Tuong Duong voters request to completely resolve problems related to Khe Bo Hydropower Plant

Meeting voters were National Assembly deputies: Hoang Minh Hieu - Standing member of the National Assembly's Law Committee; Tran Nhat Minh - Member of the National Assembly's Law Committee, full-time National Assembly deputy of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province.

Also attending were representatives of the Departments of Natural Resources and Environment; Agriculture and Rural Development; representatives of the People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Tuong Duong district.

After listening to the provincial National Assembly delegates announce to local voters the expected content and program of the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, voters of Tuong Duong district made many recommendations to all levels.

Mr. Luong Dinh Tien, Tam Bong village (Tam Dinh commune) reported that in 1998, Tuong Duong district assigned him 13.3 hectares of land for 50 years. By 2007, 7 hectares of this land were recovered to implement the Khe Bo Hydropower Project. In 2020, Khe Bo Hydropower only paid compensation to Mr. Tien's family at the price of 3,000 VND/m²Meanwhile, other households were compensated 6,000 VND/m², even though all the plots of land were flooded at the same time..Mr. Luong Dinh Tien proposed that all levels consider paying compensation at the level other households are entitled to.

Also related to the Khe Bo Hydropower Project, voters of Pung village, Yen Thang commune proposed that in order to support 21 households whose production land was recovered but not compensated to implement the resettlement area of ​​the Khe Bo Hydropower Project, in 2022, the District People's Committee and Khe Bo Hydropower held a meeting with the people and agreed to support the construction of a lighting line project, but to date the power line project has not been implemented. Voters requested that competent authorities promptly implement the construction of lighting lines for the people.

Mr. Vi Van Tien Nam - Tat village (Yen Thang commune) reported that the Vang Ong spillway bridge over Khe Chon is often flooded, especially during the rainy season, causing more than 220 households in Tat and Xop Coc villages to be isolated, affecting people's lives. Mr. Nam recommended that all levels have a plan to invest in building a bridge to ensure people's travel needs.

Voter Vi Van Tien Nam also reported that the people of Tat village participated in protecting and enclosing 1,568 hectares of protective forest land. Currently, the Protective Forest Management Board has only paid forest protection fees to the people for an area of ​​320 hectares, with 1,248 hectares yet to be paid. Voters requested that superiors direct and soon pay forest protection fees for the remaining area to the people of Tat village.

Voters reflected that the current support level of 504,000 VND/month for village and hamlet health workers is too low to cover operating costs, leading to many people not being interested. In particular, the position of veterinary officer in villages and hamlets has no structure, veterinary work is mainly part-time management, not meeting professional requirements. Voters proposed that the State provide additional allowances for village and hamlet health workers and the position of village and hamlet veterinary officers, to enhance the responsibility of part-time officers, and better fulfill their functions and tasks at the grassroots level.

In addition, voters also made recommendations to the National Assembly deputies on the following issues: Construction of transport infrastructure; increasing the level of support funding for poor and near-poor households with housing difficulties; clean water systems; policies for the elderly; additional allowances for prestigious people in villages and hamlets, as with other organizations in villages and hamlets; shortcomings in printing textbooks;...

At the conference, representatives of departments, branches and Tuong Duong district directly answered and explained some contents of voters' petitions within their authority.

On behalf of the provincial National Assembly delegation, Mr. Tran Nhat Minh answered the issues within his authority. At the same time, he received other opinions and recommendations from voters to forward to the Government, the National Assembly and relevant levels and sectors for consideration and resolution.