On November 19, a representative of the Traffic Police Department of Gia Lai Provincial Police said that due to heavy rain, An Khe Pass on National Highway 19 is at high risk of landslides.
According to the Traffic Police Department, from about 9:15 a.m. on November 19, the authorities have officially blocked off the road, preventing vehicles from crossing An Khe Pass due to the impact of the landslide.
However, to avoid traffic congestion, at 10:00 a.m. the same day, the authorities opened the road for one-way traffic, rotating towards the center of Pleiku and towards Quy Nhon.
At the scene, water from the top of the pass flowed down and discharged onto National Highway 19.
The rainwater swept away gravel and rocks, cracking the ground at some locations on the mountain slope, and was at risk of pulling the embankment of the positive slope down with concrete.
At locations along An Khe Pass, the construction unit sprayed concrete, built piles, and spread networks to prevent landslides. However, when it rains heavily, there is still a risk of landslides, endangering the lives of drivers and vehicles traveling through the pass.
When it rains heavily, the mountain slope is deformed, there is a risk of falling the concrete embankment if the embankment is weak and cannot withstand the force of the push-ups.
Regarding the quality and structure of An Khe Pass, Project Management Board 2 (Ministry of Construction) said that the anti-landslide embankment project is still safe.
"The project has been audited, the design consultant has appraised, approved and surveyed the geological foundation; the concrete spraying, bored and concrete embankment construction items along the mountain slope are all carried out according to the technical process", Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Nam - representative of Project Management Board 2 (Ministry of Construction) - affirmed.
