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High pollution from Jiangsu Guoqiang Galvanizing Factory caused a large amount of farmland to be abandoned for several years (Photos)

Time: 2012-12-18 17:50:58 Source: New Rural Business News Author: Tang Hai

"Becoming a public enterprise with rich social value" is the slogan of the official website of Jiangsu Liyang Guoqiang Galvanizing Industrial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guoqiang Galvanizing). The company has: "China "Top 500 Private Enterprises", "Top 100 Transportation (Enterprises) in China" and other honors. However, recently, villagers from Shangxing Town, Liyang City complained to our reporter that Guoqiang Galvanizing Factory has polluted the environment in recent years. The people have reported it to their superiors many times, but there is still no improvement. Reporter Witness: Serious Pollution After receiving the complaint, the reporter immediately drove to the area where the Guoqiang galvanizing factory in Shangxing Town is located to conduct an investigation. The factory covers an area of ??about 600 acres and stretches more than two kilometers from east to west. The east side of the factory is all standardized factory buildings, which are neat, clean and bright. However, when the reporter came to the northwest side of the factory, it was a different world. The northwest area of ??the factory is filled with smoke. The tall chimneys emit thick black smoke all the time. Dozens of old red-brick factory buildings emit smoke and dust of various colors one after another. The outer walls of the factory are also covered with traces of smoke and fire. , a few standardized factory buildings also emitted wisps of smoke from time to time, and a one-kilometer-long drainage ditch on the north side of the factory area was filled with brown sewage. (Picture: The entire factory is surrounded by smoke) The smoke and dust emitted from this area covered the sky and the sun. The path on the west side of the factory was completely shrouded in it. The visibility was often less than ten meters. The reporter saw that pedestrians covered their heads and covered their faces when passing by. Keep honking the horn and moving forward. In addition, the reporter also discovered that there are nearly 100 acres of land abandoned at the intersection of the east side of the factory and National Highway 104. According to villagers who come and go, it has been abandoned for at least three years. Villagers: Pollution has existed for many years. The reporter saw that in sharp contrast with the hot production site, the nearly two hundred acres of land on the west side of the factory were completely silent, with barren weeds everywhere, and nearly two acres of saplings in the middle. Completely dead, parts of the wasteland are even soaked in black ink. (Picture: Idle wasteland) The reporter visited more than a dozen local villagers. They said that six years ago, this land was fertile farmland because the Guoqiang Galvanizing Factory discharged toxic smoke and sewage, causing the crops to wither. , no harvest, but the People's Government of Shangxing Town did not punish the company or come to control it. Instead, it coordinated and rented this farmland to Guoqiang Galvanizing at a price of 500 yuan per mu per year. The nearby villagers were forced to relocate to solve the "worries" of Guoqiang's galvanizing pollution of the environment. A farmer in his 50s said angrily that the Shangxing Town Government is the government of Guoqiang Zinc, not the government of farmers. Since Guoqiang Zinc was established in 1998, it has expropriated land three times. The first land expropriation only compensated the young crop fee. , during the second land expropriation, the villagers were also forced to have no choice. The land had been forcibly taken away by the government. What could happen if they did not go to the village to sign and get money. The agreement stated that the compensation was 8,000 yuan per mu, but the actual amount received was less than 6,000 yuan. Has the interests of farmers been taken into consideration in such behavior, and is it in line with relevant national policies? Another villager interjected, asking why the government doesn't care about the large-scale pollution caused by Guoqiang and how long this phenomenon will continue. Many crops have been poisoned. How much harm will it do to the people? There are large tracts of land on the east and west sides of Guoqiang Galvanizing that have been abandoned for a long time. Why does the government turn a blind eye? Enterprise: A treatment plan has been formulated. When reporters came to Guoqiang Galvanizing Factory, Director Wu from the office acknowledged the fact that a large area of ??land on the west side of the factory had been abandoned for five years due to flue gas pollution, and then said that the company had formulated a flue gas control plan at the beginning of this year. The management plan and relevant documents produced by the company showed that a logistics transfer center is being planned to be built on the abandoned land on the east side of the factory area. Director Wu also emphasized that the company is the top two major taxpayers in Liyang City and has made outstanding contributions to local economic development. Without Guoqiang Galvanizing, Shangxing Town would have set back at least five years. A few days later, a written material came from Guoqiang Galvanizing Factory saying: 1. Environmental issues indicate that while our company is developing, it has been committed to environmental governance and the implementation and improvement of energy conservation and emission reduction work.

Our company is implementing comprehensive rectification of the furnace flue gas and other issues reported by your newspaper. A brief description is as follows: 1. At the end of 2011, our company requested Liyang Anshun Gas Company to implement coal-to-gas transformation in all furnaces (coal-to-gas transformation) Natural gas), the transformation of 7 production lines has been completed, and the remaining production lines will be fully transformed in 2013, by which time the furnace flue gas problem will be completely solved. 2. Carry out the transformation of automatic line furnace waste heat recovery and utilization. The waste heat in the furnace that is naturally lost is directed to the drying table to heat the workpiece (from room temperature to 100 degrees Celsius), reducing energy consumption and exhaust emissions. 3. Zero wastewater discharge transformation. By laying water recycling pipe networks, optimizing water treatment processes, and optimizing rainwater and sewage diversion pipe networks, we can achieve the recycling of all production wastewater and achieve zero wastewater discharge. 2. Explanation on the Land Problem Your newspaper reported that our company’s nearly 100 acres of land were abandoned. The actual situation is that more than 50 acres of land have been used as logistics storage yards. In order to meet the needs of market town construction, the remaining open space has been determined as commercial and residential land by the overall plan of Shangxing Town and controlled. Government: Pollution cannot be controlled. The reporter came to the Shangxing Town People's Government again. Wang Weidong, publicity committee member and director of the Economic and Trade Office, told reporters that the management of corporate pollution behavior is the responsibility of the environmental protection department. The town government has no power to impose penalties. As for the land involved, The problem is that due to the short time he took office, he did not understand the relevant situation and did not receive relevant complaints from the masses. Reporter's Notes: We cannot have a poisonous GDP. What we cannot understand is that the Shangxing Town Government has turned a blind eye to the public complaints regarding the obvious pollution and abandonment of Guoqiang Galvanizing. If it really does not receive complaints from the people, it can only It shows the people's helplessness and serious distrust of the local government. There is nothing wrong with developing township enterprises, and it is not terrible for enterprises to violate laws and regulations during development. What is terrible is that when faced with corporate violations, the government, instead of punishing and rectifying them, adopts an attitude of appeasement and connivance, completely disregarding the interests of the people. The economic contribution of enterprises to the government is not the reason and capital for their environmental pollution. The toxic elements in GDP must be eliminated. The Shangxing Town Government has the responsibility and obligation to supervise the pollution behavior of enterprises, publicize relevant laws and regulations to enterprises, guide and urge enterprises to carry out environmental protection, and strengthen environmental governance. The ultimate goal of economic development is to improve the living standards of the masses and seek benefits for the masses. Abandoning the interests of the masses and pursuing a toxic GDP is completely an administrative act that puts the cart before the horse and runs counter to the purpose of the country's economic development.