Resettlement Plan (Draft) People's Republic of China: Henan Hebi
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Resettlement Plan (Draft) October 2015 People’s Republic of China: Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project Prepared by Qi County Government and Qi Project Management Office for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 7 October 2015) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1573 $1.00 = CNY6.3580 ABBREVIATIONS AAOV – Average Annual Output Value ADB – Asian Development Bank AH – Affected Households AP – Affected Person DMS – Detailed Measurement Survey FGD – Focus Group Discussion GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism SES – Socio-economic Survey TA – Technical Assistance WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS ha – hectare km – kilometer kg – kilogram m – meter NOTES (i) The fiscal year of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and its agencies ends on 31 December. (ii) In this report, “$” refers to US dollars. This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. 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Draft Resettlement Plan ______________________________________________ September 2015 PRC: Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project ——Qi County Wastewater and Solid Waste Management Prepared by Qi County Government (QCG) and Qi Project Management Office (PMO) for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency unit = Yuan (CNY) CNY 1 = $ 0.1613 $ 1 = CNY 6.2 1 hectare = 15 mu ABBREVIATIONS AAOV - Average Annual Output Value ADB - Asian Development Bank AH - Affected Households AP - Affected Person DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey FGD - Focus Group Discussion GRM - Grievance Redress Mechanism HD - House Demolition HCG - Hebi City Government HPRSAD - Hebi Project Resettlement and Social Affairs Department IOL - Inventory of Loss LA - Land Acquisition LEF - Land Expropriated Farmer M & E - Monitoring and Evaluation MLS - Minimum Living Security MSW - Municipal Solid Waste PMO - Project Management Office QCG - Qi County Government PRC - People’s Republic of China RIB - Resettlement Information Booklet ROW - Right-of-way RP - Resettlement Plan SES - Socio-economic Survey TA - Technical Assistance WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Km = kilometer Kg = kilogram Ha = hectare m = meter DEFINITION OF TERMS Affected persons -Those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, Households or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Cut-off date -It refers to the date when the results of the census and inventory of losses were for eligibility presented to the affected households. Any households who built after the Project’s cut-off date will not be eligible for assistance. Entitlement -Refers to a range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration support, transfer assistance, income substitution, relocation support, etc. which are due to the AHs, depending on the type and severity of their losses, to restore their economic and social base. Grievance redress mechanism- A mechanism to receive and facilitate the resolution of affected persons’ concerns redress and grievances about physical and economic displacement and other project mechanism impacts, paying particular attention to the impacts on vulnerable groups. Income restoration- This is the re-establishment of sources of income and livelihood of the project affected households. It is a program designed with various activities that aim to support affected persons to recover their income / livelihood to pre-project levels. The project is designed to address the specific needs of the affected persons based on the socio-economic survey and training need assessment. Meaningful consultation- A process that (i) begins early in the project preparation stage and is carried out on consultation an ongoing basis throughout the project cycle; (ii) provides timely disclosure of relevant and adequate information that is understandable and readily accessible to affected people; (iii) is undertaken in an atmosphere free of intimidation or coercion; (iv) is gender inclusive and responsive, and tailored to the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; and (v) enables the incorporation of all relevant views of affected people and other stakeholders into decision making, such as project design, mitigation measures, the sharing of development benefits and opportunities, and implementation issues. Vulnerable groups- Individuals and groups who may be differentially or disproportionately affected by the project because of their disadvantaged or vulnerable status. Vulnerable groups are those below the poverty line, the landless, the elderly, women and children, and ethnic minorities, and those without legal title to land. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Introduction to the Subproject The Henan Hebi Qihe River Environmental Improvement and Ecological Conservation Project consists of 8 components in 4 categories, which are (i) Qi River Upstream Ecological Protection, (ii) Qi River Wetland Reservation and Restoration, (iii) Qi River main stream Watercourse Improvement in Qi County, (iv) Four tributary watercourse improvement in Qi County, (v) Five Canal watercourse improvement in Qibin District, (vi) Qibin District wastewater management, (vii) Qi County wastewater and solid waste management, (viii) institutional capacity building. The Project has an implementation period of 5 years, from 2016 to 2021. The Qi County Wastewater and Solid Waste Management Subproject is the 7th subproject of the Project. The Subproject consists of 3 components: 1) expansion of a WWTP to 30,000 t/d in Qi County; 2) construction of rainwater and wastewater pipelines, including wastewater pipelines of 69.12 km and rainwater pipelines of 132.49 km; and 3) construction of 15 waste transfer stations, with a floor area of 300 m2 each. Hebi City Government (HCG) is the executing agency of the Subproject, and the Qi County Government (QCB) and its Housing Construction Bureau, Urban Administration Bureau, and Land and Resources Bureau are the implementing agencies. The Subproject will be implemented from June 2016 to September 2020. The land acquisition (LA), compensation and resettlement work of the Subproject will begin in March 2016 and be completed in June 2017. The estimated resettlement budget is 6.2326 million yuan (prices in July 2015). This RP will be updated based on the detailed design of the Subproject and the results of the detailed measurement survey (DMS), and the updated RP will be submitted to ADB for review and approval before the commencement of resettlement and prior to civil works contract awards. 2. LA impacts LA for the Subproject will affect 4 villages in 4 towns/sub-districts in Qi County, namely Nanyangzhuang Village, Chaoge Sub-district; Quantou Village, Weidu Sub-district; Xipeitun Village, Beiyang Town; and Xigang Village, Xigang Town. 58.35 mu of collective land will be occupied permanently for the Subproject. Temporary land occupation will affect one community and 5 villages in Gucheng Sub-district. 87.19 mu of collective land and 224.57 mu of state-owned land will be occupied temporarily. The Subproject will affect 23 households with 98 persons permanently, and 216 households with 1,020 persons temporarily, totaling 239 households with 1,118 persons. Through identification, two households with 4 persons affected by the Subproject fall into vulnerable groups. The Subproject does not involve house demolition (HD). See Table 1. Table 1 Summary of Resettlement Impacts Waste Rainwater and Item WWTP transfer wastewater Total stations pipelines State-owned land 0 5.4 0 5.4 Permanent land Collective land 57 1.35 0 58.35 occupation (mu) Subtotal 57 6.75 0 63.75 1.Permanent HHs 23 0 0 23 impacts Permanently affected population Population 98 0 0 98 Significantly HHs 20 o 0 20 1 affected Population 81 o 0 81 State-owned land 0 0 224.57 224.57 Temporary land Collective land 0 0 87.19 87.19 2.Temporary occupation (mu) Subtotal 0 0 311.76 311.76 impacts Temporary HHs 0 0 216 216 Temporarily affected land population 0 0 1020 1020 occupation Population Total Land use (mu) 57 6.75 311.76 375.51 HHs 23 0 216 239 3.Total Total Affected population Population 98 0 1020 1118 Impacts HHs 2 0 0 2 Affected vulnerable groups Population 4 0 0 4 3. Policy framework and entitlements This RP is based on the Land Administration Law of the PRC (2004), Decision of the State Council on Deepening the Reform and Rigidly Enforcing Land Administration (SC [2004] No.28), Guidelines on Improving Compensation and Resettlement Systems for Land Acquisition (MLR [2004] No.238), the applicable policies of Henan Province and Hebi City, and ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). According to the above policies, and in consultation with local governments and affected persons (APs), the resettlement principles of the Subproject are: (1) Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible; (2) The APs are granted compensation