Xinhua News Agency, Changsha, Feb. 5Question: Fighting Ice and Snow to Protect People's Livelihood - Many places in the south are struggling to meet the low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather
Xinhua News Agency reporter
According to the ** Meteorological Observatory, on February 5, many places in the south continued to maintain strong rain and snow weather, and there was heavy snow or heavy snowfall in some areas. The superposition of low temperatures, cold winds, snowfall, and freezing rain has brought great challenges to transportation, electricity, energy supply, and people's livelihood security in many places in the south at the peak of the Spring Festival.
How are localities trying to maintain residential electricity demand? How to resolve traffic congestion? How to help people who are trapped and affected by disasters? Xinhua News Agency reporters went to Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and other places to conduct interviews.
Go all out to keep you going
The rain, snow and freezing weather process coincided with the peak period of returning home for the Spring Festival, and the rain, snow and freezing weather had a significant impact on transportation.
According to the road condition information provided by the Hunan Provincial Highway Traffic Police Bureau on the 5th, 185 high-speed toll stations in the province were temporarily controlled, and all vehicles could not enter or exit. Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Zhangjiajie, Huaihua, Yiyang, Yueyang, Changde and other places are particularly serious, the whole area of the highway was previously covered with snow and ice, and some sections of the Changzhang Expressway and other expressways were seriously congested.
We are all on the road, joint emergency, road administration and other departments, brush snow blowers, snow shovels 24 hours a day, salt snow melting and de-icing, take measures such as road police car traction, passenger dangerous vehicles temporary control and other measures to ensure the safety of traffic in the jurisdiction to the greatest extent. Chen Xin, deputy director of the office of the Hunan Provincial Highway Traffic Police Bureau, said.
On February 5, in the S230 Taojiang section in Taojiang County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, the staff of the Taojiang County Highway Bureau called a de-icing truck to remove the ice and snow on the road (drone**) Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Sihan.
The rain, snow and freezing weather have led to the suspension or delay of some high-speed rail lines such as Beijing-Guangzhou, which has brought many inconveniences to passengers. In some areas, the transportation capacity is gradually rebounding by strengthening equipment maintenance and dynamic adjustment of train operation plans.
Wuhan is an important hub of the national railway, and the rain and snow weather has led to the suspension of some through trains of China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou-Shenzhen direction, as well as some trains of the Han-10 Line and Hanyi Line in the tube.
The reporter learned from Wuhan Railway on the 5th that in view of the large-scale rain, snow and freezing weather, Wuhan Railway strengthened equipment maintenance and maintenance, dynamically adjusted the train operation plan, and planned to start 499 pairs of trains on the 5th, and stop 72 starting trains5 pairs, which are expected to transport 500,000 passengers.
On February 4, workers in the Wuhan high-speed rail section were cleaning the ice and snow on the track (drone**) Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Zixuan.
Rise to the occasion**
Late at night on the 4th, the trees at the gate of Huahui Community, Jiang'an District, Wuhan City, were covered with ice and broken, crushing the power poles located under the trees, causing a power outage of the 10,000-volt Sanyan Bridge Line. After receiving the news, Yao Zhifei, a repair officer of State Grid Wuhan Power Supply Company, and his colleagues rushed to the scene. Yao Zhifei and his colleagues braved the wind and snow and skillfully carried out the power connection work of the power generation vehicle. After a while, the power supply to nearby residents was restored to normal. After that, after a night of hard work, a new power pole was erected and the repair was completed.
Since the 3rd, the State Grid Wuhan Power Supply Company has strictly implemented the 24-hour duty system, dispatched a total of 27 emergency power generation vehicles to supply power to important users and residential communities, and dispatched 3,700 power supply repair personnel.
On the morning of the 5th, light snow fell in Nie Town, Linxiang City, Hunan Province. According to the development of the ice situation, the State Grid Hunan Provincial Electric Power Linxiang Power Supply Branch urgently deployed 120 additional personnel, forming an emergency repair team of 27 teams, more than 310 people and 80 vehicles, and carried out emergency repair actions in various towns and towns to fully guarantee the power supply.
Freezing rain in many places in the south is a prominent feature of this round of rain and snow. Compared with other disasters, freezing rain is more likely to cause icing on power lines, which has a greater impact on the power grid and a wider range of impacts. In the face of freezing rain disasters, power companies in many places have set up emergency teams by adding ice monitoring sentinels, and applied ice melting devices for the main network and agricultural distribution networks.
On February 5, workers of State Grid Linxiang Power Supply Company rushed to repair the line (drone**) in Tandu Town, Linxiang City, Hunan Province, Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Zhenhai.
Take multiple measures to warm people's hearts
On the evening of the 3rd, heavy snow fell from Qianjiang to Banxi in the Yuxiang section of the Baomao Expressway, and the snow depth in some sections reached 10 cm. In the early morning of the 4th, a bus from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province to Chongqing and more than 50 passengers were trapped in the Youyang service area. After receiving the report, the Youyang Maintenance Station of Baomao Expressway immediately organized personnel to send medicines, food, boiling water, etc. to the stranded passengers.
On the 5th, near the Daorenji toll station in Yunxi District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, volunteers distributed steaming instant noodles and hot water to the trapped drivers and passengers. "Don't worry, everyone, there are still a lot of supplies being sent in the future! Volunteer Hou Hongying shouted.
In order to allow the stranded people to have a heart-warming meal, the local party committee organized volunteers to send free instant noodles, eight-treasure porridge, hot water, etc.
On February 3, in the Changde section of the G56 Hangrui Expressway, volunteers from Taoyuan Central Station of Changde Branch of Hunan Expressway Group distributed bread, instant noodles, ginger tea, hot water and other foods to the stranded drivers and passengers free of charge. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Wang Sijia).
It is reported that the snowfall has a high intensity and a large cooling range, which has a great impact on the production and life of some people. Volunteers have been widely mobilized in various localities to help people stranded on the expressway, focusing on helping to solve problems such as eating, drinking, and taking medication due to illness.
On the morning of the 4th, a pregnant woman in Yanjing Village, Nanshanping Township, Cili County, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, suddenly broke her amniotic water. Due to icy roads, ambulances could not reach them. At the critical moment, Meng Qingmi, the village party secretary, organized more than 10 party members and the masses to make a simple stretcher and walk for nearly 4 hours to urgently transfer her to the township health center. The county and rural ** acted separately and carried out "life rescue" to ensure smooth production.