Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council: Some of the affected provinces have returned to poverty and have been included
China News Service, Beijing, July 7 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council of China released on the 7th that poverty caused by flooding and geological disasters showed that poverty has not returned to poverty due to disasters, and that some provinces have experienced poverty return to poverty. Has been incorporated into help in time.
Official statistics show that since June, floods in the southern region have caused 12.16 million disasters in Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, and Jiangxi provinces. In response to the flood disaster caused by continuous heavy rainfall, China has made every effort to deploy flood relief and disaster relief. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Emergency Management, as of July 6, the Chinese fire rescue team has participated in a total of 3274 flood rescues, dispatched 5,155 fire trucks and more than 33,000 commanders, rescued 6,482 people in distress, and was evacuated and transferred. More than 31,000 people were trapped.
According to the latest release of poverty alleviation due to flooding and geological disasters by the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office, 14 provinces have reported flooding and geological disasters and other disasters. The disaster-stricken provinces took timely measures to overcome the impact of the disaster on the production and lives of poor people. At present, most provinces have not experienced poverty-stricken poverty, and some provinces have returned to poverty in a timely manner.
The Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council issued a notice a few days ago stating that monitoring and assistance should be included in a timely manner for the return to poverty caused by flooding and geological disasters. For those who may return to poverty due to the impact of geological disasters caused by floods and waterlogging, one household is found to monitor and one household to help one. Comprehensively investigate hidden dangers of infrastructure, speed up the repair and reconstruction of poverty alleviation projects such as damaged houses, roads, and water conservancy, and ensure the safety of housing and drinking water for poor people. Help the poor to carry out production self-rescue, timely replenish cultivation and planting crops, develop "short and fast" planting and breeding projects, help carry out agricultural insurance claims, and minimize the impact of disasters on the production of poor people.
The Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council emphasized that it is necessary to give full play to the role of monitoring and assistance mechanisms for preventing poverty. Comprehensively sort out the risk points that are prone to return to poverty and lead to poverty in the year of poverty alleviation and hard work, and implement dynamic management. For those eligible to return to poverty due to disaster, epidemic, illness, disability, etc., enter the monitoring system in time and take targeted measures to help. We will implement a comprehensive guarantee policy for groups with special difficulties such as the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and include marginal populations at risk of poverty in a timely manner. (Finish)