On the evening of October 29, the leader of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Gia Lai province said that heavy rain over the past few days has caused landslides in some areas in the area. In which, the road to OPY Station 500kV (belonging to Ia Ly Hydropower Plant, Ia Ly Commune) and the road to La Vuong (Hoai Nhon Bac Ward) experienced landslides.
In response to the above developments, local authorities have organized the evacuation of people from high-risk areas to safe places.
In Ia Ly commune, the authorities have evacuated 6 households (23 people) living in the landslide area to OPY Station 500kV to a safe place. In De Gi commune, the authorities evacuated 15 households (51 people) living along Ganh mountain area (Duc Pho 1 village) - a place at high risk of landslides - to safety.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa - Chairman of Hoai Nhon Bac Ward People's Committee - confirmed that the rocks and soil on both sides of the road to La Vuong had light landslides, without causing traffic congestion. The local government has mobilized forces to clear the amount of landslides on the road, ensuring smooth travel for people.
In An Hoa commune, Mr. Huynh Tan - Chairman of the Commune People's Committee - said that the locality had mobilized 59 households living around Tra Cong mountain area (Tra Cong village) to move to a safe place on the evening of October 29.
This area is at high risk of landslides. In the immediate future, the commune encourages people to go to relatives and acquaintances' houses to temporarily take a break. In case the heavy rain continues, the commune will implement a plan to relocate to a pre-prepared safe area, with full necessities to serve the people.
"Human life is paramount, so we must take people out of the danger zone at all costs tonight," Mr. Tan resolutely said.
According to Mr. Tan, on October 29, there was very heavy rain in the commune. Through on-site inspection, some cliffs were recorded to have eroded due to strong water flows; some sections of the road to An Toan commune were eroded, some places had open frog's jaw, but travel was still basically convenient.
The authorities have put up warning signs in dangerous areas, and sent forces to be on duty 24/7 to monitor the developments of flooding and landslides and proactively respond.
In the face of extreme heavy rain, the Chairman of the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee issued an urgent telegram, requesting heads of departments, branches and localities to immediately deploy measures to respond to natural disasters, with the motto "The safety of people's lives and property is paramount to all, first of all".
"Units and localities absolutely do not be negligent or subjective; urgently inspect and review vulnerable areas at risk of landslides and flooding to proactively activate response plans. At the same time, resolutely evacuate all people from the dangerous area, not leaving any cases in the high-risk area", the Provincial Chairman directed.
