Nghe An: Commune grants land to hundreds of households to illegally build houses on irrigation works

(Baonghean.vn) - For many years, the Vach Bac drainage canal system and the N18 canal passing through Do Thanh - Yen Thanh commune have been encroached upon by hundreds of households, blocking the flow.greatly affects the regulation of water for agricultural production and drainage during the rainy season..

The Vach Bac Canal is responsible for draining floodwaters for 250 km2, draining over 3,000 hectares of agricultural land in the north, and is a flood-proof belt for 12,000 hectares of other agricultural land in the two districts of Yen Thanh and Dien Chau. However, people are encroaching, causing blockage of the flow and flooding when the flood season comes. Photo: Van Truong.

Mr. Nguyen Van Xuyen, Chairman of the People's Committee of Do Thanh Commune, said: In 1993, the People's Committee of the commune wrongly granted land to 144 households. However, during the process of buying, selling and transferring, the households separated, so up to now, Do Thanh has more than 200 households building houses in violation of the corridor of irrigation works. High-rise buildings are being illegally built on the Vach Bac drainage canal in Do Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh. Photo: Van Truong.

A representative of the Bac Irrigation Company Limited said: From 2015 to now, the company has discovered and recorded 37 cases of encroachment, leveling, and illegal construction on the canal bed and roof. Mainly, it is dumping soil, expanding houses, and illegal construction. (One of the high-rise buildings built on the Vach Bac drainage canal has just been put into use). Photo: Van Truong.

It is known that Yen Thanh district has established many inspection teams to handle households that violate the law, but it is very difficult. The current measure is to try to maintain the status quo so that people do not repeat the new construction. Because it is beyond the authority of the district, the People's Committee of Yen Thanh district has notified the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee of this issue for a solution. (People have also expanded and "squeezed" the N8 irrigation canal, making it very difficult for water to flow to Dien Chau district to irrigate rice fields). Photo: Van Truong.

A house encroaches on the Vach Bac canal and violates the Do Thanh bridge corridor. Photo: Van Truong.

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