Compensation for populations displaced due to renovation work at Bipemba airport has been suspended. This decision follows a faulty census of the people concerned. The provincial executive visited the site to see the progress of the work.
For several months, Bipemba airport has been the subject of a rehabilitation project financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Congolese government. This work aims to build new airport infrastructure in order to make Bipemba airport compliant with international standards and competitive.
The progress of the work required the widening of the runway, leading to the displacement of populations living near Bipemba airport. Despite threats from the urban authority and a 15-day moratorium announced last week, some people continued to resist.
Many residents were waiting to be compensated, but the compensation process was not accepted by all. Faced with this problem, Julie Kalenga, provincial manager, decided to suspend the compensation operation and to carry out a new census so that all the people concerned can receive the compensation to which they are entitled.
Furthermore, compensation costs will now be paid through a banking institution, thus putting an end to the manual operation which may have encountered certain difficulties.
It is important to remember that as part of the widening of the Mbuji Mayi airport runway, approximately 800 households must be relocated. The central government, in collaboration with the Airways Authority (RVA), has decided to compensate these populations so that they can find other plots of land outside the airport limits. A commission was set up to identify and list the people concerned.
Marie Jeanne Molly MUPELA, in Mbuji-Mayi
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