Complete dredging the Sword Lake before 7/5

Hanoi City yesterday required the Department of Construction to instruct the parties responsible for dredging Sword Lake to speed up the work and complete the work before May 7.

Turtle tool in healing tank. Photo: PV.

In order to ensure the health of Ho Guom turtle during the treatment process when the summer starts, at the same time accelerate the completion of dredging Ho Guom mud, Hanoi city requires the Department of Construction to direct the Drainage and Sewerage Company. The Corporation invests in developing urban infrastructure concentrating forces and means to complete dredging of lakes.

Hanoi Water Supply Company also had to complete the water supply addition to the lake before April 29.The Department of Science and Technology in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development urgently makes shelter for turtle treatment tanks, regularly replacing, adding water to the tank, to ensure stable temperature does not affect Turtle Lake Sword.

Dr. Bui Quang Te, team leader of diagnosis and treatment of Sword Lake turtle said that the sores on his body have been healed, the turtles' health is stable, just waiting for the dredging work of the Sword Lake. , can bring the instrument back to the Sword Lake environment.

" If the tortoise is left too long in a captive environment, the tortoise will be domesticated. Therefore it is urgent to focus on dredging mud, clean up the lake's lake to bring the turtle to the natural environment. "Dr. Qi said.

The current method of dredging mud is using manual methods, mainly pumping lake water, dredging bottom mud with excavators. According to environmental experts, this is an unscientific measure, the lake ecosystem can be destroyed and cannot be recovered.

If the lake environment is broken, many experts worry that turtles will get sick again, or are not used to changing the environment too suddenly compared to the hundred-year-old lake ecosystem.

Currently, 4 enterprises have contributed funds to implement the treatment of Ho Guom turtle and Ho Guom environmental improvement , Vincom Joint Stock Company (VND 3 billion), Tasco Joint Stock Company (VND 1 billion), Phu Dien Commercial Construction Investment Joint Stock Company (VND 2 billion) and Hanoi General Export Import Joint Stock Company (VND 2 billion).