A riverbank in Tay Yen commune, An Bien district, Kien Giang province suffering from severe erosion. (Photo: VNA)Kien Giang (VNA) - Riverand seaside erosion in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has become moreserious in recent years and greatly affected local residents.
Erosion has occurred in districtsincluding An Bien, An Minh, Hon Dat, Giong Rieng, U Minh Thuong, Chau Thanh,Giang Thanh and Rach Gia city.
The total river erosion length isabout 195km, of which 25km is very serious. Total seaside erosion is more than64km, with more than 30km very serious.
Nguyen Van Tam, Director of the provincialDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the Kim Quy rivulet mouthin Van Khanh commune, An Minh district, had been critically eroded by about300m.
Several houses were damaged dueto the erosion, while the electricity system also faces high risk becauseerosion has affected electric poles.
Tam said the department proposedthe provincial people’s committee to declare an urgent dangerous situation atthe Kim Quy rivulet mouth and issue expenses to repair the dyke system.
Mai Anh Nhin, Deputy Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee, said that to improve the situation, morethan 1 trillion VND (42.7 million USD) was needed.
Last year, the provincialPeople’s Committee asked the government to support the province with about 300billion VND (12.8 million USD) to improve serious erosion parts and theproposal was accepted.
The province received 172 billionVND (7.3 million USD) from the World Bank’s loans to build coastal protectionworks with length of 10km in An Minh district.
It received 50 billion VND (2.1million USD) from the State reserve budget to improve 2.5km of erosion in An Biendistrict, and 80 billion VND (3.4 million USD) from the fund for climatechange and green growth to deal with dangerous landslides in Hon Dat district.
Nhin said the province seesbuilding seaside protective works as an urgent task.-VNA
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