Focusing resources on post-flood waste treatment

More than a week after the historic flood, with the joint efforts of many forces: environmental workers, local authorities, army, police, and people working day and night, a large amount of waste has been collected and treated. However, due to the large amount of waste, currently, in deeply flooded areas such as Tay Nha Trang ward, Dien Dien commune... there is still a lot of waste left. The Provincial People's Committee has directed the deployment of additional solutions, human resources, and means to focus on handling it thoroughly, ensuring normal life for the people.

Maximum capacity collection

According to reporters' records on the routes: October 23, Cau Be, Cau Dua - Phu Nong..., although environmental workers are still trying to collect, there is still a lot of garbage piled up along both sides of the road and in the alleys of residential areas. Mr. Le Van Nghia (33 Cau Be, Tay Nha Trang ward) said: "Floodwaters have brought garbage to many of these areas, along with equipment, household items, food of people being submerged and mud damaged after the flood. Due to the accumulation of garbage for a long time, it gives off a foul smell. People hope that local authorities and forces will quickly collect garbage to ensure environmental sanitation and daily life."

Naval Academy students and lecturers and students of Khanh Hoa University participated in cleaning and collecting trash in Nha Trang beach area.

On 19/5 Street (Vinh Diem Trung Urban Area), there is also a mess of garbage. Many vehicles and workers are being mobilized to collect and process garbage. In order to collect quickly, the local authorities and Nha Trang Urban Environment Joint Stock Company have notified the residents of Tay Nha Trang Ward of 3 garbage collection points on 19/5 Street, D30 Street (connecting 23/10 Street and Vo Nguyen Giap Street) and Luong Dinh Cua Street so that people can proactively bring garbage to collect.

Mr. Tran Van Huong - Director of the Environmental Enterprise, Nha Trang Urban Environment Joint Stock Company said: "After the flood receded, the company mobilized all of about 500 workers and the existing equipment of the unit to collect and process garbage. The company also received support from Ho Chi Minh City Urban Environment One Member Co., Ltd. (6 garbage compactors) and many environmental workers from units inside and outside the province. Many forces of local authorities, army, police, union members, youth, people, tourists ... also actively participated in collecting garbage. However, currently the amount of backlog is still very large, especially in residential areas".

Spraying chemicals to prevent disease

To prevent the risk of disease from the large amount of waste left behind after the flood, from November 22 until now, the regular teams for preventing and fighting infectious diseases, the disaster response team of the Nha Trang Regional Medical Center and medical stations have organized the spraying of disinfectants at thousands of households in heavily affected areas. Disinfection and sterilization work has been carried out simultaneously in the sewer system, toilets, residential areas, schools, medical stations, markets and places where people often gather in wards in the Nha Trang area.

Along with the existing chemicals, the Nha Trang Regional Medical Center was provided with an additional 340kg of disinfectants and 3,000 Aquatabs tablets by the Provincial Center for Disease Control; a unit in Ho Chi Minh City also provided additional deodorizing chemicals to enhance treatment in areas with heavy mud and waste odors after flooding. To speed up environmental treatment progress and prevent outbreaks, the center has mobilized 3 times more environmental treatment personnel. Mr. Truong Chi Cuong - Head of the Department of Public Health, Food Safety and Nutrition of the Nha Trang Regional Medical Center said: "Up to now, the center has completed disinfection, sterilization and deodorization in the entire flooded area; treated 335 contaminated wells; deployed support for 81 residential groups with a total of more than 23,110 affected households, of which 100% have received environmental treatment."

In the Dien Khanh area, according to Dr. Nguyen Duc Son - Head of the Department of Disease Control, Dien Khanh Regional Medical Center, to prevent the outbreak of disease, the center has established 3 environmental treatment teams, in conjunction with the military force to spray disinfectants throughout the Dien Khanh area. At the same time, Cloramin B is immediately distributed to medical stations to provide to people to treat water wells and the surrounding environment. According to data from the Provincial Center for Disease Control, to date, the whole province has treated the environment for more than 47,760 households and nearly 6,750 water wells.

Resolutely collect and handle

At the meeting with the Provincial People's Committee on the afternoon of December 1, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment said: "After the flood, the amount of waste collected in the whole province was updated daily, from November 23 to November 29, the total amount of waste collected was 24,963.65 tons. Up to now, the work of collecting waste after flooding in the province has been recorded in 51/64 communes and wards has basically returned to normal. The remaining 13 communes and wards still have a large amount of waste from damaged household appliances (cabinets, tables, chairs, mattresses...) that are cleaned up by people and brought to the streets every day, forming temporary garbage accumulation points. In which, some communes and wards still have a lot of waste such as: Tay Nha Trang, Dien Dien commune, Dien Khanh commune... collected about 80%. It is expected that on December 5, the garbage collection in the remaining communes and wards will be completed".

Mr. NGUYEN VAN BINH - Deputy Commander of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Volunteer Force: In the relief work, the delegation's top priority is to support food, food and basic needs. Next, we conduct medical examinations, treatment, and medicine distribution to people, clean up the environment, and repair schools damaged by floods. The delegation coordinated 50 doctors and nurses to distribute free medicine and provide disease prevention advice to more than 3,000 people. From November 23 to 27, the delegation provided nearly 150,000 meals. The Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has directed departments, branches, and sectors to closely coordinate with Khanh Hoa agencies so that all requests for support are received and implemented promptly. In the coming time, relief activities will continue to be deployed, contributing to helping people stabilize their lives soon.

Concluding the meeting, Mr. Le Huyen - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged and highly appreciated the sense of responsibility of environmental sanitation units and the active cooperation of all units in implementing waste collection and environmental sanitation from residential areas to schools and medical facilities. Currently, in Tay Nha Trang, Nam Nha Trang, Bac Nha Trang wards and 2 communes of Dien Dien and Dien Khanh, the amount of waste is still large. Therefore, sectors and localities must consider this as a task to overcome natural disasters. Nha Trang Urban Environment Joint Stock Company needs to coordinate with localities to hire vehicles to organize waste collection, summarize the amount of waste generated to submit to the Department of Agriculture and Environment for appraisal and financial support. For Dien Dien and Dien Khanh communes, the Department of Construction coordinates with local authorities to mobilize on-site vehicles and other units to collect and treat waste. Comrade Le Huyen requested local authorities to step up propaganda work, mobilize people and organizations to proactively handle, collect, and transport garbage to collection points, creating favorable conditions for collection units; the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinates with tourism associations and businesses to support cleaning beach areas to serve tourism activities.

THAI THINH - THAO LY

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