Zuli River is a first-class tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, running through the north and south of Huining, and the river basin is crisscrossed with beams and ravines, with loose soil, sparse vegetation, and a very fragile ecological environment. Huining County has thoroughly implemented the ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River Basin, and launched the construction project of the Zuli River Ecological Corridor in accordance with the principle of "first upstream and then downstream, first tributaries and then main streams, and implementing the comprehensive upgrading and treatment project of the river and beach area".
At the site of the zuli river ecological corridor construction of the Kangjia River to Zhangwan section of the river treatment and river beach ecological restoration project, excavators and transport vehicles shuttle back and forth, and workers are busy repairing the border ditch and doing greening, and there is a busy scene everywhere.
Tang Zhaowu, head of the zuli river ecological corridor construction project of Gansu Jiantou: The construction project of the Zuli River ecological corridor undertaken by Gansu Jiantou Installation Company officially started on July 11, 2020, and the main construction contents include the rolling of the embankments on the left and right banks of the Zuli River, the foundation concrete, the lattice beams, and the planting belt in the middle of the lattice beams, the sidewalks on the left and right banks, as well as the railings and the land leveling on the left and right banks. At present, about 98% of the total project volume has been completed, and the drainage ditches, railings and manhole covers on both sides of the river are currently under construction, and it is expected to be completed by the end of June this year.
The reporter saw at the project construction site that in addition to the main project of the river nearing completion, the greening work on both sides of the flat cement road is also being accelerated, the newly planted flowers are waiting to be released, and the rows of neatly arranged poplar trees have been bursting with greenery.
Liu Junfeng, director of the Sanshan Greening Office of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Huining County: What we are working on here is the landscape greening project of the Zuli River Ecological Corridor to build the KangjiaHe to Zhangwan section, using refill planting soil, in order to ensure the survival rate, the sand soil must be refilled with planting soil. The landscape greening project has planned 62.87 acres, and planted a 4-meter-wide green belt on both sides of the river, with a total length of 5.4 kilometers, and the main varieties are lilac, forsythia and elm plum. At present, the construction of the 5.4 km green belt in Hedong has been completed, and it is expected to be basically completed by the end of April.
From the rotten river beach dumped with garbage to the colorful landscape belt, the zuli river ecological corridor construction project has brought great benefits to the surrounding residents, and Zhang Sixiao, a villager whose ancestors lived next to the river, said that the zuli river treatment project is a good thing that "the merit is in the contemporary era and the benefit is in the thousand autumns".
Zhang Sixiao, a villager in Chaijiamen Village, Chaijiamen Town, Huining County: I didn't expect that it would be so well managed, and it would be much more convenient for people in Hexi to travel through the bridge in the future, and now the river is well managed, the bridge is repaired, and there is no need to wear rain boots to pick up and drop off children.
Duan Yaqiang, engineer of Huining County Water Bureau: Huining County Zuli River Ecological Corridor construction of Kangjia River to Zhangwan section of the river treatment and river beach ecological restoration project, comprehensive treatment of 5.4 kilometers of river channel, all for the new embankment project, leveling 1600 acres of land, and supporting drip irrigation pipe network project. After the implementation of the project, it will effectively improve the flood control capacity of the river, improve the current situation of the river, restore and strengthen the comprehensive functions such as river discharge, stabilize the river, improve the regional environment, and further ensure the safety of the lives and property of the surrounding people.
"Govern a river, dress up a city". Huining County seized the historical opportunity of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to elevate the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin to a major national strategy, and completed the "Huining County Ecological Civilization Construction Plan" with the construction of the "Three Corridors" of the Zuli River as the axis, and comprehensively promoted the comprehensive treatment of the entire basin of the Zuli River. Up to now, more than 600 million yuan has been invested, and it is expected that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, more than 1.5 billion yuan will be invested in the comprehensive ecological treatment project of zuli river, and the zuli river has gradually become an ecological river and a happy river in Huining County.
(Huining Rong Media Reporter Liu Bingqiang Li Jia Lu Xutong)