China News Service, Beijing, July 22 (Reporter Zhang Xu) According to the latest news from the Ministry of Transport, at present, the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed rail from the north to the south and Zhengzhou-Xu high-speed rail to the east from Zhengzhou remain safe and unblocked, and train operations have gradually resumed.
In terms of highways, highways in Henan Province did not have a large number of vehicles detained, highways around Zhengzhou have resumed normal traffic, and urban public transportation has gradually resumed. 41 highway projects under construction have been evacuated in advance of personnel and equipment, and transportation infrastructure projects have been constructed. No major danger occurred on the construction site.
In terms of civil aviation, the takeoff and landing of flights at Zhengzhou Airport was greatly affected. The three airports at Luoyang, Nanyang, and Xinyang Airport were not significantly affected due to relatively small rainfall and fewer flights.
The civil aviation department carried out flight timing adjustments and reductions based on actual conditions, and initiated early warning of large-scale flight delays to ensure the safe and stable operation of Zhengzhou Airport.
In terms of postal services, in response to the situation that some express mail processing sites cannot be operated due to water intake, express transportation vehicles are damaged, and express mails are damaged to varying degrees, the postal department has initiated emergency plans, reasonably allocated resources, and made every effort to arrange the transfer and delivery of express mail.
In recent days, Henan and other places have continued to experience heavy rainfall. The Ministry of Transport has urgently launched a second-level emergency response to flood prevention in transportation, strengthened overall coordination, and guided the transportation departments of Henan and other places as well as railways, civil aviation, and postal systems to earnestly implement various flood prevention and typhoon rescue and disaster relief Measures to strengthen the inspection and elimination of hidden disasters, strengthen the safety protection of transportation infrastructure, and pay close attention to the work of ensuring smooth traffic.
It is reported that the Ministry of Transport, together with the Ministry of Finance, urgently arranged 15 million yuan of highway emergency rescue funds to support the emergency access of highway infrastructure damaged by the disaster in Henan; urgently dispatched a working group to Henan to guide emergency rescue and disaster relief and ensure smooth access , Operation scheduling, service guarantee work; emergency start of the "National Regional Highway Traffic Emergency Equipment Material Reserve Henan Zhengzhou Center" special equipment, put into Zhengzhou subway drainage and other emergency work.
On July 21, the Ministry of Transport also issued the "Emergency Notice on Effectively Doing a Good Job in Flood Control of Urban Rail Transit" to re-emphasize and re-deploy the flood prevention and emergency response work of rail transit, and organize a video for all rail transit cities across the country. The dispatch meeting put forward work requirements for 28 provinces, 48 cities, and 66 operating companies that have opened rail transit operations.
The Ministry of Transport said that in the next step, it will pay close attention to the changes in the disaster situation, comprehensively strengthen the 24-hour emergency duty, and urge and guide the transportation authorities in the disaster area to do emergency rescue and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.
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