Hundreds of homes lose main-road access

More than 400 households in Nhan Co commune in the Dak R'Lap District of Dak Nong Province are complaining that their main road has been incorporated into the Nhan Co industrial complex.

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Truong Dinh, a commune resident, said that the industrial complex had made the life of his family and others difficult.

"It is now hard for us to move around and transport goods. We are disturbed by the dust when it is windy and by muddy road when it rains. Many people have fallen because the road surface is rough", Dinh says.

Many households have sent a request to the Nhan Co commune's People's Committee to ask for financial compensation and a new way to approach their homes.

This has become a pressing need as the new school year has approached and hundreds of children have to go to and from school daily. The communal People's Committee has asked Dak Nong's Urban zone managing board to resolve difficulties for inhabitants.

Ho Si Diep, deputy director of the managing board said it would total up the cost of the damages and compensate local inhabitants.

Tran Quoc Dat, deputy director of the urban Infrastructure section of the managing board said it was planned to build a new road as part of the construction plan for Nhan Co industrial complex, but not before the end of this year.

Diep said that the Nhan Co industrial complex was a key project in the province. It had a total area of 150ha and an investment fund of VND1,700 billion (US$81 million).

The managing board said it would arrange for temporary repairs to the road until it could be fixed properly.

Landslides, huge boulders block highway in Lai Chau

The movement of traffic on a section of National Highway 4D, passing through the northern Lai Chau Province, has been affected due to the damage caused by landslides late yesterday.

Mud and boulders up to 5m wide and weighing an estimated 1,000cu.m are covering about 17m of National Highway 4D, which links the two northern mountain provinces of Lai Chau and Lao Cai.

The landslide occurred yesterday evening (August 13) at Km67+800 in Tam Duong District, causing inconvenience to much of the traffic there.

Lai Chau provincial traffic police were immediately sent to the area to resolve the situation, but it was difficult to complete the work early because of the heavy damage caused by the landslide.

A local witness said besides a great amount of earth, a large boulder was lying on the road that would have to be removed by a bulldozer.

Currently, workers and machines from the Construction Joint Stock Company No 3, which specialises in bridge and road construction and management, are trying to deal with the problem.

However, they said the removal of such a large amount of earth and rocks was a hard task that could not be completed soon.

Nguyen Kien Chung, deputy director of the Construction Joint Stock Company No 3, said the land surface in the area was weak, making it easy for landslides to occur.

The recent rainy season was also one of the reasons for the landslide, Chung said.

The deputy director said the company had sent all its workers and machines to the area, including a modern rock-cutting machine to help remove the large boulder.

Traffic was expected to return to normal later today, Chung said.

VNS