Beijing, 19 Nov (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Water Resources announced on 19 November that since July 2018, when it was launched to clean up and rectify the "four chaos" (random occupation, random mining, random piling, and random construction) and other prominent problems in the management and protection of rivers and lakes, a total of 185,000 "four chaos" problems have been cleaned up and rectified nationwide, a large number of "old and difficult" problems of encroaching on and destroying rivers and lakes have been solved, and major problems such as new illegal construction and reclamation have been effectively curbed.
Rivers and lakes are important carriers of water resources, an important place for flood storage, and an important part of natural ecology, and the management and protection of rivers and lakes are directly related to national water security and ecological civilization construction.
According to Chen Dayong, deputy director of the Department of River and Lake Management of the Ministry of Water Resources, as of now, a total of 185,000 "four chaos" problems in rivers and lakes have been cleaned up and rectified nationwide, more than 40 million square meters of illegal construction has been demolished and occupied, 30,000 kilometers of illegal shorelines have been cleaned up, more than 40 million tons of garbage in the river have been removed, more than 10,000 kilometers of illegal embankments have been removed, and more than 11,000 illegal sand mining vessels have been cracked down. Among them, so far this year, the country has cleaned up and rectified 21,000 "four chaos" problems, and the number of problems has decreased significantly compared with last year.
"The problem of 'four chaos' has been effectively curbed, the encroached waters and beaches have gradually returned to rivers and lakes, the flood storage capacity of rivers and lakes has been greatly improved, the water ecology has continued to improve, and the atmosphere of caring for rivers and lakes and protecting rivers and lakes in the whole society has gradually taken shape." Chen Dayong said.
At the same time, the Ministry of Water Resources also publicly released 10 typical cases of "Qing Si Chaos" in rivers and lakes, namely: the illegal low enclosure case of Xiasai Lake in Dongting Lake in Hunan Province ("dwarf enclosure" refers to the construction of embankments in rivers and lakes, enclosing waters and beach circles for fishing and breeding activities), the illegal construction of the "Fairy Tale Kingdom of Faliland" in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, the case of encroaching on the Qinhuai River embankment in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, the illegal construction of photovoltaic power stations on the Beach of TujiaoHe River in Shandong Province, the illegal construction of housing in Guanshan Wind and Rain Corridor Bridge in Hunan Province, and the illegal construction of Hulanhekou Wetland Park in Heilongjiang Province. The case of illegal villa construction in the Luanping section of the Chaohe River in Hebei Province, the case of illegal sand mining in Lushan County, Henan Province in the name of dredging and dredging, the case of illegal sand mining in the permitted mining area of Dashahe River in Hebei Province, and the case of "national sand mining" in Suixian County, Hubei Province.
Judging from the 10 typical cases, they show three characteristics:
-- The scale of the problem is large and serious in nature. For example, the "Faliland Fairy Tale Kingdom" illegal construction case encroached on more than 400 mu of yellow river beach land; the Hulan Hekou Wetland Park case illegally built a house area of 94,000 square meters; the Qinhuai River illegal restaurant case directly encroached on and destroyed the Grade I embankment, seriously threatening flood control safety.
-- A new type of encroachment on and destruction of rivers and lakes has emerged. In some places, under the banner of wetland parks and wind and rain covered bridges, in the name of ecological restoration and national cultural inheritance, they develop and build houses in rivers and lakes, vigorously carry out landscape projects, and in the name of protection, they carry out sabotage, such as the illegal construction of HulanHekou Wetland Park, the case of illegal construction of houses in Guanshan Wind and Rain Corridor Bridge, etc.; some places illegally mine sand in the name of dredging and dredging, such as the illegal sand mining case in Lushan Mountain, and indiscriminate mining and digging has led to the devastation of the river; some places and enterprises have one-sidedly pursued the development speed of solar power generation, and built photovoltaic power stations in the river in violation of laws and regulations. The lake beach and reservoir area have a great impact on river flooding and ecological security, such as the case of illegal construction of photovoltaic power plants on the tujiao river beach.
-- Some illegal construction projects are "complete with five certificates", and some places are not in place to strengthen the protection of rivers and lakes. For example, in the case of illegal construction of villas in the Luanping section of the Chaohe River, as early as 2015, the local water administrative department issued an administrative punishment decision to request demolition, but the construction unit only paid a fine, and the house has not been demolished.
Chen Dayong said that in the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will take the river chief system and the lake chief system as the starting point, deeply promote the normalization and standardization of the "four chaos", and resolutely sweep away the problem of encroaching on and destroying rivers and lakes.
Source: Xinhua Net