Giant landfill located in the middle of Kim Son town cemetery (Que Phong)
(Baonghean.vn) - Although it is a spiritual place, in the cemetery of Kim Son town, there has long been a garbage dump, gathering all kinds of waste and burning it, creating a lot of smoke. This makes local people, especially families with relatives buried here, upset.
This cemetery is located in Dong Son block. The garbage dump is located in the open in the middle of the cemetery, always emitting smoke.
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| The landfill is located right in the middle of the cemetery of Kim Son town, making people, especially those whose relatives are buried here, very upset. Photo: Tien Dong |
Because it is just a primitive landfill, without a burial pit, and is processed manually by burning, this area always emits a strong stench. Every day, buffaloes and cows often come to the landfill to find food, in addition, some people also come here to collect plastic and steel to sell as scrap.
Mr. Tran Quoc Viet - Head of Dong Son Block, Kim Son Town said: This landfill is located right between the two hills of the town cemetery. Although people have complained many times, it has not been resolved yet. On hot days, due to burning garbage, the smoke and stench are very strong, on rainy days, the wastewater from the landfill flows everywhere. The saddest thing is that every time I go to burn incense and see the graves of my relatives and family lying next to the landfill, I feel very sad. |
| The landfill is located between two hills, surrounded by graves of relatives of households in Kim Son town. Photo: Tien Dong |
Currently, on average, every day, 6-7 tons of waste from Kim Son town residents are collected here by the environmental service unit. Although the environmental service unit itself is very reluctant to dump the waste in the middle of the cemetery, because there is no other place, they still have to do it.
Mr. Hoang Trung Cuong - Chairman of Kim Son Town People's Committee shared: This has been the town's most pressing issue for many years. Currently, the locality can only wait until the new landfill is completed to clear the old landfill, returning the spiritual space to the town.cemeteryof the town.
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| Although construction began in 2013, the Que Phong district waste treatment site has yet to be completed. Photo: Tien Dong |
Faced with the serious pollution caused by the landfill in the middle of Kim Son town cemetery, in 2011, the Provincial People's Committee approved the decision to build a waste treatment site in Que Phong district. By 2013, the project had started construction in Bon village, Tien Phong commune (now Kim Son town), with a total investment of nearly 55.5 billion VND, on an area of nearly 20,000 m2. However, after a period of implementation, some burial pits and earth dams were dug up... from 2015 until now, this project has been shelved.
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| Currently, the new waste treatment site of Que Phong district has only completed some items. Photo: Tien Dong |
Ms. Vi Thi Duyen - Director of the Investment and Construction Project Management Board of Que Phong district said: The project to build a waste treatment site in the district is a very urgent project for the locality. The capital for this project is taken from the province's excess budget, however, due to the lack of capital in recent years, the project has not been completed.
Ms. Duyen also said that on the total area of nearly 46,000 m2 of land recovered to implement phase 1 of the project, including: leveling, building internal roads - dikes and landfills, 10 households were affected with a total compensation cost of more than 1.9 billion VND.
"In the near future, the district will continue to make proposals to the province to allocate capital to soon complete the project," Ms. Duyen added./.
