On August 12, Niu Jun, deputy director of the Provincial Water Conservancy Department, and his party came to Jingyuan County to investigate the flood prevention and drought control work.
Accompanied by Deputy County Governor Wang Youru, Niu Jun and his party successively went to Zhongshagou and Shuangyong Project in Dalu Town to learn in detail about the formulation of the county's flood prevention and drought control plan, the people's drinking water and agricultural production water guarantees, the basic situation of the drought situation, and the countermeasures through on-the-spot inspections, household visits, and listening to reports.
Niu Jun demanded that we should earnestly enhance our sense of responsibility and urgency in fighting drought and reducing disasters, put the production and life of the peasant masses in the first place, first of all, guarantee the livelihood of the peasant masses and ensure the supply of drinking water; second, in accordance with the order of agricultural water use and ecological water use, we should make full use of engineering measures and non-engineering measures to solve water supply, choose the most optimal water supply plan, and scientifically and rationally arrange water supply. It is necessary to do a good job in water supply guarantee planning, under the premise of ensuring quality and safety, accelerate the progress of water conservancy project construction, further strengthen the unified management and scheduling of water resources, and improve the ability to guarantee conventional water supply. It is necessary to go all out to safeguard the grain production target, find ways to stabilize the income of the masses, and resolutely consolidate the results of poverty alleviation; it is necessary to further strengthen the propaganda on water conservation, enhance the masses' awareness of saving water, do a solid job in guaranteeing drought-resistant and disaster-reducing services, and work together to prevent drought and fight drought.
Wu Jianning, a reporter of the Rong Media Center in Jingyuan County