The water level of the Lo River in Tuyen Quang has now returned to normal after the historic flood in mid-September 2024. However, the large flood and strong currents have caused the riverbanks and beaches to collapse, causing people's agricultural land to be swept away by the river.
Recorded on October 3, more than half a month after the flood, many landslides appeared on the banks of the Lo River through Tuyen Quang City. Large areas of land and crops that had collapsed into the riverbed were still intact.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien in Nong Tien Ward (Tuyen Quang City) said that the flood water rose high and covered more than 1,000 square meters of her family's agricultural land along the Lo River. After the flood receded, many areas along the riverbank were washed away.
"It's been more than 20 years since there was such a big flood. Luckily, the corn crop was harvested in time. But more than 100 peach trees, big and small, in my family almost died from being soaked in water for so long. This year's Tet harvest will be a failure," Ms. Lien lamented.
Similar situations occurred in a series of other localities along the Lo River such as An Tuong, An Khang, Thai Long communes of Tuyen Quang city, Dong Tho, Cap Tien communes of Son Duong district. Thousands of square meters of agricultural land were swept away into the riverbed, leaving people heartbroken and helpless.
Not only losing agricultural land, the recent landslides along the Lo River have also eroded deep into the dike body, affecting the safety of the dike. After the flood, dozens of weak points appeared that needed to be reinforced and repaired.
Mr. Hoang Van Nien - Head of the Division of Agriculture and Rural Development (NNPTNT) of Son Duong district - said that the biggest difficulty in restoring and repairing damaged dikes in the area is the lack of funding and technical construction processes.
"When the water recedes, some structures will have to be left in a damaged state. In the long term, they need to be reinforced and repaired, because if there is a flood, it will seriously threaten crops and the lives of people living along the dike," said Mr. Nien.
In Son Duong district alone, the locality has sent a document to the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province regarding the need for funding to support the repair of irrigation damage of about 38.5 billion VND to repair 5 dike works and build and repair 1 embankment to prevent landslides.
Meanwhile, according to estimates by authorities of Tuyen Quang province, the funding needed to repair irrigation and dike problems caused by storm No. 3 is more than 1,170 billion VND.
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