Inauguration of a people's bridge in a particularly disadvantaged commune in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 1, the people's bridge in Con Phen village, Huu Khuong commune, Tuong Duong district was officially inaugurated and put into use.

Delegates attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the community bridge in Con Phen village, Huu Khuong commune. Photo: Ho Phuong

After more than 2 months of construction (June 2 - September 1), the 13th Dan Tri Bridge was officially inaugurated.

The People's Bridge Project named Dan Tri has a total investment of over 670 million VND invested by Tuong Duong district in coordination with Dan Tri Electronic Newspaper, Garment Corporation 10, and Vietnam Education Promotion Fund. Of which, readers of Dan Tri Electronic Newspaper, Vietnam Education Promotion Fund, and Garment Corporation 10 sponsored nearly 500 million VND.

The bridge is designed with a steel truss bridge of L-shape and concrete bridge width. The project is designed with a bridge life of 20 years, the bridge length is over 28m, and the width is 1.5m. The bridge is implemented by Anh Duc Consulting and Construction Company Limited.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Pham Trong Hoang - Secretary of Tuong Duong District Party Committee said: "In recent times, the district has made many efforts to combine resources to build socio-economic infrastructure.

However, due to the mountainous terrain conditions, many areas are still isolated, so the construction of infrastructure and transportation still faces many difficulties. With the attention of many organizations, societies, and kind-hearted people, students in remote areas have been helped with a new bridge to go to school, without having to wade through streams, avoiding all risks, especially during the rainy season.

Representatives of Tuong Duong district leaders presented gifts to poor students in Huu Khuong commune at the beginning of the new school year. Photo: Nguyen Sach

Huu Khuong Commune, Tuong Duong District, Nghe An Province, has a natural area of ​​26,973 hectares, a population of 606 households, 2,668 people, residing in 7 villages. This is the poorest commune in Nghe An Province up to now (poverty rate 80.74%).

Con Phen village is the central village of the commune, connecting traffic to the villages in the area. On the Con Phen - Pung Bon traffic route, there is a traffic point passing through Cha Lat stream which is over 30 meters long, the stream water is large, during the peak flood season the flood peak can reach nearly 3 meters.

There are 3 villages located at the 2 ends of this route, with 344 households and 1,338 people, along with 239 households, 786 people of residents living scattered on Ban Ve hydroelectric lake also need to travel on this route. The traffic through this stream is about 700 people/day, including more than 163 students, junior high school (110 children), primary school (30 children), kindergarten (23 children).

From 2009 to now, there have been 3 accidents, 7 people passing through this ravine were suddenly swept away by flash floods. In 2009, 1 accident occurred, 3 people died; in 2013, 1 accident occurred, 4 people died; in 2015, 1 accident occurred, but all 3 people swept away by the flood were rescued promptly by local people. Among the 7 people who drowned, 5 were students.

Students of Huu Khuong commune go to school over a newly built bridge in the first days of the school year. Photo: Ho Phuong

On the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the 13th Dan Tri bridge in Nghe An - on behalf of Dan Tri newspaper, journalist Pham Tuan Anh awarded 30 scholarships worth 15 million VND (each scholarship includes 1 backpack and 300 thousand VND) to students with difficult circumstances studying at Huu Khuong Primary School.

In addition, to encourage students to achieve high academic results in the new school year, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Chi - Director of the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An also awarded 20 scholarships (worth 10 million VND) to students here and 3 water purifiers worth 10 million VND to 3 schools in Huu Khuong commune./.

Ho Phuong - Nguyen Books