Across China: Chongqing
China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-04 08:51
Explosion compensation
Family members of 21 victims of Saturday's coalmine explosion will soon get compensation from the government, the local health authority said on Tuesday.
A working team set up after the blast killed 30 miners hosted more than 400 relations of the victims and signed compensation agreements with 21 households, involving 6.46 million yuan ($946,220), said a spokesman with the team, which is under the municipal government of Chongqing.
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