Two major reservoirs in Hubei have increased discharge and taken more measures to divert water and store water along the river.

CCTV News:Recently, many places in Hubei suffered from continuous high temperature weather, and the drought in many places continued to develop. With the discharge of the Three Gorges Reservoir and Danjiangkou Reservoir increasing successively, the water levels of Hankou Station of the Yangtze River and Huangzhuang Station of the Hanjiang River gradually increased. All areas along the Yangtze River are seizing the favorable opportunity to draw water from the Yangtze River and the Han River to store water.

With the diversion of water from the Three Gorges and Danjiangkou Reservoir, the water levels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Hanjiang River have risen in different degrees. In Wuxue, Huanggang, the Yangtze River water enters the Wuxue sluice through secondary pumping, and extends for several kilometers to the irrigation area around wushan lake, effectively alleviating the drought in 17 villages in 6 towns.

At present, Jinniu Town, daye city, Huangshi is in urgent need of irrigation water, but Xianning has water but can’t deliver it. Through communication and coordination, the two places have jointly dredged a canal that has been idle for nearly 10 years. On the morning of 21st, the canal was officially opened, and the irrigation water from Xianning Reservoir flowed to Jinniu Town, Daye.

In Jiuhehuan Township, Shishou City, Jingzhou City, mechanical operations are filled with soil and piling, and labor is on duty to shovel soil and pack bags. Villagers who can swim go down to the water to put motor pumps, which is very busy.