Lao Dong Newspaper on August 25, 2024 published the article "Trash in Can Tho: From frustration to helplessness", reflecting the situation of waste pollution, many people feel helpless and forced to live with trash.. .
People are clearly frustrated, but who is helpless?
To be frank, the government is powerless to solve the current waste situation.
To give evidence, on July 24, Can Tho City People's Committee issued a document on resolving the report of Lao Dong Newspaper about the garbage situation on Vo Van Kiet Street. The Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee assigned the Chairman of Ninh Kieu district and Chairman of Binh Thuy district to urgently organize to overcome..., and at the same time report the implementation results to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the City People's Committee before July 31.
However, in August, trash was still trashed in this area. Labor reporter went to the field and had a photo report "After the direction of the President of Can Tho, waste is still scattered". Not only are there old untreated landfills, there are also other landfills on the connecting road.
Please ask, how did the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ninh Kieu District and the Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Thuy District respond to the Chairman of Can Tho City?
The Chairman of Ninh Kieu District and the Chairman of Binh Thuy District are powerless against the problem of littering, so is the Chairman of Can Tho City helpless against his subordinates?
Let me remind you of an unhappy story caused by garbage in Can Tho. Last July, a group of European tourists visited Cai Rang floating market and saw a lot of garbage and too much pollution, so they refused to accept it and asked the travel company to move to another province.
Garbage flooded canals and rivers. When asked, government representatives replied that it was because people from the lake dumped trash.
Garbage is all over the road. When asked, the representative of the garbage treatment unit replied that it was difficult due to the lack of garbage collection points. Currently, there are only temporary garbage collection points. There are many places where garbage is stolen in the area.
The answers are all correct, that is, people steal garbage and litter the environment. Without people dumping trash indiscriminately, there cannot be piles of trash everywhere in Can Tho city.
But there is one thing that needs to be affirmed, which is that we cannot just blame the people but must review the management capacity of the government. Look at neighboring countries to see what they do so that people do not dare to litter, so that their countries are green, clean, and beautiful, Singapore is an example.
Closer to home, the Chairman of Can Tho city needs to refer to localities in the country, which are Vung Tau, Quy Nhon, and Hue, which are three cities honored as "ASEAN Clean Tourism Cities".
Whether Can Tho city is clean or not depends on the management capacity of local leaders, don't blame the people.
