Provincial People's Council supervises land recovery and land use conversion in Nghi Loc district

On the morning of October 17, the Provincial People's Council's Supervisory Delegation had a working session with the Nghi Loc District People's Committee under the thematic supervision program on the implementation of the Provincial People's Council's resolutions on land recovery and change of land use purposes according to the provisions of the Land Law to implement works and projects in Nghe An.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council as Head of the monitoring delegation. The delegation included representatives of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Nghe An province; representatives of a number of provincial departments and branches.

On Nghi Loc district side, there were comrades: Nguyen Thanh Hai - Standing Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of Nghi Loc District People's Council; Nguyen Tien Dung - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of Nghi Loc District People's Committee and representatives of relevant departments and offices.

Overview of the working session of the Provincial People's Council with the Nghi Loc District People's Committee. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Land recovery rate reached 38.93%

According to the report of Nghi Loc District People's Committee, every year, the district issues 37 documents to district-level departments, branches, and People's Committees of communes and towns on reviewing and registering annual land use needs to build a list of projects and works requiring land recovery and conversion of land use purposes for rice cultivation, protective forest land, and special-use forest land in communes and towns according to the provisions of the 2013 Land Law.

Comrade Nguyen Tien Dung - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of Nghi Loc District People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

From 2016 to 2021, the Provincial People's Council Resolution passed on land recovery in Nghi Loc district with 457 works and projects with an area of ​​1,095.59 hectares; changing land use purpose with 296 works and projects with an area of ​​404.29 hectares. Of which: 244 projects with an area of ​​426.51 hectares have been recovered, reaching a rate of 38.93%; 153 projects with an area of ​​179.87 hectares have been changed to a rate of 44.49%.

The WHA Industrial Zone located in Nghi Long, Nghi Thuan, Nghi Dong, Nghi Hung communes (Nghi Loc) also had its land use purpose changed by the Prime Minister.

Comrade Chu Duc Thai - Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council expressed his opinion at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Working with the monitoring delegation, Nghi Loc district raised a number of difficulties in land recovery and land use conversion to implement projects such as: There are a number of projects approved by the Provincial People's Council on land recovery and land use conversion resolutions that have not been implemented for more than 3 years and must be canceled; Many projects and works that have arisen must be submitted to the Provincial People's Council for approval of land recovery and land use conversion, but the implementation rate is still low; Some projects are slow to implement; Some projects are stuck in compensation and site clearance, so they have not been implemented yet.

Strengthening inspection and examination of works and projects

Based on direct surveys at a number of constructions and projects being implemented in Nghi Loc district, and listening to direct feedback from investors, members of the Provincial People's Council's Supervisory Delegation frankly pointed out a number of contents requesting the Nghi Loc District People's Committee to inform, clarify and strengthen management.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council delivered a concluding speech at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Concluding the working session, Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council acknowledged: As a locality with many key national and provincial projects, Nghi Loc has proactively developed and submitted to the Provincial People's Council resolutions on land recovery and conversion of land use purposes, closely following the implementation of the resolutions and achieving many positive results.

Since then, land funds and premises have been created to serve the tasks of economic development, national defense and security of the district, especially in attracting investment, developing production and people's infrastructure, creating a large source of revenue for the district budget, solving employment, and improving people's lives.

The working group conducted a field survey at a number of constructions and projects in Nghi Loc district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

However, the work of land recovery and land use conversion according to the Resolution of the Provincial People's Council of the district still has limitations such as: The rate of land recovery implementation is higher than the average of the province, but still inadequate compared to the needs of the district; Some land areas after the issuance of the resolution cannot be implemented for more than 3 years, must be resubmitted or canceled; Some projects arise that are not in the plan of the district and the province.

The main reasons are that the registration of land use conversion and recovery is not close to reality, there is no or insufficient investment resources; problems in site clearance, especially determining land price framework and policies for people whose land is recovered; the involvement of authorities at all levels and the coordination between investors and relevant local departments, agencies and sectors are not effective.

The delegation of the Provincial People's Council worked with the leadership of WHA Nghe An Industrial Park. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Accordingly, comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh requested Nghi Loc district to strengthen inspection and examination of land, implement land recovery projects, and change land use purposes approved by the Provincial People's Council to have solutions to effectively implement approved works and projects. Require responsible investment units to closely coordinate with districts and communes in compensation and site clearance to implement projects.

The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also affirmed that the supervision of the implementation of the Provincial People's Council's Resolutions on land recovery and change of land use purposes according to the provisions of the Land Law to implement works and projects in Nghe An is a regular activity of the Provincial People's Council.