Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Truong Viet Dung has signed and issued an official dispatch on enhancing responsibility, strengthening management, maintenance, and maintenance of the drainage system, ensuring safety when heavy rain and flooding occur.
Accordingly, the City People's Committee requests the Department of Construction, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, and the People's Committees of communes and wards, according to the scope and area assigned for management, to improve the spirit of responsibility, absolutely not to be subjective or negligent in the management, maintenance, and operation of the drainage system and organize duty when rain and flooding occur; determine that ensuring the safety of people's lives and property is a top priority requirement.
Units maintaining and maintaining strengthen inspection, dredging, and clearing of the drainage system; review all manholes, water inlets, covers, panels and drainage works under management, especially on roads, areas that are frequently flooded and locations with potential safety risks.
From there, promptly detect, repair, and replace missing, damaged, misaligned, and degraded manhole covers and panels... that do not ensure safety.
For locations that cannot be immediately repaired, it is necessary to promptly barricade, warn, arrange control forces and have safety measures to prevent accidents from occurring to people and vehicles.
The City People's Committee assigned the Department of Construction to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Environment and related units to closely monitor weather developments, rain and flooding situations; proactively organize synchronous and effective operation of drainage systems, regulating lakes, and pumping stations; prepare sufficient forces, vehicles, and equipment to be on duty according to the "4 on-site" motto, ensuring proactive and timely handling of arising situations.
The Department of Construction directs units to maintain and maintain serious and continuous on-duty organization, arrange forces to closely monitor the area when heavy rain and flooding occur, especially at deep flooded points, underpasses, low-lying areas with strong currents, manholes, receiving mouths and key areas, posing potential safety risks.
Along with that, promptly barricade, warn, coordinate traffic diversion and control; proactively coordinate to organize rescue and relief when situations arise, minimizing damage to people and property of the people.
The City Police urgently investigate and strictly handle acts of theft and consumption of manhole covers and manhole covers on sidewalks and roads in accordance with the law, ensuring safety for people and vehicles participating in traffic.
