People carelessly discharge waste into the largest irrigation canal in Nghe An.

(Baonghean.vn)- Canal N2 of the Bac Nghe An irrigation system is being damaged by local people.Vinh Thanh commune(Yen Thanh) directly discharges wastewater into the water, affecting the lives of people downstream.

N2 canal flows through 3 districts Do Luong, Yen Thanh and Dien Chau. This section of canal flows through Cao Son hamlet, Vinh Thanh commune. People have installed dozens of pipes to discharge domestic wastewater into the canal, causing water pollution and affecting the lives of people in the downstream area (some communes of Dien Chau district). Photo: Xuan Hoang

N2 Canal is part of the project to restore and upgrade the Northern Nghe An irrigation system, running through Yen Thanh and Dien Chau districts. This water source serves to irrigate thousands of hectares of agricultural land and provides industrial and domestic water for thousands of people in Yen Thanh and Dien Chau.

However, right after the N2 canal was put into operation, dozens of households in Cao Son hamlet, Vinh Thanh commune arbitrarily installed drainage pipes from their houses to the canal. Every day, all domestic water and water from the residential area's sanitation facilities are discharged directly into the canal.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee recently directed Yen Thanh district to immediately stop the situation of people installing pipes to discharge domestic wastewater from their homes into the N2 canal, in order to protect the water environment and ensure the quality of the project. Photo: Xuan Hoang

If the local government and relevant sectors do not soon find a solution, environmental pollution will become more and more serious, affecting water resources and construction quality. Households living downstream of the N2 canal are upset because they have to use polluted water.

Faced with this situation, recently, comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directly directed Yen Thanh district to urgently take measures to enforce the removal of the domestic wastewater discharge pipes into the canal. At the same time, he requested localities to take measures to protect the water source of the N2 canal.

One of dozens of sewers of Cao Son hamlet, Vinh Thanh commune is discharging domestic water directly into N2 canal. Photo: Xuan Hoang.

Mr. Nguyen Vuong Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee said: The district is directing Vinh Thanh commune to soon take measures to dismantle and prevent the discharge of domestic and sanitary wastewater directly into N2 canal by households in Cao Son hamlet. If the households do not dismantle, the commune will be directed to enforce it as soon as possible to ensure the water environment of N2 canal.

Xuan Hoang