Anh Son voters are concerned about the Ban Mong reservoir project.

On the morning of November 27, National Assembly deputies Le Quang Huy - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment; Tran Van Mao - Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province had a meeting with voters in Binh Son commune, Anh Son district.

At the beginning of the meeting, Delegate Le Quang Huy informed voters of the basic contents of the recent meeting.

At the conference, voters of Binh Son commune said that implementing Decision 22 of the Government on housing support for meritorious people, the commune has 58 approved cases. However, since Decision 22 was issued in 2013, a number of degraded houses have appeared in the commune, which need to be renovated and repaired. Therefore, voters hope that the Government will pay attention to supporting the renovation and renovation of houses to ensure a stable life.

View of the voter meeting. Photo: Tien Hung

Regarding investment in rural infrastructure construction, Binh Son is one of the communes with the most difficult traffic routes in Anh Son district. Voters want to upgrade the road from Cay Khe intersection (Thanh Son commune), to Tan Ky through Binh Son commune; continue to allocate capital to complete the Binh Son - Tho Son road; the Song Con rescue road has been unfinished for many years, making it difficult for people to travel and transport goods.

Delegate Le Quang Huy briefly informed voters about the content of the recent session. Photo: Tien Hung

Voters of Anh Son district also wondered aboutBan Mong reservoir project. “Will the National Assembly have a resolution to continue implementing the project? Will the irrigation works downstream of the Ban Mong reservoir be built again? If so, when will the two electric pumping stations in Binh Son commune be built?”, a voter from Binh Son commune asked.

In addition, at the meeting, voters also requested the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee to consider and increase monthly allowances for deputy union officials at the commune level and village officials because after the merger, the area is large and travel is difficult.

After listening to the opinions of voters, representatives of sectors, local leaders and National Assembly Deputies directly answered many issues. In particular, regarding the Ban Mong reservoir project, Delegate Le Quang Huy said that this project was implemented in 2009, but had to be suspended in 2011 because the Government decided to cut public investment.

Headworks of the Ban Mong reservoir project. Photo: Pham Bang

In 2017, after the project continued to be allocated capital to prepare for implementation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development requested Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces to review the total land use area. Especially forest land, because at this time the area of ​​protective forest increased to 312.95 hectares. Therefore, the project generated important national criteria according to the provisions of the Law on Public Investment.

“This project had to be stopped to be submitted to the National Assembly because the purpose of the forest was too large, more than 1,000 hectares. In the recent session, the National Assembly approved it. And I am confident that in the coming time, the Government will have investment resources. And the pumping stations in Binh Son will also be deployed. I hope people can rest assured,” said delegate Le Quang Huy.

With a total investment of more than 4,000 billion VND, a storage capacity of 225 million m³, The Ban Mong Reservoir Project is not only an irrigation project for over 18,000 hectares of production and residential land, but also a project serving aquaculture production, tourism, environment, flood prevention...