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Proliferation of restaurants around West Lake causes pollution

24 June 2014 | 03:01:00 PM

Parts of West Lake in Hanoi City have seriously deteriorated due to the waste of an increasing number of restaurants and shops.

Floating restaurants polluting parts of West Lake

Currently, dozens of floating restaurants are on West Lake, mostly around Thuy Khue Street and along Thanh Nien Street.
 
The management of these businesses, however, has been lax, and the floating restaurants and yachts often discharge waste and fuel directly into the lake. There are a number of floating restaurants that have no waste water treatment systems. While the pollution accrues around the area of these restaurants, it also shows up on shore and effects the entire lake.
 
The Hanoi Department of Transport has repeatedly requested that the floating restaurants causing the most environmental harm to cease operations, however the situation remains the same.
 
Pollution in West Lake
 
Waste discharged directly into West Lake
 
Source: dtinews

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