Dream of Khe Ngau people
(Baonghean) Khe Ngau village, Xa Luong commune, Tuong Duong district, has 153 households, people's lives still face many difficulties. There are...
(Baonghean) Khe Ngau village, Xa Luong commune, Tuong Duong district, has 153 households, the people's lives still face many difficulties. Up to 50% of the households are poor. The poverty here has many causes, the main cause is the difficulty of transportation. In 2006, the suspension bridge was washed away by flood. The government and people in the village had to build a temporary bridge to travel.
In 2007, the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district invested 400 million VND to upgrade and repair the suspension bridge. By 2011, the bridge was washed away again.
This only temporary bridge crosses Lam River into Khe Ngau village.
The difficult transportation has caused many difficulties for the people here. Buying and selling goods is also very disadvantageous. Taking advantage of the people's difficulty in circulating goods, private traders come to force down prices. They buy people's goods cheaply and sell their goods at exorbitant prices!
Every time people get sick, it is very difficult for them to go to the doctor, especially during the rainy and flood season. According to Mr. Luong Van Thai - Secretary of Khe Ngau village Party cell, now the village has no clean water to use, because the clean water pipe from outside through the bridge was also washed away by the flood. Now the village has to use water from Lam river for daily activities. In the village, there are about 200 children studying from grade 5 to grade 12, but every flood season (July - August), many children have to miss school because the flood water rises high and flows fast, the boat cannot take them to the other side...
The lives of the people of Khe Ngau village are being turned upside down because of the lack of a bridge and road leading to the village. Hopefully, one day in the not too distant future, the joy of the people of Khe Ngau village about a new, more solid bridge will become a reality!
Tran Sy
