This morning (November 17), the transport sector of Thua Thien Hue province focused on overcoming the landslides to clear the route.
Regarding the search plan after the traffic is resumed, Lieutenant Colonel Phan Thang, Chief of the Military Command of Thua Thien Hue province, said that after the scene, the rescue force will focus on searching under Rao Trang river bed, at the site area about 100m.
Searching for missing victim at Rao Trang 3 Hydropower plan
Specifically, the forces will continue to dig soil to create a new flow, currently 60% excavated; Use stone baskets to stop dams. After blocking the dam, rectifying the flow, the forces will focus on searching the river Rao Trang.
Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, Vice Chairman of Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Transport - Transport to urgently fix the landslides, making efforts to clear the route to resume the search as soon as possible.
Another picture about the searching
"In the case now we would block the stream and drive a stream in the other direction and we would search and carry out search construction on that stream bed. Here, as the concrete of the roof falls down we will block the flow. To run out of water and deploy a search in this area ", Mr. Phuong said.
Vice Chairman of Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee said that Thua Thien Hue province also required the units to prepare vehicles, materials and fuel so that right after opening the road 71, maneuver into the scene continued to practice. does the search.
Up to the present time, functional forces have found that 5 out of 17 workers in Rao Trang 3 hydroelectricity have been missing.