21 Chut ethnic households in Rao Tre village evacuated to safety

(Baohatinh.vn) - Authorities of Phuc Trach commune (Ha Tinh) are assisting in evacuating 21 households with 58 people of the Chut ethnic group in Rao Tre village to a safe place to avoid heavy rain and landslides caused by storm No. 5.

Rao Tre village has 46 households and 160 people of the Chut ethnic group. Through the inspection of Phuc Trach commune, the village has 21 households with 58 people whose houses are not safe.

On the morning of April 24, Phuc Trach commune coordinated with the Border Guard Station of Giang village to mobilize people and support forces to take shelter at the village's community cultural house, to prevent storm No. 5 from causing heavy rain and landslides.

Called and propagated by local authorities, border guards and socio- political organizations, households agreed and urgently coordinated to move to safer places.

Currently, the forces are continuing to purchase and transport necessary supplies to support people.

Along with 21 households in Rao Tre village, the entire Phuc Trach commune has about 100 households that must be evacuated to avoid storm No. 5. On the afternoon of August 24, the locality continued to coordinate to mobilize and support these households to move to safer places. At the same time, they proactively arranged high and safe locations such as schools, cultural houses, and offices for people to go to avoid storms and floods.

In addition, through screening, the whole commune has more than 20 locations at risk of being isolated. Currently, the commune has developed a 4-point plan, arranging forces ready to respond to the locations. This ensures that each location has sufficient military , police, medical, etc. forces to support the people.

Mr. Duong Ngoc Hoang - Chairman of People's Committee of Phuc Trach commune

Source: https://baohatinh.vn/di-doi-21-ho-dan-toc-chut-o-ban-rao-tre-den-noi-an-toan-post294283.html