60 hectares of land wasted for 'suspended' project

I am on top — After nearly 15 years of being allocated land, the investment project to build an international pig breeding center in Ky Phu commune is still in a "shelved" situation. Photo: Nguyen Chung.

Project with high expectations

In 2010, the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee approved the project to build an international pig breeding center, invested by the Northern Livestock Joint Stock Company. The project is planned on an area of over 60 hectares of land in Met village, Ky Phu commune, Nho Quan district, with the goal of raising and supplying the market with tens of thousands of breeding pigs each year. The project is expected to contribute to changing the local socio-economic picture, however, nearly 15 years have passed since the land was allocated, and this project has fallen into a state of desolation and ruin.

According to the reporter's observation, on the land area of dozens of hectares, the investor has only built a level 4 administrative building and some works serving the project such as: water tank, sanitary area, electrical system... Due to being abandoned for many years and no one to look after it, many items and works have been damaged and degraded. Some people in the Met village area have taken advantage of the abandoned land area for agricultural production, growing crops... Frustrated by the above situation, while local people still lack agricultural land, voters in Met village have repeatedly petitioned the local government to take measures to handle it, or reclaim the land area granted to the project to avoid wasting land.

Ms. Bui Thi Huong - a resident of Met village, Ky Phu commune said: When the project started, local people were very excited to give up their land and urgently relocate their houses with the hope that the project would contribute to the development of the local economy in a diverse and sustainable direction. However, after the groundbreaking ceremony, the project has been "shelved" ever since. "We urgently request that if the investor has enough capacity to implement the project as committed, then build it immediately. Otherwise, the state needs to reclaim and hand over the land to another capable unit or return the land to the people for cultivation and economic development, avoiding wasting resources" - Ms. Huong suggested.

Mr. Bui Van Thuy - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Phu commune also said: In local meetings with voters, people have repeatedly petitioned the authorities at all levels that if the investor does not carry out the project anymore, measures should be taken to promptly handle and resolve the above issue to avoid wasting land and creating resources for society, but so far it has not been resolved.

“The commune does not know the reason why the project was delayed and abandoned for many years because this is a provincial project. Therefore, the decision to terminate the project or reclaim the land must be made by the provincial level,” Mr. Thuy added.

Proposal for recall

It is known that in 2010, the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province leased more than 60 hectares of land to Khanh An Production and Trading Joint Stock Company (later renamed Northern Livestock Breeding Joint Stock Company) for construction. This is the cultivated land area of households and a part of forest land area. The land lease term is 49 years. After 14 years of implementation, the project has not yet been constructed and has many violations in the field of natural resources and environment.

Specifically, in 2014, the project was named by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in the Inspection Conclusion because the company had not registered to exploit land for site leveling, had not made periodic reports on the situation of water exploitation and use, the situation of arising and managing construction waste. At the same time, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Ninh Binh province has repeatedly instructed and urged the preparation of dossiers to declare the volume of exploited soil and rock, and complete dossiers to approve mineral exploitation rights according to regulations for the volume exploited before 2017, but up to now the company has not seriously implemented it.

Faced with the above reality, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has requested the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee not to allow further adjustment of the project implementation progress, and at the same time assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to terminate this project.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Bui Tuan Vuong - Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Nho Quan district said that after 14 years of being allocated land, this project has adjusted its progress many times. The third adjustment: Complete the items and stabilize production in early 2016. The fourth adjustment: The progress is extended until May 2019. Up to now, it has been nearly 5 years since the fourth extension, but the main items of the project have not yet been implemented.

“Currently, the District People's Committee has sent a document requesting the Provincial People's Committee to consider revoking this project according to Article 48 of the Investment Law and, more importantly, to reserve land for more potential investors and projects to develop the district's socio-economy,” Mr. Vuong added.

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