Dong Thap forecast to suffer more landslides this year
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is forecast to suffer more landslides along the Tien river, which cost more than 290ha of land together with 320 billion VND (13.91 million USD).
Dong Thap (VNA) – The MekongDelta province of Dong Thap is forecast to suffer more landslides along the Tienriver, which cost more than 290ha of land together with 320 billion VND (13.91million USD) used for relocating the displaced locals in 2005-2016.
Since early this year, threelandslide cases have hit Long Thuan commune, Hong Ngu district, stretching anarea of 1,630 sq.m with a length of 116m and a depth of 10-20m, damaging twofishing vessels and causing a loss of nearly 217 million VND (6,700 USD).
Since April, Binh Hoa village in BinhThanh commune, Thanh Binh district, has suffered four extremely seriouslandslides which have torn away 1,959 sq. m of land, part of which is only15-25m distant from National Highway 30.
Deputy Director of the provincialDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development Vo Thanh Ngoan attributed thedisaster to changing water flows and massive sand mining, fish farming, and housingconstruction along the riverbank.
Since 2016, 200 households have beenrelocated to safety areas, Ngoan said, adding that the province also directedrelevant units to move remaining households living in landslide-prone areas to newresidential clusters, accelerate the construction of landslide-proof works, andstrengthen supervision on sand mining, especially in areas hard hit by thedisaster.
The province also expects to receivemore government’s funding sourced from the National Target Programme to speedup evacuation and support ongoing response efforts, he said.
Currently, up to 45 communes, wardsand towns in 10 out of the locality’s 12 districts and cities have been hit bylandslides.-VNA
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