The environmental protection programme for the 2011-2015 period in the
southern province of Binh Duong is making good progress and
expects to fulfill all targets by 2015, according to the province’s
People’s Committee.
By the end of last year, 87
percent of solid wastes were collected and treated, while the figure for
solid hospital wastes was 97 percent; 97 percent of urban people have
access to hygienic water and for rural people, the rate is 96.2 percent.
Meanwhile, more than 96 percent of industrial zones
and industrial clusters in the province have been equipped with
standard waste-water treatment systems.
The
Chairman of the People’s Committee has requested that inspection be
intensified on serious polluters and strict punishment applied. He also
instructed that the relocation of polluting production establishments
and projects on building waste treatment facilities be accelerated,
while encouraging all sectors to invest in environmental protection.-VNA