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River clean-up in sight

PROVINCIAL authorities plan to clean up all severely polluted rivers in Zhejiang Province before the end of the year, according to a recent government meeting on river pollution.

The objective is three years before a deadline set in an original plan adopted last April.

Zhejiang has about 130,000 kilo­meters of rivers and many of them are heavily polluted.

“We want to reduce industrial pollution through the clean-up drive and accelerate industrial transfor­mation,” said Xia Baolong, the Party secretary of Zhejiang Province.

Hangzhou has appointed public servants as “river chiefs” who are held responsible for water pollution and treatment of their rivers. Mean­while, more than 16,000 residents are acting as monitors.




 

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