Tien Giang province to active flood respond in the western districts

ABO - On September 13, Chairman of the Tien Giang Provincial People's Committee (PPC) chaired the meeting with the Provincial Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue and relevant departments on the preparation task to respond flood in the western districts.

At the meeting. Photo: thtg.vn

From early August to now, the water level from the Mekong constantly flowed to make the watershed of the Tien river in Tan Chau rise fast. On September 11, 2018, the highest water level in Tan Chau was 4.09m, higher than the same period of 2017 as 0.92m.

According to the Tien Giang province Meteorological and Hydrography Station, the water level of the Tien river will slow down in the next 5 days. As forecasts, the water level on the Tien River in My Tho city and in the interior field at Hau My Bac commune can appear highly in early October with the highest from 1.7 to 1.8m at My Tho city; the highest level in Hau My Bac North America from 1.7 to 1.9 m, lower than 2011 from 0.4 to 0.6 m.

Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong speaks at the meeting. Photo: thtg.vn

Before the complicated happenings of the 2018 flood, more than 7,700 hectares of summer-autumn rice expected to be harvested after 30 September 2018 in the western districts of the province will be affected. Therefore, to protect and harvest summer-autumn rice safely, the western districts of the province are now reinforcing open dikes and low dykes. For the area of orchards and 77 thousand hectares pineapples, most dykes cover is basic to prevent flood and tides. However, in the case of big floods equivalent to 2011 combined with high tides will overflow the dykes to affect the area of orchards in Cai Be, Cai Lay and Tan Phuoc districts.

Facing this situation, Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong asked departments, departments and localities to strengthen the propaganda to guide people to check dike cover. At the same time, it is necessary to appoint people to monitor closely the water level, prepare a plan to respond to floods in 2011 to ensure the safe harvest of the summer-autumn rice crop and to protect the area of fruit trees in the western district of the province.

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by HUU CHI)