Illegal constructions on forest land are rampant.

Illegal constructions on forest land are everywhere.

For many years, in Chi Linh City (Hai Duong Province), there has been a situation where many households have arbitrarily leveled and built a series of large-scale illegal constructions on production forest land and special-use forests, causing public outrage.

Receiving feedback from the people, in mid-May, Giao thong Newspaper reporters were present at N3 Street, Tien Son Residential Area, Cong Hoa Ward, Chi Linh City and recorded 3 rows of steel and construction material factories along National Highway 37 and 2 villa-style houses located behind the factory area.

A resident of Cong Hoa ward said that these projects were all built on production forest land allocated to households for tree planting.

Overview of a series of illegal construction works on production forest land of 3 households in Tien Son residential area, Cong Hoa ward.

Verification by reporters shows that this land was assigned by the Hai Duong Provincial Forest Management Board (under the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) to Mr. Pham Quoc Don, Mr. Do Van Thi and Mr. Nguyen Dai Thang for the purpose of growing fruit trees.

Specifically, the 1,174m2 land plot that Mr. Pham Quoc Don contracted since 2020, borders Highway 17 to the north, and the remaining sides border the fruit tree land of Ms. Nga, Ms. Nga and Mr. Son.

According to Contract No. 83/HD-CAQ dated May 7, 2020, on the area of ​​1,174m2 assigned to Mr. Don, there are 16 lychee trees planted since 1996, the current status of the trees is normal growth and development.

However, since the beginning of 2022, Mr. Don has built a villa-style house at the end of the land. On the outside of the land, the land owner has built a factory to trade in construction materials. The residential area has a garden, lake, landscape, garage...

From the forest land assigned for the purpose of growing agricultural crops, households have transformed it into a factory area to trade in construction materials along Highway 37.

Also on the land adjacent to Highway 17, there are many other illegal constructions, typically the land of Mr. Do Van Thi.

Mr. Thi received the contract to grow fruit trees in 2019 and turned the above land into a factory along National Highway 17, behind which he built a two-story villa with a Thai roof with a total illegal construction area of ​​146 square meters.

Next to the buildings of Mr. Don and Mr. Thi is a row of factories serving the construction materials business of Mr. Nguyen Dai Thang.

Mr. Thang signed a contract to allocate 2,000 square meters of land for the purpose of growing agricultural crops and fruit trees in 2015, then "magically" transformed the land into a production workshop.

The thousands of square meter land area that used to be a special-use forest and was contracted to Mr. Phan Thanh Hoa's family for management has now been transformed into a private "home".

According to the investigation and records of the reporter, in the area of ​​Doan 10, Tien Son residential area, Cong Hoa ward, on lot 9D1, section 5, there is also a complex of illegal construction works on special-use forest land. This land was originally assigned by the Hai Duong Forest Management Board to Mr. Phan Thanh Hoa's household to manage and protect the special-use forest with an area of ​​1,477m2 since 2017.

According to the leader of Chi Linh City, the situation of a series of houses and factories being built on forest land is due to lax management by agencies and units.

The main responsibility lies with the Hai Duong Forest Management Board - the unit assigned to manage forest land, which has contracted forest land management to individuals but allowed these individuals to build a series of illegal structures on the land.

"We have asked local authorities and specialized agencies to closely coordinate with the Hai Duong Forest Management Board to persuade these households to dismantle illegal constructions. If the process of persuasion is ineffective, we will consult with Hai Duong provincial leaders to take decisive measures to handle the situation," he said.

However, by 2022, Mr. Hoa had arbitrarily built a complex of solid structures scattered on the land of the special-use forest, including: Houses, resorts, kitchens, yards, garages, etc.

At lot 2, plot 4/D1 in Tan Tien residential area, Hoang Tien ward, Chi Linh city, there is also an illegal construction on the land allocated for growing fruit trees of Mr. Duong Hoai Bac's household with an area of ​​88 square meters.

Resolutely handle violations

Responding to Giao Thong Newspaper reporters about the current situation of a series of illegal constructions on special-use forest land and production forests, a representative of Chi Linh City's leadership said that the City People's Committee has requested specialized agencies and chairmen of commune and ward People's Committees to coordinate with the Hai Duong Provincial Forest Management Board to review and strictly handle cases of illegal construction in the area, and strengthen State management of land.

The viewpoint is to clarify each violation through the periods, the level of violation, the responsibility of the related management units for the violation to occur in order to resolutely handle it completely.

It is known that according to the initial inspection results, there are 4 households in Cong Hoa ward and 1 household in Hoang Tien ward illegally constructing constructions on special-use forest land and production forest. These violations were recorded by the People's Committees of the relevant wards in coordination with the Forest Management Board, the Urban Order Management Team and the City Forest Protection Department, requiring the households to dismantle them.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/hai-duong-tran-lan-cong-trinh-vi-pham-tren-dat-rung-192240528155301841.htm