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1. INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT BACKGROUND

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This Resettlement Plan (RP) addresses the land acquisition and resettlement aspects of the

Dali-Lijiang Railway Project. It has been prepared in accordance with the ADB's policies on

Involuntary Resettlement 1, Indigenous Peoples , and other social safeguards and guidelines

on social dimensions, the PRC’s laws and regulations, local by-laws relating to land

acquisition and resettlement. It outlines the policy framework on remedial measures for

mitigation of adverse impacts of the proposed Project (the Project), and the rehabilitation

strategies for all affected people (APs) and seriously affected villages including how and when

these measures must be implemented. This RP will be jointly approved by Ministry of

Railways (MOR) and Yunnan Provincial Government.

For both the PRC and the ADB, the over-riding objective of resettlement planning is to ensure

that persons unavoidably losing land or property as a result of a development project attain

equal or better livelihoods and living standards than if the project had not occurred. All

policies, proposals and compensation measures contained in this RP are designed to meet

this objective.

The preparation of this RP was based on: (i) relevant Project reports: particularly the Project

Feasibility Study, and the Resettlement Plan (draft) prepared by the Southwest Jiaotong

University in May 2003; (ii) discussions with the principal authors of the above documents; (iii)

field visits along the proposed alignment; (iv) consultations with various levels of local

government, village leaders and APs; (v) socio-economic surveys of affected households

carried out during the PPTA stage (2003-2004); and (vi) meetings with representatives from

seriously affected villages to discuss and determine preferred compensation and income

restoration strategies.

The impact data used in this RP is based on the Feasibility Study, completed and revised in

January 2004. In order to fully assess project impacts prior to their occurrence, RP impact

data and cost estimates will be reviewed and amended if necessary, following the results of

the Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS). While the principles and the resettlement

entitlements have been stipulated in this document, the compensation packages for the

affected households/shops and enterprises, including budget, will be revised based on further

detailed planning. Chapter 9 provides a list of detailed planning and implementation

preparation tasks to be completed by the project Executive Agency (EA).

1 Asian Development Bank, Involuntary Resettlement , Manila, November 1995; Handbook on Involuntary

Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice . ADB Manila, 1998.



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1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION

1.2.1 Project Background

The Project will involve the construction of a single track Railway from Dali Prefecture to

Lijiang City. The proposed Dali-Lijiang Railway is a priority project under the Tenth Five Year

Plan (2001-2005). The local governments and people living in the project area see the railway

as a key investment for development and access to the markets. The railway link will connect

the land-locked region of northwest Yunnan province with the rest of PRC and provide

connectivity to Kunming, Shanghai, and Beijing through the three of the sixteen east-west and

north-south national corridors. This will provide accessibility to the ports of Fangcheng, Beihai

in PRC and Haiphong in Vietnam and to South and Southeast Asia. The proposed Project will

also help in promoting the regional cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), of

which PRC is an active participant through Yunnan province, which shares borders with other

GMS countries. The Project and associated developments are expected to stimulateindustrial and natural resources development, tourism and related industry, generate

employment and increase income of poor people and together with local development reduce

poverty.

1.2.2 Project Description

1.2.2.1 Route Description

The proposed railway is located in Dali Bai Minority Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang City

of Yunnan Province. The project runs through Dali City (county level) and Heqing County of

Dali Prefecture, and Gucheng District (county level) in Lijiang City. The alignment starts at the

Dali East Station of Dali City, traverses Dali Valley, Heqing Valley and Lijiang Valley along the

eastern mountain foot. At the boarding areas between two valleys and at the eastern bank of

Er’hai Lake, tunnels are frequently designed. Total length of the alignment is about 166 km.

Also, included in the Project will be 4 km inter-connection railway from Hongshan to Dali

stations, 18 stations, 5 roads to the new stations totally 15 km, and 251 km of construction

access roads. The provisions outlined in this RP will be applied to any land acquisition and

resettlement required by those construction of the above mentioned railway stations,

construction access roads and the connector roads. This RP will be updated accordingly.

In terms of the project RP covered scope, the alignment will cross 13 townships from Dali

prefecture to Lijiang City. The railway length in Dali Prefecture and Lijiang City are about

138km and 28 km respectively.

1.2.2.2 Principal Technical Indicators and Cost

The major indicators are listed in Table 1. The total cost is estimated to be in the order of

RMB 4.51 billion (c. $ 548million). The MOR, ADB/AFD and Yunnan Province will jointly

finance the expenditure. The Asian Development Bank will provide a loan amount of

$ US 180 million and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) a loan amount of



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$ US 40 million. It is currently anticipated that contractors will commence civil works in mid

2005. The railway is to be completed in 2008.

Table 1 - Major Technical Indicators and Data of Dali-Lijiang Railway Project

No. Item Unit Quantity Remark

01 Railway class Class I

02 Total length Km 166

03 Designed driving speed Km/h 120

04 Requisitioning land Mu 7513 Including temporary land acquisition 1600 mu

05 Removing buildings m2 120908

06 Various bridges m/no. 16604.6/58

07 Length of tunnels m/no. 71248.0/26

08 Length of bridges & tunnels % 52.7 % With total length 87.85 km

09 New railway stations- passenger stations- passing stations- reserved passing stations

no.no.no.no.

18657 To be opened in the mid-to long-run

10 Culvert m/no. 8191.4/317

11 Construction access roads Km 251

Source: Revised Feasibility Study - SSDI January 2004.

1.2.2.3 Socio-Economic Benefits

The Project is expected to have the following socio-economic benefits: 1) reduced travel times

from Dali to Lijiang; 2) the removal of constraints to economic growth (especially cargotransportation) in the project area; 3) increased short-term construction jobs in townships

crossed by the railway. In addition, the construction of the railway is expected to lead to the

following benefits to mountainous communities: 1) reduced transport and agricultural input

costs; 2) increased opportunities for cash cropping; 3) increased non-agricultural employment

activity; and 4) improved access to markets, schools and health facilities. All the above will

contribute to improving the standard of living of the poor and impact favourably on women and

ethnic minorities living in the Project Area (please also see the Social and Poverty

Assessment of the PPTA report).

1.2.2.4 Project Land Acquisition and Resettlement Impacts

Based on the field survey of Feasibility Study, the total expected permanent acquisition of land

is around 5913 mu (394 hectares) and the temporary use of land will amount to 1600 mu (107

hectares). 56.5 % of the land to be permanently acquired is currently under cultivation. The

number of people who will lose all their land over which they now have user rights will be

around 3,705 people. The number of rural people whose houses will be demolished is 3,150

while the school and a brickfield house relocation will affect another 150 persons. In addition,

temporary land occupation will affect around 250 persons. Accordingly, it is currently

estimated that the total number of persons directly affected will be around 7709 persons

(detailed impacts for land acquisition and resettlement are listed in Table 20). A final estimatewill only become available once the Detailed Measurement Survey associated with the formal



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land acquisition procedures is undertaken. The land acquisition and resettlement activities

were expected to commence in February 2005.

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