Provincial Party Secretary Bui Van Cuong inspects Krong Pach Thuong reservoir project 

On the morning of September 4th, the Delegation of Standing Bureau of Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee led by Bui Van Cuong, member of CPV Central Committee, Secretary of Provincial Party Committee went on an inspection of the resettlement areas and working items of the Krong Pach Thuong Reservoir Project. Accompanying the delegation were Mr. Le Van Nghia, Member of the Standing Bureau of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Commission for Internal Political Affairs under Provincial Party Committee.

The working delegation visit households at the resettlement area No.01 of Krong Pach Thuong Reservoir Project in Village 1, Cu Elang Commune, Ea Kar District

Visiting households at the settlement area No.1 of Krong Pach Thuong Reservoir Project in village 1, Cu Elang commune, Ea Kar district, Mr. Bui Van Cuong asked local people about their daily lives and production activities and he expressed his hope that local people would stabilize their lives, actively work in production to get rich.

As planned, the resettlement site No.1 will be home to 300 households relocated from the lake bed area. Currently, this resettlement area has 25 households in village 15, Cu Yang commune who have moved to live since November 2019; it is expected that in the coming time, it will welcome 250 more households in Cu San commune, M’Drak district to live in the lake bed of Krong Pach Thuong Reservoir Project. Each household will be allocated 1.1hectare of land. Of which 0.5 hectare of land will be used for growing two rice crops each year, 0.5 hectare will be used for growing secondary crop; the rest of land is garden and residential land. Along with the arrangement of residential land and cultivation, the government also invests in synchronous technical infrastructure, ensuring good living conditions for people. The second resettlement area located in Ea Kar district is expected to be implemented in October 2020 and will be completed at the end of the year to arrange stable accommodation for 500 households moving out of the project area.

The working delegation inspects works in Ea Kar district

The Krong Pach Thuong reservoir project was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to invest in construction with a total investment of over VND 4.4 trillion with a storage capacity of over 122 million m3. When the project is completed, it will irrigate 14,900 hectares of crops, supply water for domestic use to nearly 73,000 households, reduce floods, prevent waterlogging downstream and contribute to climate improvement in the project area. After more than 10 years of implementation, up to now the project has not been completed due to difficulties in site clearance.

Check productive land allocated to households moving to the resettlement site

According to the 2020 capital disbursement plan, the investor has disbursed 167 out of VND650 billion, equal to 25.5% of the plan; in which disbursement for construction and installation is VND73.2 billion; disbursement for support, compensation and site clearance is VND93.8 billion. The situation of site clearance in the Krong Pach Thuong Reservoir Project is too slow, if the progress is not accelerated, the risk of capital loss is very large, according to the assessment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

source: daklak.gov.vn