As reported by the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control at noon on September 9, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issued the fourth dispatch requiring the Director of Tuyen Quang Hydropower Company to open two more bottom sluice gates of Tuyen Quang Hydropower Reservoir, raising the number of bottom sluice gates under the order to eight.
The emergency order is to reduce the risk of flooding and ensure safety for infrastructure works and downstream areas.
Tuyen Quang Hydropower Reservoir has a total of eight bottom sluice gates and four surface sluice gates.
This is the first time in history, the hydropower reservoir has opened all of its bottom sluice gates.
Previously, in the early morning of September 9, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development had issued two consecutive directives regarding the opening of sluice gates at the two hydropower plants amid the unpredictable flooding situation following typhoon Yagi in the Northern region.
