Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal less polluted after cleanup

Van Nam

A motorcycle rider crosses a bridge built as part of the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal cleanup project - PHOTO: VAN NAM

At a meeting with the city government last Saturday, the management board of the HCMC Urban Upgrade Project said 98% of the workload had been completed and that a ceremony would be organized on April 5 to mark the completion of the project.

Major components of the project in districts 6, 11, Tan Binh and Tan Phu have been done, including 2,617 meters of sewers, 12 bridges and 10 km of road. In addition, trees have been planted to create green scenery along the canal.

Work started four years ago on the VND2 trillion (US$93.7 million) project to improve the living environment for the residential areas stretching 7.5 kilometers along the canal. According to environment experts, together with the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal which has also been rehabilitated, the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal rehabilitation project will make the streets linking districts 5, 6, 11, Tan Binh and Tan Phu wider and more beautiful.

The management board of the HCMC Urban Upgrade Project forecast land and house prices in the canal basin would increase as the project would help reduce flooding and pollution there.

The project is part of the Urban Upgrade Project in Vietnam which benefits HCMC, Can Tho, Nam Dinh and Haiphong, and has been implemented from 2004 to 2014 with total capital of US$382.5 million. Of the amount, US$266.7 billion is from the World Bank and VND4 trillion from the four localities.

After ten years of implementation, the project has benefited over six million people in the four localities.

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