Beijing, 10 Feb (CNBC) -- According to the Voice of China News and Newspaper Summary of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, Ningxia's Liupan Mountain must pass through the Liuwei Pan Road to reach its peak. National Highway 312, one of the mainland's east-west main roads, passes through it. Please listen to the report: "Ningxia Liupan Mountain Wind and Snow Protector".
A snowfall came unexpectedly. At 6:30 in the morning, the dark and silent mountain pass was pitch black, the temperature was minus 14 degrees Celsius, and the cold wind was biting.
At the Liupanshan Tunnel Maintenance Station of the Guyuan Branch Center of Ningxia Highway Management Center, 26 employees of the whole station are ready to go. "Taking snow as the order" is the work consciousness formed by the staff of the maintenance station for many years.
Zhao Qiang has worked on the front line of road maintenance for 23 years, and his task is to drive a multi-purpose snow removal vehicle to clear the snow from the road area.
At 7 o'clock, Zhao Qiang and his colleagues' snow removal truck drove out of the maintenance station. The mountain roads are rugged and the snow is easy to slip, and the work truck can only advance at a speed of more than a dozen miles.
The Liupanshan Tunnel Maintenance Team is responsible for the maintenance of the 28-kilometer section of the Liupanshan section of National Highway 312, including the 2385-meter tunnel. In the event of bad weather and high-speed closures, this road has become the only option for many car owners.
Two cars slid into the drainage ditch next to the highway, and the road protection vehicle immediately became a rescue vehicle. In less than half an hour, two cars were successfully pulled out one after another.
Owner Chen Jianguo: Oh, scared to death, and I am very grateful to the road maintenance (comrade). Thank you.
The rescued vehicle drove away from the scene, and everyone continued to clear the snow to keep it flowing.
Summer flood control, winter snow removal, four-season maintenance, obstacle clearance... Zhao Qiang and his colleagues guard this "lifeline" to thousands of households.
Zhao Qiang: We are a paving stone, paving and paving the road, raising the road well and raising it smoothly.