Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao 温家宝 in China Sichuan Earthquake
BackDUJIANGYAN, Sichuan, May 13 -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao ordered to remove barriers and open up roads to epicenter before 12 p.m. Tuesday after a strong earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. Wen held an emergency meeting at 7: a.m. Tuesday morning, saying "We must try our best to open up roads to the epicenter and rescue people trapped in the disaster-hit areas." Wen stressed the military forces should try their best to open up roads to the epicenter and at the same time to air-drop commodities like food, pharmacy to the areas. Currently, the situation in Wenchuan, Lixian County and Maoxian County is still unclear and rescuers are unable to reach this areas, he said. "We must try to send rescuers to every affected city, county even village before 12 p.m. to obtain information and rescue survivors," he said. The 7.8-magnitude quake, which occurred in Wenchuan Monday afternoon, has killed 9,219 people in eight affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the ministry of civil affairs said in are lease issued at 7 a.m. The road from Dujiangyan, a city northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu, to Wenchuan, the epicenter, was blocked by rocks and mud slides, holding up rescue, medical and other disaster relief teams. "At present, we have great difficulties to carry out our rescue work", Wen said, noting "Blocked road, disrupted communication and continuous rainfall have all created obstacles to our rescue efforts." "People's lives and property safety are the top priorities and many people are still trapped in debris," the premier said, stressing "We must treasure every second and do our utmost to save survivors." Wen urged local officials to console people, saying the central government attached great importance to the rescue work after the calamity hit China. All the medical staffs, rescuers together with emergency goods will continue to be delivered to the disaster-stricken areas, he said. He required all the official to carry out their due responsibility in the rescue work.
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