More than 4 million mu of crops in Zhejiang province suffered economic losses of over 1.5 billion due to drought

Since the plum blossom, the rare high temperature and heat wave weather in Zhejiang Province has lasted for nearly one month On August 2, the reporter learned from the Department of agriculture of Zhejiang province that as of 18 o'clock yesterday, the high temperature and drought had affected 4.712 million mu of crops in Zhejiang Province, with a disaster area of 1.931 million mu and a total yield of 245000 mu It is estimated that the direct economic loss of agricultural production is about 1.53 billion yuan In order to alleviate the drought, many areas in Zhejiang Province have carried out inter basin water supply and artificial precipitation enhancement According to the data reported by different regions, the three cities suffering from the most severe drought are Hangzhou, Jinhua and Quzhou At present, all agricultural departments in the province have quickly launched emergency plans, taken active and effective measures, and fully invested in agricultural drought relief work Since July, Zhejiang has been experiencing continuous high temperature weather, with high temperature, long duration, little precipitation and large evaporation ranking first in the same period of 60 years in history According to the monitoring of Zhejiang meteorological department, the average precipitation in Zhejiang Province since the plum blossom was only 40 mm, 74% less than the same period of the whole year, the lowest since 1951 According to the statistics of the disaster relief Department of Zhejiang Provincial Civil Affairs Department, by 15 o'clock yesterday, the drought had affected 386000 people in 18 counties (cities and districts) of 5 cities including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Quzhou and Lishui, and 53000 people had difficulty drinking water The reporter also learned from Hangzhou agricultural bureau that there are nearly one million mu of crops in Hangzhou affected by different degrees In terms of the severity, the disaster area is 409000 mu, and the total yield area is 63000 mu In order to alleviate the drought, water supply has been transferred across river basins in many areas of Zhejiang Province At present, the largest water resource allocation project in Zhejiang Province is in emergency water supply In addition, Wuxi river diversion project started to supply water from Quzhou to Jinhua on July 24, and now more than 4 million cubic meters of water have been introduced As of 16:00 on July 31, a total of 474000 people had been put into drought relief in Zhejiang Province, with an area of 1171000 hectares, and 38000 people had temporarily solved the problem of drinking water In addition, in order to alleviate the impact of drought in Zhejiang Province, in addition to the inter basin water supply project, artificial precipitation is also staged in turn The reporter learned that from July 28 to August 1, Zhejiang province carried out rain enhancement operations in 23 counties (cities and districts) in total, with 53 rounds of operations Only on August 1, the governments of 10 counties (cities and districts) such as Yuhang, Shengzhou, Zhuji, Jinhua, Lin'an, Shangyu, Deqing and Yiwu organized 11 rounds of artificial precipitation increasing operations The local precipitation is generally 5-20 mm, some areas are 20-40 mm, and some parts are more than 40 mm.