3 heavy drought in provinces such as Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang 890,000 people lack adequate drinking water | | drought _ drought news

China, July 4 (Xinhua Zhang Yanling) reporters learned from the national headquarters, more severe drought in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Hubei provinces as of July 4, the national drought of 15.76 million acres, 460,000 acres of paddy field water shortage area, 890,000 people, 1.52 million head of livestock because of drought and water. Eased drought in Gansu and Yunnan provinces.

Since the end of June, Southwest, North and South in the eastern part of northwest part of 15~50 mm of rainfall in some areas up to 50~100 mm, good for improving soil moisture and increasing water storage, drought in drought-hit Yunnan, Gansu province in the early lifting. But most, Central and Western Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, still no effective precipitation in arid regions, such as Northern and Central Hubei, more severe drought in some areas. As of July 4, the national drought of 15.76 million acres (multi-year average value of 101 million acres), paddy field water area of 460,000 acres (multi-year average value of 5.05 million acres), 890,000 people, 1.52 million head of livestock because of drought and drinking (multi-year average of 6.75 million people over the same period, 5.41 million head), mainly in Xinjiang, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, and other places.

So far this year, less rainfall, high temperatures in most parts of Xinjiang, including 80% in southern Xinjiang in spring precipitation is less than for many years, resulting in most of the river water low, insufficient water impoundment. Currently, 1.7 billion cu m reservoir, storage of 200 million cubic meters less than a year, crop acreage of 4.32 million acres, with 150,000 people and 620,000 heads of livestock because of drought and of drinking water, and are mainly located in southern Xinjiang Kashgar, Aksu, ILI, Tacheng and other regions of the oblast and northern Xinjiang. In addition, the region also has more than 32 million mu of grassland drought-stricken, natural pastures and rangeland yield generally yield 30%~40%, 3.95 million head (only) the livestock grazing is affected.

Central and Western Inner Mongolia, Central Hubei and recently there has been no effective rainfall in arid areas in the North, and continued drought. At present, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the crop acreage 5.7 million acres, 220,000 people and 850,000 head of livestock because of drought and drinking water, mainly in Ordos, wulanchabu, ALXA and other places. Xiangyang, Hubei Province, suizhou, xiaogan, jingmen and Tong less water many years 20%-50%, 783 reservoirs below the dead storage level, 2.48 million mu in the province in the coming period of early rice in water shortage in drought-stricken, 390,000 people drinking occurred because of drought.

Party committees and Governments attach great importance to drought in arid areas, organize cadres and masses in all-out drought. Xinjiang's water conservancy departments at all levels to further strengthen irrigation management, improving the water distribution system, precisely according to the proportion of water distribution, major irrigation project on the health overhaul, repair and strengthening channels, leaks, runs to take timely corrective action. Scientific regulation Reservoir downstream in the Ili River basin water supply, effective protection of the Kashi River middle and lower reaches of the irrigation water. According to statistics, June yilai, dry around peak Shi inputs drought personnel 3.04 million people, started electromechanical wells 1.63 million eye, and pumping station 1751 at, used maneuver drought equipment 220,000 Taiwan sets, maneuver shipped waterwheel 90,000 car, has cumulative completed drought watering area 9.3 million acres, through take pulled water sent water, and wells take water, and emergency adjustable water, measures, guarantees has dry 890,000 water difficult masses of basic life water.

(Original title: 3 heavy drought in provinces such as Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and 890,000 of drinking)

(Edit: SN146)
16:26 on July 04, 2014 China NET