Storm No. 3 (Storm Yagi) and the historic flood that followed have passed for nearly 6 months, but many rows of bamboo along some dikes in Hai Duong are still desolate.
On the right dike of Kinh Mon River through Phu Thai town (Kim Thanh), some bamboo clumps were uprooted after storm No. 3 and the historic flood that occurred last September, lying bare and dry. It is not uncommon to see old bamboo clumps tilted and not cared for. Some bamboo clumps were burned and cut down.
The same situation also occurred on the Thai Binh River dike in many communes of Nam Sach, Tu Ky districts, Hai Duong city...
By 2022, Hai Duong will have a 293 km long bamboo wave-breaking system. After storm No. 3 and the historic flood, the whole province had about 410 bamboo clumps uprooted and tilted.
However, contractors of bamboo wave-breaking products in many localities have not paid attention to restoring damage, have not replanted, and have even destroyed them to make room for growing crops...
Since 1997, the Provincial People's Committee has issued Decision No. 3135 regulating the mechanism and policies for land management and use in the riverside dike protection corridor and planting bamboo to protect the dike. Accordingly, the contractor must use the land in the dike protection corridor to invest in and use it for planting, caring for and protecting bamboo to protect the dike.
If the contractor is not active or takes advantage of the use of land for other production purposes to gain profit, causing the bamboo to die, not grow, be gradually destroyed or violate the Dike Ordinance, depending on the severity, he/she will be subject to administrative sanctions according to the law and the contract will be revoked.
The current weather is very suitable for planting, caring for, restoring and developing more bamboo wave-breaking rows. The lush green bamboo plays an important role in protecting the dikes during big storms and floods.
NGUYEN NGOC (Kinh Mon)