Tien Giang reinforces Go Cong sea dike to protect farm land
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is reinforcing the Go Cong sea dike to protect thousands of hectares of coastal agricultural land, according to a local official.
Tien Giang (VNA) – The MekongDelta province of Tien Giang is reinforcing the Go Cong sea dike to protectthousands of hectares of coastal agricultural land, according to a localofficial.
The 530 metre-long section in Tan Diencommune, Go Cong Dong district is seriously vulnerable to strong winds andwave, said Nguyen Thien Phap, head of the water resource management andflood and storm prevention division under the Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development.
The construction of wave-proof structureand concrete-surface dike has been accelerated to be completed and put into useby stormy season in 2017, Phap said, noting it cost nearly 20 billion VND.
The Go Cong sea dike is over 21,000 metreslong, protecting over 28,000 hectares of cultivation land in the coastaldistricts of Go Cong Dong, Go Cong Tay, Go Cong town, and Cho Gao.
Over the past years, landslides triggeredby climate change and strong winds have damaged the protection forest outsidethe dike, putting the dike at the risk of collapse, particularly the 12-kmsection in Tan Dien and Tan Thanh communes in Go Cong Dong district.
The locality has also piloted making sanddike outside the sea to plant protection forests, thus reinforcing the local seadike.-VNA
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The damaged section of Go Cong dike (Source: VNA) 
