VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program, Tranche 2 – 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong Transmission Line (Dak Lak Province)

Social Monitoring Report 3rd Monitoring Report January 2015 VIE: Power Transmission Investment Program, Tranche – 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong Transmission Line (Dak Lak Province) Prepared by the Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board for the National Power Transmission Corporation and the Asian Development Bank This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower The views expressed herein not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD PLEIKU – MY PHUOC – CAU BONG 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT THIRD MONITORING REPORT INDEPENDENT MONITORING ON RESETTLEMENT AND ETHNIC MINORITY DAK LAK PROVINCE January 2015 NATIONAL POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION CENTRAL VIETNAM POWER PROJECTS MANAGEMENT BOARD PLEIKU – MY PHUOC – CAU BONG 500 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT THIRD MONITORING REPORT INDEPENDENT MONITORING ON RESETTLEMENT AND ETHNIC MINORITY DAK LAK PROVINCE PROJECT OWNER IMPELEMENTATION Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board Investment Consultancy and Technology Transfer Co., Ltd Deputy General Director LE CHI CUONG January 2015 TABLE OF CONTENT I INTRODUCTION .7 1.1 The Project 1.1.1 Project overall .7 1.1.2 Scale and scope of the Project 1.2 Objectives of independent monitoring 1.2.1 Objectives of independent monitoring 1.2.2 Monitoring location .9 1.2.3 Monitoring issues 1.2.4 Sampling 11 II DOCUMENT REVIEWING .12 2.1 Project documents 12 2.1.1 RP and REMDP 12 2.1.2 Resettlement impacts of the Project 12 2.1.3 Impacts on Land acquisition .13 2.1.4 The Affected Trees .13 2.1.5 Affected Houses and Other Structures 13 2.1.6 Severely Affected Households 14 2.2 Legal framework in benefit calculation 14 III MONITORING RESULTS 16 3.1 Progress of project implementation 16 3.1.1 Construction progress .16 3.1.2 Implementation progress of REMDP 17 3.2 Information dissemination 18 3.3 Inventory 19 3.4 Application price 19 3.5 Compensation payment 20 3.6 Providing supports 20 3.7 Displaced households and severely affected households 22 3.8 Vulnerable households 23 3.9 Gender issues 23 3.10 Living rehabilitation 23 3.11 Grievance settlement 23 3.12 Combination between relevant agencies 24 INVESTCONSULT GROUP IV CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 26 4.1 Conclusions 26 4.2 Recommendations 26 ANNEX LIST OF INTERVIEWED OFFICIALS 27 ANNEX IMAGES OF MONITORING SITE .28 ANNEX APPROVAL DECISION FOR COMPENSATION PLAN AND INVENTORY MINUTE 29 INVESTCONSULT GROUP LIST OF TABLE Table 1: Components of the Project Table 2: Summary of main features of 500 kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong Transmission Line Table 3: Monitoring location Table 4: Number of APs interviewed 12 Table 5: Permanent land acquisition in 500 kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong project 12 Table 6: Affected land 13 Table 7: Distribution of Affected Trees .13 Table 8: Affected Houses and Other Structures 13 Table 9: Progress of project implementation 16 Table 10: Decision on approving compensation plan for the project by the monitoring time 17 Table 11: Forms of information dissemination 18 Table 12: Compensation (VND) 20 Table 13: Support policy .21 INVESTCONSULT GROUP ABBREVIATIONS ADB : Asian Development Bank AHs : Project Affected Households APs : Affected People CLRD : Center for Land Resource Development CPC : Communal People’s Committee CPMB : Central Power Management Board DMS : Detailed Measurement Survey DPC : People Committee of District IOL : Inventory of Losses LURC : Land Use Right Certificate MAH : Marginal Affected Households MARD : Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development NPT : National Power Transmission Corporation PC : People’s Committee PECC4 : Power Engineering Consulting Company PPC : People Committee of Province REMDP : Resettlement and Ethnic Minority Development Plan ROWs : Right of Ways RP : Resettlement Plan SAH : Severally Affected Household SPS : Safeguard Policy Statement INVESTCONSULT GROUP I INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Project 1.1.1 Project overall The Government of Vietnam has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide a loan to construct 436.673 km – long Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong 500kV transmission line that starts from Pleiku, goes through My Phuoc and finishes at Cau Bong in the South of Vietnam The proponent and Executing Agency for the loan is the National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) The Central Vietnam Power Projects Management Board (CPMB) is responsible for the operation of the power system in central Vietnam and will be the Executing Agency of the Project NPT has identified the 500kV Pleiku–My Phuoc -Cau Bong transmission line as a high priority project and one of several construction projects conducted in order to meet the target of connecting 90% of the population to electricity by 2020 and 100% by 2025 The proposed 500kV transmission line from Pleiku in the Central Highlands to Ho Chi Minh City will meet energy demand in the South of Vietnam which is growing at 14% per year and expected to balloon out to 25% by 2015 The construction of 500 kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong transmission line together with expansion of Pleiku substation will be an enhanced and more reliable energy supply to the South of Vietnam, especially to industrial zones in the area Objectives of the Project are as follows: - - The 500kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong transmission line Project is a part of the National electricity transmission network which was developed to maintain the power supply that meet the demand of economic growth in the Southern area during 2014-2015 Besides, the Project will ensure the connection of transmission network within Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by 2015 The Project also helps to increase the reliability of power supply, reducing the risk of electricity losses It will also optimize capacity of power plants in order to provide electricity continuously and safely to the sub-loading lines of the South in particular and the whole country in general 1.1.2 Scale and scope of the Project The Transmission Line (TL) takes place within the boundaries of 06 provinces and city namely: Gia Lai, DakLak, Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City In DakLak province the TL passes through 09 communes of DakLak include Ea Sup, Cu M’Gar and Buon Don with the total length of 74.841km; The components of the Project include: INVESTCONSULT GROUP Table 1: Components of the Project Transmission Line Components Length (km) Starting point Ending point Number of Towers DakLak Province Transmission Line Component 74.841 G13 (Picket 827+68) G26 (Picket 1576+09) 163 Table 2: Summary of main features of 500 kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong Transmission Line Item Technical Data Length (km) 436.673 - Starting point At 500 kV busbar at Pleiku 500 kV substation - End-point At 500 kV busbar at Cau Bong 500kV substation Right of Way width 16m from either side of the center line Earth grounding width 60m from the 16th meter from the center line Voltage 500 kV Number of circuits Conductor 4xACSR-330/43 Earth wire OPGW-90 & PHLOX-116 Optical repeater cable 24 fiber lines Suspension towers (number) 808 - Average is 65m, the highest is 79m Height - Area requirement/tower 337.62 m² Tension towers (number) 118 - Average is 60m, the highest is 72m Height - Area requirement/tower INVESTCONSULT GROUP 653.4 m² 1.2 Objectives of independent monitoring The implementation of RAP and REMDP is a complicated task that requires regular monitoring of CPMB and relevant local authorities This monitoring process is known as the internal monitoring Besides internal monitoring, ADB always requires that REMDP implementation is monitored by a professional independent monitoring unit for ensuring regulations in REMDP are properly implemented as approved RP, concurrently giving arisen problems during REMDP implementation, then proposing overcome measures 1.2.1 Objectives of independent monitoring The main objective of the consultancy service is to ensure that the APs of the 500kV Pleiku – My Phuoc – Cau Bong Project will receive full supports and benefits as stated in REMDP (RP and REMDP) as approved The monitoring activities are conducted in order to: (i) Ensure the rehabilitation and improvement of APs’ livelihood; (ii) Supervise the whole Project to check if the current resettlement activities are aligning with the RP or not Propose addressing methods if necessary; (iii) Assess if the rehabilitation and compensation methods are fully complied with the REMDPs, and ADB’s SPS (2009 and other amended) or not; (iv) Detect arising problems during the implementation of the Project and propose mitigation measures 1.2.2 Monitoring location Monitoring locations is categorized into types which are (i) the administrative units related to the project and (ii) in the area that project was constructed Specifically: (i) At the office of PMU, the Compensation Committee/Center for Land Resource Development (CLRD) and People's Committees of district, ward/commune that the project goes through (ii) In the project area, where to interview the AHs During the third periodic monitoring, the consultant has worked with the following representatives of PMU, Compensation Committee CLRD of districts and CPCs: Table 3: Monitoring location No Districts Communes Cu M’Gar Quang Hiep, EaKiet Buon Don Tan Hoa 1.2.3 Monitoring issues During the implementation of REMDP, the consulting, monitoring and evaluation unit based on the following indicators: 1.2.3.1 Monitoring indicators for RP RP monitoring indicators includes but not limited to these indicators: INVESTCONSULT GROUP ANNEX LIST OF INTERVIEWED OFFICIALS No Official in charge Position Central Power Projects Management Board Mr Le Dinh Quang Deputy Director Mr Le Van Hieu Head of compensation office Ms Vo Nhat Huy Official of evaluation office Mr Tran Huu Lai Compensation official in site CLRD at Cu M’Gar district Mr Pham Ngoc Thai Director Mr Duong Van Canh Deputy director CLRD at Ea Sup district Mr Do Anh Dũng Director Mr Nguyen Duy Phuc Official INVESTCONSULT GROUP 27 ANNEX IMAGES OF MONITORING SITE 500kV transmissions lines in Dak Lak Work with Mr Ho Van Ngoc Hai – Cadastrial oficial at Quang Hiep commume Interview Mr Ha Van Hanh, Quang Hiep commune Transmisions lines through Luong Van Quang’s house INVESTCONSULT GROUP 28 ANNEX APPROVAL DECISION FOR COMPENSATION PLAN AND INVENTORY MINUTE INVESTCONSULT GROUP 29 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 30 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 31 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 32 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 33 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 34 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 35 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 36 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 37 INVESTCONSULT GROUP 38 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