Vietnamese province supplies free clean water to residents in drought-hit border areas

April 12, 2016 | 09:24

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Authorities in the southern Vietnamese province of Binh Phuoc have been providing complimentary fresh water for citizens living in the drought-hit areas that are adjacent to the border with Cambodia.

Given the severe climatic condition that has been devastating the lives of local people in past months, officials in Loc Ninh, Bu Dop, and Bu Gia Map Districts have decided to get clean water to the dwellers there to alleviate the situation.

Officers from the Bu Gia Map Border Guard, in cooperation with local authorities, have used firefighting water of a local national park to quench the thirst of the people.

The water was sterilized before being distributed to many residents in several communes in the district.

With the objective of ensuring water for residents during the dry season this year, the administration in Bu Gia Map District will continue providing fresh water as long as the people are still short of it.

Clean water has also been distributed to thousands of people in Loc Ninh District on tanker trucks.

Water supplying points have been set up in every residential area in the locality, said Ho Quang Khanh, head of the Loc Ninh Office of Agriculture and Rural Development.

“Residents only have to bring necessary tools to fetch water whose quality is ensured, as it was gotten from wells,” Khanh stated.

He added that local authorities will drill more boreholes in order for citizens to have access to sufficient water resources.

Meanwhile, in Bu Dop District, public water tanks have been installed in all residential areas and schools to serve the people.

Approximately 4,000 households in the locality are facing an extreme shortage of clean water, many of whom have taken matters into their own hands by digging wells, pumping water from partially flooded areas or those near a river to survive the ordeal.

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