According to Nguyen Duy Quang, director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, three cameras will be installed at each of the eight reservoirs of Hoa Son, Da Den, Da Ban, Am Chua, Suoi Dau, Cam Ranh, Ta Ruc and Suoi Hanh. The cameras will be connected to district boards of natural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue.
Nha Trang severiously flooded due to torrential rains in mid-November
The project will be carried out in December with the budget sourced from the province.
Khanh Hoa is home to 32 reservoirs, consisting of three hydropower reservoirs and 29 irrigation reservoirs. However, none of them have been equipped with cameras to monitor water discharges.
In mid-November, torrential rains and the water discharge of reservoirs resulted in the severe inundation of the suburbs of Nha Trang City.
Rapid urbanisation has worsened the water drainage in the city.
The central region of Vietnam has been forecasted to face another heavy rainy spell in the days to come.