Prime Minister inspects and directs flood response in Hanoi riverside area at night

On the night of October 9, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh personally inspected the scene of deep flooding along the river in Hanoi, requesting the deployment of an emergency response plan to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

On the night of October 9, it was known that in Trung Gia and Da Phuc communes, Hanoi city, many places were deeply flooded due to rising floodwaters on rivers. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh personally went to inspect and direct the response and recovery work to the consequences of floods.

Also attending were Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai; Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense , General Nguyen Tan Cuong; and leaders of ministries, branches and localities.

For more than a day now, floodwaters in rivers have risen rapidly, inundating some areas of Trung Gia and Da Phuc communes, Hanoi city.

The Civil Defense Command, together with the military, police and shock troops, mobilized and supported people to move to safe locations; at the same time, concentrated forces to protect the dike, preventing floodwaters from overflowing the dike surface.

Up to now, the cofferdam, main dike, and level four dike in An Lac and Phong My villages have been built up about 1 meter, preventing water from overflowing into residential areas inside the dike.

However, on the afternoon of October 9, the foundation of some sections of the Hanoi- Thai Nguyen railway line passing through Trung Gia commune was eroded and washed away, causing the rails to sag and the railway line to be paralyzed.

Vietnam Railways Corporation's forces were present at the scene of the railway incident, assessing the damage and losses to find a solution; it is expected that the repair will be completed and the line will be reopened in the coming days.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed flood prevention, incident response, and ensuring safety of the right dike of Cau Bridge. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

Inspecting the scene, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that these are vulnerable areas, requesting Hanoi city to coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and units to closely monitor the flood situation to have appropriate response plans, including taking into account the worst case scenario to proactively evacuate people to safe places, respond and prepare in the spirit of "worrying when expensive, being happy when unsalted", ensuring the safety and lives of people first and foremost.

The Prime Minister pointed out that we must absolutely not be subjective or negligent, and must prepare means, vehicles, forces, especially the military, accommodation for people and necessary necessities to evacuate people when necessary.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspects a railway line damaged by landslides due to flooding on the Cau River. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

At the scene, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called to direct Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep to report on the flood situation on the rivers, requesting agencies to closely monitor the rain and water levels on the rivers to flexibly and appropriately regulate water on dams, avoiding dyke breaks downstream, including considering closing and opening at appropriate times the spillways of hydroelectric reservoirs upstream.

Encouraging the forces on dike protection duty at night, the Prime Minister thanked the officers and soldiers for working all night with the highest sense of responsibility and urgency; requested the forces to assign tasks appropriately, have the most scientific and effective way of working, promptly detect, respond to, and promptly fix even the smallest incidents as soon as they occur.

Visiting and encouraging local people, the Prime Minister shared the difficulties and losses of the people, hoping that people would always unite, support each other and, if there is a flood, strictly follow the instructions of the authorities, giving priority to relief for the elderly, children, pregnant women, etc.

The Prime Minister asked Hanoi city and relevant agencies to study long-term, fundamental solutions for the dikes because the river water level has now exceeded the historical flood peak./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/thu-tuong-kiem-tra-chi-dao-ung-pho-mua-lu-tai-vung-ven-song-ha-noi-trong-dem-post1069347.vnp