Develop a master plan to upgrade dikes and prevent floods in forests across the Bui River.

The City People's Committee directed the urgent completion of the master plan for investment in upgrading the dike system in the 2026-2030 period and solutions to prevent forest floods across the Bui River, ensuring safety against natural disasters and flood drainage.

The City People's Committee Office has just issued Notice No. 583/TB-VP dated September 16, 2025 on the Conclusion of Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen at the meeting to listen to the report on the Master Plan for investment in renovating and upgrading the dike system in the area and the plan to prevent and control floods in forests across the Bui River area.

According to the Notice, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to urgently complete the procedures for selecting a consulting unit to develop a Master Plan for investment in renovating and upgrading the dike system, ensuring safety against natural disasters, combining traffic and urban landscape. This will be the basis for directing implementation in the medium-term investment plan 2026-2030 and the following periods.

Hanoi People's Committee requested an assessment of the current status of dykes protecting residents in the Bui River basin. (Photo: TL)

The plan needs to report on each level of dike and dike route; assess the current status of the dike routes; results of investment in renovation and upgrading in the past; expected investment phases; total investment, capital sources; arranged in order of priority. Especially important dike routes such as the dikes of the Red River, Duong River, Da River, Day River and dikes protecting residents in the basins of the Bui River, Tich River, and My Ha River.

During the completion process, the Department of Agriculture and Environment must strictly implement the instructions stated in Notice No. 127/TB-VP and No. 408/TB-VP of the City People's Committee. At the same time, coordinate with the Department of Planning and Architecture, the Department of Construction, the Department of Finance and related units to review and determine the boundaries of the roads on the dike, ensuring the viewpoint of maximizing the cross-section, with a minimum of 2 lanes.

For the dike routes under ADB10 Project, the Department of Agriculture and Environment is assigned to review, advise, and report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to speed up progress, unify the guiding viewpoint, and be consistent with the traffic development planning.

Regarding flood prevention and control work in the Bui River area, the Department of Agriculture and Environment was assigned to research and select a consulting unit with rich experience in the field of irrigation to develop a comprehensive solution. The focus is on upgrading the dyke and irrigation system throughout the area, especially in Xuan Mai and Tran Phu communes - places that are often flooded.

Solutions that need to be focused on: afforestation; renovating, dredging, increasing the capacity of existing reservoirs, building more reservoirs to cut and reduce floods; renovating, dredging, expanding the Tich River, Bui River and current drainage axes; resettling households living in riverbeds and flooded areas to expand the channel, serve flood drainage, and ensure safety.

In addition, the City People's Committee requested to coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Ninh Binh province to study solutions to drain floodwaters from the Day River in the downstream area of ​​Ninh Binh province, in order to create favorable conditions for rapid drainage of floodwaters from the Bui River.

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/xay-dung-ke-hoach-tong-the-nang-cap-de-dieu-va-phong-chong-lu-rung-ngang-song-bui-216398.html