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Brisk Research for Improving Ecological Environment of River Taedong

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, October 2 (KCNA) -- Activities of research into improving ecological environment of the River Taedong have become brisk in the DPRK. A competent research team was organized at the Land Development Planning Institute under the Ministry of Land and Environment Conservation some time ago. It surveyed the present quality of water and environment at different points of the river and the influence of the surrounding environment on the quality of water, thus making it possible to take measures.
    Projects for developing areas along the river are being conducted extensively, which may decrease water volume of the river. The team confirmed in a scientific way the points to store water needed for changing water.
    In order to prevent water from being polluted by outflow of oil, the survey helps decide properly the positions and sizes of ports to be constructed and dispose industrial waste matters in the areas along the river.
    Also the research team drew a plan for distributing residential quarters in the river basin in the direction of decreasing the amount of sewage flowing into the river as much as possible.
    Besides, research activities to keep the clean environment of the river are being conducted in an extensive way. Such activities include removing the sources of pollutant deposition such as random digging of river beds and afforesting the river basin.