A publicity campaign is launched to keep HCM City cleaner (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A publicitycampaign was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on November 26 to encourage people tokeep the city cleaner.
The programme, part of activities of theWorld Bank-funded Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation project willbe implemented from 2017 – 2022.
Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Deputy Director of theproject management said the campaign will be conducted on a monthly basis,calling on locals to keep the city clean, particularly along the Nhieu Loc –Thi Nghe canal, thus promoting tourism on the canal.
As part of the programme, students of localuniversities will collect garbage and clean Thi Nghe market. Members of the localyouth union, police force, associations of women and veterans join in the cleaningcampaign, from Thi Nghe bridge to Dien Bien Phu bridge on Hoang Sa and TruongSa roads.
Nguyen Si Thi, a member of the Da Kao wardyouth union, district 1 hopes that the campaign will help send a message to allpeople in the city, particularly those living near the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghecanal, thus encouraging them to keep the city clean.
The project, worth nearly 20 trillion VND(883.4 million USD), aims to improve the living environment of over 1.2 millionpeople in the targeted areas. The first phase of the project was implementedfrom 1999 – 2012. The second phase is underway from 2014-2021.
Under the first phase, a number offlood-proof works were constructed, benefiting 1.2 million people in districts1, 3, 10, and Phu Nhuan, Tan Binh, Go Vap, and Binh Thanh districts. Wastewaterand rainwater was collected in the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe basin for treatment andreleased into the Saigon River.
Upgrades, worth over 554 billion VND (24.47million USD) were made to Truong Sa and Hoang Sa roads.
The second phase will focus on recoveringthe ecosystem and improving environmental sanitation in the basins of the DongNai river, Saigon river and Vam Co river.
A wastewater treatment plant will be builtin Thanh My Loi ward, district 2 to collect and treat wastewater from Nhieu Loc– Thi Nghe basin. A similar plant will be built to treat wastewater in thebasins of Thao Dien, Nam Thao Dien and Binh Trung Dong – Binh Trung Tay indistrict 2.-VNA
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