Strengthening fire prevention and control, preventing drought and summer diseases

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of June 3, the Provincial People's Committee held an online conference on forest fire prevention and control, drought, and epidemics in humans, livestock, poultry, and crops.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Attending the conference were comrades: Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dinh Viet Hong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ho Ngoc Sy - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, leaders of relevant departments and branches, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc, Nam Dan districts, Vinh city...

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference.

Recently, many localities in the province have experienced prolonged hot weather combined with dry and hot southwest winds... so the work of forest fire prevention and fighting; drought prevention; and livestock and poultry disease prevention has encountered many difficulties. Up to now, there have been 12 forest fires in the province in the districts of Hung Nguyen, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Yen Thanh, Do Luong, Nam Dan and Quynh Luu with an area of ​​over 100 hectares of forest burned. In the coming time, the weather will continue to be complicated, so the risk of forest fires is high, the current forest fire forecast level in the province is level V (extremely dangerous level).

In particular, the forest area at high risk of fire is 19,000 hectares of pine trees, but only 5,000 hectares of which have been cleared, the remaining 14,000 hectares have not had funding to implement. Regarding the water source for summer-autumn production in 2014, from the beginning of the year until now, the weather has been extremely unfavorable for agricultural production. The rainfall has only reached 114.3mm, lower than the average of many years at 164.9mm and lower than the same period in 2013 at 42.8mm, the water level of dams has decreased sharply, many places have run out of water. Up to now, 7,000 hectares of spring crops have been affected by drought, mainly the area of ​​​​growing vegetables.

In the coming time, water sources for summer-autumn production will face many difficulties, so the drought prevention plan is to prioritize water discharge from Ban Ve and Khe Bo hydropower plants so that pumping stations can take water from Lam River, and at the same time supply it to the two irrigation systems of the North and South. Localities should strengthen propaganda and have solutions to repair and dredge canals, saving irrigation water for production.

Comrade Ho Ngoc Sy - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported on forest fire prevention, drought control, and livestock and poultry disease prevention.

The leader of the Forest Protection Department presented the PCCCR plan.

Regarding avian influenza, in the first 5 months of the year, the whole province had 11 outbreaks of avian influenza in 8 districts: Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh, Nghi Loc, Hoang Mai town, Nam Dan, Do Luong, Hung Nguyen with a total of 6,405 infected poultry that were destroyed; Other epidemics occurred sporadically and were controlled promptly...

The work of preventing and combating human diseases has also been complicated in recent times. Measles has occurred and cases have been recorded in 21/21 districts, cities and towns; there have been 27 cases of malaria, especially 10 cases from Angola and there is a risk of spreading to the community. It is now summer, some diseases tend to appear such as Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis... Therefore, it is necessary to drastically implement disease prevention solutions.

At the conference, leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities reported on forest fire prevention and control, drought situation, diseases in humans, livestock, poultry... and proposed solutions to effectively coordinate implementation in the work of preventing forest fires, drought, diseases in humans, livestock, poultry, crops, pets...

After listening to the comments of departments, branches and comrades Dinh Thi Le Thanh, Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the efforts of all levels and branches in coordinating the implementation of fire prevention and control, drought and disease prevention...

In the coming time, the weather will still be hot and dry and the key task is forest fire prevention and control. Relevant levels and sectors need to strictly implement telegrams and directives on strengthening forest fire prevention and control, along with that, promoting propaganda and inspection of forest fire prevention and control. Focus on forecasting, prevention and good preparation of forest fire prevention and control coordination plans, fully prepare means, machinery and tools to support promptly when forest fires occur to ensure the most effective forest fire prevention and control work and besides, it is necessary to investigate and promptly handle the causes of forest fires. The agricultural sector needs to implement drought prevention plans well and especially ensure enough irrigation water for summer-autumn crop production.

In the work of preventing and controlling livestock and poultry diseases, localities should proactively vaccinate and handle outbreaks. The health sector needs to effectively implement the work of preventing summer epidemics, ensuring medicines and medical equipment for examination and treatment of epidemics, continuing to implement the measles vaccination program...

News, photos:Hoang Vinh