HCMC to build pumping station for flood controlThe HCMC government has passed a plan to build a water pumping station as a temporary measure to control chronic floods on Kinh Duong Vuong Street and in other parts of Binh Tan District. While a major sewer project in the district is not yet complete, the Steering Center for Flood Control of HCMC (SCFC) has been assigned to work with the municipal Department of Transport and Binh Tan District to promptly build the pumping station to cope with floods there. To ease negative impact of the ongoing project, the city government has approved the transport department’s proposal to adjust the project. Serious flooding has hit many other parts of the city after the city has been able to control floods in many flood-prone areas. In 2008, the city had 126 flood-prone areas, with 85 of them in the downtown area.

Source: VietNamNet News September 17, 2016 03:11 UTC