Xinhua News Agency, Lhasa, February 7th Title: The plateau earthquake area welcomes spring - visit Dingri again in January after the earthquake

Xinhua News Agency reporters Bianba Tsering, Gesang Langjie, and Lu Danyang

On January 7th, a strong earthquake raided Tibet Dingri; on February 7th, visiting the disaster area again, new hope has risen here.

In just one month, with the hard work of Tibetan cadres and the masses and the assistance of multiple parties, emergency rescue, material supply, transitional resettlement... a number of disaster relief work were carried out quickly in the earthquake zone. Bowls of hot meals, warm clothes and quilts, and bags of warm fuel come from all over the country, gathering into a warm current to overcome difficulties together, warming the hearts of the people on the plateau.

Now when you walk into the resettlement site, the neat board rooms are arranged neatly, with water, electricity and networks all available, and the cheerful laughter of children playing again... As winter goes and spring comes, the people in the disaster area are witnessing the rebirth of their homes.

On the day of the Ding Dynasty in early February, the cold air had not yet dissipated. Walking into the prefabricated house of Mima, a 67-year-old man in Yejiang Village, the burning cow dung in the stove accompanied by sparks, making the room warm. "The cow dung and other fuel I received will be fine to spend this winter." Mima sat upright by the bed, her face reddened by the fire.

"The masses moved from simple tents to warm prefabricated houses, and we distributed the materials to them as quickly as possible." said Tashi Dunzhu, the first secretary of Yejiang Village.

As of January 31, Dingri County has built 7,733 prefabricated houses and 9,941 tents, and resettled 47,787 people affected. The reporter learned from the Civil Affairs Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region that since the earthquake, charity associations, associations and foundations at all levels have received 1.09 billion yuan in donations.

Driving in the severely affected area of ​​Dingri County, the ruins have been cleaned up, and neat board houses in the resettlement site are lined up, and wisps of smoke are rising.

In the early morning, the sun shines gently, and the Pengqu River Valley is gradually illuminated. In each resettlement site, cadres and the masses started another busy day.

Robu, a villager in Gurong Village, put on a blue vest with the "Rebuild Home" printed on it, and then joined the reconstruction of his home after the disaster. Some of his companions were cleaning the resettlement sites for environmental sanitation, some were transporting and cleaning up waste, and some were collecting livestock feed...

"The 38 households with labor in the village participated in the reconstruction work, and everyone was very active." Robu put the garbage on the transport vehicle and said with a smile, "I have a salary of 260 yuan a day, so I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and the income problem has been solved."

"The people's smiles are getting more and more." Xu Chao, the first secretary of Gurong Village, said that now medical and health work has been transferred to daily care, and all the people in the severely affected areas of Dingri County have moved into prefabricated houses, and the people in the earthquake-stricken areas are gradually returning to normal production and life.

I saw the policeman Dunzhu Ciren again. He was playing football with the children in the resettlement site of Gurong Village, with a smile on his face. Back a month ago, he was covered in dust, his nails were covered in wood chips and mud, and his face was covered in solemnity. "In one month, the change is too big."

In his memory, a tough battle to fight earthquake relief "race against time" quickly started on the roof of the world.

10 minutes after the earthquake, emergency rescue forces were dispatched; 30 minutes after the earthquake, rescue work had been fully launched in the most severely affected areas; 9 hours after the earthquake, all road sections damaged by the earthquake were opened, and mobile communication signals returned to normal; 13 hours after the earthquake, Dingri County and 7 townships resumed power supply; that night, many people affected in the earthquake had a hot meal and moved into tents...

In January, people from disaster areas came and went, leaving behind heartwarming stories circulating at the foot of Mount Everest.

Ramen master Ma Jie drove more than 2,700 kilometers from Linxia, ​​Gansu to the epicenter to cook bowls of hot ramen for the affected people...

The members of the Emergency Psychological Rescue Team of the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the children in the earthquake area to play and study together, and accompanied the children with warmth...

Grassroots cadres faced the wind and sand every day, carrying out hidden danger investigation, cleaning up ruins, and distributing materials...

Now, the transitional resettlement in Dingri County has been completed, and the post-earthquake production and living order has entered the recovery period.

The sun is warm and gentle at noon. The villagers of Gurong Village sat on the ground on the artificial lawn in the middle of the resettlement site. The older children were playing football and cheering and shouting to each other. In the warm hut not far away, volunteers taught the children to learn to draw and play with colored mud.

"The quality will definitely be better than the previous house." "I hope it will be better for earthquake resistance." "The balcony on the second floor is bigger." When talking about the expectations for a new home, the people at the resettlement site put forward their thoughts.

Rob smiled and said, "I hope to participate in the reconstruction of my home and make my hometown better and better." (End)