Resettled HCM City residents want answers
06-OCT-2008 Intellasia | Thanhniennews
Oct 6, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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Residents relocated to make way for the Thu Thiem urban project in HCM City are unhappy with the result of an investigation into the resettlement programme.
At a meeting Thursday, the residents called for a higher authority to investigate the relocation of 15,000 households from their District 2 homes.
The relocated residents have accused HCM City agencies of bungling their resettlement, which began two-years ago.
The residents have complained their new homes are too far away from the Thu Thiem new urban area.
They called on the government Inspectorate to identify which HCM City agencies decided to overrule the government-approved relocation plan and "unjustly" assign the evicted residents to properties far from the Thu Thiem area.
Several residents said they had been relocated to areas where land prices were much lower than those in the designated place.
The residents also asked the municipal administration to reconsider the compensation prices it has offered.
The 930-hectare Thu Thiem new urban area project, launched in 1996, was supposed to include more than 160 hectares of residential areas for relocated residents in District 2's An Loi Dong, Thu Thiem, An Khanh, Binh An and Binh Khanh wards.
Thousands of people have been left in limbo by delays in the resettlement programme.
The cost of temporarily resettling Thu Thiem residents this year is estimated to reach 250 billion dong (US$15 million), the HCM City People's Council, the municipal legislature, has been told.
It's expected to take at least 22 months to complete the construction of all resettlement apartments, an official of District 2's Compensation and Clearance Board has said, adding some of the apartment projects were still awaiting investors and others were only in the design stage.
Slow progress
The HCM City Inspectorate blasted the city agencies concerned, for slow progress on the site clearance and fixing compensation prices for affected residents.
The Inspectorate also blamed several municipal and local public agencies for mismanaging the allocation of land for the project.
Around 169 hectares of land in Binh An, Binh Khanh, and An Loi Dong wards have been used for 64 residential, tourism and office projects. But the Inspectorate said the area should have been set aside for relocated residents.
The HCM City Inspectorate recommended the city authorities thoroughly review the role of several public agencies in the misallocation. The agencies include the Investment and Construction Management agency, the District 2 People's Committee, the city departments of Natural Resources and Environment and Zoning and Architecture, and the people's committees of An Loi Dong, Thu Thiem, An Khanh, Binh An, and Binh Khanh wards in District 2.
TOWNSHIP PROJECT
The township project in the Thu Thiem Peninsula in District 2 is expected to occupy 930 hectares in the wards of An Khanh, Thu Thiem, An Loi Dong, Binh An and Binh Khanh.
Upon completion in 2025, it will have residential areas, financial and commercial centres and an international exhibition and convention complex.
The population will be limited to 130,000 residents, though the number of people who work there is expected to reach 350,000.
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