習近平對陜西商洛市柞水縣境內一高速公路橋梁發生垮塌作出重要指示

習近平對陜西商洛市柞水縣境內一高速公路橋梁發生垮塌作出重要指示

要求全力搶險救援 強化巡查排險

切實保障人民群眾生命財産安全

李強作出批示

新華社北京7月20日電 7月19日20時40分許，陜西商洛市柞水縣境內一高速公路橋梁因山洪暴發發生垮塌，導致一些車輛墜河。截至20日10時，災害已造成11人死亡，另有30余人失聯。

災害發生後，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平高度重視並作出重要指示，陜西商洛市柞水縣境內一高速公路橋梁因山洪暴發發生垮塌造成多人失聯，當務之急是全力搶險救援，千方百計搜救失聯人員，最大限度減少人員傷亡，並妥善做好家屬安撫等善後工作。要注意科學施救，細緻排查周邊安全隱患，嚴防次生災害。習近平強調，當前正值“七下八上”防汛關鍵期，各地區和有關部門要高度重視、壓實責任，加強監測預警，強化巡查排險，落實落細各項措施，切實保障人民群眾生命財産安全。

中共中央政治局常委、國務院總理李強作出批示，要盡一切努力搜救失聯人員，儘快查明原因，妥善做好善後工作，並抓緊排查處置險情，嚴防次生災害。要舉一反三，進一步壓實各方責任，全面排查各類風險隱患，做好災害事故等防範。

根據習近平指示和李強要求，中共中央政治局委員、國務院副總理張國清率有關部門負責同志趕赴現場指導救援處置工作。陜西省、商洛市已組織力量開展救援處置。目前，現場救援、善後處置等工作正在進行中。

Xi urges all-out rescue, relief efforts after bridge collapses in northwest China

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all-out rescue and relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and property after the collapse of a highway bridge in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instructions after the bridge, located in Zhashui County in Shangluo City, collapsed at approximately 8:40 p.m. on Friday due to flash floods caused by heavy rain. Eleven people were killed while over 30 others remained missing as of 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The immediate priority is to carry out rescue operations, make every effort to search for the missing and minimize casualties, Xi said in the instructions, also urging efforts to assist the families of the affected.

Xi emphasized the importance of well-planned rescue and the prevention of secondary disasters.

He stressed that as the critical period of flood control approaches, it is imperative for regions and relevant departments to be extra vigilant, fulfill their duties diligently, improve monitoring systems and early warning mechanisms, strengthen inspections, and implement various measures meticulously to guarantee the safety of people's lives and property.

Premier Li Qiang, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, has given instructions to spare no effort in searching for and rescuing the missing people, investigate the cause promptly and take measures to prevent secondary disasters.

Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, has led a working team to the site to guide rescue efforts. ■