The old tide sluice gate in District 12 broke during the highest tide of the year.

The incident occurred on the afternoon of November 6 at Ba Thon canal, formerly District 12 (HCMC). Authorities urgently repaired the broken sewer and worked overnight to reinforce it.

The broken tidal sluice gate area has been temporarily repaired - Photo: Contributor

On the evening of November 6, the area under the Ba Thon bridge box culvert connecting Thanh Loc 43 street with the right bank of the Saigon river (near Giao Khau communal house, old district 12, Ho Chi Minh City) suddenly had a large stream of water from the river overflowing due to a broken section of the culvert.

The incident occurred at a time when Ho Chi Minh City was experiencing what was forecast to be the highest tide of the year, causing river water to quickly flood into surrounding residential areas.

Mr. Huynh Van Sang - who lives near the scene - said that at about 6 p.m., the water started to overflow the banks, affecting his house. Immediately after that, the authorities arrived, used a pump to drain the water and urgently reinforced the broken area.

According to Tuoi Tre Online , the actual incident occurred at around 3pm the same day, when a part of the tide-prevention culvert at Ba Thon canal (Ward 55, An Phu Dong Ward, District 12 previously) broke. The damaged section had an area of ​​about ^7m2 .

Immediately afterwards, military forces along with irrigation and dike management units urgently arrived to fix the problem.

By about 7:00 p.m., the situation was basically under control.

Ba Thon bridge box culvert connects Thanh Loc 43 street with the right bank of Saigon river - Photo: TRI DUC

At the time of the incident, the tide was rising in many areas of Ho Chi Minh City such as Thanh Da, Nguyen Binh Street (old Nha Be), Van Tien Dung (old Binh Chanh District)...

According to the forecast bulletin on the morning of November 6, the peak water level on November 6 at 5:00 p.m. at Phu An station (Saigon River) will be 1.79 m (2 cm higher than the historical mark); Nha Be station (Dong Dien canal) will be 1.79 m at 4:30 p.m. (1 cm lower than the historical mark and 1 cm higher than the last tide).

At Thu Dau Mot station, it reached 1.89 - 1.9m at 6:30 p.m. (9 - 10cm higher than history, and 2 - 3cm higher than the previous peak tide).

A broken cement slab caused water to overflow onto the shore - Photo: TRI DUC

At 11:30 p.m. on November 6, workers were still present at the scene to fix the problem - Photo: TRI DUC

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/cong-ngan-trieu-o-quan-12-cu-bi-be-giua-dinh-trieu-cuong-cao-nhat-nam-20251106234212879.htm