Chapter 1762: Unable to Suppress Anger

After Qin Feng finished his meal in the cafeteria, he walked into the meeting room.

All the people attending the meeting have arrived in the conference room.

After Qin Feng sat down, he first looked at Wu Bo, the Party Secretary of Songshan Town: "Wu Bo, please report the current situation of the people in Shuitou Village first."

"Yes, there is no problem with the livelihood security of the people in Shuitou Village at present."

"Let me first report on the work we have done recently to ensure the livelihood of the people. First, because the water source is polluted, the rice and some vegetables grown in the homes of the people are all contaminated and cannot be eaten."

"Considering that the people would be reluctant to discard the grain, and that eating it would cause further damage to their bodies, we implemented a policy of exchanging grain for rice for the people."

"We go door to door to buy the contaminated paddy from the people and replace it with rice. This work has been completed, so the people have no problem with food."

"The second is the issue of water, which includes both drinking water and domestic water. For domestic water, we temporarily set up a temporary water pipeline from a mountain spring in the back mountain of Shuitou Village, one for each village group, which can fully guarantee the daily water supply for the people."

"For drinking water, we have reached a purchasing agreement with a drinking water station in the town. The station sends a car to deliver bottled water to the people of Shuitou Village every day. Each household gets one bucket of water every day, which is enough to meet the drinking water needs of the people. The funds for purchasing bottled water are also advanced by our town government."

"At the same time, we also did publicity work, explaining the severity of the pollution and strictly forbidding people to use water from rivers and wells. Because the land was also polluted, we also strictly ordered people to continue agricultural production in the fields."

"In addition, according to the instructions of the county head, we have already provided minimum living allowance to all the villagers in Shuitou Village. At the same time, we are cooperating with the county government to compensate the local people for their initial economic losses. This work is currently underway."

"In addition, we have set up a special working group to follow up and take care of the sick villagers."

"Eight villagers had cancer before, and after the village-wide physical examination, we found that another villager in Ximing had cancer, all in the early stages."

"All medical expenses were paid by the county treasury, and our town sent someone to take care of you."

"At present, the lives of the people in Shuitou Village can be guaranteed, but Secretary, this is not a long-term solution."

"If water pollution and land pollution cannot be controlled, the people will not be able to carry out agricultural production and will lose their source of livelihood. In the long run, overall relocation may still be necessary," Wu Bo reported one by one.

"We won't consider this for now. Now is not the time to discuss this matter, but we can organize a team of experts to study this issue. If it is confirmed that the land and water quality cannot be improved or it is difficult to improve, relocating the entire village is necessary."

"But at present, our focus should still be on protecting the lives of ordinary people and holding Zhongyang Chemical Factory accountable and seeking compensation."

"What is the mood of the people?" Qin Feng asked.

"The people were very emotional and angry. They were angry mainly because they knew that the villagers got cancer because of the central chemical plant. The second reason was that they learned that the 11 villagers who went to seek justice had not been released yet."

"The villagers have tried many times to organize people to go to Tai'an County to rescue people and seek revenge, but they were stopped by the old branch secretary. The old branch secretary told everyone to trust the government and you, the secretary."

Wu Bo seemed to be hesitant to speak at this point.

"Just say whatever you want to say. This is a meeting, don't hesitate here." Qin Feng said.

"Yes, Secretary, County Magistrate, I think that if we can't find a way to rescue the eleven villagers and hold the Zhongyang Chemical Factory accountable and seek compensation as soon as possible, it may be difficult to suppress the anger of the Shuitou villagers."

"The old branch secretary has suppressed it these times, but if it is delayed any further, the old branch secretary won't be able to suppress it, and our town won't be able to do anything about it. Things will only be more serious than the first time." Wu Bo told the truth.

The reason why he spoke so bluntly at today's meeting was because he had no other choice.

He knows better than anyone how tough the villagers of Shuitou Village are.

Qin Feng lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and did not respond to Wu Bo's words. Instead, he looked at the director of the Environmental Protection Bureau and the director of the county hospital and asked them to report the situation separately.

After listening to all the reports and understanding all the information, Qin Feng asked the others to leave first, leaving only Cao Changsheng, Deng Yong, Du Bing and Zhang Yuguang.

Five people sat in the conference room. Qin Feng did not speak immediately, but smoked with a heavy face.

"Everyone knows the current situation. I don't need to tell you how urgent it is. Wu Bo only said that if the anger of the villagers in Shuitou Village cannot be suppressed, there will be big problems. In fact, there is another problem."

"If we delay any further, the people will think that our county party committee and county government are incompetent and that we don't take the lives of the people seriously at all." Qin Feng said calmly.