Request for inspection and verification

On the afternoon of April 19th, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hiep, Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Dak Lak province, signed a document requesting the leaders of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Provincial Police to direct an investigation and verification of the content reported by Giao Thong Newspaper regarding "Residents fear riverbank erosion due to sand dredging vessels operating close to the shore".

The sand dredging vessel Doan Chinh Nghia is dredging sand close to the shore (Photo: Hoang Yen).

"The Department of Information and Communications requests the leaders of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Provincial Police to direct the inspection, verification, and response to the content reflected in the press."

"The response letter should be sent to Giao Thong Newspaper, and also to the Office of the Provincial People's Committee and the Department of Information and Communications before April 25th to serve the state management of the press," the document from the Dak Lak Department of Information and Communications stated.

As reported by Giao Thong Newspaper, the situation of large-capacity vessels belonging to Doan Chinh Nghia Joint Stock Company dredging sand close to the riverbank is increasing the risk of landslides and erosion of agricultural land in the Krong Ana River (Dak Lak).

According to observations, on the Krông Ana River (the section flowing through Hòa Hiệp commune, Cư Kuin district, Đắk Lắk), the sand barges Đoàn Chính Nghĩa, with registration numbers ĐL-0129/VR-19058908, Đoàn Chính Nghĩa 999; ĐL-0140/VR-18067036, Đoàn Chính Nghĩa 02 and ĐL-0137/VR-19056840, Đoàn Chính Nghĩa 05, successively docked ashore, fully loaded with sand, and pumped it onto the stockpiling area.

After pumping out all the sand from the hold, the workers turned the ship around and sailed downstream towards Lak District to continue sand mining.

The group of workers maneuvered the boat along the Krông Ana River for about 900 meters before releasing a suction hose to extract sand, causing the entire stretch of the river to become murky.

The sound of sand-dredging machines rumbles as ships approach the riverbank to "swallow" the sand. Observations show that a long stretch of the river has eroded, encroaching on the agricultural land of the local people.

Traffic Newspaper continues to report on the incident.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/vu-dan-lo-so-sat-lo-bo-song-vi-tau-hut-cat-sat-bo-yeu-cau-kiem-tra-xac-minh-192240419174022748.htm