Building a Road

Here are some pics from land clearance going on in District 2 where the road from Thu Thiem highway to Cat Lai port is being widened to four lanes, which will certainly ease container traffic which can be an absolute nightmare. Probably won't ease the lives of the people's whose homes had to be knocked down to make way for it though...




A small cemetery and group of banana trees revealed:




These shacks won't be surviving too long:




House turned to rubble:




Family is still hanging on to condemned building here:




Huge portions of new drainage system scattered over freshly cleared land




I can't imagine the heartache of having to leave your house. Some of these families have probably been there for generations and now have to accept a small apartment in a totally new part of town. I wish I could take a translator and speak to some of these people to find out their stories....but also don't really want to put my nose where it doesn't belong.