The Ministry of Water Resources launched a drought defense level IV emergency response for the drought in the Yangtze River Basin

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 11th (Reporter Liu Shiping) The Ministry of Water Resources issued a drought report on the 11th that the drought in the Yangtze River Basin developed rapidly. response.

At present, the water level of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake are 4.7 meters to 5.7 meters lower than the same period. At the same time, the water storage of small reservoirs in some areas is seriously insufficient.

Drought reports stated that the drought in the Yangtze River Basin developed rapidly. Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Chongqing, and Sichuan's six cities and cities in 6 provinces and cities in Sichuan suffered 9.67 million mu, and 830,000 people were affected by drought supply. At present, the water sources of large and medium -sized irrigation areas in the Yangtze River Basin can be effectively guaranteed. Some of the end areas of the irrigation area and "Wangtiantian" are severely drought; some of the small reservoirs or mountain spring water and streams are used as a decentralized water supply project. Influence, some people need to pull water to send water to ensure living water.

Li Guoying, deputy commander of the National Defense General Defense and Minister of Water Resources, demanded that the water conservancy project is scientifically dispatched, and the drought resistance plans and measures are implemented in various places to ensure the safety of drinking water in the masses, ensuring the demand for irrigation water for the time of drinking water and crops of large livestock.

The drought report stated that the Ministry of Water Conservancy pays close attention to the rain, water, drought conditions in the Yangtze River Basin, and timely release the drought warning information; issue notifications to the water conservancy departments of relevant provinces and cities, requiring to take drought resistance early to reduce the effects of drought and losses. At the same time, the organization of the Yangtze River Basin emergency water volume dispatch schedule is organized, and dispatching measures are proposed for key dry areas, and 51 major reservoirs such as the Three Gorges and Danjiangkou are planned in advance to reserve water sources for drought resistance. Drought and categorized by the dry provinces and cities, and do their best to do a good job of drought -resistant drinking and water protection irrigation.

[Editor in charge: Jiao Peng]

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