VietNamNet Bridge – Capital authorities yesterday, July 12,
admitted responsibilities for improper management of the capital's lakes and
parks, causing public outrage over public land encroachment at the
question-and-answer session of Ha Noi People's Council meeting.
At the meeting, Deputy Chairman
of Ha Noi People's Committee Nguyen Van Khoi admitted many of the parks
currently under construction have incurred serious problems related to zoning
and land clearance procedures.
Particularly, the Tuoi Tre (Young
People) Park, expected to cover 26.4 hectares, was originally designed to
become a landmark capital park that would serve the growing need of residents'
cultural, entertainment, and sports activities.
However, the public has been
frustrated at many land encroachment works, including tennis courts,
restaurants, bars, popping up in the area designed for building the park's
facilities.
Participants at the People's
Council meeting also said other similar problems existed at other parks and
lakes in the city as well, such as Thu Le and Dong Da parks, Hoa Binh Park,
Thanh Cong Lake Park, and Ba Mau Lake.
The unregulated environment of
construction works around these areas reflected the failure of authorities'
urban management and sub-contractors' responsibilities, they said.
According to Khoi, at least 25
unpermitted construction works were built in the area reserved for Tuoi Tre
Park between 2001-07 and the city was able to coerce most of them.
The People's Committee agreed
that it would soon instruct the Hai Ba Trung District authorities (where the
park is located) to speed up land clearance and deal with those who violated
construction rules in the area.
Khoi said the capital understood
the need to further encourage the private sector into developing and building
public parks, however, most of the private investors would want spaces for
commercial and trading purposes, and thus that would damage zoning purpose of
the city.
The meeting also focused on
recent disputes between residents and investors at many apartment complexes in
the city.
Nguyen The Hung, head of the
city's Department of Construction, said many apartment complexes had
established a management committee to deal with arising conflict issues but
said further efforts must be done.
Hung said in 2008, the city
issued a regulation related to managing apartment complexes but the regulation
expired. The department is working with the city authorities for drafting a new
regulation that would deal with issues of the management of high-rise buildings.
Hung said the department would
continue working on problems such as the slow process of handing apartments to
beneficiaries, especially those that were relocated.
In relation to such problems,
Hung said Ha Noi was the first locality to apply the floor prices for setting
fees at these apartments but currently the level must be adjusted.
However, he said it was difficult
to apply the same floor prices for all types of apartment complexes.
Regardless, all measures must make sure to protect the rights of both tenants
and investors.
In other matters, Deputy Chairman
of Ha Noi People's Committee Nguyen Van Suu said the city planned to allocate
VND2,100 billion (US$100 million) for compensation related to land clearance
and priorities would be given to projects that are on schedule.
In providing financial assistance
to struggling businesses, the city said it would publicly announce some time
this month a procedure for businesses to apply for assistance.
VietNamNet/Viet Nam News
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