Don't be subjective with landslides

Recently, due to the extreme effects of weather, prolonged heavy rains have caused serious landslides in Yen Lap district. According to forecasts, the weather will continue to be complicated, along with the low, mountainous midland terrain, being fragmented, and the dense system of rivers, lakes and streams, so the risk of landslides in the district is high, causing unpredictable dangers to the lives and property of people and the State.

Faced with that situation, with the motto "not being subjective or negligent with the risk of landslides", Yen Lap district continues to implement solutions to further improve proactiveness, forecasting capacity, and ability to respond to landslide risks.

Overcoming landslides in Trung Son commune in 2024.

Comrade Phan Thanh Phuong - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Yen Lap district informed: Since May, Yen Lap district has had over 120 landslides on many traffic routes, slopes into houses... separating many residential areas in Trung Son and Xuan An communes. The impact of the storm and the circulation of storm No. ³ alone has caused landslides of over 85,000m3 of earth and rock at 87 points, mainly in Trung Son commune with ⁵⁵ points (more than 52,000m3); the slope landslides directly affected 65 households, of which 34 households had to be relocated on the spot. Landslides in the area have caused property damage to people and the State of about 25 billion VND, including repair costs.

Immediately after the landslide occurred, the leaders of Yen Lap district directly inspected the landslide locations, arranged funds, directed localities and functional agencies to mobilize vehicles and forces on the spot to level, excavate, dredge, and handle landslides that caused traffic congestion, and support people to move through dangerous roads to ensure safety. At the same time, warning signs were placed, and officers were assigned to set up 24/7 checkpoints to remind people not to approach the landslide area, to avoid the risk of loss of life and property. Thanks to that, the landslide situation in the area was basically resolved, ensuring temporary traffic on the roads as well as stabilizing the lives, production, and activities of the people in the area.

Continuing to promote the motto of "proactive, not negligent, subjective", implementing well the "4 on-the-spot", Yen Lap has urgently ensured the safety of life, temporarily stabilizing the lives of people in Trung Son commune and 2 areas of Xuan An commune affected by landslides on Provincial Road 321. However, in recent days, although there has been no rain, due to the previous heavy rains lasting for many days, the soil structure has become loose and fragmented, and the terrain, slope, and geological factors have caused more cracks to appear, which can cause a high risk of landslides in some communes of the district.

Comrade Dinh Cong Toan - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Luong Son commune said: "At the location of Lat Xoan hill, Phu Son area, a crack appeared about 200m long, 20-40cm wide, about 150m away from the nearest household at the foot of the hill, 4 households with 16 people nearby are at risk of being directly affected if a landslide occurs. After detecting the crack, the commune organized a field inspection, reported to the district for instructions. Currently, the locality continues to proactively assign forces to monitor, be on duty, and supervise areas at risk of landslides, and report daily developments to superiors. In order to avoid being passive and surprised, the commune has developed plans, strengthened the disaster prevention and control team, and searched and rescued in residential areas, ensuring "4 on-site" to proactively evacuate according to plans when bad situations occur".

To proactively prevent and respond to the risk of landslides, ensure safety, and minimize damage to people and property, the State and Yen Lap district require agencies, units, and commune-level People's Committees to closely monitor disaster warning and forecast bulletins; promptly provide warning information to organizations and people in the area to proactively prevent and control; especially areas at risk of landslides, flooding, and flash floods; prepare forces, materials, and means on the spot to overcome incidents, ensure smooth traffic on main traffic routes...

Localities have cordoned off areas, put up warning signs to prevent accidents, assigned staff to be on duty 24/7 to monitor the situation, review and make a list of households in landslide areas, and implement plans to evacuate households to safe places to ensure life and property. For people, especially in areas with high risk of landslides when heavy rain occurs, it is necessary to proactively and strictly comply with the requests and instructions of local authorities to evacuate to safe places, avoiding unfortunate damages that may occur.

Le Oanh

Source: https://baophutho.vn/khong-chu-quan-voi-sat-lo-dat-220831.htm