On the morning of September 2, news came from the debris flow rescue site in Gyirong County, Shigatse, Tibet: the land rescue channel from Gyirong Town to Gyirong Port has been opened. Rescue personnel, relief supplies and some equipment have entered the core area through land channels and carried out in-depth rescue work.
This is already the eighth day that officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force have been on the front line of mudslide rescue and rescue. They are racing against time to clear the road, and the rescue pace has not stopped for a moment.
Back to 10 o'clock on August 26, Beijing time, a glacier on the north slope of Langtangli Rang Peak in Nepal broke off at an altitude of about 5,200 meters and caused an ice and rock avalanche. The high altitude quickly fell to about 4,000 meters, eroding the mountain and forming a The giant mudslide hit the Geelong Port at about 1,800 meters above sea level at about 10:30 after impacting for about 22 kilometers at high speed, causing the area of about 0.7 square kilometers and 27 buildings and related ancillary facilities to be razed to the ground.
National highways were cut off, buildings were buried, and people lost contact. This border port located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas fell into a quagmire in an instant.
Disaster is an order. The Armed Police Force immediately activated the emergency response mechanism. The officers and soldiers of the Shigatse Detachment of the Armed Police Tibet Corps stationed in Jilong Town took the lead in gathering, and the reconnaissance team immediately moved forward and quickly maneuvered towards the port.
The national highway leading to the core disaster area is the "lifeline" for emergency rescue. As the advance order was issued, a detachment of the Second Mobile Corps of the Armed Police rushed to the rescue at night with large-scale construction machinery, maneuvered hundreds of kilometers across regions, and arrived at the work site on the night of August 29 to start a tough battle to clear the road.
While making every effort to clear the road, the Armed Police Force cooperated with local emergency departments to continue to carry out secondary disaster prevention and control work such as barrier lake monitoring and slope investigation, and monitored in real time the changes in the water level of the Purepqiang Zangbo barrier lake and the loosening of the mountain to eliminate hidden dangers for the safe operation of officers and soldiers.
At the temporary resettlement site in Jilong Town, the medical service unit of the Shigatse Detachment of the Armed Police Force was stationed simultaneously, adopting a model of "comprehensive inspections during the day and focused follow-up at night" to provide medical treatment, health and epidemic prevention, and psychological counseling services to the affected people and front-line rescuers.
Since the rescue mission began, the olive green figure has always been at the forefront of rescue operations. From the border gate to the resettlement point, from the roaring machinery at the scene to the silent service frontline, the officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force always put the safety of people's lives first, and use practical actions to build a solid defense line that "people first, life first".
Producer | Sun Chongfeng
Reviewer | Luan Hong
Reporters | Liu Yanming Ruan Xiwen Wang Yanting Li Yang Liu Shuang
Source: Voice of China
