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At about 10:30 on August 26, a landslide disaster occurred on the Nepalese side, causing serious casualties and loss of connectivity at Geelong Port in Jilong County, Shigatse City. After the disaster occurred, the Tibet Autonomous Region Transportation Department set up a transportation emergency rescue headquarters to launch a first-level emergency response in the transportation industry, dispatched a task force to the disaster site on the same day, deployed cascade emergency forces to participate in rescue and relief work, and implemented a 24-hour emergency duty system. As of 22:00 on August 26, more than 40 rescue personnel, including road maintenance and mechanical operators, had been assembled in Jilong County, and 43 machinery and vehicles such as excavators, loaders, bulldozers, dump trucks, emergency power trucks, etc., to reserve emergency supplies such as steel bridges, wire cages, lead wire cages, woven bags, corrugated pipes, etc.; coordinate relevant road maintenance units nearby, organize and dispatch 119 rescue personnel and 93 excavators, loaders and other mechanical equipment to quickly assist the disaster area, arriving in Jilong County as soon as the early morning of the 27th. Maintenance systems and China Communications Construction, China Railway, China Railway Construction, Tibet Tianshun Company, and an armed police traffic detachment gathered 423 emergency preparedness personnel and 220 machines and equipment to be put on standby, and rushed to the disaster area at any time to carry out rescue and relief work. Furthermore, according to the deployment of the Tibet Autonomous Region Transportation Department, relevant units are carrying out a comprehensive survey of the disaster situation in the transportation industry, while making every effort to maintain roads leading to the disaster area. As of 22:00 on the 26th, the G318, G219, G216 and other relevant national and provincial highways leading to Geelong County were safe and unobstructed.

Zhitongcaijing·08/26/2026 16:17:05
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At about 10:30 on August 26, a landslide disaster occurred on the Nepalese side, causing serious casualties and loss of connectivity at Geelong Port in Jilong County, Shigatse City. After the disaster occurred, the Tibet Autonomous Region Transportation Department set up a transportation emergency rescue headquarters to launch a first-level emergency response in the transportation industry, dispatched a task force to the disaster site on the same day, deployed cascade emergency forces to participate in rescue and relief work, and implemented a 24-hour emergency duty system. As of 22:00 on August 26, more than 40 rescue personnel, including road maintenance and mechanical operators, had been assembled in Jilong County, and 43 machinery and vehicles such as excavators, loaders, bulldozers, dump trucks, emergency power trucks, etc., to reserve emergency supplies such as steel bridges, wire cages, lead wire cages, woven bags, corrugated pipes, etc.; coordinate relevant road maintenance units nearby, organize and dispatch 119 rescue personnel and 93 excavators, loaders and other mechanical equipment to quickly assist the disaster area, arriving in Jilong County as soon as the early morning of the 27th. Maintenance systems and China Communications Construction, China Railway, China Railway Construction, Tibet Tianshun Company, and an armed police traffic detachment gathered 423 emergency preparedness personnel and 220 machines and equipment to be put on standby, and rushed to the disaster area at any time to carry out rescue and relief work. Furthermore, according to the deployment of the Tibet Autonomous Region Transportation Department, relevant units are carrying out a comprehensive survey of the disaster situation in the transportation industry, while making every effort to maintain roads leading to the disaster area. As of 22:00 on the 26th, the G318, G219, G216 and other relevant national and provincial highways leading to Geelong County were safe and unobstructed.