Landslides buried many houses
Speaking to Lao Dong, Mr. Ngo Viet Dong - Head of the Economic Division of Do Son District - said that the whole district currently has 17 landslides after storm No. 3, including very serious landslides. The landslides caused 4 households to have their houses washed away, collapsed, buried, and have no place to live, while 46 households have not lost their houses, and are at very high risk of landslides, collapses, and cannot continue to live. Because before storm No. 3, the locality evacuated all households in the foothills and mountains at risk of landslides to safe shelters, there were no casualties. After the storm, the landslide areas were all fenced off, and households were evacuated to new places, and did not return to their homes to ensure safety.
The landslides are mainly concentrated in Van Huong ward. Mr. Dinh Xuan Thuy - Vice Chairman of Van Huong ward People's Committee - said that out of 10 landslides in the area, 4 landslides are related to residential areas. 7 houses were buried by rocks and soil, completely damaged, unable to continue to be used, 6 houses were severely damaged...
According to Lao Dong reporters' observations, in the area of Den Nghe Street, Van Huong Ward, many large rocks, tens of cubic meters in weight, rolled down from the mountain, crushing the roofs and walls of houses. Trees on the hill also drifted away with the soil, falling all over.
In addition to landslides affecting houses, Do Son district also had a landslide on Hieu Tu street right in area 3 of Do Son tourist area. "This landslide does not affect the entire structure, but to ensure traffic safety, the locality has also put up barriers, not allowing people and vehicles to pass through" - Vice Chairman of Van Huong Ward People's Committee said.
It is worth mentioning that this route also experienced landslides since 2022. Specifically, after storm No. 3 in 2022, Hieu Tu route subsided by about 40m, this is also one of the 7 major landslides in 2022 that have been repaired by the locality.
Overcoming landslides, ensuring safety for people
To support households whose houses were damaged by landslides, Van Huong ward proposed to support 7 households to build new houses (each household 100 million VND), 6 households to repair with a cost of 20 million VND/household; 10 households in difficult circumstances, houses damaged with a support level of 10 million VND/household. The locality is also continuing to review to support households in a timely and appropriate manner.
Along with measures to support people to take shelter, recently, the People's Committee of Do Son District also invited a delegation of experts from the University of Mining and Geology to survey 17 landslide sites in the district. From there, they discussed long-term solutions to limit landslides and ensure people's safety.
Regarding the landslide on Hieu Tu Street (Area 3 of Do Son tourist area), according to the representative of Van Huong Ward People's Committee, because the road is under the management of the City Department of Transport, the subsidence and landslide situation has been overcome in 2023 and is in the plan to continue embankment to prevent landslides.
In addition to preventing traffic from passing through the landslide on Hieu Tu Street, the locality continues to propose that city authorities soon deploy embankments from the foot of the slope to the road surface.
However, this area is stuck with a part of the project land, so the ward proposed that the city reclaim the project land to remedy the landslide situation or request the project investor to coordinate in implementing anti-landslide works.
Along with that, review other landslide points and landslide risks in the area to soon have solutions to overcome, warn, and ensure safety for people and tourists when coming to Do Son.
