Rocks, gabions transported to restore road to border port in China

Now I'm here at the National Highway 216 repair site, and this is also the main access to the original Jurong Port, which has been severely damaged in this devastating mudslide. And just not far behind me, you can see that engineering rescue team China Ener Group are trying, working around the clock to restore this road to the port. At the repair site, trucks carrying large rocks arrive at the front line every few minutes. Debris brought down by the mudslide has significantly raised the riverbed, making it difficult to determine how deep the mud and sediment are. So these large rocks are used to fill the area and reinforce the roadbed. Piles of gabion cages are also stacked at site. Each measures two meters long, one meter wide and one meter high, weighing about 170 kilograms. These gabion cages will be filled with the large rocks and placed into the fast-flowing river to reinforce the roadbed. Rescue workers and welding shops from nearby towns are expected to make more than 1,000 such cages. The mudslide occurred on August 26, destroyed about three kilometers of National Highway 216, leading to border port of Girong in Xi'an. An expert says the repair work remains challenging due to the narrow road and continued rainfall. As of 6 p.m. on Saturday, the mudslide had claimed 16 lives and left 546 people missing on the Chinese side. Over 2,000 personnel have joined the search and rescue operations. The organizations included the People's Liberation Army, the People's Armed Police Forces and China Airmen Group.