China - Sichuan Urban Development Project : resettlement action plan (Vol. 3 of 5) : Resettlement action plan for Yibin municipality

Page 1 Sichuan Urban Development Project Resettlement Action Plan For Yibin Municipality Sichuan Province Urban Environment Project Office Construction and Management Office for Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project \03 February 2006 RP360 v 3 Page 2 Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project RAP 1 Table of Content 1 Description of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project...............................10 1.1 Overview of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project ...........................10 1.2 relative project general situation and resettment affection ................................13 1.3 Content of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project ..............................13 2 Impact of Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project......................................17 2.1 Land Requisition for the Project ......................................................................17 2.2 Impact of House Demolition in Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project 20 2.3 Measures in the Planning and Design Stage to Avoid and Reduce Workload of Land Requisition and Demolition ..............................................................................24 3. Targets of Land Requisition, Demolition and Resettlement in the Project ...............25 3.1 Avoidance and Reduction of Involuntary Resettlement as Far as Possible ........25 3.2 Preparation of Resettlement Plan of Sustainable Development, Resumption and Improvement of the Production and Living Standard of Project-affected People ........25 3.3 Improving the Housing Condition of the Project-affected People, Improving Infrastructures and Service Facilities in the Surrounding Areas, and Providing Better Employment Opportunity and Development Opportunity to the Affected Population Combining the Long-term Target of Social Development ...........................................25 3.4 Other Relevant Targets .....................................................................................25 4 Investigation of social economy .............................................................................27 4.1 Social and economic condition in the project location ......................................27 4.2 Population census ............................................................................................29 4.3 Inventory survey ..............................................................................................36 5 Legal Framework ...................................................................................................45 5.1 All state and local rules and regulations related to requisition of land and demolition as well as main contents thereof ...............................................................45 Page 3 Yibin Urban Riverside Loop Line Road Project RAP 2 5.2 Differences between local statute and involuntary resettlement policy of the World Bank as well as departments responsible for reducing these differences arising in the Project ..............................................................................................................56 6 Framework of institutions.......................................................................................58 6.1 Institutions associated with resettlement work and their responsibilities ...........58 6.2 Institutions