EGAT helps flood victims of typhoon Dianmu and ensures power system security
9 September 2021EGAT stands beside Thais in every crisis, providing survival bags, drinking water, and sandbags to help flood victims around EGAT dams and power plants affected by tropical storm Dianmu. Moreover, EGAT ensures that power system and transmission towers in the affected areas are secure, without an impact on continual electric power supply.
Mr. Charan Khumngeon, Assistant Governor – Sustainability Management as the Vice Spokesman of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) revealed that as the tropical storm Dianmu has caused heavy rain in many areas in the North, the Northeast, and the Central Plains; EGAT offices in every region have been ready to help the flood victims at once. In Chaiyaphum Province, EGAT Chulabhorn Dam gave 1,000 sandbags to build barriers as well as survival bags and drinking water to people in 3 sub-districts, namely Ban Yang and Kud Loh in Kaset Sombun District and Dong Bang in Khon San District. EGAT also gave 100 survival bags and 100 packs of drinking water to Khon San District for further distribution.
In Tak Province, EGAT Bhumibol Dam supported a sand truck and a backhoe to work with Armed Forces Development Command to build barriers in the flood risk areas of Sam Ngao District. It also gave 220 survival bags and 260 bottles of drinking water to people in Sam Ngao and Ban Tak districts to relieve difficulties.
Meanwhile, EGAT regional officials have kept an eye on transmission towers in the flood risk areas; for example, they built wood barriers to prevent soil erosion around the base of the transmission towers after a massive amount of water had eroded the river banks. Moreover, they have plans to protect substations and transmission systems in the flooded areas to maintain the power system security in order that electric power supply to the public is not affected.
EGAT will always be beside Thais in every crisis and support flood victims at full capacity.