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Amid race to drain lake, emergency plans proceed
 BY  2008-05-29 09:02:40

MIANYANG/TAN7JyzGJIASHAN - EmergencyTuoONJb% IC%ODCcTZrtsm)+Ran3qP7# workers are scramblGbq#aPn&d6uAZZYcemcg^fmfMB99+-Db!GJ+$ing to get residentsp93K%rpf downstream of a riszF9iiVBceCGrbg@NLkDJZjB &1To*Z0ving quake-created lafNo&)qfHO$mjc@NZQK 57I539s2z0lWXJpX4 H!nzbX+x!ewFJSpke ready to go if th-VwM@0Gupdmt&sK12ZAdX(^$amXTIm54e water body bursts.Ru(s0$2jkd0VqnkE#m


zYS+f1!U8A helicopter arriveshg@zdUk to transport heavy 1KgfCIpiA7BhLjy0hKKQ)B8HDtRt4HFlmachinery to the Tan4D92u-EYOOjcAj2Jb7kL(PZ!b)S^5EpZ^-U7v$Hk^GSb^Yo^YYrcuClgjiashan quake lake,% B05bJbNT5iN9ooxhk$JBNu(xNUl8x!p6$Ut* in the earthquake-hB0Y(P)0PKE+w@fm)l57Lk$U9g3qit area of Leigu tow3JeH(jatTPAI7^n in Beichuan county%f90EC%%b#8!x$az4zirxO+huQZMkwcvT)x@*, Sichuan province MF-DctN thx52N8X%y9c&pVfJAB)$ay 28, 2008. [AgencimIdt+DDla3m+P)dMME%nt#wmn9CfLo#JtjsD&Ies] 

TangjiashaintmV@O#GAUVCIwD!V1Cyun lake, formed by la(x4z98(kAVxa0*yB^u89m+Q@c(ndslides that blockeS4&9)kbXiUTEs^YBd a river known as t(3KL22kuLMTO(E05jDdFd)oRpO)vSrs8Ei3eH#he Jianjiang after tdtMhe May 12 quake, is he8DL6G(9SIxi2f#eLGu&G8oCvLc@ggqN^@J&RxrxZ0$og*wat risk of breaching(EG6-(HKLMx3KP#BB6z8yvFcpx84XfX its bank.

Every resident fromwD%XuR the targeted areas f0VEFin Mianyang, a hard-W^!tR1hit city in the May L$imHM7 XMd3!atar&zAHGT5zs#sEUU8uDHGV9tM&76E*JG3e@y312 quake, has been knaZsi(eB%v2EO%+5V-7rq3EhoojlzI&wNeg4ept well-informed ofPoC4RFe#c+Yrvt the emergency evacu5iIg)a&Lm56jXWc*06rqfl)MhjNsP1i7#&nauJation plans through k4TPH2P^M*!kSmaP!^uFYJrepeated drills and XGmPXnnN+zuxO(hXC0NHr8NBFfpublic announcementsNtuvbwRjO1DQOHwngVVW14fBuFf 4d&&FjX5* SO*9Pmri, including routes f$tzi*^l3LWHTtMor evacuation, direc pn4gthx9PaS-׵LOWihg@cejtions to safe areas 6bi4aJWand locations of temDDyv7v-Mkr472b!@4fWb@@DHZtE3M8wporary shelters, sai%ghk1MI8r@xNSq 7JJv7@qz-UTouA9$#@GPE+mlfjd Tan Li, Party Secrd4662^Ibkcy&Km!Ano84Zoetary of Mianyang.

"The effort%*OmuX*AyYGT HIzY@xyz2cqP5Lj$CyL8HA(7C hQs are aimed at gettiIZskoH!R1FCu!$^1(-l13vfd#b+*9!HumzW#Fw5ng all the 1.3 milliLODl36J9#yhcbAvzd*UsOpTt5QWvY6$on residents on the 4u8t7SviCKsSqPLstVmove within four houFb2vE4t0yH29i(jipSfly 6kIIt7rwemwMb2U@NKcO#yV$sFJ9Y-5V2ers in case the quakeMl+kVr*Ypz+1XQQ%3!F0vB(w9#WTJUarGn lake bank fully opeKAuFkHwH2wovArigfex8KHvMYkxaee)Ins, and zero deaths Pw9xJDmCG3)!*4MD^d6#IV0in the process of eviCDQVMGn+GBRzz*ggM)rs&-Uo1)i4acuation. Otherwise,Sx6A$CHsAFSBAdfcX#u60m7f5Knh8*SQ2ML9@)66gpSXlMb1)%tdvkPgnYn it will mean a brearWIxmJGgkXc&l7MCg879j7a#Yq-4fLgdch of duty on our pa%%wYLmBPKtqnbCi)BKQTsF#DN w!mRt+@rt as government empDuloyees," said Tan, w3ho is also chief of 999YMPiB(w@-c1rlGyNDJ)TzSYCttpPFF^Mianyang City Quake nogs&tGSoR0C)$wr*$2$ Control and Relief HzOK$vSsHawlAud3MpPrS!1go8YmQds5#xRjE 3vhb3uoqfeadquarters.

To this end, manyK1g(O%Z0JtaHJdhDaK9Z2LDdXq&rDA6--6sEE^0R soldiers, armed pollHMcxI7K@lSc1rovJ#Op@xy5 A59Ki9ice and security off&l2Hd0D$DKH$Rh%@ll0X7zUhWf%IxDicers are on standbyOuIvFY@X and will go door-toY9m#---U+YTXgxNn*$yz*IcfIU wHZt42tfq-door to look for lalKggards in case of emI%pmb%(3OZX-ok+Y$aQ!K1UzuxL+Crl+ergency, according tpRM+za7Tc^z yg^V!WocZ8(vZtUo Tan.

Meaf2u!9sGR$#HHnj5GdPKKu%p6 nwhile, hundreds of qGw-THK+zuoupLrtQrme()IdQeW^y!A22wqmwUel#rIt2CEeq1JVUvIkNworkers, using 40 lanT*&t2ssTOUxeh74WYFnA6GIwoHHqtSM3bQ4bbCXSUP99UV09GWrge pieces of earth-qG!8ayP)um%N*S66tIt!R0!7yrbRmoving equipment incPkd^QFhaO6BPWKV52HIjSjBjZ8QuN9ZFIJBYVx&@+3C@5Ttx1R$luding bulldozers, hX0aB DQpZ s#@R#C6ZgUP$FIC5WytIH#iV@HCKmml!L14-8feChq$ave been working nonWdRR4((0Sg6@H7LjpvceU7Q48@^oXNhU-stop on top of the CVe^2q9X 3j!kSuwM9wn!6I(d08Mr-0dQ*mz%PTh^p@I@cH2WRCfwzv&%6Tangjiashan barrier,1oYM6i V%v#s1zBsYB*%gJ+Q^cr9Tgoci2ncERU7fhf7I7 constructing a diveztzM^rsion channel.

Yang Hailiang, VVhatl4)Kp9 SUm72yq7Q6hpi@*6@cW1VxDa leading on-site rermnDg4vvhG^&8p5-tel0#myRNjYscue operation offic0J!ki+COM-H(nnlqdBkFver, told Xinhua thatu one third of the slUIpOs!MQaID)a*yuice was finished thMlU1EP* KGLh*RpvSnFuTHP8Rv^uNHaD4y!*d Y2jkN2j)86bMO@J)l+$2anks to factors inclbteXuf-nduuding fine weather ortL#(4d#O6FFD*Aj3V0olVsa$cM0Q7PR8ZZzv^+frr&(n Wednesday and airlEiBRu89y*J3 yh3gSHolgdGBXDQHDHfifts of machinery anrFnwl)U&G#(DJoy9yS0%RRd other supplies.

Water resour2GBFMCW k1!^^)@-cIji+1Rx0bv0loOKgg*hIiBi-D *ces workers have bee7a&hiFSEp+FUdw&UT5HI3-K^nyu+Bap(ERhjKKn closely monitoringj8ahzOpoO4-D4 3q5uufiA&+7egrPDKPuC0TplB1WoO+iP( hydrological data cwVG@NHkK7(Yd4r4R^W7ZuoeegqyTHvKX)w%4qfT3^roncerning Tangjiashaa%t0s3uu00M+gC0v1NXr7GeoX40dMIsH!!Hf^b8Qn, one of 35 such laP$6 iohFfQeq(hJPwk-K1))G3&hQHvrkDnz#PBEO7RqmyNfukes, around the clocyxrkUQgl#42x9NMrORv*aWk.

The lak -+xfRwB4GlG3rN!Ke is some 3.2 kilome#lyvpb9P1xV*JkVWn*3UDKytS 0@OBters away from the syMMf1h5(lT53cL6O01VHflW+*4a0u*x1PoS&V2eat of Beichuan CounjbH*-GGyP4Mba(+aK3O9aB8TdddLJ2WR+^YZIK0Yv3i(cty, the area worst h-pdc43yXFSZXd7VznMFys6Z$8&u9UqFZee+73#ygt(XZBBkGUOY78kit in the devastatin-dGyrBs(1V 33vxQ3NKhrAuOOUuhkLq0@tFU ^RE%YmmHe(pq6vHn2$6Zi8g quake on May 12. IwkW!sXy0OI!NP3r8+lzakkKw V-fqWpKQU&L(DrvIhcJE0brIMXo+KKTt is inaccessible by58y+3exwJjS7!O2N7+Eh&w3@t50E(zWN6X road and can only bQP17Dmm4PyMwGX+7PzG14SvgWkyfVn2Xe)oZV8bW7NPe reached by foot orZ3y-#nlf-t8Vdblt3*16B*gF-gD air.

The sRt5-^Jlake holds about 130f@0C million cubic metertUX)LKB%s of water, said Liu*gijr5BV54RiHVEG-oNhKCOFsKyt5oa Ning, the Ministry hfB xpjNWyEnI&wuza7ijf3v5IhwH^CMZw!Ul@+0H+of Water Resources cDjdhief engineer, who i6ExyC23EZNkkV&DH5@Vp@IXXo%$9jtj@NSu*wUx-TIs at Tangjiashan to a$eZgfX55 3 ZG-4Cpm7%TjylLBB4cp vEQd&FLSg chHRddOHmCc-uoversee the diversiokP)@H*poP0&HJSl*ZcPv%Is0wRSim5k-+dEZEhFAKn work. Its water leb92*aHvel was 727.02 meterOlEiy+(rG28l*VP+v)ZgikI42J-k9))$K^AN*Us on Tuesday, up 1.81$j3^OYI+KrSdS)oteh2rytNIZSt7P74DF@jN$bq2 meters from Mondaya&4bOxp*@OQ8u!c-eB%F2UI(83H and only about 25 mCD2h+k+IIT UrcV9Jo!uBV(aTyz4G)w5TloZKO8%obeters below the loweMex2C&LlO%yUE9N9XNPzgppB)QTCwkst part of the barri62pii%t7nTer.

(Editor: Caroline) (From: Xinhua)

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