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SUZHOU, China, July 21, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

1,000 km fiber optic cables were delivered recently by Hengtong within 48 hours

to Jiangxi Province for its urgent demand of flood control-related

telecommunication system restoration.

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Located in a pivotal position that connects the middle and lower streams of the

Yangtze River, and with the most winding part of the river in its domain,

Jiangxi Province historically holds the key to the success of the flood control

of the Yangtze River basin.

Devastated by the recent torrential rains, Jiangxi escalated the Emergency

Response from Level IV all the way to the highest Level I within one week in

early July, during which period its many transport and communication

infrastructures were almost wrecked.

Receiving the urgent call for assistance on July 13, Hengtong raced against

time and finished producing and delivering the supply in shortest order, which

will hopefully help restore the communication system for the flood-devastated area.

Hengtong is shoring up the flood repair work in more ways.

With downpours unseen for decades, this year's seasonal rains, or the "Plum

Rains" in the vernacular, are posing a critical danger of flood to the Yangtze

River basin. The city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, saw since July

18 its Yangtze River water level overtaking the historical highest registered in 1954.

No better is the case around the Taihu Lake, the third largest fresh water lake

in China and the cradle of Hengtong. A significant reservoir for Yangtze, the

water exceeded the security level and reached the the fourth highest in history

as early as on July 17. The Water Resources Department of Jiangsu Province

raised the Flood Alert to Red (the highest level) for the lake.

Born on the shore of Taihu, Hengtong is paying back to the "mother lake" in the

smart form of an aqua-sensing system that keeps observation on the health of

the water body.

A demonstration project for environment protection, this system is contributing

to the local flood prevention and control work with a network of 9 stations

observing using big-data-based analysis of the water's quality, level, speed

and rate of flow, etc.

All statistics can be checked on a mobile device, this system provides handy

tools to rein in the deluge in a scientific and targeted manner, with the local

counter-flood capacity thus lifted.

What are "Plum Rains"

Plum Rains, or Yellow Plum Rains, is the nickname given to the annual rainy

season in South and East China. Mostly along the Yangtze River basin, it also

extends down to Taiwan Province and up to Japan where it is called Bai-u. When

its heyday hovers over the Yangtze River area from June to July, the plums have

rightly turned yellow and ripened, which gives the season a pleasant flavor.

After the Plum Rains come the dog days of summer.

SOURCE  Hengtong Group

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