Vinh City: Stopping the operation of the concentrated slaughterhouse in Nghi Phu commune

The centralized slaughterhouse in Nghi Phu commune (Vinh city) has been exploited and used since 2013. The slaughterhouse has a slaughtering capacity of 200 - 250 pigs/day and night; it was built according to the policy of Vinh city with the purpose of gathering slaughterhouses in the area, minimizing environmental pollution caused by spontaneous slaughterhouses with poor drainage systems.

The slaughterhouse in Hamlet 5, Nghi Phu Commune (Vinh City) is currently heavily polluted. Wastewater is stagnant in a large area in the middle of the yard. Photo: QA

However, the current flow of gathering and slaughtering is increasing, so the environmental sanitation around the slaughterhouse is not guaranteed.

The main reason is due to the inadequacy in the design of the drainage system when the direction of the drain is to the West, but the underground sewer system and ditches slope down to the East, causing the manure and wastewater from the slaughterhouse to stagnate and cannot be drained, causing a foul smell to the residential area around the slaughterhouse.

The drainage ditches at the slaughterhouse are all stagnant and give off a foul smell. Photo: QA

Faced with this situation, the People's Committee of Vinh City has decided to close and stop all slaughtering activities at the slaughterhouse since March 1, 2019. At the same time, the People's Committee of the city directed relevant departments and units to actively prepare documents and procedures to move the slaughterhouse to another location.

During the investment period to build the new slaughterhouse, the city will resolve and overcome environmental pollution and wastewater drainage problems at the concentrated slaughterhouse area in Hamlet 5, Nghi Phu Commune.

The place where slaughtering equipment is kept has been degraded and unsanitary. Photo: QA

The immediate problem that needs to be solved while waiting for the new furnace to be built is to find a location for households to temporarily slaughter.

At the dialogue meeting with households on March 1, 2019, many opinions and wishes of the people were raised, requesting the city to soon overcome the environmental pollution situation at the slaughterhouse. At the same time, soon build a new slaughterhouse so that people can bring their livestock to slaughter in a centralized manner. While waiting for the construction of the slaughterhouse, people want the city to approve people to bring their livestock home to slaughter.

Slaughterhouse operations have been suspended since March 1. Photo: VH

In response to the petitions and proposals of the households, representatives of the city's professional departments and local authorities have mobilized people to slaughter cattle at the Hung Chinh commune slaughterhouse while waiting for the city to find a location to build a new furnace. The city will have a solution to increase the capacity of the furnace here to 200 animals/day and night, ensuring good service for the livestock slaughtering needs of households.