Conclusion of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung at the working session to inspect the site of 500kV line projects, circuit 3

Accordingly, on March 28, 2024, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung chaired a field inspection and worked on 500kV line projects, circuit 3, in the districts of Dien Chau, Quynh Luu and Hoang Mai town; attended by leaders of the departments and branches: Natural Resources and Environment, Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Office of the Provincial People's Committee; Secretary of the Hoang Mai Town Party Committee; Chairmen of the People's Committees of Dien Chau, Quynh Luu districts and Hoang Mai town; Leaders of Nghe An Electricity Company and Leaders of the Central Power Project Management Board (representing the investor).

After checking, listening to the investor's report and opinions of leaders of departments, branches and localities, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung concluded as follows:

In the past time, the investor, departments, branches and localities, with a sense of responsibility, have made efforts and focused on completing a number of assigned tasks. Up to now, all 202/202 column foundation positions have been mobilized and handed over for construction (of which 40 column foundation positions have been completed, 162 column foundation positions are under construction; 3 column positions have been erected, 5 column positions are being erected); the corridor of route 79/203 column intervals (20/88 anchor intervals) has been handed over and the counting and pricing have been completed to mobilize and hand over the remaining corridor of route 124/203 column intervals (68/88 anchor intervals).

However, the remaining workload is very large, and implementation time is running out; to ensure project progress, relevant departments, branches, localities and units need to continue to seriously and effectively implement the directions of the Central and the province, and at the same time focus on implementing the following specific tasks:

1. Department of Natural Resources and Environment:

- Regularly monitor, urge and guide localities to remove difficulties and obstacles in compensation, support and resettlement work to ensure the progress of handing over project sites; promptly advise and report to competent authorities on issues beyond their authority in accordance with regulations; report to the Provincial People's Committee every 10 days on the progress and results of implementation.

- Focus on receiving, checking and approving measurement results for land acquisition, site clearance compensation and other relevant contents for the project.

- Preside and coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant agencies to promptly consider and resolve the proposal of the People's Committee of Hoang Mai town for the household of Ms. Dau Thi Loc, Quynh Loc commune, Hoang Mai town to meet the legitimate aspirations of the people, ensuring compliance with procedures and regulations.

2. Department of Industry and Trade:Perform specialized state management functions; Take the lead in coordinating with relevant departments, branches, localities and units to regularly update the project implementation status (construction progress of foundations, columns, wire stretching, etc.) to report to the Provincial People's Committee according to regulations.

3. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development:

- Preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to appraise and submit for approval plans for temporary use of forests as public roads and material staging areas for construction (plans for handling cut trees, etc.) to ensure compliance with regulations after receiving valid documents from the investor.

- Proactively and closely work with specialized agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to have a plan to handle arising issues regarding boundaries and areas of forest use conversion of projects according to the proposed content of the Provincial People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 1113/UBND-NN dated February 7, 2024.

4. Department of Finance:Preside over and coordinate with relevant departments, branches and units to promptly advise the Provincial People's Committee on other support plans for land and assets on land to carry out compensation and site clearance for projects based on proposals from the District People's Committees to meet the legitimate aspirations of the people, ensuring consistency, synchronization and compliance with regulations.

5. People's Committee of Hoang Mai town and districts: Dien Chau, Quynh Luu:

- Continue to propagate and mobilize people, land users and affected properties about the importance of the project to reach consensus on compensation, site clearance and support units during the construction process; carry out documents and procedures on compensation, site clearance and other related contents to ensure publicity, transparency, and compliance with procedures and regulations; urgently complete the handover of the project's route corridor before April 10, 2024.

- Proactively review difficulties and problems in the implementation process (for other support contents on land, assets on land, resettlement, etc.), promptly synthesize and report to relevant departments and branches for guidance and handling in accordance with regulations.

- The People's Committee of Dien Chau district reviews and carries out resettlement procedures for 12 households subject to resettlement, determines land prices (departure and destination) in accordance with regulations, prevents complaints, lawsuits, and loss of state budget; completes the relocation of households before May 20, 2024 to serve the work of energizing the 500kV line.

- The People's Committee of Hoang Mai town coordinates with the Departments of Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development to propose a treatment plan for Ms. Dau Thi Loc's household, Quynh Loc commune, Hoang Mai town, to be completed before April 5, 2024.

- Direct the People's Committees at the commune level to regularly inspect and supervise the project implementation process in the area to promptly support according to regulations; at the same time, request investors and construction contractors to ensure safety, environmental sanitation, and return temporary roads and temporary construction sites immediately after completing construction work for people to produce and live.

6. Proposing the National Power Transmission Corporation:

- Direct contractors to concentrate on completing the column foundation positions, stretching and stretching the wires to ensure the required progress, and the construction process must not affect the people and the surrounding environment.

- Actively coordinate with localities to mobilize affected land and property owners to receive money and complete the handover of the corridor site no later than April 10, 2024.

- Direct relevant units to regularly coordinate closely with relevant departments, branches and localities in the process of project implementation; including timely providing extracted and measured documents to districts to carry out site clearance and compensation.

7. Relevant departments, branches and units:Based on functions and tasks, proactively coordinate and promptly implement relevant contents for the project.

The Provincial People's Committee informs relevant agencies and units to know and coordinate to organize timely and effective implementation./.