On the afternoon of August 11, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a field survey and had a working session on the situation of coastal erosion in the provinces of Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau.
Traveling by helicopter and car, the Prime Minister and his delegation checked the situation of coastal erosion in many areas such as Vinh Chau town of Soc Trang province; Nha Mat sea area and Ganh Hao river mouth of Bac Lieu province; marine areas: Hoc Nang, Vam Quay, Rach Goc in Ngoc Hien district, Dam Doi district; Dat Mui area of Ca Mau province.
Then, at the Hall of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee, the Prime Minister had a meeting with leaders of ministries, branches and leaders of provinces: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang.
The Prime Minister surveyed the coastal erosion situation in Soc Trang, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces by helicopter.
Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Tien Hai said that in the period 2011 - 2021, coastal erosion has lost land and protection forests with an area of about 5.250ha (equivalent to the average area of a commune in Ca province). Quickly). Currently, the total length of the riverbanks that are eroded and at risk of landslide is about 425/8.118km of rivers and canals, of which the riverbanks are particularly dangerous about 120km. Riverbank landslides have damaged nearly 28km of roads and hundreds of houses, potentially affecting an area of more than 3.700ha.
Prime Minister surveyed coastal erosion in Bac Lieu province (Nha Mat sea area and Ganh Hao estuary)
In Bac Lieu, Provincial Party Secretary - Lu Van Hung said that from 2015 to now, there have been 35 cases of landslides in the area. The landslides damaged 71 houses, affected 119 houses (cracks appeared); landslide length is nearly 1.700m. It is estimated that the damage caused by landslides is nearly 23 billion VND.
In 2022, Bac Lieu had 6 cases of landslides. However, in the first 7 months of 2023, Bac Lieu had 8 cases of riverbank and coastal erosion, nearly doubling compared to the same period in 2022 and previous years. The landslides collapsed and affected 119 houses, damaged thousands of hectares of aquaculture and caused collapse and damage to other structures.
In Soc Trang, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Lam Van Man said that since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 80 riverbank erosion sections about 1.800m long. The situation of sea dyke erosion is mainly in Vinh Chau town. In many places, the protective forest belt is no longer available, and the waves directly hit the dyke body, the risk of dyke breaking on high tide days is very high. In addition, the high tide of the Hau river caused many dike sections to overflow in Cu Lao Dung district.
Faced with the above situation, over the past time, the Government, ministries and central agencies have received the attention and support in implementing the Plan on prevention and control of riverbank and coastal erosion; Along with the efforts of the localities, the coastal anti-erosion embankment works, which have been fully funded and invested in, have been fully invested.
Preliminary statistics from 2016 up to now, the Government has supported the provinces of the Mekong Delta with 11.453 billion VND to overcome 190 landslides that directly affect people's safety. From 2015 up to now, 10.042ha of mangroves have been planted and restored with a total cost of 1.931 billion VND; It is expected that in the period of 2022 - 2025, 2.631ha of mangrove forests will continue to be planted. Organized to relocate 21.696 households out of landslide areas with a total support budget of 1.773 billion VND.
Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that from the beginning of the year until now, the situation of climate change and natural disasters has been very complicated in the world and in Vietnam, causing great damage to people and property. produce. Therefore, urgent and long-term solutions are needed.
After the visit, the Prime Minister had a meeting with leaders of ministries, branches and leaders of provinces: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang.
Assessing that the situation of erosion, riverbank and coastal erosion, and the impact of mangroves is serious in the Mekong Delta, especially in coastal provinces, the Prime Minister requested that, in the immediate future, localities must actively support stabilization. living standards for households in landslide-prone areas (temporary accommodation, resettlement).
Along with that, proactively relocate households in high-risk areas for landslides to avoid being passive and unexpectedly leading to loss of life when landslides occur. Continue to handle and overcome particularly dangerous landslide areas to ensure the safety of people and important infrastructure.
The Prime Minister asked the provinces to coordinate with relevant agencies to review and synthesize particularly dangerous landslide areas
The Prime Minister asked the provinces to coordinate with relevant agencies to review and summarize the areas where landslides are especially dangerous and really urgent, affecting people's lives and properties, and formulating specific projects. study, balance, allocate resources, propose competent authorities to consider and decide to implement projects that need to be done immediately.
The Prime Minister suggested relevant agencies to study fundamental, methodical and long-term strategic solutions such as dikes encroaching the sea in places with suitable conditions (both developing traffic, breaking waves and preventing landslides). erosion, erosion, while retaining alluvium to encroach on the sea).
It is expected that tomorrow, the Prime Minister will continue to conduct field surveys and work with Mekong Delta localities on this content.
PBT (according to Chinhphu.vn)
