China Tower Supports Communication Facility Restoration in Flood-Hit Henan

China Tower Corporation Limited (China Tower)'s subsidiaries in Central China's Henan Province immediately launched the highest-level response to emergency repair of communication facilities in eight cities that lost power due to the recent heavy rains and flooding.

China Tower employees ford through the water hazard to repair communication devices. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

Having joined hands with three other communication operators - China Mobile Limited, China Telecommunications Corporation and China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. - China Tower branches in Henan helped 1,369 base stations restart operations.

Employees at China Tower's affiliated company in Nanyang work together with local people to clear the road and repair communication devices. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

In the evening of July 20, the Wulongkou parking lot along subway line 5 in Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan, was severely hit by the flooding and the water flowed into the subway tunnel and inside the train carriages. The communication facilities, power source, cables and feeder lines still operated normally despite having soaked for three hours in water, which was a life-saver for passengers trapped underground.

According to a China Tower employee responsible for the communication facility of the subway line, the facilities and cables meet pretty high-level water proofing requirements and are wrapped with several layers of waterproof cement and tape. It was such high-quality engineering that bridged the victims and their rescuers.

China Tower allocated a total of 500 gasoline engine generators from its emergency material reserves in Central and North China to support rescue mission in Zhengzhou on July 22 and arranged supporting teams from Hubei and Shandong provinces to join rescue work in Henan, sending 500 more generators and other vehicles on July 23.

So far, China Tower has allocated 4,169 employees, 2,355 supporting vehicles and 4,270 power oil engine vehicles to the rescue mission.

The company had also donated 10 million yuan ($1.54 million) to the Henan Charity General Foundation for disaster relief by July 22.

China Tower's subsidiaries in Henan are now undergoing 24/7 shifts and have improved warning frequency to once an hour. More rescue teams and supporting vehicles have been sent to Zhengzhou to help restore communication service as soon as possible.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)