Ca Mau asked to work harder on coastal erosion prevention
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has visited the southernmost province of Ca Mau to inspect landslide points along a sea dyke route in Tran Van Thoi district, which is at risk of breaking.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (L) inspects landslide points along a sea dyke route in Ca Mau province (Source: VNA)
CaMau (VNA) - Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has visitedthe southernmost province of Ca Mau to inspect landslide points along a sea dykeroute in Tran Van Thoi district, which is at risk of breaking.
Dungpraised the province’s efforts to overcome the aftermaths of the landside,saying the ministry plans to propose the Government spend nearly 74 billion VND(over 3.2 million USD) to support Ca Mau in the work.
Ca Mau Ca should prioritise overcoming serious and urgent landslides, focusingon arranging residential areas for local residents living in high-risk areas,he said, adding that attention should also be paid to protecting dykes in tandemwith planting protective forests.
Accordingto Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tien Hai, serious landslidesoccurred along nearly 300m of the sea dyke in Khanh Binh Tay commune in thedistrict early this month.
Local authorities have mobilised forces and means, and taken temporarysolutions to reinforce the dyke, with the reinforcement basically completed.
However, due to increasingly complicated weather conditions, the dyke rupturemay occur because this area has no protection forest belt, and the protectionembankment is not large enough to protect it from sea waves.
Overthe last 12 years, theprovince has lost nearly 9,000 hectares of coastal forests. About 57km ofthe western coast has suffered landslides, and the sea dyke is at highrisk of damage.
Meanwhile, erosion has also occurred on the eastern coast with atotal length of 48 km, with many deep sections, causing losses of 80-100m ofprotective forest per year.
Besides coastal erosion, river bank erosion in Ca Mau province is also an issue,especially in eastern coastal districts such as Dam Doi, Nam Can and Ngoc Hien.From 2018 until now, there has been over 3.4 km of river bank eroded. Through surveys,as many as 27 riverbank erosion locations were reported with total length ofnearly 38km.
In the face of these problems, the province proposed the Government provide 702billion VND (nearly 30.5 million USD) to build urgent embankments to protectthe eastern coast, especially at important estuaries and densely populatedareas.
Hai said with great efforts and specificsolutions, Ca Mau has overcome erosions for nearly 29km of coastal areas withtotal investment of some 956 billion (over 41.5 million USD).-VNA
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Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (L) inspects landslide points along a sea dyke route in Ca Mau province (Source: VNA) 
