The water of life is the "pain" of this life.
Green mountains and green waters, clear springs and clear springs, and the beautiful Pinghe River meanders through Pinghe Cave ... These were once places that villagers in Pinghe Township, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City were proud of. Now, all this has become a beautiful memory of Pinghe village people.
Today, the water of peace has become turbid, and thousands of peaceful people are drinking "bitter" water that is seriously polluted. I don't know when the day will end.
In mid-July, the reporter came to Xiangtuqiao Village in Pinghe. It's already evening, and the villager Yang Laotai has pumped half a bucket of water from the tap water to prepare for cooking. Mrs. Yang said that the water should not be used directly, but should be precipitated first. Sure enough, it didn't take long for a layer of yellow powder to accumulate at the bottom of the barrel. Mrs. Yang just poured the top layer of "clear water" into the pot.
Mrs. Yang told us helplessly that the tap water in her house has always been like this. Although sediment can be seen when it is not boiled, the water is still clear. Every time the water boils, it turns into the color of rice soup. In a few days, the bottom of the pot will be covered with white scale.
It turned out that Mrs. Yang and her neighbors went to the well less than 50 meters at the door to carry water. "So this well water is so big and so sweet. Now this water is terrible and poisonous, so I can only wash clothes. "
Local villagers told reporters that chickens and ducks are rarely fed here now. A sister-in-law surnamed Ou said that her family bought two batches of ducks this year and both died inexplicably. For the death of ducks, the villagers all think it is a water problem. Because this has never happened before.
Moreover, according to the villagers, in the past two years, there have been many cases of villagers' physical discomfort, such as kidney calculi, urinary calculi, gastric cancer, liver cancer and esophageal cancer, which have never happened before.
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The traveler followed the villagers down the Pinghe River. The river flows quietly. At every turn of the river, the speed of the river slows down obviously and the color of the river becomes different. The water in the upper river bend is milky white, close to Pinghe Village.
It turned dark green, and by the arch bridge in Pinghe Village, the water in the dam was already turbid. "It turns out that this water is a landscape after all." Yang Mingchun said. There used to be a lot of fish and shrimp in this river, but now there are hardly any. Occasionally discover
The loach doesn't grow up either.
It turned out to be a "disaster" caused by lead-zinc mines.
Pinghe Village is a village with a history of hundreds of years. It used to be the only way for Chenzhou and Rucheng, the important towns in southern Hunan.
Land. The locals call this place a street. There is an ancient well in the street with two shovels beside it. According to old Yang Man Ming Chun, this well has existed since his grandfather's generation. It is always clear and sweet, warm in winter and cool in summer. Down in turn
The three wellhead edges are all granite. A few years ago, villagers raised funds to rebuild ancient wells with cement sandstone, which made it more convenient for villagers to use water. The top wellhead is for villagers to carry water for drinking, while the village women gather in the two wells below.
Washing vegetables and clothes, so it has become the busiest place on the street every day.
However, in September of 200 1 year, the original clear Pinghe River was abnormal, and the water in the ancient well became turbid and bitter.
The villagers quickly reported to the relevant departments that the Yizhang County Environmental Protection Bureau subsequently tested the water quality. The results show that the rivers and wells here have been polluted, and the contents of lead and zinc in the water have seriously exceeded the standard.
In August, 2002, continuous heavy rains led to the peace being flooded again. Thousands of acres of rice fields on the banks of the Pinghe River were all soaked in the gray flood. After the flood receded, rice fields and soil were covered with a thick layer of black sand. Since then, Pinghe River has often had such colors: milky white and dark green.
drink
After using the polluted water, the villagers felt sick, and they realized that the water could not be drunk any more. The villagers said that after numerous consultations and with the consent of the leaders of Pinghe Township, Pinghe Village was established and solved.
"Water Pollution Council", and according to the requirements of the township party and government leaders to find water, make a good project plan. Until June 5438+ 10, 2003, when the tap water of other villages in Pinghe Township was connected one after another, Pinghe Village had been in contact with the township government because of the water source problem.
Fu pulled the hemp yarn. Until today, the drinking water problem in several villages in Pinghe Township has not been completely solved. Those who have labor at home can transport water three or four kilometers away, while those who have no labor at home can only drink polluted bitter water.
suffer
This time, not only the villagers in Pinghe Township were affected, but also Yangmeishan Town, which is more than 20 kilometers away from Pinghe Township. Tap water used to come from Pinghe River, but now it's gone. Thousands of residents in the town all carry water to drink, so that the town
There are professional water sellers in the world-because only two or three springs near Yangmeishan Town flow down from the mountain and are not polluted, there are spectacular scenes of queuing for water from morning till night every day.
Locals all know that this is caused by lead-zinc mines in northern Shaanxi.
exist
Under the guidance of local villagers, the reporter boarded the local agricultural transport vehicle, bypassed the 10-kilometer mountain road and came to the Pinghe lead-zinc mine area of Yizhang Xinyuan Company. Standing on the mountain, looking down, the endless mountains enclose peace in a package.
So the locals call it Pinghe Cave, and the location of lead-zinc mine is equivalent to the top of one side of the cave wall. When the reporter's agricultural transport vehicle struggled to climb over the ravine, the first thing that caught my eye was that it almost filled half the valley.
Blue-gray mud.
The driver told the reporter that this is the tailings dam of lead-zinc mine. A pipe in the distance is still leaking black paste, and the tailings piled nearby have exposed cracks.
The driver said that the tailings from rivers and wells at the foot of the mountain leaked from here. There are caves everywhere on Pinghe Mountain. There are more than a dozen caves under this tailings dam, which are connected with each other, and the caves are connected with the Milky Way. The peaceful water comes from the galaxy at the foot of the mountain. During the rainstorm and flood, it was mixed with tailings and spewed down.
Who is protecting "key environmental illegal enterprises"?
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According to local people, there are other rare metals besides lead, zinc and antimony. Since 1980s, Pinghe lead-zinc mine has been mined by individuals on a small scale, and the mining scale has increased in recent years.
It is getting bigger and bigger. From May of 20001year to now, the mine owner has been replaced by a private enterprise called Renda Company in Chenzhou. Because the environmental protection infrastructure here is seriously backward, environmental protection measures have not passed the "EIA".
Seeing the arrival of the reporter, Wang Baocheng, the mine manager, was disgusted. After repeatedly reading the reporter's documents, he proposed that he should have a letter of introduction from the Propaganda Department of Yizhang County Committee before he could be interviewed. He finally agreed to talk, and the result was random. In prevarication, mine manager Wang also admitted that "environmental protection standards are reaching" here. It shows that the mine has recently invested several million yuan to strengthen the tailings dam.
Later, when the reporter interviewed Yizhang County Environmental Protection Bureau, the director of Yizhang County Environmental Protection Bureau confirmed that the mine was listed as one of the 55 key environmental illegal enterprises by the State Environmental Protection Administration in July last year, and Premier Wen Jiabao had given instructions on the pollution problem of the mine. Environmental protection measures are still not up to standard.
manufacture
To the reporter's surprise, it is such a polluting enterprise that has seriously violated the law and brought disastrous consequences to the local people's production and life, but it has been listed for protection by the Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Chenzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau. In several offices of the mine,
The reporter didn't see the environmental protection certificate, but in April of 200 1, the brand of the key protection unit of legitimate rights and interests awarded by Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Chenzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau was particularly dazzling.
The relevant leaders of the Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection said in an interview that the listing at that time must have passed the audit, mainly depending on its land approval certificate. As for the failure of environmental protection, this is a problem urged by relevant functional departments. At that time, the purpose of listing was mainly to protect their legitimate rights and interests from infringement.
The mine manager of Wang Baocheng repeatedly stressed to reporters that they have invested hundreds of thousands of yuan in the mine to help each village build a pool and connect tap water to each villager's home.
Wang's so-called household tap water is what the reporter saw in the villagers' homes in Tuqiao Village. Not only is the tap water in Tuqiao village turbid, but sometimes it doesn't, and the situation in other villages is similar.
famous book
The reporter confirmed in many ways that the lead-zinc mine nominally contributed 400,000 yuan to the polluted village group in Pinghe Township, but in fact it was paid by materials. The county government allocated 50,000 yuan to Pinghe countryside in the name of disaster relief funds, and every villager contributed.
In addition, 400 yuan was raised. From 200 1 to today, it stands to reason that this drinking water project should also be completed. Why are the villagers still drinking poisonous well water today, or are they going to pick it three or four kilometers away?
What about water? The villagers agreed that it was the government's inaction.
When the reporter contacted Zhang Shi, secretary of the county party Committee of Yizhang County, he stressed that the local folk customs were not good, and the township party committees and government cadres tried their best to solve the drinking water problem. As for what kind of water the villagers are drinking now, he can't say clearly.
From the leader's mouth, the reporter learned that the local tax revenue of Yizhang lead-zinc mine is over one million every year.
while
The local villagers also calculated an account for the reporter: the mining of Pinghe lead-zinc mine not only seriously polluted the local drinking water source, but also caused direct losses to the local area, including at least the following aspects. First of all, only in 2002 due to tailings
The leakage from the dam and a large amount of tailings containing toxic heavy metals have seriously polluted at least 1500 mu of rice to be harvested in Pinghe township-the rice and grain department refused to buy it in those years, which directly harmed the local villagers.
The loss is nearly one million yuan, and the compensation given by the local government to the villagers is only ten or twenty yuan per mu. We must reduce the agricultural tax by 50%. Secondly, the local government and the Red Cross supported 88,000 kilograms of rice. and
Yes, more than 300 mu of land cannot be cultivated because of the thick tailings. Fourth, the villagers also invested nearly 654.38 million yuan for drinking water projects.
The impact of pollution on villagers' health is even more unpredictable. Judging from the current situation, the huge losses caused by pollution to the local area have to be "paid" by the villagers themselves.
Can beautiful scenery really only be a "distant memory" for peace-loving people?