R esettlement Monitoring Report Project Number: 47048-002 March 2021 PRC: Hubei Enshi Qing River Upstream Environment Rehabilitation Project Prepared by: Shanghai Yiji Construction Consultants Co., Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank This resettlement 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. External Resettlement Monitoring Report #9 Semiannual Report for July-December 2020 March 2021 PRC: Hubei Enshi Qing River Upstream Environment Rehabilitation Project Prepared by Shanghai Yiji Construction Consultants Co., Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 20 Oct. 2014) Currency Unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1 = $0.1634 $1 = CNY6.118 ABBREVIATION AAOV Average Annual Output Value ADB Asian Development Bank AH Affected HH AP Affected Person CNY Abbreviation for yuan, PRC’s currency DDR Due Diligence Report DI Design Institute DMS Detailed Measurement Survey EMA External Monitoring Agency ECPMO Enshi City Project Management Office EUCIC Enshi Urban Construction and Investment Co. Ltd. EPDRC Enshi Prefectural Development and Reform Commission EMDP Ethnic Minority Development Plan ERSM External Resettlement and Social Monitoring ETMAP Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture EMG Enshi Municipal Government Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Project EPPMO Management Office FSR Feasibility Study Report HH Household HEQRUERP Hubei Enshi Qing River Upstream Environment Rehabilitation Project LAB Land Administration Bureau LA&R Land Acquisition and Resettlement LAO Land Acquisition Office LLF Land-Loss Farmer LPMO Local Project Management Office M&E Monitoring and Evaluation mu Chinese land area unit of measure: 1 mu = 0.0667 ha NGO Non-Government Organization PMO Project Management Office PPTA Project Preparation Technical Assistance PRC People’s Republic of China RIB Resettlement Information Booklet RMB Renminbi—another word for the PRC Currency, the yuan RP Resettlement Plan SES Socioeconomic Survey TOR Terms of Reference WF Women’s Federation WS Water Supply WTP Water Treatment Plant WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant WEIGHTS AND MEASURES mu – 0.006 ha square meter – m 2 NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. 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. Report Director: Wu Zongfa School of Economics and Management Tongji University Report Co‐compiler: Wu Zongfa, Zhang Yingli, Chen Wei, Su Daoming, Gong Jing E‐mail: [email protected] CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................... 1 1.1PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 RESETTLEMENT POLICY AND FRAMEWORK .................................................................... 2 1.3 PROGRESS OF RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................... 3 1.4 EXTERNAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION ON RESETTLEMENT ................................... 4 A. Work Plan and Arrangement for Monitoring and Evaluation ................................... 4 B. Work Procedures ....................................................................................................... 5 C. Methods ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 LAR INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................... 6 D. Institutional Arrangement of Enshi City .................................................................... 6 E. Institutional Arrangement of Lichuan City ................................................................ 7 1.6 LAND ACQUISITION PROGRESS ........................................................................................ 8 F. Land Acquisition Procedures .................................................................................... 8 G. Land Acquisition Progress ........................................................................................ 9 1.7 HOUSE DEMOLITION PROGRESS ...................................................................................... 9 1.8 EXECUTION OF POLICIES.................................................................................................. 9 1.9 COMPENSATION PAYMENT AND UTILIZATION ................................................................ 9 1.10 EXISTING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTION PLANS .............................................................. 13 1.11 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................. 16 1.12 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .............................................................................. 16 H. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 16 I. Suggestions .............................................................................................................. 16 2 RESETTLEMENT MONITORING IN ENSHI CITY .................................................... 17 2.1 OVERALL SITUATION OF RESETTLEMENT ..................................................................... 17 2.2 RESETTLEMENT PROGRESS ............................................................................................ 18 J. Land Acquisition Progress ...................................................................................... 18 K. Affected Households Progress ................................................................................. 20 L. Affected Vulnerable Groups .................................................................................... 21 2.3 RELOCATION POLICY ..................................................................................................... 21 M. Land Acquisition Policy .......................................................................................... 21 N. House Demolition Policy ......................................................................................... 24 O. Temporary Land Occupancy Policy ........................................................................ 24 P. Sampling Survey ...................................................................................................... 25 2.4 INCOME RESTORATION .................................................................................................. 28 2.5 HOUSES RELOCATION .................................................................................................... 28 2.6 APS’ SATISFACTION SURVEY ........................................................................................ 30 2.6.1 BASIC SITUATION OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS ............................................................... 30 2.6.2 SURVEY ON INCOME LEVELS ...................................................................................... 31 2.6.3 SATISFACTION DEGREE .............................................................................................. 32 2.7 INFRASTRUCTURE RESTORATION .................................................................................. 34 2.8 BUDGET AND FUND FOR RESETTLEMENT ...................................................................... 34 2.9 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............................................ 36 2.10 COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS ........................................................................................ 43 2.11 ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................... 43 2.12 ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE GROUPS ...................................................................... 44 2.13 SAMPLING SURVEY ...................................................................................................... 44 2.14 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .............................................................................. 46 Q. Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 46 R. Suggestions .............................................................................................................. 46 2.15 INTERVIEW RECORDS .................................................................................................. 46 3 RESETTLEMENT MONITORING IN LICHUAN CITY ............................................. 52 3.1 OVERALL SITUATION OF RESETTLEMENT ..................................................................... 52 3.2 RESETTLEMENT PROGRESS ............................................................................................ 52 S. Land Acquisition Progress .....................................................................................