Identifying infrastructure construction as one of the important tasks to promote socio-economic development. In recent years, Song Ma district, Son La province has always paid attention to investment, each year dozens of works and projects are built and put into operation, promoting high efficiency.
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Thanks to the focus on investment in infrastructure construction, the rural appearance of Song Ma border district is changing day by day.
Song Ma is a mountainous, border district of Son La province, with 18 communes, 1 town, a population of nearly 150,000 people, located more than 100km south of Son La city center along National Highway 4G, bordering Thuan Chau district to the north, Mai Son district to the east, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sop Cop district to the south, and Dien Bien province to the west.
Over the years, Song Ma district has always focused on investing in essential infrastructure to serve people's production.
In investing in essential infrastructure, Song Ma district pays special attention to traffic and irrigation works. Many roads from the district center to remote communes have been paved, facilitating people's travel and trade of goods. Dozens of irrigation works and intra-field canals have also been renovated, upgraded, and newly built to serve the production development needs of the people.
It is known that the Song Ma District Construction Investment Project Management Board is the unit assigned to represent the investor in most of the infrastructure construction investment projects in the district. In order to ensure that capital is used effectively and the quality of the projects, the district's construction investment is focused and key, not spread out, meeting the living and production needs of the people, especially in remote communes and villages.
During the implementation of projects, the District Construction Investment Project Management Board strengthens supervision and closely coordinates with specialized departments and boards, and community supervision boards in construction. At the same time, organizes acceptance of work parts in accordance with regulations on construction quality management.
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A corner of Song Ma district.
Along with that, regularly carry out inspection and supervision at the site, promptly urge to resolve and remove difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process. Completed works and projects have been inspected and evaluated by specialized construction agencies to meet requirements. Therefore, the projects put into use have promoted investment efficiency,
Concrete roads, solid bridges and hundreds of works from the implementation of the Essential Infrastructure Investment Project, serving production and people's lives have created a rapid change in the rural appearance of the Song Ma border highlands. Song Ma district invested more than 74 billion VND to build 80 works and maintain works in 15 communes in area III, 4 extremely difficult villages in 3 communes in area I. Of which, 15 traffic works, 5 irrigation works, 46 cultural houses, 7 bridges, 6 classrooms, 1 rural electricity project. Thereby, contributing to increasing the rate of villages with solid roads from the commune to the village center to 54.8%; 97% of households have access to safe grid electricity; 98.6% of the rural population has access to clean water.
Currently, the district is continuing to integrate and prioritize resources for investing in essential infrastructure for communes in remote, isolated, and extremely disadvantaged areas. Focusing on investment capital to build projects and works that people in disadvantaged areas have urgent needs for, such as solidifying rural traffic systems, irrigation infrastructure for agricultural and forestry production, classrooms, communal and village cultural houses, etc. By 2025, we strive to have 85% of villages with solid roads from the commune to the village center; 100% of communes with solidly built schools and classrooms; reducing the number of extremely disadvantaged communes and villages by over 20%...
The focus on improving the quality of investment in building essential infrastructure works in the border district of Song Ma has brought about practical results, contributing to promoting socio-economic development, improving people's lives, and changing the face of mountainous rural areas.