"Food and accommodation are guaranteed, just homesick"

Source: Workers Daily

Our reporter visited the resettlement sites of the disaster-stricken masses in Henan --

"Food and accommodation are guaranteed, just homesick"

Reporters Yu Jiaxi and Wang Weiwei Correspondent Dong Junya of this newspaper

On July 28, the New Office of the State Council held a press conference on flood prevention and disaster relief work. Since July 16, the flood disaster in Henan Province has caused 13.6643 million people in 16 cities, 150 counties and municipalities including Zhengzhou and Xinxiang. A total of 1,470,800 people were urgently relocated and resettled.

What is the current situation of the 1.4708 million people who have been urgently relocated? Our reporter visited several temporary resettlement sites.

At 11 o'clock on July 28, this reporter came to Shuidaokou Village, Xiaoguan Town, Gongyi City, Henan Province, and everywhere he could see trees uprooted, roads damaged, and houses collapsed in pieces.

"We are one of the hardest-hit villages in Gongyi." Talking about the disaster, Zhang Zhiwei, general secretary of the party branch of Shuidaokou Village, bluntly said that he was "very devastated."

"In this part of the beautiful countryside, we are the second in the province in the construction of rural roads, the village is very beautiful, and many Zhengzhou citizens come to visit us." Zhang Zhiwei said, "Now I can't bear to look at it, the original tourist roads, village roads, side roads, township roads, county roads... More than 90% of the destroyed area. ”

"But as long as there are people, there is hope." No confidence has been lost! Zhang Zhiwei said that the two village committees did prevention in advance, rescue and transfer were also timely, and so far there has not been 1 case of missing contact and casualties. The village committee has now become a temporary resettlement site, "there are more than 60 people living in this resettlement site, and about 400 people come here to eat." ”

Near noon, villagers took enamel bowls and began to line up to eat. "The noodles taste good, and the big pot of rice is fragrant." After the rain stopped on July 21, most of the villagers settled here for three meals a day.

Zheng Xiangdong, 52, quickly finished eating a bowl of noodles and then washed the dishes. In order not to burden the resettlement site, she and her husband Cao Zhong have now rested in their car for 5 nights, just eating at the resettlement site. "We have cars and we have to leave the bunks to the people who need them more." Zheng Xiangdong said that bread, instant noodles, mineral water, toilet paper, emergency medicine... Almost all daily necessities are provided free of charge in the village.

"At present, the relief materials are relatively sufficient, and in the resettlement sites, medical care, accommodation, and meals are guaranteed." Everyone is thinking about rebuilding after the disaster. Zhang Zhiwei said that the village committee is divided into four groups: the baotong group, the guarantee group, the security group, the pacifying group, and the donation group, and the matters in the village are sorted out and registered one by one. In this rural resettlement site, the villagers have any living needs, which can be raised at any time and solved by the staff. Every day, there are staff sent by Zhengzhou City and Gongyi City to rotate their posts, and the medical staff in the village are on standby 24 hours a day at the resettlement site. There are also volunteers who provide convenient services for the resettlement of the masses.

Makino District in the north-central part of Xinxiang City is also one of the most severely affected places. Due to torrential rains and river floods, the city's water level remained high, and the transfer became the only option for the residents of Makino District.

A number of schools in makino district became resettlement sites. Cemetery Elementary School, the largest elementary school in Makino District, has been relocated to about three or four flooded villages.

"At present, about 1,000 people have been resettled. In order to better provide services, we have carried out a 'grid' management model of 'class responsibility system'. Li Gongjia, principal of Cemetery Primary School, introduced that the school will divide the school staff into 6 affairs groups, treat each classroom as a "class", each teacher is responsible for a "class", and select a "class leader" from the affected people to help the "class teacher" manage and serve the disaster victims.

The reporter saw at the scene that under the management of "grid", the life of the resettlement site was orderly.

On the campus, relief supplies are neatly arranged in one place, the place to eat is in another place, and the "medical assistance point" is filled with emergency medicines provided by nearby hospitals and clinics for free, and the patrol doctors are on standby 24 hours. There is an open space on the playground dedicated to storing clothes donated by nearby residents for the emergency evacuation of the disaster victims.

The classrooms where the affected people lived were clean and cool. Tables and chairs were spliced together as bed slats, and bedding and toiletries distributed to each person were neatly stacked on the table. Each classroom is inhabited by about 4 to 5 affected families, and the order is orderly.

In the school, small volunteers wearing red vests and young faces can be seen everywhere. "We are all students of this elementary school, and we came to help." Ma Xiaowen, a small volunteer, told reporters.

The reporter visited many resettlement sites and found that the relief materials were sufficient and the food and accommodation of the disaster-stricken people were fully guaranteed.

However, for the masses in the resettlement sites, although their lives are guaranteed, they are most concerned about their own homes. "When will we be able to go home?" In Qi County, Hebi City, as the flood situation gradually eases, the affected people in the resettlement sites often ask Ge Yongjun of the county CDC about this.

"I don't know when I will be able to go home, but the most important thing at present is to ensure the safety of the people in the resettlement sites." Ge Yongjun said that the high concentration of personnel in the resettlement sites and their strong mobility are the focus of post-disaster epidemic prevention work.

Ge Yongjun said that in Qi County, all resettlement sites will be comprehensively eliminated before they are opened, and thereafter twice a day at regular elimination, and special personnel will be arranged to be specifically responsible for corridors, residential areas and other areas to ensure that the transferred masses do not appear cluster diseases.

"The main purpose of the extermination work is to eliminate bacteria and all kinds of mosquitoes and flies, and cut off the source of infection." Wang Hailin, deputy director of the Qixian Health Commission, said that for villages where villagers have not yet moved back, after the water level drops, the content of the disinfection operation is strictly implemented in accordance with the "Preventive Disinfection Plan for flood-stricken areas in Qixian County" to ensure that the villagers return home safely.

Due to the heavy task of epidemic prevention, since the comprehensive implementation of the elimination work, Ge Yongjun and more than 10 other front-line personnel engaged in the elimination work in the resettlement sites can only rest for an average of three or four hours a day, and the hot weather has made the staff who wear work clothes for a long time have prickly heat.

It was late at night, and the masses in the settlement fell into a deep sleep. We all have a common wish: the water will recede as soon as possible and life will return to its former calm.