Don't cut off the 'green lungs' just to fight the storm...

(Baonghean) - Trees are an indispensable element in urban spaces. In the rainy and stormy season, caring for and beautifying the "green lungs" is a priority for the city.

In Vinh city, with a population of approximately 315,000 people in 2015, the average green land ratio reached 11.88 m2/person, accounting for 3.56% of the total natural area of ​​the city. The above results were achieved thanks to the efforts to plant new trees, replant, and renovate the city's parks and flower gardens over the past many years. However, it is still necessary to promote effective and timely treatment of unhealthy trees that affect urban aesthetics, street appearance, or even pose a potential threat to people's safety, especially when the rainy and stormy season is approaching.

Leaning trees pose a risk of falling during the storm season.

On some long-standing roads of the city such as Phan Dinh Phung, Dang Thai Than, Ho Han Thuong, Dinh Cong Trang, ... according to preliminary records, some trees are tilted, and can break when there are sudden storms or heavy rainstorms. Some other trees have roots protruding above the ground, damaging the tree pots and sidewalk tiles. Trees live and grow naturally, are rarely pruned, shaped, protected, ... regularly, over time leading to the result that the trees grow poorly, are crooked, have low canopies, "exposed" roots, ... affecting urban safety and aesthetics.

Many people expressed concern about this situation, such as Ms. Vu Thi Huong (residing in Cua Nam ward) shared: "Compared to many other localities in the country, I see that our city has actively planted many new trees, but at the same time, we need to pay more attention to protecting and adjusting trees that are not growing straight and beautiful, with roots sticking out everywhere, making the sidewalks and streets ugly. If any tree is too ugly, we should consider replacing it."

Some trees on Dinh Cong Trang street were tilted, their roots protruding above ground.

Recognizing the problem, Vinh City People's Committee has directed the Urban Management Department to coordinate and urge Vinh City Green Park Company to actively review, count and handle trees that need to be removed and restored before the rainy and stormy season. After the last 3 deployments, it is known that the whole city has restored 2,600 more trees, treated nearly 50 diseased trees, and is basically ready to respond to the upcoming rainy and stormy season.

Tree roots uprooted sidewalk tiles on Dang Thai Than Street.

Mr. Phan Xuan Bao - Director of Vinh City Green Park Company said: Implementing the city's annual storm prevention plan, the unit regularly deploys replacement of dead, severely diseased, and rotten trees, and implements restoration and pruning work to prevent trees from falling during bad weather, such as trees with excessively luxuriant foliage, or trees that grow too tall... However, due to limited resources, some trees have raised their roots, causing the sidewalk tiles to fall off, affecting the general landscape, but are assessed as not dangerous to people, so they have to be put aside and wait for funding to handle them later.

Phu Binh