(HBO) – The last heavy raining time over a large area recently seriously affected the production and life of people in the province with a total damage value of nearly 1.296 billion VND. Particularly, floods have caused many areas of landslides, seriously threatening the lives of people living there.


The Road 445, May Giay hamlet, Dan Ha commune (Ky Son) is being severely slid down, a part of the road is sloping into Da River bank.

 

Heavy rains in the province have caused almost all types of natural disasters including landslides, flash floods, floods, serious destructing the infrastructure and causing great impacts on production and life of the local people. According to the summary from the Provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Victim Rescue, by the end of July, the total loss due to natural disasters, floods was estimated at 1,125.9 billion VND. The infrastructure, especially traffic and irrigation was seriously destroyed. Many roads are being deeply flooded; many roads are being covered with soil and stones, many roads are being disconnected, traffic is jammed. Particularly, the national highway is being slid down and damaged with the length of about 570 meters, the length of flood is about 1,700 meters, there are 17 landslide points causing traffic jams. The length of the provincial road being damaged is 980 meters, the length of the roads being submerged water is 6200 meters, the amount of soil and rocks being slid down is 210 thousand m3, dozens of works have been destroyed completely, nearly 84 landslides causes traffic jam. Many places are being cut off, flooded, slipping; they cannot be circulated, difficult to access, threatening the lives of people.

 

Due to heavy rains, many dam constructions and canals being damaged have to be repaired. The reservoirs are in the state of being discharged to spill. Particularly, the Lake 3/2 in Chieng Chau Commune, Mai Chau District turns out to have water absorbed into lines.

In terms of production, there are 3,550 hectares of rice, hundreds of hectares of vegetables and fruit trees, hundreds of cattle; nearly 1 thousand numbers of poultry were swept away due to flood.

Facing with the above situation, the provincial People's Committee drastically directed the functional branches and local authorities to actively mobilize forces and means to overcome the consequences of heavy rains and floods. They already organized for relocation of households located in the risk of landslides at Group 26, Dong Tien Ward; relocating the households from dangerous areas and cutting off the Road 445, the area of May Giay Hamlet, Dan Ha commune; relocating households in Tuan Dao commune (Lac Son) to safe places, etc. Local authorities are urgently reviewing dangerous areas; on duty and plugging warning signs, pulling wires of the dangerous zones, landslide places, flooded areas, banning traffic vehicles and people to move around; having relocation plans to move the local people out of the areas in danger of landslides, ensuring safety for people, etc.

 

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