"Source," where are you?

(Baonghean) - Our villagers are used to keeping their promises. They rarely break promises to help each other with a chicken for a wedding or a dozen kilograms of rice for a new house. But when officials make promises to the people, they often make them wait indefinitely.

A few years ago, officials came to the village and said they were going to build a road through it. Not just through our village, but through many others. We'd long wanted a nice road, so the villagers wholeheartedly supported it. And they did just that, and they did it quickly too. Before long, the road reached the village. The villagers were very excited. Since then, we've had a road to the market to sell tea. We go to the market twice a day, morning and afternoon. The number of poor households has decreased.

It must be said that the road was completed quickly thanks to the people's support in giving up their land and trees. Perhaps the design of the road overlooked the culverts for water to reach the villagers' fields. The construction workers refused to build them. The commune officials approached the villagers, asking them to lend them money to build the culverts. This ensured the fields had water for irrigation and prevented the road from being blocked. The officials promised to repay the loan soon. The villagers agreed. Since the officials had promised, they agreed to buy the culverts and install them to finish the road quickly.

There was a house in the village where the road didn't initially pass near it, but later it was straightened so that the road ran right next to the house. The officials realized it was dangerous to leave it like that, so they gave them money to relocate. They promised to give them a resettlement house that the government allocated to poor villages. The villagers were touched because all their houses were cared for by the officials.

The officials made promises and then left, while those who were promised waited. One month, two months, then year after year, and the promise never came. For the people, a beautiful road was what mattered; the money the whole village contributed to buy the drainage system wasn't much. But most importantly, the officials' promises had vanished into thin air.

When we inquired, the officials said the "fund" hadn't arrived yet, even though we had already submitted the application. So that's the situation. Then the people also want to know where the "fund" is and why it's taking so long? It's been years and it still hasn't arrived, so the officials can't fulfill their promise to the people?

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According to the opinions of the residents of Ban Co hamlet, Chau Thai commune, Quy Hop district.