China News Service, Yiyang, June 18 (Sheng Yongjun, Huang Xi and Zhang Jinyang) The groundbreaking ceremony of the fishermen’s new village construction project in Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province was held on the 17th.
The only professional fisherman in China who lives on Huxinzhou Island and has lived on the lake for generations will say goodbye to the harsh living environment and the days of wandering.
From January 1, 2021, the Yangtze River Basin will implement a “ten-year ban on fishing”.
In order to solve the problem of the overall relocation of 1,229 households of 3,361 fishermen in the three professional fishermen’s villages of Guanzhushan, Lianhuadao and Penghu on South Dongting Huzhou Island, Yuanjiang City strictly benchmarked "forbidden, retired, stable, and able" The overall goal of "a well-off society" is to properly settle the fishermen who have returned from fishing through the development of industries, employment, assistance, relocation and resettlement.
With a start order, all construction vehicles were started.
Photo by Liao Wen
In September 2020, Yuanjiang City established the fishermen’s new village construction project headquarters to formulate the "Fishermen’s Relocation and Resettlement and Fishermen’s New Village Construction Work Plan" and the "Qionghu Subdistrict Zhoudao Fishing Village Fishermen’s Relocation Work Implementation Plan" to accelerate the promotion of Zhoudao’s fishermen’s relocation and resettlement. Preliminary work for the construction of the new fishermen village project.
According to Teng Guohui, the executive deputy commander of the new fishermen’s new village construction project headquarters, the new fishermen’s new village is located in front of the No. 1 Zhongnan campus in Yuanjiang City, with a total area of 300 acres. It will be constructed in two phases. The total planned investment is 580 million yuan, including the relocation and demolition of Zhoudao fishermen. , Resettlement, compensation, rewards, land acquisition, construction of fishermen’s new villages, construction of fishery culture museums, kindergartens, community service centers and other supporting facilities, etc., newly built 23 buildings of 2,108 houses, with a total residential construction area of more than 240,000 square meters.
"This location is good, close to the school, and convenient transportation. I am looking forward to this new home." Peng Haijun, a fisherman who came ashore from Lianhuadao Village, said. Seeing the introduction of the new fishermen village construction, I know that the government attaches so much importance to the lives of fishermen.
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