Environment workers clean up To Lich river

Environment workers have been striving everyday for cleaning up To Lich river which was once severely polluted.

To Lich River flows through six inner districts of Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

To Lich River was once severely polluted by the dumping of thousands of cubic metres of sewage water into it each day (Photo: VNA)

A worker uses a raft to flow along the river and a trident to pick up trash (Photo: VNA)

Besides cleaning the river, environment workers also tidy up its bank by sweeping dirt and trimming trees and grass (Photo: VNA)

Aquatic plants are placed in the river to help clean up the water (Photo: VNA)

Modern equipment is used for riverbed dredging everyday (Photo: VNA)

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Environment worker tidies up grass on the river bank (Photo: VNA)

Collecting trash is also a job of poor households nearby (Photo: VNA)

(Photo: VNA)

All environment workers expect people to stop littering in To Lich river (Photo: VNA)

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