Recently, due to economic interests, illegal sand mining in the Hanjiang River Qianjiang segment ADS iron resurgence phenomenon, increasing sand mining ship, the peak of more than 40 vessels, a lot of sand mining ship as "three noes" of ships, there are significant Security risks. Illegal sand mining not only destroyed the Hanjiang River Waterway, seriously affecting navigation safety, and with the expansion of surface mining pit will cause collapse, bank collapse, endangering the safety of the Han River embankment.

     The joint enforcement of the Hanjiang River Channel Improvement Project, respectively eighth to twelve jobs waters were sorted out and cleared centrally sand vessels more than 30, the destruction of more than 10 vessels for sand mining operations, for publicity more than 60 copies.