Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee Pham Duc An: Absolutely do not let people go hungry or lack medicine during floods.

DNO - In the face of prolonged heavy rain, on October 28, Chairman of the City People's Committee Pham Duc An inspected the communes of Viet An and Son Cam Ha and requested that functional forces absolutely not let people go hungry or lack medicine during the floods.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Pham Duc An (in the lead) inspects a landslide on Road DH614 in Viet An Commune. Photo: TRONG HUY

At the scene, the Chairman of the City People's Committee directed localities to use all available means to access and grasp the situation of flooded, isolated and cut-off areas. Forces need to proactively provide adequate food, necessities, and medicine, to prevent people from falling into hunger and lack of medicine.

Localities must mobilize local resources and strictly implement the "4 on-site" principle to respond to floods and landslides. "The prolonged rain has caused the hilly land to be saturated with water, and the risk of landslides is very high. Absolutely do not be subjective. When there are signs of landslides, people must be evacuated immediately to a safe place," the Chairman of the City People's Committee noted.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Pham Duc An inspects a potential landslide risk site in Viet An commune. Photo: TRONG HUY

The Chairman of the City People's Committee directed that there must be forces on standby, plans to evacuate people promptly, and not allow vehicles and people to pass through dangerous areas.

At the same time, communes proactively review and carefully assess the current situation of areas at risk of landslides to have timely treatment plans to avoid bad situations.

Landslide warning sign on route DH614. Photo: TRONG HUY

Chairman of the City People's Committee Pham Duc An requested localities to review and prioritize urgent projects and works to include them in investment programs and plans.

Relevant departments, branches and sectors make specific proposals to the city leaders to resolve the issue, ensuring effectiveness, timeliness and substance.

Leaders of Viet An commune said that due to the impact of prolonged heavy rain, the water level of rivers and streams flowing through the commune is rising rapidly, causing flooding and local isolation in villages.

Many routes DH1.HD, DH10.HD, DH13.HD... were deeply flooded. DT615 road was eroded, swept away downstream culverts, gouged into half of the road surface, 2 abutments of Ong Hoi bridge collapsed.

Chairman of the City People's Committee Pham Duc An (pointing) inspects the landslide site on the positive slope of the DH6 route. Photo: TRONG HUY

In the commune, there are 11 flooded spots due to low bridges and overflows causing traffic disruption. Many landslides appeared in the Da Den Pass area, and landslides in the villages of Nhat Dong, An Pho, An Lam, Nam An Son and Hoi Tuong.

At the inspection, the leaders of Viet An commune proposed that the city pay attention to supporting funding to buy a motorboat to serve natural disaster prevention and search and rescue work; invest in upgrading a number of traffic routes and bridge and culvert systems on low-lying routes; and soon invest in and complete the project to renovate and upgrade National Highway 14E.

Meanwhile, in Son Cam Ha commune, Tien Chau bridge (Hoi An village), Tray stream, Tai Thanh, bridges in villages 2, 3... were submerged due to rising floodwaters.

As of October 28, there have been no casualties in the commune; 3 houses had their walls collapsed by landslides.

The landslide that swept down Highway 6, Go Vang section (Son Cam Ha commune), has not been completely repaired due to the large volume. Photo: TRONG HUY

According to statistics, Son Cam Ha commune has 8 traffic routes with landslides. The most serious is the landslide on the slope of DH6 route, Go Vang section, with a volume of over 50,000m3 ^, which has not yet been repaired.

The leaders of Son Cam Ha commune proposed that the city consider supporting the locality to buy 2 generators to serve the command and control work during power outages and to overcome landslides on traffic routes and residential areas. The city is interested in investing in upgrading the DT614 route.

Source: https://baodanang.vn/chu-cich-ubnd-thanh-pho-da-nang-pham-duc-an-tuyet-doi-khong-de-nguoi-dan-thieu-doi-thieu-thuoc-trong-mua-lu-3308552.html