Dashuitian Township, Chenxi: Scientific Time-effective Reconstruction, Full Protection of People’s Livelihood

Yong ‘anzhuang Village, Dashuitian Township, which was hit by floods.
Dredge road traffic
Volunteers replanted rice seedlings for rice fields destroyed by heavy rain.
Landslides of roads in flooded villages and groups.
On June 4, with the end of the last round of heavy rainfall, the Party Committee and Government of Dashuitian Township in Chenxi County actively carried out post-disaster recovery and reconstruction while paying close attention to flood control and disaster relief.
The heavy rainfall, heavy rainfall, long span, wide spread, the people were seriously affected. According to statistics, the number of people affected by the heavy rainfall in Dashuitian Township reached 5,457, 357 households with 729 people were resettled for emergency evacuation, the area affected by crops was 640 hectares, 35 houses collapsed and damaged, 66 roads were damaged, and the losses of poultry and fish were numerous, with direct economic losses of more than 25 million yuan.
After the flood, everything needs to be done. Party member, a cadre in Dashuitian Township, Chenxi County, ignored the fatigue of coping with flood control and risk avoidance in recent days, and quickly shifted the focus of his work from flood control and disaster relief to post-disaster reconstruction and recovery of production. In order to ensure the orderly recovery of people’s production and life and minimize the losses caused by the disaster, Dashuitian Township quickly organized self-rescue actions after the disaster. Party member took the lead, took action by the whole people, and actively rebuilt. All functional offices (centers) quickly collected statistics on disaster-stricken information, and the township leadership team quickly sank. They discussed countermeasures and formulated measures with the village "two committees" cadres, and the masses actively carried out self-help after the disaster. Comprehensive improvement of the environment, emergency repair of infrastructure, sanitation and epidemic prevention, farmland drainage and self-help in production have been carried out one after another, and the normal production and life of the broad masses of the people in the township have been quickly restored.
It is reported that the rainstorm caused some rural houses in Dashuitian Township to be damaged and collapsed. In order to eliminate the hidden dangers of damaged houses and ensure the safety of people’s lives and property, Dashuitian Township actively carried out the work of removing dangers and hidden dangers of residential houses. From June 4, the township sent five teams to investigate and identify the hidden dangers of all households damaged by the disaster and building houses on slopes, investigate and understand the situation of houses damaged by floods, provide technical services, investigate the hidden dangers of housing and guide the affected farmers to do a good job. For those who are identified as C and D dangerous houses or have no other safe houses, the members of the township party and government teams in each village will take the lead to help the village transfer the target households to safe houses at the first time, and the township people’s government will formulate a security plan and immediately carry out rectification, try its best to reduce the negative impact brought by heavy rainfall and fully guarantee the housing safety of the affected farmers. Up to now, there are 5 households with 13 people whose houses are in danger due to the disaster, and they have been properly resettled. At the same time, the Rural New Age Civilization Practice Institute actively advocates the voluntary service activities with the theme of "accepting housing-poor households to live together temporarily and lending vacant houses to the victims" to help the affected people solve their housing problems. Widely publicize the knowledge of disaster prevention and mitigation and relevant policies and measures for flood control and disaster relief to the masses, and guide the masses to carry out self-help after disasters.
Dashuitian Township is a traditional agricultural township, and agriculture, forestry and fruit industry are the key industries in the township, thus becoming the most seriously affected areas. According to statistics, the affected area of crops in Dashuitian Township reached 640 hectares. Patches of paddy fields were flooded, the newly-built camellia oleifera base was washed away, and all kinds of fruit trees were destroyed by the flood. Rescue related losses for the first time and protect the interests of the masses. The township party committee and government sent agricultural and forestry technicians to guide villagers to dig ditches and drain water, flood and waterlogging, protect soil with bacon, strengthen fruit trees, and spray pesticides and disinfectant powder to prevent post-disaster epidemics and pests.
On June 5th, in Daoguangxi Village, Dashuitian Township New Age Civilization Practice organized two-level volunteers to replant seedlings for Bao Wei, a big grain grower. Bao Wei is a big grain grower in Daoguangxi Village. He has transferred and contracted more than 400 mu of paddy fields in the village, which was seriously damaged in this flood. As many as 120 mu of fertile fields were washed away, and the newly planted seedlings need to be replanted urgently. Knowing that the situation in the village was reported, the volunteers responded positively to the call issued by the new era civilized practice in the township. "Stabilizing grain production is a top priority related to people’s livelihood. We should take the initiative to connect with the affected farmers, encourage and help them to save themselves, and open a green channel to actively help connect with relevant agricultural insurance policies while reporting the disaster to their superiors, so as to give the affected farmers a’ reassurance’ and enhance their enthusiasm for growing grain." Xiang Bi, a member of the township party committee who is organizing volunteers to help with agricultural production, said.
It is understood that the floods caused by this heavy rainfall have caused 66 landslides, empty slabs and damages to varying degrees in the county road Wuliang Highway and Tongcun Tongzu Highway in Dashuitian Township. To restore road traffic for the first time and ensure the masses to travel. The township organized local people to actively carry out flood fighting and road repair work. The township government set up a special class to put in 3 excavators and 8 forklifts, dredged more than 200 cubic meters of collapsed earth and dredged more than 20 road blocking points. The surrounding people have taken the initiative to join, cleaning up more than 20 kilometers of villages and groups. Villages actively organized party member people and volunteers to clear the drainage ditches, occupied trees and silt along the highway. At present, the main roads at the village level have resumed normal traffic. At the same time, in accordance with the principle of "first traffic is smooth, first easy and then difficult", the township has urgently dealt with all kinds of road traffic dangers, and set warning signs on dangerous sections of roads such as Mayuanchong, Shipaixi and Yonganzhuang, reminding motor vehicles and passers-by to detour. More than 20 warning signs have been set up in the township.
"Carry out all-round fly-killing, mosquito-killing and stagnant water disinfection work in the water intake area and the farmer’s market without leaving a dead end to ensure that there is no major epidemic after the disaster." On the afternoon of June 4, Dashuitian Township organized medical workers and volunteers to carry out disinfection and killing operations on market towns and farmers’ markets. Due to the excessive rainfall in this round of floods, at about 3 am on June 2, the township town was flooded due to the overflow of streams, and water accumulated in more than 5 sections and low-lying areas of the town street. In order to prevent the public health risks caused by floods and their secondary disasters, Dashuitian Township immediately carried out disinfection and disinfection of environmental sanitation, built a "firewall" in the affected areas, prevented the breeding of disease vectors, and did a good job in disinfection of drinking water to ensure that no major epidemic occurred after the disaster. Up to now, more than 110 households have been disinfected in the township, with a disinfection area of about 3,000 square meters. More than 20 pieces of 84 disinfectant have been distributed, 16 packages of bleaching powder have been distributed, and more than 700 leaflets on flood prevention and health education have been distributed.
In Chatianlong Village of the township, volunteers at the village level are providing psychological counseling services to the affected households in this flood disaster, encouraging them to strengthen their confidence, overcome difficulties and actively cope with the current difficulties. Help the affected people to stabilize their emotions, participate in the 24-hour emergency duty at the centralized resettlement site, release the first-line demand in time, and assist in the deployment of people, money and materials. In view of the fact that the heavy rainfall has a long span and a wide spread, rural volunteers have strengthened monitoring and assistance to the disadvantaged groups such as low-income households, five-guarantee households, marginal households and monitoring households. According to the actual difficulties of households, accurate assistance and point-to-point guidance are provided to ensure that people in need are not trapped by disasters. Not only do we send emergency clothes, quilts, rice, noodles, oil, meat and other necessities, but we also set up a follow-up mechanism to help the people out of trouble, and arrange special personnel to follow up to ensure that the people are completely out of trouble from the impact of the disaster.
"Although the flood brought us great losses, I was moved by one thing in particular. party member in the village really took responsibility at the critical moment. Villages and volunteers help us to repair and disinfect day and night, just to get us back to normal production and life as soon as possible. We must also carry forward the spirit of self-reliance and hard struggle, take active actions and rebuild our homes. " He Taiwen, a disaster-stricken household in Chatianlong Village, said excitedly.
"Although we have encountered great difficulties, the post-disaster reconstruction and production self-help work in Dashuitian Township is being carried out in an all-round and orderly manner." Gong Lifeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Dashuitian Township, said that the masses are recovering from production and life to food, clothing, housing and transportation. In the next step, they will resume production as soon as possible, repair the infrastructure damaged by the disaster, and promote the accurate implementation of various measures to help resume production.
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