Electricity will be supplied to Ly Son island district (Quang Ngai) in early October.

The project "Providing electricity to Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province by underground cable" is speeding up construction progress.

The project "Providing electricity to Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province by underground cable" has a total investment of more than 652 billion VND, including a 22kV medium voltage underground cable from the mainland to the island, more than 26 km long.

Cable burying machine performs cable laying and burying at the same time (Photo: EVN)

To date, the contractor has completed the survey of the submarine cable section, and is expected to complete cable production and testing at the factory by July 15. For the overhead line section, 40% of the work has been completed, and the foundation and all concrete columns are expected to be cast this May, and the wiring and equipment installation will be completed in June.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Loc, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Electricity Group, requested the Central Power Corporation and contractors to focus on speeding up construction progress, striving to provide electricity to people in Ly Son district, Quang Ngai province by early October this year.

Mr. Loc said: “Currently, the entire construction on land is being implemented very well. As for the underground cable part, by August 30 at the latest, the underground cable will arrive in Vietnam and be constructed within 1 month. If the weather is mild, the progress is guaranteed. However, there is still a series of tasks that need to be well prepared”./.

According to VOV.VN