Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Muoi quickly reported on the impact and damage caused by natural disasters from November 17-21. In recent days, the province has had heavy and prolonged rains, causing many losses in human lives and property, especially in Da Lat, Don Duong, Duc Trong, and Lam Ha areas. Floods have killed 4 people, left 1 missing, and injured 1 person; more than 1,100 households have been affected in terms of houses and property, concentrated in the communes of D'ran, Ka Do, Hiep Thanh, Don Duong, Ta Nang, Ninh Gia, Cat Tien, etc. As soon as the floodwaters rose, local authorities mobilized forces to evacuate people and property to safe places, minimizing damage.
Floods also caused heavy damage to agricultural , aquatic and livestock production, with about 1,640 hectares of crops, mainly flowers, damaged or lost. In particular, traffic and urban infrastructure were seriously affected, many gateway passes leading to Da Lat (the administrative center of Lam Dong) such as Prenn, Mimosa, D'ran were severely eroded, and traffic had to be temporarily suspended to ensure safety. Many inter-commune and inter-village roads in localities such as Da Lat, Don Duong, Lam Ha, Duc Trong were also damaged. Preliminary statistics show that floods in recent days in Lam Dong have caused over 1,000 billion VND in damage. Authorities continue to review and assess the extent of damage in the areas.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung shared with the local authorities and people of Lam Dong province about the damage caused by unusual floods in recent days. The Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the initiative of leaders, agencies and localities in preventing and evacuating assets to help reduce damage to people. In the coming time, floods will continue to develop complicatedly, Lam Dong province needs to take measures to count landslide risk points and dangerous flood areas to proactively evacuate people and assets to ensure safety. Lam Dong needs to review hydroelectric and irrigation dams that are at risk of being unsafe; remind reservoir owners to rectify flood discharge regulation during the rainy season to minimize damage to people in downstream areas and must have responsibility, solutions to overcome and support damage to people affected by flood discharge.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested Lam Dong province to promptly deploy plans to overcome damage caused by floods, especially to the transport infrastructure system, including key mountain passes such as Prenn, Mimosa, D'ran... The province needs to study and increase the level of damage support for people to help them stabilize their lives soon after natural disasters.
"The Central Government has supported 200 billion VND for Lam Dong, the locality needs to disburse support to the people as soon as possible, this is the number one priority. Within a week, Lam Dong must have a plan, quickly allocate support money and rice to people who have lost their houses, agricultural production, crops and livestock, if the locality does not disburse in time, it will have to take responsibility", Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung emphasized.
On the same morning, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung and his delegation inspected the actual work of overcoming the consequences of the flood and encouraged the people in D'ran commune, which had just suffered a historic flood due to the discharge of water from the Da Nhim hydropower plant. The Deputy Prime Minister also inspected the current status of the Prenn and Mimosa passes, which are currently closed to two-way traffic due to severe landslides in the past four days. On this occasion, the Deputy Prime Minister presented 200 billion VND from the Government to support Lam Dong province in overcoming the consequences of the flood.
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