Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 48443-002 July 2020 PRC: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project (Resettlement) Prepared by: Hunan Provincial Government. 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. Loan 3712-PRC: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project Resettlement Monitoring Report (No.1, as of 2020.6) PMO of the Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project July 2020 Contents 1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT..................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction to the Project .................................................................................................................1 1.2 Category of Involuntary resettlement .............................................................................................5 1.3 Report Period .........................................................................................................................................6 2 CONSTRUCTION AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRESS ..................................................... 7 2.1 Construction Progress..........................................................................................................................7 2.2 Resettlement Progress ...................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 RP Updating Progress ....................................................................................................................... 11 3 IMPACT CHANGES AND REASONS ............................................................................... 12 4 RESETTLEMENT POLICIES ................................................................................................ 15 5 LIVELIHOOD/INCOME/HOUSE DEMOLITION/SPECIAL FACILITY RESTORATION 17 6 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND RESOURCE .................................................................. 17 7 IAS ......................................................................................................................................... 17 7.1 Organizational Setup ........................................................................................................................ 17 7.2 Agencies for Resettlement and Social Affairs ............................................................................. 18 7.3 Capacity Building ............................................................................................................................... 20 8 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .................................... 23 9 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .............................................................................. 24 10 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ......................................................................... 25 10.1 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................... 25 10.2 Suggestions ......................................................................................................................................... 25 APPENDIX 1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES IN LENGSHUIJIANG CITY................. 26 APPENDIX 2 LA AGREEMENT IN CHANGNING CITY ......................................................... 27 APPENDIX 3 AIDS BROCHURE IN CHANGNING CITY ........................................................ 28 ABBREVIATIONS ACWF - All China Women’s Federation ADB - Asian Development Bank AH - Affected Household AP - Affected Person CDC - Center of Disease Control EMDP - Ethnic Minority Development Plan ESB - Environmental Sanitation Bureau HD - House Demolition HURD Hunan Provincial Housing Urban-Rural - Development Department LA - Land Acquisition M&E - Monitoring and evaluation PMO - Project Management Office LEF - Land-expropriated Farmers MOF - Ministry of Finance MSW - Municipal Solid Waste NDRC National Development and Reform - Commission PMO - Project Management Office PPMS - Project Performance Monitoring System RP - Resettlement Plan SGAP - Social and Gender Action Plan SLF - Sanitary Landfill STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Units Currency unit = Yuan (CNY) 1.00 yuan = $0.15 1 hectare = 15 mu 1 Background of the Project 1.1 Introduction to the Project The Xiangjiang River and its watershed are part of the larger Dongting Lake watershed. Both watersheds are integral elements of the downstream Yangtze River watershed. The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) covers nine provinces and two specially administered cities in the Yangtze River Basin. It accounts for over 40% of the PRC’s population and has 40% of the freshwater resources. It also serves as the drinking water resource for 400 million people, provides 60% of the total fisheries production, has 20% of the total wetland area, and contributes about 45% of the PRC’s economic output. The PRC’s YREB Development Plan, 2016-20301 stipulates the prioritization of ecological protection and promotion of green development as the guiding principle for the YREB development. As upstream watersheds, the Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake play a pivotal role in the water quality of the Yangtze River watershed and in the general maintenance of healthy rivers and waterways. Therefore, the Xiangjiang River watershed is a key water resource in the overall strategic planning for water security in the Yangtze River, and its ecological improvement in turn promotes ecosystem restoration, environmental protection, and water resources management of the YREB and its watersheds. In addition, in order to protect the water quality of the Xiangjiang River watershed, and dispose of the existing landfills, the Hunan Provincial Government applied for a loan of $150 million with the ADB in 2018 to implement the Project, which has a gross investment of $258 million, and will be implemented from April 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023. The Project is expected to reduce pollutant emissions in the Xiangjiang River watershed1, and benefit a population of 6.9 million. The Project has 6 outputs. Output 1: Substandard municipal solid waste landfills closed. This output will close and restore nine substandard landfills, demonstrating at each site the installation of a capping layer and drainage, a leachate collection system, a landfill gas collection and treatment system, and the restoration of vegetation and landscaping.2 Output 2: Substandard municipal solid waste landfills mined and remediated. This output will demonstrate the remediation of two substandard landfill sites through mining, which will include the excavation and transport of waste materials to adjacent 1 The design and monitoring framework is in Appendix 1. 2 The sites included are Dong’an; Doupi (in Hengyang); Guiyang; Hengshan; Jiufenshan (in Lanshan); Lengshuijiang; Shanglingqiao; Zhugemiao (in Yongzhou); and Tietang (in Changning). 1 sanitary landfill sites. This output will include the closure and restoration of the Xiaowujia site (in Lanshan) and the Zixing site. Output 3: New urban-rural integrated municipal solid waste management systems established.3 This output will establish best practice and well-defined urban- rural MSW management systems in seven project areas. It will support Hunan’s strategy for integrated MSW management by piloting the construction of collection and transfer stations in selected locations to demonstrate differing scale and approaches. It will include the procurement of the associated collection and transport equipment and fleet vehicles.4 Output 4: Sanitary landfill facilities upgraded. This output will upgrade the facilities in four sanitary landfill sites. This output will include upgrading and expanding leachate treatment facilities, installing leachate residual treatment facilities, improving site drainage, upgrading landfill cover and associated improvements, and refurbishing and upgrading site infrastructure.5 Output 5: A new kitchen waste treatment and management system established. This output will assist the Yongzhou City Government to establish a kitchen waste treatment and management system for commercial facilities. It will include the collection, transport and treatment, and associated operation and maintenance (O&M) and management systems. This output will support these initiatives by developing a well-prepared regulatory framework, appropriate institutional arrangements, a selection of appropriate technology, and a financially sustainable operational model. Output 6: Capacity for environmentally sustainable municipal solid waste management enhanced. This output will support capacity development and institutional strengthening to ensure the successful implementation of the Project. This will include technical support for project management and implementation, and training. This output will prepare operationally focused studies on MSW policies and best practice, accompanied by research on innovation and technology and pilot projects as inputs to developing