Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company sucks sludge out of the regulating lake to remedy the consequences?
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of October 22, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company brought human resources and equipment to suck sludge from Cua Nam regulating lake back to the settling pit.
Witnessing the sludge discharge point into the regulating lake on the morning of October 22, 2019, Nghe An Newspaper reporters saw dozens of officers and workers of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company operating machinery and equipment, pumping sludge back into the settling pit.
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| Cua Nam Lake in the morning of October 22, 2019. Photo: Nhat Lan |
The work of dredging the sludge was carried out quite urgently. However, according to an official of this company, “it is not yet determined when the sludge will be completely dredged.”
Question: Has Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company reported to the authorities or informed the local government about the sludge removal from the regulating lake? The officers and workers of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company working here did not answer this question.
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| Officials and workers of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company operate equipment to pump sludge out of the regulating lake. Photo: Nhat Lan |
An urban order officer of Cua Nam ward present at the scene confirmed that the People's Committee of Cua Nam ward did not receive information that Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company organized the pumping of sludge discharged into the regulating lake.
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| The sludge pump is placed at the point where the sludge rises to the surface of the regulating lake. Photo: Nhat Lan |
Immediately afterwards, the Working Group of the Environmental Police Department (Nghe An Provincial Police) coordinated with relevant agencies and local authorities to go to the scene to check and confirm that the citizen's reflection was accurate; at the same time, they took mud samples to conduct appraisal and make a record of the incident.
According to the working minutes made at noon on October 21, 2019, at the time of the site inspection, the sludge covered Cua Nam regulating lake with an area of about 300 square meters; using a depth measuring pole, the depth was about 2 meters.
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| Fish in Cua Nam lake have fallen into a state of oxygen deficiency. Photo: Nhat Lan |
Witnessing the Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company's mud pumping on the morning of October 22, 2019, we saw that the water in the regulating lake was heavily polluted. Around the lake shore, many schools of fish emerged from the water due to lack of oxygen, and at the same time, there were fish deaths.
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| Around Cua Nam lake, there are quite a few dead tilapia. Photo: Nhat Lan |
