Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project (RRP PRC 46042) Resettlement Plan (Draft) May 2015 PRC: Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project Prepared by Hanyin District Government. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 10 July 2014) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.16243 $1.00 = CNY6.1565 ABBREVIATIONS AAOV – Average Annual Output Value ADB – Asian Development Bank AHs – Affected Households APs – Affected Persons AV – Administrative Village CRO – County Resettlement Office DI – Design Institute DMS – Detailed Measurement Survey DRO – District Resettlement Office FS – Feasibility Study HD – House Demolition HDG – Hanyin District Government HPMO – Hanyin Project Management Office LA – Land Acquisition LAB – Land and Resources Bureau LAR – Land Acquisition and Resettlement LEF – Land-Expropriated Farmer L&RO – Land & Resources Office MOU – Memorandum of Understanding M&E – Monitoring and Evaluation NDRC – National Development and Reform Commission PADO – Poverty Alleviation and Development office PAH – Project Affected Household PAP – Project Affected Person PDRC – Provincial Development and Reform Commission PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal PRO – Project Resettlement Office RIB – Resettlement Information Booklet RP – Resettlement Plan SES – Socioeconomic Survey SPS – Safeguards Policy Statement of ADB SPTD – Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department TRO – Township Resettlement Office WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – kilometer m2 – square meter mu – 666.7 m2 NOTES In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. 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ADB Loan Project (TA-8440) Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project (Component: Hanyin Highway Road) Resettlement Plan (Draft) Hanyin District People’s Government May 2015 COMMITMENT LETTER Hanbin District People’s Government applied for the loan to Asian Development Bank for the Hanbin District component of Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project.Therefore,the implementation of the project must satisfy the social safeguard policy of ADB.This plan represents a key requirement of ADB, and becomes the basis for the project implementation of land acquisition and demolition as well as relocation and resettlement.The Resettlement Plan adheres to relevant laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China,Shaanxi Province, Ankang City and Hanbin District and ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement (SPS 2009) on involuntary resettlement.In order to better accomplish the relocation and resettlement work, the plan also includes some additional actions and implementation and monitoring arrangement. Hanbin District People’s Government hereby confirms the content of this report and ensures that the land acquisition, demolition, resettlement, compensation and budget fund of the project are all executed according to the Resettlement Plan. The plan is formulated based on the data of feasibility study report and preliminary design of the project and the preliminary survey on social impacts. The plan will be updated based on detailed design, detailed measurement survey and census of the affected persons. The updated Resettlement Plan should obtain the approval from ADB before the commencement of any land acquisition or demolition, and prior to the award of civil works. District Magistrate of Hanbin District People's Government GLOSSARY Affected person (or – Those who are physically displaced household) (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas Compensation – Money or payment in kind to which the people affected are entitled in order to replace the lost asset, resource or income Entitlement – Range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration, transfer assistance, income substitution, and relocation which are due to affected people, depending on the nature of their losses, to restore their economic and social base Income restoration – Reestablishing income sources and livelihoods of people affected Resettlement – Rebuilding housing, assets, including productive land, and public infrastructure in another location Resettlement Impact – Loss of physical and non-physical assets, including homes, communities, productive land, income-earning assets and sources, subsistence, resources, cultural sites, social structures, networks and ties, cultural identity, and mutual help mechanisms Resettlement Plan – A time-bound action plan with budget setting out resettlement strategy, objectives, entitlement, actions, responsibilities, monitoring and evaluation Vulnerable Group – Distinct groups of people who might suffer disproportionately from resettlement effects, as specified in this plan Cut off date – The effective date for resettlement eligibility based on the detailed measurement survey (DMS) based census of APs and preparation of a full inventory of losses. Contents 1 PROJECT OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND ............................................................................ 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 PREPARATION OF RP ................................................................................................. 2 1.3 SCOPE OF THE HANYIN HIGHWAY ROAD SUBPROJECT .................................................. 2 1.4 MEASURES EMPLOYED TO AVOID OR FURTHEST REDUCE LAND ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION ........................................................................................................................ 4 2 PROJECT IMPACT .................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 SURVEY METHOD AND PROCESS ................................................................................. 7 2.2 OVERALL IMPACT OF THE SUB-PROJECT ROAD COMPONENTS ....................................... 8 2.3 IMPACT OF PERMANENT COLLECTIVE LAND ACQUISITION ............................................... 8 2.4 TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ............................................................................... 11 2.5 ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSE DEMOLITION ......................................... 11 2.6 IMPACT OF DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS OF ENTERPRISES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS .......... 12 2.7 AFFECTED INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROUND ANCILLARY FACILITIES .............................. 12 2.8 AFFECTED POPULATION ............................................................................................ 13 3 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ..............................................16 3.1 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT AREA ............................................................ 16 3.2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS .............................................. 19 3.3 GENERAL SITUATION OF THE AFFECTED ENTERPRISES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ......... 26 3.4 WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT IN PROJECT AREA .............................................................. 26 4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES ....................................................................................30 4.1 OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES ..................................... 30 4.2 THE PRC’S LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON LAND ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION ............ 30 4.3 RELEVANT POLICIES OF SHAANXI PROVINCE AND HANYIN/XUNYANG DISTRICT/COUNTY . 32 4.4 ADB’S POLICY REQUIREMENTS ON INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ............................... 32 4.5 DIFFERENCES OF ADB’S AND LOCAL POLICIES ........................................................... 34 4.6 ADB POLICY ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................ 35 5 COMPENSATION PRINCIPLE AND ENTITLEMENT ................................................................36 5.1 RESETTLEMENT PRINCIPLES ..................................................................................... 36 5.2 CUT-OFF DATE OF COMPENSATION ............................................................................ 36 5.3 COMPENSATION RATE FOR PERMANENT LAND ACQUISITION ........................................ 37 5.4 COMPENSATION RATE FOR TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION ........................................ 37 5.5 COMPENSATION RATE FOR HOUSE DEMOLITION ......................................................... 38 5.6 COMPENSATION FOR GROUND ATTACHMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ............................ 40 5.7 COMPENSATION FOR YOUNG CROPS ......................................................................... 40 5.8 STANDARD OF OTHER COSTS .................................................................................... 40 5.9 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX .............................................................................................. 41 6 RESETTLEMENT AND INCOME RESTORATION PLAN ..........................................................45