The sea dike through Dien Hung commune (Dien Chau) is sinking and eroding again.

Previously, on September 14, Nghe An Newspaper reported the situation.The culvert slab across the sea dike in Dien Hung commune collapsed.The rain caused erosion, eroding half of the dike. The People's Committee of Dien Chau district directed the locality and the contractor to level and fix the landslide right before storm No. 4 made landfall.

However, after only nearly a week, through the recent heavy rains, the sea dike at the drainage culvert in Hung Phong village, Dien Hung commune has collapsed again and the subsidence is almost equal to the previous level of collapse.

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Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dien Chau district confirmed the incident of the sea dike drainage culvert in Hung Phong village, Dien Hung commune being eroded and subsided as above; at the same time, he said that the repair before storm No. 4 is only temporary. The District People's Committee is continuing to send a document requesting the Traffic Works Investment Management Board (Department of Transport) to urge the contractor of the coastal road project to set up a project to fix the situation of construction vehicles collapsing the culvert slab through the dike, leading to the dike body being eroded.

Currently, many sections of the sea dike from Dien Hung commune (Dien Chau) to Quynh Tho commune (Quynh Luu) have been seriously degraded, although they were recently upgraded in 2022.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dinh - Vice Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee said that after checking the current status of the sea dike before storm No. 3 (storm Yagi), the District Flood and Storm Prevention and Rescue Command Committee assigned the District Economic Infrastructure Department to base on the commitment record of the coastal road construction contractor to issue a document requesting repairs and remediation. In case of necessity and urgency, a project dossier for repairing and upgrading the dike surface will be prepared to ensure safety against storms and rising sea levels./.