Timely repair of Ban Vang dam break in Yen Thanh district
(Baonghean.vn) - The Ban Vang dam break incident in Tien Thanh commune, Yen Thanh occurred on the afternoon of September 15. Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working group were present in time to directly direct the handling of the incident.
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| Incident at Ban Vang dam, Tien Thanh commune, Yen Thanh. Photo: Van Truong |
Around 4:00 p.m. on September 15 in Tien Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) there was an accident of Ban Vang dam breaking (this dam has a capacity of nearly 0.1 million m3) managed by local authorities.
Immediately after the above incident occurred, comrade Phan Van Tuyen - Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee directed the mobilization of the local "4 on-site" force of over 150 people, along with the army, district police and vehicles and machinery to overcome the situation.
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| Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu and leaders of the Yen Thanh District People's Committee directed to fix the problem at Ban Vang dam that night. Photo: Van Truong |
Also on the evening of September 15, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation were present at the scene to direct the troubleshooting.
The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed the construction unit to immediately implement technical measures such as using sandbags to fill the broken section of the dam body, then combining with rubble and soil to continue filling.
Thanks to the timely mobilization of forces to fix the problem, the section was repaired at around 10 pm.dam break. It is expected that by around 12 pm on September 15, the Ban Vang dam incident will be resolved, ensuring absolute safety for the downstream area.
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| Forces used sandbags to fill the broken section of the dam. Photo: Van Truong |
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| Forces actively participated in fixing the Ban Vang dam incident. Photo: Van Truong |
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| At around 10pm, the forces, machinery and equipment finished welding the broken section of the dam. Photo: Van Truong |
According to the report of Tien Thanh Commune People's Committee, Ban Vang dam was built over 40 years ago, mainly built with manual soil, so the dam body is weak and in the long term needs investment to upgrade.