Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai called for the early completion ofthe resettlement of local residents displaced by the construction ofSon La and Lai Chau hydropower plants, making it easier for them tosettle into new homes soon.
Son La, Dien Bien and Lai Chauprovinces are already creating resettlement areas, but are still slow incompleting the financial paperwork at the Son La hydropower plant andauditing payment compensations for displaced residents.
By theend of October 2014, contractors finished 80 percent of theconstruction work on the Lai Chau hydropower plant, but progress on theroad network between Nam Nhun, Muong Te and Pac Ma, on site clearance,and on the bidding procedures for the Son La-Lai Chau 500kV transmissionline and infrastructure development in resettlement areas is sluggish,the State Steering Board for the Son La–Lai Chau hydropower projectstold Hai, who is also head of the steering board.
In Lai Chau,the resettlement and site clearance procedures for the hydropower plantare on schedule, with more than 1,380 households relocated and providedaccess to clean water and electricity.
With the goal ofgenerating electricity by late 2015, Lai Chau authorities requestedpermission to use 75 billion VND (3.5 million USD) from the project’sfunds to renovate facilities that serve the displaced residents.
Concluding the event, Hai called upon the units concerned to concludea financial report on the resettlement process for the Son Lahydropower plant, which is expected to come to an end next year.
The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry andTrade, Transport, Finance, and Planning and Investment were requested todo their relevant parts for the projects’ implementation.
Earlier, Hai inspected the progress at the Lai Chau hydropower plant.-VNA
Son La, Dien Bien and Lai Chauprovinces are already creating resettlement areas, but are still slow incompleting the financial paperwork at the Son La hydropower plant andauditing payment compensations for displaced residents.
By theend of October 2014, contractors finished 80 percent of theconstruction work on the Lai Chau hydropower plant, but progress on theroad network between Nam Nhun, Muong Te and Pac Ma, on site clearance,and on the bidding procedures for the Son La-Lai Chau 500kV transmissionline and infrastructure development in resettlement areas is sluggish,the State Steering Board for the Son La–Lai Chau hydropower projectstold Hai, who is also head of the steering board.
In Lai Chau,the resettlement and site clearance procedures for the hydropower plantare on schedule, with more than 1,380 households relocated and providedaccess to clean water and electricity.
With the goal ofgenerating electricity by late 2015, Lai Chau authorities requestedpermission to use 75 billion VND (3.5 million USD) from the project’sfunds to renovate facilities that serve the displaced residents.
Concluding the event, Hai called upon the units concerned to concludea financial report on the resettlement process for the Son Lahydropower plant, which is expected to come to an end next year.
The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry andTrade, Transport, Finance, and Planning and Investment were requested todo their relevant parts for the projects’ implementation.
Earlier, Hai inspected the progress at the Lai Chau hydropower plant.-VNA
