Vinh City voters propose early dredging of North Canal

Thanh Duy DNUM_BGZBBZCABI 12:02

(Baonghean.vn) - In response to the petition of voters of Ha Huy Tap ward regarding the pollution issue at the North canal, Mr. Nguyen Van Lu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Vinh City, delegate of the Provincial People's Council said that the city will allocate funds from the municipal career source and strive to conduct dredging in early 2019.

Sáng 16/11, các đại biểu HĐND tỉnh: Phạm Thị Hồng Toan - Ủy viên Ban Chấp hành Đảng bộ tỉnh, Tổng Biên tập Báo Nghệ An; Nguyễn Văn Lư - Phó Bí thư Thường trực Thành ủy, Chủ tịch HĐND TP.Vinh; Ngô Thị Thu Hiền - Ủy viên Ban Chấp hành Hội LHPN thành phố Vinh tiếp xúc cử tri phường Hà Huy Tập, TP. Vinh trước kỳ họp thứ 8, HĐND.
On the morning of November 16, delegates of the Provincial People's Council: Pham Thi Hong Toan - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; Nguyen Van Lu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vinh City People's Council; Ngo Thi Thu Hien - Member of the Executive Committee of the Vinh City Women's Union met with voters of Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City before the 8th session of the People's Council.

Solving pollution in the North Canal

At the conference, voters of Ha Huy Tap ward made many recommendations to the provincial People's Council delegates, especially on urban infrastructure and environment.

Many voters continued to propose environmental treatment at the North Canal because it is currently causing a foul smell, affecting people's lives. Voter Nguyen Hong Ngai, block 17, suggested quickly dredging the canal.

Cử tri phường Hà Huy Tập phát biểu ý kiến. Ảnh: Thành Duy
Voters of Ha Huy Tap ward speak out. Photo: Thanh Duy

Agreeing with the above viewpoint, voter Nguyen Quang Hoa, block 16, suggested that the North canal should not only be dredged but also ensure regular water supply during the dry season in the canal bed, otherwise only the drainage goal will be achieved but the landscape and environment will not be ensured.

Regarding this issue, Mr. Nguyen Van Lu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vinh City People's Council, and a delegate of the Provincial People's Council affirmed that the city will allocate resources from the municipal public service fund to carry out dredging of the North Canal, to be implemented by early 2019 at the latest.

Kênh Bắc với dòng nước đen ngòm đang gây mùi hôi thối, ảnh hưởng đến đời sống người dân. Ảnh chụp sáng 16/11/2018. Ảnh: Thành Duy
The North Canal with its black water is causing a foul smell, affecting people's lives. Photo taken on the morning of November 16, 2018. Photo: Thanh Duy

Mr. Lu also agreed with voter Nguyen Quang Hoa and said that when the regulating lake in Hung Loc commune is completed, it will both retain water and create a rise in the water level in the canal.

"Traffic congestion is a headache"

Many voters of Ha Huy Tap ward also expressed their concerns about the development of Vinh city in particular, and the province in general, and wanted to receive more information about the following contents: budget revenue, results of attracting businesses to invest in VSIP Nghe An industrial park; progress of Vinh - Cua Lo Boulevard;...

Some other issues that voters are very concerned about are the management of apartment buildings and urban areas in the city; traffic congestion, completing some infrastructure such as dredging canals in the block, handling the tangled electrical system and in some places there have been electrical short circuits, causing unsafety;...

Mr. Nguyen Van Lu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vinh City People's Council, and a delegate of the Provincial People's Council responded to voters' petitions. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the traffic congestion issue, the leader of Vinh City Party Committee frankly stated that this is a “headache”, one of the reasons is that the number of cars is overloaded compared to the infrastructure. Accepting the opinions of voters, Mr. Nguyen Van Lu said that he will direct the authorities to focus on handling the issue, while urging voters to continue to raise awareness when participating in traffic.

Regarding the opinion that the tangled system of power lines and telecommunication wires on the electric poles is unsafe, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Vinh City Party Committee suggested that the authorities work with the relevant units that are using the same infrastructure to find a solution. As for the city, the new traffic system will try to put the power grid underground as was done on Namyangju Dasan Road which was inaugurated in March 2017.

Regarding the management of apartment buildings and urban areas, Mr. Nguyen Van Lu said that in Vinh city, there are currently 83 apartment buildings, of which 54 are in use, 25 are under construction, and 4 are not yet built; 40 urban areas, of which 20 are in use, 17 are under construction, and 3 are not yet built.

However, according to the leader of Vinh City Party Committee, the current difficulty is the management of household registration and issuance of certificates in apartment buildings and urban areas. At the same time, delegate Lu said that to solve this situation, there needs to be a solution in the issue of decentralization of State management.

Regarding the progress of the Vinh - Cua Lo Boulevard Project, delegate Nguyen Van Lu said that the authorities are focusing on clearing the land in the city section to ensure the project's progress so that it can be opened to traffic early next year as planned.

Toàn cảnh Hội nghị tiếp xúc cử tri phường Hà Huy Tập. Ảnh: Thành Duy
Overview of the meeting with voters of Ha Huy Tap ward. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, delegate Nguyen Van Lu also informed voters about the socio-economic situation of the city and province, especially budget collection, attracting investment in industrial parks, difficulties in converting markets, arranging capital for infrastructure construction, etc.

Regarding the slow disbursement of the budget for the Party Congress for the 2017-2020 term, delegate Nguyen Van Lu also said that the province has completed the appraisal and will arrange the disbursement in 2019.

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