According to Chairman Chung, since the beginning of 2016, city leaders have been strictly implementing instruction of the Party Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee on environmental sanitation. The task of waste, wastewater and air pollution treatment is considered key mission in this tenure, and one of the five measure tasks to improve living conditions of Hanoians.
Plan was prepared to carry out the missions. In May 2016, the Municipal People’s Committee sent a delegation led by People’s Committee Vice Chairman to Exhibition for European Environment Protection Equipments in Germany, and learned about technologies to develop criteria for mechanizing wastewater collection and treatment, pond and lake water pollution treatment.
Furthermore, the Municipal People’s Committee assigned Department of Finance in coordination with Department of Construction, Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review process and cost norm for waste collection, transport and treatment. City leaders visited Nam Son Waste Treatment Plant, and had dialogue with the locals to receive and handle their feedback.
Hanoi opened bidding for waste collection, transport and treatment, publicized it, received dossiers since December 2016 and launched new unit price since March 1, 2017. The bidding was implemented publicly and transparently; each suburban district now has only one qualified unit to collect and transport waste.
In July 2016, the Municipal People’s Committee reported to People’s Council; the People’s Council issued Resolution 41, which specified that waste collection and transport is mission of Chairpeople of districts and towns. The city and Department of Construction urged districts' government to perform their task.
Redoxy -3C was used to solve pollution in 85 of 122 lakes; the smell was eradicated within 24 hours. In May, Hanoi also put waste incinerators into operation with capacity 75 tons per day night, and increased popularization to improve people’s awareness.
Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung pointed out shortcomings: leaders of some districts, towns, communes and wards did not fulfill their responsibility to increase environmental sanitation, and take no drastic effort to check and urge waste collection; some localities did not publicize unit prices for waste collection, transport and treatment; people still throw waste improperly. Furthermore, there are illegal and improper waste discharge in some neighboring localities, waste discharge in lakes and ponds, and dustbins in improper places.
Chung said that 36 Vietnamese and foreign investors submitted their dossier to ask for participation in waste treatment plant projects in Hanoi. The city gave criteria to select investors, such as financial capacity, administration capacity, technology, electricity generation, non-dioxin emission, green technology, unit price, total investment, job creation, and localization rate. Based on the criteria, Hanoi successfully selected investor of Nam Son Waste Treatment Plant; the construction will begin by October 10, and expect capacity of 2,000 tons per day night in the first period and 4,000 tons per day night in the second phase.
The Chairman requested leaders of city’s departments, districts, towns, communes and wards to be aware of their responsibility in waste collection and transport, environmental pollution treatment; suburban districts with unresolved waste like Chuong My, Thanh Oai shall transport the waste to Nam Son for further treatment, and complete the task by the end of September. The Department of Construction shall establish inter-disciplinary mission to check the units, and supplement unit price as well as cost norm in case of further transport.
For construction waste, Hanoi encouraged enterprises to import crushers to utilize renewable waste, and selected four districts of Hoang Mai, Thanh Tri, Gia Lam and Dong Anh for application. When issuing license, the districts must ask for transport contract to prevent illegal dumping of construction waste.
The Department of Construction shall regularly conduct inspection and punish violators. Hanoi recently held meeting with urban environmental companies; accordingly, if the companies fail to meet standard of waste collection and transport within 90 days, their contracts would be cancelled, Nguyen Duc Chung said.
He also requested the Hanoi Drainage Company to use Redoxy-3C to handle lake water pollution and leaked wastewater; Department of Information and Communications, districts and towns to conduct popularization, and encourage people not to throw waste in public places; Police Department to urge environment police and traffic police to increase inspection and punish illegal waste discharge
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Furthermore, Nguyen Duc Chung asked People’s Council deputies at all levels to increase supervision, focusing on performance on Department of Construction, districts, towns, communes and wards, and the people to protect landscape and environment sanitation.
Source: hanoitimes.com.vn