Determining the cause of fish deaths in Vinh City Central Park Lake

Vice Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee Le Sy Chien has just inspected the construction site of drainage culverts and grasped the situation of dead fish in the Central Park lake area.

In recent days, due to the construction of the drainage system,flood prevention for Vinh City, the construction unit was forced to build a dam to dredge and install sewer pipes, causing domestic wastewater to overflow into Central Park Lake, killing many species of fish living in the lake.

Sewer area under construction. Photo: T.D

The incidentdead fishFloating around the lake was later discovered by people walking for exercise and reported to the management unit and authorities.

Mr. Ho Vinh in Truong Thi ward, who often walks around the Central Park lake area, said that on the morning of April 25, many people exercising in this area detected a fishy smell. After checking, they saw dead fish floating on the shore of the lake. Many people then reported it to the management unit.

Image of dead fish floating around the lake shore on the morning of April 25. Photo: T.D

The cause of the fish deaths was later determined to be due to domestic wastewater overflowing into the lake, polluting the water and causing mass fish deaths.

Mr. Hoang Hong Khanh - Director of Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Joint Stock Company, the unit that is implementing the construction of the sewer and drainage system in the Central Park Lake area, said: Due to the need to build a dam to prevent water from being dredging and installing equipment and sewer pipes, domestic wastewater has overflowed into the lake, causing fish to die. In the next few days, when the drainage is installed and the lake is dredged, the water pollution in the Central Park Lake will be resolved.

On the morning of April 26, workers collected fish and other waste around the lake to destroy. Photo: T.D

After the incident of dead fish at the Central Park Lake was discovered, yesterday morning (April 26), workers from the Central Park Lake management unit and workers from Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Joint Stock Company collected fish and other waste in the lake to destroy.

Vice Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee Le Sy Chien (left) inspects and directs the early completion of drainage works in the Central Park area. Photo: T.D

After the incident, the Vice Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee directed units to promptly collect dead fish, to prevent environmental pollution, and requested Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Joint Stock Company to soon complete the construction of drainage culverts, to ensure a clean space for people to walk, exercise and play and entertain at the Central Park./.