Yangzhou: "Resurrected" Sand and Gravel Factory Completely Closed

"Thanks to the inspection team, the sand and gravel factory was finally completely shut down." Looking at the cleared trucks, Cao Laohan, a villager in Jianhua Village, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City, sincerely praised, "Over the past few years, everyone has been reporting, and the TV station has also exposed it, but it can't be turned off.". Unexpectedly, when the inspection team came, it was really solved! In October

2022, the Fourth Inspection Group of the Provincial Party Committee was stationed in Hanjiang District of Yangzhou City to carry out inspection. During the visit to Jianhua Village, it was found that a sand and gravel factory in the village had problems such as dust and illegal occupation of agricultural land. The inspection team included the issue in the reform at the first time. After further investigation, the inspection team found that a large amount of sand piled up on the site of the sand and gravel factory had no dust control measures, and 17.08 mu of land used for piling up sand was agricultural land, including 6.9 mu of arable land. In March 2022, the Central Eco-environmental Protection Supervision Group handed over a letter requesting that the sand and gravel factory be shut down. However, after the end of the central environmental protection supervision, the sand and gravel plant is still piling up about 100000 tons of sand and soil, in addition to inventory, but also new sand and gravel raw materials. At the end of May and mid-September of the same year, the sand and gravel factory was cleaned up twice, but the person in charge of the sand and gravel factory refused to cooperate with the rectification on the grounds of operating losses.

"This is a serious irresponsibility for the resurgence of sand and gravel factories that should have been rectified and closed down." In response to this problem, the inspection team of the Provincial Party Committee and the second joint inspection team of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee urged Hanjiang District to promote the renovation. Hanjiang District's ecological environment, market supervision, natural resources and other departments cooperate with Chahe Street, after 15 days of continuous clearance, the problem has been fully rectified.

"The big problem has finally been solved, and the land of our common people has finally come back!" From the "resurgent" sand and gravel factory to the "lost and recovered" agricultural land, the villagers of Jianhua Village said happily that they had finally returned to the beautiful mountains and rivers after four years.

"Inspection is to focus on people's livelihood issues of general concern to the masses and take more targeted measures to promote the solution of the people's urgent expectations." Relevant comrades in charge of the Fourth Inspection Group of the Provincial Party Committee said.