Cua Nam Ward (Vinh City): Mobilizing people to beautify the streets

Recently,Vinh cityPromote urban beautification to make the city's appearance more beautiful and spacious, to celebrate the 235th anniversary of Phuong Hoang Trung Do and the 60th anniversary of Vinh city's founding.

In addition to the State budget for investment in renovating major roads, the city also has a policy to assign wards and communes to mobilize people to upgrade alleys, lay asphalt, build sidewalks, install lighting systems... The goal is to make the alleys truly "Civilized alleys" in the true sense of the word.

In Cua Nam ward, many alleys that were previously damp and damaged have been paved with asphalt and sidewalks in a neat and tidy manner. To do that, mobilizing "people's strength" is a very important thing.

Cua Nam is a ward that has been formed for a long time, the planning of the streets, alleys and lanes of the ward has been in place for decades. Besides, due to the high population density, urban beautification has also encountered many difficulties. However, with the consensus of the local people, many alleys have been given a "new coat", becoming a common joy for the whole community.

Image of alley 34, De Tham street being renovated and upgraded. Photo: Quang Dat

It is known that after 3 months of actively propagating and mobilizing the urban beautification movement to all blocks and residential groups, currently in Cua Nam ward, 12/12 blocks have registered for urban beautification projects. People are very unanimous in contributing money, donating land, cutting walls, re-paving roads, building playgrounds...

Up to now, 12 projects have been implemented with a total investment of more than 2.4 billion VND. Of which, more than 2 billion VND has been mobilized from the people's contributions, the rest is supported by the State. Notable projects include: upgrading lane 16, lane 42 Nguyen Sinh Sac street in block 12; upgrading lane 6 Dao Tan street in block 3; community activity area, gymnasium, sports in block 11; community activity area, gymnasium, sports in block 12; Cultural House yard of block 1...

Present at block 5, we learned that this block has just completed upgrading 2 alleys, alley 55, Phan Dinh Phung street and alley 34, De Tham street. People in the residential groups are happy that the street has been upgraded with their own efforts.

Many alleys in Cua Nam ward have been upgraded by the people. Photo: Tien Dong

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai - a resident of lane 34, De Tham street shared: "We have lived here for decades, the road in front of our house has seriously degraded, after the ward had a policy to mobilize people to contribute to upgrading, we immediately agreed. Some households that are still in difficulty are exempted from paying, and other households are given loans to do it."

Mr. Nguyen Van Hong - Head of Group 3, where Alley 34, De Tham Street runs through, said: Previously, Alley 34 was very bumpy and seriously degraded. After the ward's policy, on the evening of December 22, 2022, a meeting of 26 households in Alley 34 was convened. After disseminating the city's support mechanisms and policies, budget estimates, construction items, roadmap, and implementation time, the people agreed to contribute funds for implementation. After only 1 day, on December 23, 2022, phase 1 of the upgrading of Alley 34 was carried out. And after less than 15 days, the entire Alley 34, nearly 200m long and 5.4m wide, was paved with asphalt.

After lane 34 was paved, the residents continued to agree to pave the sidewalk, trim the roof and install lighting. Photo: Tien Dong

Even after the entire alley 34 was paved with clean, beautiful asphalt, the people continued to agree to do phase 2, paving the sidewalk and installing lighting. Up to now, after less than 1 month, the project has been completed with the amount of money contributed by the people up to nearly 400 million VND.

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thanh - Secretary of Block 5 Party Cell, Cua Nam Ward said: Responding to the emulation movement of the city, at the same time implementing the Resolution of the Block 5 Party Cell Congress, term 2022-2025 in early July 2022. The Block has determined to implement a clever mass mobilization model on mobilizing resources to build, renovate and upgrade alleys and streets. The first location to implement is alley 55, Phan Dinh Phung Street. However, due to lack of experience, there were some difficulties at first. Later, when the people themselves realized that contributing to urban beautification not only beautifies alleys and streets but also makes the road in front of their house more beautiful, their consensus was very high.

Mr. Thanh also said that in mobilizing people to renovate the city, the most important thing is to do it for real and to be able to do it. Besides, the city also needs to have specific support mechanisms and policies. After the people have finished the work, they also need to conduct acceptance and disburse the support money soon. Only then will people trust and agree with the common policy.

Officials and people celebrate together at the inauguration of the upgraded lane 34, De Tham street. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Dang Hieu Lam - Chairman of the People's Committee of Cua Nam Ward said: The registration of urban upgrading and beautification by blocks and streets towards the city's major holidays is a very meaningful work. In implementing the policy of upgrading and beautifying the urban area, the ward has also assigned cadres to monitor the area, actively follow, grasp, and participate with the blocks to mobilize the people. Timely explain to the people the policies, support mechanisms of the State.

In addition, the ward also mobilized households on major roads such as Phan Dinh Phung, Ho Han Thuong, Dang Thai Than, which have just been upgraded by the State, to join with other households and alleys on routes 2 and 3. The common goal is to make the streets in the area more uniform and beautiful. "From the 12 projects that have just been completed, we are also continuing to mobilize other groups to expand the movement, striving to upgrade all the degraded and damaged alleys in the ward in time to celebrate the city's major holidays" - Mr. Lam emphasized.