Original title: Comprehensively carry out the work of checking weaknesses and making up for shortcomings, and strive to improve disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities
Source: Henan Government Network
On January 20th, the Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters held a video conference on the province’s flood control and disaster relief work to check weaknesses and make up for shortcomings, conscientiously sum up the lessons of Zhengzhou’s “7.20” severe flood disaster accident, and comprehensively carry out flood control and disaster relief work to check weaknesses and make up for shortcomings. Continuously improve the ability to resist natural disasters.
Vice Governor Wu Guoding attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He pointed out that in 2021, our province will encounter a major flood disaster, and the people’s lives and property will suffer heavy losses, which is very distressing. We will take the initiative to fight and accelerate the construction of a defense line against natural disasters. It is necessary to comprehensively investigate the shortcomings and weaknesses of flood control projects, repair water-damaged water conservancy projects as soon as possible, promote the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs by category, highlight the Yellow River flood control and prepare for floods, make every effort to rectify and eliminate the hidden safety hazards of flood control in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and effectively strengthen the construction of urban flood control and drainage systems. Implement a number of major flood control and disaster reduction water conservancy projects, and strive to improve disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of emergency rescue capabilities, revise emergency plans, improve monitoring and early warning levels, improve water conservancy project dispatching plans, improve mountain torrent disaster defense capabilities, strengthen flood control emergency material reserves, consolidate flood control and disaster relief responsibilities, and ensure the safety of people’s lives and property. (Reporter Guo Beichen)