Among those, 30 cases were in Binh Chanh District, followed by Nha Be District with 25, Thu Duc City with 18, and District 7 with seven. The others are in Can Gio, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon and Binh Thanh districts.
Around 107 construction works in HCM City have illegally encroached on local riverbanks and canals
The Department of Transport has urged districts to strictly deal with riverbank and canal encroachment. Localities have been asked to instruct the dismantlement of illegally-built works.
HCM City will take measures to protect 59 rivers and canals with a total length of 553 kilometres, including 72 kilometres of Saigon River, 60 kilometres of Soai Rap River, 32 kilometres of Long Tau River and seven kilometres of Dong Nai River.
HCM City Department of Transport had previously been urged to set up inspection teams to crack down on encroachment on the banks of Saigon River.
Construction works are endangering the banks of the Saigon, which supplies drinking water to the city. The encroachment of the safety corridors and banks had affected the flow of the river and posed a risk of collapse of the banks.
