Provincial People's Council: Supervising the environmental sector in Con Cuong district

(Baonghean.vn) - On April 12, in Con Cuong district, the Provincial People's Council's monitoring delegation led by comrade Vo Viet Thanh, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Inspection Committee, Head of the Economic and Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council, supervised the management, protection and treatment of environmental pollution in the district.



The monitoring delegation worked with the leaders of Con Cuong district.

In recent years, under the direct direction of the Provincial People's Committee and the guidance of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Con Cuong District People's Committee has issued regulations on mechanisms, policies, programs and plans for environmental protection according to its authority; Directed the work of inspection, examination and handling of violations of environmental protection laws according to the provisions of law.

Specifically, the District People's Committee has organized coordination between relevant departments, agencies, organizations, superior agencies and directed the commune level on environmental management, protection and treatment; carried out propaganda, mobilization and education on environmental laws and environmental protection for cadres, party members and the community.

However, in the district, there are still some enterprises operating in the fields of pulp production, wood processing, gold mining, and stone mining, causing environmental pollution. The reason is that these enterprises do not have a waste treatment system, environmental protection or the treatment facilities are not operating effectively. In addition, the situation of people using mines and electric shock to catch fish is very common in the communes. In 2010, the district People's Committee coordinated with the Tuong Duong District People's Committee to completely handle illegal gold mining causing environmental pollution in the border area between Lang Khe Commune (Con Cuong District) and Tam Quang Commune (Tuong Duong District), fined the miners 20 million VND and returned the land.

At the meeting, the district leaders proposed that there must be at least one full-time officer with expertise in the environmental field working in the district, commune, and town; building a waste treatment plant when Con Cuong town is upgraded to a town; and supplementing the annual budget for forest protection.

The monitoring delegation requested the People's Committee of Con Cuong district to continue to more strictly manage the activities of business units, especially those with high risk of causing environmental pollution; take measures to thoroughly repel illegal gold miners in the area; strengthen direction on afforestation, forest protection, and forest fire prevention.

After working in the district, in the afternoon of the same day, the delegation inspected and supervised the actual situation at Tan Hong Pulp Factory, Tan Hong Import-Export Company and the forest product processing workshop of Con Cuong Forestry Company Limited.

Thanh Duy