Quang Ngai: Soldiers open roads to 5 isolated villages

On the morning of November 2, about 200 officers and soldiers of Division 10 (Army Corps 34) were present at the landslide area of ​​Ngoc Nang village, Ngoc Linh commune (Quang Ngai province) to open temporary roads leading to 5 isolated villages.

Soldiers of Division 10 cleared the way for people to pass.

Clip: 200 officers and soldiers open temporary roads leading to 5 isolated villages

The temporary road is about 1km long and wide enough for motorbikes to travel, helping people travel and live temporarily; in the long term, the locality will propose investing in a permanent bridge.

Harvesting cassava for the people before opening the road

At the scene, in an urgent working atmosphere, the working groups of Division 10 leveled and cleared the dirt and rocks to open the road; on steep hills where motor vehicles could not go, officers and soldiers used hoes and shovels to dig manually, while in flat areas, machines were mobilized to speed up the construction. When the route passed through the cassava fields, soldiers carefully pulled out the plants, put them in bags and gathered them to return to the people. Soldiers also organized to carry necessities supplied by functional units to the landslide site to support people in the isolated area.

Soldiers harvest cassava to help people

Lieutenant Colonel Khuat Xuan Truong, Deputy Division Commander of Division 10, said that the unit is both ensuring the safety of its forces and speeding up the progress of overcoming landslides to soon stabilize people's lives, activities and production.

Opening temporary roads leading to 5 isolated villages

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Man, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Quang Ngai , said that he is collecting food and necessities so that tomorrow, he will organize the third charity trip to Ngoc Linh commune to supply people in 5 isolated villages.

Leveling the land to make a temporary road

As reported, Ngoc Linh commune is a locality heavily affected by landslides, causing great damage to infrastructure and isolating about 400 households for many days now.

Mr. A Phuong (first), Secretary of the Party Committee of Ngoc Linh commune, was present to encourage officers and soldiers participating in road opening.

Leaders of commanding units work to open temporary roads leading to the village

From early morning, officers and soldiers of Division 10 marched to the landslide site to open a temporary road.

Quang Ngai: ThatXo Mountain Landslide, More Than 100 People Evacuated to Safety

Also on the morning of November 2, Mr. Truong Cong Lam, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tay Tra commune, Quang Ngai province, said that the ThatXo landslide had severely damaged the old Tay Tra district Political Training Center, and the locality had urgently evacuated 27 households in the danger zone.

Clip: ThatXo mountain landslide in Tay Tra commune, Quang Ngai province. By: XUAN KHOA - NGUYEN TRANG

Previously, at about 1 a.m. on October 31, ThatXo mountain suddenly collapsed. On November 1, the landslide continued with a serious level, about 900m³ of soil and rock continued to collapse, burying the office of the old Tay Tra district Political Training Center, and completely collapsing a house, directly affecting households living in the high-risk area.

ThatXo landslide severely damaged a political training center headquarters and a nearby house. Photo: Tay Tra Commune People's Committee

The office building was severely damaged by rocks and soil. Photo: People's Committee of Tay Tra Commune

Immediately after the incident, the People's Committee of Tay Tra commune urgently evacuated 27 households with more than 100 people out of the dangerous area, at the same time stretched ropes, put up warning signs and strictly prohibited people from approaching the landslide area to ensure the safety of life and property.

A house collapsed due to landslide. Photo: People's Committee of Tay Tra Commune

Households are temporarily housed at Tra Nga village Cultural House and Tay Tra district Cultural Center (old), and the locality supports essential food and provisions during this time.

Quang Ngai: Cay Sung bridge collapsed, separating 250 households

On the morning of November 2, Cay Sung bridge (Binh Minh commune, Quang Ngai province) suddenly collapsed, isolating 250 households.

Accordingly, at about 5:15 a.m. on November 2, the Cay Sung bridge in Phuoc An village, Binh Minh commune collapsed. At that time, there were a number of vehicles moving on the bridge, including one person who fell into the water but quickly swam to shore, while the motorbike has not been found yet.

Cay Sung Bridge collapsed on the morning of November 2.

Immediately after receiving the information, the Military Command of Binh Minh commune quickly arrived at the scene, put up warning ropes and organized a patrol to prohibit all vehicles from crossing the bridge to ensure safety.

Authorities were present to deploy safety measures.

The 12-meter-long, 5-meter-wide Cay Sung Bridge is the only bridge across the stream to the hamlets of Chau Long, Chau Binh and Chau Loc, in Phuoc An village, with about 250 households living there. The bridge collapse has isolated households in the hamlets above.

The People's Committee of Binh Minh commune is implementing temporary solutions as well as finding ways to ensure traffic by boat and canoe to transport food and essential necessities to isolated people.

NGUYEN TRANG - HUU PHUC

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/quang-ngai-bo-doi-mo-duong-vao-5-thon-bi-co-lap-post821297.html