Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Dak Nong(VNA) – As many as 800 families living in a remote commune in Dak Nong provinceon the Central Highlands have recently been given access to electricity.
The project to providepower access to villagers in Hamlets 5, 6, and 7 in Dak R’Mang commune, DakG’Long district kicked off in mid-2017, according to the Dak Nong PowerCompany. After the construction of electricity infrastructure was completed, everyhousehold was then connected to the national grid earlier this month.
Having relocated tothe area more than 15 years ago, the villagers have now been presented with thisbasic necessity, offering them a greater opportunity to expand their productionand improve their incomes.
It is part of a largerrural power supply project in the province for the 2014-2020 period which aimsto have all villages and a majority of the rural population connected to thenational grid by 2020.
Dak R’Mang is a quiteisolated commune which is hard to reach. It has a population of more than 7,000people, 95 percent of whom are from the H’Mong and M’Nong ethnic minoritygroups.
The living standard inthe commune has been much improved over recent years thanks to the constructionof a number of roads, schools, and healthcare centres, said Pham Van Tinh,Chairman of the communal People’s Committee.
According to Tran NamThuan, Vice Chairman of the Dak R’Mang People’s Committee, most of theresidents in this area are incredibly disadvantaged with very low incomes, andas such the stable power supply will give them a chance to develop productionand escape poverty.
Nguyen Huu Tri fromthe Dak Nong Electricity Company said the project to supply electricity tothree hamlets in Dak R’Mang had a total investment of nearly 12 billion VND(516,000 USD). The company has been working to give power access to moredisadvantaged hamlets in Dak Ha and Quang Hoa communes, in G’Long district, headded. –VNA
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