RP593 V3 Anhui Province Flood Management and Drainage Improvement Project Financed Public Disclosure Authorized by World Bank in Huai River Basin Resettlement Action Plan in first year project Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Province Huai River Basin Flood Management and Drainage Improvement Project Management Office Oct, 2008 Public Disclosure Authorized Letter of Commitment Through Ministry of Finance, Anhui Province Government (APG) is applying for the loan from the World Bank (WB) to finance the present project. Therefore, the implementation of the present project should be in compliance with WB’s policies of Social Safeguards. This Resettlement Plan represents a key requirement of the WB and is the key basis for land acquisition, house demolition and resettlement in the present project. This Resettlement Plan also complies with the laws of the People’s Republic of China and local regulations. Besides, for better resettlement outcome it adopts additional measures and arrangements for implementation and monitoring. APG hereby approves the contents of this Resettlement Plan and guarantees that resettlement budget has been included in the whole project budget and it will be made available as stipulated. APG has discussed the draft Resettlement Plan with relevant departments and the latter have confirmed their acceptance. APG authorizes Anhui WB Project Management Office to be responsible for all project implementation and relevant resettlement activities. Related local governments take charge of actual subproject implementation and executing related resettlement. The Mayor of Anhui Water Resource ___________________ (signature) __________________ (date) Contents 1 PROJECT BASIC SITUATION....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Introduction............................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Preparation and Progress........................................................................................... 1 1.3 benefited and affected areas by project ................................................................................. 3 1.3.1 Project benefited regions ..................................................................................3 1.3.2 Project Affected Areas.......................................................................................3 1.4 Socioeconomic Background of the Project Area................................................................... 4 1.4.1 Natural Conditions.............................................................................................4 1.4.2 Socioeconomic Conditions ...............................................................................5 1.5 Total Investment and Fund Source........................................................................................ 6 1.6 Measures Minimizing the Effects of Project Land acquisition and house demolition .......... 7 1.6.1 Preparative Stage of Project.............................................................................7 1.6.2 Planning and Implemented Stage of Resettlement Activities on Land Acquisition and house demolition in Project .............................................................7 1.7 Project Total Resettlement Introduction................................................................................ 8 2 PROJECT IMPACTS........................................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Land Acquisition ................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Land Acquisition for Temporary use................................................................................... 22 2.3 Demolished houses and attachments................................................................................... 25 2.4 Affected Buildings and Attachments of Enterprise and Institutional Unit .......................... 29 2.5 Affected Infrastructure and Special Facilities ..................................................................... 29 2.6 Affected Population............................................................................................................. 34 2.6.1 Affected Resident by Project ..........................................................................34 2.6.2 Non-House Affected by Project ......................................................................34 2.7 Cultural Relics and Vulnerable Groups............................................................................... 34 2.7.1 Cultural Relics..................................................................................................34 2.7.2 Vulnerable Groups...........................................................................................34 3 SOCIAL ECONOMIC SITUATION OF PROJECT AFFECTED REGIONS............................... 36 3.1 Social Economic Profile of Project Affected Regions ........................................................ 36 3.1.1 Social and Economic Profile of Project Affected City ...................................37 3.1.2 Social and Economic Profile of Project Affected County..............................40 3.1.3 Socio-economic Profiles of Project Affected Township (Town) ....................43 3.2 Basic Situation of Affected Rural Households.................................................................... 46 3.2.1 Population and age distribution, education and ethnic background............46 3.2.2 Production Resources Situation Survey........................................................46 3.2.3 Housing Construction Area.............................................................................46 3.2.4 Annual Family Income and Expenditure........................................................46 4 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK........................................................................................ 48 i 4.1 Applicable Laws, Regulations & Policies for Resettlement................................................ 48 4.2 Items of Applicable Laws, Regulations & Policies for ResettlementError! Bookmark not defined. 4.3 Resettlement Policies of this Project................................................................................... 48 4.3.1 Compensation for Collective-owned Land Acquisition and Labor Force Resettlement Policy..................................................................................................49 4.3.2 Compensation Standards for Permanent State-owned Land Occupation ..51 4.3.3 Compensation and Recovery Standards for Temporary State-owned Land Occupation ................................................................................................................51 4.3.4 Removing Compensation and Resettlement Policy for House and Attached Buildings ....................................................................................................52 4.3.5 Removing Compensation and Resettlement Policy for Non-House and Attached Buildings ....................................................................................................52 4.3.6 Compensation Policy for Affected Specialty Project and Ground Attached- Buildings ....................................................................................................................53 4.3.7 Policy for Vulnerable Groups..........................................................................53 5 COMPENSATION STANDARD................................................................................................... 55 5.1 Compensation Standard for Village Collective-owned Permanent Land Acquisition......... 55 5.2 The Compensation Standard of State-Owned Land Use and Transfer ................................ 57 5.3 Compensation Standards for Temporary Land Occupation................................................. 58 5.4 Rural Residential Housing and Attached-facilities Relocation Compensation Standards... 58 5.5 Compensation Standards for Demolition of Small Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Facilities............................................................................................................... 59 5.6 Compensation Standards for enterprise and institutional units of Demolition Rural area .. 61 5.7 Compensation Standards for infrastructure Facilities and Land-attached Facilities ........... 62 5.8 Special Project Facilities Compensation Standard.............................................................. 62 5.9 Standard for Related Tax and Charge.................................................................................. 63 6 RESETTLEMENT PRODUCTION AND LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION PLAN .................... 65 6.1 Objective and Principle....................................................................................................... 65 6.1.1 Objective ..........................................................................................................65 6.1.2 Principle............................................................................................................65 6.2 Restoration Plan for Affected Villages................................................................................ 67 6.2.1 Restoration Measures for Permanent Land Acquisition...............................67 6.2.2 Restoration Measures for Temporary Land Occupation...............................70 6.2.3 Restoration Measures for Residential House Demolition