China - Shaanxi Guanzhong Irrigation Distric Upgrading Project

RP-OO1 6 SHAANXI GUANZHONG IRRIGATION DISTRICT UPGRADING PROJECT RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN Shaanxi Resettlement Leading Group Office Shaanxi Design & Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower September 1998  Approver: Wang Ye Xiang Verifer: Zheng Ke Jin Examiner: Lei Yin Jie Proofreader: Wang Guang Lin Writers: Shi Zi Zhen, Qu Xin Tang, Shen Tian You, Feng Guang Zhi, Chen Jun Li  PREFA CE Among Irrigation District Upgrading Project in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, there are two sub-projects involving land acquisition and resettlement. In which, (1) the reservoir induced by constructing dam and floodgate at the entrance to Linjia Village Irrigation Ditch of Baoji Gorge will inundate the land of 1500mu, and affect 841 persons, and the total of RMB24,447,900 will by required; and (2) two sub-projects of Baoji Gorge Irrigation District Upgrading and Luohui Ditch Irrigation District Upgrading will acquired 1,739mu land (including permanent acquired land 1,435mu and temporary occupied land 304mu), and compensation cost for land acquisition and resettlement for the two sub-projects is RMB131,815,000. In accordance with the requirements of the World Bank, Shaanxi Design & Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower (SDRI) provided a draft resettlement plan for reservoir project in April 1998. Together with the investigation mission of the World Bank, Mrs. Zhou Youlan, the expert in resettlement, gave some valuable advice to the draft resettlement action plan (RAP) after carefully investigating the two reservoir areas on the spot from 12* to 166 April 1998. And she made a lecture on "World Bank Operational Directive 4.30" (OD4.30) and how to develop RAP according to the requirements of the World Bank. According to the outline of RAP provided by Mrs. Zhou and "Investigation Mission Auxiliary Memorandum (April, 1998)", organized by the Shaanxi Resettlement Office (SRO) and SDRI, more than 10 officials from the resettlement offices of the two reservoirs areas took part in developing the document of "Shaanxi Guanzhong Irrigation District Upgrading Project Resettlement Action Plan." Mrs. Zhou, the expert in resettlement, gave good suggestions on the RAP again at the end of June 1998. Therefore, the section II - Resettlement Action Plan for Baoji Gorge Irrigation District Upgrading and Luohui Ditch Irrigation District Upgrading was added according to Mrs. Zhou's suggestions. As it is the first time of compiling RAP in accordance with the requirements of the World Bank, please oblige us with your valuable comments. Writers September 25, 1998  ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS IDUP Irrigation District Upgrading Project HDFP H- eadword Dam-adding & Floodgate-adding Project WCHDFP Water Conservancy Headword Dam-adding & Floodgate-adding Project PAP Project Affected Person SDRI Shaanxi Design & Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower RAP Resettlement Action Plan RO------------ Resettlement Office SRO ----- Shaanxi Resettlement Office VAC -----