At the Environmental Crime Prevention and Control Division of the Da Nang Department of Police, local companies involved in exploiting and transporting mineral resources have pledged to implement the city’s regulations about ensuring protection of the environment.

There are now 33 businesses specialising in exploiting stone to supply to local urban development projects, plus 8 exploiting soil from local hilly areas, 3 exploiting sand and 1 exploiting clay.  The majority of them have made their own reports about their environmental impact assessments.

A truck ready to have its load weighed

The Head of the Division, Colonel Tran Thanh Nhon, remarked that many businesses have yet to implement the city’s regulations about environmental protection and traffic safety.  In particular, dumper trucks carrying soil and stone have caused many tragic traffic accidents, which has sparked deep concern amongst the general public.

In an attempt to solve the problems, Colonel Nhon asked the businesses to strictly obey the city’s laws whilst conducting their exploitation activities.  In detail, their focii should be on carefully covering the loads on the trucks with sheeting to prevent spillage onto the roads, and to spray water onto the road surface to clear dust away.  Also, in order to ensure local traffic safety, these businesses have to make suitable adjustments to their truck schedules, their vehicles must carry loads within their limits, and they should not exceed the speed limits.

In particular, the businesses are required to build areas for cleaning their dumper trucks at their exploitation locations no later than one month after they have signed the commitment.  The city authorities will revoke the certificate of business registration of any company which repeatedly violates the city’s environmental regulations during their exploitation activities.