China News Service, Yuncheng, January 30 (Reporter Lu Qiguo) The rescue work for the drowning incident in the downstream of the Sanmenxia Water Conservancy Project on the Yellow River has entered its ninth day.
On the 30th, the reporter saw in the river downstream of the incident that multiple rescue teams, including the Yantai Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, were searching for the missing persons.
On the afternoon of the 29th, a reporter from Chinanews.com saw in Pinglu County, Yuncheng, Shanxi, which is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, that there was very little water in the downstream channel of the Sanmenxia Water Conservancy Project, and large areas of rocky beaches were exposed.
On both sides of the river, you can see long white ice strips left behind after the water level drops in some places.
According to a person who participated in the rescue, after the drowning incident, the units of the Sanmenxia Water Conservancy Project were shut down during the daytime to stop the discharge, in order to cooperate with the ongoing search work downstream.
The Sanmenxia Water Conservancy Project stopped discharging during the day, and the water level in the downstream channel dropped significantly.
Photo by Lu Haochen
At about 18:00 on the same day, when the reporter was about to leave the river where the incident occurred, he found that the water level was rising.
Those who participated in the rescue said that every night, after the search and rescue workers stopped working, the water conservancy complex began to leak.
At noon on the 30th, the reporter went to the river where the incident happened again and saw that there were no rescuers at the No. 1 search point near the Yuezhuang Ferry in Pinglu County; at the No. 2 search point near Dujiazhuang downstream, many rescuers could be seen on the south side of the river. personnel.
Continue to go downstream, near the "Little Sanya" scenic spot sign on the west side of Liangsu Zhongqiao, dozens of rescuers are standing by the river having lunch.
After the meal, rescuers immediately went into search.
According to the latest news released on the official website of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Transportation, after the drowning incident, the Pinglu County Transportation Bureau immediately launched an emergency plan for water search and rescue. For water rescue, a comprehensive multi-channel interception and rescue point is formed.
At the same time, the Pinglu County Transportation Bureau organized maritime affairs, traffic law enforcement, and ferry crews along the route to fully cooperate with the Yantai Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Transport and the Sanmenxia City Transportation and Maritime Affairs Department of Henan Province to search and rescue the waters near Yuezhuang Ferry.
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