On the first night after tibet's biggest earthquake of the year: butter tea was boiled in a tent

Source: China News Network

Lhasa, March 19 (China News Service) -- "Today was hit by an earthquake, dinner was simple, and a family of 8 people gathered in a tent with butter tea and air-dried yak beef was solved. On the evening of the 19th, a herdsman in Nagqu City, Tibet, such as a county herdsman, told the China News Agency reporter that after the earthquake that day, because he was worried about the safety of his family, he immediately drove home from Nagqu City.

For example, the county is located in the east of Nagqu, upstream of the Nu River. At 14:11 Beijing time on March 19, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the county. In the evening, the official report of Nagqu City said that after preliminary investigation, there were no casualties reported by the earthquake, some houses had cracks, and the mapping work was still in progress.

The village of Niangre in Xiaqu Town, where the stool is located, is about 4300 meters above sea level, which is one of the villages closest to the epicenter. The family was worried about the aftershocks, and in the afternoon Abba and Aunt Put the big tent on the flat ground in front of the door. By the evening, the yak manure stove was lit and it was no longer cold in the tent. He said that the village cadres had come to ask if they needed emergency living supplies, but because there was no shortage of them at home, they wanted to give them to other herders in need, so they refused.

Wangdan, a 22-year-old herdsman in Rebu Village, Xiaqu Town, said in an interview that he was in the county seat when the earthquake occurred, "I was driving at the time, and suddenly I felt an abnormal shaking, and I saw many people running to the street." He said that he immediately stopped to avoid danger, and called his family in the village for the first time to report that he was safe.

Wangdan said there were more than 80 herders in the village, all of whom set up tents in the evening to avoid possible aftershocks. "The family is fine, the house is cracked." He said that this season, such as the county night is a little cold, fortunately in the tent to grow a stove, rice dumplings, butter tea, air-dried yak beef, etc., there is also running water in the yard. "Wait for the next step of the government to check the safety hazards of the house, we will make plans."

According to the official information released by Tibet, after the earthquake, Wu Yingjie, secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Party Committee, asked Nagqu to continue to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the situation, and that all dangerous houses should be moved out to ensure the safety of personnel; materials should be quickly mobilized and the psychological comfort of the herdsmen should be effectively carried out.

It is reported that the 6.1 magnitude earthquake is the largest earthquake in Tibet this year. At present, the local emergency response has been launched, and the medical system of Nagqu City and each county (district) has set up a medical rescue team, and the emergency force has made rescue preparations. At the same time, the local government has urgently mobilized 500 tents and other relief materials to send to the scene to fully protect the lives of the affected herders. (End)