Hoang Mai town speeds up site clearance for key projects

As a locality with many key projects of the province, in order to hand over clean land to investors to implement projects on schedule, the site clearance work has always been identified by the Town Party Committee and People's Committee as a key task in directing, operating, mobilizing the entire political system to participate with a drastic and synchronous spirit, but with appropriate and flexible methods.

FLEXIBLE, DETERMINED

Road routeNorth-South ExpresswayThe eastern section through Hoang Mai town has a total length of 9.985 km, passing through the two communes of Quynh Vinh (4.62 km long) and Quynh Trang (5.365 km long). Of which, the section through agricultural land and other land is about 8.985 km long and through residential areas is 1 km long.

The total affected land area is about 82.49 hectares, of which Quynh Vinh commune alone is affected with 41.04 hectares and Quynh Trang with 40.56 hectares. There are 1,518 households affected, including residential land and agricultural land, of which Quynh Vinh has 807 households and Quynh Trang has 711 households.

Officials at all levels and sectors of Hoang Mai town propagate and mobilize people to agree on the policy of handing over land to implement the North-South expressway project. Photo: PV-CTV

Identifying this as a national key project, having positive impacts, contributing to promoting socio-economic development, bringing multi-faceted benefits to the province in general and the town in particular, immediately after the investor handed over the landmarks and extracted the map,Hoang Mai townurgently declared and counted the land area and assets on the land of households affected by the project; at the same time, actively mobilized and propagated people to understand the meaning and purpose of the project.

Thanks to that, many households, although not yet receiving compensation for land acquisition and clearance, have proactively moved their structures and assets on the land to hand over clean land.

Officials of Hoang Mai town talk with the family of Mr. Tran Van Cuong in hamlet 7, Quynh Vinh commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Thanh Le

“After being propagandized and mobilized by officials at all levels, I clearly realized the significance of the North-South Expressway project as a transportation project that brings common benefits to society, including the interests of our family. My family is subject to on-site resettlement, while my son's family will be relocated to a new resettlement area. My family has 3 generations living there, so the relocation encountered many difficulties, but we agreed to hand over the land for the project to be implemented. Some households do not understand the issue of common benefits, so I have propagated and mobilized them to clearly understand the State's policy" - Mr. Tran Van Cuong in Hamlet 7, Quynh Vinh Commune shared.

Chairman of Quynh Vinh Commune People's Committee - Mr. Vu Le Hung shared: Quynh Vinh Commune has 132 households with residential land and houses that need to be relocated. In the past time, to speed up the progress to meet the requirements of the Prime Minister as well as the province, the entire political system of Quynh Vinh Commune has taken drastic action.

Chairman of Quynh Vinh Commune People's Committee Le Vu Hung and officials of Hoang Mai town met and discussed with the people. Photo: Thanh Le

From the first day of the new year of the Tiger, we immediately started working. The commune established groups to mobilize households to dismantle their houses and build houses in the resettlement area to hand over the land. Currently, there are 26 households building houses in the resettlement area and have handed over 74 resettlement plots to the people.

People of Hoang Mai town agree to receive compensation support for land acquisition and clearance. Photo: PV-CTV

After being informed and mobilized, the people complied well. However, the current difficulty of the people is that one village is building more than 30 houses at the same time, so there is a lack of workers, leading to slow progress, but people still borrow houses from relatives to hand over the site for the project.

People demolish their houses and hand over clean land for the project. Photo: PV-CTV

“GPMB is always a sensitive and complicated issue, however, difficult does not mean impossible, but it is necessary to flexibly apply measures of propaganda, mobilization, and persuasion. Because only when people understand and see the benefits of the projects will they agree. And the most important thing is to do it objectively, impartially, and resolutely,” Mr. Hung shared.

THE WHOLE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS INVOLVED

As a locality with 3 industrial parks Hoang Mai 1, Hoang Mai 2 and Dong Hoi Industrial Park. Up to now, Hoang Mai town is implementing compensation, support and resettlement for 39 projects. Site clearance work has always been identified by the Town Party Committee and People's Committee as a key task in directing, operating, mobilizing the entire political system to participate.

Many meetings were held by the leaders of Hoang Mai town with a strong spirit to speed up the progress of site clearance. Photo: Contributor

The town has established a Steering Committee and clearly assigned tasks and responsibilities to each individual and unit from the town to the ward and commune. Comrade Pham Van Hao - Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Vice Chairman of the Compensation and Site Clearance Council of Hoang Mai town said: To speed up the progress of compensation and site clearance for projects in the area, Hoang Mai town has developed a compensation, support and resettlement plan in the town to implement projects in accordance with regulations, implement compensation, support and resettlement policies and regimes in accordance with State regulations, ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

Leaders of Hoang Mai town directly went down to meet, discuss, and grasp the thoughts and aspirations of households. Photo: Contributor

Complete compensation, support and resettlement work to hand over land to investors to implement the project to ensure the approved schedule. The Town People's Committee has established the Compensation, Support and Resettlement Council to carry out site clearance for projects in the town.

“Land clearance is always a complicated issue and is related to the interests of the people. The town has done a good job of propaganda and mobilization, organizing many meetings, propaganda combined with disseminating policies and laws to the people, using many approaches to help them understand and support.

People dismantled their houses and handed over the land. Photo: Thanh Le

In addition, to ensure democracy and transparency, the town also directed the organization of direct dialogues associated with answering questions of affected people to create consensus among people in complying with State regulations on recovery, compensation and resettlement support.

For households that did not agree, each comrade in the Standing Committee and the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee personally got involved, met, mobilized, and persuaded each specific household" - comrade Pham Van Hao shared.

People move trees and belongings to the new resettlement area. Photo: Thanh Le

Up to now, the town has completed the site clearance work to hand over 130 hectares in Hoang Mai I Industrial Park to the investor (Chu Thong Group); the infrastructure of Industrial Park I is being urgently completed. The project to build infrastructure of Hoang Mai II Industrial Park has been proposed by an investor, and the province is currently studying and proposing to the Government and ministries and branches.

Mobilizing machinery to demolish houses and hand over the site early. Photo: Thanh Le

The town actively coordinated to remove obstacles for the projects of Dong A Printing and Embroidery Factory, Vietsun Garment Factory, and Hoa Sen Steel Factory. For the North-South Expressway project, Hoang Mai town approved the entire compensation plan, mobilized people to receive money, demolished houses to hand over the land. For some remaining households, the town is continuing to mobilize people to accept the policy of handing over the land for the North-South Expressway project.

Schools and stadiums have been relocated to new resettlement areas, and households have built houses in the resettlement areas. Photo: Thanh Le

Currently, the town is continuing to concentrate on accelerating the progress of site clearance to create conditions for investors to soon implement projects: Coastal roads, climate change response, etc. In addition to the above projects, the town is implementing a number of projects invested by the locality.

Construction of the North-South Expressway project through Hoang Mai town. Photo: Thanh Le

Attract investmentis one of the three breakthroughs of the Hoang Mai Town Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term. With the view that site clearance results are one of the decisive factors for the investment attraction environment, Hoang Mai Town has been focusing on implementing this work resolutely.

In particular, recently, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee agreed to allow Hoang Mai town to continue implementing Resolution No. 11-NQ/TU, dated September 18, 2014 on building and developing Hoang Mai town until 2020 and the following years until 2024, along with issuing a number of specific mechanisms and policies that are more synchronous and comprehensive, commensurate with the requirements of developing the town into a growth pole of the province.