China News Service, Yiyang, August 1st. Title: Dyke Keepers in Dongting Lake: Lines of "mine clearing" to prevent hidden risks

　　Author Wang Haohao Fu Jingyi

　　On the slope of the river embankment about 10 meters wide in the Wuzui Township section of the Ouchi River in Dongting Lake District, more than 10 embankment guards lined up in a row, each holding a long bamboo pole in the grass to slowly "sweep mines."

　　Their goal is a randomly placed local risk detection marker-an orange ping pong ball pierced with a thin wire.

　　This is a new trick that Nan County of Yiyang, Hunan has come up with to build a strong flood control levee. Nanxian County Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters will randomly select towns and villages every day. In the early morning, the risk identification markers will be randomly arranged in drought-resistant ditches within 150 meters of the forbidden foot of the embankment, and drought-prone paddy fields, etc. , Flood prevention personnel need to find a specified number of risk detection markers within a specified time to overcome fatigue and lax thoughts.

　　Since July, affected by the incoming water from the Yangtze River, the water level of Dongting Lake has been rising day by day. The water level of its iconic hydrological station Chenglingji Station exceeded the guaranteed water level by 0.15 meters, which was the second highest water level of the station in this century. As of 13:00 on August 1st, 16 stations in the Dongting Lake area were still over police. Among them, the hydrological station of Dongting Hunan County (Luowenjiao) exceeds the warning water level by 0.56 meters.

　　The reporter saw along the Ouchi River in Nanxian County that most of the canopies of the trees on the bank were submerged by the flood that has not yet fully receded, and some abandoned houses along the bank were flooded to varying degrees. Many flood control personnel patrolled the embankment back and forth.

　　“One of the main tasks of flood prevention at present is to hold the levee. Flood water soaks the embankment for a long time to prevent hidden risks such as landslides.” said Yin Fuqiu, member of the Nanxian CPPCC and deputy commander of the Langbahu Town Flood Control and Drought Relief Command Station. There are thousands of flood control personnel in towns and villages. Over time, people will inevitably wear out foreign workers and even cause big mistakes. Searching for risk identification is an innovative measure launched by the Nanxian Government to stimulate the enthusiasm of flood control personnel. Villages and towns with less than 60% of the total number of yellow balls will report criticism and even be held accountable, and more than 70% of the towns will be awarded RMB 50,000 to RMB 20,000.

　　"The yellow ball must be found before 8 o'clock every night. On the 31st, our discovery rate is 80%. The reward will be used to improve the food and working conditions of the keepers. The individual who finds the ball will also get 300 yuan. Reward." Liu Zhuo, deputy commander of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Command Post in Wuzui Township, Nanxian County, introduced that there are 8 flood control squadrons in the township with more than 1,000 people guarding the embankment, and about 80% of them are local villagers. "We guard the embankment not for reward, nor for anything else, but to protect our homeland."

　　Wang Laguang, 57 this year, is the squadron of the flood control squadron in Yaozui Village, Wuzui Township, Nanxian County. He is also an old embankment guard. He has been guarding the embankment for nearly a month since the beginning of July.

　　“Before the conditions for guarding the dykes were difficult, everyone slept on the grass when they were tired; now the conditions have improved. The government has built sheds for guarding the dykes, equipped with electric fans, mosquito nets and other materials, and the methods of guarding the dykes are more scientific, and dredging tools have been implemented. Mechanization." Wang Laguang said that the most tiring part of the embankment is at noon and midnight. They are afraid of heat at noon and get sleepy in the middle of the night. When they doze off, they will take turns patrolling and refreshing.

　　"In previous years, flood control relied on the '386199 troops' (referring to women, children and the elderly) who stayed at home. In addition to public officials, many new faces such as college students have appeared on the levee this year." Yin Fuqiu introduced that some of them were due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Some college students who have not returned to school have just taken the “00” after taking the college entrance examination.

　　"May the flood recede soon, and the homeland will last for a long time." Yin Fuqiu said that this year's flood control period is expected to last 40 days, more than 10 days longer than in previous years. The flood does not recede, and they will not leave the embankment. (Finish)