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Flood in Hue on October 11, 2020
The media in Vietnam have contacted 40 workers at the Rao Trang 3 factory and have no contact with 13 people involved in the rescue.
The initial news said that on the afternoon of October 12, landslides at the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric area buried workers’ living areas at a time when dozens of workers were in camps.
On the afternoon of October 13, the Thua Thien – Hue Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Steering Committee said that 40 workers from the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant, including 3 Indian experts, had “escaped from the forest to escape to the factory. . Rao Trang 4 “hydroelectric power station.
Major General Pham Van Ty, Deputy Chief of the Office of the National Committee for Incident and Disaster Response and Search and Rescue on the afternoon of October 13, said that on the night of October 12 the forces of Military Region 4, the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Military Command and the delegation of the Provincial People’s Committee of 21 people “walked until they reached the aforementioned hydroelectric power station, in order to verify the incident that occurred on the afternoon of October 12 with the workers of the Rao Trang 3 Factory”.
According to the initial assessment, when the mission was resting at a ranger station, the hill on the side of the road unexpectedly collapsed in the middle of the night at the location of two rescuers rooms.
This mission is led by the Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, Major General Nguyen Van Man and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee. Colonel Ngo Nam Cuong, commander of the Thua Thien – Hue Province Military Command, was also present in this delegation.
“13 people are missing, 8 of us have been contacted again. The forces are searching,” Maj. Gen. Pham Van Ty said.
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The Thanh Nien newspaper reported that authorities are currently establishing the Advanced Command Department to plan the rescue, including the involvement of excavators, special vehicles and helicopters.
Vnxpress quotes Major General Vu Van Kha, Acting Air Force Air Force Commander, as saying that rescue and rescue in the Rao Trang 3 hydropower area is “the Army’s key and important task.” .
“Air transport and helicopters are present and on duty,” added Major General Kha.
Local media reported that due to heavy rains, the about 20 km route to the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric power station has more than 10 major landslides with 4 fast-flowing streams.
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Scenes in Hue on October 13
The Rao Trang 3 Hydroelectric Power Station in Phong Xuan Commune, Phong Dien District, Thua Thien – Hue has completed 90% of the construction elements.
The plant has an installed capacity of 11 MW, with a total investment capital of 290.8 billion VND and a planned land use area of 11.1 hectares.
