Hanoi (VNA) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen DucChung has ordered authorities of Soc Son district to accelerate land clearanceand compensation for residents affected by the Nam Son WasteTreatment Complex or Nam Son dumping ground.
Earlier this month, local residents blocked garbage trucks attempting tocarry waste to the dump to protest the sluggish process of land clearanceand compensation for a relocation project.
In 2017, due to pollution caused by the Nam Son dump, local authoritiesapproved a project to relocate more than 1,000 households of three communes -Bac Son, Hong Ky and Nam Son, out of the affected areas which are located lessthan 500m from the dump.
Chung assigned tasks to the People’s Committee of Soc Son district to completework on compensation and resettlement assistance for the affected residents.The committee was ordered to approve compensation and use the budget correctly.
The budget for compensation will be sourced from the city’s investment fund fordevelopment.
Earlier city and district authorities held meetings with residents livingaround Nam Son dump to discuss solutions on land clearance and compensation.After the talks, protesters agreed to dismantle tents and clear the wayleading to the dump.
Set up in 1999, the Nam Son garbage dump, covering an area of 83ha, receivesmore than 4,000 tonnes of waste per day from four of Hanoi’s inner districts.
The authorities approved a three-floor waste incinerator to reduce the amountof garbage and planned to close the dump by 2021.
In a related move, the municipal People’s Committee asked Soc Son district’sauthorities to review violations of illegal construction on agricultural landand make a list of violations cases in five communes – Xuan Khu, Kim Lu, DongXuan, Phu Lo and Phu Minh.
The district authorities were urged to step up supervision on construction workand stiffen penalties on violators.
They were asked to review abandoned agricultural and public land and deal withviolations related to handing over, leasing land or switchingland-use purposes.
The city’s inspectorate and Department of Natural Resources and Environmentwere assigned to establish working teams to inspect illegal construction onagricultural and public land.
The orders were issued after 27 constructions including houses, villas andeven an eco-tourism area with a swimming pool, stilt houses and concrete roadswere found to have been illegally built on forest land in Soc Son district overthe past two years.
The municipal People’s Committee asked the house owners to take the buildingsdown.-VNA
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