Xinhua News Agency, Lhasa, January 8, Title: A new day is being placed in progress - the next day of hearing on the front line of earthquake relief in Dingji, Tibet

Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Hua, Wei Guanyu, Wu Sisi

On the 8th, people in Dingri County, Tibet Autonomous Region woke up from successive aftershocks and a cold night of minus 16 degrees Celsius, and entered the second day of earthquake relief.

At present, 46,500 affected people have been transferred and resettled locally, and rescue and search and rescue work has been converted into resettlement of affected people and post-disaster reconstruction.

At 3:37, the three township governments of Cuoguo Township, Changsuo Township and Quluo Township, which were most severely affected by the earthquake, resumed power supply; after the emergency repair of State Grid Tibet Power overnight, eight resettlement sites in Dingri County successively obtained power guarantees.

Early in the morning, the soldiers stationed in the resettlement site of Gurong Village, Changsuo Township delivered hot porridge, eggs and ginger soup to the masses.

"This was prepared last night, so the masses can warm up their bodies." The battalion commander of the army, Gesang, said, "Last night was a sleepless night, and dawn was a new day."

In Yejiang Village, Cuoguo Township, near the epicenter, most of the houses were seriously damaged, and 76 households and 386 people have been resettled. "The disaster relief forces came very timely and arranged our lives well." said Zhuo Ga, a villager living in a disaster relief tent.

At present, the first batch of more than 5,800 cotton tents, cotton coats and quilts have been delivered to the disaster area, and the remaining more than 16,000 pieces will also arrive today.

The local health and health department has disinfected and replenished medicines at resettlement sites in each village. "The affected people gather in the resettlement area, and winter is the peak season for influenza. In addition to disinfection and delivery of medicine, we will also publicize health knowledge to the people." Jinba Quzhen, a staff member of the Cuoguo Township Health Center, said.

At noon, the Tibet Starlight Social Work Service Center, a social organization from Lhasa, sent a batch of cotton clothes and quilts to Yejiang Village, bringing lollipops to the children in the village. This social organization usually provides services to children in distress and elderly people living alone. Staff Sowangdanzeng said that he hopes to come to the disaster area to help children get rid of the fear of disaster.

"But the children here don't seem to need to worry," said Sowangdanzeng.

On January 8, in Yejiang Village, Cuoguo Township, Dingri County, the children played games with fire rescue workers. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Guanyu

There are 90 children in Yejiang Village. In the resettlement area, they play football, run on the open space, and play games with fire rescue workers.

"Since yesterday, we have been setting up tents and moving supplies here, and the children all know us." Zaxi Qupei, deputy station chief and commander of the Special Service Brigade of the Lhasa Fire Rescue Detachment of the Tibet Fire Rescue Corps, said, "I just experienced the earthquake yesterday, and many people were a little uneasy. After dawn, everyone's mood improved."