Vinh urban sub-project... slow site clearance
(Baonghean.vn) -According to Vinh city report,Due to problems in site clearance work, the progress of implementation has been seriously affected.dProjects and packages do not have enough clean land to implement.construction to ensure progress of the package.
According to the commitment with the World Bank, site clearance must be completed by October 30, 2016, but some packages have had to extend the implementation time.
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The construction site of the Vinh - Hung Tay railway overpass project still has land clearance problems. |
The family of Mrs. Hoang Thi Luong in Yen Binh hamlet, Hung Dong commune, is in the area that must clear the land for the construction of Vinh - Hung Tay road (connecting the 72m road) to Hung Nguyen. She is the pioneer household that accepts the compensation plan as soon as possible and wishes to hand over the land to the resettlement location. Recently, due to giving up part of the land to build a road for the construction of a railway overpass, and then encountering heavy rain, the whole land was terribly flooded, the whole family had no way to go, had to use wood to climb up the wall to get out.
Talking to reporters, she said: According to the initial agreement, the land area is nearly 500 m2Her residential land will be changed to a similar area in the resettlement area, but her family has not yet received enough land so they cannot move. Her family is also a policy beneficiary so they hope for a reasonable compensation policy. She really wants to be granted a new land certificate soon to ensure the procedures when building a new house.
Not only the household in Mrs. Luong is stuck, but the whole hamlet has not been cleared yet. The construction package of Vinh - Hung Tay road from km4+620.00 to km6+224.34 and the railway overpass was signed on February 29, 2016, completed on July 14, 2017. However, the construction volume is estimated to reach 30%, while the implementation time is about 50%. Due to problems with site clearance, the construction progress is still slow.
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Residents of Quan Bau ward talk to reporters about problems in land acquisition and compensation. |
The land of the enterprises Auto Company 5, Kim Lien Company Limited, Vinh Locomotive Enterprise... still does not have a compensation plan for site clearance approved for implementation, greatly affecting the construction progress of the section across the railway overpass.
Other packages of the Vinh - Hung Tay road project on residential land do not have compensation and resettlement plans, and the on-site resettlement area has not been completed.
At the package Upgrading and renovating the ditch around Vinh Citadel: Contract signed on January 27, 2016, completion date August 10, 2017. Construction volume is estimated at 25%, while the implementation time is about 50%.
In Doi Cung ward: 54 households had their land recovered, the compensation plan for 54 households was approved with the amount of 11 billion VND, 8.5 billion VND was paid, of which 52 households received the land, 1 household is still being resolved, expected to be completed in December 2016.
There are currently 11 packages under construction, but each package is facing problems with site clearance. The package for the construction of the road connecting National Highway 46 with the Lam River road from km0+0.0 to km4+359.54, signed on January 28, 2016, completed on June 11, 2017. The construction volume to date is estimated at 35%, while the implementation time is about 64%...
Meanwhile, the resettlement area of Quan Bau ward, the place for resettlement of the ancient citadel construction project and other projects, the investment and construction work has not been completed due to problems with site clearance for this resettlement area.
Currently, the City Land Fund Center has handed over and cleared all agricultural land and over 90% of residential land, reaching 90% of the total resettlement area. There are still 4 households that have not paid because people are petitioning about compensation prices. In this area, although some have built new houses, the land has not been handed over to the project.
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The resettlement area of Quan Bau ward is still stuck with some households, affecting other projects. |
From the time the credit agreement between the Government of Vietnam and the World Bank providing funding for the Vinh sub-project took effect (April 2012) until October 2016,Up to this point, the total disbursed capital of this Sub-project is 42,030 million USD, reaching 50% of the total project capital, the project implementation time is 77%.
Counterpart funds for the project have been provided at VND 805 billion, of which: Central budget VND 321 billion; Local budget (province and city) VND 484 billion; accumulated actual disbursement of counterpart funds up to October 10, 2016 is VND 745 billion/VND 805 billion, equivalent to 92.5%.
Besides the problem of site clearance, the counterpart fund is still lacking 337 billion VND for the entire project.
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