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Irrigation works in Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa need repairs

Nearly 900 irrigation systems in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will be reinforced in preparation for the upcoming flood season.
Irrigation works in Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa need repairs ảnh 1A weir in Dien Bien province (Photo: VNA)

Dien Bien (VNA) - Nearly 900irrigation systems in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will bereinforced in preparation for the upcoming flood season.

Among those systems are 13 reservoirs, twoelectrical pumping stations and more than 880 spillways and temporary dams. Twoother reservoirs are under construction, including Ang Cang in Muong Ang districtand Nam Khau Hu in Dien Bien district. Damaged constructions pose severethreats to people who live in downstream or riverside areas.

According to Nguyen Van Dinh, head of theDepartment of Water Management, the agency tasked reservoir owners to evaluatethe construction’s conditions to draw up plans of flood prevention andresilience. Forest protection and better communication between reservoir ownersand local authorities were stressed as essential.

Nguyen Van Duyen, Director of Dien Bien IrrigationManagement Company, said that since April 2018, the company had inspected 12reservoirs and dams that it reinforced for extreme weather events.

Dien Bien province has several irrigation systemslocated in isolated areas which pose difficulties for search and rescueoperations. Moreover, some reservoirs such as Ban Ban, Na Huom and Sai Luongare inaccessible in the flood season.

Meanwhile, the breakwater project along Quang Thaibeach in the central province of Thanh Hoa is being postponed, exposing localsto danger when the storm season approaches.

The project, which was invested with more than 180billion VND (7.9 million USD) and was expected to be completed this month, iscurrently halted due to slow disbursement.

At the same time, the casuarina forest playing therole of a natural breakwater was completely felled, letting waves directly hitthe shore.

Pham Trung Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Quang Thai communePeople’s Committee, said that if a powerful storm hit the area, 300 localfamilies would face severe damage.

Because of the postponed project, the landscape isnegatively affected, fishing boats have no place to be moored and local fishingis ruined, he said.-VNA
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