Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, January 26 Title: Xinjiang Wushi 7.1-magnitude earthquake area: People’s production and life are gradually getting back on track, resettlement work is safe and orderly
Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Xiang and Ma Kai
In the early morning of the 23rd, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. The reporter visited Wushi County and Aheqi County in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and found that at present, the production and life of the people in the disaster-stricken areas are gradually getting back on track, and the relevant resettlement work is safe and orderly.
Reporters in Aheqi County saw that some shops, restaurants and other business establishments have resumed business. Barber shop owner Kuwatibek Zhumahong told reporters: “We resumed business yesterday afternoon. We opened the shop early to meet everyone’s daily needs.”
On January 26, local residents queued up to get a haircut at a barber shop in Aheqi County.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xiang
When the earthquake occurred, some industrial enterprises in Wushi County temporarily suspended production for maintenance to ensure safe production. At present, of the more than 40 industrial enterprises in the county, except for one that is still undergoing safety inspections, the rest have resumed normal production. Shuai Yaobin, workshop director of the production department of Xinjiang Dal Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in Wushi County, said that due to the earthquake, some equipment shifted and pipes became loose. The company spent two days conducting maintenance and has now resumed production.
As of the 26th, aftershocks were still occurring in Wushi and Aheqi counties. The reporter visited many resettlement sites in the two counties and found that the people in the resettlement sites have normal water supply and power supply, and effective food and heating guarantees. The fire protection, health, electricity and other departments have made every effort to ensure the safe and orderly operation of the resettlement sites.
Liu Litao, leader of the Kezhou Fire Rescue Detachment, told reporters that the resettlement sites are densely populated and consume a lot of electricity. To ensure fire safety, the Kezhou Fire Rescue Detachment mobilized rescue forces to form a fire prevention inspection team to investigate fire safety hazards around the clock and promote safe use to the masses. Knowledge of electricity and fire.
The reporter saw in Wushi County and Aheqi County that there are medical staff in each resettlement site to ensure the needs of people for consultation, medication, etc. At the same time, health and epidemic prevention personnel regularly disinfect places and objects, and do a good job in preventing and controlling infectious diseases. Publicity, symptom monitoring and other work.
At the resettlement site in Tuowanke Yamansu Village, Yamansu Kirgiz Township, Wushi County, medical staff were divided into five groups to conduct inspections. Staff member Wu Zhaolong said: “If the public has any health needs, they can come to us at the medical team headquarters to solve them at any time.”
During this earthquake relief effort, the local grassroots party organizations fully played their role as fighting fortresses, and the majority of party members played a vanguard and exemplary role. Liang Renjun, deputy director of the Organization Department of the Aheqi County Party Committee, said that since the earthquake, the county has organized 1,254 party members and cadres to set up 143 volunteer service teams, went to the grassroots level to publicize earthquake self-rescue knowledge to the masses, and provided psychological counseling for the masses. A total of 36 lectures were held , covering more than 20,000 people.
2024-01-27 00:59:06
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