After many days of mobilizing all forces to be on duty, the electricity industry has made efforts to handle the incident, replace damaged materials to bring power back to people in the Central provinces.
According to statistics from the Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC), during the entire flood period, 825,638 customers in Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang and Quang Ngai were affected by power outages. At the peak, 475,874 customers had their power supply interrupted. By the morning of November 2, EVNCPC had restored 814,126 customers, reaching 98.6% of the total number of affected customers. Currently, there are 11,512 customers (0.23%) in areas with deep flooding, landslides, and cut off traffic that still do not have electricity.
The entire 110kV power grid in the Central region is operating normally, with no more incidents. On the medium voltage grid, EVNCPC recorded 600 incidents, handled 572 cases, while 235 distribution transformer stations (0.41%) have not been restored, equivalent to a capacity of about 3.9 MW - accounting for only 0.11% of maximum load.
In Quang Tri, 12/13 incidents have been restored, with 840 customers and 10 transformer stations still not operating. In Thua Thien Hue, only 245 customers in Thuan Hoa ward do not have electricity because this area is still flooded. In Da Nang, 289/311 incidents have been handled, while 10,147 customers and 204 distribution transformer stations have not been restored. The locations without power are located in mountainous areas and landslide areas such as Duy Xuyen, Nong Son, Nam Tra My, Tra Leng, Tay Giang.
Quang Ngai alone has restored 27/31 incidents, while 280 customers and 78 transformer stations were affected. These locations are located in the mountainous areas of Son Tay, Tay Tra, Dak Plo, where traffic is still difficult to access.
Mr. Ngo Tan Cu, General Director of EVNCPC, said that power units are working day and night to provide electricity to the people as soon as possible. EVNCPC continues to maintain 24/7 on-duty, closely coordinating with the government and functional forces to complete the power restoration on November 2.
"Only in areas that are not safe or have traffic cut off, we will approach and handle them as soon as conditions allow. The goal is to soon stabilize the lives and production of people in flooded areas, Mr. Cu emphasized.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Consecutive storms and floods have caused many deaths, missing and injuries; many houses and production and business establishments have had their roofs blown off and suffered heavy damage. People across the northern mountainous provinces and the central provinces are struggling to cope with floods and heavy losses in human lives and property due to floods and thunderstorms.
"A piece of food when hungry is worth a package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Social Charity Fund calls on domestic and foreign philanthropists to join hands to share with people affected by floods to have food, clothing, shelter, students have books to go to school...
The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious feelings of agencies, businesses, and domestic and foreign philanthropists.
Please send any help to: Golden Heart Social Society Fund, No. 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Phone: 024.39232756. Account number (STK): 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi. STK: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank - Hanoi Branch, STK: 12410001122556 - at BIDV - Hoan Kiem Branch. Or scan the following QR code:
