Many people ask, who is responsible for the "mineral pirates" openly and rampantly affecting people's lives and livelihoods, causing loss of mineral resources?
A convoy of trucks carrying sand and soil lined up on the road reserved for illegal sand mining.
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ILLEGAL MINING IS ON THE RISE
On the morning of January 25, a group of Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters followed a dump truck (license plate 60R - 056.xx) for more than 1 km, surrounded by fields, to the sand mining site next to Dinh River Lake, where the dump truck drove inside. About 15 minutes later, the dump truck came out, its bed full of wet sand. The heavy truck rolled back onto the original dirt road, heading towards National Highway 1. Wherever the truck went, sand fell all over the road.
When the dump truck was approaching National Highway 1, due to carrying too much sand and continuously spilling out, the male driver stopped, climbed onto the truck bed, packed the sand close to the mouth of the bed, then covered it with a tarp and continued driving. Following this dump truck were two other dump trucks, license plates 86C - 180.xx and 60C - 690.xx.
Soil from illegal mining site is being transported to the staging area.
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At about 9 o'clock the same day, the three dump trucks mentioned above arrived at the gate of the NA farm and pulled over to let the convoy of dump trucks (with license plates 60H - 102.xx, 60H - 020.xx, 86C - 180.xx, 86C - 136.xx, 60H - 116.xx, 60R - 069.xx) enter. The letters PN were printed on the front of the dump trucks mentioned above.
Dump trucks carrying soil and sand cause dust to fly everywhere, affecting people's crops and fruit trees.
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After the sand-transporting dump trucks passed, the gate of the farm was closed, not allowing any other vehicles to pass through. At the same time, a group of young men on motorbikes discovered them and approached, threatening the Thanh Nien reporters, demanding that they leave the area immediately and not return (?).
Trucks transporting soil and sand affect people's health and livelihoods.
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During the investigation, we were told by local residents that the road was opened by a group of "mineral bandits" and was only used to transport sand outside. If people entered, they would be threatened and chased away.
When exiting Highway 1, dump trucks with license plate 60 turned left towards Dong Nai, the rest turned right. We followed dump truck BS 86C - 180.xx loaded with sand from the dirt road in the mining area to Highway 1. When this truck reached the intersection between Highway 1 and alley 03 (the section leading to Nghia Hoa industrial cluster, Tan Nghia town, Ham Tan district, Binh Thuan), the driver turned left, drove about 400m more to reach the PN construction materials yard located on a land area of about 5,000 m². At this time, we recorded 3 large dump trucks in the yard, BS 72C - 100.xx; 86C - 117.xx and 86C - 115.xx along with 2 small trucks and 2 excavators continuously operating to transport minerals and construction materials.
PEOPLE ARE ANGRY ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOODS BEING AFFECTED
On January 24-27, we recorded that dump trucks and trucks carrying sand from the sand mine to sell had destroyed two other residential roads. The dump trucks carrying sand spilled onto the road, causing dust to fly up, affecting the crops and fruit trees of local people, making them extremely upset.
At 2:00 p.m. on January 25, we discovered a 6 m³ dump truck (BS 86C - 149.xx) moving from Highway 55 along a residential road straight into a quarry next to Dinh River Lake. About 20 minutes later, the truck was carrying a full load of soil from the quarry, without a tarpaulin on the bed; every time it passed over a pothole, mud and dirt from the bed fell onto the road, making the road dusty.
Trucks carrying backfill soil from the mine to the market
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Following this car for more than 5 km to an empty lot, the male driver dumped all the soil and left. According to our investigation, this area is the garden of a resident who is in need of buying soil to raise the foundation. While the reporter was recording the scene, a strange man in his 40s appeared and approached and threatened: "What are you guys doing here, get out now"...
At 3:00 p.m. the same day, a truck (BS 86C - 149.xx) bearing the words "T.D Construction Materials", two trucks BS 86C - 118.xx and 86C - 139.xx marked "BT Construction Materials" carrying soil to fill the foundation about 20 cm higher than the truck bed, drove from the mine on a residential road. Wherever these trucks went, dust and sand flew everywhere. Similarly, at the same time, on other residential roads, dump trucks BS 86C - 116.xx and 86H-009.xx also entered the mine to take soil to fill the foundation, and at 4:10 p.m. they returned to carry the soil to be sold in many areas in Tan Nghia town.
Mr. NVB (60 years old, living in Tan Nghia town) indignantly said that his family has lived here for nearly 30 years. In recent years, the situation of dump trucks carrying sand and dirt through this residential road has been happening day and night. This is a residential road with a narrow surface, but every day there are hundreds of trucks of all kinds going in and out, mainly dump trucks carrying dirt and sand from the PN Company's mine to National Highway 55. Wherever the trucks go, dust and smoke fly everywhere. Not only causing misery for passersby, many households living along the road have to keep their doors closed all day to avoid pollution.
Mr. B. added that the trucks transporting soil and sand have affected the health and livelihoods of the people. The crops of the people along both sides of the road are covered with dust day and night to the point of being unable to grow. "My family has several acres of land to grow cashews and dragon fruit, but they cannot flower or bear fruit. We have reported to the local authorities many times, but the situation has not changed," Mr. B. complained.
( to be continued)
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