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Ministry of Construction plans to expand HCM City drainage system

HCM CITY — The Ministry of Construction has submitted to the Government for approval plans to triple the length of HCM City’s drainage network.

The existing network, built in  二00 一, is  六 五0 square kilometres, and the ministry wants to expand it to  二,0 九 五sq.km to deal with the flooding that routinely occurs in parts of the city.

The work is proposed to be completed in  二0 三0.

It includes setting up in  二0 二 六- 三0 seven more sewage treatment plants, Nhiêu Lộc–Thị Nghè, Tây Sài Gòn, Bắc Sài Gòn  一, Bắc Sài Gòn  二, Cầu Dừa, Tây Bắc, and Suối Nhum.

When they start operating, the city’s treatment rate will reach an estimated  八 八. 三 per cent.

Because of high tides in the Sài Gòn and Đồng Nai rivers, heavy rains and land subsidence, HCM City is among  一0 global cities most vulnerable to sea-level rise.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, its rivers could rise by  三0cm by  二0 五0 and  七 五cm by the end of this century.

By  二0 五0 the number of co妹妹unes and wards affected by tidal flooding is expected to rise to  一 七 七 covering  六 一 per cent of the city's total area. —VNS