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Suffocating from smoke as farmers burn straw right in the fields

Van Truong• May 12, 2024 12:11

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the peak season for spring rice harvest. In many fields in Nghe An, people are burning straw day and night, causing smoke and dust, seriously polluting the environment and affecting people's health.

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bna_van truong 1.JPG — Every day at around 2-3 pm, people in Yen Thanh town, Yen Thanh district burn straw in the fields, causing smoke and dust to cover the area. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truong 4.JPG — People burned straw all night in the fields. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truong mmm.JPG — Motorcyclists and cyclists suffocated because of the dust and smoke from burning straw that covered the entire traffic route in Tang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truong 2.JPG — Straw fires burned fiercely through the night in the fields of Yen Thanh. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truong 33445.jpeg — Smoke and dust from burning straw in the fields spread into houses in Nam Thanh commune (Yen Thanh), affecting health, especially the elderly, children and people with a history of respiratory diseases. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truong 5.JPG — Many farmers in Yen Thanh believe that burning straw brings many conveniences such as not having to deal with straw in the fields after harvest, and at the same time destroying pests... However, burning straw right in the fields is causing serious pollution. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truong 3344.jpeg — Mr. Le Van Hong - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Yen Thanh district added: The district has directed communes and advised farmers not to burn straw in the fields, causing pollution, and to collect straw to make organic fertilizer or sell to livestock farms to improve income. Photo: Van Truong

bna_van truongmmmm2.jpeg — In Dien Chau district, many communes burn straw after harvesting rice, causing environmental pollution. Dien Chau district focuses on propagating to people not to burn straw in the fields, after harvesting, use a machine to crush the straw into the mud, add about 15 kg of lime/sao to make the straw decompose quickly and create nutrients in the soil. Photo: Van Truong

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