Bắc Giang handles violations of laws on dykes and sand, gravel exploitation of river beds

Bắc Giang province strengthens inspection and promptly handles violations of the law on dykes. — VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Bắc Giang is strengthening management and strictly handling cases of legal violations on dykes and natural disaster prevention, cases of overloaded vehicles, and cases of sand and gravel exploitation on river beds that affect the locality’s dyke system.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is increasing inspections and coordinating with localities and sectors to handle cases of sand and gravel gathering that violate protection corridors for dykes and irrigation works according to regulations, strengthening management on dyke routes to promptly detect and resolutely handle violations as soon as they arise.

The Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment checks, verifies, and handles cases of illegal land allocation, land allocation in dyke protection corridors, and riverbank areas at high risk of landslides. The department also inspects and supervises inland waterways maintenance combined with riverbed minerals recovery projects, sand and gravel mining projects on riverbanks to handle violations.

The Provincial Department of Transport coordinates with relevant units to inspect inland waterway wharf operations of construction materials gathering and transporting yards; revokes licenses or suspends inland waterway wharf operations for construction materials gathering and transporting yards that are not in accordance with planning and do not comply with permits.

The Provincial Police strengthen inspection, detect and promptly handle organisations and individuals that violate the law on dykes, illegal mineral resources exploitation on river routes in the area. They also strengthen inspection, detection, and prevention to handle cases of overloaded vehicles on the dike.

People’s Committees of districts and cities are directing specialised agencies and local authorities to thoroughly handle cases of dyke violations and prevent natural disasters on dyke routes. For cases of pressing and prolonged violations, the committees recommended establishing administrative sanction records in accordance with the guidelines outlined in Decree 03/2022/NĐ-CP dated January 6, 2022, and enforcing them in accordance with the prevailing legal provisions.

Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyễn Văn Dĩnh, said that from the beginning of this year, localities in the province have handled 126 cases of dyke violation, imposing administrative penalties amounting to over VNĐ740 million (US$30,833); the localities also handled 10 sand and gravel trading yards; repaired and installed barriers, installed load limit signs in 134 positions.

For residential areas located in the dyke protection corridor, districts and cities continue to review and make concentrated or mixed relocation plans; they also check and clarify the issuance of land use rights certificates in the dyke protection corridor to find appropriate solutions.

Additionally, districts and cities focus on the oversight of planning and construction activities along river banks in accordance with regulations. They are committed to implementing stringent measures to address construction projects on river banks that have been authourised without proper approval or conduected illegally.  VNS