Vietnam: Quang Ngai: Dead fish on Tra Khuc river

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May 19, 2010
Civil claim for fish, ducks died on Tra Khuc river
(AP) - 14 farmers raising ducks in Tinh Khe Commune, Son Tinh District has submitted applications for authorities to intervene, demanding Quang Ngai Sugar Corporation to compensate for damage caused by exhaust emissions as Tra Khuc River drop dead ducks on the River series.

According to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ngai province, 14 duck raising households have statistics of the extent of the damage her family, including the more vulnerable households is 48 million, the lowest is close to 16.5 million, total losses of up to 435.5 million.
Before that, in two days 3 and 4 / 5, the Tra Khuc River, approximately two tons of aquatic died of unknown causes. At the same time, 22 households raising ducks in two communes of Long and Tinh Khe grazing ducks in the river are also died in a series with about 5,000 the number of children.

After veterinary Quang Ngai Department sent the duck samples were tested for results, ducks died of Tra Khuc river and eating contaminated fish in the river died, not avian influenza H5N1 infection.

In meetings of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ngai, Quang Ngai province, Quang Ngai Sugar JSC acknowledged the discharge of 3000 cubic meters of waste water into the Tra Khuc River, but that the company has no policy that that is the problem of unwanted (cracks a hole in the waste water reservoirs).