Hanoi: Allows appointment of contractors for urgent flood prevention projects

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh requested to quickly clean up the environment and ensure people's lives. At the same time, allow the appointment of contractors for urgent disaster prevention projects.

On the afternoon of October 11, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee and Head of the City Civil Defense Command Tran Sy Thanh inspected and directed the flood and storm recovery in Da Phuc and Trung Gia communes.

Reporting at the inspection, Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Xuan Dai said that due to the impact of storm No. 11 and floods on rivers, from October 7 to now, the whole city has recorded 11,790 households (43,202 people) affected, of which Trung Gia commune has 4,042 households (16,417 people) and Da Phuc commune has 1,713 households (7,310 people). 3,751 households (19,714 people) have had to evacuate to a safe place.

Due to the impact of floods on the Cau River, many incidents occurred in the two communes. In Da Phuc commune, some embankments were eroded and tilted, about 150m of irrigation canal collapsed; 11.97km of dike and embankment outside the main dike were overflowed and flooded; the 7.5km section of the right dike of Cau (grade III dike) was overflowed; there was an erosion at location K22+700 and the phenomenon of subsidence and collapse of the dike roof in the area K25+740 - K25+830.

Trung Gia commune police help people harvest rice and stabilize their lives after floods.

In Trung Gia commune, the flood has partially eroded the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen railway line, about 20m long; overflowed 7km of Do Tan dike and 1km of Vong Am dike; at the same time, caused sluice gates to be jammed at some pumping stations such as: Tien Tao, Cam Ha, Tan Hung, Tang Long...

Currently, the water level of Cau River and Ca Lo River is receding. However, due to the dike being submerged for many days, the risk of an incident is still high. The Department of Agriculture and Environment has directed the Irrigation Sub-Department and functional units to continue to be on guard 24/24, regularly inspect, detect and promptly handle the phenomena of sloughing, culvert cracking, and dike slope collapse, ensuring the safety of the dike system.

In the face of the emergency, the City People's Committee has allocated 10 billion VND to each commune of Trung Gia and Da Phuc to prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of natural disasters. The Department of Agriculture and Environment and the Hanoi Irrigation Development Investment Company Limited have developed a drainage plan for the downstream areas of the two communes.

Reporting at the inspection, the representative of the Capital Command said that the Capital Command and the Ministry of National Defense had mobilized more than 2,100 officers and soldiers along with many special vehicles such as amphibious vehicles, large boats... to participate in the rescue. By 11:00 a.m. on October 11, in Trung Gia commune, there were still 2 villages flooded more than 1 meter deep. The Command used special vehicles and boats to bring necessities and food to support the people; at the same time, increased the number of soldiers to help the villages clean up the environment and disinfect after the flood.

Representatives of Trung Gia and Da Phuc communes also reported that this was the highest flood in history, many locations were submerged 1-2m deep, some places were completely isolated. Thanks to the coordination between the government, military forces, police and people, evacuation and relief work was deployed promptly, without causing human losses. Currently, the water is receding, local authorities are focusing on mobilizing forces to support people to overcome the environment, stabilize life and production.

At the meeting, the authorities of the two communes proposed that the city should soon invest in and upgrade the traffic, irrigation, dyke and drainage systems, especially the key dyke, embankment and culvert sections; direct the health and agricultural sectors to guide the prevention and control of post-flood epidemics and support social security policies for people in disaster areas.

Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh inspected the flood situation and directed the functional forces to study and upgrade the right dike of Cau Bridge. Photo: Hoang Son

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh highly appreciated the proactiveness of the authorities of Da Phuc and Trung Gia communes and localities across the city. He requested to immediately overcome the consequences of floods, ensure all aspects of people's lives, especially environmental sanitation, healthcare, and bring children back to school soon.

The leader of Hanoi City emphasized: "Regarding the list of urgent projects, the departments and branches will submit it to me for immediate signature using urgent procedures. We cannot let pumping stations and pumping station upgrades go to bidding, which takes a lot of time and takes a lot of time in the contractor selection process. The City will assess and decide which list is urgent and urgent to implement immediately. Following the procedure will not be completed until next year."

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Xa-hoi/ha-noi-cho-phep-chi-dinh-thau-cong-trinh-chong-lu-lut-cap-bach-i784361/