Serious riverbank erosion, sweeping away the entire tea garden

Recently, due to the impact of heavy rain and floods, the banks of Khe Che River (Huong Son District, Ha Tinh ) have been seriously eroded, leading to many hectares of tea grown by local people being washed away.

The flood in early November washed away about 2.4 hectares of tea plantations along the riverbank - Photo: LE MINH

In recent years, due to complicated rain and floods, the Khe Che river bank (a branch flowing into Ngan Pho river) passing through Tien Phong village (Son Kim 2 commune, Huong Son district, Ha Tinh) has suffered serious erosion.

It is worth mentioning that landslides have swept away many hectares of tea belonging to local people recently, making people extremely worried.

Mr. Nguyen Huy Hung (residing in Tien Phong village, Son Kim 2 commune) said that every rainy season, the river water rises high and flows rapidly, causing landslides that wash away many tea plantations of local people.

In recent years, landslides have become more complicated, so if there is no way to reinforce the river banks, people risk having no land to cultivate.

According to Tien Phong villagers, the tea hill by the river has an area of ​​about 100 hectares. In recent years, riverbank erosion has caused about 10 hectares of tea to be washed away into the river.

The area of ​​tea plantations that were eroded and could not be restored, including many areas that were about to be harvested, has affected the output as well as the income of the people.

The Khe Che riverbank has eroded deep into the tea growing area of ​​Tien Phong village people - Photo: LE MINH

Mr. Le Hong Phong - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Kim 2 Commune (Huong Son District) - said that the landslide situation on the Khe Che riverbank has been happening for many years now. The flood in early November alone caused the tea hill area in Tien Phong village to collapse with a length of about 600m, a width of 4m, equivalent to about 2.4ha.

Faced with the above-mentioned landslides, in previous years, local authorities and people used bamboo stakes to reinforce the riverbank and planted bamboo to hold the soil. However, these solutions were ineffective because during heavy rains and floods, the bamboo was washed away.

"Recently, through meetings with voters, people have reported the riverbank erosion situation to local authorities, and at the same time hoped for a project to reinforce the riverbank.

We have also proposed this to our superiors, but so far no project has been approved," Mr. Phong added.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bo-song-sat-lo-nghiem-trong-cuon-troi-ca-vuon-che-20241112152646565.htm