The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) has just sent a document to the Departments of Agriculture and Environment of the four provinces of Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, and Hanoi regarding the implementation of dyke protection work to ensure the safety of the dyke system.
Currently, due to the impact of heavy rain, floods on Cau, Lo rivers, and Thao rivers are rising rapidly, in which the water level at 1:00 p.m. on June 21 on Cau river in Gia Bay was 26.05 m (above BDII: 0.05 m). To ensure the safety of the dyke system, the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control requests the Departments of Agriculture and Environment of provinces and cities to direct relevant units to urgently implement in practice the plan to protect key dyke areas according to the 4 on-site motto; prepare forces, materials, vehicles, machinery, and dyke protection equipment.
Organize forces and seriously carry out patrolling and guarding to protect dykes in accordance with the provisions of Circular No. 01/2009/TT-BNN dated January 6, 2009 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) on guiding patrolling and guarding to protect dykes during the flood season.
Check and review dykes that have had incidents but have not been handled, repaired or are under construction and immediately deploy safety measures.
Closely monitor the development of flood water levels on river banks and the situation of dykes, promptly report the incident of dykes to the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control for coordination and direction.
