Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project (Kim Thanh) Unfinished

After 4 years of investment approval, Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project is still an undeveloped land.

Slow to deploy

The Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project of Hai Linh Company Limited was approved for investment by the People's Committee of Hai Duong province under Decision No. 314 dated February 22, 2020. The project implementation location is southwest of National Highway 17B, in Dong Cam commune (Kim Thanh). The scale of the market includes 200 outdoor sales points, 57 kiosks and 30 booths for renting, processing, preserving and trading agricultural products of all kinds with a capacity of 7,200 tons/year. The total investment capital of the project is more than 102 billion VND, recovering 72,505 ^m2 of land for implementation, with an operating period of 50 years.

The project was built, completed and put into operation within 36 months from the date of issuance of the decision. However, many years have passed, the project has not been implemented, causing waste of land.

Mr. Pham Ngoc Khanh, Director of Hai Linh Company Limited, said that the time the enterprise was approved by the Provincial People's Committee for investment coincided with the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. All project implementation activities had to stop. When the Covid-19 epidemic was pushed back, the enterprise started implementing the project, but the site clearance work encountered difficulties, involving many households and having complicated land origins. Currently, there are still 2 households that have not agreed to hand over the site with about 400 ^m2 of land. The investor has repeatedly requested the People's Committee of Dong Cam commune, Kim Thanh district to support and complete site clearance for implementation, but it has not been resolved yet.

According to the reporter's observation, the site of the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project is still an abandoned land, fallow for many years, causing waste. Mr. TBB in Quang Binh village, Dong Cam commune said: "This land used to be rice fields, people specialized in growing vegetables all year round. From mid-2022 until now, this area has been reclaimed and cleared, but I don't understand why it is still abandoned. We have also repeatedly expressed our opinions at village meetings and meetings with voters of the Commune People's Council."

According to Mr. Dong Minh Hien, Chairman of Dong Cam Commune People's Committee, when knowing that the locality has an investor to implement the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project, the government and people are very excited. Because Dong Gia is the center of the communes of area C of Kim Thanh district, with convenient transportation. The communes of area C are key areas for agricultural production, vegetables and fruits of Kim Thanh district. The construction project coming into operation will create favorable conditions for infrastructure, meeting the needs of buying and selling, exchanging goods, agricultural products, and developing local trade and services. The project has a favorable location, next to National Highway 17B, but the implementation is currently very slow.

Project adjustments allowed

Located next to Highway 17B, Dong Gia agricultural market is expected to be the center for buying and selling agricultural products in area C of Kim Thanh district, but is currently still inactive.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment of Hai Duong province, through reviewing and handling investment projects outside industrial parks that are behind schedule and not implemented in accordance with regulations, the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project is one of 117 projects that are behind schedule in the province. However, this is also one of 64 projects that are behind schedule due to many objective reasons such as the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, problems in site clearance, land procedures, etc., which have been allowed by the Provincial People's Committee to complete investment procedures. Currently, the investor of the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project has submitted a report proposing to adjust the project policy.

Also according to the Department of Planning and Investment, in order to have a basis to report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval of the adjustment of the investment policy, the department is coordinating to review and appraise. After reviewing the project adjustment dossier of the investor, the department requested the investor to supplement and complete a number of contents such as clarifying the completion of land, construction and environmental procedures; difficulties and obstacles in project implementation; estimated time to complete all compensation and site clearance; study and propose project scale adjustment based on business scale (number of points of sale, number of kiosks/booths for rent, etc.), project implementation area; propose project implementation progress; deposit or have a bank guarantee for deposit obligations to ensure the implementation of the investment project according to regulations. However, up to now, the investor has not fulfilled the deposit obligation, causing the project implementation to be slower than the progress approved by the Provincial People's Committee.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Director of Hai Linh Company Limited, added that the company is continuing to complete the procedures as requested by the Department of Planning and Investment regarding the proposed project adjustment. However, the site clearance related to the remaining 2 households is still facing difficulties. It is recommended that the local authorities and Kim Thanh district promptly remove and support the handover of the site to the investor, because without a clean site, it will be very difficult for the investor to give a specific time for construction, completion, and putting the project into operation.

In order for the Dong Gia Agricultural Market Project to be restarted soon and to promote the effectiveness of land use, investors need to promptly complete the required procedures and strictly implement investment regulations. At the same time, departments, branches and localities need to actively support investors so that they can soon be approved to adjust their investment policies.

TRUONG HA

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