River dredgers wear gas masks to go down to work with snake rats

The river silt cleaner with a gas mask, mud on foot, and rats, snakes, and baboons said—

"I'm okay with my own smell, as long as I don't have any problems during my stay."

In the three months prior to the annual flood season, a group of people have lived a life of “darkness”. They wear gas masks, black feet on mud, and mice and snakes. They spend more than a dozen hours a day in the river to clean up the rivers with serious silting. They have to spend the next few months. Repair the broken channel cover, etc. How do they work in the river? What is their life like? Recently, the reporter went down to the river with the river dredgers at the drainage department of the Urban Urban Management Bureau, and experienced a bitter taste of the river dredging workers.

Wear gas masks to clean up river silt

Instead of facing gas wars, they always wear gas masks to go down the river; instead of killing them, they often deal with mice and swats. A gas mask, a set of skins, and a shovel are the “all of the things” of river dredging workers. Although they only clean up river silt, they are fully armed every time they go down the river.

"Without a gas mask, it is impossible to go down the river. Not only is it stinking, but there may be poisonous gas in the river." Master Cui, who has been dredging the river for more than 30 years, told reporters. In addition to gas masks, odour detectors should be used for detection in advance of each time they enter the river. After confirming that each index is qualified, they can enter the river for dredging.

In addition to odor detection, advance air preparation is also essential. At the scene, the reporter saw a long “cloth pocket” coming from a constant supply of air to the wells of the river to ensure the ventilation of the staff. But even if it stays in the river for a long time, it will still feel dizzy. "Two hours for a class, grasping dry, change to the ground just fine." Master Cui laughed. Sometimes I have become accustomed to the darkness in the river, and suddenly I can't stand the eyes of the river.

In the three months before the flood season each year, the dredging workers in rivers must not only be accompanied by darkness and poisonous gas. Rats, crickets, and snakes are also “old friends” of river dredging workers. "Sometimes working in the river, a big mouse drilled under the eyelids." Compared to encountering rats and quails, Cui said that the snakes should be more careful. When meeting a snake, several workers often have to help each other and carefully move to avoid being bitten.

"Our line is mainly an effort and we can live with dirty things." Master Cui said that there is no skill in dredging down the river, as long as the sludge is loaded into the car and transported to the ground by the sludge elevator. The reporter noticed that Cui Master could shovel a car of silt in about 10 minutes. A car of silt weighed about 100 pounds. After working for 10 hours a day, Master Cui would have to transport more than 6,000 pounds of silt.

Mud looks like jelly and it's not easy to look at loose shovels

How much is the silt in the river? How are these silts cleared to the ground? Recently, the reporter followed Cui’s master to the river channel at Xingfuhe Haigang Road and personally experienced a river dredging work.

Even though he was under the river, Master Cui helped the reporters fully armed, gas masks, skins, etc., but the reporters down the river were still taken aback. In a river course that has been cleared for several days, the silt is still as high as 30 centimeters, and the stench across the gas mask will continue to hit.

"This is about cleaning up. When it is deep, the mud is as high as 780 centimeters." Master Cui said that in the event of a river with more silt, it was dangerous to go down the river. Generally, at least two workers must work and support each other. A shovel." "You often go in and get stuck in it. When you are deep, the mud is straight to your lips." Master Cui told reporters.

Although lights are placed every five meters or so in the river, they still feel dark in the eyes when they first arrive at the river. All the feet are carbon black sewage, and the reporters in the iron shovel can barely stand upright. “This is a river with good conditions. It can only be bent over in some rivers, such as the Hongkou River,” said Master Cui.

The reporter noticed that shoveling for about half an hour, Master Cui had already had a fine sweat on his head. Sludge that seems to be accompanied by sewage is not difficult to shovel. How can it be so tired to work? The reporter then tried a handful to discover that the seemingly loose silt shoveled like a jelly, sticking together densely, it was laborious. The reporter roughly counted down, each vehicle silt about shoveling 30 times, 10 minutes a car, once every two hours, Cui master at least 360 times to shovel. "If you don't finish shoveling, you have to push it!" Master Cui wiped the sweat on his head and pointed it at the wheel. The reporter tried to push for a short period of time to find out that although it was not particularly heavy, it was not easy to push it up because of the unevenness in the river. Despite the continuous supply of wind on the ground, the reporter experienced slight dizziness about 20 minutes down the river. "At first it will be a bit dizzy, habits just fine." Master Cui said.

Smelly, often embarrassed to scurry

"We don't have anything to do with our cleanliness. It's often stinking," said Master Cui. When he started to dredge the river, he did not adapt himself. The first thing to go home every day is to Take a bath, but despite changing 2-3 body suits a day and adding a lot of scrubs, I can't get rid of the body odor.

"The stench is as if it has already entered the body and cannot be removed at all." Master Cui said that at first his family could not accept it. He always wanted him to change his clothes outside and come in again. It took time for family and neighbors to get used to it. A bit "smelly," he is more to give consideration and greetings.

The family understands it, but Master Cui can barely pass his own offense when he has just started cleaning dredges. Because of the heavy work pressure, after a 10-hour shift every day, Master Cui directly wears dirty clothes and “shod over the market”. Passers-by said that they are often unaware of the fact that they have often met with friends. They have been stunned by their friends, often leaving Cui masters to bow and scurry. "I later slowly got used to it, and the river had to be cleaned up. It's okay if the dirt doesn't smell well. It doesn't matter if it's not an accident." Master Cui said with a bit of embarrassment.

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