Irrigation works ministry: Today situation of ravages of a drought of wintry Ming Chun still austere

Xinhua net Beijing on October 12 report (reporter Yu Wenjing, Lin Hui) Jiao Yong of undersecretary of irrigation works ministry does newly 12 days in the country express on held press conference, the whole nation arrives from north since this year south a year of 3 drought, at present greater part area advocate flood season already neared end, but the task of flood prevention fight a drought of later period is more formidable still, especially store water of water conservancy project is not worth the heavy drought region such as southwest badly, today situation of ravages of a drought of wintry Ming Chun is grim. As we have learned, since this year, the whole nation produces large-scale drought course 3 times continuously. The beginning of the year, area of wheat of winter of sea of yellow the Huaihe River produces severe weather drought, only the area of crop suffer from drought of 3 provinces amounts to Henan, Shandong, Anhui 82.71 million mus, chun Xiazhi is handed in, in the Yangtse River downstream 5 provinces happened to last arid, area of fastigium farmland suffer from drought achieves 56.95 million mus. Since July, southwest greater part produces drought of serious Fu Qiu, 5 city visitting an area such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing water because of drought difficult number reached 14.05 million person for a time. The country prevents ravages of a drought of aggrandizement of ministry of total, irrigation works to monitor hold a conference or consultation, start lash-up in time beforehand case, the accumulative total fight a drought that finish irrigates area 352 million mus, it is difficult to because drought waters,solved 32.5 million masses, reduced drought impact and loss to the greastest extent. Jiao Yong says, this year advocate flood season, the flow of water of great river great river is overall and smooth, region of river of later period Jia Lingjiang, Hanjiang, short for Weihe River produces serious Qiu Xun. Canal river produced Jia Lingjiang's affluent hundred years treat the cataract that surpasses historical record, hanjiang upper reaches produced the cataclysm that encounters 20 years, river of short for Weihe River happened since 1981 most cataclysm. At the same time early or late 7 typhoons are landed, relatively all the year round the corresponding period slants much. The country prevents science of ministry of total, irrigation works to attemper water conservancy project, army of departmental door and people liberation army, armed police cooperates each district cheek by jowl, do all one can fights calamity, great river of countrywide great river and main minor aspects dike without one burst, large and medium-sized reservoir is not had break down dam.