Three Taichung city councilors on Monday urged the local Water Resource Bureau to step up development of subsurface streams as alternative water sources in the wake of a severe water shortage in the city in the first half of the year.
Taichung uses 1.4 million tonnes of water daily, with the Dajia River (大甲溪) and the Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭) each providing half that amount, said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taichung City Councilor Chiang Chao-kuo (江肇國), accompanied by two other DPP councilors, Lai Chia-wei (賴佳微) and Chang Chia-an (張家銨).
The bureau should closely monitor how much the 88 wells dug by
Taichung helps COVID-19 patients care for their pets
By Su Chin-feng, Kuo Hsuan-hsuan, Jonathan Chin and Kayleigh Mad / Staff reporters, with staff writers
The Taichung Agriculture Bureau has implemented measures to help care for quarantined or hospitalized people’s pets during the COVID-19 pandemic, the bureau said yesterday.
The comments came after a request for such measures from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taichung Councilor Chiang Chao-kuo (江肇國).
Taiwan has more pets than children under the age of 15, and Taichung residents own more than 200,000 pets, Chiang said.
Citing Council of Agriculture guidelines promulgated last year, pets are subject to the same home isolation and quarantine protocols as their owners, he said.
Traffic accidents a ‘hidden hazard’ for Taichung councilors
RUSHING TO EVENTS: Two councilors were struck while riding scooters and now need to use medical devices, while another’s car was hit at an intersection
By Su Meng-chuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Getting involved in traffic accidents has become a “hidden occupational hazard” for Taichung city councilors, with three councilors having been involved in accidents over the past six months, a source said on Sunday.
Councilors on average attend 20 events around the city each day, and as many as 30 events a day during busier periods, the source said, but added that they are still being criticized for “not caring enough about grassroots supporters.”