Prime Minister directs to focus on overcoming landslide consequences in Lam Dong

Thủ tướng Chính phủ chỉ đạo tập trung khắc phục hậu quả sạt lở đất tại Lâm Đồng - Ảnh 1. — Landslide in Da Lat buried 2 people, injured several others, and damaged people's houses.

The content of the telegram is as follows:

In recent days, heavy rains have occurred in some localities in the Northern mountainous region and the Central Highlands, causing landslides and localized flash floods. Early in the morning of June 29, 2023, a landslide occurred in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, burying 02 people, injuring several others, and damaging people's houses. The Prime Minister sent his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.

To urgently overcome the consequences of the above landslide and proactively ensure the safety of people and infrastructure during the flood season, the Prime Minister requested Ministers, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the National Committee for Incident Response, Natural Disasters and Search and Rescue to focus on directing and proactively implementing the work of preventing, combating and mitigating damage caused by natural disasters, including:

1. The Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee continues to direct the quick overcoming of the consequences of the above-mentioned landslide; organize the treatment of the injured; visit, encourage and support the affected families, especially the families with victims; direct the provincial authorities to inspect, evaluate and determine the specific cause of the landslide to learn from experience and avoid similar landslides, and strictly handle violations in land management and construction activities (if any) in accordance with the provisions of law.

2. The Chairman of the People's Committee of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall direct the competent authorities and the disaster prevention and control forces at the grassroots level to proactively review, inspect, and promptly detect areas at risk of landslides when heavy rains last for a long time, especially residential areas, schools, headquarters of agencies, barracks, construction sites, and mines to proactively evacuate, relocate, and have plans to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

3. The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resources and Environment, Construction, Education and Training, Transport, Industry and Trade, National Defense, and Public Security shall proactively direct, inspect, and urge the implementation of natural disaster prevention and control work, ensuring safety for forces and works under their management responsibilities and according to assigned state management functions.

4. The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control closely monitors the natural disaster situation, proactively directs, inspects, and urges localities to deploy work to prevent, combat, overcome consequences, and limit damage caused by natural disasters.

5. The National Committee for Incident, Disaster Response and Search and Rescue closely monitors the situation of natural disasters and incidents, proactively directs and coordinates with ministries, branches and localities to deploy response, search and rescue work, ensuring timeliness and effectiveness./.

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