Ministry of Transport： There are 8 national highways and 8 provincial highways in Henan Province that have accumulated water and landslides.
CCTV News:According to WeChat official account’s "Ministry of Transport" on WeChat, on July 20th, Henan Province was hit by extremely heavy rainfall. As of 7: 00 on the 21st, 29 sections of 26 expressways, including G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, G30 Lianhuo Expressway, S26 Taihui Expressway, G1511 Rilan Expressway and G3001 Zhengzhou Ring Expressway, have been closed, and the recovery time has yet to be determined, with no large number of vehicles and personnel stranded. At present, there are 30 sections of 8 national highways and 8 provincial highways, such as G107 and G234, in Henan Province, which are interrupted by heavy rainfall. The local highway department put safety signs on the closed sections, arranged special personnel to be on duty, and organized personnel and machinery to quickly carry out rush-through operations after the situation stabilized. There were no vehicles, personnel stranded or casualties.
The extremely heavy rainfall has seriously affected the operation of Zhengzhou subway. In order to ensure the safe operation of urban rail transit during the flood season, the Ministry of Transport printed the electricity today. The full text is as follows: Emergency Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on Doing a Good Job in Flood Control of Urban Rail Transit.
The transportation departments (bureaus and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government:
On July 20th, Zhengzhou Metro stopped the whole network due to the torrential rain, and a train forced to stop the tunnel, causing casualties. Recently, many places in China have ushered in the heaviest rainfall since the flood season. In order to do a good job in flood control of urban rail transit and ensure the safe operation of urban rail transit, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
First, attach great importance to flood control work
This year’s climate is special, with rare rainfall in many places. In the next 10 days, there will still be heavy rains in North China, Southwest China, Jianghan, Huanghuai and South China, and there will be heavy rains in some areas, and the flood control situation is very severe. Local transportation departments should clearly understand the extreme importance and urgency of flood control in urban rail transit, further improve their political stance, adhere to the people first and life first, always put people’s life safety first, put an end to fluky psychology and overcome paralysis, and do a good job in flood control with a high sense of responsibility, mission and urgency.
Second, immediately re-investigate and rectify potential risks.
Operating units shall, in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Administrative Measures for Classified Management and Control of Safety Risks in Urban Rail Transit Operation and Management of Hidden Dangers (Transportation Regulation [2019] No.7), focus on the investigation of the capacity of drainage equipment and facilities in key areas such as low-lying stations, transition sections and long-distance sections on the basis of preliminary investigation, and if the capacity is insufficient, it shall be reinforced in time; Check the connection between the drainage pipeline and the surrounding municipal pipe network, and report it to the relevant departments in a timely manner if it has not been connected or connected poorly; Check the blocking situation of the connection between the line under construction and the existing line to prevent rainwater from flowing back to the station section through the line under construction; Strengthen the inspection of slopes along the ground overhead lines and take targeted measures against risks such as loose soil and landslides; Timely check the types and quantities of emergency materials such as sandbags, water baffles and drainage pumps, and supplement and reinforce corresponding equipment and facilities.
Third, timely adjust and improve the emergency plan
Operating units should fully learn the lessons from the recent rainwater backflow incident, further adjust and improve the emergency plan, and take emergency measures such as stopping trains, evacuating passengers and closing stations in unconventional situations such as exceeding the designed rainstorm intensity. It is necessary to do a good job in communication and docking with meteorological departments and strengthen the collection of information such as floods and meteorological disasters. It is necessary to further strengthen inspection and monitoring, find out the signs of danger in time, scientifically judge the development trend, and start the corresponding grade plan in time.
Fourth, strengthen emergency response and disaster relief
Local transportation departments should, under the leadership of local party committees and governments, effectively play the role of emergency linkage working mechanism with emergency management, water supply, electric power, hospitals and other units as well as local governments and streets. In case of sudden events such as flooding and backward flow, it is strictly in accordance with the requirements of the Measures for the Organization and Management of Urban Rail Transit (Transportation Regulation [2019] No.14), and those who do not have safe operation conditions should be resolutely stopped; Operating units should make emergency response and information report at the first time according to the requirements of the plan, and the transportation department should promptly notify relevant departments to carry out emergency response work quickly according to the emergency response level to ensure the safety of passengers.
V. Resume operations in a safe and orderly manner
For the lines with flooding and backward flow, the operating unit should pay close attention to the disposal. After the completion of water pumping and drainage, the equipment system should be thoroughly and carefully investigated, and the damaged equipment should be replaced in time. If necessary, third-party institutions and industry experts can be hired to conduct a comprehensive test and evaluation of the relevant lines. Only after the safety assessment confirms that the conditions for safe operation are met can it be put into operation to prevent secondary disasters.
General Office of Ministry of Transport
July 21, 2021