Dien Chau voters reflect serious pollution in coastal areas

On the morning of September 30, National Assembly deputies including Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province; Nguyen Van Chi - Standing Member of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee had a meeting with voters before the 8th session of the 14th National Assembly, in Dien Hai commune (Dien Chau district). Photo: Thanh Quynh

On behalf of the provincial National Assembly delegates, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien informed the voters.6 communes of Dien Chau district: Dien Hung, Dien Hoang, Dien My, Dien Phong, Dien Kim, Dien Hai, the main contents of the 8th session of the 14th National Assembly. In which, emphasizing the bills that are of interest to many voters such as: Law on organization of local government, Adjusting the increase in retirement age; Supplementing regulations on representative organizations of workers at the grassroots level; Expanding the framework for agreements on maximum overtime work...

When will marine pollution end?

At the meeting, Voter Bui Van Xuan (Dien Kim commune) reflected that the sea area belonging to the coastal areas of the communes: Dien Hung, Dien Hai, Dien Kim, Dien Van, Dien Trung, Dien Bich, Dien Thanh... is facing an increasingly serious pollution situation.

According to Mr. Xuan, coastal areas are often characterized by high population density while residential and communal land areas are limited. Therefore, the amount of waste and wastewater that needs to be treated and collected is not small. Meanwhile, the planning of centralized landfills in localities is still lacking and not guaranteed, and the awareness of environmental protection of people in many places is still weak... Therefore, over many years, coastal areas have become points of garbage accumulation, causing very serious environmental pollution.

Voter Nguyen Dinh Cam (Hamlet 4, Dien Hai, Dien Chau) is upset about the long-standing marine pollution in the locality. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Agreeing with the above opinion, many voters in Dien Hai and Dien Kim communes also shared that, although many locations and residential areas have been posted with signs prohibiting dumping, people still secretly dump waste at night or when there are no people. Especially, in craft villages, restaurants, hotels, and fish markets, the situation is more alarming. In addition to littering, some factories producing and processing fishmeal and fish sauce do not have proper waste disposal systems.

Voters have reflected this issue at meetings with National Assembly deputies and district and commune authorities, but it has not been thoroughly resolved.

The state of marine environmental pollution is very serious, negatively affecting the environment and people's lives. Photo: Tran Canh Yen

Allowances and benefits have not attracted talented people.

Voter Vu Duy Khanh - Secretary of the Party Cell of Trung Khanh hamlet (Dien Hoang commune) said that the policy on attracting talented and virtuous young people to participate in grassroots activities still has many shortcomings.

From his experience of many years as a village Party Secretary, Mr. Khanh said that this is a task with a lot of pressure, requiring qualified, flexible, creative and healthy people. However, most of the Party Secretaries and village leaders are retired cadres, the elderly or over 50 years old. Therefore, they encounter many difficulties in carrying out the assigned tasks.

For young people, being well-trained locally is not impossible, but with the current allowance regime, it is not enough to cover living expenses, so it is difficult to attract them to participate in local and grassroots activities.

Many other issues related to granting land use right certificates, merging villages, reporting crimes, allowances for concurrent positions, regenerating aquatic resources, and the degradation of the bridge and road systems, etc., were also mentioned and reflected by voters.

Voters of Dien Kim commune proposed that appropriate solutions be found to completely resolve the current situation that local people are facing. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Acknowledging and receiving the opinions of concerned voters, the representative of the People's Committee of Dien Chau district explained issues related to its authority. Regarding the issue of environmental pollution in the sea, in recent times, the district has implemented many solutions such as: re-planning garbage collection sites, conducting waste collection in canals, creeks and coastal areas; strictly controlling waste discharge in craft villages, seafood processing facilities... However, this problem cannot be completely solved in a day or two. In particular, the people themselves also need to raise awareness to preserve the environment in which they live.

On behalf of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, comrade Nguyen Thanh Hien said that he will record and synthesize voters' opinions in a receptive and serious spirit to reflect to the National Assembly's functional agencies and relevant ministries and branches for consideration in the coming time.