Nghe An arranges shuttle bus for repatriated workers by motorbike

On the morning of August 1, two passenger buses parked on the side of the road, next to the Ben Thuy 2 bridge control point (Hung Loi commune, Hung Nguyen district), waiting to pick up repatriated workers.

Traffic inspectors were present here to inform each person returning to their hometown to avoid the epidemic by motorbike that there will be a shuttle bus to their hometown.

According to the reporter, after only one hour, the authorities gathered more than 30 motorbikes that had just traveled more than a thousand kilometers to their hometown in Nghe An.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hai - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Transport, due to the situation of workers returning home from the epidemic center by motorbike facing many difficulties when having to overcome stormy journeys, the leaders of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Transport to arrange vehicles to pick up workers from Ben Thuy 2 bridge to complete the remaining journey.

Because many people did not know about the transfer to their hometown, the traffic inspector had to explain. Photo: Tien Hung

"For now, we have arranged passenger vans to transport the workers, along with trucks to transport their motorbikes. Because the repatriated workers were scattered this morning, we have to wait until there are enough people before the passenger vans will depart," said Mr. Hai, adding that the passenger vans carrying repatriated workers from the epidemic center will be divided into 3 routes: National Highway 1A, National Highway 7 and National Highway 48. When arriving at a district, the Department of Transport will contact that district to take responsibility for picking up its citizens and taking them to centralized quarantine.

Motorbikes are gathered on the side of the road waiting to be transported back to their hometowns. Photo: Tien Hung

In addition, for people from other provinces riding motorbikes from the epidemic center to their hometowns through Nghe An province, the Department of Transport is asking the traffic police to gather them into groups to safely escort them through Nghe An province.

Previously, as Nghe An Newspaper reported, in recent days,Every day hundreds of people ride motorbikes over a thousand kilometers.from the southern provinces to their hometowns to avoid the epidemic. Many couples even brought their newborn babies a few days old. Because they came from the epicenter of the epidemic, the journey of these workers encountered many difficulties as they could not stop at motels or restaurants along the way.

Unpacking, preparing to put motorbike on shuttle bus. Photo: Tien Hung

Meanwhile, most of the Nghe An workers returning home by motorbike are concentrated in districts such as Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong... These are all mountainous districts, 200km or more from Ben Thuy 2 bridge. Therefore, from Ben Thuy 2 bridge, they have to ride motorbikes all morning to get home.

Loading motorbikes onto a shuttle bus at Ben Thuy 2 bridge. Photo: Cong Hau

On the way back to their hometowns, many people have encountered traffic accidents. Specifically, at around 11:30 p.m. on July 31, a family of 5 from Hamlet 7 (Nghia Binh Commune, Tan Ky) drove a tricycle from Ho Chi Minh City to their hometown to avoid the epidemic. When they arrived at the checkpoint in Binh Thuan Province, while waiting to make a medical declaration, they were hit from behind by a truck. The accident caused the 15-year-old son to die on the spot, while the remaining 4 family members and 2 traffic police officers at the checkpoint had to be taken to the emergency room./.