Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Feb. 28The person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources said on the 28th that all water conservancy departments should focus on key parts such as reservoir dams, spillways, venting facilities, embankment dangerous sections, and embankment buildings, as well as flash flood disaster-prone areas and flood storage and detention areas, etc., to thoroughly investigate and rectify risks and hidden dangers to ensure that pre-flood rectification is in place.
At the work conference on flood and drought disaster prevention held by the Ministry of Water Resources on the same day, the responsible person stressed that in the key work of flood and drought disaster prevention this year, it is necessary to strengthen the timeliness of monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, and speed up the construction of "three lines of defense" for monitoring and forecasting rain and water conditions, consisting of meteorological satellites, rain measurement radars, rain gauge stations, and hydrological stations. It is necessary to scientifically dispatch the flood control engineering system in the river basin, pay close attention to the implementation of defense measures in key links, strictly control the space for flood storage, flood storage, and flood detention, adhere to the simultaneous prevention and treatment of drought and flood, and improve the ability and level of drought resistance.
At the same time, he stressed that the water conservancy system should take the initiative to adapt to the new situation of frequent extreme flood and drought disasters, anchor personnel do not fail, reservoirs do not collapse, important embankments do not burst, important infrastructure is not impacted, and ensure the safety of urban and rural water supply.
*:Xinhua.
Editor: Mo Fan.
Process Editor: Guo Dan.