Need to strictly manage land and strictly handle environmental pollution

On the afternoon of December 10, under the chairmanship of comrade Hoang Van Phi - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Hung Nguyen District Party Committee, the delegates of the Provincial People's Council Group 4 including the units: Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen and Nghi Loc held a group discussion session. Attending the discussion session were comrade Huynh Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Delegates attending discussion session group 4. Photo: Thanh Le

Waste of land

Speaking at the discussion session, delegate Tran Xuan Quang - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Nghi Loc district reflected on the inappropriate situation of rotating commune cadastral officers every 3-5 years while land management requires understanding of the area and land use origin, but frequent changes are very difficult for this team. He suggested that the State should summarize and evaluate the past 5 years to determine whether or not to rotate.

According to Mr. Quang, the work of granting and exchanging land use right certificates still has many barriers, the process of granting and exchanging land use right certificates still has negative phenomena but the handling is still low, it is necessary to strengthen strict handling.

Regarding land management, Chairman of Nam Dan District People's Committee, Mr. Dinh Xuan Que, reflected on the waste of land in investment projects. Citing the current situation, Nam Dan District still has many projects and many units that do not need to use land with large areas of land, in "golden land" locations that have been lying unused for many years. While the district is in great need of land to attract investment. He suggested that the province should strengthen management and use of land funds appropriately.

“The province needs to have an “open” policy to resolve the issuance and exchange of land use right certificates for people. Only when people have land use right certificates can the State manage the land,” said Mr. Que.

Agricultural production linkage is the content that delegates of group 4 are interested in discussing. According to delegate Tran Xuan Quang - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Nghi Loc district, to encourage the development of agricultural production, Nghi Loc district has a support mechanism of 300 million VND/model.

"However, the models in the district have not expanded the consumption market, the linkage to replicate the model and consume products is still limited, many localities have abandoned fields. It is recommended that the province pay attention to having a mechanism to attract businesses to invest in the agricultural sector" - delegate Tran Xuan Quang suggested.

Nam Dan District Party Secretary Bui Dinh Long is concerned about the situation of land accumulation. Photo: Thanh Le

Sharing the same view, Secretary of Nam Dan District Party Committee Bui Dinh Long said that in recent times, the State has had many policies to support the development of agricultural production. However, delegate Bui Dinh Long was concerned about the situation of land accumulation with many boundaries, plots, and fragmentation, causing land waste and making it difficult to mechanize production. He suggested that the province should have its own policies and mechanisms to overcome this situation.

Explaining the reason for the abandoned fields in some localities, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Nghia Hieu said that because the irrigation system has not ensured irrigation and drainage for production, people cannot produce. Many areas of land have not been granted agricultural land use certificates, so people do not lease the land for fear of encroachment, so they leave it abandoned.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien clarified the issues that delegates were interested in. Photo: Thanh Le

The head of the agricultural sector said that the solution to limit the situation of abandoned fields is to do a good job of irrigation. At the same time, it is necessary to increase the attraction of enterprises to invest in the agricultural sector, enterprises associated in production, both purchasing and processing. Continue to change the structure of crops and livestock. At the same time, if any household leaves land fallow for many years, there must be a solution to reclaim the land.

“The Department seeks market orientation with a production plan, avoiding the refrain of good harvest but low prices, and stabilizing the output market for agriculture. For agriculture to develop, the output market is important,” Mr. Hoang Nghia Hieu affirmed.

Untreated environmental pollution

Reflecting the voters' recommendations, delegate Tran Xuan Quang (Nghi Loc) said: Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Complex, the border area between Nghi Loc and Cua Lo Town, has a situation where restaurants and hotels in Cua Lo Town discharge waste into the ditches in Nghi Khanh and Nghi Hop communes. People have reported this many times during meetings with voters.

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Nghia Hieu answered delegates' concerns about the agricultural sector. Photo: Thanh Le

Regarding this issue, delegate Nguyen Quang Hong - Deputy of the Economic and Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council said that the Provincial People's Council has just organized a monitoring session on environmental protection in enterprises, showing that many industrial parks and industrial clusters have not invested in synchronous infrastructure, especially wastewater treatment systems. Many factories do not have wastewater treatment systems, discharging waste directly into the environment, affecting the lives, activities and production of people.

The Deputy Head of the Economic-Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee to pay attention to handling environmental pollution in industrial parks and industrial clusters, ensuring people's lives.

Responding to the reflection on environmental pollution at Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Area, the representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment affirmed that this is the content that the Provincial People's Committee focuses on directing. After inspection, the Ecovi Factory has been temporarily suspended and the Vinh City Urban Environment Company has been directed to temporarily stop transporting certain types of waste to Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Area. According to the roadmap for February 2018, the province will relocate a number of households around Nghi Yen Waste Treatment Area to new residential areas.

A representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment said that regarding the rotation of land officials at the commune and ward levels, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has sent a document requesting the Provincial People's Committee to handle the matter.

In addition, delegates from Group 4 reflected on the social insurance debt situation, and were concerned about the economic targets of revenue shortfall in recent years. The electricity system and fiber optic cables are tangled in residential areas, the electric poles are seriously degraded, the Electricity sector needs to pay attention to investment and repair; inadequacies in implementing policies for people with meritorious services; national and provincial cultural works are seriously degraded, funding for restoration and use is needed...

Comrade Hoang Van Phi - Secretary of Hung Nguyen District Party Committee concluded the discussion session of group 4. Photo: Thanh Le

Concluding the discussion, Comrade Hoang Van Phi acknowledged and highly appreciated the opinions of the delegates. The opinions of the delegates will be compiled by the Provincial People's Council and reported to the Provincial People's Council at the discussion session in the hall tomorrow morning, December 11.