VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the districts of Binh Chanh, Hoc
Mon and Cu Chi complain that they have to leave land uncultivated or keep
agricultural production at a moderate level, because the water sources have
become seriously polluted.
Ten years ago, yellow rice fields
and green vegetable gardens were seen everywhere in Hoc Mon or Binh Chanh
districts in the suburbs of HCM City. However, the rice fields and vegetable
gardens have disappeared, which have been replaced with the deserted land with
waste water.
Nguiyen Van Than from Vinh Loc A
commune of Binh Chanh district said that the land has become useless, because
it cannot be sold or cultivated.
“Some years ago, I could have two
rice crops and harvested 4 tons of rice per crop. However, I cannot earn any
more money from the land, since there is no water for the production.
Showing to big puddles, Than
said: “This is the waste water which cannot be used for agricultural
production. It is now the rainy season, so you can see much water. However, in
dry season, there would be no water to use. The canals that bring water to rice
fields have turned black and polluted.
It is true that the canals in the
Vinh Loc area have become the sewers for waste water, which have been hooded
with weeds, while the canal water has turned black, stinking smell.
Reports say that six out of the
15 industrial zones have had waste water treatment systems. However, inspection
tours have found out that the waste concentrations here exceeded the permitted
levels by 2-40 times.
A lot of industrial zones have
been discovered as discharging waste water and causing environment pollution,
including the Cat Lai 2, Hiep Phuoc, Tan Tao, Tan Thoi Hiep.
There are 28 industrial zones in
Binh Duong province with the total area of 8700 hectares, of which 21 zones
have become operational with the total industrial waste water of 49,000 cubic
meters per day.
Competent agencies have found out
that 14 out of the 21 industrial zones in the province discharged waste water
with the concentrations of toxic substances exceeding the permitted levels.
The Binh Duong, Song Than 2, Tan
Dong Hiep A, Tan Dong Hiep B have been added into the black list of the
competent agencies.
Meanwhile, Binh Duong province is
adjacent to HCM City, which means that when the industrial zones in the
province discharges waste water, HCM City would suffer.
An official of the management
agency said that in order to escape from the watch of the police, enterprises
always discharge untreated water directly to the environment in the evening or
at night. Especially, rains and high tide can lend a hand to them to discharge
water through canals and streams.
The HCM City environment police
said that 100 percent of textile and dyeing enterprises reportedly violated the
environment protection law. Especially, the Thai Tuan Group in 2011 was
discovered as discharging thousands of cubic meters of untreated waste water to
the environment a day.
Luong Minh Thao, Deputy Head of
C49, the environment police department, said when the police examined 10
enterprises, they found six causing the environment pollution. Some of theme
not only discharge waste water in the evening, but on the daylight as well.
Thao said though the pollution is
serious, the police only have the right to impose the fine of 10 million dong
at maximum when discovering violations. Therefore, some enterprises would
rather pay punishment – a small sum of money – rather than spending big money
on building up waste water treatment systems.
Tin Tuc
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