Vinh City launches campaign to do irrigation and environmental sanitation

In recent years, Vinh City has been significantly affected by natural disasters and storms, leading to severe flooding and pollution in roads and residential areas. Therefore, irrigation and flood control work has always received special attention from the city.

Overview of the ceremony to launch the national campaign to do irrigation work in 2018. Photo: Quang An

Launching irrigation this year, Vinh city aims to serve well the production of the 2018 winter crop and the 2018-2019 winter-spring crop; at the same time, prevent flooding and environmental pollution in the blocks, hamlets, and residential areas; Create a regular, widespread movement, ready to respond to all storm and flood situations.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Le Sy Chien - Vice Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee requested localities to seriously carry out irrigation work, mobilize all classes of people to participate, create a large movement and maintain it regularly, especially not to let the situation of doing it for show, leading to the situation that when there is a natural disaster, heavy rain will cause flooding, pollution and difficult to handle.

Vinh City leaders awarded certificates of merit to groups with good achievements in irrigation work in 2017. Photo: Quang An

Vinh City People's Committee has assigned specific targets on the volume of excavation, dredging and solidification of canals in fields, inner cities, and environmental sanitation areas for 25/25 wards and communes in the area.

On this occasion, Vinh City awarded Certificates of Merit to organizations and individuals who had outstanding achievements in implementing the 2017 nationwide campaign to build irrigation works.

People in Hamlet 3, Hung Loc Commune (Vinh City) dredge canals and clear the flow. Photo: Quang An

After the launching ceremony, thousands of people from all wards and communes gathered to clean up the streets, dredge and clear the flow of water in the fields, participate in repairing irrigation works, building embankments, and maintaining damaged machinery and equipment at pumping stations...

In the 2017 campaign to mobilize the entire population to do irrigation, Vinh City dug and dredged a total of 12,732 m³ land; clearing, cutting grass, collecting duckweed on 15,471 m², built 3199 m³ coastal land, land plots... That is the premise for localities to strive for higher results this year.