Social Monitoring Report Annual Report March 2011 PRC: Taiyuan-Zhongwei Railway Project Prepared by Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction and Utilization, Southwest Jiaotong University for the Ministry of Railways 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. Asian Development Bank Loan Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Construction Project External Monitoring Report on Social Development Action Plan Phase IV The Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction and Utilization, Southwest Jiaotong University (RIFCIU-SWJTU) March 2011 External Monitoring Report on Social Development Action Plan of Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Project (Phase IV) Table of Contents 1 SUMMARY OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION.................................................................................4 1.1 SMOOTH GOING OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS.............................................................................. 4 1.2 GENERAL COMPLETION OF RESETTLEMENT.................................................................................................. 4 1.3 PRELIMINARY EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS ALONG THE LINE......................................4 1.4 PARTICULARLY REMARKABLE SAFETY ACHIEVEMENTS.................................................................................5 1.5 BOOSTING POVERTY REDUCTION MEASURES IN THE REGIONS ALONG THE LINE.......................................... 5 1.6 ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL WOMEN................................................................................5 2 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT................................................................6 2.1 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MONITORING INDEXES..............................................................................................6 2.2 CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT................................................................................................ 7 2.3 OVERVIEW OF MICRO BENEFITS.....................................................................................................................7 2.4 PROGRESS OF RESETTLEMENT.......................................................................................................................7 2.5 CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND BENEFITS FOR LOCAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.....................8 2.5.1 Accelerating development of related industries.......................................................................................8 2.5.2 Providing employment opportunities..................................................................................................... 13 2.5.3 Purchasing local construction materials............................................................................................... 14 2.6 IMPROVING LOCAL SCHOOL CONDITIONS.................................................................................................... 14 3 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS’ HEALTH MAINTENANCE..........16 3.1 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY SYSTEMS AND IMPLEMENTATION..........................................................................16 3.2 PROTECTION OF WORKERS’ RIGHTS............................................................................................................. 17 3.3 HEALTH PROTECTION.................................................................................................................................. 17 4 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AND POVERTY IMPACT......................................................................... 18 4.1 POVERTY ALLEVIATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PROJECT AREA.. 19 4.2 IMPACTS OF TAIYUAN-ZHONGWEI-YINCHUAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION....... 20 4.2.1 Direct impacts of compensation for land acquisition and demolition for railway construction...........20 4.2.2 Income increase of poor families........................................................................................................... 20 4.2.3 Impacts of the railway construction on thoughts & ideas of the people in poverty.............................. 21 5 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AND WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT......................................................... 23 5.1 EVALUATION METHODS...............................................................................................................................23 5.2 SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CONCERNS ON WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT........................................................... 23 5.3 STATUS OF WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT IN PROJECT-AFFECTED AREAS...........................................................23 6 CONCLUSION AND PROBLEMS................................................................................................................25 2 External Monitoring Report on Social Development Action Plan of Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Project (Phase IV) Preface The new railway from Taiyuan to Zhongwei to Yinchuan (hereinafter referred to as Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway) runs across the southwest of Shanxi Province, north of Shaanxi Province and north central of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The Railway is designed as Grade I, starts from Taiyuan South Railway Station in the east and extends to Yingshuiqiao Station and Yinchuan Station along the Baotou–Lanzhou Railway in the west, with a designed full length of 942.206km, planned total investment of 32.1 billion yuan and design speed of 160km/h for passenger trains (conditions for 200km/h reserved), of which Yuci-Dingbian is designed as double-track electrified railway, while Dingbian-Zhongwei and Dingbian-Yinchuan are designed as single-track electrified railway (conditions for double-track reserved). Moreover, the double-track section is automatic blocking and single-track section is semi-automatic blocking, and the design transport capacity can bear 40 pairs/day passenger trains and 60 million ton/a freight trains for a long term. The Railway is commenced on Feb. 24, 2006 and planned to complete in Aug. 2008, with a construction period of 54 months. The main work quantities: subgrade earthwork: 101.73 million m3 (including 25.78 million m3 in stations and yards); super major, major and medium bridges: 178,001 linear meter in total; small bridge and culvert: 51,819 horizontal linear meter; tunnel: 180,025 linear meter; main line rail laying: 1,460km; station track rail laying: 212km; turnout: 800 groups; house: 160,000m2; communication optical and electric cables: 2,857 pcs.km; HV overhead line: 853km; HV cable: 1038km; OCS: 2,257 pcs.km. Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction and Utilization, Southwest Jiaotong University (RIFCIU-SWJTU) accepts the commission of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center of the Ministry of Railways (MOR), to conduct external monitoring of impacts on the social development of the areas long the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway, which is funded by ADB loan. In Dec. 2010, the RIFCIU-SWJTU establishes the external social development monitoring, evaluation and investigation groups to conduct local investigation and evaluation along the whole line of the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Project. During investigation, the related local government departments of provinces, cities and counties/districts along the line, Taizhongyin Railway Co., Ltd. and contractors involved in railway construction works have provided information and data, which is critical for the external monitoring organization to finish monitoring, investigation and evaluation of Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Project. We hereby present our sincere thanks to these organizations for their great support and assistance. The Research Institute of Foreign Capital Introduction and Utilization, Southwest Jiaotong University (RIFCIU-SWJTU) March 2011 3 External Monitoring Report on Social Development Action Plan of Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway Project (Phase IV) 1 Summary of Monitoring and Evaluation 1.1 Smooth going of project construction progress 1. The new railway from Taiyuan to Zhongwei to Yinchuan (hereinafter referred to as Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway) is 942km long in total with a planned total investment of 32.1 billion yuan. The main line is from Taiyuan South Railway Station to Yingshuiqiao Marshalling Station of Baotou-Lanzhou Railway. The origin of connecting line to Yinchuan is the center of Dingbian Station and the terminal is Yinchuan Station of Baotou-Lanzhou Line.The east section is from Yuci District in Shanxi Province to Dingbian County in Shaanxi Province, which is designed as double-track electrified railway; the west section is from Dingbian County in Shaanxi Province to both Zhongwei and Yinchuan in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, which is designed as single-track electrified railway (conditions for double-track reserved). 2. Till Dec. 2010, the Project has been completed generally and is under commissioning, and the station building is under construction. It is planned to be put into trail run on Jan. 11, 2011 and into formal operation during the Spring Festival period. 1.2 General