Strictly handle projects that are slow to put land into use.

To rectify the management and handling of violations with organizations that are slow to put land into use, Chairman of Son La Provincial People's Committee Hoang Quoc Khanh signed and issued Directive No. 15/CT-UBND assigning specific tasks to departments, branches, and People's Committees of districts and cities.

Accordingly, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review, compile a list, and manage records with organizations that have been allocated land or leased land to implement projects but have not used the land for 12 consecutive months or have put the land into use 24 months late; summarize difficulties, obstacles, and reasons for not or late putting the land into use. To be completed before September 30, 2023.

Inspect and examine projects and constructions that do not put land into use or are behind schedule in using land; strictly, thoroughly and legally handle projects and constructions that violate the law; resolutely reclaim land for projects and constructions that have terminated their investment projects or have expired their land use extension but have not yet completed their investment and put the land into use. Advise on land reclamation for investment projects that are subject to land reclamation due to failure or delay in putting the land into use to improve land use efficiency.

Synthesize and make a list of projects and works with violations, publicly post them on the electronic information portal of the Provincial People's Committee and send the information to be publicly posted on the electronic information portal of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment before November 30 every year.

The Department of Planning and Investment and the Provincial Industrial Park Management Board review and synthesize projects that are behind schedule but are subject to adjustment of implementation progress, and projects that are behind schedule but not subject to adjustment of progress.

Coordinate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review and synthesize difficulties and obstacles, assess the causes of slow-progressing projects; advise the Provincial People's Committee on solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles to speed up project implementation progress.

Organize inspections of approved investment projects with signs of violations; strictly, thoroughly, and legally handle constructions and projects with violations; advise the Provincial People's Committee to terminate investment projects with violations according to the provisions of investment law.

The People's Committees of districts and cities strictly implement Decision No. 529/QD-UBND dated March 5, 2019 of the Provincial People's Committee on the coordination regulations between the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the People's Committees of districts and cities in implementing a number of contents of state management of land.

Continue to direct the Chairmen of the People's Committees of communes, wards and towns to be responsible for detecting, preventing and promptly handling illegal transfers of land use rights and changes in land use purposes; detecting, applying measures to prevent and promptly handle the construction of works on encroached land, occupied land, land used for the wrong purpose in the locality and forcing violators to restore the original state of the land before the violation.

Regularly review, inspect and monitor the land use progress of projects in the area, promptly detect projects with slow investment progress, projects that are not implemented, and report to the Provincial People's Committee (through the Department of Natural Resources and Environment) for handling according to regulations.

Continue to implement the contents of the commitment signed between the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts and cities and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee on strengthening the role and responsibility in resource management and environmental protection.

The Provincial People's Committee requests departments, branches, sectors, and People's Committees of districts and cities to report the results to the Provincial People's Committee through the Department of Natural Resources and Environment before June 15 and December 15; the Department of Natural Resources and Environment synthesizes and reports to the Provincial People's Committee before June 30 and December 31 every year.

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