Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu inspected and directed the work of overcoming the consequences of storm No. 5.
On August 26, a working delegation of Nghe An province led by Mr. Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council inspected the work of overcoming the consequences of storm No. 5 in a number of localities and irrigation works.
Accompanying were comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Quoc Viet - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors of the province.
In Truong Vinh ward, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu and the delegation inspected the southern drainage pumping station. This pumping station is operating at full capacity with a drainage flow of 57,000m³/hour.
Checking at Pumping Station No. 3, due to a power outage, the station was put into operation at 12:00 a.m. last night to drain floodwaters for the old Ben Thuy ward (now part of Truong Vinh).
Next, the delegation inspected Thuan Hoa hamlet. Before the storm hit, households living outside the dike here had been evacuated to a safe place. When the storm passed, people returned home.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee inspected the operation of Rao Dung drainage sluice in Vinh Loc ward, inspected Cua Lo Port and the boat anchorage area at Cua Lo fishing port. After the storm, all boats anchored here were safe.
The working group also inspected the damage at Nghi Thuy Kindergarten, where the storm had collapsed and damaged the entire corrugated iron roof of two rows of houses; and inspected the drainage operation at Bara Nghi Quang in Hai Loc commune. Although the drainage gates were degraded, the management unit still made efforts to fix them and mobilized maximum human resources to ensure timely drainage.
After checking and grasping the situation, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council sent words of encouragement to the affected households, hoping that people would unite and overcome difficulties. At the same time, he directed the local authorities to quickly count the damage, requesting departments, branches and localities to focus on overcoming the consequences of storm No. 5; focusing on draining flood water in fields and urban areas in case of prolonged heavy rain.
In the immediate future, localities need to mobilize forces to clear fallen trees and obstacles on the road to ensure smooth and safe traffic on the routes. For mountainous areas, where there are culverts and spillways, signs should be placed and people assigned to guide traffic participants to ensure safety.
After storm No. 5, Nghe An province is still experiencing widespread power outages. The electricity sector needs to focus on infrastructure, troubleshooting, and resolving incidents, ensuring safe power supply for production and daily life of the people as soon as possible. At the same time, ensuring uninterrupted communication infrastructure.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested that for localities that have ensured safety, it is necessary to consider supporting people from evacuation areas to return home; and for dangerous areas with the risk of flash floods, landslides, and deep flooding, it is necessary to evacuate people to safe places.
Continue to prioritize the repair of houses, educational facilities and public works; quickly clear flood discharge channels, restore damaged rice and crop areas; mobilize the participation of forces to accompany and join hands with the people, helping them to soon stabilize their lives; pay attention to supporting policy families, lonely elderly people, etc.
For irrigation works, assign a permanent force 24/7; check and review the status of works, machinery and equipment after floods, drain water for flooded rice areas after storms; operate dams safely, develop reasonable regulation plans.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee assigned localities, units, and functional forces to continue monitoring and closely following the flood situation, the development of post-storm circulation, proactively deploy response plans, and not be negligent, subjective, or passive when natural disasters occur.
