Due to the impact of storm No. 3 and heavy rains in recent days, flooding has occurred on the Thao River, damaging the property and crops of many households in Bac Son Commune, Tam Nong District. Particularly serious, the rising river water has caused landslides on the Thao River bank in Zone 18, threatening the property and lives of people.
Landslide location at area 18, Bac Son commune, Tam Nong district
At the landslide site, it is easy to observe the slide up to 50m, landslide 35m of fence, landslide deep in the land of a household and Vuc Long pagoda about 3.5m.
Leading us to the location where the floodwaters had eaten deep into the land, Mr. Le Ngoc Minh - representative of the household directly affected said: "My whole family is very worried and insecure now that the landslide is less than 10m from our house. If there is no timely treatment, the landslide will encroach deep into the residential land, threatening the lives and property of my family."
On the side of Vuc Long Pagoda, the landslide was close to the pagoda yard, causing many long cracks, up to 70cm deep, to appear on the yard, very dangerous.
Commune cadastral officers measure the depth of cracks in the yard of Vuc Long pagoda.
Through research, it is known that Bac Son commune was merged from three previous communes of Xuan Quang, Huong Nha and Vuc Truong. Since 2009, when the flood situation in the area became increasingly complicated, the province has invested in building embankments at some locations with high risk of landslides in the three communes. However, due to limited resources, the province only prioritizes handling areas that pose a direct threat to the safety of people and dike works.
According to the report, by the end of 2023, in Bac Son commune, there were 3 locations with landslides in areas 1 (old Xuan Quang commune), area 10 (old Huong Nha commune) and area 18 (old Vuc Truong commune, areas 1, 2, 3). In particular, the province invested in emergency embankment of about 700m in area 1 in 2018. However, in 2022, due to changes in the mainstream, about 2/3 of the embankment had subsided and drifted into the river. By May 2024, after a field inspection, the province once again approved the 300m stone embankment and 50m of riverbank embankment in this area. |
Officials and people take turns being on duty at the landslide site to respond promptly.
Meanwhile, nearly 700m of riverbank in zone 10 and nearly 800m of riverbank in zone 18 have not yet been treated with stone embankments or roof embankments, although the commune has repeatedly made comments and recommendations during voter meetings and reports to higher authorities, due to lack of funding.
When storm No. 3 and its aftermath caused flooding on the Thao River in recent days, riverbank erosion re-emerged at all three locations. In particular, 220m of embankment collapsed in area 1, affecting 5 households, of which 2 households had to be relocated; area 18 suffered severe erosion as mentioned above.
Comrade Phan Kim Trong - Chairman of Bac Son Commune People's Committee said: "As soon as we received the report from the people in area 18, the Commune's Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue as well as the Commune People's Committee went down to inspect, verify the situation and report to the District Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue; at the same time, we stretched ropes and put up warning signs in the landslide area, strictly prohibiting people from approaching this area. In addition, the commune has organized 3 shifts to work 24/7 at the Commune People's Committee and 2 landslide locations to ensure the lives and property of the people".
According to comrade Phan Kim Trong, the Commune People's Committee has sent a document to the District People's Committee, requesting urgent embankment of 2 landslide locations in area 1 with a length of 200m and area 18 with a length of 300m; hoping that the District People's Committee and the District Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue will study and propose to the province to consider embankment of the entire river bank in area 10 and area 18 or have drastic remedial measures so that people can feel secure in their daily life and production.
Phuong Thuy - Bao Thoa
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