Chairman of Dong Thap province urgently directed mineral exploitation

Accordingly, the Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee assigned the heads of units: Police, Border Guard Command, Tax Department, Departments and branches, and chairmen of district and city People’s Committees to take main responsibility before the Provincial People’s Committee for management. management of mineral exploitation activities.

If in any area or field, illegal mining of minerals or the establishment of illegal mineral terminals and yards takes place in a complicated and prolonged manner without measures to prevent and deal with it completely. or if there are cadres and civil servants under their authority who are negative and corrupt, they must organize a review and strictly handle the responsibility of the leader.

Strengthen inspection, examination, detection and strict handling of organizations and individuals if they commit the following acts: not installing surveillance and positioning cameras at mining vehicles; Failure to register names, types of vehicles and equipment used to exploit and transport sand and gravel; Mining causes great loss of minerals and environmental pollution; Failure to ensure complete invoices and documents; Illegal trading and transportation of minerals…

Investors constructing projects in the province strictly manage the acceptance, payment, and settlement of projects, especially projects using state budget capital, with emphasis on considering the legal origin. method of used construction materials; Resolutely refuse to accept and settle projects in cases where construction materials of illegal origin are used.

It is strictly forbidden to take advantage of dredging, stream clearing, leveling, ground improvement, land reclamation, digging ponds and lakes for illegal mineral exploitation; cases of mineral exploitation causing environmental pollution and serious river bank erosion.

Suspend operations of inland waterway wharves (including sand and gravel gathering wharfs) that do not meet operating conditions according to regulations.

Assign the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to coordinate with the Provincial Police and relevant departments, People’s Committees of districts and cities to inspect at least once a month or unexpectedly sand mines assigned to projects; Strictly manage capacity, mining output, and mine reserves; Measuring the river bottom topography of mining areas, channel dredging or flow correction dredging projects…