Ministry of Housing and Urban -Rural Development: In the flood season, 52 cities in the country have flooded in the country

Cover Journalist Dai Rui

On July 8th, the National New Office held a routine briefing of the State Council of Flood Control. Wang Zhihong, director of the Urban Construction Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban -Rural Development, introduced at the blower that as of July 7, 52 cities across the country had 73 waterlogging and waterlogging in water due to heavy rainfall, and the number was the same as the same period last year. The urban waterlogging causes the death of the personnel, and the life line projects such as water supply and gas supply and gas supply and gas supply are basically normal.

Wang Zhihong, director of the Urban Construction Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban -Rural Development. Picture source: Guoxin Office website

Wang Zhihong introduced that after the flood in the flood, the Ministry of Housing and Urban -Rural Development instructed the localities to do a good job of responding, worked closely with the China Meteorological Administration, and promptly reported the early warning forecast information to the rainfall area, and organized relevant provincial and key cities to conduct video conferences to discuss the flood conditions. The rainfall may exceed the key cities with the prevention standards of the waterlogging standards, and send the early warning forecast information directly to the person in charge of the city drainage authority. In the work, we also organized the implementation of the daily waterlogging daily mechanism, continuously tracking the local rain and waterlogging, analyzing the causes, finding problems, urging rectification, and forming a closed loop of work.

He introduced that under the overall planning of the flood prevention and drought resistance, the housing construction departments of various places implemented information sharing and conference consultation with the emergency, meteorological, and water conservancy departments in various places. The first time they issued heavy rain early warning information and initiated emergency responses, notifying the relevant units and residents to advance in advance in advance Do a good job. Beginning on July 4, the Ministry of Housing and Construction organized a large -scale survey of water drainage and waterlogging and prevention. The leaders at the department level led the team and divided into 5 groups to conduct on -site guidance of drainage and waterlogging in nearly 50 cities in 17 provinces.

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