Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau requested localities and units to proactively develop plans and solutions to respond to natural disasters and protect key locations on the La Giang dike line.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau and the working delegation inspected the operation of Trung Luong sluice on La Giang dike.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau and the working delegation inspected the operation of Trung Luong sluice (Trung Luong ward, Hong Linh town), Duc Xa sluice (Bui La Nhan commune, Duc Tho district) and key locations on the La Giang dike.

The La Giang dike is located on the right bank of the La River, 19.2 km long, of which the part passing through Duc Tho district is 15.7 km long and the part passing through Hong Linh town is 3.5 km long. The dike protects nearly 300,000 people and more than 48,000 hectares of land in the districts: Duc Tho, Can Loc, Hong Linh town and part of Thach Ha district, Loc Ha...

La Giang dike plays an important role in storm prevention in Ha Tinh.

The entire La Giang dike has 8 sluices under the dike, including 4 combined irrigation and drainage sluices and 4 pumping station sluices across the dike. Bac Ha Tinh Irrigation One Member Co., Ltd. manages and operates 7 sluices, the remaining sluices are implemented by Duc Tho District People's Committee.

La Giang dike project is the key flood control project of the province. Based on the current status of the dike and the reality of flood and storm prevention work over the past years, units and localities have identified a number of key points and dangerous key areas where incidents may occur when there is a big flood, from which specific response plans have been developed.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau and the working delegation inspected Duc Xa sluice on La Giang dike.

Regarding the decentralization of command to handle situations, the Provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control is responsible for directing dike protection work when floods exceed the design frequency or when dangerous incidents occur beyond the handling capacity of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control of La Giang dike project, the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control of Duc Tho district, and Hong Linh town.

Duc Xa culvert on La Giang dike.

The La Giang Dike Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Steering Committee is responsible for directing the Duc Tho Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Steering Committee, Hong Linh Town, and Bac Ha Tinh Irrigation Company Limited to mobilize forces, materials, vehicles, and all resources to implement the dike protection plan; evacuate residents along the La Giang dike to a safe place when natural disasters and force majeure incidents occur...

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau and the working delegation inspected the PCTT work in Hong Linh Town.

Next, the working delegation led by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau inspected the disaster prevention and control work in Hong Linh Town. The delegation directly inspected Thien Tuong Lake, Da Bac Lake, Nham Xa Dam and the disaster prevention and control work in Thuan Loc Commune.

To proactively respond to natural disasters, Hong Linh Town held a conference to review and draw experience in disaster prevention and control work in 2022 and deploy tasks for 2023.

The inspection team inspected damage and degradation at Nham Xa dam project, Dau Lieu ward, Hong Linh town.

The town also proactively develops plans to prevent and respond to strong storms and super storms; plans to protect key locations and the La Giang dike section passing through the area; plans to evacuate residents when natural disasters occur in the town; approves plans to ensure safety for dams, reservoirs, etc.

After the inspection, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau had a working session with relevant units on disaster prevention and control work on La Giang dike and Hong Linh town.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau chaired a meeting on disaster prevention and control work on the La Giang dike and Hong Linh town.

At the meeting, local representatives and units clarified the current status of the project and the dike protection plan, protecting the key La Giang dike section passing through the area; Hong Linh Town reported on preparations for PCTT&TKCN in 2023.

Hong Linh Town proposed that the province allocate funds to repair and upgrade Nham Xa dam; build a canal after biological pit No. 3 (Dau Lieu ward) to serve drainage in the ward and Nam Hong; support funds to purchase equipment for the commune-level shock force...

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting.

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau acknowledged the proactiveness of localities and units in developing plans and solutions to be ready to respond to natural disasters, protecting key locations on the La Giang dike line and in Hong Linh town.

The situation of natural disasters and storms in 2023 is forecast to be complicated. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau requested localities and units to focus on disaster prevention and control work and continue to promote propaganda work, raising awareness of disaster prevention and control to every household and citizen.

Local authorities need to review key locations prone to flash floods, landslides, and landslides to promptly warn people; make a list of households in areas vulnerable to natural disasters and evacuate when necessary; prepare forces, means, materials, and funds to proactively respond to floods; forces, according to assigned tasks, regularly inspect and identify key and key locations and always have a plan to protect the safety of the La Giang dike line...

Van Duc