Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Final Project Number: 42018 August 2009 PRC: Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project Prepared by Anhui Highway Administration Bureau. The 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. ADB Financed Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project Resettlement Plan for S312 Tianchang Section (Draft) Anhui, China May 2009 Letter of Commitment Through the Ministry of Finance, Anhui Provincial Government (hereinafter called as APG) has applied for a loan from ADB to finance this subproject. Therefore, it must be implemented in compliance with the guidelines and policies of ADB on social security. This Resettlement Plan is in line with a key requirement of ADB and will constitute the basis for land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement of this subproject. The Plan also complies with the laws of the People’s Republic of China and local regulations, as well as with some additional measures and the arrangements for implementation and monitoring for the purpose of achieving better resettlement results. APG hereby approves the contents of this Resettlement Plan and guarantees that funds will be made available as stipulated in the budget. APG has discussed the draft Resettlement Plan with relevant units that have confirmed their acceptance via Anhui Highway Administration Bureau and Tianchang County, and authorizes the Anhui Project Management Office for ADB Financed Projects as the responsible agency to generally manage the implementation of this subproject and relevant resettlement activities, and the local governments of the affected areas to be responsible for the implementation of this subproject and related resettlement activities within the respective jurisdictions. Agencies Signature date Anhui Highway Administration Bureau Tianchang Government Executive Summary 1. Background The S312 Jiangsu Boarder-Tianchang Section Reconstruction Project is one of the subprojects of the ADB financed project – Anhui Integrated Transport Sector Improvement Project. The subproject will further strengthen the traffic and economic link between Tianchang City and Yangzhou City, Nanjing City and even south Jiangsu and the Yangtze River Delta, improve the traffic environment along the route thoroughly and traffic service level, and have great significance in strengthening the traffic link between Tianchang and the towns along the route, especially Qinlan, Renhe and Lulong, and driving the process of urban-rural integration. The land acquisition and resettlement of the subproject involves 9 villages of 3 towns of Tianchang City, including 2 villages in Qinlan Town, 5 in Renhe Town, and 2 in Tianchang Sub-district. The subproject will commence in 2009 and be completed in 2011, and the implementation plan for land acquisition, house demolition, compensation and resettlement will be put into practice in May 2009, and completed by January 2011. The estimated resettlement expenses of the subproject are 48.578million yuan (based on prices of 2008), including basic expenses for land acquisition (occupation) and house demolition, relevant taxes and unexpected expenses, accounting for 18.1% of the whole project budget. 2. Resettlement Impacts The main impacts of the S312 Jiangsu Boarder-Tianchang Section Reconstruction Project are permanent land acquisition, temporary land occupation, demolition of residential houses and relocation of entities. In the subproject, 793.1 mu of collective land will be acquired, including 423 mu of paddy field (57.2%), 203.1 mu of dry land (27.5%), 2 mu of vegetable plots (0.3%), 17 mu of housing sites (2.3%) and 94 mu of other land (12.7%), affecting 5,692 people of 1,383 households directly. 296.05 mu of land will be occupied temporarily, including 127.1 mu of land for borrow pits (42.9%); in terms of land type, this includes 173.43 mu of paddy field (58.6%), 83.26 mu of dry land (28.1%), 0.82 mu of vegetable plots (0.3%) and 38.54 mu of other land (13%), affecting 1,639 people of 404 households for a short term. In the subproject, 4,913m2 of residential houses will be demolished, including 2863m2 (58.3%) in the masonry concrete structure, 2,547m2 in the masonry timber structure (51.8%) and 148m2 in the simple structure (3.0%), affecting 254 people out of 57 households. 4 entities will be relocated, with a total area of 1,170m2, affecting 45 people. In addition, the subproject will also affect some ground annexes, such as tombs, trees and telegraph poles. 3. Policy framework and entitlements To avoid or minimize the negative impacts of land acquisition, the affected villager teams and displaced persons have been consulted on the selection of the relocation sites at the feasibility study stage, and the optimum option has been chosen through comparative selection. This Resettlement Plan has been formulated in accordance with the Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China (2004), the Decision of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Exercising Strict Land Management (Guo Fa [2004] No.28), the applicable policies of Anhui Province, ADB’s Involuntary Resettlement and policies on social security. The resettlement principles of the subproject are as follows based on the above policies and through consultation with the local governments and the affected people: (1) Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible; (2) The affected people are granted compensation and rights that can at least maintain or even improve their livelihoods in the absence of the project; (3) The affected people are given compensation and assistance in resettlement whether legal title is available or not; (4) If the land available to everyone is insufficient to maintain his/her livelihood, replacement in cash or in kind and other income-generating activities are provided for the lost land; (5) The affected people fully understand their entitlements, the method and standard of compensation, the livelihood and income restoration plan, and the project schedule, and participate in the implementation of the Resettlement Plan; (6) No land should be acquired before the affected people are satisfied with the compensation and resettlement (plan); (7) The executing agency and an independent agency / third party should monitor the compensation, relocation and resettlement operations; (8) The vulnerable groups (including women) are provided special assistance or treatment so that they lead a better life, and all affected people should have an opportunity to benefit from the project; (9) The Resettlement Plan is consistent with the master plans of the affected counties and towns; and (10) The resettlement expenses are sufficient to cover all affected aspects. 4. Resettlement strategy The compensation for permanent land acquisition includes land compensation, resettlement subsidy and crop compensation. The average annual output value of paddy field, dry land and vegetable plots of Tianchang – the city affected by land acquisition – in the past 3 years was 1,200 yuan/mu, and that of housing sites and other land 750 yuan/mu, so the compensation multiple is 16, in which the multiple of land compensation is 10, and that of resettlement subsidy 6. Temporary land occupation includes that for borrow pits and other purposes. The compensation standards for temporary land occupation are: single compensation for borrow pits: 12,000 yuan/mu for arable land ,4000 yuan/mu for other land ; other temporary land 4,000 yuan/mu· year. The occupation period will be 2 years. After expiry of the occupation period, the land will be restored by the implementing agencies, with a land restoration fee of 4,000 yuan/mu. Occupation of arable land should be avoided in the temporary land occupation for borrow pits. If this is unavoidable, low-lying land and derelict land with lower output value and likely to be affected by inland inundation should be occupied where possible. After occupation, borrow pits will be restored as the affected people may wish. The compensation standards for the demolition of residential houses are: masonry concrete structure: 410 yuan/m2, masonry timber structure: 260 yuan/m2, simple structure: 80 yuan/m2, relocation fee: 500 yuan/person, and transition fee: 3001 yuan/household · month. The compensation standards for relocation of entities are: masonry concrete structure: 410 yuan/m2, masonry timber structure: 260 yuan/m2, shutdown compensation: 3 yuan/m2, relocation subsidy: 3 yuan/m2·month. The measures for income restoration of the affected people include cash compensation, provision of technical training and priority in employment, etc. Since permanent land acquisition is caused by road construction mainly, the impacts of the subproject are in a linear form. Based on statistical analysis, though the amount of land acquisition is relatively large, it is scattered and has very moderate impact on the regular agricultural production of rural households. According to the different socioeconomic backgrounds of AVs, the use and relocation of land acquisition fees including land compensation and resettlement subsidy which will be determined by village meeting is also different. In general, land compensation and resettlement could 1 It will be compensated based on the factual transitional period, the tentative periods are 4 months be disbursed to affected households directly, collective villagers or invested by the