Drivers struggle to deal with flooding caused by heavy rains in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) -Research Laboratories of Saigon High-Tech Park has begun installing a floodwarning system at flooding hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to alert cityresidents and suggest alternate traffic routes.
Nguyen Tuan Khoa,representative of Research Laboratories and head of the flood warning systemproject, said that in the initial stage, 15 flood warning data collectionstations will be installed in eight districts, including district 9, Thu Duc, GoVap and Binh Chanh.
The Research Laboratoriesplans to install 30-50 such stations by the end of this year and 100 stationscovering flooded areas throughout the city in the long term, he said.
The flood warning datacollection stations are installed in drainage pipes. A pressure sensor placedin the station collects data on the change of the water level in the sewer andtransfers the data to central software for processing.
Information regardingflooding due to rain and tide will be posted on a website and software formobile devices.
Users can download softwareapplications to their phones or access the website to get a sense of the locationand level of flooding and find another route to avoid the flooding.
A software application willbe available on iOS and Android store by the middle of this month.
The pressure sensor chipswere researched, designed and manufactured by Research Laboratories, while theflooding warning data collection stations are powered by solar energy, Khoasaid.
Many streets in HCM City,including Binh Thanh district’s Nguyen Huu Canh Street; Thu Duc district’s DuongVan Cam Street; Tan Phu district’s Truong Vinh Ky Street; Go Vap district’s LeDuc Tho Street; and district 7’s Huynh Tan Phat Street, are frequentlysubmerged in water caused by heavy rain or high tides, making it hard forresidents to travel on water-clogged streets.
The city plans to resolveproblems at more than 200 flood hotspots over the next three years.-VNA
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