[Commentary] The Wuhan Municipal Government Information Office reported on July 9 that as of now, the city has blocked 188 gates along the river, and the city and district levels have patrolled more than 12,000 defensive personnel on the Yangtze River, Han River, and small and medium rivers every day.
[Commentary] On the same day, the reporter saw at the Longwang Temple at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River that the rising water had flooded the Longwang Temple viewing platform. Across the embankment, the river inside the embankment was choppy and the traffic outside the embankment was orderly.
[Commentary] The 53-year-old Hang Jianquan is tanned by the sun. He is the person in charge of flood control at the gate of Longwangmiao. Hang Jianquan said that every defender vowed to coexist and die with the dike.
[Same period] Hang Jianquan, person in charge of flood control at Longwangmiao Gate
Dikekeepers, swear to coexist with (dike) life and death, is spiritually one of our inheritance, it is an inheritance for our young people, that is, the old and the young pass along.
[Explanation] Recently, Hang Jianquan has been on duty for 24 hours in the duty room beside the river embankment outside the Longwang Temple. No matter day or night, check the water situation every two hours and report in time.
[Same period] Hang Jianquan, person in charge of flood control at Longwangmiao Gate
The inspection is to observe the situation of a water level rising, that is, at one or two o'clock every night, its water level is one hour, how much it rises, we have to have a bottom in our minds, if it rises too much, what is the situation If it rises too much, the pressure on the embankment will be very large, and then observe the situation of each gate, mainly the gate. Our embankment is very strong, mainly the situation of each gate.
【Explanation】Different from previous years, at the gate of Longwang Temple, gray steel gates replaced yellow mud and stone. According to Shen Zhenxin, a member of the Jianghan District Water Affairs Bureau, steel gates can be sealed within two hours, which is more convenient and faster than traditional methods such as earth-building.
[Same period] Shen Zhenxin, a staff member of the Water Affairs Bureau of Jianghan District, Wuhan
When the steel gate is blocked, it can be completely blocked in place within 2 hours, then the traditional gate post, filled with loess, about 2 days, the advantage is obvious One of the steel gates is blocked quickly, the second one is more reliable, and the third one is simpler and more environmentally friendly.
[Commentary] Cheng Jianjun, deputy director of Wuhan Water Affairs Bureau and deputy director of the Office of the Municipal Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, said that this year the Yangtze River Basin has heavy rainfall, high intensity, and wide coverage. The water level of the main stream of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the export control stations of the two lakes are about 0.8 higher than the same period in history. —2.3 meters, and maintain a continuous upward trend. Wuhan, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is affected by the flood discharge of the Three Gorges and Dongting Lake, the water level jacking of the Poyang Lake and the high-intensity rainfall in the interval. The flood control situation is severe.
[Commentary] Tu Jinhua, Director of the River Embankment Division of the Wuhan Municipal Water Affairs Bureau, said that since the fortification of the Heshui River at 6 pm on June 28, the city and district have dispatched more than 12,000 patrol inspection personnel every day. Carry out close inspections on dangerous sections, dike-penetrating buildings, and depressions behind dikes. As of now, the city's river and embankment facilities are operating normally.
Zou Hao Ai Hongyi Wuhan, Hubei reported
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