On January 8, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Ca Mau province said that the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province has signed a decision approving the plan to implement the Project on preventing and combating riverbank and coastal erosion to 2030, with orientation to 2050 in the province.
According to the project, Ca Mau focuses on prioritizing investment in handling particularly dangerous landslide areas with high risks that directly affect the safety of residential areas, urban areas and key infrastructure systems along rivers and coasts. Construction solutions are selected to suit geological, hydrological conditions and the characteristics of long coastlines and weak soil foundations of the locality; and at the same time harmoniously combine hard structures, soft structures and ecological structures.
The total capital demand for project implementation is more than 26,820 billion VND, with the expected investment length of dykes and embankments being about 301km. Items are divided into 3 main groups of works, including: group of embankment works to restore the coastline; group of coastal protection works; group of riverbank protection works.
In addition to construction solutions, Ca Mau province also focuses on non-construction solutions. In which, focusing on propaganda, raising awareness and proactiveness of all levels of government and residential communities about the responsibility of preventing, responding to and handling landslides; organizing drills to respond to natural disaster situations, improving disaster prevention capacity for the community.
Along with that, the locality strengthens inspection, prevention and strictly handles acts of illegal and unlicensed construction of works, houses or organization of production and business that affect riverbank and coastal safety, increasing the risk of landslides.
In the period 2026-2030, Ca Mau will deploy investment in embankment projects to restore coastal roads, dykes, and embankment protection in eroded areas; dyke and embankment projects to prevent riverbank erosion to protect the safety of urban areas, concentrated residential areas and important infrastructure works. At the same time, the province will implement planting new and restoring mangrove forests and coastal protection forests in alluvial areas and newly formed land after restoring coastal roads.
In the period 2030-2050, the locality focuses on completing the arrangement and relocation of residents in key areas; building sustainable livelihood models associated with coastal protection and marine economic development; maintaining and expanding coastal mangrove forests and other natural ecosystems; controlling activities that cause environmental degradation and increase the risk of landslides.
The implementation of the project aims to raise awareness, role, and responsibility of all levels, sectors and people in preventing and combating riverbank and coastal erosion, contributing to ensuring population safety, stabilizing marine economic development and adapting to increasingly extreme climate change.
