The flood occurred on the Dong Nai River from July 27 until now, causing great damage to two localities, Tan Phu and Dinh Quan, especially in agricultural production. Localities are focusing on all solutions to overcome consequences after natural disasters.
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| Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Phi (right cover) inspects disaster prevention and control at Tan Phu district. Photo: B.Nguyen |
Dong Nai is at the peak of the rainy and stormy season. From state management agencies to people, continue to be proactive in preventing and minimizing damage caused by natural disasters.
* Timely support for affected people
According to the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (Search and Rescue), so far, in two districts of Tan Phu and Dinh Quan, 2 fish cages have been damaged with nearly 269 thousand tons of fish dead. escape; 2,4 ha of fish ponds were flooded and lost. Regarding crops, more than 60 hectares of rice, crops and fruit trees were flooded. In addition, 1 houses were flooded; landslides on some rural roads… Total damage is estimated at 79 billion VND.
| According to Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee VU VAN PHI, the damage that directly affects the people such as house collapse, roof speed... must be overcome quickly and support the affected people. |
Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of H.Dinh Quan Ngo Tan Tai said that from the beginning of the year, the district and the commanding committees for disaster prevention and control in communes have implemented all contents related to the work of disaster prevention and control. Every year, floods usually appear from September, October, this year comes earlier. The locality has 9 communes that raise rafts on Tri An lake, so they constantly update the situation of weather changes, flood discharge of hydroelectric plants inside and outside the province to proactively prevent and mitigate damage.
After the flood on the Dong Nai River, H. Dinh Quan organized the relocation of fish rafts to a safe area. Households whose houses collapsed and roofs fell off, the district provided timely support immediately after the incident. Regarding crops, Dinh Quan has two areas that are frequently flooded: fields in Gia Canh commune and Phu Hoa commune. Previously, H. Dinh Quan proposed to implement an inter-field flood drainage project with Phu Dien commune in Tan Phu district and advised people not to sow during the crop season.
Tan Phu district also immediately implemented many solutions to overcome consequences caused by natural disasters. Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of H.Tan Phu Pham Ngoc Hung said that when floods occur on the river, the authorities support fish farmers to pull the rafts close to the shore; Harvest suffocated fish and sell them to reduce damage. For crops, the area of perennial crops was flooded but not much damage, a part of the flooded rice area was harvested early. Results compared to the previous year, the damage is not too great. After three landslides occurred, the district checked and coordinated with the communes to handle, warn, and proactively relocate people to a safe area. In the coming time, the district will continue to closely monitor weather developments to proactively respond.
* Adaptation to natural disaster prevention and control
In addition to focusing on implementing solutions to overcome consequences after natural disasters, the Steering Committees of Disaster Prevention and Control from the province to the district and commune levels develop plans and response plans in the coming time when the rainy season peaks. flood.
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| Fish farming rafts in Phu Thinh and Tan Phu communes have been relocated to a safe area |
2 districts of Tan Phu, Dinh Quan continue to continuously update the situation of weather, river water, information to agencies, organizations and people in the riverside area, to proactively prevent. Continue to direct agencies and units that are on duty 24/7 to arrange forces and means to mobilize proactively to promptly respond to natural disaster situations. Directing the People's Committees of communes to actively check, make statistics, verify and support affected families according to regulations. Implement the motto "Four on the spot" and "Three ready"; review, update and identify areas at risk of floods, flash floods and landslides in order to develop specific plans in response to and relocation of people in an emergency.
In particular, propaganda on natural disaster prevention and control is carried out regularly in order to raise awareness and skills to respond to natural disasters of all levels of government and people. The organization of training, training and rehearsal of disaster response plans, especially at the grassroots level, is focused.
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Phi emphasized that Dong Nai is at the peak of the rainy season, especially with two localities, Tan Phu and Dinh Quan. Therefore, localities need to regularly monitor and check natural disaster prevention and control, warn about the situation of rain and flood in time to proactively respond. Organize the relocation of people from disaster areas to minimize loss of life and property.
In particular, it is necessary to create for people to adapt in natural disaster prevention and control, not to let the psychology of waiting and dependence. Specifically, in the summer-autumn rice crop, it is necessary to recommend the time of sowing and harvesting early to avoid floods. The situation of raft fish farming on Tri An lake should not be developed or expanded, it is necessary to have a solution to handle the arising farming area causing the risk of water pollution. The localities try to effectively implement the relocation and arrangement of cages according to the plan to ensure the safety of the rafts.
Binh Nguyen
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