In the flood-prone central province of Quang Nam , a further5,000-odd households need to be relocated to safe areas, an officialsaid.
Nguyen Van Gap, head of the Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development's Rural Development Division, said theprovince has several major rivers and streams which often flood in therainy season, causing landslides and threatening lives and properties.
"Of the province's 18 districts and cities, 17 have had landslides or face the danger of landslides."
Since 1997 his division has joined local authorities to relocate morethan 16,000 families at a cost of 29 billion VND (1.5 million USD), hesaid.
The province has also spent tens of billionsof dong on building embankments along rivers and 100 new residentialareas for more than 4,000 relocated households, he said.
In Dai Loc District in the downstream of the Thu Bon and Vu GiaRivers, they have relocated nearly 1,000 families from 700 spots wherethere have been river and mountain landslides since 2001.
"The district has [another] 400 households living in landslide-proneareas," Phan Duc Tinh, deputy chairman of its People's Committee, said.
In the district's Dai Hong Commune, which has a16-km stretch of the Vu Gia River, around 100ha of farmlands have beenlost due to riverbank erosion since 2001.
Dang VanKy , chairman of the commune People's Committee, warned that withoutproper protective measures, Ngoc Thach and Dong Phuoc hamlets will lose300ha of farmlands to erosion.
Nguyen Thi Van,whose house is near the Vu Gia River in Dai Lanh Commune's Ha Duc DongHamlet in the same district, said: "We heard that local authorities areplanning to move households here to safe areas but the relocation hasnot been carried out yet."
According tothe Rural Development Division, the amount the province needs forrelocating all threatened families is 10 billion VND (520,000 USD) ayear. But since only 3 billion VND is earmarked, priority is given tohouseholds in high-risk areas.
Besides, with theamount of available land being limited, it is becoming hard forauthorities to allot enough land for the relocated people's housing andproduction needs. Many have got only 150-200sq.m, just enough forhousing./.
Nguyen Van Gap, head of the Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development's Rural Development Division, said theprovince has several major rivers and streams which often flood in therainy season, causing landslides and threatening lives and properties.
"Of the province's 18 districts and cities, 17 have had landslides or face the danger of landslides."
Since 1997 his division has joined local authorities to relocate morethan 16,000 families at a cost of 29 billion VND (1.5 million USD), hesaid.
The province has also spent tens of billionsof dong on building embankments along rivers and 100 new residentialareas for more than 4,000 relocated households, he said.
In Dai Loc District in the downstream of the Thu Bon and Vu GiaRivers, they have relocated nearly 1,000 families from 700 spots wherethere have been river and mountain landslides since 2001.
"The district has [another] 400 households living in landslide-proneareas," Phan Duc Tinh, deputy chairman of its People's Committee, said.
In the district's Dai Hong Commune, which has a16-km stretch of the Vu Gia River, around 100ha of farmlands have beenlost due to riverbank erosion since 2001.
Dang VanKy , chairman of the commune People's Committee, warned that withoutproper protective measures, Ngoc Thach and Dong Phuoc hamlets will lose300ha of farmlands to erosion.
Nguyen Thi Van,whose house is near the Vu Gia River in Dai Lanh Commune's Ha Duc DongHamlet in the same district, said: "We heard that local authorities areplanning to move households here to safe areas but the relocation hasnot been carried out yet."
According tothe Rural Development Division, the amount the province needs forrelocating all threatened families is 10 billion VND (520,000 USD) ayear. But since only 3 billion VND is earmarked, priority is given tohouseholds in high-risk areas.
Besides, with theamount of available land being limited, it is becoming hard forauthorities to allot enough land for the relocated people's housing andproduction needs. Many have got only 150-200sq.m, just enough forhousing./.
