[Epoch Times, July 28, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Yi Ru, Lin Cenxin interview report) Heavy rains in Henan and flood discharge from the reservoir, the image project “Communist Canal” with an investment of more than 100 million, flooded and the Weihe River burst its dyke , For five consecutive days from 23rd to 27th, in Weihui City, northeast of Xinxiang City, online help messages continued. The Epoch Times contacted civilian rescue team members, volunteers, and local villagers on the 27th. They disclosed that “the 13 villages and towns have too many flooded places, 600,000 people.” “All of them are voluntary organizations working on their own initiative. “”Send supplies spontaneously, but there is no government to match them.”
Break the flood control standard once in 20 years?
On June 16, 2021, the Hebi Water Resources Bureau announced that the construction of the Hebi section of the “Communist Canal” has been completed, with a total investment of 116 million yuan. After the project is completed, the Weihe and “Communist Canal” Hebi Sections will be flooded. The flood control standard has been raised to once in 20 years, and the operation of the joint flood detention area has reached once in 50 years.
However, the so-called “once in 20 years” and “once in 50 years” flood control standards met with this year’s extremely heavy rain in Henan, which caused an immediate disaster.
At 22:00 on July 22, the embankment of Peng Village, Xin Town, Jun County, Hebi City collapsed and the east bank of the breach flooded the flood storage and detention areas such as Liuweipo and Changhong Canal in Weihui City.
On the morning of July 23, the “Communist Canal” flooded into Weihe River, and Weihe River has already seen multiple execution dikes.
Weihui, a city along the Weihe River, is a city with a thousand years of history. It was called the Gyeonggi Pastoral Land during the Shang Dynasty and Jiyi during the Warring States Period. “The Paper” reported that on July 21, four reservoirs in Weihui City had overflowed. The staff of the Weihui Flood Control Center said, “It was flooded too badly,” and the Emergency Bureau was soaked in the water to work.
On the morning of the 27th, the reporter contacted Ms. Li in the former Liliangtun Village of Shangweihui City. She said that they had been trapped for five or six days and had just been transferred to the resettlement site. “The water before was very deep and the entire city was flooded. All the furniture in the house has been soaked. The water in the house is as shallow as knees, and may be one or two meters deep.” “Now the water level has not dropped. It has been like this. For these two days, it’s just that there is no It’s just rising.”
The citizens are angry: Did the Weihui City Government save us?
There was a lot of scolding on the Internet. Some citizens said, “We Wei Hui is a victim. When Zhengzhou started flooding, they all activated a first-level response. After Wei Hui was completely flooded, the municipal party committee secretary also sent a video to advise Wei Hui people not to be nervous.
A netizen said, “The result of the overnight meeting was that the whole city was evacuated. I dare not say it bluntly. How did we escape? Watching the group and watching friends forwarding. We are all saving ourselves. Did the Weihui City Government rescue us?”
Some citizens said, “July 26 is the day for the whole city to flee.” “The flood flooded Weihui for 60 hours. The government did not warn or notify, and the people were not allowed to make preparations in advance. The common people fled in a hurry.”
On the 27th, the reporter called the emergency number of the Weihui Municipal Government several times, but no one answered.
After the military took over the rescue, the non-governmental rescue team entered the disaster area for the second time
Mr. Yang, the leader of the civilian rescue team, told The Epoch Times, “(The disaster) is very serious, very serious! I don’t know the specific number of people (transferred). The masses have been moving, and it hasn’t stopped until now!”
Captain Yang said, “The entire Weihui City is flooded, and now the entire rescue scene is chaotic. There is no one to direct and no one to respond. It is all non-governmental voluntary organizations that are doing (rescue) this thing spontaneously.”
Captain Yang also revealed that the government is not doing anything. When the military comes, the people will withdraw, but they have not really responded to the people. “We haven’t seen what the government personnel are doing, and we are doing it in many places. When it was almost done, the military came to take over. After the takeover, there was still no one to answer (response), and we all evacuated. With so many calls for help this morning, we entered the disaster area for the second time.”
Volunteers who stole supplies and grabbed money from disasters: chilling
“The highest (water level) has reached people’s necks, and the two-story houses are gone, and they are all submerged.” The leader of the civilian rescue volunteer team, Ms. Wang, told The Epoch Times that in such a difficult situation in Weihui City, it still Some people took the opportunity to make money from disasters. There were vehicles from other provinces with disaster relief banners hanging on them. When they arrived, they tore off the banners and dragged a car for 2,000 yuan. They could make 50,000 to 60,000 yuan every day when they came down. Come here to make money.
Ms. Wang said that she received calls from some trapped villagers yesterday, saying, “Help us! Many of us can’t get out of it. You see, they are so black-hearted, they make so much money a day, and there are so many people in it. Trapped, we can’t save.” “It’s not that we volunteers don’t save, but that we don’t have the ability and the government has no connection. The villagers have always been saving themselves.”
A merchant owner told her, “Some donated materials cannot reach the people. Some village chiefs and party secretary who have not suffered from disasters took these relief supplies and diverted them privately. They took them to their own homes and couldn’t eat them. When it’s finished, take these things and sell them.”
“If you are at the scene, you hear this, it is really chilling. Now many people can’t eat, but they take these things to their homes, and they have to sell them.” Ms. Wang said.
A large number of personnel transfers lack of supplies. Volunteers ask three questions: Is there no government connection?
Ms. Wang said, “The patients from the hospital in Weihui are all pulled out and they have been scattered to the hospital in Xinxiang City.” “The water in the city is still rising. Now most of the residents have been rescued. Settled.”
“What we urgently need are tents, vegetables, meat, etc., because the kindergarten (relocation site) accommodates 200 people, and the weather forecast is rainy today and tomorrow.”
“All the materials and all the things are prepared by myself and bought at my own expense. However, until now, the government has not connected with this kindergarten (settlement site). Therefore, the principal of the kindergarten is also crying. People are very, very uncomfortable, and no one has met up until now,” Ms. Wang said.
Captain Yang also said, “How can there be no shortage of food for hundreds of thousands of people who have been transferred? However, after the supplies are now shipped, they can’t be received, and they can only contact the pick-up and drop-off through private channels.”
Ms. Wang said that she was just a volunteer who spontaneously went to the frontline gang, but she was very sad to see the tragic situation of the villagers. “For so many days, when I was on the front line, I saw so many people soaking in the water. This is so uncomfortable, I want to cry!”
“In the face of a catastrophe, you know humanity! Don’t look at Douyin or anything (propaganda). Only when you get to the front line will you know that the victims have been helping themselves.” Ms. Wang said.
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