Many days have passed after heavy rain poured down, flooding the entire neighborhood with water. Ms. Bui Thi Huong Lan (Doosung Tech Vietnam Co., Ltd., Luong Son Industrial Park, Hoa Binh) is still worried after the flood. evil.
Along with many workers, Ms. Lan stayed at the workers' boarding house in Nam Lu village, Hoa Son commune, Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province. According to PV's records, although the water has receded, the amount of mud remaining is still very large. On the floor and in the yard, furniture was scattered and covered in mud. Many workers had to take time off work to clean the rooms.
Taking the opportunity to help her roommate clean up her room after work, Ms. Lan shared: "The night and early morning of July 24, the rain poured down, only a short while later it was flooded. I was on the upper floor of the boarding house and was not affected. affected, but the first floor was flooded and all the furniture was damaged."
According to Ms. Lan, because the water rose too quickly, many people tried to save their belongings but could not make it in time. Some workers had to lock their room doors due to working the night shift. Neighbors only had time to break the lock to help others lift electronic items up and take their motorbikes out of the flooded area.
Similarly, Ms. Bui Thi Hoai Tam (Doosung Tech Vietnam Co., Ltd.) shared: "That day, my mother and I had to go back to our hometown. Even though it was only 5km from the boarding house, I had to go around for more than an hour. Through the flooded area to get back to my room, when I got there, all my belongings were flooded. Luckily, before I left, I had time to put my clothes and blankets up high so I had clothes to wear to work, but the electrical appliances were almost broken. total".
This female worker said that every time it rains, workers have to worry about having their rooms flooded while going back to work. Because the boarding houses around Luong Son Industrial Park (IZ) are mostly built in low-lying areas. All it takes is a heavy rain and water immediately flows in and flooding occurs.
"I have been a worker here for 5 years and witnessed 3 major floods, forcing our workers to flee at night. There were even many people who returned from work to their rented rooms but had no place to sleep and had to leave. "We look forward to finding a motel at 12 o'clock at night. We really hope the authorities will pay attention and renovate the drainage system so that workers will have less worry when the flood season comes," Ms. Tam said.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Dinh Quoc The - Chairman of the Trade Union of Hoa Binh Province Industrial Parks - said that currently in Hoa Binh province there are over 18,000 workers in 2 industrial parks. Of which, Luong Son Industrial Park accounts for 15,000 workers.
"After the floods of recent days, the Provincial Industrial Park Trade Unions have directed grassroots Trade Unions to promptly visit and encourage workers who suffered damage due to flooded rooms; and at the same time, provide other forms of support. Appropriate support helps workers quickly stabilize their lives" - Mr. The said.
According to a report from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of Hoa Binh province, the impact of the circulation of storm No. 2 caused heavy rain from the night of July 22 to 3:00 p.m. on July 24 in Hoa Binh province.
Floods and rains have caused a lot of damage to houses, traffic and property... of people in Da Bac, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh and Luong Son districts. Accordingly, heavy rain caused landslides and flooded more than 200 houses, including nearly 50 houses in Hoa Binh City and Mai Chau district; More than 160 houses in Luong Son district were flooded.
