The absurd story at Cua Rao
(Baonghean.vn) - The house where Ms. Vinh lived was witnessed by flood prevention teams, confirmed by the village and commune authorities, was swept away by the flood but did not receive any property support. The reason given by the hydropower plant's inventory team was that when they arrived, the house was no longer there so it was not included in the compensation list.....
“Counting without home”
In mid-June, in a makeshift shack on Highway 7, Ms. Nguyen Thi Vinh burst into tears when she saw a delegation of National Assembly Deputies visiting. This shack, only a few square meters wide, has been her home for nearly a year, since her house was swept away by floodwaters into the Lam River. Ms. Vinh has no husband and is single-handedly raising four children. When her house was lost, her children had to go to different places each time they returned from a long trip, depending on their relatives.
Like many other households in this “fire pan of Indochina”, the historic flood at the end of August 2018 affected her family’s house next to National Highway 7A. On the night of August 30, 2018, the flood and storm prevention forces of the district, commune and other groups came to her family and asked her to leave the house to ensure safety, and at the same time helped her remove the corrugated iron roof. On August 31, she planned to dismantle the house to protect her property, but the authorities did not allow it because they feared danger. But by the afternoon of the same day, the house was swept away by floodwaters into the river along with her belongings such as the water tank, chicken coop, pig pen, etc. That day was witnessed by the police, soldiers, government representatives and her neighbors.
Mrs. Vinh's house is in Cua Rao 2 village (Xa Luong commune), a few dozen meters downstream from the Nam Non and Nam Mo river junction. In front of the house is National Highway 7, behind the porch is Lam River. This area belongs to the reservoir of Khe Bo hydropower plant. Helplessly watching the house drifting away with the water, Mrs. Vinh said that in those days she had to live temporarily under a small umbrella just enough to shelter from the rain and sun, surrounded by corrugated iron sheets. A few days later, out of sympathy, her younger brother came to pick her up and let her stay. In December 2018, she returned to build a temporary tent on the old land to live there since then.
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