Lushan Earthquake Disaster-stricken area is still short of water and food, thousands of victims sit on the bench overnight

As of 18:00 on the 22nd, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan Province had caused 192 deaths, 23 people were missing and 11,470 were injured, including 968 seriously injured. The “Golden Rescue 72 Hours” is approaching and the rescue force is still actively carrying out rescue and relief efforts.

All walks of life grabbed “special passage” for the earthquake area

After the earthquake, many industries including banking, insurance, express delivery, transportation, etc., were involved in the seizure of “special passages” for the earthquake zone.
China Construction Bank stated on the 22nd that it has set up a special service window for disaster relief financial services, skips the queues to give priority to the disbursement of disaster relief funds, remittance of donor funds, etc. At the same time, it provides emergency cash withdrawal services for customers in disaster areas. For customers who have lost passbooks (cards) or identity certificates in the earthquake, they provide non-transaction medium emergency withdrawal services.
The Agricultural Bank also announced that it provides round-the-clock payment security for relief forces. The Agricultural Bank of Sichuan Branch has received emergency funds of RMB 1.4 million from the Fire Services Corps and the Ya'an Armed Police Detachment at the first time, and completed the interim transfer of RMB 4 million to the Ya'an Armed Police Force. Many other banks also facilitated the earthquake zone by donating fees and fees.
In addition to the special channels opened by banks, China Post, Yunda, Shunfeng and other courier companies have announced that they will mail disaster-relief items to earthquake-stricken areas free of charge. Among them, China Post stated that from 21st onwards, postal mail parcels sent to the civil affairs bureaus of six counties in the two districts of Ya'an County will be free of postage, packing supplies and packaging fees. Companies such as Shunfeng also listed supplies that were in short supply in the disaster areas and encouraged the donated people to send them on demand.
In order to ensure the smooth flow of "lifelines" to the disaster areas, Yang Chuantang, Minister of the Ministry of Transport, launched a highway emergency response system on the 20th, and highways leading to the affected areas are free to pass.
While the major oil companies are also setting up their own gas stations, free refueling for emergency vehicles. Sinopec urgently transported nearly 60,000 tons of oil products and two professional rescue teams to the disaster area on the 20th; PetroChina implemented 24-hour supply of gas stations along the way to the epicenter of the epicentre, and opened up a dedicated channel for earthquake relief, giving priority to protection. Troops, medical care, and government relief vehicle oil supplies.
In addition, China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile’s three major communications central enterprises implement free communications in the disaster-hit areas and set up temporary service points at the disaster relief site to allow people to make free calls. According to incomplete statistics, China Mobile’s green service channel received a total of 10,000 inquiries of disaster information and has helped 44 people to get in touch with their relatives.
At the same time, several insurance companies such as Pacific Insurance, Xinhua Life Insurance, and People's Insurance have successively opened green channels for earthquake claims, simplifying processes and accelerating the claims process of affected customers. Among them, Taiping Insurance and Xinhua Life Insurance announced the implementation of policy-free claims. Ping An launched 20 service emergency measures such as claims compensation, security and premium payment. China Insurance Regulatory Commission stated that as of 0:00 on the 21st, the insurance industry has already paid more than 10 million yuan.

Life search and rescue is still the first place. “At present, it is still within 72 hours of life search and rescue of gold. Earthquake-relief forces still place life search and rescue on the first place.” said Zhou Xiaozhou, chief of staff of the Chengdu Military Region Earthquake Relief Forward Command, and military chief of staff on the 22nd. The earthquake relief force has made it clear that there are three major priorities for walking: life search and rescue, transportation supplies, and health and epidemic prevention.
The total force of the Chinese army and armed police force investing in Lushan earthquake relief has reached 19,000. As of 12:00 on the 22nd, a total of 4 people were buried, 2875 were injured, 24,000 people were resettled, and 1,355 tons were delivered.
72 hours after the earthquake is the golden rescue time. Due to the narrow road in the disaster-hit area of ​​Lushan, too many vehicles were rushed to the disaster area, causing serious congestion and directly affecting the development of rescue work.
In the face of various circumstances, the traffic department opened the 318 national highway 12 hours after the earthquake and issued traffic control information three times in a row to forbid social vehicles from entering the disaster area and ensure the smooth and unobstructed green life. Cai Jing, deputy secretary-general of the Sichuan Provincial Government, appealed at a press conference that he did not advocate for personal rescue and assistance in the disaster area because of reasons such as traffic organization, secondary disasters, logistical support, and personal assistance risks, and irresistible factors.
The road leading to Baoxing County, an “island”, was re-routed on the afternoon of the 21st, but the traffic was too heavy and the road was congested. This led to all attempts to cut through the road to disruption, but they couldn't grab the blocked vehicles. As a result, rescue workers could not enter and the wounded could not be sent.
The General Office of the State Council requested at 19:00 on the 21st to orderly conduct earthquake relief work in support of the Lushan earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan, and all unit organizations will not enter the disaster area without permission.

The disaster area is rated as a material shortage. At present, the hard-hit areas are still in short supply of food, water, tents, quilts, medicines, and disinfectants.
Due to the destruction of municipal pipelines, the clear water tank was severely damaged and the water source was damaged. The relevant person in charge of the Lushui County No. 2 Water Plant, which is responsible for important drinking water functions, said that on the evening of the 22nd, the 300 cubic meters of water collected in the factory would be used up. .
The manager of the Lushan Water Plant stated that although they have set up a temporary centralized water supply site in Yuxi Garden for 24 hours, and some of the roads have resumed water supply, the water shortage is still very serious.
In Tianquan County, because the earthquake damaged Ningkang on National Highway 318, in order to ensure the safety of the national road, Ningkang was closed, and ten thousand people in Tianquan County were seriously deprived of water.
Longmen Township suffered serious damage to the water plant during the earthquake. The water supply network was damaged by 130 kilometers, the branch pipe was damaged by 70 kilometers, 30,000 people in urban areas were having difficulty drinking water, and 80,000 people in rural areas had difficulty drinking water.
The Shuangshi Town of Lushan County in the Ya’an earthquake-stricken area was converted from farmland to forest. There was not much leftover land. The villagers did not grow rice but used to buy food. Most of the villagers do not have any grain, and the food in their hands can last for two to four days. “What the town needs now is supplies.” Song Shizheng, secretary of Shuang Shi Town, said, “There are 3,000 tents and rations for more than 8,000 people. Milk powder, diesel oil and gasoline are in short supply.”
Song Zheng has sent six teams to the county to seek help. "There are only a car of yogurt for the materials that come later."
In Taiping Town, Lushan County, a row of canopies was placed on the open area of ​​the police station where the fire command center was located. Due to the lack of tents, thousands of people can only sit on stools in the canopy overnight. Some villagers moved sofas dug out of the rubble for children to rest.
The villagers hanged signs on both sides of the town road, and wrote “water shortages and food shortages” and “lack of tents”. A senior high school girl in Hongxing village told reporters that after the earthquake, because the road was blocked, relief supplies could not be brought in. They did not receive any relief supplies from the village.
In addition, the lack of drugs is also very serious. According to Yang Dean of Baoxing County Hospital, which is involved in medical assistance work in Lingguan Town, more than 200 injuries have been dealt with in the temporary medical assistance site. Ten of them have been transferred to other hospitals through ambulances due to severe injuries. The current 36 people continue to be treated. Although some drugs were taken from the ruins of the hospital, they could not meet the demand. Among them, the condition of the 8 injured was not optimistic, but it was not possible to transfer to the hospital because of traffic factors.

Follow-up work such as epidemic prevention and psychological counseling needs to be followed up. To ensure the sound treatment of dead livestock and poultry in earthquake-affected areas and the prevention and control of animal epidemics, the Ministry of Agriculture of China urgently arranges emergency supplies for post-disaster epidemic prevention. At present, 150,000 copies have been urgently transferred to the disaster-affected area. Rabies Vaccine, 30 tons of disinfectant, 80 top quarantine shelters, 500 disinfection sprayers, 500 protective suits, 150 sleeping bags and 50 freezers.
At 16:00 on the 22nd on the 22nd, a total of 2,360 aftershocks were recorded in the strongest earthquake of the magnitude 4.20 earthquake in Lushan, Sichuan Province. The China Seismological Bureau held a special meeting on the same day and asked for six post-earthquake monitoring tasks to seize the trend of earthquakes and the prevention of secondary disasters. According to the meteorological department's forecast, the rated rainfall in the Ya’an earthquake-stricken area on the 22nd and 23rd nights may reach 15mm, which may easily lead to secondary disasters such as landslides and mudslides in the main shock zone.
After the disaster, psychological counseling and comfort are urgent tasks. The Sichuan Provincial Government held a press conference on the same day and said that experts from the country and psychologists from West China Hospital and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital had already conducted psychological counseling and soothing work in the disaster area.