China News Service, Hefei, August 1 (Reporter Zhang Qiang) At 9:30 on August 1, the flood control and drought relief headquarters of Anhui Province ordered the opening of the Caotai Sluice Gate in the Mengwa Flood Storage District in Funan County, Anhui Province. At this point, the floods in the Mengwa flood storage area began to flow into the mainstream of the Huai River after staying for 12 days.
The Mengwa flood storage area is located on the bank of the Huai River in Funan County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province. It is one of the most frequently used flood storage areas for the mainstream of the Huai River. The flood storage area has jurisdiction over 4 townships, Wangjiaba, Laoguan, Caoji, and Gaotai, with 198,000 mu of cultivated land and nearly 200,000 residents.
On July 20, in order to alleviate the flooding of the Huaihe River, the Wangjiaba Gate, the “First Gate of the Huaihe River in Thousand Miles”, was opened for flood release. Floodwater from the Huaihe River entered the Mengwa Flood Storage Area. . As of July 23, when the Wangjiaba sluice closed, the Mengwa flood storage area had a cumulative flood volume of 375 million cubic meters, which played a vital role in Anlan on the Huaihe River.
It is understood that it will take about half a month for the flood in the Mengwa flood storage area to recede. As the flood slowly receded, nearly 200,000 people living in the Mengwa flood storage area also started production to save themselves.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department of the Funan County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, since the occurrence of the flood, Funan County has carried out a comprehensive survey of the disaster situation while scientifically deploying rescue forces and relief supplies, and accurately grasped the loss of poverty alleviation projects, house damage, and return to poverty due to disasters. Happening.
Up to now, Funan County has prepared more than 100,000 catties of mung bean and vegetable seeds for the recovery of agricultural production after the disaster; 60 agrotechnical experts have been organized to send technologies and services to the front line to help the poor people to carry out the first time Production self-rescue, promote the recovery and development of the planting and breeding industry; in line with the needs of flood prevention and disaster relief, 1,170 public welfare posts such as dyke inspection, epidemic prevention and killing, and material distribution have been added, and 951 poor people have been employed nearby.
The reporter learned from the Huaihe Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources of China that as of August 1, the 8 flood storage areas of Mengwa, Jiangtang Lake, and Qiujia Lake that were used on the main stream of the Huai River during the flood dispatching process were all in a state of retreat.
At 10:00 on August 1, the water levels at the Huaihe River Runheji, Zhengyangguan, and Bengbu (Wujiadu) stations exceeded the warning water level; the water level at Wangjiaba Station was 26.69 meters, which was 0.81 meters below the warning water level. The water level of Hongze Lake Jiangba Station is 13.37 meters, 0.87 meters above the flood limit. At present, the water level of the mainstream of the Huai River continues to fall. (Finish)