68℃ boat plate for the outer Qinhuai River "beauty”

It is the middle of summer, the Qinhuai River banks heatwave people. On August 5, with the outer Qinhuai River conservation team to patrol the river cleaning. The ship's iron railings are too hot to be touched in the scorching heat, and the maintenance team members work 365 days a year on the front line of cleaning.

At 5:30 every morning, Captain Li Haijun, who was in charge of fishing in the Waiqinhuai River, set out with his men on time, heading west from the Changgan Bridge of the Waiqinhuai River, through Jiqing men, Hanzhong Men, Sancha River, and finally to Xiaguan Bridge and back again. A straw hat, a towel and a life jacket are all the sun protection gear these "beauticians" have on the unshaded river.

Under the scorching sun, the deck of the ship heated up quickly, and within two minutes of sitting on the ship, the reporter was already out of breath. Li Haijun smiled and said, "What is this? Sometimes when the sun is hot, the temperature on the deck of the salvage ship can reach 68℃! It's like being grilled on a plate." Li Haijun told the Modern Express that he would clean the 11.7km river every day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, and soon his clothes were soaked, his face peeled and his arms and legs blackened.

Due to this year's flood season in Nanjing less precipitation, high temperature, upstream water hyacinth especially much, every day to clean up the task is very heavy. Modern Express reporter learned, since July 17, the Qinhuai River management Office launched an emergency plan, strengthen the maintenance of emergency support force, in the normal maintenance of the river 20 employees on the basis of another 18 people, will gather on the shore of the garbage "in one net".

Reporters saw that some river maintenance staff stood on both sides of the hull, skillfully put the excessive reproduction of aquatic plants on the river one by one, some scattered on both sides of the bank, the garbage gathered, thrown to the ship garbage basket. Li Haijun told reporters that some time ago, every day from the river water weeds, water hyacinth have 40 tons.

After fighting in July, the river has been greatly improved. "365 days a year, at least two inspections a day, more than 20 maintenance personnel on the river, it is so rain or shine stick to it." Li Haijun said that every day in the high temperature of the Qinhuai River "beauty", the maintenance workers have no complaints, but also hope that the public can understand their hard work, jointly protect the mother river, do not throw rubbish along the bank.

Article source: Modern Express