Mr. Phan Ba ​​(Gia Hoa village, Tinh Long commune) and his family moved to Cay Sen resettlement area (Tinh Long commune, Quang Ngai city) more than 10 years ago to give land to the State to implement the Dung Quat-Sa Huynh coastal road project, My Khe-Tra Khuc section.

Life in the new place has been stable for a long time, but Mr. Ba is very upset about the fact that many plots of land in the Cay Sen resettlement area are abandoned, overgrown with grass and have become garbage dumps.

“If the garbage trucks don’t come to collect it for just 2 days, the stench will be unbearable. Many trucks carrying soil, sand, and construction materials into residential areas break the concrete drains, and during the rainy season, the water cannot drain, causing flooding,” Mr. Ba said.

Sharing the same frustration as Mr. Ba, Ms. Do Thi Mai (Gia Hoa village, Tinh Long commune) said: "This abandoned land is a waste, no one builds houses, the land is overgrown with grass, the roads are damaged, it is both a waste of land and unsightly."

To serve the resettlement of households affected by the Dung Quat-Sa Huynh coastal road project, My Khe-Tra Khuc section, in 2013, the Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects of Traffic Works of Quang Ngai province built 4 resettlement areas including: Ruong Ngo (95 lots), Go Den (65 lots), Dong Ben Su (237 lots) and Cay Sen (156 lots), in Tinh Long commune, Quang Ngai city.

After resettlement arrangements for affected households, there are 105 plots remaining, of which 82 plots remain in the Cay Sen resettlement area and 23 plots remain in the Ruong Ngo area. These plots have been abandoned for nearly 10 years because there is no plan for their use, causing waste of public land.

Chairman of Tinh Long Commune People's Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan said that there are currently 105 abandoned plots of land, which have become dumping grounds for construction waste. In addition, the drainage system is damaged. Some concrete slabs at intersections are broken. The Commune People's Committee used other concrete slabs as temporary replacements, but they are not uniform.

According to Mr. Tuan, in this situation, the Tinh Long commune government has proposed that the city and province have a plan to effectively use the remaining vacant land.

Accordingly, according to the proposal of the investor, the Management Board of the Project for Investment and Construction of Traffic Works of Quang Ngai Province, 23 lots in the Ruong Ngo resettlement area will be used to resettle people affected by the Tinh Long-Tinh Khe anti-erosion embankment project under construction and has been approved by the Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee. Currently, there are 82 lots in the Cay Sen resettlement area that have not yet received any comments.

“In addition to the 105 lots without land use plans mentioned above, there are 40 households that have been drawn and resettled, some of which have built houses in the 4 resettlement areas but there has not been a decision on land allocation or issuance of red books to the households. Therefore, people cannot build houses. The authorities need to resolve the above situation so that people can stabilize their lives,” Mr. Tuan added.