Residents whose lives have been turned upside down by the Thu Thiem New Urban Area development project in District 2 have again expressed their opposition to the inspection findings of the Government Inspectorate, reported the local media. Residents whose lives are affected by the Thu Thiem New Urban Area development project in District 2 observe the meeting via TV screen The city’s chairman, Nguyen Thanh Phong, held another meeting earlier today, November 14, with the affected residents in the Thu Thiem neighborhood, especially those from the wards of An Khanh, An Loi Dong and Thu Thiem, to discuss the compensation policy for their acquired land. Opening the meeting, municipal chief inspector Nguyen Long Tuyen informed local residents of the Government Inspectorate’s Notice 1483 containing the inspection findings of the controversial project. In particular, some 4.3 hectares of land in Binh An Ward – a key hot spot in Thu Thiem – was outside the zoned boundary of the project. The municipal government in previous tenures did not present any compensation plans, despite the request of the central Government. Besides this, the municipal authority did not present a master zoning plan on a 1/5000 scale for the planned resettlement site of 160 hectares. Instead, it submitted a plan for an area covering only 42 hectares. Chairman Phong told the affected residents that at the request of the Government Inspectorate, the municipal government was striving to canvass locals’ opinions and create a compensation policy for those affected by the project. Phong added… [Read full story]
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