Resettlement Plan May 2021 People’s Republic of China: Heilongjiang Green Urban and Economic Revitalization Project Prepared by Heilongjiang Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in May 2017 available on https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/prc-49021-002-rp-2 2 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 23 May 2021) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) $1.00 = ¥ 6.508 ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AAOV average annual output value AP affected persons AHHs affected households DDR Due Diligence Report DI Design Institute DRC Development and Reform Commission DMS Detailed Measurement Survey FSRs Feasibility Study Reports GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HHs households HD house demolition LA Land Acquisition LLF land-loss farmer M&E Monitoring and Evaluation RP Resettlement Plan RIB Resettlement Information Booklet SPS Safeguard Policy Statement TOR Terms of Reference WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km - kilometer km2 - square kilometer mu - 1/15 hectare m - meter m2 - square meter m3 - cubic meter NOTE{S} (i) In this report, "$" refers to United States 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. A. Introduction This updated Resettlement Plan (URP) has been prepared for the Qitaihe Civil Works for Water Supply Distribution Pipeline Upgrading and Reconstruction subproject (Contract No. QH-WS-W6 (A, B and C)). The URP should be read in conjunction with the Resettlement Plan in May 2017, the website is : https://www.adb.org/zh/projects/documents/prc-49021-002-rp-2. The contract includes: construction of (1) 33 new water supply pipelines with a total length of 37.3 km in Taoshan District; (2) 8 new water supply pipelines with 18.3 km in Qiezihe District; and (3) 14 new water supply pipelines with 29.4 km in Xinxing District and Jinsha District. The construction locations of the laying pipelines are shown in the figures below. Figure 1: Locations of New Water Supply Pipelines in Taoshan District Figure 2: Locations of New Water Supply Pipelines in Qiezihe District Figure 3: Locations of New Water Supply Pipelines in Xinxing District Figure 4: Locations of New Water Supply Pipelines in Jinsha District B. Resettlement impacts identified at the feasibility stage The 2017 Resettlement Plan (RP) assessed that the Qitaihe Civil Works for Water Supply Distribution Pipeline Upgrading and Reconstruction Subproject have involved: "Water supply network construction and reconstruction, including construction and reconstruction of water supply pipes in the downtown area with a total length of 17,800 m. a). Water supply network construction and reconstruction of 13 stations: This component consists of pipes in the downtown area, Jinsha New District, and the west and Longhu mining areas. Pipes in the downtown area: construction of water supply pipes north of Dong’an Street in Qiezihe District, and along Datong Street and Tongren Road in Taoshan District, reconstruction of existing water supply pipes on Xuefu Street in Taoshan District, reconstruction of the booster pump station of the residential quarter south of Datong Street; pipes in Jinsha New District: construction of water supply pipes along Huanhu Road, Xinjin Road, Development Zone Avenue, Zhenxing Avenue, Chuangye Avenue and Shengxin Street; pipes in the west mining area: construction of water supply lines along Shanhu Road, Yibao Highway, Laodong Road, Xinxing Jingyi Road, Xinxing Jingsan Road and Xinxing Weiyi Road; pipes in the Longhu mining area: construction of water supply lines along Taoshan Wei’er Road and Dongshun Street. Laying of pipes will be along the roads right-of-way while reconstruction of 13 stations; it will not involve additional land acquisition or temporary impacts. The source of water is from the existing Taoshan Reservoir which was built in August 1990 as source of water supply, irrigation and flood control. b). Construction of Two Booster Pump Stations. This will involve the acquisition of 18 mu, in two villages. There are two affected households (8 persons). In each household, 9 mu will be affected. Each household has an average 33.75 mu of farmland. Loss is 27% per household. " C. Changes to the project scope at the detailed design stage 1. Engineering parameters in the Feasibility Study and the Resettlement Plan are inconsistent Some engineering parameters are inconsistent in the Resettlement Plan and the Feasibility Study Report (FSR). After the detailed design, the engineering parameters have been changed compared with those in the FSR, and the specific changes are shown in the following table: Quantity in Detail Design District Construction Content Feasibility Study Stage FSR RP Quantity New or re-construction Pipelines 17,800 17,800 NA (m) Center urban area Re-construction of Booster Pump 13 13 NA Station New construction of Pipelines Jinsha New District 15,300 NA NA (m) New construction of Pipelines 26,900 NA NA Western Mining (m) District New construction of Booster 11 NA Pump Station New construction of Pipelines 31,000 NA NA Longhu Mining (m) District New construction of Booster 11 NA Pump Station Quantity in Detail Design District Construction Content Feasibility Study Stage FSR RP Quantity New construction of Pipelines Taoshan District NA NA 37,308 (m) New construction of Pipelines Qiezihe District NA NA 18,278 (m) Xinxing, and Jinsha New construction of Pipelines NA NA 29,443 Districts (m) Construction of Central Booster NA NA 1 Pump Station Xinxing District Construction of No. 204 Booster NA NA 1 Pump Station Total Pipeline Length (m) 91,000 17,800 85,029 In the FSR, the construction content of this subproject included water supply pipelines with a total length of 91,000 m, 13 pump stations and 2 new booster pump stations. The number of pump stations stated in the RP is the same as that in the FSR, but the total length of water supply pipelines has only 17,800 m. After the detailed design, the contract contains the construction of water supply pipelines with a total length of 82,830 m, while the original construction of 13 pump stations and 2 new booster pump stations that involve permanent land acquisition (PLA) were removed from the contract. In addition, 2,196 out of 85,029 m pipelines in the detail design was constructed completely in August 2020, and the 2 new booster pump stations are under construction in locations different from the original locations with government funds, as presented in Appendix 1: Resettlement Due Diligence Report for details. 2. Decreased construction contents in the detailed design stage As presented in the above table, compared with water supply pipelines of 91,000 m planned to be constructed in the FSR, the total length of new and re-construction of water supply pipelines is reduced to 85,029 m after actual measurement in the detailed design stage, among which 2,196 m pipelines have been constructed completely with a counterpart fund. At the same time, construction locations of the water supply pipelines also have been adjusted. In addition, construction locations of the original 2 new booster pump stations have been changed from the West Mining Area and Longhu Mining Area to Xinxing District, which was removed out of this contract, and being constructed with government funds instead. D. Impacts of land acquisition and house demolition 1. Temporary land occupation of water supply pipelines According to the RP, the contract would involve TLO of state owned urban road land but not involve TLO of collective land and house demolition. At the same time, the original 2 booster pump stations would involve PLA of 18 mu collective land, affecting 2 households with 18 people. After the detailed design, the subproject only will involve TLO of state owned urban road land, and will not involve house demolition and any APs. The construction locations of 2 new booster pump stations have been changed avoiding PLA of collective land and APs. Therefore, after the detailed design, this subproject for 85,029 m water pipeline construction will involve TLO of 491.34 mu of state-owned urban road land，of which 12.69 mu land required for the construction of 2,196 m pipelines have been recovered after the TLO. Therefore, the impact scope of TLO for this contract is 478.65 mu (or 31.91 ha). Changes in impact scope of the resettlement in the RP and the detail measurement survey are shown in the following table: Resettlement Plan Detail Design Stage District Construction Content PLA AH AP AH AP AH AP AH AP TLO (mu) PLA (mu) TLO (mu) (mu) (HH) (person) (HH) (person) (HH) (person) (HH) (person) New or re-construction Downtown Pipelines (m) Districts Re-construction of Booster Pump Station Jinsha New New construction of 0 0 0 Road land 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA District Pipelines (m) Western Mining New construction of District Pipelines (m) Longhu Mining New construction of District Pipelines (m) Western Mining New construction of 9 District Booster Pump Station 2 8 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA Longhu Mining New construction of 9 District Booster Pump Station New construction of Taoshan District Pipelines (m) New construction of Road land Qiezihe District 0 0 0 0 0 Pipelines (m) of 478.65 Xinxing, Jinsha New construction of NA NA NA NA NA NA Districts Pipelines (m) New Construction of Construction Xinxing District Central Booster Pump on the 0 0 0 0 0 Station existing New Construction of No.