Shaonian River Of Qinhe Village and Dong Zhuang River’s Barrier Lake

On the East side of Qinhe Village (Dong Zhuang River) and the expansive winding riverbed of the Shaonian River, the land is facing serious collapse. Makeshift roads on the upper reaches of the river that connect the villages of Fuxing, Meilan and Meishan have been built, but in the area around 98+780 in Provincial Highway 20 where a blockage in the river and the narrowing of river band has occurred, a rather spectacular barrier lake of giant proportions has formed. The large-scale reconstruction of roads that has begun and the inevitable depositing of debris and earth into the already clogged up river could prove to make this already dangerous situation worse. After Typhoon Morakot, villagers began to worry that this barrier lake would collapse and engulf the whole village. Although a refuge house has been provided for villagers in the mountain, however it is still hoped that the waterway can be dredged as soon as possible to eliminate any danger. Without eliminating the danger, residents of Qin and Dongzhuang Villages will continue to hold fear over the potential for a nightmarish disaster that every rainy season brings with it.

Shaonian River Of Qinhe Village and Dong Zhuang River’s Barrier Lake (by CJ Teacher Chen)
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/66222

(以下為中文對照)

高雄縣勤和村少年溪上游[東莊溪]的『堰塞湖』(公民記者 陳老師 報導)
 
勤和村東邊「東莊溪」與河床寬闊蜿蜒的少年溪，緊臨僅約3---10M，因此部份河道嚴重沖蝕東莊村，上游通往復興、梅蘭及梅山等村的便道，已經完全暢通，但其上游約台20線98+780處，因河床泥沙淤積河道嚴重縮小，造成一大量儲水的另一奇景「堰塞湖」，湖面遼闊又因河道旁的山頂正大興土木據悉挖土填溪造路，泥沙淤積更形嚴重。部落村民自88災後，擔心『堰塞湖』崩解淹沒全村，雖有山上工作平台的避難屋，但治本之道還是希望盡快疏通河道，否則民國100年的雨季將又是勤和東莊村人人談湖色變的可怕夢魘。

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