Mr. Nguyen Phuong Nam, Deputy Director of Road Management Area 3 (Vietnam Road Administration), said that during the process of leveling the landslide section at Khanh Le Pass (on National Highway 27C through Son Thai Commune, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province), the construction unit discovered 5 more large rocks. These rocks are estimated to be about 300m3, blocking the road.
“These rocks are so large that they are interspersed with each other that the construction unit cannot bring in machinery to level and scoop out the mud and dirt. Therefore, the target of clearing the road by December 17 will be very difficult. The construction unit is drilling, chiseling to break up the rocks and using excavators to push the rocks out of the road surface. If the rocks are too hard to drill, the company will continue to use the blasting method,” said Mr. Nam.
Scene of rocks blocking National Highway 27C on Khanh Le Pass
Previously, on the morning of December 16, also at km43, the company discovered a rock weighing more than 400 tons blocking the pass. By the evening of the same day, the company had successfully used 18kg of explosives to destroy the rock. On the morning of December 15, due to prolonged heavy rain, a serious landslide occurred on National Highway 27C through Khanh Le Pass, causing more than 50,000m3 of soil and rock to spill onto the road.
The landslide area is located right at the elbow bend of National Highway 27C through Khanh Le Pass.
According to statistics from Khanh Hoa Road Construction and Management Joint Stock Company (road maintenance unit), there are 6 landslides on Khanh Le Pass. The company is making efforts to clear mud from the landslide point at km43 going up, trying to clear one-way traffic as soon as possible. At the beginning of the landslide point at km59, Lam Dong provincial authorities are also making efforts to clear and release the mud.
Previously, Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper reported that due to prolonged heavy rain, in the early morning of December 15, serious landslides occurred at many points on National Highway 27C, Khanh Le Pass. Thousands of cubic meters of soil and rocks spilled onto the road, paralyzing traffic on the Nha Trang - Da Lat route.
The landslide also left about 50 passenger cars, trucks, and cars stuck between the landslide sites. On the evening of December 15, Khanh Vinh District authorities brought nearly 60 people trapped at the Km43 landslide site to safety.
Lam Dong provincial authorities also made efforts to clear the road of rocks and soil to successfully rescue 13 passenger cars, 1 car, 1 truck with nearly 300 people to Da Lat city.
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