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Many sites in the city often face severe fl ooding upon downpours - Photo: Van Nam
These works are designed to reduce flooding triggered by rising tide in the low-lying areas along the Ben Nghe Canal in districts 1 and 4, the Te Canal in districts 4 and 7, the Phu Xuan River in District 7 and Nha Be District, and to control water levels and regulate water transportation.
Funding for these sluice gates will be sourced from the municipal and central budgets, says a report the Steering Center of the HCMC Urban Flood Control Program sent to the Daily on Wednesday.
Currently, the city is developing a sluice gate to reduce flooding in the areas along the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in District 1 and Binh Thanh District, with total investment of VND290 billion from the city’s budget. Some 75% of the workload has been done and the sluice gate is expected to be operational in late 2013.
In addition to the four sluice gates scheduled to get going in 2014, three others are set for groundbreaking in 2015 and completion in 2017, namely Song Kinh, Rach Tra and Vam Thuat sluice gates. The total cost of these three projects is nearly VND2.3 trillion.
The above sluice gate projects are named in the plan for irrigation and flood prevention in HCMC approved in 2008. Under the plan, 13 sluice gates, with a length of 20-120 meters each, and a 173-km dike running along the Saigon River from HCMC and Long An will be developed.
Do Tan Long, head of the drainage unit under the Steering Center of the HCMC Urban Flood Control Program, said seven flood-prone sites in HCMC had been eradicated. The remaining 11 sites will be dealt with in 2014 and 2015.
To tackle flooding triggered by rain and high tide in the populated areas, nearly 6,000 kilometers of sewers must be completed soon, but so far, the city has had only 3,200 kilometers, said the center.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
