1959165438+1October 15, Shenzhen Reservoir officially started construction, and crowd tactics were adopted in the engineering process. The key point is the earth spreading and rolling project of the main dam. At that time, except for the earth compactor, almost all the earth was carried by hoes, shovels, shoulders and trolleys. There were only more than 10 thousand workers at the peak of the original plan. Later, in order to ensure that the earthwork of the main dam can be completed before the rainy season, it was decided to increase migrant workers. At that time, Li Fulin, then secretary of Foshan prefectural party Committee and first secretary of Baoan county Committee, transferred more than 20,000 migrant workers from various people's communes to Shenzhen Reservoir, that is.
The shed on the construction site can only accommodate more than 10000 people, and it has increased to nearly 40000 people at a time. The preparation time is only two or three days, which is really difficult to deal with. Finally, we had to build a simple shed around the construction site, cover it with bamboo sticks and straw, and sleep on the floor, which was solved.
On March 4th, 1960, the earthwork of the main and auxiliary dams with a length of nearly one kilometer and a height of 30 meters was finally completed; On the morning of March 5th, 1 1, a celebration meeting was held, attended by 20,000 people, including Ma Shiceng, Sinuhong and others.
However, as late as1960165438+1October 15, the British Hong Kong government reached an agreement with Guangdong Province for the first time to provide 5 billion gallons (22.7 million cubic meters) of fresh water to Hong Kong from Shenzhen Reservoir every year. 1963, the two sides reached a consensus to build Dongshen water supply project (Shen Dong water supply project), but due to the drought in 1963, the plan was delayed, and the Guangdong provincial government still allowed Hong Kong to take water from the Pearl River Estuary.
1 On April 22nd, 1964, the two sides formally signed an agreement, stipulating that from March of 1965, Guangdong Province would sell not less than 654,380.5 billion gallons (68.2 million cubic meters) of fresh water to Hong Kong every year, and maximum service coefficient could increase it to 62 million gallons per cubic meter1cent.
At that time, the British Hong Kong government did not dare to rely too much on Dongjiang water in China, so it also considered desalination to obtain fresh water. In 1975, the Le Arrangement Seawater Desalination Plant was also established. However, due to the high cost, the supply of Dongjiang water became increasingly stable. 1982, when the seawater desalination plant was closed, Dongjiang water became the largest water source in Hong Kong.
At present, it is estimated that the annual consumption of drinking water will reach 1 1000 billion cubic meters, and 2.4 billion yuan will be reserved for the purchase of Dongjiang water in the annual budget of the Hong Kong Government, accounting for 0. 15% of Hong Kong's HK$ 65,438 +0.3 trillion GDP. With the population growth falling short of expectations and Hong Kong's industries moving northward, the Government still has to purchase at least 800 million cubic meters of Dongjiang water every year according to the contract, at a cost of more than 2.4 billion yuan. During the period from 65438 to 0998 to 2003, Dongjiang water worth about HK$ 3 billion was discharged into the sea, causing public condemnation. The government has reached an agreement with Guangdong Province on flexible water supply to avoid wasting water resources.
As for Tao Zhu, the founder of the reservoir in the 1950 s, he died in the Cultural Revolution; Cao Ruoming, the commander in chief, was also transferred to the central government after the completion of the reservoir, and later committed suicide in the early days of the Cultural Revolution.