Provincial leaders work with Ky Son district on flash flood recovery and resettlement

On the morning of November 7, the Provincial People's Committee inspected the work of overcoming the consequences of floods and the implementation of resettlement in Ky Son district. Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting; accompanied by representatives of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Planning and Investment, Finance, Natural Resources and Environment, and Construction.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the delegation inspected the work of overcoming the consequences of flash floods in Hoa Son village, Ta Ca commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Before working withKy Son district, Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the delegation directly inspected the flood recovery work in Hoa Son village, Ta Ca commune - the place that suffered the most damage due to recent flash floods; surveyed the resettlement land proposed by the district in Cau Tam village, Ta Ca commune.

According to a report from Ky Son district, due to the influence of storm No. 4, from September 28 to October 2, 2022, there will be heavy to very heavy rain in Ky Son district, with total rainfall ranging from 190mm to 250mm.

The inspection team inspects the work of overcoming the consequences of flash floods in the center of Hoa Son village. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Heavy rain over a large area in many communes has caused landslides and roads, causing great damage to agricultural production;flash floodskilling people, collapsing, severely damaging houses, sweeping away and burying many people's properties, greatly affecting people's lives.

Flash floods killed one person; 55 houses were completely damaged; 49 houses were damaged from 50%-70%; 61 houses were damaged from 30%-50%; 123 houses were damaged less than 30%; 64 houses were flooded under 1m; 269 houses had to be urgently evacuated.

In addition, floods also cause a lot of damage to the fields of transportation, agriculture, clean water, electricity... Total damage caused by floods is estimated at 215 billion VND.

The Ky Son District Political Center has returned to normal operations after many days of overcoming the consequences of flash floods. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Immediately after the flash floods, Ky Son district urgently went directly to the area to direct localities and units, mobilized all forces to participate in rescue, helped evacuate people from dangerous areas, transported belongings to safe places... Solutions to overcome the consequences were implemented over a long period of time.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee viewed the resettlement area map in Cau Tam village, Ta Ca commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

For the problemresettlementFor people affected by flash floods, Ky Son district reported that the resettlement area has been surveyed in Cau Tam village, Ta Ca commune, with a total area of ​​nearly 13 hectares, enough to resettle 225 households. The total investment in the construction of the resettlement area is estimated at about 70 billion VND. Up to now, the district People's Committee has carried out propaganda, mobilization and consultation work with the people.

Cau 8 village area, Ta Ca commune (circled) was chosen by Ky Son district as a resettlement area for people affected by the recent flash floods. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Working with the Provincial People's Committee, Ky Son district proposed and requested the Central Government, the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention - Search and Rescue and Civil Defense, and provincial departments and branches to soon approve the policy and support funding for the resettlement project for households in the flash flood areas of Ta Ca, Son Ha... to a new safe place.

Along with that, support funding for repairing and building new domestic water works, and arrange funding to repair traffic and irrigation systems damaged by flash floods.

Ky Son district proposed the province to separate the resettlement project into 2 phases, with 2 different investment capital sources: the province's reserve fund and the charity fund's capital.

After the on-site inspection, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De and his delegation worked with leaders of Ky Son district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Currently, the number of households whose houses were swept away by the flood and collapsed are still having to stay with relatives or rent houses. Therefore, the urgent issue now is that the province needs to quickly issue an emergency declaration of natural disasters, at which time the resettlement area will be given the highest priority so that the district can promptly carry out the construction of the resettlement area, hand over the land to the people to build houses and stabilize their lives.

Comrade Vi Hoe - Secretary of Ky Son District Party Committee proposed to the province some issues regarding resettlement work for people. Photo: Xuan Hoang

After listening to the opinions of the Department leaders, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De concluded: Agreeing with the proposal of Ky Son district to unify the construction of the resettlement area in 2 phases, according to 2 investment sources. The district re-surveyed households that need to be resettled and consulted with the people. Requesting the district and the agricultural sector to specifically review the origin of the resettlement land, to report to the province.