The Study Of Flood Relief Of Zhumadian Area In August1975

In early August1975, a rare extraordinary rainstorm took place in Huaihe River Basin, which tookZhumadian Area of Henan Province as the center. It led to two large dams, Banqiao Dam and Shimantan Dam,and24small and medium-sized dams collapsed. Instantly the flood spread, which broughtserious loss of life and property. The purpose of the article is to achieve a comprehensive understanding andobjective evaluation on the flood and provide some references and enlightenment for the laterdisaster-relieving work by analyzing systematically the rain complexion, water complexion and generalsituation, and summarizing the characteristic and effect of the government disaster-relieving work.The article is divided into five parts.The first part mainly analyzes the the causes of the flood of Zhumadian Area It is not only in connectionwith the natural environmental factors, such as the topography,the river systems and the climate, but also itincludes some social factors, for example, the limitations in water conservancy, the deteriorationof eco-environment, the fault of flood prevention, ect.The second part introduces the survey of the flood. It included heavy rain, and the occurrence of floodsand the disaster.The third part discusses the concrete disaster rescue process of the government. After the disaster, thegovernment set up a flood prevention organization and carried out ideological mobilization to the disastervictims, formulated some feasible policies and guidelines in accordance with f the specific circumstances,arranged the disaster victims’ daily life in an organized way, and conducted self-rescuing movement andsideline production to increase the income in order to help them to restore the production and rebuild theirhomeland.The fourth part appraises and analyzes the work of the flood recue in1975. This disaster relief policyfully embodies the government’s people-oriented idea, approves the Chinese People’s Liberation Armyimportant role in the disaster relief, and the mass line guarantees the relief work carry out smoothly. But themany negative problems also exists in the work, for example, the participative subject is unitary, the supervision mechanism is poor, and the political character and formalism is intense and so on.The fifth part is the conclusion, which mainly introduces the references and revelation of the flood reliefin1975.It includes the following several aspects such as integrating social resources and making other socialorganizations and international forces take part in the disaster recue; establishing perfect managementmechanism to supervise the use of disaster relief supplies; Improving the professional quality of the workerswho take part in the relief work and setting up effective mechanism; making full use of science andtechnology means aiming at improving the timeliness of information.