On July 18-19, the reservoir of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant in the northern province of Hoa Binh Province discharged water, leading to the rapid rise in the Da River’s water levels.
The dead fish on Da River
As a result, by the morning of July 21, around 240 tonnes of fish raised in cages on Da River running through Phu Tho Province’s districts of Thanh Son and Thanh Thuy were found dead. Meanwhile, around 30 fish cages of households in Hoa Binh Province were also affected.
According to Tran Quang Hoai from the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention, the fish deaths brought about the total loss of nearly VND10 billion (USD454,540).
Hoai noted that the water discharge had also resulted in a sharp rise in the amount of mud in the river so the fish suffered from oxygen shortages.
Up to 444 cages of fish owned by households in Phu Tho Province. Among those, 160 cages were affected by the water discharge, said Nguyen Thanh Tung, a representative from the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
