The Ministry of Transport responded to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake emergency response to Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan to the second level

At 12:52 on September 5th, after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, the Ministry of Transport attached great importance to it, and at 8:00 on the 6th, the emergency response level was increased from three levels to secondary. At 17:00 on the 5th, the ministry expert group rushed to the on -site site to assist in guidance. The working group of the ministry participated in the State Council ’s earthquake relief headquarters working group had rushed to the on -site guidance work at 5:00 on the 6th. At the same time, the Ministry coordinating the first batch of equipment and material reserve of the national regional highway emergency equipment materials reserve (Meishan, Sichuan) rushed to the earthquake area, and launched the emergency procedure to coordinate the Ministry of Finance to arrange 15 million road emergency grab subsidy funds to support the affected area of ​​the affected area. Work.

As of 7 o'clock on September 6, the operation of Zhen District Road was generally normal. In terms of highways, the entire road network continues to be unobstructed. In terms of the national province's trunk road, the G318 Line Tianquan to the Luding section found 3 blocks, and all of them have been seized and kept unobstructed; the S217 line found 2 blocks, which has been seized. Among them Duan is generally unblocked, and the United Village Tunnel to Xinmin Township is about 28 kilometers blocking, and is being seized; 3 blocks are found in the S434 line, and 2 have been grabbed. The kilometer is blocked and is grabbing through; in terms of rural roads, there are 8 rural roads in Ganzi Prefecture and Ya'an City. 4 have been seized, and the rest are further checked. In terms of transportation construction, all of them have been stopped and hidden danger investigations have been carried out. In terms of railway, after the earthquake, the relevant interval lines and trains have been urgently blocked. So far, the railway accidents and personnel casualties have not been received by the earthquake. In terms of civil aviation and postal, no report on the operation of the earthquake on civil aviation and postal operations has not been reported.

It is understood that the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation has comprehensively investigated the total mileage of 7809 kilometers in the province, 3,141 bridges, 467 tunnels, and 1147 slope. The 680 highway toll stations in Sichuan Province have opened 708 emergency channels. The Yakang Expressway Luding Station and Yaxi Exximity Station have opened emergency channels to implement free traffic on rescue vehicles in the disaster area. The first batch of rescue vehicles had arrived at the scene, and subsequent rescue teams and machinery had gathered for standby.

(General Taiwan CCTV reporter Tang Ying)

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