Railway through Hai Van Pass needs 53.5 million USD for upgrade
Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) has requested that the Ministry of Transport urgently invest 1.33 trillion VND (53.5 million USD) to upgrade the railway in the Hai Van Pass area due to the impact of typhoon Sonca in October.
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam Railway Corporation(VNR) has requested that the Ministry of Transport urgently invest 1.33trillion VND (53.5 million USD) to upgrade the railway in the Hai Van Pass areadue to the impact of typhoon Sonca in October.
According to VNR, the railway infrastructure on the Hai Van Passarea has deteriorated due to lack of investment and frequent annual rains,causing landslides and a high risk to train operation safety.
Earlier this month, a team of the Ministry of Transport, VietnamRailway Administration and VNR inspected the scene and assessed the currentstatus of the railway infrastructure and damages in the Hai Van Pass area.
The inspection results showed that on the railway section throughthe pass, there were about 20 points of landslides that damaged railwayinfrastructure and continued to pose a potential risk of unsafe operation ifnot repaired soon.
In order to ensure train safety and improve operationalefficiency, VNR suggested the Ministry of Transport ask the Prime Minister toconsider allocating about 1.33 trillion VND (53.5 million USD) from the StateBudget for repair works.
The repair works would include reinforcement of talus roofs ofsections with potential risk of landslides (20 positions), and upgradingrailways and stations of a total length of 16.31km, 15 bridges with totallength of 358m, and three tunnels of 1.6km.
In the initial period, VNR will propose the Ministry of Transportreport to the Government and the Ministry of Finance to balance capital fromthe State budget to prioritise investment in a number of key locations withhigh risk of danger, such as reinforcing talus roofs, repairing and upgradingdamaged bridges, culverts and drainage systems to ensure safe operation with abudget of about 600 billion VND (24.1 million USD).
The work will be carried out by the corporation in 2023 and 2024./.
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