VietNamNet
Bridge – Nearly 100 sites in the
southernmost province of Ca Mau are at risk of being severely eroded during
this year's storm season, according to the province's Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development.
Many
high-risk sites are located at the mouths of Doc, Khanh Hoi, Bo De and Tam
Giang rivers, causing land erosion of three to five metres annually in recent
years.
The Cua
Lon River running though Nam Can and Ngoc Hien districts is near the sea, and
its flow is very strong, eroding four to five metres of land every year.
Other
erosion-prone sites are located along the 100-km Western Sea Dyke, the 40-km
Eastern Sea Dyke, the Trem and Gianh Hao rivers as well as the Doi Cuong Canal,
and more than 300km of river routes that flow into the sea.
More
than 1,200 households live on the 100 erosion-prone sites.
Residents
in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta often build houses along the banks and mouths of
rivers so they can make a living.
Nam Can
District's Song Doc Town has nearly 450 families living in stilt houses, half
of them located on the river and half of them located on land. Song Doc Town
has a population of 800,000.
Every
year Ca Mau has 20 to 30 land erosion cases, which have caused dozens of houses
to slide into the river.
Many
residents, who do not know much about natural disasters, continue to live in
these houses.
The
province's authorities are taking steps to protect families. At the beginning
of this year's rainy season, they relocated about 300 households living in the
protected forest of the Western Sea Dyke to resettlement areas.
They
have also improved the campaign to raise awareness of local residents about the
prevention of natural disasters, land erosion and the rise of sea-water levels.
Families
living along erosion-prone riverbanks have also been asked to prepare
life-jackets in case of natural disasters.
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Nam News
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