Deputy Mayor Shen is not only the Deputy Mayor of Linghai but also the head of the Linghai Developnt Zone, so he has two offices in Linghai.
At eight in the morning, he arrived early at the office on the third floor of the City Governnt, glanced at the newspaper delivered by the governnt office, and finally truly understood what "no surprise ans a surprise"!
While wondering what Salted Fish and the others were doing, Deputy Director Xiao Liu from the City Committee Office Secretary Section called and invited him to Secretary Ye's office.
The Linghai Municipal Committee and City Governnt operate within the sa compound.
Deputy Mayor Shen hurried to Secretary Ye's office and was startled to find Mayor Qian there as well.
"Shen Fan, have you read today's newspaper?"
"Just glanced at it, haven't had the chance to read it thoroughly."
"The flood prevention situation in Beihu is very grim. In fact, it's not just Beihu; Nanhu and Xijiang are the sa," Secretary Ye sighed, putting down the newspaper.
An unprecedented torrential downpour had plunged Hanwu's three towns into vast waterlogging and overnight drew the attention of the entire nation to Hanwu.
Yesterday morning, when the rain had just started, the People's Daily published a report using the term "once in a century"!
Major dia across the country repeatedly reported images of Hanwu citizens crossing streets as if crossing rivers and riding buses as if they were boats, almost everyone knew about it.
"Hanwu is urgent," "Jingjiang is urgent," "Jiujiang is urgent"; pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV, and all you see or hear is "urgent"!
Even more distressing is that this is not just a news event but a weather event. Since yesterday afternoon, it has started raining in many places in the Yangtze River Basin, including Linghai with its constant drizzle.
National Flood Control Headquarters issued an ergency notice requiring "strict prevention and defense," and "three guarantees" among other requests are frequently ntioned.
It can be said that the past day was a turning point; beginning with the torrential rain still pouring in Hanwu, flooding has ceased to be the affair of just a few provinces and has beco a national issue, moreover, a top priority!
The entire nation is focused on flood control, concerned about it, and supporting it!
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In seven days, it will be August, when Linghai and other coastal areas will face the astronomical tide.
If it continues to rain like this in the Yangtze River Basin, Linghai will face a more severe flood, torrential rain, and tide this year than last.
Mayor Qian is worried about the Linghai Soldiers supporting flood control in Beihu and is even more worried about the flood prevention situation in Linghai, furrowing his brows and saying, "The heavy rain in Hanwu tells us that flooding is fierce, cunning, and extrely testing the endurance. Especially in years of abnormal climate, one must not relax vigilance just because the storm weakens or temporarily pauses."
Secretary Ye nodded in agreent, lighting a cigarette and saying, "As long as sumr is not over and the monsoon hasn't left the Yangtze River Basin, we must stay alert at all tis."
The situation has greatly changed.
Superior was very concerned about flood prevention before but not as much as now, and now even the central governnt is proposing to protect great Hanwu!
When one place is in difficulty, every place provides support.
Previously, many places supported severely affected provinces like Beihu, but now not only is there nationwide support, but overseas Chinese are starting to donate, truly contributing financially and physically.
Deputy Mayor Shen feels like a deserter, asking with a bitter smile, "Secretary Ye, Mayor Qian, did I return at the wrong ti?"
"You didn't know the flood would co back when you returned, and besides, you returned early with Old Qian and my approval."
"Should I go back?"
"Now that you've returned, there's no need to rush back, the current priority is to fight the flood, we cannot just help others while our ho gets flooded."
Secretary Ye tapped out the cigarette ash and continued, "Last night, the Provincial Committee and Provincial Governnt issued another notice requiring strict prevention and defense, repeatedly emphasizing responsibility assigned to individuals. You returned just in ti; starting today, flood prevention in the developnt zone section is handed over to you."
Deputy Mayor Shen nodded, "Alright."
"Investnt attraction shouldn't slacken either, especially the Hailuo Cent project, assist them in quickly settling in."
"I understand."
"By the way, have you contacted Salted Fish today?"
"No, he's too busy to call . I also don't want to call and disturb his ergency command, but Old Ge called early today."
Mayor Qian asked in a low voice, "How are things over there?"
Deputy Mayor Shen hurriedly reported, "The embanknt repairs there are not as good as ours, most of Jingjiang Embanknt's base is gravel, and there's a depression ford by previous breaches behind the embanknt, many sections have both external floodwaters and internal waterlogging accumulation, making the already non-solid dike soaked for so long.
What's more concerning is that over 20 kiloters of embanknt without river dikes or low beaches stand alone in the water, without support, soaked for long periods they can collapse anyti.
Biological damage to the embanknt is also serious, for instance, termites, snakes, badgers, mice, and other animals make the sections riddled with holes. Every ti the water level rises, piping or leaks erge continuously."
Yesterday Secretary Ye held a eting in Binjiang, and Mayor Qian went to the townships for inspections; this is Deputy Mayor Shen's first encounter with his two direct superiors since returning.
Deputy Mayor Shen tried to report comprehensively, took out his notebook, looked at the records he made in Jingzhou, and continued, "This year's flood hasn't completely receded, in fact, it's getting more severe, the number of issues hasn't been fully accounted for.
In 1954, there were over 2,440 issues on the Jingjiang Embanknt alone, including 125 landslides, 51 cracks, 315 muddy leaks, 1,408 clearwater leaks, 33 wave crashes, 68 piping incidents, 235 seepages, and 162 depressions...
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