Alarm for serious violations of the Vach Bac irrigation canal corridor in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - The management unit had to set up a rapid response team to monitor 24/7 due to the fact that since the beginning of 2020 until now, there have been nearly 50 violations and encroachments on the corridor of the Vach Bac irrigation canal, the section of Do Thanh commune (Yen Thanh).
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| The cross-section design ensures the technical safety of the Bac Vach irrigation canal, which is not sealed for dredging and regular maintenance; about 50-100m of the canal has a small bridge for people to travel. Photo: NH |
Since the beginning of March 2020, in addition to the 3km of parallel irrigation and drainage canals running through Do Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) that have been encroached or re-encroached, the section through Dien Hong and Dien Van communes (Dien Chau) has had 5 more encroachments. People living on both sides of the canal have taken advantage of every opportunity to pour concrete pillars on the irrigation canal and at the same time fill the corridor of the drainage canal with soil to encroach and build solid structures.
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| A section of the Vach Bac irrigation canal through Do Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) has been encroached upon by people and is currently suspended. Photo: NH |
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Long, working at the Northern Irrigation Company, said: Since the beginning of 2020, there have been nearly 50 violations on this canal; in addition to old violations, there are also some new violations. The situation is so urgent that the Company has had to set up a rapid response team to monitor 24/7 to coordinate with the locality to grasp the situation and handle it, but it has not been effective yet. The Company has consulted and proposed to the district to organize the forced demolition of illegal constructions, but everything is like "throwing stones into a pond of duckweed".
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| People almost just wait for the lack of supervisors to encroach on the irrigation canal corridor. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
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| After sealing the canal, people gathered all kinds of materials and machinery to trade, which not only violated the Law on Water Resources but also violated the traffic safety corridor. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
In addition to the above incident, from April 10 until now, through daily monitoring, the rapid response team has continuously made records and proposed that the local authorities suspend the demolition, but after the suspension and demolition during the day, the households continued to illegally construct at night, leaving the working group and local authorities almost helpless.
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| On the drainage canal side, at first people only leveled and built temporary stalls, waiting for the government's response and if it was favorable, they would continue to build. Photo: NH |
A common violation is pouring solid concrete pillars to then cover the drainage canal for use. On the drainage canal side, people also level and fill the corridor with soil, then build kiosks and solid houses. For many reasons, the government has not been able to stop and really take action.
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| A solid construction is being built within the corridor of the Vach Bac drainage canal, Do Thanh commune (Yen Thanh). Photo: Nguyen Hai |
Mr. Tran Van Hoa - Head of Irrigation Engineering Department, Bac Irrigation Company said: Bac Vach Canal ensures irrigation water and flood drainage for both Yen Thanh and Dien Chau areas. For regular maintenance and dredging, the irrigation canal is left open and about 100m of the canal has a covered culvert for people to pass through. However, people still ignore it and currently the irrigation canal section through Do Thanh has been blocked for nearly 2/3 of its length.
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| The conclusion of the Nghe An province interdisciplinary delegation in 2017 was that 188 households violated the protection corridor of the Vach Bac irrigation project, of which 161 households had built houses, 22 households had not built houses, 5 households had built houses, filled in soil to create a flat surface, and 4 households had receipts and land allocation decisions. In the photo: a newly solidly built violating project. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
Violations of encroachment on the corridor of irrigation works are currently occurring quite frequently, in which, in terms of level and nature, violations at Vach Bac canal are the most painful and difficult to resolve. Currently, the project is managed by Bac Irrigation Company, so in the immediate future, the Company will coordinate with the People's Committees of Yen Thanh and Dien Chau districts to focus on propaganda, mobilize people and resolutely handle and end the phenomenon of violations and re-encroachment.../.
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