Quy Chau: Slow compensation and site clearance affects many households.
Chau Thon Road to Tan Xuan, passing through the three communes of Chau Phong, Chau Hoan and Dien Lam of Quy Chau district, was built in 2009, with a length of over 15 km. After three years of construction, this road has now been basically completed, contributing to promoting economic development and convenient transportation for three remote communes of Quy Chau district. However, during the construction process, some areas of production land and housing of 51 households were affected and they have not yet received compensation.
(Baonghean) -Chau Thon Road to Tan Xuan, passing through the three communes of Chau Phong, Chau Hoan and Dien Lam of Quy Chau district, was built in 2009, with a length of over 15 km. After three years of construction, this road has now been basically completed, contributing to promoting economic development and convenient transportation for three remote communes of Quy Chau district. However, during the construction process, some areas of production land and housing of 51 households were affected and they have not yet received compensation.
We were present at the family of Mrs. Lo Thi Minh in Toong 1 village, Chau Phong commune, this is one of the households whose livestock barns and outbuildings were relocated.
Ms. Minh said: In 2009, when the road was built, her family was subject to the relocation of livestock pens, outbuildings and some trees to make way for the project, and her family would be compensated over 31 million VND. Up to now, this road has been completed, but her family has only received an advance payment of 5 million VND from the contractor, and she does not know when she will receive the remaining amount.
Mrs. Minh's family is poor, life is very difficult, only knowing how to rely on 4 sao of rice fields each year to harvest only about 1 ton of rice. Currently, due to lack of money to level the ground for outbuildings and barns for livestock and poultry, her family has to arrange buffalo and cow barns and outbuildings right under the stilt house, which is very inconvenient and unsanitary.
In Hoc village, Dien Lam commune, 31 households are also waiting for compensation for the loss of their production land. Some households said that during the construction process, the contractor buried the entire Na Quan field with a total area of over 1.2 hectares of the village. Mr. Luong Van Phuc, one of the households that lost the most production land, said that his family had 5 sao of rice fields, including 3 sao in Na Quan field, and harvested an average of 1.5 tons of rice per year. However, for the past 3 years, his family has only harvested 600 to 700 kg of rice per year, because the entire 3 sao of rice fields in Na Quan field have been abandoned due to the burial of rocks. His family's life is poor all year round, at risk of falling back into poverty. According to statistics, the whole Hoc village has 56 households with over 200 people, but only has 4.9 hectares of rice fields, of which 1.2 hectares are in Na Quan field, the people here are lacking land for production.
Discussing this issue, Mr. Lo Duc Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Dien Lam Commune People's Committee added: "In response to the people's concerns, the local government has repeatedly petitioned the contractor and the investor, the Department of Transport, to support the leveling of rocks and soil, returning the production area to the people, but until now they are still waiting and the Na Quan field is still abandoned. We hope that the authorities, sectors and investors will soon support and compensate the affected households, helping them to stabilize their lives soon."
Le Hoan (Kui Chau Temple)
