CCTV News: After the earthquake, many state departments and the Tibet Autonomous Region quickly launched emergency plans to carry out rescue and support work.

Latin America Railway resumes traffic, Dingri County resumes power supply

The earthquake caused power interruption and road collapse in some areas. The Tibet Department of Transportation has formulated a rescue plan and arranged forces to make every effort to repair damaged transportation infrastructure. China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co., Ltd. conducted a comprehensive investigation of railway lines, bridges, tunnels, etc. in relevant sections. The Latin-Japan Railway, which was temporarily suspended due to the earthquake, has resumed traffic on January 7.

State Grid immediately sent emergency rescue personnel and power maintenance vehicles to the scene and carried out full power emergency repair work. As of more than 1 p.m. on January 7, power supply in Dingri County has resumed.

Emergency allocated 22,000 central disaster relief materials

After the earthquake, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Food and Material Reserve Bureau, urgently allocated 22,000 central disaster relief materials such as cotton tents, cotton coats, quilts, folding beds, and special disaster relief materials in high-altitude areas, as well as special disaster relief materials in high-altitude areas. The Chinese Red Cross Association urgently allocated a batch of disaster relief supplies and sent a working group. The National Health Commission urgently dispatched professional experts from Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the National Emergency Medical Rescue Team of West China Hospital of Sichuan University to rush to the earthquake-stricken areas.

Emergency provision of 100 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds

On January 7, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management urgently allocated 100 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to coordinate the emergency rescue and rescue of the affected people, search and rescue and resettlement of disaster-stricken people, eliminate hazards and other emergency responses, secondary disaster hazard inspections and emergency rectification, and repair of overturned houses.

The National Development and Reform Commission urgently allocated 100 million yuan in the central budget investment to support post-disaster emergency recovery in the earthquake-stricken areas in Tibet, focusing on the emergency restoration and construction of damaged roads, bridges, schools and hospitals and other infrastructure and public service facilities in the disaster area, and promote the recovery of normal production and living order as soon as possible.