Hundreds of landslides and subsidence locations due to drought in Ca Mau

TPO - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of Tran Van Thoi district (Ca Mau) said that due to the impact of the dry season and drought, subsidence and landslides have occurred in many places in the area. Preliminary estimates so far show that property and infrastructure damage is over 9 billion VND.

Tran Van Thoi District (Ca Mau) is divided into 3 production areas: Northern Ca Mau area produces according to the freshwater ecosystem of about 53,000 hectares, Southern Ca Mau area shifts towards growing one rice crop on shrimp farming land, specializing in shrimp of about 17,000 hectares and the marine economic zone.

In recent years, climate change has led to drought, water shortage, saltwater intrusion, landslides, and subsidence, affecting people's transportation and production works.

As of February 19, in 9 communes and towns in the freshwater area of ​​Tran Van Thoi district, there were 242 landslides and subsidence locations, with a total length of more than 7.3km, estimated damage of more than 9 billion VND.

Accordingly, the localities with the most subsidence and landslides are the communes of Khanh Hai with 105 locations; Tran Hoi and Khanh Binh both have 23 locations...

The dry season is forecast to last longer, most of the canals in the freshwater area of ​​Tran Van Thoi district have completely dried up, subsidence and landslides are continuing to occur with increasing scale and frequency.

A leader of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tran Van Thoi district said that there are currently over 80 dry canals in the area, leading to subsidence and landslides on many traffic routes. The number of landslides and subsidence is increasing every day.

The Co Xang - Tac Thu - Da Bac route (passing through Tran Van Thoi district) has some cracks adjacent to the road surface, with the risk of severe landslides and subsidence like in 2020 if there is no timely solution to prevent it.

According to the People's Committee of Tran Van Thoi district, the cause is due to drought, causing rapid evaporation of water, combined with pumping water for production, causing a large difference in height between the road surface and the water level, loss of counter-pressure, causing subsidence of the road and canal banks.

Secretary of Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee - Mr. Nguyen Tien Hai directed Tran Van Thoi district to cut, prune or fell large trees on the road at risk of subsidence to reduce the load on the ground, helping to reduce landslides.

To reduce the risk of landslides on the West Sea dike during the dry season, the dike management unit is reducing the permitted vehicle weight on this dike from 8 tons to 5 tons.

Tan Loc

Source: https://tienphong.vn/hang-tram-vi-tri-sat-lo-sut-lun-do-han-han-tai-ca-mau-post1613778.tpo