On October 6, the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province announced that Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Mai Xuan Liem province has just signed a decision approving the recovery and allocation of assets such as satellite mobile phone equipment to serve the direction and operation of natural disaster prevention, control and search and rescue in Thanh Hoa province.
Accordingly, 63 satellite phones (including 1 broken phone) were recalled from provincial-level units, communes and wards in the plains and coastal areas - including the Provincial People's Committee Office, Department of Agriculture and Environment, Department of Education and Training, Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Construction, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Finance...
The users of these 63 satellite phones are the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, deputy directors of departments, branches, chairmen of the People's Committees and secretaries of communes and wards. Each machine is worth VND 29,910,188.
The satellite phones after being recalled will be handed over to mountainous and border communes such as Nhi Son, Pu Nhi, Tam Chung, Trung Ly, Na Meo, Muong Ly, Phu Le, Phu Xuan, Quan Son, Son Dien, Thien Phu, Tam Lu, Muong Min...
This recall and handover aims to enhance communication capacity for communes in remote areas that are often affected by natural disasters, flash floods, and landslides, where mobile signal loss is at risk during the rainy and stormy season.
Previously, on August 30, Mr. Mai Xuan Liem directly inspected and directed the recovery of damage after storm No. 5 in Yen Nhan and Bat Mot communes.
Here, commune officials said that when storms and floods cause power outages, roads are cut off, communication is interrupted, and reporting the situation is very difficult. During storm No. 5, commune officials had to walk more than 10km of forest road to have a phone signal to call the province for an urgent report. Going "finding waves" in storms and floods is very dangerous.
Immediately after hearing the report, Mr. Mai Xuan Liem immediately called Mr. Tran Duy Binh - Director of the Department of Science and Technology, requesting the transfer of satellite phones from midland and plain communes, places that did not need to be used, including his electricity, to mountainous and border communes.
