The Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province requested departments, branches, People's Committees of Dong Hai district, Hoa Binh district, Bac Lieu city and relevant agencies and units to strictly implement the provisions of the law on dykes and other relevant legal provisions, focus on a number of key tasks: Department of Agriculture and Environment presides over and coordinates with local authorities and related units to regularly inspect and monitor the development of dykes; developments of damage and dyke incidents; prepare records to store and regularly update data on dykes; detect, take timely preventive measures and propose handling of violations of the law on dykes; participate in handling and guiding the handling of dykes; organize the organization and protection of dykes and individuals.
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province requested to increase patrols, inspections, and closely follow the area, detect arising violations from the beginning, coordinate with local authorities and relevant units to make records, propose solutions to handle them from the beginning, not to let violations continue to arise; strengthen measures and sanctions in the contract for leasing of protective forest land, must clearly stipulate the provisions and clauses clearly showing the land area for construction of temporary works (structure, construction materials), the distance from the foot of the dike, the area must be clearly stated and when there are violations in the contract for lease, the handling must be carried out according to regulations.
In the coming time, review households contracted to allocate protective forest land that have violated the dyke protection corridor, advise, submit to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration, and not continue to issue contracts for allocating protective forest land to these households. At the same time, when signing a contract for the allocation of protective forest land between forest owners and households, it is necessary to notify the local authorities so that they can manage the people according to regulations.
Districts and cities strengthen the management of people in the area, propagate and mobilize people not to carry out construction activities and houses in the dyke protection corridor, mobilize people to dismantle illegal constructions and houses to restore the original state to the dyke protection corridor. Direct functional departments, specialized agencies and Party committees, authorities at all levels in localities to fully fulfill their responsibilities in preventing and handling violations in accordance with the provisions of law...
The Department of Justice coordinates to guide legal procedures for handling violations; The Provincial Police take the lead in ensuring security and order in the dike area, promptly detecting and handling violations according to regulations...
As Lao Dong reported in the article Bac Lieu Sea Dyke was seriously encroached, reflecting the situation of encroachment on dyke systems in Bac Lieu that has occurred for many years. From 2010 to present, there have been nearly 1,000 violations. The province has a project to relocate people out of protective forests and encroach on dykes, but people are not interested in entering residential areas and resettling.
