Beijing News (Reporter Liu Yang) The Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team participated in the rescue and rescue of landslides in Guizhou, and was asked to pay a toll of 496 yuan when returning to the Wuqiao Toll Station in Wanzhou District. On July 13, the relevant person in charge of the Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team told the Beijing News reporter that 23 team members participated in the rescue, and the other team members were all relieved when they returned.
On the evening of the 13th, Chongqing Expressway published an article on its official WeChat, saying that the provincial rescue and social forces voluntarily participating in emergency rescue and disaster relief all used the method of first receiving and then retreating when passing the toll station.
A toll of 496 yuan was charged for the return trip
Tan Chao, the person in charge of the Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team, said that on July 8, a landslide occurred in Songtao County, Tongren, Guizhou. At 13:00 on the same day, they drove to Guizhou, which is 400 kilometers away. After about 20 hours of emergency rescue, the local government asked all rescue teams to evacuate half. On the afternoon of the 9th, the six members of the rescue team and two vehicles were evacuated first. The vehicles were equipped with demolition tools, drones and other equipment.
At 22:30 on the 9th, the evacuated rescue team passed the Wuqiao toll station in Wanzhou District, Chongqing. Tan Chao said that the rescue team presented the rescue certificate issued by the People's Government of Ganlong Town, Tongren Songtao County, but the other party refused to pass it for free. After the communication failed, the team members finally paid 496 yuan in tolls.
The rescue certificate was stamped with the official seal of the local government. The specific content was: On July 8, 2020, a landslide occurred in the Tianbao Formation, Shiban Village, Ganlong Town. There are 11 people from Chongqing’s Blue Sky Rescue Team, an emergency unit with disaster prevention, mitigation and relief functions in our province, and three vehicles (marked with license plates) rushed to the disaster site to carry out emergency rescue work. The task is now over.
The Beijing News reporter noted that the proof of payment was on July 10. Tan Chao explained that considering that Guizhou is more than 400 kilometers away from Chongqing, the local government issued a certificate to all evacuees on July 10, and the time for the team members to arrive in Chongqing was also close to 10 o'clock.
Toll station said to be charged by file
According to the "Toll Road Management Regulations" that came into effect in 2004, Article 7 states that "vehicles approved by the State Council's transportation department or the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government to implement rescue and disaster relief will be exempted from paying tolls."
"In this rescue in Guizhou, a pickup truck with a rescue equipment on our certificate was passed by Chongqing Youyang toll station for free." Chao Chao mentioned that the rescue team went to Guizhou this time. Before departure, I filed a report with the Chongqing Local Emergency Management Bureau. After obtaining the consent, 23 team members arrived in Guizhou, and the other team members were all exempted when they returned to Chongqing.
"After we participated in the earthquake relief of the mudslides and Jiuzhaigou in Maoxian County of Sichuan in 2017, when the rescue team passed through the toll station in Wanzhou District, they all passed the relief." Tan Chao said. A reporter from the Beijing News questioned the Wuqiao toll station on this matter. A staff member of the surname said that the above behavior was "charging according to documents."
Chongqing Expressway issued a document: tolls for social assistance vehicles can be collected first
On the evening of the 13th, Chongqing Expressway's WeChat public released a policy interpretation called "Social Rescue Vehicles Need to Charge for Rescue and Disaster Relief".
The article mentions that rescue vehicles are free of tolls and need to go through the corresponding procedures in advance: that is, to fill in the information declaration registration through the "Social Forces Participation in Emergency Response and Disaster Online Reporting System", and review and approve, or approved by the people's government at the provincial level.
Regarding the emergency and disaster relief vehicles that were reported in a hurry and did not come in advance, the article said that the method adopted by the highway toll station is to pay the tolls first. After the rescue is completed and reviewed, it will be returned within 30 working days. .
"To sum up, the free situation is divided into two categories: social forces that carry out emergency rescue and disaster relief by government organizations and social forces that volunteer to participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief. It should be noted that when the provincial rescue and voluntary participation in emergency rescue and disaster relief social forces pass the toll station , All adopt the method of receiving first and then retreating." The above article is interpreted at the end.