Find solutions to minimize damage from flash floods and landslides

The seminar "Flash floods and landslides in the Central region, Central Highlands, causes and solutions to minimize" organized by Vietnam Construction Association and Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee in Hoi An city, attracted More than 150 delegates, guests and experts attended.

Damage that cannot be compensated

Opening the seminar program, Mr. Le Tri Thanh - Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee expressed his emotion when reviewing the reportage images shown in the hall about the damage caused by storms accompanied by heavy rain. , causing landslides in the central provinces recently. In the times when Quang Nam was tormented by natural disasters, Mr. Thanh was present at the scene to direct the people to save and overcome the consequences. Mr. Thanh thanked the delegates, experts and guests for their interest in the content of the seminar, sharing the concerns of leaders and people about natural disasters, floods, and climate change. complex and unpredictable.

Overview of the Conference

After the opening remarks, Dr. Dang Viet Dung - Chairman of the Vietnam General Construction Association delivered the opening speech. In his brief speech, Dr. Dung emphasized the role of the workshop, the concern of the people, scientists, experts, the damage caused by flood pipes, flash floods, landslides caused in many parts of the country in recent years, especially in the Central and Central Highlands.

The seminar attracted more than 150 delegates from 16 central provinces, the Central Highlands and officials, experts, scientists from central ministries and branches.

In 2017, heavy rain in the Central region caused 12 landslides (of which 6 cases in Bac Tra My district, 2 cases in Nam Tra My district in Tra Van commune; 2 cases in Phuoc Son district) caused 29 deaths and many deaths. buried or damaged property.

In 2020, there were 5 landslides recorded in Nam Tra My, Phuoc Son and Bac Tra My areas, killing 30 people and leaving 17 people missing. Damage caused by floods is estimated at more than 11 trillion VND.

Photos taken from a helicopter supplying the highlands of Phuoc Loc commune (Phuoc Son) after the storm No. 9 show that the traces of landslides are like scratches on the green of the primeval forest. Up to now, Quang Nam province still has to continue to maintain the search for the missing people, the reconstruction work poses a difficult problem in terms of investment resources, the plan to arrange the resettlement site, stabilize people's lives. disaster area.

Many presentations attracted the attention of experts and scientists attending the conference.

Responsible Comments

The conference has 19 presentations with enthusiastic content and responsibilities of many specialized scientists, printed in volumes for the participants to consult, research and critique: Opening the forum, Mr. Nguyen Van Vy- The Director of the Central - Central Highlands Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Sub-Department presented a presentation titled: "The situation of natural disasters, the work of directing, managing, responding to and overcoming the consequences of storms and floods in the Central region" . After stating the losses of people and property due to storms, floods, landslides in mountainous land, riverbank and coastal erosion caused to the central provinces in 2020, Mr. Vy said that the objective causes are objective. is due to climate change, causing unpredictable rain and storms; The subjective cause is that people are still subjective to the evolution of natural disasters, the forest is destroyed but the restoration is slow, the infrastructure works have not taken into account all the consequences.

Engineer Le Van Kim Sang - Commanding Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Industrial Zone in Thua Thien Hue Province also pointed out a number of objective and subjective reasons for weather, terrain and people in the Central and Central Highlands, similar to those of the Central Highlands. Mr. Vy's speech and proposed some solutions to prevent and minimize damage, were highly appreciated by the workshop.

Instead of ending

Concluding the workshop, Dr. Dang Viet Dung "packaged" with 5 groups of issues, in which the group of "recommendations" was emphasized. The Conference Organizing Committee will gather the opinions of leaders and experts into a report to submit to the Government, the Prime Minister and ministries, and at the same time apply the results of research and public implementation. Launching operations against floods, flash floods and landslides, focusing on 5 tasks:

1. Cooperate with specialized ministries in formulating specific regulations, standards and regulations for investment in infrastructure works (roads, offices, houses, etc.) that are suitable and safe from natural disasters;
2. Cooperate with provinces in developing and drawing up warning maps of landslides, flash floods, flood maps downstream of reservoirs with appropriate scale, developing risk classification criteria, support localities in making plans to review residential areas and residential areas at risk and develop prevention plans;
3. Support localities in adjusting and integrating the content of prevention, response and remediation of natural disaster consequences into development plannings, plans and strategies of sectors and localities in the direction of multi-objective combination. ; minimize the increase in natural disaster risks, adapt to the characteristics of each region and region, especially areas with high risk of flash floods and landslides;

4. Technical assistance to localities in mapping out floods caused by rain, floods, and inundation in downstream areas of reservoirs in case of emergency flood discharge or dam failure, to serve as a basis for construction plans to ensure safety for people, infrastructure and concentrated economic zones;
5. Cooperate with localities in applying scientific research results published in seminars and forecasting flash floods and landslides in order to be proactive in preventing and effectively responding to various types of natural disasters;

According to nguoixaydung.com