SERIOUS LOSSES TO TAITUNG AGRICULTURE|尼伯特重創 台東農損6.7億

Typhoon Nepartak ravaged Taitung County and brought heavy destruction to the local agriculture sector. In Taitung alone, agricultural losses amounted to over NT$ 670 million, accounting for 87 percent of total losses nationwide. Premier Lin Chuan visited Taitung on Saturday morning. Farmers requested the government to provide assistance, while local residents hope to have power and water supply back on as soon as possible. Soldiers helped out with recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Nepartak. Premier Lin Chuan visited Taitung and talked to local residents. ==LIN CHUAN WITH PRESIDENT Taitung== Is there still water and power outage? You have electricity but no water? Water outage is related to power outage. Taipower told us there will be power tonight. In addition to water and power outage, agricultural losses in Taitung also need to be addressed. The dragon fruit was ready for harvest, but had been swept to the ground. Even cement polls supporting trees were destroyed. The devastation is staggering. ==FARMER Taitung== It takes around NT$1 million to rebuild the equipment. Losses in fruits that were ready for harvest are hard to evaluate. I hope we can at least receive compensation for damaged equipment. Besides losses in dragon fruit, custard apple farmers also sustained severe losses. ==LIN CHUAN WITH FARMER== The damage is massive in many regions. Our custard apples are all gone. Typhoon Nepartak caused a total of more than NT$ 770 million agricultural losses across Taiwan. Taitung took the worst blow, with losses topping NT$ 670 million and accounting for 87% of total losses island wide, followed by Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City. In order to provide assistance to Taitung farmers as soon as possible, the Council of Agriculture will open the application process for compensation and low interest rate loans on the 10th, and will also allocate NT$ 300 million to the Taitung County Government to help farmers recover from the typhoon damage. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 強颱尼伯特重創台東，造成台東農業損失慘重。光是台東，農損就高達6.7億，佔全國農損的87%，行政院長林全一早視察台東，農民希望政府能夠幫幫忙，當地居民則要求趕快供水供電。 強颱尼伯特重創台東，國軍協助清理家園，行政院長林全一早趕往台東視察，居民上前陳情。 ==行政院長 林全 vs 居民== 現在還是停水停電嗎 還停水 電有了 電來了是不是 這缺水有部分跟缺電也有關 所以我們剛才已經跟台電有聯繫 台電是跟我們講說 應該在今天晚上可以大致上 應該是他是認為是 可以全部恢復供電 先解決民生用水用電問題，再來處理台東的農業損失。即將採收的火龍果，全都被颱風吹落在地，連水泥支柱也應聲倒地，滿目瘡痍，農民的心血一夕之間全泡湯了。 ==農民== 全部加起來大概上百萬啦 這設施設備重新再做的話 就要上百萬了 然後其他就是 可以收成 收成這個水果的就很難以估計了 希望說可不可以專案 讓我們的設施可以補助一些 讓我們的設施 我們不用再這麼辛苦 除了火龍果，釋迦也損失慘重。 ==農民 vs 行政院長 林全== 很嚴重 不只我這區 別區 應該說每區都這樣 這樣子 我們種很多釋迦 全都報銷了 這次尼伯特颱風來襲，全國農損高達7億7千多萬元，其中，台東農損最嚴重，高達6億7244萬，佔全國農損的87%，其次才是屏東縣和高雄市。為了加速協助台東農民，農委會宣布，從10號開始受理申請天然災害現金救助及低利貸款，並啟動預撥救助金制度，農委會也將撥款3億元救助金到臺東縣政府，讓農民可以早日辦理復耕復建。 記者 台東綜合報導