Prevent pollution at individual civil works

Pollution is widespread.

For over a month now, Mr. Nguyen Van V’s household in Phu My residential group, Dinh Ke ward ( Bac Giang city) has been bothered by sand and cement dust from the house under construction next door. According to Mr. V, the higher the construction site, the more sand and dust flies down to his house and the surrounding households. Affected by the dust and noise from the construction, his family’s tea shop has gradually lost customers.

The construction of a single-family house in My Dien 2 residential group, Nenh ward (Viet Yen town) did not have measures to prevent dust for surrounding households.

Not far from Mr. V's house, in addition to being affected by dust, since the construction of the neighbor's house, the entire frame and interior price of the "Showroom" Dai Viet Kitchen, No. 168 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, has been cracked and damaged, affecting business and posing a potential danger. Mr. Duong, the owner of the "Showroom", informed that the facade of the building under construction is about 20 meters wide, said to be 8 stories high, and will likely not be completed until 2026. Therefore, Mr. Duong is worried that the prolonged construction time will cause the house's walls to crack and collapse at any time.

At the commercial and service area, My Dien 2 residential group, Nenh ward (Viet Yen town), many households building houses here also gather materials on the road; vehicles carrying soil and materials to and from the construction site sometimes spill them onto the road in the residential area...

In the first 5 months of this year, thousands of individual housing projects were started and built in the province. Of which, Bac Giang city has more than 1,200 projects, the most in the province; ranked second is Viet Yen town with 843 projects, double the same period in 2024.

It is known that in the first 5 months of this year, thousands of individual housing projects were started and built in the province. Of which, Bac Giang city has more than 1,200 projects, the most in the province; ranked second is Viet Yen town with 843 projects, nearly double compared to the same period in 2024. In many other localities of the province, the number of newly built houses is also high. According to Mr. Hoang Viet Hung, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ngoc Son commune (Hiep Hoa), since the beginning of the year, the whole commune has nearly 20 households building new houses, equivalent to the number of newly built houses in the whole year of 2024.

The reason why households building individual houses cause environmental pollution, affecting the lives of surrounding households is because during construction, most organizations and individuals in charge of construction do not cover dust and dirt, and do not prevent construction materials from falling. At the same time, despite the pollution, affected households are all considerate, do not want to offend their neighbors, and try to endure it. This inadvertently helps contractors and homeowners ignore environmental protection solutions during construction.

Currently, in the province, there are many newly formed residential areas and urban areas; many families have the conditions to demolish old houses to build new ones. Among these, many houses are built on a large scale, high-rise, with long construction periods, affecting the surrounding environment. In addition to causing dust, many homeowners and construction units do not comply with regulations on construction waste treatment, leaving it near the construction area without moving it immediately or taking advantage of the evening and early morning to illegally dump it in vacant land areas with few people passing by. This situation also occurs frequently in the residential area of Xuong Giang city, Xuong Giang ward and Lac Phu residential area, Nham Bien ward (both in Bac Giang city); Ninh Khanh urban area, Nenh ward (Viet Yen town), etc.

Raising awareness of environmental protection

Environmental pollution from individual housing construction projects is occurring every day, commonly in many residential areas and streets in the province. However, the detection and punishment of violations are very limited. The cases handled are mainly errors of allowing construction materials and waste to encroach on the roadway and sidewalk, causing traffic safety problems, or illegal construction, etc.

Mr. Luong Ngoc Duc, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Viet Yen town, said that since the beginning of the year, Viet Yen town has not been able to punish any environmental violations arising from the construction of individual houses. Because to prove the act of causing environmental pollution from this activity, according to legal regulations, it is necessary to go through the following steps: Taking air and noise samples, measuring, testing, assessing environmental impacts, etc., which are very complicated. Meanwhile, the dust pollution at individual houses does not occur continuously... Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Vinh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Dinh Ke ward, also informed that it is very difficult to catch cases of discharging construction solid waste into the environment. Because the commune level does not have enough staff and funds to install surveillance cameras at locations where construction waste is likely to occur.

The orientation for urban development in Bac Giang until 2030 and 2045 is to focus on upgrading and expanding urban space, building new modern urban areas; developing industrial parks and rural residential areas, while protecting the natural environment and developing eco-tourism . Therefore, it is necessary to require owners of individual housing construction projects to strictly comply with environmental protection regulations. Discussing this issue, Mr. Vu Van Tuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, said that with the level of environmental pollution caused by owners of individual housing construction projects, the competent authority to issue decisions on administrative sanctions is the People's Committee at the commune level.

Accordingly, the People's Committee at the commune level needs to increase patrolling and monitoring forces, promptly detect violations for timely handling. On the part of project owners and construction units, it is necessary to raise awareness of environmental protection. During the construction process, proactively cover and prevent sand, mortar, cement and other waste from falling and polluting the surrounding area. For the sake of a clean living environment, people living near individual housing projects under construction should not be lenient, but should proactively remind homeowners to implement pollution prevention solutions right from the start of construction. When there are opinions but they do not pay attention, it is necessary to report to the competent authorities and local authorities for timely handling measures to protect the living environment of the community.

Article and photos: An Khanh

Source: https://baobacgiang.vn/ngan-o-nhiem-tai-cac-cong-trinh-dan-dung-rieng-le-postid419708.bbg