Involuntary Resettlement

PRC: Hunan Roads Development II Project (Expressway Component)
Resettlement Plan

The Hunan Roads Development II Project includes the construction of a 173 km expressway and three inter-connector roads (12 km), which will affect 22 townships and 97 villages in the 3 counties/districts of Dingcheng, Taoyuan and Yuanling in Hunan Province, People's Republic of China (PRC). Road alignments were selected based on impact surveys and consultations with local officials, village leaders, and affected households to minimize impacts on paddy land, vegetable land and housing. Land acquisition and resettlement impacts were minimized by aligning the expressway away from densely populated areas and avoiding irrigated land and facilities, where possible.

The expressway and connecting roads will permanently acquire 1,349 ha of land, of which 509.3 ha (38%) is cultivated land. The detailed measurement survey concluded that the number of people who will lose some land is 30,564. The temporary use of land during construction will amount to 290 ha. The number of rural people whose houses will be demolished is 4,807 persons living in 1,414 households, with a total floor space of 225,139 m2. Another 1,607 persons in five schools and a forestry farm would also require relocation.

The Hunan Communications Department (HCD) has prepared a full Resettlement Plan (RP) for these components. The resettlement plan was approved by the HCD in June 2004. The draft resettlement plan and a resettlement information booklet in Chinese were distributed to affected households and villages in November 2003.

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Contents

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1. Introduction and Project Background [ PDF: 130kb | 6 pages ]

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Project Background and Description

2. Land Aquisition and Resettlement Impacts [ PDF: 99kb | 4 pages ]

2.1 Measures to Reduce Resettlement

2.2 Requirement for Land and Property

2.3 Impacted Population

2.4 Impact on Income Loss

3. Socio-Economics Characteristics [ PDF: 248kb | 27 pages ]

3.1 The Project Influence Area

3.2 Basic Situations of Expressway Traversed District/County

3.3 Socio-Economic Surveys

3.4 Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Affected Population

3.5 Vulnerable Groups

3.6 Gender Aspects

3.7 Implications of Socioeconomic Survey Findings to RP Strategy

4. Legal Framework and Resettlement Policy [ PDF: 155kb | 11 pages ]

4.1 General

4.2 Legal Framework - Overview National/Local By-laws

4.3 Project Resettlement Policy

5. Compensation Cost Estimates and Budget [ PDF: 125kb | 6 pages ]

5.1 General

5.2 Compensation Rates and Cost for Land Acquisition

5.3 Compensation for Houses and Structures

5.4 Other Compensation Rates and RP Cost Items

5.5 Total Cost Estimate

6. Relocation and Reconstruction Plans [ PDF: 95kb | 5 pages ]

6.1 Resettlement Needs

6.2 Strategy for Resettlement Management

6.3 Relocation and Resettlement of Private Households

6.4 Relocation and Resettlement for Non-residential Building

6.5 Reconstruction of Physical Infrastructure

6.6 Reinstatement of Irrigation Systems and Roads

7. Income Restoration Plans [ PDF: 109kb | 5 pages ]

7.1 Context

7.2 Formulation of Income Restoration Strategy

7.3 Income Restoration: Use of Compensation Funds

7.4 Training Programs

7.5 Employment in the Project Activities

7.6 Gender Issues

7.7 Vulnerable Households

8. Income Restoration Plans for Selected Villages [ PDF: 114kb | 8 pages ]

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Economic Rehabilitation Plans for Seriously Affected Villages

9. Stakeholder Participation and Consultation [ PDF: 98kb | 5 pages ]

9.1 The Consultation During Project Preparation

9.2 Disclosure of the RP

9.3 Steps to Ensure Participation

9.4 RP Information Booklet

10. Implementation Framework [ PDF: 93kb | 6 pages ]

10.1 Resettlement Organization

10.2 Accountability

10.3 Grievances and Redress

10.4 Staff Training and Capacity Building

11. Next Task and Implementation Schedule [ PDF: 171kb | 3 pages ]

11.1 Next Planning Tasks

11.2 Schedule for Land Acquisition and RP Implementation

12. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting [ PDF: 80kb | 3 pages ]

12.1 Internal Monitoring and Supervision by the HPEC

12.2 External Monitoring

12.3 Methodology and Approach

12.4 Reporting Requirements

Annexes

Annex 1. Basic Information of Project Affected Villages/Township [ PDF: 84kb | 2 pages ]

Annex 2. Summary Social Assessment of Ethnic Minorities Affected by Resettlement [ PDF: 573kb | 18 pages ]

Annex 3. Name List of Participants during Consultation Meeting [ PDF: 42kb | 4 pages ]

Annex 4. Resettlement Information Booklet [ PDF: 295kb | 7 pages ]

Annex 5. Draft TOR for External Monitor