Landslide threatens 3 schools in Quy Chau

(Baonghean.vn) -Three schools in Chau Hoan commune (Quy Chau) are built next to each other, behind them is Nam Cam stream; due to prolonged heavy rain, the stream water flowed rapidly, causing serious landslides in the grounds of all three schools.

The Chau Hoan Commune government (Quy Chau) mobilized people to drive stakes and temporarily build embankments on a vulnerable section behind three schools along Nam Cam stream. Photo: Be Vinh

The three schools mentioned above include: Chau Hoan Commune Kindergarten, Primary School and Secondary School. The landslide has encroached into the school grounds about 10 meters.

Faced with the increasingly serious risk of subsidence, local authorities have mobilized parents and students to build temporary embankments using sacks of soil, sand, and bamboo stakes. However, this is only a temporary solution.

Up to this point, many subsidence points have encroached 10m deep. Photo by Be Vinh

It is known that not only the back of the school is sinking, but when it rains heavily, the school gate is often flooded with rocks and soil from the mountains into the yard and classrooms. In the flood of September 2016, all three schools were flooded, and many teaching and learning equipment were damaged.

Learning from the flood of last year, in 2017, when heavy rain was forecast, 3 schools temporarily closed their schools, mobilized staff, teachers, and parents to move teaching materials, and raised books and documents to safe places.

Teacher Vi Thi Xuan - Principal of Chau Hoan Kindergarten said: "Every time there is a forecast of rain and floods, teachers have a hard time. Most of the teachers are female, but every time there is a flood, they have to send someone to stay on duty. Currently, the subsidence behind the school has subsided, we can only mobilize parents to help build a barrier with bamboo, reeds, and sandbags, so we are afraid it won't last long..."

Faced with the risk of landslides threatening schools in the area, the People's Committee of Chau Hoan commune has sent a report to the People's Committee of Quy Chau district requesting a plan to allocate funds to build a solid embankment.

The landslide site has just been temporarily reinforced. Photo: Nga Nga

Mr. Lu Van Duc - Chairman of Chau Hoan Commune People's Committee said: Every year, flash floods seriously affect the lives, activities and production of people in the commune. In particular, 3 schools are currently seriously threatened by the erosion of Nam Cam stream; it can be said that the construction can be swept away at any time. The local government has mobilized people to drive stakes, build embankments with bamboo and rattan, and fill the eroded areas with earth and rocks, but this is only a temporary solution.

Baby Vinh - Nga Nga