What did the insiders say about the collapse of the raft house that caused many people to fall into the river at Cai Rang floating market?

(NLDO) - Inspectors of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City will inspect all business establishments at Cai Rang floating market.

On February 17, an interdisciplinary inspection team chaired by the Inspectorate of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City inspected the Khoi My rest stop (Khoi My facility) after an incident in which many tourists fell into the river while visiting Cai Rang floating market on February 16.

VIDEO : Interdisciplinary inspection team works with owner of Khoi My facility

Khoi My is a specialty store located on a barge (floating house) with an area of ​​about 200 m2. The floating house is located on the river, about 20 m from the shore and the water level is about 5 m deep.

Next to the raft house, the facility has an extension, reinforcing the nose with wooden and iron planks (called the raft house nose) for tourists to step from the cruise ship to the stopping point to visit and buy specialties.

At the meeting with the inspection team, Mr. Tran Chi (36 years old, owner of Khoi My facility) reported the incident of the houseboat collapsing, causing many tourists to fall into the river on the morning of February 16.

Many tourists fell into the river on February 16. Source: social network

At that time, there were about 100 passengers on the raft. The number of passengers gathered at the raft's bow waiting for the boat to pick them up was so large that part of the raft's bow collapsed, causing passengers to fall into the water.

The bow of the raft collapsed on February 16 due to a large number of visitors.

When the incident occurred, the cruise ships promptly assisted and brought the tourists safely ashore. After the incident, the Traffic Police Department of Can Tho City Police came to work with the owner of the facility and made a record, suspending the operation.

Mr. Nguyen Hoang On, Chief Inspector of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City, said that through inspection, the facility had a number of violations such as: not fully implementing business conditions, the barge had an expired inspection certificate and did not ensure safety conditions for tourists.

Interdisciplinary inspection team works with the facility

The inspection team requested the facility owner to complete the above procedures and reinforce and upgrade the raft to ensure safety requirements and conduct inspection in accordance with regulations to be licensed to operate again.

In addition, the Inspectorate of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City informed that it will set up an inspection team for all business establishments and floating restaurants serving tourists on Cai Rang floating market.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/video-chu-co-so-phan-tran-vu-sap-mui-nha-be-nhieu-nguoi-roi-xuong-song-o-cho-noi-cai-rang-196250217133613942.htm