On the morning of July 9, the 2nd session of the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Council continued the working program with a question-and-answer session. The content of disbursement of public investment capital was of concern to many delegates when the implementation progress had not yet reached the set target.
Delegate Nguyen Thanh Hai said that the disbursement rate of public investment capital of the province is still low compared to the plan.
In addition, site clearance - one of the major "bottlenecks" - has not been effectively removed.
The delegate requested the Director of the Department of Finance to clarify the causes and propose breakthrough solutions to accelerate disbursement progress in the coming time.
According to the report, to date, the disbursement rate of public investment capital of Khanh Hoa province has reached 41.93% of the plan. This level is higher than the national average but still lower than the province's target.
Answering questions, Mr. Chau Ngo Anh Nhan - Director of the Department of Finance of Khanh Hoa province - admitted that in the first 6 months of the year, the province has not achieved the target of disbursing public investment capital.
According to Mr. Nhan, currently 36/64 communes and wards have a disbursement rate of over 50%. However, there are still 5/64 communes and wards and 4 provincial-level agencies and units with disbursement rates below 20%.
The Director of the Department of Finance said that there are three main groups of reasons leading to slow disbursement progress.
Among them, the biggest is the obstacle in site clearance with 34 affected projects, accounting for about 24% of the public investment capital plan.
The second group of reasons is the lack of raw materials for 3 projects, accounting for about 12% of the capital plan.
The third group is slow investment preparation, concentrated in 14 communes and wards due to investment procedures, affecting about 12% of the capital plan.
Besides objective reasons, Mr. Chau Ngo Anh Nhan also pointed out some subjective reasons such as the role and responsibility of the head in removing difficulties at projects is still limited; the quality of investment preparation work has not met requirements.
According to Mr. Nhan, after implementing the two-level local government model, the capacity of a part of officials in communes and wards has not yet met practical requirements.
He also cited that the Khanh Hoa Provincial Land Fund Development Center is facing difficulties due to lack of human resources.
In addition, the capacity of some consulting units and contractors also affects the project implementation progress.
In which, contractors are affected by price fluctuations and the supply of raw materials in the market.
Regarding solutions, the Director of the Department of Finance said that the province will continue to strengthen monitoring and supervision of project implementation progress; promote the application of technology in site clearance and focus on implementing a 90-day peak period to complete site clearance for key projects.
Leaders of the Department of Finance expect that by the end of the third quarter, Khanh Hoa province will significantly improve the disbursement results of public investment capital.
