Soc Trang effectively implements disaster prevention and response work

In the past 5 years, in Soc Trang province, natural disasters have caused damage to houses, property and agricultural production, specifically: natural disasters have killed and injured 25 people; 1,230 houses collapsed and had their roofs blown off, 1,239 hectares of fruit trees were damaged, 46,107 hectares of rice, 939 hectares of vegetables, 601 hectares of aquatic products, 64,233m of riverbank, embankment, dyke, and sea dyke landslides, 177,811m of overflow. The province has supported to overcome the damage caused by natural disasters, with an amount of more than 22.3 billion VND.

Delegates attend the conference to review 5 years of implementing Directive No. 42-CT/TW, dated March 24, 2020 of the Central Party Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in the work of preventing, responding to, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters. Photo: THUY LIEU

To respond to and minimize damage caused by natural disasters, the province has developed response plans for each type. Every year, the province organizes a conference to summarize the work of natural disaster prevention, control and search and rescue to evaluate experiences and deploy a number of key tasks for the following year. Invest in repairing culverts, building dykes, dredging intra-field canals according to the approved plan; reinforce dykes in Cu Lao Dung area, sandbanks on Hau River; dredge canals to create fresh water sources to overcome drought and salinity in Thanh Tri, My Tu, Chau Thanh districts, Nga Nam town. Upgrade the dyke line of Ta - Huu river, Cu Lao Dung district; complete the construction of a new 40km solid dyke system, ensuring salt prevention and high tide protection in An Thanh Tay, An Thanh 2 communes, Cu Lao Dung district...

Delegates informed about the work of natural disaster prevention and control in localities, especially the work of responding to high tides, riverbank and coastal erosion; capital sources from all levels and sectors to support localities in reinforcing works to respond to natural disasters; the situation of riverbank and dyke erosion in localities along the Hau River is becoming more serious; the situation of saltwater intrusion; storms and high tides causing damage to agricultural production in localities in the province...

Comrade Vuong Quoc Nam praised and highly appreciated the departments, branches and localities for effectively implementing Directive No. 42-CT/TW in the province. Thereby, he requested the departments, branches and localities to continue to thoroughly implement Directive No. 42-CT/TW to raise people's awareness of natural disaster prevention, control and response; develop specific plans for types of natural disaster prevention and control, suitable to the characteristics of each locality; promptly notify and warn people of natural disasters. Proactively inspect and consolidate river and sea dykes in localities along the Hau River and embankments in low-lying localities; organize drills based on the development of natural disaster prevention and control plans; strengthen propaganda to raise people's awareness of natural disaster prevention and control. Assign the Department of Agriculture and Environment to coordinate with the standing agency for natural disaster prevention and control to advise the Provincial People's Committee and make recommendations to the Central Government on policies and mechanisms to support natural disaster prevention and control in the province...

THUY LIEU

Source: https://baosoctrang.org.vn/kinh-te/202504/soc-trang-trien-khai-tot-cong-tac-phong-ngua-ung-pho-thien-tai-b48263f/