In order to share difficulties and encourage injured people and relatives who were killed at Ta Pao Ho 1A hydroelectric site, Si Lo commune, Phong Tho district. The Provincial Party Committee, the Fatherland Front Committee, the People's Committee of Lai Chau Province and agencies, units and localities have supported the amount of VND 196 million.
The investor, HPL Hydropower Investment Joint Stock Company, has supported the families of the injured and the victims with 900 million VND.
Previously (afternoon of May 17), after nearly 2 days of searching, all 5 workers who died in the accident and were buried at the Ta Pao Ho 1A hydropower plant in Phong Tho district were found. The search and rescue work has been completed.
As reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, the unfortunate incident occurred at around 10:30 a.m. on May 16. During the construction process, the contractor (Dung Phuc Loc Construction Investment Joint Stock Company headquartered in Nghe An) hired a number of local workers.
At the time of the accident, workers were working under the foundation pit at the foot of the hydroelectric dam, and landslides buried many people.
Accordingly, 5 workers died; 4 injured people have been successfully treated for emergency care and surgery and are currently in stable health.
The Ta Pao Ho 1A Hydropower Project exploits a approach road including 1 main dam to raise water and 3 auxiliary dams to collect water, the total length of the water pipeline tunnels is 4.2km, of which the main pressure tunnel is about 2km long, with a water pole calculated at 281.71m, the plant uses 2 vertical turbines, with an installed capacity of 13.5MW.
The Ta Pao Ho 1A and Ta Pao Ho 1B hydropower projects have a capacity of 24MW, with a total investment of 911 billion VND, and are 2 of 8 hydropower projects invested by Kosy Group in Lai Chau and Dien Bien provinces.
