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Khanh Hoa: More than 25 million USD for flooding, erosion prevention

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa plans to spend more than 580 billion VND (25.52 million USD) on 60 infrastructure projects to prevent flooding, river erosion and saltwater intrusion in 2017-2018.
Khanh Hoa: More than 25 million USD for flooding, erosion prevention ảnh 1In Vinh Ngoc Commune, landslides and erosion have encroached upon some 20m of land, forcing some households to move to other places. (Photo: VNA)

Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The central coastalprovince of Khanh Hoa plans to spend more than 580 billion VND (25.52 millionUSD) on 60 infrastructure projects to prevent flooding, river erosion andsaltwater intrusion in 2017-2018.

The investment includes more than 360billion VND (15.84 million USD) sourced from state budget while the provinceand its districts will invest 99 billion VND (4.35 million USD) and 114 billionVND (5 million USD), respectively.

Erosion at the riverbank is endangeringhundreds of households in Dien Khanh District and Nha Trang city. The mostserious case is the riverbank along Cai River in four communes in Nha Trangcity that needs almost half of the total investment, or 250 billion VND (11million USD), to build embankments.

The erosion has affected 150 houses in which600 people reside in Vinh Thanh Commune and more than 350 houses inhabited by1,000 people in Vinh Trung, Vinh Phuong and Vinh Ngoc Communes.

It has also hit the banks of the Dau Streamin Dien Thanh Commune, the Cho River in Dien Xuan Commune, Dien Khanh Districtand the riverbanks of Lop River and Dinh River in Ninh Hoa town and Can Riverin Cam Ranh City.

It was estimated that floods at the end of2016 caused landslides along 5.3 kilometres of riverbank in Khanh Hoa.

Lowlands in Cam Thinh Dong Commune, Cam RanhCity face serious flooding with water 0.5 – 1 metre deep in the wet season andsaline intrusion in the dry season that affects up to 100 hectares of farmlands.

According to the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, the area is home to about 750 householdswith 3,000 people.

Some 100 billion VND will be used to buildcanals and dykes in Cam Thinh Dong while 70 billion VND will be spent toconstruct canals in Dien Dien and Dien Khanh Communes, Dien Khanh District toprevent saltwater intrusion.-VNA
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