Ky Son finds resettlement site for people affected by flash floods

After the flash flood occurred in 4 villages: Son Ha, Hoa Son, Binh Son 1, Binh Son 2 of Ta Ca commune, hundreds of households were affected and lost their homes and were in areas at high risk of landslides, needing to be evacuated to safe places.

Among them, Hoa Son village, Ta Ca commune has the largest number of damaged households, a large part of the village's land has been leveled by rocks and soil, so currently many households do not dare to return to live, and have to wait for the State to arrange a new resettlement area to build houses and stabilize their lives long term.

Ms. Vi Thi Mai's house in Ta Ca commune is now just an empty lot. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Unfortunately, Ms. Vi Thi Mai's family had their house and property completely swept away by the flood, so the family members have had to stay with relatives for a long time, their lives have been turned upside down. The family only hopes that the Government will soon arrange a resettlement area so they can build a house and stabilize their lives.

Mr. Vi Van Truyen - Head of Hoa Son village said that out of 240 households in the village, 72 households have lost their homes and are in areas at high risk of landslides and need to be relocated immediately. The remaining households are also living in fear because landslides and flash floods are still at risk of recurring, so the need for resettlement will be very large. Although many houses were not swept away, in recent days they only dared to return to live during the day, and at night they stayed at relatives' houses.

The entire district had 621 damaged houses, of which 55 collapsed and were completely swept away after the recent flood. Photo: Quang An

“Households whose houses were swept away by the flood, collapsed, or severely damaged are still in disarray and have not been cleared of rocks and soil, so it is not known when they will be able to repair their houses for temporary residence. Given the current situation of flash floods and landslides, we hope that the Government will soon arrange a new resettlement area so that people can stabilize their lives,” said Mr. Vi Van Truyen.

Faced with that urgency, in recent days, Ky Son district has urgently surveyed and selected a suitable location to establish a resettlement area for the people.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Minh - Chairman of the People's CommitteeKy Son districtsaid: After the flash flood occurred, more than 200 households in Ta Ca commune were forced to move to a safe place. Therefore, after the Provincial People's Committee agreed to build resettlement for the people, the district urgently found the most favorable location to plan to build resettlement for the people.

According to a survey by Ky Son district, the most likely area to resettle hundreds of households is in Cau 8 village, Ta Ca commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

However, for the mountainous district of Ky Son, it is not easy to resettle hundreds of households, especially when the plain area only accounts for about 1% of the district's total area. However, the district has made efforts to survey 3 locations in Muong Xen town and Ta Ca commune, in which the land area in Cau 8 village of Ta Ca commune is considered to have the most advantages in terms of transportation, electricity, water, schools, etc.

According to the district's initial survey, the current status of this area is mainly former people's production land, only about 1km from Muong Xen town, with a total area of ​​about 9 hectares, enough to resettle over 200 households.

The land has many advantages, that is, the ground is sloping so the leveling volume is not much, the slope after leveling is not high; the land is located on the Ta Ca - Huu Kiem road which has been expanded and will be asphalted; near the primary school and kindergarten of Son Thanh village. This location is also convenient for the construction of a self-flowing domestic water project and the construction of the national power grid.

Ky Son district functional units conduct measurements and surveys of resettlement areas for people. Photo: Quang An

Considering that this area has many advantages, Ky Son district will soon ask for investment policy from the province. After the Provincial People's Committee approves the investment policy to build a resettlement area, the district will hire a consulting unit to survey and design to create the most optimal detailed plan, and submit it to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.

When the Provincial People's Committee approves the project, Ky Son district will immediately start constructing the necessary items: building a self-flowing domestic water system; domestic electricity; village cultural house; internal roads, longitudinal and transverse drainage ditches... to soon arrange resettlement for people to stabilize their lives long-term.