Social Monitoring Report #4 Semiannual Report March 2014 People's Republic of China: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project–Southern Gansu Roads Development Project Prepared by School of Economics and Management, Tongji University for the Tianshui Municipal Government 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. GANSU TIANSHUI URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (ADB No: Loan 2760-PRC) Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation Report (No.4) March 2014 Report Director: Wu Zongfa, Gong Jing School of Economics and Management Tongji University Report Co-compiler: Wu Zongfa, Gong Jing, Hu Fang, Guo Yun, Xia Wenyi E-mail: [email protected] Southern Gansu Roads Development Project PPME Report No.4 CONTENTS 0-1 REPLY TO ADB’S MIDTERM REVIEW ON RESETTLEMENT ........................................... 1 1 OVERALL RESETTLEMENT ........................................................................................................... 2 2 RESETTLEMENT PROCESS ............................................................................................................. 3 2.1 LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS .......................................................................................................... 3 2.2 HOUSE CONSTRUCTION ................................................................................................................... 5 3 COMPENSATION METHOD AND STANDARD ............................................................................ 7 4 INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD RECOVERY .................................................................................... 9 4.1 DESIGN FOR SAMPLE SURVEY ......................................................................................................... 9 4.2 SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS SURVEY ...................................................................................................... 9 5 HOUSE RELOCATION ..................................................................................................................... 11 6 INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION ..................................................................................... 11 7 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FUNDING ............................................................................... 11 8 PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .......................................................... 12 9 COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS ..................................................................................................... 15 10 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........................................................................................... 19 10.1 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 19 10.2 SUGGESTION............................................................................................................................... 19 APPENDIX ⅠⅠⅠ- INTERVIEW RECORDS .............................................................................................. 20 APPENDIX II- BASIC MONITORING DATA ....................................................................................... 25 0-1 Reply to ADB’s Midterm Review on Resettlement 1. The road section K1 - K1 +800 in the c01 contract package refers to the land acquisition and demolition of Yanjiahe village. Reply: The procedure of land acquisition is being handled. Arguably, in order to avoid land acquisition and demolition in Yanjiahe village Tianshui Urban Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd. (TUCIGC) will adjust the route of road section K1 - K1 +800 in the c01. Currently, the early formalities are being handled. 2. In the c04 contract package, 2 km of road has completed land acquisition. The other 1km of road goes across Xiakou village, affecting 170 households in total. About 70 households have signed the agreements on land acquisition and received compensation. The other 100 households are in consultation. Reply: For Xiakou village, due to the village committee leadership election that did not reach legal votes after two rounds of selection, the third election is scheduled in early march. Acquisition of remaining land does not start. 3. In the c03 contract package, according to the updated RP, 55 households of Huwang village will be affected by house demolition Reply: According to the spirit of mayor's office meeting, Tianshui Urban Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd. (TUCIGC) selects the land site combined with the project of “village in city” in Mapaoquan area of Maiji district. After issuance of the mayor's office meeting, TUCIGC will sign agreement with the Government of Maiji District, which will start the moving work of APs. 4. In the c07 contract package, all land is state-owned. House demolition will start in March 2014 and will be completed within one year. Reply: The preparation of house demolition is being done. 5. In the c09 contract package, land acquisition and house demolition have been completed. Among the 59 affected households, 50 households have resettled and only 9 households are in transition. There resettlement houses are under construction and can be offered to them in June 2014. Reply: 9 households are in transition. 6. The due diligence on new heat source plant and heat pipeline. Reply: The due diligence on new heat source plant has been completed and social-economic survey is being done. 7. Complaints and appeals Reply: 7 households who have complaints have signed the agreements. 1 Overall Resettlement Five (5) tenders of Chengji Road started to be constructed. 839.86 mu of land has been acquired. 827 households have signed the contract of land acquisition, accounting for 74.57%. Land acquisition of C04 tender is being done so that the progress is affected to a certain extent. Among 7 households who have complaints in Wujiazhuang, 7 households have agreed on land acquisition. Land acquisition in Xiakou goes slowly, so PMO has taken some measures. Now acquired land accounts for 72.72% of the planned quantity. Land acquisition and house demolition of Chiyu Road have been completed, 9 households who choose to resettle in Shanshuixincheng is in transition. Sample survey shows that APs’ production level and living condition don’t decrease. Now the tracking survey on production level and living condition is being conducted. Detail measuring survey of Shuangqiao Xi River Bridge has been completed so far. House demolition has not started. House demolition of Maiji New Town has not ended. The reason is that the resettlement site is being adjusted. The Government of Maiji District is discussing the resettlement site and resettlement plan with the related planning department and town/village committee. Only 3 households have moved to other places and the others haven’t moved. Shetang Wei River Bridge has one change in design. In order to coordinate with road height, a section of road is determined to be added so that land using is added. This land is road land so that land acquisition and resettlement will not be caused. This conclusion is reflected in the updated RP. 55 households in Huwang village will be affected by house demolition. Now 3 households have signed the compensation agreements and their houses have be demolished. Due to other domestic project, the Government of Maiji District plans to demolish the whole Huwang village and implement the reform plan of “village in city”. According to the spirit of mayor's office meeting, Tianshui Urban Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd. (TUCIGC) selects the land site combined with the project of “village in city” in Mapaoquan area of Maiji district. After issuance of the mayor's office meeting, TUCIGC will sign agreement with the Government of Maiji District, which will start the moving work of APs. Primary heating pipelines, heat exchange stations, the control center and the heat relay station have completed RP during the phase of technology support and have gotten ADB’s approval. However, by Dec 31, 2013, the detailed survey hadn’t been completed, so the prerequisite for updating the RP does not possess. After the detailed survey is completed, according to the latest policy of land acquisition and resettlement, the RP of district heating component will be updated and sent to ADB for approval. The construction of the heat source plant is approved by the related department in Tianshui and the preparation work has started. Because the construction of the heat source plant which doesn’t use ADB’s fund directly is associated with district heating component, due diligence is Qinzhou district and is the east gate of Taijing town. The village is 5km away from the downtown with 186 households (860 people), 1546.78 mu of cultivated-owned land and is mainly on dry-agriculture. The site of the heat source plant concludes 101.4 mu of land (98.8 mu of cultivated land, 2.5 mu of road land). 2 households with 500 m2, 1 pumping house with 40 m2, 27 vegetable greenhouses and 527 fruit trees will be demolished, and land acquisition affected 57 rural households (252 people). The affected households have 578