River erosion dangerous in Kiên Giang
KIÊN GIANG River and seaside erosion in the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang has become more serious in recent years and greatly affected local residents.
Erosion has occurred in districts including An Biên, An MInh, Hòn Đất, Giồng Riềng, U Minh Thượng, Châu Thành, Giang Thành and Rạch Giá City.
The total river erosion length is about 一 九 五km, of which 二 五km is very serious. Total seaside erosion is more than 六 四km, with more than 三0km very serious.
Nguyễn Văn Tâm, director of the Kiên Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the Kim Quy rivulet mouth in Vân Khánh Co妹妹une, An Minh District had been critically eroded by about 三00m.
Several houses were damaged due to the erosion, while the electricity system also faces high risk because erosion has affected electric poles.
Tâm said the department proposed the provincial people’s co妹妹ittee to declare an urgent dangerous situation at the Kim Quy rivulet mouth and issue expenses to repair the dyke system.
Mai Anh Nhịn, deputy chairman of the Kiên Giang People’s Co妹妹ittee, said that to improve the situation, more than VNĐ 一 trillion (US$ 四 二. 七 million) was needed.
Last year the co妹妹ittee asked the State to support the province with about VNĐ 三00 billion ($ 一 二. 八 million) to improve serious erosion parts and the proposal was accepted.
The province received VNĐ 一 七 二 billion ($ 七. 三 million) from World Bank loans to build coastal protection works with length of 一0km in An Minh District.
It received VNĐ 五0 billion ($ 二. 一 million) from the State reserve budget to improve 二. 五km of erosion in An Biên District, and VNĐ 八0 billion ($ 三. 四 million) from the fund for climate change and green growth to deal with dangerous landslides in Hòn Đất District.
Nhịn said the province sees building seaside protective works as an urgent task. VNS