I want to talk about the results achieved between Tuong Duong district and 5 hydroelectric plants in the area after the working session on June 14.
The content of this working session has been reported by the press, but through Notice No. 115/TB-UBND dated June 16, 2022 of the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district, there is a new and encouraging point. This new point is that the 5 hydropower plants have specifically agreed on the amount of money to contribute annually for Tuong Duong district to carry out social security work, helping people in the reservoir areas of the hydropower plants.
Notice No. 115/TB-UBND clearly states: “Every year, the District Fatherland Front Committee presides over and coordinates with the District People's Committee to develop a plan to implement social security work (clearly stating the purpose, requirements, content of the fields that need support, the amount of funding for each hydropower plant; implementation organization). Based on the District Plan, the investors of the plants are responsible for approving the implementation contents at the end of the year: the amount of funding for annual social security work is equal to the amount of funding implemented in 2021. For Ban Ve Hydropower Plant, it is 400 million VND, Khe Bo Hydropower Plant is 135 million VND; Xoong Con Hydropower Plant and Nam Non and Ban Ang Hydropower Plants are 5 million VND/MW. The amount of money for social security work is transferred to the account of the District Fatherland Front Committee from the beginning of the year for the district to implement. The content of implementing social security work is one of the contents specified "Enshrined in the Coordination Regulations between the District People's Committee and Investors of Hydropower Plants".
With a commitment of 5 million VND/MW, the Xoong Con Hydropower Plant with a capacity of 15MW will contribute 75 million VND/year; the Nam Non Hydropower Plant with a capacity of 20MW will contribute 100 million VND/year; the Ban Ang Hydropower Plant with a capacity of 17MW will contribute 85 million VND/year. Together with the contribution of 400 million VND from the Ban Ve Hydropower Plant (capacity of 320MW), 135 million VND from the Khe Bo Hydropower Plant (100MW), the total annual budget for social security work for people in the reservoir area of Tuong Duong district will be 795 million VND.
Regarding hydropower plants in Tuong Duong, there are still some issues that have existed for many years and need to be thoroughly resolved. Especially for Ban Ve and Khe Bo Hydropower Plants. Specifically: The handover of the construction site area of Ban Ve Hydropower Plant; the contents of supporting flood relief in 2018 according to Notice No. 143/TB-VPCP dated April 13, 2019 of the Government Office on the Notice of Conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at the meeting to discuss the resolution of post-flood issues in 2018; existing problems in compensation, support and resettlement of Ban Ve Hydropower Project and Notice No. 371/TB-EVN dated September 23, 2019 of Vietnam Electricity Group on the Notice of conclusion of the meeting of Deputy General Director Nguyen Tai Anh at the meeting with the Provincial People's Committee on supporting the stabilization of people's lives after the flood in 2018 and resolving existing problems in compensation, support and resettlement of Ban Ve Hydropower Project; Implementation of increasing the density of markers and adjusting the contour of the reservoir, adjusting the Detailed Planning at a scale of 1/500 for resettlement areas to serve the work of land allocation and issuance of Land Use Right Certificates to people in 7 related copies of Khe Bo Hydropower: Providing cadastral records to serve the preparation of dossiers for issuance of Land Use Right Certificates to households affected by a part of the area due to flooding of Khe Bo Hydropower Reservoir; Dredging plan for Khe Bo Hydropower Reservoir...
Regarding the lives of the majority of people living in the reservoirs of hydropower plants in Xiangyang, there are still countless difficulties and hardships. Every year, especially during the rainy season, there are always hidden risks to property, even life. Therefore, frankly speaking, the amount of 795 million VND is not large. It is not even commensurate with what Xiangyang people have spent on hydropower plants; not commensurate with the capacity of hydropower plants with revenue of hundreds, thousands of billions of VND/year!
But the positive thing about this new approach is that right from the beginning of the year, Tuong Duong district has had the funds to proactively carry out social security work according to the plan; proactively handle and resolve risky situations, natural disasters, storms and floods... Above all, it has created consensus between the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations with the hydropower units. Let's look in the same direction in the spirit of joining hands to help the people in the reservoir areas of the hydropower plants!
