Provincial Road 101 - connecting National Highway 6 with To Mua and Song Khoa communes has been seriously eroded since November 18. The landslide at Km17+765 to Km17+780 continuously showed soil, rocks, and trees from the embankment overflowed onto the road after many days of humid rain.
According to statistics, about 10,000m3 of rock and soil buried nearly 100m of road, making it completely impossible for vehicles to travel.
Mr. Vi Van Huy, Vice Chairman of To Mua Commune People's Committee, said: "The road is completely paralyzed, more than 14,700 people in the commune are isolated. The commune has put up warning signs, arranged forces to be on duty 24/7 and coordinated with the road management unit to mobilize machinery to fix the problem".
However, landslides have continued to occur in recent days, so it cannot be completely repaired.
Mr. Tuong Xuan Duong, Suoi Bang Primary and Secondary School, To Mua Commune, shared: These days, most teachers have to stay at school to take care of boarding for students. Those who are forced to go home must walk around the roundabout.
Prolonged landslides have caused the transportation of agricultural products and necessities to stall. Thousands of people in the two communes have to walk around the paths on the swamp to get out. Many essential items are scarce, so health care is risky.
On November 26, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Do Nhu Kien, Chairman of Song Khua Commune People's Committee, informed that the commune has 27 villages, more than 3,800 households are lacking in many necessities, gasoline and production materials because this is the time of harvesting agricultural products but people cannot transport them.
Currently, Song Khau commune uses the waterway through Khau wharf on the Da river reservoir to bring necessities and fuel to serve people's lives and ensure boarding meals for students.
Faced with the complicated situation, on November 23, the People's Committee of Son La province directed the Provincial Military Command and the Department of Construction to coordinate with To Mua commune and Doan Ket to survey and develop a handling plan. By the afternoon of November 24, the military force had arrived at the scene, surveyed and calculated the plan to blast to break rocks, and clear the landslide block to soon clear the road.
