Changdu earthquake area reclaimed

At 5:23 on August 12th, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Changdu area of ​​Tibet. The officers and men of the First Corps of the People's Armed Police Force rushed to the disaster area to get a pass through the pass. At 15 o'clock on the 13th, the officers and men successfully intercepted 135 kilometers of main roads leading to the epicenter, Renguo Township of Zuogong County and Shayi Village of Tiantuo Town, the worst-hit region, opening up a "life channel" for the full-scale earthquake relief work. .

As some highways are non-grade roads, heavy machinery cannot be accessed for a time. Officers and men are in groups of several, hand-to-shouldered, manual barriers are removed to ensure that roads are opened, and heavy machinery is excavated to widen and reinforce (fig.) , urgently opened up a temporary road. In the plateau area above 4,000 meters above sea level, some officers and soldiers have symptoms of altitude sickness, and no one can withdraw. Aftershocks hit many times and the officers and men succeeded in avoiding more than 20 dangers under the command of the security officer.

As of press time, the officers and men cleared a total of 87 collapsed houses, promptly transferred more than 150 people, removed more than 20 dangerous places, and cleared more than 50,000 cubic meters of landslides.