Continuous power outage, people struggling to cope with the heat

Sleeping under a tree in a hammock

At 10:30 a.m. on June 3, Ms. Che Thi Minh in hamlet 1, Nghi Van commune, Nghi Loc district was still sitting outside the tree stump near the road in front of her house. The back of her shirt was drenched with sweat, and she repeatedly wiped her face with a towel.

Ms. Minh said, “It was too hot, the power went out, and she couldn’t sit in the house, so since morning she sat outside the tree. But it’s almost 11 o’clock, the ball is round, sitting under the tree is also hot and hot and there is no electricity to cook rice. This afternoon she ate cold rice, didn’t cook because she had to set up a wood stove, it was very hot.

Without power, Ms. Che Thi Minh in hamlet 1, Nghi Van commune had to sleep in a hammock outside the tree. Photo: Hoai Thu

Then she pointed to the hammock under two trees in her garden, said that yesterday (June 2) there was a power outage from 7 pm to 2 am, it was too hot to sleep, at midnight she had to go to the garden. sleep in a hammock under a tree. The two grandchildren who lived with their parents across the street cried all night because of the heat. Parents have to wake up and take turns fanning their children to sleep. When they wake up in the morning, they have to go to work early, all night they can’t sleep, so they are listless and tired.

Hamlet 1, Nghi Van commune is located along Provincial Road 534. The hot sun and continuous power failure have turned all activities of the people upside down.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, not far from Ms. Che Thi Minh’s house, said that the village has about 100 households, almost every house has elderly people and children. About a week ago, there was a power outage every day, sometimes from early morning to early morning, making many people sick. The younger one cried and struggled, the older one couldn’t sleep.

Power outage, Mrs. Minh had to use a wood stove. Photo: Hoai Thu

“Continuous power outage, this whole week my family eats late dinner every day, about 9 o’clock to clean up and bring a tray of rice to the yard or to the garden to sit down to cool down. Whenever there is electricity, take advantage of charging phones, charging electric lights, and charging fans. But not every house has an electric fan to use, like Mrs. Minh’s house does not. She is almost 70 years old, has to go to the garden to sleep every night when the power goes out.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Gai in hamlet 4, Hung My commune (Hung Nguyen) also said that the hamlets in Hung My commune almost every day without electricity, people have to go out to the street to find a tree stump and a place to cool down. heat.

Hamlet 4 where her family lives has less frequency of power outages, about 3-4 hours/day. As for the upper hamlets of Hung My (called Upper My area) there are frequent power outages. “Yesterday (ie, June 2) in the Upper My neighborhoods, there was a complete blackout of electricity for 1 day and night,” said Gai.

Collecting money to buy a generator, start a car and sleep overnight

In hamlet 1, Dai Son commune (Do Luong district), on the morning of June 3, Mr. Le Van Nga said: In the past two days, Dai Son commune only had electricity from 8 am to 11 am. Last night (June 2), there was still no electricity at 12 o’clock at night, my 3 grandchildren could not sleep because of the heat. Loving my grandson, afraid that he would be sick, I had to start the car, run the car’s air-conditioner, and let the four grandkids sleep in the car. Because I was afraid that sleeping in the car was not safe, I stayed up all night to watch it,” said Mr. Le Van Nga.

A household in hamlet 1, Dai Son commune started the car engine to let him sleep because the power was out all night. Photo: PV

On the morning of June 3, some households in hamlet 4, Dai Son commune said that if there was electricity, it would be weak at peak hours, unable to run the air conditioner. To cope with the continuous power failure, households have contributed money to buy a mini generator to use fans and light bulbs.

Not only in Dai Son commune, many other communes of Do Luong district also experienced power outages for many hours, or power outages at night causing people to “evacuate” out of their homes. For example, in hamlet 6, Quang Son commune, on the night of June 1, some households brought mats to the village’s cultural house to find a cool place to sleep; Some other households with small children rent rooms in motels with generators to rest.

People in hamlet 1, Dai Son commune contributed money to buy a mini generator to prevent heat, mainly for running electric fans for the elderly and children. Photo: HT

It is necessary to promptly notify the schedule of power outages and forecast incidents

In recent days, on social networks, people in many districts, cities and towns share information about the power outage affecting daily life, labor, production and business. On June 2, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Toan in Anh Son town (Anh Son district) shared on social networks about how people “deal” with power outages: “There have been many families who could not bear to have The elderly, their children and grandchildren go to town or places where there is electricity to stay”.

As for Hoa Huong’s Facebook account on June 1, she urgently posted the desired status line. If Anh Son Electricity cuts power for a long time, it needs to notify people in advance to take the initiative in work and activities. Responding to the comments of Facebook Hoa Huong, many people said that they should not be upset because the electricity industry did not intentionally cut off the power, but because of overload, or because the supply was not enough for demand.

In addition to Anh Son, Quy Hop, and Con Cuong districts, people in districts such as Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai town, and Thanh Chuong district also have many complaints about the continuous power failure, which greatly affects life and labor.

People reported the power outage on social networking sites. Photo: Hoai Thu

At 11 am on June 3, Mr. Nguyen Canh Nam – Chairman of Thanh An Commune People’s Committee, Thanh Chuong District said: This morning we handed over gratitude houses to poor households with extremely difficult circumstances in An Hoa hamlet. There was no electricity, so the ceremony had to be shortened because of the heat. Thanh An has almost daily power outages and almost no prior notice, making officials and people unable to take the initiative in their work.

“We also understand that this is due to an overload problem, or insufficient supply and demand forcing the Electricity industry to cut off electricity alternately, but in the long run, if this continues, people’s lives and production will be affected. turned upside down, great influence,” – Mr. Nam expressed.

Ms. Che Thi Minh said about the hardship when the electricity was cut off continuously. Clip: Hoai Thu