China News Agency, Hefei, July 16 Telegram: Anhui Tongling Anti-Flood News: "We must overcome the flood to keep our home"
China News Agency reporter Qiang Zhao
Affected by the incoming water and rainfall in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the water level in Tongling section of the Yangtze River in Anhui has risen fiercely in recent days, and flood control has entered a critical period.
The picture shows that in Zhongzhou Village, Xuba Township, Yi'an District, Tongling City, Anhui Province, officers and soldiers of the Hefei Detachment of the Armed Police and villagers Xia Siguang (right) piling and protecting embankments around Guanyong. Photo by Zhang Yazi
Armed police officers and soldiers fought hard against the flood
On July 15, in Laoguanxu, Xilian Town, Yi'an District, Tongling City, Anhui Province, more than 100 officers and soldiers of the Lu'an Detachment of the Anhui General Corps of the Armed Police were fighting the rain to fight the flood and strengthen the dam.
Laoguanxu is a key 10,000-mu mu estuary, and the embankment is 15.8 kilometers long. When the reporter came to the Laoguanwei East Line, the work of the armed police officers and soldiers was nearing completion. Zhang Xunlei, head of the Lu'an Detachment of the Armed Police Anhui Corps, told reporters that after arriving in Yi'an District on the afternoon of the 14th, the detachment went to Laoguanxu to survey the terrain. (15th) Six more were excluded. At present, the original dam stem has been raised by 30 cm.
The 23-year-old Wu Caodong University graduated and joined the army. His home is in Tongling District, Tongling.
"Yesterday I passed the door of my house and pointed to my house and told my comrades that this is my home, which was both sad and proud at the time." Wu Caodong, who first participated in the flood relief, said that he wanted to go in to see his parents, but as a Soldiers have a responsibility. The most important thing to do now is to build a dyke for their hometown and protect the people of their hometown. The flood does not recede and will never go home.
Villagers: "We must overcome the flood to keep our home"
There are 20 sheds built on the embankment of Laoguanxu. The staff on duty patrol the embankment 24 hours a day to check the danger. Gao Xiaozhu is one of the staff on duty.
Gao Xiaozhu said that the duty shed where he works has more than 30 people working in shifts every day, all of whom are spontaneously coming to help the nearby villagers. "Our village is not far from the side of the dam. We have lived here for decades and are very familiar with it. Now is the time when flood control is critical. We need staff. We will insist on going home until the flood recedes."
Like Gao Xiaozhu, Xia Siming, a villager who lives in Xuguang Village, Xuxin Township, Jiangxinzhou, Yi'an District, Tongling City, did not follow the transfer when the flood came, but chose to stay behind and participate in emergency rescue. embankment.
Xia Siming told reporters that his family had moved to a safe zone a few days ago. 91 adult men in the village stayed on the berm. He came to support the next village today. "I grew up here since I was a kid. I don't protect my homeland. Who will protect me, I must overcome the flood and keep my home."
On July 15, a child wrote on the blackboard at the resettlement site of Shun'an Central Primary School in Yi'an District, Tongling City, Anhui Province. China News Service reporter Han Suyuan
Complete set of daily necessities
"My biggest wish now is that the flood waters recede early and go home safely." Gao Guiji, a villager in Xuguang Village of Xuba Township, said. A few days ago, she and her wife were sent to the resettlement site by the government-organized ferry and bus, because the children were all working in Zhejiang, she did not choose to go to them. I’m satisfied with watching TV. The only thing I’m worried about now is the livestock at home."
Gao Guiji's centralized resettlement site is located in Shun'an Central Primary School in Yi'an District. The reporter saw here that the children were playing and studying, the old people gathered together to watch TV and chat, the necessities were neatly arranged, and the washing machine, water heater, and boiling water room were all available.
According to Yao Zhaoxu, director of the Retired Military Affairs Bureau of the Yi'an District, the resettlement site was officially opened on July 9. It has accepted 219 people, the youngest is 5 years old, and the oldest is 98 years old. The villagers are all from Xuxin Township, Jiangxinzhou. "For villagers who cannot take care of themselves, we hired 6 professional nurses to take care of them, and 14 children also had volunteers to teach them."
The reporter learned from the Anhui Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on the 15th that the Yangtze River No. 1 Hongfeng has passed through the river section of Anhui Province, and the main stream of the Yangtze River in the province is still above the warning level.
Since July 2, heavy rainfall has caused 54 counties (cities, districts) in 10 cities including Bengbu, Xuancheng, Tongling, Anhui to be affected to varying degrees. As of 11:00 on July 15, according to statistics, the affected population was 2.791 million, emergency resettlement was 543,000, and the direct economic loss was 10.69 billion yuan. (Finish)