With heavy rain, Hoa Binh and Son La Hydropower Plants simultaneously opened more flood gates
On the afternoon of July 24, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development sent an urgent telegram to the Directors of Hoa Binh Hydropower Company and Son La Hydropower Company.
Accordingly, at 12:00 on July 24, the upstream water level of Son La lake was at an elevation of 199.34m, the flow to the lake was 5,565m 3 /s, the discharge flow was 2,987m 3 /s; The upstream water level of Hoa Binh lake is at an elevation of 104.79m, the flow to the lake is 5,448m 3 /s, the discharge flow is 6,978m 3 /s.
Faced with the above situation, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development ordered the Director of Son La Hydropower Company to open a blowdown gate at 6:00 p.m. on July 24.
At the same time, the Director of Hoa Binh Hydropower Company ordered to open the fourth blowdown gate at 11:00 p.m. on the same day.
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The project to renovate the longest canal in Ho Chi Minh City needs an additional nearly 1,600 billion VND
The project to renovate Tham Luong - Ben Cat - Nuoc Len canal, the longest in Ho Chi Minh City, needs an additional nearly 1,600 billion VND for site clearance, building more bridges, parks...
The Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Projects (investor) has just sent a document to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on resolving difficulties, obstacles, and additional adjustments of the Tham Luong Canal infrastructure construction project. - Ben Cat - Nuoc Len canal.
This canal route is the longest in Ho Chi Minh City with nearly 32km, passing through 7 districts in Ho Chi Minh City, including: 12, Binh Tan, Tan Phu, Tan Binh, Go Vap, Binh Thanh and Binh Chanh.
The canal renovation project will start construction in early 2023, with a total capital of 8,200 billion VND equal to the budget capital.
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Thunderstorms affect rice harvest progress in Soc Trang
Thunderstorms over the past few days have caused some Summer-Autumn rice fields in Soc Trang province to collapse, affecting the harvest progress.
It was noted that in the fields in My Tu district, as soon as it was sunny, people rushed to the fields to harvest rice.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of My Tu district, this year's Summer-Autumn crop, the locality sowed 23,085 hectares, and harvested over 13,580 hectares. Thunderstorms in recent days have caused some rice areas to be flooded and collapsed at harvest time. The authorities are directing the focus on pumping and mobilizing combine harvesters to harvest rice to avoid thunderstorms in the coming days.
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