Lam River embankment protects over 1,000 households from flood season

The Lam River embankment through Luu Son commune, Do Luong has been completed for 250/500 meters, protecting over 400 households affected by landslides. In the photo, an excavator is removing weathering and digging the embankment foundation. Photo: Van Truong

Over the past years, landslides along the Lam River through Luu Son Commune, Do Luong District have occurred frequently and complicatedly with a length of over 500m, affecting people's lives and threatening Do Luong Bridge. People in Luu Son Commune have repeatedly petitioned authorities to build embankments to prevent landslides.

By August 2017, the People's Committee of Do Luong district had started the construction of an embankment to prevent landslides on the Lam river bank through Luu Son commune, Do Luong with a length of over 500m, with a total investment of over 14 billion VND. According to the design, the embankment is 11m high, the embankment roof is paved with loose stones placed in a reinforced concrete mold.

Workers pour concrete on the embankment foundation. Photo: Van Truong

In 2017, 250m of embankment was built, and in February 2018 the construction unit continued to build the remaining 250m of embankment. Currently, the bottom bank is being poured concrete, with construction progress reaching over 70%. It is expected that the embankment will be completed and put into use in June 2018.

Mr. Tran Dinh Lam, Chairman of the People's Committee of Luu Son Commune, said: The construction of the embankment through Luu Son Commune is very important, protecting over 1,000 households from the threat of landslides and loss of residential and cultivated land. However, relevant sectors need to take measures to rectify the situation of sand dredgers near the embankment to minimize the risk of damage to this project.