The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is set to devise a series ofplans responding to natural and human-caused disasters, includingtunnel cave-ins and radioactive substance leaks.
The move will be under a blueprint recently issued by the provincialPeople’s Committee for the implementation of a master plan to respond toincidents, natural disasters and search and rescue by 2020.
In 2015 and 2016, relevant agencies will design response plans forbuilding and tunnel collapses; radioactive substance, nuclear radiation,and toxic chemical leaks; and fires in buildings, residential areas,industrial parks, markets and trade centres.
Plansto respond to forest fires, dam and reservoir breaks, earthquakes,storms, depressions, floods and landslides will also be outlined.
Lam Dong will strengthen local steering boards and construct basicinfrastructure serving disaster prevention and search and rescueactivities.
It expects to spend more than 711billion VND (nearly 33.07 million USD) on the blueprint, including about545 billion VND (25.35 million USD) for infrastructure building and 166billion VND (7.72 million USD) for purchasing and producing necessaryequipment.
Lam Dong is a mountainous province in thesouthern Central Highlands, an area susceptible to natural disasters.Mining and hydropower plants are popular across the locality.
In late 2014, a tunnel of the Da Dang-Da Chomo hydropower plant in LacDuong district caved in. The 12 workers trapped inside were luckilyrescued after four days.
Meanwhile, Lam Dong’scapital city of Da Lat has been home to a nuclear reactor for more than50 years. A 15-megawatt reactor is expected to replace the existing onewithin the next 10 years.-VNA
The move will be under a blueprint recently issued by the provincialPeople’s Committee for the implementation of a master plan to respond toincidents, natural disasters and search and rescue by 2020.
In 2015 and 2016, relevant agencies will design response plans forbuilding and tunnel collapses; radioactive substance, nuclear radiation,and toxic chemical leaks; and fires in buildings, residential areas,industrial parks, markets and trade centres.
Plansto respond to forest fires, dam and reservoir breaks, earthquakes,storms, depressions, floods and landslides will also be outlined.
Lam Dong will strengthen local steering boards and construct basicinfrastructure serving disaster prevention and search and rescueactivities.
It expects to spend more than 711billion VND (nearly 33.07 million USD) on the blueprint, including about545 billion VND (25.35 million USD) for infrastructure building and 166billion VND (7.72 million USD) for purchasing and producing necessaryequipment.
Lam Dong is a mountainous province in thesouthern Central Highlands, an area susceptible to natural disasters.Mining and hydropower plants are popular across the locality.
In late 2014, a tunnel of the Da Dang-Da Chomo hydropower plant in LacDuong district caved in. The 12 workers trapped inside were luckilyrescued after four days.
Meanwhile, Lam Dong’scapital city of Da Lat has been home to a nuclear reactor for more than50 years. A 15-megawatt reactor is expected to replace the existing onewithin the next 10 years.-VNA
