Water, water go away ... Funny, No Rain for a Few Days

People who transitted through Quan 4 tonight were surprised by a deep pool of water after they crossed Cao Ong Lanh (bridge) that carries traffic from Nguyen Thai Hoc on to Hoang Dieu.

The road elevating works which raised the intersection of Hoang Dieu and Khanh Hoi by 20 centimetres are an abysmal failure as there was at least 20 centimetres depth of flood water there at 19.00H.

There was were further flood points further along Khanh Hoi towards Quan 7.

I popped under the river through the new Thu Thiem Tunnel and the newly recovered land  in Thu Thiem where they plan to build thousands of new homes was also completely covered with water.

The floods were the result of extra high tides from the sea combined with the effect of the moon. There was no rain in TP HCM today.

In addition to the high water, TP HCM is also sinking! This sinking is caused by the pumping/extraction of ground water of which around 46% is illegal and not authorised by the city.

As you might expect, the rights to minerals, or anything, in the ground belong to the government.

Should be high water again Tuesday. And don't think you can avoid the Khanh Hoi flooding by using Nguyen Van Linh because it was flooded, too!