STO - On the afternoon of August 14, at the headquarters of the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Vuong Quoc Nam - Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Soc Trang province held a meeting to listen to reports on environmental pollution and solutions to overcome it in localities.
According to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang, the unit has received 9 requests for support for environmental career funding from the province to overcome environmental pollution in 7 districts and towns with a total cost of more than 17.3 billion VND. Of which, Ke Sach district requested support to overcome pollution in 2 drainage channels in Dai Hai commune, Ke Sach town; My Xuyen district requested to carry out dredging works on Ba Thuy canal, Cha Va canal in My Xuyen town; My Tu district requested to handle environmental pollution in drainage channels in the central area of Long Hung commune and Huynh Huu Nghia town, and at the same time unload, relocate and treat waste at the landfill in Huynh Huu Nghia town; Thanh Tri district requested to build a project to overcome wastewater pollution in the district, buy vehicles, collect, transport waste and relocate the landfill in Phu Loc town, Hung Loi; Chau Thanh district needs support to handle environmental pollution at the landfill in Thuan Hoa commune; Nga Nam town proposed to repair the incinerator and other construction items of Tan Long commune landfill; Cu Lao Dung district proposed to carry out a project to overcome environmental pollution at An Thanh 2 commune landfill.
Comrade Vuong Quoc Nam - Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee discussed the proposals of the localities. Photo: XUAN NGUYEN
Based on the proposals and recommendations, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang has coordinated with localities to conduct field surveys of polluting works. Thereby, assessing the urgent works that need to be promptly handled are: the landfill in Chau Thanh district and Nga Nam town is currently overloaded. The Department has urgently reviewed, sent documents to the Department of Finance for consideration, and submitted to the Provincial People's Committee to supplement the budget targets for these localities to overcome the proposed solutions. The Department also requested that this August, districts and towns send documents proposing environmental pollution remediation works, expected to request funding for implementation in 2024.
Concluding the meeting, Comrade Vuong Quoc Nam said that environmental pollution treatment is a necessary task and should be implemented soon. Based on the survey and assessment of urgent pollution projects, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment must submit a report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration. Localities also need to be responsible for handling environmental pollution issues, actively mobilizing people to raise awareness of environmental protection; organizations and unions must join hands to implement environmental sanitation and waste treatment activities.
XUAN NGUYEN
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