Rivers must flow, thus Hanoi’s authority should apply solutions to help create a constant flow for the city’s polluted and dying To Lich river, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh, who expressed his view as a Hanoian.One of the comprehensive solutions for the To Lich river proposed by the ambassador is establishing an independent Development and Management Company for the river.
Hanoi's To Lich river. Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn
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He added that restaurants along the To Lich river that would reap benefits from this restoration project, such as fresher air, poetic view and having soaring profits, should pay fees equivalent to 10-15% of their profit to the authority.
The money will be used to pump water regularly into the river to make it flow. Also it could be used for the development of water purification technologies and sustainable river management, Minh stressed.
Previously, the Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Limited Company asked the Hanoi People's Committee for authorization to pump the Red river's water into the To Lich river to dilute its polluted water.
Talking to Zing News, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs Devision under the Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Company Bui Ngoc Uyen said the company has asked the local government to evaluate the plan of using water from West Lake to relay water from the Red river to the To Lich river via a pump station with capacity of 156,000 cubic meters per hour.
Uyen noted that this plan will help significantly improve water quality in the To Lich river and create a flow, thereby helping "revive" the river.
"Once there is flow, it will reduce the river’s pollution. The flow will increase the amount of water, reduce foul smell and dilute polluting substances,” Uyen said.
He added that building a pump station will be one of three solutions to rescue the To Lich river, together with building the Yen Xa Wastewater Treatment Plant and a sewage collection on the river’s two banks.
"With such synchronous and methodical solutions, cleaning and creating flow for the To Lich river is very feasible," Uyen stressed.
Recently, after receiving one million cubic meters of water from West Lake on July 9-10, the To Lich river’s water quality has been significantly improved, local media reported.
Hanoi city is currently piloting a host of measures to revive the To Lich river which is dying due to heavy pollution and massive accumulation of mud in the river bed, including the application of Japanese and German technologies. Initially, positive results have been seen on the river thanks to these technologies; in particular, the river’s bad smell has been reduced and oxygen level in the river’s water has been raised.
