Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep inspected storm response work No. 13 in Quang Ngai

On November 5, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep inspected the response to storm No. 13 in Quang Ngai province.

Reporting to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Quang Ngai Ho Trong Phuong said that currently, Quang Ngai has more than 6,000 fishing boats that have been called to anchor to avoid the storm.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep directly inspected the work of anchoring ships at Tinh Hoa port, Dong Son commune, Quang Ngai province.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep affirmed that storm No. 13 is a strong storm, moving quickly, and has wide impacts. Quang Ngai province needs to evacuate coastal residents and all people living in houses with corrugated iron roofs.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep inspects storm response at fishing ports

Regarding reservoir safety, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep said that currently, the operation process of inter-reservoirs is having problems. The Government has allowed the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to direct localities to operate according to actual requirements, without waiting for the procedure to be revised.

Checking storm response work at Tinh Ky port, Tinh Khe commune, Quang Ngai province

According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep, in Quang Ngai, all hydropower and irrigation reservoirs with the capacity and task of cutting floods must release as much water as possible to welcome the storm. In principle, these reservoirs will cut the flood peak for downstream areas. Quang Ngai province needs to direct irrigation and hydropower reservoirs with the task of cutting floods for the two basins of Tra Khuc river in the East and Se San river in the West to be ready to welcome the storm and cut floods for downstream areas.

The Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province requested the Department of Industry and Trade to proactively coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Environment and relevant units to immediately deploy work to allow hydroelectric and irrigation plants to discharge floodwaters, because it is expected that from now until the end of the year there will be more storms and floods.

NGUYEN TRANG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thu-truong-bo-nn-mt-nguyen-hoang-hiep-kiem-tra-cong-tac-ung-pho-bao-so-13-tai-quang-ngai-post821895.html