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Position - - Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Dam Project |
| Resettlement |
The total costs of the Xiaolangdi Multipurpose
Project including resettlement are estimated at US$3,039 million,
of which resettlement will account for nearly one fifth or US$572
million. Realizing the tremendous impact such large scale relocation
has on the directly or indirectly affected individuals as well
as on the economy in the entire region, the government has designed
a resettlement and rehabilitation component as a separate project.
Resettlement in China has undergone dramatic changes during
the last decade and its performance now generally ranks among
the best in the world.
Xiaolangdi Resettlement Program was phased into four stages
for implementation, i.e. Damsite, Reservoir Phase I, II and
III. The World Bank financed Xiaolangdi Resettlement Project
covered only Reservoir Phase I and II. According to the inventory
update in 1994, the Xiaolangdi Resettlement Project affected
29 townships in 8 counties/cities of Jiyuan, Mengjin and Xinan
in Luoyang Municipality, Mianchi of Sanmengxia Municipality,
Yuanqu, Xiaxian and Pinglu of Yuancheng Municipality. 12 towns,
43 institutions above township government level, 182 administrative
villages, 789 manufacturing and mining enterprises were required
to be relocated. The project inundated 7.25 million square meters
of housing, 381,870 mu of land including 181,709 irrigated land,
12 mini hydrostations, 658 km of canals, 688 km of roads, 548
km of communication lines and 109 cultural relics sites. The
total resettler population was 172,487.
The resettlement program affected 545,000 host population in
397 villages in 59 townships in Yima, Mengzhou, Wenxian, Yuanyang,
Zhongmou and Kaifeng counties. The project also completed the
Wenmengtan river training and land development program as well
as the Houhe Dam and the irrigation area development program
for the project resettlement.
Xiaolangdi Resettlement Project is implemented by the reservoir
counties in Henan and Shanxi, on a lump sum basis, as directed
by the Ministry of Water Resources and supervised by the project
employer. YRWHDC established a resettlement office to be responsible
for the project management. Henan, Shanxi Provinces, all project
counties and cities also established resettlement offices to
be responsible for their part of the resettlement work under
their respective governments. Yellow River Reconnaissance %
Design Company Ltd.(the former RPDI), Yellow River Engineering
Consulting and Supervision Company (the former YRCCRO), Henan
China Water Consulting Firm were contracted as the project designer,
supervisor and independent monitor. As requested by the World
Bank, an international environment and resettlement panel of
experts was established to provide consultancy to the project.
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