On July 15, images and clips appeared on social networks about a canal suddenly turning purple . The incident is said to have happened at a canal in Yen Son commune (Ha Trung district, Thanh Hoa province). .
Information about the above incident, Mr. Nguyen Van Nhan - Chairman of the People's Committee of Yen Son commune, Ha Trung district, said that after receiving feedback from people about the canal section flowing through the area suddenly turning unusually purple, The commune sent forces to the area where people complained to check. However, at the time of checking the above canal section, there was no longer purple water.
Mr. Nhan also added that the location people reported was the Phu sewer area, belonging to drainage canal 19.5 (flowing through Yen Son commune). By the morning of July 15, when the authorities inspected this area, it was no longer purple.
Previously, people reported that at around 2:00 p.m. on July 14, the water source in the hundreds of meters long canal suddenly turned purple. This incident made many people worried and suspected that someone had discharged waste into the environment.
A leader of the People's Committee of Ha Trung district said that due to checking the current status of the canal section, it was no longer purple, so it was impossible to trace the source of waste discharge. After the incident, the district requested localities (where the 19.5 drainage canal flows through) to organize monitoring and supervision, and if abnormalities are detected, they can trace the waste source. In addition, the authorities also took water samples for testing.
