Recently, Badong Town of Santai County has increased its investment, organized personnel and machinery
to carry out dredging and treatment of the main rivers in the area under its jurisdiction,it is purposed to
prepare for flood control and drought relief work, and ensure smooth river channels.
Sujiahe River and Yejiahe River are the main rivers of Badong Town. The siltation of rivers has increasingly
affected the normal function of drainage, irrigation and water supply. In order to restore the normal
function of the river, Badong Town has dredged the rivers within its jurisdiction half a month ago. The
clean-up is mainly aimed at the centralized transportation of domestic garbage, weeds, silt and other
floating objects in the river. It will firstly used silt curtains for controlling silt, garbage and so on, and
then clean up it.
Through dredging work, it will not only deepened and widened the river, the river water become clear,
and the phenomenon of “dirty, chaotic, and poor” along the river has been greatly improved, and the
production conditions and living environment of the masses have been significantly improved. At the
same time, Badong Town requires villagers to do daily cleaning and maintenance work, consciously
maintain the river water environment, do not arbitrarily dump, and prevent littering into the river and
along the coast, and strive to achieve "no weeds and no floating objects on the river surface." There
is no obstacle in the river, no garbage on the river bank, and then create a clean, smooth and
beautiful living environment.