Villagers' water undermined
By Zhan Lisheng in Guangzhou and Xie Chuanjiao in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-02 07:45
Park employees in Wuchang, in Wuhan, Hubei province, collect dead fish from a lake and carry them away on Tuesday. It has become an annual phenomenon since 1998 that fish die of oxygen deficit in the lake during hot summer weather. Gao Baoyan |
More than 3,000 villagers in Guangdong province must travel 3 km to take a sip of potable water after the local drinking supply was found to be contaminated.
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