More than 1,300 tons of garbage after the storm in Vinh city

(Baonghean.vn) - Thousands of trees in Vinh city were knocked down and had their branches broken after storm No. 2. “tree trash” was scattered on both sides of the road along the roads. According to statistics from Nghe An Province Urban Environment Company Limited, there were over 1,300 tons of trash from branches and leaves of trees felled by the storm that needed to be cleaned up, not to mention the amount of trash from households at the collection points.

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On many roads, "green tree trash" is piled up on both sides of the road. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

Mr. Hoang Van Khanh - Director of Nghe An Province Urban Environment Company Limited said: For the past two days, the company's staff and workers have been working hard, working overtime, and working hard day and night, but the amount of garbage still cannot be cleared.

Normally, Vinh City has over 300 tons of household waste every day. Storm No. 2 left over 1,300 tons of waste. Although workers of the Provincial Urban Environment Company worked overtime, the maximum number of vehicles mobilized each day was only over 60 vehicles/day.

The company also cannot hire additional vehicles to transport garbage, because the vehicles are not suitable for specialized purposes when collecting garbage.

By the evening of July 18 (2 days after the storm passed), garbage was still flooding both sides of Nguyen Van Troi Street. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

According to Mr. Khanh, many roads were cleared the day before, but the next day, many green branches were collected from people's gardens and gathered on both sides of the road. With the amount of garbage many times more than usual after the storm, it will take the provincial Urban Environment Company a few days to clean it all up.

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Nguyen Nguyen