Nghe An: More than 15,000 households still do not have national grid electricity
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An has many hydroelectric plants, which contribute millions of kWh to the national grid each year. However, the current problem is that there are still many households in remote districts in the province that do not have access to the national grid.
Mr. Nguyen Van Thang - Head of Tuong Duong Economic Infrastructure Department said: Tuong Duong district currently has 5 communes, with 25 villages, over 1,700 households without national grid electricity, concentrated in Yen Tinh, Nhon Mai, Yen Hoa, Mai Son and Luong Minh communes.
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| People in Chau Phong commune, Quy Chau district, repair a mini hydroelectric plant that was swept away during the storm season. Photo: Van Truong |
Without electricity, people will face many obstacles such as difficulty accessing economic, cultural and social information, and have few opportunities to apply scientific and technological advances to agricultural development to improve their livelihoods.
Mr. Trinh Phuong Tram - Director of Nghe An Electricity Company shared: Up to this point, Nghe An has 232 villages and hamlets with more than 15,000 households that have not used grid electricity, mainly concentrated in mountainous districts such as Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Quy Chau, Que Phong. People in communes without electricity mainly have to use streams to "produce" electricity for lighting.
The reason for not having electricity is because the villages are in remote areas, the terrain is rugged, the mountainous traffic infrastructure in many places is not synchronously invested, the investment is large while the capital source is difficult.
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| People in Mai Son commune, Tuong Duong mainly use mini hydroelectric power. Photo: Van Truong. |
The leader of Nghe An Electricity Company also added: The investment capital for the national power grid is mainly from the State budget. According to Decision 9781 dated October 30, 2014 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on approving the investment project to build a rural power supply project from the national power grid in Nghe An province, in phase 2 (up to 2020), the power grid will be invested in 185 villages, but is currently lacking capital.
Therefore, to invest in power grids for villages and hamlets without national grid, the electricity industry is still waiting for budget capital.
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