Chinanews client, Beijing, May 23 (Reporter Zhang Xu) From the evening of May 21 to the morning of May 22, earthquakes occurred successively in Yangbi County, Yunnan and Maduo County, Qinghai.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport that as of 11 o'clock on May 23, all the damaged expressways and national and provincial trunk highways in Yunnan have been cleared.
In addition, the Yematan No. 1 Bridge and Yematan No. 2 Bridge that collapsed in the Gongyu section of G0613 Xili Expressway in Qinghai, vehicles can pass through the parallel G214 line, and the Changma River Bridge on the S219 Provincial Highway Huaji Line is expected to collapse tonight Grab the access road, and all other road sections have been rushed through.
It is reported that the on-site work team sent by the Ministry of Transport arrived at the epicenter of Yangbi County and Maduo County respectively on the evening of the 22nd and immediately engaged in rescue and disaster relief, and cooperated with the local earthquake relief front headquarters to do the work of highway rescue and transportation guarantee and material transportation guarantee.
At present, the transportation department of Yunnan Province has invested more than 1,480 emergency support personnel, 432 sets of emergency rescue machinery and equipment, and urgently deployed 236 passenger trucks to carry out transportation support; the transportation department of Qinghai Province has invested more than 1,800 emergency support personnel to dispatch emergency services. There are more than 470 rescue vehicles, more than 220 sets of emergency rescue machinery and equipment, 13 ordinary freight traction semi-trailers and 1 large refrigerated transport truck to transport 1,230 tents, 2,700 sets of cotton underwear, and more than 31,000 sets of comprehensive rescue materials.
On May 23, the Ministry of Transport held the second meeting of the Earthquake Level II Response Emergency Leading Group in Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and Maduo County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province, to video dispatch on-site rescue and disaster relief, and deploy follow-up emergency response work .
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On the morning of the same day, the Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng went to the Comprehensive Emergency Command Center for dispatching work and emphasized the need to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and instruct the Yunnan and Qinghai transport departments to do their best to ensure highway traffic and make overall plans. Epidemic prevention and control, personnel and material transportation guarantee, and prevention of secondary disasters.
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