Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 35338 September 2009 PRC: Hunan Roads Development II Project External Monitoring Report on Land Acquisition and Resettlement (IV) Prepared by: Social Investigation Centre of Politics and Public Administration College in Hunan University, People’s Republic of China For Hunan Changji Expressway Construction and Development Corporation This report has been submitted to ADB by Hunan Provincial Transportation Department and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. PROJECT FINANCED BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK（ADB） EXTERNAL MONITORING REPORT ON RESETTLEMENT OF CHANGDE-JISHOU EXPRESSWAY（Ⅳ） Social Investigation Centre of Politics and Public Administration College in Hunan University September,2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Foreword ............................................................................................... 4 2. Summary ............................................................................................... 6 3. Project Impacts...................................................................................... 7 4. Resettlement Process ........................................................................... 9 5. Income and livelihood restoration ........................................................ 10 6. Comparative Analysis on Income Restoration..................................... 11 7. Structures relocation and reconstruction ............................................. 16 8. Remaining problems and Appeal......................................................... 17 External monitoring report on Resettlement of Changde-Jishou Expressway（Ⅳ） A. 1. Foreword The Project financed by Asian Development Bank(ADB)---- Changde-Jishou Expressway is located in the cities of Changde and Huaihua, west part of Hunan Province. The section as a vital part of Changsha-Chongqing corridor, which is also one of eight high-priority western corridors in Western Development Strategy launched by Ministry of Communications. The Expressway is also a part of National Key Expressway System (NKHS) defined by MOC in December 2001 and key Expressway network of Hunan Province. As an arterial corridor, it links the provincial capital Changsha to other four western cities i.e, Changde, Huaihua, Xiangxi and Zhangjiajie. Among them, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture has been included in the “State Western Development Strategy”. Changde-Jishou Expressway passes the Dingcheng District and Taoyuan County in Changde city and the Yuanling County in Huaihua. It starts at the Doumu lake in Changde, which connects to Changde-Zhangjiajie Expressway, passing Xujiaqiao, Taohuayuan, Zhengjiaduo, and Yangxiqiao, and then going into Taipingpu in Yuanling County to Guanzhuang, Nanmupu, Madiduo, Liangshuijing, Maxipu and Shuxikou. Finally, it arrives in Xiangxi self-regulation Distriction. The total length of the alignment is 173 km. This project was commenced in September, 2005 and it was open to traffic in December, 2008. Figure 1 Changde-Jishou Expressway and Local Rd Figure 2 Built Changde-Jishou The land acquisition and residents relocation of this project have been operated from December, 2003, such as signed compensation contracts with village and farmer, the acquired land have been transferred completely by the end of 2005. Land compensation and resettlement subsidies have already been allocated. Meanwhile, the project of relocation has been working in December of 2003, a number of houses have been demolished in beginning of 2004. The work of the land acquisition and residents relocation has been completed basically till 2005. The researchers from Politics Administration College of Hunan University, the external monitoring agency of resettlement, went to the field carry out external monitoring tasks in August 2009. On the ground of land acquisition and relocation have been finished largely in 2005, the present monitoring activities include two points mainly: （1）income and livelihood restoration of affected people.（2）Remaining problems and appeal of affected households and Resettlement agency's resolution. In August, 2009, researchers of Hunan University conducted a questionnaires survey in the affected area. They interviewed 472 affected households, the major information include: family background, family property, business operating status, income and outcome and so on. At the same time, the researchers collected the relevant information of resettlement through the discussions, interviews and documentation collection with the Chang-ji Expressway Construction Co., Ltd., Headquarter of Chang-ji Expressway Construction of the counties and other relevant government departments. This report is based on the information and data obtained by the work above. It also want to show the gratitude to the local government at several levels ， the project headquarters and the affected households along the way which actively cooperated and energetically supported the work of the Monitoring Group as usual during the data-collecting process of this monitoring report. B. 2. Summary 1 It is the new project financed by ADB that Changde-Jishou Expressway passes through the Dingcheng District and Taoyuan County in Changde City, Yuanling County in Huaihua region. The project has been completed in December, 2008 and opened for testing operation. 2 This project (Changde-Shuxikou Part) has permanently acquired land 19,612.65mu, accounting for 97% in the total plan, of which cultivated land 9009.41mu, accounting for 117% comparing with that in the AP. Generally speaking, the number of land acquisition is smaller than planned; however, the cultivated land acquired is bigger for the collapsed border slope. 3 A total of 404,120.3 square meter of buildings was demolished, in the percentage of 179 as that in the AP, 8,280 people affected, in the percentage of 172 as planned. It is shown that the number of acreage and population affected is much bigger than programming. That is mainly because Changde-Jishou Expressway passes the mountainous area mostly and there are a lot of houses beyond red line required relocation for those collapsed border slopes. 4 The work of land acquisition and demolition has been basically finished in 2005. The compensation of housing demolition and other expenses have been paid to those affected families. Due to the raise of compensation rate for permanent land, the additional part of compensation latter has been distributed to those affected households in Yuanling county in 2007, in changed city in 2008. Generally, it is followed the principle to compensate properly first, to do the land acquisition and demolition second, and to provide the land for construction finally. 5 The resettlement agency and the local government along the Changde-Jishou Expressway take some measures to ensure those people whose income were affected recovering stably, such as adjusting the land in village, arranging some skill training, developing non-agricultural industries and the small towns. 6 The survey indicated that the 472 households investigated in 2009, their per capita annual net income is CNY5,567, much more than that was CNY4,998 in 2007, and that of 2005(CNY3,548) and 2003(CNY3,064). 7 As present, compared with the baseline survey in 2003, the affected households extremely depended on wage income, especially for migrant labor income, accounting for 56%, while the proportion of operating business income was declined. 8 An increase number of households have migrant laborer, hence the migrant labor income is on the rise simultaneously. 9 The survey revealed that in 2008 the per capita consumption expenditure was CNY3,294, lots more than that of 2003, and nearly equals to that of 2007. There is no big change to 2007 in consumption expenditure structure; however, comparing with that of 2003, the percentage of living consumption expenditure increased a lot. 10 The rate of possession of color TV set and mobile Phone soared considerably than that of the baseline survey. The proportion of owning telephone, motorbike, washing machine and refrigerator also had improvement. 11 As shown in the survey, the per capita housing space was 42 square meters, a wide range of households enjoyed better dwelling conditions than without project. The structures of most new houses changed from original wood-tile to new brick-wood. 12 Compensation. A number of affected persons believed that compensation rate for land was low, and they owned few farmlands which would affect their life in the long term. A few affected households indicated that some little amount land out of red line was occupied, yet free from land compensation. 13 Impact on water system. In some villages, water systems were destroyed in construction, irrigation and drinking problems could not be addressed promptly. 14 The expressway affected the convenience of the roads. Because some villages and groups were divided by the highway, the villagers need to walk through byways causing the farming and life activities inconvenient. Some of the affected people required to consummate or built a new pedestrian below the highway. 15 The expressway gave rise to noise by the traffic. Some families near the highway were affected by the noise of the traffic and they hope to extend the soundproof wall. 16 The expressway threatened the safety. Some of the affected people reflects the protective screening of the highway was not strong enough to protect the domesticated animals to enter the highway, meanwhile,