Delegates are concerned about the quality of rural power grids.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of December 18, the 5th session of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, 2016 - 2021 entered the group discussion session. At group 8 (including elected Provincial People's Council delegates in Quynh Luu and Nghi Loc districts and representatives of leaders of units in the province), there were many "hot" opinions related to the rural power grid system.

Comrade Nguyen Tu Phuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation chaired the discussion at group 8. Photo: Phuong Thao

Comrade Nguyen Tu Phuong (Quynh Luu district delegate) said that currently in many rural areas, the power grid system has degraded, the electricity is weak, not meeting the daily and production needs of the people; especially after each rainy and stormy season, many electric poles are broken, not ensuring safety.

Delegate Dinh Thi An Phong (Nghi Loc district delegate) said that there is still overlap in the management of the power grid system, lack of uniformity in administration and electricity sales units, for example in Nghi Loc district and Cua Lo town...

Also related to the issue of the power grid, comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Director of the Provincial Radio and Television Station (a delegate of Quynh Luu district) reflected that after building new rural areas, in some localities there are still electric poles located right in the middle of the road, causing loss of aesthetics and not ensuring safety.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Lam - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee (a delegate from Quynh Luu district) proposed that the Provincial People's Committee should agree with the electricity sector to promptly review and have a clear roadmap to completely resolve people's complaints about the power grid, prioritizing localities and regions with urgent needs.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Lam - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee (delegate of Quynh Luu district) proposed that the Provincial People's Committee should agree with the electricity sector to have a clear roadmap to completely resolve people's complaints. Photo: Phuong Thao

Regarding economic development, Mr. Hoang Danh Lai - Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee reflected that currently in Quynh Luu District, there are more than 1,200 fishing boats, including many large ones; however, seaports and waterways cannot meet the anchoring requirements for all of these boats.

Therefore, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district proposed that the Provincial People's Committee invest in upgrading the seaport and dredging the waterway, and building the port in a systematic manner; because this is a particularly important requirement for developing the coastal economy and contributing to protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands. In addition, Comrade Hoang Danh Lai also mentioned the difficulty in economic resources for site clearance and requested the province to provide additional support.

Many electric poles fell after the storm in Nghe An. Photo: Phuong Thao

Comrade Nguyen Luong Hong - Chairman of the Provincial Red Cross Society (a delegate from Quynh Luu district) mentioned that the issue of streamlining the payroll still has many shortcomings, not ensuring reasonableness, in some places there are many cadres with little work, in other places it is the opposite, or for example in the education sector there is a situation of local surplus and shortage. Delegate Nguyen Luong Hong suggested that the province needs to assess the number of people needed in agencies and units, from which there will be reasonable adjustments.

Also related to the human resource factor, delegate Hong pointed out the current reality that village and hamlet medical teams are only effective in remote mountainous areas, while in the plains, people often go directly to commune health stations for treatment. Therefore, medical teams in these areas are really unnecessary.

Delegates attending the discussion at group 8. Photo: Phuong Thao

In addition, many other issues were also discussed by delegates of discussion group No. 8, such as the issue of delayed insurance payments to fishermen; the unreasonable allowance regime for senior officials at the commune level; the increasingly complicated situation of gambling and lottery in rural areas; the infrequent handling of violations of traffic safety corridors by competent authorities; many "suspended" projects; some inter-commune and inter-district roads are seriously degraded; the issue of waste treatment has not been properly addressed, etc.

At the group discussion session, representatives of relevant departments and sectors explained the issues raised by the delegates. At the end of the discussion, comrade Nguyen Tu Phuong affirmed to fully absorb the opinions and synthesize the report in tomorrow's meeting (December 19)./.

Phuong Thao