Dong Nai sets up cameras to monitor illegal sand exploitation
The People’s Committee of Bien Hoa city in the southern province of Dong Nai will install cameras to monitor illegal sand exploitation on the Dong Nai River.
Severe landslides happen due to illegal sand-mining along the Dong Nai River (Photo: VNA)
Dong Nai (VNS/VNA) - The People’sCommittee of Bien Hoa city in the southern province of Dong Nai will installcameras to monitor illegal sand exploitation on the Dong Nai River.
The cameras will be installed on Tan Van and BaXe isles and in eight wards along the river where violations often occur,according to the Bien Hoa City’s Party Committee.
However, some of the areas do not haveelectricity lines, so the People’s Committee is working with the wards toremove obstacles and speed up installation of cameras.
Vo Van Chanh, Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee, said the province would also set up cameras in otherlocations like Long Thanh, Nhon Trach and Vinh Cuu districts if Bien Hoa’sinstallation is successful.
Thi Van Dung, Deputy Secretary of the Bien HoaCity Party Committee, said the part of Dong Nai River which runs through Bien Hoacity has high-quality sand.
The Party Committee has also directed agenciesto devise a plan to protect sand resources.
The city’s two inspection teams that began workearlier this year include members of the police and military forces, and themunicipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
They have identified dozens of illegal sandmining violators and have confiscated many vehicles.
Besides sand, enterprises in Dong Nai provinceextracted more than 15 million cubic metres of stone in the first nine monthsof the year.
In the last three months, they plan to extractmore 6.5 million cubic metres of stone. The total stone output this year isexpected to be 21.5 million cubic metres, a drop of 10.5 million cubic metrescompared with last year.
Nguyen Ngoc Hung, Deputy Director of theprovincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said that 32quarries in the province had in recent years extracted 32 million cubic metresof stone annually.
To protect stone resources, early this year the provincialDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment began working with quarries toreduce stone exploitation. As many as 19 quarries agreed to reduce theoutput.-VNS/VNA
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Severe landslides happen due to illegal sand-mining along the Dong Nai River (Photo: VNA) 
