Today (27th), the Ministry of Transport stated that after the earthquakes in Yunnan and Qinghai, part of the transportation infrastructure was damaged. As of 17:00 on the 26th, all the damaged expressways and national and provincial trunk highways in Yunnan and Qinghai have been cleared. There are still rocks falling on the road section from time to time, and the road is in a state of breaking and grabbing, and other roads are passing normally.
Railways, civil aviation, and postal services have returned to normal conditions.
After the earthquakes in Yangbi County, Yunnan Province and Maduo County, Qinghai Province, the Ministry of Transport promptly initiated Level II emergency response.
At 9 o'clock on the 22nd, the Ministry of Transport initiated the second-level emergency response and established an emergency leadership team. From the 22nd to the 24th, the leading group meetings were held continuously to study and deploy post-disaster emergency response work.
Guide the disaster relief work after the disaster.
The first is to guide the transportation departments of Yunnan and Qinghai to do their best to ensure the smoothness of roads and guarantee the transportation of personnel and materials.
The second is to scientifically assess the impact of earthquake disasters on infrastructure such as highways, bridges, culverts, tunnels, etc., and make every effort to ensure the safety of emergency rescue personnel, and to prevent secondary disasters.
The third is to guide local governments to strengthen emergency capacity preparation and dispatch, and ensure the transportation of disaster relief personnel, materials, and the production and living materials of the people in the disaster area.
The fourth is to plan to carry out post-disaster reconstruction preparations, allocate funds for disaster recovery and reconstruction in a timely manner, achieve an orderly connection between emergency response, post-disaster reconstruction, and high-quality development, and strongly support and support the reconstruction and emergency response of the infrastructure in the earthquake region.
On the evening of May 24, the Ministry of Finance, together with the Ministry of Transport, issued 15 million yuan of vehicle purchase tax funds to Yunnan and Qinghai provinces, respectively, for highway damage repairs and maintenance.
The fifth is to strengthen emergency watchkeeping, unimpeded government orders, timely and accurate grasp of front-line information, effectively carry out rescue and disaster relief work, and strictly prevent the occurrence of various disasters and secondary disasters.
Sixth, combining the characteristics of the flood season and summer vacation, strengthen early warning, comprehensive investigation, focus on key areas and key links of transportation, improve emergency plans, strengthen transportation services during flood seasons, and ensure that people can walk, walk well, and walk safely.
Send a working group and related expert groups to coordinate and do the relevant work.
The on-site work team sent by the Ministry of Transport arrived at the epicenters 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 a good job in highway rescue and transportation guarantees and material transportation.
(CCTV reporter Tang Ying)