Nghe An and Ha Tinh urgently allocate more than 82 billion VND to overcome storm Bualoi

To help localities overcome the consequences of storm Bualoi, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces have urgently allocated 82 billion VND.

The Women's Union of Nghe An Provincial Police and monks of Vinh Nghiem Pagoda presented 100 gifts to the people of Bich Hao Commune, Nghe An. Each gift included rice, drinking water and essential necessities, demonstrating the spirit of mutual love and sharing difficulties with people in flood-affected areas - Photo: DOAN HOA

On the afternoon of October 5, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hung - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province - said that up to now, the province's Relief Mobilization Committee has allocated 49 billion VND to localities to overcome the consequences of storm Bualoi.

In the immediate future, each commune in the province that suffered heavy damage will receive 2 billion VND in support, while communes with less damage will receive support from 500 million VND to 1 billion VND.

"This initial amount is to help localities with funds to handle emergency situations, support people in deeply flooded, landslide-prone and severely damaged areas. In addition, essential items such as food and drinking water are also being distributed to affected households," said Mr. Hung.

Regarding the 500 billion VND budget from the Government to support people to overcome the damage, Mr. Hung said that the province has requested communes to urgently count and review the level of damage of each household, from which timely support will be allocated.

In addition to material support, the province has mobilized forces to vulnerable areas to help people clear mud, rebuild houses, clear drainage ditches, and repair landslides.

After storm Bualoi passed, many localities in Nghe An were flooded and isolated, thousands of people there had to struggle to overcome difficulties.

Representatives of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union presented support for the program "Re-roofing houses for people in storm-affected areas" of Tuoi Tre newspaper to households affected by damage in Quynh Phu commune, Nghe An - Photo: DOAN HOA

According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Nghe An, from October 1 to 4, 6 communes in the old Anh Son district area including: Vinh Tuong, Thanh Binh Tho, Anh Son, Anh Son Dong, Nhan Hoa, Yen Xuan were supplied with 3,200 cartons of instant noodles, 1,250 cartons of fresh milk, 520 cartons of water; Tan Ky commune was supplied with 1,500 cartons of instant noodles, 540 cartons of fresh milk and 320 cartons of water.

These are communes heavily flooded by storm Bualoi, the quantity of goods supplied is based on local demand reports.

In Ha Tinh province, the Provincial Relief Mobilization Committee also issued a decision to allocate 33.25 billion VND to support people in 69 communes and wards to overcome the damage caused by storm Bualoi.

As of October 3, dozens of units and individuals have donated and registered to donate through the Ha Tinh Province Relief Mobilization Committee's account with a total amount of more than 43.2 billion VND.

Representatives of Ha Tinh Provincial Youth Union and local authorities presented support from Tuoi Tre newspaper to the family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Hieu, residing in Hong Loc, Ha Tinh province. Ms. Hieu's family is in difficult circumstances, both mother and daughter are in poor health due to illness, the roof of the house was completely blown away by the storm - Photo: LE MINH

Leaders of Ha Tinh province directed departments and localities to mobilize maximum forces to overcome the consequences immediately after storms and floods in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.

In particular, ensuring accommodation, restoring essential activities in transportation, electricity, water, telecommunications, healthcare, education, etc.; supporting people to restore and repair damaged or blown-off houses, and providing temporary accommodation for households that have lost their homes.

Storm Bualoi and subsequent floods caused the heaviest damage to Ha Tinh province, about 6,000 billion VND, and Nghe An province, more than 2,100 billion VND.

Nghe An Electricity restored power to 90% of customers

On the afternoon of October 5, Nghe An Electricity Company said that after 6 days of hard work, the unit has now repaired all 16 transformer stations and 41/41 lines of the 110kV grid in the province that had problems due to storm Bualoi.

For the medium voltage grid, this unit has also restored 7,291/7,957 transformer stations and 711/712 damaged power lines.

By the morning of October 5, 982,280 of the company's customers had their power restored, reaching a rate of about 90%.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nghe-an-ha-tinh-phan-bo-khan-cap-hon-82-ti-dong-khac-phuc-bao-bualoi-20251005154706939.htm