Dismantling illegal construction under 500kV line in Nghia Dan

Nghe An Electronic Newspaper issue dated November 19, 2024 has an article"Openly setting up a truck staging area under the 500kV power line", reflecting the incident, in Trung Thanh hamlet, Nghia Trung commune, Nghia Dan district, there is a plot of land located under the 500kV power line corridor, although it is under the management of the commune People's Committee, it has been built into a truck staging area.

This seriously violates legal regulations, affects the country's power transmission activities and poses many potential threats to electrical safety and people's lives.

After the newspaper was published, on November 21, 2024, representatives of Nghe An Provincial Police, in coordination with Nghe An Power Transmission, and local authorities conducted an inspection.

Based on the content of the "Report and proposed handling" on November 1, 2024 of the 500kV transmission line protection team of Nghia Trung commune and the actual situation at the corridor of columns 107-108 of the 500kV transmission line circuit 1 in Trung Thanh hamlet, Nghia Trung commune, Nghia Dan district.

The authorities recorded actual violations. These included the construction of a solid fence surrounding plot number 27, map sheet number 99 in Nghia Trung commune, Nghia Dan to serve as a truck staging area.

Authorities also determined that heavy trucks often come and go here, combined with maintenance and oil pumping, with a large crowd gathering under the corridor around column 107-108 of the 500kV line 1.

The above behavior violated Clause 3, Article 51, Chapter VII, Electricity Law 2004 and violated Decree 14/2014/ND-CP dated February 26, 2014 detailing the implementation of the Electricity Law on electrical safety, and posed many potential risks to the safety of power grid operations and people's lives.

Immediately after the inspection, the authorities also requested the owner of the violating facility to stop gathering trucks, heavy trucks, and other means of transport in and out, combining maintenance and pumping oil, and gathering crowds of people under the corridor around column 107-108 of the 500kV line 1.

Within 10 days, from November 21, 2024, all illegal constructions and structures in the above corridor must be dismantled.

The inspection team also requested the People's Committee of Nghia Trung commune to supervise violators to properly fulfill their commitments; strengthen propaganda work on related laws, the meaning and importance of the 500kV line to national security.

In addition, Nghe An Provincial Police and Nghe An Power Transmission are also responsible for supervising the correction of violations, dismantling works and architectural objects within the safety corridor of the 500kV line, to collect reports to the Provincial People's Committee and the Ministry of Public Security.