Ho Chi Minh City to relocate 5,800
more households for canal clean-up
A woman is seen walking on a bridge crossing
the Doi canal in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City.
Around 5,800 households along
canals in Ho Chi Minh City are expected to be relocated in advance of a major
aquatic environment improvement project.
The upcoming
“exodus” is in preparation for the third phase of an ongoing project to
improve the aquatic environment in the southern metropolis.
The project,
launched in 2012, is funded by Japanese government’s official development
assistance (ODA) for Vietnam through Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA).
ODA
financing is undertaken by the official sector to promote the economic
development and welfare of developing countries.
According to
Luong Minh Phuc, director of the city's Urban Traffic Constructions
Investment Management Board, over the past few years, the basins of four
major canals in Ho Chi Minh City, Tau Hu – Ben Nghe – Doi – Te, have
undergone the first and second phases of the project.
Phuc said
the project is currently in its prefeasibility phase, with the city’s
People’s Committee and JICA recently going on a field trip to inspect the
canals in preparation for its third phase.
The primary
goal of the third phase is to dredge the Doi and Te canals and upgrade 13.5
kilometers of roadway that run alongside them. The improvements will
aim to allow an unobstructed flow of water to eradicate urban flooding.
The project
is expected to affect an area of 1,600ha along the canals that run through
districts 4, 7, 8, and Binh Chanh district, relocating 29 offices and 6,200
households, 400 of which have already been relocated as part of phases one
and two, Phuc said.
The site
clearance compensation is estimated at around VND4,500 billion (US$202
million), and compensation plans are still being sketched.
Answering Tuoi Tre’s (Youth) question on the lives of the
affected residents, Phuc said there were a number of difficulties facing the
relocation plan, such as the density of households in some areas and the
durability of certain houses.
Phuc said
discussions were underway among the board, the city’s Department of
Construction, and chairman of the People’s Committee of District 8 to combine
the relocation plan with the construction of new high-rises in cleared areas
for displaced residents live.
This new
fashion of relocating, Phuc said, was an answer to the people’s wish not to
be moved too far from their old homes, as observed in previous projects.
The ultimate
goal of the relocation plan and the whole aquatic environment improvement
project is to improve the quality of life for the people, Phuc concluded.
TUOI TRE NEWS
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Thứ Sáu, 11 tháng 3, 2016
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