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Dak Lak: 2,000 families get access to electricity before Tet

Over 2,000 local households in 29 hamlets in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, including those in disadvantaged and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, have get access to the national grid on the threshold of Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
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Dak Lak (VNA) – Over2,000 local households in 29 hamlets in the Central Highlands province of DakLak, including those in disadvantaged and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, haveget access to the national grid on the threshold of Tet (Lunar New Year)festival.

According to the managementboard for rural power project under the provincial Department of Industry andTrade, this is part of a project to bring electricity to 250 hamlets andvillages in 15 districts, towns and Buon Me Thuot city.  

With a total investmentof 887 billion VND (38.9 million USD), the project aims to  construct and upgrade 282km of medium voltagelines and 437km of lower voltage lines; 256 three-phase transformers with atotal capacity of 16,210 kVA; and connect over 22,453 ethnic minority householdsto the national grid.

This project plays animportant role in boosting production, thus contributing to accelerating povertyreduction and socio-economic development, and improving living conditions forlocal residents.

Luu Van Khang, an official of the provincialDepartment of Industry and Trade, said the local authorities have directed contractorsto accelerate the project’s process, towards bringing electricity to 100percent of local households by 2020.-VNA


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