RP360 v 3 Sichuan Urban Development Project Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Action Plan For Yibin Municipality Public Disclosure Authorized Sichuan Province Urban Environment Project Office Construction and Management Office for Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project Public Disclosure Authorized February 2006 Table of Content 1 Description of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project...............................10 1.1 Overview of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project...........................10 1.2 relative project general situation and resettment affection ................................13 1.3 Content of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project..............................13 2 Impact of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project ......................................17 2.1 Land Requisition for the Project ......................................................................17 2.2 Impact of House Demolition in Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project 20 2.3 Measures in the Planning and Design Stage to Avoid and Reduce Workload of Land Requisition and Demolition ..............................................................................24 3. Targets of Land Requisition, Demolition and Resettlement in the Project ...............25 3.1 Avoidance and Reduction of Involuntary Resettlement as Far as Possible ........25 3.2 Preparation of Resettlement Plan of Sustainable Development, Resumption and Improvement of the Production and Living Standard of Project-affected People ........25 3.3 Improving the Housing Condition of the Project-affected People, Improving Infrastructures and Service Facilities in the Surrounding Areas, and Providing Better Employment Opportunity and Development Opportunity to the Affected Population Combining the Long-term Target of Social Development...........................................25 3.4 Other Relevant Targets.....................................................................................25 4 Investigation of social economy .............................................................................27 4.1 Social and economic condition in the project location......................................27 4.2 Population census ............................................................................................29 4.3 Inventory survey..............................................................................................36 5 Legal Framework ...................................................................................................45 5.1 All state and local rules and regulations related to requisition of land and demolition as well as main contents thereof ...............................................................45 Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project 1 RAP 5.2 Differences between local statute and involuntary resettlement policy of the World Bank as well as departments responsible for reducing these differences arising in the Project..............................................................................................................56 6 Framework of institutions.......................................................................................58 6.1 Institutions associated with resettlement work and their responsibilities...........58 6.2 Institutions’ capabilities and measures to enhance the capabilities of institutions 63 6.3 Establishment of a mechanism for coordination and cooperation between all institutions.................................................................................................................65 7 Qualifications for compensation .............................................................................65 7.1 Compensation policies and principles ..............................................................65 7.3 Qualifications for resettlement and compensation ............................................67 7.4 Table of legal rights .........................................................................................67 8. Resettlement measures ...........................................................................................71 8.1 Resettlement policies and principles ................................................................71 8.2 Demolition and relocation for rural residents in the suburban areas and urban residents ....................................................................................................................71 8.3 Social insurance...............................................................................................75 8.4 Self-employed personnel, urban labor, and rural residents that are transferred to urban residents...........................................................................................................76 8.5 Assistance measures for vulnerable groups 8.6 Rehabilitation of people affected by renting illgal houses 8.7 Respective ways of resettlement for enterprises, institutions, and shops ...........79 8.8 Close-down, operation suspension, mergence with others or shifting to different line of production for enterprises and shops, resettlement of employee ......................81 8.9 Selection and preparation of resettlement site, relocation of project-affected people........................................................................................................................81 8.10 House building, infrastructure facilities, and social service organization ..........85 Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project 2 RAP 9 Community participation........................................................................................86 9.1 Strategy of negotiation and participation of resettlers and residents within resettlement district during preparation and implementation stage..............................86 9.2 Summary of various opinions and establishment of resettlement plan ..............87 9.3 Other schemes put forward by resettler for selection........................................88 9.4 Public participation and publicity of policy......................................................91 10 Appeal procedures ..............................................................................................93 10.1 Channel, means and approach of grievances, time limit for each level to give reply to such grievances.............................................................................................93 10.2 Appeal channel................................................................................................94 10.3 Channel of bringing a lawsuit at civil court......................................................95 11. Time schedule of implementation........................................................................96 11.1 Procedure and process of the work...................................................................96 11.2 Time schedule of resettlement work.................................................................98 11.3 Implementation of demolition and payment of cost........................................103 12 Cost and budget ................................................................................................104 12.1 Budgetary estimate of all cost necessary for land requisition and resettlement104 12.2 Itemized cost of all activities for land requisition and demolition...................105 12.3 Time of payment for every item of cost..........................................................109 12.4 Annual payment plan.....................................................................................110 12.5 Source of fund ...............................................................................................110 12.6 Flow direction of fund ................................................................................... 111 12.7 Management and audit of fund.......................................................................113 13 Monitoring and Evaluation................................................................................115 13.1 Internal Monitoring........................................................................................115 13.2 External Monitoring.......................................................................................117 Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project 3 RAP 14 Annex ...............................................................................................................123 Annex 1 Details on Participation and Consultation..................................................123 Annex 2 List of Affected Enterprises, Units and Shops .........................................138 Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project 4 RAP ABBREVIATIONS WB World Bank APs Affected Persons AAOV Average Annual Output Value CMEDRI Chengdu Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute CRO Districts Resettlement Office DMS Detailed Measurement Survey EA Executive Agency FS Feasibility Study LA Land Acquisition HD House Demolition IA Implementation Agency LAB Land and Resources Bureau LAR Land Acquisition and Resettlement M&E Monitoring and Evaluation RP Resettlement Plan PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal SMEDRI Southwest Municipal Engineering Design &Research Institute SWJU Southwest Jiaotong University TOR Terms of Reference TRO Township Resettlement Office SUEP Sichuan Urban Environment Project VG Village Group YUCIC Yibin Urban Construction and Investment Co., Ltd. YURPSDI Yibin Urban and Rural Planning, Survey & Design Institute CNY Also “Yuan”, Chinese currency,