply, and the compensation rate for land acquisition is 52,900 yuan, including land compensation of 21,160 yuan and resettlement subsidy of 31,740 yuan. In addition, the compensation rate for young crops is 1,100 yuan/mu. In the Subproject, the river management and drainage components, and other works will occupy land temporarily. Since the land occupied temporarily is wasteland or waste pond, no compensation will be paid through consultation with the village collective. Income restoration measures for the APs include endowment insurance, cash compensation, skills training and priority employment for the Subproject. The amount of land acquisition is relatively small, and land acquisition will affect the routine agricultural production of rural households slightly. In Nanhe Village, Yandun Sub-district, through consultation with the APs, all compensation fees for land acquisition will be paid to APs. For APs with a cultivated land less than 0.3 mu per capita, they are titled to choose endowment insurance voluntarily. And if they chose endowment insurance, the land acquisition compensation will be used as follows: The land acquisition compensation will be distributed as follows: 1) 70% of land compensation fees will be used for the endowment insurance for LEFs, and transferred to the special financial account of the endowment insurance fund for LEFs; 2) Resettlement subsidies will be used to pay support and self-employment subsidies, amounting to 12,000 yuan per capita, and the remainder will be transferred to the special financial account of the endowment insurance fund for LEFs. APs shall receive a pension for LEFs of the following month of attaining the age of 55 years for women or 60 years for men. The standard of pensions for LEFs shall be 260 yuan per capita-month. Compensation fees for ground attachments and young crops will be paid to their proprietors. After receiving land acquisition compensation, the affected households (AHs) will use them for soil improvement and the expanded reproduction of household sideline operations. In addition, the Hefei PMO will appropriate special funds to assist vulnerable groups together with the district and sub-district civil affairs departments. 5. Vulnerable groups and women According to the survey, all the APs are Han people. 2 households with 3 persons in Nanhe Village fall into vulnerable groups, including one household receiving minimum living security (MLS) support and one five-guarantee household, and will receive special assistance during resettlement. Not only the vulnerable APs will be resettled according to the implementation plan, but also certain assistance will be provided to improve their production and living conditions. The Subproject will affect 36 women. During subproject implementation, at least