Regarding the problem of many rice areas dying next to the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway section passing through Luong Nghia commune (Long My district, Hau Giang province), at noon on April 23, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Phan Duy Lai - Deputy Director of the My Thuan Project Management Board (PMB) informed that the unit has coordinated with local authorities to resolve the issue for affected people.
The Deputy Director of the My Thuan Project Management Board also informed that the contractor plans to pay compensation to the people before April 30.
As a affected household, Ms. Tran Thi My Dung (Hamlet 6, Luong Nghia Commune, Luong My District) shared that 7 of her family's rice fields died due to saltwater leakage from the expressway construction site. Similar to many other households with damaged fields in the area, her family is currently waiting for compensation and cannot sow for the new crop because they have to wait for instructions from the authorities.
Ms. Dung expressed concern that if planted immediately, the rice could continue to die. She also hopes that the construction unit will build a drainage road so that people can confidently produce the next crops.
According to the report of the People's Committee of Long My district (Hau Giang province), the damaged area was 36.92ha/62 households (Luong Nghia commune 34.42ha/56 households; Luong Tam commune 2.5ha/6 households).
The total support budget for people in the two communes is more than 940 million VND (Luong Nghia commune is 902 million VND; Luong Tam commune is nearly 38 million VND).
Mr. Le Hong Viet - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Long My district (Hau Giang province) - said that in addition to solutions to support farmers, in the long term, the district will coordinate with the investor, the My Thuan Project Management Board, to build drainage roads on both sides of the expressway to reduce damage.
Previously, on April 22, the Government Office announced that it had just issued Document No. 3458/VPCP-NN conveying the direction of Central Party Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on the situation of dead rice next to the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway (in Luong Nghia commune, Long My district, Hau Giang province).
Considering the report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on the situation of rice dying next to the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Ministry of Construction to direct investors, Project Management Boards and contractors to fully comply with standards, regulations and regulations during the construction of expressways.
Proactively deploy solutions to overcome the situation of saline water leakage from highways and from the use of saline sand to construct expressways that affect people's rice and crops; direct contractors to coordinate with localities to urgently review, count and compensate for damages to people according to regulations.
The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to direct competent authorities to coordinate with localities to guide people to implement salinity washing measures, ensuring that damaged areas are soon re-agricultural.
The People's Committee of Hau Giang province directed the competent authorities to review statistics on the area of affected and damaged rice and crops and coordinate with the contractor consortium to urgently compensate for damages to the people according to regulations.
