Solving the problem of environmental criteria in new rural construction

(Baonghean) - Achieving environmental criteria in new rural construction is difficult, maintaining this criterion is even more difficult because this is a "soft" criterion with many contents that are implemented regularly and continuously.

How to "show intelligence"

Arriving at Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district, behind the majestic welcome gate is a peaceful countryside with neat and clean village roads. While showing off the clean concrete roads, the rows of trees along both sides of the road that are almost as tall as people's heads, Ms. Luu Thi Ha, a resident of Quynh Doi commune, said: "Before reaching the new rural destination, people traveling on inter-commune and inter-hamlet roads were extremely miserable because of the muddy, dirty soil.

People in hamlet 4B, Hung Dao commune, Hung Nguyen district are always conscious of keeping the village environment clean.

However, since the implementation of the new rural construction in Quynh Doi commune, the village roads and alleys have always been clean and tidy; there is no longer any environmental pollution due to domestic waste and livestock waste... Recognized as a new rural commune in 2014, Quynh Doi commune has not only continued to promote the achieved criteria, but the cadres and people here have also continued to maintain and further develop the achievements, including environmental criteria.

In Hung Nguyen district, up to now, 10/23 communes have met the new rural standards, of which 3 communes have just been recognized as meeting the standards: Hung Phu, Hung Loi and Hung Dao. Expressing his joy at witnessing many changes in the village thanks to the implementation of the new rural area, Mr. Thai Huy Hau, a resident of hamlet 5, Hung Dao commune, said: "We have seen the practical benefits in regularly and continuously implementing the task of maintaining environmental criteria, especially maintaining the landscape and environmental hygiene inside the house and outside the alley."

Through practical research, many opinions from authorities and people, the most difficult to maintain are still maintaining green - clean - beautiful alleys, landscapes and collecting household waste. However, in the province, many localities have done this work well, typically some communes of districts and towns: Quynh Luu, Nam Dan, Thai Hoa, Nghia Dan...

For the world, for yourself!

The authorities at all levels of Quynh Luu district have promoted propaganda work, raising people's awareness of environmental protection in many diverse and rich forms such as: hanging banners and slogans in response to World Water Day, Earth Hour, launching a campaign to respond to World Environment Day on June 5 every year, "Make the world cleaner" campaigns or coordinating with associations and mass organizations to integrate with campaigns such as: "All people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas; At the same time, promoting environmental socialization, mobilizing people to actively renovate their houses, fences, alleys, buy water purifiers, use clean water, join hands to protect the environment in their localities...

Road construction in Quynh Doi commune (Quynh Luu).

Mr. Ho Quang Tuan - Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Doi Commune (Quynh Luu), said that environmental sanitation awareness is very important for the development of the locality and also with the face "close to" daily life, before the new rural construction program, the commune has paid attention to and encouraged the masses to join hands to protect the environment by specific methods such as building and repairing wastewater drainage ditches; establishing environmental sanitation services. Every week, environmental cooperatives and environmental sanitation teams collect and treat waste periodically 2-3 times; invest in 80 bins to collect pesticide waste in the fields; have concreted 70% of canals...

To maintain environmental criteria and move towards building a model rural area, Quynh Doi commune continues to mobilize people to participate in preserving the living environment, ensuring that village roads and alleys are always clean, and that ditches are cleared and not stagnant. In addition, the commune assigns organizations at the village and hamlet levels to organize people to build self-managed roads, clear bushes, and build "green walls and green fences" to create a neat and orderly landscape. In addition, the commune has mobilized over 90% of livestock and poultry farms in the commune to build biogas tanks and use biological bedding to treat waste and reduce pollution. Up to now, these activities have been put into practice.

In fact, because environmental criteria are almost the final criteria in new rural construction, no matter how difficult it is, localities must "concentrate their efforts" to implement it.

At the same time, it is a good thing that in new rural areas, organizations and unions have been actively participating in launching and implementing many effective movements and models of environmental protection. For example, in Hung Nguyen district, "The District People's Committee has coordinated with the Women's Union at all levels to organize environmental sanitation knowledge competitions in many diverse forms such as skits and questions and answers. Or the movements "Volunteer Saturday", "Green Sunday" of the Youth Union; "Green - clean - beautiful" in schools... Thanks to their practical effectiveness, these movements are increasingly attracting a large number of people to participate" - Ms. Thai Dieu Huong - Deputy Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Hung Nguyen district said.

Thu Nga