The flood-hit Rongjiang County in southwest China's Guizhou Province is recovering after days of reconstruction, and cleanup efforts are expected to wrap up on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Rongjiang County was hit by floods after days of heavy rains. Four days later, last Saturday, another round of floods struck the county, causing major economic losses.
Now the flood crest has passed, cleanup work is nearing completion in Rongjiang, and infrastructure repairs are moving ahead.
The electricity supply was largely resumed, with power accessing all urban households and administrative villages, only some road lamps are still under repair, which are expected to finish by Wednesday or Thursday.
Rongjiang County's two water plants are functioning normally, although booster pumps in a few residential quarters were damaged, hindering water supply to higher levels. The water department and other relevant agencies are working urgently to repair them.
"Now the two water plants in Rongjiang's county seat are running normally, supplying 43,000 cubic meters of water every day, covering all low-rise areas in both the old and new towns. But because of the flood, the pipe network was damaged rather seriously. Our company has dispatched 16 repair teams working around the clock, and so far we have repaired more than 590 damaged points," said Jiang Tao, the water supply official of the county.
The county's current priority is accelerating sludge clearing and disinfection. By Monday, more than 70 percent of the total workload had been completed. And over 80 percent of the roads were cleared and disinfected, with the rest expected to be finished by the end of Tuesday.
Flood-hit Guizhou county gradually recovers
Flood-hit Guizhou county gradually recovers
