Temporary landfill makes people suffer

(Baonghean.vn) – The landfill is located just over 50m from the homes of some households in Thi Tu hamlet, Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong. Every day, the households around here have to endure the strong stench coming from this landfill.

Garbage is dumped on the inter-village road, right near a densely populated area.

Recently, many households in Thi Tu hamlet, Thanh Thuy commune have reported that the garbage dump near their homes is causing great impacts, disrupting the lives of some of their families.

According to the people in this area, the landfill has been around for nearly 10 years, and is said to be a place to collect waste for the people of this Thi Tu hamlet, but because it is convenient, it has become a place for many households in the surrounding hamlets to dump waste. The large amount of waste, dumped indiscriminately, the strong stench affects dozens of households, and many times people have reported its pollution to relevant agencies but it has not been resolved.

Existing for nearly 10 years now, the surrounding residents have petitioned to relocate the landfill many times but there is still no solution.

Mr. Tran Dinh Chien, a resident living near the landfill, said that this landfill has had a huge impact on his family. The stench from the garbage "blockades" his house at all times of the day. In particular, every time people burn garbage, the smell of smoke is terrible. "Many days, my family had to stop eating to carry water to pour into the smoking landfill."

Many times when discovering someone burning trash, people living near the area had to proactively bring water to put out the smoke because they could not stand the stench.

In the same situation as Mr. Chien's family are Ms. Nguyen Thi Hao's family, Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh's family... Ms. Nguyen Thi Hao was upset: "The landfill has a strong stench on many days when the weather changes, forcing my whole family to close the doors tightly, but it's still hard to avoid..."

A landfill fire was extinguished by people pouring water.

Talking to us, Mr. Phan Duy Trinh, Chairman of Thanh Thuy Commune People's Committee, said that the location the commune is temporarily using as a garbage dump is not a planned landfill, but only a temporary landfill.

In the planning, the commune's landfill is determined to be in Da Han area, and Khe Tram area in hamlet 2, hamlet 3, 4 to 5 km from the commune center. But at present, because the landfill has not been implemented according to the planning, we have to borrow a location in this Thi Tu hamlet even though this is a densely populated area.

In the pile of garbage found many pumps, needles and syringes.

The current garbage dump site is dumped haphazardly by the people, located right next to the stream that flows into the Lam River. On the other side is the inter-village road. At the garbage collection site, in addition to the normal garbage thrown by the people, there are many types of toxic waste such as syringes and needles.

Ho Phuong