Make every effort to accelerate post disaster recovery and reconstruction of streets, farmers, and production
A map of Fangshan District in Beijing is densely marked with various colored symbols.
"This is a 'battle map' that witnesses the trajectory of emergency repair personnel fighting in recent days. On August 17th, at the command center of the Beigou emergency rescue project in Fangshan District, team leader Liu Dongna said a few words, and the phone rang quickly again.".
The rainstorm more than half a month ago caused some roads in Fangshan District to be damaged, and many villages were cut off from water and electricity. On August 2nd, Fangshan District urgently established the Four Links Emergency Rescue Project Command Headquarters, which includes the North and South Ditch working groups. Party members and cadres are required to take the lead and make every effort to connect the water and electricity networks.
As of now, all 77 disconnected villages in Fangshan District have resumed transportation, 134 disconnected villages have been electrified, 132 disconnected villages have resumed communication, 20 centralized water supply plants have fully resumed water supply, and 218 damaged villages have fully achieved emergency stable water supply.
In Tianjin, out of the 86000 people relocated and resettled due to the disaster, more than 48000 have returned home safely. At present, the affected villages have resumed power, water, and gas supply. The local government is actively carrying out the assessment and reconstruction of disaster damaged facilities, and continues to carry out environmental disinfection and sterilization and epidemic prevention.
Anjia Town, Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province is adjacent to the Mangniu River and is the main rice producing area in Wuchang. In the rice fields after the flood receded, rice leaves left obvious marks, and in some places, a layer of silt was also attached.
"Now is the critical period for heading and blooming flowers, and soaking like this will make the situation worse." Zhang Gang, a villager from Dongsheng Village in Anjia Town, was extremely anxious.
The State Grid Heilongjiang Electric Power Communist Party Member Service Team promptly brought power generation equipment. "We must race against time to restore electricity and help villagers to drain the accumulated water in the fields," said the service team leader Mei Honggang. For the past few days, electric power repair and rescue vehicles have been speeding through the countryside every day.
As of August 16th, Heilongjiang Province has rushed to drain 4.3053 million mu of accumulated farmland water. Wuchang City has dispatched multiple technical guidance teams to conduct one-on-one assistance in disaster stricken areas, striving to reduce or maintain production. Shangzhi City has organized efforts to accelerate the restoration of water damaged facilities, strengthen technical guidance for agricultural production and disaster relief, and fully promote the transformation of affected crop seedlings.
At present, agricultural production is in a critical period. Efforts should be made to restore damaged farmland and agricultural facilities in affected areas, strengthen agricultural technology guidance, organize replanting and remediation, and minimize agricultural losses to the greatest extent possible.
The agricultural and rural departments of Hebei Province organized more than 230 experts in the industrial system to conduct on-site inspections and evaluations of the disaster in areas with severe disasters such as Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, and Baoding, and provided technical guidance. Each county actively allocates large-scale agricultural machinery and agricultural inputs, guides farmers to replant and replant, and helps to do a good job in post rain fertilization and pest control.
Starting from August 10th, the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Shulan City, Jilin Province, organized 44 experts to establish 5 agricultural production technology guidance groups, providing on-site guidance to farmers in carrying out field drainage, disease and pest control, helping farmers remedy affected crops, and solving problems encountered in resuming production. At present, Shulan City has completed the drainage task of 248000 acres of farmland.
In two months, the Northeast region is about to enter winter. Quickly initiate the repair and reconstruction of damaged houses in the affected areas to ensure that the affected people can return home or move into new homes before winter.
Shulan City is seizing the construction period and launching post disaster housing reconstruction work, adopting methods such as scattered reconstruction, centralized reconstruction, and monetary resettlement to classify and resettle the affected population. 924 households affected by the disaster that need to be rebuilt have been counted in the city, and it is expected that all reconstruction work will be completed by October 20th to ensure that the affected people move into new homes before the frost.
In Model Village, Kaiyuan Town, Shulan City, Party Branch Secretary Zhao Suchun repeatedly urged the construction team leaders to ensure quality and quantity, and accelerate progress. "More than 40 houses in the village have been soaked, and 20 of them need to be rebuilt. We plan to complete the project by the end of September, and we cannot let each household or person suffer from freezing."
Although the heavy rainfall has stopped, there are still some areas where the flood has not completely subsided, and the tasks of drainage and desilting, environmental disinfection and sterilization and epidemic prevention are heavy. The party committees and government organizations in relevant regions should accelerate the progress of their work and make every effort to help the affected people return to their homes as soon as possible.
On the morning of August 17th, at the entrance of Koukou Village in Xinzhen Town, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, there was still 1 meter of accumulated water. Loading sandbags, building dams... 20 party members and cadres waded through the water and built a 45 meter long dam to block water. "Everyone, work harder to open up this village passage!" Zhang Junzhan, the deputy mayor of Xinzhen Town, kept cheering everyone on.
Affected by the current flood, three villages in Xinzhen Town, including Koukou Village, Lufuzhuang Village, and Taibaozhuang Village, were severely affected. The Party Committee and Government of Xinzhen Town have established a post disaster reconstruction work group, with team members responsible for connecting villages and streets to carry out post disaster reconstruction. At the same time, more than 260 party members and cadres were sent to the three severely affected villages to assist in drainage, desilting, environmental disinfection and sterilization and other work.
In Wen'an County, the disaster reconstruction work of 4 townships and 8 villages is being carried out in an orderly manner. 1627 party members and cadres from 52 units in the county rushed to the heavily affected villages to assist in post disaster reconstruction work such as dredging mud, sweeping streets, and clearing garbage.
Efforts have been made to fully guarantee the production and living needs of the people. Beijing has strengthened market management and dispatch, delivering 180000 types of daily necessities and emergency supplies to the affected population. Helicopters and drones have been mobilized to drop approximately 26 tons of various materials, effectively ensuring market supply and stabilizing prices in the affected areas.
In Beizhen Village, Dacaozhuang Town, Ningjin County, Hebei Province, Party members and village cadres took the lead, and the villagers worked together to rebuild their homes. "At present, what villagers are most concerned about is the restoration of normal life," said Zhou Zhongfeng, the secretary of the village party branch. "There are still many tasks for post disaster reconstruction. As long as everyone thinks together and works hard together, there will be no difficulties that can stump us."
