(Baonghean.vn) - After successfully installing the first field pump, on the night of October 13, Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Company operated the machine to pump water from the drainage system in Vinh Market area. As of 6:00 a.m. on October 14, the amount of water in the drainage system was almost exhausted.
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| To proactively prevent flooding at Vinh market in the face of the risk of flooding, Vinh City has installed 3 pumps, each with a capacity of 650m3/h to pump water in the drainage system of Vinh Market area. Photo: Canh Nam |
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| To operate the machine, officers and employees of Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Company must transfer buckets of water from Vinh River to "prime" the machine. Photo: Canh Nam |
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| At 10:58 p.m., the first pump started to draw water. Mr. Bui Duc Loc, Director of Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Company, said: After the water recedes, on the morning of October 14, the company will mobilize workers to lift each manhole cover in the entire system to collect trash, soil, and rocks to clear the flow to minimize flooding caused by trash blocking the flow like during the recent heavy rains. Photo: Canh Nam |
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| To drain the sewers in Vinh Market area, on the night of October 13, 20 workers from Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Company had to be on duty to operate the machine...Photo: Canh Nam |
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| ...and pile driving to prevent water from flowing back from the Vinh River into the drainage system. Photo: Canh Nam |
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| As of 2:30 a.m. this morning (October 14), the pump was still operating at full capacity to pump water from the sewer in Vinh Market area. Next, workers from Vinh Urban Infrastructure Management and Development Company moved sandbags and threw them into the sewer mouth to press the piles to prevent water from overflowing from outside. And as of 6:00 a.m. on October 14, the water in the sewer system had been drained. Photo: Canh Nam |
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