Billion-dollar resettlement project in Thanh Chuong becomes a place to lock up cows after 10 years of unfinished
(Baonghean.vn) - The project to build model resettlement areas for fishing households on Lam River and in extremely difficult areas of Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An) with a total capital of 86 billion VND, started construction in 2010 but is still unfinished...
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The Project of Building Model Resettlement Areas for Fishermen on Lam River was approved by the Provincial People's Committee on December 2, 2009; construction started on May 7, 2010, directly implemented by a business in Hanoi. The project has a total investment of 74 billion VND; after many adjustments, it was raised to 86 billion VND, with the main goal of building 2 resettlement areas in 2 communes of Thanh Lam and Thanh Thuy (Thanh Chuong), implementing policies to support production and life to bring 165 fishing households, most concentrated in Van Tai hamlet (Vo Liet commune), Giang Thuy hamlet (Thanh Giang commune), the rest are scattered in Phong Thinh, Thanh Ha, Thanh Yen communes, block 6 of the town... to settle down, stabilize production and life. |
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According to the plan, in early 2011, the project will hand over production land and residential land to 120 households living in Khe Mu area, Thanh Thuy commune and 45 households in Trieu Duong dam area, Thanh Lam commune. However, the project is currently on hold. In Khe Mu, apart from a completed bridge to the resettlement area, the remaining items are unfinished. Photo: Phu Huong |
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| After nearly 10 years of construction, many construction items such as kindergartens, community cultural houses, etc. have not been completed, only the rough construction is complete and are seriously degraded. Photo: Phu Huong |
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| Currently, these houses are used by local people as places to keep cows. Therefore, some items of the project worth tens of billions of VND are submerged in... cow dung. Photo: Thu Huyen |
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| Like the housing project, the transformer station system and electric poles are also unfinished, many of which are damaged and show signs of collapse. The entire plots of land in the settlement area are overgrown with grass. Photo: Thu Huyen |
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| Mr. Phan Duy Trinh - Chairman of Thanh Thuy Commune People's Committee was upset: At many meetings with voters, Thanh Thuy residents expressed their opinions about the abandoned project causing waste of state money and related authorities promised to complete the project but so far there has been no change. Residents and local authorities still do not know when the project will be resumed. Photo: Thu Huyen |
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| Mr. Le Dinh Thanh - Vice Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee said: The district has repeatedly asked the investor, Nghe An Rural Development Department, for solutions to complete the project and put it into operation, but so far it has not been implemented. The Rural Development Department suggested that the district and commune should bring in people first and then complete the project, but the district's viewpoint is that the project must be completed according to the design and handed over before we can carry out the next steps. Photo: Thu Huyen |
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| Thanh Thuy Commune, Thanh Chuong District, where there is an unfinished resettlement area. Photo: Google maps |
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