According to data announced by the Department of Planning and Investment of Cao Bang province at the regular September meeting of the People's Committee of Cao Bang province, by the end of September 2024, the whole province had disbursed 2,306,787/5,944,721 million VND of public investment capital, reaching 38.8% of the plan.
Among the agencies, districts and cities allocated capital, Nguyen Binh district is in the group with the lowest disbursement rate (28.9%). Notably, although 3 quarters of 2024 have passed, this locality has up to 5 projects that have not disbursed any money, including: Ca Thanh Primary School (capital plan of 11 billion), Phia Den market bypass road, Pu Vai hamlet to Thanh Cong commune center (15.9 billion), Infrastructure project to raw material area (3.5 billion), Road and bridge to the medicinal material processing and processing factory in Tan Thinh hamlet, Vu Minh commune (3.5 billion), Construction of medicinal material processing and processing factory in Tan Thinh hamlet, Vu Minh commune (2 billion).
In the report presented by the representative of the Department of Planning and Investment (DPI) of Cao Bang province at the regular September meeting of the People's Committee of Cao Bang province, the above 5 projects have not been disbursed as expected due to 3 groups of reasons.
First, the site clearance work was slow due to problems with two houses, the need to relocate the power line system, and liquidation of assets on the land (Ca Thanh Primary School project).
Although this difficulty appeared in June 2024, by the end of September, the Compensation and Site Clearance Council of Nguyen Binh district had not been able to completely resolve it to have a construction site.
For the Phia Den Market Bypass project, due to forest problems, we have to wait for the time to prepare the application for changing the purpose of forest use and at the same time complete the environmental impact assessment dossier.
With 3 projects related to raw materials and medicinal herbs, all belong to the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas (2021-2030).
When implementing the 3 projects, the locality encountered difficulties in determining which investment capital to use and when to use public capital. Regulations and instructions on the unit responsible for land recovery were also unclear, and there was no management of assets created after investment...
On October 24, speaking with reporters, Mr. Dao Nguyen Phong - Chairman of the People's Committee of Nguyen Binh district - said: "Recently, a decision has been made on the infrastructure project in the raw material area with difficulties in the chain owner, but at the Phia Den bypass project, there are problems with the forest."
According to the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nguyen Binh district, some problems with the mechanism also make the disbursement progress ineffective.
In the remaining months of the year, to improve the disbursement efficiency for the above projects, the Department of Planning and Investment of Cao Bang province is requesting the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Cao Bang province to promptly appraise and approve the conversion of forest use purposes and environmental impact assessment that the locality has submitted.
On the other hand, Cao Bang Provincial People's Committee has also issued a document (1412/UBND-KT) to central ministries and branches to soon issue documents to guide localities.
