Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1062 - 693: Men Shed Tears Too

Han Yu took several deep breaths in succession and asked, "Is there any news from Angong?"

"Yes."

Old Wei picked up the duty phone record, glanced at it, and said, "The cause of the breach has been clarified. The breach is located at the Yanjiatai embankment section, stake number 53+500 to 54+000, with a length of 500 meters. It belongs to Baogang Sixth Group in Malaysian Management District of Mengxi Town, and it is a danger section facing upstream impact.

The embankment is 8 meters wide, with an outer slope ratio of 1:3 above 41 meters, and 1:22 below, no river beach, but a block stone slope protection project is in place. There is a second-level platform inside the embankment, both with a slope ratio of 1:3. The first-level platform is 4 meters wide, the second-level platform is 6 meters wide, and below the platform is a marsh pit with water depths of 0.6 to 1.2 meters..."

Vice Mayor Qin frowned and said, "Salted Fish, from the basic situation, it looks like Angong County has put some effort into this embankment section."

"Yes, such an embankment section shouldn't breach."

Han Yu nodded and asked Old Wei to continue.

Old Wei took a small sip of water, looked at the phone record, and read, "On July 5th, a middle school student discovered a water spout at the edge of a grassy marsh and reported the danger to the watch booth. The watch booth reported it to the flood control command substation of the Hu Du River. The substation considered the danger minor and only reminded them to observe closely."

"July 5th?"

"Yes, it was discovered a month ago."

"I wasn't referring to that." Han Yu picked up the walkie-talkie again and called, "Shousong, Shousong, are you resting?"

"I just laid down, not asleep yet, Secretary Han, what's the directive?"

"No directive, just inquiring. Have you ever been to Yanjiatai before?"

"Yes, Master Xi and Master Yao found us at Yanjiatai."

"When you were over there, did you hear about any water spouting?"

"Yes, we received the news and went to encircle it with sandbags, made a filter well. The cadres of the Hu Du River command substation came to inspect, said it wasn't a big problem, just asked the village cadres to keep observing and left."

"Nothing more, rest up."

Han Yu put down the walkie-talkie and looked at Old Wei again.

Old Wei quickly said, "On July 25th, an elementary school student found a fist-sized hole spewing water while herding cattle at the marsh edge. Upon investigation, it was only 0.5 meters from the second-level platform base, with an orifice diameter of 0.05 meters, a sand pan of 1.5 square meters, a sand dune of 0.15 meters, and muddy water flowing out.

0.6 meters from the first erosion hole, another erosion hole with a diameter of 0.01 meters was discovered. Under the command substation's requirement, a three-level filter surrounding well was built immediately. Meanwhile, two more erosion holes appeared 0.5 meters from the base of the marsh second-level platform. One was resolved with a two-level filter well, and the other using a filter pile...

At 12:15 a.m. today, embankment patrol personnel discovered, via motorcycle headlights during patrol, that the pond water upstream had almost risen to the newly constructed platform level. Simultaneously, they found a more than one-meter-diameter erosion hole in a pond about 10 meters from the second-level platform base, turning out muddy water, and immediately reported it to the command.

At 12:20 a.m., the embankment began to collapse, with longitudinal cracks on the surface, crack width of 0.06 meters. By 12:40 a.m., the breach had widened to 30 meters. As of an hour ago, the breach had expanded to 185 meters, with an estimated maximum flow rate of about 900 cubic meters per second."

Another breach caused by erosion!

Deputy Division Commander Tao was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Erosion is so difficult to control; why is it always erosion?"

"As early as July 5th, as early as the day we left home, it was discovered! It's not that erosion is hard to control, but rather that it wasn't controlled at all. This is a breach that shouldn't have happened; it can be said to be a serious accident of negligence, dereliction of duty, and failing to control. "

"Salted Fish, didn't they control it, making filter wells and even filter piles?"

"That's not control; that's a makeshift solution. The only method for controlling erosion risks is 'external block, internal guide.' They didn't do external blocking, meaning locating and plugging leaks, nor did they do internal guidance correctly. In such situations, sub-dikes should be built around the pools to counteract with water pressure, rather than using earth to press down previously made filter wells and piles."

Han Yu took a deep breath and continued, "Moreover, knowing it's a dangerous section, knowing there is an erosion risk, in the 35 days from discovering the danger to the breach, there was no fixed team stationed for defense, no necessary emergency materials prepared, and no emergency response plan developed. This is dereliction of duty. Those responsible for flood control of the Hu Du River embankment should be arrested and tried!"

Vice Mayor Qin couldn't help but ask, "Salted Fish, if Binjiang encounters such a situation, how should it be arranged?"

"First, find leaks to block them. If leaks can't be found, start with 'internal guidance,' which means building filter wells. Then arrange a fixed team for guard duty, including cadres, young and strong labor forces, electricians responsible for lighting, etc. Communications must be guaranteed, and any changes in danger must be reported promptly. Meanwhile, sandbags, stones, and geotextiles should be prepared to deal with emergencies at any time."

"Very professional. When we return, you can be transferred to the Office of Flood Control and Drought Relief Command as Deputy Director."

"Mayor Qin, don't joke around. I'm not professional at all. It's just that dealing with this now, you have to learn and understand a bit. What I just said isn't only known to me; all the soldiers in our battalion know this. We've organized training sessions and conducted tests after training."

"I almost forgot, you are the chief instructor of the military-civilian flood control and emergency rescue skills training class."

The subordinates and juniors performed excellently. Vice Mayor Qin felt proud and turned to say, "Deputy Division Commander Tao, Salted Fish started working in water law enforcement rescue at sixteen and began participating in flood control and emergency rescue. He may not understand matters on land, but when it comes to water affairs, there's nothing he doesn't know."

"Mayor Qin, it's not as exaggerated as you say."

"Not exaggerated. From the anchoring requirements proposed for the engineering fleet tonight alone, it can be seen that you always have a string of safety tensioned in your mind. If it weren't for Ningning at the Port Supervision Bureau, Old Zhu would have transferred you to the Port Supervision Bureau long ago."