China - National Highway (Hebei - Henan) Project : resettlement action plan

RP- 43 RAPFOR - U XINXIANG-ZHENGZHOU GRADE 1 HIGHWAY ii UPGREADING PROJECT HEIGHWAY MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF HIENAN PROVINCIAL COMMUNCIATION DEPARTMENT FEB, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND A) Brief Description of the Project and Its Main Purpose B) Areas Affected And Served by The Project C) Social and Economic Background of the Project Area D) Measures Taken to Minimize Resettlement E) Technical and Economic Feasibility Study F) Preliminary and Final Design of the Project G) Ownership and Organization of the Project H) The Census (Social Survey) I) Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan J) Schedule for Project Preparation Contract AwardOConstruction0land Implementation K) Permission for Land Use, Resettlement and Construction L) Decree on Rates of Compensation M) Status of the Adverse Impact Arising from Components Already Implemented 2. PROJECT IMPACT   A) Land.Acquisition B) Affected Structures C) Affected Residences D) Loss of Employment in Agriculture, Enterprises and Public Offices E) Affected Infrastructure F) Temporary Land Acquisition G) Loss of Crops H) Loss of Other Assets 1) Affected Population J) Impact on Vulnerable Groups 3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK A) Policy B) Compensation Rates I) Land Compensation and Resettlement Subsidy 2) Housing Compensation (including other affected structures) 3) Job Creation 4) Entitlements of the Vulnerable Groups 5) Enterprise Compensation 6) Infrastructure Compensation 4. COMPENSATION COST ESTIMATE AND BUDGET A) Flow of Funds B) Base Cost C) Administrative Cost D) Contingencies I) Physical Contingencies 2) Price Contingencies (inflation) D) Other Costs 5. RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN A) House Construction B) Infrastructure Relocation C) Job Creation Land Redistribution by Village D) Implementation Schedule for Resettlement E) Payment Schedule to City, Conty, Township and Village F) Booklet for Resettlement Informations 6. INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION A) Institutions Responsible for Resettlement Planning, Management, Implementation and Monitoring B) Responsibility I) PRO 2) CIROs (City Land Administration Bureaus} 3) COROs {County Land Administration Bureaus} 4) TROs {Township Land Administration Bureaus} 5) Village Administration Committee and Production Team 6) Survey Design Institute 7) Independent Monitoring Organization C) Leading Groups D) Staffing E) Training F) Organizational Charts G) Measures for Strengthening Institutional Capacity 7. PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION 8. GRIEVANCE AND APPEALS 9. MONITORING A) Implementation Procedure B) Indicators to be Monitored C) Personnel  D) Purpose and Responsibility E) The Independent Monitoring Organization(IMO) F) Procedure G) Time of Monitoring 1 0. REPORTING A) Internal Reporting B) PRO's Reporting Responsibility C) IMO's Reporting Responsibility 11. ENTITLEMENT MATRIX LIST OF ANNEXES 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND A) Brief Description of the Project and Its Main Purpose Xinxiang to Zhengzhou Grade I Highway is an important part of 107 National Highway, also is one part of Beijing to Zhuhai National Expressway in construction. It is a very important channel for traffic of north and south. The highway connected Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, and Xinxiang, an important industrial city of Henan together. Other parts of Beijing to Zhuhai expressway in Henan Province, Anyang to Xinxiang, Zhengzhou to Luohe had been finished as expressway. But now the Xinxiang to Zhengzhou highway can not satisfy the needs of developed economics due to the increasing traffics. The observed traffic of the sections north of Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge has increased from 8300 per day (at 1992) to 12000 per day, sections south of the bridge increased from 10400 per day (at 1992) to 18000 per day (change to Middle Size Truck). It is much more than the design capacity. Due to the shorts of fund, to upgrading the highway to expressway to accomplish the Beijing to Zhuhai National Expressway is very necessary. To upgrading the highway can get rid of disturb of crosswise traffic, raise passing abilities and reduce accident. B) Areas Affected and Served by the Project The upgrading project of Xinxiang to Zhengzhou Grade I Highway affected Xinxiang and Yuanyang counties. After upgrading, a 45.38km auxiliary lane (include discontinuous auxiliary lane); 24 overpasses; 3 interchanges and 9 underpasses will be constructed. The project satisfied living and production needs of local residence, so they praise the project to be "for the convenience of the people". Xinxiang and Yuanyang located on Huabei Plain of north China; both of them are main place of grain, fruit and other economical crop production of Henan province. Especially Yuanyang County is the Base of Rice Production of China. This project will greatly promote the development of local economic and benefit Beijing to Zhuhai National Expressway. C) Social and Economic Background of the Project Area Yuanyang County located 30km southeast from Xinxiang City and 50km north from Zhengzhou. It has 800,000 mu of cultivated lands. The population of Yuanyang County is 500,000 by 1996. Xinxiang County located nearby Xinxiang City, 72km north from Zhengzhou. It has 460,000 mu of cultivated lands. The population of Xinxiang County is 380,000 by 1996. Main crops of the two counties are wheat, rice, cotton, peanut and so on. Main industries are motor parts, medicine, petroleum and chemical industry. The county and township enterprises are economical pillars of the two counties. In 1996, total industrial value of Yuanyang County is 620 millions, and 6,000 millions of Xinxiang County. But highway systems of the two counties can not fit the develop speed of economic, and had limited the speedy increasing of economics. The Xinxiang to Zhengzhou Grade I Highway, completed in 1989, is for mixing traffics. Hundreds of plane crosses caused so many accidents. Those accidents damaged not only properties but also lives of local residence. Recent years, heavy traffic increased so much, the concrete pavement was destroyed seriously, and about 40% of concrete plate were broken. So the existing pavement can not server the economic and traffics properly, it should be upgraded. D) Measures Taken to Minimize Resettlement The Upgrading Project had taken lots of measures to minimize resettlement. During Feasibility Study period, the project had made two schemes. Scheme Owhich was put to use is to make use of existing county-township lanes as possible. This also fits the City Construction Development  Program of the two counties. Although it acquired 142 mu more lands than scheme 0, but it minimized resettlement of 1206 houses, 63 places of affected power lines, 17 places of communications and reduced pollution of noise and exhaust of traffic to the local residents. During implementation, temporary lands acquired will be resumed to cultivated lands. If possible borrow pits will be selected on wastelands. If on cultivated lands, depth of excavation will be limited for resume. Temporary land acquisition did not affect any local residents, households, structures and infrastructures, so no any resettlement should be done. During temporary land acquisition except pay land compensations, the PRO also try to give some temporary jobs to laborers whose land was acquired to increase incomes of people. E) Technical and Economic Feasibility Study The project is in the administration of Henan Province, need not to be approved by MOC and SPC. Feasibility Study Report document N2 YJJ(1998) 126 of Henan Provincial Communication Department had been approved by document NQ YJJ(1998) 356 of Plan Committee of Henan Province. F) Preliminary and Final Design of the Project The design of the project was finished by at Mar 5,1998, and reported by document No YJJ(1998) 318 of Henan Provincial Communication Department, approved by document No YJJ( 1998) 1101 of Plan Committee of Henan Province. G) Ownership and Organization of the Project Ownership of the project is the state. The Highway Management Bureaus of Henan Provincial Communication Department responsible for management and maintain of the project. During Implementation, offices of PRO on different level responsible for the land acquisition and resettlement. H) The Census (Social Survey) The invest team formed by IMO, CIRO, CORO and TRO staff and PAPs representatives will execute the Social Survey of the project from Apr 20 to May 25, 1998. Contents of the survey are visit officers of township, village and PAPs, collect data. Data include economical situations, natural souses, geographical features, market price of materials of affected areas and basically production methods, living level, custom of living, distributions of households, attached structures and ideals to project of PAPs. Methods used are to collect official statistical data of last three years from local Statistics Bureau and visit local residents. At Oct 1997 CIRO, CORO, TRO and PAPs conscientious measured acquired lands and checked attached structures together, signed on the register table to confirn. From the Social Survey knows most of local residents take welcome and support manner to the project. While checking attached structures, there have some subject to dispute. Survey staff considered ideas of PAPs according facts, on principal of "PAPs should not suffering lose" solved the problems. During implementation and I year after project complete, MPO and IMO will start following monitoring and report social economical situations of affected areas to PRO, to improve their works. I) Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan (1) Total quantities of land acquisition and attached structures, affected population affected by the project will be provided by design institute according final design. Also design institute will provide economic statistic data of affected areas, forecast of prospects on traffic and development of economic after project accomplished. (2) Establish organization for resettlement works. Resettlement organization on different levels of the project established in Feb 1998. COROs and Construction Leading Group of Xinxiang County and Yuanyang County responsible for conduction of permission for land acquisition, resettlement of PAPs and other issues authorized by PRO, CIRO. (3) PRO will publicize importance of the project and polities, regulations of the state or province executed in the project. (4) COROs draw up the RAP, especially the staff training plan and land readjust plan. J) Schedule for Project Preparation Contract Award, Construction and Implementation Report Document of Qualification Check to the World Bank May 10,1998 Bidding Document Selling Jul 20,1998 Bid Opening Sep 29,1998 Commence Dec 5,1998 Project Implementation Dec 5,1998-Jul 30,1999  Project Accomplish Jul 30,1999 Land Acquisition and Resettlement Sep 30,1998-Nov 30,1998 K) Permission for Land Use, Resettlement and Construction Total land acquisition for the project is 1877.64 mu; temporary land acquisition is 335 mu. At Sep 1998, PRO reported land acquisition plan and all the approved documents by province of the project to the state. On Nov 30,1998 got permission of land acquisition. PAPs lost lands will be resettled by land readjust and land readjust will be done before project commence. L) Decree on Rates of Compensation Regulations for land acquisition of the project are Land Law of Henan Province and Implementation Regulations of Land Law. Clause 30: Land acquisition for state construction, units acquired lands should pay implementation for land acquisition. Implementation rates are: the compensation fee for cultivated land (including suburban vegetable plots, orchards and ponds) should be 5 times of average annual production value per mu. Calculation of average annual production value per mu according statistical data of affected county provided by Statistical Bureau of County. Compensation fee for standing crops should be 0.3 times of average annual production value per mu. Compensation fee for attached structures according to regulations of local government. Clause 31: Land acquisition for state construction, units acquired lands should pay not only land compensation but also subsidy for resettlement of PAPs. Compensate rates are: implementation compensation fee for cultivated land (including suburban vegetable plots, orchards and ponds) should be 3 times of average annual production value per mu. Resettlements of affected populations execute Land Law of Henan Province. Land acquisitions of wastelands have no subsidy. M) Status of the Adverse Impact Arising from Components Already Implemented The project did not approved by the World Bank yet, not implemented. 2E1PROJECT IMPACT A) Land Acquisition Summary of Land Acquisition Table 2.1 Category Unit Quantity __ A B C I Total land acquisition for the project mu 2472.64 2 Permanent land acquisition mu 1877.64 3 Temporary land acquisition mu 595 4 Urban land acquisition mu 0 5 Acquisition of arable land (irrigated Edry Ovegetable Dorchard ...) mu 1807.92 6 Acquisition of land associated with buildings: 69.72 houses enterprises &public buildings mu 7 Total number of RAPs affected directly by land acquisition 1952 (Including job loss) No. 8 Total number of households affected by land acquisition m 11417 9 Total number of laborers affected by land acquisition 802 10 Number of affected administrative units: Ns 11 Cities No 12 Counties N9 13 Townships N9 14 Villages Ns 15 Work Teams No 16 Arable land acquired for the project as a percentage of the total arable land of affected villages(or work teams) % 0.6 17 Range of average arable land (per person) in affected townships mu 0.9-1.72  18 Range of average arable land (per laborer) in affected townships mu 1.35-6.96 19 Range of average arable land (per laborer) in affected villages mu 1.35-6.94 20 No of villages (or work teams) where land labor ratio falls below Ng township level 21 No of villages where land readjustment is not possible due to the N