Landslides near Three Gorges 'no threat'

The landslides on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the reservoir area of the Three Gorges Dam that started last week have not threatened the safety of residents or local shipping, authorities said in Beijing yesterday.

The two landslides were "quite small" and no one lives in that area, Jia Jialin, deputy director of the Three Gorges geological disaster prevention team under the Ministry of Land and Resources, said.

No one was injured and there were no economic losses as a result of the landslides, he said.