Landmark roadmap

What is needed for the reconstruction of the quake area, apart from assistance in different forms from people all over the country and the world, is a roadmap, which will hopefully make the entire process orderly and rule-based.

Such a roadmap was released yesterday by the State Council and took effect immediately.

The first such regulations ever to be adopted by the State Council for post-disaster reconstruction of a locality, their significance is twofold. They not only hold the promise of closely-supervised and well-designed homes for the survivors, but also set a trail for the rule of law guiding similar rehabilitation programs after natural disasters and other gigantic construction projects.