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Beijing plans to tackle pollution in rural areas



BEIJING: Beijing authorities have started new plans to improve supervision of the rural environment by fighting contamination of pesticides and fertilizers, international media reported.

An action plan has specified 20 tasks by 2020 in the protection of drinking water sources in rural areas including installing sewage and garbage processing facilities, scaling back the use of pesticides, fertilizers and agricultural use of water and promoting public awareness of environmental protection in the countryside.

 

Publish Date : 05 April 2019 20:45 PM

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