The Ta Luc Sluice prevents saltwater intrusion and stores fresh water for agricultural production in Kien Giang province’s Hon Dat district. (Photo: VNA) Funds will be used for erosion prevention, saltwater prevention sluices,freshwater reservoirs, storm shelter areas for fishing boats, and irrigationsystems, according to the province's Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment.
Households in areas prone to natural disaster and erosion will berelocated, including 126 households in the eroded area of Ba Hon Mountain in Kien Luong district andhouseholds in flood-prone areas caused by rising sea levels.
Coastal erosion
The province will build embankments along coastal areas to prevent erosion.It will upgrade its sea dykes, start the second phase of Duong Dong Reservoir in PhuQuoc city, and build storm shelter areas for fishing boats on the estuariesof Cai Lon and Cai Be rivers, and in PhuQuoc city.
Three urgent coastal erosion-prevention projects are being carried out inAn Bien district’s Mui Ranh area, An Minh district’s Kim Quy estuary, and a coastal section from Kenh 9 Canalto Kenh 7 Canal in Hon Dat district.
More than 50 kilometres of coast inAn Minh district’s Van Khanh and Van Khanh Tay communes facedangerous erosion and need embankments, at a total cost of 1.16 trillion VND (50million USD).
The province has petitioned the Government to allocate funds to build theerosion-prevention embankments. With a coastline of about 200km, the provincehas 80 km of eroded coast areas identified as dangerous or extremely dangerous.
Coastal erosion has caused damage to protective mangrove forests, sea dykesand facilities, affecting the livelihoods of local people and theenvironment.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in cooperation withlocalities is checking dykes and sluices, and ensuring that they operateeffectively.
The province has also planted mangrove forests to prevent erosion alongcoastal areas in An Bien and Hon Dat districts in recent years. It planted a 35ha new mangrove forest to protectsea dykes in An Bien district’s Nam Thai commune, and a 50ha new mangroveforest along coastal areas from Binh Soncommune to Binh Giang commune in HonDat district./.
VNA
