Check flood spots before the rainy and stormy season

Hanoi Department of Construction has just requested its affiliated units to review and develop plans to overcome flooding before the rainy and stormy season, along with organizing appropriate traffic.

The Hanoi Department of Construction has just requested the Hanoi City Technical Infrastructure Management Center to coordinate with the Traffic Infrastructure Maintenance Board to study plans and solutions to overcome flooding and waterlogging points as well as have traffic organization plans for these black spots. This unit also needs to study and coordinate with consulting units to immediately deploy solutions applying science and technology to effectively handle flooding points during the rainy season of 2025.

Notably, the Department of Construction requested to speed up the implementation of the Project on investment in construction to prevent flooding for some points in the inner city districts and projects to repair the drainage system in the city managed by the Department of Construction and approved by the City People's Committee.

With rains of 50 - 70mm/h, there will be 11 flooded areas in Hanoi .

The Traffic Infrastructure Maintenance Board was assigned to coordinate with the Hanoi City Technical Infrastructure Management Center to review and unify solutions and plans for organizing traffic safety at flooded areas in the city.

It is known that Hanoi currently has 11 flooded areas with rainfall from 50mm/h to 70mm/h; 19 flooded areas with rainfall over 100mm/h). Currently, the city is implementing a number of projects such as: Drainage system, regulating lake, Vinh Thanh pumping station (Dong Anh district); upgrading and constructing Phuong Trach pumping station (Dong Anh district); improving the drainage system in the western area at Yen Nghia pumping station (Ha Dong district). Along with that, a series of projects are being prepared for investment such as the rainwater drainage system in the left basin of Nhue river, the drainage system of Ha Dong district in the right basin of Nhue river, Gia Thuong pumping station, regulating lake and Thuong Thanh canal (Long Bien district); localized flood prevention project for inner-city districts and some suburban districts.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Xa-hoi/ra-soat-cac-diem-ngap-lut-truoc-mua-mua-bao-i762234/