Hydropower still 'dodges' responsibility when accepting to support 600 million for 6 households with cracked houses to relocate?
(Baonghean.vn) - After many times of "disavowing" responsibility, the hydropower plant finally agreed to spend money to support the relocation of households with cracked houses in Tuong Duong district (Nghe An).
On August 31, the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district announced that the locality had received 600 million VND from Nam Mo - Nam Non Hydropower Joint Stock Company - the investor of Ban Ang Hydropower Plant. This amount will be part of the budget to relocate 6 households with cracked houses in Luu Kien commune.
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| Many houses are cracked, at risk of falling into the lake. Photo: TH |
However, in the document sent to the local government regarding this support, Ban Ang Hydropower still did not have a single line accepting responsibility for causing the cracking. Most of the content of the document, the hydropower plant spent complaining about difficulties in operation. The hydropower plant said that recently, the revenue from selling electricity was not enough to cover the costs of maintaining operations and production. Especially in recent months, the revenue from electricity generation was not enough to pay off bank loans....
The support is understood not to come from responsibility, but the hydropower plant accepted to spend 600 million VND just because of the "spirit of mutual love and support".
As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, for more than 2 years now, 6 houses in Luu Kien commune have had many large cracks, ready to fall into the Ban Ang hydropower reservoir. These households have lived in this area for a long time, so they believe that the cause of this is due to the influence of the Ban Ang hydropower plant. After an inspection, Tuong Duong district determined that urgent relocation was required before November 2019. However, due to lack of funds, the residents have not been relocated yet, while the cracks are getting bigger and the flood season is approaching.
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| Ban Ang Hydropower Plant said that recently, electricity generation revenue is not enough to cover expenses. Photo: TH |
The local government has repeatedly sent documents requesting Ban Ang Hydropower Plant to support the relocation of households. However, the investor still denies any related responsibility.
According to the investor, the compensation and site clearance for Ban Ang Hydropower Plant has been completed, all land recovered for the construction of the hydropower plant has been compensated according to state regulations. The plant has been in operation since January 2017.
"The 6 households that need to be relocated according to the recommendation of the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district are all located on the flooded area of Ban Ang hydropower reservoir. The reason why the houses of these households are cracked is due to many reasons, especially because these households are all located on the negative slope of National Highway 7, which is greatly affected by floods caused by natural disasters, especially the 2018 flood," said the Nam Mo - Nam Non Hydropower Joint Stock Company.