The work of disaster prevention in 2018 summarized

ABO - On December 11, Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong presided over the conference on summarizing disaster prevention - search and rescue in 2018 and deploying directions, tasks, plans in 2019.

At the conference. Photo: thtg.vn

According to general assessment, in 2018, the situation of storms, tropical low pressure did not directly affect Tien Giang province but tornadoes, tides, riverside landslides, canals often occurred. This affected the production and life of the people.

However, thanks to the active and timely direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, the close cooperation between departments and branches, especially the initiative of the "four on the spot" the government, local authorities and people reduced the damage caused by natural disasters.

Learning experiences from the past storm No. 9, the local and industry proposed the Provincial People's Committee many solutions to respond to storm in the coming time such as building storm shelters for Tan Phu Dong district, building residential for the lowland in Go Cong Dong district, technical trainings anchor boats, equipped with specialized equipment to respond to storms, etc ...

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong speaks at the conference. Photo: thtg.vn
Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong urged all departments, committees and authorities in the province to improve awareness raising, raising responsibility in leadership, operating disaster prevention.

The western districts continued to raise the dykes, build the cover areas, prevent landslide; the eastern districts intensify storm response solutions, actively adapting the saline intrusion. In addition, localities needed to intensify their propaganda, guide people to cope with natural disasters, protecting their production, assets and life.

Particularly, the eastern districts should take initiative in implementing solutions for water supply in service of winter-spring rice production from 2018-2019 and ensuring the water supply for people in the coming dry season.

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by NGUYEN HUU)