Responding to Ky Son voters' petition regarding funding support for damaged domestic water works

Reply:

Currently, in Ky Son district, a total of 173 centralized water supply works have been invested, mainly of the self-flowing type. Of the total 173 works, 10 are currently inactive (accounting for 5.78%) and 48 works need to be repaired and upgraded.

Main reason: Water supply works in Ky Son district are mainly small-scale self-flowing water supply works. After a period of operation, due to lack of funds for annual maintenance and repair, the works deteriorate and stop operating.

A domestic water project in Ky Son. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Therefore, it is necessary and appropriate to annually provide financial support to repair and upgrade damaged domestic water works for people; not only ensuring the supply of domestic water for people but also helping localities complete the clean water criteria in the National Criteria for New Rural Communes and the National Criteria for Advanced New Rural Communes for the period 2021 - 2025 according to Decision No. 318/QD-TTg dated March 8, 2022 of the Prime Minister.

To ensure a stable supply of domestic water for people in the above communes and villages, in the coming time, the Provincial People's Committee is requested to assign relevant Departments, branches and localities to perform the following tasks:

+ Assign the People's Committee of Ky Son district and the Center for Domestic Water and Rural Environmental Sanitation to conduct a survey, determine the needs and make a priority list of severely damaged domestic water supply works for repair and upgrading. Priority will be given to allocating funds from the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2025 period; the National Target Program for New Rural Development; and the provincial budget to repair and upgrade domestic water supply works to ensure the supply of domestic water for people to use.

A self-flowing water project still operating in Bao Nam commune (Ky Son). Photo: Tien Dong

+ Direct the Provincial Ethnic Committee to be the advisory body for managing the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2025 in Nghe An province, prioritizing funding to repair and upgrade domestic water supply works annually.

+ Direct the Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Finance, based on the proposal of the People's Committee of Ky Son district, to balance funding sources from other programs and the provincial budget to prioritize funding for repairing and upgrading domestic water supply works annually.