Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China: The flood control situation in the Pearl River Basin is complex, severe and urgent
China News Service, Beijing, June 22 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources of China on the 22nd that the water levels of the Xijiang and Beijiang rivers in the Pearl River Basin continued to rise, and the flood control situation in the basin was complex, severe and urgent.
On the 21st, Li Guoying, deputy commander of the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, presided over a special flood control meeting, and video-connected Guangdong Province and the Pearl River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources to analyze and judge the rain, flood and industrial conditions in the Pearl River Basin.
Li Guoying said that the current water levels of the Xijiang and Beijiang in the Pearl River Basin continue to rise, and it is predicted that a major flood may occur on the Beijiang on the 22nd. The flood control situation in the Pearl River Basin is complex, severe and urgent.
Li Guoying demanded that the goal of "no casualties, no dam collapse of the reservoir, no breach of the main embankment of the Beijiang and Xijiang, and no flooding of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration", refine and implement various defensive measures, and make every effort to prevent and respond to floods in the Pearl River Basin Work.
The meeting demanded that Xijiang should continue to scientifically and finely schedule the main and tributary reservoirs to block floods and cut peaks, especially the Datangxia Water Control Project, resolutely avoid the flood peaks of Xijiang and Beijiang, and at the same time consider the possibility of a new round of rainstorms in the later period. During the flood process, prepare for reservoir regulation and response in advance.
The Beijiang River should give full play to the role of the flood control engineering system in the basin, and make full use of river channels and embankments, reservoirs, and flood storage and detention areas to give full play to the regulation function.
It is necessary to strengthen the patrol and defense of the Xijiang and Beijiang dykes, and prepare flood control teams, materials and measures to ensure the absolute safety of the dykes.
The meeting proposed that the warning information of rainstorm and flood should be sent directly to the "three responsible persons" for flood control in the reservoir, and the reservoirs in the heavy rainfall area should be implemented one by one, especially for small reservoirs and dangerous reservoirs. dam.
Do a good job in the prevention of mountain torrent disasters, make careful and solid prevention plans, issue early warnings in advance, and transfer to avoid risks in time, so that all people should be withdrawn, they must be withdrawn, and they should be withdrawn early.
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