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The Ministry of Transport launched a three-level response to respond to the 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Lushan, Sichuan

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The Ministry of Transport launched a three-level response to respond to the 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Lushan, Sichuan

Staff have been dispatched to the scene, and emergency funds will be arranged for the road

At 17:00 on June 1, after the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 occurred in Lushan County, Ya’an City, Sichuan Province, the main leaders of the Ministry of Transportation quickly made arrangements, and the Ministry immediately launched a three-level emergency response to instruct the Sichuan transportation department to quickly investigate the situation under the leadership of the local party committee and government. , and do a good job in emergency rescue and disaster relief, emergency access, road network operation monitoring, and travel guidance. At present, personnel have been dispatched to the scene, and the Ministry of Highways will arrange emergency funds for the highway.

It is understood that the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation has launched a secondary response, organized the local highway department to carry out investigations, and immediately dispatched a working group led by the chief engineer to the scene. As of 20:00 on June 1, in terms of highways, after preliminary investigation, the road network in the earthquake area is generally operating normally, highways, bridges and tunnels are normal, and the two blocks found before the national and provincial trunk highways have been cleared, and the rescue team will closely monitor , for the newly-occurring rockfall sections, they can be smashed and scrambled at any time, and there are still two sections of the county roads that are under investigation. In terms of railways, the operating lines in the relevant sections have been blocked and investigations have been carried out. The responsible comrades of the Chengdu Railway Supervision Bureau are rushing to the scene. In terms of civil aviation and postal services, there has been no report on the impact of the earthquake on the operation of civil aviation and postal services.

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