Earthquake-hit valley gets help from Guangdong |
| Date Added: January 25, 2010 06:59:18 AM |
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| The villagers in a remote valley in Sichuan officially handed over the keys to their new home yesterday (January 24) by the mayor of Zhanjiang, a city in Guangdong province. Longxi village was destroyed mink blanket during the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 and rebuilt with the help of the government Zhanjiang. Longxi the mountains, not far from the epicenter of the earthquake in Sichuan in 2008, is home to five thousand people, almost all of the Qiang ethnic minority. The village was destroyed by landslide caused by the earthquake and has been temporarily abandoned by its inhabitants. But the residents were set in the pneumatic air cylinder valley and only the best centers of culture preserved Qiang, in September 2009 Zhanjiang return began with the reconstruction assistance. The new village has a health center, a shelter for the earthquake-Qiang, a cultural center, a school earthquake proof, running water, a new road and surrounded by walls flood evidence. The villagers are now in new homes and Zhanjiang Government contributes to a plan to promote tourism and preservation of culture moves Qiang. Zhanjiang has invested 100 million yuan in the proposed 70 per cent of the total cost of reconstruction. The project said that working alongside the construction, Zhanjiang is to help train teachers and local doctors. |
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