Beijing, May 8 ,2016: At least 35 workers were missing and seven others injured today when a massive landslide triggered by torrential rains buried a construction site of a hydropower station in China’s southern Fujian province, authorities said.
The landslide has buried the builders’ temporary shed in a construction site of the hydropower station and damaged its offices.
Thirty five people were missing and another seven were injured in the one lakh cubic meters of landslide which hit Taining County in Fujian, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
An initial count suggested 35 people are missing, according to a report on a website run by the county’s Communist Party’s publicity department.
It was triggered by heavy downpours that unleashed 191.6 millimetres of rain.
The local tourism administration ordered all scenic spots to be closed. The mountainous county boasts rich scenic lakes and canyons.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the Fujian local government and related departments to make efforts to rescue the people buried under the debris.
He called for an all-out efforts to search for buried and missing people and stressed on proper treatment for the injured.
Xi also called for strengthening local monitoring and safety checks for hidden dangers to prevent secondary disasters.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang asked the Ministry of Land and Resources to take the lead to form and dispatch a work team under the State Council to Fujian to oversee and help with the rescue work.
@ Agency report.
Chandigarh, May 9,2016: Haryana government has directed that all types of vehicles, except two wheelers below 50CC, should have auto-dippers.
No motor vehicle would be registered unless it is fitted with auto-dipper that complies with the requirements of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, a spokesperson of the Transport Department said today.
In every automobile, the function of the headlight is to illuminate the road ahead of the automobile so as to reveal objects ahead from a safe distance. A frequent cause of accidents at nights is the glare caused by oncoming vehicles which momentarily blinds the driver’s vision. It takes three to eight seconds for a person with good eyesight to recover from the glare. So a ‘meeting’ beam (dip beam) is provided in addition to the driving beam (high beam) so as to reduce the dazzle for those approaching head-on to the vehicle.
All two, three and four wheeled motor vehicles which are already registered, would be fitted with auto-dippers, he said.
The auto-dippers should be approved by the Transport Department on the basis of the technology under licence from National Research Development Corporation or a prototype tested by agencies approved by Centre, like Defence Ministry’s Vehicle Research and Development Establishment or Automotive Research Associates of India, Pune.
The manufacturer, while submitting the application for approval of auto-dippers, would declare that its functioning is compatible with headlamps working as per AIS: 034, the spokesperson said.