They unanimously donated land to build the road.

Voluntarily moving fences, filling in ponds, cutting down trees, building culverts... to facilitate local authorities and contractors in speeding up the construction of rural roads is not a new story in many villages in the province. Vo Mieu commune in Thanh Son district is a prime example of this.

The Coc hamlet road is 800 meters long and home to about 70 households. However, since people started living there, the old footpath has become a road. Mr. Nguyen Van Oanh's house has been there for decades. It's fine when it's sunny, but whenever it rains, the road becomes muddy and impassable, even for bicycles, let alone motorbikes. Immediately after the local authorities announced the plan to expand this road, the residents readily donated hundreds of square meters of their family land to widen the rural road, demonstrating a spirit of contributing to the common good and the future of their children.

Mr. Nguyen Van Oanh's family donated 30 square ^meters of land for the construction of a rural road.

Mr. Oanh was the first person in the Ruong Tan area to readily demolish the fence that narrowed his ^30m² yard to widen the road. Busy cleaning up the newly built wall, Mr. Oanh shared: “When the local government encouraged us to donate land for road expansion, my family moved our fence and gate to hand over the land to the construction unit. With the new road, my grandson and I go for walks every afternoon. My two-year-old grandson babbles, ‘The road is so beautiful!’”

The 1.6km rural road from Coc hamlet to Ria 1 hamlet is being leveled for concrete paving. Ms. Bui Thi Kim Thinh in Coc hamlet has filled in half of her pond, measuring 20m long and 4m wide, to make way for the road. Ms. Thinh shared: “The widened road makes it easier for us to bring in machinery and vehicles to support production.” Without sparing time or resources, these generous hearts have inspired a widespread movement to develop rural road construction across hamlets and villages, with many inter-hamlet roads being simultaneously widened.

To create wide, beautiful roads connecting each hamlet, households that did not have to donate land contributed labor and money to rebuild fences for those whose properties were demolished. Many households were willing to donate even more to expand and upgrade village roads. In just a short time, 18 rural roads in the commune were expanded and renovated, with 34 households donating 30,500 ^m² of land and 193 households donating 7,800 ^m² of land to pave 3.63 km of internal field roads. This consensus among the people was achieved thanks to the efforts of the government, the Front Committee, and local organizations in mobilizing people to donate land and hand over clean sites, allowing construction to begin early.

Mr. Ha Nhu Ngoc, Head of Coc Hamlet, said: “When the plan to open the road was announced, the hamlet coordinated with the Fatherland Front Committee to hold a meeting, solicit opinions from the people, implement the construction plan, and discuss the form of contribution and implementation. To date, the donation of land for road construction and the concreting of inter-hamlet roads have received strong support and consensus from the people. With the roads widened, everyone is happy to have contributed their efforts to building their homeland.”

The family of Ms. Bui Thi Kim Thinh donated 80 square ^meters of land for the construction of an internal agricultural road.

To date, the movement of donating land for road construction has spread widely throughout the villages. The voluntary donation of land by residents without demanding compensation has created a great impetus for the locality to develop the rural transportation network. Currently, 100% of the main roads in the villages have been renovated with a road surface width of 5m or more, and 85% of the alleyways have been paved, ensuring a bright, green, clean, and beautiful environment.

The effectiveness of the land donation movement for road construction in Vo Mieu is clear evidence of the solidarity and unity of the people in working together to build their homeland. These wide, clean roads not only facilitate convenient travel for the people but also open up opportunities for economic development and improve the material and spiritual lives of the people.

Anh Tú

Source: https://baophutho.vn/dong-long-hien-dat-mo-duong-233667.htm