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Dien Bien TV - Every rainy season, people in the highland villages of Dien Bien have to struggle with the roads. The village roads are already steep and narrow, and when it rains, they become muddy and dangerous. The dirt roads to the highland villages in the rainy season are not only difficult but also pose unpredictable dangers.
The road from the center of Muong Nha commune, Dien Bien district to Ban village, Hoi Huong village, Khon Ken and Pu Hong commune, Dien Bien Dong district is about 20km long. This road is not too long but it is a dirt road so when it rains it becomes muddy and slippery. Heavy rains last for several months during the rainy season, causing water from small streams on high hills to flow down onto the road, carrying soil and rocks. The steep road surface is also eroded by water, creating large ditches. The more it rains, the more mushy the soil becomes and the more likely it is to sink. Motorbikes and cars pass by every day, the tire tracks plow into the road, creating long and deep ditches. During the rainy season, vehicles passing through this road are more miserable than walking. Motorbikes have to push while driving. Cars go a short distance and then get stuck in the ditches and get bogged down.
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Cuong's car got stuck in the mud while moving from Pu Hong commune, Dien Bien Dong district to Muong Nha commune, Dien Bien district. |
Mr. Nguyen Van Cuong, who lives in the center of Pu Hong commune, needs to go to Dien Bien to get goods. If he takes the Pu Hong - Phinh Giang road, it is further and has many landslides. The shortcut through Muong Nha commune, Dien Bien district is closer but is muddy and slippery. He knows the road is extremely difficult but he cannot help but go. It is only 20km but his car and some others have to travel 2-3 hours to reach Muong Nha commune. The car is stuck in the mud, now he and the drivers are struggling to find a way out of the deep ditch.
Although only about 6km from the commune center, Hoi Huong village is still a difficult village of Muong Nha commune. Over 60% of the households in the village are poor and near-poor. One of the reasons why the people of Hoi Huong village have not been able to develop their economy is because of the difficult roads, especially during the rainy season. The rainy season in the Northwest lasts 3-4 months, making it difficult for farmers in the village to grow crops and raise livestock to transport goods for sale. Traders are also reluctant to enter the village to buy agricultural products during this season. The lives of the people in the village face many difficulties due to the very bad roads, which pose many potential risks when traveling.
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| Slippery, muddy dirt roads are a "specialty" of the rainy season in remote communes and villages of Dien Bien province. |
Muong Nha has 4 extremely difficult highland villages, namely Hoi Huong, Khon Ken, Pha Lay, Pha Thanh, which do not have concrete roads. During the rainy season, it is very difficult to get to these villages. Anyone who has ever been to a highland village during the rainy season and had to go through steep, slippery, landslide-prone roads can fully understand the difficulties of the roads here. Sweating because of the hard roads, not wanting to travel because of the bad roads, but because of life and work, every rainy season, people, cadres, and teachers in the highlands still have to struggle with the roads.
Bordering Muong Nha commune is Na Tong commune. Na Tong also has 4 extremely difficult villages that do not have concrete roads leading to the village. Hin Phon village is only 4km from the center of Na Tong commune. The road to the village is both steep and narrow. On rainy days, this road is both muddy and slippery. To travel, the villagers have to find many ways: Find materials to support the road or make their own tools to attach to the wheels so that the vehicle can grip the road.
Mr. Mua A Nenh is making a special tool for his motorbike to be able to go on slippery and muddy roads. He cut, nailed and screwed an old tire in his own creative way. Mr. Nenh has tested and found that: In addition to making a chain to attach to the wheel, he can also use old tires to nail and cover the wheel, helping the motorbike to go safely on muddy and slippery roads.
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| The motorbike with homemade tires of Mr. Mua A Nenh, Na Tong commune, Dien Bien district is quite effective when traveling during the rainy season. |
Hin Phon village is not far from the commune center. In recent years, the villagers have been supported with some varieties of crops and livestock to develop the economy. With large gardens and upland fields, they are quite active in farming and raising livestock in the hope of earning more income. However, the roads are very difficult to travel in the rainy season, and bringing agricultural products from the fields to the main road and down to the commune for sale is very limited. The village road is narrow, steep and slippery, and traveling in the rainy season is extremely dangerous. The villagers of Hin Phon still remember the heartbreaking incident that happened on this road during the rainy season a few years ago.
In recent years, the rural road system in Dien Bien province has been gradually upgraded with investment from allocated State capital. However, due to the large area, complex terrain, and uneven population distribution, many highland villages still have no roads or electricity. Currently, the whole province has more than 9,600 km of roads, of which more than 4,000 km are rural roads. Each year, the province allocates hundreds of billions of VND from the budget, and at the same time mobilizes people to contribute to expanding and upgrading rural roads. However, up to now, the whole province still has hundreds of village roads that have not been upgraded or renovated. Most of these roads are located in remote, isolated, and border areas with complex terrain.
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| Highlanders have to risk their lives crossing streams on homemade rafts, which is extremely dangerous. |
Every rainy season, the dirt roads leading to the highland villages become muddy, slippery and slippery. In areas where rivers and streams divide, when the water level rises, people have to make rafts to cross the streams. To reach the village, travelers have to cross roads that are both difficult and arduous, fraught with danger and risk. Just recently, on September 2, a tragic accident occurred in Pu Nhi village, Pu Nhi commune, Dien Bien Dong district: A woman carrying goods through a narrow, winding road, passing a landslide, fell into a deep abyss, causing her death. Investing in spacious, safe concrete roads for travel is always the earnest wish of the people in the highland villages of Dien Bien./.
Minh Giang – Huy Long/DIENBIENTV.VN
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