China News Agency, Jiangxi Jiujiang, September 7th: Directly attacking the rare "flood season anti-dry" in Poyang Lake: the lake area has greatly "shrunk" and Yuanbaofeng drip irrigation "quenches thirst"

　　China News Agency reporter Wu Pengquan

　　Affected by the continuous high temperature and low rainfall and the lack of water from the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China during the flood season, is shouting "thirsty", and there is a rare phenomenon of "reverse dryness during the flood season".

　　"Since late June, the average rainfall in Jiangxi Province has been 172.5 mm, which is 60% less than the same period of normal years, and the evaporation is twice that of the same period of rainfall. Since July, the water inflow from the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River has been 40% less than the same period." Standing in front of the Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake, Huang Xiao, the fourth-level director of the Poyang Lake Hydrology and Water Resources Monitoring Center, told a reporter from China News Agency.

　　At 8:00 on September 6, the water level of Poyang Lake Xingzi Station retreated to 7.99 meters.

Huang Xiao said that this is the lowest water level in the same period since records began in 1951, and Poyang Lake has entered an extremely dry period (below 8 meters).

At present, the area and volume of the lake area are about one-tenth of the same period of the year.

　　In the past few days, reporters from China News Agency interviewed in the Poyang Lake area and saw that the Poyang Lake, which was originally a vast and vast lake, has been greatly "slimmed down".

　　Located in Lushan City, Jiangxi Province, the thousand-year-old stone island "Luoxingdun" is a landmark in Poyang Lake. Now it has "dropped out" and the surrounding lake bed has become "prairie". In the waters near Jianggongling, Duobao Township, Duchang County, Jiangxi Province, the ancient bridge of Ming Dynasty "Qianyan Bridge" soaked in water during the flood season revealed its true appearance nearly four months earlier than previous years. A "desert"...

　　"It used to be winter, but now it is the first time I see the 'Thousand Eyes Bridge' wearing short sleeves. It feels very different." Feng Tao, who has lived by the Poyang Lake for more than 50 years, said bluntly that he had never seen such a sight before.

　　The water level of Poyang Lake continued to drop, and the drought in the surrounding area became more and more serious.

In the Duobao Township Forest Farm, Duchang County, on the shore of Poyang Lake, an excavator waving its "big arm" continuously to level the site for a 5-meter-diameter and 8.5-meter-deep reservoir.

The mountain spring water is slowly poured into the reservoir along a water pipe.

　　Gao Gao, a staff member in Duobao Township, Duchang County, told reporters that the Duobao Township Forest Farm has planted about 400 mu of Yuanbao maple. Affected by the continuous high temperature, fine and hot weather, some of the Yuanbao maple has shown signs of withering.

"We will introduce the mountain spring water into the reservoir, then transport the water through the water pump, and then use the pipe to drip irrigate Yuanbaofeng to 'quench thirst'."

　　According to the report of the Jiangxi Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, as of 16:00 on September 6, the drought disaster has affected 4.253 million people in Jiangxi, and 97,000 people need life assistance due to the drought. The affected area of ​​crops is 8.584 million mu, and the direct economic loss is 5.26 billion yuan. RMB.

A total of 2.5142 million people in Jiangxi province have invested in drought relief.

　　As one of China's 13 major grain producing areas, Jiangxi has recently introduced 30 measures for drought relief and disaster relief.

Among them, it is proposed that the construction of irrigation and drainage stations, the excavation of drought-resistant wells, and the deployment of water pumps should be comprehensively adopted to strengthen power security, optimize the allocation of water sources, and do everything possible to ensure the demand for agricultural irrigation water. , find ways to supplement irrigation.

　　The Jiangxi Hydrology Department predicts that the water level of Poyang Lake will continue to decline for a period of time in the future. It is recommended to do a good job in raising and retaining water to ensure domestic water and agricultural irrigation in the lake area, and prevent the rapid decline of Poyang Lake's water level. The adverse impact of the lake area and surrounding areas.

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