Provincial People's Council delegates questioned and clarified responsibilities for limitations in urban land projects.

On the afternoon of July 21, the 15th session of the Provincial People's Council continued its working program with a question and answer session at the session. Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council: Cao Thi Hien and Hoang Viet Duong chaired the question and answer session. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Attending the question and answer session were comrades Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors and districts, cities and towns.

Raising the opening issue of the question and answer session, on behalf of the meeting chair, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council Cao Thi Hien said that before the meeting, many delegates proposed questions to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council. Some of the current issues are "hot" and topical, such as environmental pollution; violations in the management of protective forests; market management, counterfeit goods, fake goods, poor quality goods, degraded traffic infrastructure, etc.

Besides, the management and treatment of medical waste; the management of non-public medical and pharmaceutical practices, especially cosmetic service establishments... in the past time still have many shortcomings...

Mr. Nguyen Truong Giang - Director of the Department of Construction explained the implementation of Resolution No. 26 dated December 20, 2017 of the Provincial People's Council on strengthening the management and implementation of urban land use projects in Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In order to achieve the highest efficiency in the questioning activity, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son emphasized that the two contents raised by the People's Council this time had been questioned in previous sessions, and requested that the Provincial People's Council delegates ask short, clear questions within the scope and content of the selected groups of issues, focusing on the responsibilities of the Provincial People's Committee, departments, branches, and localities in implementing the conclusions of the questioning and recommendations after supervision. In case there are still issues that need to be debated, or if the delegates are not satisfied with the answers of the questioned persons, they have the right to debate to clarify to the end.

Delegate Tran Duy Ngoan (Hoang Mai town) questioned the Director of the Department of Construction regarding the existing problems in apartment buildings. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In addition, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also requested that the person answering the question should go straight to the issue that the People's Council delegate questioned, clearly identify responsibilities, solutions and implementation roadmap in the coming time.

After the question and answer session, the Provincial People's Council will issue a Notice of Conclusion of the Question and Answer session stating the solutions and promised issues as a basis for the Provincial People's Committee, departments, branches and sectors to implement and for the agencies of the Provincial People's Council, Delegation Groups, Provincial People's Council delegates as well as voters to supervise the implementation.

Entering the question and answer session, Mr. Nguyen Truong Giang - Director of the Department of Construction explained that the implementation of Resolution No. 26 dated December 20, 2017 of the Provincial People's Council on strengthening the management and implementation of urban land use projects in Nghe An province still has many shortcomings.

Some of the contents that stand out are: Management of the quality of high-rise apartment buildings, administrative management of apartment buildings and urban areas; fire prevention and fighting; handling of problems related to the issuance of certificates of land use rights, house ownership rights and assets on land...

Delegate Phan Thi Thanh Thuy (Thai Hoa town) questioned the Director of the Department of Construction. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Next, a number of delegates questioned the responsibility for appraising apartment investment projects and urban land use projects as well as the responsibility for overcoming the shortcomings, limitations and inadequacies pointed out in Resolution No. 26 dated December 20, 2017 of the Provincial People's Council.

Some delegates also raised questions regarding the existing problems and limitations in apartment and urban area projects, have any officials and civil servants of the Construction sector taken responsibility and been disciplined for their public duties?

Answering a series of questions from the Provincial People's Council delegates, the Director of the Department of Construction said that the fault for the above-mentioned problems lies primarily with the investors and is related to legal documents that have not kept up with reality, including the responsibility for consulting and managing the construction industry, and the responsibility for managing construction order belongs to the local government.

Quang Trung Ward (Vinh City) is one of the places with the most apartment buildings in the province. Photo: Thanh Cuong

After the question and answer session on the management and implementation of urban land use projects in the province, the session continued to question the Director of the Department of Industry and Trade on the State management of electricity in the province.

Details of the question and answer session will be updated by Nghe An Newspaper in the following news.