Garbage 'suffocates' many canals in Quynh Luu district

According to records, at the end of the Nam canal of Vuc Mau reservoir through Quynh Van commune, Quynh Luu district, garbage overflowed, causing the canal to be heavily polluted. In the photo, workers of Quynh Luu Irrigation Enterprise are focusing on collecting garbage (photo taken on March 29). Photo: Van Truong

Garbage such as styrofoam boxes, plastic bags, clothes, plastic bottles, and banana trees covered the water surface for more than 50m. Photo: Van Truong

Garbage clogs the flow of Vuc Mau canal, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Van Truong

Workers of Quynh Luu Irrigation Enterprise collect trash stuck on buoy chains on the canal flowing through Quynh Luu district. Photo: Van Truong

The N26 canal section through Quynh Doi commune must have an iron net to block trash. Photo: Van Truong

A representative of the Quynh Luu Irrigation Enterprise said: The entire district has more than 20 locations where waste is regularly stagnant. Every day, the unit has to arrange dozens of workers to stand guard at the sluice gates and canals to collect waste from the source to clear the flow. It is estimated that every 3 days, 8-10 tons of all kinds of waste are collected. (In the photo: Waste overflows on the canals in Quynh Luu district, causing serious water pollution). Photo: Van Truong

In addition to providing water for rice irrigation, the main canals also provide raw water for four clean water plants in the district, including Quynh Thach, Quynh Hau, Quynh Yen and Quynh Luu Water Plant. Therefore, pollution caused by waste also affects the quality of the input water, threatening people's health. People in the upstream area need to raise awareness of household waste treatment and local authorities need to take measures.
handling the acts of littering in the irrigation canal system. (In the photo: Quynh Luu Irrigation Enterprise had to hire an excavator to collect trash on the canal of Quynh Giang commune). Photo: Van Truong

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