River floods remain at alarming levels, Hanoi is concerned about keeping dykes safe.

Many dike incidents occurred.

Due to the high water level of the Tich River, the Tich River embankment in many communes in Thach That district has been overflowed. Notably, in Dong Truc commune, a landslide of 5m of the Go Sui embankment was recorded.

In Thanh Oai district, on September 11, two landslides were recorded on the left bank of the Day dike. Of which, the landslide at location K31+680 to K31+760 is now stable, while the landslide at location K29+500 to K29+590 has occurred.

On the Nhue River system in Phu Xuyen district, the dike slope also collapsed downstream of Dong Tien village (Phuong Duc commune) with a length of 168m. Along with that, there was a situation of sliding and collapsing the dike slope downstream of Trung Lap village (Tri Trung commune) with a length of 70m.

The embankment breach is located within the Cong River in Soc Son district.

Also in Hong Minh commune (Phu Xuyen district), local authorities recorded a 200m long landslide on the upstream dike of Dong village; a 30m long landslide on the downstream dike of Van Tu commune and a 25m long crack on the concrete road on the bank of Nhue river.

Meanwhile, in Chuong My district, the impact of heavy rain has caused Go Khoam dike (My Luong commune) to have a long extrusion and erupting line about 100m long, posing a risk of being unsafe. On the Ta Tich dike section passing through Ngoc Liep commune (Quoc Oai district), there is also a phenomenon of cracks along the dike surface about 50m long, nearly 60cm deep.

Immediately after the dike incidents occurred, local authorities focused on mobilizing resources, human resources, and equipment to promptly handle the first hour. Currently, all landslides, cracks, and damage locations have been safely controlled.

District and commune leaders are responsible for dike safety.

Currently, the flood situation in Hanoi is very complicated. Monitoring data shows that the water levels of rivers are currently at high levels. While the Red River, Duong River, and Day River are at alert level 2 and continue to rise, the water levels of the Tich River, Bui River, Cau River, and Ca Lo River are still at alert level 3.

However, according to the assessment of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Hanoi City, the patrol and dyke guarding work in some localities is currently subjective and not strictly following regulations. This leads to unpredictable risks of dyke insecurity.

Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Hanoi City Nguyen Xuan Dai said that to ensure the safety of dykes, proactively respond to adverse developments of floods and rains, and minimize damage caused by natural disasters, on the morning of September 12, Hanoi City issued a document requesting districts, towns, and cities to strictly carry out patrolling and guarding work to protect dykes.

Accordingly, Hanoi City requested localities to organize forces, strengthen inspection, patrol, and guard the protection of dykes according to the provisions of the Law on Dykes and the guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Circular No. 01/2009/TT-BNN; promptly detect and handle natural disasters from the beginning according to the motto "4 on-site".

Localities focus on inspecting and reviewing all dike guard posts in the management area; fully prepare the necessary conditions to be able to organize permanent duty at the post. At the same time, review and supplement the equipment, books and professional and technical instructions for patrol and guard teams...

The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Hanoi City also requested that the leaders of the People's Committees of districts, towns and cities take full responsibility before the Hanoi People's Committee if there are incidents of dike safety loss due to not patrolling and guarding to protect the dikes according to the provisions of law.

 

To ensure the safety of the dykes and residential areas along the river, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Hanoi City requested that irrigation enterprises continue to strictly implement the directive not to pump water into the three rivers: Nhue, Bui, and Tich. The water level of these rivers is still above alert level 3, the risk of insecurity is still very high.

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