Flood control and disaster fighting, rural areas urgently need to make up for their shortcomings.

Every disaster is a test of the consciousness and ability to resist disasters. The flood disaster reminds us not only to strengthen the attention and rescue to the affected rural areas, but also to examine the construction of rural flood control and disaster resistance capacity from the perspective of urban-rural integration. If we tamp the foundation more, do more in advance, and do more organization and protection, the rural areas will have more strength to resist the damage caused by natural disasters.

A flood has exposed many defects in the urban drainage system. What about the situation in the countryside? Let's take a look at a group of reports: on July 1, the Yejiawan Bridge in Dingjiazhai Village, Yanjiahe Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province was broken by flood, and the Yejiawan Group on the east bank of the river became an "isolated island." since July 18, torrential rain has fallen to torrential rain in Anyang County, Henan Province, causing disasters in 8 towns and 180 villages. Due to the interruption of traffic and communications, eight villages in Duli town were once lost. Careful analysis of the disaster data released around the country shows that most of the collapsed houses are in rural areas, and there are more casualties, which requires more attention and rescue.

This disaster has exposed the weakness of rural infrastructure, especially the deficiency of water conservancy construction. Although China has increased investment in rural water conservancy facilities in recent years, on the whole, the current rural flood control and drainage standards are still relatively low, and the flood control capacity of small and medium-sized rivers and reservoirs is relatively weak. The flood control embankments in some rural areas are still artificially rammed earth dams in the 1960s and 1970s, which are difficult to play a role in the event of heavy rain and disasters; coupled with negligence in management, some areas, especially in the traditional arid areas in the north, have the problems of crowding out flood channels and "human-water competition for land". Trees and crops have been planted on the bottom of some dams and slopes. In the event of excessive flood, it is very easy to get out of danger and collapse. The role of traditional pits and ponds originally used for water storage and flood storage in rural areas has also been reduced, some are in disrepair, some are silted and abandoned, some are landfills, and some are even covered with houses and crops, and there is no place to release the floodwaters. Can only rampant to aggravate the disaster.

In addition, rural areas are also places where the social assistance system is weak. Because some villages are remote and scattered, it is difficult for external rescue forces to extend to them at the first time. At the same time, with a large number of young and strong workers going to work in cities, it is a severe challenge to the mobilization of traditional flood control and flood fighting organizations in rural areas, so that when the flood comes, some villages can not find many strong workers who can fight the flood. In those "hollow" villages where old people and children stay, even people in their sixties and seventies can only be mobilized to patrol the levees.

To solve the problem of flood control and flood control capacity in rural areas, we must first strengthen the sense of responsibility for flood control in rural areas and increase investment in rural water conservancy infrastructure. While keeping an eye on major rivers, we should also pay more attention to the treatment of small and medium-sized rivers. Large rivers and small and medium-sized rivers are like human blood supply systems. If the aorta is strong, the capillaries are fragile, and it is impossible to guarantee a smooth circulation. It is necessary to establish the consciousness of "preventing large floods, we must plug small breaches," and vigorously strengthen the treatment of small and medium-sized rivers, the repair of small and medium-sized diseased and dangerous reservoirs, and the upgrading and transformation of small and medium-sized electric drainage stations. All localities should also consciously bring villages into the regional drainage and irrigation system, and build an effective "flood control circle" including major rivers, small and medium-sized rivers, reservoirs at all levels, as well as potholes and ditches in rural areas.

The combination of storage and discharge should give full play to the role of the traditional rural drainage and irrigation system and put an end to the problem of "human water fighting for land". Rivers, pits and ponds, ditches and ditches in farmland constitute a complete drainage and irrigation system in rural areas. All localities should pay more attention to the concept of scientific planning in the process of economic development, especially in the new round of urbanization, we must strictly implement the relevant provisions of the Flood Control Law and Water Conservancy Law, strengthen planning and strict management, give full play to the flood discharge capacity of river channels and the functions of reservoirs, depressions and lakes for flood regulation and storage, and take measures such as regular dredging and dredging according to local conditions. Open up the "meridians" of flood control and flood fighting in rural rivers, ditches and ponds, strengthen the capacity of rainwater storage and discharge, and ensure a way out for floods.

It is necessary to organically combine early warning in advance with scientific disaster prevention to ensure "safety redundancy." Flood control and flood fighting in rural areas is related to the safety of the lives and property of hundreds of millions of people, and it cannot be overemphasized. After entering the flood season, local governments should make preparations for early warning with a foolproof mentality and set aside a certain degree of "safety redundancy". They would rather prepare early and prepare more than prepare late and prepare less; draw up detailed flood control emergency plans in advance to ensure that they can start quickly when a major disaster comes; strengthen flood control inspection, check and fill gaps in time, and take precautions in the bud. All kinds of rescue forces are on standby at any time, and can be rescued quickly in the event of a dangerous situation; it is necessary to make accurate forecasts and forecasts for the ever-changing flood situation, and ensure that the early warning information is transmitted to farmers at the first time, so that people can be transferred in time.

We should pay attention to the combination of general attention and key attention, and increase the prevention and control of weak links. When floods come, special attention should be paid to the investigation and assistance of residents in special areas such as areas with hidden dangers of mountain torrents and mudslides, primary and secondary schools, and homes for the elderly, and more attention should be paid to some "hollow villages" and remote villages. try to have special people to keep an eye on and have special plans. When disasters come, some communication facilities are often destroyed, and most of the people left behind in the "hollow village" are the elderly and children, lack the ability to use mobile phones, e-mail and other modern technology, and often become blind areas for early warning information reception. This requires the combination of modern scientific and technological means with traditional means in disaster prevention and response, which can be ensured by means of village loudspeakers, wooden sticks tapping on the washbasin, or door-to-door notice to ensure coverage to the village and to people, without leaking a household or leaving a person.

Every disaster is a test of the consciousness and ability to resist disasters. The flood disaster reminds us not only to strengthen the attention and rescue to the affected rural areas, but also to examine the construction of rural flood control and disaster resistance capacity from the perspective of urban-rural integration. If we tamp the foundation more, do more in advance, and do more organization and protection, the rural areas will have more strength to resist the damage caused by natural disasters.