Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs works with Tuong Duong district on natural disaster prevention - Search and rescue

Reporting at the meeting, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control - Search and Rescue of Tuong Duong district said: In 2021, the district experienced many heavy rains, accompanied by whirlwinds, flash floods, storms and tropical depressions of strong intensity. The total estimated damage was more than 59 billion VND.

The working group inspected the landslide situation on the inter-commune road (Luong Minh to Bao Thang, Chieu Luu). Photo: Trung Hau

Comrade Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs worked with Tuong Duong district on disaster prevention and control work. Photo: Trung Hau

The district has reviewed and completed the plan for natural disaster response and search and rescue in 2022, focusing on landslides, flash floods, heavy rains causing widespread flooding and prolonged isolation; effectively implementing the "4 on-site" motto in natural disaster prevention, control and rescue, and being ready to coordinate with local authorities when required. Seriously implementing directives, especially telegrams from higher levels to promptly respond to natural disasters and overcome the consequences caused by natural disasters.

It is still the beginning of the rainy season but many positive slopes on key traffic routes in the district have shown signs of landslides. Photo: Trung Hau

The District Party Committee and People's Committee also directed the review of areas at risk of landslides and flash floods in the district; focused resources, accelerated the completion of resettlement areas to help people settle down and ensure safety during the rainy and stormy season.

Working with Tuong Duong district, comrade Doan Hong Vu affirmed: In order for the PCTT-TKCN work to achieve good results, minimizing risks caused by natural disasters in the coming time, the district needs to strengthen propaganda to all levels, sectors, localities and people in the area, focusing on propaganda to each village to proactively respond to natural disasters when storms and floods occur. Do a good job of forecasting, warning and warning in each locality. Install monitoring equipment in some key areas and mountainous areas to provide early warning information for floods and storms.

Units responsible for search and rescue must prepare well means and forces to be ready to mobilize in handling incidents and search and rescue to ensure effective prevention and safety. When an incident occurs, it is necessary to concentrate the strongest forces and means to handle it promptly and strictly implement the information reporting regime.

Strengthening knowledge training, practicing possible situations for the forces performing search and rescue tasks, militia, and shock troops, etc. and raising people's awareness of PCTT; Ensuring sufficient conditions to meet people's living requirements and regulations on on-site disaster prevention and control in new rural construction.

Giving gifts to Luu Kien commune and students with special difficult circumstances in Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong. Photo: Trung Hau

On this occasion, the working delegation worked and presented gifts worth 31 million VND to Luu Kien commune - a particularly difficult commune supported and assisted by the Department according to the assignment decision of the Provincial People's Committee; presented 10 gifts worth 5 million VND to students with particularly difficult circumstances in Luong Minh commune, Tuong Duong district./.