Consecutively in the days from 16 to 19-11-2010, most districts in Ho Chi Minh City were hit by heavy rains in the afternoon combined with high tides. In the center of the city, the situation of flooded water, traffic jam is the obsession of the people .
10 years against . flooded
Since 2000, Ho Chi Minh City has begun implementing flood-resistant projects and works. However, up to now, with trillions of dong and lots of effort, the flooding situation in general has not changed significantly. Currently Ho Chi Minh City has more than 200 flooding points, nearly twice as much when starting to fight flooding!
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Objectively speaking, not anti-flood projects are not effective. Due to the fact that many heavily flooded areas are now completely flooded or submerged due to flood-proofing projects such as Co Bac - Co Giang (District 1), the area in front of Hoa Binh Theater (District 10), Bung area Binh Cay Go (District 6) . Ho Chi Minh City Flood Control Center said that about 20% of the flooding points in the inner city were erased thanks to flood control projects in Nhieu Loc - Thi basin. Nghe, Tau Hu - Ben Nghe, Tan Hoa - Lo Gom and other small and odd flood-proof projects. The problem is that there are many new flooding points in the area. Many canals and ditches - the city's big water storage points are still encroached or sedimented without planning dredging or protection! According to the latest report of the Department of Transportation, although the waterway and inspection offices often coordinate with districts and districts, it is necessary to control the encroachment of rivers and canals; But until the end of October 2010, there were still 17 unsettled encroachment cases in the province, including 7 in central-managed river routes and 10 in river routes under the management of local. In addition, there are about 20 cases of encroachment on safety corridors to protect rivers and canals that have not been dealt with until now.
Dr. Ho Long Phi, Deputy Director of the flood control program of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the land area of the above encroachment cases is still very small compared to the occupied area of rivers, canals and rivers. … legalization! That is not to mention a series of low-lying and low-lying areas that used to be water storage areas when it rained down and high tide was leveled. It is no coincidence that while the sea level is affected by climate change, it is only adding 4-5mm / year, the water level of rivers and canals in the city has risen 1.5-2cm / year. The land of natural flooded water has been encroached too much, which is the main reason that according to some scientists, making the peak in Ho Chi Minh City has continuously increased in the past few years.
Resist flooding with consciousness
As mentioned above, Ho Chi Minh City is flooded in large part due to the drainage of the river and canal system. However, many channels and canals have just been dredged and have been flooded with garbage. Ho Chi Minh City has had many propaganda programs to mobilize people not to throw garbage into rivers and canals such as the program " Green Sunday ", the program " Implementation of urban civilization lifestyle ". However, it seems that the situation of garbage dumping into rivers and canals has not ended. A few years ago, the city had to spend tens of billions of dong to collect garbage on rivers and canals, but the results were not as expected. In many places, many sections of rivers and canals, workers and garbage cleaners have just turned away and are facing rivers, canals, and ditches. Mr. Dang Van Khoa, member of People's Council, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City's Association for Nature and Environment Protection said that the city needs to further promote propaganda to prevent people from throwing garbage into rivers and canals. parallel to strictly handling this behavior. Mr. Dang Van Khoa said, it is still easy to know that catching and handling garbage disposal is not easy because local authorities often lack staff. The city should consider and strengthen the staff of environmental protection staff because the cost for this team, although large but not as large as the cost, will have to be spent to clean up rivers and canals.
Flooding, is a long story of a city with a canal. The problem is how and how to combat flooding to be able to " master nature ".