Residents of the 'million dollar villa' area rush to clean up and overcome the flood

09/12/2024 | 12:09

TPO - The impact of storms and rains has caused Nam An Khanh Urban Area (Hoai Duc District) to be partially flooded for the past 3 days. All businesses had to close, focusing on pumping water to prevent flooding.

During the 3 days from September 9 to 11, heavy rains in Hanoi's inner city and surrounding areas caused severe flooding on many roads. In particular, Nam An Khanh Urban Area (Hoai Duc District) was partially flooded.

After yesterday's heavy rain, Tien Phong reporters noted on the morning of September 12 that the water here has receded quickly, and people can now move through the area.

All villas along Le Trong Tan Street were deeply flooded, water flooded many houses, causing flooding in the basement and first floor. Due to heavy flooding, Area A of Geleximco urban area had power cut for 2 days on the 10th and 11th.

As soon as the power was restored, many businesses had to use pumps to pump the water out. Locals said that the water inside the tunnel was about 2 meters deep, and if they used a small-capacity pump, it would take a whole day to drain the tunnel.

Since early morning, many households have had to hire people to pump water out so they can return to business and trade soon.

Mud and garbage flooded the internal roads.

People actively clean up to return to business soon.

Mr. Nguyen Khang (37 years old), who is renting a townhouse to run a restaurant in this urban area, said that to pump water out of the basement, he had to buy a high-capacity water pump. "The high-capacity pump has been in use since the evening of September 11. The money to buy oil for the pump to operate has cost more than 1 million, it's expensive but still very difficult!", Mr. Khang said.

In this urban area, the basements are designed lower than the road surface, so when it rains heavily for a long time, many families cover the doors with steel plates but the water still flows back in. For houses without pumps, the basements are almost completely flooded, and many properties are damaged.

The cellar door of some shops in Nam An Khanh Urban Area. Refrigerators, plastic boxes, and utensils for serving drinks are floating in the cellar.

According to regulations, when building an urban area, at least technical infrastructure and drainage must be synchronized. However, currently, many new urban areas in Hanoi are becoming "hot spots" for flooding and pollution.

Phung Linh

Source: https://tienphong.vn/nguoi-dan-khu-biet-thu-trieu-do-voi-va-don-dep-khac-phuc-mua-lu-post1672376.tpo