Feilaixia sluice navigation Beijiang Cypriot ship will ease the

GUANGZHOU October 20 (Xinhua Wu Tao) Guangdong Feilaixia 20, turn on the water in order to ease the North River waterway Qingyuan Section 3, starting from the Cypriot vessel. As at 14:00 on the 20th, some of Wong Zao boats blocked the ship had been traveling the waters downstream. Qingyuan Maritime Bureau expects Qingyuan North River waterway vessels can slug around 8 pm, complete ease.

Recently, this reporter learned from the Qingyuan Maritime Bureau, through the efforts of relevant departments coordinated Feilaixia Reservoir North River upstream from the date at 4 o'clock on the 20th to 550 cubic meters / second flow of a continuous drainage for 10 hours in order to ease the North River waterway vessels Qingyuan slug .

Qingyuan Maritime Bureau Director of Management Services HO Wai in an interview with Xinhua, said: "rainfall this year in the North River watershed, since January this year, since the channel has undergone Beijiang Qingyuan 8 times larger block boat events, more than last year 5, the last block boat just to clear the completed September 31. The Cypriot vessels from 3 began, as at 20, afternoon, more than 300 ships stranded. "

He explained that the relevant departments, according to statistics, the overall precipitation in the North River Basin 4 less than last year into more than the average in September Feilaixia Reservoir storage flow of 329 cubic meters / second, for the multi-year average flow of 38%. Less Rainfall in Guangdong Beijiang dry leading to severe shortage of the North River waterway to maintain water depth. According to the Guangdong Meteorological Bureau news, by the tropical depressions and weak cold air perimeter impact of western Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta on the 19th made a moderate rain, locally heavy rain in the next few days there is rainfall in some areas of Guangdong, but the North River area is located in northern Guangdong still no heavy rain.