Yen Lang Commune handles dozens of tons of waste on general environmental cleaning day

Yen Lang commune leaders and people from all walks of life participate in cleaning up the environment. Photo: Hoang Son

Yen Lang commune has a natural area of 45.61km2, a population of 82,747 people, including the entire area and population of the communes: Lien Mac, Thach Da, Hoang Kim, Chu Phan; most of the natural area and population of Tien Thinh commune (formerly Me Linh district); part of the natural area and population of the communes: Hong Ha, Tho An, Tho Xuan (formerly Dan Phuong district).

As a purely agricultural commune, the area spread along the Red River dike, Yen Lang commune is on the way of development. In recent times, the socio -economic development of Yen Lang commune has had important steps of development, the basic criteria to achieve the advanced new rural standards are increasingly consolidated; socio-economic infrastructure, education and health have made great strides of development; people's lives and incomes are increasingly improved.

3yen-lang(1).jpg — Authorities, organizations, environmental workers and residents of Yen Lang commune actively cleaned up the environment on Saturday. Photo: Hoang Son

In addition to the economic achievements, environmental protection work still faces many challenges, such as: Household waste is still discharged indiscriminately into public areas, waste is not sorted at the source in a timely manner; water sources in rivers, lakes, canals are polluted; livestock waste has not been effectively treated, causing environmental pollution and negatively affecting people's quality of life...

Faced with that situation, to protect the environment, Yen Lang commune has launched a campaign to all people to simultaneously clean up the environment on Saturdays and Sundays every week. In particular, villages, hamlets and each person should actively participate in cleaning, collecting waste, dredging sewers, clearing water flows, and handling black spots of pollution in the area. In addition, each village, hamlet, residential area, and organization plants and takes care of a green garden, in order to create a "Bright - green - clean - beautiful" landscape.

According to information from the People's Committee of Yen Lang commune, by 4:00 p.m. on July 27, the environmental cleaning movement had attracted about 300 participants, including: Youth Union, Women's Union, Farmers' Association... The forces in the commune coordinated with environmental sanitation workers to collect and transport dozens of tons of waste for treatment, contributing to spreading the spirit of responsibility and community awareness in building a clean, beautiful and civilized living environment.

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