On December 10, the People's Council of Gia Lai province, term XII, 2021 - 2026, held its 24th session to consider and approve important Draft Resolutions on socio-economic development.
At the meeting, Gia Lai voters expressed their recommendations and concerns about the lack of land for production.
Meanwhile, thousands of hectares of land allocated to large enterprises and corporations are currently being left fallow and wasted. Some corporations even lease land to people for planting trees.
Voters in Chu Puh district reported that Duc Long Gia Lai Group Joint Stock Company was assigned by the Provincial People's Committee to grow rubber with an area of over 1,800 hectares. Currently, there are 300 hectares of rubber plantations, the rest is vacant land.
For many years, the company has leased land to farmers for short-term crop cultivation, leading to land disputes between households in Kuai village, Ia Blu commune and the company. Voters petitioned the provincial People's Committee to direct competent authorities to handle the company's improper use of land to stabilize the situation.
Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee has assigned Chu Puh District People's Committee to coordinate with Duc Long Gia Lai Group to review the land area leased and currently in use by the province.
If it is determined that a business has arbitrarily leased land to people for the wrong purpose, it must be reported and handled according to the law.
In Po To commune, Ia Pa district, there are 24 ethnic minority households lacking land for production. District voters requested the Provincial People's Committee to reclaim the land area leased by Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group in the land of the Rubber Plantation in Po To commune, with more than 93 hectares left fallow.
A representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Gia Lai province said that the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Ia Pa District People's Committee to verify the land origin of more than 93 hectares, consider land allocation, land lease, and recognition of land use rights according to authority.
Land allocation to poor households lacking land for production aims to ensure local security and order.
At the meeting, voters and many Provincial People's Council delegates also expressed concern about the situation of mountainous people, although having stable housing after migration and resettlement, lacking land for production and stable income.
In Pleiku city, some prime lands are left abandoned without any construction projects, which is also a phenomenon of waste and desertification of the State's land resources.
