Sichuan reported the investigation and disposal of ＂August 21＂ mountain torrents in Jinyang County, Liangshan Prefecture.
Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, August 30th. On the morning of August 30th, the People’s Government of Sichuan Province held a press conference in Jinyang County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture to report the investigation and handling of the loss of contact in the "August 21" mountain torrents. Up to now, the disaster has caused four people to die and 48 people to lose contact.
According to the report, in the early morning of August 21st, Jinyang County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, was affected by short-term heavy rainfall, and the resident board houses of migrant workers in the project department of JN1 (Jin Ningyi) tender section of Shudao Group along the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of Lugaolin River in Jinyang County were destroyed, resulting in death and loss of contact.
Before the disaster, according to the weather forecast and rainstorm warning, flood control and emergency departments and other relevant departments made early warning and scheduling for the JN1 (Jin Ningyi) bid section project of Yanjiang Expressway for many times, and the safety director and the personnel on duty of the project department confirmed the feedback, but they did not organize the personnel to transfer in time as required.
After the disaster, Jinyang County and Liangshan Prefecture successively launched a three-level emergency response to flood control, and Sichuan Province launched a four-level emergency response to flood control. The Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government made arrangements for emergency rescue and disaster relief at the first time. The provincial defense index immediately organized emergency management departments, water resources departments, transportation departments and other departments to rush to the scene to carry out emergency rescue in conjunction with the territory, and invested more than 2,000 rescue forces in various types to carry out dragnet search and rescue on the Lugaolin River, Jinsha River waters, traffic trunk roads, forests along the river, etc. After search and rescue, the bodies of four victims were salvaged on August 23rd, 24th and 27th.
With the deepening of search and rescue and verification work, it is found that there are doubts about the number of people who lost contact reported by project construction enterprises. At the provincial level, a leading group for the investigation and disposal of "August 21" mountain flood disaster personnel lost contact was immediately established in Jinyang County, Liangshan Prefecture. The public security organs summoned the relevant personnel of the project department and the labor service company to investigate the JN1 (Jin Ningyi) bid section of Yanjiang Expressway according to law, and simultaneously carried out verification visits and data analysis, and strengthened cooperation with relevant parties in Yunnan and Guizhou, and organized capable police to conduct on-the-spot inquiry and verification.
After investigation, there were 201 people in the project site when the disaster occurred, of whom 149 were out of danger, 4 were killed and 48 were lost. Investigation and evidence collection have revealed that five people, including Project Department of JN1 (Jin Ningyi) Bid Section of Yanjiang Expressway and Liu, a labor service company, are suspected of "failing to report or falsely reporting safety accidents". On August 28, the public security organs took criminal detention measures against five people, including Liu. At present, the public security organs are making every effort to carry out case investigation.
On the afternoon of August 28th, the working group of the Emergency Management Department arrived in Jinyang County to give on-the-spot guidance on the investigation, disposal and personnel search and rescue. At present, the search and rescue work is still in progress.
In the next step, the relevant departments will continue to do a good job in the search for the missing persons, conscientiously do a good job in the aftermath of family comfort, strictly guard against secondary disasters, and resolutely prevent new casualties. Seriously pursue responsibility and accountability, and severely investigate and deal with those suspected of committing crimes according to law. Deeply draw lessons from disasters, do a good job in disaster prevention and mitigation and safety production in the province by analogy, and fully protect people’s lives and property.