Unsafe high voltage power line of Sao River irrigation reservoir

(Baonghean.vn) - The Sao River irrigation reservoir power line (Nghia Dan) has the function of operating the opening and closing of the reservoir's flood discharge sluice, regulating water for production and providing electricity for residential use. However, this power line is at high risk of being unsafe, especially during the rainy and stormy season...

High voltage power line system at Sao River irrigation reservoir.

With a length of about 4km (from Sao River dam to Nghia Binh commune), the power line runs through many perennial crop lands of households in Nghia Binh and Nghia Lam communes; but the safety corridor of the power grid is only about 3m wide. Along the entire route, there are many areas where people plant trees close to the corridor boundary. Trees such as rubber and acacia trees, 4-5 years old, have a height that is much higher than the power line, with their wide canopy covering the power line.

A tree canopy lies over a power line.

The reason for this incident is that the investor has not yet complied with the regulations on land clearance for the power system corridor when building the Sao River Irrigation Reservoir, the width is only about 3m; in addition, the compensation payment has not been completed for some households whose land has been affected; so there is a situation where people plant perennial trees such as rubber, acacia, eucalyptus... covering the power lines (In the photo: Mr. Le Trung Nam (residing in Nghia Dan town talking to reporters).

The Sao River irrigation reservoir power line has had a number of incidents. On August 25-27, 2010, storm No. 3 caused trees along the corridor to fall on the power line, paralyzing the entire Sao River power line system; on May 12, 2014, due to heavy rain and wind, all the trees in the corridor covered the power line, causing a power outage on the entire 974 E15.2 power line, affecting the power supply to the entire Nghia Dan town, the communes of Nghia Hoi, Nghia Binh, Nghia Tho, Nghia Phu, Nghia Loi, the Nghia Dan Medical Center transformer station; the Sao River transformer station, affecting the power supply to the people; especially, the power supply to the medical center and the flood discharge operation... (In the photo: Nghia Dan Electricity's official dispatch to the Nghia Dan District People's Committee stated the violation of the Sao River branch high-voltage power grid corridor).

According to Mr. Hoang Son - Director of Nghia Dan Electricity, after taking over the Sao River irrigation reservoir power line system (in 2010), the safety issue of this power grid corridor has cost the unit a lot of time and effort.

The high-voltage power line of the Sao River irrigation reservoir has the function of opening and closing the flood discharge in the reservoir, regulating water for production and providing electricity for residential areas. Clause 5, Article 4 of Decree No. 14/ND-CP dated February 26, 2014 of the Government detailing the implementation of the Electricity Law on electrical safety clearly states that one of the prohibited acts is "planting trees or leaving trees that violate the safety distance for overhead power lines and power stations". Therefore, the fact that trees of some households cover the power lines is an alarming reality, Nghia Dan Power Company needs to urgently coordinate with relevant agencies to take measures to resolve it.

Nhat Lan - Khanh Ly