On June 23, a source from a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper said that Mr. Nguyen Minh Canh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ben Tre province, concurrently Head of the Steering Committee for Management of Mineral Exploitation Activities in Ben Tre province - signed an official dispatch on continuing to strengthen the management, inspection and handling of violations of mineral resources.
According to this document, recently, the province has implemented many key projects and works and supplied them to key national expressway projects under the direction of the Prime Minister, so the demand for river sand for site clearance is very high. Ben Tre province has planned and put into operation 9 mineral mines (river sand mining). Of which, 4 mines have been licensed under the form of mineral exploitation rights auctions, while 5 mines have been allocated under a special mechanism to provide sand for key national transport projects. In addition, to effectively manage mineral exploitation activities, the People's Committee of Ben Tre province has established a Steering Committee, issued operating regulations and many directives, assigned tasks to departments, branches and localities to implement according to regulations.
However, through monitoring, there are still many contents that departments, branches and localities have not paid due attention to and have not achieved the right results such as: Management of minerals that have not been put into exploitation, illegal exploitation still occurs in many places, according to public reflection (Thoi Trung islet area, Dinh Trung commune (Binh Dai district); Tan Phu ferry terminal in Hoa Nghia commune, Cho Lach town, Con Kien, Con Lat and Con Bon Boi in Tan Thieng commune (Cho Lach district); Ham Luong river from Thanh Tan commune to Tan Thanh Binh commune (Mo Cay Bac district) ...); not being able to handle the subjects in charge, guards, guard, and monitor the activities of the authorities; management of vehicles that are still unable to exploit the activities of the province; not being able to mobilize, mobilize, mobilize, mobilize, mobilize, and sell, not being able to handle the situation, not being able to handle the situation, not being able to handle the situation, not being able to handle the situation.
To continue to strengthen the management of mineral exploitation, transportation and storage activities in the province in the coming time, the People's Committee of Ben Tre province requests the Department of Agriculture and Environment to preside over and coordinate with relevant departments, branches and sectors to improve the effectiveness of management and supervision of exploitation activities in licensed mineral mine areas, prevent illegal exploitation, illegal exploitation for the wrong purpose, and overtime, especially for mineral mines operating under special mechanisms, affecting resources and construction progress of key projects and works. At the same time, advise on removing difficulties and obstacles in the management and operation of licensed mineral mine areas, contributing to limiting illegal mining.
The People's Committee of Ben Tre province requested the Provincial Police to continue to pay attention and focus on directing units and functional forces to grasp the situation, strictly manage the area and subjects; develop a plan to strictly handle illegal sand mining subjects at locations and areas that people have reported in the past. Regularly organize patrols, inspections, and strictly handle violations of the law on mineral exploitation, transportation, and storage; use of illegal invoices and documents; violations of inland waterway traffic related to sand mining and transportation vehicles, banks, and groups showing signs of illegal river sand protection activities on rivers... especially criminal handling of violators to create deterrence and general education in the whole society.
The People's Committee of Ben Tre province also requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees at the district and commune levels to increase their responsibility in managing mineral exploitation activities in the area; direct the commune-level police force to proactively organize patrols, inspections, and strictly handle violations; associated with regularly organizing propaganda and mobilization at the individual level, implementing social security measures, creating conditions for illegal sand mining activities to have the opportunity to change careers, stabilize their lives, and stop illegal acts.
