Phong Chau pontoon bridge: temporarily suspended, the reason why fans are worried about 'fever'

On the evening of October 1, the leader of the People's Committee of Tam Nong district, Phu Tho province said that the Phong Chau pontoon bridge must be temporarily suspended tonight to ensure the safety of people passing by.

The information leader informed that the reason for the temporary closure of the Phong Chau pontoon bridge was due to the rising water level of the Red River, the water swept strongly, many trees and obstacles drifted into it, putting pressure on this pontoon bridge. Therefore, to ensure absolute safety for the people, the functional forces have conducted research, reviewed and come up with a plan to temporarily close the pontoon bridge. The closure of the Phong Chau pontoon bridge to ensure safety until further notice.

Previously, pontoon bridges were installed in Huong Nun commune (Tam Nong district) and Ban Nguyen commune (Lam Thao district). In order to install the pontoon bridge, the 249th Engineer Brigade (Engineer Corps) mobilized over 200 officers and soldiers and nearly 90 vehicles of all kinds to participate in the task. The 249th Brigade determined to use 26 abutments and 2 abutments to articulate, reassemble and fix the refuels to form a complete pontoon bridge.

The bridge is operated from 6 to 22 hours daily. Rudimentary vehicles, motorcycles, mopeds and 3-wheeled motorcycles are allowed to circulate in 2 directions at a speed of not more than 5 km/h. For cars, only cars and pickup trucks (2-4 seats) are allowed to circulate in one direction when crossing the bridge, the time of circulation in each direction is 10 minutes, the distance between vehicles on the bridge is not more than 30m, the speed is not more than 10 km/h.

The authorities of Phu Tho province developed a plan for channeling during the repair of Phong Chau Bridge. Accordingly, vehicles with a total load of 10 tons or less, rudimentary vehicles, motorcycles, and pedestrians are allowed to circulate through the Red River by pontoon bridge instead of the collapsed Phong Chau Bridge.

According to actual records of flood water levels, in the evening and night of October 1, the water level of the Red River, the section passing through the territory of Yen Bai city (Yen Bai) rises above alert 3, overflowing into some streets adjacent to the riverbank. In order to prevent flooding from occurring, people on the roads bordering the Red River urgently moved their belongings to a safe place.

Move valuables to an elevated area, and at the same time monitor the rising water level to proactively relocate people to a safe place. As soon as they grasped the information of rising water on the streets adjacent to the banks of the Red River, the local authorities mobilized military and police forces to support people to relocate their properties, warn of flooded areas, monitor the water level situation in the streets to promptly respond.

The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control - Search and Rescue of Hong Ha Ward, Yen Bai City proposes that the subcommittees of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control - Search and Rescue of residential groups continue to grasp the developments and situation of rain and floods in a timely manner so that organizations, agencies, units and people know the proactive response plan. relocate people and property to safe places to minimize damage caused by rain and floods when the Red River water rises, causing flooding.

It is forecasted that on the night of October 1, the water level of the Red River will continue to rise rapidly, about 32.8m, above the 3rd alarm is 0.8m. In the next 12-24 hours, floods on the Red River are likely to peak.

Previously, during the storm and flood in early September, as of the morning of September 16, in Yen Bai province, 54 people died and went missing due to rain and floods. The rain and flood caused more than 25,200 houses in the province to be flooded, collapsed and damaged. In addition, rain and storms also caused 190 locations of national highways to be eroded, affected; There have been 14 hydropower plants that have to stop operating and stop power generation. It is estimated that the total preliminary damage is about 4,635 billion VND.

The damage caused by rain and floods to Yen Bai province this year has exceeded the total state budget revenue in the province in 2023.

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