The People's Committee of HCM City has entrusted relevant units to support households affected by subsidence in Thanh Đa Canal - Photo plo.vn

HCM City — HCM City is supporting locals who are affected by subsidence on a section of Thanh Đa Canal Embankment, which has damaged 15 houses and created high risks of landslides.

Bình Thạnh District People's Committee has been instructed to carry out policies for emergency support programs for locals who have to relocate as a result of subsidence on the canal bank Thanh Đa, as recommended by the Commanding Committee for Civil Defence, Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue in HCM City.

Bình Thạnh also requested that HCM City be able to relocate affected locals to a resettlement apartment on 4 Phan Chu Trinh Street, where they can temporarily reside.

Bình Thạnh also asked HCM City to set aside resources to relocate residents in the emergency.

On June 22, The Management Centre of Waterway System (HCM City's Department of Transport) discovered that there were several locations of peeling bricks and small subsidence on a section of the embankment corridor of the Thanh Đa canal area.

After that, subsidence occurred at this section, affecting the corridor and the surrounding area.

The embankment corridor subsided about 1.26m, and it has been moved outwards, towards the canal about 1.89m. A small landslide occurred, covering about 168m along the embankment.

The landslide on Thanh Đa canal bank did not cause any injury, but it affected 15 houses, of which most had cracks in walls, which sank and leaned towards the canal, with possible risk of landslide.

Bình Thạnh has carried out the relocation of people and properties out of the area at risk of dangerous landslides, and put up barricades and warnings at dangerous places.

According to the HCM City's Department of Transport, there had been heavy rain for many days, soaking the ground behind the embankment (under the floor of houses) with water due to the lack of a drainage system behind the embankment, which played a role in causing that embankment section to lose stability. — VNS