East China’s Jiangsu province is gearing up to ensure safe transportation and adequate supply during the upcoming spring festival travel rush.
The transport authority will put into service 28000 coaches with 1.24 million seats during the spring festival travel rush.
47000 buses and 5667 light rail trains will be in operation to ensure easy commute during the holiday.
Contingency measures have been drafted to cope with the traffic congestions at four major bridges across the Yangtze and other crossings to ensure smooth road travel.
More than 50000 police officers will be on duty every day in a bid to respond to emergencies during the week-long spring festival.
In the meantime, jiangsu will allocate 2.376 billion yuan to ensure the basic livelihood for the needy people during the holiday. A coupon of 100 yuan will be distributed to the childless elders, orphans and people with disabilities.
Village administrations will be required to take care of the left-behind children in a variety of ways.
In view of the possible rain and snow before and after the holiday, the province has stockpiled 19,400 tons of vegetables in reserve and 15,547 tons of pork for emergency needs.
308 enterprises of daily necessities will be required to follow the daily reporting system to ensure that grain, oil, meat, eggs, poultry, vegetables, milk and other necessities will not be out of stock.
Hospitals will be required to open emergency clinics 24 hours a day while medical hotlines will be in operation round the clock.
Thousands of theatrical activities will be staged during the holiday to entertain the holiday-goers. Scenic areas in the province will organize 210 specialty activities to treat the visitors form near and afar. 80 tour routes will be released soon to offer varied options for the tourists.
China's transport authorities are busy getting ready for the Spring Festival travel rush starting Monday, with 3 billion trips expected to be made.
From Jan 21 to March 1, total trips are expected to rise 0.6 percent compared with the travel rush last year, with an 8.3-percent increase in railway trips and 12-percent hike in air trips.
Hundreds of millions of Chinese return to their hometowns every year during the Chinese Lunar New Year to get together with their families.
The Year of the Pig in the Chinese lunar calendar will begin on Feb 5, 2019.
（source:ourjiangsu.com）
