400,000 cubic metres of mud to be dumped off Binh Dinh
Binh Dinh People's Committee is considering a proposal to dump 400,000 cubic metres of mud that was dredged up while maintaining Quy Nhon nautical channel into the sea.
"The exact amount is still being calculated. They will dredge up the estuaries and dump the mud into the sea. It is allowed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and we have just made a plan. The mud isn't harmful and will be washed into the sea during flooding season anyway," Chau said.
Binh Dinh provincial authorities basically have agreed to the project and asked the Vietnam Maritime Administration to submit an environmental impact report.
"We’re only afraid that the mud will make the water look more opaque and Binh Dinh is at high tourism season. We have to be careful. The mud must be dumped far away," Chau said.
Dang Trung Thanh, director of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said dredging the nautical channel was necessary. However, the mud-dumping work must be carried out carefully to avoid pollution.
According to Thanh, the Ministry of Transport has completed the report on the environmental impact.
"They’ve already worked with Binh Dinh authorities. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has been given the task to check the project and the fund for the project is also ready. If the provincial people's committee issued its official approval, the project will be carried out," he said.
Tourists visiting the sea in Binh Dinh
"The exact amount is still being calculated. They will dredge up the estuaries and dump the mud into the sea. It is allowed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and we have just made a plan. The mud isn't harmful and will be washed into the sea during flooding season anyway," Chau said.
Binh Dinh provincial authorities basically have agreed to the project and asked the Vietnam Maritime Administration to submit an environmental impact report.
"We’re only afraid that the mud will make the water look more opaque and Binh Dinh is at high tourism season. We have to be careful. The mud must be dumped far away," Chau said.
Dang Trung Thanh, director of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said dredging the nautical channel was necessary. However, the mud-dumping work must be carried out carefully to avoid pollution.
According to Thanh, the Ministry of Transport has completed the report on the environmental impact.
"They’ve already worked with Binh Dinh authorities. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has been given the task to check the project and the fund for the project is also ready. If the provincial people's committee issued its official approval, the project will be carried out," he said.
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