Ba Diem Commune, Ho Chi Minh City urgently built sandbags to prevent high tides on Dang Cong Binh Street.

To urgently handle the situation of overflowing banks due to high tides, the People's Committee of Ba Diem commune (HCMC) has equipped materials, mobilized local forces to coordinate with functional units, and temporarily resolved the situation by building sandbags along the sidewalk of Dang Cong Binh street.

Militiamen unload sandbags from trucks to build along the sidewalk of Dang Cong Binh on the afternoon of November 3 - Photo: NGOC KHAI

On November 3, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Diem Commune (HCMC) - said that the commune had bought 2,000 bags of sand to prevent high tides on Dang Cong Binh Street.

Recorded by Tuoi Tre Online on On the same afternoon, dozens of people from the Ba Diem Commune Military Command, Ba Diem Commune's grassroots security force and employees of the Ho Chi Minh City Irrigation Service Exploitation and Management Company... were actively shoveling sand into bags and filling them along the side of Dang Cong Binh Street (in Hamlet 51, Ba Diem Commune).

A local resident said that in recent days, authorities have been actively building sandbags along Dang Cong Binh Street and are still doing so to prevent high tides from An Ha Canal from overflowing into people's homes.

A resident on Dang Cong Binh Street places furniture high up to avoid flooding due to high tides - Photo: NGOC KHAI

According to information from the People's Committee of Ba Diem commune, due to the influence of extreme weather phenomena, continuous heavy rains accompanied by high tides, and the impact of the overflow discharge of Dau Tieng lake, in Ba Diem commune from October 23 to October 27, along An Ha canal, water overflowed Dang Cong Binh street (from canal T10 - canal T9) causing severe flooding in hamlet 51, affecting people's lives and production, causing traffic insecurity.

Specifically, section 1 from T10 canal bridge to house number 12D, hamlet 51, length about 350m; section 2 from house number 26D - 33D, hamlet 51, length about 200m.

It is known that pumping station T9 of the Hoc Mon - Binh Chanh Irrigation Works Management and Exploitation Enterprise is undergoing maintenance and repair work so it cannot pump water to prevent flooding in the area.

To handle the urgent situation, the People's Committee of Ba Diem commune has provided materials and mobilized local forces to coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City Irrigation Service Management and Exploitation Company Limited to temporarily overcome the situation of overflowing banks caused by high tides by building sandbags along the sidewalk of Dang Cong Binh street.

Many people scooped sand into bags to build along the sidewalk of Dang Cong Binh Street - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Sandbags are loaded onto trucks and then transported to the site to prevent high tides - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Sandbags are neatly placed along Dang Cong Binh Street - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Members of the Ba Diem Commune Grassroots Security Force and employees of Ho Chi Minh City Irrigation Service Management and Exploitation Company Limited participate in sandbag construction. to prevent high tides - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Trucks were mobilized to transport sandbags to the site to build a dike to prevent high tides - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Many militia soldiers of the Ba Diem Commune Military Command participated in building sandbags to prevent high tides along Dang Cong Binh Street on the afternoon of November 3 - Photo: NGOC KHAI

Many sandbags are built along Dang Cong Binh Street to prevent high tides - Photo: NGOC KHAI

NGOC KHAI

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/xa-ba-diem-tp-hcm-khan-cap-dap-bao-cat-ngan-trieu-cuong-tren-duong-dang-cong-binh-20251103181229328.htm