Alarm about pollution in seafood processing villages in Dien Chau

(Baonghean.vn) - The seafood processing village of Ngoc Van, Dien Ngoc, Dien Chau (Nghe An) is seriously polluted.

Ngoc Van - Dien Chau seafood processing village was recognized as a craft village in 2008. The village has over 100 small-scale production facilities developing in the direction of spontaneous craft villages, family-scale production and business. The production process is mainly manual, such as processing fish sauce, fish fillets, fish meal... The products of the craft village are diverse and rich. However, the wastewater is only treated roughly, or not treated and discharged directly into the environment.

The environmental treatment tank system in Ngoc Van is filled with waste. Photo: Van Truong

It is known that after building the craft village, the People's Committee of Dien Chau district invested in a centralized wastewater tank system for the craft village. However, the tank is small in scale and does not effectively treat the environment, so people use separate pipes to discharge wastewater into Lach Van. This tank becomes a place to store waste, causing serious environmental pollution.

Each household has its own pipeline to discharge wastewater into the environment. Photo: Van Truong.

Large and small pipes containing wastewater discharged into Lach Van sea. Photo: Van Truong

A representative of the People's Committee of Dien Ngoc Commune said: "The pollution problem caused by the wastewater tank system in Ngoc Van is very serious. The commune has made many recommendations but the relevant agencies have not yet had a solution. In the long term, Dien Ngoc residents are waiting for the Lach Van fishing port upgrading project approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. At the same time, the superiors need to have a project to renovate the waste treatment system of Ngoc Van seafood processing village to be implemented soon to protect the environment./.

Van Truong