Ensure safety in underground areas, flooded during the rainy season
(Baonghean.vn) - To be proactive in all situations that may occur when there is heavy rain, the work of ensuring traffic safety at culverts and spillways has received special attention from all levels, functional branches and local authorities in the province, implementing many solutions to minimize unfortunate accidents.
Because the two spillways at Xieng Thu village, Chieu Luu commune and Xop Thap village, Huu Lap commune (Ky Son) are low, every time it rains heavily, the water rises and cuts off the two roads leading to the centers of Bao Nam and Bao Thang communes for many hours. To ensure the safety of people and vehicles traveling on the route, every time it rains heavily, the functional forces of the two communes have organized barriers, warnings, guarding traffic, and deployed many measures to support people and vehicles crossing the spillways.
As a mountainous district with complex terrain, currently, in the 21 communes and towns of Ky Son district, there are many spillways, most of which are traffic spillways, frequently used by people. Notably, many spillways were built a long time ago and are degraded, not ensuring safety. During the rainy season, water from upstream rivers and streams flows in large volumes, causing the water level at the spillways to rise rapidly, causing deep flooding and rapid flow, posing a high risk of insecurity for people and vehicles passing through these locations.
In the district, there are a number of combined spillways that, during heavy rains, can cause water to rise, causing local flooding, making it difficult for people and vehicles to pass through, such as: Ba village spillway (on the route from Ba village to Dinh Son 1 and Dinh Son 2 villages, Huu Kiem commune), Luu Hoa spillway (on the route from Xieng Thu village, Chieu Luu commune to Bao Thang commune), Xop Thap spillway (on the route from Huu Lap to Bao Nam), Hoa Son bridge (on the route from Muong Xen to Tay Son).
Ms. Mua Thi Giang - a resident of Tay Son commune, Ky Son district said: Traveling on the roads from Muong Xen - Tay Son during the flood season is very scary, because soil and rocks can fall at any time, sometimes when it rains and floods, the stream water rises very quickly, people have to wait for the water to recede before daring to cross the spillways.
Comrade Vi Van Son - Deputy Head of the Economic - Infrastructure Department of Ky Son district said: The work of ensuring safety for people traveling through this area during the rainy and flood season has always been of special concern to the authorities at all levels in Ky Son district. To ensure safety in the spillway area, the district's temporary plan is to dig and excavate soil and rocks at the spillway points before and after the rainy and flood periods. For complicated spillway locations, machinery is mobilized to dig and excavate to ensure drainage.
The district calls on organizations, individuals, and businesses to sponsor and invest in building a number of steel truss bridges parallel to the spillway bridges at these locations to serve people's travel during floods. Previously, the district also built many steel truss bridges to overcome floods at some spillways, which were effective. In the long term, it is necessary to invest in building rigid bridges to ensure that they are not flooded during the rainy season.
In the mountainous district of Que Phong, for many years now, more than 14 km of road passing through 3 southwestern communes of the district, Chau Thon, Quang Phong, and Cam Muon, has been frequently blocked at 3 underground and overflow points when there is heavy rain. However, since 2019, this road section has not been maintained or repaired.
Chairman of the People's Committee of Cam Muon Commune (Que Phong) Lo Thanh Tung said: During the rainy season, the culverts and spillways are often submerged in water. To ensure the safety of the people and minimize any unfortunate damage that may occur, in addition to strengthening propaganda and reminding people to be careful when traveling during heavy rains, the commune proactively arranges forces to be on duty at these locations to direct traffic and be ready to respond to all situations. The worrying thing in ensuring safety through culverts and spillways during the rainy season is the subjective and negligent mentality of some people.
Comrade Bui Van Hien - Vice Chairman of Que Phong District People's Committee added: In the face of the above situation, to proactively prevent and combat natural disasters in 2023, Que Phong District People's Committee has directed functional forces to urgently install warning signs and barriers at both ends of all overflows in the area; establish shock troops in communes and towns, arrange forces on duty, ensure safety of overflows and overflows across roads; well implement the "4 on-site" motto. At the same time, request the Economic - Infrastructure Department, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the district to coordinate with relevant units to clear all drainage channels, ensure ventilation, and avoid flooding when there is heavy rain.
There are currently many culverts and spillways across rivers and streams in the province. In recent years, during the rainy and stormy season, there have been a number of cases where people have encountered accidents while trying to cross culverts and spillways. Therefore, it is very important that localities seriously implement plans to ensure safety at culverts and spillways, to prevent unfortunate accidents from happening...
Statistics from localities and road management units show that before this year's flood season, on many mountainous roads in Nghe An province such as Provincial Roads 543D, 541, 542, National Highway 16 passing through Tuong Duong and Ky Son districts and National Highways 48, 48D, 48E passing through Que Phong, Quy Chau and Nghia Dan districts, there were many underground points and overflow areas that were eroded and collapsed, affecting trade and socio-economic development of local people.
To proactively deal with any natural disaster situation caused by prolonged heavy rain, the Provincial People's Committee has requested departments, branches, People's Committees of districts and cities, and the Standing Office of the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue to closely monitor developments of heavy rain, floods, and flash floods.
In particular, pay attention to locations at risk of landslides, promptly and fully inform authorities and people to proactively prevent, respond, and minimize damage; be ready with forces to control and guide traffic, especially through culverts, spillways, deep flooded areas, and fast-flowing water. At the same time, proactively arrange forces, materials, and means to overcome incidents, ensuring smooth traffic on main traffic routes when heavy rain occurs.
Director of the Department of Transport Hoang Phu Hien said: Right from the beginning of the year, the Department of Transport has developed a plan, a specific implementation plan, and proposed measures to ensure traffic safety. The functional departments of the Department of Transport have proactively conducted a review to clearly identify locations where landslides frequently occur on all routes to proactively develop plans and measures to prevent and combat, and propose solutions to overcome weak locations on the routes. Units assigned to manage the routes have increased inspection of the entire national highway system, provincial roads, and district roads; reviewed bridges, spillways, culverts, roadbeds, and road signaling systems. The Department has directed specialized units to strengthen inspection and clearing work on both sides of the road to ensure visibility. Special attention has been paid to the maintenance, repair, and maintenance of traffic infrastructure on the routes to ensure smooth and safe bridges and roads.
This year's flood season is forecasted to be complicated, although the plan to ensure traffic safety for underground areas, weak spillways, and points at risk of landslides in the rainy season has been prepared by road units. However, localities need to have warnings so that people can proactively prevent and minimize damage when natural disasters occur.This year's flood season is forecasted to be complicated, although the plan to ensure traffic safety for underground areas, weak spillways, and points at risk of landslides in the rainy season has been prepared by road units. However, localities need to have warnings so that people can proactively prevent and minimize damage when natural disasters occur.