More than 2,000 workdays supporting the reinforcement of eroded coastlines

Army joins in reinforcing coastal erosion

On October 26, we were present at the coast of Phu Thuan commune and witnessed more than 150 officers and soldiers, including regular soldiers, militia and self-defense forces, coordinating with local people, along with many excavators and dump trucks, digging and filling thousands of sandbags, and reinforcing coastal erosion in Thuan An ward ( Hue city) and Phu Thuan commune (Phu Vang district).

Private First Class Hoang Duy Phong, a soldier of Company 1, Battalion 1, Regiment 6, Provincial Military Command shared: Despite the unfavorable weather, with rain and big waves, our brothers coordinated with more than 300 people from various forces and local people to urgently overcome the coastal erosion incident. We are very happy to contribute a part of our youth to repel and mitigate natural disasters for the people. We will continue to support the locality until we successfully complete the task of reinforcing the safety of the coast.

Due to the consecutive impacts of natural disasters, heavy rains, strong winds at sea, big waves, high tides, and rising water levels, serious erosion has occurred along the coastline of about 1km, 70-100m inland. The severely eroded section, about 300m long, is located on the border between Phu Thuan commune and Thuan An ward, destroying the sidewalk and knocking down rows of poplar trees along the internal road of the beach area. The area of ​​erosion continues to grow rapidly, expanding in length and deepening inland, threatening to wash away the internal road of the beach and posing a great risk of affecting people's businesses.

There have been more than 2,000 working days to support coastal erosion recovery by the provincial armed forces.

Colonel Phan Thang, Commander of the Provincial Military Command, said that in the past 4 days, the provincial armed forces have coordinated with local forces in villages, teams and teams to mobilize more than 2,000 working days to reinforce coastal erosion at the beaches of Thuan An and Phu Thuan to minimize property damage to the people. The forces have used thousands of meters of filter cloth and thousands of cubic meters of soil and rock to fix the landslides. Currently, the forces are continuing to coordinate to reinforce at the vulnerable points, preventing deep erosion to protect infrastructure works as well as ensure the safety of the people.

Faced with the complicated developments of storm No. 6, the provincial armed forces have thoroughly grasped and strictly implemented the telegram of the Prime Minister and the directives of the Ministry of National Defense , Military Region 4, Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee... Proactively prepare forces, means, facilities, equipment, food and provisions to concentrate on key and dangerous areas. Direct units to coordinate with the Border Guard force and local departments, agencies and forces to call on ships to take shelter, avoid and evacuate people.

Ready to help people

Check technical equipment ready to respond in case of incident

These days, officers and soldiers at the Water Transport Team, Logistics - Engineering Department, Provincial Military Command actively checked the technical coefficients of ships, boats, canoes, facilities, and equipment serving the work of preventing storm No. 6. In addition to periodic inspections, the communication system and engines were checked, preserved, maintained, repaired, and replaced to ensure the best results in storm and flood prevention activities.

Major Tran Huu Thuy, Squad Leader of the Water Transport Squad, shared: To prepare well for storm prevention work No. 6, the unit has now prepared enough food, reserve food, gasoline, and preserved and maintained boats ready for storm and flood prevention tasks with good results.

To respond to natural disasters, the Provincial Military Command has advised the Provincial People's Committee to direct localities to strengthen the Command Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue, review, adjust and supplement plans, prepare forces and means according to the "4 on-site" motto. Up to this point, the Provincial Military Command, the Military Commands of 9 districts, towns and cities and affiliated units have coordinated with military units stationed in the area, especially directing the Military Commands of communes, wards and towns to propose plans to prepare forces and means.

Boats are in position ready to help people.

In particular, focusing on plans to prevent and combat flooding, prune and clear fallen trees to cope with heavy rain and strong winds; reinforce houses, structures, and signs, ensuring the safety of people, property, and production activities of the people; ensuring the safety of infrastructure systems, dike works, organizing forces to reinforce dike systems, river banks, and eroded coastlines...

“The Provincial Military Command directs agencies and units to strictly maintain the regime of natural disaster prevention, rescue and relief, ensuring the number of personnel participating in 24/7 duty; at the same time, carefully prepare human resources and means to be ready to participate in overcoming incidents caused by storms. Monitor and grasp the developments of the storm to inform, propagate, and mobilize people to implement measures to prevent and combat storms, protect the safety of people and property; limit people from going out during storms and heavy rains; instruct people on skills to cope with storms, lightning, heavy rains, floods, flash floods, landslides and localized inundation,” affirmed Phan Thang, Commander of the Provincial Military Command.

T. Binh-CTV