On way to steady reconstruction

Policymakers and experts are mapping out a reconstruction plan for Pingwu county in Sichuan province two weeks after the earthquake.

But the fear of frequent aftershocks, the danger of an epidemic outbreak and shortage of relief materials have hindered their progress.

"We are drafting a plan, and it has been decided that 867 million yuan will be allocated for rebuilding and repairing school buildings and other education facilities," Ren Haibo, the county's education chief, said yesterday. The amount for "reconstruction of other facilities has not yet been decided".