Vinh City: Streets and sidewalks 'turned' into rice drying yards
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently entering the main spring rice harvest season, in Vinh City, many roads have been "turned" into rice drying yards, not only causing danger to road users but also affecting the urban beauty.
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Nguyen Duy Trinh Street in Hung Dung Ward (Vinh City) was occupied by people to dry rice. Photo: QA |
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Rice drying "yards" like this stretch along the road. Photo: QA |
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The sidewalk at the intersection of Nguyen Phong Sac and Nguyen Duy Trinh streets was also occupied by people to dry rice. Photo: QA |
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Ms. Le Thi M (Hung Dung ward), one of the households drying rice on the street, explained: "We know that encroaching on the road to dry rice is wrong, but we only ask to "borrow" it for a few days, because our yard is currently covered with a roof, so we cannot dry rice." Photo: QA |
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According to the reporter's investigation, currently, the entire Hung Dung ward has more than 400 agricultural production households with a spring rice crop area of 120 hectares; encroachment on streets and sidewalks to dry rice during the harvest season is quite common. Photo: QA |
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Not only drying rice, people on Phan Cong Tich Street (Vinh City) also leave obstacles to mark the drying spot; if passersby do not pay attention, it can easily cause accidents. Photo: QA |
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The dike - tourist road along Lam River in Hung Hoa Commune (Vinh City) is no exception, people brazenly dry rice, occupying half of the path. Photo: QA |
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Mr. Nguyen Phuc Trang - Vice Chairman of Hung Dung Ward People's Committee said: The consistent viewpoint of the ward is not to allow people to dry rice on the street. For households encroaching on the roadside and sidewalk to dry rice, we will have a form of timely reminders in the immediate future. Photo: QA |