THAI NGUYEN — Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Thai Nguyen Province People's Committee to inspect land subsidence and cracks in the province to ensure residents' safety.
Trinh Quoc Viet, deputy head of Dai Tu District's Natural Resources and Environment Office, said that they had checked out the scene, but the area still needed to be inspected by experts.
The land cracks are 1.5cm in width and appeared the district's Can Village. These cracks have now spread.
Coupled with these land cracks, Can Village is experiencing land subsidence that is 15-20m in width.
Nguyen Van Du, a resident in the area, said that some households in the village had moved to other places due to fear of landslides.
The area near Dong Hy District's communes of Nam Hoa and Cay Thi are also suffering from land subsidence and cracks.
Duong Minh Thu, deputy chairman of Cay Thi Commune People's Committee, said that about 50 places had been affected by land subsidence in Trai Cau Village. It has been reported that one such place has been degraded by 100m.
Viet said that there were no springs, lakes or mines near the subsidence areas, so a clear cause had yet to be identified. However, about 40 years ago, landslides occurred in this area, which left big holes that have yet to be filled in until now.
Du said that people in the province's Dai Tu District were concerned about the issue.
Hai asked the ministry to identify the cause of this problem and provide immediate solutions to repairing the land subsidence that was taking place in the province.
Viet said that according to the Deputy Prime Minister's order, local authorities would assist affected households and would temporarily remove them from their places in order to ensure their safety. —VNS
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