Why is Wenchuan rebuilt on the ruins?

At 5: 49 pm on August 5th, an aftershock of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Qingchuan County, killing one person and injuring 23 others. On August 1st, a magnitude 6.1 aftershock occurred in Pingwu and Beichuan areas, causing 231 injuries and more than 2, houses collapsed. In the past two or three months, the aftershocks in the earthquake zone have been constant, and secondary disasters have been frequent. Wenchuan County in the Minjiang River Gorge has become a "towering" ruin, and about 3, people in Weizhou Town, where the county seat is located, still live in tents.

Government officials at all levels, from Aba Prefecture to Wenchuan County, have received clear instructions from their superiors: Wenchuan should be "rebuilt in situ". It is understood that on August 8, the Wenchuan County Government will hold a meeting to discuss the specific reconstruction plan, and it is necessary to report the overall plan to the superior on August 1. Today, the original site reconstruction plan led by the county development and reform commission has taken shape.

Qiang village on the clouds

The "6 18" migration of Qiang people in Wenchuan is indeed epic and tragic.

"Nation on the Clouds" is a reputation given to the Qiang people. It sounds romantic, but it is more difficult to live on high mountains and cliffs.

Longxi Township is a Qiang nationality township on the east bank of Zagunao River in the northwest of Wenchuan County. Qiangzhai is scattered on the cliffs on both sides of Longxigou. The highest stockade is Mafang Formation in Damen Village, with an altitude of 2,78 meters, followed by Xige Formation in Kupo Village, with an altitude of 2,6 meters. The stockades of Bulan and Longxi are also above 2, meters. In the first half of June, when the rainy season came, almost all the Qiang people in Longxi had to face the threat of mudslides-some stockades are now located in or near a large area of landslides, and once heavy rains continue, the whole stockade may be swept away by mudslides. Under this circumstance, the Wenchuan county government organized the Qiang people in Longxi township to carry out the "6 18" migration.

On that day, the villagers sold their livestock cheaply, carrying firewood, bedding and some furniture dug out of the ruins, and moved from the mountain to the temporary resettlement site built by the government in Yulong in advance. Although the conditions of the resettlement site were also very difficult, water and electricity were not available, it was relatively safe after all. A long queue of relocation teams hovered over the towering mountains.

No, a month later, most Qiang people who moved down from the mountain returned to the mountain after being persuaded by the government. After returning, many villagers found that there was nothing at home, no livestock and the fields dried up.

When the reporter arrived in Longxizhai, the villagers had just returned for more than a week, and many families had only a few potatoes left to make ends meet. An aunt broke down in tears when she talked about it. The government's relief money and relief food were only distributed for a month. Even if the government's relief money was distributed in time, the villagers in Longxizhai would never be able to rebuild their homes. The old stockade was located on a large landslide, and it was impossible to rebuild it in situ. The only possible reconstruction point was the villagers' cultivated land. If it was rebuilt on cultivated land, where could they live in the future?

a villager in kuipo village said humorously, "why do we call it kuipo village? It means that it collapses every year. After the earthquake, it was impossible, even the water source was destroyed. Otherwise, where are we willing to leave? " He pointed to the mountains that had been shaken loose on both sides of the resettlement site, saying that it was not safe here, and there was no way-"No way" and "I don't know" have become the mantra of Wenchuan people.

Zhang Tongrong, the deputy county magistrate of Wenchuan County, is a rare talent and enjoys a good reputation among Wenchuan people. In the past two months, regardless of the great migration of the Qiang people in the mountains, or the forced return later, the government has come forward to convince the villagers.

"Only when there is no way can we do the ideological work of the villagers and let them move down from the mountain. However, after the transfer to Yulong, the problem came again, because the temporary resettlement site occupied the cultivated land of Yulong, and the people of Yulong quit. " Zhang Tongrong said that the contradiction has intensified, so we can only take expedient measures to persuade the villagers in Longxi to return home temporarily.

it's not hard to imagine that the deputy county magistrate is under heavy pressure.

It is understood that the original cultivated land in Wenchuan County is 16,5 mu, and the earthquake caused the loss of 42, mu of land, seriously damaged 48, mu, leaving only more than 1, mu of cultivated land. In other words, nearly half of the cultivated land in Wenchuan has completely disappeared. Then, how should Wenchuan, which was rebuilt in situ, solve the production and living problems of 5, rural people in the future?

residents of Weizhou, where to go?

Weizhou Town is the county seat of Wenchuan, and it is famous in history because it holds the key position. However, before liberation, the population of Weizhou Town was not large, and most of them lived in the area of Jiangweicheng on the mountain. After the earthquake, the Minjiang River was cut off for 1 minutes, and the government moved the residents of the whole city to a safe haven, namely Jiang Weicheng.

After liberation, people began to live and prosper in the narrow strip of Minjiang River Valley under Jiang Weicheng. Up to now, the permanent population of Weizhou Town is as high as 3,, including 7, students from Aba Teachers College and the foreign population, which is nearly 4,. People not only made use of the originally narrow alluvial fan in Minjiang Valley, but also wantonly reclaimed land around the river. Such frequent human activities have brought unprecedented burden to Minjiang Valley-as evidenced by the new building Times Square, which is now trapped in the surrounding collapsed mountains. Today, thousands of students in A Teachers College have been evacuated, and the remaining 3, people either go out to visit relatives and friends or live in tents built everywhere.

Only a few arable lands in Wenchuan can be used to build centralized resettlement sites: one is located in Yanmen Township, which can accommodate 2,57 households; The other is located in Qipangou, which can accommodate 1,2 households, 3.5 kilometers and 4 kilometers away from the county seat respectively. In addition, Mianchang Town still has 239 mu of arable land available, and only 2,958 households can be placed after leaving a safe distance, but it is also threatened by landslides and rising floods, and there is no safe place available in other towns and villages.

due to the shortage of prefabricated houses, the Wenchuan county government issued relevant regulations around August 1st, and the "three noes" in cities and towns were given priority to stay in prefabricated houses, and the staff of government agencies were resettled after the above-mentioned personnel were resettled. If the "three noes" in cities and towns give up living in prefabricated houses, they can get a monthly subsidy of about 9 yuan.

However, because it is too far away from the urban area, life is inconvenient, and the prefabricated houses are all built on the wet farmland near the Minjiang River, many people who live in prefabricated houses have suffered from rheumatism, and many people have withdrawn to tents in the city. The ordinary urban residents and government functionaries living in tents have been agitated and on the verge of collapse.

children's future

The direct reason for the reporter to go to Wenchuan is that Yingxiu Primary School in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan will resume classes in the prefabricated house built on the original site before August 15th.

Yingxiu town is the epicenter of the Wenchuan earthquake. Yingxiu Primary School has a total of 473 students, and 225 people were killed. Jackie Tan, the principal of the school, lost all his wife and children, and grew old almost overnight. "In places where hundreds of students have just died, classes are resumed, and Yingxiu mass graves are next to them. How can these children study? How to grow? " Zhuo Ma, a painter from Wenchuan, burst into tears when interviewed.

However, the insider said that there was no way. After Yingxiu Primary School decided to resume classes in the same place, the parents stopped making trouble. How can children in primary schools make their own decisions? Many teachers naturally don't want to stay there, so they can only find ways to change their environment.

During the interview at Yingxiu Primary School, it happened that a female student was registered with her grandmother. Her grandmother told reporters that the girl's mother was crazy and her father died in the earthquake. She had no financial ability, so she had to send her to Shanxi to study, where she didn't need any fees, including living expenses.

"I don't want to send her that far if I can." The child's grandmother said. The girl also said that she would rather stay in Yingxiu Primary School than go to Shanxi. For her, Shanxi is far away.

Wang Lei, deputy magistrate in charge of culture and education in Wenchuan, said that except for Sanjiang Township, Shuimo Town, Baishi Village, Shuitianping Village and Yingxiu Town primary schools and county kindergartens, about 13, students in Wenchuan had to choose to resume classes in other places: 1,4 students and 2 teachers from Sangping Middle School in Wenchuan County went to Country Garden in Guangdong Province; 1,2 teachers and students of Xuankou Middle School will be accepted by Changzhi City and Lubao Group; 3,1 students from Weizhou Middle School were transferred to Chengdu Longquanyi Sunshine Sports City to resume classes; Weizhou primary school moved to Zigong to resume classes; Yanmen Primary School was placed in Sichuan Zizhong; Longxi primary school resumed classes in Yibin; However, the special education center, which accepted many students of the Qiang nationality in the mountains, moved to Xichang. Because of the long distance, many parents chose to let their children drop out of school ... In order to arrange for these more than 13, students to resume classes in different places, Wang Lei and others have endured humiliation and hardships.

some media said that this is the unique "scenery" of Wenchuan in all counties and cities in the earthquake-stricken area. Because Wenchuan has nowhere to resume classes.

next, what about the students' living expenses? "There are only three economic sources that can be counted on: counterpart support, caring donations and state policy subsidies." Wang Lei said.

In addition, Aba Teachers' College and Weizhou Normal School for Nationalities, located in Weizhou Town, Wenchuan, have arranged their own classes to resume in different places because they are directly under the provincial education department and the state education bureau. When the reporter saw President Ma of Aba Teachers College, he was obviously overwhelmed-he not only had to arrange for the school to resume classes in Pengzhou and Pixian, but also had to run around to raise funds for the school's operation.

On-site reconstruction

Wenchuan belongs to ethnic minority areas, and it has made great contributions to the development of the country. When Wolong National Nature Reserve was established, Gengda and Wolong in Wenchuan were included in it, which occupied almost half of the original land area of Wenchuan. A few years ago, when Zipingpu Reservoir was built, it flooded Baihua Township, Laoxuankou Town and some villages in Yingxiu and Shuitang in Wenchuan. At that time, Dujiangyan promised to give the land of Yutang to Wenchuan as compensation, but it was later dropped. Wenchuan has never shared profits in the power generation income of Zipingpu Hydropower Station.

Yutang Town was once considered by some people to be the best choice for the reconstruction of Wenchuan in different places. At that time, Yutang played a banner slogan such as "not letting an inch of land". Breaking administrative divisions will naturally involve all aspects of interests.

Professor Yin Zhi of Tsinghua University once put forward the policy of "reducing scale and relaxing function" for Wenchuan reconstruction. In Professor Yin Zhi's vision, Sichuan Province should allocate two "enclaves" to Wenchuan as industrial land and educational land. Of course, this is only the original idea of experts.