The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will move 2,514 households residing inerosion-prone areas to safer places before 2020, said Director of theMunicipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Pham VanQuynh.
In 2015 alone, Can Tho aims to relocate 557 householdsliving on the bank of the Hau, Can Tho, Tra Noc, and Phong Dien Rivers,as well as the Khai Luong Ditch and Bo Ot Canal, he said at thedepartment’s meeting on January 7.
Each household will receive 5million VND (238 USD) to assist with their relocation with theadditional option of a loan of at least 30 million VND (over 1,428 USD)if needed, Quynh noted, adding that more than 390 households will beresettled each year between 2016 to 2020.
The Can Tho Departmentof Construction said the city is carrying out 36 housing projects whichcan serve more than 6,000 relocated households. It is also spending 3.5trillion VND (166.6 million USD) on building anti-erosion embankments,with the largest to be constructed on the bank of the Can Tho River.
Quynhsaid hundreds of sites along local riverbank are currently vulnerableto erosion, and dozens of erosion incidents have happened since 2012.Recently, erosion at Long Hoa market near the Cam canal killed two andinjured five while another two people died and tens of houses werewashed away when the access roads of My Khanh and Tra Nien Bridges wereeroded.
To minimise erosion-related incidents, local authoritiesare recommending residents not build houses near riverbanks and growgrass and plant bamboo posts to reinforce ground soil.-VNA
In 2015 alone, Can Tho aims to relocate 557 householdsliving on the bank of the Hau, Can Tho, Tra Noc, and Phong Dien Rivers,as well as the Khai Luong Ditch and Bo Ot Canal, he said at thedepartment’s meeting on January 7.
Each household will receive 5million VND (238 USD) to assist with their relocation with theadditional option of a loan of at least 30 million VND (over 1,428 USD)if needed, Quynh noted, adding that more than 390 households will beresettled each year between 2016 to 2020.
The Can Tho Departmentof Construction said the city is carrying out 36 housing projects whichcan serve more than 6,000 relocated households. It is also spending 3.5trillion VND (166.6 million USD) on building anti-erosion embankments,with the largest to be constructed on the bank of the Can Tho River.
Quynhsaid hundreds of sites along local riverbank are currently vulnerableto erosion, and dozens of erosion incidents have happened since 2012.Recently, erosion at Long Hoa market near the Cam canal killed two andinjured five while another two people died and tens of houses werewashed away when the access roads of My Khanh and Tra Nien Bridges wereeroded.
To minimise erosion-related incidents, local authoritiesare recommending residents not build houses near riverbanks and growgrass and plant bamboo posts to reinforce ground soil.-VNA
