Provincial People's Committee agrees to adjust clean water price
(Baonghean.vn) - This is the important content approved at the regular meeting of the Provincial People's Committee in September 2018.
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On the afternoon of September 21, under the chairmanship of comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial People's Committee held a regular meeting for September 2018. Attending the meeting were comrades Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Thanh Le |
At the meeting, the Department of Finance presented the content of the Draft Decision on regulating the consumption price of clean water products in urban areas produced and supplied by Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company in the province, replacing Decisions No. 37/2016/QD-UBND dated May 13, 2016 and No. 42/2016/QD-UBND dated June 31, 2016 of the Provincial People's Committee.
Accordingly, the average clean water consumption price is expected to be 10,600 VND/m3 this time.3, compared to the current price of 8,600 VND/m3, up 23.67%. The average price in Vinh City and surrounding areas is expected to be 11,200 VND/m3compared to the current price of 8,800 VND/m3, increased by 27.49% and the expected average price of the remaining regions is 8,000 VND/m3compared to current price of 7,600 VND/m3, up 5%.
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| Colonel Nguyen Huu Cau - Director of the Provincial Police Department spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Le. |
Regarding this issue, Colonel Nguyen Huu Cau - Director of the Provincial Police Department, was confused about the price of raw water in the province being higher than in other localities. According to the head of the Provincial Police Department, the price of electricity, gasoline, and water are closely related to people's lives, so the Department of Finance needs to calculate specifically.
According to the explanation of the Department of Finance, the reason for the high price of raw water is because our province has a raw water supply factory. Meanwhile, the water pipeline system of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company has been invested for decades, leading to a lot of loss and waste (28%).
"The water price adjustment by the Department of Finance this time has fully calculated depreciation costs, labor standards, and ensured maintenance and investment costs to reduce losses in order to improve water quality," Director of the Department of Finance Nguyen Xuan Hai affirmed, adding that the adjusted water price is below the framework allowed by the Ministry of Finance and lower than the average price of some neighboring localities.
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| Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Le |
Concluding this content, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee agreed with the proposed adjustment of water prices proposed by the Department of Finance; at the same time, requested Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company to deploy solutions to improve technology, invest in equipment to fix problems, upgrade the pipeline system, improve water supply quality, and provide the best service when the demand for clean water in the period of 2025-2030 is forecast to increase because it not only serves people's lives but also serves industrial parks.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong assigned the Department of Finance to coordinate with relevant departments, agencies and sectors to work with Nghe An Water Supply Company and Song Lam Water Plant to agree on the most reasonable raw water price for people, ensuring harmony between the interests of businesses and people. Along with that, it is necessary to do a good job of propaganda so that people are aware that adjusting water prices is very necessary.
At this meeting, the Provincial People's Committee also unanimously approved the draft Decision amending and supplementing Article 2, Decision No. 19/2018/QD-UBND dated April 18, 2018 of the Provincial People's Committee on amending and supplementing Article 2 and Article 3 in the decisions promulgating the Price List of land types from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 in the districts, towns and Vinh city, Nghe An province.
Also at the meeting this afternoon, the Provincial People's Committee listened to comments on the report on foreign affairs in the first 9 months of the year and the direction and tasks for the last months of 2018.
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| Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Tran Khanh Thuc reports on foreign affairs work in the first 9 months of 2018. Photo: Thanh Le |
Accordingly, in the first 9 months of the year, the province focused on the following tasks: Strongly implementing Resolution 06 of the 12th Central Executive Committee Conference on improving the effectiveness of the international economic integration process. The Provincial People's Committee continued to advise the Provincial Party Standing Committee on implementing Party foreign affairs activities according to the direction of the Central External Relations Commission. Focusing on further promoting the Party's foreign relations with the provinces of the Lao PDR, especially Xieng Khouang province and bordering provinces.
Regarding the tasks for the last months of the year, the Provincial People's Committee continues to review and effectively implement the Foreign Affairs Program of Nghe An province in 2018./.
