VietNamNet Bridge - The sea waters off Ninh Thuan province are in danger of becoming polluted as big volumes of domestic garbage from thousands of local people are discharged into the sea every day.

Large landfills have arisen in the coastal areas of Ca Na, Phuoc Diem and Phuoc Dinh in Thuan Nam district, Thanh Hai and Vinh Hai in Ninh Hai district and in the wards of Phan Rang – Thap Cham City.

Locals who are unaware of the importance of marine environmental protection have created the landfills.

In the two communes of Ca Na and Phuoc Diem of Thuan Nam district, heaps of garbage can be seen on the roadsides. When strong winds blow, the waste is scattered.

Nguyen Van Xi, a man in Phuoc Diem commune, said locals have the habit of dropping litter everywhere they can, even in front of the entrance to the commune. 

Some people throw big bags of waste on the sides of the roads at night or at noon, when the roads are deserted.

The beach in the southern part of the commune, several kilometers long, has also become a landfill. When the monsoon rains occur, a bad odor from the landfill affects every house in the commune.

The sea waters off Ninh Thuan province are in danger of becoming polluted as big volumes of domestic garbage from thousands of local people are discharged into the sea every day.

Bach Thuat Phu, deputy chair of the Phuoc Diem Commune, admitted that local authorities had failed to persuade locals to protect the sea environment. 

About 40 percent of households in coastal areas still drop litter into the sea every day. The local authorities are considering setting up dustbins at the beach, so that people can throw away litter properly.

He complained that since the locality is far from the Nam Thanh Waste Treatment Plant, it is inconvenient to collect and carry waste away for treatment. 

Meanwhile, there is no land area in Phuoc Diem that can be used as a dumping ground.

Phu said he hopes that investors build a new waste treatment plant in the locality to treat domestic garbage.

At the Ca Na Port, more than 1,000 fishing boats dock at the port every day to carry out seafood trading activities. And the sea turns out to be a place for fishermen and traders to drop litter. As a result, the sea surface has been covered with thick layer of waste, while the sea water has turned black.

Nguyen Van Anh Tuan from the Ca Na Port’s Board of Management confirmed that the volume of domestic waste discharged by fishermen is very large. 

Mai Thanh