【bangalore to chennai train timings】Farming resumes 24 days after dike breach sealed in central China
Rescuers drain floodwater at a Dongting Lake dike in Tuanzhou Township,bangalore to chennai train timings Huarong County under Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
CHANGSHA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-four days after a dike breach was sealed at the embankment of China's second-largest freshwater lake of Dongting, rice transplanters began shuttling into once flood-submerged fields on Thursday to catch up with agricultural production.
On July 5, the dike breach at the lake levee in Tuanzhou Township in central China's Hunan Province flooded an area of 47 square kilometers. Rescuers managed to fix the breach on July 8.
Xie Bin, captain of a rescue team from the provincial flood control and drought relief force, said more than 200 million cubic meters of water needed to be drained after the flooding. His team of 35 people came to help, bringing 13 water-draining trucks and 300 water pumps from the provincial capital of Changsha.
In total, more than 3,800 rescue personnel from across the country arrived in Tuanzhou, bringing with them more than 1,500 sets of water drainage equipment to join the rescue operation.
"Long arrays of water pumping machines roared together to drain the flood over the past few days. Now only about 100 are needed to keep working and would leave in another two days as the drainage came to an end," said Xie.
The lakeside land is one of the country's important grain producing areas. Tuanzhou Township's drained area has more than 4,000 mu (266.7 hectares) of paddy farmland. Currently, 30 rice transplanters and 20 rotary tillers are operating at full capacity for rice planting.
Wei Wenfang, deputy director of the agriculture and rural bureau of Huarong County that administers Tuanzhou, said that the local government would provide farmers affected by the disaster with free rice seedlings and agricultural services.
"Planting on 3,000 mu of rice fields will be completed before Aug. 3," he said.
Local rice grower Feng Zhonghe said he had planted more than 500 mu of rice and soybeans prior to the flooding.
"The rice yield would certainly fall this year due to the flooding. But with the government's post-disaster measures to help transplant rice and the agricultural insurance to compensate for the losses, I can still expect to see some slim profits from farming this year," he said.
While rescuers worked to drain the flooded fields, Feng purchased two pumps for emergency purposes, as well as fertilizer and insecticide to prepare for the rice plants growth.
Hunan has suffered the strongest rainfall this year since June 16, swelling the Dongting lake. The dike breach was initially measured at about 10 meters wide but it continued to expand, forcing a relocation of approximately 5,000 residents.
A large amount of lake water overflowed from the gap at a fast flow rate, making it difficult to fix. Sand carrier ships were dispatched, and trucks were deployed to fill the gap.
Editor: WXY-
China steps up trade奇瑞总经理:中国车企价格战内卷 会在海外损害中国品牌形象多措并举 巨量引擎探索暑期教培广告治理安徽持续推进软件正版化工作Fish migrate to spawning grounds at Port Hope, Canada郝博伟:用科普短视频点亮孩子好奇心软银收购英国AI芯片制造商Graphcore林剑:台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分,不存在什么“国防部”China's commercial reusable test rocket completes vertical takeoff, landing flight test【法治网事】良法善治为未成年人打造“数字晴空”
- ·Flamingos seen at Salt Lake in Ankara, Türkiye
- ·杭州加强服装设计版权保护
- ·低空经济腾飞,安全如何护航?
- ·理想汽车高级副总裁邹良军在荣耀终端时职务不低 为何要离职?
- ·EU's Draghi report on competitiveness calls for investment in innovation, shared debt
- ·引发消费热潮 美菱精五门产品底气何在?
- ·忘记回客户信息?八爪云售后智能监控系统助力企业实时响应
- ·“检护民生·高质量发展中国行”——新媒体走基层看检察活动在陕西榆林启动
- ·Pakistani PM kicks off nationwide special anti
- ·可灵活增加后装配件,2024 款北京 BJ40 环塔冠军版越野车 7 月 15 日上市
- ·智谱 AI 开源视频理解模型 CogVLM2
- ·默认导航用不惯 滴滴顺风车终于支持第三方导航了
- ·Joint Cambodia
- ·过度教育不可取 “幼小衔接”需遵循孩子成长规律
- ·低空经济腾飞,安全如何护航?
- ·复兴志 报国行|高校师生走进委员工作站 感受乌鲁木齐“齐商量”故事
- ·China's commercial reusable test rocket completes vertical takeoff, landing flight test
- ·荣耀Magic V3首发AI离焦护眼技术:有效缓解近视发展
- ·可灵活增加后装配件,2024 款北京 BJ40 环塔冠军版越野车 7 月 15 日上市
- ·奇瑞总经理:中国车企价格战内卷 会在海外损害中国品牌形象
- ·40 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
- ·张铮:青少年模式下的内容要兼顾有用和有趣
- ·检护民生丨甘心“未”你,甘泉县人民检察院呵护未成年人健康成长
- ·【高质量发展看能源】中石化氢能产业为绿色发展注入新动能
- ·Chinese premier holds talks with Spanish prime minister
- ·美特斯邦威:步行街一哥开始搞户外?