HLnovel Chapter 531 Preparing to Relocate Reservoir Area Migrants
Chapter 531 Preparing to Relocate Reservoir Area Migrants
"The population of your county's townships has decreased by that much?"
Ye Ruyun exclaimed in shock.
He knew that many of the labor force in Xichun County had gone to work in the city, but he didn't expect so many people to have gone to the city.
He thought it would be good if 40,000 to 50,000 people had entered, since people from surrounding counties and cities also came to Xichun County to work.
But he quickly felt relieved. The rural labor force was able to work in the city, and Xichun County provided housing subsidies and solved problems such as children's schooling.
Many people in those towns naturally moved to the city with their families, causing the town's population to decrease by nearly half.
If the province conducts a population verification, many townships in Xichun County will have to be abolished, and several townships will be merged.
No wonder Xichun County needs so many immigrants; it turns out it's to preserve the various towns and villages.
But it's normal.
Xichun County is building secondary highways connecting the county seat to various townships to solve the transportation problems in the townships.
They also built schools and hospitals in various towns to meet the development needs of the next one or two decades.
If many towns and villages are abolished, then these facilities will be wasted.
It just so happens that the province is under great pressure to resettle reservoir area migrants.
Not counting the nearly 10,000 migrants assigned by the state to be resettled in Zhongxia, there are still 240,000 to 250,000 migrants to be resettled.
Xichun County's request for 10 yuan will help alleviate some of the pressure on the province.
"Yes, Governor."
We didn't expect that at first either.
As the industrial park went into operation, the demand for labor gradually increased, and many rural laborers went to work in the city.
Many of them come from families in the village that are relatively poor.
With the construction of the new town and the gradual improvement of infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, coupled with housing subsidies provided by the county government.
People who went to work in the city started buying houses in the county town and bringing their elderly parents and children to the city.
This resulted in many rural areas losing half of their households and townships losing nearly half their population.
Qi Tongwei said.
The housing subsidies were initially provided simply to boost housing sales in the new town.
To make it easier for children from migrant worker families to attend school, a large number of schools have been built.
I never expected it would attract so many rural families to move to the city.
"How do you deal with the land and original houses of these rural families who have moved to the city?"
Ye Ruyun asked.
If Xichun County does not intervene, the land will most likely be transferred to rural areas.
After all, families who need to work in the city don't have the money to buy a house there.
In order to settle down in the city, they had no choice but to sell their houses and land in the countryside.
"Let them handle the old houses and foundations themselves, and the land will be nationalized."
Qi Tongwei said.
Normally, when some rural families move to the county town, they can sell their old houses, foundations, and land to other villagers.
But if the quantity is too large, the villagers can't absorb it all.
Therefore, the county government acquired all of it for 1000 yuan per mu (the normal price is 3000-6000 yuan per mu, and the compensation for the power station reservoir area is 7000 yuan per mu).
Because the county didn't have that much money at the time, the payment was delayed for three years and then made in installments.
However, the county helped them with the down payment through a guaranteed loan, which they didn't have to repay for three years, and the county subsidized the interest for those three years.
At that time, Qi Tongwei was preparing to develop modern agriculture, and he planned to integrate and level the land to achieve efficient planting, so he introduced this method.
“That’s good! In that case, your county can allocate some land to the relocated households.”
Ye Ruyun said.
Resettlement of immigrants involves allocating land to them.
He also worried that Xichun County was running out of land due to the development of industrial parks and the county seat.
We need to allocate some funds to them from elsewhere.
It now appears that Xichun County can resolve the issue of allocating land to immigrants on its own.
"Thank you for the compliment, Governor."
Qi Tongwei said.
"In this way, your county is tasked with resettling 15 immigrants."
After the ceremony for the first batch of 30,000 people and the 10 billion yuan county project, you should immediately begin construction of the resettlement village and strive to have residents move in by April or May next year.
The second batch of 5 people will begin construction of the resettlement village no later than after the new year, with the goal of moving in by the end of next year.
The third batch of 5 people will have their resettlement village built by July or August next year at the latest, with the goal of moving in by the beginning of the year after next.
The fourth batch of immigrant villages will begin construction at the end of next year, with residents moving in around April or May of the following year.
The province will allocate 5 million yuan in special funds to you. You can cover the shortfall first, and the funds will be allocated to you next year when your business is established.
The new acreage we've allocated to you will be used to expand the industrial park, attract more businesses, and increase employment.
Newly created jobs will prioritize hiring immigrant workers.
The province will handle the land occupation and compensation balance for you.
Ye Ruyun said.
In order to better resettle more than 200,000 immigrants, he decided to expand the industrial park in Xichun County and make it a true second pole of Jincheng.
In this way, the livelihood problem of immigrants can be solved.
The biggest problem in resettlement is the livelihood of the migrants after they are relocated.
The biggest problem in the current resettlement work is that after relocating to the resettlement sites, the migrants not only do not live a better life, but their lives become even more difficult.
Ye Ruyun made this arrangement in the hope that Qi Tongwei would resolve the resettlement issue for 15 immigrants.
Qi Tongwei can probably work in Xichun County for another year, after which he will be promoted.
After his promotion, Qi Tongwei could no longer stay in Xichun County.
After Qi Tongwei leaves, his successor may not be able to immediately solve the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
The decision not to adjust Xichun County during this leadership reshuffle was twofold: first, to appease the existing leadership team, and second, to allow the existing team to solidify its foundation.
When Xichun County develops well, some of the migrant workers can be arranged to work and support their families in Xichun County.
Now that Qi Tongwei has proposed that Xichun County should resettle 10 immigrants, he will naturally not refuse, but will instead increase the task for Xichun County.
These immigrants will not face a more difficult life after being resettled in Xichun County.
Once the immigrants are properly resettled, his work will be recognized by the central government in the capital.
He might be able to go even further.
"Yes, Governor, I'll make arrangements as soon as I get back!"
Qi Tongwei said.
The governor has given us a task, so we must do it well.
If you do a good job, you will not only receive recognition from the province, but also from the central government.
This will help him get promoted faster.
However, we need to change our previous plans.
Previously, there were concerns about the balance between land occupation and compensation. The newly added mu (unit of land area) is not intended to be used entirely for industrial parks, but rather for intensive planting and agricultural product processing.
To resettle 15 immigrants, all of this newly added land will be used for industrial development.
Only in this way can the livelihood problems of 15 immigrants be solved.
10 immigrants can make a living by farming and working in Xichun County, but 15 immigrants would exceed the current carrying capacity of Xichun County.
Only by continuing to develop industry can we absorb the labor force of 15 immigrants.
Young and middle-aged people go to the city to work, while the elderly stay in the village to farm and take care of children, so that immigrants can live a stable life.