On January 7, after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet, the Ministry of Public Security initiated an emergency mechanism. The Tibet public security authorities immediately initiated emergency plans and related police joint duty to promptly study rescue measures, dispatch and follow up the progress of the relief work, ensure that all earthquake relief work progressed efficiently and in an orderly manner, and ensure that rescue forces, equipment and materials from all parties reached the disaster area safely and smoothly. As of noon on the 7th, public security authorities in Shigatse City, Dingri County and surrounding counties and districts had dispatched 3 batches of more than 460 police forces to the scene to carry out various tasks of emergency rescue, emergency response, security patrol and prevention. At the same time, emergency rescue commandos were formed to carry out rescue work in Senga Village and Gurong Village, the townships of Dingri County Mayor, to carry out rescue work, and work with relevant departments to comprehensively investigate damage to houses and communication facilities in the disaster area, promptly detect and dispose of all kinds of hidden risks and assist in the relocation of the stranded people. The local public security traffic management department promptly issued road traffic control reminders and made every effort to carry out emergency rescue work.

Zhitongcaijing · 01/07 12:49
On January 7, after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet, the Ministry of Public Security initiated an emergency mechanism. The Tibet public security authorities immediately initiated emergency plans and related police joint duty to promptly study rescue measures, dispatch and follow up the progress of the relief work, ensure that all earthquake relief work progressed efficiently and in an orderly manner, and ensure that rescue forces, equipment and materials from all parties reached the disaster area safely and smoothly. As of noon on the 7th, public security authorities in Shigatse City, Dingri County and surrounding counties and districts had dispatched 3 batches of more than 460 police forces to the scene to carry out rescue, emergency response and security patrol prevention and control tasks. At the same time, emergency rescue commandos were set up to carry out rescue work in Senga Village and Gurong Village, the townships of Dingri County Mayor, to carry out rescue work, and work with relevant departments to comprehensively investigate damage to houses and communication facilities in the disaster area, promptly detect and dispose of all kinds of hidden risks and assist in the relocation of the stranded people. The local public security traffic management department promptly issued road traffic control reminders and made every effort to carry out emergency rescue work.