How do China enterprises deal with the water intake dispute in Lake Baikal?

It is reported that the residents of Irkutsk region near Lake Baikal recently launched a petition, demanding that the government stop the project of China enterprises to build bottled water factories near Lake Baikal on the grounds of "protecting the environment".

It is understood that Lake Baikal is a natural reservoir with 1/5 unfrozen fresh water in the world. Affected by dry weather and other factors, the water level of Lake Baikal was once close to the warning value at the beginning of 20 15, which made local residents particularly sensitive to "taking water" and Russians had a strong sense of protecting the ecological environment.

It is reported that the relevant documents provided by the company show that the company obtained the qualification of 2 million tons of Baikal water per year from the Water Conservancy Bureau of the Russian Federation at the end of October14, and acquired the ownership of 40 hectares of land in Buryatia * * * and Kabansk districts of China on October15. Di Gang said that the company plans to invest 654.38+06 billion rubles (about 654.38+09 billion yuan) to start the factory this year, and is currently carrying out scientific research and design work of the factory. After the completion of this stage, the water plant still needs to accept the strict environmental impact assessment of the Russian government before it can be officially started.

The person in charge of the project said that when 10 years ago, the residents of Irkutsk region on the north bank of Lake Baikal had similar petition activities, and the number of participants was not large. However, in the Republic of Buryatia on the south bank, the government and local residents are very supportive of this project. After the factory is completed, it can provide at least 400 jobs and considerable tax revenue for the local area.