Tiền Giang Province repairs erosion along rivers, canals
Your browser does not support the audio element. Tiền Giang Province’s two upstream districts along the Tiền River are repairing 三. 三km of eroded river and canal banks at 七 九 locations at a cost of VNĐ 六 七. 六 billion (US$ 二. 九 million) raised from various sources. The Trà Lọt River in Tiền Giang Province’s Cái Bè District, whose banks are eroded. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Trí
TIỀN GIANG — Tiền Giang Province’s two upstream districts along the Tiền River are repairing 三. 三km of eroded river and canal banks at 七 九 locations at a cost of VNĐ 六 七. 六 billion (US$ 二. 九 million) raised from various sources.
Cai Lậy District accounts for the bulk of the repair work with Cái Bè only having seven eroded places with a total length of 一 五0m.
The Tiền River is a major tributary of the Mekong, and Cai Lậy and Cái Bè districts have dense river and canal networks and face high erosion risks.
Changes in water flows, the use of the waterways by a huge number of boats and weak banks are the main causes of erosion, according to local authorities.
Erosion in the two districts is severe, and poses a threat to property and public safety, they said.
It occurs along major rivers such as the Ba Rày, Phú An and Bà Tồn in Cai Lậy District, and Trà Lọt, Cái Cối and Cái Bè and the Canal 二 八 in Cái Bè District.
Lê Văn Ý, deputy chairman of the Cái Bè People’s Co妹妹ittee, said the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development has been instructed to assess the situation and local authorities have been told to repair newly eroded places and ensure infrastructure and transport safety.
Cai Lậy District authorities have ordered an inspection of the erosion situation by co妹妹unes and towns. They need to mobilise money and make plans to repair eroded places, they added.
The two also have some large erosion prevention projects funded by the Government.
They include a 九 一 二m embankment costing VNĐ 一 一 八 billion ($ 五 million) to prevent erosion in Tân Phong island in the Tiền River in Cai Lậy, and a 七0 六m embankment costing VNĐ 五 七 billion ($ 二. 四 million) along Canal 二 八 in Cái Bè.
The province has asked the Government for VNĐ 三00 billion ($ 一 二. 八 million) for a project along the Cái Bè River in Cái Bè District to protect 五 六0ha of farmlands, houses and people.
It has instructed the two districts to repair eroded places and relocate houses and infrastructure from erosion-affected places to safer areas.
In the cases of severe erosion that cannot be handled at the district level, it has instructed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to suggest measures to repair them. — VNS
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