As Lao Dong Newspaper reported, many people in Hoang Truong commune (Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province) said that recently, they were quite worried about the situation of strong coastal erosion and serious landslides ( section passing through the villages of Van Phong and Dai Truong).
"With this situation, if not handled promptly, the coast will be lost even deeper, affecting hundreds of households" - Mr. Le Van Thanh, residing in Van Phong village, Hoang Truong commune, Hoang Hoa district said.
Statistics from the People's Committee of Hoang Truong commune show that currently, more than 1km of coastline is eroded in the locality. The above situation has been going on for a long time, but in the past month or so, things have become more complicated.
Faced with the above situation, recently, Mr. Do Trong Hung - Secretary of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee and his working group directly inspected this coastal area. Through the inspection, the Secretary of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee requested the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Thanh Hoa province to guide the People's Committee of Hoang Hoa district to implement Temporary measures to reduce damage to land and structures caused by sea erosion.
In addition, Secretary of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee also requested Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee to research and quickly declare a state of emergency on natural disasters; Use the province's reserve budget to support Hoang Hoa district in building sea embankments to prevent sea erosion causing damage to people's property and land.
According to records, up to now, the authorities of Hoang Hoa district have temporarily handled the measures by spreading ropes, driving bamboo stakes and enclosing nets at the landslide location.
