The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested to immediately stop exploiting Dao River water for clean water production.

On the afternoon of August 5, under the chairmanship of comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to discuss contents under its authority. Also attending the meeting were comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Le Hong Vinh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Le Duc Cuong - Chief of Office of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of relevant departments and branches. Photo: Thu Giang

5 things to do now

After listening to the opinions and discussions of the delegates attending the meeting related to water supply activities in Vinh city and surrounding areas, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy directed a number of tasks that need to be done immediately.

The first,According to Decision No. 41/2018/QD-UBND dated October 2, 2018 of the Provincial People's Committee on regulating the price of clean water consumption in urban areas produced and supplied by Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company in the province, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company proposed the price of raw water at 1,950 VND/m^3.

Based on that and other procedures proposed by this company, the province agreed to approve the clean water price of VND10,800/m³Therefore, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested to strictly implement the above decision, immediately stop exploiting Dao River water for clean water production, to get water according to the plan approved by the Provincial People's Committee, that is, get raw water from Lam River.

Monday, The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to provide the results of automatic monitoring of raw water sources recently. "If the Department has conducted automatic monitoring, it must provide the results, and even publicly announce them to the people, so that they can monitor and report back," Comrade Thai Thanh Quy directed.

Regarding clean water output, the Department of Health was assigned to study documents related to the requirement for businesses to invest in installing automatic monitoring and monitoring indicators. “The leaders of the Department of Health must grasp these indicators 24/7, the monitoring results must be reported to the Department of Health, linked to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Science and Technology, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee in charge of the field, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and widely announced to the people”.

Tuesday,The Department of Science and Technology was assigned to inspect the processes, machinery, equipment, and treatment technology of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company and Song Lam Water Supply Joint Stock Company to evaluate the technology, water treatment lines, depreciation rates, and the ability to meet standards of the chemicals used...

"If the presiding Department feels that it needs to increase the force from other departments, it should propose to the Provincial People's Committee to establish a delegation," the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee gave the policy.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed that the exploitation of raw water from the Dao River for domestic water production must be stopped immediately. Photo: Thu Giang

Wednesday,The Department of Finance is assigned to listen to public opinion, on that basis, propose to the Provincial People's Committee a method of calculating water prices that is closest to reality, research and propose whether it is necessary to audit units, and re-evaluate the equitization plan of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company or not?

Thursday,The head of the provincial government assigned the Department of Construction to study and develop a comprehensive plan for clean water supply in the whole province, especially Vinh city. Based on the population according to the State's norms, calculate the demand for use, carefully study the Government's regulations on water investment to see if new investment policies are approved or not, the capacity of current factories is enough to supply clean water for the city until when?...

Establish a working group, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee as head of the group

Also at the meeting, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee agreed to establish a working group, headed by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee himself, to handle issues of public concern and reflection related to water supply activities in Vinh city and surrounding areas.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy directed the leaders of departments and branches participating in the working group, including: the departments of Construction, Finance, Health, Science and Technology, Planning and Investment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resources and Environment, Provincial Inspectorate, Nghe An Newspaper and Provincial Radio and Television Station.

Dao River flows through Muou Bridge Level 1 Pumping Station - the place that supplies raw water to Hung Vinh Water Plant (Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company)

The sectors are assigned responsibilities for the contents that need to be implemented immediately and report the results to the working group. The working group of the Provincial People's Committee will study, agree on methods and work with each related enterprise.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: We cannot let the dispute between the two enterprises affect the health of the people, we cannot let the people worry and feel insecure, and at the same time, we note that departments and branches need to get involved to resolve the problem thoroughly in a spirit of utmost responsibility to the people, resolutely, and without favoring anyone.