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| A sinking house with cracks in Thái Thịnh Commune, Hòa Bình City. — VNA/VNS Photo |
Viet Nam News
HÒA BÌNH — Chairman of Hòa Bình Province’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Quang has ordered authorities of Kỳ Sơn District to arrange a resettlement area for residents whose houses have been vulnerable to landslides on Road 445.
The provincial authorities will supply water and power for the resettlement area, he said on Monday at a provincial meeting on resettlement projects for people affected by natural disasters.
He ordered officials to arrange accommodations for eight families whose houses were directly affected by the landslides and to issue landslide warnings on Road 445 for people passing by.
Torrential rains since the middle last month due to the Sơn Tinh storm plus a high volume of water released from Hòa Bình Hydropower Plant have flooded the downstream area of the Đà River, including Kỳ Sơn District and
Fifteen houses along Road 445 in Kỳ Sơn District, located about 20km from Hòa Bình Hydropower Plant, were vulnerable to land erosion and collapse.
Since July 30, nine houses in Đồng Tiến Ward,
As many as 134 other houses along the Đà River in Đồng Tiến Ward of
Thirty-five households of the ward have been evacuated to safer areas.
The local authorities have planned to move another 35 households to Trung Minh Commune’s resettlement area and expand the land lot next to Trung Minh Commune’s resettlement area to build a new resettlement area which is expected to cover 2.1ha.
The city’s authorities have also proposed building a new resettlement area in Thái Thịnh Commune for landslide-prone families.
The provincial People’s Committee ordered
Chairman Quang also ordered the installation of more pumping stations in the city to prevent floods.
Thirteen urgent resettlement areas have been completed in the districts of Đà Bắc, Kim Bôi, Mai Châu, Tân Lạc and
