Ministry of Transport: Cumulative 11 working groups and expert groups are dispatched during the flood season to assist in guiding highway rescue and disaster relief work

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25 (Reporter Ye Haoming) Since the flood season, many roads have been damaged and blocked due to heavy rainfall, landslides, mudslides, etc. Chen Wanjian, deputy director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said on the 25th that the Ministry of Transport has sent a total of 11 working groups and expert groups to the front line to assist in guiding highway rescue disaster relief work, and arranged highway emergency subsidy funds with the Ministry of Finance to support highways from all over the world Emergency work.

At the routine press conference held by the Ministry of Transport on the day, Chen Wanjian introduced that before the flood season this year, the Ministry of Transportation made arrangements for the safe operation of the flood prevention and typhoon and bridge. After entering the flood season, in order to do a good job of flood prevention during the key period of "seven or eight", the Ministry of Transport will further deploy and do a good job in the preservation of the road flood season. "At the same time, in response to the development of the epidemic prevention and control, relevant work guidelines have been formulated, and relevant work guidelines have been formulated to guide localities to coordinate the prevention and control of the epidemic and highway emergency. Safe. "Chen Wanjian said.

During the flood disaster, the weather is obvious, strong, and high risk of meteorological disasters, which will have a certain adverse effect on transportation. Chen Wanjian said that the Ministry of Transport strengthened the research and judgment of the meteorological and disaster situation, and released the major highway meteorological early warning information in advance; combined with the census of the disaster road disaster in the natural disaster road, guiding the relevant areas to take targeted measures for high -risk points to prevent and resolve hidden dangers. risk. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport also incorporated highway flood prevention and disaster relief work into the key tasks of the highway guarantee and unobstructed class. The flood prevention work scheduling more than 300 times.

In response to the traffic guidance of key road sections, Chen Wanjian said that the Ministry of Transport increased the frequency of passing through passage under the flood during the flood period and the frequency of overpass bridges. Once the stagnant water may affect the safety of the traffic or the trapped personnel, the dredging emergency plan will be launched in a timely manner, and it will assist Equipped vehicles to prevent the backlog of vehicles and ensure the safety of personnel.

"In the next step, we will firmly establish the bottom line of thinking, implement the measures of the flood prevention disaster relief, ensure the safety of the road, bridge and tunnel, and make every effort to ensure the safety of the people's lives and property." Chen Wanjian said.

[Editor in charge: Liu Xiaodong]

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