Chapter 152: The Power of Nature
Just when the county magistrate of Gohati praised this self-help guide.
Suddenly, a black shadow appeared on the water in front of him, and he stepped on the hood and rushed to the roof of the car like lightning.
Knock, knock......
Listening to the footsteps coming from the roof of the shed, the three of them turned pale with fright.
"What the hell is this?"
"Don't worry, it's just a leopard."
As soon as Gu Ji finished speaking, a claw with sharp nails slapped on the co-pilot's window, so frightened that the county magistrate even dropped his mobile phone on the ground, "The leopard chooses to harass humans at this time, either to forage for food, or to ask for help." ”
Sure enough, after half a minute of continuous harassment.
Seeing that the car was indifferent, it jumped from the roof of the car to the trunk of the neem tree next to the road.
Only then did the three of them see that it was really a leopard, but because of the heavy rain, they were soaked, their hair was sticking to their flesh, and they looked very down, so they could only watch Gu Ji drive farther and farther away.
It's close to noon.
Gu Ji finally saw the sign of "Gohati" on the highway.
The three county magistrates breathed a sigh of relief, but the joy was not hot for long, "crackling", and the stagnant water in front of the highway made a splash again, and just when they thought it was some animal again, it turned out to be a fish head that jumped out of the water!
Gu Ji frowned, feeling a little bad.
He can understand that animals are fleeing from the forests near the river basin, and they are trying to avoid flooding, but if even fish are in towns or kilometers, it means that the river has backflowed.
He drove forward for a while, and as a result, the water level on the road was getting higher and higher, and the hood had completely submerged.
On the one hand, it is to ensure that the road is as smooth as possible, so that the vehicle can drive smoothly and safely, and on the other hand, it is necessary to support the requirements of the road surface to bear the driving load, so the terrain is often higher than that on both sides of the road.
Even the roads are like this, which shows how high the water level of the fields on both sides has become.
The county magistrate also noticed that the town not far away seemed to be a little blurrier than when he came out during the day, and in a hurry, he urged Gu Ji to drive in the direction of the airport.
The terrain of the airport is often very high, because in the low terrain, the plane landing is like landing in a basin, and the surrounding buildings are like basin edges, which will affect the sight of the landing, increase the safety hazards of landing, and the airport runway is often a little slope.
As the vehicle continues to go deeper.
The first thing Gu Ji saw was the mountains on the horizon, which should be the mountains on the other side of the Brahmaputra River, and he vaguely remembered that the location of his father's previous wreck was in the north of Assam on the opposite bank.
So he pretended to ask casually:
"I heard that there was a plane crash on the other side of the strait a while ago, what happened?"
"The investigation has long been over, the accident site and the body have all been found, and our county also sent an additional team of firefighters to support at that time, but it was the military who was responsible for the follow-up sweep."
County Governor Gohati thought for a moment.
How is it the military again?
Gu Ji's head was big when he heard these two words now.
After another kilometer, everyone finally saw the whole picture of Gohati, which was smaller than Disbur, with a population of just over 120,000, and the parks and wastelands in the town had long been flooded, and some low-lying bungalows were only orange tiles.
And the vicinity of the airport is obviously quite lively.
As in front of the previous hospital, a large number of vehicles have gathered around the airport, blocking the traffic, and many vehicles have broken down, most of them are middle-class and above families in Gohati or nearby towns, presumably trying to flee by plane.
"Isn't the airport blocked yet?"
"At present, due to weather conditions, the airline has issued air traffic control, and all flights have been cancelled to be determined."
In the process of answering, the county magistrate seemed to see something, and hurriedly waved his hand to let Gu Ji turn around.
Following the direction he was pointing, Gu Ji noticed two orange kayaks pulled behind a huge red fire truck, on which were many Indian firefighters and policemen wearing blue-black reflective suits.
Boy.
The gang started rowing around town......
Yes, with today's water levels, it is really better to drive a boat than to drive a car in some places.
After the vehicle approached, the county magistrate rolled down the window and shouted: "Shukla, did I give my order in vain this morning, didn't I let you deal with the disaster in the city, what are you wandering around the airport!" ”
"County magistrate?"
The middle-aged uncle in the kayak was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "Report to the county magistrate, there was a landslide near Nizapur, and after we received the alarm, we were preparing to rush to the rescue." ”
"Landslides?"
The county magistrate's heart chuckled, and he subconsciously glanced at Gu Ji.
I didn't expect that at the crisis management meeting, it was really a prophecy.
Compared with the rise in water level caused by heavy rain, the search and rescue difficulty of landslides is higher, because landslides involve a large number of debris accumulation, in addition to mobilizing lighting, anti-chemical, rescue, logistics support and other fire fighting vehicles and large carriers, in case of serious accidents, but also need cranes, forklifts, excavators, demolition wreckers and other large vehicle equipment, very troublesome, not to mention that there is water everywhere now, and it may break down at any time.
What's more serious is that landslides not only cause casualties and property damage within a certain range, but also pose a serious threat to nearby road traffic.
There are few roads in Assam, and in case the traffic is paralyzed, it is really like what Gu Ji said.
Completely isolated from the world, to fend for itself!
"Mr. Vidi, I'm afraid you're right, if the heavy precipitation continues, the residents of the towns and villages around the basin really need to be evacuated as soon as possible!"
The secretary on the side couldn't help but jump in eyelids.
From following the county magistrate to the present, it is the first time he has seen the county magistrate call a young man "sir", which shows that Gu Ji now has a status in the county magistrate's mind.
After speaking, he began to ask Gu Ji to help design an emergency response plan for the county seat of Gohati.
Although the state government meeting in the morning had already formulated disaster relief measures and set up relevant emergency rescue headquarters, the implementation of each county was different, and the strategy was often not universal, and it was very troublesome to communicate with the disaster relief commissioner of the disaster management department of the state government.
On the contrary, it is better to be a ready-made "crisis management expert" like Gu Ji.
Gu Ji didn't shirk it.
Nowadays, the more the government values him, the greater the personal role he can play in the level, the more people he can save, and the richer the rewards will be in the end.
Win-win things, why not.
After exchanging phone numbers, he learned that the county magistrate of Gohati was named Kieran, and when the other party left in a special car, he was ready to drive alone to investigate the actual situation of Gohati.
Before leaving, he rolled down the window and leaned out to look at the roof, trying to check if any screws or parts had been damaged by the leopard from earlier.
But what he didn't expect was that there was no damage to the luggage rack, but there was a black shadow around the corner.
Gu Ji took a closer look, and it turned out to be a leopard cub.
Indian leopards give birth in April ~ May every year, and the young animals follow the mother animal until the next estrus period will be separated and live independently.
It turned out that the leopard came to harass Gu Ji just now to ask for help and ask him to help save the cubs.
It's a pity.
Gu Ji reached out and touched its chest, and there was no heartbeat at all.
A long time ago, dead.
This is the horror of natural disasters.
In the face of nature, all beings are equal;
Whether you are an intelligent human or a strong feline, you are vulnerable in the face of heavy rain and under the wrath of nature.
Crises will not give you time for mercy.
Gu Ji took a breath, handed over the dead leopard cub to the nearby staff, and then drove to the bank of the Brahmaputra River.
It is one of the major rivers in Asia, originating in the territory of Xia Guofanzhou, the upstream is called the Brahmaputra River, after confluence with other two rivers in Assam, India, it is called the Brahmaputra River, and after flowing through Bangladesh, it is called the Jamuna River, and finally joins the Ganges River in Guarondokad to form a huge Ganges Delta, which flows into the Bay of Bengal, with a total length of 2,900 kilometers.
The river basin in India is also the direction of future flooding predicted by Gu Ji.
According to the data, India has built a total of 3,800 kilometers of embankments on the Brahmaputra River, and 44 cities have built flood control projects, and have carried out river channel improvement and control projects.
Judging from historical disasters, it is clear that these flood control infrastructures have not played an effective role.
On the one hand, the monsoon continues to bring heavy precipitation due to natural disasters, and on the other hand, or man-made, irrigation and water supply!
The population of West Bengal and Bangladesh is more than 100 million, and the 200 million inhabitants in the basin mainly depend on agriculture for their livelihood, and the water demand for agricultural irrigation is very large, but the runoff of the river is unevenly distributed in the year, and 60%-70% of the runoff is concentrated in the flood season.
In order to meet water demand, dams must store water for use during non-flood or dry seasons.
The dams accumulated in India are often very exaggerated, often tens of hundreds of meters, the largest one even has hundreds of meters, and the storage capacity is nearly 10 billion cubic meters......
The consequences are unimaginable.
You must know that the water capacity of Tangzhou West Lake is 14.48 million cubic meters, and hundreds of billions of cubic meters of water are stored, which is equivalent to hundreds of West Lakes being smashed down at the same time, and the power is even more terrifying than a nuclear bomb!
This not only reminded him of the worst flood in the history of the Xia Kingdom, 75.8, which caused 26,000 people to die.
Gu Ji understood.
Natural disasters, accident disasters, public health incidents, man-made attacks......
The public health had the plague of Justinian, which killed 100 million people; Man-made attacks had World War II, in which about 90 million people died; Natural disasters include the Lisbon earthquake, which killed about 60,000 to 100,000 people; The accident involved Chernobyl, which resulted in the death of 93,000 people.
Of the four major crisis areas, none of them are good!
Come to the edge of the town of Gohati.
It's not that Gu Ji doesn't want to move forward, but he can't move forward anymore, the water in the town has not reached half of the windshield in front of the off-road vehicle, if he forces himself to the shore, I'm afraid it will be his turn to save himself.
So Gu Ji retreated the vehicle, leaned on a relatively safe position, rolled down the window, put on his backpack, and put on a life jacket.
It's not that he's not water-based.
In fact, since acquiring the skills of training in close tactical operations at sea, his swimming skills are even inferior to those of some provincial athletes, and he has greatly surpassed the latter in drowning prevention.
After all, what special training needs to consider is stable applicability in extreme environments.
But as the saying goes, "He who drowns knows water".
In case the dam suddenly bursts and floods in a second, even if he is possessed by a white stripe in the waves, it is impossible for him to be stronger than ordinary people, and a life jacket is different, and the good floating performance ensures that he can float on the water even if he hits a coma, which will bring about an essential difference in survival.
And carrying a backpack is also a meaning.
In case of an accident with the vehicle, he has at least one bag of important supplies left.
Gu Ji, who has been a special police officer for four years, has always followed the principle of "danger plus one" in police tactics in his mind, raised the dangers he faced and the difficulty of dealing with them to a higher level, and always maintained a high degree of sobriety and vigilance.
Swim to the vicinity of the edge of town.
Gu Ji felt that the shore was almost no different from the river, because of the heavy rain and heavy precipitation, the river water and the stagnant water were integrated, and the turbulent flowing water, like a herd of wild horses running wild, was violently rampage between the town wall and the trees on the opposite bank, making a roaring sound.
So much so that he couldn't stabilize himself in the water without holding on to the root of the wall.
"Moo!"
On the ground, he saw a buffalo on the opposite bank swept into the river by the rapid current on the bank, and before he could react, he was swept out of the current more than ten meters away by the current in the blink of an eye, without the power to resist.
"It's terrible, once a person is involved, there is no possibility of escape......
He didn't even have time to think about other situations, so he quickly took out his phone and reminded the county magistrate of Kieran that all people were forbidden to come near the shore, including the residents near the shore, through emergency broadcasts and the media, and all moved elsewhere, and then relayed the situation to Fatima.
Back in the car, Gu Ji briefly sorted out his thoughts and sent the emergency plan to Kieran.
On the basis of the state government meeting, two main points have been added:
The first is to guard the banks of the river; Because Gohati is a coastal city, it is more dangerous and more affected by precipitation than Disbur, so a warning zone should be set up on the shore and the water level should be monitored at all times;
Second, it is to set up a logistics department and set up temporary shelters as soon as possible; This is not only to undertake the housing problems of shore residents, but also to facilitate the unified management of the government, popularize the knowledge of disaster prevention, and temporarily recruit those with strong learning ability into the rescue team.
That's right.
Gu Ji observed during his visits and found that the personnel of the Gohati government were very urgent, especially the fire and police officers who were rushing to the front line, so it was necessary to set up a volunteer system in time.
He had relied on volunteers to survive the last catastrophe at the World War II factory checkpoint.
In the morning at the state government hospital, Gu Ji also experienced the ability of the local Indians, as long as they teach patiently, they are still relatively reliable and can endure hardships.
When Kieran heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately invited him to the government building for dinner.
In line with the idea that a meal can be saved, Gu Ji will certainly not miss this opportunity to eat, so the county magistrate will give him a box of canned food.
In the county government building, officials are busy inside and out.
After Gu Ji and Kieran converged, the two took him to the staff cafeteria.
I don't know if it was to satirize his behavior of slamming the door in the car, the secretary "deliberately" prepared a sumptuous meal for him, with pilaf, cakes, chicken curry, curry vegetables, milk tofu, and finally a cup of milk tea.
"Your Gohati food strategy reserves are plentiful enough."
"Kvatra, immediately notify the canteen to eat, forget this meal, start with dinner, save food, and strictly follow the government's disaster emergency response measures."
After a few words, Kiran understood the meaning, and immediately frowned, turned around and scolded the secretary.
The latter, knowing that he was self-defeating, hurriedly folded his hands and left in shame.
Since Gu Ji gave him a lot of useful advice, Kieran now simply regarded him as his "Zhiduoxing", if Gu Ji hadn't told the other party that the Minister of Disaster Management had assigned him to the front-line investigation team, I am afraid that Gu Ji would have been pocketed and tied to Gohati.
Although Gu Ji is very uncomfortable with using pilaf, it must be admitted that this is the first hot meal since he entered the level, and it swept away the cold feeling of being drenched in the rain outside the house, but the taste of Indian curry is too strong and spicy to eat.
After lunch, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
Gu Ji drank hot salty milk tea, rested for a while, and drove to the dam again.
Knowing the water level helps him to establish the expectation of a levee failure, and can also investigate the real cause of the accident and complete other goals and tasks that may be involved in the future.
The nearest dam is only about 900 meters from Goharati.
It is a mixed earth-rock dam.
It is mainly composed of 4 parts, such as dam body, impermeable body, drainage body, slope protection, etc., compared with concrete dam, it has the advantages of local materials, saving cement, and lower requirements for the foundation conditions of the dam site, and the disadvantage is that the durability is slightly worse.
The axis of the whole dam is arc-shaped, about 660 meters long, about 90 meters high, and the total water storage capacity is about 4.1 billion cubic meters, which is a medium-sized dam.
Gu Ji parked the car in a safe place, stood on the roof of the car, and carefully observed the dam body with a telescope.
There is a lesson from the past, even India's largest dam can burst, let alone such an obscure one.
However, due to the heavy rain, it was difficult for him to see the details of the dam, and at least on the surface, there was no obvious damage.
There are a total of 9 sluice gates in the entire dam, and at this moment, under the command of the State Water Resources Department, the sluice gates are being opened with full force to discharge floodwater.
This is also the reason why the river on the banks of Gohati is fast.
Gu Ji found the person in charge, and after revealing his identity, he came to the central control room of the dam, and first checked the current water storage level, which has reached 81 meters, according to the normal water storage level of the reservoir of 76.68m, and the highest water storage level of 80.21m, it has reached the dangerous range, and it may cause a burst of the embankment at any time.
Didn't the Minister of the Water Resources Agency swear at the meeting that there was no problem?
Do you want to take the blame?
In response to his questioning, the dam director said that the flood discharge has been going on, and as long as the rain does not change, the water level will drop.
But the point is, no one knows how long the tropical depression will last and whether precipitation will intensify.
Gu Ji took a picture of the data with his mobile phone and passed it to the county magistrate of Kieran and Fatima respectively, the former said that he would immediately report to the chief minister, and in the face of a time bomb hanging overhead, everyone would be anxious.
After all, once the dam bursts, the first to suffer is Gohati.
Fatima has also completed contact with the Hyderabad Naval Base, and the Indian Naval Meteorological Analysis Centre is exchanging data with the Assam Meteorological Department to make a final interpretation of the tropical depression zone in the Bay of Bengal.
In the evening, the rain began to lighten.
It was back to yesterday afternoon's drizzle.
Gu Ji stood on the steps of the government building, looking at the cheering officials in the courtyard, as well as the people who were boiling all the way, and frowned slightly.
Because he knew that disaster would never end so easily.
And that's exactly what happened.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, he was called up by the secretary of the county magistrate, and the state government suddenly called a second emergency meeting.
In order to save water, he didn't even wash his face, so he hurried downstairs.
Perhaps it was yesterday's car womb incident that cast a shadow on Kieran, and today his vehicle has been replaced with an off-road vehicle modified for wading hoses.
More than two hours later, they arrived again at the state government building.
I didn't come back all night, the water level in Disbur didn't drop much, and the group of people in the conference room were still the same people as yesterday, perhaps finally aware of the seriousness of the situation, and everyone's faces were a little more solemn.
The Minister of Water Resources lowered his head even more, and after seeing Gu Ji, his expression was a little gloomy.
"It seems that everyone knows that today's meeting is not optimistic, but there is also good news, Minister Anurag, your idea of a self-rescue guide for the people in heavy rain and floods is very good, and the general response of the police and fire department has reduced the accident rate a lot."
After the chief minister sat down in his seat, he first praised the minister of disaster management.
Anurag just grinned: "Chief, this guide is not my responsibility, but the credit of Vidi and Fatima, one is responsible for writing it, and the other is responsible for contacting the media to send it." ”
"Oh, Viddy?"
The chief minister looked at Gu Ji in surprise, and finally praised appreciatively: "Yes, young people have a lot of good ideas!" ”
Then the meeting officially began, and he first asked the Minister of the Meteorological Agency to announce the results of the study discussed with the Naval Meteorological Center.
It turned out that the tropical depression did not weaken, but intensified, and it is likely to turn into a tropical storm, and the precipitation band did not stop but moved to the vicinity of West Bengal and southwestern Bangladesh.
In other words, the pain has not gone away, but has only shifted temporarily.
"According to the meteorological monitoring report, it is expected that at about 10 o'clock tonight, there will be heavy rain and heavy precipitation, which will last for 12 hours, what can you do?"
In the face of the chief minister's inquiry, no one dared to speak for a while.
After being silent for a long time, County Magistrate Kieran finally couldn't help it:
"Chief Minister, since heavy precipitation is unavoidable and the river dam is not releasing as expected, my suggestion is to temporarily relocate the people of the towns and villages near the riverbank to safety as soon as possible, while the water has not risen."
Migration ......
The ministers whispered, as if they did not expect that he, who was still in the conservative camp of the Minister of Communications yesterday, would suddenly "defect" to Gu Ji's radicals today.
The chief minister glanced at Gu Ji and shifted his gaze to the Minister of Water Resources.
The latter immediately said nervously: "Chief, what the county magistrate of Kilan said is not appropriate, it is not that the flood discharge is less than expected, but that individual reservoirs have reached the edge of the warning line, and the flood discharge is being carried out in an orderly manner as the precipitation stops." ”
"What about the heavy precipitation at 10 o'clock tonight?"
Gu Ji suddenly spoke, causing Fatima beside him to startle, and even Anurag trembled his eyelids.
Who would have thought that a small investigator in the office of the Department of Agriculture would have the audacity to contradict a senior minister of the state government on the spot!
The Minister of Water Resources was already angry about the dam, but now Gu Ji took the initiative to hit the muzzle of the gun, and his eyes immediately showed hideousness.
"You're just an investigator in the office of the Department of Agriculture, and you really think that if you look at one or two dams, you understand what water conservancy is?"
"Although I don't know about water conservancy, I will never hide the data, let alone gamble with the lives of 33 million people in the state!"
Gu Ji sneered with a calm face, not afraid of the threat of the Minister of Water Resources at all.
Fatima was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect him to go back so head-on, without leaving any affection for the Minister of Water Resources.
As if she was afraid that Gu Ji would be scolded, or that the theory would not stand, she hurriedly pulled out a list from the information.
"Chief Minister, this is the record of dam maintenance on the major rivers in Assam, among which the dams in the central region are relatively old, with an average of nearly 1.2 repairs per year, and this year's repairs have not yet started, and from the data, the risk index of the Mizose dam failure near Gohati is indeed not low."
"In such a high-risk environment, I also agree with the migration strategy."
Seeing this scene, Anurag also raised his hand with a slight smile, Gu Ji, as a talent he personally asked for from the Minister of Agriculture, would definitely stand up and support him at this time.
For a time, there were two high-ranking officials who supported Gu Ji.
The county governor of Dispur is not far from the bank of the river, and considering the risk of the town, it also chose the side of Guji.
The ministers of transportation, health, and police looked at each other, and when they saw that the chief minister had never opened his mouth to stop, they suddenly understood that only one day had passed, and the direction of the meeting had changed.
More and more ministers are raising their hands in favour.
The Chief Minister then spoke:
"Since everyone agrees on the migration plan, let's use it as the theme to develop a new emergency strategy, Vidi, do you have any ideas as the main proposer of the plan?"
"Yes."
Gu Ji said as he took out a map of Assam from his pocket.
He had been preparing for this moment for a long time, and pointed to two towns in the south of Assam, east and west:
"According to the principle of proximity and safety in the relocation and resettlement route of the affected people, I think the disaster shelter can be set in the direction of Qilaritazi and Lumdin; Firstly, these two cities are not far from Assam, and secondly, they are high and far from rivers and are not vulnerable to flooding. ”
"Both are important transportation hub cities in towns, considering the wide area affected by the disaster, the large number of people transferred, considering the safety, it is best to use the form of train transfer, on the one hand, the train carrying capacity is high, on the other hand, the train track foundation is higher, compared to land transportation is safer, and these two are large cities, can supply us with resources at any time."
"Kira Rizzi ......"
Unexpectedly, the chief minister was a little hesitant after hearing this name.
The eyes of the other ministers have changed more or less.
The reason for this is that Kirarizi is not in Assam, and because of India's governance strategy, as well as history, ethnicity and other issues, the six northeastern states often have conflicts, and the various regions of the state are also very chaotic.
In addition to the egregious genocide, there have also been violent clashes between states, such as the border clashes between Assam and Mizoram in '21, which killed six police officers, and the chief ministers of the two states also had a public argument on social media, which shows that the "close neighbors" are not close.
But at the moment of crisis, Gu Ji couldn't manage so much.
If it is transported by land, more than one million people along the river will have to be driven by thousands of passenger cars in turns for 24 hours, and let the people walk on their own, such a deep water is prone to accidents.
The Chief Minister understood these things, and looked at Anurag.
The latter nodded, and also agreed with the two disaster shelters designated by Gu Ji.
He then began to develop a detailed emergency plan for the relocation of the victims.
In fact, the difficulty in the transfer of disaster victims lies in the formulation of routes and the selection of locations, and the rest is nothing more than the mode of hierarchical responsibility and batch transfer.
The former is a leadership system for the transfer of disaster victims under the unified command of the state government, with counties, districts and townships being responsible at different levels and closely cooperating; The latter first relocates people from dilapidated houses along rivers at geological disaster sites, and secondly, according to the severity of natural disasters, replaces people in low-lying and flood-prone villages in a timely manner.
The most important point is that the support materials must keep up.
The Chief Minister entrusted the Department of Finance and Taxation with this daunting task, and it was imperative to prepare for the disaster relief before the transfer was completed, such as tents, food, bedding, household items, and emergency lighting, with food and drinking water being the top priorities.
"I will negotiate the remaining issues as soon as possible, and everyone should start acting now, and be sure to move the first batch of high-risk people to the disaster shelter before the rainstorm arrives in the evening!"
After the final summary, the meeting is over.
Anurag sent Guji and Fatima to the train, and he was in charge of the line of Qilariqi.
After everyone is gone.
Fatima breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and brushed the ends of his hair: "Oh my God, you were so brave at the meeting just now, aren't you afraid that the Minister of Water Resources will secretly retaliate against you later?" ”
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Gu Ji shrugged his shoulders, anyway, he had already shown his face so many times for "Weidi", with his back to the two big trees of the county magistrate of Gaohati and the minister of disaster management, afraid of a small Ministry of Water Resources? "Besides, didn't you help me contradict him, Lady Fatima?"
"In fact, I have always been unaccustomed to the face of the Minister of Water Resources, hehe, in this case, we are also friends, right? You might just call me Fatima! ”
"Yes, Lady Fatima."
“……”
Coming out of the government building, Gu Ji and Fatima threw themselves into the work of transferring the victims.
It can be seen that the chief minister attaches great importance to this work, and even called in helicopters, and the fishing boats of fishermen have been requisitioned by the police and firefighters.
So you can see three modes of transport at the same time in Dispur:
There are those who fly in the sky, those who row in the water, and those who run on the ground.
Finally, the police were busy until the evening, the police sent the first batch of victims near the river bank to the train, and the Minister of Transportation racked his brains in order to increase the transportation capacity, and even requisitioned the freight train, which was originally rated at about 2,000 people, but let him arrange 3,500 people.
In this way, 18,000 people can be transported by five trains in one trip, and the first batch of high-risk people along the coast can be transported to the disaster shelter in five hours, just in time for the 10 p.m. rainstorm.
Gu Ji and Fatima got on an older blue train.
The carriage is black and pressed, at a glance, the aisle is full of people who can't see the end, people are crowded, people are pressing, turning into a crowded and noisy torrent, squeezing to the back, this feeling is quite a kind of domestic squeezing the green train to catch the Spring Festival, even more crowded than that.
"Let's go, let's go!"
"Go ahead! Hurry up! We're waiting for you! ”
"......Uhh Woo, I'm going home! ”
……
Gu Ji's ears were now full of noisy discussions, mixed with scolding and children's crying, so noisy that his brain was about to explode.
Accompanied by the shrill sound of the train whistle, outside the swaying window, there are rivers and mountains that keep retreating, representing the train starting slowly, and the sun is setting, through the gap in the clouds, hanging half a round of orange sun, reflecting on the water and walls, exuding a soft halo.
If this is a lake, it must be beautiful;
But it's a pity that this is the city.
The train quickly left Gohati and passed through Dispur, passing through a tunnel before heading straight for the shelter, which took about half an hour.
With the arrival of the first train at its destination.
As far as the eye can see, the government has transformed the original barren grassland into a temporary disaster relief center, with large tents piled on the ground, waiting for the people to open it.
And just as the crowd got out of the car.
The long-awaited hint of the game has finally appeared.
[Goal: Successfully lead at least 2,000 people out of the current affected area!] 】
【Please choose your reward!】 】
【Endurance Boost(M)】or【Immunity Boost(M)】
Both of these were the blue versions of the imprint that Gu Ji had chosen before, but what made him curious was that a natural disaster level would have the "immunity" that only the public health level had.
Of course, it is not ruled out that there will be an outbreak of infectious diseases at this level.
Gu glanced at most of the Indians in the carriage who did not like to wear shoes, once the flood broke out, in the case of poor matching of medical resources, it was very likely that the associated diseases would be catastrophic.
With that in mind, he opted for Reward Two.
The blue light falls, and the task is refreshed.
[New goal: to keep the number of casualties within 400 before the central government comes to the rescue!] 】
Boy.
In other words, the central government is still too lazy to care about the torrential rain disaster in Assam?
Since Gu Ji and Fatima were in charge of following the car, until all the victims got off the bus, the two and the government officials with the same duties returned to the car and returned the same way, ready to welcome the next group of victims.
And just like that, batch after batch was delivered.
It was getting dark soon, and Gu Ji had been thinking about how to start this new task.
Fortunately, the transfer is being carried out in an orderly manner, from today to tomorrow, before the water affects the train tracks, all transferred to the disaster shelter center, there should be a drama, to the disaster shelter center, there will be almost no casualties, but if you want the central government to come forward to help, the fastest way is to take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, let the chief minister of the state report to the central government, on the other hand, through the pressure of online media public opinion, secretly "persecution".
Seeing Gu Ji's preoccupied look, Fatima thought he was worried about the disaster.
"Don't worry, when the next truckload of victims is transferred, half of the danger near the riverbank will be relieved......
"I hope so."
Gu Ji casually responded.
At this time, not long after the train entered the tunnel, there was a sudden screeching sound of friction at the bottom, and the victims of the whole carriage followed the inertia and probed forward.
The train stopped.
"What's the situation?"
"What's going on? What happened? Why did the car stop? ”
"Sir, nothing will happen, will it?"
……
The victims of the disaster, you say a word, I shout word by word, and some people grab Gu a few Fatima and keep asking, for fear that something will go wrong.
But Gu Ji and Fatima were also confused.
He pulled out his phone and it showed no signal.
Fatima took the initiative to get up and comforted: "Don't panic, the train may only be temporarily overhauled, I will go to the conductor now to ask about the situation, please sit in place and wait quietly and patiently......"
With that, she turned and walked to the conductor's room.
About three minutes later, she brought the reassuring news: the equipment in front of the train route was infested with animal carcasses, and the relevant personnel were rushing to deal with it.
"It scared the hell out of me, I thought we were buried in a tunnel......"
"Don't talk nonsense, Lord Shiva will bless us!"
Thundered......
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Gu Ji's ears fluttered slightly, faintly, as if they heard some kind of violent rolling sound behind them.
Squeak——!
There was a sudden tooth-aching sound of iron twisting at the rear of the train, as if accompanied by a scream, one after another, and the next moment, the carriage he was in also shook violently, and was instantly pushed down and tilted by a mysterious force.
Gu Ji's complexion changed suddenly!
It's a flood!!
Around the wee hours of the morning, hey, hey, it's just a little bit to the right, a little bit, and it's still 8,000 words around the early hours of this morning, asking for a monthly pass!
(End of chapter)