Dozens of households in Nghe An border commune cross 3km of forest road to get water.
(Baonghean.vn) - The intense heat of the past few days has caused 35 Dan Lai ethnic households in Cua Rao village, Mon Son commune (Con Cuong) to face a serious shortage of domestic water. To have water, people can only rely on a stream about 3km from their homes.
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| Due to lack of water, people here have had to use every drop of water. Photo: Ba Hau |
The Dan Lai resettlement area in Cua Rao village, Mon Son commune has 35 households of Dan Lai ethnic group with more than 100 people. For nearly a month, the wells dug tens of meters deep by the people here have dried up, leaving the bottom exposed, and people have to carry water from the stream for use.
"Our village has 35 households, all of them have dug wells. However, up to now, only one well of Mr. Hieu's family still has water to use, the rest have dried up. My family has two dug wells, one is more than 20 meters deep and the other is 14 meters deep, but now both wells have dried up. To have water for daily activities and drinking, every morning we have to go to Khe Moi, about 3 kilometers from our house, to get water. Every day, I spend an hour going to get water," said Mr. La Van Thai in Cua Rao village.
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| People in Cua Rao village, Mon Son commune are helpless because all the wells here have been dry for a whole month. Photo: Bao Han |
In such hot weather, the lack of water for daily activities has greatly affected people's lives. Especially in Cua Rao village, there are elderly people who have not had water to bathe for 5 days, because to get water for daily activities, they have to travel about 3 km.
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| All drinking and bathing water must be taken from the stream. Photo: Ba Hau |
According to Mr. Ngan Van Truong - Vice Chairman of Mon Son Commune People's Committee, this year the weather has been erratic and the drought has caused a serious water shortage in the area, especially in the Dan Lai Cua Rao resettlement village. In the immediate future, the commune has proposed to superiors to invest in drilling wells to solve the shortage of domestic water for local people.
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| Water shortage not only affects people's lives but also seriously affects agricultural and livestock production. Photo: Bao Han |
Currently, the river and stream systems in many communes in the mountainous district of Con Cuong are in a state of dry bottom./.
Silent mountain town, struggling with the fields under the harsh sun in the highlands of Nghe An
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